"You won't fall." Mikel supported the male insect's waist with one hand and protected the eggs with the other. His tone was very gentle: "Master, please sit down."

"Okay." Cheng Chu used the hem of his shirt to scoop up the insect egg and sat back down on the simple wooden plank on the ground. He began to examine the egg carefully, releasing his mental energy to soothe it. After confirming that the egg was intact, he couldn't wait to ask Mikel for confirmation: "Wife, is the baby alright? Did he get hurt? He's fine, right? He's perfectly okay."

"Yes, yes, Master. Our baby is alright, Master, please don't worry." Mikel knelt on one knee beside the male insect, checking the egg with him. After stroking every inch of the eggshell, Mikel cupped the male insect's face to examine his expression, asking with concern, "Master, besides feeling weak, do you feel unwell anywhere else? Are you dizzy? Do you feel nauseous?"

"I only feel a little dizzy, and I don't feel nauseous. I'm fine, you don't need to worry about me," Cheng Chu replied to Mikel, while also staring at Aris warily. It was as if he would attack Aris with his sharpest mental power if Aris made any further moves.

Although Cheng Chu recognized the female insect as Mikel's good friend who had sacrificed himself, and although he didn't know why she had come back to life, he felt that she was not a good insect just because she had stolen the insect eggs without saying a word.

Aris had no idea what Cheng Chu was thinking, and besides, he didn't care what a male insect thought of him. But seeing this scene before him, Aris clicked his tongue in amazement: "Mikel, I didn't realize you were this kind of female insect."

She can be so gentle and considerate, even showing concern for a male insect that doesn't seem very bright.

Aris felt like he was getting to know the cold-faced Admiral Mikel of the K2 Legion all over again. He stroked his chin and began to rudely comment on Cheng Chu.

"You know what, although your male insect doesn't look very smart, it's quite good-looking, and it's a good match for you..."

"Aris." Mikel's voice interrupted him coldly. He stood up and looked at him, his blue eyes seeming to pierce with icy sharpness. "You owe me an explanation. Why did you create those explosions? Why did you kidnap my lord and the insect eggs?"

And why doesn't he come back when he's clearly not dead?

He hadn't appeared for two years, so why is he back now?

Why is that?

Mikel had too many questions he couldn't understand.

The small wooden cabin fell silent again. Aris didn't answer Mikel's question. He reached out his long arm, pulled over the nearest chair, and sat down.

Cheng Chu looked up at Mikel's taut jawline and knew that his mood was definitely not as calm as he appeared.

Aris remained nonchalant: "I just wanted to ask you, my lord, a few questions. I was planning to return them to you after I finished. Who knew he was so weak? You came all this way and he still wasn't awake. I haven't even started asking him anything yet. So, it seems like I haven't done anything at all."

Mikel angrily rebuked him: "Didn't you do anything? Such a large-scale explosion, so many people in hospitals and commercial buildings, have you thought about what would happen if innocent insects were killed in the explosion?"

"You're the one who's weak!" Cheng Chu retorted quietly from behind Mikel.

His voice was soft, and the two female insects in the room ignored him.

"They didn't kill any of them, did they?" Aris didn't care at all. He leaned back in his chair leisurely and even dared to boast to Mikel with a grin, "How about it, Mikel? My plan was perfect, wasn't it? So many bombs and not a single bug was killed."

"You..." Mikel choked, not knowing what Aris had gone through to become so cold-blooded.

Although Aris used to dislike male insects, or even loathe them, he wouldn't disregard innocent lives.

Mikel tried his best to suppress the anger rising in his heart and said, "If you want to see my Lord, you can come and talk to me properly. I won't refuse to let you see him."

Hearing Mikel say that, Cheng Chu nodded in agreement.

"That's right, that's right."

Yes, if it were Mikel's friend, he would have agreed to meet him; there was no need to make such a big deal out of it.

With both explosions and anesthetic drugs involved, it's just too dangerous!

"Oh dear, I finally made it back to the capital, and I couldn't let this trip be in vain." Aris crossed his legs, placed his hands on his lower abdomen, and looked completely at ease. "That idiot can become the Insect Emperor now. I can't just stab him a few times to vent my anger, I have to find something for him to do and make him lose something too."

As the least favored female prince in the royal family, and with her father dying young, it was truly remarkable that Aris was able to grow up. Without her father's protection, the suffering he endured was something no one could truly understand.

Even the great battle two years ago, in which Aris lost control of his mind on the battlefield, was not a coincidence.

Mikel knew this, which was why he couldn't lecture him anymore.

"What do you want to ask me about the male ruler?" Mikel got back to the point.

His male insect had never crossed paths with Aris, and they had never even met. Why was Aris going to such lengths to find him?

Feeling that he had regained his strength, Cheng Chu stood up and approached Mikel, holding the insect egg in his arms. He looked at Aris and was also waiting for his question.

Aris didn't ask Cheng Chu directly, but instead said to Mikel, "I knew you were looking for me when we were on planet AF9. That little brat A Bing told you everything, right?"

Mikel pondered for a moment, then guessed with near certainty, "It's for that mute male worm."

If there was anything related to his male insect, it was only that mute male insect with black hair and black eyes. As it turned out, Mikel's guess was correct.

"Yes." Aris looked at Mikel and said, word by word, "Mikel, you noticed it a long time ago, didn't you? They have the same black hair and black eyes, the same mysterious origins, and even the same... S-rank mental power."

Aristotle emphasized the last sentence.

Only he knew the male insect's level of mental power; even the male insect himself didn't know it, and this was the first time he had revealed it.

"So, what do you want to say?" Mikel clenched his fists, his throat inexplicably dry. He didn't dare to turn around and look at the male insect's expression.

He had long suspected the male insect's origins, but since the male insect wouldn't say, he pretended not to know. He figured that as long as the male insect wasn't an undercover agent or a spy, he could overlook whatever the reason.

As long as he doesn't leave him.

At this moment, Cheng Chu also understood what the two female insects meant from their conversation, and his body stiffened for a moment. He then suppressed the turmoil in his heart, pretended to be calm, took Mikel's hand, and forcefully squeezed his fingers between his, interlocking their fingers.

He didn't look at Mikel, but asked Aris directly, "Are you looking for him?"

Aris: "Yes."

Why are you looking for him?

"I...this is my business, you don't need to worry about it."

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