Road to Glory [Interstellar]

"Is this really good? You can kill him. As the other party said, you actually have many opportunities to do it." Carmen asked solemnly.

At the moment, she is arranging Gustav's collar.It wasn't her job, but considering the two of them had been one step away from lovers for a long time, neither of them felt that there was anything wrong with it.

"But I didn't seize the opportunity. He is still alive now. Although he has abolished the most important hand, he may still have the ability to fight against us. To be honest, I didn't expect this to happen." Gustav sighed .Frustration penetrated his perfect disguise, leaked from his pretended calm eyes, and was quickly hidden by him again.

Gustav lowered his eyes and carefully checked whether the corners of his collar were standing up and whether the badge was crooked, and found that Carmen's fingers were trembling slightly.He glanced at the window that had been covered with frost, and blamed it on the fact that the other party had just come in from the outside and was still affected by the cold outside. "Pay attention to the cold. This year is indeed colder than previous years."

Carmen smiled gratefully, her movements were natural and she kept rubbing her hands for warmth, and then a tangled expression appeared on her face. "You don't seem to want to talk about this, and it's not a good time, but why did you change your mind? At least... During the time you landed on the third planet, you were able to kill the Prisoner's."

Gustav was silent for a while.

Both he and Royce returned to their planet safely and soundly.This result surprised him, even surpassing the fact that "he has a special interest in Royce".

In Gustav's mind, Royce would try to kill or subdue himself as a prisoner after arriving at the home planet of the third planet; this is common sense, and he himself is ready to fight back.After all, the spaceship they used before was not without weapons, and he was more familiar with that spaceship than Royce.

But Royce is not a man who plays by common sense.At that time, the other party actually maintained the posture of raising a gun to hold him hostage, and talked with the princess of the third planet.

"Thank you for sending me back. It's six o'clock in the morning in the Principality of Ryan. If you rush back immediately, you won't delay the tour." The other party added expressionlessly: "His Highness instructed me to thank you on her behalf."

Gustav was not surprised that the woman did not intend to kill herself.But he didn't expect Royce to put the gun away and walk towards the exit of the spaceship.At that time, I even froze for a while before calling out to the other party: "I thought you were the one who would nip the crisis in its infancy, Royce."

"Of course. I'm not you, but I let the opportunity slip away when I could kill. But I believe in His Highness. No matter what you do, His Highness's original intention is extremely correct."

"Including leaving you in an enemy country to fend for yourself? And now preventing you from taking revenge on your own enemies?"

"If there are differences of opinion, then His Highness is correct."

Royce's determined tone made Gustav a little suspicious that the other party was in love with that cunning and cruel little girl from the third planet; this kind of feeling might have arisen as inexplicably as his own interest in Royce.But seeing the other party's blank expression and eyes without emotion, he felt that the other party had reasons that he couldn't tell him, and that he had to trust Christine.

What would that be?Although Christine must do something, but now the other party will be an adult, and his thinking and methods are still immature.Gustav intends to ask questions on the sidelines, but the other party has already made a gesture to leave, and before jumping off the spaceship, he throws the last sentence to himself——

"And, Gustav, you don't really think you can pose a threat to me, do you? If I remember correctly, the confrontation between you and me so far seems to have ended with me gaining the upper hand."

Gustav, who was caught in the memory but did not forget where he was, raised his hand and rubbed his forehead while still remembering the previous situation, disguised his long absence as a trance caused by being too tired . "Stop dwelling on the past. It's pointless."

"So, the guy on the third planet is really lucky, he just took his life." Carmen smiled slightly.

"And he got a good reputation. Do you believe it? This young man who has deflated the Principality of Ryan and has the ability to hold the generals of the Principality of Ryan will quickly become famous and become the idol of the people on the third planet." Gustav frowned. head.Although it happened on another planet, it will not affect his reputation in the Principality of Ryan, but he still feels very uncomfortable when he thinks that his poor experience in a distant country has become someone's capital to show off his achievements . "Most of their princesses are also happy to see the results. However, that guy has indeed done some amazing things. Taking this as a reward is not too cheap for him."

Reluctant to talk more about Royce, Gustav walked to the door first, issued orders, and asked Carmen about the progress of his official duties.

Carmen responded as usual, her eyes followed the young officer in front of her.She stared at the tall, graceful back of the other party for a moment, and found that her palms were already soaked in sweat.

Everything so far has matched what Royce said.

In this case, even if the next thing can't go exactly as Royce wanted, I'm afraid it will be almost the same.

Opening her mouth, Carmen finally failed to say what was hidden in her heart, but followed the other party out silently.

The small accident before dawn was like a pebble thrown into a deep well, without causing any waves.

The annual military tour was a success.Gustav was not "difficult" by anyone. There were only a few people who asked him where he was going in the morning, and those who were either purely curious or full of malice were all solved by him with words.

What a proud thing to be born in a country that dominates the entire galaxy.What is even more proud is that if one's surname is traced back upwards, then the figures who have stood at the top of the army for generations; they have sought and asked for the country and earned great glory for the family.And I must continue this supreme glory.

Gustav, who sighed silently, looked up at the blue sky, and at the fighter planes flying in neat rows.After that, he saw the heavy mechs appearing from the base; they returned to the ground through the automatic elevator, emerged from the tall steel buildings, and then rushed into the sky at an altitude of 3000 meters, turning into a light spot.

