Road to Glory [Interstellar]

Gustav did not intend to embarrass Royce.He just once again expressed his intention to hope that the other party would become his deputy, and mocked the other party by the way.

Royce can fully understand the other party's motives for coming to see him.Thanks to the blessing of fighting with the opponent for a long time in his previous life, he already has a fairly good understanding of this person's personality: although he is a conspirator, he does not use despicable tricks; Have some fun without getting in the way of your plans.

In a sense, I have become the "joy" in the eyes of the other party.Royce thought.

But the other party's thoughts are not only boring, but also wrong inferences made because they don't know themselves.Just like when I thought that "kissing" was an unhygienic and unreasonable thing to disturb my mind, maybe the other party thought that I could win back a victory, but in fact... it was useless.

Although he had no interest in paying attention to Gustav himself, the unreasonable arrival of the other party made Royce really feel the crisis.

It was beyond his expectation that the other party could solve the incident of "intentionally hurting the princess" and regain the trust of the current ruler of the Principality of Ryan in such a short period of time.In addition, the other party also reminded Royce of one thing-one thing that will happen after Christine ascends the throne.

It was almost a dark cloud that he couldn't get rid of.

A soldier stood by the door.The other party seemed to just pass by unintentionally, but stopped here the moment he saw Royce. "Senior! Is the transformation process going well?"

"80% has been completed. The progress will slow down next. I need to conduct more detailed debugging; similarly, the test program also needs to be optimized." Royce said so, and entered the command to stop the loop program running on the screen.He tried to transform the heavy-duty mecha he had snatched from the Principality of Ryan to make its system more in line with the habits of soldiers from the third planet—this would help improve his own operational efficiency.The project had some initial difficulties, but it's going well these days. "Are you a new mechanic? You haven't been here for two days."

The young recruit looked down at his attire, and after confirming that there were no clues on his body that could reveal the details described by the other party, he looked up again, and the respect in his eyes became deeper.

"Yes, senior. You know, when I graduated from the military academy, my grades were very good, with an average score of 93, which is amazing! However, when I applied for the mecha division, I encountered difficulties! They were extracting my skin tissue , blood and bone marrow samples and told me that none of the key indicators of physical skills were qualified!"

"None of the passes?" Royce repeated softly, commenting, "That's quite a feat."

What's the matter with this feeling of being ridiculed... The young recruit struggled for a second, and finally put it behind him. "In short, I was transferred to the military machinery department in this way. I can get familiar with the environment in the first week, and then I will assist you in your work."

"Welcome. If you are interested, you can come in and take a look." Royce nodded.He has long realized that he is being taken care of by the princess, and now he has confirmed his guess.

Previously, some colleagues around him didn’t trust him, and made quite harsh remarks in front of him; of course, he could refute with logical and well-organized language, but he lacked the courage to communicate with strangers and finally chose to remain silent.But soon, Royce found that those who targeted him were transferred to other mecha divisions, and the replacements were recruits or acquaintances who had worked with him.

It doesn't have to be.Newcomers have no experience, and the calculation speed is frighteningly slow.This is as bad as ever.

Royce sighed and turned to the young soldiers looking around. "Can you understand? What I wrote."

"It's okay, actually..." Staring at the paper with dense formulas written on it, the bewildered young man finally raised his hands in surrender, "Okay, I can understand the calculation part, but your Guess I don't understand."

"That's not bad." Royce really wanted to give the other party a smile of approval, but unfortunately he only raised the corners of his lips slightly after trying hard because of his lack of expression. "The logic and meta-analysis are the same, but I made some practical assumptions and inferences just to get close to the mecha I use."

"Okay. Before I start working, I probably have to learn a lesson from you."

"Yes. You know, I really need someone whose work efficiency can keep up with mine." Royce looked up at his watch and stood up. "I hate to say things like that; but I'm sorry, I'm going away for a while."

"That's all right. Well, can I stay here and read your calculations?"

"Of course. I just met Gustave Melo before he left. That good-natured person seems to take pleasure in disrupting the normal operation of our army." Roy, who thought there was nothing to hide, said calmly.

"My God!" The young man who was immersed in the formula and tried to understand the logic turned around in surprise and stared at Royce worriedly. "Why didn't you refuse? Besides, it doesn't look like you're in a hurry at all! With all due respect, he should deeply resent you and ask to meet you, mostly to make things difficult for you!"

"Why should I be in a hurry?" Royce shrugged, "This is the third planet, and he came here for business. No matter how much the Principality of Ryan likes to interfere with other countries, it is impossible to do it on the territory of other countries. Things like killing their officers."

What's more, that guy doesn't want to kill himself at all - the other party wants to live to satisfy that inexplicable interest.

"That's true." The young soldier breathed a sigh of relief, and turned to talk about what he had seen and heard at the time, "Speaking of which, that guy is indeed from a big family of the Principality of Ryan! Tall and handsome, with extraordinary bearing, he is even more superior than their prince momentum!"

"Hmm." It's a pity that he is a pervert.Royce thought.

Unlike the previous hasty meeting in the barracks, this time their meeting was arranged in the clock tower.That is the landmark building of this country, which has stood in the capital for hundreds of years; in the past, it overlooked the entire city, but now it has become a historical milestone and has been preserved.

