Breaking the Ice
"You finally gave up?"
Inside the Moss Palace, Frey looked at Moss expressionlessly, his tone flat.
"Stop pretending, Fregerik." Moss's slender fingers pinched the rim of the wine glass, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly in a mocking smile. "You're really looking forward to me giving up Caesar, right? That way, your little pet can continue to pursue freedom without worries?"
Frey's face turned cold and his tone became serious, "Yu Sheng is not a pet."
"Tsk, don't be so sanctimonious." Moss's glass wobbled. "You think I don't know? You want to lock up your bell too!"
The air suddenly became quiet. Moss raised his eyes slightly and found that Frey, who usually had a blank expression, had a mocking smile on his face.
"What are you laughing at?!" Moss's face twisted, and he looked a little angry and embarrassed. His fingers gripped the wine glass tighter, and he didn't even notice the red water splashing on his fingers.
"You still think you treat Caesar like a pet?" Frey narrowed his eyes, not wanting to look at the disheveled man anymore. He turned and walked out of the palace. "Have you ever seen a master who would have such thoughts about a pet?"
There was a sound of a wine glass breaking on the ground behind him. Frey did not look back and left the palace directly.
…
"That Moss, is that Fan'er, ah no, Caesar's former master?" After hearing Yu Sheng admit his identity and briefly recount their escape, Haydn rubbed his head and said sincerely, "I'm sorry, I never paid attention to blue beasts before, let alone considered their human rights issues. I just thought they were rare pets for the nobility. I didn't expect..."
Yu Sheng smiled bitterly and said, "It's not your fault, it's the general environment." Therefore, we are so far away from true freedom.
"I understand the logic, but why are you aliens better at fighting than us locals?!" Haydn changed the subject, revealing his unusual way of thinking. "Cize has also been noticed by Master Miller. Are all people from Blue Star geniuses?"
"Well, that's not the case..." Yu Sheng was speechless, but he didn't know how to explain it, so the topic of their conversation strayed away from the interstellar space.
Under the careful care of Yu Sheng and Haydn, Caesar's body quickly recovered. Originally, the two were worried that he might have psychological trauma, but unexpectedly, Caesar seemed to be injected with chicken blood and was extremely vigorous and optimistic.
Haydn couldn't understand this, but Yu Sheng did understand a little. Since Moss already knew of his existence, he should seize the opportunity to become stronger rather than live in fear.
Only the power in your own hands can help yourself.
After such a long time, Yu Sheng never went to StarNet again.
He didn't know how to face Yunxiao, or Frey.
He has been helping me behind the scenes. What is his purpose?
The owner’s love and reluctance to part with his pet?
Thinking of this, Yu Sheng laughed silently, shook his head, and simply stopped thinking about it.
The busy campus life made Yu Sheng put all these worries behind him. In the mecha class that day, Teacher Aiden rarely scolded them with a fierce face. Instead, he introduced a person to the children in Class A of Grade 1 with a smile.
"This is Gary, a senior three years older than you. He was the top student in our school's mecha combat class and went to the First Academy as an exchange student. Today, I'll let you teach you what real mecha combat is!"
Gary?
Hearing this familiar name, Yu Sheng's heart moved. Looking up, he saw that tall and handsome young man's eyes met. Gary even winked at Yu Sheng.
"..." Yu Sheng couldn't bear to look at it and looked away.
After the mecha training began, the children in Class A, who claimed to be the chosen ones of heaven, were all eager to try and rushed forward to compete with the senior who was the best mecha fighter in the school. If they were lucky enough to defeat the senior, wouldn’t it mean that they were the most powerful mecha fighters in the school?
However, ideals are full and reality is skinny. After another little brat who claimed to be a mecha genius was completely suppressed by the opponent's mecha, the remaining dozen or so students looked at each other and became hesitant.
Yu Sheng hadn't originally planned to compete. Gary stroked his chin and glanced at the remaining people, accurately pointing out Yu Sheng, "Classmate Reds, come and fight with me!"
"..." Amidst the gazes of his classmates who said, "So you know such a powerful senior," Yu Sheng climbed into the mecha helplessly and was unilaterally abused by the excited Gary.
After the mecha class was over, Yu Sheng originally wanted to call Gary to ask about the situation, but Gary disappeared in the blink of an eye. Haydn came to find him and wanted to go home together, so Yu Sheng had to give up looking for Gary.
Hearing Yu Sheng's classmates chattering about a senior named Gary, Haydn's face turned a little sour, "Is that guy bullying your class too?"
"Huh? It was just a one-on-one competition, not bullying." Yu Sheng paused and looked at Haydn in confusion, "What do you mean by 'also'? Did he bully you?"
Haydn's face quickly turned red. "Just him? Just wait and see, I'll beat him in no time!"
