MORIC - Chapter 131
Chapter 131: A Little Lovers' Quarrel
The spaceship was flying steadily on its course.
Wen Xinghuo hesitated to speak for the umpteenth time, causing Xi Shuang to look over as well.
They both looked at Xi Zhoumeng, who was sitting alone by the window, reading a book.
The next second, they both turned to look at Chi Yueshan in unison.
The spaceship's exterior was very normal; it was even indistinguishable from the other teams' ships.
But it was a different story once inside.
Xi Zhoumeng's boundless extravagance was on full display within the spaceship's interior.
Even people like Xi Shuang and Wen Xinghuo, who were used to her personality, couldn't help but marvel.
Unfortunately, Xi Zhoumeng hadn't said a single word since coming aboard, sitting coldly by the luxurious bed.
The desserts on the small round table were exquisitely arranged, but the person in question had no heart to even look at them.
She was just flipping rapidly through a fashion magazine.
Finally, Xi Shuang couldn't hold back any longer. She walked over, sat down next to Chi Yueshan, and asked in a low voice, "Yueshan, did you and Zhoumeng have a fight?"
Chi Yueshan shook her head.
Xi Shuang: "For real? Then why aren't you two sitting together?"
Chi Yueshan felt uneasy herself. She had just gotten emotional at that moment and called Xi Zhoumeng a name. Who would have thought that the person who was usually as thick-skinned as a pig unafraid of boiling water would actually walk away without a sound.
She didn't even wait for me.
And now she won't sit with me.
She even said something like, "Then you can sit with Ling Xun. Xi Shuang is fine too, they're both proper Alphas."
Normally, when Chi Yueshan and Xi Zhoumeng messaged each other, it was all text and emojis.
Xi Zhoumeng even loved sending them more than she did.
She never expected that plain text without emojis could be so terrifying. It made Chi Yueshan's heart tremble, afraid that Xi Zhoumeng would explode.
But how could she explain this!
No one on this ship knew that Xi Zhoumeng was an Alpha.
And even if she told them, no one would believe it!
Xi Zhoumeng could prove it to me by showing me that thing, but it wouldn't be appropriate to do that in public.
Seeing Chi Yueshan remain silent, Xi Shuang became even more certain.
She leaned in like a confidante, smiling like a beast about to eat a child.
"What happened?"
Chi Yueshan struggled to speak: "It's nothing."
Xi Shuang nodded and glanced over at Xi Zhoumeng. The academy's Omega goddess happened to look over, her gaze like a flying dagger, scaring Xi Shuang into a shiver.
"You two should have a good talk. We still have to set up our lodgings together when we reach our destination."
The planet they had drawn this time was relatively remote. It was a former training site for mecha teams that was later repurposed as a practical training ground.
Besides being set up to automatically attack mechanical beasts designed to look like Zerg for defense, it was famous for its incense-making industry.
As a result, reports from seniors who had come here for practical training all said that this planet was very dichotomous.
Xi Shuang glanced at Chi Yueshan and saw the junior Omega biting her lip, a look of remorse on her face.
She sighed. She had originally intended to pat Chi Yueshan on the shoulder, but a strange impulse made her glance at Xi Zhoumeng, only to find that she was still looking in their direction.
It was just that Chi Yueshan was sitting on the inside and couldn't notice her gaze.
Xi Shuang retracted her hand, thinking to herself: Are Omegas this possessive when they're in love?
Love truly is irrational.
Xi Shuang slinked back to her seat. Next to her, Ling Xun was still sleeping with an eye mask on.
Beside her hand was a printed floor plan.
Unaware of what she was dreaming, she mumbled, "I can do it."
Xi Shuang sighed, her heart suddenly breaking a little.
There were six people in total, four of them were in pairs, and only she and Ling Xun, two Alphas, were actual sisters.
Still, it was better than being all alone.
Wen Xinghuo, in the front row, turned around and asked Xi Shuang in a low voice, "What's wrong with them?"
Even Sheng Yangkui was a little curious.
Xi Shuang shook her head, then noticed the bracelet on Sheng Yangkui's wrist as she raised her hand. She asked curiously, "Princess, is that the bracelet the Queen gave you before?"
Sheng Yangkui obtaining the right of succession was an unexpected outcome. Even if the students of Guyun Academy knew the fate of Sheng Xinggui and Sheng Qiuyu, people on the outside did not.
As a result, the announcement of her succession caused quite a stir.
It also confirmed that the Queen's health indeed wouldn't last much longer.