"I have to say that the people on the third planet are different from what I imagined—at least the ruler is." After greeting politely, Gustav unexpectedly said good things about the third planet, "You guys His Majesty the King is a wise and kind man."

"Yes. He was so kind that he agreed to many of your unreasonable requests, and even allowed you to wander around our country." Royce walked to the other side.Knowing that the guards stationed on the stairs couldn't hear their conversation on the high ground, he simply expressed his thoughts, "Are you complacent now? Thinking 'oh my god, the king here is so cowardly'?"

"No," Gustav raised his lips, "what I was thinking was to praise his gentle but not weak attitude. Personally, I don't hate your king, nor even the An aggressive and cunning princess. God knows how precious this kind of weak but humble attitude is to the people of the third planet."

Royce pursed his lips.They seem to be daring to talk about everything now, so that they have broken the shell of reticence and repeatedly insulted Gustav, and the other party no longer puts the words "from the bottom of their hearts" in their hearts-those arrogant, vicious, and themselves. Words that cannot be refuted. "It turns out that you also know that the third planet cannot be compared with the Principality of Ryan in many aspects. Since this is the case, you have repeatedly targeted my mother country."

"Isn't this kind of thing easy to explain?" Gustav was silent for a while, and when he spoke again, he changed into the cold tone of the imperial assistant officer that was similar to Royce's memory, "In order to make my country Get boundless glory. I want it to get the glory that matches its strength."

"To prove the strength of a country, do you have to step on other countries?" Royce emphasized his tone.

"Is there any other better way?" Gustav asked back.

Royce closed his eyes and rubbed his swollen temples.

Clearly knowing that they cannot change each other's minds but keep arguing endlessly instead of not being in touch with each other, this is simply a variant of the natural enemy effect.All the while Gustav was trying to argue with himself, irritate himself and quite enjoy it, he started doing something similar - trying to correct the other person's mind! "Why do you want to see me?"

"For two things." Gustav, who had maintained a confident aura since we met, suddenly became hesitant, "Royce, don't you...plan to marry your princess?"

"In this context, shouldn't 'marry' be used?" Royce corrected.

"Come on, you understand what I mean." Gustav became irritated rarely, "Although the little girl is beautiful, she is too smart to suit you at all! Don't tell me, because of that 'queen's husband' You intend to stay by her side and let her drain all your flesh and power! I really don’t understand!”

"I don't understand why you care about this. It's simply irrelevant." Royce was really puzzled at the moment, "You know, I'm different from you, and I won't try to use this to control country. Besides, I had no intention of doing so."

Gustav didn't answer right away.But Royce could tell that the other party was obviously relieved. "In short, whether it's private or public, your stay on the third planet will bother me. You need to understand this, Royce."

Such words made Royce even more puzzled.But at the same time, another thing that required his attention pushed this doubt aside. "Sorry, I don't understand. Besides, I don't understand what is the meaning of the word 'Emperor's husband'."

This time, Gustav fell into complete silence.

Royce stared at the smile that was gradually showing at the corner of the other party's mouth, and the uneasiness in his heart gradually expanded.

What did this guy do during the two days of traveling in the city?

As if in response to Royce's uneasiness and doubts, a dull bell sounded from the distant palace, one, one, and another.

Royce counted the bells inwardly.There was a brief silence after the three tones, and then the bell rang again, repeating this three times.

It's death knell.

Royce's eyes suddenly widened.He wanted to question Gustav, but he was speechless in astonishment.The most serious and terrifying deviation since his rebirth made him almost unable to stand still, as if the ground under his feet was falling apart.

"Because, she will soon become queen." Along with the buzzing sound of tinnitus, Gustav's words came into his ears clearly, "Look, I did something similar to you, but it helped to whom you owe your allegiance."

Royce calmed down.

Things gradually became clear amidst the chaos.

It is well known that His Majesty the King will inspect the city today; and a certain radical civil organization had released threatening words a week ago.

The great aristocrats, terrified of their power being diminished, lived on the west side of the palace, and Gustav had been there.

At noon, I did hear other people mention the riots in the streets, but I was too busy testing the system to care about what was going on outside.

"That's impossible," Royce finally said. "That's different."

That's different!

Carmen was originally from the third planet, so she was not "incited by the enemy" in the strict sense!

"Why is it different?" Although Gustav didn't know anything about the inside story, he was immersed in joy at the moment and didn't study it carefully. "People with rich emotions are the easiest to be incited. The only difference is probably that I use Yes, they are ignorant and self-proclaimed good people! Don't you understand? These people don't think about the hard work of soldiers and the cruelty of politics; they just want to destroy what they hate, and they never think about things after that Like you, I didn't expect this to be successful. But you see, these guys who can be defined as 'mob||folk' have accomplished their mission. Their power is obviously infinite. I am very impressed .”

Not wanting to do anything radical here, Royce turned around and left.He intended to see Christine immediately.

"It's disrespectful to be so rude to a guest who arrives from afar and leaves the next day. I'm the one who reached out to you, twice. Don't you even want to say goodbye, Royce .”

The other party's relaxed and teasing tone successfully stopped Royce in his tracks.

"If it's for your purpose, then you've done a good job, Gustave Melo. It's just," Royce said slowly, "that, to me, it's more important than this planet I'm standing on, The mother country on which I depend, you are worthless."