The steel giant shrunk to a point in his sight reminded Gustav of the No. [-] machine he had lost, adding a haze to Gustav's originally pretty good mood.

The technology used in weapons needs to be innovated, but so does this country.The current ruler is content with the status quo, and has little interest in improving aggressive weapons; but the Principality of Lane should not be content with the status quo.This powerful country can have more overwhelming power and deserves to command more planets.

Internal change and external expansion can be very meaningful.As long as it can make the mother country stronger, it is worthwhile even if the blood in the palace of this country is flooded, the land of neighboring countries is turned into scorched earth, and the flames of this universe are not extinguished.Gustav believed so.

——"The third planet did not export diseases, did not export wars, and most importantly, we did not dictate to other countries."

What Royce said to himself back then came to mind without warning.Gustav froze for a moment, then laughed silently.

That guy with a high IQ certainly has a cute side, but he is complacent about this idea of ​​isolating himself, and his political thinking is too pitifully shallow.None of the countries in this galaxy exist in isolation from other countries.The third planet does not actually harm other countries, but it has the ability to threaten other countries after all.

More importantly, if he wants to give hegemony to his mother country, he must attack this completely different country with strange power.

The calculation and majesty that belonged to the ruler appeared on Gustav's handsome face.After being disturbed by a foreign youth for several hours, this young general, who had been exceptionally promoted, regained his due awe of other officers.

Although he is a cute guy in a certain sense, but the next time we meet, he will probably be on the battlefield.Then, it is meaningless to think about things related to the other party.Gustav thought so.

***

What Gustav didn't expect was that something would happen soon that reminded him of Royce again.

It was the day after the tour, he received an invitation from the princess.Such a private meeting between two people was originally against the rules, but it has become a well-known fact that the princess likes him, and His Majesty the King who dotes on the princess has no choice but to push the boat along.

Gustav did not intend to curry favor with the princess; he had already won the favor of the other party, and doing any more would be self-deprecating and superfluous.But because Carmen inadvertently reminded the princess of her hobbies—Gustav also remembered how the princess picked up the cat in the orphanage before, so he decided to give her a kitten as a New Year's gift.

The princess imprisoned in a high wall and deep courtyard has never enjoyed the fun of domesticating pets.And the pets I entrust someone to choose are well-domesticated pets, so it stands to reason that there will be no mistakes.

But in the end something went wrong.

After the originally very docile cat was put in the arms of the princess by the maid, it seemed that the previous gentle illusion was completely torn apart, not only hurt the princess, but also made the other party seriously lose their composure; As for the princess's valet, he immediately shouted nonsense words like "General Melo intends to murder the princess" to divert everyone's attention.

Gustav, of course, was not punished.But when he returned to the mansion, his face was unprecedentedly gloomy.

"Why did you do such a thing? Carmen." Gustav, who had just arrived at the mansion, quickly summoned the adjutant, and asked the question the moment his female adjutant opened the door, without delay.

At that moment, Carmen's flowery face faded to blood.She gasped for a few short breaths, and stepped back quickly until her back leaned against the door panel.After finding support, she finally said, "Because of jealousy, sir."

"I'm jealous of Her Royal Highness who can get close to you. I have long realized that Her Royal Highness is afraid of small animals, and only picks up cats to maintain her image in front of you. Therefore, I bribed the people in the Princess's house to let them A new fragrance for Her Royal Highness. You should know that some plant scents can drive felines into a frenzy."

"Really." Gustav replied noncommittally.

"I didn't intend to frame you!" Seemingly disturbed by Gustave's attitude, Carmen raised her voice, "I just can't watch you marry another woman! What happened, even if Her Royal Highness You still have good feelings, and His Majesty will not allow..."

"Don't shout like a madman. It's too ugly, Carmen." Gustave said in a low voice, stood up and walked towards the other party, "I imagined it. Maybe you were bought by my enemy, or just Just because of love, as you just admitted...but you know, the reason doesn't really matter."

Gustav, who came to Carmen, lowered his head slightly and looked at each other.Perhaps it was the peaceful tone that made Carmen feel forgiven. She gritted her teeth and boldly hugged him. "It is impossible for me to be bought by anyone. I am an orphan in the Principality of Ryan, and I have nowhere to go except the military camp. Only you protect me. I have always loved you deeply."

"I know." Gustav answered in this way, and put the gun in his hand on the back of the head of the woman in his arms.

With a gunshot, Carmen, whose strength was emptied in an instant, fell to the ground.And Gustav took a quick step back the moment he fired the gun, he didn't even want to give alms to the corpse on the ground.

The reason is not important.The important thing is that there are only people in this world who will not betray, but no one who betrayed once.

"Is it the little girl's plan? She ordered Royce to do this." Gustav guessed to himself.

No... not right.

I did accompany the princess to the orphanage several times, but it was not long ago that I broadcast it on the public media.

A more reasonable explanation is that Royce saw the video in prison, and then thought of this method, instigating Carmen to frame him.

Gustav frowned.He thought that the opponent was actually right, and the opponent had won all the confrontations so far. "But you don't think I can only rely on women, Royce."