The landing ship spewed out white gas and landed on the ground, and a transparent light panel floated under the opened hatch, allowing the people inside the landing ship to step down. Walking at the end, the black-haired boy stepped on the ground of Emperor Star once again. He stood on the ground and looked around for a week. The magnificent palace was in front of him.
He doesn't like this planet. Although he has an appearance similar to the earth, most of his bad memories are on this planet. It's just that every time he mentioned this planet before, his eyes would be somewhat clouded, but now he stands on the ground of this planet with a calm expression.
Probably feeling that he was a little far away, the general in front stopped and turned to look at him. Sensing the gaze cast by the man in front of him, the boy raised his eyebrows and smiled with a calm and bright smile. Then he ran a few steps quickly and ran to Troll's side. When he passed Via who was following the admiral, the green-haired colonel glanced at him and watched the boy run past him and stopped beside the admiral. He stared at the backs of the two for a while, After all, he said nothing and looked away.
A group of people walked along the spacious avenue to the majestic palace ahead. Two rows of soldiers stood on both sides of the road, and they all clenched their fists on their chests to salute General Troll, who was walking in the front.
Now responsible for guarding the palace and even the order of the entire Emperor Star are the soldiers under the command of the general. That is to say, General Troll is now the actual controller of the Emperor Star—before, he was not allowed to enter without the call of the emperor or princess. royal palace. But now, he can enter any place on this planet at will.
All the original servants and other personnel in the palace, the admiral, did not move, but the personnel in the palace did not change in any way. The only thing that has changed is the position of the admiral in this gorgeous palace.
At this moment, Admiral Troll stepped on the dark boots on the deep red carpet in the hall, and stepped forward. Everyone subconsciously set their eyes on the handsome face with picturesque eyebrows, and then immediately turned their eyes to On the underage-looking teenager next to the admiral.
Not long ago, the great commotion on Emperor Star was caused by this young man, and most people in the palace could recognize this face that terrified them at that time.
At that time, the boy destroyed half of the royal capital and threatened the safety of the emperor and the princess. Therefore, Admiral Troll, who was fighting the rebel Marquis Mia in outer space, had no choice but to destroy a satellite of the [Scepter of Heaven] , Breaking into the atmosphere of Emperor Star, this prevented Jia's intention to destroy the royal capital and saved the royal family.
—The above is what most people know.
Later, I heard that this terrible Jia was tamed by Admiral Troll and became the Admiral's subordinate. Looking at the way that young Jia followed the general, it seemed that the rumors were true.
The people in the palace carefully looked at the terrible Jia with eyes full of surprise and fear. Some older people could barely restrain themselves, and some young people couldn't help but started whispering, talking in low voices. While continuing to look at Mut with uncomfortable eyes.
The young man tilted his head, and from the corner of his eye, he glanced lightly at the young attendants who were discussing the most vigorously, and blue light flashed in his pupils.
The gold ornaments on the pillars beside them suddenly exploded, and the gold nuggets that exploded into countless small pieces hit the cheeks of those attendants, obviously intentionally, and instantly smashed those few attendants. The cheek of the gossiping servant turned black, as if he had been slapped out of thin air.
What made them even more frightening was that a crack appeared on the pillar, and there was a faint tendency to expand outward.
This sudden scene stupefied the servants who were beaten and other people watching. Mutt scanned the surroundings. Wherever he looked, there was a sudden silence. Those people quickly looked away, not daring to look over.
The young man's eyes bent, he already figured it out, since he has great power, why should he be afraid of his own power—isn't it natural to use power to protect himself and the people he cares about.
So, when those people looked at him with eyes that made him uncomfortable just now, he bullied them unceremoniously, and immediately felt much more at ease.
That scene was naturally seen by Admiral Troll. He didn't speak, but just raised his hand and patted Mutt's head. No matter how he looked at it, the gesture seemed conniving.
"Your Excellency, the princess hopes to meet Lord Mutt."
The baby-faced maid bowed her head to Troll and said tremblingly.
The princess was once again under house arrest in her own room, and the emperor still kept her personal guards, but she didn’t have such a good treatment. Almost all the people around her were changed, and the emperor ordered them to be changed—the only one who didn’t. No, it is this harmless baby-faced maid who is responsible for taking care of Caesar.
