Civilization: Beyond Two Worlds

392 Sulla

In the end, Kang De carried the drunk Grand Duke back to the room.

After all, Tina and Sword Saint Snowfall were both women. Moreover, Tina did not have the strength. Hillmelia despised her drunk brother very much, so it was a little awkward to let a servant do this.

It was closer for Kang De, his “son-in-law”, to do this.

…This old guy is so dishonest.

!!

Kang De carried the Grand Duke on his back and felt that this usually serious, dignified, and serious uncle was still struggling and twisting like a drunk maggot, continuously causing trouble.

He felt like he was picking up a corpse… Pfft, pfft, pfft.

In the end, he was helped back to the bedroom before the maids took over.

The Grand Duke’s room was filled with books and mountainous dossiers. There were no luxurious or precious decorations, but there were many paintings hanging. Many were portraits, Tina’s, Hillmelia’s, Stella’s, and a mature and dignified noblewoman who looked a little like Tina.

That should be Tina’s mother. According to Tina, she had left when she was young.

Kang De could not ask about the exact details.

The largest painting was a family photo. The artist’s handwriting was very powerful and was almost identical to the real person’s. He was simply a cold soldier from another world. That should have been a painting from his early years because the Grand Duke in the painting was much younger. Tina’s mother was the same, and the children of the Tedrell family were all small.

Apart from that, there were also a few paintings. Their standards were visibly different from other paintings, and it could even be said to be graffiti. If abstractism had not been born in the other world, it could only mean that these paintings had commemorative value… Just like short swords, round shields, scrolls, and so on.

The maids busied themselves helping the Grand Duke undo his clothes and change into his robe. They also prepared drinks and spices. Tina stood beside Kang De and noticed where he was looking, and a nostalgic expression flashed through her eyes.

She explained, “Most of these are our gifts to Father… He cherished these very much and even solemnly framed and saved them. We were very happy at that time, but after we grew up, we felt embarrassed. However, when we grew up, we slowly understood Father’s mood…”

The princess looked at her father lying on the bed and said softly, “Because of the addition of my mother, my father’s love is even more blazing than other people’s parents. A half-grown child who’s anxious to escape the restraint and protection of his father and has inexplicable self-esteem feels embarrassed and even annoyed, but he’ll understand when he grows up, right?”

Kang De nodded slowly.

This was not a perfunctory agreement, but a resonance that he knew personally.

He recalled his nervous and intense trip to Africa not long ago.

After rescuing his father, they were forced to experience a hail of bullets together. After Moyani’s attack, he erupted together because of the mental pressure he had accumulated for a long time and roared at his father. Even more than ten years or decades later, he could still remember his father’s hug that day.

There were also his tears.

This was the first time he had seen his father’s tears since his grandfather passed away.

His current father was still waiting in the air raid shelter of the embassy. After all, less than half a day had passed on Earth, but he already missed it. He had not really told his father that it was all over.

…Let’s wait a little longer. After all, I’ve already “exploded”. It’s a good opportunity to see if the country can extort anything from the two b*stards, the American Empire and the French Rooster. The king will definitely be able to get a lot. If I go back now and haven’t negotiated, it’ll even be a little awkward.

However, he indeed had to find time to go back.

He had to continue to strengthen himself. He had to replenish the fuel of the fighter plane, the aerial bombs, and the ground firepower. Goethe’s matter was not over, let alone it was not only Goethe’s matter.

The nearby dragons, the elves in the middle, and the Empire still had a score to settle.

There was also Tagris… oh no, it was what Delilah had said about a powerful enemy from outer space.

If there was really no other way, he had to borrow some equipment from his motherland, but he could not take it for free. Although he might give it, cooperation was not like this.

—Let me think. What do I have on my side that the country will like?

From the other world.

Even if he grabbed a handful of soil and pulled out a blade of grass to send over in the other world, the experts of the Chinese Academy of Sciences would jump up in shock. However, the matter of the other world involved too much. This had to be discussed again.

The remaining… were the planes that had come for free.

The F16 might not fancy it, but the F35 must be extremely good.

However, the source was quite difficult to explain.

However, he had seen the news previously that the Japanese had thrown a F35 into the sea and could not fish it out…

So he could use this as an excuse?

It should be very valuable.

—What? You’re asking the country what it wants to do with the F35?

Study? Study materials? Study engines? Study the electronic system and command link? At the same time, deduce the details of the American Empire’s combat system?

Bullsh*t!

As a confident, self-reliant, and responsible country, our country did not have any motive or need to study the weapons of the Americans. After picking them up, we naturally returned them and did the American Empire a favor.

Moreover, as a country with a long history and thousands of years of etiquette, our dynasty followed the ancient principle of tribute and could not let our foreign friends suffer any losses.

Return? Of course he had to return it.

—We picked up your F35. We have to return two. Only then can we be considered magnanimous.

“…Kang De?”

Tina’s call interrupted the honest-looking Kang De. “What are you thinking?”

Forget it, he had to think about the details.

Kang De adjusted his emotions and returned to his senses. He immediately hid this matter. He sized up the many gifts and paintings on the Grand Duke’s wall and smiled as he asked Tina, “Which gifts did you give?”

