rival of empire

"... Tilden..." Su Ci touched the face on the portrait with his hand.The portrait is very realistic, and it is framed with an expensive frame. There is a golden feather shape on this frame--such a beautiful golden feather, Su Ci has seen in the history of origin, it is unique, the symbol of the first marshal of the empire .

"Mr. Su Ci, what are you doing?"

Only the housekeeper's words interrupted his daze, Su Ci turned around, pointed to the portrait of the marshal and asked, "This is—"

"The portrait you are looking at is a family friend of the Celt family, and the one who has been serving him all the time, Marshal Dean Elder." The smart butler said to him respectfully, and he explained kindly, "This picture frame world There are portraits of Marshals from generation to generation, but this generation of the Celtic family is closer to the ideas of Marshal Dean, so Marshal Dean often comes to the Celtic family as a guest—look, isn’t he here right now? Well?"

"Marshal Dean is here?" Su Ci paused, "Does he... have any brothers?"

Maybe Tilden is Dean's long-lost brother...Because of family wars, he has been homeless for many years, and even lost his memory, so he looks so similar?Or maybe Tilden is Dean's half-brother. As an illegitimate child, he had to conceal his identity, and even asked him to be brought to this sad place in a seductive way...

"No, Marshal Dean has no brothers. Besides, you sent him back for treatment today—you saved the life of Marshal Dean, which is the highest honor." The words of the smart housekeeper poured a big pot on Su Ci cold water.

"I... the person I sent today, he is not..." Su Ci's fingers slipped from the portrait, and the person in the portrait still had such an extremely beautiful appearance, but he was not Tilden from the sixth level, but from At the first level of the empire, the royal nobles, the first marshal's——

"Dean... Tilden," Su Ci said through gritted teeth. If he could, he really wanted to stretch out his claws to grab this portrait and Tilden—no, it should be said that Dean scratched it to pieces!Tilden, read it fast, isn't that Dean? !What comes from the second grade, what knows Ryan very well, all these are excuses!He is Dean, and Celt is best friend!

"Housekeeper, where is Marshal Dean?" Su Ci tried his best to be very friendly. He bent over and smiled, "I just want to see his condition?" OK

"He is drinking tea with the Duke in the teahouse on the third floor. You—" the smart butler wanted to say something, but when he saw Su Ci's back leaving quickly, he bent down respectfully, "Go away."

Su Ci went around and came to the teahouse on the third floor. There was no one in the corridor on the third floor, because he was allowed by Ryan to walk around, so the smart servant didn't stop him.The teahouse on the third floor is a private teahouse. When Su Ci walked to the door, he could faintly hear voices talking inside.

Of course—Selter and Dean inside didn't feel his presence.

Dean's mental strength has just recovered, so he is not as sharp as before, and Ryan is discussing with him very seriously, so he didn't notice it—because this place is not accessible to ordinary people, of course, he has already Forgot about allowing Su Ci, whom Dean trusted, to walk back and forth.

"My head is going to hurt like hell!" Dean took a big sip of black tea, "If my uncle didn't bring me here, I wouldn't have to work so hard here!"

"Stop complaining. Fortunately, you are here. If you are still at level six, no one can save you."

"Anyway, did you tell the council?" Dean asked. "I think I need to see what the hell uncle is up to. If I don't soon, if he finds out that I'm alive, he will soon." It will be dispatched! I don't want to die so early!"

Is Dean's uncle—the Marshal's uncle, the king?Su Ci listened carefully in the corner. He said that if the king heard that he was still alive, he would take action. What he meant was...

His own uncle, King Hehir, would kill him? ! !

Su Ci took a few steps back in shock, but Dean, who was not astute, quickly noticed the abnormality. He quickly stood up and ran to the door, grabbed the neck of the person in front of him and pressed it against the wall. He squinted He raised his eyes and shouted, "You—"

"My God, who is eavesdropping?! Why can someone sneak in?!" Ryan hurried out of the room, and the moment he saw Su Ci again, he patted his head in frustration.

Dean was also obviously shocked. He put Su Ci down immediately. Although Su Ci was still a little dizzy, Dean quickly supported him and asked dumbfounded, "You...why are you here?"

