The commotion with the trial temporarily came to an end. The matter with the insect attack on Xier Street, however, still hasn’t concluded yet.
Since Sirius said his goodbye, an entire two days have passed. During this time, the relationship between Asha and the Insectoids once again descended to the freezing point. With the unveiling of the ‘Scepter case’, there were new developments.
The Asha people were extremely displeased about their national heirloom being used as a prize by the Insectoids, viewing this as a clear, obvious provocation. They demanded the Insectoids authorities to make an unified announcement to apologize publicly, as well as take responsibility for the damage that Xi En had caused in Asha and rebuild Xier Street.
As for the day of the Hunting Festival, the attack organized by the Mist Bug was also brought up again, calculating old debts with the new ones. Even though Asha people loved peace ardently, they couldn’t tolerate this anymore!
The Insects were really too despicable. They should be chased back to their home planet! It’s been a long time since the Asha military exercised their strengths. At this point, they’ve already been rubbing their hands and rolling up their sleeves, ready for battle for quite a while.
“We Insectoids seldomly enjoy engaging in conflicts with other nations. These incidents were purely accidents. Let us put down our biases and establish a harmonious galaxy. Let us be a pair of peaceful, friendly neighbors.”
The Asha people: “…….”
The Insectoid’s political situation was unstable. Naturally, they didn’t dare to act too tough towards outside forces.
— It can be said that they were being very timid.
The Asha people’s opinions were very unanimous: Forget your peace and friendship! Who would believe those ludicrous words?
When you guys decided to steal Asha’s scepter, how come you weren’t timid back then?
Don’t fuss. That was the succession requirement left behind by the previous Insect King before he died.
Then your previous Insect King was quite a thinker!
If they were merely timid, it’d be better. Yet this group of Insects were not only timid, they were also especially stingy.
Several of those interested in the throne all refused to take responsibility for the cost of reconstruction. Apologies were also pushed off onto each other. Timid, miserly, and not willing to lower themselves to apologize, this affair entered an impasse.
The Asha people demanded to see a sincere apology.
The Insectoids looked full of good faith, yet no one was willing to provide the money or put down their pride.
They placed their gaze on the family of the main culprit, Xi En.
“All of this was the personal doing of the war mongeral Xi En. It should be Xi En’s family that pays for this cost.”
The elderly Metal Devouring Bug, the Grand Duke, waved: “No money here! Get lost!”
The insect crowd scattered like birds.
Then they gathered in front of the gates of Grand Duke’s second son– one of Xi En’s many brothers, a powerful bug who has already possessed a certain amount of authority. This was also the same person who had issued a public announcement to Asha as the Insectoid representative previously.
This one should have money.
The young and promising second son smiled darkly: “People ultimately have to take responsibility for their own actions. Xi En has long passed the age of having others take the blame for him. Not to mention, I’m not even obligated to do this.”
Therefore the Insectoids’ attitude was–
“Although I don’t have money, I sincerely apologized. Please don’t hit me.”
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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His Majesty the Emperor sighed: “I understand all of this logic.”
But……
Nalun thought of something: “Xi Jin still can’t remember?”
The Emperor shook his head: “Found someone to assess him a few days ago. Taking medication on schedule should help him recover. However, it takes time.”
Recalling Xi Jin’s identity and status on the Insect Planet, this pair of cousins both sank into frustrations.
After a moment, Nalun finally asked: “Is there no way to both teach the Insectoids a lesson while avoiding the flames of war?
The Emperor was without options: “How about just slaughtering Xi En?”
Nalun said: “Make the slaughtering process a bit more ruthless?”
The Emperor held his forehead.
The topic fizzled out without a solution. After a moment of silence, Nalun couldn’t help but ask: “Where did Sirius go?”
Ever since they parted last time, Sirius’s whereabouts has become a mystery. Other than engaging in brief calls via the personal comp with him at night, Nalun couldn’t even see a shadow of the other’s figure.
Unwittingly, the Emperor’s expression turned profound.
