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"Psychotropic drugs are generally used only on female insects. Doctors will only prescribe small amounts of the drug, and it will be double-diluted, when the female insect's mental strength has deteriorated to the point that she has to seek medical attention."

"This drug has been shown to enhance mental strength, and there have been cases where female insects have overdosed on it, causing mental breakdowns and resulting in the imprisonment and killing of several male insects. Therefore, this type of drug has been listed as a banned substance."

Afro held up the medicine bottle and looked at Jessica: "Although it's a banned drug, you can still buy a small amount on the black market, but most of it is used by female insects. Why would the male have this drug?"

Jessica didn't want to answer, and turned her head to say, "I'm curious why you're using this drug."

Aphrodite chuckled twice: "Every insect has its own secrets, why should the male lord ask? I won't ask about the male lord's secrets."

Afro tried to brush the matter off with a laugh, "We're already married, shouldn't the master introduce me to his parents?"

“…” Jessica paused for a moment and then said, “There’s no need for that. My female father died a few years ago, and not long after, the Male Insect Protection Association remarried him. He’s doing quite well now, so going there would only cause more embarrassment.”

“Oh…poor thing,” Aphrodite muttered softly.

“What did you say?” Jessica looked up.

“Ah…that really is convenient.” Afro walked behind Jessica, put her arm around her, and rested her cheek on the male insect’s shoulder. “This way we will have far fewer concerns, right?”

Jessica looked up and glared at Afdero reproachfully, pouting, "I thought you would comfort me."

"Come on, Lady Jessica." Afdero bent down to look at Jessica: "On the day you possess endless wealth, countless insects will want to comfort you."

"But you should just keep thinking about it in your head; it would be a bit embarrassing to say it out loud."

"You're so cold-hearted. Isn't it said that female insects are completely obedient to male insects after marriage and will do whatever they want?" Jessica pouted and muttered, glancing sideways at Afro.

"So Ryanley used to do whatever he wanted to you?" Afdero straightened up and tapped Jessica's forehead with his fingertip. "Indeed, I used to think so too, but then I discovered exceptions, and quite a few at that."

Kowe, Enel, Kadian, Ryanley, Lianzhen, Sind... there are too many to list.

"The idea that female insects are completely subservient to male insects, taking care of them at all costs, and enduring all beatings and scoldings without complaint is just nonsense that the government tells to the common insects. The upper-class insects advocate this kind of rhetoric to brainwash the lower-class insects so that they can better control them, but they themselves do not do it."

“Only what you hold in your own hands is real.” Afro knelt down and took Jessica’s hands in his.

"Therefore, my lord, your choice to be an Imperial Colonel rather than a mercenary merchant is absolutely wise."

Jessica raised her paw, her fingertips touching Afdero's cheek: "What do you mean?"

“I will offer up my rights as a token of my sincerity.” Afro rubbed his cheek against the male insect’s fingertip. “Ryanley’s application for the air network chip experiment is currently undergoing the military’s approval process, and it should be approved in three days under normal circumstances.”

"The application of air network chips in the civilian sector is to break the restrictions imposed by the Imperial Environmental Protection Act on those highly polluting industries."

"But now the military has also developed a great interest in this technology. Based on existing theories and experiments, if space chip technology can be maturely applied, large-scale space jumps can be achieved, which is more economical and convenient than locating wormholes."

“Ryanley’s goal is definitely not just those private industry patents; he definitely wants to put his capital into the military industry.”

"But he doesn't dare to make any moves openly now. The military industry is such a big pie, how could those old foxes in the military let Ryanley get a share without making him bleed a lot?"

Afro looked at Jessica: "You should invest in the energy for manufacturing the SkyNet chip now, and the supporting facilities for the SkyNet chip will be ready for future transformation. When the time is right, I will give you the bidding process for the military procurement."

"This is the first time I've ever seen a female insect so supportive of the male's work," Jessica exclaimed.

“Do you remember what I said when I first approached you to discuss cooperation?” Afro shrugged.

"Even if a male insect can achieve good results in business, it is still just an ordinary business insect. When those nobles want to control you, you are still powerless."

"My male insect will be the biggest arms dealer. I'm not like Ryanley. I don't like pretty faces. I want you to stand at the top, only to be my helper, not to hold me back!"

"You really dare to think that way." Jessica felt immense pressure from Afro's words. As a male insect, all the female insects he had encountered before were afraid that he would overwork himself and accidentally kill them.

No female insect had ever wanted to enslave or oppress him like Afdero did.

This feeling is really strange.

"You have to dare to think before you dare to do." Afro walked to the window and drew back the curtains that Jessica always kept open.

The light from outside the window shone in, casting a pale glow on the female insect's face.

Jessica looked at Afro, and for a moment she had the illusion that she was dreaming, a dream in which there was a mirror that reflected everything as gray and bleak.

Afro did not stay overnight at Jessica's house, but returned to the military headquarters before it got dark.

You are in very poor condition.

Evanson's voice echoed in his mind, causing Afro, who was resting with her eyes closed, to frown.

"There are still many things I don't understand."

【whats the matter? 】

"Why did Lieutenant General Evanson create me? What did he want to do? How did he die? Did he know he was going to die, so he created me?"

“I’ve heard Enel say many times that he has a good relationship with Lieutenant General Evanson. Is what Enel is doing related to Lieutenant General Evanson?”

"And what about Kuwait? Is his stated purpose what he said he was aiming for?"

"Although I don't care much about my background now, I don't know what they want to do to me, what they want to get from me, or whether they've put me in a very passive position."

【…】

The insect in my mind was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "Their entire lives are spent trying to break free from the control of the male insect's pheromones."

Perhaps you are a product of their unexpected success.

Everything that happened to you was filled with impossibilities and unexpected events. They could not completely replicate your birth, nor could they predict what would happen to you in the future.

According to the memories left to me by the previous Evanson, he intended to die when he created you.

“Desperate to die?” Afdero was somewhat surprised. “Isn’t it easy to want to die? Kowe told me that Lieutenant General Evanson was killed, not committed suicide.”

[They're different; they're not the same insect.] The voice in my mind was tinged with melancholy.