EROS [Zerg]

"I may not get first place, but I'm still second! What were your rankings, and you still dare to say my grades are bad in front of me?" Carit said angrily, "You're all female insects, how come you didn't even outperform a sub-female?!"

"Why do you look down on me?!" Carit shouted.

Seeing Carit's angry expression, the two female insects in front of him assumed that he had been hit where it hurt, and sneered, "So what if you did well on the exam? You still have to curry favor with the male insects."

“You’ve spread rumors, you have to apologize to me!” Carret was furious.

"We didn't spread rumors. We heard with our own ears that you often went out at night alone to those taverns that cater to male insects and did those shameful services that you couldn't handle. You couldn't clean up the mess yourself, and your classmates had to come to your rescue."

Carit looked at the two female insects in front of him with a dark face. "You're spreading rumors! I'm going to tell the teachers that you're spreading false and inappropriate rumors about your classmates at school!"

"You'd better tell us about how you sneak off to those taverns every day, and see if the instructors punish us or you." A female insect sneered, "Go back to your border planet and be a trash insect, don't dirty our school's grounds."

Carret felt both anger and a pang of fear at the baseless malice.

"Rosetta!" Carit ran to Rosetta's dormitory, his eyes red with anger, and pounded on the door of the female insect's dormitory: "You come out here!"

Rosetta, who was playing games alone in her dorm room, was startled by a sudden knock on the door, which made her headphones fall out.

He opened the door, and two fists were raised to his chest. The insect that held the fists seemed to lose its balance and slid to its knees at his feet.

"Hiss!" Rosetta's antennae instantly stood up. After exchanging a glance with the stunned Carit, the whole insect jumped backward: "Ouch, ouch, ouch!"

Carit wasn't much better off; he was rolling on the ground clutching his knees, tears streaming from his reddened eyes.

The commotion was quite loud. To avoid being laughed at by the other insects, Rosetta pulled Carita, who was lying on the ground hugging her knees, into the dormitory and closed the door: "What exactly do you want?"

"I... I'd like to ask you the same thing!" Carit got up from the ground, glaring angrily at Rosetta: "Did you guys tell everyone what happened that day?!"

"A lot of bugs at school know about this. Are you trying to get me expelled by spreading this around?!"

The sub-female was both angry and aggrieved: "Back then, you clearly promised not to tell anyone about this!"

“I didn’t say that.” Rosetta still looked confused, then suddenly realized, “I’m sure my friends wouldn’t tell anyone either.”

"Who could it be?!" Carit exclaimed angrily. "Besides you guys, who else would spread this around the school?!"

"Now... even insects from outside the school are starting to come after me. Do you all think that sub-females don't deserve good grades, good jobs, or a good future? Do you have to ruin me?!"

Carit looked completely devastated. He squatted down and wiped his snot and tears without a care for his image, bursting into sobs: "I'm too scared to go anywhere now. I can't do part-time jobs, and I can't stay at school much longer. If this gets out, it will affect my campus recruitment. What should I do?!"

Rosetta looked at Carit with a headache, and could only comfort him and promise that she would try her best to stay by Carit's side and protect him for the next few days until he graduated smoothly.

From then on, Carret's classmates would see Rosetta with him, whether on campus or on his way to his part-time job.

However, on the eve of graduation, the top student in the Department of Biochemistry chose to drop out of school because he wanted to marry a male insect, which caused quite a stir in the department.

Meanwhile, the fact that Carit, who originally ranked second in the graduation exam, was promoted to first place in his major and hired by the Imperial Academy of Science and Technology did not receive much attention.

It wasn't until rumors spread that Rosetta had been forced to marry a male insect as a female slave that the students of the academy began to look at Carit with suspicion.

But all of this is meaningless now. Carit has already left the academy and entered the Imperial Royal Academy of Science and Technology, which is difficult for them to reach. No amount of gossip can hurt him in the slightest.

God knows what Carret was thinking under the results board that day.

Overcoming class barriers is by no means an easy thing.

Why should I let this opportunity slip by?

Even if he were to harm an insect that had helped him, it wouldn't be entirely his fault.

