In the early morning of the next day, when the sky was getting bright, the rain stopped.

Soon, the soft white morning sun rose, and the water reflected sparkling light.When the cool wind blows, the water droplets on the leaves fall down like small broken beads, making people feel comfortable all over.

This rain seems to announce the arrival of autumn, sweeping away the heat.Tang Zhen went out early in the morning. As the No. 1 military academy in the empire, Kaios Military Academy has dozens of recruitment places for the Silver Beidou Interstellar Expeditionary Army every year, and the assessment routine is the day after graduation.

Jiang Jianming stood by the window and watched Tang Zhen go away, feeling a little worried.

The Tang family in the imperial capital is a noble general. Mr. Tang was a fierce general who fought with the founding emperor back then, and now he has retired with honor.

The head of the family, Major General Tang, had three sons and two daughters, but it is a pity...the generals had a lot of troubles, and the eldest son, second son and second daughter who went to Yin Beidou died in the distant stars.

Tang Zhen was the youngest son of the Tang family. He was talented and upright. Major General Tang had suffered from the loss of his son, and he was really reluctant to send this child to Yin Beidou.

The old principal of Keos Military Academy also felt sorry for the Tang family, which led to Tang Zhen being "transferred" to the Sixth Logistics Academy where most of the handicapped were.

It's just that young master Tang has always been very dissatisfied with this, and has quarreled with his family several times, and now even Major General Tang can't control him.

Jiang Jianming shook his head secretly and sighed softly. He originally thought that if he could fool him, he would hide it from Tang Zhen, but it seemed impossible.

Beep—the wrist phone beeped, and Jiang Jianming came back to his senses. He took off the headset from the side of the fuselage with ease, put it on, and turned it on.

A handsome figure in gray aristocratic formal attire appeared on the projection, and a steady neutral voice came: "Jiang, long time no see, are you leaving today?"

Jiang Jianming sat relaxed on the bed: "Tomorrow. I'll wait for Marshal Chen to return to the military headquarters before setting off. Be on the safe side."

"The things you asked for have been delivered," the speaker on the other side of the wrist phone didn't exchange much greetings, as if he was used to such a simple and powerful style of action, "The coffee shop in front of the Aslan Library, at nine o'clock in the morning, the code is'A shot of tequila'."

Jiang Jianming nodded slightly, and said solemnly, "Thank you, Audrey. Say hello to Diana for me."

The person over there was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "I won't discourage you, but... please take care. If there is anything that can help you, please feel free to contact me."

As soon as the words were spoken, the projection was cut off, and the LCD screen of the wrist phone went black.But Jiang Jianming sat on the bed for a long time.

Afterwards, he changed the cyan blue officer uniform of the cadets, put on an ordinary white shirt and black trousers, went to the Aslan National Library, and returned all the books he had borrowed.

The little girl at the front desk had known him for a long time, and she laughed and said that a batch of new books had recently been purchased, which were the types he was interested in, so would you like to read them.Jiang Jianming also smiled, and said no, he is going to leave Capital Star after graduation, and he will be able to come back in a short time.

He went to the coffee shop again, and the wind chime jingled when he opened the door. The fat boss smiled and asked him what he wanted to drink. He said, "A glass of tequila."

The boss immediately stared at those small eyes, and lowered his voice: "Oh-oh, you are the friend of Master Lance!" He rubbed his fat hands, led Jiang Jianming to the backstage, and carefully proposed aThe small black handbag was handed over to the young man.

Jiang Jianming unzipped the zipper. On the top were several boxes of bullets suitable for his pistol, and at the bottom was a chip box with two black chips lying in the box.

The fat boss next to him said mysteriously: "Hey, the special cannon for miniature folding mechs, the latest enhanced model, was just developed a few months ago, and it is still hot. Brother, this thing is not easy, we have to find a powerful machineArmor will put it on for you..."

