EROS [Zerg]

Eros held Kam's small body in one arm, feeling the little boy's body trembling in his palm. His body gradually went numb, and a dark, blood-red light emanated from his pair of violet eyes.

The sounds of flesh exploding echoed throughout the cabin.

The sound of the alloy glass shattering drowned out the whimpers that were too late to utter.

The insects inside the cabin stared in astonishment at the space pirates who had exploded on the spot at the door; no one knew what had happened.

"Eros... what's wrong with you?" Kam looked at Eros's bleeding eyes in fear.

"pain."

His head was throbbing with pain; the pain in his head was far more unbearable than the pain from being shot in his body.

The excruciating pain made Eros want to kill himself, but he couldn't bear to die. He wanted to live; such a bright future was right before his eyes, and he couldn't bear to die.

Even though Eros's body was unable to move due to the tranquilizer dart, the pain was still intense.

so painful...

Kam felt something warm splash onto him, and when he looked up, he cried out in surprise, "Eros!!"

Blood gushed from Eros's seven orifices, staining his fair face with mottled red.

Kam was terrified and hurriedly tried to cover Eros's bleeding eyes with his little paws, but his actions did nothing at all.

Eros shed so much blood that Camus was almost stained red like a tiny worm.

"Quickly save him... Go get a doctor..." Kam shouted frantically, pleading for help from the surrounding insects. He noticed that many of the insects were lying on the ground with pained expressions, and no one was willing to help him.

"Eros, don't be afraid, Kama will go find the bugs to save you."

Kamo knew it was now his turn to protect Eros.

The little boy scrambled to his feet, his face filled with terror as he stepped across the blood-stained floor and ran toward the sleeping pods.

Those big bugs just now said the army is there.

Kam ran down the dark corridor, panting and stifling. The occasional appearance of space pirate corpses filled him with terror, and tears streamed down his face uncontrollably.

Kadian had just finished handing the space pirate over to the female officer stationed with the interstellar legion and was about to return to the cabin when a female officer on guard duty ran towards him carrying a small male cub: "Sir! The passengers in the cabin have just been attacked by space pirates!"

"What?!" Kadian immediately realized the seriousness of the situation when he saw the blood-covered little insect in the female soldier's arms.

"Save Eros, he's bleeding so much!" Kamah anxiously gripped Kadian's claws, trying to pull him toward the cabin. Large tears fell onto the female insects' hands, causing the female soldiers to feel extremely distressed.

Kadian took out his sidearm and held it in his hand. After instructing the female soldiers behind him to take good care of Kam, he led the remaining female soldiers and several medics from the interstellar legion to the cabin.

Even before entering the cabin, they could smell a strong stench of blood from afar.

Cardian and Pius had their sidearms loaded, and they rushed in together, only to be surprised to find that there wasn't a single living space pirate there.

Pius lifted his foot and looked at the blood and gore on the sole of his shoe, gasping, "What on earth happened?"

"We'll talk about it later. Let's go check on the passengers first." Cardian scanned the cabin and found that none of the male or female insects were standing.

The army doctor behind them first moved the male insects that were being protected at the back to an open area to examine their bodies.

"How about it?"

Pius looked at the three male insects on the ground, his expression becoming even more serious. If any male insects were injured, the Male Insect Protection Association would definitely not let the matter rest.

"They were hit by tranquilizer darts. The wounds have been disinfected and bandaged, and they should recover in about two weeks." The doctors breathed a sigh of relief: "Sir, please don't worry. The tranquilizer darts won't cause any other damage at the moment and can even help relieve their pain temporarily."

Upon hearing this, Pius and Cardian both breathed a sigh of relief, and their gazes turned to the female insects.

The lack of security for civilian spacecraft allowed space pirates to exploit this vulnerability.

Kadian looked around and saw several lifeless female insects on the ground, and a wave of self-reproach rose in his heart.

If he had been able to send some of the female soldiers stationed in the interstellar legion to the passenger cabin at that time, this situation might not have occurred.

This was a huge oversight, causing so many civilian female insects to be injured...

The female insect…right, that female insect!

Kadian suddenly remembered the female insect, which was as beautiful as the deceased Lieutenant General Evanson. The little male had been crying and saying that he was injured. Where was he?

"Eros." Cardian searched the cabin and finally saw the female insect kneeling on the ground, her back stained red with blood from the bullet wound.

Kadian wanted to get closer to check on Eros's condition, but just as his claws touched Eros's body, a sharp pressure forced him to loosen his grip and take a step back.

This feeling made Cardian realize that this was the mental pressure exerted by a higher-level female insect on a lower-level female insect!

