SGT CH82: Unveiled Affection

82 Unveiled Affection

◎[Brother X, dreaming of being a female father again?]◎

Fate truly is a wonderful thing.

Mu Si had once thought his first meeting with X was when he was traveling with the army to the front lines and they were attacked by Zerg forces; X had used his wings to block the artillery fire, saving him and all the males of the medical team.

A clichéd hero-saving-the-beauty plot.

But X, illuminated by the gunfire, was very handsome.

And on a dangerous and thrilling battlefield, with adrenaline soaring and heart racing, it wasn’t strange to feel a spark of attraction.

However, the memories within X’ mental domain told him that they had met many years earlier.

High-level Tianjia possess keen senses.

The higher the rank, the stronger the perception.

At X’ level, his physical senses were more effective than any detection instrument.

The Emperor, who personally led the expedition, would actually rely on his outstanding perception to conduct search and rescue work after the battle.

He found him.

A Tianjia egg born on the battlefield.

A fragile male egg.

When X picked up the egg, the shell’s surface had long lost its warmth.

The little male inside the egg had also lost consciousness and the ability to perceive the outside world.

Perhaps it was the body heat X provided, or maybe the medical team’s treatment was effective, but the male egg survived.

More than ten years later, the young male followed the medical team to the front lines and encountered the Tianjia officer who had saved him back then amidst the flames of war once again.

…

The Tianjia Emperor looked at the male before him in astonishment.

He simply couldn’t connect this beautiful male, whose every smile and frown tugged at his heartstrings, with that cold male egg from years ago.

“What’s wrong? Does Your Majesty not believe it?” Mu Si asked.

“No, it’s not that. I found you too late. You were already… I almost didn’t save you.”

The Tianjia Emperor felt a wave of lingering fear, and even more guilt.

“…I also failed to save your female father.”

Even after ascending to the throne, whenever war broke out, X would personally go to the battlefield whenever possible.

Not only because of the bloodthirsty and warlike genes in the Tianjia bloodline, but also because he himself was a powerful combat force. His presence could reduce casualties.

He was the Tianjia Emperor; protecting his subjects was his duty.

But no matter how strong he was, there was only one of him.

He couldn’t be everywhere at once and couldn’t protect all the Tianjia soldiers.

The Tianjia officer who had given birth to the male egg died on the battlefield.

Using his last strength to assume his original form, he spread his wings to shield his newborn male egg.

Mu Si wiped away tears from the corners of his eyes.

He had known this for a long time.

Inside the egg, he had despairingly felt his female father’s life slipping away, unable to do anything.

Tianjia revered war.

Whether it was the warlike genes in their blood or the military merit system—the only way to break through class barriers and exchange for a male partner—they threw themselves into battle with hot blood.

The highest honor for a female Tianjia was to die on the battlefield.

But Mu Si still hated war.

However, he also didn’t want the Tianjia Emperor to take all the responsibility upon himself.

“Your Majesty, until the very last moment of his life, my female father never regretted following you.”

A male cub’s mental power could penetrate the eggshell and perceive the emotions of surrounding Tianjia.

Especially the emotions of his parents, which he perceived with extraordinary acuity.

At that time, the only worry of that giant Tianjia in his original form was whether the egg in his arms could survive and when the search and rescue team would find it.

It was a male egg. As long as the search and rescue team found it and brought it back, it would be taken by the Male Raising Institute to be raised. Even without a female father’s care, it could live well.

He never regretted leaving home, never regretted stepping onto the battlefield.

He was even at ease about his male lord, whom he had entrusted to his close friend.

Males needed dedicated care and couldn’t stay home alone.

Before military females went on campaigns, they would often foster their males at a nearby Male Raising Institute or entrust them to a trustworthy close friend.

Such a close friend was often the male’s other female master.

…

Mu Si’s consolation couldn’t alleviate the Tianjia Emperor’s self-blame.

“It was my failure to protect the military females under my command that caused you to lose your female father.”

The Tianjia Emperor raised his hand, wanting to touch the male’s head, but stopped just before touching his hair.

He lowered his eyes and said in a low voice:

“If you are sad, you can…”

[You can treat me as your female father?]

