Rowett was indeed swimming in earnest.
His posture is very standard, the well-defined muscles on his back stretch and contract gracefully in the water waves, his slender and vigorous figure breaks through the water waves, and in the blink of an eye, he rushes out several meters.
However, it is still far from the speed of Ge Xiu.
Mermaids belong to the ocean after all, and every inch of their body is created to control the waves. This is their way of survival.
Although Ge Xiu didn't like sports much, he still couldn't resist his body's instinct to like to play in the water.
However, after swimming happily in the pool for a few laps, he had basically vented the urges accumulated in his body, and once again returned to a look of burnout.
Ge Xiu curled up lazily at the edge of the pool, his long blue-purple fish tails resting on the steps below the water surface, and one pair sipped the orange juice served by the attendant, watching Rowett circling around in the water. swim.
He was obviously very physically fit, and he swam for a long time at an even pace without showing any signs of fatigue.
The morning time was spent leisurely, the sun above my head gradually climbed to the center of the sky, and the air around me gradually became hotter.
Just then, a soldier in an army uniform hurried up the top floor, as if there was some important message to convey.
Lovett came ashore and wiped his face with the towel draped beside him.
Ge Xiu was still curled up on the steps occupied by his tail, too lazy to move.
From his distance, he could only hear vague conversations, and the specific content was not very real.
Ge Xiu narrowed his eyes lazily, like a cat with its belly spread out in the sun, a look of laziness that doesn't care about everything.
After listening to the other party's report, Lovett threw the towel on a piece and slowly slid into the water again.
This time, he swam in Gexiu's direction.
Ge Xiu raised his eyelids carelessly, watching Lovett emerge from the water, then moved his tail and sat down on the steps as well.
"Frontline Battle Report."
Lovett picked up a glass of orange juice and took a few elegant sips: "They sent troops to attack one of the areas you pointed out, thereby successfully destroying the protective military front on the south side."
Gossi was not surprised.
He picked up an orange-flavored candy from the tray, slowly peeled it off, stuffed it into his mouth, and responded vaguely, "Mmm."
Rowett stared at him with interest and asked, "How did you know the exact location of the gap in the opponent's defense?"
Of course he could see it.
Then, the defense measures are derived according to the technological level of this world, and relevant countermeasures are found through previous experience.
Piece of cake.
Ge Xiu yawned disinterestedly, directly ignoring his question, just raised his brows and asked:
"You don't know if I'm sure, so you dare to let your army follow my command?"
Lovett raised the corners of his lips: "I'm sure of you."
"Are you sure about a mermaid who has never been on the battlefield? Are you stupid?" Ge Xiu tilted his head, showing a pure and harmless smile, like poisoned honey, a sharp blade hidden in silk: "You are not afraid My purpose is to send your main force directly to death?"
Lovett pondered for a while and replied:
"Actually... I didn't expect the result now."
He put the orange juice back on the tray, with a faint smile on his lips: "If they are loyal to me, they must be ready to sacrifice at any time, but this team dies, and the next team will fill it up."
The look in his eyes had a kind of casual coldness, and he said lightly: "If sacrificing a few troops can make you happy, then sacrifice it."
Gossiu: "..."
He narrowed his eyes: "So you didn't actually think my position was accurate at first, did you?"
This question is really troubling.
Rowett choked suddenly.
The mermaid in front of him turned around and plunged into the water. The huge tail fin set off snow-white waves, and poured Rovett's face all over his head in revenge. The half-cup of orange juice in the tray instantly filled into a cup, and the light orange-yellow color was in the middle. The glass swayed slowly and flowed across the tray.
Lovett raised his hand and wiped his face, brushing his black hair back, and the smile on his lips couldn't help deepening.
- His answer just now was absolutely honest.
Regarding that bet, pretending to be gentle and dedicated to lure the mermaid into falling in love is naturally the best option to achieve the goal.
But Lovett wasn't ready to do that.
