CH 27

[My god, the royal family and the military have jointly held a press conference. The real purpose of His Royal Highness’s series of actions was announced!]

[His Royal Highness and the vanguard fleet have already arrived at the Central Star this evening! I also went to the port to pick up the ship!! The aura of His Royal Highness today was as tall as 8.8 meters!!!]

[The Duke at the press conference was so handsome! As soon as he came back from the battlefield, he participated in a press conference and didn’t even have time to rest. His Royal Highness the Duke has worked so hard for the Empire! Have a good rest!]

[His Royal Highness the Duke is mighty! Glory to the Empire! The Undefeated God of War!!!]

[I just watched the contents of the press conference. It turned out that the interaction between His Royal Highness the Duke and Mianmian on the live broadcast was not to announce their love and affection to us, but was Mianmian cooperating with His Royal Highness’s plans!]

[Did anyone notice? When His Royal Highness said Mianmian’s name, his eyes instantly became gentle! Ah, I’m dead, they’re so tender! I can’t!]

[Mianmian! Mianmian! Your husband has returned successfully!! Look at the star network! Don’t eat! Don’t! Eat!]

After a period of silence and embarrassment for everyone sitting around the bonfire, Fritsch got up and went to a robot to bring back a lot of food.

He distributed the food to Tu Mianmian, Robbins, and Xu Lu.

The four of them ate dinner together and whispered to each other.

As if awakened by their actions, the other four on Borg’s side came out of their daze.

After they recovered, they each went and brought back a lot of food to solve their dinner.

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The corners of Borg’s mouth were injured and he felt a dull pain when he opened his mouth just slightly.

So, he rejected the dinner handed to him.

Seeing that everyone else around him was eating deliciously, he had no appetite.

He simply brought out his light brain and wanted to go online to see how low his evaluation was.

However, as soon as he connected to the star network, the news of the Duke’s triumph filled all sections of the display.

Borg was stunned: “…”

He slowly raised his head and stared at Tu Mianmian.

Tu Mianmian: “…”

After a long pause, Tu Mianmian who had keen sense could no longer bear his staring and glared at Borg and asked aggressively, “What are you looking at!”

He was super fierce.

The corners of Borg’s mouth twitched as he raised his light brain and said with difficulty: “Congratulations Madam His Royal Highness the Duke has returned triumphantly.”

“Huh?” Tu Mianmian’s momentum weakened.

He immediately turned on his own light brain and found that he had received a message from Sivir earlier on.

In the message, Sivir informed Tu Mianmian of the fleet’s victory and the end of the war.

He told Tu Mianmian at the end of the message that he would come to the Zoological Garden to pick him up and head home.

He also informed Tu Mianmian of the purpose of his previous plans that he kept hidden from him.

After the Duke was unable to single out the traitor at the beginning of the war, he returned to the Central Star and appeared in front of the public through the live broadcast Tu Mianmian participated in.

In addition to laying the foundation for the subsequent guidance of public opinion, it was also an opportunity for him to use the fact that he was away from the battlefield to lead the cautious traitor out of the hole.

The follow-up with Tu Mianmian’s repeated appearances was also used to guide public opinion.

Afterwards, the topics about them became popular and the star network ended up in chaos, and they were able to root out several spies from other countries that were planted in the Central Star.

They were also able to find the traitor hiding himself in the border and those who were cooperating with him.

In the end, those traitors were all pulled and wiped out, and they received a lot of information and goods from them too.

Previously, while Sivir’s plan was being implemented, he didn’t disclose any of the sensitive things to Tu Mianmian.

Now that the dust had settled, Sivir immediately told Mianmian everything.

It’s just that everything looked extremely complicated to Tu Mianmian, and he felt dizzy just thinking about it.

Mianmian turned off his light brain after reading the message.

Beside him, Robbins just finished watching the video of the press conference that was being widely circulated on the star network.

The contents of the video was similar to what he was told in the message from Sivir—it clarified all the series of actions and hidden purpose of the Duke.

The only difference was that the press conference was more serious and the results of the disposal of traitors and other relevant personnel was announced.

“Mianmian!” Robbins exclaimed: “Did you see it!”

Robbins shouted, with a look of understanding: “It turns out that the people who were madly spreading rumors about His Royal Highness on the star network before were all sailors!” (T/N: sailors = hired people to create trends online)

There was no such thing as navy in the entertainment circle in the Interstellar age.

Under the huge number of people on the star network, every user had a real presence.

“They were all users of extranet planets, and they’ve been banned from speaking in the network in the Chaoyang Empire forever.”

Fristch was also monitoring the news, and he narrated a few things about these ‘sailors’.

“There were also some domestic users who had been incited by them and were warned or punished according to the severity of the trouble they caused on the star network.”

Xu Lu added: “There were also several spies planted in the Central Star by other countries, but they were found.”

He then praised vigorously: “His Royal Highness is really amazing.”

“Yes.” Tu Mianmian nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice.

Mianmian remembers the stalwart figure of Sivir piloting his mecha back to the border in the rainy night.

He smiled unconsciously, and a small dimple appeared on his cheek: “Sivir is really good.”

