Two Hours Before the Explosion
Chewe Azikiwe was excited to have sent his old father, Duke Akin, to the meeting with Emperor Ade, he didn't want to participate with that tense secretary and Major Ironia, he might as well spend time with Wu Jian.
After that hot night of sex, the omega no longer contacted him, much to the doctor's disappointment. Even when he went to check on Mu Liang's health, Wu Jian was nowhere to be seen.
Wu Jian didn't answer calls and didn't answer messages, video calls he did not even dare to try since he would be rejected for certain.
Chewe wondered while doing his job if he had done something wrong that night, he spent a lot of time thinking about omega. He had to tell himself that he was too interested in the human, but what he initially thought.
One week was long enough for Chewe to have to endure without answers, so he sent old Duke Azikiwe to lunch with Prince Mu and Emperor Ade, while he himself went after the omega who blatantly ignored him.
Chewe came straight from work, so he wore his white uniform with a black coat over it, there was the brooch shining on the coat with the symbol that he was part of the army medical group.
As he was a frequent visitor, the imperial guards let him pass easily, on the way he was stopped by the zerg butler. Gyasi some time ago thought it best to let a butler and a housekeeper Zerg take over the mansion. They were employees of the Gyasi palace, and they were trusted and trained people.
Since Gyasi suspected that there was a traitor among the Zerg Diablos, he put even more care under Mu Liang's protection.
"Mister Azikiwe, what brings you here?" the butler asked, finding it strange that the doctor would come in Mu Liang's absence.
"Old Bwana, how have you been these days?" Chewe said smiling. This man who looked to be in his fifties was one of the oldest zergs that Chewe knew. He was Kayin's butler before he became emperor, he took care of Ehione and Akin as a child and after Kayin retired, he decided to serve and take care of Gyasi.
Now Bwana Coujoe was also offering to help care for Gyasi's future children, this is a zerg that has gone through almost four generations of the imperial family.
The wrinkles close to the eyes, on the forehead, and in the corners of the mouth, the short gray hair, together with his short beard, showed the years that reached all species, even the most long-lived ones such as zergs and elves. Of course, with the years comes the sparkle of wisdom, the wise granite eyes shone with tranquility and a little fun when he spoke to Chewe:
"Don't try to gain my sympathy, what brings you here?"
Bwana was an ancient man and he saw everyone in Emperor Ade's generation growing up from a very young age, he well knew how they all acted. And he knew how well Chewe got to be intimate with others when he wanted something, leaving his irreverent and unrestrained attitude than he has.
"I came to find a runaway omega, would you believe me?" Chewe said a little disconcerted. He wasn't going to be able to lie to Bwana who knew him so well.
"The omega you are looking for is with Zatrara's guards having lunch, do you want to wait in the visiting room?" Bwana said more gently. The young people were so dramatic in his view.
"How did you know?" Chewe thought for a moment, but it would be embarrassing in some way. He well knew that he had left his scent on Wu Jian and that it would take a while for the scent to clear, Bwana who saw him grow knew that this was his scent.
"This arrangement is also good," Chewe said obediently, if he refused and wanted to go straight to see Wu Jian, old Bwana would put him out of the guesthouse.
That was the favor the old butler was doing for him right now.
Wu Jian was having lunch with Zatrara's guards, beside him was a tall elf with long blond hair held by a silver tiara, his light blue eyes shining as he looked at the human beside him.
Ronan Carnago is the deputy captain of Zatrara's guards, he was looking intently at the fragile human omega next to him, the bronze skin with short, soft, light brown hair.
They had been together since the Emperor of Zatrara ordered him and a few other strong soldiers to become the private guard of his beloved grandson, Mu Liang. What had been a good five years, he had good fellowship with Wu Jian until then and they became friends.
Until a week ago when Wu Jian went to work and he smelled another alpha on the body of the human omega. Ronan was stricken with jealousy that he never thought he would feel for Wu Jian.
Fortunately, Wu Jian did not smell another alpha again, but Ronan realized that his feelings of relief were more than concern for a friend, which led him to think more about Wu Jian.
"Mister Wu, you have a visitor waiting for you in the visiting room," butler Bwana warned, drawing the attention of Ronan and Wu Jian.
"Who is it?" Ronan asked reflexively, lately, he has always asked where Wu Jian was and who he was with, he seemed like a very concerned friend, but that was just a reflection of his jealousy and unresolved feelings.
"The Azikiwe doctor" the butler Bwana replied, even though he thought Ronan's question was uneducated, after all, the visit was for Wu Jian.
Ronan was relieved for a moment, after all, the doctor Azikiwe comes a few times a week to check on Mu Liang's health, so he just thought it was just another visit that the other was waiting in the visiting room, now Wu Jian would have to keep the doctor company until Prince Mu arrives.
He thought that until Wu Jian changed his calm demeanor, his face becoming a little redder and an almost arrogant smile forming on his beautiful peach-colored lips.
An alarm went off in Ronan's head, but he acted too late and Wu Jian had already risen to attend the visit, he still raises his hand, but as everyone seemed to be looking at them, Ronan quickly dropped his hand and went back to eating, even if inside he was shaking with uncertainty and jealousy.
His instinct told him that Wu Jian and the doctor Azikiwe weren't just known, Ronan feared he had found the one who had left the scent on the human omega, of course, if that was in another place and time, he could challenge that alpha and teach him a lesson, but the alpha in question belongs to the imperial family.
It's not that Ronan is a savage, far from it, he is a noble elf who comes from a long line of dukes, however, that would be a way to draw Wu Jian's attention to himself.
"Or you could just confess your feelings to the omega! Or you could show your cool and hardworking side to him ... There are more ways than acting like a primitive savage" the voice of the water element sounded in Ronan's mind.
The elves have a connection with the elemental spirits, even when they fight with Mechas the elemental spirits are integrated into the fight which makes the elves even more frightening in combat.
The Elves' Mechas have two cores of power, one of them sustains the Mecha's strength and the other sustains the elemental spirit, so the elemental spirit can fight side by side with the Mecha, so it's not just an opponent, but two opponents to the same time for each Elf faced.
"Mirna, I know. It's just that my alpha side got the best of me" Ronan replied tiredly. He well knew that fighting would only scare Wu Jian and the worst was that his captain would send him home since he could cause a disagreement between them and the imperial family.
"I'm glad you know. Contractor, it's not like young Wu is getting married now, you'll have enough time to confess." Mirna comforted her summoner a little.
Wu Jiang, who didn't know about the internal conflict of his friend Ronan about him. He went to the visiting room, he was strangely excited at the same time that he felt a chill in his belly of nervousness.
The human omega thought that that night would be the only night, since the two didn't make any commitment, in addition, Wu Jian wasn't looking for a relationship, the two were attracted and had very good sex for a long time.
This should be the end.
Wu Jian didn't respond to messages, calls and did not want to contact the doctor, he hoped that the weather would make him feel better. However, time seemed like it wasn't helping to calm that unsettling feeling in his chest, he often felt distracted by his simpler chores, luckily doing exercises with Prince Mu made him a little more focused.
He thought that with more time he would return to normal and look for new adventures, he well knew that being with the zerg doctor was risky, both for his career as a prince's employee and for his stay in the prince's group. All because information could be leaked and he could very well be the culprit, given the contact with doctor Chewe.
Wu Jian was very sure that he would be able to forget that night, but then Chewe was waiting for him in the visiting room and the only thing he could think of was being able to see the other man's face quickly and all the excuses he said to himself for not seeing the doctor they were all useless.