Chapter 61 Revenge

Five years later.

Shay concluded his two-month research and returned to the main planet from Kofi. Because the magnetic storm ended early, he arrived two days earlier than expected.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw a small mushroom growing in the corner.

The little mushroom originally had a sullen face, but the moment it saw him, it immediately smiled like a little sunflower.

“Papa!”

The chubby 02 in the living room also rolled over. "Master! Your flight is 49 hours earlier than scheduled!"

It happily extended its robotic arm, took Shay's luggage, and then went into the laundry room.

There was only one little mushroom left in the living room.

The little mushroom was happy for a short while, but then his eyes turned red and he started to sob.

His two hands were hidden behind his back in a very artificial manner, and he twisted his shoulders up and down. His short and fat tail hung behind him, swaying from side to side and hitting the ground, as if he was afraid that his father would not notice his little emotions.

It's like, "Come ask me, come ask me!"

Xia Yi quickly squatted down: "What's wrong, little Noel?"

Noel got the signal and dove headfirst into Shay's outstretched arms.

"Papa, you're finally back!" He sniffed, taking in the warm and peaceful scent of his male father. Then, while his female father was still at the military headquarters, he quickly complained, "My female father beat me! He beat me with such a thick whip! He didn't even give me food, leaving me to fend for myself!"

"He, he wants to send me away! I won't be able to see Papa again!"

"Oh?" Shay held him and sat him on the sofa, pulling out a tissue to wipe away the snot bubbles from his nose. "Is it because of what happened between little Noel and the female father?"

Four years of experience in raising a child has made Xia Yi deeply understand that one should only listen to half of what a child says.

They won't lie, but they will exaggerate and talk nonsense.

"Not giving food" should be translated from children's language as "confiscating snacks."

"Send him away" corresponds to "send him to kindergarten."

As for "beat him with a whip", it was a new children's language. Xia Yi thought about it for a moment and found that this "entry" was missing in his mind.

He asked very patiently and gently, "Why did Enoch hit little Noel?"

Shay noticed that Noel's tail stood up and then slipped to his back.

——This is a manifestation of guilty conscience after doing something wrong.

Noel hummed a few times like a mosquito, and Shay couldn't understand it at all.

He reached out and tapped Noel's pouting mouth: "Little mosquito, speak louder."

"I'm a scorpion!" Noel protested dissatisfiedly, then looked at Shay's face with his amber eyes.

Finally, he puffed up his cheeks and repeated loudly, "I was playing with toys and accidentally broke Papa's sword."

He gestured with his hands to measure the length, and Shay roughly understood.

That was the honor awarded to him by the Empire for killing the psychic beast mother "Manda" with Enoch.

——A medal carved from an extremely rare mineral.

It was carved into the shape of a small sword, only slightly longer than the middle finger.

He was also given the title of honorary general.

The Empire originally had only three generals, and after Owen Art retired, Enoch took over his position. However, it was said that Owen was not yet old enough to retire, so Shay was not clear about what happened.

Enoch never said much either.

And he - this honorary admiral, is the fourth admiral of the empire.

During that period, the empire implemented many policies to promote the socialization of male insects, and he happened to catch this trend and was therefore set as a benchmark.

The news of him beheading Zhimu was widely publicized, and the entire Star Internet was filled with reports about him.

The news that he went to Houston alone to escort the military female also spread. He was packaged as a selfless, brave, and righteous hero. He was also the only male insect who killed the mother insect and his mental power was miraculously changed from F to S.

During that period, Xia Yi didn't dare to go out.

He has so many fans that even at school he gets stared at by many bugs.

The situation didn't improve until he negotiated with the Xiongbao Association and had the Empire stop promoting it. After graduation, he didn't join the military, but instead continued his studies with Professor Pine, preparing to delve deeper into the field of spiritual healing.

However, the ore is said to be very tough and a rare material for use as weapons. I wonder how little Noel damaged it.

"Is little Noel scratched?" asked Shay.

Noel shook his head.

Shay breathed a sigh of relief.

"Where is it now? Papa see if he can fix it."

So Noel took Shay to Enoch's study.

Because many of the documents are confidential, Shay doesn't come in often.

But the badge of honor was not in Enoch's study.