He will come to pick him up later. The Duke said so.

His husband is so kind.

[Betting 50 cents Mianmian must not have been listening to Robbins and the others. He only heard Xu Lu’s rainbow fart praising His Royal Highness the Duke.]

[My heart hurts. Mianmian’s husband has returned from war, and our Robbins’ husband has still not been found.]

[My poor Duke has finally cleared all his grievances! He no longer needs to be accused of dereliction of duty!]

[Have you all read the contents of the press conference? Everything was a strategy! His Royal Highness’s plan! You idiots who followed the trends at that time owe the Duchess an apology!]

[Uuuuuuuuh! I want to apologize to His Royal Highness the Duke!! I followed the trends and criticized him before, but now that I think about it, my brain must have been flooded!]

[His Royal Highness designed a trap, then left the fleet to smoke out the traitors, and finally when the enemy launched a sneak attack, he secretly returned to annihilate them in one fell swoop! So amazing! As expected of His Royal Highness!]

Once the topic of the Duke’s triumphant return from battle was talked about, the atmosphere on the show was like melting ice and snow, and it suddenly became harmonious.

Borg’s three teammates changed their reluctant way of speaking and came to Tu Mianmian’s side to greet him and showed their attentiveness.

Previously, the Duke’s Mansion was riddled with bad news, so they were unwilling to hold on to Tu Mianmian.

But unexpectedly, the situation had now reversed, as if to give them a blow to the head.

They could only hurriedly slap their own faces and lower their posture to please Mianmian, hoping that he’d forget what they had done before.

Borg sat alone by the bonfire, only to find it hard and harder to endure.

Finally, when the bonfire party ended, the Zoological Garden Variety Show announced that the first phase had ended perfectly.

After the bonfire was put out, Dululu, who was afraid of fire, ran out again and sat beside Tu Mianmian.

The Dandan Grass went to sleep after it became dark, and the little elf was locked in the observation room, and couldn’t run out anymore even though she was full of energy.

Tu Mianmian squatted by the side and played with Dululu’s vines, and noticed that it was very silent around him.

He turned his head to look over and found that Robbins, Fritsch, and the other guests were very stiff.

They all seemed to be caught by something and couldn’t move.

Mianmian’s eyes followed their gaze and looked over in the direction they were staring at, finding a tall figure in the distance.

The visitor was wearing a large black cloak in the cool night.

He was tall, with long legs, and had a cold aura.

The coat of arms on his military boots glowed with a cold, golden light.

“Sivir!” Tu Mianmian’s eyes lit up, and he immediately rushed up, “You’re back!”

“Ah.” The Duke reached out to catch the little husband who threw himself at him.

He touched Tu Mianmian’s head, and smoothed his hair as his momentum and body softened in his embrace.

Tu Mianmian leaned on Sivir and looked up at him for a while, then suddenly smiled and said, “I heard that you have conquered a few planets and that the Empire’s territory has expanded a bit now.”

He held out the Calm Flowers he collected and placed them in Sivir’s hand, like an offering: “Welcome back. It’s your victory, His Royal Highness, Duke Sivir.”

“Thank you.” The Duke was slightly startled, but he immediately took the bouquet presented to him by his little husband.

The cold fragrance emanating from the Calm Flowers calmed down his mental fatigue, and a smile appeared in Sivir’s eyes: “Go home now?”

He got out of the Duke’s arms and ran to the observation room, leaving a few short words to Sivir as he ran: “I’ll go and say goodbye to the elf first!”

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In the observation room where the elf was—

In order to take better care of the little elf, the entire observation room was made into an ancient forest landscape.

In the center of the room, iridescent flowers were hung, which were also a ‘breeding ground’ for elves.

After Tu Mianmian came in, the elf who had fallen asleep from boredom, immediately woke up.

She flapped her wings and flew over, approaching Tu Mianmian affectionately.

Mianmian reached out and flicked the elf’s forehead, and the thumb-sized elf instantly flipped over into a backflip in the air.

“I’m going home.” Tu Mianmian carried the elf and placed her back on a flower, “I’ll come see you next time.”

He tapped the elf’s head with his finger, and after a while, turned to leave.

The elf immediately caught up, flying around in front of Tu Mianmian, chattering incessantly.

Mianmian pushed her way with his fingers: “I don’t understand.”

“There’s nothing to say. Bye bye, see you next time.”

The elf shut up on the spot and turned to take action instead.

She laid on Tu Mianmian’s shoulder, and with a wave of her wings, countless sparkles of light fell down.

The light turned into demon power, pouring into Tu Mianmian’s body continuously.

The demon power that was once absorbed by the elf was now returning to him.

…No, no!!!

There’s too much—!

With too much demon power, it overflowed, and Tu Mianmian almost lost control.

He quickly took the elf off him, and immediately tried to take control of the demon power in his body.

After a while, Tu Mianmian finally gained some control.

He stretched out his hand and touched his ears nervously, but when he realized that his ears were normal, he was relieved.

The big stone hanging in Mianmian’s heart almost fell to the ground, but when he touched his tailbone with his hand, his whole body froze.

A look of horror overtook his face.