He repeatedly looked at the black-haired boy who was behind his eldest son, revealing more than half of his body. For a moment, he thought that he was too obsessed, so he had an illusion.

He only had time to see this delicate face in the information.

It wasn't until the boy cast a wary glance at him that he came back to his senses. His lips trembled slightly as if he wanted to say something, but his throat was so dry that in the end, he only let out a low hoarse gasp.

He actually didn't dare to come to see Audrose today. If Avid hadn't insisted on dragging him, he would probably still be hiding in the palace at this time.

He had no way to face his eldest son whose life was almost ruined because of his own mistake.

Although he had almost forcibly abolished slavery in the past ten years, and the outside world had speculated countless times about what political purpose his abnormal actions had, only he himself knew that this was just a means of psychological comfort for himself.

Slavery had been abolished, and people who were formerly slaves could also marry nobles. But the person Audrose wanted to marry was no longer by his side.

He understood Audrose.

In a sense, they were actually equally obsessive and crazy people. Even though Audrose was covered with a layer of calmness, the dead stillness in his son's eyes the last time they met was exactly the same as his when Queen Sefir passed away.

Dragons are very loyal creatures. If they fall in love with someone, then for the rest of their lives, their hearts will no longer leave room for anyone else.

There was still time, still time, it hadn't been like him who could never find it back—

This was really great.

When the Emperor began to tremble uncontrollably, suddenly a powerful hand covered his shoulder. Audrose's ice-blue eyes looked at him levelly, calmly narrating: "Father, I brought him back to see you."

......

"So— he turned out to be a race from another star domain?"

In the office, Avid struggled to search the research institute's database for more than ten minutes, and finally found a record of his brother-in-law's race in "Our Neighbors - HTD Star System Race Introduction Encyclopedia - Unknown Race Chapter": "...In the juvenile stage, it presents a plant state. After adulthood, it can freely shapeshift. Once the shapeshifting is successful, unless it degenerates into the larval state when extremely weak, it will live in the form of its first shapeshifting for the rest of its life."

"...I remember reading this book, how come I have no impression of this introduction at all." Avid fell into contemplation.

But these were not important. More importantly: "Brother, can I extract a little bit of brother-in-law's...genetic tissue? I promise it's just for analysis, I won't do anything weird!"

Being able to burst out such powerful energy with such a weak body, the power system in Su Duan's body must be quite different from theirs. He...was very interested in studying the principles behind it.

As a researcher, Avid was very interested in all new things.

Audrose gave him a cold glance; the meaning was self-evident.

Avid was dejected: "...Okay, I understand."

Audrose glanced at the time and got up from his seat, "It's almost noon, I'll go home for lunch first."

Avid: "Okay brother, goodbye brother."

However, before walking out the door, Audrose suddenly turned back and asked, "Does the research institute still have the dye used to make slave brands that I asked you for ten years ago?"

"There is, all the samples are in the archive inventory." Avid asked in puzzlement, "But now the dye on all the slaves has been washed off, what do you want this historical remnant for?"

Audrose was concise: "Spice things up."

Avid: "..."

Amazing, his brother who was as cold as an ice cube was using the word "spice things up".

Avid: "Okay, do you want the standard amount and tools? I will apply to the research institute."

Audrose: "Mm."

Three days later, the dye and tools were delivered to Audrose's residence.

In the bedroom, under Su Duan's nervous gaze, Audrose took out the tools one by one.

Su Duan hesitantly said, "Otherwise, forget it, you will be in pain..."

"No." Audrose reached out to unbutton his clothes and took off his upper garments, "There's anesthetic."

Originally, he wanted to wash off the slave mark on Su Duan's waist as soon as he returned to the capital star. But Su Duan had deep feelings for the little potato he had drawn by hand. He covered his waist and refused to let him wash it off. When pushed to the extreme, he would even hide in the quilt and ignore him.

Unable to persuade his lover who rarely insisted, Audrose could only come up with a compromise: he would also get a tattoo.

When the Emperor initially abolished slavery, the methods were very forceful. The army was dispatched and, according to household registration information, the slaves were taken one by one to have the brands on their bodies, made of new materials, washed off. For those that couldn't be washed off with old materials, other dyes were used to completely cover them up. Under this high-pressure policy, no loopholes have been found so far.

So the mark currently on Su Duan's body is actually unique in the entire empire.

Once he also gets a tattoo, it will become one of only two.

Seeing Audrose's smooth muscular upper body, Su Duan blushed slightly and gently said, "Um..."

Audrose injected a tube of anesthetic on his left waist.

Actually, even without it, it would be harmless. The pain of just piercing the epidermis had almost no impact on him, but Su Duan was extremely nervous and wouldn't allow him not to use it.

Five minutes later, a new mark appeared on Audrose's right waist.

The mark on Su Duan's body is on the left waist, so when they embrace, the marks will also be next to each other.

The pattern was chosen by Su Duan after watching videos of his childhood. It's a miniature and juvenile version of his spiritual body, a little black dragon sitting dumbfounded on the ground.

Well, it matches well with the little black potato on Su Duan's body.

His gaze fell on Su Duan, who was stretching his head and nervously spraying repair fluid on his wound. That head was nestled in front of his waist and abdomen, the soft hair brushing over his body, making him feel a little tense. Audrose reached out and rubbed his soft hair, saying in a low voice, "Now we are the same."

Su Duan softly agreed, looking at Audrose's left waist, feeling an indescribable shyness.

Audrose slowly moved his hand to his back, his voice taking on a hint of huskiness, "So, can my big black dragon kiss your little potato?"

Su Duan was stunned for a moment before realizing what he meant. His cheeks instantly flushed with heat as he said softly, "...You're injured and need to rest well."

"It doesn't matter. You saw it too, it's completely healed. Just one kiss, okay?"

"...Then it can only be once."

"Okay."