At any rate, he was a military cadet who had taken many classes in the Second Academy, Jiang Jianming thought it would be no problem to install a mecha cannon.So he declined the attentive fat boss, instead he ordered a cup of coffee and a piece of caramel toast, and sat in the outside hall until noon.

He chose a seat by the window, squinting out at the street—

The streets are covered with gray and white floor tiles, and all kinds of passers-by are constantly coming and going. Occasionally, a maglev bus will pass by, and it will make a "ding ding" notification sound when it arrives at the stop.

There are small colorful flags fluttering in the wind between the buildings, which were newly hung half a month ago. This is because the 90th birthday of the Empress of the Empire is this winter.

And recently, there is actually a rumor among Aslan's neighbors: It is said that the empire will officially announce the new heir apparent to the public on the day of His Majesty's birthday.

Jiang Jianming looked at the passers-by with a sense of loss, and he knew that he would soon bid farewell to this star city, the capital of the empire named Aslan.

This is the place where he lived for five years. He went to school here, met many classmates and teachers, and even met his friends and lovers.

But tomorrow, he will leave all of this behind... To be honest, although he has made as many preparations as possible, he has no plan to come back alive.

The far interstellar battlefield should not be a place where one can be guaranteed to come back alive.

At noon, Jiang Jianming received a message from Tang Zhen, who was admitted to Yin Beidou as the only candidate in the Sixth Academy without any suspense, and told him to take the first step in high spirits.

After cutting off the wrist phone communication, Jiang Jianming left the coffee shop and wandered aimlessly on several nearby streets.

He didn't buy anything either—mainly because he didn't have the money to buy, so he just wandered around, and occasionally stopped in front of a certain window, recalling that he once walked here side by side with His Royal Highness Lai An.

"..."

Jiang Jianming lowered his eyelashes, and when his fingers touched the glass window, a sharp dull pain suddenly appeared in his chest.

For a moment, it seemed as if another slender and warm hand came out from the shadows, silently spanning three years of years and dust, and landed on the back of his hand.

"ginger?"

The young prince with platinum curly hair turned his head slightly, held his hand, and stared deeply into his eyes with deep emerald eyes, "Do you like it?"

Three years ago, Capital Star was as prosperous as it is today, with pale clouds flowing in the sky, and long winds blowing from the entrance of the library to West Galaxy Street.

And the military students three years ago were not as pale and thin as they are now, Jiang Jianming reluctantly pulled Lai An away from the shop window: "Your Highness...don't buy anything for me anymore."

The crown prince seemed a little displeased, and said coldly: "But yesterday I talked to the young master of Haboke's family, and he said that normal people would not drag their fiancé to watch the battle video."

"..."

Jiang Jianming choked, covered his chest and waved his hands again and again, "Ahem...it's okay, Your Highness, I...I am willing."

The crown prince blinked quickly: "He also said that normal people would not give guns and mechs to their lovers."

Jiang Jianming quickly said seriously: "...I like it!"

Crown Prince: "Nor will we discuss the draft revision of the Eighth Reich Human Protection Act."

Jiang Jianming insisted: "I'm interested."

The crown prince: "He said that lovers are for pampering. They should date, go shopping, give gifts, make him happy, support him, make him feel safe and happy, give him some surprises from time to time, and often—"

Jiang Jianming finally couldn't help laughing.

Surrounded by noisy people, West Galaxy Street is a symbol of fashion and youth, filled with laughter of young people from morning to night.

He felt that it was too out of place for His Royal Highness Lai An to stand here so solemnly.

"Lai An, don't be like this," he stretched out his hand lightly, and nodded between the eyebrows of the person in front of him, "Please don't use the noble brain of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to memorize such things."

"—hugs and kisses."

Lai An insisted on finishing what he was interrupted.

Jiang Jianming was slightly startled, Lai An's left hand lightly pressed on his shoulder.

He was pushed into the empty alley by a gentle force, the sun disappeared after a flash, and the shop next to him turned into a shadow——

Jiang Jianming: "You..."

He saw Chu Jun's gaze and stopped talking.

