Nine Offspring of the Dragon
Editor: MinMin
After breakfast, Ryan wiped his mouth with a napkin and said, “I am done.”
Chu Yuwen looked at the excess leftovers on the table. “Don’t you want to eat some more?”
Ryan shook his head and gazed at the food on the table with a sad expression that cried: I still want to eat, but I have no more room in my stomach.
Chu Yuwen asked the servant to remove the breakfast and took Ryan out to the marriage registry.
The Marshal’s mansion was huge. There was a long spiral staircase connecting the dining room on the fourth floor to the living room on the first floor. Yan Weiliang did not pay attention to it yesterday, but today, he noticed the unique decoration on the dark-red handrail. Each interval on the staircase pillars sat a statue of a beast. Going down the order, Qiuniu, Yazi, Chaofeng, Pulao, Suanni, Bixi, Bian, Baxia, and Chiwen.
Nine Offspring of the Dragon.
This kind of decoration with a unique eastern charm brought him a faint sense of intimacy. But at the thought of where he was now, the feeling quickly diminished.
The founding of the Empire started a global unification. To this day, almost everyone is of mixed race, and it was not uncommon to marry a foreigner, or even an alien—of course, there was no longer the concept of ‘foreign’ anymore. Under heaven, unified Empire.
Therefore, nowadays, the Empire was a melting pot, people of multi-ethnic and even multi-ethnic blood. In this context of cultural integration, it was difficult to preserve the ancient civilizations of various ethnic groups as many of them have all perished in the long river of history.
But there were still exceptions.
The present-day royal family and the earliest nobles were of the Chinese lineage, which made the Chinese culture unfailing. The nobility later also began to marry the emerging forces, and had blond hair and blue eyes mixed-race children. Only the royal family did not intermarry with foreigners, only married noble woman with pure blood to maintain the purity of the bloodline.
To date, the Yan Family was the only one in the world who retained black hair, black eyes and oriental facial features.
This was also a symbol of royal status.
But to some extent, this isolation caused by complacency was not one of the reasons for the decline of the royal family.
From the perspective of Chu Yuwen, he was a descendant of an oriental aristocracy based on his surname. He had black hair and the charming and handsomeness that only oriental people possessed. Except for an overly sharp pair of dark golden eyes, indicating that his ancestors had foreign blood.
Since the decline of the royal family and the rise of the new aristocrats, the Chinese style, which was highly praised, was now scoffed at. Chu Yuwen employed a large number of subordinates with Western European blood, showing his strong opinion on them. But the Marshal’s mansion was full of Chinese elements, including the ancient poems from distant China on his bookshelf.
Should he consider Chu Yuwen as someone who cherishes old history?
But this man was all for innovation.
The Marshal, who was committed to overthrowing the nobility power, was also the person whom the royal family and aristocrats wanted to get rid of the most, with no exceptions.
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This was the most common means of transportation in the upper three districts. A self-driving hover car.
People in the middle third districts might never witness this means of transportation in their lifetime.
The difference between the Third and Fourth Districts was a gate that the poor could not cross in their lifetime. People in the middle three districts were still using primitive cars for transportation, while those lower three districts may not even have a means of transportation.
The gap between the rich and the poor would always exist, and the class would never be able to cross over. Thousands of years ago, some people would go on vacation by private plane, take a Porsche for a spin in the fresh air, and drive a Maserati to a dancing event; some people would ride bicycles, catch the bus, squeeze into the subway, and rush to work.
In the interstellar age, people in the upper three districts roamed the space in mechs and wandered in the starry sea in spacecraft. While others were confined to their own districts without the power to take one step out.
Such an Empire was something that the Third Prince wanted to change and the Marshal wanted to overthrow.
Strictly speaking, they did not have to be enemies, but it was impossible for them to become allies with their status.
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“Get in the car.” Chu Yuwen showed a smile and used a very gentle tone with him, showing no means of getting in first and giving him a hand.
Internally, Yan Weiliang lightly mocked.
You are already testing me so soon?
The door to the hover car was located in the front. When closed, it fitted seamlessly into the body of the car. The smooth and flat surface made it impossible for people to see the door.
But there was an obvious door-like outline behind the hover car. It was the mechanical wings that would extend only when the hover car was in flight mode.
Now, the real front door was closed while the back door was open. Like a dark cave where the mechanical wings were hidden. Anyone who had never seen a self-driving hover car would think of the back as the entrance.
According to Ryan’s identity on the data provided, he grew up in the Fourth District. It was only recently that he was discovered by the adjutant who was in the Fourth District for work. Because of his outstanding appearance, he was directly transported to the First District in air to the Marshal.
In theory, this was the first time for him to see a self-driving hover car.
It was conceivable that Yan Weiliang would ask about the unopened door or consciously walk to the front door, which was hidden very tightly and directly let the cat out of the bag.
