Chapter 85

The young man's upbringing was obviously very good. He didn't speak until he swallowed the food in his mouth: "Well, it tastes very good."

"Ah... well, yes!" Ian nodded stupidly, and poked the last octopus ball with a skewer in a possessed manner, "Want another one?"

Xia Yan: "... OK."

For the rest of the journey, Ian seemed to be obsessed with feeding the young man. No matter what he ate, he wanted to give him a bite.

Seeing the young man's cheeks slightly bulging and eating the food obediently, he felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction in his heart.

Xia Yan was very fortunate that because he was a military school student, the original owner had a large appetite and could eat any amount of food, so he would not be exhausted by the virtual food.

However... how long does the protagonist want to be fed? Hey!

When he logged off, Xia Yan even forgot to ask about the relationship and left in a hurry.

Ian: "..."

*

The distant border of the empire, the remote chaotic zone.

A huge spaceship full of mechanical beauty was quietly sailing in the starry sky, and in the design warehouse where various precious parts and resources were placed.

A tall man with a height of 1.87 meters was sitting in a chair, staring at his design drawings in a daze.

He had flaming red hair, deep green eyes, big and bright eyes, no sharp corners in his facial features, soft and blunt, and a non-aggressive baby face, which made him look very friendly.

Moving down the line of sight, the broad shoulders and lean muscles used their strength to interpret what it means to not judge a person by his appearance.

"Boss."

The door of the captain's exclusive design warehouse was pushed open from the outside, and a star pirate with a scar on his face poked his head out, "How is it going between you and that noble young master? Did you make him cry?"

Ian Hyde touched his chin: "Not yet."

"Huh? Boss, didn't you say you had enough fun?"

"It was like this before, but today..." He paused for a moment, and a smile that could be called gentle appeared on his face, "I plan to play for a while."

Feeding a beautiful woman is also a kind of fun.

Ian Hyde, the star pirate with the highest bounty in the universe, whistled happily, picked up the half-drawn drawing, and continued his design.

The star pirate who pushed the door shrugged, hoping that the unlucky young master would not be played to death.

*

When Xia Yan exited the holographic world, it was already past eleven o'clock in the evening.

The lights were not on in the dormitory. Only a few silvery moonlights came in mischievously, providing a little light for the dim room.

Ludwig, who was sleeping in the next bed, had not come back yet. He yawned and fell asleep in a daze.

Not long after he slept, the door of the dormitory opened quietly, and a tall and slender figure entered the dormitory with the cold wind of March.

The school library closes at twelve o'clock.

Ludwig wanted to get rid of distractions and concentrate on reading, but after going out, he found... Xia Yan's shadow was everywhere. Everyone was talking about him. He was everywhere in the school.

He had no way to escape.

In a whole hour, he only finished reading three pages of the book. Ludwig finally couldn't help himself and opened the campus forum where the two classmates behind him had been discussing in a low voice.

To register on the forum, one needs to be authenticated by a Central Military Academy student ID card, and everyone who speaks there is a student of the school.

Half of the twenty posts on the homepage are related to Xia Yan.

#Xia Yan·GardnerVSHuo Ruihe. Come and cast your precious vote for the classmate you support. #

#Discuss rationally, who do you think will win? #

#After this incident, do you think Huo Ruihe's position as heir can still be kept? #

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Ludwig frowned subconsciously. What the hell is this?

He clicked on them one by one to check.

Regarding the winning rate of the match between Xia Yan and Huo Ruihe, 89% of people think Xia Yan will win, and the remaining 11% support Huo Ruihe to win.

And this 11% still received friendly votes.

The royal family gave Xia Yan the surname "Gardner". Although he was not directly appointed as the crown prince, his support rate in school and among the people far exceeded that of other contenders for the throne.

Many people have already tacitly recognized that he is the next king.

Although Huo Ruihe is a noble, he is very popular in school because of his gentle and generous personality, but he can't be compared with Xia Yan at all.

[Why did Senior Huo provoke the chief? He is courting death. ]

[Boldly guess, maybe Senior Huo decided to support someone else to become the crown prince, so this incident happened. 】

【Although it's a bit brain-dead, it's surprisingly reasonable. 】

Once this kind of talk gets going, the entire Huo family will be forced to stand on the opposite side of the Xia family. Huo Ruihe's friend acted decisively and immediately refuted their words: 【Don't talk nonsense, spreading rumors is illegal. 】

He recounted what happened during the day, emphasizing Xia Yan's aristocratic and noble blood theory and his contempt for ordinary civilians.

【In the three years of being in the same class, Xia Yan had verbally suppressed and ignored his civilian classmates countless times. During the simulated classes in the virtual world, he relied on himself as the captain and always commanded the civilian team members to die for him to gain an advantage. He was extremely cold-blooded.