What he hopes the other party can know is a pure and true self, cruel and self, arrogant and domineering, who doesn't care about anyone other than himself, if he can make himself happy, it doesn't matter even if the blood is adrift - how many people who adore him are Fascinated by the dazzling halo of power and wealth, and indulged in the hypocrisy of supremacy, Lovett knew very well that if any enthusiastic and anticipating admirer saw what he really looked like, he would be disgusted and Fear flinched.
He guessed the possibility of Ghosh's reaction to his answer—
pity, fear, abomination, flattery...
But I didn't expect that the other party's first reaction would be like this.
Rowett narrowed his eyes, stretched his arms, and leaned comfortably on the steps, watching the shadow of the mermaid swimming fast underwater, his eyes burning with deep fascination and imperative.
Their essences are so similar, their natures are so compatible.
They were meant to be together.
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Over the next month, almost the entire empire learned that their emperor had fallen in love with a young man of unknown origin, to the point of being fascinated.
The most terrifying thing is that he doesn't shy away from it.
His Majesty the Emperor was obedient to the young man, and even collected the rare treasures of the entire empire for him, and offered them all unconditionally.
Warren Rowett was a tyrant.
He used absolute repressive rule to control the public opinion in the empire. All slander and insults against the boy himself were directly and brutally suppressed. According to rumors, all the nobles who were fiercely opposed to this disappeared silently.
The tyrant's reputation has grown even stronger, and everyone fears it.
— but rumors cannot always be completely eradicated.
No one knows where the young man who captured the emperor's heart came from. Some people say that he has a peerless appearance and is attracted to anyone who sees him, but his heart is vicious and he will retaliate when he is jealous. Others say that he is just a handsome man, and he firmly grasps the heart of a man with his work in bed. .
But the most widely circulated and the most superstitious one is indeed the most sensational one.
It is said that the young man is a monster that confuses people's minds. He has a ferocious nature, feeds on people, and confuses the king with his beauty to lure him into his own slave, just to satisfy his endless desires.
- In a sense, it is actually close to the truth.
Being in the center of the whirlpool, Ge Xiu didn't seem to be affected by these rumors in the slightest.
Right now, he's lounging in the expanded pool, idly playing video games.
Loud game music fills the room, and the on-screen villain runs and jumps at his command, before dying in one weird way after another.
Finally, Ge Xiu yawned boredly and threw the remote control aside.
Rowett's expansion is actually a humble statement.
The pond has nearly doubled in size, almost like a small pond. The bottom of the pond has an open room specially made for mermaids and beds made of coral stones. The rare treasures collected from all over the country are decorated and embellished, and the luxury is here. In the extreme, a negative pressure room is even built, which is like a glass bubble in the water, which can be transformed into a humanoid for leisure and entertainment by Ge Xiu.
During this time, Ge Xiu was not idle.
He easily invaded the laboratory's firewall and built a backdoor to automatically save the decoded gene data. Although Ge Xiu didn't know much about the science of mermaids, he could already see the decoded genes. The sequence is already very different from a normal mermaid.
But I don't know why, the scientists who studied merman haven't reported their research results to Rowett for a long time.
It seems...they look like they have been hindered in some areas, and they look like they are scowling every day.
On Rowett's side, Ge Xiu's progress is also not much progress.
Due to the issue of the border war, Rowett has been very busy recently. Although he is arrogant and arrogant, he is resolute and wise in handling state affairs and wars.
Rowett seems to have a natural talent for leadership and management. He is intuitive and precise, acts ruthlessly, and has outstanding leadership and action. After all, if it weren't for this, according to his erratic and moody temperament, I'm afraid it would be too early. It was overthrown by uprisings in the empire.
Whether he invests in it depends on whether he is interested, and expansion wars are clearly in that category.
Some time ago, the war came to a critical juncture, and Rowett was also very busy.
But even so, no matter how excessive and absurd Ge Xiu's request was, or even peculiar and self-willed to the point of unreasonable trouble, he always answered his request - just like a man who was truly captured by love.
This made Ge Xiu doubly unsure of the opponent's true intentions.