"Cough..." Su Ci rubbed her neck, and Dean strangled him even if he didn't agree with each other!Even if he couldn't dodge Dean's attack for an instant, if Dean didn't let go in time, he might die of being strangled!

But Su Ci still looked up at him, "You ask me what I am doing here? I also want to ask what you are doing here! Tilden——no, it should be said now... Dean Elder? Marshal grown ups?"

"You...why did you..." Dean opened his mouth, he never expected the day Su Ci would find out!He obviously hid it well!

"You want to ask me how I know?" Su Ci saw through his thoughts, he pointed to Lean and said, "Hello friend hung your photo in the corridor and marked it with your name - I'm not blind , can I not know that is you?"

"That's not it!" Dean struggled weakly for the last time, "That's my long-lost brother."

"Marshal Dean doesn't have an older brother." Su Ci replied quickly, be silly, I've thought about this excuse a long time ago.

"I have amnesia, I don't remember this person."

"Then do you still remember the Duke of Lean?" Su Ci looked at him, "Were you once a resentful couple?"

"I..." Dean gave up struggling, "I didn't mean to lie to you. I did it for a reason."

Su Ci looked at him, although he was very shocked at first, but thinking about it, Dean was forced to - Judging from their conversation, he was forced by the king to "reduce" to level six, and after level six passed such a " Misery" life, and finally came to the second level to meet Duke Leanne, and he was forced to do the same on the way to kill.

"..." Seeing the always proud Dean drooping his tail and ears like a big dog, Su Ci suddenly felt that he was the persecutor, and he was forcing Dean to tell the truth!In this way, Su Ci touched the corner of his clothes in shame—as if touching his tail, and whispered, "Okay, don't bow your head, and tell me what's going on."

"Aren't you angry with me?" Dean was also very ashamed. Not only did he pretend to be an omega and occupy Su Ci's home, but he also used tricks (actually a beauty trick) to force Su Ci to agree. He thought Su Ci would be very angry. , but to his surprise, he was not as angry as he imagined...

"I understand what you are like. Although you are a bit arrogant, but..." Su Ci replied, "You may have your own reasons. I will not interfere with you."

"So you're not angry!" Dean breathed a sigh of relief, although he still had some shame in his eyes, he quickly waved his hands and raised his head, "I just said——I am the first marshal of the empire, how could I do something like this?" What about making you residents angry?!"

"...The First Marshal is also the thickest-skinned." Su Ci said, and followed Dean into the teahouse.

Ryan was idly looking at his nails, and Dean carefully handed Su Ci a cup of tea, and told him the whole story - Dean knew that a resident from the seventh level was strictly supervised by the government , there is no secret, and Su Ci came to the sixth level not long ago, and he is not even familiar with the supermarket, let alone other things.Inexplicably, he had a sense of trust in Su Ci, and——

Even if he didn't say it, Su Ci would have heard it.

"This society is imperfect." Su Ci answered him earnestly, "The seven-level system itself is unreasonable—we live in the same place, and many things are not what we were born with, including beauty and wealth. And power ... and the attributes of belonging. But we are equal, including liberty."

"I've never been to Level [-], and this is the first time I've gone to Level [-]." Dean whispered, "I don't know how messy Level [-] is, how lacking of equality—I never I have been in the royal family since I was born, guarding the law and order, guarding the people—”

"However, what you guard becomes the level, not the people." Su Ci said, he came from the seventh level, and he understands the feeling very well - that kind of crazy pain and jealousy, everyone is yelling crazily "Why me", yes, why them?

"I think," Ryan interjected, "maybe it's because His Majesty's rule is not so satisfactory."

"...Is it okay to talk nonsense?" Su Ci asked, wouldn't he be beheaded?But Dean said nothing, instead he fell into silence.

Dean and Ryan talked again, nothing more than about this plan - Su Ci made it very clear that he would help them, so Dean took him away from the teahouse with confidence, but before leaving, Su Ci Still very cold to receive the wink from Ryan.

He has had enough!The omega that the government gave him was wrong—why didn't anyone believe it!

"Stop sending him pheromones!" Dean yelled at Ryan fiercely. "He doesn't respond to pheromones from anyone but me!"

"Okay, okay, I get it, little beauty, see you next time." Ryan blew a kiss to him, stood beside the teahouse excitedly and waved goodbye, "We will see you in the next plan."