Tina blushed. “I’m not telling.”

Kang De took out his phone skillfully and planned to take a photo. “Then I’ll ask Stella. Oh, no, just ask your father. He’ll definitely show off to me very proudly, especially when he knows that you’ve never given me any gifts. He’ll definitely show off even more proudly…”

Tina was different from the stupid natives of the other world. She knew what a phone was for. The princess grabbed Kang De’s arm and said anxiously, “You’re bullying me!”

Immediately after, she woke up from Kang De’s faint smile.

He had said that not long ago.

She lowered her head aggrievedly, “…You can bully me.”

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…Duke, I’m sorry.

—I already completely understand your unwillingness.

However, what did this have to do with him being a cold-blooded princess killer?

Kang De wished he could hug Tina on the spot and commit a crime.

However, there were really too many people here.

At this moment, Tina was busy changing the topic, or rather, she had said something from Kang De’s previous words. She suddenly looked at him and smiled. “Kang De, are you jealous? I’ve never given you a gift?”

She gently grabbed Kang De’s hand and shook it a little. “What do you want?”

The gentle light of the Grand Duke’s bedroom coated the girl’s beautiful face with a gentle light. Kang De looked at those thin cherry lips, and his heart beat heavily a few times before he turned around.

He said, “…Alright, I was wrong. You’ve given me gifts a few times.”

Tina tilted her head and asked, “What are they?”

He was not asking about a gift, but his memories.

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Facing her gentle smile, Kang De also smiled and counted in a low voice, “There’s no need to say anything about the first time. There’s also the necklace, sword, shield, and magic medicine. Hong San’s time can actually be considered…”

Hearing this, Tina’s expression was a little strange, as if something was wrong.

“On careful thought, you announced the engagement once too, right? Also, when you were in Valentine, your love letter and intentions were also a precious gift to me. A few days ago…”

Kang De looked at Tina and they blushed at the same time.

At that time, the scene was very chaotic, and with the gorilla disturbing the situation, the experience was actually not beautiful.

However, he could remember it for a long time.

Tina stared at Kang De. After a short while, she chuckled and said, “Although there’s a small problem, it’s already very impressive to Kang De.”

“…What do you mean?”

“It’s nothing. I’m very happy and want to reward Kang De.”

Tina smiled gently and shyly and leaned toward Kang De. Her voice was as soft as a mosquito and she lowered it very, very low. “Kang De, do you want another gift?”

Although his voice was soft, Kang De heard it clearly.

In an instant, Kang De could even hear his blood flowing.

After all, he did not have much experience.

His tone changed. “What… what gift?”

Tina’s eyes narrowed into crescents as she smiled beautifully and with smug cunning. She was like a hunter who was gradually becoming skilled as she circled and circled her interesting prey.

She said gently, “What do you want, Kang De?”

“I…” Kang De thought of something in a hurry and did a Taiji Fist, “I like whatever you give me.”

Tina looked up slightly. She was tall, so this was enough for her breath to blow against Kang De’s side profile. The girl blushed and said softly, “Then… come to my room to take a look?”

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!

It had to be said that these short words, coupled with what had happened this morning, that beautiful scenery, and that touch that was like being in the clouds… really made him fantasize endlessly.

Kang De calmed down or pretended to be calm.

“What… what are you looking at?”

However, this was all useless.

Tina grabbed Kang De’s hand and whispered, “I’ll show you anything you want to see.”

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Who could resist this?!

Kang De’s mental defense was about to completely collapse. This sweet dog food domain was almost eternal. However, at this moment, Sword Saint Snowfall, who had been standing not far from the bed frowning and commanding the maid to do things and mocking her brother, shook, as if her patience had reached its limit.

She waved the maid beside her to retreat.

Then, he bent down and seemed to say something to the Grand Duke who was sleeping soundly on the bed. His voice was also very soft and he used a martial artist’s strength technique, so the maids did not hear him.

However, in the next moment, the Grand Duke sat up like a puppet on a spring and shouted, “Ti—Na—Ah—I can’t accept it! Daddy can’t accept it!”

Then, he lay back with two lines of male tears on his face.

With this shout, Kang De and Tina, who had entered a state of shock, immediately returned to their senses, causing the maids and butlers in the room to look in their direction.

Tina was very shy to begin with. The reason why she was so bold and active was completely because the emotions in her heart were too blazing. She was always filled with courage and courage when it came to Kang De. However, under this silent and even subtle gaze, the princess immediately blushed. Even if no one heard what she had said earlier, in retrospect, she was still so embarrassed that she could not raise her head.

Kang De was not much better, but he had one good thing. The education he had received since he was young and the experience he had encountered when he grew up had allowed him to cultivate the ability to remain calm even if a mountain collapsed in front of him.

He looked like nothing had happened.

The Sword Saint said indifferently, “The Grand Duke is drunk. Take good care of him. Use incense that’s good for sleep and let him sleep well… It’s getting late. We should leave.”

Then she turned to the door and gestured to Kang De and Tina.

