Chapter 70
The current situation in the empire is peaceful on the surface, but in reality, private conflicts continue.
Yael was not deeply involved in this, but he also understood some of the progress.
Because of his stance and the fact that the eldest prince had accumulated a lot of strength over the past five years, the plan was able to proceed smoothly.
For him, the past half month has been a continuous success, but Cano must have been in a state of panic.
Soon, Yael received an email from the Male Protection Association, stating that he would begin to fulfill his obligations as a noble male insect and provide spiritual counseling for the female insects that were caught in the riot.
Xi Ze, who had originally said he would accompany him, looked a little apologetic after receiving a call.
"Sorry, Lord Xiong, something happened over there and I need to go there immediately..."
Yael took the coat that 015 handed over and put it on. He nodded in understanding and said, "Okay, you go first. Be careful."
The two suspended vehicles went their separate ways at the intersection.
One was heading towards a famous building across a city block, while the other was heading in the opposite direction, speeding towards the palace in the center.
Upon learning of his arrival, the Xiongbao Association had already made full preparations. After the suspended vehicle entered the specially built track, police officers were arranged to guard both sides of the road all the way.
"Good day, Your Majesty."
The worker insect bent down to open the car door, and respectfully took a step back to make room for the president of the Xiongbao Association behind him, so as to better welcome the arrival of His Majesty the S-rank male insect.
When Yael got off the car, he looked up and saw a middle-aged male insect standing in front of him. He was dressed elegantly and seriously, and had a temperament very different from the noble male insects he saw at the banquet.
"Your Majesty, I am the president of the Male Insect Protection Association. You can call me Card."
The middle-aged male insect stretched out his hand and shook hands with him respectfully.
"Just go in and talk as you go."
Raising his hand to stop the association president's plan to give him a grand welcome and entertainment, Yael went straight to the point and took the lead.
"Okay, come this way."
After passing through the spacious hall and several corridors, we arrived at the floor reserved for A-level males.
Yael turned his eyes slightly and saw the scene in a counseling room next door.
There were two insects, one sitting and one kneeling, in the counseling room. From the glass, one could see that the one sitting there was a young male insect who looked familiar. He had his eyes closed and looked a little impatient.
The female insect kneeling on the ground was trembling all over, and her situation seemed to be a bit bad. Her neck, hands and feet were tied with precise and sturdy shackles, which should be to prevent excessive stimulation during grooming and the sudden attack from injuring the male insect.
Yerdo looked at the male insect twice before he searched his memory for his name.
——Vito, the representative of the emerging nobility in Cizek's words.
The young male insect happened to open his eyes, and did not look surprised when he saw him. He must have known that he was coming, but because he couldn't free his hands, he could only nod and apologize.
"Your Majesty, your counseling room is here."
The president of the association waited until he looked away before reminding him, pointing to the large counseling room next to him and explaining in a low voice.
"The number of counseling positions will be matched according to the level. The higher the level, the heavier the responsibility. There will be more female insects on the verge of going berserk. The A-level male insects have 50 tasks per month."
The counseling quotas are said to be randomly matched, but in reality they are basically obtained by wealthy and powerful people who paid a large price and bid in secret, and there are many tricks involved.
[Some military females need to use all their military merits accumulated over several decades to earn a chance to ensure that they will not die violently.]
Xi Ze looked somewhat silent when he explained it to him. Perhaps he had seen such things many times, but he was helpless in the face of such chaos.
Here, the president of the association considered it and did not directly tell Yael how much the task was.
"Due to your special circumstances, the association is prepared to let you try it out first, and then determine the specific amount of tasks based on the situation. What do you think?"
Seeing that Yael seemed a little unhappy, the president of the association coughed softly and clarified the unspoken rules that everyone knew.
"You don't have to worry about working for nothing. The association only takes 1% of the money that the female insects pay for the grooming quota, and the bulk of the money goes to you."
The young male insect hummed in an ambiguous manner, and his face was so cold that it was hard to tell what he was thinking.
He made up his mind and waved to the worker outside the door, signaling to start calling numbers. "Just do what you can. You can do as much as you want. Don't feel pressured."
Yael sat on the only small sofa in the counseling room, tapping the armrest with his fingertips absentmindedly, and watched the side door of the counseling room open.
The female soldier with the number tag was wearing a dark-everydaycolored military uniform. She looked very unfamiliar and did not seem to belong to any of the four major legions.