The general frowned.
The purpose of his coming to the palace this time was to warn... oh, no, to persuade those restless nobles in the capital, and he did not intend to meet the princess who was under house arrest.
"His Royal Highness said that you don't need to go in person, as long as Lord Mutt is willing to go."
The general frowned even more.
Behind him, the green-haired colonel snorted in his heart.
That sweetheart in Ishtar, the general will watch closely, and he can't miss a glance. How could the general let Mute leave him to a place where he can't see it in an unsafe place like Emperor Star?
Obviously feeling the general's displeasure, the baby-faced maid became more and more panicked, and even started to stutter.
"Your Highness said, Caesar... Lord Caesar..."
Mutter raised his eyebrows.
"I see, wait a minute, I'll go with you."
He said, then looked up to meet the admiral looking at him unhappily.
"As long as I want to go back to you, no one can stop me."
He bent his dark eyes, and smiled at the general, a slight blue light flashed by the edge of his pupils, making his smiling eyes look radiant at this moment.
"..."
"Major General~"
"… One hour."
"Okay~"
The baby-faced maid lowered her head and didn't dare to utter a breath, but the corners of her eyes couldn't help but twitch.
What's with this déjà vu feeling as if seeing Lord Caesar throwing his neck up and throwing a tantrum, and insisting on the princess hugging his neck to coax him to calm down
...
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When Mutt walked into the familiar gorgeous bedroom, he saw two familiar figures cuddling together.
The soft tulle was drooping, and Princess Salome in an elegant long dress sat sideways on the snow-white cushion, her slender arms wrapped around Caesar with jet-black fur in front of her.
She tilted her head, and her cheek was pressed against Caesar's neck. The contrast between her fair skin and the dark fur was extremely sharp.
The black panther squatted quietly on the cushion, with beautiful and smooth muscular lines on its body. Its thick and long black tail hung down from the edge of the cushion, and the tip fell on the cold ground.
As soon as Mute walked in, it turned its head, and the boy's figure was reflected in its icy blue eyes.
Then, it got up and walked towards the boy, taking a light catwalk, its feet landed on the floor silently, without making a sound.
Mute knelt down halfway, and he stretched out his hands to hold Caesar's dark head. He and those ice-blue eyes looked at each other with tenderness.
He rubbed the soft hair on Caesar's neck, and a light blue light flashed in his pupils. At this moment, he merged with the consciousness of the last bloodline on the earth, and he clearly felt that it was focused on him The meaning of infinite nostalgia on the body-it is nostalgic for him, and it is nostalgic for the breath of hometown that I feel from him.
It was born and grew up in the universe, but the blood flowing in its body told it the memory of its ancestors running on the vast grassland and jumping in the vast forest.
It stared at the boy's azure blue pupils that seemed to bring memories of its ancestors, stretched out its head, and gently rubbed the boy's cheek. It arched its head into the boy's neck, as if in this person's arms, he could feel the ancient memory that made his blood churn.
"Really... This child's home is not by my side after all."
The princess said that she stepped off the white cushion and stepped on the cold floor with her bare feet.
"Lord Salome—"
The baby-faced maid ran up in panic, knelt at the princess's feet and tried to help her put on her shoes.
Salome didn't look down at her maid, but she didn't refuse either, allowing the maid to lift her feet to put on those exquisite high-heeled shoes for herself.
"No matter how precious it is, it is just a pet kept by someone after all."
She looked at Caesar and said.
Mute was taken aback when he heard her words, and couldn't help but want to say something, but he didn't speak after all.
And the baby-faced maid below who had just put on the shoes for the princess was also stunned for a moment, because she remembered that the princess had said the same thing before, and that was shortly after the Ga incident, when Admiral Troll took Mute away, Because Lord Caesar stared at the Ishtar flagship slowly leaving in the light curtain, the princess said such a sentence.
She didn't understand, why did Her Royal Highness repeat this sentence again
Although it was an ugly sentence, she could feel that His Highness's words did not seem to belittle Lord Caesar. After all, she has understood better than anyone over the years that Her Royal Highness really dotes on Caesar.
"John, remember our agreement?"
