Chapter 183: Deception

"Get up, you don't need to give me a gift."

Looking at the innocent-looking boy in front of her, Anuo knew that he was unaware of the rules of the Zerg. He was also a lord under Sister Nai, so she should protect him.

Otherwise, he would have been devoured alive by Caesar and his men.

Anaya hurriedly called for him to get up, and Karna quickly stepped forward and lifted Yan Wucong off the ground.

Yan Wu looked at Anaya with some confusion. The queen's expression was telling him that he had done something wrong.

But didn't Shangxianyue and Fuquan say that this was a way to show respect?

He looked towards the two of them, but they were nowhere to be seen.

Anaya sighed. Yan Wu had been fooled by Upper Crescent Moon and the others again.

She took the Mind Stone from Yan Wu's hand, grabbed An Nuo's hand, and placed the Mind Stone in her hand. "Nuonuo, this is for you."

Anno smiled slightly, "If it's from you, then I'll accept it."

Anaya pinched her cheek and said, "Yan Wu is simple-minded and often gets teased by other lords. Don't take it to heart."

Anno said slowly, "I didn't take it to heart..."

As she spoke, she glanced at the few relatives behind her. They were still staring at Yan Wu with cold faces, as if they wanted to devour him.

Seeing Anno looking at them, they then looked away.

After finishing their meal, Anno went to her room. Anaya had to go see other Holy Spirits, so they parted ways in the dining hall.

Anno watched as Anaiya was led away by Karna. She would look up at him from time to time, and he would look down and respond earnestly. Both of them had the same gentle light in their eyes.

Seeing their expressions, a smile unconsciously crept onto her lips.

Seeing her friend happy makes her happy too.

That's good. Of all those people from the past, at least Sister Nai was happy.

"Your Highness, have you finished eating?"

As Anuo stepped out of the cafeteria, Mingxiao suddenly appeared in front of her.

His ability is teleportation, so he's always in a flurry of activity.

She looked at him holding a box and asked, "What's this?"

Mingxiao opened the box with a big smile and said, "Lord Vanguard said you like to eat this, so I got it for you."

The box was opened; it contained ice cream, but now it's all melted.

Tanville smiled slightly and said, "What a pity, where did you get the ice cream? It took you so long."

Mingxiao said, "I bought it at the nearest asteroid transit station. I searched for a long time before I found a place that sells it."

Although Bai Yan couldn't bear to discourage him, she still said, "Actually, you don't need to go so far to buy it. The cafeteria sells it."

The main base has a very large canteen, and there's more than one; you can find whatever you want to eat.

Poor Mingxiao has never eaten at the canteen. Other low-level Zerg kin may come, but they won't order ice cream, so he doesn't know the canteen has it.

Obsidian looked at the melted ice cream in the box and said, "It's melted, you can't eat it."

Anno looked at the ice cream that Mingxiao had taken so long to buy, and then glanced at Tanwell.

Tanville understood Anno's meaning perfectly well, and sighed inwardly, wondering why their prince was so kind to them.

He pointed at the box, and a chill emanated from his hand. The melted ice cream, under his icy power, solidified again. He could even control its shape, and the ice cream returned to its original, unmelted state.

Anuo took the ice cream from Mingxiao and ate it as she walked towards her residence.

Mingxiao was overjoyed as he followed behind her. If they weren't outside, he would have excitedly stretched out his whip and started swinging it.

He said to Caesar in the consciousness network, "Vanguard Lord, you are right! The young prince really likes to eat!"

Caesar, who usually would continue to tease him, ignored him this time.

Tanwell heard Mingxiao's thoughts and thought to himself, "His Highness isn't picky at all. He ate all the ice cream. He clearly feels sorry for this silly boy Mingxiao."

It's true that fools sometimes have good luck.

Caesar had almost completely fooled Mingxiao, but this time he let Mingxiao taste some sweetness.

Seeing that Caesar ignored Mingxiao, Tanville chuckled to himself, thinking that Caesar was probably seething with anger.

They were all tricked by Caesar; now only Mingxiao and Heiyao can be fooled by him.

But with White Flame watching over him, Obsidian could only fool Mingxiao.

Poponia was also a little afraid of Caesar. Whenever she had the chance, she would stay by Cyrus's side and never be with Caesar, for fear that he would suddenly try to trick her again.

Anno returned to her room, took a shower, and came out to see a silver-white figure, but it disappeared in front of her in an instant.

She knew who it was without even being told.

Even though she couldn't see Caesar, she could sense his energy. He was so close to her that she knew exactly where he was hiding.

But she said nothing, nor did she communicate with him in her mind network.

Caesar didn't dare to come looking for her for the time being, since his mother was in the base and she could hear everything that was happening.

She had just sat down on the sofa in the living room when she saw that Bazel and the others were each holding a hairdryer, looking like they wanted to dry her hair.

Her gaze swept over them, but lingered on Bazel for a couple of seconds longer. Bazel immediately rushed over and helped her dry her hair.

The other three almost lost control of their strength and crushed the hairdryer.

Anno didn't actually want them to help her blow-dry her hair. Over the past few days, she had noticed that they were secretly competing with each other. For them, being able to stay by her side and do anything for her made them incredibly happy and honored.

She let them do whatever they wanted for her.

But she had seven dependents by her side after all, and sometimes when she saw them standing together staring intently at her, she would feel a headache for some reason.

So when they were in the palace, she wanted them to find something to do.

Now that they're at the base, they have even more things to do. Although it's their duty as her dependents to stay by her side, she doesn't like so many people surrounding her.

She said to Tanville and the other two, "You should all go back and rest. I need to sleep too. You have to lead the legion tomorrow."

Hearing her say that, they could only return to their own rooms.

They had originally planned to stay in Her Highness's room while she slept, and they would just sit on the sofa and take a nap.

That's how they are in the palace; they basically stay by His Highness's side every day and don't go back to their own palaces.

As soon as they went out, they saw Mingxiao carrying a hairdryer into His Highness's room.

Upon seeing him, the three of them stopped and bet on how long it would take him to come out.

Sure enough, a short while later they saw him come out of the room looking dejected.

Tanville looked at the hairdryer in his hand and asked, "Xiao Mingxiao, where did you get the hairdryer?"

Mingxiao said, "My room is quite far from Your Highness's, so I went back to get it, but I couldn't find the hairdryer. Caesar said he had one, so I went to get it from him."

At this point, Mingxiao looked at the hairdryer in his hand with a regretful expression: "Lord Vanguard specially went to Base Seven to borrow it for me, but His Highness still couldn't use it."

Tanville's lips twitched slightly. He reached out and patted Mingxiao on the shoulder before turning and walking towards his room.

It seems that Caesar will eventually fool him. Base 7 is very far from their Base 1. Even if Mingxiao teleports, it will take him quite a while to get there.

Moreover, Mingxiao's room was chosen by Caesar, with the furthest distance from His Highness's room being the most important factor.

Bai Yan walked past Ming Xiao with Hei Yao in his arms, and even pulled Hei Yao to the side, afraid that his silly younger brother would become even sillier if he was close to Ming Xiao.

After Bazel dried Anno's hair, Anno lay down on the bed.

She checked the time; it was already 10 p.m. Her mother was still in the conference hall, but her mother told her in the consciousness network that she would be back in ten minutes and that she should go to sleep if she was sleepy.

Anno wasn't too sleepy. She wanted to open her personal computer to read a book when she saw energy fluctuations in front of her. It was Caesar's spatial portal.