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The team's coordination was extremely necessary before the perpetrators of this matter could be hunted down.

The damage suffered by the troops was not too serious since the black machine that their commander had been driving had suppressed almost a third of the enemy forces and furthermore, a very powerful force joined in later on. It had caused the enemy's defenses to collapse almost immediately. After the battle was over, the sergeants were all huddled in the main cabin of the mothership, talking while calming their nerves.

However, once anybody mentioned the reconnaissance ship they had seen earlier on the battlefield, the entire compartment of soldiers would quieten down for a second.

The reconnaissance ship's purpose had always been to locate the enemy's positions and provide intelligence for the main warships. Yet the ship they saw in the field just a while ago had completely thrown their understanding of everything into a mess.

Have you ever seen a reconnaissance ship that would go into the main battlefield and fight head-on with a medium vessel? The fact that left them even more speechless was that this reconnaissance ship had actually won.

It took less than 10 seconds and in the end, emerged completely victorious.

The expression of the Heidises in the main compartment could not help but turn a little weird when it comes to speaking about who this Recon ship's pilot was.

From a first impression, the dark-haired youth belonged to a lower race and coupled with his lack of vigilance, made him look very weak…

However, looking at the other person using a single reconnaissance ship to completely destroy his enemies…They had to admit that even the few master-level battleship pilots in the Imperial Army may not necessarily be able to do that.

The battle-ship manipulator was a very heaven-gifted profession. Few people in the empire are able to pass through the Master level test and those who did were completely swept up by the military.

Being looked up to and served for a long time, these battle-ship pilots started becoming more and more arrogant, as though they were the only ones in the whole legion.

Because they were quite young when they were thrusted on such a high pedestal all of a sudden, they all became extremely proud of their own talents, owing to their arrogance.

The Heidises in the ship's main compartment felt that it was truly a pity that their colleagues had not been involved in this operation, if not, they would have been able to see the look on their faces after seeing this reconnaissance ship.

If the other people could see the black-haired youth driving the reconnaissance ship, they know what a real 'genius' is.

After forming the teams, the troops began to pursue the ex-third Prince, Ivy Osrian.

The reason for adding the extra word was that the treason he had committed was bound to strip him of his status after the punishment.

However, the result was within the silver-hair officer's expectations. They had managed to successfully capture the criminals and almost everybody was still on the ship. The only person missing, however, was none other than the most wanted criminal.

"There is a person by my brother's side that I am very interested in. I hope that the next time we meet, brother will give him to me."

In the command room of the battleship, a holographic image of a young politician was projected in the middle. He raised his brows at the person who had just entered the room, not showing the slightest bit of nervousness as a fugitive.

The sergeants who had entered the command room with the silver-haired officer suddenly had a cold feeling that the surrounding temperature had plummeted drastically.

"Not giving," The silver-haired officer said in a deadpan voice. He had no intention of joking at all.

His words were clear cut and the expression of absolute rejection on his face was clear as day.

What kind of man this half-brother of his was, Eli understood very well even though he had not had much contact with him.

A madman who, as long as was interested in something, would stop at nothing to get his hands on it.

Facing the holographic image, the cold faced silver-hair officer pushed the dark-haired youth who was originally by his side behind him, completely blocking him from the other Heidis's line of sight.

Seeing the stiff black military uniform in front of him and that person's ramrod straight back, Gu Yan who had just entered the room and not yet managed to see anything felt his eye twitch.

He had just finished coaxing this big cat after a long time and if that other Heidis were to say anything again, Gu Yan had a feeling he would have to appease this Heidis all over again.

Coaxing the cat was not an issue, the problem was that this cat would cling to him in various ways…

[The ship's control has been regained by the other side, the system is now unable to control the ship, do you require the system to invade again?]

As soon as they arrived at this place, 037 thought about the task Gu Yan had given it. Does this count as having completed its task?

"00 you can rest first."

Gu Yan gave a negative response. The system had exerted a lot of effort earlier on to aid him. By right, his system should require rest now.

He did not have to run anymore, so of course he did not need to control the ship.

All the enemies on the ship had been taken into custody. However, at this time a sergeant brought in a little girl with short chestnut hair, the other main figure of this mission. "Confirmation, it is Freya Lihuoke."

"Identity confirmed, this person is Freya." Doing a brief comparison with the picture, Evan nodded after pushing up his glasses. After their battle with the Sarian Army, their mothership had received a help signal from the Supreme consul of Pandora.

The other party mentioned in the message that he had promised to confess everything, but hoped they would save his granddaughter.

The little girl was still in a state of shock. First she was kidnapped and now, surrounded by a bunch of burly, tall men in cold black uniforms holding guns.

But there was one exception.

"Hmm…?"

