The Number One Star in the Interstellar Era

"WHERE'S the infirmary? Take me there!" Wulfric shouted at the woman. "Don't worry, Aster, I'll take you to the hospital right after. We'll just have to stabilize your condition."

Astrid looked up at the man carrying him. Wulfric's face was full of worry. His brows were furrowed. It seemed that he was angry yet Astrid could hear the panic in his voice.

He suddenly felt guilty. Although carrying him like this was a bit uncomfortable, he was a bit at fault for worrying the other. He didn't expect that Wulfric would actually react this violently. He should have probably given Wulfric a heads-up. But then again, if he did, then the effect would probably not be this great. 

"Wulf, I'm fine. I'm only acting to get the queen off her seat," he said with a slight helpless smile.

Wulfric stopped and then gazed down at the teenager in his arms. The other no longer had that painful expression on his face. Remembering what Aster said about him only acting, Wulfric suddenly felt very embarrassed. His whole face turned red. The heat on his face was so hot, it felt like smoke would come out of his ears.

"You can put me down now," Astrid said in a gentle tone.

Because of too much embarrassment, Wulfric immediately put Aster down. But despite the embarrassment, his actions were still very gentle.

He gazed away. "You- you shouldn't joke about something like this! I- I almost had a heart attack!" 

Astrid smiled inwardly seeing the other's reaction. "Sorry, it won't happen again. Promise. If ever I do something similar in the future, I'll make sure to warn you beforehand."

Seeing the teenager being so cheeky, Wulfric wanted to glare but couldn't. He couldn't even force himself to get angry at the other.

"But how did you get out of the cage?" Astrid asked. 

He looked at the direction of the cage and suddenly didn't know what to say when he saw its state. The bars of the cage were all bent into weird angles, some were even broken in half. If others saw this, they would think that the bars of this cage were made up of papers instead of metal.

Just one look and Astrid already knew what Wulfric did. Well, considering the physique level of the other, something like this was probably just a piece of cake. 

He cleared his throat and no longer asked about that. Instead, he turned to the woman who had already climbed down the stairs. 

"Your majesty, even though my partner got out of the cage on his own, I was still able to force you to get up from your seat without using any violent means. That means that we passed the challenge, right?" he asked with a smile.

The woman looked at the teenager and suddenly felt a headache. How did she think that this kid was well-behaved? Of course, the crazy guy's boyfriend wouldn't be someone ordinary. Sure enough, this teenager was also a little devil.

When she saw the other knelt down and hunched over, her heart quickly jumped to her throat. She didn't even think that the teenager might be acting. How could she think so when his expression was so believable? The other's acting was even more powerful than some actors she watched on TV or movies.

"Yes, you passed," she could only say with a sigh. 

She then pressed a button on the bracelet she's wearing. This was to signal that someone had passed their couple challenge.

A virtual notification immediately appeared in front of them.

[Congratulations to the loving pair for conquering our castle's couple challenge!]

"We didn't break the record?" Astrid asked, a bit disappointed.

Hearing the disappointment in Aster's voice, Wulfric lightly glanced at the woman. "Is there something wrong with your system? Aster obviously cleared all the obstacles in such a short time! How come he didn't break the record?"

The woman just felt her head throbbing. How did she know? It's not like she's the one in-charge of timing things. She almost vomited in her heart. 

Astrid jokingly slapped Wulfric's shoulder. "Wulf, don't be too harsh on her. It's not her fault." Now he could understand why the woman had a strange expression when he first came in. It's probably because she'd been frightened by this guy. "Go and apologize to the pretty sister."

Pretty? Where? Wulfric wanted to say. But looking at Aster's big black eyes staring at him with expectations. He could only grumble to the woman, "Sorry."

If his lieutenant and three captains were here, their eyes would probably bulge in disbelief seeing this scene. After all, it's not everyday they could see their arrogant general apologized to anyone. Much less someone he didn't care for.

The woman's piled up grievances slightly lessened by this apology. Still, she wanted nothing more for this couple to leave. If the two stayed longer, she might really end up having psychological shadow over this incident.

"Please, go to the door on the right," she said. "You can get your reward at the exit of the castle for completing the challenge."

Astrid nodded before turning to Wulfric. "Let's go?"

The two walked towards the door on the right. What welcomed them was a corridor and at the end of it was an elevator. Riding down, they soon reached the ground floor. As soon as they walked out of the elevator, an AI robot walked up to them. 

"Congratulations on completing the challenge! Please, follow me to get your reward."

They followed the robot as it went behind some kind of reception desk. Then, it took out two stuff toys. Not just ordinary stuff toys but a chibi version of Astrid and Wulfric! 

At least, the version of them that's currently in disguised. 

"Aster, ahm, can- can I have this?" Wulfric suddenly said, taking the chibi-Aster. "Then, you can have mine?" 

Astrid glanced at the other and smiled when he saw how red Wulfric's face was. "Sure." He reached for the chibi-Wulfric, hugging it, and putting his cheek on its cheek. "It's cute, right?"

Seeing this, Wulfric only felt like an arrow pierced his heart. [You're the cute one.]