Same light

Alfred was sitting in the middle of the baby room, and Carlo was being fed some kind of liquid by the doctor. No one spoke, only the sound of the baby sucking in the incubator.

When the Queen had just left, a doctor came to talk to Alfred, and was inexplicably reprimanded "shut up", so until now, no one dared to speak out.

The emperor was obviously very happy when he came in, but when the queen left, his expression changed immediately, and he just sat there silently watching the doctors play with Carlo.

He said he was watching, but anyone could tell that the emperor was not really "watching", but his eyes fell there, and he was in some kind of deep thought.

After a while, Carlo's meal was over and he fell asleep again.The doctors took their leave softly and left the room impatiently, not wanting to be around the moody emperor.

Alfred walked over and carefully looked at the sleeping baby—indeed, it was very similar to himself.

"Sorry." He said softly to Carlo.

In the empty room where no one could hear, he whispered to his son.

"I tried, but he has no interest in you."

"It's not normal—no, maybe it's me who is not normal. After all, you are his unexpected product. From the beginning to the end, he just wanted to satisfy my wishes. I got you by tricks, and I got you by tricks. I tried to keep you guys, but in the end, I couldn’t get what I wanted most.”

"I expect to rely on you and him to go further. I think too much. He is a person with a strong will. It is impossible to lose himself because of having a child, and it is impossible to compromise because of you."

"Of course, it's a good thing. I'm so fascinated by him because of who he is."

"However, this also shows one thing. He really doesn't like me. I'm sorry to bother you."

The baby, who still couldn't understand human speech, was fast asleep, and his tiny chest was heaving.Alfred smiled self-deprecatingly.

"He doesn't like me, and he doesn't like my son."

When Alfred returned to the dormitory, Xiu Xiu was waiting for him there.

"Aren't you going to see the Minister of Culture?" Alfred asked.

After hearing this, Xiu paused for a moment, did not answer, but said to the servants: "Go out."

The servants left, closing the door from the outside.

"What's wrong?" Alfred asked.

"The doctor said that Carlo will be able to come out of the incubator after a while."

"Yes." Alfred replied briefly, waiting for him to say more.

He knew that Xiu must have something to say next.

Xiu hesitated for a moment.

But he knew that he couldn't hesitate and must speak out.Not only because it was running out of time, but also... He suddenly felt a certain guilt, towards these two children, especially towards Carlo.

Since their birth, he has always regarded them as the heir and son of Alfred, the crown prince and prince, the descendant of the emperor and the high priest, the fusion blood of the Holy Triangle... only he did not regard them as his own son.

It all seems perfectly legitimate as he picks on the Crown Prince's genes.But it was also his own baby.he……

"I've been thinking about this for a few days," Xiu steadied himself, and forced himself to say it, "Before it's announced to the public, should we exchange the names of the two? When Carlo gets out of the incubator, we will It will be too late for the name to be known to the world.”

Alfred looked at Xiu with a little surprise, as if he didn't expect him to bring up such a thing.

"Swap names?" He asked in confirmation.

"Yes." Xiu said, already started, and the following words will be easier to export, "The Holy White Tower and the cabinet have been registered, 'Carol' is the crown prince, but we can decide who is 'Carol' '."

"So, do you actually prefer the younger one to be the crown prince? Why? I remember that we discussed the issue of establishing a crown prince the day before they were born. I said we wanted to establish a heir and an elder. At that time, you had no objection." Alfred said .

He looked calm, and the tone of the question was normal, but Xiu Neng could feel that he was already angry.

"Yes, but I didn't expect them to be different at that time." Xiu replied.

Alfred smiled, and said without warmth: "I'm sorry, what's the difference? Why didn't I see it, or can you tell me?"

He hasn't spoken to Xiu in this tone for a long time. Xiu suppressed his irritability and said as gently as possible: "Twins are not divided into seniors and young, but it's just the order given by the doctor. We can definitely let the child who comes out later come out." To be the eldest son. Alfred, I talked to the doctor, and they said that Carlo’s health needs long-term observation, and the possibility of genetic surgery is not considered in the short term—and Karin can arrange correction soon .”

"Really?" Alfred said almost nonchalantly, "So what?"

His rebellious temper came up. Generally speaking, when Alfred got into this kind of rebellious mood, it was difficult to be persuaded, and he had been like this since he was a child.

Xiu was already in a bad mood today, and now he finally couldn't hold back anymore, he stopped being tactful, and said bluntly: "So, we should let them exchange names, and let the child who is sure that he can undergo genetic surgery be your crown prince. "

When he said it, he couldn't help feeling sad.

Xiu almost regretted going to see the children with Alfred today. If he hadn't gone to see the two babies today, maybe he wouldn't be so uncomfortable now.

There was an awkward silence.

Alfred asked, "Are you finished?"

"It's over."

"Is that what you think?"

"Correct."

Alfred didn't fly into a rage, nor was he in a hurry to refute. He sat there and stared at Xiu silently for a while.

Xiu waited for him to think, waiting for the storm to come.

But he didn't wait, instead he waited for a fluffy agreement.

"can."

Xiu thought he was hallucinating.

"You agree?"

"That's right." Alfred said, looking nonchalant, "Change it."

Xiu couldn't explain how he felt.

He seemed to have fulfilled his mission and gave Alfred a healthier crown prince, but...he couldn't be happier.

Deeper in his heart, he seemed certain, and even expected, that Alfred would be furious about this, and would reject this suggestion without hesitation, refusing to adopt it.

But Alfred just agreed.

Yes, he has grown up, matured, and will weigh the interests.Don't you know?Didn't you teach it yourself?

Xiu stood up in a daze, and said, "Then I'll notify..."

"However, since this is the case, I also want to add a will to the Lichu matter." Alfred interrupted him.

"Of course." Xiu said, "That's your crown prince."

Alfred also stood up and walked in front of Xiu.He was taller than Xiu, and Xiu was forced to look up at him and listen to him give the emperor's edict.

"My eldest son, the heir to the throne, will never be allowed to undergo any genetic surgery." Alfred said word by word, "Otherwise, the day of his surgery will be the day of waste."