"Taros, it's really hard for you this time, although I also know that my thanks are pale."
Behind a secluded viewing window in the Lost Words, Soshyan and Talos sat side by side. There was a small tea table between them, with two filled wine glasses on it.
Afterwards, Soshyan picked up the wine glass. Seeing this, Talos smiled helplessly and also picked up the wine glass.
With a gentle touch, the two of them took a sip each, but only they knew the taste of each.
At this time, the battleship was sailing quietly in the webway. According to calculations, it would take about seven Terran days to return to the star system where it started.
After a moment of silence, Soshyan put down his glass, stared at the endless darkness and occasional flashes of light outside the window, and whispered:
"Did I disappoint you, Talos."
Talos did not answer immediately, but just took another sip, and then suddenly started coughing violently. Before Soshyan could speak, he stretched out his hand and waved it.
"Ahem - I'm fine, I won't die yet, don't worry."
After that, he took another sip and then put the half-remaining glass back on the table.
"As long as you know what you're doing, there's nothing else I can say."
Soshyan thought for a while and finally decided to tell Talos what happened after he was rescued by Jaghatai, including Veronica's conversation with Jaghatai and the relationship between Immortal Starfall and Asuryan. Although Veronica told him not to leak secrets to third parties, Soshyan felt that Talos was an exception.
It would be so sad if I couldn't even trust him.
Talos was calm at first, but when Soshyan mentioned that he and Veronica had had a relationship, the wine he just picked up the cup and drank into his mouth immediately spurted out.
"Cough cough cough - no -"
"Don't get excited, Talos."
Soshyan said calmly and handed over a towel. Talos grabbed the towel and wiped his mouth, then wiped the wine on his knees, and then looked at him with a very wonderful expression.
"Soshyan, something went wrong with your transformation surgery?"
"How is it possible? Have you seen me like this before? Veronica said it might be that place that changed my body structure."
"Oh my God...I don't know whether I should say I'm lucky or unlucky that this happened to me. What did you think at the time? Are you really that interested in women?"
"Ahem...Well, it's not that I'm interested in women, we just simply love each other."
"Love, so you chose to have sex with her?"
"Well, ah, how should I put it...it's just that the atmosphere has arrived."
Talos clicked his tongue a few times and shook his head.
"I expected that things would be serious before, but I didn't expect it to be so serious... Suoshiyang, there are no outsiders here now. Tell me your truth, do you really want to be that Phoenix King?"
"In no mood."
"Then will you sever your relationship with the Eternal Queen?"
"Won't."
"Then aren't you trying to deceive others? Although you don't want to be the Phoenix King, you also want to be the husband of the Eternal Queen. You have now put yourself in a very embarrassing position... For the Spiritual Race, you You are a bastard who slept with their queen and defiled their throne and sacred blood. To the Empire, you are a fornicator and a traitor who insulted the oath of the Astartes. To your enemies, this is a big mistake, anytime. A good target to attack.”
Faced with Talos's heart-wrenching words, Soshyan crossed his arms and said nothing.
"And now things are clear. Asuyan is the immortal star and the source of the gray marrow in your body. You can't get rid of it no matter what."
Sosh raised his eyebrows and turned to look at Talos.
"Brother, what do you mean-"
"Since this is the case, then you should accept it calmly. You are the incarnation of Asuryan, you are the Phoenix King, and you are the king that those pointy-eared bastards want to kneel down to worship. Use this identity well to bring benefits to yourself. Instead of simply bearing the consequences."
Soshiyang blinked. He never thought that such shocking words could come out of his good friend's mouth.
"I thought you still hated the Eldar."
"It's disgusting. I'm so disgusted now that I want to blow up those pointed-eared ships following behind. So don't come to me for any troubles about pointed ears in the future."
Soshyan grinned.
"That's definitely not the case, but I'm really surprised...after all, the opinions you put forward are almost persuading me to rebel."
"Soshyan, let's not talk about whether you are thinking of rebellion, but I have said a long time ago that I have never chosen to be loyal to the empire, I am only loyal to myself, and -"
As he spoke, the prophet stretched out his hand and tapped Soshyan's chest lightly.
