The boy was lying on the metallic platform, his black hair with a bit of brown luster softly stuck to his childish cheeks.
He was lying on the stage with both arms, and the lower half of his face was buried in the crook of his arms, but a pair of big jet-black eyes were exposed under the soft forehead, blinking and turning around, looking at the person on the left. , take a look at the person on the right.
That expression, that look, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a kitten that got into trouble and huddled in a corner obediently.
The devil knows why you people can't even find the earth!
The boy who looked as good as a kitten on the outside was secretly complaining in his heart.
All of them looked too awesome to pull, but after searching for tens of thousands of years, they couldn't even find a single planet.
Not long ago, he thought about entering the Imperial Army, learning to drive a battleship, getting promoted, and then trying to get a durable battleship, and sneaking back to Earth by himself.
... Sure enough, the plan couldn't keep up with the changes.
Mutt, who has never lived in the interstellar era, naturally does not know.
Without specific signs and beacons, it is not easy to find a planet in the vast universe.
It's like looking for a grain of sand in the middle of the sea.
"It's incredible..."
The tall body of the red-haired major was leaning against the console behind him, and he was still reminiscing about the throbbing that came from his soul when he saw the blue planet just now.
He leaned his head on the operating table with his head up, his long red hair scattered around his cheeks, and his eyes looking up still had a somewhat dazed expression.
At that time, all the materials about the earth were destroyed. After the generation of human beings who pioneered the universe passed away, human beings' knowledge of the earth is only a few words or paintings handed down by the original humans.
For a long time, human beings have never stopped searching for their home planet, and they are also constantly searching for historical materials about the earth handed down from ancient times.
However, due to the long and chaotic war in the interstellar space, even that bit of incomplete information has completely disappeared in the war with the passage of time.
Now, except for the imperial family and noble families with a long history, there are still some historical materials left, and most people know nothing about the earth.
To be honest, the blue planet is not very beautiful.
Compared to the Forna star that burns like a cluster of flames.
Compared with the perennial mist, it looks like Miya star covered with a hazy white veil from a distance.
Compared to Vermeer's star surrounded by three gorgeous halos.
For example, the crystal-clear Funaya star like a diamond in the starry sky...
Compared with many planets, that blue planet looks so simple, it rotates quietly and slowly in the starry sky, with only a slight blue color.
But just one glance.
Just took a look.
An indescribable throbbing gushed out from the deepest part of his body, filling his internal organs.
Attachment, nostalgia, warmth...
Countless indescribable emotions filled his thoughts, making his mind blank at that moment.
He seemed to lose his soul completely at that moment.
"Via, one of my ex-girlfriends once told me something. There is a kind of interstellar fish that can survive in the universe. They have always been solitary. Because they are hermaphrodites and can reproduce by themselves, they don't even Will hang out with companions."
"But this kind of creature, every hundred years, will swim back to a planet from all over the universe. That is the home planet where they were born, and they will give birth to offspring on that planet."
"After conceiving offspring, they will leave that planet, continue to roam freely in the universe, and give birth to offspring in the process of traveling. They will die immediately at the moment their offspring are born. Then, a hundred years Afterwards, those newly grown fish will return to the planet where their ancestors were born... "
Said the dazed red-haired man.
"...I have never understood that those swimming fish who have never seen the planet that conceived them, they are born when their parents die, so their parents can't tell them anything, yet, how on earth do they remember How on earth did they swim back to the planet they had never seen before after leaving the planet that gave birth to them... I have never been able to understand."
he said softly,
"But now... I suddenly feel that I seem to understand a little..."
When you see that blue planet, every cell in your body, every gene, and even your soul is telling you.
That's where it all started.
That is the mother star that gave birth to human beings.
That is where all human souls belong.
"I've never been more eager to find Earth than I am now."
said the red-haired man, clenching his fists hard.
The green-haired adjutant standing beside him didn't answer, he just took a deep breath.
"Although the Uriel family has fallen into ruin, they are a very ancient family. It is not impossible to keep some information about the earth."
He sighed very rarely.
"It's a pity that the old man is gone, and the sole heir of the Uriel family has also lost his memory, otherwise we might be able to find more information."
The red-haired man pursed his lips, obviously feeling a pity.
He turned his head and glanced, and the boy who happened to be lying on the stage was also looking at him.
Seeing the boy's big eyes like small animals, the red-haired major couldn't help laughing.
He smacked his lips.
"Ah—I really want to have a spiritual attunement with you."
"What... synchronism?"
"If you are mentally attuned, you can enter your subconscious mind and experience the existence of the earth in your memory positively."
The red-haired man smashed his mouth, reminiscing about the blue planet in his memory.
He said: "Although I can see the pictures, it's not enough. I really want to feel it positively."
"..."
And this kind of high technology.
Growing up on the earth since he was a child, Mutt felt that he could not understand why these people were so shocked when they saw the earth.
