Leilos held onto Bo Jichen's wrist, neither moving nor shaking it off. Bo Jichen stood with his head held high, his upper body bare, covered in wounds and blood, his nose and eyes red, tears streaming down his face as if he had suffered countless injustices.

He started handling national affairs at the age of 10 and attended many events. No matter how difficult the affairs were, none were as troublesome for Lei Luo as Bo Jichen.

Why is it deliberately refusing to go to the treatment department, as if it's self-torturing?

How could he not know why?

It's all just to force him to come back, to force him to admit it, to make him accept its confession.

Leilos took a deep breath and spoke in a somewhat stiff voice, calling him by his name: "Bo Jichen, you're not a child anymore. Don't be willful. Listen to me, get up and go to the treatment department."

Bo Jichen acted like a willful and capricious child, stubbornly arguing with him, pouting and acting like a bluffing little wolf: "I'm just being willful, I'm not going, anyway, it's my love that matters, not yours."

"Who are you to me? You are nobody to me. What right do you have to tell me what to do? Eleven years ago, you made me choose a name and wait for you in the room, wait for you to register my household, wait for you to adopt me, wait for you to take me to the capital planet, take me to school, and take me home. But where are you?"

"You left, leaving me to wait for you in the same place. You left, never to return. You disappeared, never looking for me. You treat me like I'm dead."

“Now you’re telling me not to be willful and to be obedient? Leilos, you’re a liar. Why should I listen to you? You have no idea how much I’ve suffered, how many grievances I’ve endured, how many tears I’ve shed in bed to get to your side.”

Leilos already felt guilty and heartbroken about losing Xiao Guai. For the past three years, he had indulged and spoiled it no matter what it did.

He gave it all the natural food, medicine to cure his mental genes, and all sorts of good things that the royal family gave him, but he still felt it wasn't enough.

Every time, Xiao Guai would tell him that it was already lucky to find his brother, and it was already lucky to be by his side, and that he loved his brother the most.

Whatever you give it, it may seem like it takes it, or wants it, but in the end, it uses various methods to feed it into its mouth or use it on its body.

Like a fool, it was filled with joy for him. It wanted to make up for the regret of losing him. It thought that it could slowly make up for it, and one day it would be all right. Little did it know that this had already left an indelible wound in its heart.

This injury is fine under normal circumstances, but when it is sensitive, it will attack, making it feel like an abandoned child, a child that no one wants and no one cares about.

Relos felt as if his heart was being bitten and scratched by thousands of insects, a dense, unpleasant pain, guilt, self-blame, and heartache overflowing in his dark eyes.

The hand holding his wrist trembled slightly. He was a child rescued from an underground trading post, and he was naturally sensitive. He had given him so much hope and love, but in the end, he destroyed his hope and left him to live alone for eight years.

Bo Jichen, that damned dog, so cunning, I felt him trembling as he tried to pry Bo's hand off his wrist with his own bloodied hand.

The moment its hand touched Leilos's hand, Leilos shuddered as if startled by a gust of wind, gripping its wrist tightly: "Bo Jichen, what will it take for you to go to the treatment department?"

Bo Jichen almost screamed like a groundhog inside, his face covered in tears, his red eyes looking like they were shattered: "I don't want anything, you are my wish, you are my longing, you are the only thing I have wanted in the past 11 years."

"Without you, my struggle is meaningless. Without you, I have no hope. Whether I get treatment or not, whether I live or not, it doesn't matter to me."

Leilos closed his eyes slightly, his eyelashes trembling. When he opened his eyes, he looked at Bo Jichen, his eyes filled with struggle and contradiction: "Bo Jichen, I am the heir of the Troya Empire, the Crown Prince. I am responsible for the prosperity of the Troya Empire. I am not myself. I have no right to be willful!"

Bo Jichen looked back at him, her voice choked yet firm: "Leilos, as your Crown Princess and Empress, apart from not having a child, I am the most suitable candidate."

"You've seen my abilities. Whether it's mental strength, physical fitness, or military talent, I'm number one in everything. I'm not afraid of death, I'm not afraid of pain. I will be your right-hand man, I will assist you, and I will help you become a wise ruler of the Troia Empire."

