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

When Heamis woke up in the morning, she discovered that her tentacles had somehow extended out, and...

Is the lord playing with his tentacles?!

The male creature hooked its finger around the green tentacles several times, then loosened it, and continued.

His tentacles also seemed to like the male's appearance, looking sticky.

Heamis felt a lump in her throat. "My lord, what are you doing?"

Completely unaware that the female insect had awakened, Gu Heng, after being caught red-handed, gave an awkward yet polite smile and silently withdrew his fingers.

In all honesty, this was not something he did voluntarily.

While Gu Heng was still asleep, he felt an itch on his neck. When he scratched it, he realized something was wrong.

Then, Gu Heng opened his eyes and saw that it was the female insect's antennae. It kept touching Gu Heng's hand and then running over to touch Gu Heng's cheek.

Gu Heng assumed it wanted him to play with it, so he played with it for a while, but then Hermes suddenly woke up.

We're just saying, it's a little awkward.

After a long pause, Gu Heng finally managed to say, "It's actually quite cute."

Heemis, upon hearing this, said nothing, but silently retracted her tentacles.

Gu Heng looked at Heamis's forehead, which had regained its smoothness, and a hint of regret flashed in his eyes.

It's unknown whether Gu Heng will ever see Heamis's tentacles again after Heamis passes his period of burnout.

Military headquarters.

The general didn't come to work all day yesterday. Rett only found out after asking his superiors that the general had taken leave.

When Rhett heard this, he was incredulous, as the general never took leave for any of the 365 days in a year.

Now the general has not only taken leave, but he has also taken sick leave!

Rhett was shocked. Could an admiral as tough as steel get sick?

A day later, when Rhett saw the general again, he asked, "General, is your health improving?"

Heemis nodded. "Much better, Lieutenant Ray. Thank you for your concern."

Rhett observed the general's complexion and, finding everything normal, felt relieved.

The only one who knew the inside story was Marshal Adif.

Because Heemis asked him for leave.

Heemis knocked on the marshal's office door; he had finished processing the backlog of documents from the previous day and then brought them over.

Adef looked up and saw that the female insect that had entered was Heemis. He stopped what he was doing and a strange smile appeared on his lips.

"General, I was quite surprised when you asked me for leave yesterday. I didn't expect it was because you were experiencing burnout."

Adef spoke as if an elder were chatting with a younger person, saying, "It seems you and that S-class lord are living in harmony."

"Yes." This was the first time Heemis had spoken with Marshal Adif about anything outside of work at the military headquarters.

"But I heard that your male lord now only has you as his female?"

Upon hearing this, Heamis met Adef's eyes and slowly nodded.

"Is your lord not yet ready to take female servants?" Adif seemed to realize belatedly that asking such a question was somewhat inappropriate, so he added an explanation.

"As you know, male insects are always surrounded by many female insects, but your male lord hasn't married any other female insects yet, which is quite unusual."

Yes, this is more than just uncommon.

In the Zerg race, Gu Heng is like an anomaly.

After listening to Marshal Adef's words, Heemis was not angry. He stated as if stating a fact: "The male lord said that he would only have me as his female."

This is simply a shocking statement.

Marshal Adif's first reaction was disbelief; he even thought Heemis was lying for the male insect's favor.

He frowned and reminded him, "How could a male insect say such a thing?"

In the more than 100 years that Adef has lived, there has never been a case of a male insect marrying only one female.

But Heemis said, "My lord is different."

After hearing this, Marshal Adif remained silent for a short while, it was unclear whether he believed Heamis's words.

After a long pause, he still advised, "If your male lord wants to marry another female insect in the future, you must not show any unwillingness. Male insects do not like jealous female insects."

This is the experience that Adif summarized after living most of his life as an insect.

Heamis knew that Marshal Adef did not believe what he said.

After hearing Adef's last words, Heemis clenched her fists tighter.

He believed that the powerful ruler would not do that.

