Collapse Iron: My Past Life Revealed, I Was Everyone's White Moonlight

The hall was completely silent.

Only the rustling sound of the paper being turned seemed particularly jarring.

As the report was turned page by page, Titania grew increasingly silent.

Finally, she clutched the report tightly in her hand and closed her eyes.

Isolde didn't say anything, but just knelt on one knee and bowed her head quietly.

I don't know how much time passed.

Titania's hoarse, weary voice came from above.

Even... there was a hint of disappointment in the voice.

"Isolde...go and call Sam over."

Isolde rose respectfully: "Yes."

"My... Empress."

As the audience outside the canopy watched Isolde walk out, they became excited.

[They're here! The Empress has investigated everything and is about to settle scores with those old men!]

[The reason Isolde is calling Sam over now is probably to discuss something, right?]

But I don't know if it's just my imagination, but I feel like Her Majesty the Queen seems quite disappointed...

[Is the sense of loss due to being betrayed by the parliament that was supposed to support them?]

Hmm...that makes sense, but I feel like something's missing...

[Hiss, now that you mention it, something suddenly came to mind. When the Queen tasked Isolde with dealing with the Titans, it seemed she intended to warn the Council in addition to protecting Sam. Is she truly disappointed by the Council's betrayal?]

[But what else could possibly make the Queen so dejected besides this?]

For some reason, I suddenly had a bad feeling...

Hey, I think you guys have been through too much trauma; you're getting a bit paranoid.

[That's right. Now that the war with the Zerg is over, and the Empress holds military power over the Iron Cavalry, what could possibly happen that she can't handle?]

That makes sense...

Amidst the audience's discussion, the scene on the screen shifted to Sam's laboratory.

Inside the laboratory, it seemed that Firefly had not yet returned.

Sam stood at the control panel as usual, looking at the data on the screen.

Footsteps came from outside the door.

Then the laboratory door opened, and Isolde walked in.

Sam didn't turn around: "Have you found out?"

Isolde nodded: "It's been investigated... Her Majesty the Queen summons you."

Sam nodded, gathered up the data, and came to Isolde's side: "Let's go."

Isolde looked at Sam and hesitated for a moment: "Her Majesty the Queen..."

Sam smiled at Isolde, who seemed worried about Titania. "Don't worry."

"I have dedicated my life's loyalty to Her Majesty the Queen."

"So...I will grant her wish."

Isolde: "..."

Isolde looked at Sam in front of her.

From the moment she met this man, she never knew what he was up to.

But she knew.

This man never does anything he's not sure he can do.

Isolde didn't say anything more, just nodded and turned to leave the laboratory with Sam.

However, as soon as the two stepped out of the laboratory, they bumped into Liuying, who was returning from a mission.

"Brother Sam!" When Firefly saw Sam, she rushed towards him.

Sam reluctantly caught the firefly: "Is the mission over?"

Although Grammer has won the war against the Zerg, it is not completely over.

There are still many free-roaming areas and areas occupied by the insect swarm within Grammer.

Teams like the one led by Firefly were tasked with carrying out the mission of eliminating the insect swarms within the territory, in accordance with orders.

Firefly nodded with a smile: "Mm!"

"Brother Sam, let me tell you, this time..."

"Cough cough—"

Just as Firefly was preparing to share her spoils with Sam as usual.

Suddenly, a coughing sound came from the side.

Only then did the fireflies realize that there was another person beside them.

The key point is that this person is still...

"Lord Isolde!"

Although she and Isolde were acquaintances because of Sam.

But this time, right in front of Isolde, she threw herself into Sam's arms...

Liu Ying's face immediately turned red, and she quickly let go of Sam and stood properly to the side.

Sam raised an eyebrow at Firefly, who had instantly become docile, and found it somewhat amusing.

Isolde glanced at Sam with a hint of helplessness: "Dr. Sam, it's getting late, let's go."

"understood."

After Sam finished speaking, he looked at Firefly and said, "Firefly, Her Majesty the Queen is looking for me."

"You should go back now. Since the mission is over, get some rest."

"Mmm," Liu Ying replied obediently.

Watching Sam leave, Firefly's eyes were filled with reluctance.

But she also knew.

With the end of the war, Sam's status will be completely different.

He is no longer just a genius designer.

He was the guardian of the entire empire and the Empress's most trusted minister.

The distance between them seemed to have grown even wider.

But... it's okay.

Liu Ying clenched her fist.

after all.

She was already content just to be by his side and watch over him.

……

Inside the magnificent Grammer Palace.

Empress Titania stood by the window, still clutching the document Isolde had brought back.

She gazed quietly out the window at the city celebrating its victory in the war, but her face showed little joy.

"His Majesty."

Suddenly, Isolde's voice came from behind.

"Dr. Sam is already waiting outside the hall."

Titania turned and sat back down on her throne, her face regaining its queenly majesty: "Let him in."

Soon, Sam entered the main hall.

He was still wearing that white lab coat and that unchanging white mask.

As Sam entered the temple, Isolde closed the door.

Once again, only Titania on the throne and Sam below the throne remained in the palace.

Sam knelt on one knee: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects."

"Rise."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Lu Qing..." As Sam stood up, Titania looked at him with a complicated expression, "Your prophecy... has come true."

"I am merely stating the established facts," Sam said calmly.

"This is the destiny of the empire, and also His Majesty's victory."

"Victory...?" Titania murmured. "Yes."

"The war has been won..."

"The empire is saved too..."

"I should be happy..."

but……

Titania slowly descended from the throne and came before Sam.

Her deep purple eyes gazed at him silently for a long time before she slowly spoke.

Her voice was ethereal and beautiful, yet it carried a hint of weariness and...sadness that was barely perceptible.

"Sam, Lord Lu..."

"My most trusted knight, my most intelligent scholar..."

"Tell me, is everything my people found out... true?"

Sam remained silent and did not answer.

A flicker of pain crossed Titania's eyes.

She reached out her slightly trembling hand and gently placed it on the white mask on Sam's face.

Tell me, Sam.

The empress's voice carried a hint of pleading.

"The 'Grammer Empire' to which we are loyal, the 'people' we protect..."

"Did it... never exist in the first place?"