Chapter 31 Lake

Nuhra and Chris enjoyed a delicious and healthy simple meal, and they continued to sit opposite each other at the table until the robotic arm took away the dishes that needed cleaning.

Across the dining table, Chris saw Nuhra fiddling with something on the terminal. Suddenly, he thought, "When people have some free time, they don't know what to do to pass the time."

Nuhra closed the terminal, laid it face down on the table, and suggested, "I have a very old-fashioned suggestion: go for a walk."

"...Seriously?" Chris initially thought that Nuhra was just joking, but Nuhra's expression was quite serious, so Chris couldn't help but suppress his smile.

"Well...it's actually an option." Chris held his forehead and said, he actually wanted to complete some high-intensity exercise.

"I can see you don't agree with this," Nuhra said, not wanting to drag Chris out for a walk. "But what you're thinking isn't feasible right now."

"What am I thinking about?" Chris was quite curious. He really didn't want to go for a walk, but Nuhra could actually guess what he wanted to do?

"You wanted to do something exciting," Nuhra said, glancing at Kris and smiling. Afraid Kris might misunderstand, he added, "I guessed from your expression."

"I don't think about it anymore. I want to take a walk." Chris replied expressionlessly.

"Yes, sir. You can do whatever you want." Nuhra didn't care. Everything was based on Chris's opinion.

Chris really didn't want to go for a walk at first, but after some banter, he actually became interested and took the opportunity to half-jokingly ask, "Besides taking a walk, I want you to do something else with me..."

Nuhra raised her eyebrows, a little surprised. Judging from Chris's usual personality, he didn't seem like the type to make requests proactively.

"I'm all ears, but you can't buy sweets or do high-intensity training..." Nuhra agreed to Chris, but he also had his own requirements.

"Deal, I want you to teach me fighting skills." Kris was afraid that Nuhra would go back on his word, so he quickly said what he wanted Nuhra to do for him.

"That's it?" Nuhra had originally thought it was something difficult to accomplish, but she didn't expect it to be so simple. "I thought..."

"What do you think?" It was now Kris's turn to laugh. He knew what Nuhra was thinking. "Who do you think I am?"

Nuhra did not respond to this, but followed up on Corris's request and said, "I can teach you, but I have to wait until you are fully recovered."

"I'm full of strength now. Let's go for a walk together!" Chris stood up suddenly and looked at Nuhra with bright eyes, trying to show that he had recovered.

"Okay, change into your pajamas first." Nuhra couldn't understand why someone who looked so sick last night could become so energetic in the blink of an eye.

Only then did Chris remember that he was still wearing pajamas, so he quickly ran upstairs to change his clothes and was about to pull Nuhra out.

"You look... a little too excited?" Nuhra had long felt that something was not right with Chris's condition, so she grabbed Chris's wrist and pulled him back to her side to prevent him from running around.

"Me?" Corris looked confused, his face flushed with excitement, but he himself could not feel it at all.

Nuhra stared for a moment, then let go of Chris's hand and let him go.

He had just taken advantage of Chris going back to the room to change clothes to check Chris's physical indicators on the system, and then went to consult Maya. The reply he got was that it was one of the symptoms of sequelae, and it would recover after a while when the body's metabolism returned to normal.

Taking advantage of the rare cloudy afternoon, Coris and Nuhra went out together.

Chris originally thought that Nuhra would take him for a walk in her garden like last time, but he didn't expect Nuhra to drive a small hovercraft out of the garage.

"Where are we going?" Chris was a little curious, but he got on the car without hesitation.

"Let's go for a walk by the lake opposite. There's a nice meadow and woods there... Didn't you see it when you came here before?" Nuhra simply set the location and chatted casually with Chris who was sitting next to her.

Chris remembered the vague scenery he saw from the car on his first day at Nuhra's house, and he still had some general impression of it.

"Aren't you afraid of running into someone you know if you go for a walk in broad daylight?" Chris suddenly remembered that they had agreed to keep their relationship secret, but now Nuhra was planning to appear in public with him, so he asked subconsciously.

"Honey, you're really a little confused..." Nuhra shook her head helplessly after hearing this. "First of all, most of my colleagues don't live here. Secondly, my colleagues who do live here are all working..."

"Finally, what we need to do now is to make others doubt our relationship." Nuhra waved her hand and explained.

Chris finally realized that his state today was a little abnormal. He looked embarrassed and his face flushed again with embarrassment. "Did I ask a stupid question..."

"It's normal that you don't understand. I didn't explain it well enough," Nohra said gently in his defense. "You're still sick now, so of course I don't blame you."

"I didn't know the treatment for being a patient here is so good," Chris looked at the scenery outside the car window. Nohra could only see his smiling profile. "It's completely different from before in the hospital..."

Nuhra knew he was bringing up the past, talking about Chris being hospitalized after the party, but there were some things he wasn't going to lie about. "That was a different time. If I could go back then, I would do the same thing."

"I understand," Corris turned around, his eyes twinkling with a smile as he said to Nuhra, "Now I think that's a pretty good start."

Nuhra was stunned for a moment, the smile on her face deepened, but she didn't say anything.

The lake in this residential area is not far from Nuhra's villa. Not long after the two stopped talking, they arrived at the parking area.

"Get out." The car system found a suitable parking space, parked the car, and then Nuhra asked Chris to get out.

When we got out of the car, the endless green grass swayed gently in the breeze, the woods in the distance made a rustling sound, the white clouds blocked the bright afternoon sunlight, and its reflection was on the shimmering lake... Nuhra and Kris strolled by the lake, enjoying this rare tranquility.

"It's so beautiful here..." They walked along the lake for a while, then walked onto the grass, walking aimlessly.