"Next plan?" Su Ci squinted her eyes, "I think what you mean means that I will also participate."

"Of course!" Ryan replied, "I think we need your help very much in our plan. You should help us, right? After all, Dean and you have such a good relationship."

"What are you talking about!..." Dean said angrily, but Su Ci quickly pulled his blond hair and smiled at him, "Don't worry, I will help you—but don't call me any more I made fried rice for you."

Dean's face turned red, and he pulled Su Ci out of the teahouse, pretending not to hear Ryan's joking laughter.

***

It has been more than a week since Tilden was discovered to be the famous Marshal Dean. In fact, he was the only one who knew his true identity.Although involved in this war of unknown meaning, Su Ci felt that life still had some changes, such as——

"What?!" Achill slapped his palm on the table, "You said you got Marshal Dean's signature for all the female doctors?!"

"...Impossible." Even Adeline, who was always indifferent, stopped applying nail polish on her hands, and turned her head here—she has been in the clinic for so long, and she has come to the superior to practice so many times. Meet Marshal Dean himself! ——Although she didn't care at all.

"Yes," Su Ci nodded. They probably couldn't find that Tilden who was always beside them was Marshal Dean—because they couldn't see the real portrait of Marshal Dean in their area, so they couldn't know Dean. The Marshal's true appearance.

"So, did you take a photo with Marshal Dean?" Archer asked enthusiastically. Everyone in the clinic knew that he was a diehard fan and fan of Marshal Dean.

"It's impossible for me to take a photo with him." Su Ci said, "Because he is very cold, he asked me to use three plates of fried rice with eggs to convince him to sign for me."

"Really, Marshal Dean is really cute." Qin Yu interjected, and they looked at each other and laughed.

Su Ci silently looked at the signature on his optical brain. His original intention was to come to Heidean, but he didn't expect that when people became popular, they would be popular no matter what, maybe even farting smells good.

"Speaking of which, the next month is free practice time, we all need to practice, Su Ci..." Aqier looked at him with admiration, "You don't need it? Yesterday's test results are out, the earth You got s in both the medical skills and the experimental class!"

"S... s..." Su Ci said modestly, "It's nothing, it's just that the professor taught well... This kind of exam is the fairest system to produce papers, and I didn't sell myself to get such grades like Angel said oh."

"Speaking of Angel," Qin Yu told him solemnly, "he was taken away by Phils, and it is said that he was brought back for trial - he was said to have disturbed his practice, and he would not be able to come here anymore. But the clinic is short of doctors now , probably will stay."

Su Ci watched the video sent to him by Qin Yu. In it, Phils was so angry that he blushed and taught Angel. Angel bowed his head and said nothing—that's right, if he doesn't admit to himself at this time If it is a crime, it may be demoted to the seventh level.Angel probably didn't know that it was Dean who controlled his smart spaceship, so he always thought that his crime was driving carelessly outside the orbit due to lack of proficiency.

But if Dean didn't do that, his crime would be to kill the doctor, and—

First Marshal of the Empire.That's not something that can be solved with a single sentence. Maybe Celt will use him to use the top ten tortures in the history books of the ancient earth.

"Next month..." Su Ci said, "I may go out often next month."

"I can't play with you anymore!" Qin Yu yelled unhappily, "You are the only one who is more fun than the game!"

"Don't compare me with games! Don't call me fun or not!" Su Ci yelled at him, "Am I a toy?!"

"you--"

Before Qin Yu finished shouting, Su Ci's optical brain rang.He looked at the message in his hand, it was passed to him by Dean - he is still not used to Tilden suddenly becoming Dean, but fortunately he talked with the Marshal for a while, otherwise he would not know how to communicate This arrogant one.

"We're leaving tomorrow, come back early at night..." Su Ci watched silently, just when he thought Dean was thinking about his sleep time, he saw the following words: "Help me pack my luggage .”

"Did you think you were a baby?"

The marshal lying on the bed replied him quickly and proudly: "I'm just a baby."

Su Ci almost broke the optical brain.

However, at the request of Dean, he returned to the villa very early.He opened his room. Dean didn't sleep on the special bed of the Celt family, but always stayed with him, which made him very distressed.Su Ci walked over and patted him on the shoulder, "Get up."

