Biting the tail
The basement, built specifically to defend against mental disturbances, is spacious and cold.
He skillfully drank the mental pressure potion, and the basement door closed automatically.
Invisible energy gathered like a spider web on the basement walls, solely to counter the humanoid bombs on the day of the mental energy riot.
The icy liquid reacted violently with the boiling mental energy, and the excruciating pain of having skin peeled off and bones pulled spread from the skull throughout the body.
It's getting worse.
The body skillfully transforms into a mimicry.
A snow-white kitten shook its fluffy fur and, with a slight hesitation, scurried straight into a raised corner.
The corner was only the size of two kittens, with a small cotton mat on the ground.
As soon as the kitten crawled inside, it carefully clung to its lifeline—a ragdoll kitten that looked very much like it, but was entirely gray.
The ragdoll kitten had a pair of light blue eyes, the color of a cold gemstone, yet Chu Yanbing felt a sense of peace welling up from the bottom of her heart.
The snow-white eyelashes, fluttering like butterflies, slowly closed, and the kitten's tail, as long as its body, wrapped around the doll's tail, burying itself inside.
*
How did training go today?
The woman smiled gently and spoke tenderly to Chu Yanbing.
"Yeah, it's alright."
The little boy with silver hair skillfully wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his bright red lips pursed until they turned white, but his icy blue eyes held an unconcealed expectation.
"I knew His Highness was the best! His 3S-level mental strength is simply genius!"
The woman looked down at the little boy, her face full of exaggerated praise.
"Your younger brother only has A+ level mental strength. The future of the empire depends on you. You two brothers, one in charge of internal affairs and the other in charge of external affairs, will soon see the Zerg driven out of the empire!"
Chu Yanbing's eyes sparkled: "Yes, Auntie, I'll do my best!"
Her mother was killed by the Zerg on the battlefield. Even though the training was tough, Chu Yanbing never regretted it or complained.
Only by becoming stronger can I protect the people and things I want to protect, and avenge my mother!
Only then can more people of the empire be saved.
However, Chu Yanbing sometimes couldn't understand why her younger brother's A+ level mental strength, while not one in a million, could still be very promising with proper training.
Why does my younger brother never train properly?
*
"Mom, I want to train too! I want to go to the battlefield!"
A child with gray-brown hair hugged his mother's waist and said affectionately.
"My brother is already a major general, and I'm nothing! Everyone says he's the strongest orc warrior! I want to be the strongest orc warrior too!"
The boy grabbed his mother's clothes and howled, his voice clearly showing his admiration for his older brother.
Upon hearing this, contempt and disdain appeared in the woman's eyes.
Her voice was very gentle when she spoke to her son: "Xiaoxi is the most powerful beastman by nature, and he will be the most powerful beastman even without training."
"No way!"
Thinking of the people at school who admired Chu Yanbing and the many who looked down on him, Chu Xishi felt a fire burning in his heart.
"Who says the most powerful orcs have to kill enemies on the battlefield? Wouldn't it be more impressive to govern the entire empire like your father?"
The woman gently patted her son's head and gave him earnest advice.
"But my brother is the Crown Prince, the future emperor of the empire."
Upon hearing this, the boy was somewhat puzzled.
"Yes, my brother is the Crown Prince now, but who knows what the future holds?"
The woman took her son's hand, a cryptic smile playing on her lips.
Outside the wall.
The silver-haired boy held a birthday gift for his younger brother in his hand. His 3S-level mental strength allowed him to hear every word in the room clearly.
I originally wanted to give my younger brother a surprise.
Chu Yanbing lowered his head, his seemingly calm icy blue eyes fixed on the specially customized mecha model in his hand.
He had long noticed that Chu Xishi really liked his custom mecha, so he found the best mecha master to customize a one-to-one mecha model. Except for not being able to go to the battlefield, everything else was the same.
Now it seems...
No need.
He wasn't a clueless kid.
All the praise and encouragement he had received in the past instantly turned into sharp blades, piercing deep into Chu Yanbing's heart.
*
"Sweetie? What's wrong? Wake up!"
On the empty, cold floor, a kitten with its fur soaking wet was curled up in a corner, making Alina's heart clench.
While gently patting, I dared not make any large movements.
Blood! ?
Something must have gotten into her, but a glaring red mark suddenly appeared on Alina's fair fingertips.
With her fingertips trembling slightly, just as Alina was about to cast a healing spell, she suddenly heard a tiny "click" sound.
Because she had entered the basement using tracking magic, and all of Alina's attention was on the little cutie, she only noticed the spiderweb-like cracked floor now, following the sound of breaking.
This doesn't seem like a design?
The moment this absurd idea popped into my head, the arched little nest in the corner, constructed of an unknown material, suddenly shattered.
The cold, hard black contrasts sharply with the soft, pitiful snowballs.
Alina momentarily forgot that she had temporarily regained her magic power. Her pupils trembled, and she leaped into the little nest, taking out the kitten.
"Thump".
Alina frowned, noticing a slight pain in her knee.
