【……】

[Assist the future commander? 】

Morgan was silent for a few seconds: it would have been a long thought for any protogen, her fingers crossed together, covering her wriggling lips and leaving only a pair of unwavering pupils.

And when the pupils once again hit the emperor, followed by the spider queen's soft smile.

[Before answering this question, I would like to ask a question, father.] 】

+ Speak. ＋

What do you mean ......?

[Which commander?] 】

The Lord of Humanity paused.

+ There is only one Warlord, Morgan: he will be elected at the end of the Great Expedition to take charge of all the military forces of the Great Expedition in my place, and I will need to turn my attention to the more important things, to the issues that will keep the empire going. ＋

【……】

【Channel?】 】

+ Included. ＋

【……】

【……】

[Hehehehehehe......]

The Lord of Avalon endured for a moment.

But in the end, she didn't put up with it.

The contempt was accompanied by an unconcealable laugh, which made the already stern-faced Lord of Mankind frown: Morgan's answer was clearly not in his plan, which was really bad enough.

+ What are you laughing at...... ＋

[Nothing, I'm just ......]

The genogen took a few deep breaths, barely holding back a smile.

[I just don't understand: You know, father, for me, there are at least three points that make me laugh in that passage you just said, and they are still squeezed into the same sentence. 】

Morgan's fingers drew nonchalant circles on the table, and she met the gaze of the genetic father, wondering if her father did it on purpose? Why were such innocent words able to pop out of his mouth?

The Lord of Avalon couldn't think of any reason other than deliberately.

+ Three? ＋

The Emperor's voice was a little solemn, but he didn't care about these questions.

+ I don't want to know where your weird joke is, Morgan: You can laugh anywhere you want, but you can't fool me around here, I'm asking you a very serious question, my daughter. ＋

+ Would you like to be an assistant to the commander in the future: This will not be a dedicated position, but it does have some invisible powers, and if you can use it wisely, its value will definitely satisfy you. ＋

【……】

"Am I such a snob in your eyes, father? 】

Morgan raised an eyebrow, knowingly asking.

And the emperor didn't even move his eyelids.

+ If you want: I can only talk to you about feelings, I can even say all the things I said to Johnson and Motarian to you, what do you think? ＋

【……】

[That's right, I'm a snob.] 】

A brief smile tugged at the corner of the Lord of Humanity's mouth, but he did not dwell on the false victory: he was always concerned with the impromptu issue.

+ Don't go around in circles: Answer my question, Morgan. ＋

[I really want to answer.] 】

The Spider Queen leaned back in her chair.

[But you see: if you don't cooperate with me to solve my questions, then I can't answer you, I don't even fully understand the question itself, and there are too many doubts bothering me.] 】

+ Then ask. ＋

The emperor was concise and to the point.

As you wish, Father. 】

After receiving an affirmative answer, the corners of the genogen's mouth curled, and her pupils flashed like knives: good, she had managed to pull the topic away from the emperor's question and into these areas that she cared about.

From this moment on, the conversation briefly came to Morgan: she could finally ask questions about the things she was puzzled about, and, incidentally, whether her genetic father was pretending to be crazy or real......

Innocent?

【……】

She didn't believe the latter.

[Well, father, my first question is: Your inquiry itself, because it is enough to confuse me? 】

[To make it clear: Why are you sure that I will be able to become the assistant of the commander? 】

The hands that were originally placed on the table had unconsciously returned to the chest of the genetic prototype, crossing them brutally, and the Spider Empress casually stuffed the crystal card of [Monarch Slayer] into her collar, looking like she didn't plan to return it in a short time.

[After all, you and I know very well in our hearts that my beloved father: most of my blood relatives are emotional creatures, and they lack the calmness that can suppress their own nature, and this is doomed, those genetic protogens who are incompatible with each other are difficult to work with. 】

[Even if it comes from your orders, it can only be forcibly kneaded together: the price of this forced teaming is disastrous efficiency and internal attrition, and this is the final outcome that no one wants to see.] 】

[In other words, if you want me to be the future commander's assistant, then I must be able to maintain a good personal relationship with the future commander: but the reality is that I can't maintain this relationship with many brothers.] 】

[Neither the Chagatai Khan nor the Motarian have a liking, or even a negative attitude towards me: not to mention, there are many brothers whom I have not seen, and who knows if the chemistry between me and them is bad or bad? 】

[And on this basis, how do you ensure that I can have a good relationship with the future commander?] Or how can you be sure that the person who becomes the commander will accept my assistance? 】

[Isn't the commander an elected position? Wasn't he the most convincing primordial at the end of the Great Expedition? In that case, his identity should be completely unknown, because no one will know who will be the most convincing at that time. 】

[To put it simply: if the commander is really elected, then the request you are making to me now, as well as the corresponding promise, are nothing more than empty checks, and they should not be true. 】

[And if you can be sure now that the future commander is a figure who can accept my assistance: then this so-called, completely dependent on the original body to fight for the title of commander, as well as those who are constantly working the front, my blood brothers, is there some ......]

[Funny? 】

Narrowing her eyes slightly, the Lord of Avalon spat out the word softly: she couldn't be sure if her face was serious or the one that was too defiant.

But the Lord of Humanity, who sat across from her, fell into silence: the Emperor was silent for almost ten seconds, long enough to make Morgan a little uneasy.

After a long silence that seemed like a century, the Emperor simply nodded.

+ Beautiful Language Arts, My Daughter Morgan: Now, I am convinced of how you have been able to have good relations with many of your brothers, even when they are hostile to and even hateful to each other. ＋

[I can't say that, father: There are brothers who hate me.] 】

+ It's only natural that Motarian doesn't like you: that's the noblest part of his composition, and one of my reasons for setting him up. ＋

At this, the Lord of Humanity slowly showed a smile of relief.

