Chapter 085.
(TN: For one reason or another I couldn't find the name of this chapter. I did try tho lol.)
This is undoubtedly an absurd dream.
In the dream, he once again went back to that sealed-off cell of nineteen years ago. Ling Yu dreamed of himself sitting on Rosen's body and holding the man's shoulder tightly, his legs were wound around his waist, allowing his body to be entered by that man, waves of heat repeatedly washed over his sensitive nerve endings. Ling Yu opened his mouth widely as he violently gasped for breath. The two people were like wild animals entangled together, only relying on their instincts to wildly take each other......
Those confusing scenes in the dream made Ling Yu's entire body start to heat up. When he woke up early in the morning, his clothes were soaked through with sweat, his shirt was sticking to his body. Ling Yu was embarrassed to find that his body had actually reacted, a distinct outline of his semi-hardness was pressed against his underwear and the fluid leaking out from the tip even dampened his underwear.
Ling Yu sucked in a deep breath, forcibly pressing the impulses back down into his body.
He surprisingly had a spring dream.
It was probably due to the influence of his dreams that an aching feeling of emptiness suddenly welled up from the depths of his body, the desire that he had just suppressed seemed to have a tendency to rear its ugly head once more. Ling Yu's back abruptly went stiff— he suddenly noticed that the pheromones in his body began to fluctuate unstably. The scent of these Omega pheromones will surely spread in the air. Then, would Rosen also notice it?
Ling Yu couldn't help turning his head around to give Rosen a quick look.
Rosen hadn't awoken yet, because he had fallen asleep sideways, the man's handsome face was facing his own, his breathing was even, his brows were fully relaxed, and he seemed to be sleeping very contentedly.
Ling Yu rarely saw such a relaxed expression on Rosen's face. In his impression, Rosen, as the General of a Legion who has always been indifferent and serious, the expression on his face from beginning to end was still without a ripple, like a layer of freezing ice. However, at this moment, this Marshal well-known for his ice-cold personality in the Empire was peacefully lying down beside him, unexpectedly giving off a kind of...... Gentle and soft illusion.
The original hard lines of his face became ineffably softer because of his smoothed-out eyebrows. Hiding behind his opened shirt, his smooth and strong chest along with his healthy honey-colored skin all exude the distinctive charm of a fully grown man. The smell of the Alpha pheromones on his body is natural and pure.
Ling Yu heard the sound of his heart beating suddenly speed up.
—Should I tell him the truth?
—My estrus is approaching. If when the moment comes and we are unable to leave Pavo, then would you please...... help me through it?
How could Ling Yu speak out such embarrassing words with his pride?
Sadly, in the absence of inhibitors at his disposal, asking Rosen to help him through his estrus has become the only option at present.
***
Ling Yu massaged his aching temples and lifted the quilt off to get out of bed.
His feet have yet to fully recuperate and there was still a slight stinging pain on his ankles when he walked, but for Ling Yu, there was no need to be concerned over such a small tinge of pain. Ling Yu walked to the dining table with a composed expression, briefly made himself presentable, and picked up a few fruits to eat. He did not realize that the moment he sat up and got out of bed, the man lying down behind him suddenly opened his eyes, looking at the rearview of his figure deep in thought.
As a mech, Black Dragon does not need to sleep. When its Master sleeps, it stands guard at the entrance of the cave just like their most loyal bodyguard.
Ling Yu walked up to it and asked softly: "Black Dragon, have you found any clean water sources in the forest these past few days?" Ling Yu deliberately lowered his voice because he was afraid of waking the sleeping Alpha on the bed, "It doesn't necessarily have to be drinking water. River water or lake water is fine. I want to find a place to take a bath."
Black Dragon glanced back at him, its golden eyes softly flashed, and it quickly scanned through the 3D simulated image of the forest saved in the database. It then projected the scene in front of Ling Yu, saying, "General, there is a naturally pure lake here, it should be free of toxins...... Do you want me to take you there?"
A hint of joy emerged in Ling Yu's eyes, "Okay, take me to go give it a look."
He hasn't bathed for a whole week.
Like his older brother Ling Feng, Ling Yu was also someone who really loved cleanliness. The clothes on his body are always kept tidy, and his military uniform was upkept as if they were freshly ironed.
