The whole universe knows that His Majesty has a crush on me

Su Yao looked at His Royal Highness puzzledly.

She thought that what the other party meant by "close" was that her emotions were completely stable and the risk factor was reduced.

Or maybe it means that he is finally dressed neatly and looks presentable.

Su Yao: "What clothes?"

The silver-haired young man tilted his head. "That windbreaker you wore earlier... looks like it could only be worn by someone with the physique of your sweetheart?"

Su Yao: “?”
Could you please stop mentioning this!

Su Yao rolled her eyes at him. "Aren't you my sweetheart? You swore that I like you, but you forgot about it? I'm so sad."

Dylan hesitated, "…If your tone had any sincerity, Your Excellency the Duke, I would have acted with you."

When Su Yao returned to the spaceship, Saturday also informed her that the Crown Prince agreed to the talks.

Together with the Minister of the Royal Interior, the three of them entered a voice channel.

"Good day, gentlemen."
Su Yao greeted him and said straight to the point: "I think everyone has heard about my unfortunate experience and should have received relevant information about the criminal."

A B-level wanted criminal sneaked into the depths of the Orlai star field and attacked the great nobles of the kingdom.

"Piazza, the head of the security department of the border inspection fortress in the Ex system, accepted bribes worth tens of billions and colluded with local criminal groups, allowing them to exploit system loopholes, create fake documents that could pass machine detection, and sneak into the Aolai star field..."

Theoretically, the outermost border inspection is the most stringent and involves the most procedures.

After entering the Aolai star field, except for the capital star system, most star systems have relatively relaxed entry requirements.

"There are so many people making fake chips across the border, but most of them are scammers, and the chips they make cannot pass the test."

The buyers were arrested and sent to jail, so naturally they had no time to come back for revenge.

However, the same cannot be said for criminal gangs in collusion with officials.
The chips they make can pass the inspection, so they not only send their own people across the border, but also sell the chips to other countries at extremely high prices.

Su Yao paused, "Your Highness, Piazzi and your father have some personal grudges, which is easy to find out. Many years ago, His Majesty the King believed that he was morally deficient, which led to his final transfer to Erx. You may be a little confused to say this. To put it another way, Piazzi's classmate, Alessi Pastor, who became a civil servant with him, had similar grades and started from a similar point. Now she is the Minister of Justice of the Kingdom. In comparison, Piazzi's official position is too low."

"Easy to find?"
Ryan asked back, "How did you check?"

Su Yao: "That's not important."

Because she happened to remember the relevant settings of this person in the novel.
This character's corrupt behavior also indirectly killed the heroine's family.

Of course, all this has already happened.
The heroine's adoptive parents have been dead for several years.

But according to the original setting, these things will not be revealed until a few months later.

Su Yao: "You can also check what else he has done... But the most important thing is that if this matter gets out of hand, you will probably be in trouble."

What counts as a big fuss?

Bribery and corruption are not uncommon.
Every year, a group of officials are fired in every country because of this.

However, the royal family does not have any real political power.
If the public knew that they were still secretly manipulating the promotion and transfer of public officials, it would cause more unrest.

Su Yao: "It's hard to say whether Piazzi was behind the attack on me. After all, he was the one who let the person in -"

There was dead silence in the voice channel.

The Minister of the Royal Interior remained silent, obviously knowing that he had no say in the matter for the time being.

After a while, the Crown Prince's angry whisper was heard in the channel.

"…You are threatening me, right? What do you want?"

Ryan was indeed angry.

He did not deny Su Yao's guess, because it made sense. Compared to himself or his father, Su Yao was definitely an easier target.

As for the rest of the royal family?

Piazzi hated the king. If a few other members of the royal family died, the king might even be secretly happy.

Su Yao is different.

This is the marriage partner of the Crown Prince that His Majesty the King has been longing for.

and--

Even without mentioning Su Yao, Piazzi's own actions made Ryan extremely angry.

Allowing members of criminal gangs to enter the country?
What are they doing in there?
They are nothing more than those illegal transactions that carry the heaviest sentences.
The items traded range from living people to illegal drugs to various types of weapons.

