desire reconciliation

Chapter 71

It was almost evening when Lancelot returned to the military headquarters.

Just in time to finish the training in the afternoon, I met many people on the road from the military headquarters to the dormitory.

Whether they were surprised or respected, there were still many recruits who saw Lancelot and were stunned to give a military salute for a long time. They didn't know whether they should be called marshal or prince.

Just before entering the army department, he ran into You Situ who was rushing towards him in a hurry.

"Big Brother! Big Brother!!!" He shouted when he saw him from a distance.

Justu ran up to him and stopped, and started asking questions before he could catch his breath.

"How did you become a prince after not seeing you for a long time???"

"And why didn't Uriah come back with you?"

"No, shouldn't I give a big gift first?" He was about to bend down as he spoke.

Lancelot crossed his arms and watched Justu talking to himself, seeing that his head was about to drop, he hurriedly supported him: "Don't, don't." Seeing that there were already people watching, he pulled Justu, "Let's talk while walking."

Justu saw that Lancelot still had the natural expression when he was with him before, and he still couldn't accept that this man is the prince of the empire: "No, I said you are a good prince of the empire, and you don't want to come to the army to serve as Uriah's pawn." Brother, that’s not right, you’re already a marshal now...... Fuck you, you can’t be a spy sent by the royal family just to take Uriah’s position!”

Lancelot squinted at him: "Then just ask Bentley to come?"

Justu reacted for a while, nodded like a slapstick: "Oh, oh, oh, yes, Bentley is a general appointed directly by the royal family, and seeing how he targeted you before...Damn it, you can't even Everyone in the royal family has been fooled!"

They deliberately chose a relatively remote path, and Justu's surprise caused many passers-by to look at them. After seeing Lancelot, their eyes turned into respect.

Lancelot's performance in the trial court was extraordinary. He is? Omega's identity was not only not underestimated. This is also thanks to Uriah's reform of the military's ideological level over the years-regardless of status, strength comes first.

Justu also found that he seemed a little over-excited and scratched his head: "So brother, what are you going to come to the military headquarters for?  …

...Don't be like those people on the star network who can't walk after seeing the top Alpha, you are greedy for my boss's body! "

Lancelot saw that Justu's expression changed again and again, and wondered what shameful things came to his mind again.

Before he had time to explain, Justu stretched out a thumb in front of him: "Awesome! I didn't see it before, brother, you have such a high rank. You even used the hero to save the beauty... A .”

Lancelot felt that since Justu already knew that he was the prince, there was no need to hide the reason for coming to the military headquarters.

However, before he explained the reason why he wanted to come to the military department in the first place, he did not rush to refute the conclusion just drawn by Justu.

Because he felt as if the reason didn't sound too bad.

"I first came to the military department to prove that I am qualified to sit on the position of emperor."

Relying on his own strength to return to the military department and prove that he is capable of inheriting the throne, it is true to say that.

Justu saw his serious expression, and stopped smiling: "Aren't you the most orthodox royal heir in the empire? Such a strong strength still needs to be proved?"

Lancelot looked at him with contempt: "Why do I think you are weird today?"

"What's wrong?"

"Extremely doggy."

Justu stopped and tilted his head to look at him: "?? I'm usually like this too?"

Lancelot: "Shouldn't you refute first?"

Justu: "I like dogs very much, and I don't think you have any malicious intentions. I call you big brother. You can call me Justu big brother. There are only two people in this world, one is you, and the other is you." One is Uriah."

Lancelot really didn't know what to say: "It's really an honor."

"Wow, it's still strange for the orthodox heir of the royal family to say such a thing." Justu recalled it after a while.

"Then you should be the same as before, just don't know if I'm the prince or not."

Justu stared at him for a long time, as if he finally accepted the setting: "You said that you came to the military headquarters to prove yourself. Now that you have become a marshal, have you proved your success?"

Lancelot thought for a while: "It's hard to say."

Justu: "You have become a marshal, what else can you do?"

Lancelot: "It's not a question of going up or not."

Justu: "What's the problem?"

Lancelot

Te: "I'll give you an example, pass the test."

Justu replied honestly: "I passed the exam."

Lancelot: "Will the teacher correct the paper and tell you the result on the spot?"

Justu: "I seem to understand that there must be a time interval before you can know whether you have done the right thing? Is that what you mean?"

