The sound gradually faded until it disappeared completely. That was terrifying!

It seems like his eldest son is a sour grapes...

A silence fell over the office.

After a long while, Adrian asked, "What time is it?"

Martin reflexively replied, "What time?"

Adrian's murderous gaze shot over again, and Martin tensed up. "The 20th of this month."

Today is the 14th of the interstellar calendar, and there are still six days until the wedding.

Seeing his boss's ever-changing expression, Martin boldly guessed, "Boss, we're not going to have to attend a wedding again, are we?"

"What? Can't I go?" Adrian said coldly. "Helian Jue sent me an invitation."

Martin was speechless for a moment. Fine, nothing is more important than what the boss likes.

"Boss, when do we set off? I'll make the arrangements in advance."

Adrian calculated the time, "If we leave on the night of the 16th, we should be able to make it by taking the jump tunnel."

"yes!"

"What's the situation with the alliance?" Adrian returned to the main topic. He had originally called Martin over for this matter, but the news of Helian Jue and Qiao You's marriage had beaten him to it.

Martin immediately became serious. "Boss, the league is likely to make a big move soon."

"Desia said that there are signs of space pirates gathering troops around the Alliance planets."

"Although there is no clear evidence that it is definitely against the Empire, the Alliance and the Empire are currently irreconcilable enemies, so we can prepare in advance."

Adrian kept tapping on the table, the thumping sound particularly noticeable in the quiet office.

Martin knew this meant Adrian was thinking.

After a moment, the knocking gradually slowed down.

"Have Desia keep a close watch and report any unusual activity immediately," Adrian instructed. "Also, notify Helian Jue."

Martin looked somewhat embarrassed. "Yes! Desia has been keeping an eye on it."

"Hmm... His Highness the Crown Prince already knows the news..."

Adrian was quite confident in his intelligence network, built by the entire space pirate community, believing it to be more well-informed than Helian Jue's.

How did they know?

Martin only dared to look at his toes as he answered, "Actually... actually, it was His Highness the Crown Prince who first noticed the unusual activity and had his personal guards contact me. I... I then sent Desia to... to investigate..."

Adrian nearly choked on his words, "What use are you all?!"

Martin stood at attention and listened to the reprimand. It was indeed their mistake, and they could only accept the scolding.

Adrian remained silent. Martin's gaze slowly shifted from his toes to his boss's face. He tentatively said, "Boss, I... I'll go out first..."

"Um."

Upon hearing the response, Martin immediately turned and slipped towards the door.

Halfway out the door, he remembered something else. "By the way, boss, the Second Prince who was demoted to a commoner has confirmed that he has joined the alliance. There's an 80% chance he'll be a pawn in this war between the alliance and the empire."

After delivering all the information, Martin quickly slipped away.

Helian Tu?