Symphony for the Insect Princess

"Then I want to ask you..."

I said seriously,

"Since we are born as human beings and possess the greatest power of mankind - 'wisdom', why do we have to resort to violence like beasts?"

"——!?"

He was stunned and didn't seem to understand what I meant.

It is true that violence is a very effective means.

But humans possess a power far greater than violence, and it is precisely because of this that humans can be distinguished from beasts.

I am not against violence, but in my opinion, violence always has the lowest priority.

Don't use your hands if you can solve it with your brain.

If you have plenty of time and can take it easy, don't do it yourself.

It was not until a while ago that I was fully prepared to embark on the journey. I can only stay here until the child has grown up. There is no point in leaving in a hurry, so I just have to wait for Lux and the others to slowly make plans and help me open the door to the great treasure.

If the result is good, everything is good.

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"Anyway... I think I understand... You were the first to discover the booklet, and then you deliberately let Lillian get it, right?"

"Yes."

"My purpose, the preparations I've been making, the plans I've made... you actually know everything?"

"That's it."

"According to the plan, the bodies of Shadow Servant and Anhans should have been destroyed with the corpse-dissolving water I bought on the black market, but they are both fine... Ellen should have committed suicide after completing the order, but she survived... Is this all your fault?"

"Yes."

"You can use insects to remove the corpse-dissolving water and restore consciousness to the controlled person?"

"almost."

"But you just stood by and watched, pretending you knew nothing, and watched them die one by one without trying to stop them?"

"Like you, I also think the fewer people who survive, the better. After all, this involves a great secret treasure."

"Nia, Ellen, Chloe, are they all dead? And, you got the great secret treasure, right? What did you turn it into?"

"These two questions... can be answered together."

I pressed the switch in my heart, and the long strand of hair hanging behind my head immediately became longer. Using the hair as a medium, I opened a small door in the alien space called "Insect Warehouse" that the great treasure had turned into. Then they were wrapped by two long tentacles and emerged from the door.

"——!!!"

Lux's face immediately turned ashen and he looked like he was about to vomit. Sure enough, this thing was too stimulating for most people, so I immediately took them back.

"Ellen and Chloe...what on earth did you...do to them?"

"Look, don't you know? They'll be brain dead after being released anyway, so we might as well make the most of them. We'll remove most of their brain tissue, leaving only a small portion to sustain basic life activities, turning them into living breeding grounds. Right now, the newly laid larvae of the female blood mosquitoes are sharing their nutrients under their skin, so we can't disturb them too much."

"...So, what about Nia?"

"I happened to run into him in the corridor, so I killed him and fed him to the worms. He was too weak to be used as a breeding ground."

"..."

Lukes lowered his head deeply, his face completely pale.

"So... is this my fate? Turned into a living hotbed, or fed to the bugs?"

"Do not."

"Then why did you tell me everything! Why not just kill me after you get the great secret treasure? Why not just kill me quickly! You inhuman monster!!!"

"Uh... I'm a pure human being physically, not a monster. As for human nature... I guess it's just like you said, I don't have any."

human nature?

How do you define this word?

If "human nature" is a general term for the normal way humans think...

In terms of my inner self, I'm probably more like a bug that was mistakenly born into a human womb.

"But please don't despair too much, Lux. I kept you alive and explained everything to you for a reason. Don't worry, I will set you free as long as you always remember my request."

"Require?"

"Yes."

So I made a request to him.

the first:

Don't tell anyone that I'm still alive.

second:

Spread the news that the Zelah family once owned a great secret treasure and that it has been lost as widely as possible through various channels.

"That worm will stay in your body forever. If you don't fulfill my request, it will eat your brain, so please be careful... Well, goodbye."

I gave him my final instructions, untied his rope, and turned to leave.

All that needs to be done is done.

I have said everything that needs to be said.

It's time to start my grand plan.

"and many more!"

From a distance, I heard a voice behind me. I stopped and motioned for him to speak quickly.

"One last question... Why are you doing all this? Is it really to get the great secret treasure? To keep it for yourself or sell it for a high price?"

"The Great Secret Treasure is not the goal, it's just a supporting tool."

