SGT CH200

200 Zerg: Major General X Falls into the Hands of a Malicious Mental Groomer 6

◎Seducing a prince in the imperial palace, the crime deserves being pounded to death◎

At the Prince’s suggestion, X stayed overnight in the imperial palace.

Shi’an faintly sensed something odd, yet considered that perhaps he was overthinking; the Prince was merely caring for a subordinate.

There were plenty of guest rooms in the imperial palace to accommodate visitors.

Mu Si dared not meddle with the arrangements.

Thus, he could only watch helplessly as his Female Father lodged X in quarters furthest from his own bedchamber.

Shi’an was actually inclined to foster friendly ties between the Prince and X.

One was his most cherished cub, while the other was a junior officer he held in high regard; if they could develop a good relationship, it would be quite wonderful.

Yet the repeatedly bizarre atmosphere between the Prince and X, coupled with the Prince actively proposing to let X stay overnight, set off alarm bells within Shi’an’s heart.

Developing a relationship was great, but progressing this fast was slightly beyond Shi’an’s threshold of acceptance.

His male son had only just reached adulthood.

In Shi’an’s eyes, he was still a little cub.

Deserving of more doting love and protection.

After all, between his newly matured male cub and an unfamiliar female, it was best to keep them living far apart.

Returning to the main palace, Shi’an had no idea that merely two star-hours after he arranged Major General X’s quarters, the male son he meticulously sheltered slipped out of his bedchamber, bypassed all patrolling guards via mental suggestions, and arrived outside X’s residence.

“How should I put it…”

Mu Si paced outside the door, pondering.

“I just came to see if you’re accustomed to staying here… No, no. I came to see if you lack anything… That’s not right either…”

Just as Mu Si was agonizing over it, the door suddenly swung open from within.

Mu Si stood ramrod straight in an instant, tucking both hands behind his back, fixing a grave, cold, haughty glare upon X appearing at the entrance.

Even though he was clearly the bug who shouldn’t be here, he insisted on acting as though X opening the door was the one at fault.

“Major General X isn’t asleep late into the night, dressed so neatly, what are you going to…”

Before Mu Si could finish his interrogation, X stepped sideways to clear the way.

Signaling an invitation for him to enter.

All the prepared excuses were rendered useless. Pausing briefly, Mu Si shot X a slightly suspicious glance, yet strode into the room regardless.

After all, wasn’t his purpose in coming here tonight to enter X’s room, and then…

And then do what?

In any case, tormenting X was the right answer.

Halting in the center of the room, Mu Si turned back to face X, tilting his chin up haughtily, preparing to make his life a living misery, only to see X beginning to undress.

Mu Si’s mind went completely blank in an instant.

“Y-y-you!”

Mu Si was shocked almost to the point of losing the ability to speak.

X’s hand unbuttoning his shirt paused slightly. Seeing the Prince’s crimson-flushed face and wide eyes filled with disbelief, he felt bewildered, unsure whether he should continue.

“Did Your Highness not come to enjoy me?”

“Who wants to enjoy you?!”

Mu Si refuted almost reflexively, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

However, X looked very delicious.

The moon was so large and round; he wanted to eat it.

Biting his lip, Mu Si’s gaze lingered on X’s parted collar, unwilling to admit he wanted it, yet unable to voice a rejection.

X had never understood the complex thoughts of males.

Seeing the Prince claim he had no desire to enjoy him, he stopped with slight regret, preparing to fasten his clothes back up.

Yet the Prince’s gaze rested unwaveringly on his person.

That look was identical to the little male encountering a desired delicacy, yet pridefully refusing to speak, leaving him to guess.

If he failed to notice or guessed wrong, the little male would surely sulk and ignore him for an entire day.

Although the Prince was the pampered imperial heir, a fully grown male, and the little male had only been a young cub, since both were males… they should share similar traits, right?

In the end, X unbuttoned his shirt completely.

The hand resting on his belt hesitated for a moment, not proceeding further down.

He walked forward with slow steps, waiting apprehensively for the Prince’s verdict.

“You are too outrageous!”

Mu Si glared at the two piercings he had fastened with his own hands, speaking almost without filter:

“Are you this starved for desire? Seducing a newly matured prince inside the imperial palace, you! You are guilty!”

Guilty enough to be pounded to death.

