"It was your engagement that had an accident, it was your fiancée who was poisoned, and you are not too young, so you can't keep me protecting you. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIf I were to settle this matter, it would appear that you, the crown prince, were incompetent, and it would be detrimental to your prestige among your subjects - of course, from childhood to adulthood, you would not have had any time for me to protect. You've done a great job of that. ”

Ivan bowed his head respectfully, thanking the Emperor for his compliment.

"Alright. There you go. In this matter, you have the right to use all your resources. Be sure to give me a satisfactory answer. As he spoke, the Emperor exhaled his pen and paper again, and began to continue to review the official documents.

Evan saluted and turned to go out.

"That's right, Ivan." The emperor suddenly stopped his son.

Evan, who had already pushed the door open, came back again. "What do you command?"

"Not a command."

Ivan's father put on his reading glasses, pulled them down again, and looked at Evan from above the glasses. This action made the emperor look very similar to an elderly man.

He said to Ivan, "Be careful. Also, don't forget who you are. ”

Evan looked at his father steadily, nodding yes.

The emperor was very satisfied, put on his reading glasses again, waved his hand at Evan, and looked down at the official document.

Ivan slammed the door shut, and walked slowly away through the procession of guards saluting him.

The palace is huge. Similar to the palaces of the ancient Chinese kingdom, the imperial palace of the empire was also divided into two parts. The former was the political center of the empire, and the latter was the emperor's own territory. Now that the early dynasty has passed, there are occasional staff members in traditional costumes walking through the spacious and golden corridors with materials, the long hems of their clothes stirred by the wind of walking. But on the whole, the palace was still silent, empty, and devoid of human breath.

Evan used to come to the palace often to deal with affairs, and he had never felt that it was too popular. But today, when he walked alone and alone in this magnificent palace, loneliness came to him like air, coming to him from all directions.

Another staff member passed by him and saluted him, when he suddenly noticed something: "Your Highness, are you not feeling well?" ”

Ivan turned around in a daze, realizing that his hands were shaking.

"It's fine. There you go. Evan said lightly, not caring what the staff member thought, and walked away quickly.

But he didn't know where he was going.

Fortunately, he was familiar enough with the place to find that when he realized his existence again, he found that his instinct had taken him to the place where he was about to leave the palace. In front of it is a corner gate of the palace, which is open but rarely walked.

With no one around, Ivan stumbled over to the wall, holding on to it, helpless in his chest, and retching with his mouth open.

"I ...... What's going on? ”

Ivan said softly to himself.

Then he remembered what his father had said to him at the last time.

Be careful. Remember who you are.

His father probably also suspected that the real target of this matter was him. So let him be careful. It's nothing.

But...... Remember who you are?

When did he forget.

Of course he knows who he is. When the old king was still alive, he was the crown prince of the crown prince, and even encountered many dangers because of it - from the old king's point of view, if he had to let his younger brother inherit his throne, then if the younger brother also lost the heir like himself, then the danger of the younger brother would be greatly reduced - even at that time, he never flinched.

He knows. He does not exist as a person, but only because of this responsibility, this identity needs a concrete carrier, so he will be born into this world.

Without this reason, he would not exist. So he never refused the responsibility that weighed on his shoulders.

But. Roy.

He didn't know how much he wanted to see Roy. But if it were possible, even if he was allowed to penetrate Canterbury, he would jump on the starship without hesitation.

But he couldn't even send Roy a text message.

There was no way he could contact Roy. Even if there were, there was no position to contact.

Roy encountered this kind of thing this time, does it have something to do with him? Did he bother her?

So where is she now? Are there any injuries? Or is she already ......

"Nope."

Ivan said softly to himself.

He refused to speculate on the worst-case scenario.

Ivan leaned limply against the wall and closed his eyes.

The heart hurts. It has never hurt so much. Even when he was five years old, standing beside his mother's body and calmly realizing that he would never see the person who gave birth to him again, he had never been so hurt.

Moreover, Evan has a hunch that this pain will accompany him for the rest of his life.

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At the same time, there is another person in the world who is also suffering from heartache.

Nick stiffened and sat there.

He was completely unable to accept this fact.

It's just that he's a monster himself, and even his mother is ......

His arm was moving. It took him a while before he realized that the two Zerg were stabbing him.

To be precise, it was the female zerg who was stabbing him with something in her hand. It was too dark for Nick to see, so he asked, "......"

Nick realized that his throat was so dry that he couldn't speak.

Nick coughed twice, managed to moisten his throat, and asked in an extremely dry voice, "What is this?" ”

"Food."

The female zerg replied. Even when he couldn't see it, Nick could feel her worries. "Food. It's food. Half a reincarnation, you need, food. ”

“…… Transmigration? ”

"That's it, stellar, reincarnation." The female Zerg is racking their brains to find a way to describe it clearly, "Half a reincarnation." Didn't eat, didn't move. ”

“…… You mean it's been a long time. Nick asked weakly, "I...... Have you been here for so long? ”

The female zerg nodded wildly again. Nick's way of perceiving this is still by getting his hair flung in his face.

"It's been a long time......"

Nick sighed softly. He didn't feel it at all.

Let's go back. Mother will be worried.

Nick thought to himself, trying to hold himself up.

But soon, his movements stopped.

…… Is it necessary for him to go back?

The most feared speculation for years has been confirmed. He's a monster. In this way, what qualifications does he have to return to his mother.

The Zerg sent food to Nick again. "Food. Eat. ”

Nick was annoyed. "Forget it. Eat it yourself. I have no appetite. ”

The sound of the zerg swallowing saliva is estimated to be heard outside the sewers.

But the Zerg still said, "Eat it." You. ”

I didn't expect this Zerg to be really loyal enough.

Nick laughed sarcastically. Although he didn't want to eat at all, his stomach clearly didn't. Nick was just about to accept it, when he suddenly remembered something: "Wait, what kind of food is this?" (To be continued.) )