A towel instantly flew right at him, smacking him straight in the face.
“What are you doing?”
“Who told you to come in? Get out!”
“Oof.” Eugene covered his eyes and retreated backward, only for the back of his head to bump against the wall, causing him to squat straight down onto the floor.
Keo felt like he was at his wit’s end, but he still had no choice other than to walk over, pull him into the room, and then shut the door with a loud bang, leaving the camera outside.
“What is wrong with you again?”
“It hurts.” Eugene looked exceptionally aggrieved.
He pulled the towel away and lifted his head, only to be met with the unexpected sight of Keo’s bare upper body.
Keo was currently wearing only a bath towel wrapped around his waist, exposing a large expanse of wheat-colored skin with water droplets still clinging to his body.
He had to use one hand to grab the towel, yet he still bent down, doing his best to use his other hand to inspect Eugene’s eyes.
Because he was bent over, his broad shoulders and powerful arms formed clean, fluid lines.
His gaze looked almost a bit gentle. A single water droplet sliding down from his hair even fell onto Eugene.
Eugene paused slightly, his Adam’s apple bobbing, and he hurriedly averted his own gaze.
So he was taking a bath.
After a short while, inside the medical bay, Joe pulled back Eugene’s eyelids to take a look.
“Tell me, why do you always go around hitting him in the face?”
“I didn’t hit him!”
“Then how did his eyes get red all by themselves?”
Joe wanted to throw out a few more sarcastic remarks, but upon catching Keo’s expression, he raised both hands in surrender.
“Fine, fine, I’ll shut my mouth.”
Eugene held an ice pack himself, pressing it against his eyes as he cautiously glanced at Keo.
Was he really angry?
Yet he genuinely hadn’t seen anything. Even as he thought this, Eugene still subconsciously glanced back up at the admiral’s body.
Keo had already changed back into his crisp military uniform, the collar buttoned all the way to the top, covering half of his neck without exposing so much as a sliver of skin. It only served to highlight his superior shoulder-to-hip ratio.
Keo had already turned to Ross. “How is the livestream?”
Ross stammered a bit. “Uh, well.”
The footage from the earlier livestream had already been clipped into countless videos and images, generating massive responses and massive re-shares. The only problem was that the direction of public opinion was entirely different from what Keo had intended.
In the end, the footage of Eugene going to find Admiral Keo had also been partially recorded.
Because the camera was positioned off to the side and didn’t clearly capture the admiral’s face, the recording cut off right as the admiral pulled him into the room. It was honestly far too easy for people to misunderstand their relationship.
I am so jealous, who is the person at the very end, who is it? Did he save a few galaxies in his past life?
Look at the new reaction sticker I made!
Waiting for my female spouse.
Training hard, wanting praise from my female spouse.
Can’t find my female spouse anymore.
These images were all screenshots from Eugene’s livestream. The first was his profile view as he sat watching Keo train; because his gaze was focused and his eyelashes were long, it easily gave people the illusion of deep affection.
The second showed his temples damp with sweat and his evasive moment inside the simulator; not only was the movement graceful, but his expression was also handsome to the point of being breathtaking.
The third was when he was searching the entire room for Keo.
Who would have thought that a male possessing such cold, noble elegance, seemingly completely out of reach, would display such a lost and helpless expression simply because a single female wasn’t by his side? It added yet another layer of contrast.
I’m dead. He is so gentle and devoted!
I’m losing my mind. How can there be such a clingy, gentle, yet handsome male lord?
Because these screenshots possessed excessively high visual appeal and struck the core of what most females dared only dream of in their fantasies about males, they caused almost every female who saw them to transform into a praising machine, turning green with envy while frantically sharing the posts.
Watching the veins bulge on the hand Keo used to grip his tablet, Eugene had no idea what had just happened.
He wanted to lean in closer to take a look, but Keo pushed him away.
Instead, Keo dragged Ross outside, the tips of his ears flushed somewhat red with anger.
“No, are they blind? How could he and I possibly be in that kind of relationship? Can’t they see these massive handcuffs?”
Ross’s expression became even more awkward. “Well, some of them saw those too.”
However, their interpretation method was extremely unique.
Please! Everyone wake up. This male lord is definitely being forced into a relationship, otherwise why would he be wearing handcuffs?
Yeah, he’s obviously being coerced. Let him go! Let me do it instead!
