SGT CH173

◎X has great tolerance; his chest is especially grand, with boundless capacity◎

X was indeed wavering.

The Male Zerg seemed to need him very much.

He could not go to prison, nor could he be repatriated to the Dark Star Region.

He needed to stay by the Male Zerg’s side.

“You can establish a marital relationship with me; however, it does not necessarily have to be as your Female Monarch,” X said.

Female Attendants and Female Slaves were also legally recognized marital relationships.

No bug would willingly choose to be a Female Slave.

Even for a Female Attendant, their status in a Male Zerg’s household was far inferior to that of a Female Monarch.

Yet X had to bring this up.

He did not want the Male Zerg to regret it in the future.

High-grade Male Zergs of the Empire mostly married a Female Zerg with a prestigious family background or immense power as their Female Monarch.

Not a Female Zerg like him, who had nothing at all.

However, Female Attendants and Female Slaves had never once crossed Mu Si’s mind.

His thoughts were very simple.

The bug he liked had to receive the very best.

Only the best of everything could match his love.

He did not care about family background or social status.

He already had plenty of family background and status himself, with no need for a Female Zerg to fight for them on his behalf.

Those vulgar things would only insult his love.

“But I only want you to be my Female Monarch.”

Mu Si wrapped his arms around X’s waist, continuing to act coquettish and play pitiful.

“Hunter gege, do you dislike me?

“After entering the Empire, did you realize I’m not that outstanding, and now you want to be the Female Monarch of an even better Male Zerg?”

“No, I don’t…”

X was flustered to the point of losing his composure.

“You are exceptionally outstanding, there is no need to belittle yourself like that.”

The Male Zerg in his arms was the best Male Zerg in X’s cognition.

Even an imperial prince or the Zerg Emperor could not compare to the beautiful Male Zerg in his embrace.

Even if the other party abandoned him and the Zerg egg in his belly the moment they returned to the Empire, he would not feel the Male Zerg was bad in the slightest.

Let alone the fact that the Male Zerg wanted to enter a marriage with him and take him as his Female Monarch.

This was already far too good.

So good that it gave rise to a heavy mental burden and intense guilt within X.

He felt that when the Male Zerg had drifted into the Dark Star Region and coincided with his physiological awakening, he had taken advantage of the vulnerable situation to become the Male Zerg’s guide.

He ended up pregnant with the Male Zerg’s egg, and had forcibly kept the Male Zerg at his residence for four months.

Now, just because the Male Zerg could not return home, he was going to take the position of the Male Zerg’s Female Monarch.

Adding all these together, he was practically a villainous bug taking advantage of someone’s plight and using favors to demand rewards.

“Since you think I’m very good, why won’t you be my Female Monarch? Could it be…”

Mu Si’s eyes rolled as he remembered something.

In the Dark Star Region, there were not only Zergs, but also many alien races, including the Tianjia.

In such a mixed living environment, the cultures of various races intermingled and influenced each other.

The Tianjia were the race most similar to the Zergs, yet also their polar opposite, making it very easy for both sides to influence one another.

The Tianjia revered females above all else.

“You don’t want to be my Female Monarch, you want to be my Female Master?!”

Mu Si covered his mouth in shock.

He had grown up in the Zerg imperial palace. Although he understood a little about the Tianjia, he had never encountered anything like this in real life.

No bug had ever taught him what to do in such a situation.

“No! Of course not!”

X was so shocked by the Male Zerg’s wild assumption that he was practically at a loss for words.

Female Zergs were fundamentally bugs who strictly adhered to rules and order.

Living within a collective and structured order, arranged neatly like tiny screws, was the lifestyle Female Zergs were accustomed to.

Once they lost the rules and stepped outside the boundaries, it would make them feel deeply uneasy.

Even Female Zergs in the chaotic Dark Star Region spontaneously followed the rules of that region:

The jungle law where the strong prey on the weak and the fittest survive.

X had never thought of treating a Male Zerg as his personal property like a Tianjia, even though he had been fully capable of doing so in the Dark Star Region.

Faced with the Male Zerg’s questioning, X could not defend himself.

In the end, to prove he had no intention of becoming the Male Zerg’s Female Master, he completed the marriage registration with the Male Zerg and officially became his Female Monarch.

“…”

X kept feeling that something was not quite right.

Mu Si looked at X’s name in the Female Monarch column with satisfaction, feeling completely delighted.

Looking at X standing dazedly beside him, Mu Si patted his shoulder to console him.

“Don’t be sad. Even though you can’t be my Female Master, if I’m in a good mood, I wouldn’t mind indulging you occasionally.”

X: “…No, I really didn’t mean that…”

“I’ll let you sit on top and move however you want,” Mu Si whispered softly by his ear.

