M1zushi: if you didn’t manage to find the April Fool’s gift chapter, you can go back to chapter 54.2 and read it ^^
But since the room had already been booked, it was impossible for them to suddenly decide not to stay. Moreover, upon further consideration, their current public image seemed to make booking such a room even more reasonable.
So they entered it.
Jiang Ci walked to the window and slightly lifted the curtain to look outside. He had to admit that, whether it was the tavern chosen by Huo Xianfeng or the specific room upstairs, both the location and the view were excellent.
Most importantly, the angle from this window provided a clear view of the tall white tower in the center of the city, as well as almost all the transport routes of the carriers ships.
On the other side, Huo Xianfeng quickly checked the room for any surveillance devices and stuffed all the eye-catching items on the bedside table into the cabinet.
Tsk, what had the inventors of these things gone through to come up with such bizarre items?
However, his actions paused as he had suddenly seen something.
…A shirt stay?
Oh, oh, oh, wait, it seems a bit different. This is much more complicated than a shirt stay.
The young man, as if he had discovered a new toy, noticed that the straps trailing behind the two clips were very long. Unlike shirt stays that barely reached the waist, the length of this strap could be pulled from the thigh directly to the chest.
Eh, it seems like it’s not used for clipping shirts…
While Huo Xianfeng was studying this object that looked like a shirt stay, he suddenly felt a burning gaze from behind him.
He turned around, locking his eyes with Jiang Ci.
“……..”
In the sultry background, their silence was very telling, doing nothing to lighten the current atmosphere.
After a moment, Huo Xianfeng blinked and lifted the weird combination of leather straps and metal buckles in his hand to show Jiang Ci,
“Hmm, I just thought it looked a bit like a shirt stay.”
“…….”
Indeed, by the material alone, it resembled one, but it wasn’t as finely crafted and high-end as Jiang Ci’s.
The major general’s back suddenly stiffened. During his time at the military academy, he often had to wear accessories like shoulder straps, arm bands, or gun holsters in his combat uniform. In some so-called high-society formal occasions, shirt stays, sleeve garters, and other accessories were indispensable.
Thus, Jiang Ci was not unfamiliar with these leather accessories. He could almost immediately recognize how those curved and winding straps should be worn.
“……..”
The moment a general outline formed in his mind, Jiang Ci suddenly couldn’t look with a clear conscience at the everyday ornaments he often wore. He stood frozen in place for two seconds, then suddenly strode over, snatched the object, crumpled it into a ball, and stuffed it into the cabinet.
Then he slammed it shut.
“Huo Xianfeng, do you really have that much free time?”
Jiang Ci’s tone carried a clear annoyance,
“Stop dawdling and get down to business!”
Huo Xianfeng was a bit surprised by the other’s strong reaction, but before he could reply, the background music suddenly stopped, and a melodramatically sultry AI electronic voice wafted down from the ceiling,
“Down to business…hmm, what, can’t wait to get started?”
“Ah…time is of the essence, isn’t it~~~”
Jiang Ci: “…….”
Huo Xianfeng: “……..”
Pa!
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The young general slammed his fist down on the mute button.
Buzz.
Ktf kbgiv yfmjwf delfa.
Leb Wljcofcu yilcxfv ribkis, offilcu jr lo Aljcu Jl tjv revvfcis yfmbwf nfgs wbbvs.
That’s not right; he had just been through a pheromone soothing session last night.
“Cigluta atfc.”
Lf cbvvfv, kjixfv bnfg ab atf klcvbk, jcv ajqqfv bc atf rwjii vfnlmf bc tlr kglra, mbwwjcvlcu delaf cjaegjiis,
“Lfgf, rajga gfmbgvlcu. Gbmewfca atf agjcrqbga rtlqr’ gbeafr, dejcalas, mjgub nbiewf, jcv ogfdefcms bo agjcrqbga…”
Although Huo Xianfeng could record and analyze these details himself, he wasn’t keen on sitting idle for a couple of hours. Since the mecha’s AI could handle it, he doesn’t have to worry about it.
After gathering information during dinner, they decided to investigate the purpose and use of the large quantities of nectar collected by the church. Thus, the incessantly operating transport ships became their entry point.
—This was the “business” Jiang Ci referred to.
Likewise, this was the main reason Huo Xianfeng chose this inn and room: the excellent view and the fact that there was no surveillance behind the window offered a good escape route.
Perhaps because he had used Xiao X as a mecha before, Huo Xianfeng unconsciously used his mental power to issue the command directly.
Xiao X: “……..Ah”
Click!
The silver band on his wrist immediately split open, transforming into a small, disguised camera that clung to the curtain.
The next second, Jiang Ci heard a whiny complaint from the chip behind his ear,
“A-Ci darling, this alpha you found really doesn’t see himself as an outsider. You two just kissed, and he’s already ordering around your beloved Xiao X.”
