"In her room."

"She fell asleep not long after she came back."

"I didn't even eat dinner."

"She looks very tired. Do you need me to wake her up now?"

With that said, the Astartes turned around and knocked on the door of a certain room, and then brought over the ordinary little girl that his company commander insisted on bringing over to answer the question.

"Well……."

Sejanus hesitated for a moment, but finally shook his head and waved to the soldier, and then said in a deep voice:

"No need!"

"Let her have a good rest first."

After calling the subordinate, Sejanus hesitated and continued to give instructions:

"You don't have to worry about her, just let her have fun."

"If she needs anything, you should try your best to satisfy her. It's not a big deal anyway."

"And..."

"never mind!"

"That's all for now."

"If anything happens, remember to report it again. You can go and rest now."

"Go for it!"

After saying that, Sejanus waved his hand and said that this was the end of today's reporting work. There were many things that could not be discussed in detail under the human roof, so he really had nothing to say at the moment.

"Understood."

The soldier nodded, then without saying anything else, he just bowed silently and turned around to leave the room. Then, he carefully and gently closed the door when he went out.

"..."

Soon, the room returned to silence again.

Sejanus, on the other hand, after pondering for a while and worrying about gains and losses for a long time, he frowned again and fell into deep thought.

Then, inevitably, the little figure he had seen several times appeared in his mind.

In the beginning, especially when they negotiated on the No. 4 planet at the edge of the Taiwei galaxy and met each other for the first time, neither he nor the primarch Horus spared the little girl. In the heart.

Unexpectedly, after many contacts and a gradual in-depth understanding, they suddenly realized how much that little girl meant to the star region, to the human forces that had taken root in the Taiwei galaxy and on the Huagai star. Land is important.

Especially when he was captured last time and saw what the little girl did with his own eyes, he was so shocked that he had to take the mortal little girl Ali with him this time. Here’s how to do it.

Originally, he didn't have much hope for that Ali. He just brought her along and gave a few instructions to make arrangements. After all, he never expected that kind of ambush to work, but how could he expect that now? Little Ali brought him an unexpected surprise?

However, knowing the importance of this mission, he did not dare to give more instructions to the little girl Ali now, lest he appear to be too deliberate, which would be worse than good.

"!"

"Is it ultimately going to depend on a little girl?"

After thinking for a long time, he murmured to himself and cast his gaze out the window.

After more than ten days of contact, Sejanus now basically understands that the people in the star area, the people in this mine base, especially the senior base leaders headed by Darius, they don’t seem to want to be serious at all. I don't mean to negotiate seriously with him, but the other party is just deliberately delaying time.

Although Sejanus doesn’t know where the opponent’s confidence lies, nor does he understand the use of the opponent’s delaying for a month or two, nor does he believe that the opponent’s so-called Nakpuru sector really has what the opponent has shown. However, as time went by, and as the deadline given to him by the Primarch Horus gradually approached, he inevitably fell into anxiety and irritability.

"only hope……"

"Can there really be a surprise?"

First he sighed in a tone that was mixed with indescribable determination and expectation, and then, in this silent night, Sejanus lay deeply on the back of the sofa and closed his eyes, and then fell into deep thought again.

Although he knew that there might be little hope, and that neither he nor the little girl Ali could really get what they wanted, he still had to go all out and not make any mistakes.

Because he shoulders not only a personal mission, but also the future of the entire 16th Legion and even all Astartes!

And even more so for the emperor!

Yes!

This is also for the emperor...

maybe?

…

At the same time, when Sejanus was lost in thought in the living room, the little girl Ali's room also became very quiet.

"..."

After all, it was normal for her to lie down on the bed and fall into a deep sleep after a long day of playing with a certain lousy head of state.

She slept soundly, just like when she slept in the warm arms of her mother, who never seemed to finish her work and often didn't get home in the middle of the night, once a year on the Vengeful Spirit.

Sudden!

I don’t know how long it took, but the little girl Ali’s eyes opened slightly and she rolled her eyes continuously, as if she wanted to wake up, but couldn’t.

Because the bed and quilt were so warm and comfortable, it was as if her mind wanted to wake up immediately, but her body failed to succumb to the power of the devil in bed and strongly voted against it.

"Woo..."

"Delicious……"

"It smells so good..."

"I……"

"I don't want to go back..."

"Mother……"

"You eat too..."

She was murmuring in her sleep, as if she was arguing or talking to someone, and at the same time, her delicate and wrinkled brows looked full of pain, contradiction and resistance?

"Uncle Company Commander..."

"Woo..."

"Ali is so happy..."

Obviously, for little Ali, she did not know what expectations she had, nor did she know that a powerful Astartes Captain was paying attention to her at this time.

Anyway, she only knew that she had a lot of fun these two days. She had a lot of fun. She ate all kinds of delicious food she had never tasted before, was exposed to all kinds of things she had never dared to imagine, and played all kinds of things she had never played before. , those experiences were wonderful things that she had never dared to imagine, and she was even afraid of losing them in her dreams.

"ah!"

"No……"

"I...I don't..."

"Don't go back..."

"No……"

Then, she didn't know what kind of nightmare she had, and she started to struggle painfully. Not only was the quilt kicked again, but her little face and forehead, which were a little rosy and had long lost the color they had when they first came to the base, were kicked. I also started to sweat a little bit.

"!!"

finally!

"ah!!"

"no, do not want!!"

Maybe she was frightened by the demon in her dream, or maybe it was for some other reason. In short, she finally woke up screaming.

"..."

Then, she sat up suddenly and opened her eyes angrily. She just sat on the bed and stared blankly for a while. She found that she was still in this clean and tidy room with an independent bathroom and a cloakroom, and all the clothes and bedding were there. It was brand new and spotless, whether on the floor or elsewhere. Even if she wanted something to eat, she only needed to go to the machine on the wall and speak her name to the luxurious room. It took her a long time to finally come back to her senses.

"..."

After a while, her ignorant brain seemed to react, and then she slowly lay down again and pulled the soft and fragrant quilt to cover her chin and half of her face covered with sweat and tears. The big eyes that were still a little frightened were left staring at the ceiling.

"It turns out I was dreaming..."

"Very good."

Thinking of what she had just dreamed about, she pinched her face again. The little girl Ali finally breathed a sigh of relief while grinning and contorting her expression.

Because it was a dream, she certainly didn't need to worry about what happened in the dream.

but……

Thinking of the dark and humid lower living area on the Vengeful Spirit, full of the smell of machine rust and heavy metal pollution, and then the place where she was at this moment, and the ordinary people she had seen in the past two days. Almost instantly, her eyes turned red.

"..."

But she quickly bit her lower lip and closed her eyes, resisting some impulsive and scary thoughts, and tried hard to let herself fall asleep.

Because, as long as she falls asleep, she doesn't need to think about certain things.
To be continued...