Arc 2 Chapter 2.3 ( Interstellar Beast World )

At the highest floor of a tall skycraper . An petite looking guy entered a certain office and greeted the man who was working afront of a holographic desktop .

The man paused and recieving the folders before coldly dismissing the assistant . When the bluish illumination kissed upon the silver hair of that charming man it glowed in bluish silver luster . Zone yawned in exhaustion before stopping his work. 

All the paperwork that must be signed were already signed , everything that should be done were already done . Softly clapping his hands together he hummed in satisfaction before pulling the coat hanging on the backrest before opening the glass door .

" Book a private box on Dragon Phoenix Pavilion . " He coldly ordered .

The personal assistant , Cui Bojing immediately bid his young master's order and book a private box on the top restaurant of the capital .

The silver haired man currently had a cold pressure around him , with his crimson iris.  He really looked like a sinister demon who ascended to the Capital Star from the underworld .

Cold wind blew and brushed upon the sensitive skin of a certain bunny . Cui Bojing thinks , Young Master Duan Li is truly an Arctic Fox .

The duo headed down from the highest floor to the underground parking lot and drove out toward Dragon Phoenix Pavilion .

Zone ordered a lot of meat dishes and replenished his empty stomach . He was half way done on his meal when his phone suddenly rang .

" Accept "

As if the phone heard its user's command . The call was connected and a Middle aged voice sounded through the speaker .

" Son "

Putting down his fork , he picked up the phone . The previous stoic expression suddenly turned warm and gentle , like a filial son .

" Hello dad , this is Duan Li speaking.  "

" You fool! , what are you doing right now? Immediately return to home and go with us to the Palace . Have you forgotten about the annual banquet !!!"

" ... " Zone

" Oh! I almost forgot about it , don't worry dad I'll immediately drive there . "

" Make it quick "

Hanging up the phone.  Zone's previous gentle expression returned back to stoicness and nonchalance.  Cui Bojing at the side worriedly looked at his young master . He was shocked inside , about how Duan Li could change his expression in a blink of an eye.  Chills crept up down his spine as his heart started to beat quickly .

Zone moved his eyes to the side.  " What? "

Cui Bojing immediately shook his head . " Nothing , nothing young master "

Cui Bojing saw that Duan Li went back to eating the roasted pork and inwardly sighed in relief . Earlier , he was about to ask why was he not finishing his meal urgently but then stopped himself. 

After Zone finished his meal , he slowly wiped his slightly oily lips and drinked the water on the side .

He stood up calmly and moved his eyes to the personal assistant standing at the side . Duan Li's silent stare woke up Cui Bojing from his daze and nervously walked ahead to open the door of the box and followed after him .

Cui Bojing gulped and thinks that Duan Shaoye is creepy.   So with a trembling hands , he opened the door to the suspension car . When Duan Li was about to enter the suspension car , a coquettish call suddenly resonated from the crowd . A wavy haired woman appeared and headed to their direction . Cui Bojing could see the cold expression of Duan Shaoye turning more colder.  He was about to drive the woman away when the words within the tip of his tongue got stuck .

His eyes widened when he saw the cold man turned around and quickly changed expression in a blink of an eye . Cui Bojing secretly pinched himself wether he's hallucinating or not .

" Hubby! "

Zone stared at the woman who resembled the Shiela of his previous life's Shiela . His smile looked warm yet his heart is cold . That woman came unto his embrace and smiled at him bashfully . Yet Zone could read this woman's thoughts . She only sees me as a spare tire , and she possess numbers of lovers outside . What a goddam bitch , she's good ... Good . Deserving of title as his pet . Similarly deceitful , but Zone felt disgust towards it .

' After all ... '

Zone chuckled

' i am a good sociopath . '

Shiela heard her boyfriend's indulgent chuckle and blushed .

" Why didn't you sent me messages this past dew days? Although you are busy at work , you shouldn't neglect your wife you know . "

' wife? '

Zone snorted inwardly , mocking the foolishness of this woman .

" My bad my bad , can't you see that I'm making money to feed you ? Forgive me ok? "

Shiela felt satisfied and nodded foolishly . Zone stared at her eyes lovingly and touched her cheeks . " You are so beautiful , i can't take away my gaze from you. " Touching the tips of his finger unto her delicate skin . He slowly moved down to her neck and perceived the vitality of this woman from the pulses he could feel from the skin .

It was poking his fingertips slightly in a regular rythm then quickened , drumming his skin lightly to point of unnoticeable . Zone's eyes never trailed away from Shiela's eyes even blinking never happened . It lasted for 10 seconds when a weird creepy atmosphere slowly crept up then suddenly disappeared without a trace like a bubble. 

