Translated by Eve

　　Edited by serefina, Cat, Sora

　　In the eyes of Sui Yuan and 5237, Max's act of "losing control" to the point of hitting someone was just a weird way of "waging war in the name of a beauty" which he used as a pretext to warn his seemingly unfaithful lover, correct his bearing, and prevent him from engaging in a love affair. However, in the eyes of other people, it was something else. To them, this action of his was undoubtedly implying a political revolution, pus.h.i.+ng a secret, long heated military agenda to the surface.

　　General Max was the Marshal's most cared for successor. He was naturally the poster boy of the military. Furthermore, the man that had been ruthlessly beaten in public by Max was someone who had innumerable subtle connections to the President. No one cared about who the first person to provoke the other was, or who the fault laid on. Everyone was waiting to see what the Marshal and the President would do.

　　Although the President had seemed to be the one who had withdrawn on the surface, sending the man who had been hit to Max's home to apologize, the successive a.s.signments that occurred afterwards showed that the president could no longer endure the growing arrogance of the military.

　　Despite the the federal const.i.tution stating that the military was under the government's command and that the Marshal's position was below that of the President, in the wake of the numerous conflicts between the Federation and the Alien races, as well as the advancements of mecha technology, the prestige of the army increased amongst the younger generations with each day. It was to the extent that many young mermen revered and longed for the Marshal, the General, and even high level mecha pilots. On the other hand, they knew next to nothing about their Federation's President.

　　With how the military's authority seriously affected political circles, how could the politicians led by the President tolerate it?!

　　Of course, the growing friction between the military and political circles had nothing to do with Sui Yuan at the time. He only perceived that Dima grew increasingly busy. Dima's face became more exhausted and more pale— but most importantly, he had no more free time to come and tease him. Towards this matter, Sui Yuan could only say that he rather liked it.

　　During the period in which Sui Yuan went along with Ya's project, the seemingly quiet Max was working hard to advance the main plot. This was because it would shorten both the period of time during which Sui Yuan would nominally belong to someone else, and also the duration in which he himself would be unable to lay his hands on Sui Yuan.

　　Perhaps, he was also aiming to make sure that Dima, who was entangled with emotional struggles, was so busy that he had no time to think any further. This was so that Dima would not suddenly overcome his feelings, which would thus ruin Max's plan.

　　"Say, do you think Max and Dima came across any problems? It's already so late……" Ya scrunched up his design with dissatisfaction and threw it into the nearby trash can. Then, he watched helplessly as the scrunched up wad of paper hit the rim before falling onto the ground, only to be conscientiously picked up by the domestic robot.

　　"I don't know….." Sui Yuan laid on his stomach at the poolside with a pair of misty eyes that were full of worry. He was sobbing, looking particularly fragile and pitiful.

　　Immediately, Ya realized that he had found the wrong person to chat with.

　　"Sorry, I shouldn't have spoken like that. They definitely don't have any problems," Ya promptly flashed him a smile and switched to a placating tone. He raised a hand to stroke Sui Yuan's long hair.

　　Starting tonight, Max and Dima both had gone out on a mission. As such, Sui Yuan had been taken to Max and Ya's residence to accompany Ya again. Very soon, the night had gradually pa.s.sed and the dawn was about to arrive. The two mermen, who had long perceived that this period would not pa.s.s by in tranquility, had been unable to sleep. Their hearts became increasingly anxious as the time for which the two men had agreed to return pa.s.sed.

　　"Right, Dima and Max will definitely come back safe and sound….." Sui Yuan nodded his head, voice choked with emotion. He buried his head into his arms. Feeling a bit apologetic, he allowed a bewildered Ya to coax him, as he was trembling slightly from beginning to end.

　　Sui Yuan wasn't worried — of course he wouldn't be worried– as Max was a veteran actor who had experienced an innumerable number of worlds. He also had this world's protagonist halo, so before the story ends, no matter who were to die, he would not be one of them. Of course, even if he were to die, Max would definitely wait for him in the s.p.a.ce between worlds. Then, they'd enter the next world together.

　　In this way, the person who had originally been an existence that he couldn't wait to get rid of unconsciously became an existence that made him feel safe. Sui Yuan decided to firmly bury this change into the depths of his heart and absolutely would not let 5237 notice it.