The Number One Star in the Interstellar Era

Chapter 212 - WHAT’S YOUR HIGHNESS’...?

OKAY, just what kind of wizardry was this? – Slade thought as he was staring at the captainʼs ear tip that was now turning bright red. He turned to the one who caused it – Astrid Townsend.

The teenager was looking at the captain with interest and amusement in those pretty eyes. And all Slade could think of was, ʼthis kid definitely knows what heʼs doingʼ. He turned his gaze back to the captain and thought, ʼCaptain, youʼre probably in some deep shitʼ.

And he wondered just how much the captain understood that. Or maybe for the captain, this was not ʼshitʼ but a pool of rainbow-colored mud instead. And the other was very willing to swim and dive in it.

Reas also saw the generalʼs reaction. But only a slight creased appeared on his forehead. He even felt only slightly bit irritated. Which was a huge leap to what he would have felt if the past week didnʼt happen. But no matter how slight, it was still irritating nonetheless.

Just like what Slade saw, Astrid was indeed amused by Wulfricʼs reaction. But not in a bad way, but in a very good way instead. Because he thought that the other was really adorable at this moment. Who would have thought, right?

But as much as he wanted to follow that up with a little bit of teasing, thereʼs much more important things that needed to be handled right now.

”The person theyʼre planning to kidnap and kill is sitting unconscious at the backseat of the car right now,” he started. ”I was hoping that Your Highness could handle this case. I know itʼs presumptuous of me to ask this, but I really donʼt know who else I could ask for help for something like this. Your Highness was the first person who came to my mind. And so, Iʼm here, bothering you like this.”

”What are you saying? Youʼre definitely no bother,” Wulfric quickly said. Although thereʼs nothing that could be clearly seen on his face, he was pretty pleased inside. The words ʼfirst person who came to my mindʼ kept repeating inside his head. And it just made him so… happy. ”Helping you is something that I should do as a member of this Empireʼs law enforcement.”

Astrid smiled. ”Thank you, Your Highness.”

Wulfric waved his hand as if saying that it was nothing. ”I take it, you donʼt know the victim?”

Astrid shook his head. ”No, today was the first time Iʼve seen him. Would this affect anything?”

”No, I just asked to make sure.” Wulfric then turned to Slade. ”Go and take this car back to the army base. Put the two low lives in prison, interrogate them once they woke up. Then, let a doctor take a look at the victim, just to make sure. Once he regained consciousness, tell him what happened and ask him why he was targeted.”

Slade had a lot of things to say. But he kept it in. Because from the expression of the captain right now, if he questioned his decision, he would definitely be thrown in a training room with the other and had his ass kicked. So, he could only say at the end;

”Roger that.”

”And make sure not to mention Asterʼs involvement in this matter,” Wulfric added.

Slade only gave a salute.

”Hereʼs the key,” Astrid said, giving the carʼs key to the red-head captain.

Slade took it. He walked to the driverʼs seat and opened the door. He was about to go in when he thought of something. He turned to the teenager and asked, ”How did you knock out the two guys?”

Astrid looked a bit surprised by his question before giving him a mysterious smile and saying, ”I could tell you, Captain, but then Iʼd have to kill you.”

Slade stopped for a moment and then laughed. ”Then, Iʼd rather not know.”

He finally went inside the car. And as he sat at the driverʼs seat, he finally understood a little what got the captain so fascinated.

He shook his head and just entered the address of the military base on the carʼs GPS system, letting it drive on auto-pilot. The car slowly floated up and then flew to the direction of the military base.

He took that time to look back and observed his unconscious passenger. He was slightly surprised to see another pretty teenager. But unlike Astridʼs beauty that was brilliantly shining, this one looked more like a sculpture – cold and almost surreal. He wondered who wanted this kid dead.

He took back his gaze, since the captain gave him a job, he might as well do it properly. Although it would probably be better for Leland to be in-charge. Heʼs better than him at this kind of situation. But the other took a leave for the day to spend time with his younger brother.

He couldnʼt let Hildred or Edmund handled this for obvious reasons. So, itʼs up to him. He sighed and just opened his Terminal to contact some personnel in their army and tell them to prepare what needed to be prepared. That way, he could immediately start with the interrogation once they arrived at the base.

The three, who was left at the parking lot, watched the car flew away.

”Your Highness, thank you for not letting my involvement in this be known,” Astrid said after a while.

He was actually just about to ask the other for that, he didnʼt expect that Wulfric would suggest it first.

”Well, your career is only just starting. It would be bad if something like this was suddenly linked to you. Some people might spin it in a negative manner. I donʼt want that to happen. Especially when youʼre only starting to gain fans,” Wulfric said.

Astrid was momentarily surprised hearing that. Then, he smiled and said, ”How did Your Highness know that I have fans?”

Wulfric quickly glanced away, feeling like his secret had been exposed or something. He scratched his cheek and answered in a very awkward manner, ”I saw you trending on [Cyberspace].”

Astridʼs smile deepened upon hearing that answer.. ”Oh? I didnʼt know Your Highness actually frequent such social media site. Whatʼs Your Highnessʼ username?”