The Whole Empire Thinks The Admiral Wants To Steal The Bride - Chapter 20

Chapter 20 – Going On a Date

　☆☆、Chapter 20 – The Whole Empire Heard That The Marshal Was Getting Married (Part I)☆☆、

　　The proposal was a big deal, not just Glenn, but everyone present thought so.

　　After placing the coffee in front of everyone, the old butler Alfred took off his monocle. He wiped the corners of his eyes with a white hand towel and said softly, “Admiral, oh, no, Marshal. Congratulations on your marriage to His Highness.”

　　Glenn looked at the familiar cup of black coffee in front of him speechlessly.

　　The dark brown liquid is clear in color, and he could smell the bitterness in it just by using his nose.

　　With red eyes, Harvillin looked at the old butler with appreciation and said to Glenn sincerely: “With the sweetness between you and His Highness now, even the bitterest coffee should be delicious. I understand.”

　　Glenn: “…” What do you know?

　　Glenn: “I’m just planning to propose. How to propose to Joshua and whether Joshua will agree are all unknown. It’s probably too early to say that it will be a success now.”

　　He meant what he said… but unfortunately no one believed him.

　　Miranda pouted and raised one of her thin eyebrows, wishing that all her facial features could express her excitement: “God of the Universe doesn’t joke! As long as you are the one proposing, even if there is no grand ceremony, no sweet words – and you can’t say any sweet words… His Highness will definitely agree.”

　　Alfred and Havelin nodded in unison.

　　Glenn didn’t think so. He sighed and said seriously, “I’m not sure whether Joshua will agree to my proposal. I’ve wasted too much of his time, so it’s understandable that he refuses.” As he spoke, Glenn’s heart skipped a beat, and he felt empty inside. He continued calmly, “Even if he doesn’t agree in the end, I can’t tolerate myself humiliating him in any insincere way. He deserves the best.”

　　Ke Xi who was lying on the sofa pretending to be asleep and Miranda: “…” What a handful of dog food.

　　”The best?” Miranda thought for a moment, “Why don’t you order a formal dress? The kind of, uh, aristocratic suit. The tabloids say that your wardrobe consists of T-shirts and jeans, in addition to the uniforms issued by the military. When you are occasionally photographed, you look like a small civil servant who just got off work in the north of the city, and a contract worker who doesn’t care about his clothes at all.”

　　Contract worker Glenn Sasir took a piece of letter paper and wrote a line with a pen: “Anything else?”

　　Harvilin answered quickly, “Surprises and romance are essential! My dad won over my mom with a fireworks display. What do you think of this?”

　　”How vulgar.” Miranda stamped calmly.

　　Harvilin was deeply shocked and said unwillingly, “What about traveling around the galaxy? A mecha show? Buying a planet for him?”

　　”Hundreds of galaxies in the entire galaxy are all in the hands of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you idiot!”

　　The old butler slowly pushed up his glasses, which had just been reset, and said in a deep voice, “A delicious dinner will be a nice bonus. Candlelight, fine wine, and delicious food. Although old-fashioned, it is very practical.”

　　There were a few more lines of black ink written on the letterhead. Glenn looked up and asked, “Anything else?”

　　Admiral Ke Xi, who was lying silently on the long sofa, also felt a little toothache today. He raised his right hand to rub his cheek and sat up straight again: “Don’t you think you missed something?”

　　”I don’t think so.” Said Miranda.

　　”Ring,” Ke Xi rolled his eyes, “and a ring.”

　　Glenn calmly wrote down the word “ring”, capped the pen, and put it back in the drawer.

　　”I have a small half-baked plan.”

　　•=|=•

　　The year 3008 of the Third Galactic Era was a wonderful one for Glenn, at least in the realm of love.

　　For some reasons, he and his old friend, whom he regarded as a brother, each first had an unmarried partner, and then returned to being single. In the midst of many twists and turns, he finally realized the other’s long-lasting and deep feelings, and found that his heart had already fallen for him a long time.

　　They haven’t gotten together yet. But they probably love each other.

　　Amid the lovers’ weighing and considerations, the year 3009 came quietly.

　　After the palace dinner, Joshua walked out of the banquet hall behind his attendants, loosening the scarf around his neck.

　　——Only God knows that compared to this complicated and tangled dress, he actually preferred the neat military uniform.

　　He also favored another man in military uniform.

　　Joshua smiled silently.

　　Now, a whole month had passed since the last time the two of them were alone together. The average temperature on the capital planet had dropped from over 20 degrees to around 15 degrees, and the thickness of the dress was just right.

　　From another perspective, it could be said that another year has passed. Another year of knowing and accompanying Glenn Sasir.

　　How many years? Joshua didn’t even have to think, a number popped into his mind.

　　Twelve years. It’s the twelfth year.