A look of astonishment flashed across Kadian's eyes. He was an A-rank female insect. To make an A-rank female insect feel mental pressure... that was truly a dangerous existence.

Kadian glanced back at the carcasses of the space pirates that had exploded behind him, silently took out a mental sedative from his pocket, and, avoiding the gazes of the other female soldiers, injected the vial into Eros's body.

Eros's tense muscles slowly relaxed, his breathing gradually evened out, his clenched teeth loosened, and his whole body swayed twice before slumping heavily onto Cardian's shoulder.

……

"Eros..."

Eros vaguely heard insects calling to him, and the voice was so beautiful, like that of a female father.

He might be dreaming.

In his dream, he was still a little insect, held in the palm of his female father's hand.

"You are Eros."

The blonde female insect held the sleeping baby insect in her hands and named it.

Eros tried to see the female insect's face, but found that he couldn't open his eyes. He could only hear the female insect calling his name.

“Eros…”

“Eros…”

Female father... Female father...

Eros tried to reach out and grasp the female's claws, but no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't grab anything.

Eros struggled to open his eyes, praying silently: Please... let me see you, Father, I want to find you!

Like light tearing through a chasm, it pierced through Eros's eyes. The moment he opened them, everything went white before his eyes, and memories of confronting the space pirates began to flood his mind.

In that instant, he began to wonder if he was already dead, or if he was experiencing a final burst of energy before death.

Until a crisp, clear voice pulled him back from that blank space:

"Eros!"

The little insect's head was right in front of Eros's eyes, and its tiny antennae were just like the ones Eros had seen when he first met Kam.

Eros struggled to open his chapped lips and softly called out, "Kamo..."

“Eros…” The little boy lay down beside Eros’s bed, gently bringing his big head close and kissing Eros’s lips with his mouth: “It doesn’t hurt anymore, it doesn’t hurt anymore.”

"Eros kept crying out in pain while he was asleep, and he was bleeding a lot. Kama was so worried, so worried that Eros wouldn't wake up." Kama's big tears rolled down and fell onto Eros's lips.

Salty, Eros thought.

Eros looked at the pitiful little boy in front of him and thought to himself, "Kamo is really silly. There's no such thing as a kiss that can stop the pain."

"It doesn't hurt anymore."

Eros gave a faint smile.

"Really?" Tears welled in Kam's eyes as he looked at the bandages wrapped around Eros's body. The wounds were compounded, and he suddenly felt even more heartbroken: "Eros lied to me. It clearly hurts!"

"The male's kiss can relieve the female's pain, isn't that what Commander Enel told Kam?" Eros comforted Kam with a pale face, "Even if Kam doesn't believe Eros, she will definitely believe the female father, right?"

Kamehameha puffed out his round cheeks, nodded as if he believed him, touched Eros's cheek with his lips, and rubbed against the female insect's body affectionately: "Eros, get well soon."

"When Kama grows up, he will marry Eros and make her his queen." Kama blushed after saying this. He stole a glance at Eros on the bed and buried his face in the blankets of the female insect's sickbed.

Eros couldn't help but grin when he saw Kam's shy expression. Just then, he noticed two female soldiers walking in behind Kam.

Eros tried to sit up, but his whole body ached, so he could only force himself to sit up and look at Cardian and Pius: "Sir."

"Okay, lie down now."

Pius and Cardinal went to Eros's bedside.

Eros noticed they had changed into military uniforms and suddenly realized he was no longer on the original passenger ship: "Sir, where is this?"

“We are currently aboard a Star Legion warship,” Pius reassured. “In a few days, we will be able to enter the territory of the First System.”

Because the original passenger ship was attacked by space pirates, the Interstellar Legion made a temporary decision to allow the passengers on the ship to board the warship.

Moreover, in order to protect the injured and precious male insects, they were specially assigned to the main warship with the most stringent security.

Because Kam was unwilling to leave Eros, Kadian intervened and allowed the injured and unconscious Eros to also board the main warship.

“We’ve come to see how you are.” Cardian handed Eros a glass of water and some pills.

Eros took the warmed water and, upon learning that it was Cadian who had allowed him to enter the main fleet for treatment, looked at Cadian and Pius with gratitude: "The two officers have taken such good care of me."

"Seeing you always reminds us of a former comrade-in-arms." Kadian looked at Eros's face with a touch of nostalgia and said, "Kid, take good care of your injuries. You'll see him when you get to the First Military Academy on the Imperial Main Star."

"Is he still in school?" Eros asked, puzzled.

"he?"

Eros saw that the two officers in front of him both wore indescribable smiles, which seemed to be both mockery and regret.

"He left there a long time ago."

"But you will see him."

"His name is Evanson Eastland."