The princess said that she still stubbornly shouted the name 'John'.
Mute squatted on the ground, hugged the black panther in his arms and didn't answer, the princess continued talking on her own.
"If I succeed in helping you, you have to promise me two conditions, on the premise of not harming Troll's interests."
"you say."
Mutt said softly, frowning slightly, he wondered if the conditions proposed by the princess would embarrass him.
And even though he now has special powers, he may still have to rely on the help of the general to meet the requirements of the princess.
As the young man thought about it, Salome's peach eyes slightly curved up.
"I don't want to say it now~"
Mute: "..."
"Now, accompany me to meet the emperor first."
The princess said so in a slightly cheerful tone.
…
Not long after the queen's request for an audience was made, the emperor responded and allowed her to come for an audience.
Mute pondered for a long time, and finally agreed to Salome, and accompanied her to meet the emperor.
When he walked into the luxurious dormitory belonging to the emperor, he could hardly believe that the sickly and emaciated middle-aged man lying on the bed was the emperor he had seen a few days ago.
The emperor he saw a few days ago was slightly pale, but he was sitting on the throne with a tall and straight figure, his eyes were dark but powerful, and his expression was stern and solemn. Sitting there gave people a great sense of oppression. Angry and mighty.
But the His Majesty who appeared in front of his eyes has aged a lot in just a few days, and weakened rapidly like a punctured ball. He couldn't help his sick appearance that could almost be described as haggard.
The emperor sat on the hospital bed, his thin body still straightened his back, as if nothing could shake him at all. His hands were placed on the quilt in front of his abdomen. The right hand that was forcibly torn by Mute has been completely healed. It is a new body cloned from cells. The only difference is that there is no longer in the new right arm that can control Te. Lol's control device for life and death.
He was sitting on the bed, obviously at about the same height, but it gave people the feeling of looking down on the person in front of him with a condescending gaze.
He looked at Salome, and Salome looked at him.
Mute stood aside, watching the pair of father and daughter who should be the closest in the world look at each other with the eyes of strangers.
The bedroom was very quiet, and almost everyone retreated, except the father and daughter who were looking at each other, Mutt who was standing next to him, and the white-haired old servant who was still loyally guarding the door even though he was dying.
The room was terribly quiet, and there was only a kind of coldness between the emperor and the queen.
Is this the result of being born into the royal family
Mutt thought.
Rather than saying it is the blood of glory, it is better to say it is a curse.
If Admiral Troll didn't have royal genes, he wouldn't have to bear the kind of past that can almost be described as hell.
"Royal father."
I don't know how long they looked at each other, but Princess Salome finally spoke first to break the icy silence.
She said, "This is the last time I will call you that."
Her emerald green eyes stared at the emperor without blinking, her face looked calm, but at this moment, there seemed to be an irrepressible huge wave surging in the depths of her pupils
"I'm here to see you now, and I just want to ask you a question."
She said Mutt saw her hand clenched tightly at her side.
"Who are my... biological parents?"
One sentence was like a thunderbolt, Mutt suddenly raised his head and looked at Salome in surprise.
The emperor's eyelids twitched while sitting on the bed.
Only the gray-haired old attendant guarding the gate stood there quietly like a deaf man who hadn't heard anything.
After a moment of silence, the emperor spoke.
"It's gotten to this point... Salome."
Salome smiled.
"After all, I was cultivated by you alone."
She spoke frankly, while Mute, who was stunned by the truth, looked at her smiling side face and clenched fingers, and for some reason suddenly remembered what she said not long ago.
[No matter how precious it is, it is just a pet kept by someone after all.]
…
Who is she referring to
There was another unbearable silence. The emperor lowered his eyelids, and the light shone on his abnormally pale face and his skinny fingers. The blue blood vessels under the pale skin on his hands were very clear through the light.
After a long time, the emperor spoke again.
He didn't say much, just said two words.
He said, "Dead."
dead, so there is no need to tell you.
Salome understood the words she didn't say after the two short words. She still smiled lightly with a calm expression, but Mutt who was at the side clearly saw her clenched knuckles that turned white.
"Thank you very much for your willingness to answer my questions."
Saying so, Salome loosened her fingers, gently pulled up the corner of the skirt, and bowed her head with light movements.