He stood with his back straight, but still looked a little reserved. He must be the non-noble military woman that Xi Ze mentioned, who offered all her military achievements in exchange for a moment of counseling.
The female soldier looked quite young, but her eyebrows and eyes bore some traces of weathering, which were the marks left by being tempered by the harsh environment for a long time.
Exactly the same calluses and scars as those on Cize's hands.
He bowed deeply and addressed him respectfully, "Your Majesty."
Yael responded, then realized belatedly that the president of the association had not explained to him the method of remote counseling. He looked a little confused for a moment.
The counseling room fell into an eerie silence. The association president was confused for a moment, and then he realized what was going on when he met the male insect's gaze.
But before he could come forward to explain the specific method, Vito, who was leaning against the door, came forward.
"Your Majesty."
Vito smiled warmly, observed the male insect in front of him calmly, and took the lead in bowing, "I wonder if Your Majesty would allow me to demonstrate it again?"
"Okay." Yael glanced at him and raised his chin slightly, "Then this is yours."
Vito laughed and motioned the somewhat bewildered female soldier to put on the shackles. "Let's begin. Your Majesty, remember to watch carefully."
After confirming that everything was correct, he raised his hand and released a stream of mental power, which formed a line and drilled directly into the brain of the female soldier opposite him.
"Uh ah... Hehe!"
As if she was enduring great pain, the muscles in the military female's body instantly tensed up, causing the shackles to tremble continuously. Light flashed above them, increasing the intensity of the confinement according to the strength.
Yael saw clearly that Vito's mental power was clearly relying on the suppression of his level to directly invade the female insect's mental picture, ruthlessly sweeping away the mental sludge inside.
"Wait, something doesn't seem right..."
Vito murmured, feeling that his mental power had reached a deeper level, and the abnormality there made him frown.
The longer time passed, the more solemn his expression became.
“Crackle, crackle… hiss… snap…”
The female soldier on the opposite side had already turned half-insect, with her hard tentacles piercing through her military uniform and stabbing out, twitching constantly, looking terrifying.
"no."
Vito pulled out his mental strength and shook his head.
"His mental picture is almost torn apart, and the effect of spiritual counseling is very poor... There is basically no possibility of recovery."
The cracking of the mental picture would be accompanied by great pain. He couldn't imagine how the female soldier in front of him could endure such severe pain to come here without any insect noticing anything wrong.
"Is it that serious?"
Yael put down his hands and his expression became serious.
Realizing that the counseling was over, the shackles were automatically unlocked. The female soldier swayed for several times before steadying her body. Hearing this, she smiled bitterly, her voice hoarse and inaudible.
"Yes, that's why I wanted to take a gamble and see if there's still hope. Now it seems... forget it."
Vito sighed and felt a little uncomfortable, but he had seen many military women like this and was no longer emotional. He just turned around and said to Yer.
"Your Majesty, have you seen my method of guidance? It's very simple. Just let it go and experiment. I have already signed an agreement with those female insects to take responsibility for any casualties...Okay, the next one will come in."
However, Yer did not respond to him. He stared at the somewhat dejected back of the military girl with heavy eyes, and suddenly caught the thought that had just flashed through his mind.
He almost forgot that there should be a big price difference between S-level and A-level places.
The military woman in front of him might have spent all her money to get such a position, but he accidentally gave it to Vito, which was a huge loss for him.
Moreover, the female soldier's mental state has been severely damaged, and she may soon suffer from mental disorder. If the problem is not completely resolved this time, she may not have a chance to receive treatment in the future.
"Come back."
Yael suddenly spoke up, ignoring the surprised looks of Vito and the president, "I'm too lazy to wait, just come and give it a try."
The female soldier's back froze for a moment, then she came to her senses and trotted back, as if she was afraid that Yael would go back on his word, and she picked up the chain on the ground and was about to tie herself up again.
"No need to tie it up, just guide him like this."
Yael spoke out to stop his action, and without waiting for any insects to react, he raised his hand and released his mental power.
Blah--
Invisible spiritual waves resounded, as if a flooded tide hit a special wall and bounced back, stirring up a faint echo deep in the mind.
Apart from the mental pressure at the ball, it was the first time that Vito felt Yael's mental power at such a close distance, and he almost felt suffocated for a moment.
"!!!"
With his expression completely frozen, he couldn't help but took a few steps back and bumped into the association president, who was also stiff.
