Chapter 24: Bodyguard? Trouble?

  Found her own room, Gallo hadn't even entered yet, she first let out a soft sigh, she had already felt it, in the room there was an aura, although very gentle, but absolutely someone who had not studied Dou Qi or magic could come to find her at this time, in her impression, only one person.

  "Pushing open the door 'So late, you can't sleep either, Queen Yuli.'"

  The elegantly dressed Empress Yulie was quietly waiting for Galo. "Yes, I couldn't sleep, child. Can we have a good talk?"

  "I think we must talk," Garro said, pulling out a chair and sitting down with an elegance that was entirely unfeigned, a poise that Queen Yurkala could only applaud.

  There was a pot of hot red tea on the table, which seemed to have been brewed for not too long. Garro didn't hesitate to pour himself a cup. After reading books all afternoon and having just talked with Prince Kain, he really needed a cup of tea to boost his spirits in facing this absolutely more troublesome opponent than Prince Kain.

  "I just... heard your conversation with my child." Queen Yuri also didn't like too much small talk and got straight to the point.

  Karo didn't say a word, now she doesn't need to speak, just listen until the topic appears.

  "I was puzzled from the start, because you didn't have a single good impression of my son, which is unthinkable. After all, I know what kind of man my son Kahn is as his mother. I believe that an ordinary girl would at least pretend to be shy when hearing the prince's proposal and promise of monogamy, even if she doesn't agree immediately. But when I clearly heard you refuse, I was shocked and only had two thoughts."

  "Firstly, you already have a lover, although I don't know if he's better than my son or not. But one thing is for sure, you're still a virgin and probably don't even know what love is."

  A faint smile, Gallo didn't deny it. Since Yuki's death, he had been in contact with very few women and wasn't even clear what love felt like. He was actually being generous to her. If Jack were here, he would definitely say that he must be a manufactured robot.

  "Secondly, I think you're an enemy who's been trained for a specific purpose and have come to our Yatouminka with ulterior motives. However, it's obvious that this doesn't add up, not just because of your demeanor, but also because you were recommended by Jade Master, and with his discerning eye, he wouldn't possibly recommend an enemy to be my daughter's bodyguard." The Empress Yu Li took a light sip of her tea, gazing at Galo with a peculiar emotion in her eyes.

  "But after hearing what you said later, I understood that you were right. People who strive to find scenery will not easily give up on their dreams. However, I hope you understand that sometimes the scenery we want to find is so close, but when we get closer, it retreats again, or a giant beast blocks our way. Even if that's the case, won't you regret it? Won't you miss the past?"

  Garo's face suddenly turned very ugly, Queen Yuri said that she had already stood in front of the entrance, but unfortunately, she lost her body and came to this world.

  Seeing Gallo's face suddenly become very disheartened, yet still with a charming demeanor, Empress Yuri also couldn't help but let out a sigh. However, she steeled herself and continued to speak: "As I said before, if it really comes down to that time, what will you do? Will you give up everything? Can you bear the thought of that? Wouldn't it be better to leave yourself some leeway? After all, no matter how strong you are, once your hopes are completely shattered, your spirit might also shatter. If at that time, there's someone who loves you by your side, perhaps you'll find the strength to carry on and still have hope to try again, right?"

  Garo's complexion recovered, and he put down the cup in his hand. "Perhaps what you said is right, when a person faces shattered hope, they will receive a severe blow, very heavy..."

  Queen Yuli's heart was filled with joy, she seemed to feel that Jia Luo had loosened up a bit.

  "But..." These two words pulled the Empress Yulie's heart up again. "I'm sorry, Your Majesty, but I am not that kind of person. My teacher once said something to me, which I still remember. It was when I failed for the first time, and he said it to me then. He said that as a human being, you can't avoid failure, but human success is born from countless failures. Maybe your current failure doesn't seem important to you now, and you can forget or avoid it, but what if one day you face a failure that makes you collapse? What will you do then?" I was only eleven years old at the time, and after thinking for a long time, I finally had my own answer.

  Queen Yuli's elegant smile disappeared, and she found that this time she had made the biggest mistake, which was that she hadn't paid close attention to the child's determination.

