Before Madam Vinda left, she mentioned the invitation again. Discovering that Sirius really didn’t have any intention to attend, she could only leave with a sigh.
Holding the pastries, Sirius returned to the kitchen. He was just about to continue boiling his asparagus soup when, as soon as he stepped into the kitchen, he smelled an abnormal aroma in the air.
That sweet, yet slightly charred smell made him strangely nervous. Meanwhile, the Honored Prince, who he had entrusted with the task of watching over the soup, was currently leaning against the wall leisurely, fingers flying across the screen of the personal comp in his hands.
If he overlooked that smell, this would be a perfect picture of Sirius’s beautiful expectations for their future life together as a couple.
But–
“What burned?”
Questioned, the Honored Prince didn’t even raise his eyes: “Perhaps there’s an issue somewhere.”
–The issue was obvious. There was no doubt here.
Sirius placed the weaved basket in his hand into Nalun’s arms. He got ready to roll up his sleeves and search for the source when he noticed that his well-adjusted fire had unknowingly been changed to high heat mode. Meanwhile, the soup ladle placed to the side was covered with some suspicious liquid.
Sirius: “……”
What did he not understand?
Under Sirius’s gaze, Nalun felt somewhat embarrassed. He turned to the side and made an excuse: “Your soup seemed to have burned on its own.”
Sirius opened the cover. The fresh asparagus had already become charred black. Yet the soup still remained undamaged and intact.
How was this possible?
This extraordinary result was really quite shocking. Meanwhile, the culprit behind everything looked completely innocent and unaware, making it hard for Sirius to give any words of blame. Sirius could only pretend to be stupid: “It really does seem burnt.”
Nalun leaned closer and asked cautiously: “Is it still edible?”
Sirius shook his head.
Nalun: “…… How unfortunate.” His grayish-green eyes flashed with disappointment; he looked extremely sincere.
Sirius touched the other’s soft forehead and expressed: Don’t feel too bad, he has a plan. Yet the Admiral’s plan was very simple– There were enough ingredients in the fridge. It’s completely possible for him to dump out the ‘suddenly ruined’ asparagus and make something else.
Nalun pressed his lips together, looking extremely, extremely well-behaved.
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Sirius then said: “Madam Vinda’s pastries. If you’re hungry, eat some first to pad your stomach.”
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Watching Sirius pour the failed dish into the garage without any change in expression, Nalun secretly felt regretful. In the last few days, their relationship had advanced by leaps and bounds. It made him forget about the most basic etiquette of being a guest.
Sirius didn’t say any harsh words at all. In fact, when he noticed the apprehensive mood of the person beside him, he even felt pretty good.
While tidying the kitchen, he discovered some more questionable areas. With his limited imagination, it was very hard for Sirius to know, during the few minutes while he was chatting with Madam Vinda, just what exactly did this partner of his do in the kitchen?
Although there were some twists and turns along the way, in the end, Nalun still successfully managed to eat the fine delicacies prepared by the Monte house’s owner himself. The culinary skills weren’t actually as good as he had imagined, but it was enough to enter the stomach. After everything ended, the sun had already sunk into the other hemisphere of the planet. The soft moonlight landed in the surroundings outside. Unknowingly, he had actually spent an entire day in Sirius’s house.
Sirius looked at the sky and tactfully expressed that Nalun was welcomed to stay anytime.
Nalun naturally wouldn’t stay. To him, this was somewhat too fast.
When Nalun got ready to head back, Sirius wanted to drive him home. However, as someone with a car, the Honored Prince gave a big wave of his hand and personally drove away from the Linton district in his own beloved car.
For a long time, Sirius stood at the entrance of his home, watching the car as it gradually traveled further and further away, until it became a small black dot, unable to be seen anymore.
The ‘visit arrangement’ this time seemed to have opened a certain gate. The two people’s relationship officially intensified and escalated visibly day by day. The sour stench of love was so undisguised that even Yaming Charvey noticed the abnormality. The first big area of suspicion was: That little brother of his, who didn’t have any extracurricular interest, stopped being home in the past few days. Everytime he returned, he’d always carry some kind of gift in his hand. Sometimes it was a bit of food. Sometimes, it was strange, eccentric trinkets.
Meanwhile, his daughter Ilia became more uncommunicative everyday, her pretty eyes dim and colorless. This made Yaming feel a slight hint of comfort. At least, this ended the possibility of him becoming Sirius’s father-in-law, right?
However, it wasn’t just the closest people who caught a whiff of this abnormal stench. There has been a quiet development in the Imperial Capital over this the entire time.
The people within the military were the first to experience the subtle abnormality– their upright and virtuous Admiral seemed to have stopped being a role model workaholic who constantly buried himself in work.
Taking vacation every few days was already enough. What really perturbed people was that: Recently, the ‘frugal and sparing’ Admiral frequently switched sports cars that were sky high in price. In addition, his attention to his attire was gradually becoming more meticulous by the day.
With a grand transformation, the powerful and mighty lion of the past metamorphosed into a flashy male peacock. And he was the extremely ostentatious kind, in a constant state of ‘courtship’.
His gang of subordinates all felt out of sorts. Simultaneously, a giant pair of invisible hands seemed to be pushing forth the news of ‘the Imperial Admiral secretly finding someone’. Yet what made the subordinates feel even more perplexed was that Sirius, their great leader, their mental guide and life goal, seemed to be forcibly connected to his arch-nemesis in the news everytime.
Nalun Charvey. This person has never treated them with a friendly attitude before……
Just how ignorant were people online, to pull these two people together?
