"Do you understand?"
Khan's question did not surprise Veronica, and she replied calmly:
"Actually, the gap between us may not be as deep as you think."
Chagatai suddenly grinned, then put down the hollow piano, then took out two bowls from the wooden cabinet, filled a golden pot with white liquid, and handed Veronica a glass.
After Veronica took it, she took a careful sip and found that the taste was not bad, it was like wine but not wine, and it was refreshing and delicious.
And after drinking it, she felt that her body, which was exhausted from the constant use of psychic and divine powers, had recovered a lot.
"This song is about a Khan who lost his eldest son. The sad Khan ordered anyone who told the news to have lead poured down his throat, so a wise man turned the news into a song, While telling the Khan the tragic news of his son’s death, he saved his own life.”
After hearing this, Veronica put down the bowl and whispered:
"Have you played this piece for someone too?"
A silent wry smile appeared on Khan's face, and he filled another glass for himself.
"Yeah, I played it for someone who lost a son."
"Then He was also grieving?"
Jaghatai put down his half-drunk glass, put his hands on his knees, and turned to look at Veronica.
"Instead of talking about these old things from adulthood, you should take this time to think about how you and he will face the difficulties that you may encounter in the future."
Veronica turned her head and glanced at Soshyan, and then said softly:
"You are...the original body, and what do you think of my relationship with him?"
"Ha, first of all, what is your relationship with him?"
Veronica was stunned for a moment and responded firmly:
"What if I said I wanted to be his wife."
Jaghatai shook his head.
"Regardless of all the status of the two of you, the union of an Eldar and a human is a serious crime even in the era we are walking in -"
"Jaghatai Khan, I'm asking you what you think."
Chagatai chuckled, picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp.
"Am I that cynical to you? Besides, it's well known that I hate the Eldar. There should be a lot of transmissions and rumors about me over there."
"But I prefer to believe that you are a reasonable person who obeys your inner view of good and evil, regardless of race... After all, you are at least willing to sit down and talk to me calmly."
Pursing his lips and looking at the dim flames in the furnace, Jaghatai fell into silence.
About a minute later, he said in a deep voice:
“When I first returned to the Empire, I scorned the Great Crusade because I knew the truth about the Great Crusade and realized its destructive power. So the Imperial Prime Minister Malcador arranged a good show for me, allowing me to see how the aliens were. Ruining the human colonies left over from the Dark Ages... Then he told me that my father's lie was a noble act. It existed to protect and warn, not to deceive, because the world was not ready yet. "
Veronica smiled flatly.
"So ten thousand years from now, will humanity be ready?"
Jaghatai just shrugged.
"I told him at that time that there were dynasties in my home world who promised freedom to their slaves, but that could only be activated when they were ready... and at that moment, speaking of Strangely enough, it never came, and in the end the slaves themselves had to fight and die for it, and even then there were those who said it was too soon.”
"There are no eternal lies in the world. All truth will eventually be revealed, and once it is revealed, the boundless anger of the deceived people will be unstoppable... Over the billions of years in the Milky Way, many civilizations have risen and fallen, but there has never been one An empire built on lies can survive for a long time."
"So he always likes to remind me of the inherent flaws of human beings. Can you imagine that a person can despise his own race so much? Probably not, because you have universal pride, and even slaves have some kind of inherent superiority. Sense, sometimes I think about it, isn’t this another advantage?”
Jaghatai Khan said and sighed softly.
"But I have to say that Malcador's strategy was very successful. When I saw the tragic situation of human beings being enslaved by alien life, I was almost convinced until I met that person...a young man .”
"mortal?"
"Yes, an interesting mortal, an interesting soul, with whom I once had long conversations by the campfire, just as I do with you now... He told me that in his hometown, they lived a peaceful life. The Chogorians live the same life, except that herds of sheep and horses have become huge energy collectors, tents and oxcarts have become various warships, and the community is composed of tribes with different civilizations, including humans, There are also other beings, just like the different tribes of Chogolis, who are different but can live under the same sky. Before meeting him, I never imagined that humans in the stars could have such a form, but this is a complete departure. My father's conception of the future of mankind, they are unwilling to be subjects of the empire, let alone aim their guns at other lives that have lived together for generations...The result is natural, his hometown, his people, his The tribe and his life were eventually destroyed by my two brothers... I felt guilty, so I sent him and his family to a peaceful world, and reorganized the files to save him from The tracking by the empire’s law enforcement agencies is a small compensation.”
Veronica looked at the silent face of the original body, suddenly felt something in her heart, and asked subconsciously.
"that person......."
"I still remember his name to this day, it's Izhi Alexei."
"Alexei!?"
Jaghatai turned to Soshyan, his eyes full of nostalgia.
"Yes, they are Soshyan's ancestors."
Veronica blinked. She really didn't expect that Soshyan and Chagatai still had this kind of relationship.
Then the two fell into silence for a while.
I don’t know how long it took, but Veronica said softly:
"Jagatai Khan, this place shouldn't be a physical space, right? It doesn't look like a planet either."
"With your understanding of subspace, you should be able to tell."
Veronica nodded slightly.
"This should be the node at the end of a certain branch of the Webway. This kind of space is independent of the Supreme Heaven, but it also has the attributes of the Supreme Heaven. But why have you been living in seclusion here, and those horses..."
"The souls of Chogolis cannot be locked in palaces or houses, otherwise they will gradually wither, so I take care of them here. This is my responsibility."
The spirit girl blinked. She didn't expect that the nature of those war horses was like this, but she immediately realized another problem.
"Is it your responsibility to be different in the Human Empire?"
Chagatai gently stroked the slender beard on his chin and replied meaningfully:
"Not everyone is suitable to be a ruler. I know my limits, because Chogolis is my limit. No matter what I do, it will not have any good impact on the current empire. This is my character. Most people can’t get used to it.”
At this time Chagatai suddenly stood up.
"Okay, it's almost time, you should go."
