Zerg: Seduction! A brutal and insane female Zerg dotes on me.

Tukari Palace Conference Room.

After Yan Kai left, Alya remained in the same position for a long time without reacting. The steward paced anxiously at the door, and as the sun gradually slanted and was about to set below the horizon, he finally couldn't resist taking the liberty of pushing the door open and going in.

He glanced furtively at the tall female insect with her head bowed inside, then slowed his pace and cautiously spoke, "M-My lord, His Majesty the Insect King requests your presence."

Alya tilted his head slightly and slowly straightened his back, displaying an expression completely different from when he was facing Yan Kai.

He didn't have a gentle face to begin with. Stripped of his usual professional fake smile, he had a pair of narrow eyes with upturned corners. Upon closer inspection, they carried an inexplicable sinister air. He stared expressionlessly at the internal affairs officer with a sharp gaze that frightened the officer into not daring to breathe.

"Still owed?"

Otherwise, how could he have the nerve to come and call him?

The official lowered his head even further, showing no surprise at the female insect's disrespectful tone, and explained with a forced smile, "Your Majesty, His Majesty's mental state is alright, and he wishes to speak with you privately about some matters."

Arya tugged at his complicated bow tie, glanced at the steward, and casually asked, "What did the medic say?"

"After treatment by the medical staff, His Majesty's dislocated jaw has been reset, and the broken half of his tooth has been repaired. However, the two missing teeth will need to wait a few more days until the dentures are made before they can be installed."

Alya scoffed inwardly, thinking, "They really went easy on me."

“I’ll find him myself; you don’t need to come with me.”

The internal affairs officer was secretly delighted, wishing he wouldn't go along. These two were both smiling tigers, and when they argued, they were fiercer than anyone else. He didn't want to get involved.

As Alya walked, he mentally calculated how many travel documents and ley line extraction permits he would need. With the Black River as the boundary, Morbis bordered 126 border tribes, 89 of which were bisected by the railway. Afterwards, he would need to cross the Tutukalis Mountains and the Tinas Mountains, which would divide the region in two. Beyond those mountains lay the rich southern lands…

The female insect's expression darkened slightly. This arrogant and conceited tribe held the economic lifeline of the entire insectoid continent in their hands. To persuade them, they would have to rely on the power held by Knox...

After all, the southern insects prefer the insects of the Prikket royal family.

Arya stopped, looked up at the sun, which was now only a sliver of golden-red light remaining on the horizon, and a mocking smile played on her lips...

* *

Yan Kai and Yalta were heading back to the villa. Tokar still had a mission to complete. Della needed a stabilizing injection during her recovery period and was preparing to go to the military region to find Kolo. The group of insects left separately at the palace gate.

That night, the early winter heat in Morbis was gone, replaced by a sticky, sultry heat. This didn't make things better for Yalta; instead, it made him feel even worse. It was as if every pore on his body was blocked, and he was stuck to the ice, refusing to budge.

Yan Kai was wearing a heavy bathrobe, and he was holding another one which he draped over the female insect: "Don't get too close."

Yalta tugged at her clothes, feeling extremely annoyed. Her delicate and beautiful face was drawn long: "This awful weather in Morbis, I can't stand it for even a day..."

"It'll be soon. We'll go to the palace tomorrow to calculate the wages we've paid and then head back."

Yalta lowered her eyelids, bent her neck, rested her forehead on the male insect's shoulder, and let her hands hang lazily at her sides, looking listless: "It's a deal, no going back on your word."

Yan Kai raised his hand and pressed it against the back of the female insect's head, his hand soaked with sweat: "Why are you sweating so much?"

"It's stuffy, hot, and cold all at the same time."

"Would you like to go upstairs and take a bath?"

Yalta leaned forward and wrapped her arms around the male insect's neck: "Hug."

Yan Kai paused slightly. Even though it was only one word, he sensed a hint of coquetry in it. He gently bumped his forehead against the female insect: "Too lazy of you..."

Without hesitation, he bent his knee and gave the female insect a bear hug, carrying her by the rear end upstairs...