The Starry Sky spaceship.
Before Si Sheng left, Xu Sili had already transferred to the spaceship. Compared to the star thief base that he had just taken over, his own territory made him feel more secure.
The shadow leopard crouched beside him and guarded him step by step, following Si Sheng’s order.
Andrew and the other guards also stood guard in the corridor outside, not daring to relax at all out of fear he would have some accident.
Dr Ding and his ‘sister’ were naturally transferred to the spaceship and arranged in the rooms on the left and right of Xu Sili respectively.
Now that he knew they weren’t actually related by blood and the comatose woman was of the bloodline of the imperial family of Roland, Xu Sili couldn’t let them live together any longer.
Dr Ding readily accepted the arrangement.
Xu Sili didn’t have a clue about the arrangement of the base for a while. Therefore, Xu Sili simply put this matter aside and prepared to go next door to talk to Dr Ding.
The shadow leopard moved to keep up.
His beast body was petite compared to the interstellar beasts but he was still huge in the eyes of humans.
Xu Sili glanced at him. He thought about how the old man might be frightened and hesitated for a while.
Then he had the shadow leopard transform into human form.
The little emperor’s order was the same as his master’s order. September didn’t neglect him and nodded.
He slowly turned into the appearance of a young man in black and continued to follow Xu Sili.
“Speaking of which, how are Chamo and Sea Song?”
Xu Sili hadn’t paid attention to them for a long time. He heard that Chamo approached September several times and wanted to entrust the little mermaid to him, but they were all rejected by September.
“I don’t know.”
September was obviously a bit unhappy when it came to Chamo, but in front of Xu Sili, he didn’t dare show it. He just pursed his lips slightly with a cold expression of not wanting to talk.
Xu Sili shrugged.
He might be curious about what happened between the two of them in the unpleasant past but he didn’t ask anything else.
Chamo wanted to go to the sea to find the merfolk. Xu Sili knew about this. Chamo even came to him to ask him for help, but hadn’t mentioned it again after being rejected.
In fact, it wasn’t that Xu Sili didn’t want to help. However, he was too busy taking care of Roland right now and he didn’t have the extra energy to manage the affairs of these ancient races. Perhaps he could let the players take a look when the game was in open beta.
As for the danger in the sea, September should be very clear about it.
Maybe it was because of this that he refused Chamo’s request to help take care of the little merman.
From Xu Sili’s perspective, September wasn’t unconcerned about Chamo.
Xu Sili thought about the gossip between the two of them in his heart but there was no special expression on his face. It was as if he had just been asking casually.
September put on a cold expression and walked out of the room first.
Suddenly, there was the sound of swords being drawn everywhere.
September immediately became vigilant and released shadows to prepare to flee with the emperor.
“Wait.”
Xu Sili spoke up in time. Andrew and the others, who were preparing to fight the young man in black, stopped hesitantly when they heard this.
They had never seen September’s human form. When they saw the young man in black suddenly come out of the room with a fierce expression, they thought he wasn’t a good person and directly regarded him as an assassin.
Xu Sili hadn’t expected such a mistake. After his kidnapping, this group of imperial guards inevitably became a bit nervous.
He explained, “This is Chasing Shadow, the marshal’s contracted beast.”
At the mention of Chasing Shadow, Andrew and the others finally realized. They couldn’t help looking at the young man in black several times.
It was only when September’s eyes impatiently turned into vertical pupils that they finally believed it and their attitude toward him changed from vigilance to shock to admiration.
It turned out that the legend was true. There really were ancient beasts in the world that could transform into human form! It was also the marshal’s contracted beast. Lord Si Sheng was worthy of being the patron saint of Roland!
Seeing that the misunderstanding had been resolved, Xu Sili ignored them, knocked on the door and headed to the next room.
Dr Ding wasn’t resting. He sat in front of the optical computer and was inquiring about something. He was able to contact the outside world after getting on the Starry Sky spaceship.
Xu Sili thought about the verdict of the Flanders Interstellar Federation and Dr Ding’s ugly face. Then he understood something.
“Your Majesty Roland.”
Dr Ding got up and greeted him somewhat clumsily.
There was a language barrier but there was no obstacle for the two of them to communicate with the instant translator.
“You know everything?” Xu Sili asked while looking at the screen.
Dr Ding understood what he was asking and nodded with a bitter smile.
He originally thought it was His Majesty Roland who didn’t convey his distress message to the Flanders Interstellar Federation. This was why the federation didn’t send anyone to rescue him.
However, he didn’t expect that he would now become a traitor and was on the wanted list.
“After receiving your distress message, I asked our liaison officer with the Interstellar Alliance to help relay it to your country.”
“It is a pity that the high level people of the Flanders Interstellar Federation believe that your message can’t be trusted without any proof, so…”
Xu Sili didn’t say anything else but Dr Ding obviously understood.
“I was framed.”
