Chapter 19 Guests

After a dreamless night, Coris woke up from his sleep in the bright sunlight.

Today was a day off, so he didn't set an alarm and just slept until he woke up naturally.

He was too nervous last night, and the calm conversation with Nuhra temporarily dispelled the feeling that he was actually living under the same roof with the other party.

Seeing he had plenty of time, Chris leisurely finished his personal affairs and planned to go to the restaurant for breakfast. He walked to the bedroom door, and the heavy, ancient wooden door slowly opened under the control of the intelligent system. The holographic display in the corridor lit up, showing Chris the way.

Chris followed the instructions and walked all the way to the dining room on the first floor. He was alone in the villa, so he moved more casually, not forgetting to look around at the furnishings of Nuhra's house.

Different from the inorganic metal style popular in the capital planet, Nuhra's home decoration style is more warm and plain, but because he has lived here alone for a long time, the huge villa still looks a bit deserted.

Chris walked into the restaurant that was filled with sweet fragrance. Many exquisite cakes were already laid out on the table, and utensils filled with flower tea, juice and milk were neatly placed in a position that Chris could easily reach.

Only after sitting down at the table did Kris take out his terminal, intending to check if there was any backlog of information from his sleep. He casually extended his free hand and pointed at the orange juice, and a robotic arm sprang into action, pouring it steadily into his glass.

Clicking on the message bar, the latest message was from Nuhra, sent about two hours ago.

[Nuhra: Good morning, I'm going to work. The smart butler has prepared breakfast. Just get up and go directly to the restaurant.]

It was more like a message than a text message, and for a moment, Chris wasn't sure whether to reply. He grabbed his phone, hesitated for a moment, then took a picture of the sumptuous breakfast in front of him and sent it to Nuhra:

【Chris: It looks delicious, thank you.】

Chris looked at the short sentence he had sent and felt it was a bit awkward. Finally, he selected the most common smiling emoticon from the chat box and sent it.

After sending the text message, he breathed a sigh of relief, locked the terminal screen, and prepared to enjoy his breakfast.

To be honest, the first breakfast at Nuhra's house greatly satisfied Chris's sweet tooth. He took the first bite of the maple syrup muffin that was cut into small pieces. The aroma of honey immediately made him feel a little dizzy, and his eyes curved with joy.

He took another bite of the muffin and for no reason recalled the fruit basket that Nohra had sent him when he was in the ward. The snacks and desserts in it were sweet but not greasy, exquisite and unique... Could it be that Nohra was also a hidden sweet tooth?

Chris shook his head, amused at his own outrageous guess. He put the thought behind him and continued to savor the delicacy in front of him with full concentration.

In the military building a block away, Nuhra was comfortably holding a cup of scented tea in her hand, but her eyes were fixed on the real-time image displayed on the holographic screen in front of her.

The figure of Corris was clearly visible on the holographic screen - this was the real-time transmission of the camera installed in Nuhra's home. There were many similar cameras hidden in every corner of Nuhra's villa.

Chris's happy smile still lingered on his face. Nuhra opened the terminal and looked at the default emoji on the message page. He couldn't help but laugh, "You're smiling so brightly at a muffin..."

The appointed time was almost up. Nuhra calmly turned off the surveillance footage. Adjutant Louis's announcement came at the perfect time, "Admiral, Captain Samantha is here to visit."

"Please ask her to come in." Nuhra said in a deep voice, and at the same time signaled the robotic arm to pour tea into the cups prepared for the guests.

As soon as she finished speaking, the office door opened automatically. The red-haired female officer walked steadily to the seat opposite Nuhra with her usual confident smile and a document tucked under her arm. She sat down, picked up the tea in front of her and took a sip.

"How are you, Captain Samantha." Nuhra watched her movements with interest and greeted her.

Samantha didn't respond immediately. After putting down her teacup, she carefully observed Nuhra before concluding, half-jokingly and half-seriously, "Happy events always bring joy to people, Admiral. Your smile today was a little more genuine than usual."

Nohra neither denied nor explained.

"I found what you wanted..." Samantha threw the documents she had just brought to him. "I don't know what you're doing here, but don't forget to destroy them after reading them."

"Thank you very much." Nuhra said thank you while her hands started to look through the documents.

"A simple thank you is enough? I went to Amiya specifically for this matter... Do you know how unkind our Empire's Chancellor is?" Samantha raised her eyebrows and raised her voice. "But then again, why are you suddenly so interested in old Nar's son?"

Nuhra read very quickly, and after glancing at ten lines, he did not find the information he needed, so he handed it over to the intelligent system to destroy.

"I was just looking for some clues, but it seems I was going in the wrong direction." Nuhra said calmly, "After all, Krisnar has some connection with the Ruileisi investigation."

"...No matter what, it has little to do with his previous teaching accident, right?" Samantha asked with sharp eyes. "Is it necessary to come to me specifically to investigate the file?"

"Indeed." Nuhra agreed and readily admitted her misjudgment.

"...I've done you a favor. You must come to our party tonight." Seeing that Nuhra was unwilling to talk more, Samantha didn't bother asking any more questions. "A lot of people were dissatisfied with you at the last shooting competition and are looking to avenge their previous defeat."