　　The royal surnames of the three major empires today seem to be cursed by someone, and there were many flaws engraved in their bloodlines.

　　The Alphas born in the Gabriel family of the House Empire are irritable from generation to generation, and each of them seemed to have intermittent mania; the descendants of the Dorne family of the Celine Empire are lax in nature, and seem to be on the verge of transitioning to democratic politics.

　　The Gustav family of the Fran Empire had the longest history and the most bizarre problems, and the Gustav family is full of romantic people.

　　As we all know, Joshua’s father fell in love with Miss Duchess Natasha, “the charming lily of Touraine City”, at first sight at the coming-of-age ceremony banquet. The two dated for half a year and entered the marriage hall countless times earlier than their peers.

　　But few people knew that Lady Natasha suffered from congenital glandular insufficiency, and until Lady Natasha’s death, the Emperor and Empress were unable to complete the complete marking.

　　At that time, the situation in the Fran Empire was not as stable as it is now. The heir to the throne, who had just come of age, was an only son, and a queen with questionable fertility could not satisfy the Senate.

　　Natasha resolutely chose the most painful artificial insemination during the estrus period, and gave birth to Omega’s eldest son Joshua at the age of 20.

　　Surgery and premature childbirth damaged her physical condition, and she was never able to conceive a second child.

　　Unlike Omegas who could survive the estrus period through temporary marking and ordinary bonding, Alphas who fail to complete the marking needed to take inhibitors all year round.

　　Madam Mona seized this opportunity and secretly replaced the Emperor’s inhibitors.

　　Mrs. Natasha’s weakness before her death was not due to lovelorn, but because of her trust in her partner and her self-blame for her own shortcomings.

　　——It didn’t have to be like this. It didn’t have to happen.

　　With such thoughts in mind, Lady Natasha finally chose to avoid her partner and sleep alone in the palace.

　　At this time, Lady Mona, who had excellent fertility, had realized that she had made a wrong calculation. She seduced the servants to help her, escaped from the palace with a big belly, and gave birth to Victoria, who had the blood of the Gustav family, while on the run.　

　　Mrs. Natasha didn’t want her son to go astray, but Joshua really couldn’t choose to forgive – there were people who could not forgive this mess even more than he did.

　　A few years later, the captured Lady Mona was sent back to the rogue who had forced her to be marked, and soon disappeared.

　　That was the first time Joshua realized the many facets of the Emperor.

　　After he had seen the complexity of human nature and the fickleness of fate.

　　His Majesty the Emperor of Fran knew where Lady Mona was hiding from the very beginning, every moment, every second. He played the cat-and-mouse game over and over again for seven years, and finally dealt a fatal blow to the other party when she almost thought she had escaped.

　　This was revenge from a husband, a father, and a king, revenge born of desperation and viciousness.

　　On the day when Joshua received the news of Mrs. Mona’s death, he was reading beside his father. The man’s blue eyes were already covered with fine lines. Although he was in his early thirties, his temples were already gray.

　　His father asked him, “Is there anything you want to do?”

　　He said: “I want to see the outside world.”

　　His Majesty the Emperor of Fran agreed. The young prince entered the military under an assumed name, and then met Glenn.

　　On that wounded afternoon, he suddenly remembered what the elderly Gustav had said to him before they left.

　　——”You have to look for a person like you look for gold in the sea of sand. His appearance, voice, smile, tears, all of them will make your soul tremble.”

　　”If you find him, let him know your name.”

　　”That might be the first time, or it might be many years.”

　　•=|=•

　　”Your Highness?” Servant Ed called out helplessly for the third time.

　　Joshua pulled his head out of his memories and smiled apologetically: “Sorry, Ed. I remembered something from the past.”

　　Ed nodded in understanding at first, but then curled his lips in dissatisfaction: “Your Highness, how long has it been since you last met the Marshal…, Marshal?!”

　　Joshua’s blue eyes widened slightly and his heart began to pound.

　　The man in military uniform was tall and strong, with his sleeves half-rolled up on his arms. He looked relaxed, and his pair of black eyes were even more charming in the night.

　　This man had strong and handsome features, but his eyelashes were very long, like a female Omega, with a shadow under his eyes that hid all the emotions in his eyes.

　　”Are you free?” Glenn asked with a smile.

　　“Yes,” Joshua heard himself answer.

　　”That’s good, follow me.”

　　The Marshal took Joshua’s right hand, which was cold in the night, and brought it to his lips and blew a few puffs of hot air, his demeanor very calm.

　　Joshua felt his face flush and glanced coldly at Ed.

　　The conscious servant had silently turned around and covered his face.

　　”What are we doing?” Joshua asked softly.

　　Glenn had Joshua’s favorite “bright sunny smile” on his face and his voice was magnetic and deep.

　　”We’re going on a date.”

　　-TBC