Chapter 2529 Separation of paths and deviation (twenty-two)
At the same time (?), at 7:30 in the morning, on the rooftop apron of the Cairo Grand Hotel.
"You are finally here." When Albert and Mutt arrived, Gusta was waiting there.
"Um, why is Mutt driving?" He couldn't help but ask when he saw Mutt controlling the cavalry to land.
"Uh ha ha ha..." Albert responded with a smile and directly avoided the question. When he jumped off the back seat of the cavalry, Mutt's face was still flushed.
"Huh huh." Gusta seemed to have seen through something, and he grunted, and when he looked at Albert, his eyes suddenly became half hostile.
"It's half past seven, at least you're not late." He added, "You're all tired. Go take a rest first. When the time comes, we'll go to the dock together."
"Isn't the home stadium of today's game at the underground stadium?" Mutter couldn't help but asked curiously.
"No, although the opponent is a visiting European team, the Sphynx have already used their home court in previous games. For the sake of fairness, they won't let us use their home court again."
"By the way, what team is today's opponent?" Albert asked casually.
"Muter hasn't told you yet?" The tiger man glanced at Albert with a slightly surprised look: "Today's opponent is the [British Knights]."
Albert's eyes widened: "Great, Great Britain...?!"
Gusta turned to look at Mutt: "------Such important information, you haven't told him yet?"
"I'm sorry. I just don't want him to worry." The cat boy replied: "And even if he knows, what can he do? The result of the game will not change because he knows who the opponent is in advance. If he can win, he will definitely win.
, an unwinnable game can’t be won no matter how improvised it is.”
"Is it possible to win or not..." Albert couldn't help but murmured in a low voice.
"We must win. Even if the opponent is very strong, we must win." Mutter said, "We will definitely win if we use all our strength."
"It's so easy to say..." Albert groaned: "I have to go back to catch up on my sleep and refresh myself. I hope I can make it in time."
Then he hurried to the elevator.
"On the way back...he didn't do anything to you, right?" Gusta suddenly asked in a low voice after Albert walked away.
"Uh!" Realizing the hidden meaning in Gusta's words, the cat boy felt as if he was being pricked by needles, and his whole cat's hair exploded: "How do you...know...
"
"I smell a faint... smell on you." Gusta replied: "And he was sitting behind you just now. He didn't do anything to you, right?"
"He didn't. He just accidentally touched me when he was hugging me. Then I was so disappointed." Mutt blushed and whispered: "So, you know everything? The clone who went to Great Britain with you
, confessed to you?"
"Yeah." The tiger man rubbed his nose: "Don't underestimate my nose."
"Eh." Mutt fell down on the couch like a deflated rubber ball. In fact, he squatted on the ground without any strength: "Mr. Gusta knew about such a shameful thing."
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone." The tiger man smiled bitterly: "I would like to ask a question: When you and Mr. Albert's clone did that... thing, was he
Did he take the initiative to seduce you, or was it the other way around?"
Mutt was silent for a long time.
"It's my fault." Then he replied with a blushing face.
"Really? Silly boy." Gusta sighed: "In that case, I have nothing to say. The clone insisted that he was different from the real Mr. Albert. They can be said to be in two different parallel worlds.
He has gone back and is no longer in this world, and you should let go of this relationship. Otherwise, the real Mr. Albert likes someone else, and you will not have a chance, and you will only live a miserable life in the future.
difficult......"
"Yes. I know." Mutt stared into the distance, just able to see the sun rising from the horizon from this angle: "I will try...to forget this stupid idea. But I
It takes time."
"Then don't partner with him anymore," Gusta followed suit: "Originally, Father Sphinx assigned you to take care of him. Now that Father is gone, Father's original order has come to an end.
.You can do whatever you want next, there is no need to continue to be his follower."
"......don't want."
"Why? That guy will only bring you more danger. You know that he likes someone else, and it is impossible for you to be together. Staying by his side will only make it more painful--even if
Do you still want to continue?"
"Yes." The cat boy sighed: "I don't have anywhere to go anyway."
"No, you do." The tiger man hummed: "Move to my house, Mutt. Although I'm not as good at fighting as that guy, I will definitely find a way to protect you. Old Sphinx
After my death, my enemies have become much more honest, and the person they most want to assassinate is Mr. Albert. It will be more dangerous for you to stay with him."
The cat boy was silent for a while: "Why do you bring this up? Mr. Gusta, are you...interested in me? Are you also ------"
"Idiot. No." The tiger man immediately denied, "I just can't stand this and want to do something for you."
"Why? Because we are teammates? Because you think you are an adult and have the responsibility to take care of me, a child?" Mutt frowned.
"If that's what you want to think."
"I can take care of myself, Mr. Gusta." The stubborn cat boy refused: "Even if I know it's impossible to be with him, I still want to stay by his side. Even if it's just for a little longer."
