He knew that his body had become so weak that it was starting to show reactions. He mustn't let Karoon notice anything amiss.
Shalin scratched his head. "Actually, I had insomnia last night, so I'm a bit sleepy today. It's okay. I think I'll go to bed earlier tonight!" Karoon had fallen asleep first last night, so he would surely believe this.
Sure enough, although Karoon was still a bit worried, he was no longer as tense. "Did you stay up late playing games again? I'll watch you fall asleep first tonight before I go to bed myself."
"Hey, Your Majesty the great Emperor, I promise I won't stay up late anymore in the future!"
Karoon pinched Shalin's nose. "Getting cheeky again? Come on, for dinner we'll try the local specialties. They're all kinds of delicious food made with flowers as ingredients."
Shalin thought of the flower cakes from a certain south - western province of the Flower Country on Earth. They were extremely delicious. So the flower - made food here should also be very tasty.
After dinner, the two of them went to participate in the local special festival, praying and watching shows. Shalin felt that this planet had some characteristics similar to ancient times in the Flower Country.
At night, as Karoon had said during the day, he insisted on waiting for Shalin to fall asleep before going to bed himself. Shalin tried hard to close his eyes and think of nothing. Sure enough, he felt dizzy. Suddenly, he felt a pang of heart palpitations. To prevent Karoon from seeing the pain on his face, Shalin tried to turn over naturally and go to sleep.
It was a very strange feeling. Shalin felt his vitality being continuously drained away. He only had ten days left. Alas, he felt so sad and wanted to cry. No, he couldn't be so weak. Shalin, you're a man. You can't cry. Hold it back!
The next day on the starship, while having afternoon tea, Shalin suddenly noticed that Karoon had been staring at him. Shalin looked down at himself. "Is there something wrong with me?"
Karoon stood up, put his arms around Shalin's waist and lifted him up a bit. "Xiaolinzi, have you lost a few pounds?"
Of course he had. Shalin was also quite sure that he had lost weight, because a sign of his gradually weakening body was the continuous loss of weight.
Shalin touched his nose guiltily. "No, right? Gaining or losing a few pounds is quite normal, isn't it?"
Karoon put Shalin down and turned to instruct the servant to bring a weighing scale. "Xiaolinzi, step on it quickly and weigh yourself."
Shalin shrugged helplessly and stepped on the scale. He had forgotten how much he weighed the last time he got on the scale, but Karoon remembered it clearly.
Sure enough, when he saw the number on the scale, his expression became very serious. "Xiaolinzi, you've actually lost four kilograms! It's only been a month! No, I must give you a good tonic."
The result of the good tonic was that there were a full fifty dishes for dinner! Fifty! Even though they were the Emperor and the Empress, this was really too extravagant!
But he couldn't refuse Karoon's kindness. Shalin could only stuff the food into his mouth hard. His cheeks puffed out like a little hamster. Eating so much should make Karoon feel more at ease.
As a result, Shalin overate. His stomach was bulging round. Karoon stared at Shalin's stomach meaningfully and said, "A pregnant woman's belly is probably about this big after four or five months, right?"
Shalin was speechless. "This is just my stomach being stretched. A pregnant belly should be..." Right, he didn't have a uterus. How did men get pregnant in this world?