Chapter 117: 3rd release

　…As expected, you really know about medicine stone.

　Why say as expected?

　Yang Yang stared at Ya Qing, his eyes cold: “So, you really know about the village.”

　However, what surprised Yang Yang was that Ya Qing had no intention of hiding anything, all gentleness and fragility disappeared from his expression which showed some paranoid excitement.

　”Yes, I know.”

　Ya Qing was staring at the ground, as if looking at something from his memory, his eyes burned with viciousness.

　Ya Qing: “After I learned that you encountered a hidden village, I had some doubts about whether what you found was this village. After you came back and brought back these children, I confirmed that you had found one such village.

　Originally, I also wanted to check those children to see if they were from this village with medicine stone, but you disagreed and was on guard, then I knew, yes, they were.”

　Yang Yang noticed that Ya Qing’s current mood was a bit unstable, his tone became excited, and his breathing became rapid.

　Yang Yang frowned slightly and refrained from using harsh words in his speech.

　Yang Yang asked: “How did you know about the existence of that village, and does the medicine stone you use have anything to do with them?”

　Ya Qing chuckled, looked up at Yang Yang, and said with a sarcastic expression: “What do you think?”

　Ya Qing stared at Yang Yang, laughed once more, and then hugged his left arm with his right hand, his fingers turning white with force.

　Ya Qing: “Hadn’t you already confirmed that it was related to me? You may also think that I led the experiments in those villages. That’s why you asked Byrd to stop taking the medicine because you were afraid of being discovered by me and because you wanted to guard against me doing anything. Everything because you all think I am a lunatic who would kill his loved ones!”

　Ya Qing words became even more frantic and the last words were almost growled. There was no high-pitched voice, he actually roared hoarsely with full force.

　Ya Qing like this was a bit scary.

　But Yang Yang was not afraid.

　Yang Yang did not avoid or comfort him, he just looked at Ya Qing quietly for a while, and then said as a statement: “You knew what was happening in that village.”

　Ya Qing nodded: “Yes, I knew, so what? Should I have saved them?”

　Ya Qing laughed maniacally. “They all say that I am a genius, that I can do anything and heal every illness. It’s so easy to say.

　Byrd’s illness is a stand alone case and his situation is very similar to that of the late Duke. When the late Duke was the only one in their team who survived and still retained his sanity, he became a hero.

　In order to treat him, doctors from the entire empire were mobilized, but they couldn’t come up with anything.

　What else could I do?”

　Ya Qing laughed shortly at himself and his mood slowly calmed down.

　There was a bit of sadness in his voice: “But I had to find a way. He Shu’s body is very weak. He had already miscarried a bimorph child and it was very dangerous to get pregnant with Byrd. It was also difficult to get pregnant after that, and even moreso to carry a dual-form child.”

　”The Lester people of Soul Locking Star are a fighting race and their planet master must be a dual-form Lester—— Byrd is the second brother’s child, the only dual-form child. He was the future ruler and his health must be guaranteed.”

　Ya Qing was silent for a while, and then said: “When He Shu was pregnant with Byrd, it was an unexpected pregnancy. He refused to abort and the second brother had no choice but to find me. But what else could I do?”

　Ya Qing repeated this sentence again, he muttered it several times nervously.

　Then he continued: “Then, I learned about the existence of the medicine stone. It can suppress the soul power of the soul beast, which is exactly what I need.

　I used it to give medicine to He Shu, and then successfully saved the child, although it was very thrilling later, but Byrd also successfully broke out of the shell.”

　”But it didn’t take long for me to discover that although it could suppress the soul power of the soul beast, it itself was not harmless. Then I found the supplier and found out about existence of the village.”

　Yang Yang: “Who is the supplier?”

　Ya Qing laughed again: “A galaxy pirate. But I couldn’t find out the person behind him— and I was also afraid of being discovered by my second brother. I was afraid… so I didn’t pursue it any further.

　But I knew about that village, I also know what was happening in this village. In fact, the medicine stone dose and frequency of using for Byrd was all obtained from this village.”

　”But not long after Byrd broke out of his shell, the supplier changed and only provided me with the medicine stone. I couldn’t ask for anything else. Even the experimental progress in the village and the latest research data on the medicine stone were not available. So I had to experiment on my own.”

　”Fortunately, I am also a survivor of that catastrophe, even if there are no people in the village, I still have a test subject—— that is myself.”

　 Yang Yang’s eyebrows moved, but what he said was very cold: “But your condition is different from that of the Duke.”

　Ya Qing laughed again, and repeated the sentence: “What else could I do?”

　Yang Yang took a deep breath and exhaled slowly to calm down.

　Yang Yang: “Then you should know what are the consequences of overdose of the medicine stone. Do you have a solution? Have you told dad and father about the ingredients in their medicine?”

　 Ya Qing looked at Yang Yang: “This is the only medicine that can save their lives. After telling them about Byrd’s medicine, what else can we do? Not try to save him? It would just make them sad in vain. Moreover, I had been improving Byrd’s medicine.

　Although the medicine stone has side effects, he’s still okay until now, I will succeed, I’m gonna cure him!”

　Yang Yang: “Then did you know that the late Duke went crazy and died because of taking the medicine stone!”

　Ya Qing was taken aback this time and stared at him blankly.

　Yang Yang closed his eyes, but did not explain anything to Ya Qing.