Kang De did not sense anything and only said that it was the Grand Duke’s spirit in heaven just now… Oh, no, it was the Grand Duke’s sixth sense that sensed that his daughter was gradually walking towards the wolf’s mouth in front of him, so he let out that shocking shout under the drive of his subconscious. It was very easy to resolve this problem.

Just don’t do this in front of him.

However, Tina saw the smile on the other party’s lips the moment her aunt walked past.

Her eyes slowly narrowed and she subconsciously held Kang De’s hand tightly.

After leaving the Grand Duke’s bedroom, the maids in the corridor bowed and stood. The three of them walked through the open garden. Tina kept holding Kang De’s arm, very tight and close.

The princess seemed to have forgotten their previous conversation and chatted with Kang De.

She asked, “Father gave you the crimson scroll?”

Kang De took out the scroll. “Yes, he gave it to me, but nothing special seems to have happened.”

Kang De had already told Tina about Akatum’s approval and divine power. This had to be kept a secret, but there was no need to hide it from her, because all of this came from her.

“There’s no hurry. Since fate chose you, it must be meaningful. Even if it doesn’t happen now, it will definitely happen in the future. Don’t think that you’ve received the blessing of the King of the Gods and His Holiness Sulla won’t care about you. The light of that person illuminates everything in the world indiscriminately. The gods are not as petty as you think.”

The girl said gently.

‘Sulla?’

Kang De’s expression changed. This name was very familiar. He thought carefully, then understood. In Valentine, he had heard this name. It was the god the Goethe people revered and believed in.

He said, “Sulla… Sun God Sulla?”

Tina smiled. “That’s right. The god we believe in, our guardian, the incarnation of sincerity and courage, love and broadness are also the lights Tedrell follows…”

Kang De muttered, “I see. Then this crimson scroll is…”

Tina smiled and nodded. She gestured to her chest and touched Kang De’s forehead.

“May the light illuminate you, me, and every one of us.”

The more sunlight shone on the ground, the more he should care about those people who were still enduring the darkness…

The Grand Duke’s words flashed through his mind.

Sun God…

The crimson scroll in his hand shone slightly again.

Kang De suddenly smiled. “It seems very interesting.”

Tina blinked and revealed that shy and sly expression again.

She pursed her lips and smiled shyly, then said seriously, “Then, Kang De, a foreigner from the East, do I have the honor to delay your time and let you understand the Holy Sulla, the Guardian of Goethe?”

Kang De recalled the girl’s previous whisper and his heart skipped a beat, “Alright…”

Before he could finish speaking, Sword Saint Snowfall’s voice sounded from the front, “Hey, if you’re interested in teaching and faith, go to the church. The bishops and nuns over there dream of spreading the glory of the Sun God to you. It’s getting late. I’m going to sleep, Tina!”

Hillmelia turned around and walked over. She hugged Princess Tina. “Let’s go and rest.”

Tina was shocked and angry. “Aunt, it’s not like you don’t have a room…”

“I have to protect you, silly girl. What if the elves send assassins? What if other evil factions kidnap you and threaten Kang De? Let’s go, let’s go—Kang De, see you tomorrow. Good night.”

As he spoke, he dragged Tina away.

The night wind howled. Kang De was stunned for a long time and gritted his teeth.

—What’s this woman doing? Didn’t we fight side by side?

He was disinterested and extremely unhappy. He bent down and lay on the railing at the side for a long time.

One moment, he was disappointed, and the next, he smiled foolishly. Hehehe.

After a while, he returned to his courtyard. Due to his complicated feelings and having just obtained the crimson scroll, Kang De only greeted Horus in the courtyard and returned to his room without chatting in detail.

What he did not notice was that his iron son’s sensor looked at his figure coldly and meaningfully.

He pushed open the door and walked into the bedroom to see the gorilla.

“Gorilla, have you eaten?”

Previously, he had asked the gorilla about the Grand Duke’s banquet. The gorilla was hiding in the inner bedroom and looking at a tablet computer. He really did not know what was so good about PAW Patrol. Before he left, he had also left a lot of food.

Before he could finish asking, the gorilla sitting by the bed had already jumped up like lightning. She stood up straight and looked at Kang De. Her face was red, and she seemed to be hesitating about something as she tried to move.

Kang De had never seen the gorilla blush or look hesitant.

“What’s wrong? You’re…”

He subconsciously walked over. Before he could take two steps, the gorilla’s face was already extremely red. She suddenly shouted, “How strange! I can’t do it!”

Then, her figure was almost like a gust of wind as she whistled and snatched the door, escaping in a sorry state.

“…”

“Hmm???”

Kang De was silent for a moment before his expression changed again.

What was wrong now…

After thinking about it, he could not figure it out and studied the crimson scroll. After thinking about it, he could not think of a way. Even if he brought it to the white fog space, nothing would happen.

After tossing and turning for a while, he fell asleep.

When he woke up the next day, the gorilla was much more normal. However, her gaze was still a little evasive and her words were a little hesitant. Before Kang De could ask carefully, he saw Stella rushing over.

He brought news.

The dragons were here.