Chapter 5: Singing Gently
In the white sky, Atlas was flying rapidly towards his residence holding Beichen.
"Are you feeling better?"
In his arms, Beichen asked a little worriedly - the old man had just fallen asleep again, and the new man looked a little exhausted - although no expression could be seen from his expressionless face, Beichen could feel it for some reason.
"Um."
Atlas nodded.
"The flow of star power is slightly blocked, but it is expected to return to normal in an hour."
"Okay, we both used up a lot of energy tonight, let's go back and have a good sleep."
"But I want to be in heat more..."
"That's out of the question."
Finally, with Atlas aggrievedly wrapping his tail around Beichen's ankle and acting coquettishly, the two returned to their temporary residence. After a night of tossing and turning, Beichen, exhausted both physically and mentally, borrowed Gu Yinyue's room to catch up on his sleep, while Atlas was forced by the group of jealous (?) men to stay and clean the messy room.
"So, you really didn't do anything?"
Black Disaster glared at Atlas with gritted teeth, while Su Jie tightly wrapped his arms around the other's neck, just like two bad boys looking for trouble on the street.
"No."
Atlas answered very honestly with his tail hanging down.
"Beichen said I wasn't her partner. So I held back."
So Hei Huo and Su Jie both put on constipated faces and looked at him as if he were watching a fairy tale.
"Can you bear this?"
"...Your physiological structure must be different from ours, right?"
"Except for the fact that I have a protective shell that's superior to humans and male weapons, the similarity is 95%. I'm not afraid of being kicked by the Armstrong Spin Cannon."
“…”
Everyone in the room twitched their lips at the same time.
"See," Xifeng sneered, "Don't assume everyone is like you. Both sides have strong self-control. ... Well done, Atlas, you're very sensible."
After hearing what Xifeng said, Atlas immediately swung his tail happily and stuck close to Xifeng.
"Really? Beichen likes sensible people?"
"have no idea."
West Wind seemed a little helpless in the face of Atlas's coquettishness. He turned his head and moved to the side calmly, but accidentally touched the dirty sawdust that the broom had not swept away. Then he immediately jumped up with a look of disgust on his face, clapping his hands desperately - he was indeed a terrible mysophobia.
"Hey, Auntie has started again. I wonder who was saying that our little loach is promiscuous not long ago."
Black Disaster spread his hands, then immediately retracted his neck to avoid a beam of light above his head.
"Hey Xifeng! You really opened fire! People will die!"
West Wind looked at Black Fate with disdain.
"Don't worry, it's not a fatal photon, but an 'Acute Brain Damage Healing Bullet'. You won't die if you're shot, it will only cure your illness."
"Hey, hey! Don't think I won't beat you just because you're a Star Vein!"
"Quiet!!"
Xifeng was about to retort when Gu Yinyue shouted in a low voice, immediately silencing everyone in the room.
"Beichen is sleeping next door. If you want to have a fight, go downtown!"
Seeing the displeasure and concern in Gu Yinyuelang's eyes, Heihuo touched his nose a little guilty and went to help Su Jie sort out the fragments of a decorative vase.
Xifeng continued to take out towels and disinfectant from the storage space and wipe his hands continuously, secretly cursing his own naivety - how come he had become more and more impatient and even started to compete with this little brat of the Yeyue clan after living for more than three hundred years?
A group of men spent the whole morning cleaning the house. Fortunately, they always had some basic living supplies in their storage space. After cleaning the room, Gu Yinyue took Longyun and Naraka out to buy furniture, while Xifeng, Gemini and Atlas stayed in the house to rearrange the room.
“Huh—”
Finally, the room was restored to its original appearance. Su Jie breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed on his own sofa (now a public sofa).
"Alright, alright, Little Tail, your punishment for taking Little Loach out without permission ends here. You've finally made it through the night of the star disaster, so go get some rest."
Hearing Su Jie say this, Atlas tilted his head in surprise.
"Punish me? But, I was the one who destroyed this place."
"So, stop talking nonsense and go take a rest!"
"oh."
Atlas nodded obediently, wagged his tail, and leaned against the sofa on the other side.
"Su Jie is a good gangster."
“…I’ll beat you up.”
Not long after Atlas closed his eyes and began to doze off, Gemini and Xifeng started to complain to each other meaninglessly again, but after a while, the door opened and Beichen stood outside in pajamas.
Heihuo and Sujie immediately stepped forward and looked at her with some confusion.
"Little Loach, what's wrong? After being harassed by Atlas, you feel like the night is too long to sleep?"
Black Fate put his arm around her shoulders, his words sounding as if he were joking, but his eyes were staring intently at her face.
"Or maybe you're being sleep paralyzed? Don't worry about it, you're just scaring yourself."
Su Jie also rubbed her hair in amusement, but there was an imperceptible seriousness in his eyes.
"no."
Beichen twirled the hem of his pajamas with his hands.
"I had a nightmare. ...Um, Black Disaster, Su Jie...could you please...stay by my bed for a while until I fall asleep? I don't mean anything else, it's just...that..."
She stammered softly. Normally, in a situation like this, Hei Huo and Su Jie would have mercilessly criticized or teased her, but this time, they couldn't even laugh.
"……good."
"Come on, we'll accompany you."
They responded softly, then greeted Xifeng with their eyes, closed the door and left.