"You said."

In the living room of a villa bathed in sunshine on a scenic island.

The blond young man suppressed his anger and stood up from the sofa.

Ruan Jiao sat next to him and looked at him worriedly.

She had just completed a phase of test training and was now resting while the team of spiritual therapists were designing a support plan downstairs.

Even though Duke Su was attacked, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still took her away from school and came to this island for training.

"Maybe it's just a play directed and acted by Su Yao herself."
Ryan even said, "She's the type of person who can do it."

Ruan Jiao felt that what he said made sense.

Perhaps he wanted to play the role of a pitiful victim to ease their relationship, or to show his presence and attract His Highness's attention.

"Su Yao, what do you want?"

However, at this moment, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked the Duke opposite him in a gritted teeth tone.

What are they talking about?
Ruan Jiao suddenly felt a little anxious.

Could it be that Su Yao really got some handle that was enough to threaten Ryan to listen to her?

What would that guy ask for?
Moving up the wedding date?
Or ask the Crown Prince to spend more time with her?
Or even have some more intimate contact?
“…It’s very simple.”
Su Yao was very calm. "Your Highness, let's break off the engagement. The royal family will issue a statement. You and I will have no relationship in the future. You are free to date whoever you want."

Ryan was stunned, "You want to cancel the engagement?"

Ruan Jiao opened her eyes wide, unable to believe what she heard.

How can it be? !
Su Yao actually proposed to cancel the engagement? !

"Your Highness, you may say that you cannot make the decision on this matter alone."
Su Yao said calmly, "But I think that if you insist, His Majesty the King will eventually agree."

In the book, the king was unwilling to let him marry Ruan Jiao, but he finally compromised.

Ryan said coldly, "Su Yao, I have already said that Miss Ruan and I are just classmates. If you are angry about what happened at the banquet and now want to back down and threaten me with this, then you are wrong."

He took a deep breath and said, "Don't think that your bloodline and the degree of compatibility between you and me will make me obey you. Maybe I really can't find a fiancé with a higher status than you, but to me, these things are not that important."

"Oh, is it so?"
There was a hint of sarcasm in Su Yao's voice. "Is it possible that I think so too? That's why I want to break off the engagement with you?"

"you--"

Su Yao sneered, "You can't accept it, right? Because you think you are superior and nobler than me, you can ignore your bloodline and identity, look down on me as your fiancée, and kick me away when necessary, but I don't have your courage and vision. I must value these, so I can't take the initiative to give up your fiancé, right? Is that what you think? "

Ruan Jiao didn't hear what Duke Su said.

But at that moment, the Crown Prince's expression was extremely ugly.

"How ironic, Your Highness. I thought you were at your most ridiculous and pathetic when you trembled in front of your cousin, who was pretending to be the Emperor of Serea."

Su Yao laughed.

She wasn't really afraid of verbally offending the male lead.

In the original novel, after he and the heroine got engaged, many people spoke ill of the couple because of the heroine's bloodline.

These people are all alive and well.
But in the end, he was slapped in the face by the S-level bloodline heir born to the heroine.

Yes.
Just got slapped in the face.

No injuries, no jail time, and no death.

Their insults were much more harsh than hers.

This is the protagonist's personality. If he were vindictive or more aggressive, given his abilities, not many people would dare to attack him.

Ryan was silent for a few seconds, "Are you serious?"

"I am," Su Yao sighed, "First of all, I don't like you very much, and secondly, I don't want to be involved in various crises because of the engagement."

Ryan must also really want to cancel the engagement.

When they made the engagement, the Crown Prince was reluctant but reluctantly accepted it.

But later he met Ruan Jiao and recognized his fiancée's true face, and he must have regretted it very much.

"Yeah," Ryan said solemnly, "I know."

After saying that, he exited the voice chat.

There was dead silence on the channel.

"Mr. Minister."
Su Yao said to another audience, "I'm sorry, I really don't want to wait for a more suitable opportunity, because I can't stand it for a day. Regarding the existence of this engagement, I just want to tell you about it now. After all, the royal family needs your approval to make a statement through official channels."

