hunting light

When Leon returned to Eden Palace, the snow outside had stopped.

The wind took away the cumulus clouds, and Yuehua was able to fall into the world.Outside the window, the garden is full of colors, the ice and snow are crystal clear, and the world is like the heaven and the gods.

Ian was wearing a white robe and a dark gray cashmere shawl. As usual, he was sitting on the sofa under the lamp, reading a book and waiting for Leon to come back.

Time flies, Ian is 28 weeks pregnant, and her due date is just four weeks away.But because his pregnancy has been interrupted, the doctor also said that he may start at any time.

For the past two weeks, the little oranges have been slowly turning around and getting ready to pot.It moved a little slowly, which made Ian a little worried all the time, fearing that the fetal position would be abnormal.

But in the middle of the night last night, Ian suddenly felt a wave of movement in his stomach in his sleep.The child is like a flexible little fat fish. With a flick of its tail, it completes the final turn and enters the basin smoothly.

Both fathers breathed a sigh of relief.

This also marks that Little Orange has taken another step closer to the outside world.

Ian has a big belly now, but his cheeks and limbs are still thin and graceful.So when he was wearing a loose robe, especially when he was sitting on the soft sofa with his legs curled up, it was almost impossible to see that he was about to give birth.

As soon as Leon saw that handsome face radiating maternal brilliance, love surged out of his heart, soaking through every pore of him and dispelling the severe cold outside.

"What a wonderful speech, Your Majesty." Ian looked up at Leon and closed the book with a smile.

"I think it's a bit too sensational." Leon walked over, sat next to Ian, and hugged his feet curled up in the thin blanket.

With the heavy body, Ian's legs were a little swollen.Leon massages him personally every day, and the technique is already very proficient.

Ian leaned lazily on the soft pillow, stretched his slightly sore waist, and gently stroked his abdomen with his hands.

The little orange is developing very vigorously, and as the delivery period approaches, the fetal movement becomes more and more frequent.Through the thin belly, the child's little fists and feet can already be clearly seen.When it turned over, its pouted little butt could make a big part of Ian's belly.

The fetal movement was not uncomfortable, but Leon was still worried and excited watching it.Especially when the child's hands and feet were printed on Ian's belly, he would cover his own palms as well.

"Little Fat Orange, give Papa a high-five!"

And the little orange inherited the blood of its own father's dark sentinel, so it is really a strong and active little guy.

Probably because he knew that he was about to go out to see the world, and he couldn't wait any longer. He often rolled and rolled in his benefactor's stomach repeatedly, which made Ian very worried that it would be entangled by the umbilical cord.

And playing with the child through Ian's belly has become Leon's favorite daily pastime in the past few months.

Even though it's snowing outside, Eden Palace is always as warm as early summer.Leon would unbutton Ian's thin clothes and apply nourishing oil to his stomach.Children are also very active at this time.

"I think Little Tangerine can feel my breath." Leon was very proud, "Every time I oil you, it will wake up and play with me."

While speaking, the child's small fist protruded from his belly.Leon smiled and nodded his little fist lightly.

"Little boy, Papa's little orange, are you good today? Did you make trouble with your father?"

Little Orange printed her little feet on her belly again.

Leon leaned over and kissed the little footprints: "Little baby Eggy, your daddy and I love you so much. When you come out, Papa will put the whole world in front of your cradle!"

Ian couldn't help but laugh: "I'm really worried that you will be a doting father in the future. And I have to be the parent who makes a bad face."

"No way!" Leon said seriously, "I have recently taken the time to read all the good parenting books on the market, and I am confident in raising children. This is my firstborn son, and he is my heir. He is the future king of the Byron Empire. I will cultivate him into a healthy, happy and wise emperor."

"Then," Leon smiled slyly, and leaned over to kiss Ian's lips, "I can throw this mess out and take you around the world, or the entire interstellar world!"

Ian was kissed with the taste of nutritious oil, and gave Leon a light push on the shoulder.

At the same time, the child suddenly stretched out his little foot and kicked Leon's hand on Ian's belly.

The two were stunned.

"Look, little orange is not happy anymore." Ian laughed tremblingly, "I think this child has completely inherited your naughtiness and stubbornness. When it comes out, you will have to bear it!"