Lancelot actually felt that he had become wiser after not seeing Justu for a few days: "That's what it means."

The two of them talked and walked to a street lamp, and the light shone down, illuminating a small piece of land.

"But I don't seem to want to do this proof question now. I even want to hand in a blank paper and kidnap the invigilator by the way."

Just when Justu was about to complain, he said that these literati just like to make metaphors indiscriminately, and they can't make up their minds when they say something. The next second, they heard the last metaphor from Lancelot.

Justu: "?"

Justu: "I suspect that you tricked the dog into killing it."

Lancelot just smiled and didn't continue the topic.

You Situ wentssip about what should and shouldn't gossip, only to think of the boss he had left behind.

"No, why didn't you bring Uriah back with you? You were too cool in the trial court today. If you were an Alpha, you would definitely be able to compete with Uriah on the Starnet list."

When he saw Justu today, this man praised him in three sentences, and Lancelot automatically omitted the latter sentence, focusing on his emphasis.

"Now is not the time. What I did today was at best a deterrent. If I brought Uriah back today, the royal family and the trial court would have too much to do with this matter. I will leave it to them for three days It is to leave room for the trial court, and it is also to block Yoyo's mouth. If you have any objections in the past three days, just come, as long as you can fight well, if they come back after three days, they will only be Squibs."

Justu was confused when he heard it: "Is it the same as buying things without a reason to return within 7 days?"

Lancelot felt that it didn't make sense to talk to him like this: "...you can understand it this way."

In the dark dormitory, only the place where the moonlight shines is a little bright. The lights in Lancelot's dormitory were not turned on, and he sank into the bed exhaustedly. He was completely different from the person who had a happy chat with Justu just now.

Only a nervous person like Justu wouldn't notice the difference. A normal person would still be making trouble in the courtroom with his forefoot.

Can I chat and laugh with him in the afternoon?

Lancelot did this only to let Justu not worry, if even he messed up, and if something happened to him later, then the military department would have no one to trust.

Lancelot lay on the bed staring at the ceiling in a daze, and touched the small black velvet box with one hand.

He lifted the top of his head and opened it in front of him. Even with only some faint moonlight, the aquamarine gemstone inlaid on the ring still shone beautifully.

He compared the succession of the throne to an exam, but this exam was not as easy as he thought. He also said that if he wanted to hand in a blank paper and kidnap the invigilator, the inspectors and graders would not let him go so easily.

Lancelot thought that if this matter could come to a perfect conclusion and Uriah was innocent, maybe he could persuade Uriah to go to a remote planet. For other small countries, the Beastman Country is also good. I heard that the Beastman Country can legally hire sub-orcs. Many herbivorous sub-orcs are good at farming. They can hire a few more sub-orcs to build a small manor and be self-sufficient.

But it suddenly occurred to him that he still owed Uriah several million star coins. He regretted why he didn't collect more gold, silver and jewelry like other nobles when he was the prince, and now he can sell them for money.

Only then did he remember that there was still [-] million in his account, which was the money that was supposed to buy Beimian, and it was transferred to him by Uriah, without even asking the reason.

Is it because Uriah is too rich or trusts himself too much.

But it seems that Uriah's property in the dungeon is not small, so it should be enough for them to build a small manor in the orc country?

Lancelot fell asleep thinking about what happened next, but these things seemed to only stay that night.

Those fantasies seemed to be a dream of the little mermaid, and when the sun rose the next day, they turned into foam and dissipated in the endless sea.

On the second morning after Lancelot returned from the trial court, someone was already waiting in the reception room of the military headquarters.

The man was sitting sideways to the main entrance, holding the handle of the cup in one hand and the holder in the other. He was wearing a gray-blue overcoat that outlined a straight figure. If it weren't for the few silver threads on his temples, it would be impossible to tell that he was already a man. A middle-aged man.

Lancelot didn't hesitate, and came to the side of the middle-aged man in a few steps. He lifted the cloak back, very calmly and naturally

He sat down on the seat opposite the man.

"Duke Feinston, nice to meet you."

Lancelot was a little surprised that he was the first person he saw today. Before Lancelot came, he had thought about which side the person he met today would be. He ranked the royal family at the end.

But I didn't expect that when I opened the door and came in, I saw that even the elementary school students in the empire knew that they were family representatives who had been loyal to the imperial family for generations.