It won't marry other female insects, nor will it despise him...

After get off work, Heemis walked home along her usual route, and was almost at her destination.

His gaze suddenly sharpened; there were insects at his doorstep, and more than one at that.

Heamis frowned and stopped the aircraft ahead of schedule.

The moment the aircraft landed, all the insects that had been surrounding the entrance rushed to the hatch.

As soon as Heamis opened the door, she met the gaze of more than a dozen pairs of eyes, but the main insects of those eyes looked away the next second.

They all sighed, as if in regret, "Why is it a general?"

Heamis frowned when she saw their obvious disappointment.

His gaze swept over the female insects in front of him, and he found that they were all military females, and also... insects from the Male Insect Protection Association?!

What are they doing here again?

Heamis looked at one of the male insects from the insect protection association and asked, "What's the matter?"

With so many insects surrounding his doorstep, he couldn't believe it was nothing.

"General, we're here to see His Majesty Gu Heng, but we've been ringing the doorbell and no one has answered," the insect asked Heemis. "Is His Majesty Gu Heng not home?"

Is the ruler not at home right now?

Heemis indeed did not know this. He said, "If you have anything important to discuss with the Lord, I can pass on the message."

The insects looked at each other, their expressions hesitant.

The female insect just now said again, "We've come to deliver female servants to His Majesty Gu Heng."

Heemis frowned deeply upon hearing this. "A female servant?"

He glanced at the female soldiers present, and now he understood why there were other insects besides the Male Insect Protection Association.

Those female soldiers who were swept by Heamis's gaze all looked away guiltily, and as soon as they heard that they could become female servants of S-class male insects, they followed.

However, now that they were meeting the general's imposing gaze, the female insects began to regret their actions, knowing that they would still be seeing the general at the military headquarters in the future.

The general won't make things difficult for them, will he...?

The association's insect-like voice said, "Your Majesty only has one female ruler, so you should take in some more female servants."

Heamis's eyes darkened. "I remember the male lord telling you that he would not take female servants."

The female insect agreed, but then said, "General, you've been married for so long and still don't have any offspring. We're only thinking about His Majesty Gu Heng's children."

Heemis's expression immediately turned sour upon hearing this. Were they worried that he wouldn't be able to conceive the male lord's child?

Gu Heng went out to buy some things, and when he came back, this was the scene he saw.

A bunch of insects were standing opposite Heamis; I don't know what they were doing.

Gu Heng walked quickly to them.

The insects from the Male Insect Protection Association's eyes lit up when they saw Gu Heng. "Your Majesty Gu Heng, you're finally back!"

Gu Heng's brow twitched. Was she here to see him?

He glanced at Heamis and noticed that she seemed hesitant to speak after receiving his gaze.

Gu Heng's intuition told him that these insects were up to no good.

Sure enough, the insect on the other side spoke.

After hearing this, Gu Heng frowned. Without thinking, he refused directly, "I don't take female servants. You can all go back."

When the male insect in the association refused outright, they all exclaimed in unison, "How can this be?!"

"Only your high-level bloodline can give birth to more excellent insect offspring."

Gu Heng was very unhappy after hearing this, as if he had become the breeding boar.

Gu Heng chased them all away.

The insects, still unwilling to give up, kept turning back, pleading, "Your Majesty, please reconsider!"

Frustrated, Gu Heng pulled Heemis inside and slammed the door shut, cutting off any outside prying eyes.

Noticing that Heemis was in a bad mood, Gu Heng said, "Don't worry, I definitely won't marry any other insect."

Heamis shook her head. "I know you won't."

The powerful ruler made a promise to him.

Ok?

What was causing Heemis's bad mood?

Gu Heng was somewhat puzzled.

Heamis raised her head, and something in her eyes seemed to become firm.

He suddenly took a step forward and slowly bent down.

He gently kissed Gu Heng's Adam's apple.

"My lord, please let me bear your insect offspring..."