With this VIP present for the practical training, the academy dispatched more accompanying teachers than for any other team.
Xi Shuang had even wondered, since Sheng Yangkui was going to be Queen, why bother with practical training at all.
Later, after watching the news, she understood.
If the future Queen didn't go, wouldn't that be even more ostentatious?
She was actually quite happy; their team's score was absolutely secure this time.
Sheng Yangkui nodded with a soft "mm."
She subconsciously touched it. This bracelet was one of the imperial family's heirlooms.
It was cool to the touch, a coldness that human body heat could not warm.
The Queen's scepter, which she had not yet received, was made of a similar material, and the obsidian on it was also bone-chilling to the touch.
It made one's heart palpitate.
In her past life, she hadn't gone on the practical training at all. Once she obtained the right of succession, she never left the royal palace again.
In this life, the Queen originally had the same intention, but for some reason, after the ministers of the council said something, Sheng Yangkui was allowed to complete her studies before ascending the throne.
But in the past, even though Sheng Yangkui hadn't come, an accident still happened.
She bit her lip, still terrified of that predestined future.
Even if the planet for the training had been changed.
Even if her relationship with Wen Xinghuo was different from before.
Looking at Wen Xinghuo and Sheng Yangkui, Xi Shuang felt as if she were looking at a pair of star-crossed lovers.
It seemed as if this was the last bit of interaction the two would have in this lifetime.
After all, once Sheng Yangkui ascended the throne, she would have to undergo gland removal surgery and become that loneliest and most short-lived of Queens.
And Wen Xinghuo, as an Alpha, could not mark her.
She still had grand ambitions.
Just thinking about it made Xi Shuang want to cry. She let out a whimper, "You two have fun this time."
"Ling Xun and I will hurry up and clock in our practical training hours."
Wen Xinghuo: ...
She knew exactly what Xi Shuang meant. Ever since Sheng Yangkui was announced as the successor, everyone in the academy looked at her with pity, as if they were witnessing her tragic love story.
But this time couldn't be the same as before.
The Queen of the Empire was a manipulated puppet; the Zerg's influence had already infiltrated the highest echelons of power.
The new Queen after the First Zerg War, as written in the history books, had far fewer restrictions than now.
She could have an Alpha, have a normal A-O relationship, without removing her glands, without living out her life in solitude.
But how could the Zerg understand emotions, understand the human need for a lifetime of companionship?
The existence of this species was to invade, possess, and even destroy.
The human will fought against it. Generations of Queens had exhausted their hearts and minds, resisting with their faint consciousness.
But they could not convey the message.
It was a mystery.
But Sheng Yangkui had solved this mystery. Her years of struggle had earned her an anonymous letter.
It contained no girlish affection, nor did it know how to express guilt and pain.
It merely provided clues coldly, waiting for the triumphant officer to discover them.
If Wen Xinghuo could discover it, then she could be free.
If Wen Xinghuo could not, then she would have to continue to eke out a miserable existence, to find the next successor, and to perpetuate this unknown suffering from one generation to the next.
Fortunately, Wen Xinghuo came.
Even if she had come to kill her.
Even though this world had changed so much, Sheng Yangkui still suffered from the pain of the past.
Her body trembled slightly, and Wen Xinghuo subconsciously took her hand.
Xi Shuang sighed and considerately turned away, only to meet Chi Yueshan's gaze.
The junior student gestured for her to look at her light-brain.
Xi Shuang opened Chi Yueshan's message.
【Chi Yueshan: Senior, if one day your Omega called you useless, would you be angry?】
Xi Shuang: ...
An Omega like that must be quite feisty.
She hesitated for a moment, confirming that this Omega was Chi Yueshan.
【Xi Shuang: Of course I would.】
Chi Yueshan's heart sank. In her impression, Xi Zhoumeng had rarely ever gotten angry.
Perhaps it was her preconceived notion that the young miss had a short fuse, but thinking back, she was the one with the short fuse.
It seemed Xi Zhoumeng never got angry, even when she bit her or hit her.
Did I hurt her pride too much this time?
【Chi Yueshan: Then would you break up with her?】
Xi Shuang let out an "oho," thinking to herself, Do O-O relationships get to this point?
But Xi Zhoumeng's personality was indeed... hmm...
But that was Xi Zhoumeng! The fact that she was interested in an Omega was novel enough.
If Chi Yueshan could handle someone even Wen Xinghuo couldn't stand, shouldn't she be doted on to the heavens?
