Li Yuebai took Cecil back home.
We have to thank Richard's father, Marshal Augustin, for being able to snatch Cizer from Master Richard so smoothly.
For the sake of his own reputation, the marshal tightened the restrictions on Richard. Once he knew about this disgraceful entanglement, he would naturally be furious. However, since the high priest (especially the Pope above the high priest) already knew about it and did not intend to deal with Caesar rashly, he had to follow the high priest's wishes and deal with this "ordinary entanglement" according to military law.
After arriving at the temple, Cecil was still confused and incredulous. He simply couldn't imagine that he had escaped from Richard's sphere of influence so easily.
He shyly expressed his gratitude and apology to Li Yuebai.
"No need to thank me." Li Yuebai said calmly: "You made a mistake, and you came here to admit your mistakes and reflect on them."
"Yes." Cecil answered obediently.
He tried his best to hide his joy, but he still smiled unconsciously.
She is good-looking to begin with, so any facial expression she makes is a foul.
When Li Yuebai saw his expression, his mood couldn't help but improve, and he almost couldn't help laughing.
Xi Ze'er's file was also transferred along with his own. Li Yuebai read it carefully and found that Lei's guess was indeed correct. Xi Ze'er came from the island country that believed in the underworld religion.
"Cizel, what is your belief...?" Li Yuebai asked casually one day.
"I... don't believe in any religion." Cecil answered obediently.
"Don't you believe in the Dark Cult?"
"No." Cecil shook his head: "Where I was born and raised, everyone around me believed in the Dark Cult, but belief did not change their fate... Sorry, I was wrong to say this in the temple."
"It doesn't matter." Li Yuebai forgave him in a good mood: "The Star Ring God is tolerant, even to those who don't believe in Him..."
The temple is the temple of the Star Ring Religion, but among the dignitaries and servants who come and go, some do not believe in the Star Ring Religion. This is not a big deal in a country with open-minded people.
As for Li Yuebai himself, he was an atheist, so it didn't matter to him.
Moreover, Cizer's hard labor did not involve any service in the temple, but was only responsible for cleaning the small garden under the temple. In this case, it didn't matter what he believed in.
After a while, Li Yuebai found that his joking guess had become a fact.
César did have an obsessive fascination with Laares.
He would review Ray's classic battles over and over again, simulate the appearance of Ray's favorite battleship on the computer, and even stare at Ray's portrait when he was alone. When someone suddenly mentioned Ray's name, Cecil's face would blush involuntarily.
"Host, please accept my condolences." The system said seriously: "The system has checked the data. There is a special word in your native language to describe your current situation."
"What the hell?" Li Yuebai frowned.
"In layman's terms, this word is called NTR, and it can also be represented by a specific color." The system became more serious.
"What the hell!" Li Yuebai said angrily, "I'm single!"
In his heart, he was madly complaining about the system, but on the surface he still had to maintain the status of a friendly and amiable male god. Li Yuebai felt that his schizophrenia was becoming more and more serious.
"I just don't know whether you like Lei Ares or Xi Ze'er." The system continued to analyze seriously: "Lei can provide you with a sense of security, but Xi Ze'er is more likely to arouse the desire to protect you."
"I don't remember when I signed a contract with such a gossipy system." Li Yuebai said: "Lei is my friend, I only have friendship for him."
"And Cecil?"
"Cesare is very beautiful and cute, that's all." Li Yuebai said.
"You are truly Liu Xiahui." The system praised solemnly.
Lei would take time out from his busy work to come to the temple, and every time he saw Cecil, his face looked unhappy.
"Longyue, why did you do this?" During the private conversation, Lei expressed his 100% disagreement with Li Yuebai's actions: "Why do you keep him by your side?"
"Cesare is a genius." Li Yuebai said, "I don't understand why you are prejudiced against him..."
"He is a member of the Dark Cult." Lei said disgustedly.
"He is not." Li Yuebai explained gently: "Not all residents of the island nation are followers of the Dark Cult."
"They are also foreigners from the island country." Lei said: "Don't trust foreigners."
"Why do we judge a person by his background?" Li Yuebai asked, "Master Richard is the son of the Marshal, a true believer of the Halo Church, and a noble of the country... Is he trustworthy?"
"In short, you are not allowed to do that!" Lei's voice became a little rude: "Longyue, are you really not afraid that he has other intentions? This child is very strange, I can feel it."
"You can feel it because..." Li Yuebai was speechless.
No wonder Lei always disliked Cecil and despised him.
Cecil's love for Lei is so strong, how could Lei not feel it?
In the real world, celebrities are also very disgusted with overly enthusiastic "private fans", and ordinary people are also very disgusted with persistent pursuers. How could Ray not be disgusted with Cecil?
Thinking back to the various criminals who turned from love to hate and the various yanderes in the social news, Li Yuebai couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Cecil likes Lei, but he never gets a response. Will this cause Cecil to turn evil?
After spending a long time together, Li Yuebai denied this possibility.
Many times, the essence of turning love into hate is lack of self-confidence.
Although Cecil appears weak on the outside, he is incredibly strong on the inside, especially in terms of self-confidence, which even far exceeds his own...