The little girl had ran over to hug his leg, causing Gu Yan to be a bit stunned. However, looking at the little girl who was clenching her teeth and holding back her tears, Gu Yan who had all along been especially kind towards children reached out to pat the child's back.

In the end, on the entire journey back to Pandora, the little girl continued to cling tightly onto him and refused to let go.

The silver-haired officer maintained his cold and stoic expression as usual. Except that his gaze kept landing on the young child in his lap. He did not say anything but his vertical pupils were slightly narrowed up.

This… Do you have to be jealous of a kid?

Noticing the slight abnormality in the Heidis, Gu Yan doubtfully thought.

Despite noticing the warning scent of a powerful Heidis from the youth, the young Heidis who could be considered a child continued to cling tightly on to him .

Presumably, it was also because of her intuition that the youth himself was weak and did not pose a threat to her. The higher races had a certain extent of perceiving a lower race's level of threat to them.

"Be good, we are bringing you back to Pandora."

Touching the little girl's head, Gu Yan got the feeling as if he was coaxing a small animal.

Gu Yan did not notice that when he uttered the words 'be good', a cold and handsome silver-hair officer beside him narrowed his eyes up even more.

Until they reached Pandora, a familiar place, the child was finally willing to release her hold on the youth leg.

The whole mission finally came to a wrap when the dispatched sergeant brought the child to an old man who had been waiting for her. The consul, who promised to confess his guilt, cooperatively entered their ship after making ample arrangements for his sole relative.

Like any other captured criminal, he also needed to be escorted back to the empire's capital to be tried in a trial. "Moles will not be punished too severely."

Trapping the black-hair youth with every intention to escape in his lap, Eli took the initiative to answer Gu Yan's thoughts.

They were in the mansion of the silver hair Heidis. The ship had sailed a relatively long distance before they finally returned to the Imperial Star capital.

Although the youth did not speak, the Heidis who had kept his eyes on him was certainly aware. What he said was true, surrendering can make his sentence lighter. Moreover, he had been acting under the threat of the Sarian Army and could be considered a victim too.

While they could not let him go completely free, it would at most be relieving him of official duties for the time being.

It was this embarrassing position again… Gu Yan had just wanted to get up when the hand on his waist tightened its hold. Hearing the cold voice from behind him, Gu Yan figured it was best to just nod along.

However, the silver-haired officer who held onto him tightly did not do anything this time, merely clinging to him and resting his jaw on the shoulders of youth. He even dealt with several simple paperwork right in front of him.

Gu Yan now had the feeling of being treated as a human pillow. He tried to struggle again and unsurprisingly, was still unable to move.

Fine. He had already thrown away all his moral integrity anyway. Gu Yan relaxed his body and leaned back with closed eyes.

Not moving. Not moving. Anyway this big 'cushion' was also very comfortable and coincidentally, he was starting to feel sleepy.

Earlier, he had played on the battleship too much and maintaining a high concentration for a long time made him exhausted. Although he had already withdrawn from that state, Gu Yan still felt that these days, the lack of sleep was getting to him.

This can only be blamed on the physical differences between the races. Human beings, after all, are unlike the Heidis race which did not require sleep.

For some reason, lately it feels like the extent of the Heidis's clinginess to him had somehow increased.

Closing his eyes as he leaned against the Heidis behind him, this was the last fuzzy thought in his mind as he drifted off to sleep.

In the past, the Heidis would at most take on a domestic cat appearance before coming to him for rubs and kisses. But now, this Heidis not only kept his previous habits, but maintained his human form like now, holding him in his arms and refusing to let go.

But even if he was so clingy, Gu Yan had no way to get annoyed. Because he knows that the Heidis sticking to him was a cold person that was extremely lacking in emotions. Being loved by such a Heidis with his limited affection… How could he hate it?

"Just a little while more, Ah Yan will be able to get a legitimate imperial Heidis citizenship soon."

As the youth leaned his body against himself, the hand working on the file stopped. Putting the pen in his hand down,he adjusted their positions so Gu Yan could be more comfortable.

The Citizenship Embassy in their kingdom was extremely strict. If the other races wanted to obtain citizenship in the Empire, it would be extremely difficult unless they had made a significant contribution to the Empire.

There was no second alternative, not even using the power of connections to open a back door.

However, the Imperial Emperor had the power to amend the law.

He had already passed the trial set by the group of elders. Although in the second stage, someone had violated the rules, but because it only served to increase the difficulty of the test, the final verdict was that he had still passed.

So he just had to wait a little while longer…

Lying very comfortably, Gu Yan was in a state of semi-consciousness… Hearing the cold voice of the Heidis gently whisper in his ear, Gu Yan blanked out for several moments before he remembered-

That's right… he was in the Heidis Empire, and right now he would generally be considered an illegal immigrant.

