Can Ci Pin/Imperfections(残次品)BL by Priest

V4 Azure Ocean Chapter 85

Volume IV - Azure Ocean

Chapter 85

"Madame, I feel sorry for your loss." The woman said, handling over a bunch of flowers, "It's cultivated in my own house. Everyone's living space became crowded after moving here, we have no solutions to it either. We tried hard to keep a small piece of parterre, but the varieties that could be cultivated were very limited. The colour matching is inevitably monotone, but may you please not disregard it."

Jingshu was stopped by her during a walk. Although being impatient inside, she thanked her and took over the flowers politely.

It was a bunch of roses called the 'Azure Ocean'. Its centre was a blackish dark blue and turned lighter and lighter towards outside. The petals unfolded layer by layer; the bottom of the outermost petal was crystal blue, and the colour gradually faded upwardly, ending with a whitish edge. That white was very delicate -- it was not pure white; it was icy and misty as the distant horizon under the faint daylight of dawn. And the dark-coloured heart twinkled with fine, silver glitters – like a starry sky. And that multi-layered blue was just like the changing colour of sky during a day on Planet Wotto. Therefore, the prettier the distribution of 'stars', the more the layer of blue, and the clearer the 'horizon' was, the better the quality of the flower was.

'Azure Ocean' grew popular after the Union moved to the fort of Angel City. After all, Angel City was artificial; with the artificial energy tower being used for illumination, and with the was artificial atmosphere being used for breathing, its sky did not have such natural and magnificent change. Moreover, Angel City was exquisite but small. Without a broad enough area, the horizon generally won't appear at 'sunrise' or 'sunset'.

Therefore, 'horizon' became the most sorrowful image in Angel City. Unresolvable melancholy was placed on it, lost and elegant, like the ancient poetry describing destroyed nations and miserable deaths.

Jingshu cast a glance at the alleged 'self-cultivated' flowers -- a bunch of rare treasure. The full and rich aroma of the rose wafted against her face, and almost made people dizzy while looking closely. It was definitely worth some money -- not too much, just around a medium-sized mech.

"If there is no such turmoil of war, the baby totally can be cultured in vitro. With the care of the Eden, nothing will go wrong... It was so regrettable, so appalling. And soon after being discharged you have to bustle for the Governing Council; it's so sad to see you being haggard." The woman was perhaps the wife of certain dignitary, with an unremarkable comely face, and a strong Wotto accent in her words -- soft and light like a whisper, full of emotions.

Jingshu showed her appreciation for her nonsense patiently, still unable to remember who she was.

The woman concentrated on her elegiac mourning for a moment, shed half a bottle's worth of tears, and finally move to the topic: "Madam, when can we return to the Eden?"

Before the withdrawal from Wotto, Golden, the Secretary-General of the Parliament was assassinated. Jingshu's child became the only blood of Golden, and immediately turned to have an extraordinary price. Secretary-General's grandfather, who held one position of seven directors in the GC, made the decision in person, allowing her to take the first batch of mechs to Angel City with him, and enjoying protection in the standard of the GC directors.

However, something unexpected might happen anytime. The Golden family probably made waves too much and suddenly became targeted by misfortune.

The old director originally had two sons and three grown-up grandchildren. In order to avoid the risk, they should have gone separately. But the pirates came too quickly and the transport capacity in Wotto was limited, nobody knew how long they had to wait for the third group. All of them couldn't wait for a minute more. Ignoring the advice, the whole family boarded the same group of mechs for Angel City. Haply, they were attacked by pirates on the way and were wiped out.

The old director couldn't bear the blow, took to his bed, and never left it again, but the Golden family as the senior member of the GC must have a seat. All the relatives from the collateral branches sensed it and rushed forward. The old director had no other choice but to temporarily push forward Jingshu, his grandson's wife who only seemed to be an eye-candy, as his spokesperson.

Jingshu Lin thus stepped on the political stage. Surprisingly, the eye-candy 'microphone' played her role perfectly -- being socially active and resourceful, she took root with indescribable charm and means. Because of her good image, she nearly became the official spokesperson of the GC now.

Just a week ago, in spite of her condition, Madam Lin insisted to leave the Angel City Fortress to visit the experimental base of Eden. Unexpectedly, she got ambushed on the way and had a narrow escape under the desperate protection of her guards, but lost that precious posthumous child 'unfortunately' -- at the age that most of people would like to choose to culture baby in vitro, a noble lady had to go so far as to be pregnant in person because of war, even to the extent of encountering the tragedy that would only happen in ancient times. The idle dependents of dignitaries in Angel City heard of it, all shed their tears for a week for her. It was even said that some people were running and appealing to confer to her the Contribution to Freedom Award for the Year 276.