Runaway Guide (逃婚指南 - ABO)

Chapter 46 - Special Task

It was July, and the planet Loga of the Andromeda Galaxy was enjoying a pleasant of a climate as ever. The weather here was like spring all year round; it was very suitable for human habitation. However, ever since the Empire had set Ellen Academy on planet Loga aside as a specialized institution for the education of omegas, alphas were almost never seen on the planet, and even beta citizens were rare. The whole planet seemed very quiet, as if it were a paradise apart from the universe, undisturbed by humans.

Unlike other, co-ed schools, that had an annual break, Ellen Academy didn’t have holidays. So while Carlo and Klaire were having their summer break, Xi Wei and Aiden were still attending classes like usual.

Of course, the classes here weren’t very heavy. Usually, they attended classes for half the day and took the other half off. At this school, omegas passed their days in a very relaxed and comfortable manner.

The twentieth of July was getting closer and closer, and Xi Wei, who was about to leave for the mission his uncle had assigned him, was boundlessly excited. During this time, every night he’d sneak out and drive Egret around the Andromeda Galaxy. Relying on his S-class mecha’s fast flight and superpowered anti-tracking abilities, he succeeded in avoiding the soldiers patrolling around planet Loga, as well as in cracking Ellen Academy’s defense network.

Xi Wei didn’t let anyone discover his secret activities. Even his roommate Aiden hadn’t noticed. Every night he’d sneak out his room at 3 AM, drive Egret around, and then return to the dormitory at around 5. It was all very cloak-and-dagger.

After practicing for the last few months, he’d mastered the skills needed to pilot Egret. He was confident that he could complete the task his uncle had assigned him.

At the same time, in the Cepheus solar system, on the planet Isfeld:

Of the empire’s six major corps, besides the Glory Corps, which rushed out year-round to the frontlines in order to defend the Empire’s borders, the other five all had their own galaxies to defend. The capital planet was the core of the empire. In order to prevent any one corps from controlling the capital planet for too long and gaining too much influence, which might lead to rebellion, in the year of the Empire’s founding, its first ruler set up a provision. The work of defending the capital planet wouldn’t be given to any individual corps, but would be taken care of in alternating shifts.

In June, the Cobra Corps, under the command of General Drew, had still been in charge of defending the capital planet. On the first of July, General Drew led the Cobra Corps out of the capital planet, and following military orders, General Byron and the Morningstar Corps took up the task they had left behind.

Klaire had gone a whole year without seeing his father. This General had a serious expression and a strict lifestyle. When he took off his coat and hung it on the clothestand, it couldn’t have a single crease. His OCD was pretty severe.

He didn’t often contact his wife and children. Madam Grace had been married to him for so many years, but she still spoke to him in a formal and deferential manner. Klaire was close to his mother, but he didn’t have much in common with his father. On top of that, they rarely saw each other, so their relationship was rather lukewarm.

When General Byron returned home, he found that the eldest son he hadn’t seen in over a year had already become a handsome, tall and slender young man, and his younger son, Kevin, also looked very charming. If you exchanged him for an ordinary father, faced with the children he hadn’t seen for a whole year, he’d definitely walk over in excitement and give them a hug. Byron, however, only looked calmly at his two sons, and said, “Klaire, looks like you’ve grown another five centimeters. Kevin’s grown by less than two.”