Noah was stunned; he had never heard Qin Chu speak in such a tone before.
"W-What is it?" Noah asked.
The art exhibition ended, and Qin Chu saw Levi take off his military cap and walk towards him.
As Qin Chu watched him slowly approach, she whispered to Noah in her mind, "Send Levi away."
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"Your Highness Levi, when may I leave Roy Palace?"
A voice interrupted the narration.
In the drawing room of the Royal Palace, the man in black robes sat quietly on the sofa, only his fair chin visible.
Opposite him, the young crown prince frowned, clearly displeased that his story had been interrupted.
Qin Chu pursed his lips and looked at the person who had come.
The woman who entered the reception room was dressed in a simple and neat business suit.
She looked somewhat familiar; Qin Chu seemed to have met her before.
Qin Chu quickly pinpointed the source of this familiarity: the woman's coat had a light gray badge, the insignia of a cabinet official.
A name suddenly popped into Qin Chu's mind: Ms. Caroline.
Levy was very unhappy to see someone barging in.
He was about to tell the man to leave when he suddenly heard the man in black robes in front of him ask, "Your Crown Princess?"
The voice was cool, with a unique, icy tone, but when Levi heard it, he instinctively retorted, "No, don't overthink it."
But when he said that, Levy was taken aback, feeling that he had gone a bit too far.
"Oh, then who is she?" the man in black robes asked.
This question is easy to answer. The Crown Princess is just the reason why Levi forcibly kept people there. Just say it directly.
But... Levi opened his mouth, thought of several answers, and felt that none of them were quite right.
Fortunately, the old butler soon came in and invited Ms. Caroline back.
The man in black was clearly still waiting for his answer. Levi found the situation rather amusing. He stroked his chin and chuckled, "Why should I tell you? You haven't finished your story yet."
"...The art exhibition is over, there's nothing else to do," Qin Chu said.
"Are you married?" Levy suddenly asked.
"……What?"
"You...did they get married?" Levy asked.
Qin Chu didn't expect Levi to ask this question.
He had considered that this person might chuckle nonchalantly and ask him, "Wasn't a lot of it cut out? What did they do during those fifteen days?"
Or you might ask, "You keep calling them Alpha and Omega, what are their actual names?"
But Levy didn't have any.
He simply asked, "Are they married?"
Qin Chu suddenly found himself at a loss for words.
Is it married, not married, or simply doesn't matter?
"Let's get married...?" Qin Chu said.
The person opposite raised an eyebrow: "What kind of answer is that?"
"Forget it, don't ask anymore." Qin Chu was a little annoyed.
Levi smiled without saying anything, but his gaze remained unconsciously fixed on him, lingering for a long time.
Silence fell over the reception room once again.
Qin Chu suddenly felt that it wasn't quite right for just the two of them to be there.
If Cumming or the old butler were present, they would always chatter on and on, either discussing a few minor details or eagerly pressing for follow-up questions.
That way, Qin Chu wouldn't have to face her boyfriend alone—the one she'd argued with, fought with, slept with, and who had lost his memory.
She certainly wouldn't listen to him ask, from an outsider's perspective, "Are they married?" in such a quiet setting.
That's a sharp question, and it's very effective.
The two sat there for a while, neither of them speaking.
Logically speaking, Levy wouldn't have put himself in such an awkward situation.
But now, facing the man in black robes, he had an indescribable feeling, as if he were very close to him, yet also very far away.
He even showed a rare... faint sense of guilt.
"Rewards," Qin Chu said, glancing at the time.
Unlike before, there were no excuses or teasing attempts to keep him in suspense. This time, Levi was straightforward and asked him directly, "What do you want?"
Qin Chu lowered his head and pondered for a moment before saying, "I want to see the person in charge of the military, the captain of the First Warship, Qin Chu."
Levy was somewhat surprised that he would mention that name.
His impression of the name came from what Camin had told him when he went to Miles Star a while ago.
