D-level males reached the pinnacle of life by living off women.

The next day, Dorian took Fies to the beverage shop where he had met Rhine before, and watched Fies go inside while he waited at the door.

……

Inside the private room, Rhine looked Fies up and down. He hadn't been impressed by Fies during their brief meeting.

Rhine thought that the man in front of her, Fies, looked unremarkable and was very thin. He didn't seem to have much strength. She couldn't understand what Dorian had seen in this male insect.

Meanwhile, under Rhine's scrutinizing gaze, Fies seemed somewhat uneasy. Under the table, Fies quietly placed his hand on his stomach.

Noticing Fies's unease, Rhine spoke first.

"Your Excellency, are you wondering why I want to see you alone?"

"Hehe, it is a bit strange," Fies replied, forcing himself to put on a social smile.

"What did Dorian tell you?"

"Dorian said you and he are friends, and he wanted to ask you to look after me while he's not around. You agreed, but asked to see me alone."

"Actually, Dorian is worrying about me a little too much. I can take care of myself, and I don't need to trouble you too much."

When Rhine saw that Fies showed no emotional fluctuation when he said the words "not here," he knew that Fies had not correctly understood the meaning of those two words. Of course, it was also possible that Dorian was deliberately being vague.

Although Dorian asked Rhine to help cover it up, Rhine felt that such an important matter should not be kept secret between husband and wife. He suggested that Rhine be the bad guy and tell Fez the truth.

"Lord Fies, do you know what Dorian means by 'when he's not here'?" Rhine asked.

Fez was taken aback by the question.

"...'Not here' means the days when Dorian is away from home."

As he spoke, Fies looked at Rhine with unusually clear eyes.

"Lord Fez, do you know that Dorian is about to die? He has at most three to five years left. When Dorian said he was not here, he actually meant that after he died, he asked me to take care of you."

As soon as Rhine finished speaking, the expression on Fies's face went blank, and his body remained motionless, as if he had been petrified.

A few seconds later, Fisho suddenly stood up. Because he stood up so fast, the teacup in front of him was knocked over, and the milk tea spilled out, but no one paid any attention to it.

Fez's face was filled with anger.

"What nonsense are you talking about? How could Dorian possibly be... or even... in just three to five years?"

Fez simply couldn't bring himself to say the word "death."

But then, when Fies thought of the male insect that had given Dorian superficial comfort, the hesitant expression on its face, and Dorian's increasingly weakened condition, he gradually began to believe Rhine's words.

Fies first sat down heavily, and after a moment of stunned silence, he quickly stood up, wanting to rush out.

"stop."

Rhine's sharp shout stopped Fies's movements, then he softened his voice and said...

"Where is Lord Fez going?"

"I'm completely bewildered," said Fies.

"I... I need to go find Dorian. How could he keep something so important from me? How could he not tell me?"

Rhine calmly picked up his teacup, took a sip, and asked indifferently.

"Found it, and now, Lord Fez, what are your plans?"

"And then...and then..."

Fies's mind went blank; he was completely unable to think and had no idea how to answer Rhine's question.

After a long while, he spoke with a blank look in his eyes and a faint voice.

"Then I want to take Dorian back to Yog and spend his last days with him. Dorian was happy every day when we were on Yog, and I know he liked it there too."

Seeing that Fez was about to walk away again like a lost soul, Rhine quickly said, "Lord Fez, you don't have to be so pessimistic. I may have a way to save Dorian."

Upon hearing Rhine's words, Fies's eyes instantly lit up with immense joy.

"What method?" Fies asked impatiently.

Rhine told Fies that the reason Dorian was dying was because his mental sea had not been soothed by spiritual energy for a long time. As long as Dorian could receive normal spiritual energy soothing from the male insect, he would naturally get better slowly.

Recently, Rhine happened to obtain a book by chance. According to the book, low-level male insects can use the methods in the book to train and improve their mental power, and then they can provide mental soothing to high-level female insects.

Fies's eyes lit up at first, then his gaze became hesitant.

"I've never heard of a method that allows lower-ranking males to appease higher-ranking females before. Will the method described in that book really work?"

Rhine shrugged and said, "I can't guarantee that. I only recently got the book and haven't tested it with insects yet. Whether or not to use this book is entirely up to you, Lord Fies."

Fies sat back down, struggled for a long time, and then seemed to make up his mind before speaking.

"Please give me the book. I want to try it, whether it's useful or not. What if a miracle happens?"

"Alright, but Lord Fies must promise me that you will keep the matter of the book a secret and not let the other insects know about it."

Fies readily agreed, recognizing the book's value.

At the same time, Fies was filled with gratitude towards Rhine. He thought that if it weren't for Dorian, how could Rhine have given such a precious thing to someone he had just met? He was really glad to have Dorian as a friend. The Rhine Legion Commander was indeed a good guy.

"There's one more thing I'd like to emphasize to you," Rhine said.

"you say."

"I hope you won't even tell Dorian about the book."

Seeing the confusion in Fies's eyes, Rhine explained further.

"As a friend, I sincerely hope that Dorian can recover, but the methods in this book have not been verified by insects. Given how much Dorian values ​​you, Lord Fez, if he finds out, he certainly will not allow you to refine them."

Fies suddenly realized.

"You're right, I understand. I won't tell Dorian. I'll refine it secretly on my own. And don't worry, even if Dorian finds out later, I won't betray you. I'll just say that I found the book myself."

Fez agreed quickly, partly because he really didn't want Dorian to stop him, and partly because he felt somewhat resentful of Dorian's act of concealing things from him, so he wanted to conceal things from Dorian as well, as a small form of revenge.

Having achieved his goal, Rhine smiled and handed a copy of the teaching materials to Fez.

At the same time, he sighed inwardly, thinking how truly naive Dorian's ruler was.

He had thought that Fies would at least ask him why he didn't give the book to Lu Yuan, but to his surprise, Fies hadn't expected it at all.