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"I'm used to it. It doesn't hurt at all. Once we finish this, we'll leave." Mu Xiao gently held the male insect's face and kissed the corner of his eye as lightly as a feather, while expressing his attitude.

He was clearly a victim who had mistakenly entered the Zerg, but now he had become a secret perpetrator. He could not leave here peacefully until he had completely rescued Ruowen.

"Do you know what kind of bug Cielo is?" The Kaslot family has an extraordinary status, and Alred is very likely to know the strange third prince.

"Cierro..." Alred repeated the name, wondering why Mu Xiao mentioned him. He then recalled that last year the Insect Emperor had sent Ciello to the Underground City Church as a divine messenger, and he continued, "It's said that he would suddenly become irritable and madly injure insects. The royal family suspected he was possessed by a demon, so they sent him to the Underground City Church to be baptized."

After hearing these symptoms, Mu Xiao suspected that Xielo had a mental illness, but the Zerg had no relevant research, so they regarded this kind of behavior as a demonic possession. How could this interstellar world be both advanced and backward?

He thought about it and felt something was amiss. If it was simply a loss of control, Cielo shouldn't be held captive given his status. There must be something else going on. So he raised Alred's chin and asked, "Any other inside information?"

Alred didn't answer immediately. Instead, he looked at him aggrievedly for a few seconds, then hugged him without saying anything. His heart felt the vibration of the other's chest. "Did I come here just to let you get some information?"

After saying this, the male insect sighed, and then said what he wanted to hear most: "Xielo is not the son of the Insect King, but was adopted by another noble. I heard that they developed feelings that they shouldn't have, so..."

Mu Xiao found it difficult to digest what he heard. Whether it was the Xiong Xiong love or the identities of the two insects, the other members of the royal family could not accept it. No wonder he was sent here to exorcise the demon.

"You always care about others, what about us?" After going around in circles, Alred returned to the topic. He rubbed Mu Xiao's neck uneasily, like a puppy seeking shelter.

"Let me take care of everything first. By the way, don't come to the dungeon too often, otherwise people will become suspicious." Mu Xiao was almost out of breath from being hugged. He pushed away the male insect that was almost sticking to him and said solemnly.

Alred glanced at the female insect that ran away after using him, and nodded meekly on the surface, while secretly thinking about how to get Mu Xiao out of the dungeon.

"It's time to go." Ze Yu, who had been guarding the corridor like an invisible insect, knocked on the ward door to remind the male insect who was too love-minded.

Mu Xiao tidied up the male insect's messy silver hair and watched him leave with a smile. When his sight completely lost sight of the tall and slender figure, he tightened his lips that were almost stiff, and thought of involving the innocent Alred again, so he rubbed his temples with a headache.

The moment Alred saw Mu Xiao, his soul had already been lost in the dungeon. His mind was filled with the new scars on that thin, withered body. However, with his own strength as an insect, he couldn't save the female insect. "Go to Kaslot Manor."

The Caslot Manor and the land it holds are suspended above the Zerg's main planet. Not only are private ships unable to enter this area, but even the Imperial Fleet has to take a detour.

As Alred took off his coat, the butler who had been waiting beside him for a long time stretched out his arm. Alred put his coat on the butler's forearm and asked, "Is my father here?"

"The master is in the hallway." The butler answered behind Alred. He had worked here for most of his life, but he had only seen the young master come to the manor in person a few times. Could it be that he had encountered a huge difficulty?

The wind blew up the white gauze as thin as a cicada's wing, turning it into misty clouds. Behind the floor-to-ceiling window, a male insect with black hair and blood-red eyes sat in front of the piano. He played the music as if no one was around. His immersed expression made his aggressive beauty more gentle. If a strange insect passed by, he would find that this male insect looked 70% similar to Alred.

As soon as Alred stepped half a foot into the hallway, the fierce insect spirit threads sent a warning to his spiritual sea. He walked inside fearlessly, and the music echoing in the huge room gradually became louder.

After the last note fell, Daryl calmly closed the keyboard, then propped his cheek with the back of his hand and squinted at the sweaty Alred. He retracted his unbridled spirit and asked indifferently, "Is it about that female insect again?"

"Yeah." Alred lowered his head, his silver hair cascading down his face like a waterfall, reflecting ripples in the sunlight. Because of his female father, he had not been close to this nominal male father since he was a child, so he could not even utter the words of pleading.

Daryl didn't care about the male's attitude. To him, this insect was just a necessary condition for inheriting Kaslot. But he hated interfering in other insects' affairs. In addition, the existence of this female insect completely disrupted Alred's insect life trajectory: "That female insect is called Mu Xiao, right? Give me a reason to help her."

Alred was speechless for a moment. Simply saying "like" wasn't enough to convince his father. He thought of many ridiculous excuses, but in the end, he clutched his sleeves tightly and hesitantly said the most likely reason: "I've reached the age of a spouse, so I want to choose him as my queen."

Daryl showed a shocked expression in front of the male for the first time. He laughed out loud in anger and asked, "When will it be your turn to choose the female monarch? If you enjoy everything that the Kaslot family brings, you must pay the corresponding price."

This remark touched Alred's sore spot. He ignored the relationship between father and son and directly asked, "Just like you and your mother?"

Daryl clenched his fists, his bloodshot pupils turning a cloudy red. If anyone else had mentioned Qiao Nan to him, they wouldn't have had a chance to leave the manor. But it had to be this troublemaker. He slowly calmed his anger and said, "Just accept the fact that you don't hold that important a place in his heart. The spies I've planted around you report on your daily life. This Mu Xiao always prioritizes other bugs. Why bother?"

"It doesn't matter whether Mu Xiao loves me or not. It's enough as long as I can use some means to keep him by my side." The more truthful the words, the more harsh they were. Alred didn't want to show weakness and replied stubbornly.

Daryl was really at his wit's end. He just wanted to get Alred out of the manor as soon as possible, so he compromised and said, "Besides the request that he be the queen, tell me."

Alred nodded his wrist, then sent the request on the airship train to Daryl's terminal. Without saying a word, he left Caslot Manor as his father wished.

Daryl was speechless. He took off the terminal and handed it to the housekeeper, then walked alone to the study on the second floor. The computer on the desk had the face of a female insect with black hair and black eyes. The female insect was disassembling a model of a new battleship, and from time to time she shared her insights with the insects around her.

He watched Qiao Nan's every expression carefully, and his hand couldn't help but touch the corner of the female insect's upturned lips.

"Just like you and your sire..." How could it be the same?