Such a chief who uses civilians as a stepping stone, are you really confident to fight side by side with him when you go to the border? His revenge on someone was just a fuse. 】

【I am from Class A of Grade 3. I can testify that

the person above is not lying. 】 【Almost everyone in Class A dislikes Xia Yan. 】

【Also from Class A. Although I know that Xia Yan will probably win this competition, I still want to vote for Huo Ruihe. Really... Please, give him a good beating. 】

【Uh... I trust my own eyes more than what others say. Senior Xia is indeed cold and hard to get along with, but you can't think that he is bad just because he has a cold personality. 】 【

It's just a virtual course. You won't die. It's normal to make some sacrifices for high scores. 】

[I'd like to interject a little. I think what the people in Class A said makes sense. If you have the habit of sacrificing others during combat, it will be very difficult to change it in real life...]

However, there were so many people surrounding Xia Yan that he didn't dare to finish his words.

The students in Class A cried with joy. Finally, there were a few smart people.

Moreover, since they won by sacrificing teammates, Xia Yan, as the team leader, and the team's scores were indeed higher, but the scores of the people who were sacrificed were only passing.

[It's easy to find excuses to accuse someone of a crime. The third graders will soon have practical classes. We will know what kind of person Senior Xia is then.]

The students in Class A sighed: [If only the prince was still here. 】

As soon as this message came out, it received a lot of support from the class A. If the child of the current Majesty and the Queen had not died, how could Xia Yan take the throne?

A classmate who didn't know much about this past asked about the situation: [Why didn't the king and the queen have a child? ]

Someone patiently replied. [Twenty-three years ago, the king and the queen returned to their hometown for a trip. During the trip, the queen became pregnant with the little prince.

It was originally a happy event to celebrate, but who knew that they encountered a space crack, and the insects attacked the king's spaceship along the crack.

The stimulated queen gave birth to a premature baby, and the prince in the incubator was attacked by the insects and fell into the space crack. His life and death are unknown. 】

The planet they traveled to was the Queen's hometown. In the past, they were also trying to relieve the Queen's homesickness. Who knew that they would encounter a space rift that is rare in a thousand years, which led to an accident.

After the incident, His Majesty ordered a search for the baby throughout the empire.

Unfortunately, nothing was found. Everyone guessed that the child should have fallen into the territory of the Zerg along the space rift. How could a small child survive there? It is estimated that he has died long ago.

The Queen has not yet come out of the pain of losing her child and is depressed.

In the interstellar age, the average life expectancy of people is 300 years old. His Majesty is already 245 years old, which can be called an old man.

Considering that the empire has no crown prince, the people below have been restless, in order to stabilize the situation, or they are tired and want to retire.

The emperor sent a goodwill signal to the Xia family, intending to make Xia Yan the crown prince.

People who don't understand it will inevitably sigh after reading this part of the past: [Alas! If it had stayed in the palace, the prince would not have been in trouble. ]

[Please don't say this upstairs. The queen has been married to your majesty for 120 years. She has been diligent in government

and loved the people. She has worked for the empire and has not returned to her hometown for decades. It is natural for her to miss her hometown. Your majesty and the queen have a deep affection for each other and are willing to accompany her to her hometown to settle down for a period of time.

After pregnancy, in order to make the queen happy, she decided to give birth to the child before returning to the imperial capital.

Neither side is wrong, the appearance of the insect race is an accident. When you say this, there is a hint of accusation in the subtitle. I hope you can delete it. 】

Who are you accusing? He didn't say it clearly, but considering the context, we know that she was talking about the queen.

【Sorry, I didn't mean that. The comment has been deleted. 】

After the other party deleted it, the one below was also deleted. After

these remarks, the post suddenly became deserted. Ludwig was not interested in those past events. He closed it indifferently and switched to another post.

On the forum, he saw Xia Yan mentioned by others. For some reason... I always felt that there was some disharmony and separation between him and the person in the dormitory.

*

Ludwig took advantage of the night and reached out to gently poke the young man's face. The warm and soft touch gave him a strange sense of satisfaction.

But... Xia Yan is too unguarded?

He didn't wake up even after being touched at close range. If he were on a chaotic planet, such a person would probably not survive for a week.

How fragile!

He thought.

Xia Yan, who was sleeping soundly, turned over and faced the man with the back of his head.

Ludwig came to his senses and looked at his fingertips in confusion.

Strange! How is the other party? It has nothing to do with him. He picked up his pajamas and tried to solve the hygiene problem as quietly as possible.

When he walked out of the bathroom, the young man on the bed moved, stood up slightly, raised his head, and looked at him.

Ludwig paused while wiping his hair, and was inexplicably nervous: "I have a mecha training class today, I must take a-" bath.

Before he finished the last word, he watched the young man's body tilt and fell asleep again.

Ludwig: "..." You scared others but turned your head and fell asleep? ? ?

The next day.

When Xia Yan was washing up, he found that his roommate was a little strange, with a slightly... resentful look in his eyes, as if he had done something wrong to him.

But when he looked carefully, Ludwig was still as cold as ever, and everything just now seemed like an illusion to him.

"???"

Could it be because of the bullying he did to the other party yesterday?