[Brother X, dreaming of being a female father again?]

Mu Si glanced at the bullet screen, his expression a bit odd. What did “again” mean?

Had X thought about being his female father before?

Although he didn’t know the inside story, Mu Si hurriedly stopped the Tianjia Emperor from continuing.

“Your Majesty! Let me do a mental combing for you first. You’re starting to talk nonsense.”

Mu Si tugged hard on the tentacle wrapped around his hand, pulling the Tianjia Emperor over and making him lie down on his lap.

Then he extended his mental threads.

The Tianjia Emperor was a bit bewildered.

Was he talking nonsense?

He was just thinking that if Si-si was sad, he could beat him up to vent his anger.

But at this moment, the male’s mental power had already penetrated his mind.

The Tianjia Emperor’s body suddenly tensed up, his claws digging deep into the mattress, tearing the sheets.

Those scattered hard tentacles twisted and tangled even more, shredding the quilt.

Even so, neither the Tianjia Emperor nor the hard tentacles extending from his back hurt Mu Si in the slightest.

“Relax, Your Majesty.”

Mu Si held the Tianjia Emperor’s head, soothing him softly.

“Nothing will happen. Trust me a little more, and trust yourself a little more. You won’t hurt me.”

The Tianjia Emperor forced himself to relax.

However, as soon as his tense mind relaxed slightly, the pleasure of mental intrusion followed one after another.

The Tianjia Emperor groaned, and pheromones overflowed.

Realizing this, the Tianjia Emperor stiffened.

His body tensed up again, and his mind became taut.

Mu Si was helpless.

This wouldn’t do. The Tianjia Emperor was too nervous, and the effect of mental combing would be greatly reduced.

He had to bring the Tianjia Emperor into a rhythm he was familiar with and let him truly relax.

Mu Si reached out and groped.

Through the clothes, he grabbed a gem ornament.

“Your Majesty is actually still wearing it.”

Mu Si was also a bit surprised, grabbing the chain between the ornaments and tugging.

“Do you wear it on the battlefield too?”

Mu Si asked.

“Do the military females following you know what’s under your combat uniform? Do they know what state you are in while commanding the battle?”

The Tianjia Emperor was made to blush by Mu Si’s words, but simply couldn’t answer.

He was being pulled so much he couldn’t speak.

All his attention was focused on his chest, forgetting the escaping pheromones and the mental domain being invaded.

Mu Si’s mental threads poured continuously into the Tianjia Emperor’s mental domain.

Helping him stabilize his mind, dispel violence, and clear up confusion.

The black tentacles, like metal monsters, waved in the mental domain, causing even greater damage to the already shattered mental domain.

Mu Si frowned slightly.

The Tianjia Emperor’s mental domain had entered a self-destruct state.

Self-destruction.

Those monster-like black tentacles were the concrete manifestation of his self-destruction.

Extremely dangerous and difficult to approach.

However, the appearance of these tentacle monsters somewhat resembled the long whip-like exoskeletons extending from the Tianjia Emperor’s back.

Just much more gigantic.

But if X completely transformed into his original form without suppressing his size, his exoskeleton might also be this huge.

Blotting out the sky and sun, like a god.

Thinking of it this way, looking at the giant tentacles raging in the mental domain didn’t seem so terrifying anymore.

That was part of the Tianjia Emperor to begin with.

Mu Si mobilized more mental power, condensing a transparent mental tentacle and squeezing into the Tianjia Emperor’s mental domain.

The Tianjia Emperor trembled violently, and the black tentacles behind him also shook intensely. A few even fell onto the carpet, extending towards the door, wanting to escape.

Mu Si reached out, grabbed the roots of the tentacles, pinned the Tianjia Emperor down, and hugged him from behind.

At the same time, the transparent tentacle entering the mental domain entangled with the thickest black tentacle.

Upon contact, the giant black tentacle trembled fiercely, retreating vigilantly, twisting and trying to shake off the entangled intruder.

But soon, it lost the thought of resistance, dazedly entangling with this beautiful and comfortable intruder.

Being stripped of energy by the intruder and becoming a size smaller without even knowing it.

Black tentacles from all directions gathered, clinging to this crystal-clear intruder, entangling with it, and enveloping it.