As it spoke, Xiao X began to sob,
“Wuwuwuwuwu, A-Ci darling, can’t you switch me and let Bai Ze follow him? I really can’t handle it anymore.”
Originally, as a childcare system, it was designed to be adorable, talkative, and motherly, but ever since Huo Xianfeng appeared, it had grown reticent.
—Because it found this alpha somewhat terrifying.
While diligently recording various details about the transport ships, it poured out its grievances to its young master, tears streaming down its interface,
“A-Ci darling, you have no idea how terrifying his mental power is, it’s nothing like your gentleness,”
“Last time you had me replace the Forbidden Abyss’ core, at most, my mental cavity could barely support your double S-grade mental power, and that’s only because we’ve adapted to each other over the years. But he’s so rough, so cruel, not at all gentle with your Xiao X…”
It had been holding back these words for a while. Naturally, as an AI, it had to obey Jiang Ci’s orders, but! But! It had been stuck with this alpha for some time, occasionally being commanded by that fearsome mental power, and its poor mental cavity was struggling to cope.
“Also, my core is only A-grade, A-grade! With the original configurations as a childcare system, keeping A-Ci company in school or during training was one thing, activating the 3S-grade Forbidden Abyss for a stroll was barely manageable, but he insists on making me fight, swinging a sword at Wan Jiang,”
“And his mental strength threshold has completely surpassed Marshal Huo’s record from years ago. I can’t even calculate it. Most importantly, such immense mental power pours in without a word, directly flooding into my mental cavity. It was about to burst at that moment, wuwuwwuwuwu…”
Xiao X wailed loudly in Jiang Ci’s mind.
“Hurry, let Bai Ze follow him! Xiao X can’t bear this suffering anymore, wuuu…”
Jiang Ci: “…”
For some reason, though every word was serious, there was an indescribable sense of vulgarity.
The major general deeply covered his face, revealing only slightly flushed ear tips.
“――Shut up!”
Huo Xianfeng turned around in surprise, “……?”
Jiang Ci: “……I’m not talking to you.”
Then he remained silent for two seconds, deciding to show some sympathy for his parenting AI system.
Since there was no signal here and Xiao X and Bai Ze could connect to each other, even without a signal, they could accurately communicate and locate each other via radio. So, in this situation, either Bai Ze or Xiao X had to be with Huo Xianfeng, so they wouldn’t lose contact.
But when Jiang Ci reached for Bai Ze’s necklace inside his collar, he suddenly heard a soulful question,
Bai Ze: “A-Ci, do you really want both of your mechas to bear the same pain again?”
Jiang Ci: “………”
He really wanted to know what Huo Xianfeng had done to his mechas. Why did even the double-S-ranked Bai Ze have such deep psychological trauma?
At that moment, Huo Xianfeng suddenly noticed that Jiang Ci’s gaze towards him was unusually strange and complex.
“……Anything wrong?”
“Nothing.”
After pondering for a moment, Jiang Ci could only let Xiao X cry and accept its fate that it still had to stay by the side of the ‘Great Demon King’.
After all, he had a gap in strength compared to Huo Xianfeng. Once he handed Bai Ze over to him, Jiang Ci would have no trump cards left.
Huo Xianfeng didn’t think that much. He left Xiao X on the curtain to continue recording, then went straight to the bathroom.
“Oh, since everything’s fine, I’ll take a bath first.”
After spending a night in the cave and rushing through a day with wind and dust, Huo Xianfeng felt he needed a bath.
Besides, the collection and analysis of various information about the cargo ships would take some time. By the time they actually acted, it would probably be late at night and it was better to take a bath and sleep for a few hours than to stand there.
Jiang Ci: “……”
He silently watched the lazy figure of the young man passing by, not certain whether to admire his adaptability or to be speechless about his carefree nature.
As he passed by the bed, Huo Xianfeng casually reopened the BGM that Jiang Ci had turned off earlier, just lowering the volume a bit.
“Since we’ve booked this kind of room, it’d be strange not to have any sound. Let’s keep it on.”
“…….”
This reason couldn’t be refuted.
So Jiang Ci tacitly accepted his actions.
But compared to the deliberately sensual music in the room, the sound of water in the bathroom made Jiang Ci even more uneasy.
Rubbing his forehead and feeling his ears burning, Jiang Ci walked around the room for a couple of rounds, then sat down on the nearby single sofa, intending to meditate with closed eyes.
Fortunately, although the room was somewhat messy, the hygiene aspect was clean, and there were no strange smells. However, before Jiang Ci could sit down for a few seconds, the single sofa he was sitting on suddenly vibrated. At that moment, he felt very clearly…
Swish――
Jiang Ci suddenly stood up, stepping back several steps in shock, only to find that the originally flat cushion was slowly protruding out…
The major general’s face darkened in an instant as he stepped forward and violently crushed something with his foot. Then, he found the power source of the sofa, unplugged it, and pushed the entire sofa into a corner, overturning and covering it. Out of sight, out of mind.