"There is only giving without reward, and all that is left is pain, child." Gusta said with regret.
"I know. But..." Mutt muttered a few words in a low voice, but no one could hear what he was saying.
"Anyway, thank you for everything you have done for us, Mr. Gusta. But I have to go. I have to change my pants..." The cat boy avoided the other person's eyes: "Even Mr. Gusta did
I can see through it. If other teammates know about this, it will only be more embarrassing."
"You don't care what others think of you. You only care about what he thinks of you. Does he know this?"
"He knew it. He knew it when he accidentally touched me...there..." Mutt grimaced, looking like he wanted to cry: "I'm probably not good at lying."
Yeah, haha..."
"At least he didn't distance himself from you," Gusta said.
"Yes, at least." Mutt said with a bitter smile, and turned around and left without even saying goodbye.
"It's so slow. What are you talking about with Mr. Gusta?" Albert was waiting for Mutt in front of the luxurious room on the top floor of the hotel. Because the cat boy didn't have a key card, he couldn't open the door.
"Just chatting." Mutt replied lightly: "I'm tired, I'm going to take a shower first."
"Bathing again? Take a bath all day long, be careful of washing yourself so that it fades and turns into a white cat." Albert closed the door and joked.
"That's long-winded." The cat boy rolled his eyes at Albert.
"So, you want to calm down and talk to me about what happened on the cavalry?" Albert closed the door and walked into the room with Mutt.
"...Do we have to talk?" The cat boy avoided the tiger.
"Yes, I think it's better to explain this kind of thing clearly now. Avoiding it will only make us more embarrassed in the future." Albert hummed while sitting on the edge of the bed.
Mutt then sat obediently on the edge of the bed, facing Albert, but remained silent.
"Tell me something," the tiger man urged, "I want to know what you are thinking. Is it an impulse, or do you really have thoughts about me?"
"You should already know the answer to this question." Mutter responded with a rhetorical question.
"Well, meow, I take your answer as [yes]." Albert looked at the other party seriously: "Sure enough, your choice is exactly the same as Rufus. Why are you all like this, meow?"
Guy...guy like me...what's so good about me?"
"I just like it. Can't you?" the cat boy pouted and whispered: "You are much better than you think."
"Should I thank you, meow?" Albert shrugged, and then began to scratch his head awkwardly: "And my answer is [no]. I rejected Ruf in the first place, but now I have to use the same method.
I'm sorry for rejecting you. I only have Chanel in my heart right now, and this idea probably won't change for a long time. Even if she is no longer here, or maybe she won't be there for a long time.
Will wake up and meet me."
"I know. I lost to a half-dead man." The cat boy drooped his ears: "But that's to be expected. After all, for a guy like me...you must think I'm disgusting."
"
"No. Don't think so."
"Liar!"
"It's true." Albert blinked: "I won't dislike you for this kind of thing. Probably, if I hadn't met Chanel, if Ruf was still around, I would have been with him now.
Let’s get together."
"Are you really...!?"
"So, you were just unlucky and appeared at the wrong stage of my life at the wrong time." Albert shook his head and said, "I even thought about treating you like Rufus, and then
Give you everything I should have given Ruf. But now I can't do it, I really can't do it."
A certain luster in the cat boy's eyes was slowly extinguishing. Until this moment, he actually still had a little hope for the tiger boy in front of him. He hoped that he would look away from the woman and occasionally look at him.
.But now, he knew that it was absolutely impossible. It was not because of his identity, gender, or any other reason, but simply because Albert only loved that woman deeply.
"Okay, I've made it clear." The tiger man breathed a long sigh of relief: "I hope this won't make the relationship between us too awkward. We...will still be friends in the future,
Right?"
"No, my thoughts about you will still not change, just like you know that woman will not come back, but still miss her." Mutt said: "But I will restrain myself. I know if I don't restrain myself,
It will only bother you, so I will try my best to restrain it."
"I knew you wouldn't simply give up." Albert scratched his head: "After all, I know how stubborn you are better than anyone else."
"sorry."
"No need to apologize." The tiger man sighed: "But at least, you should be able to really restrain yourself and not do anything while I am sleeping, right?"
"I will. Otherwise we can't stay together anymore, right?"
"Yes. I'm sorry." Albert replied without emotion. Probably, if Mutt can't restrain himself from doing something inappropriate, Albert will be cruel and change his mind forever.
Just walk away.
"Why do you need to apologize?" Mutter asked.
"Because, this must be a cruel thing for you, right? If you must [restrain] like this."
"No." Mutt blinked and replied, "I am satisfied if I can continue to stay by your side."
If one day you meet someone who is suitable for you, I promise... I will completely disappear from your sight and will not hinder you.
But until then...please allow me to continue to be willful for a while."
"I understand, that's it." Albert replied, "You... are such a good person."
"I know, many people have said this to me." Mutt couldn't help but smile bitterly. (To be continued)