Damn it, he has too much of a sense of responsibility and too much on his shoulders. It's impossible to bring him into the nest. Let's settle for second best and keep this forced melon in our arms. We'll deal with the rest later.

Leilos slowly loosened his grip on his wrist, his eyes gleaming, his lowered eyelids revealing an aura of determination that seemed to be both crumbling and solidifying.

Bo Jichen cried out in his heart, "Oh no! This self-inflicted injury scheme has gone too far!" He quickly tried to salvage the situation, reminding Leilos, "Leilos, your younger brother Agares is four years old this year. He is the second heir to the empire, a full 19 years younger than you!"

When I first heard about this brat, my first reaction was that someone was coming to steal him away, and my second reaction was that he was no longer the only one in Leilos's eyes.

Looking back now, this brat arrived just in time. His physical stats are excellent, which can solve his and Relos's worries.

Leilos can be the heir to the empire, the crown prince, and the future emperor. This brat is the second in line to the throne. Later, when this brat has a child, he can be made the crown prince, wouldn't that be a perfect closed loop?

Next time you see this silly idiot, don't scare him like you did the last few times. Treat him nicely and call him your darling or sweetheart.

Relos loosened his grip, then clenched it again, before collapsing onto the sofa. "Let me think about it. Give me some time to consider it."

Bo Jichen's purple eyes lit up like light bulbs: "How long will it take? Three days, thirty days, three months?"

Leilos slowly raised his eyelids: "Three months."

Bo Jichen wished he could go back a second and slap himself across the face. How could he have given him three months? Even three days would have been too much.

I'm so annoyed, I misspoke.

But the words have already been spoken. He is the heir to the empire, the crown prince, and we can't push him too hard. For the sake of sustainable development and to win his heart, we must be flexible and moderate.

The ruse has worked; we can't push them any further.

Bo Jichen stood up and said, "Okay, I'll give you three months. I'm going to the treatment department now."

Leilos's lips twitched, but he didn't say anything. His dark eyes stared at him, watching him until he left.

With a bang, the door slammed shut. Bo Jichen, holding his bloodied hand, gave himself a thumbs-up, praising himself in his heart. He then turned and went down the dormitory building to the treatment department.

I went to the treatment department and used the best treatment solution. I also found the best therapist to sort out my mental energy. Although it wasn't completely sorted out, it was better than nothing.

Having done all this, Bo Jichen found a teacher in the intelligence department, closed the door, and said directly, "Teacher, you mentioned a mission before, and completing it would earn you a first-class merit. I'll go."

Upon hearing this, the teacher from the intelligence department exclaimed, "My goodness, we're going to have to go. If we succeed but die, we'll receive a first-class merit; if we succeed but live, we'll also receive a first-class merit. The probability of success isn't very high."

“Three groups of people have already been lost. You’re going to be the fourth group. Think it through. If you die and fail, all traces of you will be wiped out. You’ll only be remembered as a senior after someone else succeeds.”

Bo Jichen was confident and arrogant: "For the sake of a first-class merit, for the sake of accumulating military merits, and for the sake of becoming a senior colonel as soon as I graduate from military academy, I will take on this mission. Just arrange it directly."

Did he take on very few assignments starting from the second grade?

That's quite a lot. He's nominally a military academy student, but in reality, he's already a soldier. He's a top performer with the highest mission success rate, has accumulated a lot of military merits, and has been promoted in rank time and time again.

However, we can't be too high-profile now; we're just keeping a low profile and hiding our military achievements.

When the teachers in the intelligence department heard him say that, what was there to hesitate about? They wanted his fearlessness, loyalty to the country, and passionate spirit.

Make arrangements, make arrangements immediately, make him leave right now, to prevent more people from dying over there. If he can sneak in here, it will be a good thing, a great thing.

Less than 10 minutes later, Bo Jichen left the First Military Academy in a military vehicle, and no one except the intelligence department knew where he went.

When Lei Luo arrived at class time, he went to class and changed the class schedule. He didn't see Bo Jichen and assumed he was still in the treatment department. He took notes diligently and studied hard during class.

