SGT CH172

◎Stop being a hunter, become his Female Monarch instead◎

According to X’s original plan, he only needed to send the Male Zerg onto the spaceship, and that would be enough.

Later, he truly could not set his mind at ease, so he prepared to secretly guard him after the Male Zerg boarded the spaceship, and only leave once the Male Zerg safely disembarked.

Now, listening to the Male Zerg’s words, X changed his mind once again.

At the very least, he should accompany the Male Zerg until he found his family, and only then leave.

However, he came from the Dark Star Region, and in the eyes of the various nations across the universe, he was classified as a “high risk element.”

He might not be able to enter the Zerg Empire smoothly, and would instead very likely face vigilance and detention.

X looked down at the pitiful Male Zerg huddled against his chest.

In the end, he could not bear it.

He could only take it one step at a time.

No matter what, he had to send the Male Zerg back safely.

Even if he ended up in a Zerg prison in the end, it was nothing.

He was a pregnant Female. Out of humanitarian reasons, the Empire would at least wait until he laid the Zerg egg before executing him.

And his cub would from then on enter the imperial welfare orphanage to be raised by the Empire.

Such an ending, for the cub, might not be a bad thing.

A Male Zerg would not care about a cub born from just any random Female Zerg.

A place like the Dark Star Region was also unsuitable for a cub’s survival.

Being able to seize this opportunity to let the cub join the Empire and gain the status of an imperial citizen was worthwhile no matter how one looked at it.

The only price was himself.

Using himself to trade for a better future for his Male Zerg and cub, there was no better bargain than this.

“I will escort you back to the Empire.”

X stroked the Male Zerg’s beautiful long hair and said.

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X had originally bought two tickets.

During non-war periods, spaceship tickets were still expensive, but entirely within the affordable range of a hunter ranked first like X.

X properly put on the hood for the Male Zerg and brought him to the spaceport.

The bugs or alien races here were either hunters heading to other planets for missions, or interstellar merchants and star pirates.

Toward X, who was ranked first among hunters, no one was unfamiliar.

The weaker bugs or alien races voluntarily kept their distance from him.

The stronger hunters would simply greet him.

“Morning, X. Heading to another star system for a mission?”

X looked frosty, always came and went alone, and never associated deeply with any bug.

Yet his reputation among hunters was actually very good.

He was the only one who, during missions, would casually rescue other stranded hunters rather than looking on coldly or stabbing them in the back.

Toward such a bug, no hunter wanted to make an enemy of him.

No one could guarantee whether the next bug encountering trouble and needing rescue would be themselves.

However, this time, it seemed somewhat different.

All the hunters familiar with X noticed that there was an additional petite Female Zerg beside him.

“Is this a companion you found?”

Everyone was very surprised.

After all, X had always been solitary and never teamed up with any bug.

There were plenty of high-grade Female Zergs who wanted to travel with X, yet all were rejected by him.

Yet right now, by his side, there was an additional slender, frail-looking… sub-adult Female Zerg.

“Yes, a companion.”

X rested his hand on the shoulder of the bug beside him, shielding him in front in a protective posture.

This sentence was almost no different from saying “this bug is under my protection.”

The crowd of hunters looked at each other, truly not expecting X would suddenly find a companion, and one that looked like he could not fight at all.

What on earth did X see in him?

Wasn’t it just that his temperament was a bit special, and the chin revealed beneath the hood was fair, delicate, tiny, and pointed, looking exceptionally pitiful?

Taking another glance at X’s intimate posture holding that bug…

Several hunters exchanged glances, feeling that they had uncovered the truth.

This was not a companion to fight alongside him at all, it was clearly a little lover bug that X kept for himself.

Most Male Zergs in the Dark Star Region had extremely low grades and held limited attraction for high-grade Female Zergs.

Some female-female romances had gradually emerged over time.

Female Zergs also had needs, either venting their energy in battles, or else…

Several hunters looked at the bug beside X, understanding it clearly in their hearts. They did not expose it either, only whistling and saying, “Congratulations.”

Mu Si: “?”

Congratulations on what?

Did they discover that I am a Male Zerg?

Or did they discover that X is pregnant?

Mu Si looked up at X with a slight sense of panic.

X pressed down his hood, concealing the platinum-blond hair that had almost slipped out, and whispered, “Nothing is wrong.”

Then he raised his eyes and swept a glance across the surrounding bugs.