Mu Si’s hand closed over him, followed by his lips, kissing X deeply.

The moon in the firmament climbed to its highest peak, suspended above the imperial palace, casting pure white radiance, enticing the garden of evening primroses to vie in blooming. Pure white petals reflected the bright moonlight, appearing all the more pristine and breathtaking.

Mu Si’s platinum-blond long hair cascaded across X’s chest, his head resting against X’s shoulder, never having felt so fulfilled.

Completely different from that week of chaotic entanglement during his physiological awakening.

That had been his one-sided possession of X.

While right now, X had proactively offered himself up, taking the initiative to be intimate with him.

Hehehe, X is mine.

The moon is mine.

Tickled by the male nuzzling against his shoulder, X wanted to turn his head away, yet could not bear to.

Ultimately, he tentatively pressed his jaw lightly against the male’s head, his lips grazing the male’s silky strands of hair.

A rare sense of fulfillment.

As if body and soul had been completely filled.

So comfortable that he extravagantly wished this moment could last for eternity.

Even if the Prince held only fleeting curiosity and a desire to toy with him.

Even if the Prince would soon possess an engaged Female Monarch.

At this very moment, the Prince rested in his embrace, granting him the fleeting privilege of holding and touching him.

For the first time since the little male departed, he felt such a sense of satisfaction.

As if he had obtained the happiness and home he had dreamed of.

Even when he knew in his heart that this was merely an extravagant delusion and an illusion.

The Prince would never belong to him; every minute and second spent with the Prince had been stolen.

Subconsciously, X tightened his embrace around the male in his arms.

Mu Si nuzzled against X’s chest with immense delight.

Although X held him a bit too tightly, almost making him breathless, he didn’t dislike it at all, feeling thoroughly content and secure instead.

As though he and X had been bound together intimately.

Yet it was still not enough.

He wanted an even stronger bond, a binding that would ensure X could never leave his side forever.

What should he do?

Just as Mu Si was agonizing over this, he heard X ask:

“On the day of your adulthood ceremony… will you be getting engaged?”

Even though the answer was virtually guaranteed—noble males almost always announced their chosen Female Monarch at their adulthood ceremony.

X still harbored a faint glimmer of hope, wishing for a different answer.

Perhaps the Prince was still hesitating, having not yet finalized the most suitable candidate.

After all, the position of the Prince’s Female Monarch was monumental, bound to trigger fierce competition among high-ranking females across the Empire.

Weighing various powers, exchanging political interests; the Female Monarch’s seat was not easily determined.

Mu Si snapped his head up.

Meeting X’s apprehensive and yearning emerald-green eyes.

“Engaged? Yes, engaged!”

Mu Si was struck by inspiration, sitting upright in excitement.

“Of course I will be engaged! Only marriage is the finest bond, the strongest tie!”

X froze on the spot.

The Prince would be getting engaged, and… was eagerly anticipating that marriage.

This was something he had foreseen long ago, yet truly witnessing the bright sparkle in the Prince’s eyes, he still felt pierced by sharp pain.

Once the Prince married, if he continued maintaining such a relationship with him, it would truly be an illicit affair.

A male could possess numerous females.

Yet the Prince clearly had zero desire to take responsibility for him, unwilling to grant him even the status of a secondary female companion.

Indeed, even though he was a Major General, just half a step away from Legion Admiral, his origins were humble. Compared to the royal house, he was low as the dirt.

The highest nobility cared most about pedigree and family prestige.

Marrying a female like him would be an indelible stain upon the Prince.

Naturally, the Prince would never wed him.

Let alone a secondary companion, he wouldn’t even be granted the position of a female slave.

X had never felt inferior regarding his origins.

Until today, knowing the Prince could never be with him because of his background, did he feel a tearing agony in his heart.

He would ultimately obtain nothing.

Whether the little male or the Prince, the home he yearned for would never belong to him.

Perhaps the Prince would continue seeking him out after marriage, maintaining this clandestine relationship.

Or perhaps after experiencing the joys of a proper Female Monarch, he would lose all interest in him, thoroughly abandoning him in disgust.

Tentatively, X reached out a hand, wishing to draw some warmth from the Prince, even just a tiny wisp…

Yet the Prince was already scrambling out of bed to dress.

“Regarding the engagement, I still need to discuss it with Male Father and Female Father.”