The Van Enston family has served the royal family since the beginning of the unification of the empire. At first, they won the title by virtue of the family's superb medical skills. With the development of the empire's technology, the descendants of the Van Enston family have gradually devoted themselves to all aspects of the scientific field. , it is even more famous in the popular fields of ABO ethnology and energy stone research.

So that's why Lancelot is a bit confused, why did the royal family let Feinston come to him?After all, from the perspective of probability, it is very unlikely that a scholar who has made achievements in the field of science can also make achievements in negotiation.

The middle-aged man on the opposite side gracefully placed the teacup on the gold-carved wood coffee table in front of him, looked up and smiled at him: "Hello, Lancelot."

This address made Lancelot even more confused, and Van Enston called him by his name directly, without adding any suffix similar to marshal or prince.

Feinston seemed to see his confusion: "I don't represent any party today, I just came to you as Castor Feenston himself." He paused, his serious expression not angry , "also as Cain Uriah's grandfather."

Lancelot was still analyzing the meaning of the first half of his sentence, but the second half fell into his ears like thunder on the ground, and he was stunned.

"Are you Uriah's grandfather?" Lancelot was still in disbelief.

Feinston: "Yes."

Lancelot was suddenly confused about their relationship: "Does Uriah know about this?"

Feinston nodded.

Lancelot thought of what Uriah had told him before going to Zombie Abyss, if he encountered any trouble, he could go to Vincent or Van Enston in the dungeon.

At that time, he also asked why Uriah was able to find a family that worked for the royal family, but the latter just passed it on hastily and did not elaborate on the reasons.If what Feinston said is true, then the cause and effect before and after will be connected.

The Feinston family has been loyal to the royal family for generations, and now there is a "traitor" like Uriah in their own family.

It makes sense that the identity has been concealed.

Lancelot: "Then what is the Duke of Feinston looking for me today?"

Feinston did not answer him, but asked instead: "Do you believe my identity now?"

"It doesn't seem to be of any benefit for you to come to me with this identity." Lancelot didn't have the slightest timidity towards elders who were older than him.

Feinston rubbed his chin and began to look at the young man in front of him again: "I have only one purpose here today, and that is to find out your position."

Seeing that Lancelot did not speak for a long time, Van Enston continued: "Perhaps it is a bit abrupt for me to ask this way, but I can't continue what I want to say before this question is clarified. Then I will change it now, if two If you can only choose one identity, which one will you keep?" Van Enston said, keeping his eyes on Lancelot, more like guessing than probing.

"Maybe you are also hesitating, you are waiting for Uriah, and Uriah is the key to your decision?" After saying this, Van Enston caught the flash of expression on Lancelot's face.

"It seems that I was right?" The corner of his mouth raised, and he met Lancelot's gaze.

To be honest, Lancelot was still a little nervous after knowing that Feinston was Uriah's grandfather, not the nervousness of facing a smooth-talking politician, but the kind of nervousness that is more biased towards meeting elders.

So although there can be many explanations for what Van Enston said, as long as one of these explanations includes some special relationship between him and Uriah, Lancelot's tension will rise again, just like puppy love The feeling of being caught by the parents.

He was just about to use some very official reasons to cover up his nervousness, but Feinston's words gave him another head hammer.

"I forgot to tell you that although I am old, my sense of smell is about 1.5 times stronger than that of ordinary Alphas. I knew that you were temporarily marked by Uriah from the first time I saw you, so between you I probably know what's going on."

On the opposite side, Lancelot's knuckles on his knees are slightly white, and the tips of his ears are also pink. He looks completely self-confident. He feels like a fish on a chopping board, ready to be slaughtered .

Of course, he personally didn't notice the slightest bit of his small movements, but none of them fell into Feinston's eyes.

The answer to Feinston's question is clear

, the kid in front of him might really be able to do anything just for Uriah.

Maybe it's because I haven't been in contact with young people for a long time, and I suddenly saw such a young man who blushed at the casual mention, and I couldn't bear it. Feinston coughed lightly: "I... already know your position , then I will continue with the next topic.”

Lancelot nodded as if he was pardoned, and didn't go into how Van Enston knew his position.

Van Enston: "Although it's a bit abrupt, please listen carefully to what I'm saying now." He straightened his clothes and said seriously, "As the No.19 Patriarch of the Van Enston family, I am willing to help you .”

