Chapter 118 - The Marked Isn't A Prison

Mu Liang understood Emery's situation well, it was almost his own situation, the difference is that Emery was powerful and if he wanted to leave he would have the strength to do so, but he himself would not have the strength to escape unharmed, of course, the situation comes constantly changing and soon he will be strong enough to feel good about having a relationship with Gyasi without the psychological shadow of the possibility of a toxic relationship.

Fortunately, the relationship with Gyasi was much better than he expected, plus his health was recovering well and he even found miraculous items at an open market, things were progressing very well despite the disastrous and confusing start of the new life for him.

"Emery, will you at least try?" Mu Liang asked a little worried about his new friend and his future older brother Ade.

"It's like I said before if I run away or give up he's going to cry a lot, which makes everything complicated," Emery said with a sigh, but he had a slightly sarcastic tone in his voice.

"Emery, if you don't want to and just be out of fear or pity it's better to leave Emperor Ade now, while you're not so turned on" Mu Liang advised watching Emery's surprised expression and pale hands tremble between his warm, soft hands.

Emery had recently been a bonded omega, he was baffled by the sudden fury at hearing Prince Mu's advice, as if the omega in front of his eyes was an enemy and someone who wanted to harm him.

"Are you feeling bad right now with my words? That means you're well connected with Emperor Ade and can't stand the idea of ​​leaving that way." Mu Liang said with a sympathetic smile, rubbing Emery's cold hands together.

"That's what I do? How do I get rid of it?" Emery asked foolishly. He had never felt like this before, this blind fury and emotional lack of control left him at a loss.

"Get rid of what? From the feeling? Or get rid of the mark on your neck? Get rid of your alpha?" Mu Liang was speaking slowly and each word felt like a knife being directed into Emery's skin.

"Stop talking! Stop talking! I got it. Right now, I can't do much of anything." Emery asked, taking a deep breath trying to control this ridiculous fury and the mad jealousy that had taken hold of his mind.

"It's not quite that, Emery. If you really wanted to get rid of any relationship with Ade, the mark on your neck would never stop you," Mu Liang said with a soft laugh.

If the mark prevented someone, there would be no way surgery could remove the mark, after all, their instinct would fight against it and they would never let the mark be removed, even if the partner was a toxic person or simply bad.

If it was a while ago when he woke up and everything became messed up and he was marked by Gyasi, he would most certainly think the same thing as Emery, but after he marked Gyasi the understanding came to him naturally.

The mark is never something to imprison, but it is a way of knowing where the other is to be if he gets lost and if the other person was alive, this connection also facilitated mutual understanding between the couple.

It was never a prison or handcuffs, as Mu Liang initially thought when feeling dependent and not wanting to be separated from Gyasi, as this was very strange to him. He noticed this when he was in the tunnels and felt that strange itch on his mark when he felt Gyasi next to him, even without seeing him or knowing he was around.

"In my case, it was a matter of survival, almost instinctive," Mu Liang thought momentarily remembering the terrible situation of being weak and almost being kidnapped by vampires.

He was weak and he bonded with the strongest person, who he later discovered to be his promised fiancé, so the separation was something that angered Mu Liang even though there were no tender feelings between Gyasi and him at that time, it was a matter of survival.

So much so that there were various mechanisms of life that made Mu Liang needed more and more Gyasi to achieve the strength and independence he so craved, in return, the bond between him and Gyasi was growing.

"You want to be with Emperor Ade, I just don't know what your reason is for wanting to be with the Emperor, but until that reason is remedied or no longer important, you will continue to feel that connection with him" Mu Liang concluded seeing Emery's face maintain an expression of irritation.

Emery didn't want to accept this, he didn't want to accept that the catalyst and what imprisoned him to the man mortal, it was his strong curiosity about Emperor Ade who had a tragic future ahead of him, or would have that fate, he didn't know if things, before predicted, would happen more.

He lifts his face and the midnight blue irises eyes looked at the troublemaker of the future, he just sighed and calmed down.

Now that he was on stage, he would watch closely and if necessary he would interfere, as long as he didn't catch the attention of the current pantheon of gods, he could act freely.

Emery and Mu Liang talked for a long time, about many things, mainly the situation of the diablo empire, with the help of the internet they could research some little things and joining with the inside information they had already received, they did a more analysis depth of the subject.

Almost ironically, they were already preparing for the taking of a powerful position, keeping informed and discussing the matter from the perspective of the imperial family.

Emery said goodbye to Mu Liang, followed by the tall black man, who was also dressed in dark tones and had a low-key character, clearly, this man was an alpha, but Emery only knew that because he was a recessive omega and could more easily feel the pheromone of the other.

In reality, Emperor Ade did not say who this person was, only that this person was of his trust. No name, no data, just Ade's word as a guarantee. If it were anyone else, he wouldn't have accepted such a bizarre situation, but as Emery was an all-powerful being and had nothing to fear, he didn't care and "trusted" Ade's words.

Emery was delivered to the emperor's palace in a floating car, he did not see the majestic emperor's World Tree, nor the world tree from Gyasi's palace. The car was completely closed and they entered through the employees' platform, the latter for security reasons since the news of Emperor Ade having found a destined partner had not yet been revealed.

On the one hand, Ade's trusted people distrusted Emery and sought the origin of that person, on the other hand, they had to protect the safety of the emperor's loved one.

Emery just found this whole security scheme bothersome, he couldn't forget how Ade had paled when he'd talked about wanting to visit Mu Liang, who was the only person he knew who wasn't going to treat him either as a potential danger or as a crystal that had to be protected at all costs.

Ade didn't want Emery to expose himself now, especially when investigations for more traitors were underway, but Emery had been irreducible about that and vented that he felt like a prisoner, which sealed Emery's departure to visit his friend. Ade couldn't stand the idea of ​​his omega feeling trapped or unhappy because of him.

Emery returned to the palace and the tall black man let him into another place the Titan could not imagine where. He ran straight to Ade's office, after talking to Prince Mu, he wanted to test a few things.

If it were normal times, Ade would be in his winter Garden's office, as he would rather receive his guests there than let someone else into the office inside his palace. However, with Emery inside the palace, he proceeded to do all administrative duties and with his trusted men inside the palace office, just so he could feel the presence of his omega close by.

Ade's routine was quite tiring, morning audiences with nobles and civil representatives, afternoon audience with ministers, and online audience at night with governors and mayors, alternating the days from one to another, this included those who were administering the cities of the colonies on other planets.

He never seemed to have time for himself or anything else, when he finished each meeting he would indulge in the thousands of documents that needed to be at least a little read to understand the matter and signed, luckily he had people like Juma Berta and assistants who did the heavy lifting of sorting in the order of importance and reading the contents of the bills and reports, sending him all the ordered files that would only need a brief review, except that tens and hundreds of files a day were almost insane.

Soon it would be dinnertime and he would hold a conference with the governors and mayors of the main cities in the colonies to warn of the persecution of the Jang Family and those sponsored by Concubine Jang over the many years, as well as students and followers. of the concubine who was to be investigated and sent to the laboratories for poison testing.