Yu Sheng was puzzled. It sounded like Haydn and Gary were having a conflict. However, no matter how much he asked, Haydn refused to explain. Judging from Haydn's expression, it didn't seem like a deep-seated feud, so Yu Sheng didn't pursue the matter further.
Unexpectedly, when I got home at noon, Gary, who had disappeared after class, was lying on the sofa in the living room like a big boss, chatting with Caesar with a smile!
Haydn's head instantly burst into flames, and he felt like he was about to explode. "Why are you in my house?! Get out!"
"Hey? It's you, little guy! How come this is your home?" Gary was also surprised. He looked at Caesar and then at Haydn. "Boss, are you three sharing this place?"
Haydn was really furious this time, and pounced on Gary fiercely and started fighting. The small living room was filled with Haydn's roar and the sounds of the two fighting.
"Who are you calling short?!"
"You are short, shorty, shorty, shorty..."
"Let's have a fighting match! I'll blow your head off!"
"Tsk, with your height, you can't touch my head, right?"
“Ahhhhhhhhh!”
Yu Sheng wanted to stop the fight but unfortunately he had no way to intervene. Xi Ze was too lazy to care about the two of them and turned to go to the kitchen to prepare lunch.
Finally, smelling the aroma of the food brought out by Caesar, the two people who had been fighting stopped fighting and sat down around the dining table.
Seeing that Haydn was sitting in the seat farthest from Gary, Yu Sheng looked curiously at Gary who was sitting next to him, "How did you offend Haydn? Have you known each other for a long time?"
Gary lifted his chin and flirted with Haydn, successfully provoking him to vomit in disgust. Then he turned back to Yu Sheng and said, "I also taught mecha combat lessons to their level. This guy was defeated by me, but he refused to accept the defeat and insisted on competing with me again. I casually teased him by calling him 'shorty', and now he still holds a grudge against me. I'm really helpless!"
Although he said he was helpless, Gary had a bright smile on his face, and it was obvious that he was addicted to teasing Haydn.
Everyone's bellies were full after the meal. Afterward, Haydn went back to his room for a nap. Caesar said to Gary and Yu Sheng, "Randy will be reporting to the Moose Military Academy the day after tomorrow. He'll be assigned to be the military theory instructor for first-year classes A-C. Also, Gary, did the exchange students and teachers from the First Academy come with you to the academy?"
Gary nodded, "Yeah, the other car they were in, what happened?"
Caesar's expression turned serious. "Among the exchange instructors sent by the First Academy this time, one is a pet trainer—Manla."
Hearing these two familiar words, Yu Sheng's heart skipped a beat.
Caesar continued, "According to the organization's investigation, this Manla has always wanted to own a blue beast, and has recently been in close contact with the Wood Company. The Wood Company is an old rival of the Free Alliance. I'm afraid Manla has gained some information through this exchange." At this point, Caesar glanced at Yu Sheng, "Especially you, you must be careful!"
"Also, don't worry about Moss. I have a lot of evidence of his illegal business. He won't dare to confront me and expose us easily."
…
Yu Sheng originally thought that even if Manla came to the military academy, it wouldn't have anything to do with him. After all, he was teaching the elective course "Beast Taming," so why not just not take it?
Unexpectedly, the next day, Teacher Julie announced that Class A had chosen the "Animal Taming" course as an elective, which lasted a total of eighteen hours. She hoped that students could seize this opportunity to expand their knowledge.
Compared to the cheers of his classmates around him, Yu Sheng's face was obviously ugly.
"R-Reedus, do you have time?" Bill suddenly came over and asked cautiously.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
"I, I want to ask you, how did you buy your mecha?" Bill's voice was so low that Yu Sheng had to strain to hear. "Do you have any way to save money?"
Yu Sheng smiled friendly, "That mecha was borrowed from someone else, it doesn't belong to me. But I do want to earn money to buy a mecha. I heard that doing mercenary missions pays well, you can give it a try."
Bill pinched the corner of his clothes and said with a grunt, "Then, then can you take me with you when you go on mercenary missions?"
"Hmm?" Yu Sheng frowned subconsciously. He didn't know Bill very well and didn't know why Bill made such a request. "Are you having any difficulties?"
"I...I...I..." Bill hesitated for a long time but couldn't make out what he was saying. Just then, the bell for class rang, and Bill hurriedly returned to his seat with his head down.
Although Yu Sheng was very reluctant to see Manla, the "Beast Taming" class still came as scheduled.
Holding a boy with animal ears, Manla walked up to the podium amid the exclamations of the students in Class A. Then he patted the boy's head and said, "Little Leopard, say hello to everyone."
"Hello—you—"
The voice was clear and loud, and although it was a bit stiff, it still drew exclamations and applause from the class.
"This is the orc! How amazing! He can speak human language!"
"I wanted to get one before, but my parents wouldn't agree."
