Xiu’s body froze, he lowered his eyes and fell silent.
“It’s okay. It doesn’t matter what genetic defect it is.” Alfred said, giving up the question. “I don’t care.”
He was not someone who gave up so easily, and Xiu immediately understood what he wanted to do – he didn’t want to force himself to say it out loud, but he would definitely turn around and get the blood sample for retesting.
‘Instead of doing that, it’s better to tell him yourself.’
“There are some female organs in my body…” Xiu said.
Saying this in person was more difficult than he had imagined – no, he had never imagined himself saying this before.
“Yeah.” Alfred was unusually calm, not showing any curiosity or shock. In fact, this was not very clear, but there were only a few organs that were exclusive to women. Alfred did not ask any more questions, but just held Xiu’s hand and said, “Have you ever thought about having surgery?”
“The teacher said that my condition is complicated and it would be difficult to perform surgery.” Xiu whispered, “Also, once such a major surgery is performed, things will become very troublesome.”
Alfred naturally understood what this meant. The position of the Crown Prince was very sensitive. If he were to undergo a major operation, it would certainly attract the attention of the entire country. It would be very difficult to keep it a secret.
At the same time, he realised that Xiu had seriously considered this plan – he had tried to correct his deformity and he did not accept his body.
“Brother, I’m sorry.”
Xiu was stunned when he suddenly heard the apology. By then Alfred had already leaned forward and hugged him tightly.
“That’s not what I meant last night. I really didn’t know. Brother, I really didn’t know. That’s not why I did that with you…”
His soft blond hair rubbed against Xiu’s neck. If a third person saw this scene, they would definitely find it very strange – he was obviously a tall and strong man, but he had to shrink himself into the arms of another man who was not as strong as him and act coquettishly.
But obviously, Xiu not only didn’t find it weird, but he really liked it. He couldn’t help but reach out and stroke the golden fur like hair.
Alfred mentioned last night, which made him feel extremely ashamed. Even the feeling of shock from suddenly learning about the truth of his own life was diluted.
“Last night… you were just temporarily affected by the drugs.” He said with difficulty, “This is all Mrs. Hart’s fault, I…”
“No.” Alfred interrupted him, “I was influenced by you, not the drugs, and not just for a moment. I only have desires for you.”
Xiu was not unaware of his desire for her. On Xueli Star, Alfred crossed the line several times and said to Xiu after their first kiss, ‘We all know you have a secret.’
So Xiu always thought it was a humiliation and told him to “get out” on the spot.
Now that he knew that the secret they both believed was not the same, Xiu couldn’t even get angry when he heard the sentence “I have desires for you”.
‘What was wrong with Alfred? He had no intention of humiliating me. Even if he had inappropriate desires, it was because I had not taught him well.’
“Brother.” Alfred called sheepishly, sitting closer to Xiu, almost touching him, “I think I am happy…”
“Alfred!” Xiu interrupted in a panic, “You are young, and you are full of energy. So it is normal for you to have this kind of… sexual desire, or even to have some kind of feelings for an inappropriate person that you mistakenly think is normal at your age.”
Xiu had no idea how many times he had used words to educate Alfred since he was a child, but he had never felt that it was as difficult as he did now.
“But you should understand that this is inappropriate. You are a prince, and your private life is not just your business. Your identity requires you to take responsibility…”
“I don’t want to hear that,” Alfred interrupted.
“You…” Xiu was about to say something else, but suddenly caught a glimpse of Alfred’s abdomen. The originally snow-white bandage had now turned deep red.
Alfred’s unexpected confession strangely stabilised his emotions that were on the verge of collapse. Coming to his senses, he finally realised another problem, a problem that he had been too busy with last night and this morning to pay much attention to.
“Your injuries!”
“Oh, it’s… it’s okay.” Alfred said, “Are you hurt?”
Xiu was stunned: “What?”
“There’s blood on the sheets, and I don’t know whose it is,” Alfred said. “I was going to ask you as soon as you woke up. Is it your blood?”
“It’s not mine.” Xiu saw a lot of blood on the bed and became even more anxious. “I’ll go call a doctor.”