Back when he was in his Legion, he had a hang-up about bathing every day before he went to bed. But since he landed on this strange planet, forget taking a bath, it was very difficult enough to even ensure even food and drinking water. He hasn't changed his clothes for several days, in addition to him sweating all over his body last night, his shirt was soaked with sweat and clung tightly to his body. If he didn't bathe soon, Ling Yu would only feel that the skin all over his body was being unbearably pricked by pins and needles.
Fortunately, in the past few days throughout the course of Black Dragon's scavenging, it has already traversed through a vast stretch of the forest. It had indeed found a lake in the depths of the forest. Ling Yu ate a few wild fruits to fill his stomach and brought the medicine chest in passing, saying to Black Dragon: "Let's get going then."
Black Dragon nodded and said: "Okay."
After it finished speaking, it took the shape of a large-scale mech and amicably lowered its control cabin.
Ling Yu was just about to enter the cockpit when a low voice suddenly came out behind him: "Are you going out?"
Rosen, who had been watching from the sidelines, pretended to have just woken up a moment ago and rolled up over from the bed. He walked in front of Ling Yu, solemnly speaking: "All of the trees in the forest are carnivorous, you could run into trouble going out, having Black Dragon to go out looking for food is fine, there's no need for us to personally tag along."
Ling Yu: "........."
Coming into contact with Rosen's deep gaze, Ling Yu looked away in slight discomfort.
It had long since noticed that its Master had already been awake, but with its Master acting none the wiser, Black Dragon was forced to act in concert with Rosen to put on an act, giving a run-down: "Master, General was saying that he wanted to take a bath. I found a lake in the forest and could take him along and fly right over."
Rosen looked at Ling Yu: "You want to take a bath? "
Going out, the environment is so arduous that it 's extremely difficult to find anything to eat. Inside the forest, there are also those man-eating mutated plants everywhere. At this time, he also thinks going out to take a bath is indeed somewhat insensibly unreasonable, but it was genuinely awfully uncomfortable for Ling Yu to wear these dirty clothes on his body. The feeling of being encased with greasy sweat was nearly driving him over the edge.
Ling Yu turned his head to the side in order to evade Rosen's gaze, saying faintly: "My clothes are too filthy, I want to go wash them."
Rosen's gaze could not help but to soften up, "I know."
—This Omega's estrus is fastly approaching, he will continue to sweat with low fever before the arrival of estrus. He evidently sweated all through the night yesterday evening. If he didn't keep his body and clothes clean, he would feel very uncomfortable.
The estrus of 19 years ago was due to the sudden failure of his inhibitor under the influence of a drug. The estrus came on too quickly and violently, Ling Yu immediately collapsed before he could even have the time to react. But this time was different. His inability to inject an inhibitor has brought about an estrus naturally. His body will gradually change in increments. For instance, his skin will become particularly sensitive, his body will run a low fever, he will really like cleanliness and so on......
Although Ling Yu didn't say it, Rosen was aware of his changes and had been known for a long time.
Rosen smiled and said in a low voice: "I'll go along with you. I can't be at ease if you go out alone."
Ling Yu frowned and opened his mouth to say something, but coming into contact with Rosen's serious gaze, he nevertheless closed his mouth and went back—
Forget it, when his estrus really arrives, he couldn't avoid doing even more intimate things with this man. In addition, Black Dragon is a mech belonging to Rosen, Ling Yu can't pilot it directly. Just in case they really come across real danger, they can also look after one another.
Soon after thinking of this, Ling Yu curtly nodded his head and said: "Okay."
***
Inside Black Dragon's control cabin, the original bed and sofa had both been moved to the cave by Rosen, leaving only a navigation bridge, looking somewhat empty. Rosen sat in front of the bridge and Ling Yu sat in the co-pilot seat alongside him. The nerve-wires within Black Dragon's body were lightly wrapped around Rosen's wrist. The Master's brain and the central system of the mech immediately harmonized.
Rosen has been piloting Black Dragon for many years. This Master and mech have become incomparably connected at a deep level with each other. Black Dragon could directly receive the information in its Master's brain, there was no need at all for Rosen to speak aloud. It then decisively flew over to the lake in the depths of the forest. On the big screen in front of them, the 3D simulation diagram of the entire forest it scanned throughout the past few days was quite thoughtfully displayed. The two people sitting in the mech looked at the projection of the forest sights on the screen simply as if they were sightseeing on a trip.
......if those plants didn't eat people, the scenery of this forest would actually be pretty good.