"…En."

The brain lag Gu Yan who took a few moments to respond had been leaning on the person behind him and almost falling asleep. When he replied, his voice was a little hoarse.

The blurry eyed youth at this moment seemed to be easily swayed. Eli lowered his eyebrow before bringing his thin lips close to the youth, lightly brushing past his ear and said in a low and gentle voice, "There's no need to go back, the Heidis Empire has many things that the blue planet does not have."

"…En."

He did not think about what the cold voice had said at all. Gu Yan had not registered the words in his mind and merely gave a perfunctory reply like before.

Hearing the answer he wanted to hear, the cold and handsome silver-hair officer narrowed his vertical pupils as his heartbeat sped up. He moved his lips downwards, towards the youth's earlobe and continued in his low and gentle tone, "Ah Yan likes me the most."

Gu Yan was still thinking about the other person's previous sentence and responded in an even huskier voice, "…En. "

Wait a minute, the Heidis said, blue…

Blue Planet…?

He finally realised what these words represented and instantly sobered up.

The Heidis actually know the planet 'Earth'?!

He had all along been trying his hardest to avoid mentioning any information about the Earth while in the Heidis Empire. Gu Yan did not want the tragic fate of Earth that he had written of in his novel to happen here.

However, what the other person said to him just now meant that the existence of the Earth had already been discovered.

Feeling the originally relaxed body laying on him suddenly stiffen and opened his eyes, Eli silently hugged the youth even tighter…

It was the youth who gave him an affirmative answer, he did not force him…

"Earth…"

Gu Yan just opened his mouth to speak when the person behind him suddenly interrupted in a low voice, "Ah Yan already promised not to go back."

Gu Yan, "…"

They seemed to be on different wavelengths. Aware of this, Gu Yan carefully recalled what the other person had just said to him.

The Heidis only told him, there's no need to go back…

While saying this to him, his voice had been very gentle. It was only a request and held no intention of attacking the planet.

No one spoke for a while and the room gradually quietened. Gu Yan turned his head and unexpectedly saw that the Heidis was frowning slightly.

He had to appease this big cat first.

"Qiuqiu, be good…" Putting one hand on the Heidis's head, as usual, Gu Yan said in a pacifying tone, "I won't go somewhere where you can't see me."

Gu Yan did not have any intention of changing his words. He had silently acknowledged the pair of eyes that was fixated on him as he continued to stroke the Heidis.

The short silver hair quality was very good to the touch. Although it was not the first time touching, Gu Yan still did not want to stop.

However, as long as he did not hear an affirmative answer, Gu Yan would not be able to relax. After all, this world was supposed to develop according to the storyline he had written.

Hesitating for a while, Gu Yan decided to ask the main person directly.

Since the location of the Earth had been found, instead of guessing, it was better to ask the other person what he thought.

"I've already ordered them not to leak out any information."

The silver-hair officer slightly pursed his lips. Although he still had an expressionless face, his gaze was fixed on the youth as he spoke in a deep and earnest tone, "I will not do anything to make Ah Yan unhappy."

The Blue Planet is rich in resources – Yes, the people on the planet are also very weak and easy to conquer…

However, when he remembered that this planet was the place where this dark-haired youth once lived in, the first thought that came to his mind was to protect the planet and never let it be invaded.

I will never do anything to make you sad…

Caught off guard, Gu Yan lightly touched the head full of short silver hair before retracting his hand. He quickly turned his head to the side to cover up with a few low coughs.

These words were obviously more touching than just a simple confession of 'like'. This was especially so when the other person was using an extremely serious tone to say it.

Knowing that the Heidis had no interest in conquering the Human Planet, Gu Yan's originally tensed heart could finally be at ease.

In fact, Gu Yan had really wanted to see what this world's Earth looked like, except the Heidis behind him did not want him to go back. In reality, the Heidis just didn't want him to leave his side…

"The Earth is nice." Gu Yan opened his mouth to speak. Before the Heidis behind him could frown, he quickly finished the second half of his sentence, "But since I have promised to not leave your side, so whenever you are interested, we can go together."

Since the person was not interested in overtaking Earth, he could actually take the Heidis on a trip to this world's planet 'Earth'.

It did not matter even if he did not go. He was merely curious of this world's Earth and had no feelings of attachment. Gu Yan leaned back once more.

In this world, if he were to speak of feelings of attachment…

He probably felt a lot more attachment to the place where this Heidis was rather than to anything else.

Maybe it was because he had been with this Heidis ever since he first came to this strange world. Apart from the first time when the beast tried to attack him, the Heidis had always been carefully protecting him.

… It was impossible to not be touched.