The Mech Touch

s still in the process of mobilizing all of its reserves.
According to our matriarchs, it will probably take a lot of months before the Coalition and the Hegemony are both ready to launch any major offensives.
If not for this delay, your brother wouldn ’t have been able to accompany me to this appallingly underdeveloped region of space.
I still regret agreeing to your request even now! ”

”What is the current state of the frontlines? ”

”It ’s mostly skirmishes I ’ve heard.
There ’s a lot of fighting, but not a lot of border systems are changing hands at the moment.
That ’s all I know.
It ’s not as if I have any relations to the military.
You should ask your brother if you want to know the details.
He promised to visit your ship as soon as he cleaned up the Fridaymen.
I think he ’s quite pleased with capturing their ship.
It ’s nothing impressive, but at least he earned some merits to offset this diversion. ”

”How long will he be staying? ”

”Again, you should ask him, Gloriana.
I think he ’ll only stick around for a couple months before he has to go back.
I think he ’s hoping to bring you away from this squalid region before that, though.
He thinks the same way about your latest fling as I.
You deserve better than this low-class specimen of humanity.
Just look at his body scans! There ’s nothing normal about his abnormal half-alien physique! ”

”It doesn ’t matter. ” Gloriana released a loving sigh while she stared at the scans.
”Ves is great the way he is right now.
At least he won ’t die so easily! ”

Ranya let out a frustrated grunt.
”Expect to face a lot of flack once you get home.
Your decision to enter in a relationship with Mr.
Larkinson resulted in a minor scandal back home.
A lot of Wodins don ’t think well of you at this moment! Not only did you abandon your responsibilities at home, you also snubbed all of the dynasties who lined up potential suitors for you.
Some of those boys are pretty yummy, you know! ”

”Bleh. ” Gloriana exaggeratingly gagged.
”I know what you ’re talking about.
Even if they are cuter, Ves is already handsome enough! While I like a tasty snack as much as any other Hexer, those good-looking boys at home are too useless! When it comes to mech design, I would take Ves over any supposedly-talented mech designer! ”

The conversation between the two female Wodins quickly devolved into a comparison between Ves and the boys from the Hegemony.

Ves really didn ’t need to know all of this information! He mentally closed his ears and impatiently waited for the first round of treatment to end.

Eventually, Ranya finished her treatment regime.
After injecting one last fluid in his bloodstream, she allowed Ves to leave.

”This is it for now, Mr.
Larkinson. ” Dr.
Ranya glanced at him with a disinterested expression while she wrote up some notes.
”Don ’t perform any exercise or make any strenuous movements until you go through my follow-up sessions.
You still have a lot to go before your body is fully restored.
If your physique and genes aren ’t so warped, I would have been able to finish your treatment sooner.
As it is, you ’ll just have to be careful for a month. ”

”Do I need to watch out for anything else? ” Ves asked with some respect.

Though Dr.
Ranya did not show any respect to him at all, Ves still found it prudent to treat her as a benefactor.

If not for requesting her help all those months ago, perhaps this rescue would have never happened!

”You should watch your diet and avoid eating too much junk.
I ’ll send a note over to you and Gloriana ’s chefs so they can adjust your meals. ”

After that, Gloriana practically dragged him out of the infirmary.

As Ves had spent some on the Stellar Chaser already, he recognized that Gloriana was bringing him straight to the lounge compartment.

Once there, she deposited him onto the loveseat before sitting next to him with a loving gaze.

”We ’re finally alone! ”

Ves briefly glanced at the bodyguards that followed her and took up position at the sides.
”Not really. ”

”Oh, just ignore them! ” She giggled before turning to a floating cat bed that hovered in the corner.
”Clixie! Come over here! Bring Lucky with you as well! ”

So that was where his cat went, Ves noted.

Lucky and Clixie curled up together on a circular cat bed and licked each other ’s necks for some reason.
As soon as Gloriana called them up, they jumped from the bed and padded over and hopped onto their laps.

”Meow! ”

”Miaow! ”

”Oh, look! Clixie missed you so much! ” Gloriana grinned while stroking her hand over Lucky ’s smooth back.
She soon noticed his tiger stripes.
”Lucky looks different.
Did you upgrade him, Ves? ”

”In a way. ” Ves vaguely replied.
”He ’s been very helpful to me.
He ’s one of the main reasons why I was able to escape captivity. ”

Gloriana immediately glowered.
”Those Fridaymen went too far! That Curver cow had no right to take you away from me! Tell me you didn ’t fall for her, Ves. ”

Knowing how touchy she was on these matters, Ves answered her question seriously while looking straight into her eyes.

”I love you, Gloriana.
I never wavered in my commitment to you.
If I didn ’t love you anymore, I wouldn ’t have taken a huge risk and killed off all of the crew of the Scarlet Rose.
I didn ’t hesitate in burning my bridges with the Friday Coalition to declare my devotion to you! I ’ll kill millions of Fridaymen for you if that is what it takes to prove my love to you! ”

”Oh Ves.. ”

Gloriana practically melted against him while she reciprocated his gaze.
All of the tension in her body faded away as she finally realized that Ves was back and here to stay!

For his part, Ves felt happier than ever to be reunited with his girlfriend.
The trust they shared between each other was something he sorely missed!

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