Chapter 43
The first military academy of the Federation.
This iron-blooded factory, which produces a large number of top Alphas every year, is located in the central galaxy and is a gathering place for nobles and geniuses. This vast and magnificent mechanical fortress with perfect defense mechanisms has the function of continuously supplying fresh blood and vitality to the army. Its importance is like the heart of the Federation.
On the open day, ignoring the oppressive feeling brought by the tight security, for the military cadets, this was actually a rare day of freedom and relaxation.
Xia Feng pushed the door open with her black hair wet and messy. Seeing Loren standing in the narrow half-length mirror, she looked him over and asked casually, "Are you going to watch the Open now?"
They had a brief window of opportunity to arrange their own time today, and it was clear that Loren had no intention of resting.
General Loren buttoned his uniform neatly to his throat and smoothed the wrinkles on his collar with his fingers. Then he replied slowly, "Well, data collection is very important to me, so I have to arrive early."
"Although there's an element of pre-selected performance involved, I think watching the seniors fight would be beneficial for us." Loren paused and suggested, "You could also go watch a couple of matches and judge the difference in combat power between us and our seniors."
Xia Feng sat back on the edge of the bed, lowered her head, and placed her elbows and arms naturally on her knees. Her calm voice came from under the wet towel.
"No."
She said.
Loren nodded and said no more.
As he walked out of the room, Loren couldn't help but push up his slightly reflective lenses. Ever since he returned from that leave with Wayne, he had keenly noticed that his roommate had become more taciturn than before.
There were several open tournaments between seniors going on at the same time in the battle center, so the one Loren chose was not crowded.
Two pre-prepared mechas were placed in the sunken competition venue. Loren walked up the stairs to the audience seats with a calm expression. After finding a seat with a suitable angle, he was about to step over when his black eyes, which had a hint of mechanicalness, suddenly reflected a few familiar faces without any emotion.
Noah Sturga, who had silver hair, was startled, as if he did not expect such a coincidence. A gentle smile appeared on the boy's beautiful face, and he nodded and greeted Loren with a smile.
But the other classmate sitting next to him was not so friendly. Yulai looked Loren up and down with a vigilant look, and his purple eyes, similar to Noah's, narrowed unconsciously, like a wolfhound that had mistakenly entered the territory.
Loren politely pressed his glasses without paying any attention. He also nodded his chin to signal the two Alphas. Then, he gave up the position he had just chosen and stood by the railing in front of the audience seats.
This position also has a wide and clear view - and will not attract extra attention, Loren adjusted his lenses and analyzed reasonably and calmly.
Loren thought he could stay alone and undisturbed until the end of the game. However, when the game started, an Alpha suddenly fell on the railing next to him with messy steps and heavy breathing. The other party looked like he had undergone a difficult long-distance weight training. The slender shoulders of a growing boy kept rising and falling. He irritably pulled open his collar to try to let air in to cool his body, and glanced blatantly at Loren beside him with a squint.
Loren looked intently at the center of the field, without paying any attention.
However, the Alpha's repeated frowns and glances gradually made it difficult for him to concentrate. Loren was silent for a moment, then spoke gently in a flat voice, "...Excuse me, do you have any questions?"
Young man: "Ah, sort of?"
Theodore carefully observed Loren in front of him, and compared the other's facial features with the information given by Shigure. After finding that they basically matched, he couldn't help but chuckle as if a heavy burden had been lifted off his shoulders.
Theodore wiped the sweat from his forehead and stared at the Alpha in front of him, who seemed to be shrouded in an unnatural mechanical feeling. He confirmed: "Loren, this is your name, right? I think I have found the right person."
Loren's eyes narrowed slightly, his expression unchanged, as he finally looked at the boy beside him. The obviously younger Alpha wore a baseball cap, his golden hair sticking up unruly beneath the brim, like a disheveled, unruly cat.
"Do you know an Omega?" Facing Loren's gaze, the young Alpha pulled down the brim of his hat, curled his lips and grumbled something in a low voice. Then he let out a long breath, looked at Loren and said, "Oh...his name is, Shigure."
Loren's pupils under the lenses suddenly shrank slightly.
The tall and slender body froze in place, and he stared deeply and intently at the golden-haired Alpha in front of him.
