Goodwill with humans

"Your Highness, Luke Tren's words cannot be trusted." As soon as the call was disconnected, Gabriel whispered in Alyssa's spiritual world.

"I know. But what he said is exactly what I want," Alyssa said. "We are missing a step to ease relations with humans. At a time when our Zerg is facing the alien threat caused by Alfonso, we cannot start a war with humans again."

"Mammy, please write a sincere letter of thanks from the official perspective of the Palace of Saint Joseph, thanking the human officials for their cooperation in rescuing me. Please also clarify the misunderstandings regarding the previous questioning of the human attack on the mobile ship. Then, in my name, send a private letter to the Supreme Leader of Humanity to express my gratitude."

Alyssa hesitated for a moment and asked, "Do I have any private property? Can I take out a portion of my private property as a thank you gift to humans?"

Gabriel felt deeply saddened. She wanted to kneel before Alyssa, but in the Worm Mother's spiritual world, all worms could only appear in their worm form. So she simply lowered her belly to the ground, her stinger low. "Of course you do! Your Majesty Alyssa! Successive generations of Kairos have amassed considerable wealth, and you have at least twelve internal affairs officers managing your assets. It was my fault for not informing you of this sooner. I also bear a great deal of responsibility for the strained relations with humans. This thank-you gift should come from my personal assets..."

Alyssa stuck to Gabriel and said, "It's okay, Mammy. We're a team. I can fix your mistakes. Just like if I made any mistakes during the live broadcast, Sewell would find a way to cover them up."

"Mammy can be a less-than-perfect politician, and that's exactly the kind of Mammy I like."

Gabriel retracted his poisonous claws and carefully gathered Alyssa into his arms. "Then you can also be a less perfect, selfish insect queen. I know you are worried about Seville, which is under the jurisdiction of the Second Legion."

The biggest hidden worry in her heart was exposed, and Alyssa's forced composure these days was shaky. A sour and hot current flowed from the bottom of her heart to her eyes and nose, and she almost couldn't control her tears.

Three days ago, Sewell secretly boarded a motorship and traveled to the star region where his second brother was stationed, intending to sneak across to the human-controlled star region. Unable to bear the thought of Alyssa overdrawing herself to appease the Zerg, he sought human medicine to dissolve the residual toxins accumulated in her gonads. This would allow Alyssa to successfully transform into a second pupae, and her physical and mental strength would be elevated to a new level.

Seville left without saying goodbye. Despite the reassuring voicemails he left for Alyssa, filled with promises, Alyssa couldn't stop herself from wandering to other things. Initially, playing the piano day and night had indeed soothed the insect swarm, and after Seville's departure, perhaps the music had also helped her calm herself and avoid being plagued by those terrifying assumptions.

"Mammy, I'm sorry. Actually, I have selfish motives. I think if our relationship with humans can be eased a little, even if Sevier is unfortunately discovered by humans as a Zerg, maybe, maybe they won't kill him. For Sevier, I bowed my head and showed goodwill to humans on behalf of the entire Zerg race. I am indeed a weak Zerg Queen."

Gabriel raised a foreleg to wipe away Alyssa's tears. "Isn't Seville a member of the Zerg? You care about the entire Zerg while not giving up on any individual. Isn't this the most valuable quality in a leader?"

"A leader's style determines the path our Zerg will take. In the past, our leader possessed a strong drive and a competitive spirit. She led us through battles and conquests, conquering Zerg territory and securing the resources necessary for our development throughout the universe."

"But this also brings us some problems. For example, our mental strength has been under high pressure for a long time, and the risk of degradation is much higher. Perhaps fate and the original insect mother also realized that this is not good, so they sent us the king who maintains the status quo."

"Do what you want to do with confidence." Gabriel gently touched Alyssa's head. "Don't cry, my dear Her Majesty Alyssa. Your spiritual world will be projected onto your physical body in a moment, and it would be bad if the live broadcast audience saw you crying."

Alyssa buried her face even deeper. Gabriel and Seville were her two biggest spiritual pillars. Now that Seville was gone, so much was weighing on her frail shoulders. She really needed to vent. "Well...it's okay. Sister Isabella will find a way to cover it for me...I'll just cry secretly in front of you for a while..."

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Sewell secretly contacted Casper, claiming he had a secret order from the Zerg Queen to find him at the front. Casper provided several secret jump coordinates and frequency bands. To avoid attracting Luke's attention, Sewell used the least energy-intensive glide propulsion method until he reached the jump coordinates. This took a week to reach Casper's assigned star region.