Everyone, get serious. This is simply too outrageous to do such a thing! So where is the tutorial? Drop the link for the handcuffs!
Sob, I’ll go get reincarnated right now, then how many years of hard work will it take before I can force someone like this?
Keo: “What in the world is forced love.”
Keo simply couldn’t take it anymore.
Thus, everyone discovered that the male’s livestream room, which had just been abruptly shut off, had suddenly opened back up again. Amidst their surprise, everyone frantically poured into the stream, almost causing the platform to crash.
Only this time, the frame didn’t just feature the silver-haired male; three black-haired Hashu females had been added to the mix.
The most handsome among them wore a look of extreme grimness, his entire body radiating killing intent. A layer of black armor even materialized over him as he abruptly grabbed Eugene.
“Come here.”
Eugene was startled by him, his shoulder still somewhat stiff as it pressed against the other’s body, and he tilted his head to look at him.
“Listen up. The individual being held hostage by the Hashu forces right now is the prince of Buzz. If the Buzz military refuses to make a statement…”
“Our side cannot guarantee the personal safety of this prince.”
With this grinding-teeth, deliberate guidance, public opinion finally woke up to the true nature of the matter. The news finally shifted away from the entertainment channel and onto the political channel.
Keo figured he could finally let out a sigh of relief, but to his surprise, when he checked again by evening, the headlines had brazenly transformed into:
[The shocking inside story behind the outbreak of war!]
[Three Hashu generals hopelessly infatuated with the Buzz prince, willing to resort to forced acquisition!]
[Hashu uses unscrupulous means for victory, threatening to force a relationship with the prince if Buzz refuses to make concessions!]
That night, just as Eugene was about to fall asleep in his room, he suddenly heard a loud bang as Keo angrily hurled his tablet across the room.
Eugene: “Pardon?”
Fortunately, these videos truly were transmitted back to the palace on the Buzz capital planet. Unlike the lively and relaxed atmosphere on the internet, the atmosphere on Tian’s side was extremely heavy.
Realizing that Eugene had actually fallen into enemy hands, the King and Queen immediately initiated a comms call to grill them about the situation, driving Tian to the end of his rope as he could only barely maintain his expression while continuously placating his parents over the comms.
“Yes. Mm…”
Tian and Eugene possessed silver hair and golden eyes cut from the exact same cloth. However, he was much shorter, with rounder eyes and a sharper chin, making him look more like a teenager in his teens. As he sat in the oversized command chair, his toes didn’t even completely touch the floor.
Yet at this moment, his expression held none of a teenager’s innocence, completely clashing with the words coming out of his mouth.
“Brother Eugene did indeed mention before that he wanted to sneak in to steal intelligence. I advised him many times that it was far too dangerous, but I still couldn’t stop him. I am sorry. Please rest assured, I will definitely find a way to rescue him.”
“But how could you keep such a huge matter from us!”
“It is my fault.” Tian immediately apologized with an earnest tone, conveniently hinting that he had been extremely busy lately and under immense stress, implying through his words that it was Eugene’s own willful disobedience and carelessness that had caused this situation.
Toward the end, his voice even carried a hint of a sob, and the King ultimately couldn’t bear to scold him excessively.
“Here is what we’ll do: I’ll have your eldest brother go help you. The most important thing right now is to rescue Eugene no matter what.”
The current King of Buzz, who was Eugene’s father, had only one male spouse, and the two of them were deeply affectionate, together giving birth to four children.
The eldest brother, Holl, was a brave and battle-tested female general, Eugene was the second prince, Tian was the third prince, and the youngest was a sub-male named Amy.
Perhaps because he neither participated in politics nor joined the military, possessing the lowest degree of integration with the plot, Amy was the only one in the family completely unaffected by Tian’s irresistible charisma halo.
He had been Eugene’s staunch fanboy ever since they were kids.
“What kind of nonsense is he talking about? Brother Eugene is not the type to act so recklessly.”
Every day Amy listened to Tian speak, his frown grew tighter, and his entire face flushed red with anger.
“Female father, I am going over there too!”
“Amy, that side is still relatively dangerous.”
“No way, I can tell this matter isn’t simple.”
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and right as he spoke, he dashed off to pack his luggage.
Regardless of anything else, Brother Eugene is so handsome, he was probably deliberately abducted by those detestable Hashu!
I must go safeguard Brother Eugene’s innocence!