  "My answer is simple, yet foolish. I will face failure, no matter how much harm and disappointment it brings me, but I will still face it head-on until I succeed, because if I give up or collapse, that would be the real failure. And only the victory won by one's own strength is the sweetest." Not only did she express her inner voice, but also rejected Prince Kahn once again.

  The queen's face changed again and again, finally returning to normal, with a faint smile. "I didn't expect it, child, but in the end, I was the one who was convinced... however..." She straightened her back. "As a queen, and more so as a mother, I can clearly feel my son Kahn's longing for you, and I won't let him spend his whole life suffering either. Today, I admit defeat, but neither I nor Kahn will give up. On the contrary, I like you even more now - Kahn has good taste in choosing you." With that, Queen Yulie didn't give Gallo a chance to continue speaking, and she stood up and left.

  This time, Hagar was stunned, and no matter what, he couldn't have imagined that such a situation would occur. Everything was chaotic, and he was speaking to an empress like this. He should be furious, and it wouldn't matter if he left or gave up on the idea after being rejected. But now, not only had the problem not been solved, but it had actually been pushed further.

  "By the way, I forgot to mention that in case you try to leave without saying goodbye, I'll arrange for someone to keep an eye on you. Hope you like it."

  Suddenly a sentence thoroughly shattered Gallo's hope of escaping, because the person sent to protect her this time was none other than Prince Kahn himself.

  Although I don't know what Yuli Empress said to Kahn, but looking at the other's radiant face, Gallo knew that the other seemed not to give up, gritting his teeth with hatred "Is it said that your Atminka prince is so idle? Actually being a bodyguard for others, it seems there's no future in this."

  "Not at all, Miss Gallo, I'm not idle at all. Look, I'm on a mission right now. And if this main task is successful, it won't just be beneficial for me personally, but also for the country." One sentence almost made Gallo faint.

  "I'm at least considered your sister, the savior of Princess Azure and Little Princess Azure, right? Treating a benefactor like this, isn't it too impolite?"

  "Of course, we are very considerate of our benefactors, but there's no way around it. You don't even care about the throne of a princess, so bringing out those gold and silver treasures would just seem too fake. So, Miss Gallo, why not stay for a while longer? We'll take our time to think about it." In his heart, however, he had already made up his mind, with no intention of giving her any more time.

  Heavens, are the people of this country all so stubborn? Galois only felt his temples throbbing with pain, accompanied by a severe headache. After all, last night he had stayed up reading and then experienced double stimulation, resulting in a sleepless night. Now he still had to face the trouble before him. Alas, even studying alchemy hadn't been this exhausting.

  "Then please protect me slowly, I'm going to sleep now. If I wake up and find that you, this 'bodyguard', are not here or slacking off, I won't mind asking Queen Yulie to replace you with a new bodyguard." With that said, she turned around and walked towards the room, casually drawing a few symbols on the door.

  As Galen's small figure disappeared before his eyes, Prince Kain was brought back to his senses by a suppressed laugh. He glanced at Princess Diana beside him, who was covering her mouth and giggling secretly. He pursed his lips, "If you want to laugh, just laugh, it doesn't matter."

  The moment the words fell, Princess Diana burst out laughing without any politeness or femininity. "Hahaha, this is too funny! Haha, Prince Kahn... Prince Kahn actually looks like that, haha. I wonder how much I would make if I spread the scene just now."

  Kahn's face immediately turned black, and he didn't know how much he would make, but if his brother and two sharp-tongued sisters found out, he would be in big trouble.

  Lying on the bed, Garro suddenly became confused. Her greatest wish was to save Yuki, and this had not changed until now. However, there were too many things mixed up in it, so much that she didn't even have time to think about how to save Yuki properly. Now, she had gotten herself into a huge mess. Although solving it might be simple - just find an isolated place to hide - the consequences would only escalate the trouble, making it even harder to revive Yuki later on. But what really made her whole body shudder with cold was the thought of being with a man, dating, holding hands, kissing...

  However, maintaining the current situation doesn't seem to be a good idea either. Although I can quietly investigate, if this goes on for a long time, won't things just get bigger and more complicated? With such a sudden thought, Gallo finally fell asleep.