“Ah Nalun…… Are you and Sirius, really……” He held up two hands and made a gesture: “like this?”
His personal comp still stopped on the latest information column. Before Nalun arrived, a certain Emperor was currently reading with increasingly keen interest.
This hand gesture was practically unfathomable.
The Honored Prince said coldly: “Oh, we’ve reconciled.”
“Only reconciled?”
The Honored Prince asked: “Do you want there to be something else?”
The Emperor: “……”
After readjusting his state, the Emperor used a serious and sincere attitude to tell Nalun: The Admiral has been busy with Insectoid matter in the last few days; but he’ll be back very soon! Then he comforted Nalun, telling him to peacefully enjoy his days of leisure within the Imperial Capital, that there’s no need to be too worried.
Nalun: “……”
He only needed the front part of that answer. As for being worried or not, his older cousin was really overthinking this.
Also, what did ‘days of leisure’ mean? It made him sound like an archetype slacker.
Only obtaining a vague answer from the Emperor’s mouth, Nalun felt somewhat disappointed. After returning, he proactively sent Sirius a call request.
The initiator of the previous few calls had always been Sirius. Out of a certain awkwardness, Nalun held his questions on the tip of his tongue, unable to find the opportunity to ask them.
But the dial tone sounded for a very long time, yet the other person still didn’t answer.
Seeing the screen gradually turn dark, Nalun’s heart also fell.
He thought to himself: Forget it. The other person was probably busy right now. Once it was 8pm, Sirius should be calling himself.
The time passed somewhat slowly. When the evening arrived and it reached 8pm, the personal comp still remained silent. At this time, Nalun recalled his communication device, which had been silent for a long time.
Speaking of this, it seemed like it’s been a very long time since Sirius harassed “Mist Bug”.
Opening the communication device, Nalun discovered that the newest message was the ‘I miss you’ message that he had composed himself. After this, Sirius completely vanished without a trace.
Nalun: “……”
And here Sirius had been shamelessly fooling around with DuoNi just some time ago. Yet in a few short days, his attitude was no longer the same as before.
Nalun strangely felt a feeling of sorrow and sympathy, like he was experiencing this personally. Be it DuoNi or himself, neither of them could avoid the fate of being forgotten by Sirius.
Towards this, Nalun felt somewhat disappointed.
That same night, Nalun fell asleep one hour later than usual.
Yawning with tears in the corners of his eyes, the Honored Prince couldn’t resist the feeling of sleepiness. Holding the communication device in one hand and the personal comp in his other hand, Nalun fell asleep head tilted in the bed.
Nighttime in the Charvey Estate was completely silent. Other than a few on duty servants, everyone else entered dreamland.
The travel-worn Admiral-daren advanced stealthily, barging easily into Nalun’s room.
He closed the door, took off his military cap, placed it on the table, then slowly walked to the bed.
The brows-furrowed and eyes-closed youth resting in the nest of blankets seemed to be sleeping very deeply. His silk sleepwear was loose and opened widely, revealing delicate collarbones. The curly ends of his hair rolled upwards faintly, making him look extremely indolent.
Discovering the two things Nalun held in his hands, the Admiral couldn’t help but smile faintly. He took off his gloves, reached out a forefinger and secretly fiddled with the curls in Nalun’s hair. Squeezing them, he moved upward and slowly shifted his hand to the back of Nalun’s neck.
When he rushed back to the Imperial Capital, originally he had already returned to his residence. However, under a certain impulse, when he had finally realized what he had done, he was already standing in front of the Charvey Estate’s front gates.
By now, Nalun must have already fallen asleep.
But… just returning like this, really made him feel very unwilling.
“Ai…..”
If he knew that, due to that one cup of questionable wine, he’d end up in his current predicament, he would have refused to attend the Princess’s banquet no matter what. Then, he could have used a normal, enthusiastic and ardent pursuit method to draw this person into his arms.
