EROS [Zerg]

Eros continued to look for work during the day as usual. Thanks to the guidance of the two female insects he had met last time, he no longer stubbornly sent his resume only to electronics factories and parts workshops.

Eros arrived at a toy company with his design in hand.

The Zerg larvae toy industry is not very well developed.

The toy industry arose to serve male insects; almost no adult insects buy toys for female offspring, and most of the toys for male offspring are soft plush toys made of star beast fur. The most common place for insect toys to be used is the female insect's body, something Eros previously loathed, but now he walked through the doors of "Diesel," the largest sex toy manufacturing company in the Fourth Star System, carrying a thick stack of his designs.

At the front desk of the Diesel Toy Company, facing the main entrance, the female Aso was sitting at her workstation, frantically typing on her computer.

His daily work involves receiving guests and handling communications regarding complaints and suggestions, which is not an easy task.

The Zerg's understanding of their feelings is reserved only for offspring and males, especially for females who lack their own males and rely on small toys for comfort. These females are more temperamental and don't show the same tenderness towards sub-females as they do towards males.

Communicating with this type of insect is extremely draining, and the numbness and perfunctory attitude on his face have caused him to lose the sweetness and tenderness that originally belonged to the sub-female.

"Hello, I'm here for a job interview."

"Oh." Aso didn't even look up when he heard this, but then he suddenly recalled what he had just heard, and his expression twisted for a moment: "What?"

The sub-female looked up at the female insect standing by the front desk, and the impatient expression on her face relaxed slightly. The female insect's appearance was truly a sight to behold, and Aso's voice softened a little:

"You've come to the wrong place. Our company hasn't posted any job openings."

"I'm here for an interview at your company. Although I haven't seen your job posting, I'd like to speak with your management to see if you'd be willing to hire me."

"You're recommending yourself? That's a rare opportunity." Aso looked seriously at the handsome female insect in front of him, who was dressed simply and neatly and exuded a clean and efficient aura.

Aso felt that the insect in front of him was not a female insect, but more like a beautiful sub-female. Thinking of this, his liking for Eros increased even more.

Based on his preference for beautiful insects, Aso put aside the follow-up visits to the annoying insects on the table and adopted a gatekeeper's stance as he looked at Eros:

What position are you looking to interview for?

"I'd like to get a job designing toys."

"Oh?" Aso narrowed his eyes, looking up and down at the clean and tidy female insect in front of him. He thought to himself that this female insect, who looked so clean and innocent, was actually interested in sex toys and even wanted to design them. You can't judge a book by its cover.

“These are my works.” Eros turned a page of his design and pushed it in front of Aso: “I want to talk to the person in charge of insect affairs.”

Aso glanced at it, his eyes widening in confusion: "Oh, what is this... a weapon... a spaceship? How do I use it..."

“These are toys designed for insect larvae,” Eros explained. “I’ve been to many shopping malls, and all I’ve seen are soft, plush animal-shaped toys. I thought if I could make some inexpensive metal weapon-shaped toys, maybe there would be a lot of them on the market…”

"Stop!" Aso looked at the blueprints Eros handed him, not wanting to listen to the female insect's words: "This is really boring. Who would buy something like this?"

"The little bug will like it."

"Sir, is there anything you've always wanted as a child but never got?" Eros asked the sub-female opposite him calmly, without any awkwardness on his face.

When Aso was asked by Eros, he subconsciously recalled the unpleasant things that happened in his childhood.

Even when Aso was still a baby insect, he wanted a very, very big plush toy. Because his female father was often busy and unable to spend time with him and his two younger brothers, he often felt inexplicably uneasy.

But unlike him, his male brother possessed a huge plush toy that was enormous for the young insect, allowing him to lie entirely in his arms, just like being held in the arms of his female father.

Aso was extremely envious. Sometimes, when his younger brother wasn't looking, he would run to the "toy female father's" arms and lie down. The "female father's" embrace made him feel very happy, but when his younger brother discovered this, he kicked him out and told the female father.

The status of sub-females is far lower than that of females, let alone compared to males. So when their male offspring dragged their sub-female offspring to them to complain, Aso's attitude was swayed by the male offspring: "We are not a particularly wealthy family. These cute and soft plush toys are something only your male brother can have. As a sub-female offspring, you shouldn't have so many demands."

……

Aso pinched his brow and used his terminal to make a call to the office upstairs.

After ending the call, Aso said irritably, "You can go up now. 4th floor, walk east to the end, room 413, the office."

Eros thanked Aso and was turning to take the elevator when he heard Aso say behind him, "Also, I can now buy things for myself."

Eros paused in his forward stride, then turned and smiled, his eyes crinkling: "What you want, you should go and get yourself, of course."

