Chapter 41

1

The aircraft carrier slowed down after entering the Empire and spent the night circling around the western desert of the Empire. By sunrise the next day, it still hadn't returned to the Imperial Capital.

As a military ship, the accommodations on the Azure Sky aircraft carrier were not too luxurious, but they were very clean and tidy. It seemed to be in good condition, and having a separate room was considered a high-ranking officer's treatment for a soldier.

"Ding..." I took out my phone and turned off the alarm. Every soldier on the aircraft carrier woke up early, so sleeping in was considered lazy behavior. Although I was not a soldier, Qin Ying, who was influenced by laziness, would never allow it.

"Am I seeing things?" When I thought of Qin Ying, I widened my eyes and saw a figure that looked very similar to her. The only difference in attire from yesterday was that the vest had turned dark red.

"Qin Yang actually set an alarm clock to wake up, that's rare. Isn't it Nofice's duty to wake you up every day and make your blood boil?" Qin Ying said as she approached my face, sitting sideways on the hard bed.

"Hey... so early!"

"Morning." Qin Ying suddenly took out two energy shackles. The shackles were mainly used to restrain dangerous individuals, but Qin Ying used them on me, locking my hands to the bed. Through my hazy eyes, I could see that Qin Ying was serious.

"What's going on? Am I a bad person?"

"You tell me!"

"Well, Demon Dragon has never been a good person, but... I didn't think I would be treated like this."

Qin Ying sat upright and said firmly, "What is my contracted identity?"

"Concubine."

"What about the Principal and Zi Sirou?"

"Empress."

"I can tell what level of contract others have. Although I am a concubine, I am a second level contract. How do you explain that? Only the Dragon Clan's fifth level contract can reproduce, but it's obvious that the Principal has a fifth level contract."

"Oh~ so you're jealous that their contract level is higher than yours." I propped myself up with my arms and said.

"No!"

"How is that possible... you already have your magic spear against my neck."

"I believe that you won't have a problem if I pull the trigger, after all, you are the Demon Dragon." Qin Ying released the safety of the magic spear.

"You didn't load live ammunition, did you?"

"You'll find out when I fire. And Xiao Qiong, her four level contract, I couldn't tell until recently. I heard from Xiaoyao that her sister wore the most beautiful dress from her wardrobe last weekend." Qin Ying placed the other magic spear on my stomach and said, "Now let's play a game. Honestly tell me and I'll let you go, if not, guess which gun is loaded... you can move my gun down."

Qin Ying appeared gentle on the surface, but her grip on the gun was extraordinary. It seemed like she was about to pull the trigger in the next second, but would she really do it?

"Qin Ying, are you trying to hold me hostage with this?" I shook the shackles on my hands, the energy bar flashed twice, showing how sturdy they were in this way.

"You dare to try using spatial magic." Qin Ying raised her white Twin Stars and fired a shot. A dazzling magic bullet shot out, strangely, the bullet shot out under my bed, piercing through the sheets and leaving a big hole.

"What the..."

"You always use spatial magic in front of us, how could you not have learned even a bit?"

"Well, let me tell you seriously then." I obediently lay back down.

"Sit up and talk!"

"I...how do you expect me to sit up with these clasps?"

Qin Ying reluctantly unfastened the clasp on my left hand, allowing me to sit up.

I gently pulled the clasp on my right hand. It wasn't difficult to undo, but using magic in a restricted space was a bit troublesome. Using spatial magic was too easy and not fun at all.

"Hey, stop daydreaming and get to the point." Qin Ying pointed her magic lance at my temple.

"In fact, the contract level is based on the synchronization rate of our spirits, to put it more figuratively, it's the rate at which our hearts overlap. Only when our hearts are connected can we form a contract with the dragon spirit and increase the level."

"To put it more metaphorically, it means how deeply you love each other. It means you like Zi Sirou more than me." Qin Ying raised her pistol and fired eighteen shots at the deck above, not knowing if there was someone residing there.

"Wait, you don't have to consider others, just consider yourself." I immediately reassured her, and I could already hear the heartbeats of several people behind the door.

"Consider what?" Qin Ying was very angry.

"You should consider how much we have experienced together. Your experiences with me determine how much the contract can be improved. It's not wrong for you to suppress Hanya with your identity, but it shouldn't be just that."

Qin Ying took a deep breath and lowered her head, saying, "I'm sorry. Maybe I just like this identity too much, I can't help it. But...but I have a lot of things to do now. I have to be the heir of the Qin family and also be the captain. There's also the Qin family's military industry, 'L' particles, and those damn academy assignments! I don't have that much time. Zi Sirou is so free, she can accompany you to Emonia."

While Qin Ying spoke of her grievances, she wiped away her tears with her wrist.

"Why are you crying? These things might come sooner than you think, and you don't have to make it too deliberate. Just promise me a date. Last time, Xiao Qiong went to the theme park..." I suddenly realized I had said too much.

