EROS [Zerg]

“Bami, don’t say that. Eros is my best friend. He’s just too worried about me and doesn’t know you very well.” Alex’s tense heart clenched when he heard Bami mention the Xiongbao Association.

No female insect is unafraid to hear the male insect utter the name "Male Protection Association".

Alex's palms were covered in sweat. He tried to move his body, but his movements were very clumsy because he was missing both legs.

Eros stopped Alex from acting. Looking at the despicable male insect standing by the bedside, a surge of anger welled up in his heart, but he did not immediately expose the male insect's lie because of Alex's presence.

Eros suppressed his anger and looked at Bami earnestly, saying, "Alai is very good. Please cherish him, Bami."

The male insect raised its eyebrows: "Of course, you don't need to worry about that."

Alex didn't understand why Eros was acting so angry. He was very surprised, because based on his understanding of Eros, Eros was the kind of insect that wouldn't show such obvious anger even when it encountered the most annoying male insect.

Eros felt there was no point in staying there any longer, and Alai needed the male insect's company now, so staying there would only be a downer.

He looked down at Alex and lowered his voice: "Your prosthetic limbs are fixed. Remember to eat. I'm leaving now. I'll come see you again in a few days."

After saying this, Eros released his grip on Alex's hand, bid farewell, and left the ward.

Alex watched Eros's retreating figure, the words of pleas stuck in his throat. Turning his head, he saw the smug expression on the male insect's face, and a sense of powerlessness surged through his limbs.

"Bami... let's find a time to register our marriage."

Alex's eyes and brows betrayed his undeniable fatigue.

“Alex, you shouldn’t bring this up now. What you and your friend did today makes it hard for me not to wonder if I’ve been deceived by you. I will marry you, but you can’t force me into marriage. I don’t like this.” Bami put away his smug expression and looked at Alex coldly: “I will definitely marry you, but as I told you, I also need time for my family and friends to accept your disability.”

"I don't like the way you're pressuring me to marry you. I hope this is the last time. If you do this again, I won't talk to you anymore."

Alex lowered his head, his claws gripping the empty blankets beneath him. After a moment of silence, he raised his head and said in a hoarse voice, "I understand."

"Alright, I'm relieved to see you're doing well here." Seeing the female insect lower her head, Bami narrowed her eyes in satisfaction, reached out her claws to cup Alex's face, kissed his cheeks a few times, and then turned and left.

“…” Alex sat on the hospital bed, staring blankly at the empty blankets beneath him.

Nothing at all……

Alex raised his two paws to his eyes, and soon a faint, suppressed sob echoed in the empty ward.

Eros stood by the window in the hospital corridor, looking at the pristine white buildings and the various insects flitting about outside, and he felt extremely agitated.

The male insect of the Kritata family clearly wasn't willing to give Alai even a position as a female servant. He only wanted Alai to be his female slave.

Once the male insect had marked Alai, it felt as if it had devoured the female, and Alai could no longer leave it, leaving it at its mercy.

"How awful! Why didn't I dare to beat him up back then?" Eros clenched his claws tightly, his voice filled with guilt. He was still too cowardly.

Even insects were bullying his friend, and he didn't dare say anything harsh.

It's because that worm named Bami is a male.

"Lord Eros, is the bug you want to beat up me?"

Just as Eros was inwardly berating himself for lacking courage and being a coward, Bami's voice came from behind him.

Eros clenched his fists tighter, and the moment he turned around, the guilt on his face instantly transformed into a cold expression filled with disgust, disdain, revulsion, and loathing: "Bami Xiongzi, you need something from me?"

"You don't seem to like me very much?" Bami chuckled as he walked up to Eros.

“Of course.” Eros said coldly, “I never thought that an A-level male insect would need to pretend to be a C-level male insect to deceive ordinary female insects. You are such a shameless, immoral, malicious, and wicked insect. If I could still like you after seeing your true colors, I should really go see the Insect God and get a new insect core.”

“You…” Bami had never been insulted so bluntly by an insect before: “You… you’re quite pretty, but your mouth is filthy…”

If she can speak so filthyly in front of male insects, what must she be saying in private—huh?!

"I can't say anything nice to a pile of bug droppings." Eros had just been regretting not beating up this bug, but now that the male bug had delivered itself to his doorstep, could he at least scold it if he couldn't hit it?

"Tsk." Bami frowned. "As expected of a tasteless female insect, the friends she makes are all low-class."

"What did you say?" Eros was furious. "Are you saying Alai has no taste?"

"If you think he's tasteless, why did you go and provoke him?!"

"You're quite pleased with yourself for toying with the feelings of female insects, aren't you, sir, male insect of the Kritata family?"

"You knew?" Bami smiled. "How did you know?"

"What you said at those parties has already spread throughout aristocratic circles."

Bami found it amusing after hearing this, and he tilted his head and chuckled, "Then why don't you go tell Alex?"

“You should know the reason very well,” Eros said in a cold voice. “Alai is my best friend. If you dare to hurt him, I don’t mind trading my life for yours.”

Bami remained unfazed by the threat, chuckling softly, "If you dare kill me, without my pheromones, how long do you think Alex can survive?"

"And those two worms in his belly, if they're male, it's fine, but if they're not male, have you ever thought about how miserable their lives will be?"

Seeing Eros's astonished expression, Bami chuckled and said to him, "Aren't you angry and curious why I would deliberately tease Alex when I clearly have no shortage of female insects?"

“It won’t hurt to tell you.” Bami leaned close to Eros and said in an extremely nasty voice, “He was originally a female slave that his male father lost to our family. It’s already a miracle that a crippled insect like him could be my cousin’s plaything. If it weren’t for the fact that his female father was the empire’s chief inspector, he would have been sent to be scrapped before he could even crawl out of his egg!”

"How dare such a lowly female insect refuse to become a female slave of our Kritata family? She simply doesn't respect us at all."

He thought he had escaped.

“But how is that possible? It’s a joke. He wants a title? Fine, come be my slave.”

“I will give him to all the male insects of the Kritata family. He won’t dare to resist. If he refuses, I will send his offspring.”

After saying that, Bami dropped the docile and kind facade he had always maintained in front of Alex, revealing a wicked and cruel smile:

"He'll never be free for the rest of his life."

Eros stared blankly at the male insect that had revealed its true form, trembling with rage. Although reason told him to remain calm and patient, he couldn't help but raise his claw and smash it at Bami: "Insect shit!"

"Eros!"

A figure lunged straight at Eros, who had already raised his fist to smash the male insect, and forcefully stood between the two insects, blocking the heavy punch for the male Bami.