Shay's doubtful thoughts flashed through his mind only for a moment. Maybe Enoch took it to be repaired?

Then he saw little Noel ducking down and crawling under the desk. After fiddling with it for a while, a small secret compartment appeared.

He took out a small velvet box.

Now it was Shay's turn to be surprised.

He had never seen the box.

He took the small blue velvet box and sat on the sofa.

After opening it, there was a small sword with a missing tip inside.

Red, hard texture.

Xia Yi was stunned for a few seconds before he remembered what it was.

——"The song of the empire will never fall."

Seeing that Xia Yi was lost in thought, Noel twisted his fingers and looked at Xia Yi worriedly: "I didn't mean to do that, papa. I was holding two small swords and da da da, and then this one was missing a corner."

"The female father saw it and slapped my butt." He sobbed twice, "Noel didn't mean it, papa don't be angry."

Shay held Noel on his lap and comforted him: "Papa is not angry."

"But Noel should apologize to the female father, because this is the female father's thing, and you can't touch it without his permission."

"Yeah." Noel nodded, still hugging Shay's neck and wiping his hot tears on him.

Shay looked at the hardened red little sword.

That was the pistil of the sword kite that he gave to Enoch when they first met.

——However, at their wedding, Ryan got drunk and accidentally revealed a little episode.

"When Lord Xia Yi gave the Major General the sword kite, I knew it would work! How could a male insect give a female insect a flower? The Major General didn't know how to cherish it at the time, and he regretted it so much afterwards, hahahaha! And he even took me with him..."

The orange-red-haired female soldier laughed heartily, but her colleagues all had dull expressions.

No, more than just bland.

It's gloating.

He turned around in confusion and saw Enoch standing behind him like the god of death.

Ryan rolled his eyes and said, "I've drunk too much. How come I saw the Major General appear behind me? I'm not drinking anymore. I'm dizzy."

Enoch sneered.

It is said that afterward Ryan was sent to a desolate place and stayed there for two months before returning to the main planet.

That night, Enoch lowered his eyes and apologized to him, but Shay was not angry.

He and Enoch were still strangers.

So the episode passed.

After five years, Xia Yi didn't expect to see this small sword again.

At this time, 02 finished washing the clothes and climbed up grunting.

"Master, the clothes are done. Do you need 02 to run the bath water?" Its round eyes glanced at the item in Shay's hand. "Oh, Master, I finally found this! I can give you Ome's gift now! It's been here with 02 for a long, long time."

"Gift?"

Xia Yi was puzzled again: "Did Ome give it to you?"

After killing Zhimu, Ome said goodbye to him. The small system stammered and told him that he had only obtained 2 points in this world, so it could not help him contact his family on Blue Star.

But it prepared a small gift, which it said it had asked its friends in this world for.

I hope Shay likes it.

However, Xia Yi never received the gift, and over time he forgot about it.

He reached out and took the chip that 02 took out of his stomach, and then inserted it into the insect terminal.

The insect terminal lit up and soon projected a video.

Black curly hair, dark grey eyes.

Even though it was wrapped tightly, Shay recognized who it was at a glance.

In the darkness, the tall female insect in black uniform was rolling up her sleeves and bending over to rummage through... the trash can.

“Damn it!”

He opened one large garbage bag after another, with a sour face but he didn't stop.

Another figure entered the scene, and the conspicuous orange-red hair revealed the identity of the visitor - Enoch's adjutant, Ryan.

"Major General, that batch of garbage has been transported here for a few days. It might have been processed long ago! And the rain is getting heavier. We should go back..."

Enoch ignored him and gestured for him to go away.

Ryan didn't dare to leave the major general here alone, so he could only work hard to transport the garbage bags from a distance.

They didn't know how long it had been turning over.

Until Ryan let out a surprised cry.

"Major General, Major General, we found it!"

"Don't call me Major General." Enoch had a sour face, but he moved quickly. He jumped down from the garbage mountain and came to Ryan's side.

The once snow-white sword kite has now withered and decayed.

Oil stains and sewage made the simple packaging dirty.

"It's withered..." Ryan whispered.

This was guessed a long time ago. The sword kite is not a flower with a long flowering period. Besides, it was thrown into the trash can and so many days have passed.