"tool……"

“…This is just the beginning.”

"start?"

"Yes, because—"

I have a destiny to rebel against.

The cocoon is broken.

The insect has spread its wings.

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One of the uses of a beautiful face is to get a ride.

I sat on the back edge of the carriage, gently brushing the dust off my skirt, careful not to dirty my favorite pair of stockings.

The luxurious manor where I had lived for seventeen years had disappeared from my sight, but unfortunately, I had no feelings like "sadness" or "loss", so I felt almost no emotion inside.

The great secret treasure was lost, and the noble Zelach family was nearly wiped out. This news (the key point is that the great secret treasure was lost) would soon spread throughout the country... no, it would spread to multiple countries and even other continents.

From now on, it is a journey of one's own.

But I hope that next time I leave somewhere, one person can become a group of people.

Close your eyes,

The truth that the woman in the suit who called herself the devil told me still seemed to echo in my ears.

"Nellis Zelah."

"I guess you've vaguely noticed it."

"Yes."

"Five years."

"From now on, your remaining life will not exceed five years."

"The opening of the gate activated the remnants of the Insect King, and it eroded you too deeply. Your mother's untimely death shortly after giving birth to you may have been related to this."

"Your time is numbered."

"Come on, let's make a deal. I promise in the name of the devil that everything I say is true, and I will never break any oath I make."

"Let's make a contract."

"I can help you break the curse and give you a normal life."

"Relative."

"You must kill that woman for me—"

"The origin of all this——"

"The strongest person on the border battlefield—"

"The Supreme Commander of the Blood Prison—"

"Blood Emperor, Ye!"

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"Speaking of which...I wonder how she's doing now?"

I thought of the girl who was my friend when I was a child.

I still remember her beautiful long light brown hair, bright eyes of the same color, and her always easy-going and gentle voice.

"...It's only a matter of time before we meet again, Winnie."

Winnie Lebenhold.

The new saint of the Pantheon.

I hope she won't become arrogant because of her power and status, and still remember me, her childhood playmate.

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Symphonic Poem Dedicated to Insect Princess

Volume 1, Cocoon of Slaughter

Finish

Second Volume: City of Gu

Title of this volume: Interlude 24 Chapter : The Melancholy of a Saint (I)

Sixteen years ago, a new era began and the world turned upside down.

The miracle called the World Gate connected 666 originally fragmented human worlds together.

Including the baseline world - the Earth World, the world of superpowers - the Lingxing World, the world of magic - Maya, the world of cultivation - Xuanyuan Continent, the world of steel - Mashiaro, the world of wilderness - Mu... and so on. Each world with its own characteristics is connected by the world gate and gradually becomes complete.

The gate through the world opens the passage to the higher world - the demon world. At the edge of the demon world called the border battlefield, where the upper world and the lower world meet, the forces formed by various worlds have started a fierce competition for resources and wealth that no one can refuse.

This magical world - Maya, is naturally one of them.

Even considering the entire shattered human world, Maya's overall strength is still among the highest. In this world dominated by magic, if we only consider "realms," from low to high, there are only three: magician, wizard, and great wizard. Magicians are further divided into low-level magician, intermediate magician, and high-level magician, and these three levels are manually assessed. The great wizard is a sub-category of high-level magician, specifically those whose strength far exceeds that of a high-level magician. Despite immense effort and accumulated knowledge, they still cannot reach the realm of a wizard, which is somewhat humiliating.

The Grand Mage is already the highest level, and those who are the best among the Grand Mages are honored as Sages. The Grand Sage is a leader-like existence elected by the Sages and is the true pinnacle of magicians.

The grading method of magic warriors is similar to that of magicians. Low-level to high-level magic warriors correspond to low-level to high-level magicians, absolute warriors correspond to great magicians, war spirits correspond to mages, great war spirits correspond to great mages, war emperors correspond to sages, and the pinnacle of magic warriors is the great war emperor, corresponding to the great sage among magicians.

The Great Sage and the Great War Emperor, the two men standing at the pinnacle of Maya, stand side by side, restraining each other, and it has always been like this.

But special circumstances always exist.