These future people seem to have a special attachment to the earth, which the past people did not have.
So this is the so-called loss to know how to cherish it
Mutt was still pondering on his own, but the red-haired major had already bent down to Mutt's side, raising his eyebrows and smiling at him.
"So, please, come with me sometime..."
"Robin."
A cold voice came, interrupting the red-haired major.
The red-haired man turned his head and stared at the expressionless blue-haired lieutenant for a long time.
The eyes of the two met in the air. Although they didn't say anything, they seemed to have a heated argument at the moment when their eyes met.
Finally, the red-haired major sighed and spread his hands with a helpless expression.
"Okay, okay, I know, I was wrong."
He said so with a sigh.
Then, he stood up straight and looked at Mutt again.
"I'm Robin, that's the name that guy called just now."
He pointed to the blue-haired adjutant with a cold face, and said, "That guy who doesn't understand humor is called Via. If you enter the boss's staff team as a trainee staff member, you will be in charge of that old-fashioned guy."
"That is to say, apart from the BOSS, this is your immediate superior. This guy is not easy to serve."
"Robin."
"Yes yes yes~~ I shut up."
A cold look made Robin shut up, and Via turned to Mute.
"Your military uniform and related equipment will be delivered to your room within two days. Before that, you are still a non-military person. Unless you are authorized, you are not allowed to walk around in the ship."
He scanned the young man's slender body and childlike face with critical eyes, and frowned, obviously dissatisfied with the slightly thin figure of the young man who was about to become an imperial soldier.
"Now, go back to your room, and stay there until you get new orders."
"… Oh."
The boy blinked and looked at him, hesitating to speak.
"What else do you want to ask? Recruits."
"Can you go back to your room after eating?"
Mute said that he was hungry after tossing for so long.
"..."
—
It was already evening, and the light inside the battleship dimmed little by little.
Traveling among the stars, all kinds of time and space are chaotic, but human beings still follow the time schedule uploaded from the ancient earth tens of thousands of years ago.
They set 24 hours as one day and night for the battleship, and let the intelligence brain simulate the luminosity of day and night in the battleship.
During the non-war period, soldiers strictly followed the 24-hour work and rest system.
The door of the bathroom was slightly open, a slight white mist overflowed from inside, and the sound of rushing water could be heard.
As the owner of this battleship, Troll naturally has privileges.
Although his bedroom is not gorgeous and luxurious, it is spacious and hard, and its firmness and safety factor are definitely one of the highest places in the entire Ishtar battleship.
When the young major general came out of the bathroom, his jet-black hair was still wet on his forehead, and the water droplets on the tips of his hair flowed down his skin as white as the first snow.
He sat down on the sofa at one side of the room. The silver-white sofa had the unique luster of metallic liquid, softly wrapping the slender body.
He sat there pondering for a while, raised his hand and pressed the button on the armrest.
A palm-sized small light curtain appeared on his right hand, and his bony white fingers quickly tapped a few times on the virtual small light curtain.
Then, a huge arc-shaped light curtain slowly unfolded opposite him in the room.
In the boundless dark starry sky, a blue planet is quietly suspended in it.
With slender legs wrapped in jet black trousers, the young major general supported his head with one hand, tilted his head slightly, and quietly watched the blue planet.
I don't know if it's because the light from the light curtain fell into his eyes, but there seemed to be a glimmer of light flickering in his dark blue pupils with ink stains.
He stared at the blue planet, as if he wanted to imprint it in the deepest part of his eyes.
After staring at it for a long time, he slowly closed his eyes.
The slender eyelashes cast light shadows on his snow-white and handsome cheeks.
not enough.
For the first time, emotions never before appeared in him.
An indescribable feeling of dissatisfaction filled his chest at this moment.
not enough.
he thinks.
Not at all.
[If the spirit is attuned and enters your subconscious, I can better feel the earth in your memory...]
Not long ago, the joking words of his red-haired subordinate surfaced in his mind at this moment, which stirred his heart.
The appearance of that young child flashed in his mind, with soft black hair and a childish face, with eyes that were always bright, like a small animal.
Thinking of that young child, Troll always felt that the child was a little silly.
For example, he dared to foolishly show his love to himself in public... Although for the major general who has a heaven-defying appearance, all kinds of ambiguous express hints have been encountered a lot, but, being surrounded by a man It was really the first time for him to show his love in front of all his subordinates on the Shutar battleship, and he was still an underage boy.
As he thought about it, the child's eyes boldly looking directly at him when he showed love to him, and the light black pupils that could clearly reflect his own face appeared in his mind.
Although he was stunned for a moment, he didn't seem to feel disgusted subtly.
The young major general thought so and made a decision.
Pressing the communication button on the light curtain with his finger, he gave an order to the soldiers outside.
"Bring Mute Uriel here."
…
I did not show love to you!
No!
If Mutt knew what was going on in the mind of the major general, he would definitely be jumping and shouting in such grief and indignation.