Lancelot narrowed his eyes slightly: "You want me to betray the military?"

Feinston shook his head: "The condition is that you and Uriah are in the same camp."

Lancelot was puzzled: "If Uriah said to let me stay in the military, would you support it too? Isn't the Feinston family loyal to the royal family for generations?"

Feynston nodded: "I have only one condition, that is, you and Uriah are in the same camp. No matter if you stay in the military headquarters, be a marshal or an adjutant, or return to the royal family to be your happy prince, It doesn't matter if you sit on the throne."

As Van Enston said, he called up a document from the terminal and displayed it in front of the two of them in the form of a projection.

"I don't know if it's still useful now. This is the list of all the personnel placed by the royal family in the military department. Let's talk about sincerity."

Lancelot glanced at the list. There were more than 30 people in the projected part alone, and the slider had not been pulled to the bottom.

But it is impossible for him to call these people out for interrogation at this moment. If Van Enston just randomly selected some people and told him that these are the eyeliner planted by the royal family, then Lancelot would not be able to tell the truth from the fake, but if this The files are real, and that does save them a lot of effort.

Lancelot: "You support Uriah now, so why not be his backer when he was a marshal? Do you know how difficult it is for him to deal with the entire royal family alone with no one behind the military? ?”

Feinston's eyelids drooped slightly: "I know."

Lancelot: "Then why didn't you help Uriah when he needed it the most? Instead, you didn't come forward until now. The reasons you gave are not consistent. Even if you gave me this document, I will not help you for a while." I can’t tell if it’s true or not. It’s easy for me to trust you, you just need to give me a

reason to convince me. "

Feinston's hand paused in the air for a moment, and he retracted the terminal: "You really have been the same since you were a child, and you have to give a reason for everything."

He raised his hand to pick up the teacup and took another sip: "The reason why I did this is also very simple. I want to make up for Uriah."

"It was his request that I not help him in the past, because if I got involved, the royal family would definitely be able to detect something strange. This would not help him but harm him. There are three reasons for me to stand up now. The first is that the strength of the military is growing day by day. , the scale of Uriah's supporters can compete with the royal family. The second is that this timing is very ingenious. When the royal family and the military are undergoing a major change of blood, the sudden change in the wormhole makes the water even more muddy. The third is Personal reasons, Uriah is very stubborn, it is not easy to meet someone who is willing to devote his life to him, I want to make up for him, and I don’t want him to miss out.”

Lancelot was a little uncomfortable by what he said: "I still don't understand one thing, since Uriah is a member of the Van Enston family, why did he live in the underground city when he was a child, and then went to the military headquarters?" ?”

Feinston was a little surprised: "He didn't tell you?"

Lancelot was taken aback: "That's right, but his version is overly beautified."

Feinston: "Are you sure you want to listen? I think that part of Uriah's choice not to tell you was out of your feelings."

Lancelot still wanted to know more about Uriah and everything about Uriah.

Feinston was silent for a moment, and then began his narration, which belonged to Uriah's story.

The time span of his story is very large. More than 20 years ago, Kane Uria was still a childish child. In the eyes of others, his parents were both researchers of the research institute, and he grew up in a harmonious and happy family. big.

But every family has a hard-to-read scripture. At that time, the Duke of Feinston looked down on the husband identified by Uriah’s mother, because most of the marriage partners of female Alphas in the world were female Omega, and Uriah’s mother was from a noble family. Even more so, no matter how bad it is, she is still a female Beta, but Uriah's mother took a different path and fell in love with Uriah's father, a male Omega.

They all work in the research institute. Uriah's father is also a person with high academic attainments, but his background is relatively ordinary in the empire. He was born in a merchant family, and his family regarded him as a treasure.

He was even more willing to invest in what he wanted to do. At that time, he was willing to spend a lot of money to send Uriah's father to the orc country, which was more advanced in the medical field.

Uriah's father entered the research institute after returning from school, and met Uriah's mother there. The two fell in love quickly, but the Duke of Van Enston was so opposed to this marriage that he went to Uriah. None of them were officially registered in the imperial civil administration system.

In order to protect Uriah, he did not take the surname of the more noble and prominent Feinston, but chose the surname of his father "Uriah". Omega father's respect.

But none of them expected that a little thought in choosing the surname at that time would save Uriah's life a few years later.