He was silent for dozens of seconds, and then Loren admitted in a hoarse voice: "...I know her."
…
A few days later, Shigure received a small contact card from Ed.
It was so small—Shi Yu held it nervously in the palm of his hand, as if he was afraid that this little card would be lost somewhere if he was not careful.
"Well..." Shi Yu opened his eyes wide and asked Ed in front of him, "Can I just plug it into the tablet and use it?"
Before Ed could answer, she hummed, then spoke with an embarrassed smile, "Can I try now? ...Ah, but maybe Wayne won't be here at this time?"
... Wayne.
Hearing the name from Shi Yu again, Ed lowered his eyebrows, his eyes slowly swept over someone's homework in his hand, and his light-colored lips were slightly pursed.
His face remained calm as he confidently added the last name that was appended to this name.
— Wayne Clement.
The First Military Academy's open day had begun two days prior. Theodore's efficiency and luck had been far better than he'd anticipated. The day before, he'd received a call from Theodore, hearing him successfully deliver the shielding module and contact card to someone designated by Shi Yu. Ed's gaze lingered on the search page that popped up on his terminal, and he fell silent for a moment.
"Anyway," Theodore recalled, stroking his chin, "although he was the one who took it in the beginning, that Alpha said he would pass it on to...hiss, that's not right?"
He frowned, suddenly noticing something strange, and began to mutter in confusion, "Didn't that Omega say any of these cadets would be fine? Why doesn't she seem to be familiar with them... She's already got it, why would she give it to someone else?"
As Theodore spoke, he tilted his head slightly and rolled his eyes nonchalantly, as if trying to see if there was a black-haired troublemaker hiding behind Ed.
Not seeing anyone, he added absentmindedly: "By the way, the monitoring module you mentioned before has been installed, but..."
Theodore looked like he had a question to ask, but he paused, then gave up, grabbing his hair again: "Forget it, it has nothing to do with me anyway."
The silver-haired boy glanced at his friend with a hint of understanding.
"...Thank you for your hard work. Let's talk again when we have time," he said. "Remember to prepare well for your exam."
Having no intention to continue talking with his friend for the time being, Ai lowered his eyes and terminated the call signal.
The family information he had looked up in the past two days emerged in his mind, and Ed couldn't help but frown, and a look of boredom flashed in his eyes.
As if he was not happy that his Omega's attention was distracted during study time, the boy patiently closed the book in his hand.
Then, the pair of beautiful green eyes with an inexplicable coldness looked at Shi Yu, and Shi Yu was stunned for a moment, not understanding the situation.
"What do you think?" He stared at Shi Yu and asked back.
"Morning training at the military academy hasn't even finished yet. Do you think Alpha has as much free time as you do? Since you have so much free time, why don't you think about why you can do such a good job on your homework?"
The young man bent his knuckles and tapped the corner of the table twice. His emerald eyes looked at Shigure opposite him without any warmth. Shigure was stiff for a long time before he pinched the cloth in his hand, lowered his head silently, and a blush of shame appeared on his cheeks.
"……Feel sorry."
She seemed to realize something and reflected quietly, "I shouldn't ask these questions at this time."
Ed looked at the Omega coldly for a moment, then lowered his gaze and told her concisely, "Wait until after ten o'clock in the evening, then use the contact card and try to connect the signal to the military academy."
"If you can't connect, come see me the next day."
Shi Yu lowered his head and covered his face with guilt: "...I know."
The other party's cold attitude dampened her excitement. Shi Yu didn't even dare to look up at Ed. She tightly grasped the contact card in her palm and sat there without saying a word for a long time.
Ed's tone just now suddenly made her feel a little scared. Could it be her illusion?
Shi Yu thought for a moment, then came to her senses and hurriedly smoothed the bed sheet she had just been tossing and turning. There was only one chair in Ed's room, and at that moment, Ed was sitting in front of the lab table, recording some experimental data and correcting her homework...
Although she was a little hesitant in the first few days, after forming the habit of studying here for a while every day, Shi Yu no longer felt awkward about sitting on a boy's bed.
Recently, Shigure often comes to Ed's room.
