Same light

"...The protective cover is already broken. If I don't block it, the consequences may be even more serious."

Alfred never expected that he arranged a circle and sealed everyone's mouths. In the end, the truth came from his own mouth.

Xiu Ban lay on the bed, listening without saying a word, he could only bite the bullet and continue.

"Moreover, once our ships have any damage visible to the naked eye, it will not constitute a psychological deterrent. I can only take it all... We need a big victory, we can only win a big victory, at all costs! Behind me is the Empire, where there are My subjects, mine," he looked at Xiu, "my wife and children. I have nowhere to go. It's just that I didn't expect to be in a coma for so long, because of the confidential order I issued when I was awake, the fleet dared not contact anyone. That's why I've been out of touch..."

Xiu still didn't speak, and his expression didn't move at all, as if he was wearing a mask called Calmness, Alfred hadn't seen this mask for a while.

"Brother." He called out cautiously.

"You did the right thing." Xiu said, "Come on."

Alfred blinked, didn't dare to ask anything, and climbed onto the high priest's soft bed.

"Lie down." Xiu said again.

"Actually, they are almost better. My recovery ability is very strong. It's just that the scars haven't receded and it looks better..."

Xiu just calmly repeated: "Lie down."

Alfred knew that he would not change his mind today anyway, so he shut his mouth and lay down.

Xiu reached out and started to unbutton his clothes. At any other time, Xiu took off his clothes on the bed. Alfred was so excited that he rolled over and put him under him, but now he dared not move. Lying tense and stiff.

Soon, Xiu lifted Alfred's underwear and witnessed a scene he would never forget in his life.

He personally took care of the daily meals and daily life, took good care of him, and managed to raise his younger brother little by little. His body was covered with hideous postoperative scars—each of which represented that he had been cut open once by a scalpel, and his broken and damaged The bones and flesh were stitched together countless times.He fell into a deep sleep in the middle of the dark universe, and he might never wake up again just a little bit.

And all of this, he covered it up silently, enduring the pain of being crushed and put back together alone, because his people needed an invincible emperor, because his brother would be sad when he knew it.

But Alfred still underestimated the impact this brought to Xiu. He was not only sad, but his heart was broken.

When the first tear fell on his chest, Alfred didn't react.

He stared blankly at Xiu, watched his calm mask trembling and shattered, watched his eyes flushed, the crystals in his eyes fell down, rolled down on his bare chest, slid across those hideous scars, A subtle but deep touch was left above the heart.

It was followed by the second and third drops. It wasn't until Xiu collapsed that he covered his eyes with his hands and began to sob and sob that Alfred finally had a real feeling—Xiu was crying.

His elder brother, who had always been steady and self-reliant, was crying loudly.

"elder brother!"

Alfred sat up in a panic. The bed was so big, but there was not even a piece of paper. He hurriedly pulled the expensive satin quilt to wipe Xiu's tears.

Kexiu pushed his hand away and rejected him.

Alfred knelt in front of Xiu, not knowing what to do.Xiu even restrained his crying when he lost control of his emotions. He didn't cry, but sobbed softly, but the tears kept pouring out. He reached out and lifted Alfred's clothes, stroked the scars, and the tears fell more fierce.

"Don't look at it." Alfred grabbed his fingers and forcefully hugged him into his arms, "Don't look at it."

Xiu struggled twice, but couldn't break free. Alfred felt that his shoulders were wet, and the person in his arms was trembling slightly.

There were so many scars on his body, which were left by the knife's deep cut into the flesh and blood. However, at this moment, none of those scars could match the trace of the first drop of tears just now. Alfred felt that there was no trace of that tear. The marks on the skin were burning hot at the moment, making him almost painful.

"I don't dare anymore, brother." He embraced Xiu, lowered his head to rub against the top of his soft black hair, and was willing to promise everything to stop his crying, "I don't dare anymore, don't cry, it's all I'm not good, I don't dare to..."

"I raised him..." the man in his arms sobbed, "I raised him! How could this be..."

The voice whimpered in Alfred's robe, and Alfred hugged him tighter.

"Brother, I promise this is the last time, the last time to risk your life! I'm sorry, brother, don't cry, I'm sorry..."

