Zerg: The female warrior's male master is acting strangely!

"We're here. Just sit inside and wait a bit."

Dia stood at the office door, her hand already raised in preparation to knock, but was stopped by Ayu.

"What's wrong?" Dia turned her head.

Ayu shook her head and said softly, "I'll just wait outside."

"Are you too nervous? It's okay, the marshal is very easy to talk to."

"No, thank you," Ayu insisted. "I'll wait here. Thank you."

"Alright, alright," Dia said helplessly. Anyway, one day Ayu would realize how good the Marshal was, provided that he wasn't as shameless as Yuze.

"I'll be going now. The Marshal should be back soon. You can contact me via the personal terminal if you need anything."

"Yes," Ayu nodded.

After watching Dia's figure disappear around the corner of the corridor, he leaned against the wall, finally managing to relax his tense shoulders a little.

The corridor was quiet, but after a while, Ayu's keen ears caught a sound of footsteps, very light, like the sound of a small animal stepping on the floor.

He abruptly raised his head, his gaze sweeping across the empty corridor, but the footsteps grew ever closer...

The next second, the office door was pulled open a crack from the inside by a bug.

Ah Yu turned her head to look, but as if she had seen a ghost, she saw nothing at all.

"Hey, who are you?"

After coaxing her father to sleep, Heroie left first, afraid of disturbing his rest.

At that moment, he was tilting his head back, curiously examining the large insect, his bright eyes filled with doubt: "What are you doing here?"

Hearing the sound, Ayu lowered her head in confusion, only then noticing that a small insect had been standing at her feet.

Ayu slowly squatted down, her gaze falling on the face of the little insect that bore a resemblance to the marshal. She then noticed the old, faded clothes he was wearing, the fabric rough and the hem frayed...

Ayu's heart clenched. The little bug in front of her looked to be about four years old, but it was all fat and not growing tall. If nothing was wrong, it was probably traumatic obesity caused by long-term verbal abuse and violence.

He hugged the little bug with tenderness, but when his hand touched the little bug's back, his fingertips touched a stitched line. It felt very rough, but it was very familiar to him.

He peeked out and, with just one glance, his heart sank even further. He hadn't expected that even the insect cub, who was a marshal, would be in such a difficult situation, to the point that he was worried about leaving the insect cub at home and had to keep it by his side to take care of it personally.

When the giant insect picked up Holoi, she noticed that his expression was very similar to that of her father when he was sad—his brows were furrowed and his lips were tightly pursed...

He thought for a moment, figuring that comforting one or two was the same thing, so he reached out his little paw and patted the insect's back: "Brother, don't be sad, did something happen?"

"Tell me, and I'll have my father-in-law beat him up!"

After hearing his words of comfort, A-Yu felt even worse, because the little insect's thoughtfulness reminded him of his own mother.

Back then, every time he was beaten by his father, his mother would secretly take him to a corner and pat his back to comfort him.

Seeing that her comforting only made him more upset, Heroiyi immediately pulled a handful of colorful candies from her pocket and stuffed them all into her older brother's hand, saying, "These are candies that Uncle Yuze and Uncle Dia gave me. Now, here, they're for you!"

Ayu was stunned, clearly surprised by the poor wretch's generosity.

Because the candies in his palm had exquisite and high-quality coatings, they didn't look cheap at all!

If nothing unexpected happens, it's probably because the adjutants felt sorry for the little bug and bought it to comfort it.

Ayu stuffed all the candies back into the little bug's pocket, reached out and patted his little head, saying, "No need, you can have them."

He has escaped. As long as he continues to work hard, life will gradually become sweeter!

But this little bug didn't have any. He clearly needed a piece of candy more than himself to fight against the harsh and unbearable life that he couldn't escape for the time being.

"Huh? Why?" Holoi tilted her head, asking in confusion, "Don't you like it?"

How could any worm not like to eat such sweet candy?

"Hmm," A-Yu smiled, his heartache falling on the little bug's tattered clothes. In a daze, he seemed to see his former self.

"You can keep it for yourself, you don't need to give it to me."

"Okay," Heroi nodded, then leaned over and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek, just as skillfully as she had kissed the other adjutants.

This action stunned Ayu. Before he could even react, he was kissed on the other side of his face.

A few seconds later, Ayu came to her senses, bent down and kissed the little bug on the forehead, then picked it up from the ground.

But to his surprise, this little insect was as heavy as half a large sandbag. "?"

"Brother!" Holoiyi hugged his neck, her voice sweet and clear. "My name is Holoiyi, you can just call me Yiyi! What's your name?"

Hearing his question, Ayu felt sad again. She never expected that even the marshal's little bug cub could not bear his father's surname.

"Hello, Yi Yi, my name is A Yu."

"Brother Ayu!"

Herroy's voice was as sweet as honey, making Ayu's heart ache even more.

Before he could say anything more, he heard footsteps behind him.

Ayu turned around and saw that the marshal had returned.

He instinctively tried to put Yi Yi down, but Yi Yi clung to his neck and wouldn't let go, her little paws wrapped tightly around him.

Holoyen frowned upon seeing this: "Heroy!"

Ayu mistakenly thought the marshal was going to blame the poor little insect, so she quickly spoke up to help him out: "Marshal, he's still young, please don't blame him."

Holoyen paused, the words sounding strangely familiar. The last time he'd heard those words of advice, it seemed, it was his lord...

"Hmm," Herroyen said, turning his gaze away, "Come in."

Ayu carried Yiyi and followed the marshal into the office, but when he bent down again to put Yiyi down, Yiyi still refused to let go.

Holoy shoved the document he'd taken from Sirland into the drawer, asking without looking up, "Heroy, what's going on?"

"Oh..." Heroyi's little tail drooped down because her father was scolding her, and she loosened her grip on Ayu's neck.

Seeing that he was unhappy, Ayu quickly took out the nutritional supplements she always carried with her from her pocket and stuffed them into Yiyi's hand, gently coaxing him, "Here, don't be sad."

Herroyen glanced up and instantly recognized the packaging of the nutrient solution.

That's the category with the highest nutritional index. It's loved by many struggling female soldiers because one dose is equivalent to three doses of ordinary nutritional supplements, but it costs twice as much.

"Thank you, Brother Yu!" After receiving the nutrient solution, Heroyi happily kissed him again before getting down from the ground.

Seeing the undisguised joy that Ayu had for Yiyi, Heroyen swallowed back the words he had originally intended to say about Yiyi returning the favor.

Oh well, I've already been promoted, and my salary and benefits have tripled, so I might as well give it to them...