Cui Bojing who saw everything gulped in nervousness and secretly touched his heart . That look!!! That eyes! That stare!!!

It looked like the eyes of a psychopath from the movies . Or even a murderer . Cui Bojing could see how weird Zone looked when he stared unblinkingly at Shiela , at first , he looked like a love struck gentlemen but gradually it turned perverted then creepy to dreadful demonic eyes .

However , what he felt perplexed is about how foolish this woman was . She didn't notice the strangeness Duan Li's gaze towards her .

Of course she wouldn't notice , she only thought of it as a love struck man who admired her face intensely .

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Sitting on the couch Jiro asked Doze again .

" How would ... I cure this man called Duan Li? "

[ Teach him how to fall inlove .]

" They have no empathy , they are incapable of genuinely loving a person . It's ... Simply impossible for me to imagine that . "

[ The lower the grade their sociopathy is , the higher the possibility that they would develop deep bonds with someone . Especially families . Based on the data , Duan Li isn't a hopeless sociopath . ]

" But their way of thinking , wouldn't change ... Is it? "

[ Well ... There's a possibility that he might impulsively manipulate his love one around his palm and control them ... Their way of loving is kinda ..  strange to the normal sense you know . ]

" That's what i am talking about , their understanding of love is different to us normal people . So ... Will their kind of understanding towards love meets the condition of completing the mission . "

[ The condition is genuine love .]

" With that crooked mind? Haha , you gotta be kidding me . That's definitely fiction . "

Doze with an appearance of a holographic boy, face palmed . Why do you expect me , a system made of numbers and characters to understand the complex minds of these foolish humans .

Doze inwardly rolled his eyes.  Just trust your white moonlight , Zone wouldn't disappoint you . Didn't he experience what love was? Zone is a smart one .

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When the bluish star hanging above the Capital Star set . The unique moon made its appearance , it's moonlight shone all over the capital star beautifully . It had the color of silvery yellow illumination that brightens the mood of the beastmen . Just looking at its beauty from above high mountain , your heart would beat in admiration for its worshipful nobility. 

While driving , Zone happened to see this moon's appearance.  A memory flashed , it was the time when he gazed at the moon in the silent night above the rooftop of the tallest building of the campus. His eyes turned cold and moved his sight back to the air and nimbly drive his car to the direction of the palace ... No , castle. 

Opening the door , he slowly walked to the other side and opened the door for Shiela . Shiela stepped out carefully and hold Zone's moderately large yet beautiful hand and smiled at him sweetly . Yet in Zone's eyes , it looked hipocrite . Of course , who would beat him when it comes to hipocrisy . He also smiled gently and circled his arms on her waist and pulled her to start walking to the gigantic entrance .

Flashes of light flashed as several journalists and reporters lined up at the side to broadcast the scene within the palace and the entering guests .

The big Castle shone in the night brightly , you could feel the noble aura around this castle . That it cannot be sullied and commoners aren't worthy of its open door . Beholding this magneficient appearance.  Zone suddenly had an urge to plunder and destroy it yet at the same time admired it that he could only gaze at it from afar. 

It irked him , who was already dirty inside . Just stepping unto this marble floor made him have an urge to slaughter and destroy this celebratory atmosphere . He smiled not reaching his eyes , eyes cold and ruthless .

Zone suddenly felt someone touching him . Zone's eyes moved to side and saw the wavy haired woman looking at him sweetly . His thoughts swirled , this woman too ... Zone wants to end her existence .

But thinking it from another side , killing her would be too unreasonable . After all , betrayal is a common thing in the world . And heart couldn't be forced to love someone else .

Someone only deserves to die , if they themselves ended a life and hurt innocent ones .

The pain he experienced from Shiela's betrayal couldn't compare to the suffering and pressure he experienced at the sealed campus . The scene of blood splattering onto your cheeks , the sound of your knife penetrating someone else's skin and the agonizing pain of getting hurt . The mind blowing bones breaking , haired pulled out , choked , punched , kicked and headbutts . The dizziness you would occasionally feel due to the lack of blood , the survival games , mind games , monthly elimination , torture training , and so on. 

Zone's mind inwardly turned bloodthirsty . Cold air swept around silently inside the hall . Those who were nearby could feel cold air brushing unto their skin bringing their fur to stand up .

" H-hubby , i feel cold ." Shiela crossed her arms and covered her skin . She subconsciously walked nearer to Zone and wrap her arms around his waist .

Zone didn't say anything and just removed his coat and hang it to her shoulders .