"Alas, what's a half-orc? The ultimate level of pet keeping is still raising a blue beast!"
"Hehe, stop dreaming. Where can I find a blue beast for you to raise?"
“…”
Listening to the chattering of his classmates, Yu Sheng clenched his fists and looked away in disgust.
On the stage, Manla enjoyed the envious gazes of the students and tapped the table. "Today we're going to talk about the theory of animal taming. Next class I'll take you to the animal taming arena to try it out, but we can only start with the most basic spherical beasts."
Even if it was just this, it was enough to make the children in Class A scream with excitement. In the boring study and training, having a class where they could play with small animals was indeed very attractive.
The class went relatively smoothly. Yu Sheng packed up his books and was about to leave when Bill came over again.
"R-Reedus, can I go with you?"
Yu Sheng didn't stop and said, "I have friends waiting for me." He implied that it was not convenient for him to go with them.
But Bill didn't seem to understand. He followed Yu Sheng closely like a little tail, "Will you promise to take me on the mercenary mission?"
"Reds!" Over there, Haydn, who was waiting to go home with Yu Sheng, waved to Yu Sheng, "Hurry up, I've been waiting for you for a long time."
As Yu Sheng approached, Haydn quickly looked at Bill, "What is this...?"
"Oh, my classmate." Yu Sheng obviously had no intention of introducing in detail. He turned to Bill and said, "You should go home soon, otherwise your family will worry. I want to go back too." After that, he left quickly with Haydn.
On the way home, Haydn asked curiously, "It seems that you are a little cold towards your classmates. Have you ever had any conflicts?"
"Well, the day I went to Mousse Forest, he led me into memories." Yu Sheng briefly described the situation at that time. "Although it may not have anything to do with Bill, I still want to keep my distance from him."
——Inside a hospital ward——
"Bill, you're a little late today." A haggard woman, covered in medical equipment, was lying on the bed and waved to Bill at the door. "Come here quickly. Mom asked the nurse to buy dinner. It's still hot."
Bill walked over slowly, sat down silently, and picked up the fork with his left hand.
"Is your right hand still not healed?" Bill's mother looked at his right hand wrapped in white bandages with concern. "Take it off and let me see it. We're in the hospital right now. If it doesn't heal well, ask the doctor for help."
Bill moved his right hand behind his back and said, "No need, Mom. It's actually healed. It's just that the scar is too ugly, so I kept it tied up."
"Your left hand is so inconvenient, silly son." Bill's mother tried to persuade him, "What's wrong with a scar on the palm of your hand? It won't cause any harm. Besides, it's so easy to remove scars with today's technology."
Bill quickly finished his portion in a few bites, then stood up and said, "Mom, I'm going back to the dormitory to study. I have a mercenary mission to do this weekend. Please take good care of yourself and call me when you have time."
Bill's mother wanted to say something, but Bill hurriedly packed up and left. She looked at the leftovers on the bedside table, looked at the empty ward, and sighed.
At the same time, Yu Sheng, who had just finished his meal, received a message.
The letter came from an unfamiliar terminal number. Yu Sheng clicked on the message. There was only a simple sentence on it, but it made Yu Sheng guess the sender in an instant.
"Yusheng, I won't take you back. You don't need to hide from me."
Yu Sheng frowned, his fingers unconsciously tapping the sofa, feeling inexplicably irritated.
He still couldn't accept the equation "Frey = Yunxiao." But then again, the Interstellar Mech Competition was about to begin, and he couldn't stay off the internet forever.
What's more, he is...
"I'm going out for a while." Caesar put on his coat and prepared to go out.
"Where are you going at this hour?" Yu Sheng stood up and prepared to follow. "I'm going with you."
"No need." Caesar said calmly, "The mecha competition is about to start, you should hurry up and practice online. If you can't even make it to the first-class competition group, I'll punish you."
"Why do we have to go out now? It's so unsafe!" Yu Sheng regarded Xi Ze, who had zero fighting ability, as a key protection target.
"My master is looking for me." After saying this, Yu Sheng fell silent. It was still safe at Master Miller's place. The old man cared about his young apprentice more than anyone else.
After several inner struggles, Yu Sheng finally climbed into the virtual warehouse and closed his eyes.
Yu Sheng originally hoped that Yunxiao was not online, but he did not expect that the first thing he saw when he arrived at the Star Network was Yunxiao's expressionless face.
Although he had no expression on his face, Yu Sheng could feel that the other person was angry.
"Let's go and train." Yunxiao didn't say much, but took Yu Sheng to the mecha training ground to book a room as before.
This attitude made Yu Sheng feel relieved, and he tried his best to delete the association in his mind that "this person is Frey".
It would be better if we could keep this tacit understanding and not expose it, Yu Sheng thought in a very cowardly way.
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