"I'm not afraid." Leon snorted, "Where in the world is I afraid of children? Papa's little tangerine will definitely be an obedient sweet baby, right~~~"

Ian looked at Leon speaking silly childish language to his belly, and suddenly choked up.

After playing enough with Papa, Little Orange finally calmed down and fell asleep again.

Leon put on shoes and socks for Ian, lifted him from the sofa, wrapped him carefully in a thick fur coat, and took Ian into the small shuttle transformed by Asura.

Asura took off slowly and flew steadily towards the snow-covered peak of Glory.

In the middle of winter, the ice and snow on the snow-capped mountains are even thicker.However, the rocks on the top of Glory Mountain are too steep, erect like a blade, and exposed all year round.

Asura flew to the bare rock on the top of the mountain, turned into a large panoramic viewing cabin, and firmly fixed on the mountain.

"Happy New Year." Asura bowed his New Year with a loud voice, and then whispered a whisper in Leon's ear, "I wish you good luck."

It left the viewing cabin behind, turned into a mechanical eagle, spread its wings, and swooped down from the mountaintop towards the sea of ​​lights below.

Central City at the foot of the hill was brightly lit.Tonight, there will be a New Year's Eve open-air concert held by the government in Baita Square.

It was almost midnight, and the New Year's Eve crowds were on the streets and squares, preparing to start the countdown to welcome the New Year.

The White Tower in the imperial capital has been transformed into a museum and an opera house by the emperor's order, open to the public.This tall tower is still the symbol of the imperial capital, shining brightly in the night, and beams of light surround it and shoot towards the sky.

Aerial motorboats and flying shuttles shuttled over the imperial capital, and some people set off fireworks on the roof of their own buildings before the New Year arrived.

This scene is not much different from what they saw back then, but the meaning is completely different.

It was Leonardo's second New Year's Day on the throne, and minutes later the young emperor's reign entered its third year.

Since he came to power, Byron Kingdom has undergone earth-shaking changes under his leadership.

In the hands of the emperor, this ancient starship replaced its rusted parts bit by bit, peeled off the mud covering the shell, recharged, started, and was ready to soar into the sky again.

For the common people, the new year means the arrival of a better new life.From Uptown to the three-digit Lower Town, people's lives are changing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It was icy and snowy outside, but very warm inside.Ian took off his fur coat, leaned on the sofa, and stared at Leon meaningfully.

"Is it going to war?"

Leon was taking off his coat and laying it on the sofa. When asked by Ian, he couldn't help laughing: "Nothing can get over you."

"It's about time." Ian said, "When the members of the two alliances are assembled, the war should start."

"I want to delay it as long as possible." Leon placed his palm gently on Ian's abdomen, "I want to wait until you give birth to the child before going to war."

"But I think the Holy Master is also planning this matter. They probably will deliberately wait until I am heavy and inconvenient before starting the war."

"Yes." Leon's eyes flashed the color of prey.

Yi'an is Guangji's only administrator, and his bio-key is only valid for a few seconds, so he has to walk into Guangji's core computer and log in himself for the password to be valid.

That is to say, he must be on the battlefield, and together with the soldiers, braved the hail of bullets and rushed into the enemy's encirclement.

And what Leon was most worried about was about to happen inevitably: war could break out at any time, but Ian was pregnant with Liujia and hadn't unloaded yet.

Leon actually tried his best to delay this war, but letters of information were sent to his desk, and the alliance formed by the countries that support the Holy Lord under the convening of the Holy See has begun to deploy troops intensively .Even if Leon didn't want to go to war, they would rush to do it before Ian gave birth.

From the standpoint of the battlefield commander, Leon should immediately send a commando to send Ian to the core machine in the shortest possible time and let him shut down Guangji.In this way, the consumption of materials and manpower can be reduced as much as possible.

Simply put, many fighters can be saved without sacrifice.

But from the standpoint of a man, how could he send his partner who is about to give birth to the most dangerous place on the battlefield?

Leon rubbed Ian's fingers repeatedly and subconsciously, immersed in complicated thoughts.

"I trust you, Leon."

Leon raised his head and met a pair of deep and gentle eyes like a summer night.

"I trust you, unreservedly!" Ian emphasized again, his words were soft and firm, "Even if you stab me with a knife, I will not dodge. Because I know you will never Hurt me. So I am willing to entrust myself completely to you, cooperate with you, and do whatever you ask me to do."

