Calling it sending nuclear missiles was already a polite way of putting it. Ji Tianjin’s expression looked more like he wanted to send the Federation a “Thunderstorm,” striving to leave no survivors.
Su Cha waved his hand. “Just a Federation tradition. No need to pay attention to them.”
When he participated in the competition, they had already attempted to find contestants to approach him. This deliberate intention to create marriage alliances was not only directed at Mist Star, they treated other planets the same way.
“Exactly. It’s nothing new.” Lien’s red hair was blown into disarray by the wind. “They even sent people to seduce me.”
“It’s nothing.” Su Cha pressed his lips together slightly. “That’s what I didn’t expect.” There was still a species barrier between the Zerg and humans. The Federation truly had no scruples.
The state banquet would not begin until evening. Su Cha asked Lien whether he wanted someone to take him sightseeing.
“No need. I’ve been traveling nonstop and I’m a bit tired. Let’s just find a place to sit and chat.”
In the end, Su Cha and Lien sat in a hall. Because an official ruler’s recording needed to be filmed, Ji Tianjin did not follow them inside. The banquet hall was extremely spacious, and the cameras were more than ten meters away from them. Su Cha could already imagine tomorrow’s headline, something like both sides conducted a cordial and friendly exchange on future development prospects.
In reality, the topics they discussed had nothing to do with state affairs. With spiritual power sealing the surroundings, Lien was pouring out his grievances to Su Cha.
“Everyone envies our status and position, envies our fine clothes and rich food, but only we know the hardships within.”
“Don’t you feel it? We can never truly embrace freedom. Sometimes, in order to establish authority, we have no choice but to act cruelly.”
Su Cha thought seriously for a moment, then shook his head. “No. I eat well and drink well.” Recently, he had been sleeping quite well too.
Lien’s expression turned strange. “Take this Federation visit as an example. They’ll definitely try every means to probe Mist Star’s military strength. The best way is to give them a show of force in advance. Didn’t you arrange for an ambush halfway?”
Su Cha: “I just stopped a nuclear missile barrage earlier, and you were there.”
“Launching nuclear missiles was obviously a joke.”
Lien’s wings were practically startled out. “So you really didn’t arrange any ambush?”
The Federation must have brought some advanced detection instruments this time. At the very least, there should be a chance to destroy them.
Su Cha shook his head. “I was told to simply enjoy the food.”
If extra matters required handling, Cyril would definitely have emphasized them separately. If nothing was mentioned, then there was no need to worry.
At this moment, Su Cha stood up. “Wait a moment. I’m going to get something.”
He had personally made several bottles of perfume and had forgotten to bring them.
Driven by curiosity, Lien asked a few more questions. Upon learning they were gifts, he said, “Just give them together when the others arrive.”
Su Cha shook his head: “The perfume for you is by the barrel, for Prite Star it’s a large bottle, and for the Federation it’s a small bottle.”
It was said that after the incident with the Shiyuan tribe, the Zerg were one of the few planets willing to lend their strength. Su Cha had always been someone who clearly distinguished between gratitude and grudges.
Lien had a restless personality. While Su Cha went to fetch something, he wandered outside on his own and, from afar, caught the scent of roses carried by the wind.
Ahead was a hundred-acre rose garden, where Ji Tianjin was carefully watering the roses.
Lien was still tangled up in the previous question and flew over to ask, “I see there aren’t many guards in this palace. Are you really not guarding against the Federation at all?”
Ji Tianjin turned off the water valve and began trimming the branches instead.
“What’s there to guard against? If they come, they’ll only focus on healing first.”
Lien immediately put on an attentive expression.
Ji Tianjin said lightly, “I’ve released a bit of news to the outside. Next, Mist Star will cooperate with the Federation to encircle and suppress the alien beasts.”
The king-species alien beasts evolved by devouring the flesh and blood of powerful humans. Whether the news was true or not, when facing the Federation coming to visit Mist Star, they would absolutely choose to make a move.
Lien caught another key point from these words.
“Does Su Cha know about your maneuver?”
Ji Tianjin: “He doesn’t, and there’s no need. Su Cha is someone who yearns for love and peace.”
“…”
Ji Tianjin suddenly stopped what he was doing and looked at him coolly. “You wouldn’t shatter his yearning, would you?”
Lien nodded stiffly.
While they were talking, a spaceship in the sky landed directly in the palace, carrying nothing but imported ingredients.
Ji Tianjin’s temperament was steady and grounded, but the more one interacted with him, the more one felt as though being calculated against. Lien didn’t want to interact with him too much and ran over to see what ingredients there were for tonight.
Because many required special preservation, a large box contained only a tiny amount of rare ingredients. The butler was directing people to move things in an orderly fashion.
Standing to the side, Lien clicked his tongue twice. “No matter how good something is, eat too much of it and it feels ordinary. Excessive cherishing can easily make Su Cha lose his drive.”
“The Young Highness is someone with grand ambitions,” the butler said solemnly. “He has been researching which type of seeds produce the best effects after stimulation. For that, he has no choice but to taste the finest foods across the entire universe.”
“…”
Where was the causal relationship?
The personal guards responsible for unloading also nodded. “This concerns the fate of all humanity in the universe.”
The Young Highness was truly too hardworking, too great!