Gradually, the black tentacles became smaller and smaller, leaving only a thin layer of black mist.

The transparent tentacle, having done a big job, shook off the covering black mist, revealing its beautiful crystal-clear appearance.

Shaking its body, it continued to cruise in the mental domain, repairing damage.

As dawn approached, Mu Si fell asleep from exhaustion.

In the darkened live broadcast room screen, bold notification text popped up.

【Scum Gong Value -20】

【Current Scum Gong Value: 0】

【Congratulations on completing the reformation.】

…

The first to wake up was the Tianjia Emperor.

Females had strong bodies. Even after tossing and turning for a whole day, he didn’t feel any soreness after waking up.

Instead, his whole body felt comfortable, his lower abdomen was warm, and his pregnant belly felt very comfortable, extremely satisfied.

Even his brain was unprecedentedly relaxed.

The noisy voices in his mind disappeared, relaxed and comfortable.

The mental combing was very successful.

The effect was so good that it completely exceeded the Tianjia Emperor’s expectations.

There was a shallow breathing sound in front of him, making the skin on his chest tingle.

The Tianjia Emperor looked down.

The beautiful blonde male was sleeping soundly on his chest.

The ornaments hadn’t been removed yet, less than a centimeter away from the male’s face.

If the male moved slightly, his delicate face would touch the hard gem ornaments.

The Tianjia Emperor raised his hand and carefully removed the ornaments.

Just as he removed one side, the male opened his eyes, his bright emerald eyes looking straight at him.

“Si-si…”

The impactful beauty made the Tianjia Emperor trance for a moment.

He raised his hand to support his forehead and shook his head to clear his mind.

Then he asked worriedly:

“Si-si, are you okay? Are you hurt?”

“Not very well…” Mu Si said weakly.

The Tianjia Emperor was startled and hurriedly helped Mu Si up, about to carry him to the medical center.

Mu Si raised his hand to stop him and said feebly:

“I’m hungry.”

He had slept for a week, and after waking up, he only drank a little water before performing mental combing for the Tianjia Emperor.

If he weren’t a Tianjia with tenacious vitality, he would have starved to death by now after not eating for a period of time.

Confirming that Mu Si was just hungry and his mind wasn’t injured, the Tianjia Emperor’s suspended heart finally settled.

The Tianjia Emperor took out a milk fruit from his spatial button, inserted a straw, and gave it to Mu Si to hold and drink.

He got up and ordered the attendants to prepare food, then came back to help Mu Si dress and wash.

After washing up, Mu Si was led to the cloakroom by the Tianjia Emperor.

While drinking milk fruit juice to fill his stomach, he watched through the mirror as the Tianjia Emperor combed his hair seriously.

In the mirror, the Tianjia Emperor lowered his eyes, focused on the movements of his hands.

Occasionally, he looked up at the mirror.

In those sharp eyes, the chaotic darkness receded, and the pupils showed a clear bright red, like brilliant rubies, very beautiful.

Mu Si was very satisfied with his work.

Through the mirror, he smiled at him.

The Tianjia Emperor’s breathing stagnated slightly, and the movements of his hands slowed down.

Finally unable to resist the temptation, he leaned down to kiss him.

“Don’t mess up my hair.”

Mu Si complained in a low voice in the intervals of being kissed.

“I’ll re-braid it for you.”

The Tianjia Emperor panted.

The Tianjia Emperor indeed re-braided Mu Si’s hair as he said.

Mu Si turned his head to look in the mirror.

After dismissing the attendants back then, the Tianjia Emperor had tried to braid his hair, but it turned out to be a messy ball.

Mu Si never let him touch his hair again.

Four months later, the Tianjia Emperor could actually braid it decently.

Could it be that His Majesty the Emperor practiced how to braid hair in private?

Mu Si really couldn’t imagine such a scene.

Anyway, Mu Si felt flattered.

He reached out his hand and said to the Tianjia Emperor:

“Let me check your mental domain again.”

The Tianjia Emperor squatted down in front of him, holding his hand and instructing:

“Don’t tire yourself out.”

“Mm-hm, I’ll just take a look, won’t do anything.”