Of course, it was actually the king's approval.

Today's conversation, including what happened at the previous banquet -
Eventually the king will know.

He might vent his anger on Ruan Jiao, or he might imagine some other things, but that had nothing to do with him.

Judging from the various plots in the original novel, the biggest obstacle between the male and female protagonists is the male protagonist's father.

He hated Ruan Jiao, not just because of her bloodline.
He also felt that the heroine's feelings were not pure, and that she wanted to use his son to avenge her family. However, his son was completely devoted to her and was played around in her hands.

It was also because the heroine gave birth to a child of S-class bloodline and was always very kind to the hero that the king gradually accepted her.

"I understand, Your Excellency the Duke."

The Minister of the Royal Interior spoke in a serious tone, but did not give any further response.

According to the laws of Orleans, the marriage of two people has nothing to do with other people, and parents cannot interfere. However, when it comes to the royal family, there are many unspoken rules.

After the call ended, she received another voice message from Dylan.

Su Yao said bluntly, "I scolded your cousin."

His Royal Highness chuckled. "Even if his self-esteem will be hurt, he will definitely be happy to cancel the engagement. However... he also knows that he will face a lot of trouble because of this."

Dylan said that before the Crown Prince got engaged, the King had been secretly contacting nobles of S-class blood abroad for him, trying every means to collect their biological information in order to find a partner with a higher degree of compatibility.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is extremely annoyed.

He didn't know Ruan Jiao at that time, but it didn't affect his resistance to his father's actions.

Dylan said sarcastically, "Your appearance solved this problem. You see, my uncle was too afraid that the throne would fall on my child."

Su Yao: "Well? You don't even have a date, right?"

Dylan: "He got the news from somewhere, but he heard that I have several children out there, and they all show the characteristics of reptilian bloodline—"

"Really?"

"Huh?" Dylan laughed. "Of course it's fake. I spread the rumor on purpose. I just wanted to make trouble for them."

Su Yao: "..."

The king actually believed it?
Of course, I may just be skeptical, but this seems to be enough.

Dylan laughed for a while, "As for now, I think he cares about his classmate very much." "Ruan Jiao?"

"Well," Dylan chuckled, "At the banquet, I just glanced at Miss Ruan for a second, and he got nervous, and his mental field was different."

Su Yao was not surprised. "So he is worried that the king will not accept her?"

"Maybe," he said ambiguously, "He does value her very much, but it may not have reached that point."

"……really."

After all, the hero is still stuck in his engagement, and the author wants to create a taboo and ambiguous atmosphere, and put him in a state of conflict and struggle.

He didn't like the heroine right from the start.

At first, I just treated her as a junior schoolmate who needed my care and I admired her personality and abilities.

It's definitely more than that now, but it's probably not to the point of getting married right away.

"By the way, there's one more thing..."

Su Yao has been trying hard to recall her experiences during her awakening.

But just like a dream, the things you can recall after waking up will become less and less, and it will be difficult to increase them.

However, she vaguely remembered a feeling.

It was a familiar, intimate, and indescribable sense of security, like a lone wolf that had been wandering outside for a long time and finally returned to its own group.

So I was able to relax.

Even though she wasn't a wolf, the feeling was very similar.

What's more, her genetic ancestors, at least the lion part, could act alone or in groups.

Su Yao asked uncertainly: "You can become another race, right, Your Highness?"

"I can only change my appearance and adjust my body temperature. The real breath is difficult to imitate. Honey, even if I turned into a lion scorpion, you would not think I am the same as you. Otherwise, I can try to comfort you."
Dylan sighed with some regret, "Besides, our compatibility is less than 50%, so the efficiency will be a bit low."

Su Yao didn't say anything.

She hadn't thought it was Dylan who had comforted her, and if that was the case, he wouldn't have had to hide it.

"But I heard that your..."
Dylan paused and took back the word "sweetheart" that he was about to say.
"The race of your little rose can do it. With just a little contact, they can completely imitate other creatures."