In fact, Ed's body has almost recovered. On Monday, he will be able to take himself and Susu to class with a normal look. Although he speaks very little in class, he can explain the knowledge points and questions to them clearly and systematically. Even if Shiyu makes mistakes in his homework that should not have occurred, Ed will strictly require Shiyu to do multiple questions and correct them as before.
He was as cold and distant as ever, his gaze barely lingering on Shi Yu for even a moment. This unapproachable, unapproachable look made Shi Yu feel as if she had just met Ed.
...It's like nothing ever happened.
But Shigure could understand. A proud man like Ed would definitely want to forget those awkward days. After all, some of his actions during the heat of passion were things he would never do under normal circumstances.
Considering Ed's cold attitude over the past two days, Shi Yu felt that Ed might need some time to adjust himself... Hmm! She was willing to respect the teacher's wishes.
So, in order to cooperate with the other party, Shi Yu also began to deliberately avoid Ed.
She tried to get up early every day to reduce the chance of running into Ed; even when saying goodbye after class, she would lower her head; and when doing homework, she would make sure to avoid his sight no matter what.
I don’t know whether it was useful or not... because this kind of life only lasted less than two days.
The next evening, Shigure returned to the dormitory after having dinner with Natasha. Unexpectedly, when he opened the door, he ran into Ed who was pushing the door open from the side.
The silver-haired Omega boy stared at her coldly and quietly for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Have you finished correcting all the wrong questions?"
For some reason, Shi Yu avoided his gaze awkwardly, shook her head and replied, "Not yet..."
Ed hummed and closed his eyes as if he had expected it.
Then he criticized calmly, "You're so inefficient... You haven't even started reviewing yet this late. Do you plan on finishing these exercises until tomorrow?"
Shi Yu lowered her head and let the boy teach her a lesson. She bit her lip unconsciously, thinking guiltily about how to defend herself.
"You're still making mistakes on questions I've taught you several times, and your formulas are all messed up," Ed's tone grew colder. "You..."
The boy lowered his head slightly to look at her, and clearly noticed a small wet red mark on the Omega's lips. The girl bit her lips, her eyelashes trembled, and she lowered her head helplessly, looking almost pitiful.
Ed paused and calmly ordered, "Come to my room."
"Get your textbooks. You'll need a few make-up classes."
...Just like that, due to his own reasons, Shi Yu could only be forced to step into Ed's room with shame and inability to refute, and the considerate plan was forced to be interrupted.
Shigure finally emerged from Ed's room exhausted after staying up all afternoon. After dinner, she didn't even feel like doing her homework. She crouched in her room clutching her tablet like a little ghost, killing time. As soon as ten seconds had passed, she quickly pressed her contact card into the slot.
A signal search prompt popped up on the tablet. Shi Yu anxiously tapped the screen with his fingers, his eyes fixed on it.
Ed told her during the day that the contact card sent to the military academy was finally handed over to Wayne - Shi Yu was of course happy. She couldn't calm down the whole day and kept thinking about what to say when she called Wayne.
First, she had to take this opportunity to thank Wayne on the phone, and then she had to ask him a lot of questions: how had he been doing? Had he gone to the hospital to treat his injuries? Had he been in trouble with those people after the fight? And so on.
However, when she saw the words "Connection successful" on the screen, Shi Yu suddenly felt dazed and her hands went limp. The sentences she had organized in her mind disappeared instantly, and she dropped the tablet onto the mattress.
Shi Yu picked up the tablet and stared at the screen blankly. He wanted to say something, but his throat became dry and astringent as if it was blocked by a fruit core.
Her heart was gradually filled with sour and heavy emotions, and then it curled up sadly in her chest as if it could not bear this corrosion. Shi Yu's body trembled slightly. She was afraid that her silence would make Wayne impatient, so she blurred her vision, struggled to suppress the tears in her voice, and squeezed out a little sound.
Shi Yu said: "Wayne..."
“…”
…
On the other end of the tablet line, she was responded to by a silence that seemed as if time had stood still for eternity.
The author has something to say:
I'm coming woooooooo
I'm really too busy, I'm really sorry for taking so long.
The adoption line is almost here. Military cadets who have reached the adoption line can apply to date girls! I hope the adoption line will be reached soon. I'm praying.jpg
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