After class, students from several departments, including the Command Department, Intelligence Department, and Espionage Department, posted on the First Military Academy's internal forum: "Where is Bo Xilai? Didn't he accept our challenge? We waited for him for ages but he never showed up!"

"Mecha-type, combat-type, melee-type, we told you to go easy on him a few days ago, not to beat him so badly, but you wouldn't listen and insisted on killing him. Now look what happened, you've beaten him so badly that he's afraid to come over, leaving us here waiting in vain."

"What does this have to do with us? We lost. He hit us. We didn't kill him. Our whole group was in the treatment room for two days and two nights, brothers and sisters!"

"Hey, hey, he came to the therapy department and lay down for an hour before class this morning. After that, he saw another therapist and had treatment for an hour. After that, he disappeared. He didn't go to class?"

"He went to the treatment department. Wasn't he so tough yesterday, refusing to go even when he was covered in blood? What triggered him to go there today?"

"His Highness the Crown Prince went back to his dormitory. He probably got a scolding from the Crown Prince. He deserved it."

"That's not right. Even if His Highness the Crown Prince scolds him, he'll still be very happy."

"So we're waiting for him in the challenge room. When is he coming?"

"Just wait, just wait for him to come back."

Bo Jichen left silently; even Lei Luosi didn't know, so how could anyone else have known?

Leilos didn't see him in the morning, didn't see him at noon, and didn't see him even when he returned to his dormitory in the evening. He tried calling him, but his phone was out of service area.

In the past, when he was not in the service area, he was out on a mission.

Looking at the dark quantum computer, Leilos felt a mix of relief and something else. With him not by his side, he had more time to think about their relationship.

Think about what kind of relationship exists between them that can make their relationship stronger, and what kind of relationship exists that won't hurt him and is good for everyone.

And so, Bo Jichen disappeared as if he had vanished, one day, two days, one month, two months, three months.

When the three-month deadline agreed upon by Leilos and Bo Jichen arrived, it not only failed to appear, but seemed to have vanished completely; nothing about it could be found.

Even his file at the First Military Academy has become something that requires His Majesty's signature on a transfer order, or His Majesty to come in person, to retrieve and view.

Even the crown prince and heir of the country of Leilos has no authority to access or view his files.

Bo Jichen's access to military data has been upgraded to the highest level; no one except His Majesty can access or view it.

For the first three months, Relos was not in a hurry and did not come up with a clear answer. However, as time went by, his importance to him gradually became apparent, and he gradually became indispensable and unique.

Three months passed, then four months, and more than half a year passed in the blink of an eye. The name "Bo Jichen" became a forbidden word on the First Military Academy Forum, and no one could type those three words anymore.

He was like a dream, a dream that lasted for more than three years and then disappeared after I woke up. There was no photo of him at the First Military Academy, no photo of him at Leilos, and no photo of him at all.

Longing is like an invisible hand, an invisible hook, gripping the heart tightly, hooking it firmly at the tip of the heart. Thinking about it hurts, and not thinking about it also hurts...

When Leilos inquired about the intelligence, espionage, and disguise departments of the First Military Academy, he was told that they did not know and that His Highness should not ask any further questions.

As the crown prince of a country, once the teachers from various departments said this, he could no longer ask any questions, he could only wait, wait aimlessly.

"Brother, you're having trouble sleeping again?" Agares, who was three and a half to four years old, hugged his little pillow, his head was covered with a small bowl cut, he was all soft and fluffy, his eyes were blurry, and he was wearing pajamas. He came to find his brother and saw that his brother was not asleep again, standing in the yard, looking at the moon in the sky.

This is the umpteenth time my brother has had insomnia. It's happened so many times. He had already taken a nap, but when he got up to pee, I wondered if he would have insomnia, so I came to check on him. I didn't expect that he really did have insomnia again.

The Empress Dowager said he had something on his mind, that he had grown up and that they adults couldn't talk to him about it, so she told him to spend more time with the little boy, to tease him, and to make him happy.

Wearing his pajamas, Leilos heard his younger brother's childish voice, turned around, bent down, picked him up, and coaxed and lied to him: "Brother didn't have insomnia. Brother is waiting for you. I know you're a little rascal. You'll come back to brother when you wake up."