Su Yao: “?”
This is an even more outrageous answer.

"Did you meet anyone?"
Dylan responded quickly, "Some people's hypnotic ability... can make you have some kind of hallucination, making you feel that he is your relative, lover, or someone you can trust."

This is possible.

Su Yao responded, "Maybe, I remember that one of them had a very troublesome ability, but I don't remember the specific details."

"Well, judging from the body, your range of activities did not go beyond that block?"
Dylan said, "And speaking of corpses, almost all of them have implants in their bodies to assist in combat. They don't look like mere passers-by. If they are all members of a certain gang, it would be normal for some of their leaders to have special abilities."

They discuss it a bit more and Dylan asks where she's going next.

"Capital Star."

"Hmm? You're going to meet the killer? Then I would like to remind you that the truth of such matters is usually hidden beneath the surface."

Su Yao didn't speak.

If we look into this matter in detail, there are indeed other suspicious points.

Dylan suddenly spoke again: "You know I experienced many assassinations and kidnappings when I was a child, right?"

Su Yao knew this, "All members of the royal family are like this, right? The crown prince may have experienced more of this?"

"Indeed," Dylan confirmed her question, "In fact, most of the time, the killer may die before he even gets close to us, but when you start tracking down the real culprit... you often get some unhelpful answers."

He said softly, "There are many special abilities in the world that can be used for situations like this. The murderer's memory can be modified, emotions can be implanted, hypnosis, and brainwashing can be used to make you conclude during interrogation that the assassin has a personal grudge against you. This is one of the simplest and most intimidating methods. This is what my mother told me."

Su Yao was silent for a while. "You mean, there may be someone behind this kind of thing, controlling it all."

"The cleverness of this method is that your family and mine... do have many, many enemies. In fact, any family that can produce an S-rank is like this. All national forces are using various methods to appease citizens with S-rank bloodlines and give them privileges. This is because the ancestors of these people have demonstrated their power, intimidating and even eliminating those who dare to despise them and try to be on equal footing with them."

"Wow," Su Yao sighed, "What a dangerous statement."

"I'm stating the facts. That's their opinion, not mine. If you ask me, I think we have some advantages over others, but we also have some disadvantages. The lower the bloodline level, the less impact the awakening abnormal state will have. I've seen the video of me going crazy. My dad recorded it for me. I don't look like a noble person in that video."

Dylan sighed, "Ah, those poor androids."

Su Yao: “?”

It seems that this person's abnormal state of awakening is probably related to estrus.

Su Yao: "However, bionic people? People? Since we are prepared, shouldn't we just use bionic monkeys?"

Dylan was silent.

Su Yao felt something was wrong. "Wait, damn, I was joking, weren't you?"

Dylan groaned. "Yes, it was all of that. That was a really bad scene. My mom said I looked like the monster in a cheap porn horror movie that forces the main character to have sex."

Su Yao: "…………"
Su Yao: "What are the divine healers doing?"

"They are working hard, but the results are not immediate, mainly because they are far away from me and dare not get too close, while my parents seem to enjoy recording my embarrassing moments."

Dylan sighed, "According to them, they had similar experiences when they were children, and their parents treated them the same way, so I forgave them. On the bright side, I probably won't have children, so this vicious cycle may stop."

"Wait," Su Yao grasped the point, "Can you really not have a baby if you want? As a member of the royal family?"

"Yes, after all, my uncle wants me to have many children, what do you think?"

This is of course irony.

The king certainly hoped that he would not have children, so he was not in a hurry to arrange his marriage.

Su Yao: "Okay, I asked a stupid question, so do you think I should continue investigating?"

Dylan: "It's up to you what you want to do. I'm just telling you that there is still such a possibility. However, I advise you to get used to it. Our ancestors left us not only bloodline, but also endless enemies to kill, so... this is also difficult to solve completely."

Su Yao fell into deep thought.

Dylan really didn't take it seriously after he finished speaking, and even asked her if she wanted to go out and play, "Anyway, you just tried awakening, and now you need to rest and relax."

