The male insect adores it! The female general, envious, begs for a kiss.

The first light of dawn was breaking.

The insects around me stirred.

Gu Heng lifted his eyelids, turned over, and pulled the bug, who was about to get up, back to his senses.

Heamis was somewhat startled, letting out a very soft gasp; he hadn't expected the lord to wake up.

Did his movements make too much noise and wake up the male ruler?

Before Heamis could figure it out, he quickly returned to his warm bed, his back pressed against a warm body.

Memories of last night flashed through Heemis's mind, her heart pounded faster, and her delicate eyelashes trembled slightly. She whispered, "My lord, I should go to work."

Gu Heng's drowsiness vanished instantly.

He leaned closer, rested his chin on the female insect's neck, and said slowly, "If I remember correctly, you're in your late pregnancy now, and according to regulations, you're entitled to take maternity leave."

Hermes paused, realizing he'd been so busy lately that he'd almost forgotten about it.

Gu Heng then added, "If you ask for leave today, we can conveniently go to the hospital for a check-up on the way."

He was shocked when he saw the test results yesterday. They were all in red, and none of them met the standards. The pregnant female and the larvae were severely malnourished.

Gu Heng dared not think too deeply about how Heemis had gotten through this time. Thinking of this, he reached around the female insect's lower back and placed his hand on her bulging lower abdomen.

He moved gently, touching the rounded curve, "I hope our little bug will be alright."

Heemis, with her back to the lord, gave a soft "hmm".

In the end, the two insects went to the military headquarters together to ask for leave.

Along the way, many insects looked at them repeatedly, their gazes filled with surprise.

"Isn't that the general and his mighty lord?"

Gu Heng, who had been missing for some time, suddenly appeared at the military headquarters, which surprised everyone.

After all, the general was still sending insects to search for His Excellency Gu Heng's whereabouts yesterday.

The Marshal's office.

"Heemis, what's going on?"

When Adif saw the female soldier who had walked in, a hint of surprise crossed his mind.

During this time, Heemis was busy searching for his lord, and Adef hardly saw any trace of his insect form.

The last time Adef saw Hemiris was when the female insect returned from Pamirda.

Taking banned drugs to forcibly increase one's mental strength is a path of no return; those who embark on this path never have a good ending.

Curtis was no exception.

During a period of weakness, Curtis's most trusted insect betrayed him and killed him when he was off guard.

Later, when Heemis led his army to their lair, they found the corpse of the female insect in an abandoned woodshed.

……

Heemis handed over the prepared leave slip, "Marshal, I'm here to request leave, and I hope you will approve it."

After Adif took it and saw the maternity leave written on it, he understood immediately.

However, thinking of something, he looked across at the other side with worry, "The leave approval is fine, but is there still no news from His Majesty Gu Heng?"

He had seen Heemis's despondency these past few days, but to his surprise, the insect opposite him said, "My lord returned last night."

Adef paused for a moment, then took a closer look at Heemis and saw that although her lips were pursed, she was still in a good mood.

A gentle breeze blew by, carrying with it the scent of male insect pheromones.

Adif, also a married female soldier, instantly understood what was going on.

He promptly approved the leave for Hemira, handed over the leave slip, and was genuinely happy for her. "Congratulations."

Heemis accepted it, saying, "Thank you."

Gu Heng waited outside the office door, kicking a pebble that had rolled in from who-knows-where with the tip of his shoe.

When Heemis came out, she saw the male ruler with his head down kicking a stone around.

It looks like a little bug...

As he thought this, a smile crept into his eyes. "A mighty ruler."

Gu Heng turned around and saw that Chong had been standing behind him at some point. He blinked, silently stepped on the stone, and asked, "Is everything done?"

Heemis pretended not to see his lord's actions and spread the leave request between the two insects. "The Marshal has approved it. Two months' leave."

This should be considered the longest holiday ever.

Gu Heng was very satisfied with this. He grabbed the female insect's hand and said, "Let's go to the hospital."

……

When Lokar saw the general, his eyes widened in surprise for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure. "General, have you made your decision?"

He conducted all the prenatal tests for the general.

Before Lokar could get a reply from the general, a male insect with unusually black eyes walked up behind him.

He looked over, his gaze questioning. "What decision?"

Heemis met the lord's gaze, her body stiffening for a moment, unsure how to speak.

After a while, he slowly said, "Yesterday, before you came back, the examination results showed that the baby insects were severely malnourished. The doctor said that the baby insects would be weaker than other insects of the same age when they were born, so he suggested... it would be best not to keep them."

Lokar's gaze swept between the two insects, trying to guess the identity of the male insect. Surely it couldn't be the male lord who had been missing for many days.

But the general's tone made him think twice.

After hearing Heemis's words, Gu Heng's expression turned ugly.

If that's the case, if he had come back any later, wouldn't all the female insects' babies, which they had carried for so long, have been aborted?

Gu Heng rubbed his throbbing temples, his gaze falling on the only medical insect present. "How could it be so serious?"

Lokar pondered for a moment before replying, "Because the general has two eggs inside him, they require more energy, which is why the situation is so serious now."

Gu Heng quickly caught the key phrase, "My queen is pregnant with two insect offspring??"

He then turned to look at Heamis, his gaze moving down to the female insect's abdomen, its rounded shape not appearing very large.

Now they're telling him there are two eggs here?!

Heemis had also learned of this news a month ago. Noticing the lord's gaze, he explained, "I forgot to tell you yesterday."

The male suddenly returned home in the afternoon. The insect was so immersed in joy that it completely forgot to tell the male about it.

"It's nothing," Gu Heng shook his head.

But now he had a bigger worry, and he looked at the doctor and asked, "Two eggs... will there be any danger when the pregnant female gives birth?"

As far as Gu Heng knew, imperial female insects usually laid one egg at a time, and it was extremely rare for one to lay two eggs in her belly.

From the conversation between the two insects, Lokar has learned that the male insect is the general's male lord.

He quickly replied to the gentleman, "Insect eggs are generally not large, so there is no danger in producing them."

"but,"

Lokar changed the subject. Seeing that the male insect was very concerned about the general, he carefully said, "According to the results of the last examination, the general's physical condition is very bad... The main reason now is that he is lacking the nourishment of pheromones."

After speaking, Lokar observed the male insect's expression.

He spoke cryptically, but the insects could still understand him. As long as the male insect was willing to provide pheromones, these problems could be easily solved.

Gu Heng understood what he meant. He reached out and pulled Hermes to his side. "Then please give my queen another check-up."

Lokar was somewhat confused. Hadn't the general just had a check-up yesterday?

But he wouldn't question the male insect, so he said to the general, "Please come with me."