Agares sat on Relos's arm, clutching a small pillow, tilting her head innocently and asking, "Why did you wait for me, brother? You know I'll look for you when I wake up. You should have come to me."

Relos paused slightly, then picked him up and walked into the house, saying, "Agares is right. Next time, I won't wait for you; I'll come find you directly."

Agares' dark, bright eyes lit up: "Okay, it's settled then. Anyone who doesn't call my brother is a dog."

Leilos carried him into the house, put him on the bed, and teased him, "Brother is a puppy, so you are a little puppy, a little puppy that woofs."

Agares was amused and immediately responded in a childish voice, "Woof woof~~~"

Relos chuckled, took the little pillow from him, placed it next to his own, and tucked him into the blanket: "This is called Agares the puppy. After we bark, we'll go to sleep."

Agares had already been tucked into the blanket, which covered her neck: "Brother, you sleep too. I'll sleep with you."

Leilos threw back the covers, sat down, and turned off the light: "Alright, go to sleep."

Like a clingy little puppy, Agares rested her head on his little pillow, hugged Relos's arm, and said in a childish voice, "Goodnight, brother!"

He held Relos's arm in his chest, like he was hugging a small pillow.

Leilos was taken aback. Every time he hugged Bo Jichen's arm, he would think of Bo Jichen. Bo Jichen was like the air that could penetrate into any part of his mind.

For the past six months, he has tried to get him out of his mind, to keep himself busy, and to forget him. But he can't forget him, he can't forget him, he just can't forget him.

Sometimes, when he was dealing with some tricky things, he would subconsciously call out "Xiao Guai" or "Chen Chen," and only when no one answered would he wake up as if from a dream and realize that Bo Jichen had been missing for more than half a year, with no trace of him, neither his heart nor his body.

Leilos stared at the ceiling of his room. Even when he was lying in bed, it took him a long, long time to finally drift off to sleep.

No matter how late he went to bed, he always got up at 5 a.m. sharp, while Agares was still sleeping like a little pig.

At 5:30, the Queen went to call Agares but couldn't find him, so she turned around and saw Relos warming up in the courtyard, swinging his arms and legs.

The Empress didn't call him; she just quietly watched him from the doorway. He only saw the Empress when he turned around to go for a run.

Before he could speak, the Queen said gently to him, "Relos, you won't be running this morning. Why don't you walk around with your mother?"

Dressed in casual running clothes, Relos bowed to the Queen, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

The Queen waited for him at the gate, and the mother and son walked side by side in the palace gardens.

In the garden at dawn, there is dew, birds, and the fragrance of flowers.

Leilos was more than a head taller than the Queen. His features were very similar to the Queen's. Even when he was serious, he gave people a gentle and handsome feeling. His temperament was also similar, sharp yet gentle, as warm and smooth as a piece of beautiful jade.

The two walked together, and the Empress casually asked him about his time at the military academy and the political affairs he handled, whether they were going smoothly, how much work he did, and whether he was under any pressure.

Leilos replied respectfully, "There is no pressure at all, everything is proceeding smoothly, Mother. Please rest assured, I will let you know if I cannot complete it."

The Queen stopped and turned to look at him: "Relos, you've lost weight lately, you know?"

Relos stopped in his tracks, lowered his eyes slightly, and avoided meeting the Queen's gaze: "It's probably been too hot lately, so I haven't been eating much and have been training a lot, so..."

"You seem troubled," the Empress gently interrupted him, not listening to his further explanation, but asking softly, "Could you tell your mother about it?"

Leilos's eyes flashed. Ever since he was old enough to understand, he knew that he did not have the right to be willful. He carried the weight of the entire empire on his shoulders.

Now his mother noticed that he was troubled and gently asked him if he wanted to tell her. He replied apologetically, "I'm sorry, Mother, I've made you worry!"

The Queen reached out and patted his arm: "You are my child, it's normal for me to worry about you. You don't need to feel sorry. Come on, tell your mother. I may not be able to solve it for you, but I can offer some suggestions."

Leilos looked at his mother, the Empress, hesitated for a moment, and slowly opened his mouth, saying, "Mother, if my future partner is excellent in every way, but unable to bear children, what do you say..."

