Chapter 25 Addiction and Indulgence
The barrage of comments on the Star Live broadcast platform exploded instantly, almost causing the software backend to crash.
[Oh shit, this is so exciting! I just had a dream where the marshal said he has a guardian.]
[Do you believe that the Marshal has a guardian or do you believe that I am the Emperor of the Empire?]
[It's so scary, even the thousand-year-old iron tree has blossomed.]
[Am I the only one interested in who the Marshal's ward is?]
Discussions also broke out in the common room of the Black Tower in District 9.
"When the Marshal came to District 9, there was no ward yet. He got one right after he left. It can't be true."
"Yes, I think it was on the day the marshal returned from his injuries that we met in the fortress hall."
"No wonder she's been getting more and more irritable and arrogant lately."
Everyone turned their inquiring eyes to Alice.
When Qianzhi arrived at the treatment room, there was almost no one else there except Bo Lan and Ian's sentinels.
But before Qianzhi came back, Alice had already declared in the fortress hall that she would definitely cure Marshal Gwen.
And her actions were known to almost everyone in the fortress.
Alice hadn't been stared at so much in a long time.
Envious, jealous, and cheering like chasing a star
A surge of impulsive joy washed over Alice, and she raised her head proudly, shouting in a haughty voice:
"That's right, the Marshal's ward is me!"
Perhaps, Qianzhi did not cure the marshal, but the marshal remembered her who repeatedly tried to invade his mental image in the treatment room?
Alice coaxed herself, a strong sense of inferiority and self-esteem intertwined, making her face flush with excitement.
That’s right, it must be her love that touched the Marshal!
"Nonsense!" another voice came from the other side of the Black Tower common room.
Lian Hua stood up suddenly: "The Marshal's ward is Qianzhi, what does it have to do with you? Don't think we don't know, you almost did something to the Marshal-"
"--Lian Hua, how dare an ordinary person like you talk back to a distinguished A-level guide?" Alice retorted grimly.
Lian Hua choked suddenly.
Looking at Alice's gloomy face, the past of being bullied suddenly appeared in Lian Hua's mind, making her face turn pale.
"What sense of accomplishment can you get from taking someone else's place and deceiving yourself?" A clear and gentle voice sounded from beside Lian Hua. Qianzhi hugged Lian Hua and blocked herself in front of her.
"Lian Hua was merely stating the facts, yet you're using your status to unreasonably suppress him. If the Marshal really chose you, he'd surely be disappointed."
"Of course he chose me, and I won't let him down because I'm the best guide in District 9!" Alice put the consequences behind her and gritted her teeth to persist in front of everyone.
Qianzhi blinked and suddenly chuckled:
"I remember that signing a guardianship agreement with a guide requires identity verification by the Imperial Affairs Bureau."
"Of course, he will drive a starship to pick me up and take me to the Imperial Star." Alice smiled conceitedly.
In the dream she had been dreaming about for a long time, the handsome man on the starship smiled and reached out to her.
She believed that one day such a dream would come true.
She has always been the highest-level guide in District 9.
"——Miss Alice Brown, please come out for a moment." Amidst the gossiping gazes of the crowd, instructor Lovia appeared at the door of the common room and called Alice out with a frown.
"See, even the instructor looks at me differently!" Alice said proudly, and walked towards Lovia outside the door with her chin raised.
But reality is always very different from Alice's fantasy.
"This, this is impossible." Alice could hardly hold the checklist in her hand. The black number "D" on it was so glaring that she could hardly open her eyes.
"This is indeed true, Brown," Lovia said with a rare seriousness. "The system detected last month that your mental comfort wasn't up to standard, and the corporal punishment you inflicted on the sentinels caused their mental power fluctuations to increase."
"Therefore, we will reassign you to lower-level sentries and reduce the intensity of the appeasement."
"No need." Alice tore the paper into pieces. "I've just been in a bad state recently, it's not true that my level has dropped!"
Luo Weiya was silent for a moment. "Then Brown, you should rest for a few days. After retesting your mental strength, we will arrange sentries for you."
"Do you look down on me, Lovia Garcia?" Alice sneered, "When the Marshal—"
"—A sudden drop in a guide's spiritual power can indeed lead to mental disorder, so I forgive your rudeness, but only this time." Lovia stood up expressionlessly. "Retest in five days."
Luo Weiya stopped looking at her and paused at the door. "The Marshal only chose to take Qianzhi's feelings and privacy into consideration and not read out her name during the live broadcast. But that's no reason for you to have such arrogant thoughts. Alice Brown, you will never be as good as Qianzhi."
With a bang.
Alice kicked hard at the heavy door.
She had long known that there was something wrong with her mental strength, and even her head always felt dizzy and painful.
"This must be because of her. Everything has been going wrong for me since she came. Even her mental strength is about to give up on me." Alice scratched her face with her sharp nails, leaving streaks of blood on her skin.
"If she weren't there," she burst into a shrill laugh, "yes, if she weren't there, everything would be back to normal, it would."
Bo Lan was very angry when he found out about this.
"I will immediately clarify this matter publicly to everyone after the Ninth District Military Headquarters meeting." In Qianzhi's treatment room, the tall man humbly bowed his body, sitting close to Qianzhi, staring at her fluttering eyelashes. "Brown's behavior has caused trouble for everyone."
Although Alice was forbidden to treat the sentinels, some uninformed guides and sentinels who liked to curry favor with the powerful began to gather under her not-so-strong wings.
Those people feared her, flattered her, and even pursued her hypocritically.
Although they are all illusions, the feeling of being chased can indeed make people addicted and indulgent.
"Hmm," Qianzhi thought, forgetting to transform his arms into vines as he clung to Bo Lan's body. "Just make it clear that Alice isn't the Marshal's ward."
As for herself, she doesn't care what people discuss.
On the contrary, Lian Hua was so angry that he couldn't eat for several days.
The pair of white and soft little hands slowly unbuttoned the top button of the man's meticulous uniform, revealing his Adam's apple rolling and swallowing, and then moved down to gently rub his deep collarbone.
The muscles on Bo Lan's collarbone and chest are brushed with a very low body fat percentage, and the texture has shallow grooves when covered.
Qianzhi's fingers were slightly cold, and the man blinked slowly, feeling her touch. He knew that his little guide was distracted now, and he had a huge selfish motive and did not want to disturb her.
He just sat quietly, eyes slightly closed, feeling the girl's touch.
The tight muscles in his arms slowly tensed, exerting enough force to reveal clear muscle contours and faintly bulging blood vessels beneath the thin uniform shirt.
A faint warmth began to spread rapidly from the moment Qianzhi's fingertips touched his skin, flowing all the way down to his heaving belly.
(End of this chapter)
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