At that moment, Gavin almost lost consciousness, completely paralyzed in Heinrich's arms, and the strong sense of being occupied made him dizzy.
Heinrich finally sent him on the airship with satisfaction, because the sense of victory was so strong that the discomfort of "sending away his own Omega" in his instincts subsided a lot. Edna was trembling with anger, just about to say something when Caroline grabbed her and made a silent gesture.
"I will watch the Mecha League." Heinrich turned around and said casually, "You guys just wait to hand over the Phoenix."
With a wave of his hand, he strode back along the air corridor. Edna almost wanted to pounce on him and beat him, but fortunately, Caroline held her tightly to stop her.
Flaming Fox sent them back to the Royal Military Academy. Gavin leaned in the back row drowsily all the way, not sure if he was still awake.
Caroline and Edna also didn't say a word, and it wasn't until Firefox stopped downstairs in the dormitory that Gavin woke up with a shiver, pushed the door weakly and got out.
Edna leaned forward to say something, but Gavin seemed to have eyes behind his back, and waved her resolutely.
"But… "
Gavin slammed the door with a "bang!", and staggered upstairs.
"He's impatient," Caroline whispered when they were alone in the airship. "The marshal has never been a man to control."
Edna slapped the armrest of the chair hard, gritted her teeth and said, "Heinrich is not worthy to be emperor at all, he is a robber!"
"He wanted Celia, if there wasn't a genuine one, a similar one would do—do you know what Celia meant to him? It was his teacher, who taught him all kinds of politics and military knowledge, and brought him from penniless A low-level military cadet was promoted to become a champion of the alliance; it was his boss who commanded him to fight so many famous battles, and rewarded him with feats, honors and status that he had never had in his life; With his unimaginable knowledge and wisdom accumulated over five hundred years, he can easily solve problems that he couldn't solve... "
Caroline paused, and said: "The empire is now facing various difficulties, and Heinrich alone cannot handle them. Under the existing political system, he dare not spread the power in his hands too much, otherwise it will be easy to cultivate new ones." A dictator came to overthrow him; but he also needs to decentralize decision-making power, so what he needs first is institutional reform.”
"Restore the alliance system?" Edna asked sensitively.
"Maybe, not necessarily so thoroughly." Caroline shook her head and said, "The problem is that this kind of reform will completely affect the interests of the class in power, and will cause turmoil and panic in the bottom society; Heinrich's personal prestige Not enough, he dared not single-handedly challenge all those who opposed him, but it would be different if Celia was added."
"Marshal is a person who died on the altar. If he leaves descendants, his descendants will be regarded as the inheritance and symbol of the alliance spirit, which can greatly alleviate the panic of all sectors of society about reforms and at the same time strengthen their trust in the emperor. confidence."
Caroline said slowly: "Heinrich needs such an offspring. If you can't make a real one, it doesn't matter if you make a fake one."
Edna lost her voice: "He can't make it real, the corpse in the Phoenix is—"
"It's Alpha," Caroline said decisively, "Fortunately, he doesn't know yet."
There was silence in the cabin, and both of them thought about the upcoming military academy mecha league at the same time.
"... Caroline," Edna asked softly after a long time, "Actually, you agree with Heinrich's reforms, don't you?"
Caroline nodded.
Edna turned her head suddenly, her face mixed with disappointment and unwillingness was reflected in the porthole.
"I've never wanted to hide this from you." Caroline said in a low voice, then asked after a pause, "It's nothing for you... to hide from me, right?"
Edna was silent for a long time, then said lightly, "Me neither."
When Gavin returned to the dormitory, he threw himself on the bed without even the strength to get up.
The muscles of his whole body were sore and numb, the blood vessels in his body were swollen and painful, his brain seemed to be frozen by some kind of sweet and thick liquid, and he was dizzy and unable to move.
His second-generation roommate, Jing Gezhong, came back for a trip, humming a song and carrying takeaway food. As soon as he entered the door, he was shocked by the strong alpha atmosphere in the room. They all exploded: "What's going on! Gavin?! Gavin, what's wrong with you?!"
Gavin heard his cry in a daze, but couldn't hear him clearly, and couldn't make a sound.
Jing Ge threw the takeaway box on the table, rushed to Gavin's bedroom and pushed open the door, and was instantly forced to take two steps back by the strong Alpha pheromone: "This is—whose is this? Aren't you a Beta? What happened?!"
"..." Gavin was exhausted: "Get out."
Jingge didn't wait for him to say it a second time, and closed the door again with a bang.
It was as if he had been pricked by a needle, and the instant he came into contact with the Heinrich pheromone, his instinct gave him a strong warning—this smell belonged to an extremely fierce Alpha, older, stronger and aggressive than him, absolutely Not to be provoked.
The sense of threat was so clear that Jingge walked around the living room several times, unable to sit still because of his restlessness. Finally, he finally mustered up the courage to knock on the door, and said in a trembling voice, "Ga... Gavin, I put dinner on the table, can you come out and get it yourself?"
"… go out."
Jing Ge immediately rushed out of the dormitory with his head in his arms, and went to the library to spend the night.
That night, Gavin couldn't tell whether he was asleep or not, and his consciousness kept wandering between being awake and in a trance. He only closed his eyes dimly for a while in the early morning.
He dreamed that he was back in the air corridor full of sunlight, and Heinrich pressed him against the wall, like a condescending male beast pressing down on his spouse, with undisguised blood in his eyes: "Very You'll be back soon, you know?"
...why is this happening? How can I be controlled by others
Gavin had a fierce inner voice urging him to struggle, but in the dream his hands and feet were limp; he tried to reprimand, but only a desperate gasp came out of his mouth.
