Interstellar Era of Gossip

Chapter 53 [Revisiting the Old Place]

Due to an accident that caused brain damage,

　　Higgin, who failed in his attempt to "pretend to be the marshal's lover", had an inexplicable fear of Xerxes, as if all his courage had been used up in the hot spring club, so that in the following days, whenever he saw him, he always kept his head down and acted like a coward.

　　His Majesty the Emperor asked quietly, "How did you expose it?"

　　But no one answered him.

　　Nalun took a piece of orange pulp from the fruit bowl and handed it to the frightened friend. Higgin opened his mouth obediently, swallowed the orange and said he wanted to do it himself.

　　Nalun immediately understood, and considerately cleared the fruits away and handed over the empty silver fruit plate.

　　This behavior obviously played into the hands of the little friend.

　　Higgin grinned and happily prepared to take the "metal pancake" -

　　The intimidating gaze of the Imperial Marshal swept over.

　　Hijin: "..."

　　With a tremble of his hand, the gold-eating beetle quickly returned the plate to Nalun and indicated that he was no longer hungry.

　　Why scare the bugs?

　　Xerxes said calmly, "It's time to explain. Whether it's impersonation, or becoming your majesty's pet, or even the scepter. These are the purpose of this meeting."

　　As soon as he opened his mouth, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

　　"Yes, it's like this..." Xi Jin was afraid of him. After being questioned, he explained his miserable experience. From waking up from amnesia to the mysterious man issuing the employment conditions, he was very sincere in everything he said.

　　Fortunately, he was loyal enough not to expose the relationship between the bearded man and the prince.

　　As for "impersonation", he said: "...there is a script, I, I memorized it for many days." He lowered his head in shame.

　　There is no big problem with this matter.

　　Nalun was not nervous. Xijin didn't know that the employer was Elida, and he didn't know that he was hiding behind the employer. Even if he racked his brains, he couldn't come up with a truth out of thin air.

　　When asked how Hijin and Nalun met, His Royal Highness gave the answer himself.

　　"He fell to the side of the road, barely breathing, and I saved him out of kindness. He had fainted from hunger and was in a very bad condition."

　　——In a way, he did save an eight-legged insect trapped in a cage.

　　His Majesty the Emperor looked at the thin boy with pity.

　　I fainted from hunger...Such a terrible thing actually happened in the land of Asha!

　　His gaze moved to the boy's slender limbs, and his heart suddenly ached: How much suffering had Xiao Jin endured before he met him?

　　Hijin, who lived a carefree life, didn't know that in Luye's heart, he had become a lonely and helpless wanderer. He nodded naively to his friend: "Yes, Nalun saved me."

　　Nalun heaved a sigh of relief.

　　——Although he always brings countless surprises and scares to himself, he also trusts and cooperates with him unconditionally at critical moments.