“…”
Yael stretched out his hand and gently clenched his five fingers——
The overflowing mental power instantly penetrated into the female soldier's mental picture, without revealing even the slightest fluctuation.
“Uh huh…!”
The counseling had already begun. The female soldier on the opposite side had no time to put on the shackles, so she could only spontaneously lock her arms behind her back, ready to endure the severe pain that was about to come.
But the waves were warm, like the boundless sea illuminated by the sun, which could easily heal all the pain. I couldn't help but relax my body and completely sink into it.
The female soldier's body remained rigid, but the expression on her face gradually relaxed.
"The situation is indeed a bit bad..."
Yael whispered, and after examining the messy mental picture, he clenched his five fingers tighter.
Those swirling mental powers condensed into extremely pure energy and began to carefully fill and repair those deep gaps.
——The wasteland that was about to lose its vitality was drinking almost thirstily, trying desperately to breed new vitality.
“…”
After making sure that the released spiritual power was completely absorbed, Yael withdrew his hand, his expression and tone extremely calm, "Alright."
Vito on the side had already come to his senses and watched the entire process carefully. However, before he could marvel at Yell's exquisite control over his mental power, he was shocked by these two words.
"Finished? What's finished? Your Majesty has fixed that broken mental picture?!"
The female soldier stood there blankly, not going crazy nor showing any expression of pain. She seemed to have gone stupid, and she didn't look like she was getting better, did she?
Vito released his mental power in disbelief, invading the female soldier's mental picture and scanning it, but the more he explored, the more shocked he became, "Those cracks have actually disappeared...?"
The president of the association also released his mental power and searched carefully.
After all, he had been the president of the association for many years and had some understanding of various unusual phenomena. After thinking for a long time, he murmured in disbelief.
"Could it be that your Majesty's spiritual power... has the ability to heal?"
The mental power of each high-level male insect has some attributes, more or less, but they are all very weak and basically have no auxiliary effect.
This was the first time he had seen such a strong attribute, and a powerful healing psychic power—
It can be said to be the most unique and extremely rare spiritual power in the entire empire.
"Well……"
The female soldier was invaded by two mental forces and felt some pain, so she was forced to come back to her senses from that comfortable state.
"My... mental image... Your Majesty?!"
He shook his head and looked inward at his own mental picture, the expression on his face gradually changing from shock to enlightenment, and then to deep gratitude.
The female soldier's eyes were filled with tears, her face flushed to the extreme, and she could hardly speak. Finally, she saluted to Yael with great excitement.
"Okay, go down and call the next one in."
A smile finally appeared on Yer's face. He nodded in return and looked at the two male insects beside him who were still in shock.
"I think I can do it. Thank you for your guidance... President, how many places are available this time?"
The first-place election should not be particularly fierce.
As his strength is unknown but his alignment is clear, many nobles are still waiting and waiting to determine the actual value of their interests based on the circumstances.
You need to show some strength and add more chips.
Thinking of what Caesar had told him about the recent power turmoil, Yael pondered for a moment and decided to pretend to be something big.
"Call a few females at a time, and I'll see if we can do it all at once."
*
"Last night, His Majesty was suddenly assassinated. He was accidentally stabbed in the chest and suffered heavy bleeding. He was out of danger in the early morning. The news was quickly suppressed."
Bai Lang sat in the driver's seat and briefly described the situation at the time while transmitting the data sent by Ogsger to the marshal through the air.
"The assassin bug committed suicide the moment it was discovered. It was tied to the latest ammunition and burned to death. The wind blew away without leaving even ashes. It is impossible to confirm its true identity."
Xi Ze turned on the computer screen and scrolled through the pictures of the assassination scenes. A wrinkle appeared between his brows unconsciously, as if he was thinking about something.
His gaze lingered on a photo for a long time, and his expression seemed to be as if he had suddenly realized something. He sneered and closed his computer.
"This should be quite favorable for us. Move forward at full speed and don't let this rare opportunity slip away."
The suspended car was filled with energy and flew through the air along the star track like a stream, heading towards the magnificent palace.
Elite soldiers had already tightly surrounded the palace to ensure that not even a fly could get in. After going through layers of screening, Xize finally stepped into the palace.
"What's going on..."
"You two princes were right next door, how come you didn't notice anything? This assassination is really strange..."
Some ministers who had been asked to leave were standing in the outer hall, discussing the assassination with either gloomy faces or hidden gloating expressions, making the room quite noisy.
Seeing him come in, the voice suddenly fell silent for a moment. Caesar ignored it and walked straight into the inner hall.