Heinrich laughed, his eyes filled with a mixture of satisfaction and hunger, and he lowered his head and kissed the corner of his mouth.
"You won't leave again," he whispered in his ear, "Not this time."
The strong alpha pheromone smell on Gavin's body didn't start to fade until the third day.
That means that the pheromone has completely entered the blood circulation, occupying his body for quite a long time, declaring sovereignty to everyone, and preventing any other Alpha from marking him.
Of course, if there is an Alpha stronger than Heinrich, then marking again is not only feasible but also legal, even if Gavin himself resists; but there has never been an Alpha stronger than the Emperor on Egret, so this The possibility is so small that it can be ignored.
As for the elite students in the military academy, compared to Heinrich, they are all scumbags with five negative combat effectiveness, so they can only watch.
Gavin finally recovered from the collapsed state, barely ate some food, and went to the mecha team for training.
The Mecha League jointly held by military academies across the empire will be held in two days, and the home field is the no man's land of the Royal Military Academy which covers an area of 2.6 million square kilometers. For the past two days, Dean has been looking for him like crazy, but Gavin is unable to reply, so he can only mark "read" in the email and send it back.
He sent a message to Dean on the way, telling him that he was going to the mecha team and that he would come if he wanted to train together.
It was dusk when we arrived, and there was no one on the training ground, so Gavin took his combat uniform and went straight to the locker room. Almost no Betas in the mecha team have ever come in, so all the facilities are specially prepared for Alphas, and the locker room is just an unenclosed cubicle in a large room; When he took off the T-shirt with both hands, he suddenly heard heavy footsteps behind him.
After a few seconds, the footsteps stopped, and Claire's puzzled voice sounded: "... who is there?"
Gavin didn't answer.
The Alpha pheromone on his body is like an arrogant challenge to the males. Claire's first reaction was that the mecha team was broken into by outsiders, and immediately drew a dagger from the boot tube and rushed out of the compartment: "Who is here?" There? Come out! You-huh?!"
He stopped suddenly and stared at Gavin in disbelief.
Gavin turned sideways to him, without turning his head, and slowly zipped up his tight uniform.
At that moment, Claire's whole body tensed up, and the overwhelming aura of the unfamiliar Alpha almost made him lose his mind. When he reacted, he found himself taking two steps back, and the flames of embarrassment and anger swept him: "... who marked you?!"
Gavin buttoned his cuffs, locked his backpack in the cabinet, and turned to pass.
He didn't have a trace of expression from the beginning to the end, but Claire almost exploded: "Stop! Who, who marked you?!"
He turned around and grabbed Gavin's elbow with such force that terrible veins popped out of the back of his hand. After a few seconds, Gavin turned his head and said indifferently, "Who are you?"
Claire choked.
Gavin waved him away and strode out.
There was no one on the training ground outside, Gavin walked to the wire fence and closed his eyes heavily.
He has an almost indifferent calm on the surface, but no one can imagine the complexity of his inner feelings.
Fortunately, the long time has taught him what patience is. He took a deep breath and let it out slowly. After repeating it several times, he felt that he had finally regained his calm, and his irritability and anxiety were all swept away.
"Gavin! Where have you been these two days? I've been..." Dean's voice came from behind, and his tone suddenly froze: "You, why—"
Gavin said calmly, "Shut up."
When he turned his head, Dean's face was full of disbelief, and his eyes were fixed on his neck.
The back collar of the combat uniform was not high, and the tooth marks on the back of Gavin's neck passed by when Gavin turned his head, and there were faintly visible blood marks—Dean could feel that the Alpha who left the tooth marks was very strange, but the breath was extremely tough.
The ferocious aggressiveness was so obvious from a few steps away that he instantly had the urge to take half a step back.
"... Who is it?" Dean's voice sounded depressed and tense: "No, not from the military academy... who did it?"
The corners of Gavin's brows twitched slightly, and after a while he tried to calm down and said, "It's none of your business."
The meaning of refusal in these words is obvious, but Dean's mind is buzzing, and he can't listen to anything at all. Trembling, he took a step forward, grabbed Gavin's shoulder the moment he was about to make a detour, lowered his head and sniffed vigorously a few times.
He was like a wolf threatened by a more powerful male, with his mane bristling and panting heavily, trying desperately to find out the sweet Omega breath hidden behind the pheromone membrane left by that strange Alpha.
But Heinrich's physical advantages as an Alpha are simply overwhelming—Dean may be excellent as a military cadet, but he is simply vulnerable in front of the emperor, and he is soon forced to be full of rage by the strange male Alpha breath.
"Who the hell?" He sniffed and sniffed the back of Gavin's neck distractedly, wishing he could bite down, but the instinct of being threatened made him unable to speak, and the anxiety and anger in his heart almost overwhelmed him. Overwhelmed: "—Who did it... who the hell?! Tell me!"
The last few words were almost a roar, but Gavin's answer was to strangle him by the throat with his backhand, "哐!" He pressed his angry face against the barbed wire with a heavy sound.
"The game will be the day after tomorrow. You'd better adjust it first." He looked down at Dean and said, "I'll find you for training tomorrow."
Dean was panting heavily, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked furious and terrifying.
And Gavin's eyes were calm and full of strength, he stared at him for a few seconds without moving, and then let him get up from the barbed wire.
"I-"
As soon as the words were out of his mouth, Gavin made a "stop" gesture, which was quite decisive, and Dean involuntarily shut his mouth.
"See you later." Gavin said briefly, turned and left the training ground under Dean's fiery gaze.