Chapter 138 - Problems Don't Stop Falling From The Sky (part.1)

How he dedicated so much "love" to concubine Jang only to be stabbed in the back and almost die in this "love". Yes, it was very laughable, but Nehand couldn't be happy with the many problems this all caused for the Imperial Family and that she had to deal with a lot of these problems.

Even in her absence, Nehand hated the concubine Jang with all her strength, the damn woman ran away and left her with a lot of problems to solve!

"What do you want to talk to me, your majesty?" Nehand finally gave up working for a moment to get this strange conversation over with. Ehione that in the first years of marriage he was lukewarm in the relationship and that he stopped paying attention to her over the years, now here he was strangely wanting her attention.

Too bad she was so busy and there were still things related to her third child marriage. She is in trouble now that they knew she was Nadira. Did Mu Liang know this? Would he feel embarrassed? Would he feel cheated? Or would he no longer respect her?

What would Gyasi think of her? Would he blame her for taking Mu Liang out and exposing them to danger? She didn't have the courage to talk to her son or her future son-in-law.

So she used every excuse of being busy not to reunite with Mu Liang as Gyasi's mother and retired empress. Fortunately, there was so much work that no one dared question Nehand's decision.

"Nehand, why didn't you ever tell me you were Nadira?" Ehione got right to the point, as he could see the impatience in his wife's mulberry eyes.

"It is a sacred and special skill that only members of the Achebe duchy have. It is an absolute secret, there is no way for me to say such a thing to your majesty. Besides, is it okay for me to be Nadira, does it bother your majesty? I don't think this is something your majesty can meddle with," Nehand questioned with a heavy, sarcastic tone in his voice.

Ehione sighed and told the whole story of him as Rafiki and how he was saved by Nadira, of course, he had to omit that he had fallen in love with that brave woman, he had to keep some pride. Also, it was a little pathetic that the woman he fell in love with many years ago is the same woman he married and went on to treat her coldly.

"I thought Rafiki was some cousin of the imperial family, but he was the crown prince... What did you have in mind to go out without guards around you!" Nehand was stunned for a moment and then angry, which made Ehione giggle.

He felt a little happy that Nehand cared a little about him, it meant that he was hopeful of improving their relationship.

"Why are you laughing? Do you know how the country would go into chaos if the Crown Prince were killed!? Doesn't that mean I'm a national hero?! I didn't get anything but a cold marriage… I feel so wronged now… Well, at least I have really good kids…" Nehand said excitedly and then muttered at the end feeling wronged.

"I'm sorry I shouldn't..."

"Ehione, saying you're sorry isn't going to change that you broke my heart and treated me so coldly, for no reason at all, at least your majesty told me," Nehand said with a pained expression.

"I... What can I do to make you hate me less..." Ehione said giving up trying to regain good feelings with Nehand. He knew he had messed up badly in their relationship, it only remained for him to try to apologize first.

"Then take off your clothes," Nehand said looking very intently at Ehione. She didn't know if it was because she knew Ehione was Rafiki, and it turned her on at the same time it reminded her of how free and uninhibited she had been, or if she simply wanted to play with the serious Ehione.

The hate, the rancor, and the anger... She felt all that, but she also felt that she had wasted a lot of time not playing with this loose husband, she should have marked him right at the beginning... She who is such a woman strong, how would she be happy with her man with other women?

However, she took the role of empress so seriously that she thought that making sacrifices for the good of the Imperial Family and annulling herself at the same time was right. However, things got so out of hand that Ehione got married twice and even fell in love with a traitorous snake.

And she was the one who had to deal with a cold marriage... When she could only have shown how strong she was and directly put everything she felt to Ehione, whether he wanted to or not, then if it didn't work out, she could leave being the empress and living her life.

She had a powerful family behind her, so even if the entire empire went against her family it would protect her. However, things turned out as they did, she doesn't regret having their children, but she felt that she might as well have lived a better life if she had imposed herself early on.

Her kids have already grown up anyway, but she still clung to this broken relationship.

However, Nehand now wanted to do what she wanted, if Ehione didn't agree... Well, divorce existed for those things.