Nuhra laughed heartily and said something quite provocative: "No matter how many times we compete, those defeated opponents will still not be able to defeat me."

"I will faithfully convey your words to them." Samantha looked like she was enjoying the show. "So, will you come tonight?"

"No," Nuhra said, still smiling, "I have guests at home."

"Guests?" Samantha repeated meaningfully, "I didn't expect Admiral Nuhra would invite guests to his home. I thought your home was always open only to you."

"There are exceptions to everything..." Nuhra took a sip of scented tea and spoke vaguely.

"Okay, I won't spoil the fun," Samantha stood up. "I hope to have the chance to meet your mysterious guest." When she mentioned "guest", she made a double quotation mark gesture with her hand.

Nuhra didn't say anything, but stood up and watched Samantha leave. The office fell silent again, and he slowly sat down, trying to recall if there was anything wrong with the file he had just seen, but everything seemed normal.

Nuhra decided to ignore the matter for the time being. She glanced at the terminal and decided to put aside Chris's text message as well and started to deal with the work at hand... I wonder what Chris is doing now?

It was a little late when Chris got up, and his breakfast was actually brunch, so when it was lunchtime, he didn't let the intelligent system prepare lunch for him, but chose to read and study in his room.

In the afternoon, he took a good nap, then woke up drowsily and headed to the gym in Nuhra's house. The facilities in Nuhra's house were unexpectedly complete, and there was even a holographic laser gun shooting training device!

Chris hadn't tried shooting practice yet. While he was still doing basic physical training, his mind was already drifting to the holographic training device.

As a modern man who had never touched a firearm, Chris's curiosity was beyond words. He put down the exercise program in his hands after practicing for a short time and fumbled to start the holographic training system.

A blue light flashed, and then enveloped the entire room... By the time Corris was able to fully open his eyes, the whole world had turned into a set scene, and he was holding a holographic laser gun in his hand.

"Three, two, one, training begins--" A dull electronic sound suddenly rang out, and a moment of uneasiness flashed through Kris's mind. Before he had time to think, all kinds of targets emerged from all directions in the next second.

Ferocious and strange creatures, huge robots, and extremely fast vehicles...all kinds of attacking objects can appear in the same scene at the same time, and the level of chaos is like one of Corris's weird nightmares.

The effect of the holographic projection was more realistic than imagined. When the monster rushed towards Kris, he was so scared that he stepped back and forgot to shoot. Then he tragically bumped into the fitness equipment behind him.

The pain woke him up, and as if he had suddenly realized something, he clenched the gun in his hand, tried to aim at the target in front of him, and then pulled the trigger, but found that he actually didn't know how to operate it, so he couldn't shoot successfully.

At this moment, the training system's electronic voice sounded again: "Reminder: The difficulty of this training is set to the default - Hard. If you fail to successfully hit the target, or if the target comes within your safe range, you will be punished with an electric shock. Also, once training begins, it cannot be stopped."

"Damn!" Chris cursed in despair. He couldn't imagine how Nuhra usually trained with this thing... Now he could only keep dodging and racking his brains to figure out how to successfully shoot.

The gym was so small, and Chris ran around several times, just to avoid the target. Fortunately, there was always a way out. Panting and despairing, Chris accidentally unlocked the laser gun's device and successfully fired the first shot—although the crosshairs were horribly off.

Now that his weapon was usable, Kris felt a little more at ease. He tried again to aim at the monster closest to him, concentrating fully, ready to pull the trigger... Then, the entire blue light suddenly dissipated, carrying the image of the monster with it quickly faded away in front of him.

Chris still kept holding the gun, confused by the gym that quickly returned to normal. Wasn't it agreed that it couldn't be closed midway?

Before he could even consider it, the terminal buzzed. Uh, it was Nuhra's video call. Unpleasant memories of his training session flooded back to Kris, and he answered the call with mixed feelings.

On the other side of the camera, Nuhra sat at his desk, seemingly unaware of what had happened to Chris in the gym. He took the initiative to ask, "Why are you out of breath? What happened?"

Feeling embarrassed, Chris evaded the question by saying, "Ah, no, I was just exercising...haha." The expression on his face vividly illustrated what it meant to be trying to cover up one's own faults.

Nuhra paused on the other end of the terminal, not sure if she believed what Corris said, "Oh, I thought it was..."

"What is it?" Kris immediately became alert. Could it be that the other party had seen all of his embarrassment just now?!

"It's okay." Nuhra looked calm and composed, changing the subject calmly. "...What do you want for dinner tonight? You can ask the intelligent system to prepare it, or you can make it yourself using the cooking machine."

"Oh, speaking of dinner, I'm a little hungry. How about I go prepare it first... Uh, let's stop here. See you tonight." Chris spoke quickly and ended the call directly without giving Nuhra any chance to interrupt.

Nuhra couldn't help but smile as he watched the page where the call ended. On his desk, one part of his holographic screen was projecting the gym's surveillance footage, while the other part displayed the training system's emergency shutdown procedure.

The author has something to say:

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Nuhrabelike: Look at what the guy at home is doing [Let me see]

Chris: (Being driven crazy by the training system)

Nohra:!

Nuhra: Although it's a bit immoral, it's quite fun to see him like this. Let's shut down the system later [milk tea]