Chapter 27 Forced Marriage

Elina wiped a tear from the corner of her eye and said, 'It's been arranged for a long time. We're in the Cenerus spiral arm, and after we pass through the star bridge we continue to fold along the Cenerus spiral arm, reach the place where it meets up with the Sagittarius spiral arm to turn into the Sagittarius spiral arm, and then follow the spiral arm all the way towards the outer edge of the Milky Way and that's it." Listening to Elina's description, Edward's jaw dropped and he was busy interrupting her, 'Is it that far? Aren't our two spiral arms next to each other? Can't we just go straight there?" 'No, between the two spinning arms is a large area of barren land, there is nothing material there, even if you use the most advanced folding device and the ship is loaded with energy, you won't be able to cross half of the barren land." Elina said. 'How long would that take?" Edward asked a little uneasily. 'Just take a few more leaps at a time before resupplying if you want it to be fast." Elina said as she activated the operator interface on her wrist to calculate, 'Three months if it's fast, six months if it's slow, how long of a vacation did he give you?" Edward said a bit coyly, 'Naaah, how long I didn't ask, I just said that I was taking a vacation to get married and have a honeymoon, so he said yes." Who knew that Elina was directly on fire, chided, 'You a marshal staff officer, you can do this thing so scribbly, I'll go find him myself." After saying that, she huffed and puffed and went to look for Rolbo. A week later, Edward was looking around the seventy starport of Andre Star Fortress with a big bag of traveling gifts. 'Ouch what's taking so long, this is about to set sail and she said she needed a touch up, where is everyone!" He shattered as he peered into the crowd, hoping to see an anxious figure running by. It wasn't long before he saw Elina's figure in the crowd, on the contrary, the figure didn't look anxious at all, walking and stopping, and looking at something at her wrist, giggling every now and then. Edward couldn't stand it anymore and shouted, 'Hurry up I say! A boatload of people are waiting for you!" Elina raised her head and looked at Edward, who had a backpack hanging from his body, and quickly walked over and said, 'What's the hurry, it's not coming." After putting the luggage into the special cabin, the two of them entered the cabin, unlike the troop carrier, this kind of civilian transport ship seat is relatively much more comfortable, he sat on his butt in the seat, the chair instantly sank in and wrapped him in. 'This is much more comfortable than a troop carrier." Elina said. 'It is a lot more comfortable, we don't have that many military ships left, so we'll have to commandeer some civilian ships for transportation." Edward finished and felt a slight jolt. The transport ship gradually pulled away from Starport Seventy and kept climbing, and before long the full extent of Andre's Starfort was on display. Edward looked at the big hole that was smashed through by the Menil Star and said, ''Won't your research department figure out how to patch up that big hole? Exposing a big hole isn't just unsightly, it's also dangerous." Elina was obviously often asked this question recently, and replied in a bad mood, 'You officials, what the hell do you know, those structures and equipment inside are easy to deal with, it's just that this shell is not easy to get." 'What's so bad about it, just find a big piece of iron to cover it?" Edward said. 'Awesome, or else I'd say you're a big wild ass, that's a really crude and useless idea." Elina gave Edward a blank look, and then said, 'Those shells are Sherman metal, it is not only strong and incomparable, but also has a characteristic that it can only be welded with the same kind of metal, using other materials to weld it on will crack at the interface within a few days. Even if you use primitive riveting techniques, the rivets would have to be of Sherman metal, or they'd always break, and in short, there's not enough Sherman metal to fix it." 'Then what, that can't keep opening a big hole." Edward felt that at this rate, this hole would sooner or later become the Achilles' heel of Andre's fortress, and a fortress with a weak point wouldn't be considered a fortress anymore. Elina glanced at him with a disgusted look and said, 'The materials are on their way, even the flagship gun riders have gone to transport the materials! I say we're going back to get married hey, can we not talk about work, it's annoying hey." Edward was silent, not daring to answer. Looking at his silence, Elina also felt that she had just overreacted a bit and asked, 'Is your brother gone?" Edward busily replied, 'He hasn't left yet, but he will soon, once the armistice is signed, as prisoners of war they will be repatriated." 