Mu Si extended his mental power to check.

The major damages had been repaired, and those violent and chaotic emotions were also cleared.

Just a few more mental combings, and it could be restored to optimal condition.

At least, surviving until the year the mental plague arrived would be no problem.

“Is Your Majesty afraid?”

Mu Si held the Tianjia Emperor’s hand back and said softly:

“Your mental domain is full of traces of my mental energy repairs, full of my mental marks. The mental plague might be transmitted to you through these marks.”

“I never fear death.”

The Tianjia Emperor gazed into Mu Si’s eyes and said seriously:

“If I can go with Si-si, I would gladly do so.”

Dying together with Mu Si was never a punishment for him.

But a reward.

“But…”

The Tianjia Emperor paused, a bit of worry in his brows, and continued:

“I hope Si-si can live, live for a long, long time.”

His Si-si should enjoy the best of everything in the world.

Instead of falling into eternal sleep early.

“I can’t promise you, but I will try.” Mu Si said.

Try to live for a long, long time.

Not just for the Tianjia Emperor.

But also for all males, for the Tianjia race.

Since the mental plague spreads from high-level males to low-level ones.

Does it mean that as long as he holds on, the mental plague will arrive later, or even not arrive at all?

“We’ll do it together.”

The Tianjia Emperor opened his arms and embraced Mu Si.

Work together, change the empire together, and deal with the mental plague.

Mu Si felt the Tianjia Emperor’s warm body temperature and smelled his own scent on him.

He felt that this world wasn’t that bad.

Living wasn’t that hard either.

Suddenly, Mu Si felt the part between the Tianjia Emperor and his body move, asserting its presence.

It was the egg in the Tianjia Emperor’s belly.

Mu Si immediately became nervous.

“What’s wrong with it? Is it coming out? Isn’t there still a month until the due date?”

The Tianjia Emperor didn’t understand either, stroking his protruding belly in confusion.

Mu Si pondered.

The due date hadn’t arrived, so it wasn’t about to be born.

Pheromones…

He gave pheromones during mental combing, and the Tianjia Emperor hadn’t absorbed them all yet; he was still full of his scent.

It shouldn’t be due to a lack of pheromones either.

Thinking about it, maybe the cub just wanted to be close to them.

“Let’s arrange the prince’s palace right next to my sleeping chamber.” Mu Si suggested.

“Anyway, Your Majesty practically lives in my sleeping chamber. Being close makes it easier to take care of.”

After their marriage, the Tianjia Emperor never lived in his own emperor’s sleeping chamber again.

Even if there were reasons he couldn’t come to his palace, he slept in the study lounge.

The Tianjia Emperor hesitated a bit.

“Female cubs are naughty, love to make noise, have sharp claws and strong attack power. He might accidentally hurt you.”

The Tianjia Emperor listed a series of shortcomings, hoping to dispel Mu Si’s idea.

“Isn’t there Your Majesty? Your Majesty will protect me.”

Mu Si blinked at him.

The Tianjia Emperor enjoyed the feeling of being trusted and relied on by his male very much. Being flattered to the point of floating, he shamefully wavered.

“Alright, he can live next to your sleeping chamber during his cub period…”

What if the little female is naughty and doesn’t know limits?

Just beat him up a few more times.

The Tianjia Emperor made up his mind.

“Did Your Majesty name it?” Mu Si asked.

“Yes.”

The Tianjia Emperor originally intended to let Mu Si name it after marriage, but since Mu Si had no interest in the cub back then, he named it himself.

“Called Aimu.”

The Tianjia Emperor said.

Mu Si was dumbfounded for a moment.

It was just the first pronunciation of their names added together.

Sounded unthoughtful.

Yet full of the Tianjia Emperor’s straightforward affection.

Aimu.

Admiration (Love).

Mu Si wrapped his arms around the Tianjia Emperor’s neck and kissed him.

After a while, Mu Si pulled away, calming his breathing and asked:

“Why not X?” (Note: In Chinese “Ai Si” combines the first characters similarly but sounds like X/Ace)

“Aimu sounds better.”

And the meaning is clearer.

Besides, X is too similar to the Tianjia Emperor’s own name, which is a bit strange.