【Xi Shuang: No.】
【Chi Yueshan: Why not?】
【Xi Shuang: You said it yourself, she's my Omega.】
【Xi Shuang: My Omega is of course mine, why would we break up?】
【Chi Yueshan: What if you haven't marked her?】
This question made Xi Shuang frown.
【Xi Shuang: If she's my Omega, then she's definitely been marked. We always do temporary marks when we date.】
Chi Yueshan's heart ached even more.
She felt like an idiot for asking a real Alpha this kind of question.
Just then, Xi Zhoumeng also sent a message to Xi Shuang.
【Xi Zhoumeng: If one day your Omega called you useless, what would you do?】
Xi Shuang thought: You're not an Alpha, why are you asking? And I'm not an Omega, why are you asking me!!
But there were only three Omegas here: two who were fighting, and one who was the next Queen waiting to have her glands removed.
There really was nowhere else to ask.
Xi Shuang was suddenly flattered, feeling like she was part of Xi Zhoumeng's inner circle.
【Xi Shuang: If my Omega called me that, I'd prove with all my might that I'm not useless.】
【Xi Shuang: Besides, she'd be permanently marked, forever my good wife.】
She had no idea she was touching on a sore subject.
Seeing this, Xi Zhoumeng grew even more furious.
The system in her head was also gloating, its laughter giving Xi Zhoumeng a headache.
She propped up her face and reached for her teacup, but perhaps with too much force, she knocked over the plate of cake.
A crisp sound was accompanied by the activation of the AI cleaning robot.
Everyone looked over, except for the still soundly asleep Ling Xun.
Chi Yueshan noticed Xi Zhoumeng's gesture of rubbing her temples and couldn't help but walk over.
She was a little apprehensive, thinking to herself that relationships really required a lot of experience.
I don't even know what to do.
Ugh, should I just apologize directly? Would that be even more heart-stabbing?
"Are... are you okay?"
From her gait and the way she stood with her back to them, one could see a hint of cowardice in Chi Yueshan.
Xi Shuang shook her head as she watched, while Wen Xinghuo was lost in thought.
Sheng Yangkui was a little surprised. "I thought they never had disagreements."
Wen Xinghuo: "I used to think you didn't either."
Sheng Yangkui: "I didn't, did I?"
Xi Zhoumeng didn't even look at her. The system in her head was still chattering away.
It was filled with that smug tone of Chi Yueshan's.
【You're useless now, but that's okay, that's okay. According to the future timeline, you'll be able to reassert your dominance during the practical training soon.】
【One minute is also very impressive~ Don't be sad~】
Xi Zhoumeng had seen that memory. It was a tragic sight, one could even call it a murder scene.
And the conditions were terrible, all dirty and grimy.
Seeing Xi Zhoumeng frown, Chi Yueshan still moved closer. "Does your head hurt?"
Xi Zhoumeng: "I'm useless, what's a little headache?"
Chi Yueshan: ...
The system also fell silent.
Chi Yueshan stammered, "Uh," and quickly changed her tune. "I was just talking nonsense, please don't take it to heart. I'm sorry."
Apologizing didn't seem that hard, ugh, it was just a bit agonizing.
Xi Zhoumeng looked up at her, and only then did Chi Yueshan realize her eyes were a little red.
Thinking she had angered her to tears, she held Xi Zhoumeng's hand with a pang of heartache. "Really, it was my fault."
"I was just envious of Pingping, you know. Of course, it was just for a little bit."
Because others were watching, Chi Yueshan didn't dare to speak loudly.
"You have to let me be curious about what being marked feels like, right?"
"I'm not forcing you, being with you is also very good, it's just... um, curiosity."
Her voice was very low, like a feather, tickling Xi Zhoumeng's heart.
Xi Zhoumeng was still propping up her face. Her long hair cascaded over her chest, and when she blinked, the sequins seemed to sparkle right into Chi Yueshan's heart.
The person admitting her mistake had a sincere gaze. "Don't be angry anymore, okay? Why don't you scold me back?"
Xi Zhoumeng shook her head, a hint of self-pity in her voice. "How could a useless person like me ever be worthy of the beautiful Miss Chi?"
Her sarcasm was unrivaled, but Chi Yueshan still endured it.
"Then tell me what it'll take for you to not be angry anymore, okay?"
Chi Yueshan told herself to let it go; it was indeed her fault, but she suddenly empathized with the maids of the Xi family.
It was not easy at all.
Xi Zhoumeng reached out and took Chi Yueshan's hand.
Her finger wrote, stroke by stroke, in Chi Yueshan's palm—
The day I mark you, you have to listen to me.
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