From the outside, the magnificent building of the Mengsk family looks like a Danish castle from the medieval Earth era. The interior of the retro-designed castle is a different story. Low-key and solemn corridors are connected by spiral staircases, leading to spacious halls with glass domes. The chandeliers under the domes emit a gilded light.
After Augustus embraced his mother, his mother's old housekeeper, and the cold weapon master specially hired by the Mengsk family to teach his children swordsmanship. Augustus was very happy that his swordsmanship instructor did not check whether he had missed his daily swordsmanship practice at this time. In fact, maybe even her sister could easily defeat him in the martial arts studio now.
Afterwards, Augustus introduced several of his subordinates to his mother. These demons in heaven, who have no family and no place to rely on, will be Augustus's right-hand man in the future.
Lisa Cassidy must have secretly practiced the aristocratic etiquette of Tarsonis, acting appropriately and naturally, as elegant and reserved as a noble lady with the bright eyes of a girl, not a butcher's child.
Ward had always been calm and composed, only bending his straight back when facing Augustus's mother. Harnack behaved like a monkey trying to restrain himself from talking nonsense, but Zander was completely stunned by the gorgeous decoration.
Catherine sincerely expressed her gratitude to Lisa and others and prayed, as is tradition, for the Holy Spirit to be with them. And Dorothy always held Augustus's hand, as clingy as she had been as a child.
Augustus led his stunned subordinates through the red-carpeted cloister and into the banquet hall where guests were entertained. The statue of the Korhal wolf and the gold-framed oil painting in the corridor told the story of the original pioneers of Korhal who opened up the territory. Great achievements, and these have now become legends that have grown up with generations of Keha people.
There is a huge oil painting on the blue moire marble wall of the banquet hall, which is decorated with silver leaves and silver-plated vines. Above is a gray-haired middle-aged man, wearing a red hooded hunting robe from the colonial era, with a long-handled shotgun straddling his back. At his feet is a native Korhal brindle fine dog. Standing on a thick pad on his shoulders is a dog. Golden eagle.
That was a portrait left by the first generation of Mengsk, when the colonists still used old-fashioned weapons to fight Korhal's wolves and other ferocious beasts. Whether in the process of conquering nature or building their homeland, the Mengsk family has always been the leader of Korhal's colonists.
The two walls of the banquet hall facing the ocean and mountains are full of glass windows. Through the windows, the high cliffs overlook a dark ocean. The sea surface under the sun is like flowing gold, and the undulating waves roll up the white water. of waves. To the north are rolling mountains. It is autumn at this latitude, and the maple trees in Steele Wood are as red as flames.
Whenever he saw such a charming scene, Augustus always thought of Korhal in the StarCraft 2 era. Different from the dark green planet today, Korhal, which has been baptized by a thousand apocalyptic nuclear bombs of the Tyranid Federation, is already a world composed of radioactive wasteland and radioactive wasteland.
The cruelest and most direct punishment.
When Augustus, Lisa and others sat down on the silver-plated chairs, a middle-aged man in a suit and tie walked into the banquet hall. On the chest of his uniform was a blue and white medal with two triangles and circles superimposed on it. pattern.
This man has a gentle appearance and is clean-shaven. At first glance, he looks like the kind of person who pays great attention to appearance. His face looks very young, but his hair is almost gray like an old man.
Aline Pasteur, Umoyan's diplomatic ambassador to Korhal 4, and one of the elected members of Parliament.
In recent years, Aelin has been frequently traveling between Umoyan and Korhal, bringing a steady stream of aid to the Mengsk family and other support from Umoyan's elected council.
Augustus's first impression of this man was when he was only eight years old, and his memory at that time was already very vague. But Augustus remembered his daughter more clearly. She was a beautiful girl of the same age as his brother Arcturus. She was very beautiful, with bright eyes and impressive long golden hair.
Of course, the reason why Augustus was deeply impressed was not because he had any admiration for this girl who was much older than him at that time, but a rather shameful memory. Aelin's only daughter, the young, beautiful and gentle Juliana Pasteur always thought that Arcturus had two sisters.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, young Augustus Mengsk. You are becoming as reliable as your father." Aylin walked directly towards Augustus, shook his hand and hugged him.
"Sooner or later, you will inherit your father's career, inherit the glory of the Mengsk family and the great achievements passed down from ancient times." He said without hesitation of praise.
"To catch up with my father, I still need a lot of experience." Augustus smiled. As he expected, after saying these words, a happy smile immediately appeared on his mother's face. .
"Do you really think so?" Aylin was even happier than Augustus' mother.
"The Umoyan Council is always worried about Angus's physical condition. If he collapses from exhaustion, we really don't know who will replace him." He whispered to Augustus.
"It seems that the war has changed you."
"The war is over, and with it, my ambitions and ambitions." Augustus said: "I will never become a general in this life, but maybe I will still have the opportunity to wear a ribbon for the generals. and medals.”
"Sit down, Uncle Aylin."
Augustus and Aylin sat down together and talked about some issues about Umoyan's military assistance. The cunning Aylin always emphasized the declining economy of Umoyang, but said nothing about the skyrocketing foreign trade volume during the Kailian War.
"I would like to know how Yumoyang's research on CMC power armor is going, and whether it is possible to mass-produce Yumoyang's power armor." Augustus asked Aylin.
"We have made some progress." Aylin said vaguely: "I can assure you that there will be no shortage of weapons and ammunition, tanks and spacecraft, medical equipment, and even personnel support."
"I hope so." Augustus smiled: "I hope that the friendship between Keha and Umoyan will never be cut off from generation to generation."
Augustus was not eager to get more information or get more assistance from Umoyan, so he turned to chat with Aylin about some things that were not so explosive.
"I still remember Julianna. I remember she told me that she would become a lawyer in the future." Augustus said with a smile: "Is she okay now?"
"Okay, okay -" Unexpectedly, Aline Pasteur's expression immediately changed, with a livid face: "Juliana failed to become a lawyer. She gave up the career she had worked hard for half her life."
"..." Augustus realized the 180-degree change in Irene's attitude, but he couldn't figure out the reason.
"Speaking of this, your brother Arcturus Mengsk." Aelin almost said every word through gritted teeth, as if chewing a bone.
"Is he still alive?"
"Arcturus...he is still alive. He was already a colonel when he retired and is now exploring the galaxy." Augustus considered his words carefully, wanting to avoid arousing Aelin. Baston's further rage.
"Really?" Aylin sighed with a complicated expression: "That's really great."
Augustus thought hard for a long time, trying to find the reason for Aylin's change of attitude. Suddenly, a blond-haired young man popped into his mind, Valerian Mengsk, the heir to the Tyranid Empire in the game, the child of Arcturus Mengsk and a Umoyan woman.
He had almost forgotten the message. Valerian, son of Arcturus and Julianna.
But the crux of the matter is that the Mengsk family, from Angus and Catherine to Augustus and Dorothy, have never heard of this matter, and even Arcturus himself has never mentioned it. thing.
what happened?
Could it be that his brother was still a scumbag...and ran away after he got pregnant with Juliana's belly? Or was it that he didn't take contraceptive measures when he slept with a girl, and then took advantage of it when he returned to the army? Forgot about it.
Based on careful calculation, Valerian, who was twenty years old after the Brood War, should have been born by now, but the Mengsk family had no idea. If he hadn't met Aylin, Augustus wouldn't have been able to remember this matter at all.
Augustus decided to ask.
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