The high-ranking royal family members following not too far behind Lien remained very calm. The brain structure of the people of Mist Star was clearly different from any other species; not trying to reason with them was a virtue.
“Lien.”
Su Cha’s voice suddenly came from behind. He walked over quickly. “Why did you run over here?”
Lien forced a twitch of his lips. “To see what we’ll be eating later. And to conveniently listen to them talk about your contributions to all humanity.”
Su Cha seemed to know what he was referring to and felt a little embarrassed. “I didn’t expect myself to shoulder such a big responsibility.”
Butler: “Your Highness is too modest. Once crops grown from these stimulated seeds are used as raw materials to produce nutrient solutions in appropriate proportions, long-term consumption may subtly improve physical constitution, thereby completely eliminating the hidden danger of mental power riots.”
The people of Mist Star were usually taciturn, yet at this moment they chimed in one after another, to the point that Lien was almost convinced.
In reality, mental power riots were like the children of Mist Star troubled by their bloodlines, almost irreversible. It was an innate gift that exceeded the body’s capacity. Even the most powerful medicines could only provide relief.
The sun outside was strong, not good for preserving perfume. Su Cha glanced at Lien, signaling him to follow, and quickened his steps back to the cool banquet hall.
Half a beat behind, Lien was stopped by the butler.
The butler asked faintly, “You wouldn’t shatter the Young Highness’s dream, would you?”
Hinting that what shouldn’t be said must not be said.
Lien’s temples were throbbing. “Of course.”
—
The gift-exchange segment inevitably required photos. After confirming that they had enough material, Su Cha checked the time. “The Federation should have arrived.”
The signal tower still had not detected any sign of foreign warships entering, and for some reason there was also no news from Prit Star.
Another half hour passed. Land entered the palace to report the latest news to Su Cha: “A message has come from Prit. On the way they saw the Federation being besieged by alien beasts, so they will arrive a bit later.”
Su Cha: “They’re joining forces to eliminate the alien beasts?”
“No. After Prit saw it, they immediately detoured and chose another route. It’s estimated they won’t arrive until tomorrow morning.”
“…” Su Cha pondered for a moment. “Uncle Land, please go help the Federation. No need to set off too early, try to make it so that it doesn’t cost us much effort, yet they have no choice but to owe us a favor.”
“Repaying resentment with virtue, Your Highness is kind-hearted.”
At a time like this, not only refraining from kicking someone while they were down but instead choosing to lend aid, if that wasn’t kindness, what was?
Lien wished he could block his ears. The Federation’s attack ultimately stemmed from the news Ji Tianjin had spread. Now Su Cha was setting aside past grievances to rescue them; in the eyes of the king-species alien beasts, Mist Star and the Federation would be completely tied together. The real trouble was still to come.
Land led the legion away. Su Cha then had people arrange the evening banquet, while the state banquet was postponed to tomorrow.
During dinner, in response to the distress Lien had raised earlier, Su Cha seriously counseled him: “As long as you have love and dreams in your heart, you won’t have time to overthink.”
Lien gave him a meaningful look. “I wish I could be as confident as you.”
To make eating, drinking, and having fun sound so refined.
Su Cha continued counseling him: “After some time I’m going on an interstellar trip. If you have time, you can come along.”
There had been some accidents on the last trip. When he tried editing the video, he found there wasn’t even a single minute suitable for children to watch.
Lien took a sip of water to calm himself. “Don’t you need to learn how to handle state affairs?”
“These can be learned at any time, but the meaning of travel is extraordinary.”
Whether it was Ji Tianjin, who was putting food into Su Cha’s bowl, or the butler and the personal guards standing at the door, they all nodded slightly at the same time.
Lien silently lowered his head and ate.
After dinner, confirming there were no security issues, Lien dismissed the several high-ranking royals who had been following him and took a walk alone beneath the parasol tree.
“A flower in a greenhouse will eventually have to see the light. It’s so easy now, what about the future?”
He truly couldn’t figure it out. After all, Su Cha’s life had only just begun. One day, the elders who cared for him would pass away one by one, and he too would become an elder in others’ eyes.
When that time came, could Su Cha really shoulder all of this?
“Of course. He is the generation that links the past and the future.”
“Who?”
Lien suddenly stopped, warily scanning his surroundings.
The high-ranking royals rushed over at once and guarded him.
However, after probing every corner nearby with their mental power, they found nothing unusual.
“A hallucination?” Lien frowned, wondering whether the mental stimulation he had received today had been too much, causing him to imagine things.
Meanwhile, the system that had just left the palace was setting off for another planet.
The mechanical doll was heading to the world where Su Cha had once lived. It planned to select a few promising seedlings there to cultivate, so that when needed in the future, the little flower demon could directly share Su Cha’s responsibilities.
The system would give each host it had guided an evaluation. The evaluation it gave Su Cha was “emerging unstained from the mud.”
To better ensure the host remained unstained by worldly troubles, the system had specially formulated a protection policy of “linking the past and the future.”
On the road of life ahead, there were many reliable elders to cherish him; behind him, there were little flower demons waiting to show him filial respect. On top of that, Su Cha himself had developed a lover whose background he knew inside and out.
“Brat, you’re about to reach fulfillment.”
The system murmured, turning into a streak of light and disappearing, leaving behind the endless brilliance of the galaxy.
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