Black Dragon soon flew the two to the site of the lake.
The lake is not encompassed by the most commonly seen densely packed carnivorous tree vines within the forest. The area of the lake is very large, the green lake water was crystal-clear. There are many pebbles, big and small with varying colors, they appear especially beautiful against the lighting in the forest.
There are no carnivorous trees at the lakeside, but there is a strange type of wildflower growing all over. The petals are the size of fingernails. The blue, white and red petals are arranged alternately, six petals form a circular shape. The vitality of these flowers looks to be very valiant, they bloom extremely densely beside the lake and gazing from afar, it looks like a boundless sea of flowers. When the breeze blows through, there is even a faint refreshing floral fragrance.
The alternately tri-colored wildflowers had grown in very nicely, but it's hard to guarantee that they haven't mutated like the trees in the forest and will regard humans as food. Ling Yu doesn't dare to rashly go touch them, he turns his head around and asks Black Dragon: "Is there a problem with this type of flower?"
Black Dragon earnestly says: "I haven't landed here before either, I'll give it a try."
Just as it spoke, it extended its large hand and lightly touched the flowers on the ground.
Immediately, the flower it came across quickly withdrew its petals and turned into a spherical flower bud as if it were bashful.
Black Dragon: "........."
Rosen walked up to Ling Yu with a smile and said: "There's no need to worry, these kinds of flowers are called tri-colored flowers. They are not poisonous and they have a very tenacious vitality. Similar to mimosa, they will shrink back when touched."
(TN: I'm half-convinced that the author made these flowers up since I couldn't find any touch-sensitive flowers that fit this description, but they very well could be based on dwarf morning-glories, pansies, or viola tricolors. I couldn't tell for sure which one, but I'm leaning towards dwarf morning-glories.)
Ling Yu has never come across this kind of flower before and couldn't help but extend his finger and poke it gently. The flower he had poked immediately folded up its petals bashfully.
"......" Ling Yu looked back at Rosen, "How did you know?"
Rosen said nonchalantly: "I went to General Udir's house once. He keeps a lot of tri-colored flowers in his garden, but the ones he keeps are white, yellow, and orange alternately tri-colored flowers, however the ones we are looking at today are actually white, blue, and red alternately tri-colored. The colors are different, the species ought to be the same. Tri-colored flowers are extremely rare and precious in the Empire. I've only come across them once at Udir's place too. "
Ling Yu nodded, he has never been interested in plants and it was also normal to never have seen precious plants. Since he knows that these flowers are harmless, he, on the contrary, can put his heart to rest and take a bath.
His foot injuries were still not completely healed all the way and the wounds could not come into direct contact with the water. Fortunately, on his way out, he took the medicine chest in passing. Ling Yu sat off to the side and took off his boots and socks. He undid the gauze around his ankles and found a transparent medical waterproof adhesive bandage and carefully stuck it on.
After properly affixing it, Ling Yu looked up at Rosen and said calmly: "I'm taking a bath here. Would you like to take Black Dragon out to see if there are any energy stones nearby?"
Rosen asked softly: "Will you be okay by yourself? "
Ling Yu said: "I'll be fine. There are no animals living in this forest. There are no carnivorous plants in the vicinity. These flowers are harmless too. Give me twenty minutes, it'll just be a quick rinse. "
Rosen knew that with Ling Yu's character, he could not allow him to watch him bathe. He was silent for a stretch of time before he was forced to nod and say: "I will set aside this communicator for you."
Black Dragon's internal communicator could be directly linked to the mech's intelligence center. In case Ling Yu ran into any danger, with just a press of the communicator, Black Dragon would be able to sense it immediately.
Ling Yu accepted the communicator, saying: "Thank you."
Rosen gave a smile, "I'll be nearby. Be a bit careful. Call me if there's a problem at any time."
As soon as he finished speaking, he took Black Dragon to look for energy stones in the vicinity.
After waiting for their retreating figures to fade into the distance, Ling Yu then looked back at the lake— a great number of flowers surrounded the lake. The serene and still surface of the lake was like the whole surface was adorned with an aquamarine mirror. Ling Yu took in a deep mouthful of fresh air and sat at the lakeside, quickly discarding his clothes.
Dark blue military uniform, light blue shirt, leather belt, pants, underwear......
