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

While the Duke of Norton was talking to his father, the Eighth Prince quietly watched the situation outside through the crack in the secret passage door.

As Duke Norton's words became increasingly outrageous, the Eighth Prince's gaze grew colder and colder.

Although by blood the Duke of Norton is the elder brother of the Eighth Prince, the Duke of Norton is unaware that the Eighth Prince is actually his younger brother, and only considers himself the only child of his father.

The Eighth Prince, who knew the truth, never regarded the Duke of Norton as his brother, because the Duke of Norton was not kind to his stepfather.

Since he started working for his father-in-law, the Eighth Prince would occasionally use the secret passage to visit the Duke of Norton's mansion and meet with his father-in-law.

During this process, the Eighth Prince would often encounter the Duke of Norton visiting his foster father.

Every time the Duke of Norton came to see his father-in-law, he never said a word of concern, but instead directly asked his father-in-law for things.

When he was younger, the Duke of Norton would ask his stepfather for all sorts of expensive items that he could show off.

As he grew older, Duke Norton began to ask his stepfather to use the influence of his family to help him gain more power.

Later on, Duke Norton either needed his female father to help him win over female insects he couldn't woo, or he created a whole mess that his female father had to clean up for him.

Moreover, every time he made a request to his female father, Duke Norton never spoke with a hint of pleading, but rather with a commanding tone, as if his female father were his servant.

The father-in-law would sometimes agree to and sometimes refuse the Duke of Norton's various unreasonable demands.

Duke Norton would fly into a rage every time he was rejected, and once even tried to whip his father with a light whip.

After the light whip was confiscated by the female father, Duke Norton threatened to report it to the Male Protection Association and have the association arrest the female father.

On that occasion, the Eighth Prince almost couldn't resist rushing out of the secret passage and beating up Duke Norton, but his mother secretly stopped him and then personally taught Duke Norton a lesson.

Since then, Duke Norton has begun to feel a little afraid of his female father. Although he still makes demands of his female father and gets angry when he is refused, he eventually dares not do anything more outrageous.

After the old story of the female father and the former Duke Norton was brought up again by the public, the true identity of the Duke Norton was exposed.

Duke Norton showed no sympathy whatsoever for his father-in-law's experiences; his only emotion was excitement.

Excited that he was indeed of the Insect King's bloodline, he had gained another advantage in the competition for the throne.

Duke Norton even went to the female insect's room to praise her as a resourceful female insect who, despite being a married female insect, managed to seduce the insect king and have him. He was truly amazing.

As the Duke of Norton spoke, he was completely oblivious to the humiliated expression on his father-in-law's face.

After that, Duke Norton would frequently visit the palace, and the Eighth Prince often encountered Duke Norton in the palace.

Duke Norton's purpose in going to the palace was naturally to cultivate a relationship with the Insect King. Every time he saw the Insect King, Duke Norton would call him "Male Father" with great joy.

Duke Norton often used the female father as a pretext, saying that the female father missed the Insect King very much and hoped that the Insect King could visit the female father at Duke Norton's mansion when he had time, as if the female father was a female servant waiting for the Insect King's favor.

Every time the Eighth Prince heard the Duke of Norton say such things, he felt an urge to kill the Duke of Norton.

The Eighth Prince thought that it must have been because Duke Norton's performance had disappointed his father that his father proposed to change the plan and turn the fake death into a real death. After all, it was his father who had suggested the fake death in the first place.

Although the male father didn't show much affection for either him or the Duke of Norton, he still fulfilled his responsibilities as a male father, protecting them and ensuring their safe and healthy growth.

Otherwise, how could a seemingly helpless female insect prince in a place like the palace have never lacked food, clothing, or daily necessities since childhood, and how could no insects have ever bullied him?

Furthermore, how could the Duke of Norton, as the second in line to the throne, possibly escape all sorts of conspiracies and tricks and grow up healthy and safe?

Moreover, in the initial revenge plan of the female father, he had arranged for him and Duke Norton to be involved.

The female father wanted revenge against the insects who had harmed him and the families behind them.

In fact, quite a few insects and families were involved in the mess between the female father and the former Duke Norton. They wanted to destroy the female father for various reasons.

They did succeed, but since they destroyed the female's life, the female must find a way to destroy them in return.

In the initial plan of the female father, he wanted to find a way to kill the crown prince and the insect king one after another, and then put Duke Norton on the throne.

Then, let Duke Norton use the authority of the Insect King to help the Female Father destroy all the Insects that had harmed him and the families behind them.

When the time comes, the female father will have taken revenge, and Duke Norton will have obtained the title of Insect King, while the Eighth Prince will also receive a powerful title.

Later, as the Duke of Norton's performance increasingly disappointed his father, he realized that pushing the Duke of Norton to the throne might not achieve the results he wanted.

So the father and mother adjusted their plans.

The initial steps remain unchanged; we'll briefly push for the Duke of Norton to ascend to the throne.

But after Duke Norton successfully inherits the throne, they will find a way to make Duke Norton abdicate voluntarily and pass the throne to the Eighth Prince, who will then destroy all the insects who harmed the female father and their families.

As for the Duke of Norton, he was given a fief in a remote area and sent away.

Thus, the female father still got his revenge, the eighth prince obtained the position of the insect king, and Duke Norton, at least for the rest of his life, would be well-off.

Until then, the father-in-law never considered taking the Duke of Norton's life.

But now, the female father must have truly given up all hope for Duke Norton. In the female father's eyes, Duke Norton is no longer his child, but just an ordinary male insect that makes the insect feel disgusted.

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After Duke Norton left the room, the Eighth Prince emerged from the secret passage and returned to his father.

"Father, you still have me. I will definitely help you. I will always stand by your side."

"Leave Cornwall to me, I'll handle everything, I promise, he won't have another chance to trample on you like that."

"It was you, Father, who gave him life. It is only right that he sacrifices himself for your plan. With his dedication, our plan will surely be successfully completed," said the Eighth Prince.

The Eighth Prince's father-in-law gazed silently out the window for a moment, then said, "Everything is now in your hands, my child."