Alfred grabbed him and stopped him from leaving: “No, I’ll change the bandage myself later. It’s good that it’s not your blood. I was very careful and you couldn’t bleed.”
Xiu glared at him, as if he wanted to reprimand him for his inappropriate words, but in the end he just said, “Lie down.”
Alfred lay down obediently, but at the same time he pulled Xiu over and fell on the bed with him.
“Stop it, you’re going to hurt yourself!”
Alfred held his waist with one hand. Xiu was about to struggle to get up, but Alfred said again: “Don’t move. My wound hurts.”
“Whose fault is this?” Xiu scolded lightly, but he didn’t move in the end.
“Brother, I won’t die, why are you so nervous? You even planned to kill me before.” Alfred said, “But you failed, and instead I became famous. It seems like it’s like this every time whatever I want to do, my plan is always discovered, and every time you try to harm me, I always benefit in the end – you said that there is a force behind the high priest that I can’t imagine, but I feel that there is also someone behind me. I don’t even know who is helping me.”
The two were very close, and the air currents from Alfred’s words ruffled Xiu’s hair in an ambiguous way. Xiu didn’t dare to move and was forced to lie in Alfred’s arms. He heard Alfred ask, “Brother, is that person you?”
“Father, what happened?”
In the Holy Tower, Joshua followed the high priest as they climbed the stairs. Unlike his usual kind and peaceful image, the high priest now had a gloomy and irritable look on his face.
“There may be a traitor in the Holy Tower.”
“What?!”
“The Emperor is already aware of “their” existence,” the high priest said. “His actions are abnormally fast. Just now, they sent a letter saying that a detection device from the Empire passed by “their” space communication station.”
“So fast?!” Joshua was shocked. “That’s impossible. Their contact station is still some distance from the imperial border. Even if we have made more moves this year and the emperor has some suspicion, he shouldn’t be able to get close to “them” so quickly.”
“What’s impossible?” The high priest snorted. “You always think that we don’t have to take the royal family seriously because we have ‘them’ at our backs. How many times have I taught you this? Be careful and don’t underestimate the power of the royal family, especially the emperor! ‘They’ have been in contact with the rebels roaming outside the border many years ago. Do you really think the emperor is unaware of it? After those dirty bombs1A dirty bomb or radiological dispersal device is a radiological weapon that combines radioactive material with conventional explosives. were dug out, it was difficult to conceal this matter. The emperor should have been able to confirm the existence of ‘them’ in the past one or two years. I am not surprised. What surprises me is…”
His expression became increasingly gloomy. “I don’t know why the emperor suddenly became suspicious of me and the crown prince… This is very wrong. Someone in the Holy White Tower must have leaked the secret.”
Joshua was a little nervous, but he forced himself to remain calm and said, “Father, the emperor has absolute power in the empire, and our plan has been exposed to the emperor when it is still in its early stages. The progress is extremely unsatisfactory. Why don’t we make a quick decision and go. Didn’t ‘they’ promise that they could take us ‘over there’ if anything goes wrong?”
The high priest narrowed his eyes and said nothing.
Seeing that he did not refute, Joshua continued, “Father, when we get to ‘the other side’, we will no longer be inferior to others because we do not have genetic abilities. Moreover, ‘they’ have always been very fond of our genetic modification technology. We can easily gain a foothold ‘over there’. By then, maybe the emperor will bow to us when he sees us!”
The high priest stood silently in front of the window, thinking about something. Finally, he said, “Even if we are leaving, we have to make some arrangements. Let me contact the crown prince first.”
“Father! Why are you still contacting the Crown Prince at this time?” Joshua said anxiously, “The Crown Prince has always been wavering, and he only wants to repay the late Queen by not taking action against the Third Prince. More than two years ago, after you revealed to him that there were ‘them’ behind us, he finally made up his mind to be on the same boat with us. It would be great if the Crown Prince could ascend the throne, but in this situation, can he still ascend the throne? He is useless now, just get rid of him!”
“Shut up!” The high priest suddenly said angrily, “Abandon him? Do you know who he is?!”