"The baby doesn't want to get up." Dean turned over and looked at the book in his hand comfortably.The current books have become extremely exquisite versions, because when everyone is using optical brains, books have become a special existence. In addition to being used for "reading" with unclear meanings, they are more The usefulness lies in the collection.

"What is this baby!" Su Ci shouted unbearably, since he accidentally told Dean one day that many people on earth would call him a baby, Dean couldn't help himself about it!He shouldn't have told Dean that he was called that!

"Don't call me!" Dean said angrily, "I don't want to get up now, although your bed is too hard for me to sleep!"

"If you don't get up again, I'm going to spread a rumor that the marshal is fat, bald and..."

Dean's ears pricked up, and he quickly got out of bed.The First Marshal of the Empire should not be like this, he should be handsome, the first idol of the Empire with dazzling blond hair and the most beautiful skin!How could he be insulted like this!

Seeing Dean get up quickly, Su Ci felt that he might be like a big cat that refused to get up. When he heard that there was meat (or wanted to cut off his beautiful fur), he He got up quickly, even though he had the strongest body, he would still act like a cat.

"Come and pack your luggage." Su Ci threw him a piece of clothing, "Isn't it time to leave tomorrow?"

"Yes, we need to go to level one... Ah, it might be a little cold there, bring me a coat."

Su Ci wrote a program for the artificial intelligence to let it pack his luggage for himself. He asked with some doubts, "Go to the first level, can we get close to the royal family?"

"That's natural." Dean explained, "The first level is actually inside the second level, and it doesn't have clear geographical restrictions like other levels. The second level already occupies the best and most extensive area, and the royal family The place where they live is a rich area, and many of their banquets require nobles to attend."

"Actually, it's not an exaggeration to say that the whole planet belongs to their world?" Su Ci asked, "If one day you get married, you can go to your dear partner and say, 'Look, dear, this is what this handsome man wants to do. The country you laid down'."

"What are you talking about!" Dean's ears turned red when he heard the word "partner", and he said angrily, "Now is not the time to talk about it! The plan we are talking about, the plan!"

"Okay, let's talk about the plan."

Dean cleared his throat, "Listen, now is the day when the nobles go to the first level to pay tribute, they will bring beautiful jewelry and personal guards to live in villas on the edge of the first level, Ryan will let us pretend Then mix into his personal guards, and you will be treated as an accompanying doctor, and you will have the opportunity to obtain information."

"But won't the emperor recognize you?"

"Of course not!" Dean said arrogantly, "At that time, the emperor's personal guards will come to inspect, and we can ask their captain for information."

"So that's the case," Su Ci suddenly realized, "Then their captain is a very good person?"

"No, he's bad."

"...You're kidding me." Just after Su Ci finished speaking, he suddenly heard a few loud noises, and he turned his head suddenly, only to find that the door had been opened with a small gap!At the door, two people were lying on the ground, grinning and howling—

"Hey, fat man, what are you doing here?" Before Su Ci could react, Dean immediately stood up and kicked the fat on the waist of the man at the door, "Are you two tired of working here to eavesdrop? ?!"

The two people at the door were Qin Yu and Aqier. They followed Su Ci just because they were curious about Su Ci's recent disappearance. They never expected to hear such important information at the door!He learned something terrible from their conversation, so they pushed each other in surprise, and finally fell to the ground——

"Since they have heard it, then tell them." Marshal Dean waved his hand freely, he cracked a smile and said to Qin Yu and Aqier sinisterly, "If you dare to do anything against Things that are not good for me... There is a saying in the ancient earth that swords have no eyes, understand?"

"Understand!!!"

After Dean walked into the room, Qin Yu and Achill were still shivering on the ground. Su Ci wanted to leave, but finally couldn't help but squat down and tell them a cruel fact, "Actually, he...is the one you have always wanted to see Marshal Dean."

"Dean...is that Dean?" Achill said incoherently.

"Yes, you even robbed him of his meal." Su Ci told him friendly, "How does it feel to rob the Marshal?"

Achill's eyes darkened and he passed out.