'You haven't mentioned anything to him about wanting him to stay?" Elina finished, waiting for an answer while carefully watching Edward's expression. After a half-hearted hesitation, Edward said, 'I think he would have asked for it himself if he wanted to stay." 'Ugh, one of you brothers is stuffy and the other is arrogant, he can't pull his face off if he wants to stay if you don't give him a step." A straight person like Elina simply couldn't understand what the two brothers were doing. 'Hey, you don't understand, he won't leave the empire." Edward said about to turn his face away. Elina pulled him back and said, 'Are you two tired? One of you has something to say that you're keeping to yourself, and one of you clearly adores his brother but puts on a tough and condescending attitude, you two stubborn asses." 'He has his lofty ambitions, why should we force ourselves to stay?" Edward said. 'And far reaching ambitions, I know what he's thinking, he wants to straighten out the military and revitalize the Star River Empire, and you, a brother, are just going to watch him throw his whole life away on an unrealistic goal?" Elina said, she was determined to look out for her brother-in-law. 'How is it unrealistic, the opportunity is still there see if he can grasp it." Edward said about to close his eyes and rest. 'What other chances..." halfway through her sentence, Elina suddenly remembered that Edward never joked about strategic analysis, so she asked again, "Are there still real chances?" Edward opened his eyes and slowly spat out two words, 'Coup d'état." Elina was stunned on the spot, and after a long while she said, 'You're really good, he's your only brother, you're pushing him into the fire!" Edward looked at the red-eyed Elina and quickly said, 'Oops! I didn't say anything to him, I just had something to say. You asked me if I still have a chance I said just this one chance, I never told him, hey you don't cry ah, hey hey hey, the most afraid of you crying, since childhood when you cry I have no idea ......" The biggest difference between civilian and military transports lies in the fact that the folding module ratings of the former are mostly on the low side, and the intervals between folds are subject to long recalibration periods. Eventually after a long day of walking and stopping, the final folding leap of the transport ship was completed and it activated its regular propulsion method, slowly heading towards the star system where Dosas was located. Edward asked nervously, 'What did the old man say?" He remembered that when he was a kid, the old man didn't even bother to attend his own school's parent-teacher conferences, let alone this time when he was asked to help with something as troublesome as preparing for a wedding. Elina, who had just finished talking to her father, replied, 'What else can he say, it's all ready, we'll start when we arrive, and told us not to worry about it, he's idle at home right now, it's so easy to have a thing for him to take care of, he can't be too happy about it." 'Oh, that's good." Edward thought for a moment and then asked, 'Can we not go by Dosas customs for that wedding?" 'Why?" Elina asked, a little upset. Edward's mind flashed back to the scene of attending other people's wedding when he was a child, in order for the groom to marry his bride, he needed to spar with his father-in-law in the sand under the spectators of his friends and family. If the father-in-law recognized the groom, he would raise his hand and surrender after a few moves, and the groom could then take his bride away amidst the cheers of his friends and family. Such a wedding process completely reflected the martial arts folklore of Dosas Star. He wasn't worried that the old man wouldn't recognize him, he was just worried that the old man had a good face, and it would be troublesome if he got hurt. Thinking of this, Edward said, 'The martial arts thing doesn't work let's skip it, the old master is fifty years old, in case he accidentally gets hurt again." Elina squeezed out a trace of disdain from her nose and said, 'Just you? Injure that big bear? You broke his flying motorcycle last year and got chased by him, have you forgotten?" Edward's eyebrows jumped as he remembered the embarrassing incident and said, 'Gee whiz, I'm after a year of growth, he's a year older." Elina relentlessly continued to taunt, 'Right, right, right, or let's skip this one, you don't want him to beat you to death again, I don't want to be widowed right after the wedding." Facing Elina's venomous taunts, Edward knew he was no match and obediently kept his mouth shut. After arriving at the starport, the two of them transferred to the shuttle again and after a long journey, they finally arrived at the villa by the sea in Penland City. They were far away from the old friends and relatives have arrived, the lively atmosphere let Elina excited up, said: 'I wonder what kind of wedding dress they prepared for me."