"......brother."
Soshiyang stopped smiling, grabbed the other person's hand, and said sincerely:
"Thank you, brother."
"But seriously, what's so good about these pointed ears? They don't look good, they don't smell good, and I heard they're even sour."
Soshiyang picked up the cup and took a sip. After hearing this, he subconsciously replied:
"It's okay...it's actually not very sour, just a little sweet."
"I'm talking about blood."
"..."
Seeing Soshyan's embarrassed look, Talos pinched his nose and waved his hand in disgust.
"You, you, but having said that, the original body, the Star God, the Eldar... Soshiyang, you should have noticed that there are more than one group of people plotting something around you, maybe from your service, It has been planned even since birth. You have to be more vigilant, even if it is Savita... No one knows what the first company commander has experienced in the past ten thousand years, but since he has joined that organization, he will It means that he may become your enemy in the future, and I think you know how scary he is better than anyone else."
Soshiyang pursed his lips slightly, and then sighed softly.
"Hopefully it won't come to this."
"I can only say that in this galaxy, things will basically develop in the worst direction, and that Bewilderment... I feel that it should not be with that group of people, but its motives are It is very difficult to speculate, especially the fact that it is disguised as Said and seems to be connected to that organization, because Said is obviously a very key part of the plan."
While thinking, Suoshiyang suddenly had an idea.
"By the way, I remembered one thing. Didn't Captain Said of the White Templars disappear in the Webway? Only then did Brother Said of the Astral Knights begin to appear in the records. Is it... Is there a possibility that Seid of the White Templar was originally another person, but was switched by the deceiver, and reappeared as Seed of the Astral Knight?"
"You put it like that... I also have some speculation. The Gray Marrow plan was not originally related to the Astral Knights, but was intended to be executed in the White Templar. Seid may be a member of that organization. But due to his mysterious disappearance and reappearance, the plan had to be modified and became the Astral Knights."
Soshiyang leaned back, holding his chest with one hand and supporting his chin with the other, frowning.
A few minutes later, he said slowly:
"Then the core of the problem comes back again. To find out the truth, we have to know what happened to the first adapter of Gray Marrow, the leader of Seid Chapter of White Templar...him... Who is he? What kind of plan does he have? Why has he disappeared mysteriously? Is he dead or alive? If he is alive, where did he go after disappearing? Why has he not shown up for thousands of years?"
"Well, I think you should focus on four things after you go back. The first is to make arrangements for your Eldar wife. Although there is no airtight wall in the world, if you can cover it for a while, Khayon's The suggestion is good, but I think we should go further and directly assign that world to Ulan Huda. You can decide the name yourself, and then let them build monitoring stations in orbit, mainly to monitor whether there are ships approaching, so as to prevent anyone from accidentally When we land on that world, we can also monitor the pointy ears on the planet and prevent them from causing trouble."
Soshyan nodded.
"This is a good plan."
"Second, choose someone you can completely trust, and use the name of exchanging recruits as a cover to go to the White Temple to investigate about Seid and the true situation of the webway. I always feel that things are not that simple. "
"Do you think Randall also..."
"I didn't say that. It's just that the White Templars have a very deep relationship with that organization and have a very long history. Randall himself has not been in the Chapter for a long time. Maybe he himself can't figure out the true past of the Chapter. Condition."
"Then who do you think is more suitable?"
"My idea is to select from the next batch of recruits. The existing recruits are either not suitable, or they have already come into contact with many people in the battle group. It is difficult to tell the details."
Soshyan thought for a while and nodded.
"Then let's do it."
"Third, you should make good use of the association of immortals you established early on. Your legion is currently very mixed and will inevitably be infiltrated by some people. The secret association is your weapon to prevent the core leadership from being infiltrated, although it also has It’s not good, but for you now, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages... Don’t you have a good relationship with Azrael, and you can learn from the dark angels of the Dark Angels?”
"What do you think about Luco taking charge of this?"
"He can. This person has always been out of the public eye. He is also low-key and has always been hard-working. The key is that his strength is average. I guess those people don't like him. He is quite suitable."
"Tsk...I will talk to him when I get back."