Leon pulled up Ian's hand, and pressed his lips tightly, the long eyelashes were already moist.

"There is no foolproof plan in this world, especially on the battlefield. Countless variables will occur every minute and every second, which makes people caught off guard. But I will escort you all the way, and use my life to protect you and Xiaojuzi."

"But we father and son hope that Papa will be safe too." Ian said imitating a child's language.

Leon chuckled.

Ian held the man's face in his hands, leaned over, and kissed his trembling lips.

A reminder sounded to enter the countdown to the New Year's Eve.On a small screen in the observation cabin, jumping numbers popped up.

Facing the countdown, the fireworks rushed into the sky one after another, bursting into bloom.The countdown of the people on the Baita Square in the city is played in the multimedia.

"Nine...eight..."

The two lips parted.Ian excitedly moved towards the window, intending to see the real thing.

When he turned around, he accidentally swept off Leon's coat on the sofa.Something shiny rolled out of the inner pocket,

It landed at Ian's feet.

The corner of Leon's eye twitched suddenly, screaming in his heart that something was wrong, and flew forward.But he was still a step late, and Ian picked up the gadget without any hassle.

It was a ring with an emerald-cut aquamarine diamond.The rectangular star diamond is as big as Ian's thumb, clear and bright, almost blinding people's eyes like a small light bulb full of power.

"Four...three...two..."

Ian held the ring and looked at Leon blankly.

"One! Happy New Year—"

Hundreds of fireworks burst into the night at this moment, bursting into bloom—all of them turned into vivid pink star dill flowers!

Glory's entire sky was dyed dreamy pink, and the gorgeous light entered the view cabin on the top of the mountain, reflecting on two faces looking at each other, one of whom was still holding a ring.

"No! No, no, no! That's not the case!" Leon screamed and snatched the ring back in a hurry, "No...my plan is not like this...ahh why?!!"

With a puff, Ian collapsed on the sofa clutching his stomach and laughing.

"It doesn't count this time!" Leon said angrily, "Damn it, I just said that the ring should be put in the box. It was Sang Xia and Dad who said that putting the ring in the box is too troublesome, and you will be able to see it at a glance. And I shouldn't Put it in the coat, I actually..."

"Leon." Ian interrupted the man's muttering with a smile, his eyes were meaningful.

The fireworks in the night sky are still going on, they are all light purple and pink star roses, it is so dreamy that it makes people feel sick.

This is His Majesty the Emperor's use of private power to replace the colorful fireworks with star rose flowers.

Against the background of this color, Glori seems to have entered the spring day full of flowers in advance, and the whole city is bathed in the pink ocean of girlish feelings.

"Pink sky starfish?" Someone said, "The words of this flower are 'marry me', right? Did someone propose marriage today?"

"Which local tyrant contracted the fireworks for the entire imperial capital to propose marriage?"

"Hahaha! What year is it, and you still set off fireworks to propose marriage!"

In the observation cabin on the high mountain, Leon understood the hint in his lover's eyes.

He quickly regained his form, standing on one knee with his back straight.

The pink light outside the cabin reflected on his handsome face, his pair of blue eyes seemed to come from the same rough stone as the ring in his hand.

The cabin suddenly fell silent, so quiet that one could hear each other's intense heartbeats.

At the beginning of this new year, on this isolated mountain top, the night is decorated with fine snow and flowers, and the wind sends the cheers from the crowd to the sky.

Leon's deep and honest words echoed in the quiet cabin.

"Mr. Ian Mitchell, will you marry me?"

Several streams of fireworks shot straight into the sky from the lawn of the Champs Elysees Palace, and exploded right in front of the observation cabin, turning into a huge pink-purple starfish bud.

The buds open in the night sky, the petals stretch out layer by layer, and they bloom grandly.Immediately after, a flock of white snow pigeons flew out of the platinum stamens.

The snow pigeons flapped their wings, scattered crystal stars along the way, and swirled around the viewing cabin, like elves bred in the snow-capped mountains and glaciers for thousands of years.

"Isn't that very vulgar?" Leon added in a low voice.

Ian laughed loudly, looked up, his eyes were full of amazement and admiration.