The Empress thought of his heartbreak, and that he might have fallen for someone at the military academy. Perhaps the disparity in their social status and family backgrounds was causing him distress and making it difficult for him to make a decision.

But to his utter surprise, it was because of the issue of childbearing; in other words, the woman he had his eye on was unable to bear him an heir.

The Empress's expression changed slightly, but as before, her eyes remained gentle, and she exuded an air of dignified elegance and nobility: "Do you like her?"

Leilos was stunned for a moment. "I don't know what liking or loving is. I haven't seen it for a long time, but I miss it very much. I worry about whether it's eating well, whether it's being bullied, or whether it's hurt."

The Queen concluded, "That means she likes him!"

Leilos shuddered. "Do you like it?"

It appeared in his world 11 years ago. He was separated from it for eight years. It reappeared forcefully in his world, making him see it everywhere he ate, drank, slept, and looked around without warning.

The Queen looked at Leilos and smiled slightly: "My Leilos says that an excellent child is definitely excellent. Being unable to conceive is a problem, and it is not a problem."

Leilos looked at the Queen: "Mother, you..."

The Empress's smile remained unchanged, but deepened slightly: "No one is perfect. I am not, your father is not, you are not, none of us are."

"Life is always full of regrets, things we didn't do, and things we couldn't get."

"You are the heir to the empire, and you are a sensible child. You will rise to a high position in the future and experience the loneliness of being at the top. If the person you like is strong, can assist you, is excellent, and you share common interests and can support each other, I would be very happy."

"Whether you have children or not is not as important as your own preferences. In the era we live in now, everyone can live to be at least 150 to 300 years old. If you find someone you love, time will pass quickly, and you'll feel that even the air is sweet."

"If you spend every day with someone you don't love, and you find them tiresome, then 300 years is an endless, unending period. Do you understand, Relos?"

Relos shuddered, his dark eyes involuntarily welling up with tears. The shock in his heart was like being hit on the head with a club, instantly sobering him up and allowing him to see what he had to choose and what he had to gain.

After the Queen finished speaking, she looked at him and after a long while, she reached out and patted his arm: "Leiros, you don't have to be afraid. Whatever you choose, your mother will always support you!"

“Relois, rather than having you marry someone you don’t like and then have an heir, I would prefer you to marry someone you like.”

"Mom loves you. Mom is selfish. Mom hopes that her child will be as happy as Mom is for the rest of their life, even with endless official duties and worries, they can still feel happiness!"

The Empress is the daughter of a noble family, the daughter of a family at the bottom of the ten noble families. She is 20 years younger than His Majesty. His Majesty has reached the marriageable age but has not found a suitable match. The Council of Elders and the Royal Family could not stand by and watch, so they arranged for all the eligible daughters of the great nobles, middle nobles, and lesser nobles to meet His Majesty for arranged marriages.

The Empress fell in love with the Emperor at first sight and boldly expressed her feelings to him. The Emperor thought she was simple-minded and her family was not troublesome, so he continued to associate with her.

After two years of getting to know each other, the Empress was trying to change herself, get closer to His Majesty, and learn the rules of the royal family. In the third year, they got married.

Although their relationship wasn't anything dramatic, it was a steady, long-lasting one, characterized by mutual respect and reliance on each other.

Leilos looked at her mother, and after she finished speaking, she continued walking forward. When she reached the flowers, she would touch them with her hand.

She was gentle, she was serious, and she was strong. She supported him and all his decisions and choices.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, another two months have passed. Graduation is just around the corner. Many of the fourth-year students will continue their studies, while many will go to the military.

In the final month before graduation, His Majesty was not feeling well, and the Queen needed to keep an eye on him 24 hours a day. So, she asked Relos to take Agares to and from school.

Almost four-year-old Agares is like a sweet bun, a jar of sweet honey. Apart from being attached to his older brother, he will return a bright smile to anyone who greets him, smiling like a little sun.

Everyone at the First Military Academy, inside and out, liked him and enjoyed teasing him. He would politely call others "brother," "sister," "aunt," or "uncle."

Every time he shouted, it caused a stir. He was called "brother" and "sister" by the second heir to the imperial throne, which made him practically related to the royal family.

