Road to Glory [Interstellar]

The third planet is not in chaos as the next ruler takes over quickly.However, while everyone was still mourning the death of the king, a storm was silently brewing.

At a speed that almost everyone had no time to react, the young queen issued a series of decrees, which seemed to change the existing system in a slow and thorough way; The remarks of the central government made the nobles even more panicked, and also made the common people feel uneasy.

After that, the queen used the army to carry out high-level purges, forcibly disbanded the private army of the nobles, held the nobles accountable, and gave the wealth of those who were imprisoned to the various city-states that had been exploited.

This series of measures undoubtedly made the common people rejoice and encourage young people with lofty aspirations to try.At the same time, this naturally aroused strong dissatisfaction among some nobles; but after witnessing the horrific scene of the queen shooting the offenders with her own hands, they could only settle down angrily, and only secretly cursed the queen for being "sympathetic to the pariah." , bringing shame to the country".

"Those old fellows in the prison have not stopped abusing the princess...the queen." After Irene changed her words, she lowered her voice, "I said, Royce, what the queen did, could it be Did you incite it?"

"It has nothing to do with me. I'm going into the cabin, sister." Royce replied simply, jumping directly into the cockpit.

After talking with Christine, Royce did not get the chance to meet with each other again.In fact, he is also very clear: it is impossible for the other party who becomes the queen to communicate with him on an equal footing; on the other hand, as long as the other party is doing the right thing, he will continue to follow the other party.

Although Christine, who couldn't tolerate the sand in his eyes, still issued a not-so-soft decree, it was already much better than his previous life.Even the guy who was used to make an example to others and was killed by Christine above the main hall was once rampant in the capital and hated by the common people.

Using bright beliefs to guide public opinion is better than frightening the people with blood and high pressure.As for the malicious aristocrats and extreme non-government organizations, because the people are on the side of the princess and are against them, it is impossible to cause a big storm.

Right now, I just need to fulfill my duty as a soldier and prepare for battle at all times.Thinking so, Royce activated the mecha after confirming that the hatch was closed and the system was operating normally.

In an instant, the huge mecha glides along the track, breaks away from the mothership, and leaps into the vast space.

***

In the military camp that was operating as usual, Royce did not realize how the regime change and institutional turmoil on the third planet had affected this galaxy—until he received an invitation from the Queen's servant.

"Why did you invite me to the banquet for the envoys from other countries?" Royce was puzzled. "It is impossible for a person like me to have any positive effect on an occasion involving 'diplomacy'."

"Perhaps the queen is very fond of you and wants to show in public that you are someone important to her?" Irene made an idealized assumption, "I agree that she likes you."

"First of all, I don't think Her Majesty the Queen will have any personal feelings for a certain individual. Secondly, no matter what my current status is, my previous behavior of seizing the enemy's mech must not be honorable in the eyes of outsiders. Letting me appear in front of outsiders, this It's definitely not something His Majesty would do." Royce was silent for a moment, "In comparison, it's more like someone made an unreasonable request and His Majesty had no choice but to agree."

Irene, who originally planned to sneer at Royce's reasoning, widened her eyes because of something she thought of. "Although I don't believe in your conspiracy theory, every guess you make seems to be correct. Speaking of making a request... I heard that the envoys from the Principality of Ryan arrived yesterday, and Gustav was among them. Could it be a conspiracy by him? To force you to attend, and then humiliate you in front of everyone?"

"If he planned this, then I wouldn't be surprised at all." Royce recalled the other party's despicable act of killing the king with a knife before, his eyes sank, "but he won't design it just for this." If you play the whole set, there must be unknown, more vicious thoughts."

Although he already had a bad guess in his heart, Royce had no choice but to attend.

Let's see what kind of conspiracy this guy has.Royce thought about it, and looked at his appearance through the clean stone pillar.

The dark blue uniform fits snugly, without the slightest wrinkle because of his careful movements.And the messy long hair he had grown up during training, which was somewhat unkempt, hung down softly on his shoulders after Irene took care of it.

Doesn't look too bad...not compared to that guy though.

Royce looked downstairs, where the dignitaries gathered around the princess.Without any effort, he found Gustav among the crowd.Although he always thought that the beautiful and majestic queen was the focus, he had to admit that the young general with dazzling blond hair and ice blue eyes was indeed very eye-catching.

Perhaps realizing that someone was staring at him, Gustav turned around and captured Royce's position very accurately.The moment he looked at Royce, he smiled like a gentleman, and slightly raised his glass in greeting.

"Pretentious." Royce commented.But he knew in his heart that he would never be able to have such a graceful and coercive posture; that was probably the quality that this young man of noble origin possessed and attracted others to follow.

After a brief meeting full of gunpowder last time, Royce once again met with what he identified as the old enemy of the two lives.

This time, considering that it was in a public place, Royce shook hands with Gustav in a manner that was not warm, but did not lose his grace even though he was in a corner where there were no people.However, the person in front of him seemed to have no concerns about maintaining his image.

After a smile, Gustav said in a suppressed tone: "I was surprised that you would take the initiative to shake my hand. I thought that after what happened last time, you would ignore me because of hatred. Speaking of it , I am deeply sorry for the unfortunate passing of the king."

Royce glanced at the corner of the opponent's upturned mouth with malicious intent, and then glanced at the opponent's confident eyes.He didn't see any sign of apology in the person opposite. "There's nothing to hate. The country you and I belong to is inherently hostile."

Because they are enemies from the beginning, they will not hate; however, they will never forgive.

Gustav raised his eyebrows, seemingly dissatisfied with the answer.Royce, however, brought up the next topic: "You put pressure on Your Majesty to get me here, didn't you? For what?"

Gustav smiled and gave the answer. "My previous invitation has not been revoked. I wish you to be my deputy."

Royce sighed. "You don't look like someone who would go to such lengths for such a silly joke."

"Perhaps some strong personal emotion impels me to act in this way?"

Royce shook his head. "No. You will even kill a woman who has been with you for many years and loves you deeply. In theory, you have liked her-according to the definition of this kind of emotion. So, I think Nothing can shake you."

"You seem to know me very well! Also, since we first met, you seem to have paid attention to my every move..." With a serious demeanor, Gustav said jokingly, "It seems , you seem to like me?"

"Following because you like it, your guess seems quite reasonable. But from the actual situation, the feeling of 'like' can make people involuntarily excited." Royce said calmly, "And I saw you At that time, there was no fluctuation in my heart, and I even wanted to give you a punch."

So much for their conversation.The guard beside the Queen came over and asked Royce to move to His Majesty's side.

While Royce was talking to the guard, Gustav looked at Christine.The girl wrapped in the fine clothes and the crown also looked towards this side, her charming eyes were as cold as ice.

Although it was only for a moment, the vicious side of the other party has been revealed without any concealment.

Are you jealous?Or something deeper?Gustav guessed, hooked his lips and smiled, and saluted Royce who was leaving.

Watching Royce walk away, Gustav's blue eyes that were originally smiling became sharp and aggressive.The young general, whose whole body turned cold, straightened his haughty back.

He knew Royce's loyalty to the girl, but he also knew that the scheming Christine probably wouldn't trust Royce wholeheartedly.

In Gustav's view, to make Royce his deputy, all he had to do was to distract the two and drive each other to the point where they had nowhere to go.