For a person who was used to living in the First District, self-driving hover cars were a common means of transportation. Who would have noticed such a detail? It was easy for people to make habitual movements getting in the car, particularly an instinct by now.
And this imperceptibly exposed himself.
Chu Yuwen showed a gentleman’s courtesy under an untraceable test.
But this was child play for Yan Weiliang.
Ryan stepped into the black opening without a pause.
The mechanical wings in the black could easily crush a weak omega.
But he showed no hesitation.
At the moment when he was about to enter from the back, he was pulled back by a hand and into a warm embrace.
“Ryan, you entered from the wrong way.” Chu Yuwen apologized, “I forgot that the door has not been opened yet. The entrance is over there.”
Ryan looked at the suddenly opened front door in astonishment and murmured, “Oh…there is another door there.”
“There is only one door.” Chu Yuwen corrected him, “This is not a door you take, this is the shutter for the hover car’s wings. It is dangerous for people to enter. Be mindful of this next time.”
What gentle advice.
As if he was not the mastermind who accounted for the chance that he would enter from there.
Ryan’s face flushed with shame. “I seem to have done something stupid.”
“No worries. It is your first time riding this. You will be familiar with it soon.” Chu Yuwen helped Ryan into the car this time.
When Ryan stepped into the vehicle, he sat down and looked around. A monotone mechanical voice emanated from the hovercar. [Hello, welcome to the hover car unit seven, please state your destination.]
“Marriage registry.” Chu Yuwen gave their destination as an order.
The mechanical voice did not respond as the car instantly left the ground. Ryan’s body did not move even the slightest, as if they were traveling flat on the ground.
If it were not for the changing scenery outside, no one could tell the hover car was in motion.
Ryan curiously inspected the interior of the car. From the outside, the car was coated in a pure silver layer, but he could see the outside from within the car. The hover car drove smoothly through the bustling scene outside.
The streets were full of coming and going hover cars, none of them with a driver, but they all operated in good order and without any sign of collision. Occasionally, a winged pegasus or golden dapeng passed through the sky. They were domesticated pets of the rich.
All the bystanders were well-dressed and beautiful, talking and laughing on the streets. Unlike the mediocrity of the middle three districts, where hope only exists in legend.
Ryan put his hands on the glass as surprises burst out of his eyes. “Wow…”
That kind of ‘I’ve seen it all’ expression could not be faked.
Chu Yuwen asked, “Your first time?”
“Yes.” Ryan nodded repeatedly. “The First District is different from my place. My home town is very, very…” He thought for a long time and finally came up with the right word, “Poor.”
Poor, even barren. This was the current situation of the middle three districts.
The lower three districts were called desolate, even ludicrous.
He could not say anything about the tenth district, because not many people had been there, Yan Weiliang included.
To understand the circumstances of the people, he once visited the middle and lower third districts in person and saw their terrible conditions, how even in the mire, people were still struggling to survive. Returning to the bustling imperial capital and seeing the extravagant princes and ministers, he felt a moment of confusion and disgust for himself.
Why should soldiers shed blood to serve in an Empire like this? Why should heroes protect such a group of people at the cost of their lives?
There was simply no need for the royal family and aristocrats to… exist.
For a certain moment, Yan Weiliang even understood Chu Yuwen’s idea very well, having the thought of abandoning everything else. Just hand the Empire to Chu Yuwen, who surely would make the world a better place.
But many times, he turned a page of the Yan Family Biography alone in the imperial palace’s library, and the past glory of the Yan Family jumped out between the lines. There was always a sense of reluctance.
The ancestors of the Yan Family once united the world during Judgement Day, became the leader of mankind, and defeated the alien invasion. The new Earth was renamed the Blue Planet, beginning a new era.
They were used to drive mechs, expand the territory, and display flags with the word Yan on each planet.
Each of them was brave, and their heroic deeds were recorded in history books. Every word was written with glory. He was proud to have their blood flowing in his veins.
Their descendants should not end up like this.
They should not leave the stage so disgracefully.
Yan Weiliang was the only product worth mentioning in this generation of the Yan Family. He had many older brothers, who indulged in pleasure every day and mocked him for his efforts. His talentless and virtueless older brother, who was the first in line to the throne, had a jealous nature and always wanted to get rid of this excellent younger brother. The Emperor was, even more, the embodiment of incompetence, as he trembled at the sight of Chu Yuwen, who held real power.
It was no wonder that Chu Yuwen once said, “There is only one royal member, Yan Weiliang, who is clean and worthy of being my opponent. Do not compare other bugs with me or him.”
That would be a disgrace.
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“Ryan.” Chu Yuwen gently called him.
“Yes?” Yan Weiliang raised his head with a dazed expression.
Chu Yuwen said, “We are here.”
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Teo: To read more about the Nine Offsprings of the Dragon, you can read it here.
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