"Hey, who's here?"
Kano, who was leaning against the wall, saw the female soldier coming in at a glance, raised his eyebrows and sneered, "Can't wait to see the crime scene?"
Xi Ze glanced at the bugs in the hall and met Ganuo's malicious gaze. He passed by without hesitation and instead took a closer look at the second prince standing in the corner.
This undisguised contempt made Kano's face twist for a moment, but when he thought that he would soon be able to step on that calm and proud face again, he couldn't help laughing again.
"Your Majesty has just called you in."
The personal attendant guarding the door of the bedroom trotted a few steps and whispered the emperor's orders.
"I see."
Caesar was not surprised. He followed the servant through the corridor and soon saw Ogseg standing in front of the door.
After exchanging a secret glance with the female insect and getting his guess confirmed, Xi Ze walked past him calmly and entered the heavily guarded bedroom.
The heavy door slammed shut behind him, the light dimmed, and he took a few steps forward and heard a hoarse cough behind the curtain.
"His Majesty."
Caesar stopped a distance in front of the bed, bowed, but did not speak again.
This old man, who seemed to have been manipulated by forces all his life but had been in office for almost a hundred years, was actually not as foolish and incompetent as the outside world criticized.
He is an expert in all kinds of palace fighting tactics and has survived countless assassinations and power grabs.
At least for such a clumsy assassination, it is not hard to tell who is behind it.
His most indulgent little bitch, Felix.
After a long while, the coughing stopped and the entire bedroom fell into a heavy silence.
"You hold... this token."
An old hand stretched out from under the snow-white curtain and threw a token on the ground.
There is a unique logo engraved on it, which looks very familiar.
Xi Ze's pupils shrank slightly, and he leaned over silently to pick up the token.
"Go ahead, Marshal Monte, you have the maximum permission."
Perhaps in the face of life and death, the old man finally saw the consequences of overindulgence, or perhaps he had never shown much tenderness from the beginning to the end.
He finally wavered in his neutral stance and made up his mind to cut out the cancer that was parasitic on the empire.
"Thank you for your contribution to the Empire. I'm also sorry that I didn't insist on investigating that battle, causing the glory of the Empire to be lost for five years..."
An old voice came from behind the curtain, carrying traces of time. It seemed blunt and weak due to severe injuries, and even gratitude and regret could not express the corresponding emotions.
Xi Ze smiled suddenly.
I don’t know whether to tell him or myself——
"Soon, soon it will all be over."
No matter how difficult this battle is, it will eventually end, and after groping in the darkness for many years, they finally see a glimmer of hope for victory.
Blood can wash away past shame and create a brand new empire. The lingering haze will eventually dissipate, and the glorious light will once again fill this land.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. This empire will regain its vitality under the leadership of a wise ruler."
Xi Ze's tone was neither salty nor bland, but it left no room for doubt.
The voice behind the curtain was silent for a moment, and suddenly there was a heart-wrenching cough, followed by mumbling.
"I know that Ogsger is a very talented child. He will become a wise emperor in the future, and he will be better than me..."
He had never paid attention to Ogsger since he was a child, but now he had to admit that his eldest daughter had the qualities of a wise ruler.
I don’t know if it’s unfair or what.
"Your Majesty, please take a rest. I will not disturb you."
The female soldier, with her back to him, spoke calmly, opened the door and walked out without a trace of reluctance in her movements.
…
Xi Ze returned to the inner hall, and most of the bugs that were there just now were still there, looking at him with different expressions.
Felix organized this assassination without informing anyone, and he probably didn't know he had been discovered. The useless idiot is so good at messing up everything.
"You are too impatient. Even if you want to seize power, you should take your time. It's not that easy to assassinate someone and take over."
Kano looked at him with a half-smile, and scanned the female insect with contempt, "But I didn't expect that you could turn over."
"I think you should thank me. Without all that pain, how could you be who you are now?"
He spread his hands, trying to humiliate and anger the female insect in front of him, although he never got the response he wanted.
"If you have never experienced betrayal, how can you discard those unrealistic naiveties and become a qualified sharp sword?"
This time, Xi Ze suddenly raised his eyes and chuckled, "The wound on your head healed so quickly?"
These words were meaningful, and instantly reminded Kano of the severe pain of having his skull fractured, and his expression twisted for a moment.