Xiao X witnessed the whole process and suddenly spoke in a low voice, “A-Ci, why don’t we change to another alpha? Anyway, you two only temporarily marked each other, and even kissing doesn’t really mean anything. After all, if you couldn’t even accept that thing just now, you definitely won’t be able to handle what’s in the bathroom right now.”
Jiang Ci: “…?”
The major general was stunned for a few seconds before he realized what Xiao X was talking about.
“????”
Is this thing really the parenting system developed by his father??? Has it not been invaded by some strange dirty mind virus???
When they return to the Capital, Jiang Ci felt that he must dismantle Xiao X and thoroughly inspect it.
“You… just shut up, will you?! What nonsense are you talking about?!”
“I’ve seen everything; how could I be talking nonsense? A-Ci, you know I can’t lie to you as you’re my master in my programming.”
Jiang Ci was silent.
…Seen everything?
It was then that he suddenly remembered that ever since he lent Xiao X to Huo Xianfeng to unlock the Forbidden Abyss, it had turned into a silver bracelet that stayed on Huo Xianfeng’s wrist.
―Including when Huo Xianfeng took a shower on the military ship.
…So that’s how it knew everything so clearly?
Jiang Ci froze in place for a couple of seconds as if struggling with a monumental decision. Eventually, he quickly walked to the window, acting like someone conducting a secret mission, and lowered his voice, asking: “Did you see clearly… if he has any tattoos on his body?”
This question had been haunting Jiang Ci because, in his conjecture, the tattoo on Huo Xianfeng’s body appeared after he suddenly exhibited inhuman strength and then fell unconscious. Therefore, Jiang Ci felt that Huo Xianfeng’s bizarrely formidable power must be related to that strange tattoo.
Xiao X: “………?”
Tattoos?
Ah, so it has come to the time when he’s interested in an alpha’s body, huh?
Xiao X sighed internally.
Other omegas usually start showing interest in alphas and undergo pheromone matching since their teenage years, but their family’s poor Xiao A-Ci has always harbored hostility and disgust towards alphas due to his childhood psychological trauma. At twenty-seven, he barely managed a blind date before directly sending the other party to the hospital.
After much thought, Xiao X felt that, after so many years, their young master had finally found a suitable match and shouldn’t be separated from them. As for the Great Devil Huo Xianfeng…
It’s okay. As a parenting system, its foremost priority has always been the safety and happiness of the young master. Even if it means suffering a bit of grievance…
…crying is also okay.
Thus, Xiao X forced a cheerful expression and said:
“Don’t worry, Jiang Ci, he doesn’t have any of those bad things.”
―No.
Jiang Ci slightly narrowed his eyes.
Sure enough, it matched his speculation.
Click.
At this moment, Huo Xianfeng came out of the bathroom, neatly dressed, with his hair dried like last time, lying softly on his forehead, adding a touch of youthful naivety. His pheromones were well-restrained, with only a slight, refreshing scent after a bath.
He glanced at the corner where the sofa seemed to have been violently destroyed, and raised his eyebrows slightly, but didn’t ask anything. Instead, he just lifted the blanket and lay down.
“This life-bearing planet has eighteen hours of night; we probably have to wait another ten hours before we can make a move.”
Huo Xianfeng turned his head, half his face buried in the soft blanket, and looked at Jiang Ci:
“Do you want to take a bath and sleep for a bit, or are you going to just stand there for ten hours?”
“……..”
Jiang Ci pursed his lips, then walked straight into the bathroom.
It had already been cleaned once inside, and apart from the slightly warm and moist vapor, there was no other smell. He quickly took a shower, then dressed and lay down on the other half of the bed.
Given the special circumstances, Jiang Ci wasn’t so fussy. Moreover, they had already slept huddled together in a cave for one night. At this time, he wasn’t aware that his defensive line against Huo Xianfeng was lowering, bit by bit.
The room still echoed with those lights and music, intentionally creating an ambiguous atmosphere, and Jiang Ci thought he would, as before, feel all heated up or toss and turn unable to sleep because of Huo Xianfeng’s closeness or some small movements.
But strangely, when the familiar, extremely faint alpha pheromones gently spread around him, Jiang Ci quickly fell asleep.
The room was engulfed in darkness, and the music gradually became quieter until it was completely replaced by the omega’s long, gentle breathing.
Until the faint alpha pheromones gradually dissipated, and the murky dreamscape swallowed him up like a swamp――
Aaaaa… Xiao X really has become my favourite now 🤣😍😘
Thanks for the chapter!~
Ah yes Xiao x lol the development 🤣
Thanks 4 the chapter :))
Thanks for the chapter!! 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for the chapter 😍 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Thanks for the chapter
Even the formidable Bai Ze is scared of Huo Xianfeng 😭
Right?! Dwl.
Even Xiao X is teasing his young master 🤣
Thanks for the chapter 💞