The Duan Family suddenly appeared and waved to their youngest son . Zone immediately spotted them and pulled Shiela to their direction . His previous stoic face turned warm and bright as he laughed and greeted Lai Xiurong and the two men .

" Mom , dad , brother "

Duan Xiaoli's eyes landed unto Shiela's body and smiled amicably . " Is this Li-er's girlfriend? "

Lai Xiurong also scrunitized Shiela but didn't speak anything . Her woman Intuition told her that this woman's lovely appearance is fake . You could tell the hipocrite aura around her that only experienced woman like her who had mingled in the women's society for a long time could notice .

" Yes dad , and i plan on marrying her. Don't you wish to have me marry quickly? " Duan Li's eyes bent in crescent as the sides of his eyes crinkled .

Lai Xiurong frowned . " It's not that we're urging you to marry immediately , at least ... Get to know each other more and spend time to understand each sides' likes and dislikes . So that your marriage life wouldn't be chaotic . "

Shiela , " Yes , Auntie ... Don't worry , I and Duan Li already agreed to marry next year . That way , we could still spend more time and get to know each other more . "

Lai Xiurong faintly smiled and nodded. " That's good "

" Enjoy the banquet then . "

Shiela nodded and smiled brightly while holding Duan Li's hand before turning to look at Duan Li and smiled sweetly . Zone of course also smiled and touched her head naturally .

Duan Jiayi was pulled by some middle aged man to act hipocrite and fake smile to curry favor and get benefits . While Lai Xiurong turned to her group friends to chat and drink . Duan Xiaoli on the other hand also gathered around the big names around the capital.

Zone turned to look at her . " Do you want to find some friends too? Go ahead and socialize "

Shiela agreed excitedly " Then let's meet again on before the Dance . "

Zone closed his eyes and nodded . His eyes lazily roamed around and nonchalantly picked a glass of wine with a bored expression .

His eyes were half open and sharp , like a predator not in a good mood . Zone sipped the wine and stressfully massaged his temple .

His life is so boring that he could swear he would go up to the air from his suspension car and sky dive . What's the point of this annual banquet again?

Oh it seems like the emperor had successfully breakthrough to another level and became much more stronger .

There's also another reason ... It was to observe some ladies that would suit the emperor's taste and choose an imperial consort and empress . Most of the officials in the court recently complained about the lack of woman in the emperor's harem . If there's no concubines , when would this empire welcome another dragon .

A man dawning a double breasted white suit and golden embroidery walked to the throne and faced the dressed up guests . His hair shoned in gold while his eyes glowed golden in the shadows of his hair . He looked powerful and magneficient . He had this supressive and restrained domineering aura that only dominant alpha emperors could possess .

Gazing at this man , Zone couldn't help clicking his tongue in silent admiration . Truly deserving of the title of emperor . He withdraw his gaze and shake his glass again to sip on . His eyes closed and leaned back at the backrest , his chin raised up exposing his white neck and adams apple tempting anyone to bite and sully it .

" Welcome to the 1,306th anniversary for the founding of our empire . I congratulate everyone who still remained healthy and full of vigor up till now protecting this empire from invasions and developing our economics and living standard . "

" I admire our heros for the sacrifice they made to protect this empire , and to all people who contributed to the empire . This emperor , had successfully broke through another level . Thereby strengthening the prowess of our race. I congratulate everyone who attended and watched from afar a happy and healthy life . May Beast God Bless Us . " The emperor's voice sounded like a morning voice , a magnetic voice of someone who had just woken up from an intense night of .... But or course , a lot of people was charmed by his speech despite its shortness . The common people watching at the broadcast couldn't help but lament at this perfect existence .

The attending guest smiled and simultaneously clapped after the emperor's speech .

" As expected , the emperor's speech remained short. "

" Well , it's better than getting our feet numb from standing . "

" You have a point . "

Jiro sat down on the throne and moved his head to side , covered his mouth and yawned .

" Hah , I'm tired " Jiro muttered and ordered a coffee from the servants attending below the stairs .

[ Master is truly hardworking , keep it up .]

" Let's get back to business . "

Jiro swept his eyes around the hall and spoke to Doze. " Which is the Duan Li you're talking about among these crowd of nobles . "

[ The silver haired man who was sitting on a red couch lazily . That's him . "

" But there's a lot of silver haired guests h--

His eyes subconsciously landed on a man who is currently swirling his glass of wine boredly. What made Jiro more silent was because of that man's face . Jiro's heart started beating fast as a hopeful thought germinated within his mind .

' Zone ... Is that you? '