He looked down at his arm, which was cut by the shards.
My arm also hurts a bit.
Holding the cat, Alina straightened up from her kneeling position.
In the blink of an eye, her knees, which were almost turning black, quickly regained their fair and rosy color under the effect of healing magic.
The scratches on my arm healed quickly, leaving only two drops of sweet blood, making it impossible to tell that I had been injured.
"Clatter".
What fell this time?
Alina looked down in confusion.
"puppet?"
Is the kitten-shaped puppet a cute toy?
Um?
A warm, tingling, and slightly prickly sensation traveled up her forearm, directly interrupting the advanced healing magic that Alina was gathering in her palm.
He got licked!?
Alina was surprised and happy, but mostly worried about the little cutie.
It must have been the healing energy in her blood.
The magic ball coalesced in his palm again, and a dazzling white light appeared in the dim basement, gently enveloping the trembling kitten in the elf's arms.
Only after Alina felt that she had healed the kitten did she dare to thoroughly examine the poor little thing in her arms.
The first thing to notice is the fluffy long tail. Running your fingers from the base to the tip, you can immediately see the sparse fur and bloodstains on the tip of the tail.
"Little cutie, did you bite your own tail?"
What exactly is this disease?
The kitten is so upset it's biting its tail!
[Damn it! jpg.]
After carefully examining the entire kitten, Alina finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"wrong!"
Why isn't my little cutie awake yet?!
The puppet in his arms should have been cold, but Chu Yanbing inexplicably felt a warmth.
The warmth grew stronger and stronger, as if it were emanating from his very bones and blood.
wrong!
The snow-white ears, damp with cold sweat, trembled, and the cat's long, butterfly-like eyelashes struggled to flutter, revealing a pair of icy blue beastly eyes.
His weariness was buried deep within his cold, sharp eyes.
"Sweetie, you're awake!?"
When the kitten's bouncy ears moved, Alina focused on the little cutie's eyes.
Of course, they noticed the kitten was awake immediately.
This inadvertently averted a major conflict.
"What's wrong with you? Where's your master? You're sick, doesn't your master care about you?"
Alina was filled with questions.
It's her.
A weary and empty look slowly crept into Chu Yanbing's eyes. She gently placed her head back on the other person's arm and slowly closed her eyes.
It's very warm.
The mental sea, as usual, presented itself as a ruin after an explosion, but the warm feeling gave one the illusion of being healed.
I can't understand what the other person is saying, but I can feel their care.
Each time Chu Yanbing experienced a mental outburst, she would emerge alone from the cold basement, a strange emotion churning within her.
"Sweetie, you still look uncomfortable."
Alina's tone was worried.
It can't be that advanced healing magic doesn't work, right?
It's just a kitten; even if it has a terminal illness, it should be cured by now!
It can't be a mental illness, can it?
It doesn't seem like it either.
I can't figure it out.
Practice makes perfect, and Alina is ready to use magic to heal the kitten again.
A faint white light slowly appeared on my fingertips, but it suddenly went out the next second.
Alina's eyes lit up; someone was coming!
The little cutie looks like it's been through a lot. Could it be its irresponsible owner who's come now?
Whether he misunderstood her or she misunderstood him, now is not a good time to meet!
It would be terrible if I were mistaken for someone abusing cats!
Alina's mind went blank, and she instinctively grabbed the little cutie and fled the scene at top speed.
During this time, he didn't forget to use invisibility magic.
From the moment Alina heard the sounds from outside until she left, less than half a minute had passed. Chu Yanbing, who had only wanted a short rest, found herself outside as soon as she opened her eyes.
Why did she carry him out?
Shouldn't we stay at his house and wait for the doctor?
His tired eyes were filled with pure confusion.
*
"Knock knock".
After glancing at the broken doorbell, Cantel knocked on the door manually.
Before the marshal even came out, he couldn't help but start advising him.
"Marshal, your mental energy surge is getting stronger and stronger. You can no longer use your mental energy to handle official business every day!"
Even if the marshal punishes him by sending him to mine on a desolate planet, he still has to get to the bottom of this with the marshal.
Nowadays, many official duties don't require the Marshal's personal handling at all; they're all done by those incompetent idiots in the parliament who create trouble for no reason every day!
“You’re not alone anymore! Alina seems to like you a lot, and you’re not indifferent to her either, so why not give it a try?”
Why must you give up on yourself?
"marshal……"
wrong.
Canter suddenly shut up.
Why hasn't the marshal come out and driven him out yet?
I kicked open the spiderweb-like closed door, and the basement that came into view was completely empty.
His blank gaze swept around, finally settling on the lonely wooden puppet on the ground.
"Oh no! Something's happened to the Marshal!"
This puppet is the marshal's most precious possession. He always holds it to get through his mental outbursts. Something must have happened to him to abandon it now!
[Leigh, secretly mobilize the First Army Corps; the Marshal has disappeared!]
Legg, who was watching the live stream: "..."
Missing?
Haven't they already entered the inner sanctum?
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