EROS [Zerg]

"Eros, since this is your first time working as a waiter, you will be in charge of serving desserts and drinks to the guests at this banquet."

Eros took the quest slip with his claws, glanced at it briefly, and knew that Ralfa had given him special treatment.

Distributing desserts and drinks is much simpler than other tasks and won't offend any bugs.

After the tasks were distributed, Raphael found an experienced sub-female to mentor the newcomer, Eros.

After Raphael left, Eros was quickly surrounded by the sub-females: "Who are you? How come you were assigned to the dessert distribution position on your first day of work?"

Distributing desserts is a highly coveted position. Compared to the hard-to-chew Star Beast meat, the males prefer sweet and delicious cakes, shortbreads, soft cheeses, and other expensive and tasty foods.

Therefore, the chances of encountering male insects are greater in the position of distributing desserts. Many sub-females wanted to compete for this position, but it was taken by a newly arrived female insect, which made them very resentful.

Seeing himself surrounded, Eros showed no sign of panic, revealing his usual charming smile: "I used to work in a dessert shop. Director Raphael must have assigned me to this position because of my relevant experience."

"My little bugs love the desserts I make. If you'd like some too, I can make some and share them with you."

Eros opened his mouth with his eyes closed and started spouting nonsense; in fact, he had never told Raphael that he had worked part-time at the dessert shop.

Eros hated lying, but with just two simple sentences, he could get rid of the group of sub-females who surrounded him, so he was happy to tell the lie.

Eros didn't plan to do this part-time job for long. After he passed the military mechanic qualification exam, he could earn tuition fees by repairing mechs for female insects. He had heard that if he could get a job, it would be worth at least a month's worth of wages from a continuous part-time job.

Eros understood that part-time work was secondary to learning skills.

Watching the sub-females gradually disperse around him, Eros looked down at the male avatars that kept lighting up on the terminal and said to himself with a self-deprecating smile, "I'm really becoming more and more like a bad bug."

The ceremony held to send volunteer trainees to the male insect academy is an event comparable to a school anniversary celebration in every female insect school.

To verify whether the female insects who would care for the young males met the standards, the male insect academy and well-known local male insects would be invited to the campus to conduct another round of testing on each selected female insect volunteer.

Although this ceremony has now become a mere formality, on this day, all the female insect students in the academy are given a day off and can attend a banquet attended by male insects.

In the female insect's academy, this is considered a huge annual event.

Before the banquet, Eros familiarized himself with the venue.

As he approached his post, he saw the beautifully arranged cakes in front of him and suddenly remembered the male insect cub that used to love nestling in his arms and craving sweet, soft cakes.

Especially berry-flavored cakes.

Eros thought that Camus would be very happy if he could come to this banquet.

Thinking of this, he looked at the five missed calls displayed on his terminal and thought that Kamo must be very sad now.

Eros also missed Xiao Xiongzi a little, but he knew very well that if he continued to treat Kamo with an ambiguous relationship as before, he would only end up being held back by the faint feelings in his heart.

Female insects whose emotions are entangled with male insects all meet a tragic end. They are like those whose hands and feet are entangled in seaweed, sinking deeper and deeper until they perish.

Eros had witnessed firsthand a female insect that her male master had sold to an auction house, only to be torn apart and devoured by a different species.

Eros had heard the female insect tell him the story of him and his male lord. They were childhood sweethearts who grew up together and had a deep and unbreakable love. However, as the male insect grew up, he encountered more and more beautiful female insects and was tempted by the outside world. The female lord who was his childhood sweetheart by his side was no longer enough.

In the end, the female was given away as a bargaining chip simply because of a bet with other males.

Eros dared not gamble. He had barely crawled out of that hell. Although the little boy was very sweet, what if he was just a sugar-coated bullet?

Once Kama is delivered to the Male Insect Academy, Eros's mission is complete. The Male Insect Academy is perfectly safe, and Commander Enel will no longer worry about Kama being harmed.

There's no need to invest any more emotion.

With that thought in mind, Eros immediately blacklisted Camus's contact number.

"I want a piece of cake."

Eros was standing in front of a pile of cakes, lost in thought, when a crisp sound suddenly rang in his ears, bringing him back to reality.

When Eros came to his senses, he saw that they were two immature female insects, who should both be students in the Beginner Star Class.

"I want some too, just a little bit."

The cakes at banquets are usually prepared for the male Zerg. In the traditional Zerg mindset, expensive food is reserved for the precious male Zerg, while female Zerg are expected to work hard and cannot enjoy it.

Many female insects never get to eat the special treats that male insects provide for them. They're not allowed to eat them when they're young, and they're too embarrassed to eat them when they grow up.

Seeing the two little female insects looking nervous, Eros looked around to make sure no other insects were watching, then took two small plates, cut two pieces from an inconspicuous corner of the cake, and handed them to the two little female insects.

These two little female insects only came over to try their luck because they saw that the insects standing by the table to divide the cake this time were not the same fierce sub-females as before.

I never expected to actually get a piece of cake, and without any complaints.

The two little female insects were overjoyed. They whispered a thank you and ran to a corner to stuff the cake into their mouths in a few bites.

The food at the banquet was plentiful, especially the desserts specially prepared for the male insects, which were usually half eaten and half thrown away. Eros wasn't worried at all about the male insects going hungry because he secretly distributed the cakes.

Before the banquet began, the thirty female insects selected as volunteers from the academy lined up and walked to the high platform in the middle of the banquet to recount their resumes, achievements, and past military exploits to all the insects.

Eros stood below the stage watching the female insect volunteers introduce themselves one by one, and a strange sense of annoyance rose in his heart.

The trainees selected as volunteers were undoubtedly all outstanding female insects, but Eros believed that they were no different from the female slaves and prostitutes on the platform of the underground auction house, except for their proper attire.

They are all chosen by male insects, and behind it all lies an exchange of interests.

I don't know what their motivation was.

Eros believed from the bottom of his heart that this was unfair. From any political, military, economic, social, or natural perspective, everything before him was abnormal.