The hunters watching the commotion instantly felt like needles were prickling their backs, and they quickly gathered their belongings and slipped away.

Yet they could not help muttering in their hearts:

He is quite possessive of his food.

Could we possibly covet a female lover bug?

Isn’t it just that his temperament was slightly better, his chin slightly more exquisite, and even when wearing a thick black robe and hood, he still made bugs feel he was very beautiful?

It is over… I am turning into a female-female lover too.

X took the Male Zerg aboard the spaceship.

He also exchanged his original ticket so he could sit right next to the Male Zerg.

In the past, whenever Mu Si traveled, he took private spaceships.

Although attendants and royal guards accompanied him, they generally did not disturb him, and the ones sharing a room with him were only his own family.

He had never taken such a… bustling spaceship before.

So many bugs, and so many strange alien species.

Mu Si felt that everywhere was novel.

Sitting in the window seat, he could not help fidgeting, quietly peeking out to observe the other passengers.

X did not stop him.

Now they had already left the Dark Star Region and boarded the spaceship.

Even if the Male Zerg’s identity was exposed, he could suppress the situation with his strength, force the spaceship to continue heading toward the Empire, and protect the Male Zerg as they departed.

X sat beside the Male Zerg with his arms crossed, his cold gaze sweeping across all the bugs whose attention was drawn toward them, intimidating them so that they lowered their heads and dared not pry.

Mu Si noticed that X was emitting a heavy low pressure all over his body.

Instantly, he sat properly, not daring to poke his head around anymore.

Even when his Female Father took him on a spaceship, he had never been this well-behaved.

After sitting upright for a while, Mu Si grew sleepy.

The antique spaceship from the Dark Star Region flew extremely slowly.

It did not even have a hyperspace jump device. At this rate, it might not even reach the Empire by tomorrow.

Mu Si yawned and tilted his head to rest on X’s shoulder.

X paused, lowered the arms crossed before his chest, and relaxed his muscles so the Male Zerg could lean more comfortably.

Mu Si then skillfully burrowed into his embrace, nuzzling against his chest.

X raised his hand to embrace the Male Zerg, letting him sleep peacefully.

The hunter separated from them by only an aisle almost popped his eyes out.

Was this still that ice-cold X?

Encountering such a coquettish female lover bug, even X had to succumb.

Mu Si slept buried in X’s embrace for a while, and his neck became stiff.

He lifted his head, rubbed his aching neck, and lamented in his heart that the upcoming journey would be very difficult.

X took over with his hands, helping him massage it.

The Male Zerg clearly had never endured such hardship. Seeing this, X felt both heartache and self-reproach.

“You… you can lie on my lap,” X whispered. “That will be a bit more comfortable.”

It sounded very tempting.

However, lying on the lap meant there was no big chest to bury into.

Mu Si hesitated for a moment and decided he wanted both.

First, he would pillow on X’s lap to sleep for a while. Once tired of sleeping like that, he would climb up, sit on X’s lap, wrap his arms around his waist, and continue sleeping buried in his chest.

In any case, the spaceship flight was very long.

He could sleep through every possible posture.

The Zerg passengers on the same spaceship were already numb.

How could any Female Zerg act so spoiled? It was simply… unsightly, completely throwing away the face of Female Zergs.

Yet if it were them in that position, they also admitted they could not resist such spoiled affection, even if it came from the same sex.

So small and soft, he looked very comfortable to hold.

They inexplicably felt envious of X.

Because that delicate “Female Zerg” was sleeping the whole time, the Zerg passengers on the ship subconsciously lowered their voices.

Originally, bugs from the Dark Star Region had no manners to speak of. Getting drunk, shouting, and even getting into brawls aboard the ship were routine occurrences. As long as they did not puncture the spaceship, no bug would intervene.

This time, they surprisingly kept silent in unison.

Even if some alien races raised their voices slightly, they would suffer the death glare of all the Zergs.

Gradually, no passengers made another sound.

For the first time, the interior of this spaceship from the Dark Star Region was this quiet.

Mu Si shifted through several sleeping positions. In between, dazed with sleep, he was fed food by X a few times. After eating, he buried himself back into X’s chest, nibbled and ground his teeth against him, and continued sleeping.

There was nothing else to do, riding the spaceship was truly too boring.

He could not go anywhere, chatting with X was not suitable, and making large movements might expose his Male Zerg identity.

It was better to just sleep.

