1977: The Borg-Ray Incident
Tang Xiao let out a hearty laugh. Patting the Nuruodo family on the shoulder, he said, "They say spilled water cannot be gathered again, but with me, it doesn't seem all that difficult... Hahahaha."
The Nuruodo family looked at the wine in his glass. The once delicious drink now had bits of debris floating in it—some saliva from his mouth, some things swept in from the table.
His face went pale, but he still gritted his teeth, tipped back his head, and drank the disgusting fine wine.
At that moment, the Nuruodo family and the Csapla family exchanged a glance. Only then did they realize that the Grand Duke of Dawn did not seem as easygoing as he had appeared moments ago.
After watching the two of them finish a glass each, the roguish, carefree smile on Tang Xiao's face suddenly vanished. He cast a cold glance at them both, set down his glass, and walked toward the other end of the dining table.
He did not walk quickly, but only then did the Chiss representatives notice that the table Tang Xiao had dragged them over to dine at was an enormous long table more than ten meters in length.
By then, Tang Xiao had reached the other end of the table and seated himself upon his own throne. He casually crossed one leg over the other and rested his hands on the armrests. Behind him, on both sides, two enormous flags of the Duchy of Dawn slowly descended.
The flags had red borders and blue fields, with a white spiral arm of the Milky Way Galaxy in the center—the national flag of the Duchy of Dawn, the Fourth Civilization!
And the man seated in the middle was no longer the rogue who had been laughing