"Ginger, is it okay?" Lai An leaned down slowly against the light, her eyes were burning hot, and said in a hoarse voice, "...a kiss."

At the moment when the lips touched the corners of the lips, the memories faded away like wind and clouds.

The store door was opened, and a female clerk with heavy makeup poked her head out and shouted at him: "Guest, come in and see what you want?"

Jiang Jianming came back to his senses, only then realized that he had been standing in front of the shop for too long, he quickly shook his head apologetically, turned and left.

Behind him he heard the female shop assistant muttering in a low voice, the girl obviously saw poverty from his clothes: "Hey, come to West Galaxy Street just here, don't be afraid of embarrassment."

Jiang Jianming wasn't angry either, and went shopping on his own.Until the sun was pushed away by the dim yellow clouds, he walked to the central square, picked a bench and sat down.

He just sat here quietly until the sun went down completely, watching the darkness around him, and stars floating above his head.

Probably because it has just rained, the silver galaxy is very clear, and it flickers on and off. After a long time, it feels like a hazy dream.

Jiang Jianming looked up, and gradually became sleepy, and the nebula in the sky became a hazy mass, which seemed to turn into Lai An's figure again.

Later in the night, he fell asleep in the light of the stars.

...

In the early morning of the next day, Jiang Jianming woke up in a daze on the bench, and his body was covered with a blanket, which was probably put on him by a kind patrol policeman at night.

Jiang Jianming clutched the blanket in a daze for a while, folded the blanket, stood up, and suddenly a refreshing morning breeze blew past his cheeks.

He turned around, raised his hands to block his eyes from the bright light.

This is the busiest area of Capital Star, with old people walking by on crutches and laughing children chasing after them.There are five or six white pigeons walking in the center of the square. The clear fountain reflects the sunlight and also reflects a cute little rainbow.

"Hello." Suddenly, a little boy ran up to Jiang Jianming. He was wearing a hat and had healthy freckles on his round face.

The little boy smiled, and stuffed a booklet into Jiang Jianming's hands, "Brother, are you a crystalless person?"

Jiang Jianming was a little surprised, and saw the little boy sternly said: "We are the Association for the Protection of the Amorphous Race—Brother, do you know? It is now commonly known as the Disabled Human Being. Our association has always been committed to fighting for equal rights for the Amorphous Race..."

Jiang Jianming understood.The boy in front of him had a look of pride on his expression. He first quickly told a series of history of the hardships and equal rights of disabled human beings, and then popularized the current status of disabled human beings living in the empire. Finally, he said:

"Now our association is promoting the 'removal of disabled people' - the term disabled human beings is a dross left over from the dark and tyrannical period of the old empire. We hope that on the occasion of His Majesty's 90th birthday, we can push the empire to revise the bill again, using"A person without crystals" replaces the term "disabled people" with discriminatory connotations."

"Brother, you are also of the Wujing race, we are compatriots - for equal rights of the Wujing people, come on!"

As the little boy spoke, he stuffed something into Jiang Jianming's hand lively. The latter looked down and saw that it was a tranquilizer and candy.

Jiang Jianming then smiled, although he knew that soon he would have nothing to do with it.

He waved the booklet and said, "Thank you, I'll read it."

He carried the combat bag on his back, raised his legs and crossed the central square. White pigeons fluttered behind him and passed through the small colored flags flying among the buildings.

This is a stable and grand era.

This is the morning of the 63rd year of the New Emperor Calendar.

Jiang Jianming walked towards the space station.

The author has something to say:

It's a transition, but I really like the atmosphere of this chapter, there are a lot of foreshadowing 0v0

It must be solemnly stated!Lai An is younger than Jiang's age, he is under the year!!Your Majesty is just too precocious in his words and deeds to look older x

Jiang: "Your Highness...don't buy me any more things."

Jiang: "I mean, give me some money."

——by the former crown princess who even ate candy and gave away small advertisements on the street in order to raise the start-up funds for the corpse collection plan. The future commander