He slept on and off until the spaceship landed.

Mu Si’s mental power captured active mental fluctuations from outside. He sat up, and through the window, saw familiar Zerg-style architecture outside.

“Have we arrived at the Empire?” Mu Si asked.

“Almost. This is the transfer station heading to the Empire,” X said.

A spaceship from the Dark Star Region naturally could not enter the Empire openly.

It would be directly intercepted by the Zerg guards, or even shot down.

They needed to take a small shuttle at the transfer station to enter the Empire in a more inconspicuous way.

X led the Male Zerg off the ship, familiar with the route, and found a shuttle rental station. He selected a shuttle with a spacious and comfortable interior.

He also installed a chip with a disguised identity.

Mu Si watched in astonishment as X did all this.

He could not help asking:

“Do bugs from the Dark Star Region sneak into the Empire using this method? Do they do this often?”

He felt as though his own home had been riddled like a sieve.

He felt like calling the police.

X understood that the Male Zerg was not a bug from the same world as him.

It was normal for the Male Zerg to feel afraid and uneasy because of this.

He said in a low voice, “Not often. The defenses of the Zerg Empire are much stricter, and technology is more advanced. Sneaking in is not easy.”

If going to other nations in the universe, it was comparatively much easier.

Among all the passengers on the ship, only they and a few merchants disembarked at the transfer station heading toward the Zerg.

The targets of the other bugs were not the Zerg.

Hearing this, Mu Si breathed a sigh of relief.

Good, good, his home was not riddled like a sieve after all.

“Then let’s go home!”

Mu Si pulled X toward the interior of the shuttle.

“Yes, I will escort you home,” X said softly.

Mu Si noticed the distinction in X’s words.

X would only escort him back, but would not stay with him.

This would not do.

He could not separate from X.

Why should a powerful and outstanding Female Zerg like X remain in such a remote and chaotic Dark Star Region? Wouldn’t it be better to come to the Zerg Empire to shine and thrive?

Since he had already come out with him, he shouldn’t even think about going back to the Dark Star Region to be a hunter. Come be his Female Monarch instead.

However, what method should he use to keep X behind?

Looking at X piloting the shuttle as they gradually approached the Zerg port.

Mu Si thought to himself:

How about… calling the police?

Mu Si’s hand pressed onto his terminal.

After entering Zerg territory, his terminal signal had already been restored, and he could contact imperial authorities at any moment.

Of course, he would not directly call the police to have X arrested.

That would be too excessive.

X was still carrying his egg. Scaring a pregnant Female would not be good.

He needed a gentler and more roundabout method.

Mu Si’s eyes turned, and behind X’s back, he secretly operated his terminal.

The shuttle entered the port.

The guard responsible for inspection stood beside the shuttle.

He looked at the identity displayed on the virtual screen, then looked at the tall Female Zerg inside the shuttle, and… the incredibly beautiful heterochromatic-eyed Male Zerg.

“Is there any issue?” X asked.

The inspection took too long, and the guarding forces deployed around were much larger than usual. X had a bad premonition.

“Nothing is wrong.”

The guard revealed a smile and said:

“Your identity information belongs to the old version. We have already developed a new version, so you need to register again. The… Your Excellency beside you as well. Your Excellency’s data is still stuck at the secondary awakening stage, so your data needs to be updated. Please follow me to the identity information registration office inside the station.”

Originally, hearing that his identity information was an old version that required re-registration, X was still a bit suspicious.

However, the other party mentioned the Male Zerg beside him.

The Male Zerg had just undergone physiological awakening, and his bodily data indeed needed an update.

Once the data was updated, it should help the Male Zerg find his family.

As for what he himself would face after re-registering and having discrepancies detected, X did not care.

Long before setting out, he had prepared for the worst.

At most, he would go to prison.

The Male Zerg would go home.

His Zerg egg would enter an orphanage.

X stood up and stepped out of the shuttle together with the Male Zerg.

He followed the guard toward the inside of the station.

The information registration office was more spacious and solemn than X had imagined, looking as though it had been cleared out in advance.

Yet the receptionist’s attitude was exceptionally courteous.

Especially when facing the Male Zerg, X felt the receptionist was practically ready to drop to his knees in worship.

“Your High… Your Excellency, for you to grace Black Obsidian Star with your presence truly makes this humble place shine.”

The receptionist bowed and attended beside the Male Zerg, the broad smile across his face impossible to hide.