X’s breath hitched, and he went silent.

Only the tip of his ear burned hot from the gentle breath the Male Zerg had brushed across it.

The receptionist, who was neither deaf nor blind: “…”

Such a huge scoop of gossip shoved right into his face, he was practically choking to death.

What extraordinary qualities did this Female Zerg possess to capture the Prince’s heart and make the Prince make such an exception for him?

No, no, no, it had to be that the Prince had just undergone his physiological awakening, had not experienced much of the world yet, and had been deceived by this bad Female Zerg from the Dark Star Region.

At this moment, the receptionist finally understood the indignant grief portrayed in alien movies when someone watches a tiny cub grow up, only for the cub to be abducted by some scoundrel.

Even though the Female Zerg in front of him had black hair, and it was the Prince whose hair color was closer to light gold.

That still did not stop the receptionist from glaring at X as if he were a thieving scoundrel.

Even though his teeth ached with resentment, the work that needed to be done still had to be completed.

Having witnessed the Prince and the Female Zerg register their marriage, and having personally completed the identity registration for the Female Zerg, the receptionist’s inner world was completely crumbling.

While X was completing his identity registration, Mu Si also went to finish his grade examination and data update.

S+, slightly better than he had anticipated.

His original best prediction was S. Having suffered an unexpected ambush prior to his awakening, it would have been normal even if he dropped to S- or remained at grade A.

Breaking through straight to S+ was completely outside Mu Si’s expectations.

This proved that his guide was exceptionally strong, and that the compatibility between him and his guide was extremely high.

It seemed that this ambush and drifting into the Dark Star Region was not entirely a bad thing after all.

It had allowed him to meet the Female Zerg of his destiny.

Mu Si walked briskly toward X.

When he drew within three meters of X, his terminal automatically received X’s identity information.

X, special mutated species, Female Zerg, S+…

Another surprise outside his expectations.

He had thought X was an A+.

However, this made total sense.

Whether judging from how X allowed him to break through to S+ in one go, or from X’s effortless handling of those Female Zergs in the forest back then, both proved that X was definitely not a simple A+.

So, X had been deliberately concealing his rank aura all along.

On one hand, Mu Si thought his Female Monarch was truly formidable, able to grow to such a degree even in a resource-scarce place like the Dark Star Region.

On the other hand, he thought that having abducted such a powerful Female Zerg back and having him join the Empire, his Male Father and Female Father would definitely be proud of him.

Wait…

He had not told his Male Father and Female Father about marrying a Female Monarch.

He was going to get beaten, wasn’t he?

Scary.

He needed a hug from his Female Monarch to soothe him.

Mu Si walked closer to X, slightly raising both arms, wanting to embrace X’s waist.

Just then, X turned his head to look at him and called out:

“Your Royal Highness.”

Mu Si froze instantly, looking up at him, his heart pounding in panic.

“You… know?”

“Yes…”

The look in X’s eyes was exceedingly complex.

Since they had already registered their marriage and he possessed an identity certificate, how could he not know the Male Zerg’s identity?

Within his own identity profile, clicking on the name of his “Male Lord” allowed him to view the other party’s identity details.

Mu Si Sekaya.

First Prince, Morning Star Prince, Crown Prince of the Empire.

The fairy tale of a fallen prince rescued by an ordinary Female Zerg had actually fallen onto his head.

This did not feel like reality; rather, it felt like an absurd joke or a daydream.

Amidst his dazed state of mind, countless doubts arose in X’s heart.

Why would a dignified prince appear in the Dark Star Region, especially at the crucial juncture of his physiological awakening?

The Zerg Emperor and the Marshal were the Male Zerg’s parents, so how could the Prince possibly be unable to contact his family? How could he possibly be unable to return home?

Was the Male Zerg tricking him?

What did he even have that was worth being deceived by a prince?

“Why did you…”

X wanted to ask, yet he feared his questions would puncture this dreamlike beauty, exposing the icy truth beneath.

He was afraid he would not be able to bear the cruel reality.

Mu Si knew what he wanted to ask.

“Let me think about how to make it up… ah no, I mean, how to explain it to you.”

Mu Si stole a guilty glance at X.

“It is fine,” X said.

It seemed X did not suspect anything. Just as Mu Si was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard X say:

“Go ahead and make it up.”

Mu Si: “…”

Mu Si silently covered his face, struggling to say, “I, I can explain.”

Now that X realized he had been coaxing and lying to him the whole time, was he going to get beaten?

No, no, no, X had great capacity.

His chest was especially grand, and his tolerance was immense, so he definitely wouldn’t hit him too hard.

Still, X was an S-grade Female Zerg, a single punch from him could send him to his grave.

“You do not need to panic. No matter what you tell me, I will treat it as the truth and reality,” X said.

