Who understands? The aloof female ruler always flirts without even realizing it.

Shen Yan dragged his heavy steps into the house, exhausted both physically and mentally from a day of forced smiles.

All I want is to immediately, right now, throw myself into Calander's arms, to absorb his unique blend of coldness and warmth, and wash away all this hypocrisy and weariness.

However, as soon as he stepped into the living room, before he could even call out his wife's name, a powerful force suddenly gripped his wrist.

That force was terrifyingly powerful, carrying an uncontrollable and undeniably tyrannical force.

Caught off guard, Shen Yan was pulled and stumbled.

"Wife?"

He looked up in surprise and met a pair of scarlet, icy blue eyes that seemed to be shrouded in a blood-red mist.

It was churning with a madness, pain, and despair he had never seen before, one that almost consumed him.

Karandal did not respond, but stared intently at him, breathing heavily and rapidly, his chest heaving violently.

It was as if he had completely transformed into a different insect, no longer the restrained and patient general, but a ferocious beast driven to the brink of collapse.

"What's wrong with you?"

Shen Yan felt alarm bells ringing in his mind, and he tried to use a gentle voice to awaken his reason.

But the response was an even more forceful drag.

The female soldier practically dragged him into the master bedroom, her movements brutal and utterly devoid of gentleness. The male was slammed onto the soft bed, the mattress bouncing violently.

Still a little dazed from the fall, he propped himself up and looked at the female insect standing by the bed, casting a shadow over him.

Karandal began to undress, but his movements were tinged with a strange hesitation and...shame?

She didn't take off her shirt, but simply loosened the collar, letting the fabric cover her round and plump waist.

Then, all attention was focused on Shen Yan.

Those long, slender hands, trembling almost imperceptibly, began to tear at the boy's clothes with extraordinary determination.

"Wait! Honey! Stop! There are security cameras!!"

Shen Yan was genuinely frightened.

It's not that he doesn't want to be close to his wife; heaven knows how long he's longed for physical intimacy with his partner.

But not here, not at this time!

This bedroom, and indeed the entire villa, is riddled with surveillance cameras installed by the Empire!

He would never allow his most private moments with his wife to become a erotic spectacle in the eyes of those insects!

The struggle and resistance, like a final thunderclap, shattered Karandal's crumbling sanity.

The powerful ruler... was rejecting him.

The powerful ruler did not want him to touch him.

Have you started to dislike him?

This body, now so ugly, is no longer even worthy of being touched?

The feelings of inferiority and fear of abandonment overwhelmed me like a tsunami.

"How could you... how could you not love me anymore?"

Karandal's voice was hoarse and broken, with a heavy nasal tone and a heartbreaking sense of bewilderment. He seemed to be questioning Shen Yan, or perhaps questioning fate itself.

"You said you only loved me...you said it..."

He suddenly bent down and used his knee to pin down Shen Yan's struggling legs, pulling out a pair of shackles that gleamed coldly from somewhere.

Those were shackles used only when arresting criminals, carrying a cold and suffocating connotation.

"Click".

With a soft click, the male's wrist was firmly locked to the carved pillar at the head of the bed.

"Kalandal, I love you!"

"Wake up! Look at me!"

Shen Yan was anxious and angry, but mostly heartbroken.

He saw the bloodshot in his wife's eyes, the abnormal flush on his pale face, and the contorted expression of his pain.

Ignoring Shen Yan's cries, Karandal prepared to force his way through, hoping to gain a sliver of security. Suddenly, the surveillance camera disguised as a decoration in the corner of the bedroom emitted a cold and stern electronic voice:

"Warning! Violence detected against Lord Shen Yan by the female ruler, Kalandel! Cease immediately!"

"Stop immediately if you repeat this! Otherwise, we will take enforcement measures!"

The sound was like icy water poured on the male's head, but it seemed to have no effect on waking the female insect in the slightest.

He paused for only a moment, then, as if swatting away a fly, grabbed a decorative item from the bedside table and smashed it hard into the corner where the sound came from!

"Bang!"

The ornament shattered, the monitor flickered a few times, and then the sound abruptly stopped.

But his destructive speed was far slower than the Empire's reaction speed.

Almost immediately after the surveillance cameras were destroyed, a deafening roar came from downstairs.

The villa's gate was forcibly broken open by a powerful external force!

The rapid, hurried footsteps, like drumbeats, pounded on the stairs and floor, quickly approaching the master bedroom.

"Bang!"

The bedroom door was suddenly kicked open.

A group of fully armed female insects, dressed in Imperial standard law enforcement uniforms, surged in like a black tide, their cold gun barrels all aimed at Kalandel, who was pressing down on Shen Yan.

"Kalandel! Release Lord Shen Yan immediately! You have seriously violated the 'Male Insect Protection Law' and the 'Imperial Marriage Law'! Surrender and submit to arrest!"

The female insect captain, who was in charge, shouted sternly and signaled her subordinates to step forward and subdue her.

Several strong female insects immediately pounced forward, trying to pull Kalandel off Shen Yan and put special shackles on him to suppress his mental power.

"No...don't..."

The female insect struggled in the chaos, her eyes unfocused, still immersed in her own collapsing world, instinctively resisting any external touch, muttering to herself repeatedly.

"My lord...my..."

He watched as the female insects roughly twisted the soldier's arms, even pressing his neck with their elbows, trying to knock him to the ground.

Shen Yan, whose pain and anxiety had almost reached their peak, finally exploded completely.

"Who gave you permission to touch him?!"

He raised his head, and in his dark eyes, all the compromise, forbearance, and exhaustion were instantly burned away, replaced by a raging rage and a suffocating majesty.

boom--!

A vast and boundless SSS-level spiritual power suddenly erupted, like an invisible tsunami, spreading outwards from Shen Yan's center!

That power was so strong, so terrifying, carrying an absolute will that could not be profaned.

The air seemed to be filled with a tangible pressure.

Those female law enforcement insects, who had been so aggressive just moments before, couldn't even let out a muffled groan before being struck hard as if by an invisible giant hammer.

Their expressions changed drastically, their legs went weak, and they uncontrollably collapsed to their knees with a "thump, thump," before being completely pressed to the ground by the terrifying pressure!

The weapon slipped from his hand and flew out, landing on the floor with a clatter.

Each insect felt as if it had been thrown into the deep sea at a depth of 10,000 meters. Its internal organs were squeezed out of shape, its bones groaned under the unbearable pressure, and even breathing became extremely difficult.

All he could manage were painful, intermittent wails that escaped his throat.

The metal shackles binding Shen Yan's wrists snapped and flew away instantly with a "crack" under the impact of this terrifying mental force, just like fragile cookies.

They didn't even glance at the invaders struggling in agony on the ground.

He sat up abruptly, and the first thing he did was reach out and tightly hug Karandel, who was frozen in place and staring blankly due to the sudden pressure of his mental energy.

"It's alright, honey, it's alright..."