In the corridor outside the confinement room.
Solans was dressed in white palace attire, his robe made of nanomaterial, light and breathable, gleaming with a soft luster under the natural light.
With a gentle expression, he walked toward the confinement room, followed by two Antelope-Horned Attendants.
As he passed through a Roman-style archway, a figure in pale blue brushed past him.
Amber eyes, cold and clear, and a medical kit in hand.
Solans stopped and looked at the blue figure: ”How is Qi’an?”
Yan Jin halted. His expression unchanged at the question, a cool voice left his lips: ”Not good. Aside from entering his manic phase, his mental consciousness sea has also suffered severe erosion.”
Solans frowned slightly. ”How could it be this serious? Wasn’t it said that he only encountered a xenobeast?”
Yan Jin shook his head. ”Judging by his condition, it doesn’t look like he was attacked by a xenobeast.”
“I’ll go see him.” With that, Solans made to move forward.
Before he could take a step, an indifferent voice came from beside him: “Going now would only delay his treatment.”
With that, Yan Jin turned and left.
Solans froze slightly, his feet rooted in place.
Only a female’s mental soothing could treat the mental consciousness sea.
What Yan Jin meant was—the Princess was giving Zuo Qi’an mental soothing in the confinement room?
She had actually agreed to perform mental soothing for a beast-husband.
A flicker of surprise passed through Solans’ light brown pupils.
After all, Sheng Anlan had never once performed mental soothing for any of her beast-husbands to date.
Before his thoughts had fully gathered, two sets of hurried footsteps approached from the distance, one after the other.
Li Luo didn’t bother with pleasantries. Seeing Solans standing in the corridor, he asked directly: “How is Qi’an? I heard he encountered a xenobeast on Trash Planet.”
Solans nodded. “Yan Jin said he entered his manic phase, and his mental consciousness sea was also eroded.”
“His mental consciousness sea was eroded too? He only went to Trash Planet once—how could he be injured this badly?” Fu Junyao asked, puzzled.
“We can’t rule out that something unusual happened,” Solans said thoughtfully.
“His mental consciousness sea has been eroded, and now he’s been locked in the confinement room—he might not survive this. I’m going to see him,” Li Luo said anxiously.
Solans reached out to stop him. “It’s not convenient right now. The Princess is inside. Wait until he wakes up before visiting.”
“What did you say? That Toxic Female is in there?” At those words, Li Luo’s expression didn’t calm—instead, it grew angrier. “What is she trying to do? Throwing Qi’an onto Trash Planet was bad enough, and now she wants to take advantage of him at his weakest? I won’t let her scheme succeed!”
With that, he pushed aside Solans’ blocking hand and strode forward.
Solans signaled to the attendants behind him, and instantly the two of them blocked Li Luo from either side.
Seeing this, Li Luo turned back furiously and snapped: “Solans, what are you doing? Don’t tell me you’re helping a tyrant do evil.”
Solans calmly met the furious face before him. “The Princess is soothing Zuo Qi’an’s Mental Power. If you go in now, you won’t be saving him—you’ll be harming him.”
Fu Junyao looked utterly disbelieving. “Her? That kind? Relieving Qi’an’s Mental Power?”
As he spoke, Fu Junyao pushed aside the servant blocking his way with one hand. Years of training had made him a beast-husband with formidable combat strength—ordinary servants couldn’t stop him at all; instead, they were knocked to the ground by his push.
The servant who had fallen scrambled up and hurriedly blocked the way again, but Solans waved a hand, signaling him to withdraw.
His gaze, calm and deep, turned toward the confinement room, and he said in an even tone, “Believe it or not, you can tell just by listening—right now the confinement room is completely silent. Someone in a manic phase whose Mental Map has been eroded couldn’t possibly make no sound at all.”
Li Luo followed Solans’s gaze toward the confinement room. “Who knows what that Toxic Female is doing in there? Not a sound at all—what if she takes advantage of Qi’an to do something unspeakable?”
He hadn’t forgotten how that Evil Female had once been desperate to have Qi’an share her bed, and because he refused, she had sent Qi’an alone to Trash Planet.
Solans wasn’t angered by the accusation, and said calmly, “Then what do you plan to do if you go over there? Give him painkillers like before?”
Before Li Luo could speak, he added, “You should know that in his current state, nothing is more effective than a Female’s soothing.”
Li Luo’s forward steps halted.
Though Solans was clearly biased toward that Toxic Female, on this matter, it was true that a Female’s soothing was the best solution.
Across the entire Interstellar Era, the ratio of Males to Female-types had reached 9:1. It was only through a Female’s soothing that a Male’s Mental Power could avoid collapsing.
And Sheng Anlan’s Mental Power had reached S3 Grade—the highest Mental Power Level known on any planet.
If Qi’an were soothed by her, his eroded Mental Power would quickly be calmed and repaired.
Relying only on his own purification and medical treatment, it would be very difficult to cure him completely.
“Even so, I’m going to stand guard outside the confinement room. Who knows if she’s harboring some hidden agenda, doing something else—some sordid affair?”
“Sordid affair? Zuo Qi’an is the Princess’s beast-husband. Even if something did happen between them, it would be perfectly natural. Li Luo, you have no right to interfere.”
“Solans, why do you always side with that Evil Female!”
The two sides reached a stalemate.
Fu Junyao glanced at the confinement room, then withdrew his gaze and looked at Solans. “Are you sure she’ll release Mental Power for Qi’an?”
Solans nodded. “If anything goes wrong, I’ll take responsibility.”
As a side-husband, Solans had always managed the affairs large and small of the Princess Mansion, so his word carried a certain weight. Besides, his relationship with that Toxic Female was better than any of theirs—with him there, nothing should go wrong.
If Qi’an could truly receive Mental Power from that Evil Female, it would be a good thing for him.
Thinking this, Fu Junyao reached out and grabbed Li Luo. “In that case, we’ll trust you this once.”
Li Luo looked at Fu Junyao, surprised by his sudden change of attitude. “Junyao, you…”
Fu Junyao said calmly, “Though I don’t believe that Evil Female would really release Mental Power either, Solans is right—in Qi’an’s condition, her help would be better.”
Hearing this, Li Luo said nothing more, and the two left the spot, one after the other.
Solans watched their departing figures, was silent for a moment, then instructed the servant nearby, “Prepare some nutrient solution for the Princess. Releasing Mental Power is exhausting.”
……
“Empress Mother, who is this?”
“He is Zuo Qi’an. From now on, he will be your beast-husband—how does that sound?”
“Fine, he’s very good-looking.”
A small, slender figure appeared in Sheng Anlan’s mind—dressed in silver battle attire, a fair face full of childish innocence.
And “she,” with her hair styled like a princess, was staring wide-eyed at the little figure in the garden.
Was this Sheng Anlan and Zuo Qi’an as children?