Who wouldn't like this feeling of vanity, the small joys of getting a bargain? Everyone loves it. They give him all the good stuff and fun things they can, just to get him to call them "brother."

After eight months, Bo Jichen returned late at night, quietly entering the house only to find it had been raided. Lei Luosi was sleeping in someone else's bed, embracing that person.

He could hear soft snoring and teeth grinding, which infuriated him so much that he felt like he'd been doused with cold water from head to toe, chilling him to the bone.

He walked silently and stealthily to the bedside, his expression dark and gloomy. He decided to slowly boil the frog in water, hoping that it would eventually develop feelings for him and devour him, making him a part of its body. This would fulfill the saying, "Together in life and death."

Perhaps because of his low spirits, or perhaps because Relos wasn't sleeping soundly enough, less than three seconds after Bo Jichen stood by the bedside, Relos's uncertain voice rang out: "Bo Jichen, you're back?"

Bo Jichen: "!!!!"

Listen, listen, listen; look, look, look, look.

He had only been gone for a few months.

His nickname is Xiaoguai; he doesn't even know what to call Chenchen anymore.

He started calling it by its full name.

Humans are indeed a fickle race.

No wonder there's a saying among humans: "You can know a person's face but not their heart; you can draw a person's skin but not their bones."

Humans are the most cunning and wicked creatures.

"So, I'm back, but it turns out I didn't come back at the right time..."

"Shh..."

Before Bo Jichen could finish speaking, his voice rose slightly, and Lei Luosi shushed him off.

It was so angry, it put one hand on its hip, pointed at him with the other, and muttered "you you you" for a long time.

Leilos got up and tucked the blanket in.

The shameless dragon, furious, then noticed that the person sleeping next to Leilos was a little kid, but even a little kid wouldn't do; that spot was its own.

I need to give this little brat a good talking-to and teach him that he's a grown-up and should be able to sleep by himself.

Wearing his pajamas, Leilos got up, grabbed Bo Jichen's hand that was pointing at him, and led him out of his room and back to his own.

Back in his room, Bo Jichen shook off Lei Luosi's hand and, like a gossipy person caught in the act of adultery, started chattering away: "You, Lei Luosi, I gave you time, afraid you wouldn't understand after three months, so I gave you eight months. I went out on a mission and acted like I was going to die, but you came back and I saw you sleeping with someone else. And to make sure I didn't disturb him, you wouldn't let me speak."

"You scumbag, you've gone too far! You've gone too far! Let me tell you, you can't treat people like this! Do you really think I have no temper? Do you really think I'm..."

Before Bo Jichen could finish speaking, Leilos suddenly stepped forward and hugged Bo Jichen tightly.

Bo Jichen's voice stopped abruptly, his head buzzed, and the scales on his body sprouted out uncontrollably, like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

Perhaps because the scales were too audacious, or perhaps because Bo Jichen was overwhelmed by immense surprise, Lei Luoxi saw scales sprouting from his neck. The blue scales emitted a faint blue light under the lamp.

Leilos reached out and touched him: "Bo Jichen...you..."

Bo Jichen grabbed his hand and pulled him away from him, his purple eyes filled with overwhelming joy. "I'm fine. You hugged me, so you've accepted my confession, right?"

Not only did scales sprout from his neck, but they also sprouted from his hands, arms, and entire body, even onto his androgynous face.

Leilos stared at it. The sudden change in the person before him should have been frightening, but he wasn't afraid; in fact, he was somewhat excited. "Before I answer your question, answer me: what are you?"

Bo Jichen gave a wicked smile, his eyes hiding fear and madness. He grabbed the man's hand and placed it on his neck, making him touch the scales on his neck. Then he asked, "What do you think I am?"

Those bastards of the Fourth Civilization want to eat it to gain immortality. If they want to eat it, if they're curious, they can eat it first.

As a dragon of the dragon race, and a dragon that possesses the inherited memories of its predecessors who were eaten, it cannot follow the path of its predecessors and be eaten by humans. It can only eat others. If others want to eat it, they can only dream!

Leilos's hand touched the scales. The scales were cool, arranged very neatly, and very beautiful. As he touched them, Bo Jichen's face, which had only a few scales before, was now almost covered with them.