He has dreams as vast as the stars and the sea, and his perspective on issues is often superior to that of ordinary people. Every time after talking with him, Li Yuebai would be a little shocked, and then his favorability towards him would increase.
Such a person will not be depressed and turn evil no matter how much he is hated by the person he likes.
Six months later, Cesar's "penalty period" ended.
"Cesare, from tomorrow on, you don't have to stay here anymore." Li Yuebai called Cesare over and said softly, "Your sins have been atoned for. Now, you can leave."
"Leave?" Cecil hesitated and said, "Respected High Priest, where can I go after I leave?"
"According to military law, soldiers who have committed mistakes can retire after redeeming their crimes." Li Yuebai smiled and said, "Cizel, you are free."
"What if I don't choose to retire?" Cecil bit his lip.
"Then you will face another difficult road, a road that no one would choose." Li Yuebai's heart sank: "Return to the fleet, but what awaits you is a torrential punishment, the most difficult mission, and the most dangerous battlefield."
The fleet was always very cruel to the soldiers who had made mistakes and returned, not to mention that Cecil had completely offended Master Richard...
"I want to go back." Cecil raised his eyes, and a strange hope flashed in his golden pupils.
"Why?" Li Yuebai's face turned cold.
"For..."
"General Ares?" Li Yuebai asked sharply.
Cecil's eyes trembled, and then he lowered his head.
"You are really the dumbest child I have ever met." Li Yuebai sighed, reached out and touched Cecil's soft golden hair.
"I want to stand by his side and help him realize his ideals, the ideals of all of us..." Cecil whispered.
"Even if it costs your life, is it worth it?" Li Yuebai sighed.
"I'll do it even if it means sacrificing my life." Cecil's voice was firm.
He leaned over and gently kissed Li Yuebai's shoes: "Respected High Priest, thank you..."
Cecil returned to the fleet.
Fortunately, this time, under pressure from his father, Sir Richard did not dare to accept Caesar again, and Caesar was incorporated into the Third Fleet.
On the first day, he was sent to chase the most vicious and evil space pirate fleet.
Due to the exposure of the iridium mine, the activities of space pirates have become more and more rampant. They dare to come to the vicinity of the Star Ring Church State in broad daylight, aiming directly at laj8807.
Therefore, the army of the state had to frequently send fleets to guard near laj8807, deal with pirates every day, and occasionally deal with spies sent by the empire or the alliance.
Li Yuebai was very worried about Xi Zeer's life safety at first, but after several operations, Xi Zeer was unharmed and even won several wonderful victories and made great contributions.
In this way, Li Yuebai's anxious heart gradually settled down.
Just one year later, Cecil was promoted to the squadron leader of the first squadron of the third fleet. His rank was also rapidly promoted like a rocket, and he soon wore the badge of lieutenant.
Such a rapid promotion was due, on the one hand, to his outstanding abilities and bravery in combat, and on the other hand, to the chaotic state of the military.
Recently, Marshal Augustin has been caught in a dilemma of internal and external troubles.
As one of the three leaders of the state, his relationship with the other two leaders, the Pope and the Prime Minister, reached freezing point.
Originally, the three of them, as leaders of the military, politics, and religion, had always restrained each other. However, in recent years, due to the exposure of the iridium mine, the views of the Pope and the Prime Minister have become closer, and the two have shown signs of joining forces. The original triangle state has become unbalanced, and the Marshal has been pushed to the margins.
There were rumors that the Pope and the Prime Minister planned to join forces to impeach the Marshal, remove him from his leadership of the military, or even assassinate him.
At the same time, the generals under the marshal were also ready to make a move, and some planned to join the Pope and the Prime Minister in order to become the next marshal.
Marshal Augustin realized the danger was coming, and he was worried day and night. He came up with the idea of frequently adjusting the fleet organization to strengthen his control and avoid the danger of being overthrown by his subordinates.
The state had ten fleets, and each fleet had a phenomenon of blindly worshipping its own general, especially Leares, who commanded the second fleet, who was almost worshipped as a god by his subordinates.
Therefore, the marshal disrupted the ten major fleets and reorganized them under the pretext of streamlining the organization and cutting out unnecessary ones.
The result is that the soldiers do not know their generals, and the generals do not know their soldiers.
Fortunately, this is the era of interstellar wars, and soldiers are almost mass-produced products trained on assembly lines. The combat effectiveness of each killer aircraft is similar, and individual characteristics are not obvious. For an excellent commander, it doesn't matter who his subordinates are.
Before Li Yuebai had time to celebrate Cecil's promotion, he received bad news.
Something happened to Leares.
When he went out with a small group of men to suppress the bandits, they unexpectedly encountered a deformed black hole. The entire team was pulled astray by the powerful attraction of the deformed black hole, deviated from the orbit, and lost contact with Amiens.
Due to the interference of strong pulse signals near the black hole, the ship suffered some damage and the communication channel was almost out of service.
At the moment before total failure, Lei acted decisively, sent out a distress signal, and reported his current coordinates.
Due to communication problems, the distress signal was only successfully sent on a few private channels.
Fortunately, it included his and Li Yuebai's private communication channel.