　Yang Yang: “Uncle Ya Qing, the Duke will not continue to take medicine. The medicine stone may be the only thing that can cure him, but it will also be the thing that takes his life. If you really want to help the Duke, go and find another way.—Also, I don’t want the Duke to know about this conversation.”

　Ya Qing moved his lips and wanted to say something else, but Yang Yang had already shaken his head: “Everyone is waiting for us. You go out first. I’ll get something and come back down.”

　After that, Yang Yang took the lead to go upstairs.

　Ya Qing stood there, and after a few seconds, he slowly went out.

　After they all left, Ruo Hong stood still quietly next to the corridor leading to the children’s residence. Her hands were tightly holding the hem of her clothes, her eyes were red and her teeth were clenched.

　After a while, Ruo Hong let go of the wrinkled hem of her clothes and walked towards the door step by step.

　…

　Yang Yang came back upstairs to get the swaddle with the egg in it, but as soon as he turned around the second floor, he found Archibald holding the swaddle with the egg still in it, standing there quietly.

　Yang Yang’s heart skipped a beat.

　But Archibald laughed first: “Are you here to get the egg swaddle too? Roth already reminded me, so I’ll get it first. Let’s go, everyone is still waiting. The lantern festival will start in a while.”

　Yang Yang’s eyes swept over Archibald’s tail, the long tail was almost dragging on the ground, but Archibald himself seemed not to notice and was still smiling at him.

　He heard it, but he didn’t want to say it.

　Yang Yang moved his lips, and finally showed a smile: “Okay, let’s go.”

　Today, the manor was full of people, they packed in a large truck, as well as several flying and land-based vehicles, which were all headed towards the direction of the town in a overboard manner.

　In the end, they set off a little late. As they approached the town, brilliant lights were already drifting in the sky above the town, visible in the faint night.

　The loud festive sounds came from far and near, and when it entered the town, the car could not move forward at all, so everyone got out of the car and walked.

　Because there were many children, several of Abel’s guards also helped take care of the children, while everyone else was playing their own way.

　At this time, the streets and shops in the town were full of people, with special seats on the top floor for best view. Only some small shops with poor viewing angles had empty seats.

　Yang Yang and Archibald didn’t go too far, nor did they enter the store. They stood on the edge of the crowd, watching the changing light replacing shadow in the sky.

　At this time, the lantern show was still warming up and people watching the excitement are still looking for their seats.

　After Yang Yang and the others stood in a corner, within two seconds, Yang Yang felt his hands were itchy, so he glanced at Archibald and stretched out his hand: “Give me the egglette.”

　Archibald: “…”

　Archibald had no choice but to put the egg in Yang Yang’s arms. The specially made swaddling clothes had a handle and the protection was in place, so he was not afraid of Yang Yang dropping it.

　However, Yang Yang did not pick up the swaddling clothes, but directly reached out and picked up the eggs, but only after a moment he became dissatisfied.

　”It’s dead cold.”

　Archibald: “…”

　Archibald put the egg back into the swaddling clothes and corrected Yang Yang: “It’s still warm. Its only that the soul power had been almost exhausted. It’s probably going to break the shell in a few days.”

　Yang Yang: “Then will it turn completely dead cold before it breaks out of its shell?”

　Archibald: “…”

　How much do you want your baby to be dead cold?

　After Archibald put the egg back in place, he said: “After breaking the shell, the egg will naturally lose its temperature. —Didn’t the correction fee dad gave you contain a parenting education film with a memory chip?”

　Yang Yang looked at him sideways, covered his face and cried: “You think of me as of country bumpkin again.”

　Archibald: “…”

　Archibald: “Okay, okay, if you don’t want to look, don’t look. I can be the one look and you are responsible for playing with the child.”

　Yang Yang put down his hand and smiled: “That’s about right.”

　At this moment, huge cheers suddenly broke out from the crowd, and at the same time, colorful lights lit up in the night sky, the lantern show finally kicked off.

　In the night sky, a huge three-dimensional mythical beast appeared for a while, running back and forth in the void, and a starry scene appeared again, as if the entire town was wandering in the universe.

　This visual shock caused the crowd to yell and scream. Everyone was looking up at the sky, people on the roof raised their hands and shouted excitedly at the sight of the mirage in the sky.

　Yang Yang looked at it for a while and suddenly said to Archibald: “It has nothing to do with you.”

　Yang Yang’s voice was not loud and could hardly be heard among the crowd.

　But Archibald heard it.

　He heard it and understood it.

　Archibald withdrew his gaze, looked down at Yang Yang, and said nothing.

　Yang Yang looked up at Archibald and said: “Even if you are not the one in need, there are other people who need medicine stones and you still wouldn’t know about it. If we really talk about it, you are also a victim. —If you feel guilty, you can be more responsible for those children, but you must not put the blame on yourself.”

　Archibald’s expression was moved, and he answered after a while; “I know.”

　Yang Yang believed him, but he also knew his emotions wouldn’t calm down so quickly.

　So Yang Yang smiled, stood up on tiptoes and pouted his lips: “Come, let me love you.”

　Archibald: “…”

　Archibald had no choice but to bend down and support Yang Yang’s waist with one hand, letting him place a kiss on her lips.

　Yang Yang held Archibald’s arm, smiling with the stars in the sky reflected in his eyes: “Happy New Year, Lord Duke.”

　Archibald finally showed a heartfelt smile:  “Happy New Year, Duchess.”

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