Leilos stared at it without moving his hand away and asked, "You are a beastman snake clan, the one with scales, right?"

Bo Jichen stared at him, trying to find disgust and fear in his eyes.

No, there was no disgust or fear in his eyes; on the contrary, it was the creature itself that hid fear in its eyes, fearing that it was afraid of him.

"no……"

"No!" Relos's heart skipped a beat. He continued to guess and ask, "If you're not a beastman snake, then are you a lizard or a crocodile?"

Bo Jichen was so angry he almost laughed: "Can't you think of me in a more high-class way? Why do you have to think of me in such a low-class way?"

Leilos couldn't think of anything else; the only creatures with scales he could think of were snakes, lizards, and crocodiles. There were no other creatures with scales.

Leilos couldn't think of anything else, so he truthfully replied, "Then what are you? I can't figure it out."

Bo Jichen leaned closer to him, the two of them almost the same height, so it didn't even have to bend down. It got close to his ear, its hot breath spraying onto his ear: "My Crown Prince is so smart, did you give up and compromise so quickly without thinking about it anymore?"

Because it was so close, Relos's heart pounded, his throat moved slightly, and he made a swallowing motion: "I think... Bo Jichen, what are you doing?"

Before he could finish speaking, he gasped, stepped back, and covered his ears.

It bit his ear.

Bo Jichen, like a cat that had successfully stolen some fish, smiled wickedly: "Isn't it obvious what I'm doing?"

Leilos's ears turned bright red, so red they looked like they were dripping blood. "You..."

"I'll take you out to play." Bo Jichen stepped forward, grabbed Lei Luosi's waist, picked him up, opened the window, and then, with him invisible, jumped down from the window.

Relos's expression changed: "Agares is still in my room..."

Bo Jichen interrupted him with a smile: "This is the First Military Academy. If something happens to him, the First Military Academy can go bankrupt."

"It's alright, I've reinforced your room with my spiritual energy. He can't leave your room or open your window."

Before Lei Luo could even catch his breath, Bo Jichen tossed him into the air, sending him plummeting downwards. Panicked, he cried out, "Bo Jichen..."

Bo Jichen transformed into a giant azure dragon and caught Leilos, who was falling from the sky and whose expression had changed drastically.

With its hard scales and enormous body, Relos landed on the dragon, his pupils suddenly constricting in disbelief. Bo Jichen... it was a dragon.

The giant blue dragon carried him into the air, soaring straight into the clouds, stepping into the moonlight, leaving the First Military Academy, and arriving at a deep pool in the deep mountains where he plunged in.

Leilos also fell in, splashing up a huge spray of water. The water in the deep pool was very cold. Leilos touched the dragon's body but could not feel any coldness, as if the dragon had already warmed him up.

Whether it was because he touched the dragon's body or for some other reason, his vision in the water was excellent. Looking at the blue dragon's body, he felt it was majestic, powerful, and exceptionally beautiful.

After being in the water for a long, long time, Leilos finally came ashore, changed his wet clothes, and came to Bo Jichen, who was sitting by the fire, kneeling and looking at the flames: "Bo Jichen, you are a dragon. Eleven years ago, that accident, the accident that separated us, was it intentional on your part?"

Bo Jichen: "???"

Damn it! When he saw its majestic and imposing dragon body, even if he didn't scream like a groundhog, he would ask where it came from and how it got here, instead of bringing up old grievances!

Looking at its gleaming eyes, Leilos knew that his guess was probably right. The reason for their meeting, separation, and reunion was probably a long-planned scheme.

Leilos cleared his throat: "Bo Jichen, I can accept your confession, but..."

Bo Jichen's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing his first sentence.

But when it heard "but..." it knew it was all over. As expected, humans are all cunning.

Bo Jichen, unwilling to back down, declared: "You speak!"

Leilos looked at it and said, "Was your meeting with me something you had planned for a long time?"

Facing his dark gaze, Bo Jichen thought that mutual affection seemed better than forcing him or taking advantage of him.

The main reason is that it couldn't bear to eat him; otherwise, it would have eaten him the first time it scaled him.

Bo Jichen spoke with conviction and self-righteousness: "It was intentional, meticulously planned, and premeditated!"