"Most of the high-end residential areas in the capital planet are equipped with similar lakes. I think they are very boring." Nuhra glanced at the lake in front of him, but what he said was a bit disappointing, and there was a hint of disdain in his words when he tasted it carefully.

"I guess you've seen places much more beautiful than this?" Coris didn't comment, but just asked casually following Nuhra's words.

"My hometown also has many lakes, grasslands, and forests like this... In our eyes, they were just useless puddles that took up space for crops," Nuhra murmured softly, as if lost in some distant memory. "Then one day, a group of people discovered minerals under the water. They drained the lakes, occupied the grasslands, and cut down the trees."

Chris didn't expect Nuhra's past to be so heavy. He felt a little uncomfortable, but didn't want to interrupt his narration.

"We used to have enough to eat, but when they came, they not only wanted to seize the lake's ore, but also our food." Nuhra revealed a look that was almost bitter. "Finally, a group of people couldn't stand it anymore and formed an army to resist them. But because the gap was too big, they were forced into exile..."

Nuhra stopped talking at this point. Chris could also guess that Nuhra was in this exiled team at the time, and this team was probably the pirate organization that Nuhra had belonged to in his early years.

"Who came to your hometown?" Coris asked cautiously, "I'm sorry, maybe I shouldn't ask this question..." Seeing that Nuhra did not answer for a while, he regretted his recklessness.

"It's okay. These things happened many years ago." Nuhra put his arm around Kris's shoulders. They were of similar height, and the gesture made them look close. "These things were told to me by my former...comrades. My parents were pirates, but they both died in battle. I was raised by other pirates."

"These invaders are from the Interstellar Alliance," Nuhra said calmly. "They were driven away long ago. My home planet is currently under the jurisdiction of the Empire and is classified as a resource system."

"So, your home planet didn't belong to the empire before?" Corris was a little confused. After all, these things were not mentioned in Nuhra's public information.

Out of selfish motives, he actually wanted to know more about Nuhra's real life experience, and it would be even better if Nuhra told it herself.

"No, it's too remote. It's just a small planet near the edge of the galactic route," Nuhra explained. "To be honest, it was purely accidental that the Interstellar Alliance found it."

Corris nodded, seeming to understand. Nuhra continued, "Years ago, it was recaptured by the Imperial Army led by His Majesty Clarence. Currently, the inhabitants of the planet are living quite well."

"You also contributed to this matter, right?" Chris keenly noticed something from Nuhra's narration.

Nuhra didn't intend to continue. He squeezed Chris's shoulder and said with a smile, "Story time is over. Now let's enjoy this beautiful scenery."

"Didn't you say it was boring?" Chris was speechless. Nuhra was still dismissive of this a quarter of an hour ago, but then he changed his expression.

"Because you think it's beautiful, after taking a closer look, I started to think it's good too." Nuhra tilted her head slightly and said happily.

They were so close that the vibrations of Nuhra's chest when she spoke passed through his shoulders, and Coris's ears turned red instantly.

Nuhra seemed not to see anything and just continued walking forward with Coris.

"Wait, I have one last question." The two of them had not gone far in this awkward posture when Chris braked the car and asked.

"You go ahead." Nuhra was in a good mood, probably because it was a rare opportunity to talk about these private topics with others, which allowed her to release a lot of pent-up emotions.

"Have you ever been back to your home planet?" Chris asked a very common question.

"I've been back, but I don't have any feelings for that place. After all, I've lived on a pirate ship since I was born." Nuhra replied, "Why, do you want to go and see it too?"

"No, I'm just asking casually." Chris smiled faintly without any other reaction.

The conversation about Nuhra's home planet came to an end, and the two continued their stroll along the lakeside. But before they had walked for long, Corris's energy battery ran out.

"I... I'm tired..." Coris and Nuhra walked to the edge of the woods with difficulty. To be precise, they were half-dragged and half-carried over by Nuhra.

"Didn't you say you wanted to cool off under the tree?" Nuhra looked at the breathless Kris in front of him, feeling a little amused. He guessed it was the aftereffects of Kris's condition, which caused him to be so high in both body and mind from time to time, and then so low again.

"I, I don't know why I'm so tired... We haven't been walking for long!" Chris couldn't speak clearly and just sat down under the shade of the tree.

Nuhra also sat down, took out a bottle of water from her bag, and handed it to Kris. Kris' eyes lit up, and he reached out his hand as if he had found a lifeline, and took the bottle of water tremblingly.

Chris gulped down half a bottle of water, finally easing his breath. He leaned against Nuhra beside him, disregarding his appearance, muttering, "Let me lean on you for a bit, I'm so tired..."

Nuhra moved and adjusted his posture to make it more comfortable for Chris to lean on him, and Chris then half-lay on him.

"What are you thinking about..." They stayed in silence for a long time, so long that Nuhra thought Corris was asleep.

Corris was silent for a long time before he replied in a relaxed tone, "I'm wondering when you'll take me to your home planet."

In fact, what Chris was thinking was: he didn't want to leave here, even if the owner of this body was not him.

The moment this thought came into his mind, Chris immediately felt moral condemnation.

He knew very well that he was now a cuckoo in someone else's nest, and the inner soul of "Corris" was occupied by him, an Earthling named "Kojo".

Because of an unexpected vague feeling, he actually had this idea...Chris was upset and tormented, but when Nuhra asked him, he could only pretend that nothing had happened.

Nuhra behind him seemed to sense something, and reached out from behind to hold Corris's cool palm.

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Author's Note: Unveiling Some of Nuhra's Past [Let Me Read]

In fact, Nuhra really treats Chris as his younger brother. He has a shallow relationship with people and is very clingy with people who are really close to him... But he soon realized it!

Chris was moved and began to think about the future [Lop-eared rabbit head]