Moreover, he also knew who framed him.
Dr Ding took off his glasses and gently wiped the lens with a handkerchief.
“I felt it was strange when I was hijacked by the star thieves. I obviously used strict confidentiality measures. I didn’t expect to be targeted by the star thieves.”
“I should’ve guessed that someone wanted to do something to me. But because I didn’t notice anything, Val almost…”
Dr Ding wiped at his face vigorously when he said this. His guilt and sadness could be seen.
Then he said, “Thank you very much for your rescue. Your Majesty Roland, I really don’t know how to express my gratitude.”
Xu Sili shook his head. “It is a coincidence that I came here. You don’t have to pay too much attention to it.”
“You must be able to guess why I’m looking for you now.”
Dr Ding lowered his hands, put on his glasses again and looked at Xu Sili through the lenses. Then a bit of a trance appeared on his face when he saw Xu Sili.
He asked, “You want to ask about Val, right?”
Xu Sili nodded and looked at him. “Ms Val shouldn’t be your real sister, right?”
Dr Ding smiled bitterly again. “Yes, everyone who sees us will say that.”
After all, based on the age he looked like, he was more like her grandfather. Who would think they were actually only ten years apart?
“I’m sorry if you find it offensive but I still want to say that I suspect… Ms Val is a lost member of our family.”
Xu Sili looked at the old man with a serious expression.
In fact, there was no need to feel doubts. Due to the Insight technique, he could directly conclude it. He just wasn’t sure which relative she was and what relationship she had with him.
“In fact, that’s what I thought.” Dr Ding stared at her. “Silver hair and purple eyes. You have such a beautiful and unique appearance like her.”
“From you, I can also see what Val looked like when she was younger.” He pondered on it. “It is hard to believe that you aren’t related by blood.”
Xu Sili’s lips curved up. “Thank you for the compliment. This is indeed a unique symbol of our family.”
“So do you mind telling me your story with Ms Val?”
What really happened and why did a member of the Roland imperial family go into exile? In addition, why did she fall into a coma?
Dr Ding looked at him and thought for a moment before asking, “Do you have wine?”
Xu Sili was taken aback before smiling.
“Of course.”
He took out a bottle of wine with a lower degree of alcohol from the space capsule as well as two glasses.
The crimson liquor filled the glasses and made gurgling sounds.
Dr Ding stared for a while. Finally, he took a glass and sipped it gently. The sadness in his expression was relieved a bit.
He shook his glass and spoke softly, “Val and I are indeed not siblings. However, our age difference isn’t as big as our appearance seems.”
“I remember the first time I met her, I was only 30 years old and had just entered graduate school. Val had just come to the capital from a remote planet to study.”
“That year, she was probably in her early 20s, around the same age as you.”
The old gentleman fell into memories. Xu Sili also listened attentively while taking a sip from time to time or adding a bit more for the old gentleman.
“Val didn’t understand anything and was infinitely close to zero in terms of common sense, but she has very magical abilities.”
Xu Sili nodded. This should refer to the power of an elementalist.
Dr Ding added, “I was very interested in this ability and gradually came into contact with her. She helped me do experiments and I taught her the common sense and skills she needed to know in modern society.”
“I didn’t ask her what planet she was from. It wasn’t a big deal for me, who was fascinated by research at the time.”
The old gentleman smiled bitterly when speaking of this.
“So after knowing each other for so long, I actually knew very little about Val’s situation. I always felt that what I cared about was her and her origin wasn’t very important.”
Xu Sili silently added a glass of wine to him.
The origin wasn’t important but if they didn’t have any understanding of the basic situation of the other person, the friendship between the two of them might not be so deep.
Dr Ding seemed to recall something and his face showed a bit of regret and loneliness.
“At that time, I had just taken over a project and I was busy every day. I temporarily put down things on Val’s side and even spent a year closed off in a research institute.”
“By the time I came out, Val had already left Flanders.”
“After reconnecting with her and confirming her safety, I didn’t pay too much attention to it. After all, in this era, it is very simple to meet even if people are separated by a galaxy.”
“I didn’t expect that the separation would be more than 20 years.”
“If I had known this, maybe I would’ve cherished the time I spent with her in the past. In fact, I often think of those years now.”
Dr Ding took a sip of his wine again. “A lot of things happened during this period of time. We were never able to see each other due to various accidents.”
“After that, I slowly broke off contact.”
“This was until we met after more than 20 years. I found that she still looked so young and beautiful. Time hadn’t left many marks on her. Meanwhile, I became a bad old man.”
Xu Sili felt a bit sad when he heard this.
Val was an elementalist of the water type. She was good at maintenance, not to mention that she had a two star strength. Her life expectancy had been extended to two or three hundred years old.
On the other hand, Dr Ding was from a race that lived only to 100 years at most.
Even if the two of them hadn’t been separated, they probably wouldn’t have been able to get together.
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