【……】

Morgan did not respond.

What about Chagatai? 】

+ As for Chagatai...... ＋

The emperor touched his chin.

+ This is the case with his character: love and hatred are clear, public and private, and his relationship with me is not gentle, and our relationship is always accompanied by indifference and doubt, and I am not good at getting along with him. ＋

+ After all, he would unleash malice on almost every point of view I uttered: perhaps the most hostile of all his dealings with others. ＋

【……】

Morgan still didn't speak: she just touched her neck.

In her silence, the Lord of Humanity then asked.

+ Well, the second point, Morgan. ＋

【……？ 】

The genoplasma raised an eyebrow.

[Father, I don't think we even explained the first point clearly: you didn't answer my question directly at all, and didn't explain to me what this so-called election of the commander is? 】

+ Do you want to know a tacit fact? ＋

The Emperor simply responded to her with a guiltless chuckle.

+ If you want to hear it: Yes, Morgan, Horus was the best option in my mind the moment I created the position of commander, and I had countless ways to make him a commander, but I knew that my Sagittarius would only accept the most upright, and his noble heart allowed him to live only in the brightest sunshine. ＋

+ That is why there will be elections: even though such elections themselves are unnecessary. ＋

【…… Hum! 】

[It is a touching affection, my dear father, but it is a pity that I cannot understand all this when I live in darkness: just as I cannot understand the fragile heart of Horus. 】

The corners of the Spider Queen's mouth twitched into a contemptuous sigh, her brow furrowed, hidden in the shadows of her hair: it was at this moment that Morgan was sure of something.

The jury is still out on whether her genetic father was naïve: but he was shameless enough.

+ You don't have to be jealous of him, Morgan: each of you is different, and Horus is only placed in the position he is most suited for, in other words, if you were asked to be the commander, would you be willing? ＋

Of course not, father. 】

The Spider Empress put away the sourness in her heart and smiled again.

[I'm not Antoinette, I don't have a penchant for going to the guillotine.] 】

The Emperor restrained his chuckle.

+ What do you mean, Morgan? ＋

[Literally, father.] 】

The genetic prototype looked at her father without fear: the small anger that had accumulated because of the emperor's words had given her the confidence to carry out such a transgression.

She laughed: full of mockery.

[Let's play a game: Now, there is a script about the Civil War, which is in front of our eyes, and one of the known actors plays the role of the Generalissimo of the Doge's national army. 】

[So what do you think: In what act will this so-called generalissimo leave? ] 】

In the face of Morgan's aggressiveness, the emperor was only silent for a moment.

+ Horus will not betray me, Morgan: you don't need to worry about that. ＋

[I never worried, father: I just felt ridiculous. 】

The Spider Queen's eyebrows are sharp.

[Everyone knows that in a drama with a civil war as the main body, the first person in the army like the war commander will only have two endings: either he betrayed the king and fell in the last act of the play, or he was loyal to the king and fell in the first act of the play. 】

Can you still think of a third possibility? 】

The Lord of Men did not answer.

+ What the hell are you trying to say, Morgan? ＋

[What do I want to say?] 】

Genogen laughed: she felt like she was being laughed at.

[I want to say that if I really set up a position similar to the commander in Avalon, then the only possibility is that I personally take on this position: you have conquered the entire galaxy with your legions and fleets, and your absolute grasp of military power is the most fundamental reason why the double-headed eagle banner can fly throughout the galaxy. 】

And now, you want to completely hand over all the military power of the Great Expedition, as well as the authority that originally overrode all the legions, to another person? 】

+ Not to another man, but to Horus. ＋

[Is there a difference?] 】

The Spider Empress's words were more like a rough reprimand.

[The peak that could only accommodate you alone is now forcibly stuffed into another person by you: even if that person is Horus, the person you keep saying you trust the most, he can't solve one problem, that is, this peak can't accommodate the two of you. 】

[The double-headed eagle is a creature that can only survive in fantasy and legend, father, in real life, a creature with two heads is just a sad case. 】

When you let Horus stand with you at the summit, there are only three possible endings for you: either one of you will be squeezed down, or the two of you will fall in unison in a scuffle, or your battle will shatter the entire peak, causing the rocks to fall and kill all of us at the foot of the mountain. 】

What do you think, father? 】

Morgan smiled, leaning forward, her eyebrows glinting dangerously.

[If I had to say, the position of commander should not exist, or rather, it is a very strange thing in itself that you can bring it up: because even the slightest political sense and instinct would not create such a distorted and powerful position of real power. 】

[Unless ......]

[This position itself has a special meaning for you. 】

The genogen stared at the Emperor: his silence was undoubtedly gratifying.

Let me guess, father. 】

[You can put forward the position of war commander without hesitation, it can only show that you have done this before: a long time ago, before we were born, you already had one or more war commanders, and the war commanders at that time gave you great benefits. 】

He may have died, or he may have left you: but in any case, he occupies such an important place in your heart that you have to set up such an unreasonable position to recreate his impression in your heart. 】

[And one of my brothers, one of my poor brothers who thinks he is your only poor brother, becomes the sustenance of this memory, the sad sacrifice you use to remember the other and bring in the other. 】

[If you think so, it's really ......]

+ Morgan! ＋

The silent Lord of Humanity suddenly interrupted the words of the Genoplasm.

That's an unmistakable voice.

+ It occurred to me that I had a sudden thought. ＋

+ You seem to have just completed a very important task: perhaps, it's time for me to give you a reward? ＋

I made a mistake:

I thought my tooth had been cured, but I went to get braces today, but it didn't work, I remembered.

So I went for a root canal treatment today......

I've been grunting in bed all afternoon......

I'll make up for the past few days tomorrow, and it's time for this conversation to wrap up......

(End of chapter)