Clothing garments were taken off piece by piece and set down in the clusters of flowers off to the side. After stripping himself bare, Ling Yu wasted no time and impatiently entered the lake—
The surprising thing was, the lake water was not as ice-cold as he had imagined, but on the contrary held a touch of warmth, the light shining down was probably the reason. At this moment, the lighting in the forest was at its strongest this time of the day and this lake's water had become just like that of a hot spring.
With his skin being gently cleansed by the warm lake water, Ling Yu couldn't help but let out a contented sigh.
Only after comfortably soaking in the water for a spell, Ling Yu took a clean towel and carefully scrubbed his body.
The gross sticky sweat that covered his whole body was completely washed away by the lake water and the refreshing feeling of his body eventually made Ling Yu's eyebrows relax.
Soaking in warm water, his whole body grew lazy, feeling so nice that he didn't want to come out......
***
Rosen took Black Dragon around in a circle nearby and while they didn't find any energy stones, they instead found a novelty food— hidden away in the underbrush was a Bordeaux-colored wild fruit. The conclusion drawn by Black Dragon's tests was that it contained rich protein and sugar.
After Rosen wiped it clean and took a bite. The fruit's juice had a milky countenance and tasted sweet and sour. Eating this fruit was just like eating yogurt. Recalling that Ling Yu very much liked to eat strawberries in the past, the taste of this fruit should be very suitable for his tastes......
Rosen picked a lot of these small wild fruits and stored them very happily.
Seeing that it had almost been twenty minutes, he piloted Black Dragon back to the lake.
—Unexpectedly, when he returned to the lakeside, Ling Yu still hadn't finished bathing to his surprise.
He was right in the middle of the lake taking a swim as he immersed himself in the warm water.
His lean waist and slender legs made his body look very healthy and beautiful. Although he lacked an Alpha's kind of buff muscles, Ling Yu's arms and legs appeared to have lots of strength nonetheless. As a soldier, years of battling on end have left many little scars on his body. Those scars represented the glory and suffering he had experienced, but also added an unusual grace and charm to this man.
The clear lake water gave him an unobstructed view of his body, even the small scars on his back and the roundness of his butt muscles were even clearly visible......
Rosen's heart skipped a beat and he suddenly felt that it was harder to breathe.
Ling Yu sensed that someone was behind him and turned his head around just enough to come into contact with Rosen's gaze.
The two looked at each other from across the lake and then looked away awkwardly at the same time.
Ling Yu turned around to swim towards the lakeside with a feigned calmness. After just one meter, a strange feeling of emptiness suddenly welled up in his body. This sense of emptiness suddenly made his knees abruptly go weak, the strength also seemed to be drawn out of his hands and legs. The warm water gently slid across his skin, which unexpectedly aroused a burst of fierce trembling in the deepest parts of his body.
His sensitive body seemed to long for more skin-contact, desiring to be caressed by someone, be wrapped in someone's arms, being......
—Could the estrus have arrived early?!!
This is indeed possible.
Owing to the fact that prior to the arrival of the official estrus, there are many factors that may accelerate the activity of pheromones within an Omega and cause the estrus to suddenly arrive early. His massive blood loss when he was injured may be the greatest direct stimulation to the pheromones within his body!
Under shock, Ling Yu instantly couldn't think straight, his body was limp and painful, and his hands and feet simply couldn't output any strength. Let alone swimming, his body lost its bearing and almost immediately sank down towards the bottom of the lake!
Rosen heard the movement in the middle of the lake and puzzledly turned his head around. He then saw Ling Yu struggling as he sunk underwater.
"......Ling Yu?"
Isn't his swimming ability really good? Back in those days, he had even won an award in a swimming competition. Could he have gotten a sudden leg cramp?
Rosen had no time to take anything else into consideration, he immediately stripped off his military jacket and plunged straight into the lake to save him.
This lake was much deeper than he expected. Fortunately, the lake water is very clear. Rosen quickly dives to the bottom and his arms accurately surround Ling Yu's waist and bring him back up from under the water. The motions of this rescue were done so directly and efficiently that it didn't even take thirty seconds.
Ling Yu does indeed have a very high swimming ability. Even if he accidentally sunk, he would nevertheless promptly hold his breath under the water and wouldn't breathe in any water. Right after being saved by Rosen, he opened his mouth and took a few lungfuls of fresh air.
