Mermaid [Interstellar]

Julie hurried to the office again, knowing that something must have happened to Pearl again.

"Actually, it's nothing, just a little emotional." Julie glanced at Pearl's slightly trembling hand, sighed helplessly in her heart, and said to Alice. "I'm afraid Pearl will trouble you again."

"Really all right?" Alice asked again worriedly.

"It's nothing, it's just an old question." Julie answered again patiently.

After Julie left, Alice stayed for a while.

She looked at Pearl who had her eyes closed tightly, carefully grabbed her hand and stroked it, her lips moved a few times.

Pearl's eyes opened slightly, and Alice's voice was so low that she could barely hear, she could only hear a few vague words.

"I... can... well..."

what does it mean?

Pearl moved a little to get closer to hear clearly, but unexpectedly, Alice felt her movement and suddenly put her hand down and left.

Pearl: "..."

A door separates Pearl from the outside world, and Julie's answer is "old question."

Pearl sat quietly on the bed and meditated. "Old problems" should only be known to those who are familiar with her, right?Alice didn't ask any questions, but said nothing more.

This duchess is really weird.

Sometimes, Pearl also felt that his liking for this Duke Alice was inexplicable.

But... I can't let it go, I still like it very much.

Pulling the quilt over his head, Pearl stuffed himself in the quilt, and the breath he exhaled couldn't escape and accumulated in the quilt. Pearl soon felt that even his eyelashes were covered with water mist.

The bed is getting hotter and hotter, but Pearl's head is getting more and more awake.

When she fainted, many pictures flashed in her mind, many of which were not in her memory.

——Those are clearly not her experiences over the years.

According to other people's reports, I have suffered from poor mental health due to multiple surgeries due to illness, and thus lost a lot of memory...

Pearl threw back the quilt suddenly, her heart was beating like a drum, and she had a bold guess: what if she had known or even fallen in love with Alice before she lost her memory?

This may explain Alice's hot and cold attitude towards her, and... his inexplicable closeness to Alice.

……

Monarch star.

As the Secretary-General of His Majesty the Emperor, Mr. Gordon is very busy. He has endless things to do every day, not only to handle the emperor's affairs well, but also to handle his own personal relationship.After all, there are always people who want to ask him to get closer to the emperor.

On this day, he walked into the office with a standard smile as usual.

The terminal on his wrist vibrated slightly, and he raised his hand to look, and the arc of the corner of his mouth quickly flattened into a tight line.

He ordered the people below: "Take back the military budget report that has just been approved, and also sort out the list of senior officers who will go on this expedition, and hand it over to me as soon as possible."

Notify the empire's information department: "The news of Marshal Adolf's defeat is temporarily kept secret."

During the waiting period, he didn't continue to deal with the affairs as usual. Instead, he picked up the terminal and sent out a lot of messages. After sending them, he kept walking around the office.

After the people below sorted out the materials and brought them to him, he straightened his collar and walked to the emperor to report.

"Mr. Gurdon." A young man walked towards him, and Gorden recognized him. This was Vincent who had just escaped from the notorious star thief gang "Skeleton Squad" a few days ago.

Gordon nodded and said hello: "Earl Vincent."

Vincent looked curiously at the information in Gordon's hand: "Where are you going? Did something important happen?"

"Why do you say that?" Gordon asked slowly.

"I think you're quite serious," Vincent pointed. "A person like you wouldn't have gone so fast if it wasn't a big deal, right?"

"Really?" Gorden raised the corners of his mouth slightly, his eyes half-smile, "Are you looking for my whereabouts?"

Vincent quickly waved his hand: "Don't dare, I'm just joking."

Gordon straightened his expression and looked straight into Vincent's eyes: "If the Earl really came here to study, I welcome it... However, I heard recently that you are a little dissatisfied with Duke Alice?"

Vincent didn't answer.

Gordon raised the corner of his mouth: "Your majesty also attaches great importance to the fact that you met the star thief, but Duke Alice is the star domain master of the Davis star domain after all, I believe she has more important considerations... Your majesty hopes you can understand Touch her."

"In this way..." Vincent emphasized, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will never have any complaints against Duke Alice."

Gordon nodded: "I hope so."

After he finished speaking, he walked away unhurriedly, leaving Vincent alone to grind his teeth for a while.

The emperor heard a knock on the door and quietly closed the notebook, packed it up and pressed it under the documents on the desk before letting outsiders in.