"What are you so proud of?! Do you really think that the S-rank male insect will always stand by you? Does he know how miserable you are when you are trampled in the mud? Do you think he will find you disgusting and want to throw you away like trash..."
Xi Ze directly ignored his curse, looked at the Duke of Lance who had been silent from beginning to end, and said in a low voice, "Long time no see."
The gentle female insect raised her eyes, and their two almost identical golden eyes looked at each other for a moment, and he was the first to look away.
"Long time no see, Hilzer."
Xi Ze, however, did not come here to reminisce about the past with his dear father, he almost openly warned him.
"It must be hard to see all the businesses you have run for so many years being wiped out one by one. Maybe even without me taking over everything, the Duke's Mansion will already be unable to support itself and be heavily in debt."
Lance's eyes narrowed, and he raised his eyes to look at the military girl in front of him, only to find that Caesar's eyes had never moved away.
"Do you really think that I will be trapped in that illusory desire forever and never be able to get out of it for the rest of my life?"
Xi Ze stared at the profile of the female insect in front of him, but found that the outlines and lines that he once remembered were blurred and even became unfamiliar.
"I shouldn't have given birth to you, or I should have strangled you to death right after you were born. I was too soft-hearted at that time. I shouldn't have abandoned you on the garbage planet. I should have thrown you directly from the mecha."
Lance smiled slightly, his whole face looked gentle, but he uttered extremely vicious words mercilessly, trying to hurt the child who, in his opinion, would never grow up.
"I should not have been the one to be punished. You should have been imprisoned in an interstellar prison decades ago for abusing and abandoning a child under ten years old."
The female soldier in front of him suddenly smiled, but her expression was not the resentment or resentment that Lance had imagined, but rather resolute and calm, so calm that it suddenly made him feel frightened.
The image of the helpless cub who would try to please his dam has completely disappeared from him, leaving only an unprecedented strength and maturity.
——He had even obtained the happiness he wanted, breaking free from the cage that he had set up with false love in an attempt to imprison those white wings forever.
Xi Ze lowered his eyes and looked into his eyes, speaking word by word.
"I will never beg for your love again, my father, no, the Duke of Reims. From now on, the royal family and the nobles will no longer have a place in the Duke's Palace."
"Take care of yourself."
In the moment of passing by, he finally threw down these four words and walked straight out of the palace gate.
Bang--
The heavy palace door closed behind him, and before him was a large expansion of warm golden sunlight, dazzling and flowing for thousands of miles, almost melting everything.
And every time he encounters such good weather, Xi Ze will think of a figure.
He suddenly wanted to see Yael.
*
On the other hand, Yael finally completed the mental counseling for the female insects who had won the quota. The whole process took thirty fifty minutes.
Almost all the insects in the Male Protection Association were stunned, and some noble male insects came here because of its reputation.
At this moment, all the insects present looked at the male insect in the counseling room with a slight awe, and the atmosphere was silent for a moment.
Yael pulled the last bit of his mental power out of the image of the female insect, pinched his numb fingers, and felt the remaining mental power.
Well, there are still plenty. It doesn't seem to be difficult to groom so many female insects at one time.
He simply ignored the insects lying outside the glass and looked at the association president, "That's all, is that all?"
"No, no more."
The president of the association hesitated for a moment, then quickly said, "After this, the money from the auction and the property will be transferred to your name..."
Yael nodded casually, apparently not taking it seriously. "Then this counseling session is over. My family member said he would come pick me up, so I'll go down first."
He walked out the door, and the surrounding insects subconsciously made way for him and watched His Majesty leave in almost silence.
Vito finally came to his senses, but his face suddenly changed and he took a few quick steps to catch up.
"Your Majesty!"
Yael turned around and saw the male insect standing behind him, looking a little hesitant, as if he wanted to say something, "What's wrong?"
"You... I just noticed that your mental power seems to be a little unstable. Next time, you should not use your mental power so much to avoid any accidents."
During the spiritual counseling just now, the sunlight shone through the glass onto the male insect, making him look as if he was glowing, and even the corners of his body were covered with golden fluff.
But for some reason, Vito couldn't help but feel a moment of palpitations. He inexplicably felt that the male insect's vitality was quietly fading away, as if it would disappear from this world in the next second.
Yael was stunned for a moment, not knowing why he said that, but he still accepted the kindness, "Okay, thank you for the reminder."
He caught a glimpse of a floating vehicle parked outside the door. He said goodbye hurriedly, turned around and walked into the large expansion of golden sunlight outside the door.
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