Two hours later.
The moon slowly began to set towards the west from its zenith.
Jack's swordsmanship instruction was also nearing its end.
Clap! Clap!
Jack clapped his hands.
"Girls, it's already 2 AM. Although you now have the attribute panel of Eternal Retainers and don't need to sleep, resting for a few hours is very important for mental recuperation."
"Hmm... I understand. Then Commander, I'll go to the bathroom..."
As soon as Takao spoke, she suddenly remembered.
A few hours ago, Atago and the other two were defeated by Jack in the bathroom.
If they woke up, they would definitely discover that Jack was secretly giving extra lessons to her and Ibuki, and then they would come to join the fun.
But no one had appeared yet, which meant...
"Atago, Zuikaku, and Mikasa are still using the bathroom. Let's go wash in the lake."
Jack first cleared his own equipment.
Takao and Ibuki exchanged glances.
They tacitly walked to Jack's side, each occupying one side, allowing Jack's arms to sink deep into them.
This was already a very well-developed awareness! Good, very good!
Jack was very satisfied with the two self-aware sisters.
He embraced them and splashed into the lake with a plop.
The lakeside cottage, this was why he chose this place as his stronghold back then!
...
The water battle lasted for about an hour.
Jack dried their bodies and walked towards the cottage. Passing by the bathroom, he also cleaned the remaining three and brought them along.
Then he returned to the bedroom.
"Ara, you're finally back. I thought you were going to spend the whole night out~"
Shoukaku sat at the dressing table, closing the book in her hand.
It was a textbook on the black technology of Azure Lane Shipgirls' rigging that Jack had been reading recently.
Takao and Ibuki lowered their heads, not daring to look at Shoukaku.
After all, calling the Commander out for a secret rendezvous late at night, leaving Shoukaku alone in an empty room, they were clearly in the wrong no matter how you looked at it.
Jack's reaction, however, was normal.
He knew Shoukaku wasn't angry.
So after dragging the defeated trio back to bed, he walked in front of Shoukaku.
A passionate kiss.
"Hmm..."
Shoukaku half-resistingly wrapped her arms around his neck.
Suddenly, she felt a warm current pass through her mind.
That was Jack's experiences tonight with Takao, Ibuki, and the others.
"Hoo~ So that's it, you were really practicing swordsmanship."
Shoukaku panted and said.
"I'm planning to give them both the god's eye of Electro and Hydro. Shoukaku, what do you want?"
"Anemo!"
Shoukaku answered quickly.
"Oh? Are you perhaps trying to experience the feeling of flying yourself?"
"Sky Carrier, isn't that a good name?"
Shoukaku was very satisfied with the compensation Jack offered.
So, she no longer pursued the matter of him playing around with other sisters behind her back tonight.
"Very well, the day's work is done. My ladies, please join me."
Jack lay down on the large bed, and the three Shipgirls who were still awake automatically took their places.
Takao was on his right, holding his right hand on her thigh.
Shoukaku was on his left, resting her arm and pressing her frontal armor firmly against the Commander's side chest.
Then came Ibuki, who curled up and climbed up from below, covering Jack's face, using herself as a blanket.
They were all very close, able to smell each other's breath.
But it was precisely this closeness that made them feel secure.
Before long, the Shipgirls fell asleep with happy smiles.
Jack, too, stayed awake all night, admiring their sleeping faces.
...
The next day.
Jack's swordsmanship lessons, as expected, could not be kept a secret.
Atago and the others ran to him, pouting and demanding an explanation.
Three pairs of glistening white... *cleavage* were pressed against him.
Jack found it hard to even open his eyes.
It was Takao and Ibuki who stepped forward and pulled the three away.
Jack shook his head, trying to recover from his dizziness.
"I never said it was a special course only for Takao and Ibuki. You can come anytime, but I only know one set of Cloud-Carved Sword Art for Electro god's eye, so at most, you can only indirectly learn the method of elemental power activation and conduction.
As for true Liyue swordsmanship, Takao already drained me dry last night."
Jack laid his cards on the table.
At most, he was a second-rate swordsman, perhaps just stronger and more abundant in elemental power, capable of using ultimate moves as normal attacks and punching a God to death.
With his limited knowledge, he really couldn't teach these Shipgirls who had already mastered swordsmanship.
Seeing Jack's self-deprecating appearance, the three Shipgirls who had come to pout began to comfort him.
"I'm sorry, Commander, I didn't mean to. I just wanted... to spend more time with Commander."
"It's okay, Commander, we won't dislike you. Just teach us!"
"You are the man recognized by Mikasa, I will never allow you to belittle yourself like this!"
Did they want to learn swordsmanship?
They just cherished every moment they spent with the Commander.
Jack looked at the three of them, touched.
With such wives, what more could a man ask for?
Wait, he had dozens, even hundreds, of such wives...
"..."
Suddenly, the pressure started to build. Will I really be spoiled into a good-for-nothing by them in the future?
Jack maliciously speculated about what he had thought.
...
Three days later.
At noon that day, Takao was already proficient in using elemental power (courtesy of plant essence), without conflicting with the power given by the Mind Cube within her. It was time for her to officially receive her god's eye.
Wearing a black sheer leotard, she knelt before Jack, her expression serious.
"I am ready, Commander!"
"Very good, as expected of Takao. In just a few days, you've resolved the compatibility issues of two different types of energy from different worlds."
Jack also spoke with feigned seriousness.
"Ara, you look quite like a deity~"
"Shipgirl Atago! The sacred Eye Bestowal ceremony must not be disturbed! Please do not whisper!"
"Yes~~"
Atago replied to Jack with a long, drawn-out tone.
In the past few days, she had already figured out this young man's temper.
Occasionally acting crazy like today indicated that he was in a good mood.
After all, men are boys until they die.
"Takao, remember, you will be the first Shipgirl to become a 'Genshin'. Having received this honor, I hope you can ride the winds and waves in the future, and diligently fulfill your responsibility to protect the port. Can you do it?"
"Takao will always remember!"
"Very well, then accept this gift from another world and advance towards your goals and ideals!"
Boom!
A bolt of lightning struck from a clear sky.
In an instant, dark clouds gathered in the sky.
Within the lightning and thunderclouds, a purple god's eye, enveloped by a cube, slowly descended.
"This is... my god's eye?"
Takao could feel an inexplicable connection between herself and the gem-like ornament.
"In Teyvat, a god's eye stores people's ideals and wishes, acting as a fragment of their soul. Thus, it's also said that the stronger one's belief, the greater their power," Jack explained slowly, having returned to his normal state.
"Belief… So, Commander, the oath you had me swear just now was actually planting a seed of belief in my heart?"
"Precisely, though it's merely a psychological suggestion. You must understand that even a tiny insect on the ground can, with belief, face the terrifying might of the heavens!"
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