But right now…… even though the issue was in the drug, he was still a suspected culprit of coercion. Not to mention Nalun was the type who flew into rage extremely easily when embarrassed. Sirius has no choice but to slow down his pace and patiently get close to the other step by step, terrified that the slightest carelessness would alert Nalun inadvertently and scare him away.
However, right now, he felt like his patience has almost come to an end.
The closer he was to the other, the less he could control himself.
Reason gave him the restraint to use only a brief embrace to pacify himself. Emotions, however, told him that it wasn’t enough; that he wanted even more.
His gaze landed on those thin lips that have spat out countless lies. As Nalun slept, their slightly opened state made them look like a delicacy waiting to be tasted. In a silent, subtle manner, they seduced him.
Sirius increased the strength of his hold on the back of Nalun’s neck. He noticed that the other was breathing smoothly, without any signs of waking up.
A vital part of the usually prideful Honored Prince was currently being gasped in his hand while the other slept completely unaware. Not doing anything right now was really being too unfair to himself.
The Admiral only pondered for one second before making his decision.
He leaned down, moved closer between that slender neck, and took a light whiff. The post-bath smell was very clean.
At this time, the person beneath him suddenly moved restlessly. Sirius immediately halted. A few seconds later, he discovered that the other’s breathing continued to remain even and silently let out a breath of relief.
Really, not even well-behaved even in his sleep.
Ever since he learned that Nalun was DuoNi, Sirius started to secretly do his best to recover the memories of that night. Right now, he already had somewhat of a success. However, this only made him even more restless. This little liar was both obstinate and stubborn, very heavily resistant.
No matter how intensely Sirius desired to make Nalun unable to utter anymore lies from his mouth or spit out anymore words of mockery, just like that night; the reality was that he could only remain patient and endure.
He’s been enduring this entire time.
The tip of his nose touching bare skin, he brushed along gently with his tongue and lips, moving slowly. Warm breaths puffed over the cheek and ear of the person beneath him, until he finally tasted the long awaited delicacy. He then slowed down his breathing and rubbed gently, attempting to open those tightly closed lips.
His patience has been well-practiced for a while now.
Controlling his strength, like a shameful pervert, he cautiously and carefully kissed his beloved.
The unconscious and unaware person was guided to open his mouth.
After a long time, and noticing Nalun’s gradually increased breathing, Sirius promptly backed away and silently observed the other in the darkness for a very long time.
He seemed to give a sigh before saying softly: “Sleep well, baobei. Tomorrow, I will be able to see you properly and openly.”
The reply that he received was only the sound of breathing.
This silent, inconspicuous theft of sweetness pacified Sirius greatly. After rationality returned to him, the satisfied Admiral felt like he has enough patience and strength to continue dealing with this little liar once again.
Sleeping so soundly.
With a happy smile, he cleaned up the ‘scene of the crime’. Putting on his glove and military cap, before he left, Sirius still couldn’t resist leaning over to give a gentle bite on the ear of the person in bed, and then thoughtfully cover him up well with the blankets.
As for the likelihood that Nalun was pretending to be asleep?
The Admiral thought to himself: If Nalun were awake, he would probably immediately jump him and try to beat him up.
Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, the uninvited guest of the Charvey Estate left silently.
The moment the door closed, a pair of dark green eyes instantly opened at the same time.
The ‘soundly asleep youth’ Nalun opened a pair of bright, shiny eyes and slowly covered his face with his hands.
Thank you for the chapter!
Poor baby Nalun, now you have to face that reality is different from your thoughts?
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How will Nalun try to get over with it tomorrow?
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Thank You for the new chapter (•‾⌣‾•)و ̑̑♡
Cute Nalu🙈
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Thank you for the chapter 🥰
nalun, you’re so cute yahhhh. where’s your tsundere-ness gone?
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YOUR VEST HAS BEEN TORN OFF DO YOU DARE TO STILL PRETEND DO YOU DO YOU DO YOU
(sticking to to baobei, huh? what happened to xiao meiren?)
thanks for the chapter!
YESSSSSSS FINALLY THEY KITH!!!! Now… Do it again! XD