Su Yao came back to her senses. "I want to play games to kill time. It can be considered as relaxation."

"Uh," Dylan was speechless, "If it's a confrontation, it still requires you to concentrate and be highly nervous, which is not relaxing."

Su Yao: "...Oh."

You can't just say "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'm going to die tomorrow, so I decided to do something I've never done before, no matter what it is."

She walked through the corridor on the upper deck and arrived at the entertainment area where the game cabin was placed.

A nearly two-meter-high cabin ball with a smooth and shiny silver-white alloy shell and the abbreviation of Huafeng Company printed on the back. Inside are complex life-support devices and a comfortable seating area.

"On Saturday, if there is any new information related to my being attacked, send me a reminder to log off. If any other random person contacts me, just ignore it."

"Okay, Your Excellency."

She sat inside and the cabin ball slowly closed.

After a series of biometric monitoring to confirm identity and signing various user agreements, the account initialization was finally completed.

Just enter a nickname, click next, and you will be in the ocean of games.

More than a dozen promotional projections from different games surrounded her from front to back, left to right, top to bottom, and her eyes were filled with dazzling colorful lights and bombarding sound effects.

At the forefront is the most popular game right now, "Legend", which has just started the first batch of limited testing.

The authorities have issued 500,000 testing qualifications, which sounds like a lot.
But now the population of the universe exceeds one hundred trillion, and even if not everyone likes to play games, half a million seems too few in comparison.

The game is a fantasy power system of guns, swords and magic.
The story is also set in interstellar.

Su Yao chose this game and started creating an account.

Each player can choose a different place of birth, and the game provides a total of more than a dozen planets of different colors.

Various information is suspended nearby, including data on orbital period, atmospheric pressure, surface temperature, as well as the local level of civilization and armed forces.

however--

Now is the first phase of testing, so only one planet is open for selection, and the others can only be viewed.

She tweaked her face, altered her looks, and kept her voice and figure.

The equipment for novices is all uniform, including motorcycle-style jackets, trousers and short boots, and the size is adjusted according to the player's body shape.

You can change the color by yourself, but you can't change the style.

When he opened his eyes again, he saw the base covered by a protective shield. The iron-gray buildings and training grounds formed a solemn steel forest.

There was a queue not far away, with about a dozen people, everyone was wearing the same clothes but in a variety of colors.

Su Yao was dressed in white, and silently joined the team that looked like a color palette.

She stood at the end of the line and quietly asked the person in front of her, "Excuse me, are you holding a weapon?"

"Right," the person in front nodded, "The initial test benefits are here. That's it. Everyone chooses a set of equipment and gets a random silver weapon!"

The people in the front also turned around and asked, "Hey, have you read the guide? Are you going to choose the Forest Set or the Hearth Set?"

They immediately started chatting animatedly.

Su Yao listened to their discussion quietly until one of them asked her what she thought.

Su Yao: "I don't know either, or just pick one at random. I have a slight difficulty in making choices--"

Another person came up from behind the team.

And what was strange was that the man was walking forward without looking around, and seemed to have no intention of joining the team.

He had already walked past them.

But when she opened her mouth, the man suddenly stopped, turned his head to look over here, and then slowly walked to the back of the team.

Maybe they don’t know that they are queuing up to receive equipment?

Did you know it by hearing her speak?
Su Yao paused and looked at the people behind her.

He was a tall, black-haired man with a sturdy physique. He had an oppressive figure, broad shoulders and long legs, and his proportions were very well-proportioned.

He used the preset passerby face of the game system, and his clothes were all dyed black.

At this moment, he was looking at her with a very subtle expression.

He seemed a little surprised.

A question mark appeared above Su Yao's head, "What's wrong?"

The black-haired man lowered his eyes and said in a low and mellow voice, "I just didn't expect such a coincidence to happen. I actually met her here-"

Su Yao looked at him in confusion.

The black-haired man was silent for two seconds. "Someone who has the same difficulty in making choices as me."

Su Yao: "…………"

(End of this chapter)