Mu Si dressed while stepping out of bed.

This might prove to be a tough battle.

A freshly matured cub suddenly announcing he wanted to marry an outside female would be hard for any parent to accept.

Yet Mu Si was confident he could make the Zerg Emperor and the Marshal agree.

Because when it came down to it, a male father and a female father could never win against their cub.

Having dressed, Mu Si strode briskly outside.

Stunned and rigid, X watched the Prince’s departing back, his outstretched hand clutching empty air, unable to grasp anything.

Mu Si had reached the doorway, yet suddenly halted.

Looking back at X sitting half-upright on the bed, he unexpectedly hurried back, rushing to the bedside to wrap his arms around X, planting a kiss on his cheek.

“Wait for me to return, I…”

I will definitely take you as my Female Monarch.

Mu Si cared deeply about X’s past abandonment.

However, if… if X would never leave him from now on, staying by his side forever and living together with him.

He could let go of the past, stop hurting and retaliating against X, and treat X properly from here on out.

Mu Si cupped X’s face, pressing down in a deep kiss.

X responded stiffly.

The Prince’s pheromones were sweet, yet his mouth tasted entirely of bitterness.

“Wait for me to return,” Mu Si murmured beside X’s cheek.

“Mm…” X closed his eyes deeply.

The Prince could marry another bug, while simultaneously demanding with complete righteousness that he wait in place.

And he held no power to refuse.

He had never been able to refuse the Prince.

He could not bear to, nor was he capable of it.

Even if doing so brought him boundless agony.

Departing briskly, Mu Si knocked on the Zerg Emperor and the Marshal’s bedchamber door late into the night.

The Zerg Emperor and the Marshal: “…”

A cub never considered whether his male father and female father required a nightlife.

The Marshal looked apologetically toward his Male Master:

“For our cub to seek us out this late, it must be an urgent matter.”

Pressing his forehead, the Zerg Emperor nodded.

Silently contemplating whether the Prince had too much free time on his hands and needed more duties assigned to him.

Switching on the pheromone purifier, the Marshal put on his clothes and went to open the door.

“Female Father! I want to take a Female Monarch!”

Mu Si went straight to the point.

Emerging from the bedroom behind him, the Zerg Emperor: “…”

As for the Marshal, struck head-on by this news, he sank into a state of complete paralysis.

The Zerg Emperor was more composed. Ushering the cub inside first, he supported his stunned Female Monarch onto the sofa in the sitting room, handing him a glass of water.

Then, looking toward the Prince, he asked: “Which female caught your eye?”

“X!” Mu Si said resolutely.

Shi’an looked up in shock, crushing the glass in his hand to pieces in the process.

He had considered letting X and his cub get along well.

Even if they developed a closer relationship later on, he would gladly offer his blessings.

However, that was entirely different from the Prince losing his head within a single day and clamoring to marry him as his Female Monarch.

Admittedly, Major General X was very outstanding.

He held no prejudice against Major General X, even harboring several degrees of admiration.

Yet his cub had just reached adulthood! Just reached adulthood! He was still a cub!

The moment the Prince mentioned “X,” relying on a high-grade male’s exceptional memory, the Zerg Emperor retrieved all dossiers regarding Major General X from his mind.

Just as he was pondering, he saw his Marshal crush the glass in fury.

It was rare to see his Female Monarch lose his composure like this.

The Zerg Emperor raised an eyebrow, realizing there might be more to this story.

Frightened by his Female Father’s reaction, Mu Si pressed his back against the sofa cushions, eyeing his Female Father and Male Father with nervous apprehension.

The Zerg Emperor summoned a cleaning droid to clear away the shards and water on the floor.

Casually pressing a milkfruit into his cub’s hand to soothe his emotions.

Then he spoke: “Explain. You, and that Major General X.”

Mu Si looked speechlessly at the milkfruit in his hand; he was already an adult, alright?

His Male Father appeared cold and detached, assigning him plenty of coursework and official duties, acting very strictly toward him.

Yet in truth, just like his Female Father, he treated him like a tiny cub.

Only their parenting styles differed.

How was he supposed to get his Female Father and Male Father, who perpetually viewed him as a little cub, to accept him marrying a female?

Pondering, Mu Si spoke: “X… I have known him for many years already…”