"A date, theme park! Tell me the truth, did you have a happy afternoon with the famous star Miss Situ Liyao?" Qin Ying raised her head, wearing a sinister expression on her face, like a wild bear seeing a cute little white rabbit on the mountain.

"How did you know?"

"I've been monitoring the surveillance footage the whole time. These videos are part of the investigation when Angel was killing in the empire."

"Hey, if you like theme parks too, next time I'll go with you." After saying that, I undid the clasp and stood beside Qin Ying, grabbing her neck.

"What are you doing?" Qin Ying was surprised, gripping the clasp on her neck and feeling the energy flickering suddenly tighten, making it very uncomfortable. "I can't...breathe..."

I noticed her complexion wasn't good, so I went behind her to help her undo it.

"Captain! There's an imperial document..." The female crew member from yesterday opened the door, and several other crew members were listening at the door. As soon as the door opened, they all exposed themselves, their attention focused on the clasp on the bed and on Qin Ying's neck, giving off a meaningful look.

"This play..."

"It's just getting started. We should have come in ten minutes late. We would definitely see something exciting."

"It seems like the captain is not playing. She really can't breathe!"

"Ah, the captain is enjoying this process. You wouldn't understand!" The crew members outside the door chattered, while the female crew member stood in front of the door, holding the official letter in a daze.

"Keep watching, come and help undo it!" I shouted at the people outside the door. When the captain had something to do, these crew members just wanted to watch the show.

The crew members rushed forward, knocking the female crew member's document out of her hand, scattering them on the ground. Four or five people gathered around Qin Ying's neck and quickly unfastened the buckle.

"Hey, be careful, all of you."

"Sorry." The female crew member next to me said at my feet.

I lowered my head and saw the paper on the ground, picked it up and handed it back to the female crew member.

"What is this...?" I accidentally saw some of the content on the document.

"Sorry." The female crew member hurriedly took the document, ran to Qin Ying's side.

The content of the document roughly stated that the Empire requested Qin Ying to temporarily replace Qin Fengyu's position to stabilize the internal and external situation of the country.

Father went to The Demon Realm, this news should spread soon. Even though the reason for going to The Demon Realm can be kept confidential, as the God-level military god of the empire, not being in the empire will make many forces restless.

"Cough... what? I don't even have time to catch my breath..." Qin Ying saw the document after unfastening the buckle. She was originally having difficulty breathing, and now she seemed to have a mild heart attack.

"What happened to Qin Ying?" Guffy and Zi Sirou asked outside my door.

"She's fine, she just received a document that she can't accept."

2

After a journey of more than an hour, the Sky Carrier entered the mountain base on the outskirts of the imperial capital.

"Wow, this mountain is actually the base?" I looked at the mountain, which was not far from the gathering place of the Qin family.

Zi Sirou, holding the golden egg, stood next to me and said, "You should try digging up every mountain in the empire, and they would probably all be bases like this."

"Wouldn't the mountain collapse like this?"

"No, it won't. It's the era of magic now, and earth magic is very useful in this regard."

"So, it means that there is nothing natural left in this world."

"There is, we are the natural creators, we are the world."

"This theory... is a bit radical."

The carrier entered the buffer zone of the base, and half an hour later, the base notified that the carrier had successfully landed.

Qin Ying left the carrier with all the crew members and the deputy captain Guffy. It was said that there were some technical issues to be resolved, which had nothing to do with me and didn't require my participation. It only involved the issue of propulsion, but the experiment had already been successful. Now it depends on what my father can bring back from The Demon Realm.

Now only Zi Sirou and I were left sitting in the military vehicle, leaving the base.

"Sirou, have you decided to hatch Horus out?"

"No, I just feel comfortable holding it." Zi Sirou gently stroked the eggshell, holding the golden egg.

"I hope this egg isn't a pervert!"

"It fought so hard and won against Anubis, you should give it some kind of reward."

"Why don't you reward it with yourself!"

"It will belong to me from now on, I think it will be a good bodyguard."

"Don't you plan to put it back into the Horus system?"

"You mentioned before that there were thousands of golden eggs before, and now there is only one egg. What can it do as just one?"

Zi Sirou had a point, how much power can just one egg have, and the Horus golden eggs won't reproduce.

"But do you really want to walk around with this shiny gold egg on the street? I think you'll be targeted by robbers as soon as you step out."

"Just put the egg in the spatial necklace, problem solved."

"I said that the object was inside and yet the weight is still there. Be careful, your neck might be in trouble."

"You said you can do this kind of magic too, could you make a bracelet for me? It shouldn't be a big problem to wear it on your hand."

"It can be done, but you have to pay for it."

"I'll return the photo that fell from the balcony to you," Zi Sirou said nonchalantly.

"Deal! Wait, can I exchange it for the condition of answering the phone?"

"No, you cannot!"