StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

Chapter 111 The Destiny of the Mengsk Family
The fireplace in the room burns two knots of fragrant wood. A special fragrance calms Augustus' tired heart from interstellar travel. The air temperature and air conditioning system make the place warm and comfortable.

"I won't be here for a few days, not long. I'll be back in Korhal in a while, maybe a week."

Augustus was sitting beside his mother, while Valerian had been observing his uncle curiously. He was a very well-behaved child, far less naughty than his father and uncle were when they were young.

"You have to be careful of those enemies who hate the Mengsk family, the old aristocrats, the senators and agents in the Palatine Council who are trying their best to maintain federal rule." Catherine said worriedly: "They can assassinate you and your father through many methods, Councilor Toronto was shot by killers while he was speaking outside, and there are countless ways they can kill a person."

"Don't worry, mom, they don't dare to kill a congressman in full view." Even though he didn't know what to do, Augustus still comforted his mother: "We won't die."

"Every Mengsk is a Man of Destiny, and it is our calling to lead the Korha."

Catherine smiled, and instead of revealing her worries, she beckoned to Valerian, who immediately threw herself happily into her grandmother's arms.

"Valerian is seven years old, but he still hasn't seen his father." Catherine looked at her grandson with affection: "We can't contact Arcturus, as if he is missing."

"Mom, why did you wear a skirt for him? I don't think it's good for a child's physical and mental growth. Valerian." Augustus whispered to his mother.

"You wore them too when you were a child," Catherine reminded Augustus, "I think it's very pretty, and the other ladies envy me for having two beautiful daughters!"

Augustus was speechless for a moment, but it was true that he only wore skirts as a child.

"Yes, brother, the eldest son of the Du Quinde family swore to marry you in front of the heirs of the Keha Creation Family when he was a child." Dorothy suddenly appeared and stabbed her hard.

"So I beat him up later." Augustus remembered his embarrassing incident in high school: "That bastard Du Quinde actually said that it is the same in women's clothing, and he doesn't care about my gender."

"Well, let's not talk about it. Mom, I beg you, please don't bring it up again." Augustus focused all his attention on his young nephew, and showed it without reservation own favorite.

"Julianna, you will become the greatest mother in the world, and your name should be recorded in the history books. Both the Keha people and the Umoyan people love you because you gave birth to this child." He used some words first. The compliment that surprised Juliana diverted the attention of her mother and sister.

"He is the continuation of my brother's life, and the blood of the Mengsk family flows. I swear that I will protect this child, love him like my son, and treat him as my own." Then Augustus looked at Valeri Ann's large, shining cold gray eyes.

"When I first set eyes on you, Valerian, I saw your bright future. Valerian, you will be a handsome young man, brave and upright, willing to protect Fight your people, as all Mengsks have ever done."

"You shall not be corrupted by the admiration of boys and girls, nor by the ambition of flatterers."

"Valerian, you will be a hero someday."

The words of Augustus deeply touched Valerian, who was still young, and he looked at his uncle with wide eyes: "A hero, just like my father?"

"...Yes, just like your father." Augustus replied after hesitating for a moment.

"Uncle, my mother said that my father is a hero, he is a soldier, and now he is fighting aliens in the universe to protect other people." Valerian said excitedly to Augustus.

"No, he's not a soldier now," said Augustus.

"Huh?" Valerian tilted his head, and Augustus had to admit that his nephew with twin ponytails was really cute: "He's not a soldier anymore, why doesn't he come back and live with my mother and me."

"Because." Augustus glanced at Julianna, thinking about what to say: "Because your father has other great things to do, and he also wants to conquer a starry sky."

"So he's adventuring in space, and my father was a brave adventurer!" Valerian's beautiful cool gray eyes sparkled even more.

"Yes, he is an adventurer." Augustus said with a smile: "Your father is busy with his own great career, so he can't get away, but he will return to you one day."

Although Augustus knew very well in his heart that a person like Arcturus would never be bound by his family, and his restless heart might never calm down. duty to stop.

"If I become an adventurer too, then I'll be able to find him," said Valerian.

"What do you want to do in the future?" Augustus' eyes lit up, and he saw some shadows of Arcturus in his nephew.

"I like the starry sky, and I am determined to take an adventure, go to another world to find aliens, but I am not going to defeat them, I am going to make friends."

Valerian said: "I will dig the remains of aliens and find the mysterious palace"

"The mysterious starry sky is worth exploring." Augustus was amazed that Valerian actually understood these things.

"Valerian liked to look up at the starry sky since he was a child, and at the same time, some magazines published by Umoyan that published mysterious alien relics also had a great influence on him." Juliana explained: "Those giant ribs Mysterious palaces, with crystals and graceful but undecipherable writing in huge niches in palaces, and cities lying under polar seas, only ruins of ruins on desert planets"

"Xiaowa is inspired to find the relics of these alien civilizations, and firmly believes that aliens are real, and human beings can also find a way to live in harmony with them."

"I think that's right." Augustus looked at Valerian and said, "But to be an adventurer like your father, you have to be strong and knowledgeable."

"Children of the Mengsk family have already started practicing swordsmanship and ancient fighting at this age. You have to learn a lot of things, such as economics, politics and literature." Augustus said.

"In the mornings you will spend the mornings with the most learned elders, cultivating your sentiments with books and poetry, and in the afternoons you will stay with soldiers, learn to use sword and gun, and learn to gather those who trust in you , to be your spear and shield." Augustus was full of expectations for his nephew.

"But I just want to see aliens." Valerian felt entangled: "I like reading, but I don't like swords."

"Well, what kind of person you want to be depends on your own choice." Augustus thought of his father Angus, and was determined not to force Valerian to follow the path planned for him by his elders .

(End of this chapter)