There is nothing wrong with pursuing strength. All Ship Girls hope to become stronger. If it weren't for the Commander constantly pursuing strength, the port wouldn't be as powerful as it is today.
As long as the Commander's heart for the port has never changed, everything is fine. No one has ever complained about the Commander showing favoritism, or issues like unfair resource allocation in the port.
Because everyone can feel the Commander's intentions. It's just that the port is too big, and there are too many people in the port. Not everyone can receive the Commander's attention. After all, there are some who can't even get the Commander to remember their names...
"Since the Commander likes her so much, then the Commander should work hard to make York our companion. I can feel it, Commander, you're almost there if you just try a little harder. Little York actually seems to like the Commander very much."
"Commander, do you know? Usually, Ship Girls are very reluctant to deal with strangers. Our personalities might be a bit different, but we are actually very easy to understand. Those Ship Girls who are still willing to talk to you, whether they seem to dislike or like you, whether they treat you as a friend or a stranger, at least when they are willing to actively communicate with you, they recognize you in their hearts. Although this recognition is still a long way from treating you as their Commander... at least you have taken the most difficult step."
"I know that too." Since he had already decided to be honest, Wang Yu didn't want to hide his thoughts from his Ship Girls. It wasn't a big deal in the first place. "Just like Elizabeth and Ajax, they call me 'servant' and 'piglet' every day, but I know they still like me as their Commander."
"Hehe." Glorious chuckled softly. "So the Commander actually knows they like him? He never gave anyone any response, and yet he pretended to be oblivious. If he wasn't pretending, then that would be even more of a scoundrel."
Give what kind of response? Give a ring? Then how many rings do I have to give out?
Continuing this topic would be courting death.
Wang Yu decided to skip this topic and return to the main point.
"But didn't I already have you later? And everyone else in the port. I still hope to become York's Commander, but I hope even more that York can recognize me as her Commander. I can see that York is more like a lonely child desperately wanting to find companions and recognition. She treats me as a friend."
"But a Commander is not the same. Finding a Commander is not finding a friend. Once this promise is made, I only have to say one sentence, but York needs to fulfill this promise with her entire life."
At this point, how could Glorious not understand the Commander's meaning? "The Commander now feels that he already has me, and there are so many sisters in the port. So now he no longer needs to desperately find a Ship girl to solidify his identity as Commander, like he did at the beginning. Although he still quite likes little York, he hopes even more that York can find her own happiness. It sounds strange, like blessing an ex-girlfriend, but that's basically how it can be understood, right? Commander."
"Mm." Wang Yu suppressed the anxiety in his heart. After all, no matter how he looked at it, it sounded a bit sentimental, like someone who dared to do something but not take responsibility for it. He didn't know how Glorious viewed him like this. Would he disappoint her?
In the game, he was a talented, gifted, omnipotent Commander, leading them to victory in every battle.
And in the game, once they truly recognized their Commander, they would never change.
But this is reality.
In reality, he was not such a perfect person. And in reality, Ship Girls would not tolerate everything about you forever just because they fell in love with you.
Having been in this world for so long, everything he saw, heard, and felt was real.
He was absolutely convinced that this was an incredibly real world. So even if he was worried that the current beauty would shatter in an instant, he still decided to show his true self in front of Glorious.
He wanted Glorious to know that he was not a perfect Commander, that he didn't have such decisiveness and wisdom, firmness and composure. He just desperately wanted to know how Glorious viewed him like this.
"So that's what the Commander is thinking!" Glorious reached out a finger and gently flicked Wang Yu's forehead, as if scolding a child's childish behavior.
"Although it does sound a bit indecisive, and not at all like what the Commander did before, it seems he forgot his old love with a new one. The Commander didn't consider so much for everyone when he was in the port before. At that time, the Commander wasn't worried at all about making mistakes, nor was he so lacking in self-confidence."
"However, considering how difficult things were for the Commander before, and how honest he is now, and how cute York is, I'll forgive the Commander this time. As the Commander's Secretary Ship, I inherently have the responsibility to help the Commander become a qualified Commander. For the Commander to change so much in such a short time is Glorious's dereliction of duty, but Glorious will not continue to be derelict. From now on, Glorious will work hard to supervise the Commander to become a qualified Commander. Commander, you must be well prepared."
"Moreover, so many sisters in the port joined, and they have never regretted it. So, Commander, you can earn the trust of so many sisters, and yet you lack the confidence to fulfill a promise to one child now?"
"Commander, can you remember why you wanted to come to the port back then?"
Why go to the port. Wang Yu remembered how he had just started playing Azure Lane. He was attracted by the game's promotional art, remembering the Glorious's character art he saw at the time, and he was irresistibly drawn in.
After playing for a long time, he developed more things he couldn't let go of: companionship and emotions, a spiritual anchor.
After starting work, he became a laid-back Commander, but he finally had money to buy all sorts of favorite skins and rings for his favorite Ship Girls. However, he spent less and less time playing games, and many games on his phone were updated and replaced, yet he still remembered to often return to the port to take a look.
Wang Yu carefully savored his memories. The past was etched into his heart like a knife, a memory he could never forget in this life.
"It should be because of liking, because I like being a Commander, because I like it, so I can't let it go."
"Then I'll ask the Commander again," Glorious moved her hands forward, and Wang Yu's eyes slowly closed as her palms brushed over them. After seeing nothing, the feeling in his heart became clearer, allowing him to understand his inner self more clearly, "Does the Commander not like York?"
Glorious didn't hear Wang Yu's answer, but she felt she no longer needed one. She gently laid the Commander down on the lounge chair, allowing him to lie in a more comfortable position.
Looking at the Commander who seemed to be falling asleep.
Glorious gently brought her mouth close to Wang Yu's ear.
"Go do what you want to do, Commander."
"In Glorious's heart, you will always be the best."
"I will always be with you... always..."