“Eh?” He trusted him that much?

Mu Si moved aside the hands covering his face and tentatively ventured:

“What if I told you I ran into… palace intrigue. My Female Zerg didi was wildly ambitious and made a vicious attempt on my life. I had no choice but to flee to the Dark Star Region, where I met you.

“Your formidable combat strength was precisely what I needed, which is why I insisted on you becoming my Female Monarch, so you could escort me back to the Imperial Capital and help me overthrow the Second Prince…”

Mu Si noticed that his fabrication was getting increasingly absurd. He quickly stopped, gave a dry cough, and asked, “Do you believe that?”

X fell silent.

Earlier, he had said he would believe whatever the Male Zerg told him. That was only because he had already married the Male Zerg and was thoroughly bound to him, having long lost the chance to choose, leaving him no option but to believe.

Yet now, listening to the Male Zerg’s narrative, X truly could not tell.

The Male Zerg’s explanation was clearly structured and logically consistent, fitting perfectly with the public’s imagination regarding treacherous power struggles within the royal family.

Ultimately, X nodded and said:

“I believe it.”

Mu Si was dumbfounded.

You believe an outrageous story like that?!

Mu Si had only just reached adulthood through his physiological awakening. The Second Prince, Mu Li’an, who was six years younger than him, was currently just a sub-adult Female Zerg studying at the military academy, practically a cub if rounded down.

Mu Si and the Second Prince had grown up together since childhood. When the Second Prince was still an egg, Mu Si used him as a toy.

If there was a day Mu Si did not bother him, the round egg would roll over on its own to find him.

Mu Li’an’s personality was impossibly good. No matter how Mu Si teased him, he always thought it was a friendly game with his gege, playing along happily.

He was Mu Si’s number one fanboy and follower.

Now, X actually believed Mu Li’an had tried to murder him, and was ready to join him in bringing down the evil Second Prince.

Well…

Mu Si’s conscience ached just a tiny bit.

“Alright, the truth is actually that I just really like you, I love you, and I only want you to be my Female Monarch and stay by my side forever.”

One lie usually required many more lies to cover it up.

To keep the lie from growing bigger, to prevent deeper estrangement between him and X, and for the sake of the Second Prince’s precarious reputation, Mu Si chose to tell the real truth after all.

However, after hearing his words, X remained silent for quite a while, looking at him with a peculiar gaze, as if writing across his face: “Are you treating me like a fool?”

X did not believe it at all.

Compared to a Male Zerg’s love, he found it far more believable that the Second Prince posed an immense threat to the Prince.

Therefore, X said:

“I understand, Your Highness. I will escort you back to the Imperial Capital and help you fight the Second Prince.

“Do you need me to guard closely by your side, or do you need me to enter the military department to accumulate military merits and serve as your support within the military?”

Mu Si: “Ah, this…”

Oh no, he couldn’t explain it away now.

However, the Female Zerg seemed full of fighting spirit.

And he was no longer resistant to being his Female Monarch.

Could this count as an accidental success?

Then he could only sacrifice the Second Prince’s precarious reputation.

As a didi, sacrificing for the happiness of his gege was only natural, right?

“Neither close personal protection nor entering the military is urgent right now, you are still carrying an egg,” Mu Si said, hugging X and nuzzling against him.

“Right now, the most important thing is that you are well, the cub is well, and our family of bugs stays together.”

“I understand.”

X nodded.

This was his cub, and also the Prince’s cub. It had to be born safely.

“Once I lay the egg, I will enter the military and fight for you.”

X’s gaze was resolute.

Mu Si: “…”

Mu Si felt as though he could see his sweet post-marriage honeymoon drifting far away.

“Um, there’s no need to rush like that either. We can spend a few years on a honeymoon first. I mean… military training.

“Although you are very strong, you aren’t familiar with the Empire’s modern technology and military situation. Before entering the military, you need special training.”

It was over, lies were rolling off his tongue effortlessly now.

S+ grade mental power truly worked wonders for writing scripts.

Mu Si did not know whether he should be happy or worried.

Surprisingly, X accepted this reasoning very quickly.

“I will listen to you,” X said seriously.

Mu Si gave him a resentful look.

Why was it that when he spoke of “love,” X didn’t believe a word of it, yet believed everything else so readily?

Fortunately, X had already become his Female Monarch, and they had a long lifetime ahead to understand one another.

He still had plenty of time to let X feel his love.

One day, X would truly believe in his love.

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[Author’s note]

End of this extra.

X still hasn’t wrapped his mind around it. In his eyes, things with the Prince were just a twist of fate where he “took advantage of the situation.” He thinks the Prince has no emotional foundation with him and wouldn’t actually like him.

But just as Mu Si said, one day, he will believe in his love.