Relos: "..."

There's no need to ask anything else. From the initial deliberate actions to the later sharing of the same bed, the relentless pressure, and then the sudden disappearance and reappearance, all signs indicate that this dragon gave him no way out. No matter what he chooses, he will only belong to it.

Leilos turned and left, ignoring Bo Jichen.

Bo Jichen looked completely bewildered, hurriedly got up and followed, not forgetting to put out all the fire: "What...what do you mean?"

Leilos, wearing its dry shirt and trousers, didn't even look at it: "I don't mean anything by it. It's too late, I should go back."

Bo Jichen: "..."

Didn't he accept its confession?

Didn't he touch its dragon horns in the deep pool?

Hasn't the courtship ritual been completed?

What does he mean by that?

Bo Jichen was unsure of his meaning.

Unsure of his intentions, Bo Jichen pounced directly.

Leilos was tackled, and the two of them fell to the ground together.

There were withered leaves on the ground, and the thin layer of dust's spiritual energy provided cover, so he didn't fall and get hurt.

Bo Jichen pressed him down, his hand lingering on his neck, his purple eyes gleaming brightly in the moonlight: "Leiros, what exactly do you mean?"

Its hand was hot, not cold, and lingered on his neck as if plotting how to snap it. Relos was not afraid and lay on the ground, staring at it: "What do you think I mean?"

Bo Jichen was left hanging, wanting a definite answer. "I know you accepted my confession, and you'll be my partner from now on. Since you're my partner, shouldn't you start fulfilling your partner's duties, like..."

Leilos interrupted it: "Do you want to be in a relationship?"

Bo Jichen paused slightly: "What?"

Leilos curled his lips into a smile: "Bo Jichen, do you want to be in a relationship and have mutual affection?"

Bo Jichen snapped back to reality, raised an eyebrow, and his eyes shone with an unparalleled brilliance, like the stars in the sky: "You want to date me?"

In a romantic relationship, mutual affection develops over time.

To be born together and to die together is the kind of love that dragons yearn for most.

Every dragon desires for their partner to love them as much as they love them.

Even though his heart was pounding like thunder, Leilos remained as steady as a mountain. He spoke as if he were scolding a puppy, saying, "Before you confessed your feelings to me, I only regarded you as Xiaoguai and Chenchen. I had no feelings for you other than kinship."

“You don’t want to develop a familial relationship with me, but rather a romantic one. You’ve been missing for eight months, and I’ve thought about it for eight months. It’s not impossible.”

"But things have changed; you're not even human anymore."

Bo Jichen: "???"

Why does this sound like an insult?

It's a dragon, a dragon, a dragon, a higher being.

The king of beasts, what does it mean to not even be human?

Despite being at a disadvantage, Raylos seemed to have the upper hand. He appeared completely indifferent to the person pressing down on him, saying calmly, "You're not even human, so I have to re-examine our relationship and reconsider it."

Bo Jichen stared intently at him: "You mean we should start by dating?"

Relos tilted his head slightly: "Yes, as the saying goes, you only know if you're compatible after talking to each other and spending time together."

“We spent three to four years together before, and that relationship was always based on familial affection. Now we’re getting back together, and we’re starting to date like we’re in a romantic relationship.”

"If we're talking about a romantic relationship, you can stop at any time if you feel it's not right, and I also have the right to stop at any time if I feel it's not right..."

Before he could finish speaking, Bo Jichen pressed his lips against his, sealing his words and preventing him from speaking.

The dragon, possessing inherited memories but lacking practical combat experience, stumbles and bites its lip when it tries to force a kiss. Only when its scales spring back and it tastes blood does it release its grip, declaring domineeringly, "Once you're in love, you can't stop. You have to stay in love forever."

Leilos licked his bitten lip, smiled slowly, and said with an air of dominance no less than the dog's: "Let's talk about it for a lifetime, and see if you have the ability to do so."

Bo Jichen was full of confidence, his domineering attitude undiminished, and his fierce demeanor: "If you don't talk to me for a lifetime, I'll swallow you whole!"

Relos pushed him aside, stood up, and looked down at it, "I'm watching closely, my future marshal, my future queen!"