Seeing that Ling Yu got off with nothing serious, only then did Rosen feel a bit more assured and asked in a whisper: "Are you all right? Why did you sink down out of nowhere? Was it because of the injuries on your feet......"
His words came to a screeching halt.
Because Rosen suddenly noticed that the temperature of the man in his embrace was a bit out of the ordinary and the waist he held was also slightly shaking. He smelled a strong sweet smell of Omega pheromones in his nose, the lustfully tempting fragrance made Rosen's breathing swiftly grow disordered.
Restraining the strong impulses within his body, Rosen speedily swam to the lakeside, sitting on the smooth rock by the lake, looking down at the wholly bare body of the man in his arms, he asked hoarsely: "How are you?"
Ling Yu opened his eyes and looked at Rosen," ......what did you say?"
The man's dark and clear eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of a lusty sheen. He looked up at him, pretending to be cold and undisturbed. Yet the splash of sensual flush on his face appears especially attractive.
Ling Yu softly gasped for breath, looking up at Rosen, he said: "Did you already find out?"
Rosen said quietly, "Find out what?"
Ling Yu was silent for a moment, and moved his gaze away from Rosen's face, coldly saying: "I don't have any inhibitors...... My estrus is already here...... You are the only Alpha here...... Don't tell me you still need me to teach you what to do?"
Rosen reached his hand out squeezed Ling Yu's chin, forcibly twisted his face back, and stared at him with a deep look, "So, you'll allow me to help you get through this estrus? Just because I am the only Alpha at hand?"
The fingers pinching his lower jaw fingers lightly exerted a force, making Ling Yu purse his brows in pain.
Rosen lowered his voice, bringing along a trace of anger: "If I was replaced with someone else, would you let that person help you too? Do you think it would be just as simple to help you through your estrus as it would be to help you complete a mission? Do you understand the significance of this mark?!"
Ling Yu didn't reply, he merely looked straight into Rosen's deep eyes, his heart couldn't help faintly trembling.
—Replaced with someone else?
He never thought about this issue before, because the first person who marked him was Rosen, and it was also Rosen at this moment. No Alphas ever dared to hit on him in these years and Ling Yu never thought he would get together with another Alpha either.
Rosen suddenly raised this question, carefully thinking it over, what would happen if he had let another Alpha mark him? Could he bear it? The thought of his legs being separated by the other party in a humiliating position and invading his body, Ling Yu felt the hairs on his back stand up.
I'm afraid that before that person touched him, he would have dealt with the other side in a nauseating way involving a knife.
The only one he is capable of tolerating is Rosen.
There is only Rosen. Even if he marks him in the most shameful position, takes him, and even places kisses all over his body, he does not feel disgusted......
Apart from the two being comrades-in-arms for many years, maybe there is something else?
That feeling was unclear, he only knew that Rosen was special to him.
The sense of emptiness in the depths of his body was growing stronger, but Rosen remained quietly off to the side without moving, assuming the air of a perfect gentleman unmoved by desires.
Ling Yu urgently gasped for breath and he finally couldn't bear it any longer, rolling over and sitting astride on Rosen, looking down at him, fingers shaking as he went to undo the man's leather belt, somewhat impatiently said: "Rosen...... Help me......"
Rosen calmly grabbed Ling Yu's hand and asked in a low voice: "Did you understand that question just now?"
Lingyu: "........."
Rosen said seriously: "Ling Yu, you are the only one for me. I marked you because I really love you...... What about you? "
Ling Yu:" ......... "
The clamoring desires within his body were nearly driving him mad, yet as it happened, Rosen was insistent upon talking over some issue of being " the one and only" at this time. Ling Yu impatiently stared at Rosen and then after a second, finally said with a cold face: "......you are also...... the only one for me...... Does that satisfy you?"
His face looked a little cold, but after he finished saying this, he awkwardly moved his line of sight away, even his ears had reddened. Clearly, he himself also felt that this kind of confession was very embarrassing.
Rosen carefully examined his facial expressions from start to finish. Only after a short period of time passed by did he raise the corners of his lips slightly and say in a soft voice: "I'm very satisfied...... I love you, Ling Yu."
Soon after he finished speaking, he turned over and pressed Ling Yu's body down and kissed with no trace of politeness.
(TN: You thought the smut would be in this chapter huh? Nice try. It's the next chapter. I've come to save you all from a cliffie only to shove another cliffie at you, words cannot describe how evil I feel. I love it lmao.)