The snow pigeons whirled and gradually dispersed into countless fine and shining stars, which merged with the broken snow on the top of the mountain.

Ian smiled and nodded in the flying starlight, tears glistening on his long eyelashes.

"Yes I do."

The starflowers spun and scattered, and the shattered light turned into streaks of colorful light, slowly falling towards the ground.

From the corner of his eye, he outlined a soft golden edge to the silhouette of the two embracing and kissing.

That night, they finally formed a bond again, and the spirit net became one again.

On January 14759, 1 in the new calendar, the White Pearl Hall of the Champs Palace.

Under the witness of relatives, friends and several important ministers, Emperor Leonardo III and former Pope Ian Mitchell received the marriage registration certificate issued by the city hall and became legal partners.

The emperor has since had a queen.

During the extraordinary period, both the husband and wife agreed to postpone the wedding.You can prepare slowly first, and it will not be too late to hold the event after the child is born and the world is calm.

Byron's royal and noble succession laws have been changed along with the "Code of Eden".Children's inheritance rights will no longer require the approval of the Holy See.As long as the child's parents are legally married, the firstborn child has the right to inherit the parent's title.

The little tangerine in the queen's womb, if nothing unexpected happens, will be the first in line to the throne.

"Congratulations, my queen."

Sang Xia stepped forward first, made an elegant curtsy to Ian, and kissed the sparkling ice blue diamond ring on his hand.

For the queen's engagement ring, the relatives and friends have been murmuring behind their backs.

"It's too flashy and too big, you can see it from the satellite." Adwei is always the first one to complain at such times, "Foreign media will laugh at our royal family for being too upstart."

"Sparkle is second. Haven't you noticed that the gemstone is the same color as His Majesty's eyes? Every time I lower my head to kiss, I feel like the emperor glared at me."

"As far as I know, this ring is nothing at all. The royal jeweler is already busy making the queen's coronation crown and dress. The emperor ordered nineteen sets of full ceremonial jewelry for the queen. It seems he heard 'Nine' In Chinese, this number means long-term. If the Queen hadn't objected, I heard that His Majesty planned to build 99 sets..."

"What do you guys know?" Sang Xia complained ruthlessly, "This is the most simple and flawless confession, the simple love that every Omega wants! A group of single dogs are poor and cowardly, so don't be blind! "

This "simple and simple love" of the emperor made all the officials feel ashamed.

The announcement of the marriage by the royal family of the Byron Empire was very brief, and the name of the new queen was only a full name in the draft, without even any title.

But after this day, Ian had an official title among people all over the world: Her Majesty the Queen of the Byron Empire.

It is no secret among the ruling classes of various countries that the former Pope and Emperor Byron were lovers.Especially after Ian announced his break with the Holy See, their relationship was almost semi-public.

Whether it was blessings or praises, or slander and abuse, Leon never let those words bother Ian at all.

But in any case, a generation of popes took off their crowns, took off their robes, married the emperor of a secular country, and had children.

These two people's past, love history, and all kinds of gossip rumors are rampant for a while.

On January 14759, 1 in the new calendar, the Holy See of Xilin officially issued a call to action, classifying dozens of countries headed by the Byron Empire as "heretical countries", and issued a crusade against them that spread across the entire star field.

Headed by Xilin, the countries that support the Holy Lord formally formed the "Light Protection Alliance" and declared war on Byron and his allies.

"Protect the light?" Leon sneered, and threw the ball of waste paper in his hand towards the holy light stand in the holographic video, passing through the ring precisely, and got a full score.

"What a coincidence. The guy they want to protect is also the 'light' that we have spent thousands of years trying to hunt."

On the same day, the "Light Hunting Alliance" announced their challenge!

On January 14759, 1 in the new calendar, less than three weeks before the expected date of delivery, Ian once again boarded the flagship of the "War Lions" with his newlywed husband.

The scene of warships launching into the sky is like a flock of migrating birds flapping their wings and flying into the sky.

What greeted them was gunfire and blood, the threat of death, and fame and glory.

In the slight vibration of the warship passing through the atmosphere, the emperor and empress sat quietly next to each other, fingers clasped together.

From now on, they only have life and death, not separation.

The author has something to say: the BGM "Love" Florian Bur in this chapter.

I really like this great collection by this musician.

WB is audible.

PS: I also want such a simple and simple love...