Arriving at Gu Yinyue's dormitory, Heihuo and Sujie saw that the interior was spotlessly clean and as standard as a hotel room. There wasn't even a hint of the smell of a men's room, which made them whistle in their hearts at the same time - he was indeed an ascetic monk. No wonder he didn't even go into the room to clean it when Beichen asked to borrow the room. It seemed that there was no need at all.
Beichen had already crawled back under the covers, leaving only her head exposed. Her complexion wasn't looking good, with dark circles around her eyes and a pale complexion. Her black pupils had lost their luster, and she simply looked at Heihuo and Sujie with some anticipation.
The twins exchanged glances, then walked to either side of the bed, took off their coats, pulled back the quilt, and crawled in.
"Huh!?" Beichen immediately shrank back, "I, I didn't mean that! I just want you to sit aside for a while!"
"I know!" Black Harm grabbed her hand in anger. "Even though we did something a little reckless, we're not inappropriate! Go to sleep, we won't do anything."
"……Well?"
Su Jie put his hand under her neck and cushioned it. "Don't worry, we won't do anything you don't want, and we don't want to take advantage of you. Just use us as human pillows."
“…”
Beichen was silent and just nodded vigorously.
Then after a while, she seemed to be unable to resist the sleepiness and her eyes became hazy.
"Black disaster, Su Jie... I dreamed of Xiang Ying again."
She murmured in a daze.
"Yeah, I guessed it."
Black Disaster lowered his voice and stroked her soft black hair as if coaxing a child.
"...Then I dreamed of you again. ...I saw that you were also split in half by Yagad..."
"We're fine."
Su Jie gently moved his arms and let her snuggle into his arms.
"You... along with Xiang Ying, all turned into broken iron objects lying on the ground... I couldn't connect them no matter what I did. The Star Spirit Ore Solution was useless. I wanted to kill people, but there was no one around. Yagad also disappeared. Then I wanted to commit suicide, but then I remembered that I couldn't commit suicide... I didn't have the right to die..."
She muttered intermittently, her voice becoming softer and softer.
Heihuo and Sujie frowned and surrounded her one on each side as if they were protecting a baby.
"You must be well."
She stammered and mumbled incoherently.
"If you're all safe, I can continue to fight... I want to be king... and build a country for everyone... But if even you leave me... I'll... let all of you... be buried with me..."
The last sentence had almost become unclear syllables. After he finished speaking, Beichen fell into a deep sleep, while Heihuo and Sujie showed moved expressions on their faces.
“…”
Black Fate took a deep breath to calm himself down.
Then he lowered his head and gently kissed the forehead of the person in his arms. ——Even he himself didn't know that he was capable of such a gentle gesture.
"Xiang Ying, that bastard." Su Jie gritted his teeth with a bitter expression. "How can we do anything about him when he's like this? He even died so cunningly, what a bastard!"
"If he really comes back, I'll definitely give him a hundred or eighty punches!"
Heihuo also spoke hatefully in the lowest voice, but when he turned to look at Beichen, his expression was full of helplessness and forbearance.
"Now... do we have any other choice besides being abstinent pillows?"
"At least she chose us as her pillows."
Two faint sighs were heard above the large bedroom.
At the same time, on the other side, in a reception room of the Latia Palace.
"What did you say?"
Xiaxue looked at Glen She who was sitting opposite him with an expression of disbelief, as if he had told some huge joke.
"You said... Yaxiu didn't receive your special training? Then how could she get such good results in the preliminary and semi-finals?"
"That's the result of her own hard work."
Glenn She was too lazy to explain too much. After saying this, he drank his tea in silence.
Xiaxue frowned.
"What did she mean? Did she tell you anything?"
Upon hearing this, Glenn She looked up at Xiaxue, a hint of mockery flashing in his blue eyes.
"No."
“…”
She didn't want to talk to him at all? How could that be possible? He was the one who brought her into this world.
"But I'll give you a few words."
Glenshe rarely took the initiative to speak, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised as if he was enjoying a show.
"You're just being sentimental."
“…”
Xiaxue's golden pupils shrank like a wild beast when Glenshe said these words, but he said nothing, just laughed calmly.
"It seems like she has a good relationship with the sword she's currently contracted to."
Xiaxue sighed lightly, not agreeing in his heart.
Many people, before seeing their own strength, are confident that they can resist their own temptation, but in fact, how many people can truly put the relationship between themselves and the weapon before absolute power?
Besides, she was most likely just angry.
After all, it was he who threw her into this barbaric world without any reason. She must have suffered a lot to grow to this point. After all, she used a fake identity and concealed her appearance. Although she could not deceive him, at least she protected herself well from outsiders.
However──she is worthy of being someone he recognizes. She did not disappoint him. In just a few months, she has become the head of the Phantom Spirit Martial Division. Only an emperor-level warrior like him can be worthy of such an outstanding talent.
Recalling how she blushed and flustered in front of him when they first met, his somewhat unhappy mood immediately improved.
"I have a question."
At this moment, Glen She interrupted his recollection.
"Why do you pay special attention to her?"
“…”
Xiaxue didn't reply immediately, but just chuckled proudly and tapped the table with his fingers.
"It's not a big deal. I just want to find a suitable partner so I can watch a world-class show up close."
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