Dean kindly sent for a bucket of cold water, which succeeded in waking him up.When Qin Yu and Aqier knew Dean's purpose, they were taken aback, and when they knew that King Haixier might be against him, they were so frightened that they almost fainted again—but Qin Yu's psychological quality Obviously much better than Achill, after a brief shock, he asked excitedly, "So, can we also join?"

"You can only choose to join." Achill looked at him sadly.

"Then I can be with Su Ci again!" Qin Yu put his arms around Su Ci's neck happily, "Didn't you say go to the first level? Let's play a pillow fight together in the villa at night? And the hot spring—— I really want to go to a first-class hot spring, so Su Ci took off her clothes and came with me..."

With a "snap", the glass in Dean's hand fell to the ground, and he smiled horribly, "If you take off his clothes, I'll take your skin off. Understand?"

"Understood..." Qin Yu nodded blankly.

Su Ci pulled Qin Yu's arm around his neck and patted his face with a frozen smile, "Go back and get ready, we're leaving tomorrow. If you don't want to be skinned by him—see you tomorrow .”

***

The morning sky is beautiful, and it has been artificially cleaned to make it even more beautiful.This planet has no specific characteristics of spring, summer, autumn and winter. With artificial snowfall, it is not difficult to have a blizzard in summer-so probably the grievance of the snowstorm in June has probably become a legend forever.

The Duke of Laian stood majestically at the gate of the castle with his personal guards and accompanying doctors.Although most of the world is artificial intelligence, soldiers and doctors have always been human beings, because they have better mental power and brains, and can better control mechs and surgical experiments. Another reason is because——

It is impossible for them to give artificial intelligence too high authority, because this is still a world ruled by humans.

"Don't be timid, okay?" Su Ci patted Achill on the back, "We are regular accompanying doctors, and it's Dean who really wants to hide himself, okay?"

"Where is the Marshal?" Aqier asked with his head bowed.

"there."

Su Ci pointed to Dean who was in the bodyguards not far away. He was wearing the same clothes as the bodyguards, and he wore two small beards on his face. His hair was hidden in the hat, otherwise such a conspicuous color, It will be recognized quickly.But unlike them, Dean stood there naturally, saw Su Ci's gaze, and raised his eyebrows at him.

"Stand at attention—" The captain is a menacing young man with black hair and a typical Asian appearance. His name is Rong Jin, and it is said that he has served Ryan here since he was a child.

"Turn back—walk together! One, two, one..."

"...Are we having a sports meeting?" Su Ci couldn't help asking herself.

Fortunately, this was just a cutscene. They came to the spaceship and boarded the spaceship neatly.There are a total of three spaceships, which are Ryan's exclusive spaceship, a spaceship of a hundred pro-guards, and a combat spaceship.Ryan's exclusive spaceship is equipped with a doctor—Su Ci, and two members of the pro-guards—Dean and captain Rong Jin, who pretend to be members of the team.They quickly boarded the same spaceship, and then went to the royal villa area where the first level and second level meet.

Rong Jin, captain of the personal guard, had already received news from Ryan. The young black-haired man was standing upright by the sofa, watching the movements of Su Ci and Dean from time to time, his eyes full of wariness.

"Don't be like this, little Rongjin." Ryan patted him on the shoulder helplessly. He, the captain of the bodyguard and his childhood sweetheart who served him since childhood, was very loyal. He always looked at everyone except Ryan with vigilant eyes. People outside—including Dean, who had known him since he was a child, said, "Please don't be so tense? We are just here to pay tribute."

"Please don't take anything lightly." The black-haired man tightened the strings in his head, staring at Marshal Dean and Su Ci motionlessly, "We must not let you have any accidents."

"Don't worry, little Rong Jin, I won't have any accidents." Ryan shook his head and said to Su Ci, "Don't mind, he is like that, even Dean is used to it."

"No," Su Ci admired him very much, "I don't think there are many human beings who are so loyal. Is he...alpha?"

"No, he is a beta." Ryan whispered to him, "but he has the same physique as an alpha, as if you, as an omega, are better than a beta."

...But I was originally a beta.Su Ci smiled and lowered her head.

"Duke! Please don't get too close! You must learn how to protect yourself at critical moments." The black-haired man spoke, and he cautiously called out to Ryan.