When Uriah was ten years old, a long-lost project was restarted, and his parents were at odds with others at the institute.

His parents believed that the experiment was contrary to their original intention of entering the scientific research field, so they resolutely chose to leave the institute.

They called that project a "devil's handwriting." This research violates human rights and is not an experiment that can promote human progress.

But the matter didn't end with his parents' departure.In order to terminate or postpone the experiment, his parents took some important data with them before leaving.

This move may be very beneficial to all mankind, but it is fatal to the Feinston family and their children.

His parents became the targets of the Royal Research Institute, and their lives were endangered at one point, and the Van Enston family was also implicated in that turmoil.

The Patriarch of the Van Enston family, that is, the Duke of Van Enston who is currently talking to Lancelot, for the benefit of most people in the family, he learned from the painful experience and drew a line with Uriah's parents. There was no longer Uriah's mother in the Stone family.

Uriah escaped death by not using "Fannston" as his surname, but it was only a temporary calm.

Soon the royal family got the news that the wanted couple had a child, so they began to investigate Uriah's whereabouts.

For the Feinston family, a family that has been engaged in scientific research for generations, their contacts are too limited compared to the political and business families.

At that critical juncture, it was too late for other families to hide from the Feinston family, so they

Not to mention being willing to help them, doing risky things like harboring children of wanted criminals.

Although the Duke of Feinston looked down on Uriah's father, he still loved little Uriah very much. After all, most elders would not hate a child.

In order to keep Uriah alive, Duke Feinston had to leave him in a certain alley in the dungeon, a family that was once glorious and prosperous and would be preferentially invited to various top academic summits of scientific research. When I was down and down, there was not even a person who could protect the child secretly.

Feinston only prayed that the child could survive on his own strength, and live until their family could be on par with the royal family.

Even though he loves this child very much in his heart, in order to prevent him from being caught by people with ulterior motives, a kind grandfather put on a hideous devil mask and said cruel words to Uriah, who was only ten years old. Excessive words.

No regrets, Feinston does not regret the decision he made back then.

Wanting such a young child to understand the stakes in this matter, Feinston would rather let him grow up with resentment against himself than see the muddy adult world at that age.

Times have changed, even though Uriah gradually understood what happened back then, and why his kind grandfather would throw him in the dungeon like purgatory.

But the matter has come to this point, the words of the past are irreversible, and the relationship between the grandfather and grandson cannot return to the time before the age of ten.

That period of memory cannot be erased. It was an unforgettable memory of Uriah's childhood days and nights.

At the entrance of a certain alley in the dungeon, a man standing upright reprimanded a child whose height was just up to his waist. People coming and going in the dungeon were all watching the two men who were dressed and behaved incompatible with them, peeping at them. , coveting, guessing their identities, and coveting the money that can be sold for their clothing accessories.

It is also a scene that Feinston will never forget in his life.

The child's face was flushed red, holding back the crystal tears swirling in his eyes, but after he finished speaking, the child suddenly turned around and ran away from him.

Only the moment the child turned around, he saw the teardrop that flew across the air, and the little owner of that teardrop was such a sunny, laughing and loving child.

Tears dripped on the ground, rolled onto the dust, and were quickly absorbed by the earth, only

Leaves a small damp mark.

And not far away, there were also a few drops of tears belonging to a middle-aged man who was over fifty years old silently falling.

Different from the previous serious and rigid, the man's face showed a little sadness, perhaps this is the expression that a middle-aged person should have.

When he was young, he was also high-spirited, a time when a simple and stupid reason in the eyes of others could support his belief.

But when the weight of time slowly settled on him, from youthful to mature, from outside to introverted, the once free and easy can be replaced by the reckless recklessness of the consequences, it is not a matter of gain or loss, but a need to take on more The responsibility, that is how many times involuntary and unable to recover.

"Although it is absurd to ask an Omega to protect Alpha, I don't think so now, just like Uriah."

Lancelot heard his voice. This "Uriah" should be the father of Uriah he knew, that respectable and excellent Omega.

Thoughts distracted by Uriah's incident returned to what they had been talking about earlier.Feinston: "So you are willing to support Uriah unconditionally?"

"I am willing." Lancelot said without the slightest hesitation

Feinston rubbed his temples and adjusted his emotions: "If you may be required to be an enemy of the royal family at some point in the future, would you be willing?"