Aso returned Eros's smile with the same response: "Good luck."

Eros entered the fourth-floor office as he had hoped.

When he opened the door, he was surprised to find that there were no insects in the office.

He looked around in confusion. The few female insects and sub-females dressed in work clothes that occasionally passed by in the corridor did not seem to care about him.

"Excuse me, where did the responsible bug go?" Eros stopped a female bug who was carrying a coffee to her workstation, explained his purpose, and asked in confusion, "The receptionist asked me to come up to see the responsible bug, but there are no other bugs in the office."

"Huh? Mr. Keta didn't come to the fourth-floor office today. He's been in the design department these past few days."

Hearing this, Eros had a better understanding of the situation. If it wasn't the sub-female at the front desk who was teasing him, then it was Mr. Keta, whom this female insect was talking about, who was teasing him.

After politely asking for directions to the design department, Eros followed the directions until he arrived at the design department's office.

Eros walked to the outside of the design department, just as a bug inside was about to leave. Seeing Eros holding design drafts and about to knock on the door, the bug raised an eyebrow in surprise: "Who are you looking for?"

After Eros explained his purpose, the female insect, who was about to leave, nodded, chuckled, and turned to call out into the room, "Keta, I'm here to see you."

After saying that, the female insect stepped aside to let Eros walk in.

After thanking him, Eros entered the design department's office. His gaze swept over the several female insects and sub-females sitting in the office, and soon locked onto a female insect standing by the window wearing a plaid vest.

He had just seen a photo of the female insect at work on his office desk.

"Hello Mr. Keta, this is Eros. The receptionist just called the fourth-floor office and asked me to come and see you."

"Yes, hello." Keta didn't explain why she wasn't in the office earlier, and went straight to the point: "Aso said you wanted to apply for my designer position. Did you bring your portfolio?"

“Yes.” Eros opened the drawings he had brought and placed them on the table in front of Keta.

“This is…” Keta flipped through two pages of Eros’s design draft, then closed it and threw it on the table beside him, his face full of undisguised sarcasm: “Look at what you’ve designed? Airplanes, ships, pistols? If you want to interview military designers, you should go to the military, not our toy company.”

“I designed a toy,” Eros explained. “A toy for the female insect offspring to play with.”

"Toys, for female insect offspring?" A few female insect employees nearby couldn't help but sarcastically remark upon hearing Eros's words, "I've never heard of any female insect offspring needing to play with toys. You didn't come here for an interview just to freeload, did you?"

"How many female insect offspring do you think can afford to buy toys? This is a company, not some dream-realization fund," Keta and the female insect designer beside him mocked mercilessly.

"Toys are not exclusive to male insects; female insects and sub-females can also own them. Metal toys are much cheaper than plush toys made from the fur of ferocious beasts. As long as the price is right, female insects will be willing to buy them for their little females. Moreover, the number of female insects and sub-females is far greater than that of male insects, so the market will not be small."

"How much are female insects willing to spend on female insect offspring? Even with low profit margins and high sales volume, how many can you actually sell? And do you think we lack a market for female insects and sub-females?" Keta chuckled maliciously. "We are the largest sex toy company in the Fourth Star System. We know better than you what female insects and sub-females need most. Little female insect, you should really go back and try our products. Then you'll forget all these messy thoughts in your head."

Eros lowered his eyes, thinking that the negotiations had broken down this time.

Eros didn't feel embarrassed by the difficulties caused by Keta and the other female insects. On the contrary, he even took the time to look at the toys produced by the "Diesel" company before leaving.

Seventy percent of the exhibits are sex toys for bedding, and thirty percent are plush toys for insect babies.

Although the plush toys were expensive, their workmanship and quality were beyond doubt. Since Eros had already come here, he thought he might as well take something back with him. So he picked out a small insect doll with black hair and green eyes to give to Cam.

When Eros passed by the adult insects' merchandise display area, his expression changed drastically when he saw some female insects selecting items.

Looking at the strange-looking things hanging on the wall, Eros quickly left the exhibition hall. Eros originally thought that such things would only appear in dark places like underground auction houses. He didn't understand why female insects would actively buy such strange products. Weren't they afraid of pain?

"Hey, how did the interview go?"

As Eros paid and was about to leave, Aso beckoned to him with his claws as he passed the front desk.

“It failed.” Eros shrugged with relief.

"Oh, don't be discouraged." Aso had an expression of expectation: "If they don't think you're good here, you can check out other companies. There are some small toy shops on Abel Street in D6 and in Alleyway in A3."

Eros smiled and thanked him, "Thank you so much."

"You're welcome. Actually, I have another friend who is also very interested in toys for male larvae. Perhaps you two could exchange ideas."