Xiu slowly stopped his tears in this soft coaxing, and he sat up from Alfred's arms.

"Does it hurt?" he asked.

"It doesn't hurt much now, and I can't do strenuous exercise for the time being. It doesn't affect anything else." Alfred said in a row, "It's getting better soon—I recover faster, you know."

Xiu knew he was comforting him.

"Why doesn't it hurt?" Xiu whispered, stretching out his hand to caress Alfred's cheek tenderly.

His eyelashes were still wet, the ends of his eyes were red, and he looked so fragile, but his eyes had changed and became firm.

"This is indeed the last time, one time is enough. I will make sure that the chips you exchanged for your life are used to the fullest, and they will pay for it." Xiu looked at Alfred and said, "Brother will protect you. "

He was promising to avenge him, he was saying...he would protect Alfred.

The young emperor who is as powerful as a living god of war has been the protector of the empire since he ascended the throne. No one would say "I protect you" to him beyond his control.

Only religious orders.

Whether Alfred is an ignorant toddler or a majestic emperor, Xiu always provides protection.

But like today, he said this with a tear-stained face, this is the first time Alfred has seen such a person.

His elder brother cared about him and had more affection for him than he expected.

Alfred's Adam's apple rolled up and down once, and he couldn't hold back the emotions that were about to overflow, and asked blurted out: "Brother, have you fallen in love with me—even a little?"

"Alfred, I have always loved you since you were a child."

"You know I'm not talking about that!"

Xiu leaned forward slightly, which showed that he took this question seriously, and Alfred waited nervously for the answer.

As long as there is a little...even a little, he will have no regrets in this life!

Will there be?Xiu cried for him, which was very unusual for Xiu, he had never seen Xiu cry like this before.Will it...

"I won't tell you." Xiu said, then turned around and prepared to get off the bed.

Alfred froze and grabbed him quickly.

"Wait! Why—where are you going?"

"Wash your face." Xiu said with a normal expression.

He has always been good at restraining his emotions. If you don't look at the red eye sockets, no one would think that he has just experienced an uncontrollable collapse and crying.

"As for why—because this is your punishment."

Alfred stared at Xiu dumbfounded.He thought that Xiu was so distressed by his injury just now, this incident has passed!

Xiu saw through his thoughts at a glance, and said: "I do feel sorry for you, Alfred. But these two things have nothing to do with your deliberate concealment. In order to help you reflect, you will also be concealed an important issue The answer—I guess that's the right question."

"Can……"

Alfred still wanted to bargain, but Xiu ignored him, turned around and pressed the call bell.

"Come in, I want to wash up again." Xiu ordered to the other side of the calling bell, "Also, tell His Majesty's doctor to come over immediately. From now on, I will call the doctor to come over every night to give Your Majesty a daily checkup."

Alfred didn't think it was necessary, but he didn't dare to object at all.He carefully helped Xiu out of bed, and asked expectantly, "Then can I know the answer tomorrow?"

"No."

"When will it be?"

"I think you've been punished enough."

Alfred asked, "How long was that?"

"Let's wait until the children are born." Xiu said, regardless of whether Alfred could accept it or not. "Okay, the servants are here, and they will serve me. Go back to bed and lie down."

"Actually, I just went to the Legion Hospital last night for a check-up, and they said I'm recovering well—"

"Go back to bed and lie down." Xiu said lightly.

"……OK."

Alfred was about to leave in desperation, but the attendants had already arrived, so he stayed with peace of mind.

Of course, the attendants of the Holy White Pagoda could not ask the emperor to go away, and Xiu would not—in order to maintain the emperor's dignity, he never ordered the emperor in front of outsiders.

"I come."

Alfred said, taking a clean towel from the startled servant and carefully wiping the tears for Xiu.

Although the room was spacious enough, the overly close distance between the emperor and the high priest successfully made other people easily feel redundant. Just as the attendants stood uneasy and at a loss, Alfred's handset rang.

Xiu took the initiative to take the towel, but Alfred didn't go out, and checked the communication in front of him.

"Oh, that's great." Alfred sighed, "Now I'm really going to go to the Holy Golden Palace to deal with it."

Xiu already had a premonition."What happened?" he asked.

"The Frontier Corps has received a message," said Alfred, "from the Federation."