But Enoch didn't care.

He took the sword kite.

The hardened red stamens were taken out.

The rain quickly washed away the remaining stains on it.

A small sword lay in his palm.

He slowly tightened his five fingers and exhaled imperceptibly.

"Let's go," he said to Ryan.

The picture freezes at this point.

At the same time, the door of the study was pushed open.

"Shay, why didn't you tell me you came back early—"

A female soldier in a neatly-ironed uniform strode in, the shining military rank on her shoulders indicating her great military achievements.

His voice stopped abruptly when it touched the virtual image in the air.

The female insect in the image was wrapped in a gray headscarf, and her black hair, wet by the rain, stuck to her face in clumps.

The cuffs and trouser legs were covered with unknown stains, and even the gaps between the fingers had turned darker.

All in all, it formed a sharp contrast with the admiral who was meticulous and well-dressed at the moment.

Mud to clouds.

A tramp to a general.

Two robots, one large and one small, in the room looked at him at the same time, then turned their gaze to the projection.

"My father-in-law rummages through the trash cans, stinky." Noel broke the silence. He sat in Shay's arms, his courage inflated like a balloon. His expression twisted exaggeratedly, and he pinched his nose with a solemn oath, "Papa, Noel never rummages through the trash cans. Noel is very clean."

He looked at Shay shyly, then pouted his pink lips.

“Xiangxiang!”

02 turned off the projection quickly and slipped into the corner.

The scar on its head is still there.

Humph, just like how it diligently saves the video that Ome gave it.

Take the robot's blowback, bugs!

Shay kissed Noel, then stood up and spread his arms.

"Enoch, long time no see."

There was a hint of laughter in his voice.

Enoch's face was stiff; five years of military service had made him sharper and harder.

02 and Noel, who was sticking to Shay's legs, were lifted out one by one by him using his thick tail hook.

——Only at this time can the scorpion's long and powerful tail hook come in handy.

With a flick of the tail hook, he closed the door in Noel's face.

Enoch pursed his lips into a nearly straight line. His gloomy gray eyes gradually softened when he saw Shay again, and finally he couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.

He reached out and hugged Xia Yi, lowered his head, and took a deep breath: "It's too bad that you have to see this scene."

"Two months is too long."

"Enoch, you came once in the middle." Xia Yi was a little amused and stretched out his hand to curl Enoch's curly black hair. "You didn't tell me you still kept the sword core."

Enoch snorted softly: "The brat is always jumping around. I wonder who he takes after."

If it weren't for Noel, the small sword wouldn't have been discovered so quickly, exposing his disgrace.

This is the secret he buried deep in his heart.

It is his guilt, gratitude and deep love.

"He looks a lot like you," Shay replied. "That's what Rossetti said."

Noel almost completely inherited the genes of the Webster family, with black curly hair, a strong hooked tail, and facial features that are almost exactly the same as Enoch.

Except for the eyes.

——He has a pair of Shay's amber eyes.

"By the way, Noel said you beat him." Shay laughed, "He said you used a whip this long."

Enoch sighed.

"It was Tailhook. I spanked him."

Xia Yi was a little worried: "His tail hook..."

"Shay, the strongest part of the scorpion is the tail. Don't worry."

Noel is a female insect. Her physical functions are far superior to those of male insects of the same age. Although Noel cries all the time, she is actually a real headache for teachers in kindergarten.

"I'll tell you what he did after dinner."

Noel only looks like a wronged fool in front of Shay.

Enoch leaned in and kissed Shay.

From the amber eyes to the straight nose.

Then there is the jaw which has gradually lost its fleshiness.

"You've grown up."

The tentacles on Shay's head curled up shyly, and he whispered to Enoch, "Don't say it at this time."

“It’s going to be weird.”

Enoch chuckled.

"That's what I meant, Lord."

Enoch also has an untold secret.

He never spanked Noel on the palms of his hands, only on his chubby buttocks.

That's because Noel's eyes are so similar to Shay's.

When those amber eyes are filled with tears, the majesty of the female father will be completely destroyed.

He would recall the cute child in the illusion.

His precious, sweet, warm, priceless treasure.