She said, "Your Majesty the Emperor."
Then, she turned around, raised her chin slightly, and left the quiet and suffocating room with her usual calm posture.
Mute turned and caught up with her, and left here with her.
But before leaving, he couldn't help but look back. He saw the tall door at the end of the long ornately decorated corridor slowly shut, shutting in the darkness of the room.
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"My genetic testing was manipulated."
"what?"
"Father... the emperor has a genetic problem. He is unable to give birth to offspring. Whether it is natural conception or artificial cultivation, the fetus will not be able to make it."
"what-?!"
"So even in the genetic sense, he is not Troll's father."
"what… "
"However, there is no doubt that Troll is directly under the royal blood, otherwise the emperor would never hand over the throne to him."
"...???"
Mutt felt that his brain capacity was so insufficient that he couldn't make any other sounds except 'ahhh', and he has been in a state of confusion since then.
Even after leaving the palace and returning to Ishtar with Admiral Troll, he always had a dazed expression on his face.
The amount of information is too much and too messy!
...
The young man nestled on the sofa in the living room held his head and thought hard for a long time, but finally he couldn't figure it out. Since the admiral didn't inherit the genes of the current emperor, why did he say that he was directly in the royal blood
The emperor's genes cannot breed offspring, so the children bred by the emperor with those methods are actually the offspring of another person? In other words, the emperor should have other brothers and sisters
No, he saw it before when he was familiar with the knowledge about the interstellar world. He said that the current royal family has only the emperor and the princess. Now there is no Salome, so there is only the emperor... No, Salome said again Will be too.
He was so entangled that his head exploded, but there was no result, Mute gave up thinking.
This kind of thing should be left to the person with a good brain to think for himself.
Thinking of this, he walked up to Admiral Troll who was quietly sitting on the single sofa and was handling affairs with a virtual light curtain.
Mutt thought about it, but after thinking for a long time, he didn't know where to start with this messy thing, so he just went straight to the point.
"Salome doesn't seem to be the emperor's own child."
Plain and simple, he said.
The admiral's fingers sliding on the light curtain paused for a moment, then continued to move.
Mutt looked at the admiral's face that was so calm that he couldn't see any emotion, and continued talking.
"Salome says you are not either."
"..."
"It seems that there is something wrong with the emperor's genes, and he cannot have offspring."
"..."
"But Salome said, you must be of royal blood, don't worry about that."
"..."
"But what she said about Salome seems to me..."
The boy wanted to continue talking, but the admiral who was sitting quietly and listening suddenly reached out and grabbed his left hand.
Before Mute could react, he saw the admiral bowed his head, his silky black hair fell on the back of his held hand, and he felt a warm touch on his hand.
At first, it was just the softness of his lips, and then, the lips slowly slid up along his arm, and during the sliding process, he would occasionally feel the sensation of something moist and hot licking his skin.
The touch made the young man blush, and subconsciously wanted to withdraw his hand, but his wrist was tightly held by the opponent's pretty fingers, and he couldn't withdraw it no matter what.
The pitch-black hair fell on the skin, which was a little cool, like cold silk. He saw the man who was kissing his arm look up at him, his lips were still touching his skin, his long and narrow phoenix eyes were slightly raised and looked up from below, the blue eyes were staring at him, the angle was very tempting, that The look in his eyes seemed to be swallowing people up, making him involuntarily short of breath.
But for some reason, Mutt vaguely sensed a hint of displeasure in the admiral's eyes.
Are you angry
But what did he do to make him angry just now
Then, the confused boy just watched helplessly as the other party opened his mouth and bit his arm.
The bite wasn't hard, and it didn't hurt, but for some reason, the feeling of the teeth biting the skin made him faintly feel his scalp numb... It seemed that a slight electric current passed by, it seemed to be paralysis, or it was numb to the end There is a strange feeling of tenderness in the neck.
"Wait... I'm talking about business!"
The young man with numbness on the back of his neck and hot cheeks pulled his hand vigorously, but he couldn't pull it back no matter what.
"I'm doing business."
The general answered.
He was extremely annoyed at hearing Mute repeating the name 'Salome' from just now, and he bit down on the boy's skin again.