“Where is the identity registration conducted?” Mu Si asked directly.

“Ah, this way please.” The receptionist extended a hand to lead the way, then suddenly realized, “Identity registration? Isn’t it a grade examination?”

“Do the identity registration for him first.”

Mu Si pulled X, who had fallen behind, to the front.

The receptionist’s gaze fell upon X. He froze for a moment before nodding, saying:

“Very well, I understand. We will conduct the identity registration first.”

“First, what is your name?” the receptionist asked.

“X,” Mu Si answered for him.

X’s body stiffened slightly.

The name written on his fake identity was not this one.

With such an obvious flaw right here, the receptionist seemed to turn a blind eye, continuing to ask:

“Species group, and age.”

Mu Si looked at X.

These could only be answered by X himself.

Since he had already been exposed starting from the name, continuing to disguise was meaningless.

X answered truthfully.

The receptionist recorded them one by one, and finally asked:

“Marital status?”

“…Unmarried,” X replied.

Mu Si immediately widened his eyes and quietly tugged on X’s cuff.

X gave the Male Zerg a puzzled look, not understanding what he meant.

“It is like this…”

The receptionist looked up, pushed up his glasses, and said:

“According to what you registered and the information we have gathered, you come from the Dark Star Region.

“For a Female Zerg from the Dark Star Region who wants to join the Empire, there are only three methods. Either an imperial special pardon, a guarantee from an influential figure, or… marriage with a Male Zerg.

“May I ask, which one are you?”

X was speechless.

He was none of the above.

Seeing that he did not speak, Mu Si could only say himself:

“He is my Female Monarch! We have a de facto marriage! And an egg!”

“Fe… Female Monarch?!”

The receptionist’s pupils suffered an earthquake, and the decorative glasses on his nose almost clattered to the floor.

He had originally thought His Royal Highness the Prince brought back a Female Zerg from the Dark Star Region just for a fresh fling, at most granting the status of a female slave, but it turned out to be the Female Monarch?!

This was His Royal Highness the Prince’s Female Monarch!

His Royal Highness the Prince was the Crown Prince, the future Zerg Emperor.

His Female Monarch would be… the future Zerg Empress?!

An Empress originating from the Dark Star Region?!

The receptionist almost fainted.

When X heard the Male Zerg’s words, his mind went blank for an instant.

Immediately seeing that the receptionist had an even bigger reaction than himself, he became somewhat clearer, glancing at the other party with slight confusion.

“What happened to him?” X asked, worried whether the receptionist had some physiological illness that might flare up and harm the Male Zerg.

“Ignore him.”

Mu Si held X’s hand, raised his eyes to gaze into his, and spoke earnestly:

“If you want to enter the Empire, you must obtain a formal identity. Marrying a Male Zerg is the most convenient and fastest way. Therefore, become my Female Monarch.”

Meeting the Male Zerg’s bright eyes, X almost instinctively wanted to agree.

No, he could not.

He was only escorting the Male Zerg back to the Empire. How could he wrongfully usurp the Male Zerg’s Female Monarch position?

The de facto marriage the Male Zerg mentioned, their four months living together…

It was only because the Male Zerg had drifted into the Dark Star Region during his physiological awakening period, needing a Female Zerg guide.

Otherwise, not only would the awakening fail, but it would also trigger chaos across the entire Dark Star Region, and the Male Zerg could very likely have lost his life in the turmoil.

It was purely by a trick of fate that he became the Male Zerg’s guide.

Later on, it was because he was pregnant with the Zerg egg and coerced the Male Zerg to provide pheromones.

He already owed the Male Zerg too much. He could not further…

“I cannot…”

“There is nothing you cannot do. Aren’t you going to escort me home? Without an imperial identity, how can you escort me home?”

As Mu Si spoke, he realized he was being too impatient and his tone was too stern.

Female Zergs mostly responded to softness rather than force, and only took force in bed.

Therefore, he hurriedly switched styles.

“I don’t even know how to pilot a shuttle…”

Mu Si, who could even pilot a mecha, tried his best to act pitiful.

“My Male Father and Female Father also have new cubs now, they won’t come to pick me up, I can’t go back, wuu wuu wuu…”

Mu Si clutched X’s lapels, wiped away nonexistent tears, stole a glance at X, and then continued fake crying.

“Wuu wuu wuu, I am an unloved little bug…”