To make matters worse... His nightmares intensified during this time.
The inescapable nightmare followed him like a shadow, but after waking up every day, he couldn't recall the slightest details and pictures in the dream, but he could still clearly feel the dark feeling that the nightmare left on him.
These nightmares even began to affect Ghosh during the day.
He gradually became lethargic and sleepy, and he could sleep with his head tilted all the time, which was really bad.
And... I don't know why, Ge Xiu has a strange intuition.
The content of the dream is very important.
He tried many methods to record his dreams, but to no avail.
Ge Xiu slowly plunged into the depths of the pool, the long fish tail flashed a faint blue metallic luster in the night, without the slightest splash of water.
Those little silverfish that were put into the pool at the beginning have grown a lot now, swimming quietly around the water plants, they have long been accustomed to the existence of Ge Xiu, so they are very bold to surround them, in his scales and Lightly pecked and kissed between the gaps of the scales.
Ge Xiu was a little itchy, wagging his tail to try to wave them away.
But they seemed to have long understood that there was no danger to their lives beside this mermaid, and they quickly surrounded them again after being dispersed briefly.
Ge Xiu was too lazy to take care of them, so he just let them go.
Tonight is actually a celebration feast.
A breakthrough was made on the front lines, the capital of the enemy country was breached, and the surrender of the emperor of the enemy country was accepted.
Lovett also tried to invite Gosho, but he declined.
The reason why Ge Xiu agreed before was mainly because he had only seen the so-called dance party in books and videos, but he had never actually attended it.
And he had already been addicted once, and he naturally lost interest in the second time.
Coupled with the fact that Ge Xiu was recently disturbed by nightmares, he was even more lazy to leave the pool.
He habitually spit out a few bubbles, and then narrowed his eyes to watch the snow-white bubbles float toward the water.
at the same time.
Outside the glass room, a few people quickly approached here by taking advantage of the darkness of the night.
The two leading people talked in low voices:
"Are you sure this works?"
"Not sure, but so far this is the only method that can be tried."
The guards were called away at some point, and the entrance to the glass house was empty.
"It seems that the Duke does have some means."
"Of course, he is His Majesty's uncle. If it weren't for him, he really wouldn't want his nephew to be confused by an unidentified calamity, otherwise we wouldn't be able to get in here through his path."
As the man spoke, he gently pushed the door open.
At this time, the glass room was already several times larger than before, and the light moonlight quietly shone down from the skylight, imprinted on the pool surface, sparkling with sparkling waves.
The air was crisp and humid, and it was invigorating.
These people were employed by certain nobles who did not want the emperor to be deceived. They were afraid of His Majesty's tactics and coercion and did not dare to do anything to the young man who was said to have been favored, so they had to go sideways.
And the mermaid, who was still properly raised by the emperor's side even in his youthful favor, became their breakthrough.
He even dragged a certain Viscount from the banquet for this mermaid before, which was a rumor.
This also proved the status of that mermaid in His Majesty's heart.
Maybe... This mermaid can shake the young man's position in the emperor's heart
This is not a very good idea.
However, after the expansion campaign, Rowett's prestige at home and among the army has risen, which has made his power more unshakable, and has also made some interested nobles more and more panic.
They've gone all out.
And... the good thing about this method is that although the chance of success is not too high, even if it fails, there will not be too bad consequences.
After all, they just wanted to prove a point to His Majesty the Emperor.
- That boy is not irreplaceable.
The leading man carefully took out a reagent tube from his pocket.
There is half a tube of light blue viscous liquid in it, shaking slowly in the thin glass tube. Under the moonlight, a faint brilliance is reflected, flashing a strange and eerie light.
This is obtained through underground channels, and it is a precious medicine that must be possessed by the mermaid to meet certain aspects of the nobles' preferences.
According to a nobleman who has a lot of experience in the habits and training of mermaids...
It can induce the mermaid to enter estrus earlier.
The author has something to say: Nobles: Your Majesty, rather than playing with men, we think the hobby of raising mermaids is healthier.
Gossi:…