Ch169 - There’s no room to talk about love (2/2)
The relationship between mother and son had always been very tense. The Queen has been in power for a long time, but she didn’t look old and could still live for a long time. However, Kent’s growth was too fast, and made the Queen feel threatened, which was why the Queen was very willing to do anything that would hinder Kent. The relationship between mother and son had already turned tenuous due to their personal interests and the pursuit of power. On the surface, it appeared as though the matter regarding Ivan was caused by the Queen not wanting her son to be associated with a civilian, but in fact, the main reason was that the Queen was concerned about the purity of the light power contained in Ivan’s body. The stronger Ivan was, the more he would be able to help Kent, and the greater the threat they would be to her position as Queen.
The incident this time simply served as the spark that ignited the conflict between mother and son. The entire room had been filled with the scent of gunpowder from this morning, and many of the servants kept their heads lowered and dared not speak. Rather, it was Murphy who had been sitting silently to one side the entire morning that finally chose to speak, “If they really wanted, nobody here would be able to live. For the sake of our future, the only person we can apply leverage is Ivan…”
Once Ivan was brought up, everyone in the room turned silent. Murphy watched as their expressions turned odd, and her own expression gradually turned ugly. “What is Ivan like, exactly? Kent, what kind of relationship do you have with him? And what kind of relationship does that person you call Oliver have with him?”
Kent was silent for a moment, then said, “Oliver used to be Ivan’s contractual beast. But a month ago, he forcibly broke his contract with Ivan and severely injured himself. Ivan is my lover. I met him at the Elder God Academy… He is a healer, and is very close to the power of light.”
“Forcibly terminated?” Murphy frowned and said, “That causes very great damage to the demonic beasts, and their demonic core may even break down. How could he have changed so much in such a short period of time?”
“I don’t know. Ivan hasn’t seen him again since then. I’m also unclear about how he got so strong.”
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“What about Ivan? The Fallen Heaven that he mentioned before… Is not the Fallen Heaven that I know, is it?”
“What exactly is Fallen Heaven… Your Majesty the Queen, can’t you tell us now?” Kent’s expression was gloomy. Although he now had his own doubts about Ivan, he was still more concerned about what kind of poison Ivan had been given. Although he was the Crown Prince, there were still many secrets that would not be made known to him until he reached the throne.
The Queen took a deep breath and finally nodded her head. “It’s precisely that Fallen Heaven. Legend had it that long ago, Fallen Heaven could corrupt the God of Light and make gods lose their power.”
Murphy stood up. Her face was flushed red in anger. “That’s a forbidden drug!! How could you just casually bring it out!!! Even the royal family is not allowed to touch that! How dare you!”
Kent asked in a panic, “Your Highness Murphy! What kind of drug is that? Can Ivan be saved?”
Murphy sneered and walked to the door. “Ha. That’s a ** that even the God of Light had no resistance against. How could Ivan be saved? I can no longer protect you two. For the sake of the future, I can only hope that his hatred is focused on the two of you, and not on the entire royal family. Otherwise, this country will really reach its end.”
Kent and the Queen were left speechless, and could only watch as Murphy walked out of the room.
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At that moment, they seemed to lose all their strength. Even Murphy was unwilling to protect them; their future had completely turned into darkness.
Kent gave the Queen a deep look, then turned around and left, slamming the door behind him.
He still wanted to test out whether or not Ivan really no longer trusted him. He wanted to know if he had already changed. Oliver used to listen so closely to Ivan’s words, and even after he forcibly broke the contract, he ultimately still chose to return to Ivan’s side. If Ivan still loved him, then Oliver would not be able to do too much to him.
In the final analysis, that was precisely the reason why Kent dared to speak to Xue Ling like that yesterday. Since he was still willing to obey Ivan, Kent was sure that he held the upper hand.
Oliver wouldn’t kill him. He told himself this as he walked.
On the other side, Xue Ling slept deeply until afternoon before finally waking up. It was the first time doing it with this body, and he had started with that kind of position before being pressed down for several more rounds. He was really very tired and slept in a daze until mid-afternoon before waking up.
After waking up, he was still surrounded in Xi’s embrace. As a god, Xi basically did not need to sleep at all, but the kind of things they had done yesterday were too enjoyable. After having a good night’s sleep, he used his divine power to give Xue Ling a massage and felt Xue Ling up all over again. The other party hadn’t woken up, so Xi knew that the other party was truly tired, and had simply enveloped him in his embrace, lowering his head to watch him until he woke up.
So, after Xue Ling woke up and focused his gaze, he met Xi’s incredibly gentle eyes. He blinked, then stretched and tilted his head, moving into a comfortable position. “Good morning.”
Xi bowed his head to drop a kiss on his head, and said, “I’ve thought through what our relationship should be.”
“Huh?” The sound vibrated out of his throat, and sounded especially relaxed. Xue Ling’s fox eyes glanced over lazily, and the spot of red at the corner of his eyes brought back memories of his flirtatious appearance last night. It made Xi unable to help but lower his head to kiss him again in the corner of his eye.
“We are in the kind of relationship that people have when they do the kind of things we did yesterday.”
“That is called a carnal relationship.” Xue Ling smiled widely and stuck to the facts. “You want to be sex friends?”
Even though Xi was unclear about his words and didn’t quite understand, he shook his head. “In the word of ordinary people, they call this relationship that is closer than lovers ‘husband and wife’?”
Xue Ling looked disgusted: “Who wants to be husband and wife with you.” He sneered arrogantly, and prepared to get up. ”I haven’t even said I like you. I was just paying off my debts last night. You’re not qualified enough to get into my bed in the future~”
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He grabbed the clothes that were lying to the side and pulled them on, ignoring Xi’s gaze. “My revenge isn’t even over yet. There’s no room to talk about love.”