After listening to the introduction about the soul furnace, Soshiyang nodded thoughtfully.
"No wonder Huron suddenly obtained such a huge amount of demon engines. It turned out that he found a big sponsor. What is the name of this being?"
"According to human language, it should be called Vashtor."
"Vashtor"
Soshyan said the name twice.
"I remember, I offended it severely this time, I guess I will have to deal with it again in the future."
Then he nodded to Lorena and thanked her.
"Thank you also, Lorena, for your answer."
"Your Highness should learn more when encountering such a formidable enemy. The Vaal priests of Jemlok Ark should know more. Your Highness may gain more by asking them then -"
As she said that, Lorena glanced at Veronica, who was putting the dessert on Soshyan's plate, and then made up her mind and changed the subject.
"Your Majesty, what do you think of this time when His Majesty is in danger?"
Lorena's tone was very calm and even soft, but the blaming meaning in it was obvious, and Veronica immediately frowned.
"Qing Lorena, you——"
Soshyan held his wife's shoulders and replied in a deep voice:
"It's my fault this time. It was my negligence that put Veronica in danger and almost caused an irreversible outcome. I will pay attention to it in the future. No matter who it is, I will not allow it to threaten Veronica."
Card."
Lorena then bowed deeply.
"Please forgive me for my rude words. Your Highness, I just hope that you can truly clarify your position. You have left a bloodline in the royal court and can no longer be as hesitant as in the past. The human empire has begun to pay attention to the royal court, and Como
The threat from Luo is always there, and you can no longer treat yourself as an outsider."
Soshyan nodded.
"Qing Lorena, I have felt your loyalty. I will correct these mistakes. Thank you for taking care of Veronica during this time. Ah, by the way, how long does Ada usually have to give birth?
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"Back to Your Highness, the actual situation will be different for everyone. If calculated in human time, on average, it will be about. About a hundred years."
"a hundred years!?"
Soshyan's eyes widened, and then Veronica came close to his ear and whispered:
"Qing Lorena has checked that it has been five or six years since I was conceived to my pregnancy. In history, there have been cases of pregnancy lasting a full three hundred years."
"Ah, okay, this really surprises me. It only takes so long to give birth, so wouldn't growth be measured in thousands of years?"
He looked back at Lorena.
"Qing Lorena, when you said it was a common situation before, you meant that Veronica is special."
"Of course, after all, it is your and His Majesty's child. In fact, we are currently unable to detect its condition using all means, including its development cycle and growth process. I am afraid we need to return to the royal court and go through the crystal dome to learn more about it.
"
"That's it."
Soshyan also has some doubts in his heart. No matter what kind of offspring he and Veronica give birth to, it will most likely subvert all current biological theories.
"If nothing happens, I will go down first."
"Um."
After Lorena left, Veronica put the cut pie on Soshyan's plate and suddenly smiled:
"Soshyan, do you think it's better to be a girl or a boy?"
"Well"
Soshyan thought for a moment and put down the cup.
"all good."
As he spoke, he seemed to have thought of something.
"Can Ada also control the gender of the baby?"
In an empire where cloning and biotechnology are highly abused, controlling the gender of newborns is already a very mature technology. If it were not for the intervention of the state religion, the popularity of this type of technology would probably be even more terrifying, because the state church claims that "gender is a coin thrown by the emperor."
How can mortals interfere with your choice?" Therefore, the technology to control the gender of newborns currently belongs to a semi-illegal gray area.
Veronica shook her head.
"Yes, there is, but it is mainly used for unnatural conception. Just like the real children of Comoros, naturally conceived babies cannot be interfered with, or are not allowed to interfere."
"It should be so. Such laws should be clearly defined. Technology that overrides human ethics will actually do more harm than good."
"You haven't answered the question just now!"
"No girl."
Veronica blinked.
"Why?"
"It probably saves you some trouble."
"Well, you are not thinking of the man sitting on the golden chair and his twenty-one troubled sons, are you?"
Soshiyang picked up the pie with an embarrassed expression and took a bite. It was rich in milk, moderately sweet and salty.
"By the way, why did you react so strongly when I mentioned Occam before? What happened? I've also heard rumors these days. It seems that Huron ran away?"
"well."
Speaking of this, Suoshiyang sighed softly, took a sip of soup and said helplessly:
"It was Occam who let him go."
"ah?"
Then he told Veronica exactly what happened at that time.
"It's no wonder that this is the case. My mentor said before that Alphas are a group of people who don't know what they are called. Even prophets who have insight into people's hearts can't predict their next behavior."
"More than just not knowing what he meant, I really wanted to kill him at that time."
"But his explanation seems to make some sense? Garmo Zejie's gang is quite capable. The teams sent to chase them all reported that those people have considerable subspace power and can drive demons, even if they are at the end of their rope.
The situation also caused a lot of damage. If they are allowed to take Huron's position, they will be a big trouble in the future. Anyway, Huron has been beaten to the point of despair by you, and I guess he will not dare to cause more trouble in the future."
"One code is the same. If he does this, no matter what happens, I will never be able to trust him as I did in the past. He knows too much. Once he really rebels, the consequences will be disastrous. I am even considering whether to use some
Use special means to erase his memory or..."
"Well, that is indeed the case, but husband, do you think that since he did it, he must have known that there would be such a result. Occam is an extremely smart man. He is willing to take such a big risk. Maybe he really has something hidden? You can tell me later
After communicating with him carefully, I feel that this person may be very complicated, but he is definitely not a villain."
"Let's talk about it later. Is Blackstone Fortress handled now?"
"Qing Doral has taken care of it, and they are on their way back to the Royal Court, but there is still a lot of follow-up work to be done, so after the things here are over, you have to take a lot of time to deal with the affairs of the Royal Court.
"
"Well, I'll do it as soon as possible. Madam, how long do you think it will take for the subspace storm to dissipate?"
Veronica picked up the goblet, thought for a moment, took a sip of the drink inside, and then said:
"It's hard to generalize. The reasons for the formation of each storm are different, or there are no identical storms. But I can feel the power of this storm from a long distance away. It doesn't seem to be naturally formed. It's probably
It was created through evil rituals, but it can create a storm of this scale. I can't imagine it."
"Could it be that we really let Huron run away like this?"
Seeing that Soshyan still had an annoyed expression, Veronica filled his glass and said:
"It's useless to worry. It's better to use this time to do more things. It just so happens that Huron is not dead and the expedition is not over yet. While he still has the power, he can make some preparations and arrangements for the future. Do you remember, starting from the third year of the expedition?
We started to select immigrants, mainly doctors, priests and technical personnel from the Middle Nest, and screened their backgrounds. Now the third batch of immigrants has boarded the ship to go to the Bracato system, and you didn't ask much about it.
.This expedition has taken so long. If you want to speed up the recovery of your legion, you will need more manpower and material resources. These things are your focus later."
When Veronica said this, Soshyan gradually came back to his senses and nodded in agreement.
After dinner, Veronica did not "let go" of Soshyan, and directly pulled him to "routinely", but Soshyan was a little worried about this, and Veronica said that she had not yet truly become pregnant.
, so more "efforts" were needed, so Soshiyang had no choice but to message others that he needed to rest for a while——