CHAPTER 460: CHAPTER 460 CHANGED COLORS

"You and Clive were classmates?" Fu Xing asked in surprise.

"Yeah! What’s the matter? Don’t look like it?" Xia Zeming glared.

Fu Xing honestly replied, "You look much older than him."

Xia Zeming glared.

Unbeknownst to him, his son added another sentence, "Like from two different generations, and besides, that guy is from the harsh conditions of Helheim Star."

"His hair is silver. For a pure-blooded member of the Mecklenburg Family, aging is symbolized by hair color fading from pink to silver. His is already entirely silver, which makes him much older than me."

Xia Zeming argued forcefully.

Others all covered their faces, worrying once again about the Empire having such a character for a Marshal, hoping the Marshal wouldn’t say anything too shocking in public.

"Clive is very strong, and he is heavy in his killings. Whoever provokes him, he can strike them down, regardless of who they are," Xia Zeming said with much more seriousness as he cautioned solemnly, "Even if it’s my grandson who offends him, he won’t be lenient. Fu Xing, if you face him, you must be emotionally prepared. It’s best to resolve issues through negotiation, even if it means letting him go. Do you understand?"

The reason why Clive and his group were able to escape from Helheim Star to the borders of the Empire’s territory over the past six months wasn’t due to a lack of strength from the Imperial Military; it was completely due to Xia Zeming’s clear understanding that they couldn’t truly corner Clive, otherwise Xia Huangyu and Lin Fu wouldn’t survive.

They could only monitor them closely like hawks, occasionally testing the waters.

Only if Fu Xing himself went, would he feel reassured.

Ordinary people were definitely no match for Clive, this man who was notoriously ruthless in his youth and had become the pillar of the Mecklenburg Family within the Military Department. How could he possibly be weak?

Even the influence of Joseph V as Prince didn’t come close to his.

"I understand," Fu Xing nodded his head and, as he turned to leave, he glanced inadvertently toward the distance where Ah Foo was standing with the students from Elbert, with Mervin at the forefront, looking somewhat downcast.

The corners of his mouth curved into a cold arc; he didn’t linger and boarded his flagship, the Asgard.

...

Lin Fu returned to her room and didn’t come out for half a month. Xia Huangyu knocked on the door several times but never saw her until the spaceship landed on an unnamed small planet, which is when she finally came out of her room.

When she appeared in front of everyone, they were all stunned, staring at her hair without blinking.

Among them, Theresa was the most shocked, her eyes red as if possessed.

Lin Fu walked expressionlessly to Xia Huangyu’s side, looking straight ahead.

Xia Huangyu stammered, pointing at Lin Fu’s hair, "You... did you dye your hair?"

Lin Fu looked at him as if he were an idiot. She wondered why she never realized how funny Xia Huangyu was before. But his style was quite like Principal Xia Zeming’s, certainly more normal than Xia Youyou.

"Isn’t that it?" Xia Huangyu knew he had probably asked a dumb question, his handsome face turning slightly red.

Out of respect for the Royal Family, the citizens of the Empire didn’t dye their hair pink, as it had always been the symbol of the Mecklenburg Family; pink hair dye was also rarely available on the market.

"No."

Lin Fu picked up a strand of her hair, now a dark pink, and frowned in annoyance.

The reason she had stayed in her room and avoided going out, even hiding from Xia Huangyu when he came looking, was because her hair was changing color. On the Capital Star, it had only been mixed with a few strands of pink, which she hadn’t paid attention to after the competition.