“Charvey seemed to have appeared publicly. A piece of paper with his handwriting is spreading around online. The handwriting is very nice.” A certain loyal military subordinate displayed a face of disdain: “Those pampered aristocrats all receive this kind of training…… it’s only good handwriting.”
“The person who posted the image also saw Charvey. Regardless of how terrible the other’s personality is, he really is very good looking. Someone with noble bloodline, good looks, and good handwriting…… the crowd is so easily deceived just like this.”
“But what does this have anything to do with our Admiral?” A tall and sturdy young officer felt perplexed.
“People are always obsessed with putting two good-looking individuals together.” The speaker exclaimed: “Even individuals with terrible relationships can develop earth-shatteringly beautiful romances in people’s heads– Not to mention, the Admiral and Charvey really do have a pretty complicated relationship. Have you seen the latest analysis post that’s been super popular?”
“Regarding what?”
“Come, I’ll send it to you. Starting from the one night stand to the courtroom trial, this post is filled with words of certainty, listing many detailed examples to show proof of the Admiral and Charvey’s romantic relationship. I almost believed it.”
The other person, however, didn’t answer. Instead, he pointed ahead of them with a complicated expression.
“……”
A long time after this, none of the high and low ranking officers in the military could forget this special day.
Right as they gathered together in the same room to discuss gossip about their superior, a familiar car drove by outside the window. The group of people, who had superb memories, only needed one second to recognize the owner of the car.
The Honored Prince, who was supposed to have a long standing strife with their boss, to such an extent that every one of their meetings and encounters were unfriendly and inharmonious, the rumored archnemesis and rival– would actually drive his car straight to the military headquarters right now?
Was he so confident in his backing? To provoke them so openly and publicly?
Without a doubt, Honored Prince Charvey’s conduct here was audacious, treating them so insignificantly.
However, not long afterwards, the budding flames that started burning in everyone’s hearts abruptly extinguished.
Because they saw their own boss cheerfully getting out of the other’s car. Even through the glass windows, they could feel the happiness that radiated from the Admiral from head to toe.
“I already believe it.” Someone broke the silence.
This day, Sirius needed to return to the military headquarters to deal with some official business. Nalun also needed to go next door to follow-up with the Mist Bug matter– His little buddy Alida ultimately decided to hand over his beloved sweetheart to the authorities. Supposedly, he himself has already spent three consecutive days hanging around outside of the prison.
Entrusted by the old Earl, Nalun needed to persuade Alida to return home.
Therefore, he let a certain busybody pragmatist hitch a ride.
“Then I’ll be going.” Sirius leaned close and said in a quiet voice.
Nalun indicated he can get out of the car now: “When are you done?”
Sirius reported a time.
Nalun furrowed his brow: “You military people have to conference for that long.”
Sirius was very exasperated: “Baobei~, I can return myself then.” His tone sounded really extremely pitiful however.
Nalun thought briefly: “That’s really too late. Is this still about the Aerta Galaxy?”
Sirius nodded his head.
“Here I thought your right hand was pretty impressive.” Nalun couldn’t resist giving a few jabs: “This matter still hasn’t been resolved yet?”
Sirius: “The refugees had their old home consumed by the fires of war. After arriving here, they then suffered a misunderstanding due to their outer appearance. The stories of their bitter experience in Asha traveled back to Aerta Galaxy. As a result…… that side ceased fighting and began joining forces to seek justice for their comrades.”
Nalun: “……”
“Aerta people have a natural warlike temperament. If this matter isn’t managed well, it can easily become the reason for a declaration of war from them.” Sirius explained.
Simple minded, and energetic, the noble people of Asha didn’t actually understand the thought process of warmongers very well.
Looked at the time, Sirius seized the opportunity to hug the sullen looking Honored Prince and land a few kisses on the other’s face.
Nalun wiped his face, watched as Sirius departed, and closed the car door with a ‘slam’.
Despite being possibly threatened by war, this kind of thing wasn’t uncommon. The consequences of war in the intergalactic era were far more severe than any of the previous eras. Therefore, there wasn’t actually a big difference between dropping one bomb from above and dropping a hundred bombs from above.
Not to mention, the distance between the two galaxies was too far. The jump warp technology of the Aerta Galaxy was still not enough to support this kind of intergalactic battle.
However, dragging this on was rather annoying.
In Nalun’s case, he was also facing something that could be very annoying if it continued to drag onward.
“In order words, you plan to settle down here?” Nalun’s tone was somewhat impatient: “Since you decided to bring Lan Jia here, you should have known that Lan Jia isn’t a generous person. On the contrary, he’s very vindictive.”
Alida didn’t say anything. His expression looked worried. His entire person emitted a dejected aura, really extremely different from the high-spirited and promising Imperial Capital youth that he was previously.
“Nalun, should I accompany him to visit the Insectoid planet for a while?” Alida was very innovative: “Perhaps this way, he’d understand my sincerity…… I like him and have seriously considered spending the rest of my life with him. However, facing the current situation…… whenever I close my eyes, I can see his furious face, like I committed some utterly unforgivable crime.”
To Lan Jia, what Alida did was truly ‘unforgivable’. However–
“He’s only being detained for a month.” Nalun pointed out ruthlessly: “Compared to staying here, I advise you to return home and tidy yourself up thoroughly. At least…… it’s a bit more sanitary.”
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wow i sure do wonder how the asparagus burned. definitely not related to nalun. 😂😂
thanks for the chapter!