Healing S-Class Beasts Made Me the Empire's Treasure

The resourceful and handsome young Star Lord faced the beautiful young female, who had already made up her mind.

For the first time, he felt a sense of helplessness.

No matter how many schemes he devised, if the one he held dear didn’t care in the slightest, all his plans were nothing more than a grand dream—a one-man show.

Jun Lin Yuan’s lips parted with difficulty. Forcing a smile, he nodded at Yu Lan. "Alright."

"I’ll leave."

’As if.’

Jun Lin Yuan’s heart was pounding wildly.

In a world where it was normal for one female to have multiple male partners, for a female to actually promise a male she wouldn’t seek anyone else...

It was a promise more dazzling than the rarest gem in the world.

At that moment, Jun Lin Yuan, who was already hopelessly infatuated with Yu Lan, fell completely and utterly in love.

After so many years, he had finally encountered a female so captivating and kind.

’How could he possibly let her go so easily?’

’Agreeing isn’t the same as letting go. It’s just a tactic to make her lower her guard so I can play the long game.’

’Obedient males don’t get beautiful wives.’

Jun Lin Yuan’s reply made Yu Lan breathe a sigh of relief.

Feeling as though she had successfully resolved the matter, Yu Lan was thrilled.

The smile on her face grew more genuine, tinged with a hint of sweetness.

"Well, I’m off to work now."

"Yeah, there’s no need to rush off. If you’re still not feeling well, you can rest here a while longer."

’It’s not like I have anything valuable here, anyway.’

’Besides, someone as wealthy as Jun Lin Yuan wouldn’t stoop to stealing my things.’

Since he had resolved to lower Yu Lan’s guard and play the long game, Jun Lin Yuan couldn’t let his efforts go to waste now by making her suspicious.

The tall, handsome man shook his head.

"I’m fine. As it happens, I have some matters to attend to."

"I’ll leave with you."

The two parted ways at the entrance of the villa, heading in opposite directions.

「Meanwhile」

The members of the Federation delegation, hidden in the shadows, made their move.

"Finally, we caught Yu Lan on her own."

"If this had dragged on for another two days, we would’ve had to leave the Empire and return to the Federation."

"Alright, men. When we make our move, be careful. This is a delicate and precious female. Don’t you dare harm her. And you certainly can’t get rough like we do when we’re fighting the Dark Planet on the battlefield."

"After all," the man at the front of the Federation delegation, clearly the leader, drawled.

"She’s very likely the female our Commander has taken a liking to."

After a painstaking investigation, the group had deduced that during the military tournament, the only female Fu Chenhan could have had contact with was Yu Lan.

Adding to that, Fu Chenhan had previously thrown self-interest to the wind to shield Yu Lan.

They couldn’t help but read more into it.

"Our Commander actually took a laser cannon blast for Yu Lan. Could any of you have imagined that happening before?"

The men who were asked the question hurriedly shook their heads.

"Never in a million years."

The Federation Commander—a born warrior, cold, grim, and incredibly strict—actually taking a hit for someone else? Who would believe it?

"And yet, it happened."

"Gentlemen, I have two theories right now."

"Either this beautiful young female deliberately seduced our Commander, or our Commander has truly fallen for her."

A smile played on the leader’s lips, his voice laced with persuasion. "As long as we bring Yu Lan back to the Federation, it’ll be a huge meritorious deed."

At his words, his subordinates exchanged a look, their faces filled with agreement.

Seeing that Yu Lan was alone, the men of the Federation delegation sprang into action, rapidly closing in on her.

「On the other side」

「In the hovercar」

In the driver’s seat, Jun Lin Yuan’s face was grim. A frigid aura emanated from him, completely undisguised.

The man’s long, powerful fingers tapped an idle rhythm on the steering wheel.

TAP, TAP, TAP.

’That should be enough time.’

His hand tightened on the steering wheel.

The hovercar instantly executed a sharp drift, whipping around and speeding off in the direction Yu Lan had gone.

’Enough time has passed. If I secretly follow her now, she’ll never notice.’

’How does this not count as staying away? After all, I’m not even showing myself to her.’

Filled with the nervous excitement of seeing Yu Lan again soon, Jun Lin Yuan drove the hovercar at breakneck speed.

He sped along the route.

But the farther he went, the excited expression on Jun Lin Yuan’s face slowly grew cold.

SCREECH—

The harsh sound of braking split the air.

Jun Lin Yuan’s brow furrowed so intensely you could have crushed a fly between them.

From where his hovercar was stopped, he could faintly make out the gates of the Science Research Institute.

But... impossible. There was no way Yu Lan could have been fast enough to have already entered the Science Research Institute.

Yet he had scanned every hovercar and person along the way and hadn’t seen a single trace of her.

’What in the world was going on?’

’Where did Yu Lan go?’

A wave of inexplicable panic surged through him.

Jun Lin Yuan tugged at his collar, feeling a suffocating pressure build in his chest. An indescribable frustration welled up inside him, making him want to abandon all decorum and just roar.

Jun Lin Yuan gripped the steering wheel so tightly that the veins on the back of his hand bulged.

The hovercar whipped around in mid-air once more and sped back the way it came.

Finally, at a certain spot, Jun Lin Yuan’s hovercar came to a stop.

He sniffed the air sharply. This was it. This was where Lanlan’s scent began to fade.

’So, who was it?’

The tall, handsome man slowly bent down. He picked up a single strand of black hair from the dirt-strewn ground, carefully wiping away the dust.

Violent, terrifying emotions churned in his molten gold eyes.

Someone had abducted his beloved female.

His large hands, hanging at his sides, clenched into fists so tight that trickles of blood dripped from between his fingers.

In the next instant, the man leaped into the hovercar like an agile panther.

The silvery-white hovercar shot off like an arrow released from a bow, speeding in a specific direction.

Jun Lin Yuan drove in a frantic pursuit. Whenever he reached a fork in the road, he would pause to stick his head out the window and sniff the air.

That faint, clean fragrance seemed to be engraved upon his very soul.

Even though it was now diluted in the air to the point of being almost non-existent, Jun Lin Yuan’s enhanced sense of smell still allowed him to discern the direction of Yu Lan’s disappearance.

Then he would whip the steering wheel around, sending the hovercar racing in pursuit.

At the same time, he multitasked, sending one message after another to Huo Zhanting and the others with all the relevant information.

As much as he despised them, he couldn’t afford a shred of arrogance when Yu Lan’s safety was at stake.

If one looked closely, they could even see that Jun Lin Yuan’s hands on the steering wheel were trembling slightly.

He absolutely refused to accept that the vibrant, beautiful female who had been standing before him just half an hour ago could simply vanish from his life.

’I have to get her back.’

’I *have* to get her back!’