After Gordon came in, he did not salute first as usual, but first handed the documents to the emperor, panting lightly: "News from the front line, Marshal Adolf has been defeated!"

"What?!" The emperor almost jumped up from his chair. He ignored the question of whether Gordon saluted. He walked up to Gordon in three steps at a time, "Say it again."

Gordon repeated it again. After he finished speaking, he hesitated for a while, looked at the emperor's darkened face, and said cautiously: "There is another piece of news—Marshal Adolf—escaped!"

The emperor's eyes were wide open, and his white pupils were filled with bright red bloodshot eyes. He was so angry that he swept off all the documents on the table, and smashed his head and face at Gorden.

"Your Majesty!" Ge Deng stepped forward and walked to the emperor's side, "Please hold on!"

After the emperor smashed the documents, his whole face was pale and weak.

"I'll go to the doctor." Gurdon said as he was about to go outside.

Even though the whole person was almost unable to hold on, the emperor still held Gordon tightly like iron tongs: "Don't go! You just stay here!"

Gorden took two steps on the spot, and said anxiously, "This is not possible," but his eyes kept shooting at the documents scattered on the ground.

The emperor took a long time to recover. He was slowly sat on the seat supported by Gordon, and said intermittently: "Secret the news first, Adolf's son is called Irwin, right? Find him..."

Gordon nodded yes.

After finishing speaking, the emperor had to wait for a while before he had the strength to continue talking, and asked Gordon to pack his things and retreat.

Gordon waited for a while, seeing that the emperor did not give any more instructions, he secretly raised his eyes and saw that the emperor had already fallen asleep with his eyes closed.

Gordon: "..."

Picking up the documents on the ground bit by bit, Gordon moved very lightly, for fear of waking up the sleeping emperor. The emperor's notebook was electronic. After picking it up, Gordon paused for a moment before putting the notebook on the desk.

Turning his left hand over to his right, the notebook dangled from the terminal on Gordon's wrist. Gordon's wrist trembled slightly, and he walked out without changing his expression.

……

blue star.

Cyril came to Alice and asked her if she would consider marrying Erwin.

Alice: "..."

What's up with this one and two?

"Not long ago, Erwin asked me the same question." Alice took a deep breath and said, "I don't think our alliance needs to be strengthened by marriage."

Cyril gave Alice the message Gordon had sent him.

"I can understand that you don't want to, but Erwin needs it." Cyril said, "The Emperor will not let him go."

As the star domain owner who owns one-fifth of the empire's territory, especially with the development of Yunhai Star, Alice's status has risen even more. If Erwin is recalled and detained, the emperor will be more scruples if Alice raises an objection.

Alice felt a little ridiculous: "Can you understand? What can you understand?"

"You and that little mermaid——Pearl." Cyril looked at Alice's split face instantly, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly, "Erwin told me before that he had married you and me during the Yunhaixing incident. A person brought out the starfish—that person, Pearl, right?"

Seeing Alice fell silent, Cyril became more and more sure of his guess: "The reason why you suddenly agreed to marry me is not only partly because of our alliance, but partly because my appearance is similar to her, right?"

"We have broken off our engagement." Alice said flatly.

"Because you still love her." Cyril said, "If you still want to be with her again, shouldn't you think about your future development?"

After the Yunhaixing incident, the upper class nobles of the empire no longer looked for mermaid wives.

Alice didn't care at all: "I don't care what other people think."

Cyril: "Your Majesty will not agree. Now that it has been done, he will not allow others to open this gap again."

"Is your royal family really emotionless?" Alice glanced at Cyril, "Since I have already refused, I will not agree again."

"Is it because she's here? Then we can go back to Yunhaixing." Cyril did not give up and persevered.

"It has nothing to do with this. I am confident that our alliance does not need marriage—" Alice said with a firm tone.

Cyril interrupted her: "It's not you who need it, but Erwin who needs it. He needs this marriage to solve his big trouble."

Alice: "..."

Cyril continued to persuade: "You don't want our alliance to fall short, do you? Marshal Adolf is our important backing. Now that he has escaped, Erwin is very passive. As an ally—shouldn't you come to the rescue?"

"Maybe...you don't need a marriage." Alice said dryly.

Cyril: "This is the fastest way. We have to solve the immediate difficulties first and then plan for the long term."