Chapter 40
What should I supplement?
She looked at Hughes, not quite understanding what he meant, yet vaguely, she seemed to know.
Just then, he gently rested his chin on her shoulder and said, "I will propose to Xiaxia in a serious manner."
The room was silent, filled only with his words. Faintly, his deep voice seemed to still linger in her mind. The quietness in the air made each word even clearer.
He just said it.
He said it before she was even sure if it was the right product.
In stark contrast to her flushed cheeks, his calm and handsome face seemed as if what he had just said was no big deal, and he felt no shame whatsoever.
It was as calm as if it were an ordinary thing.
“Hughes…”
Hughes had never been in a relationship. His personality and his privileged upbringing meant that he was never tactful in his speech. So every time he spoke, he was direct, expressing his inner desires without any concealment or attempt to create an atmosphere.
The cold-blooded Hughes seems to have nothing to do with the word "romance".
However, reality always seems to deviate a little.
He hugged her from behind, his chin resting on her shoulder. She was petite, so he usually had to bend down slightly. At the same time, his usually indifferent tone seemed to carry a strange quality, "Xiaxia."
"I will make it up."
Xia Qian's cheeks flushed, and her voice was just as soft, "I understand..."
There was no need to repeat it, and it was repeated twice.
Even though it wasn't a big deal, when she was with him, her heart seemed to race uncontrollably, and she couldn't seem to handle even the smallest things.
But it seems he has no intention of letting her go.
The hand that had been cupping her cheek slowly slid down to her slender neck, its cold fingertips tracing the skin before moving on. The distinct sensation sent a shiver down Xia Qian's spine. "Hughes..."
What is he trying to do?
Xia Qian couldn't guess.
Just then, Hughes's fingertips suddenly stopped, resting on the back of her neck, as if he were pinching a kitten, "Hughes..."
The hand he was holding was the one with the ring on it.
The slave ring and the ring are connected.
If you get even slightly close, the slave ring will react. The system inside will assume that you have not pleased your master and have violated the slave rules, and will automatically start a small electric current to punish you. If this happens even if you get close, imagine what happens if the ring touches the slave ring directly.
Hughes couldn't possibly be unaware of this.
As a pampered nobleman, he knew better than anyone the power he could enjoy as the master.
The slave ring seemed to have begun to react and was about to emit an electric current, but Hughes pressed the button on the slave ring, canceling the current. However, Hughes's hand remained on her neck. She couldn't understand what he was going to do, and her animalistic instincts seemed to kick in at that moment, and she became afraid.
"It'll be ready soon, honey."
The ferocious beast sensed the kitten's fear and whispered soothing words in her ear. He held her gently in his arms, but his fingers remained on the slave ring. Xia Qian couldn't see what Hughes was doing, but by the faint reflection of the electronic screen, she seemed to see Hughes remove the ring, and then, in the next second, take out a small chip from the ring and put it into the slave ring behind her neck.
With a clear "beep" sound, the slave ring was released from the ring itself. Before Xia Qian could react, the slave ring she had been wearing around her neck came loose.
The slave ring has come loose.
Xia Qian stared blankly at her reflection on the electronic screen, seemingly still in disbelief. At the same time, a long, beautiful hand reached for her slave ring, and before Xia Qian could react, he had already removed the thing from her neck.
The slave ring was removed.
Hughes took it off.
Xia Qian stared at him blankly, as if she were dreaming, and it felt a little unreal. She subconsciously touched her neck, but it was empty; the cold iron of the slave ring was no longer on her body.
From now on, she is no longer a slave.
Without the shackles of slavery, she had entered the commoner class, though it was still much better than being a slave.
Much better.
Xia Qian thought to herself.
She glanced at Hughes instinctively, only to see him still holding her slave ring, with the chip he had taken out of the ring in his hand—her slave chip.
This era is an era of technological intelligence. Hughes took out her slave chip, and the electronic screen, like a responsive intelligent being, extended a mechanical hand, waiting for Hughes to place the slave chip on it.
At the same time, footsteps approached, sounding urgent. Even through the room, Xia Qian could faintly hear their voices with her divine sense. "Your Highness!"
"Your Highness!"
A series of sounds came from outside the door, abruptly and suddenly. All the robots in the room reacted, and in an instant, the peaceful green light turned red.
But Hughes was unaffected. He still held her, placing the slave chip in the robot's hand with his other hand, his chin still resting on her shoulder, gently, yet with infinite tenderness.
“Hughes…” Xia Qian used her divine sense to check the situation outside. She looked at him with a complicated expression. “The elders have arrived.”
They came here to oppose them.
However, the boy remained unresponsive, his expression calm. He rested his head on her shoulder, and his voice came clearly, "It's nothing that you're here."
He held her intimately, not caring that they were about to be seen, and even held her tighter. At the same time, his voice was deep and magnetic, "Xiaxia, you are my queen."
She trembled slightly, and the next second, Hughes's voice followed, "She is also the Empress of the Empire. What are they? They are just people following behind us."
Elders are always just subjects.
The establishment of the council of elders was due to merit, but the master will always be the master. If one does not learn to see reality clearly and instead does things that displease the master, then one is courting death.
His eyes were dark, yet he held the girl's soft, boneless hand gently, as if playing with it, and spoke in a low voice, "They are all your people. Their current glory and status are all given to them by you. As the future empress, you must learn to discipline them, and how you manage them is your prerogative. But…"
Hughes paused, "If they dare to disobey your orders, then you must learn to punish them."
"Gently, their lives are in your hands." The boy slowly tightened his grip on the girl's soft, boneless hand, gently enveloping her small hand in his. His voice was deep and gentle. "Xiaxia, you must learn what I'm telling you."
Hughes paused, as if thinking of the girl's kindness and gentleness, and slowly added, "Otherwise you'll be bullied."
The Empire will protect her well, but there are more than one kingdom like the Empire in the entire galaxy. As long as he is there, she will not let anyone be bullied, but she is really too soft.
What is the Elders' Council? They can easily climb over her head. If things continue like this, she doesn't know how badly she will be bullied if he's not around one day.
His girl is just too soft.
But that shouldn't be a reason for others to bully her.
Her kindness should be given to those who deserve it.
"Your Highness!"
The door to the house opened at that moment, and light shone in from outside, casting the shadows of all the elders on the ground. However, Hughes remained calm. He held her and whispered in her ear, each word like a seduction, "You will do very well."
"I trust you."
His cold lips brushed against her earlobe, yet it was like a light, fleeting kiss, landing on her earlobe. His deep voice lingered, each word resonating within her.
“Xiaxia is the best,” Hughes said.
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