"You two know each other?" Levi stared at the man in black robes, suddenly a little dissatisfied. "He's not as good-looking as me, not as capable as me, and he's not interesting at all. Why do you want to see him?"
"..." Qin Chu was speechless for a long time. The heavy mood he had felt earlier suddenly dissipated, and he even had a strange urge to laugh.
Noticing his desire to laugh, Levy became even more annoyed: "Can't you focus on your storytelling business a little more? Just tell me the stories, do you expect me to tell them to him too?"
Qin Chu: "..."
Oh no, now I want to laugh even more.
Author's Note:
A true warrior steps on a grenade twice.
Chapter 115 Qin Chu
The two sat there staring at each other.
The atmosphere was still quiet and deserted, but the stagnant heaviness seemed to have dissipated somewhat, leaving only a kind of indescribable absurdity.
Qin Chu peered at Levi from under the hood and couldn't help but sigh, "It really is the same person; the cabinet didn't switch him out."
Whether in the virtual world or the real world, hearing his name elicits roughly the same reaction.
Qin Chu glanced at him again and was surprised to find that this guy was actually quite serious.
He sighed with a subtle emotion: "It's not about telling a story."
To everyone's surprise, Levy raised his eyebrows even higher: "If you're not here to tell a story, why are you looking for him?"
"...Just tell me if you'll help or not." Qin Chu was too lazy to argue with him; the Royal Palace was not an absolutely safe environment.
The sudden appearance of Caroline would bring other surveillance, and he had not yet identified any spies within the cabinet.
"It'll probably be difficult to see this Qin Chu." Levi leaned back in his chair, his tone languid and somewhat uninterested, as if the mention of other people made him very unhappy.
"What's difficult about it? I need to see his sleep pod."
Qin Chu was not joking.
Every time he comes to see Levi now, he uses someone else's body. It's not because he forcibly changed bodies to conceal his identity, but because the link between his consciousness and body has been severed, and he can't return to his own body.
This is a very tricky situation.
Seeing that his tone had become serious, Levy stopped beating around the bush.
He said, "In the latest imperial report, Qin Chu is suspected of betraying the country."
After Levi said those words, the black-robed man in front of him visibly paused for a moment.
He frowned slightly. It wasn't his imagination; this mysterious fellow in the black robe seemed to care too much about "Qin Chu."
Levi opened his mouth, about to ask something else, when he saw the man in black robes nimbly jump off the sofa and walk straight down the corridor.
Levy also stood up and followed behind him.
The man in the black robe had told the story many times, each time arriving alone and leaving alone after finishing his story.
Most of the time, Levy just sat there, seemingly unaffected by the man's stories, so he felt no joy or nostalgia whether the man arrived or left.
This was the first time Levy had stood up to see the man in black off.
As he followed the man in black robes, he pondered how to keep the man there.
We've tried tough measures, but they don't seem to be working.
Last time I forced him to stay for a while, which made him not come back on time the next time.
A less forceful approach... seems like it could be used?
Since His Highness the Crown Prince Levi had already come to see people off, the old butler who had been standing in the corridor immediately rushed over and followed behind Levi.
This time, the old steward didn't hear the story told by the man in black robes, and he was quite curious.
He looked up at Levi, only to find that the Crown Prince seemed unusually serious, as if he were pondering something of great importance.
The old butler grew increasingly puzzled, when he suddenly heard Levy, who was "pondering important matters," ask in a low voice, "Do you think if I act cute, he'll stay?"
“…Huh?” The old butler was stunned.
But Levy only said this one sentence before falling silent.
His pace still carried that lazy air, as if he hadn't asked that somewhat hesitant question earlier.
The old housekeeper also wondered if it was time to replace his cochlear implant.
It wasn't until they arrived at the gates of the Royal Palace that the old butler confirmed he didn't need to change his hearing aid.
Because he saw their Crown Prince, he directly reached out and grabbed the black-robed man's wrist.