Kill the Star Seas

An extra chapter for the faintly smiling Alliance Leader.

The next morning, the plane slowly landed on the soil of the West Horse Kingdom.

Jiang Xiao rubbed his eyes and crawled up from the sofa. The paused game screen was still displayed on the TV ahead.

Jiang Xiao opened the sunshade and looked outside. The plane was taxiing along the ground, and he had no idea which airport they had landed at.

Jiang Xiao turned and looked toward the partition door at the back of the cabin. He hesitated, unsure whether he should wake Prince of West Horse.

Yesterday, when Prince Bino had sent the two foreign women inside—right as they opened the door—Jiang Xiao had caught a glimpse of the interior. That section of the cabin contained a large bed. It was clearly a "bedroom."

And last night, after Prince Bino had bid Jiang Xiao good night and gone into the bedroom, the two foreign women had not come out either. Jiang Xiao was stumped. The plane was about to stop. What should he do? He picked up a peach from the fruit platter and waited as the private plane slowly came to a halt.

Then nothing happened. Only silence remained.

"Crunch. Slurp." As Jiang Xiao ate the peach, he grumbled inwardly: His own territory, his own plane—he really does whatever he wants, huh? So you're really planning to sleep until you wake naturally and leave me sitting here like an idiot?

How could that do? Jiang Xiao wiped his hands with a napkin, took out his phone, connected to the Wi-Fi, and opened a music app.

Then strings of English lyrics floated out: "Hello from the other side, I must've called a thousand times"

Turn up the volume! Single-song loop! Jiang Xiao came to the partition door and