She probably didn't want to feel like she'd failed her decision and clung to this pattern of relationship. When she could now with Ade as emperor, she could do as she pleased with her life, and even facing her cold husband was an option.

However, getting out of the vices and customs of years was complicated. Maybe if it wasn't for her going out to adventure with Mu Liang, as she hadn't done in years, she would still continue with the same mental pattern and sink even deeper into that role of the mother of the empire, only she would be much more unhappy and causing problems for the children so that they were unhappy too.

Of course, she couldn't be the only queen of the underground anymore. She had matured, become a mother, wife, and ruler, but she could regain that vivacity and free spirit that she had before and combine it all with the wisdom acquired throughout her life as a ruler and with the love that she had learned as a mother like also the patience that time had taught her.

Ah, Nehand was on a path of changing herself, only at that moment, she wanted to know if Ehione would agree and accept this change from her.

"What? On here? Now?" Ehione said baffled, he didn't expect this kind of weird request.

"Doesn't want to undress... Oh, in fact, we've never done these things like that... Just coldly in the bedroom... Forget it then, your majesty can come out then" Nehand said putting on a grim expression and looking back at the holographic screen files, trying to ignore her husband's presence.

Ehione didn't know whether to laugh or be irritated by such an act, he was no longer the foolish crown prince, he was socially very skilled and wore an acting mask like no one else, how could he not see Nehand's pitiful and shameless acting?

Nehand thought that Ehione would leave, she didn't expect to hear the sound of clothes falling to the floor.

"Close the door and let's talk," Ehione asked as she finished undressing, leaving him only with small underwear.

Okay, they would talk.

If Nehand's look didn't remind one of a panther that had found its delicious prey. Which gave Ehione a shiver of awe and a little excitement.

Ah, here was the dominant queen of underground as it was decades ago.

On the other hand, Mu Qiao and Roho ran for their lives on the space station that had become chaos, with the intergalactic police at work and the enemies who seemed fearless facing the police directly.

Unfortunately, Mu Qiao and Roho separated from the group and got lost inside the inn, the fire had started and they could hear some explosions, fire and police sirens sounded outside, which brought some relief to their situation.

"I didn't imagine the Diablo Empire was in such chaos" Mu Qiao muttered with concern to his little brother Mu Liang. His father had already said that there were two attacks on Mu Liang's life, which made Mu Qiao leave the Mecha tournament that took place in the Tang-Kai Empire, only to be on the side of his fragile little brother.

He knew there was trouble in the Diablo Empire, but wasn't that too much? So in the face of the authorities, it showed some symptoms of an internal illness in the government of the empire.

Was his younger brother really okay with that?

"You can let go of me now," Roho asked after they hid behind the fake stones in the western courtyard of the inn.

"Oh, I think it's better not," Mu Qiao said blatantly keeping Roho even closer to his body. As he was wearing the mecha armor he didn't feel like he was invading Roho's space, as there was no direct contact with his body.

However, unlike Mu Qiao who was protected with the mecha armor and couldn't feel Roho's pheromones, the same was not true for him.

The pheromones are part of the combat components of each one, the pheromones of an omega can go crazy or bring down the alphas, whereas the alphas use it to show their strength to the enemies, the stronger the cultivation of the Cosmic Energy the stronger the Alpha or Omega pheromone, the greater the dominance they gain over others.

Roho felt submerged by Mu Qiao's pheromone and left him in agony, the heat ran through every part of his body, as it had never happened, even in his estrus there was no such heat and weight in his body.

Of course, the situation wasn't ideal, they were running away from the enemies, luckily Roho had his choker that kept his pheromones from spreading wildly all over the place, which would be a disaster.

Before Roho could complain further, the sound of quantum bullets was heard and the clash between the enemies and the intergalactic police had begun. The bomb squad had arrived and were investigating the site for more bombs.

Everything seemed to be coming to a good end, but a new explosion that shook the ground was felt by Roho and Mu Qiao.

"They're over there!" the enemies who had escaped the police siege found Roho and Mu Qiao.