EROS [Zerg]

"Adopt me?"

Eros was shocked. He pointed at himself with his claws: "But I am an adult female insect."

Feather chuckled: "You can join one of the eight noble families and become one of them."

"This won't do you any harm. Their goal is the male offspring. If you refuse, they will use other methods to achieve their goal."

"Would they try diplomacy first, then resort to force?"

Looking at Eros's less-than-pleasant expression, Feather found the female insect quite interesting: "It's hard to say."

Eros suppressed his unpleasant expression and sat quietly to the side without asking any more questions.

They should be able to reach the first star system by tomorrow.

The aircraft was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Eros leaned back in his seat with his eyes closed, while Feather watched him from the side.

"What are you thinking?"

Eros opened his eyes. "I was thinking about the eight noble families."

Feather asked with interest, "So, which family are you ready to join?"

"Colonel, you overestimate me. How could I possibly choose from the eight most illustrious noble families in the empire?" Eros smiled bitterly. "I'm just an ordinary female insect who got lucky. How could I possibly expect to have a choice?"

That was said without any sincerity.

In fact, Eros had just gone through his understanding of the empire's eight major noble families in his mind, and he pessimistically realized that no matter which family he joined, his situation would not be good.

Having a noble title may seem prestigious, but it's actually useless. Moreover, it makes one very easy to be bound by those nobles. Without blood ties or supportive relatives, if those nobles ever take a dislike to you and want to get rid of you, it's all too easy.

A reason like "for the good of the family" can be used to legitimately sell oneself to someone else.

Eros understood that unless he was powerful enough to intimidate a major noble family, such as becoming a female insect of the level of a general or an imperial marshal, he would only become a victim who could be easily manipulated.

Eros couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

He feels no joy or fondness at finding his blood-related insect relatives; instead, he's surrounded by trouble.

Moreover, from the very first meeting, he rarely felt close to Luo Lanxiongzi, and his patience with this high-level male insect cub was less than that with Kamo, a C-level male insect cub.

There was even a hint of repulsion, a feeling that Eros could sense from the very first glance at the male insect offspring.

Eros took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. He looked at Feather and said, "Colonel, with my current internship salary of five thousand star coins, I can't afford to support a male insect. The male Roran is better suited to a female insect."

Feather told him not to worry: "The male Roland will receive the highest welfare benefits that the Empire gives to male insects. The monthly allowance is equivalent to half a year's salary for you."

After saying that, Feather looked at Eros strangely:

"You've got the things that so many female insects dream of, so why do I feel like you're even more unhappy?"

“I don’t think Luo Lanxiong and I could be related by blood. The high genetic similarity could just be a coincidence, right?” Eros said, revealing his true thoughts.

Fisse did not interrupt Eros, and continued to listen to him say, "It should not be me, no one."

Feather seemed to understand Eros's meaning, and he looked surprised: "Don't you like Roland the male? He's an SS male insect offspring. Do you know how many female insects would go crazy pursuing him just because of his appearance?"

Feather's exaggerated description made Eros's forehead tighten: "I didn't say that."

"But if you like him, you wouldn't say that. If you like him, you would only be pleasantly surprised that the Insect God has given you such a great opportunity."

"Would being a nanny be such a wonderful thing?" Eros couldn't sense pheromones, so he couldn't understand the female insects around him who were so obsessed with pursuing male insects.

"That's a male insect! If you've ever smelled a male insect's pheromones, you'll understand that the alluring scent can drive any female insect crazy, make her lose her mind, and be willing to give up everything."

Eros couldn't understand it; he only thought, "This is terrible."

If he could smell the male insect pheromones, would he lose his mind and relentlessly pursue Kenya, Kaven, and those male insects who used him as sex toys in the dark basement? Would he genuinely like them and devoutly kiss their thighs?

Ugh, this is disgusting.

Eros's expression turned even uglier.

Seeing Eros's unpleasant expression, Feather made up her mind.

Inside the Sepoli Castle, the Insect King Ina stood before a stained-glass window, looking up at the dome that shimmered in the sunlight.

This was the most absurd product of youth; in order to pursue the male prince of Dalles, he specially built this magnificent palace, as beautiful as a jewel, in the Sepulchre.

The young Insect King's act of gifting this magnificent and dazzling jeweled palace and the coveted position of Insect Emperor to Dales, the son of the Dedra family, as a marriage proposal was like a giant mountain crashing into a vast ocean on the Star Network at that time, creating wave after wave of impact.

Back then, the queen insect, caught in the whirlwind of male pheromones and love, would shower her beloved male insects with countless treasures and expressions of affection every day.

Emperor Dales gradually lost interest in the precious jewels presented to him.

With tenderness, Ina gently took the male's hand in her arms, bent down and kissed it softly: "My dear male, please tell me what else can bring a smile to your face, and I will do anything to get it for you."

“Ina, my female insect, there is indeed something I desire but have not obtained,” said the Dales Insect Emperor. “I do not wish to look up at you every time I see you, so grant my wish and kneel down, Ina.”

The young insect king's gaze suddenly froze. The insect-attracting pheromones made his body feel an urge to kneel down at the feet of the male insects and beg for affection.

But the stagnation of her gaze and her heart made Ina feel truly suffocated.

"Do not."

Ina's vision went black, his bent knees and spine stiffened as he walked out of the jewel palace he had meticulously designed and built.

He placed his paws on his chest and suddenly realized that he didn't seem to like Darlest as much anymore.

Just then, a blond, blue-eyed guy he had never really liked stuck a cute "rosebud" in his strong arm.

Later, after the Dalles Insect Emperor was brutally murdered by the traitor Rheincent, he was left all alone again.

For female insects, losing a male means that their life has begun its countdown.

The once aloof and powerful Insect Emperor has gradually faded from the sight of the people of Insect Planet. They are all speculating whether their emperor will soon pass away and whether they will welcome a new Insect Emperor.

There are constant sighs from the public: "How pitiful His Majesty the Insect King is, losing such a beloved male ruler like this."

"hehe."

The feeling of pinching a male insect to death with one's own claws was far more boring than the excitement Ina had imagined.

Before the claws could even exert much force, his beloved Darles' neck was broken.

Ina regretted that she had dealt with him so quickly, and regretted that she hadn't whipped the male insect that had trampled her dignity to the ground, so that he would realize who had put him on such a high pedestal? How dare he covet and defile the "little rose" under his wings?