"I see, don't say it." Ryan waved his hand. Su Ci looked at him and found that he didn't look angry. Generally speaking, if he was subjected to such strict demands from his subordinates, he would be a little angry, but Ryan not only There was no sign of anger, but the smile on the corner of his mouth deepened.

"Hey, why are you looking at him?" Dean pulled Su Ci back, and he looked at him displeasedly. The childhood sweetheart on the other end was smiling happily, "What's so good about him? He's as handsome as me ?"

"It's nothing. I always feel that anger is a bit ambiguous." Su Ci said ambiguously. Not surprisingly, he saw the innocent marshal showing a questioning expression—forget it, there is no need to force too much, although the marshal has amazing Combat power and outstanding appearance can't hide his occasional cuteness.

After a few hours of spaceship travel, they came to the first-level villa area.Each noble's own area is clearly divided, but when there is a party, they will go to the palace through the same track, and greet each other on the way, but the street is very clean at this moment, because Lean specially moved three days earlier Came here just to get news.

"Stand at attention! Report the number!" The black-haired man trained the guards who had just disembarked from the spaceship very rigorously.The doctors had already gathered together, and the other doctors had long been used to it, but Qin Yu and Aqier were obviously not used to such an atmosphere, and they ran to complain to Su Ci as soon as they got off the spaceship.

"The atmosphere on the spaceship is too depressing." Achill cried, "They are all very strong in spirit, I don't think I even dare to speak. You should have a very happy chat here."

"Captain Rong Jin is here with us, what do you think?"

"...that's unfortunate."

Rong Jin trained the army and walked into the villa. He methodically assigned various tasks to them - such as which evolved humans guarded the door with the intelligent army at night, such as which evolved humans had to change shifts.Ryan looked at his back and praised, "As expected of Xiao Rongjin, he is always so organized in his work, and the man who works hard is indeed the most charming."

"Lord Duke! Please allow me to guard your door at night!" Rong Jin turned his head and said seriously, "Please don't run around at night, for your safety."

"Are you trying to rebel?!" His Excellency the Duke yelled loudly, "You are restricting the freedom of life!"

"But you are dangerous."

"Then you will sleep with me!" cried Duke Leonne.

The dark-haired man rejected him decisively, "No, it's not decent."

"No, you have to sleep with me tonight!"

Su Ci looked at them from a distance, and said to Qin Yu, who was the only one who could sense the atmosphere, "Don't you think that the relationship between them is very good?"

"That's right."

They came to their room and put down their luggage.In order to act better, Su Ci, Ryan, Qin Yu and Aqier were intentionally assigned to Ryan's side, which is the main building of the villa.Ryan invited them to the teahouse to discuss the next step, while the black-haired man stood beside him with no special expression.

"It's getting late now, we'll go to the Captain of the Royal Guards tomorrow," Ryan told them, "and ask him some questions, like—how is Marshal Dean, how is Marshal Dean, Marshal Dean is married Is it, Marshal Dean is in love..."

"Enough!" Dean couldn't bear to interrupt him, "Get down to business!"

"Well, the captain of the Royal Guard is a particularly annoying middle-aged man. He will definitely not agree to us. Apart from not agreeing to us, he will definitely fight us." Ryan analyzed, "We just pissed him off, and then..."

"Then is there any countermeasure?" Su Ci seriously took notes on the optical brain.

"No." Ryan said calmly, "So you need a good head to think."

"Neither do I." Su Ci smiled, "But there is one sentence that I think is very suitable - soldiers come to block, water comes to cover, there are so many of us, there will always be a way."

Dean was fine with his statement because he was a freewheeling guy himself.He had a discussion with Ryan, Su Ci and he would meet with the Royal Guards tomorrow, while Aqier and Qin Yu were guarding in the villa, and would tell them through the optical brain if there was anything.By the time they finished talking, it was already late at night.

Ryan told them that there is a hot spring at the end of the second floor, which is caused by the few natural waters. Su Ci and Qin Yu are very interested. They changed their clothes happily, and then went to the villa After walking around in a circle, I came to the indoor hot spring there.

Just as Su Ci was about to put down the basket, she suddenly heard Qin Yu's shout, "Quick! Come here!"

"What's wrong?" Su Ci lay on the wooden railing, her eyes suddenly widened.