If the prejudice against sub-females is brought about by female insects, then why can't the female insects bear the consequences? It is the female insects' tolerance and indulgence towards male insects that has led to the low social status of female insects.

The custom that a female insect must marry a male insect after being mated with, or face stigma for the entire family, is a bad habit imposed on her by the female insects themselves. Who can they blame?

Carrit felt no remorse towards Rosetta; his impression of the female insect was nothing more than that of a pitiful, kind old insect.

"I only chose to hurt Rosetta because I couldn't resist that disgusting male insect. If I had the power that wasn't threatened from the beginning, I wouldn't have chosen to hurt him."

“If I remain so weak that any insect can threaten me, then I might end up hurting even more insects, and Rosetta’s sacrifice would be worthwhile.”

On his first day on the job, Carret touched the employee badge he had always dreamed of and laughed maniacally.

However, after joining the Imperial Royal Academy of Science and Technology, the good days that Carit had imagined did not come. Most of his colleagues at the Academy were graduates of the First Military Academy of the Imperial Main Star, and the rumors from the First Military Academy of the Imperial Main Star inevitably reached the ears of his colleagues at the Academy.

Carit's situation suddenly became awkward again.

His department head, Santons, in particular, had a very strong opinion of him after hearing about the incident.

Karit was very unwilling, but as a female with no background, he could only suppress his emotions in this science institute where even a random insect could have an aristocratic background. As his emotions were suppressed more and more, Karit's admiration for his senior, Santons, gradually turned into dislike.

Amidst exclusion and isolation, Carret finds himself increasingly disgusted with the job he once dreamed of. Yet, he cannot bring himself to resign, despite the constant ostracism at work; the privileged life this job provides is beyond anything he could have imagined before.

Who could imagine that a sub-female like him could receive advances from male insects? Although Carit had no interest in such things, it greatly satisfied his vanity.

He was also thinking of bringing the old female insect, Lumeka, to the First Star System to enjoy a couple of days of leisure; the generous salary from this job was something he absolutely couldn't give up.

Torn between disgust and reluctance, Carret still manages to complete his work flawlessly every time. At the same time, he keenly senses that cracks are gradually appearing in the seemingly solid relationship between Dean Coway and Minister Shandons.

Upon noticing this, Carit immediately thought of a way to escape his current predicament. He tried to curry favor with Dean Kuwait, but did not receive the response he wanted.

Female insects may be very respectful and humble in front of male insects, but they are always arrogant and conceited in front of sub-females who are weaker than them.

After being rebuffed, Carit cursed Coway behind his back, but he was not discouraged. He paid attention to the subtle relationship between Shandons and Coway, and eventually he actually figured out something.

Kowes always liked to conduct experiments that challenged ethics, while Santons abhorred them, and the two often argued in private.

Carit also discovered that his usual flattery was not enough to impress the dean. As a nobleman, Kowe lacked nothing in terms of money, power, or insects. What he was really interested in were insects who could share the same interest in his inhumane experiments.

Carit secretly observed Shandons, and one day he accidentally discovered that Shandons was recording the cruel and horrific experiments that Kowe was conducting, and that he was also trying to make this public to the Zerg public.

Carret realized this was his chance, so he risked stealing Shandons's records and handing them over to Kowell. After demonstrating his loyalty, he helped Kowell sideline Shandons and imprison him.

After Santons' downfall, Karit was appointed by Kuwait to replace Santons as minister, which seemed to indicate that Kuwait intended to groom Karit as his confidant.

Despite receiving preferential treatment from Kuwait, Carret remained wary of him, knowing full well that he was a madman.

Giving your heart to a madman is a very dangerous thing.

After being promoted to head of the biochemistry research lab, Carret's resources, money, and power multiplied, and the previous gossip about him seemed to disappear overnight.

Carit was finally able to buy his own house in the First Galaxy, and he brought the old female insect, Rumeka, to his new home.

Seeing the old female insect's cheerful smile, Carit smiled contentedly, but his smile froze as he turned away. Looking at his luxuriously decorated new home, Carit suddenly realized that he seemed to have become the kind of insect he used to hate the most.