As the young master of Starnet Corporation, Savior had never experienced such hardship in his life. In the past, he had traveled aboard luxurious starships, complete with first-class accommodations and every amenity necessary to maintain ship stability and passenger comfort during jumps. But to avoid radar detection, Savior had to travel on a small maneuvering ship. Such a small ship, which sacrificed some exterior features for maneuverability, was unimaginably turbulent during a jump. When the maneuvering ship came to rest at Casper's base and the hatch opened, Savior practically rolled out.

Casper stepped forward to pick up his brother, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that, despite his pale face, his hands and feet were intact and conscious. He frowned and helped Sewell to his feet. "Actually, you could take a slightly larger starship. I have the authority to help you with some radar shielding. Why are you doing this?"

Sewell finally suppressed the urge to vomit and smiled at Casper without answering: "Dear second brother, long time no see, you are really becoming more and more like a soldier bug."

Casper led Seville to his barracks. After a quick wash, Seville felt much clearer. Casper had lavishly entertained his brother, using his accumulated attendance points to redeem a delicious meal. They sat together, eating and watching the Zerg Mother live stream, while Seville sorted out the backlog of information that had accumulated during the signal outage.

There was nothing particularly difficult about official business. The structure of the throne had been formed. Isabella might not have as many clever ideas as him, but she was definitely reliable in doing things.

Outside of official duties, Alyssa sent him a lot of messages, her concern was evident. Sewell felt a pang of pain in his heart. Alyssa had been live streaming almost all the time except for sleeping recently, and he didn't know how she squeezed out the time to send him messages.

"It seems that Isabella is right. You are really going to become the king's husband." Casper's face suddenly appeared on the other side of the projection screen, and Seville, who was immersed in reading the information, was shocked.

"How could you peek at my messages!" Seville instinctively stuffed the AI ​​under the table.

"...Am I peeking? You're not in privacy mode when you're projecting your screen, the light is almost hitting my face."

Sewell was embarrassed for only a moment before returning to his usual shameless attitude towards Casper: "Well, isn't Her Majesty Alyssa a great insect queen?"

"She is," Casper nodded. "But I don't understand why she sent you to the front lines. With a physique that makes you dizzy even when jumping from a motor ship, are you capable of fighting?"

"Who said I have to fight when I go to the front line?" Sewell looked around to confirm that there were indeed no other insects near Caspar's room. He took out an anti-eavesdropping device and turned it on, then whispered his plan to Caspar.

Caspar stood up suddenly. "That's even worse! Why would Her Majesty Alyssa send you..."

Sewell jumped up and pulled Caspar down to sit down, covering Caspar's mouth with one hand: "Keep your voice down!"

"Her Majesty Alyssa didn't send me there. I decided to go on my own," Sewell said. "I didn't even tell her I was leaving. I only said hello to Lord Gabriel after I left the starport."

"You can't go," Casper said. "Ever since our mobile ship was attacked last time, the humans have become furious and deployed numerous magnetic jammers along the border. Any mobile ship that enters this area will suffer navigational failure."

"Hasn't that matter been clarified? It was Alfonso's doing. The Palace of San Jose and the Second Legion both issued a joint statement." Sewell patted Caspar on the shoulder. "It is said that Luke's report was written based on yours, and he praised you a lot in the report. My dear brother, your reputation has skyrocketed."

Caspar impatiently slapped Sewell's hand away. "He's doing this for the Knox Family's sake. How long have I been submitting this report? If it weren't for your Throne of Today's fame, all the Zergs in the galaxy would know that our Knox Family is now the new elite around Her Majesty the Zerg Mother. He wouldn't even spare me a glance."

"Also, I don't think Alfonso orchestrated this," Caspar said. "The Second Legion's army bugs only obey the orders of the commander and Her Majesty the Bug Queen. Furthermore, if someone wanted to transport that amount of primordial honey into the Second Legion's defenses and hide it, it couldn't have been unknown to the army."

"Either Luke is incompetent and mismanaging things, or Luke and Alfonso are in cahoots. Her Majesty Alyssa even praised him during the live broadcast. I really don't understand..."

Sewell Black Line: "It sounds like you are very dissatisfied with your boss Luke."

"I filed a report requesting an in-depth investigation and was the one who insisted on closing the case. Now he's bringing this up again and dragging me into this. Whatever he wants to do, being his stepping stone is something I'm not happy about."

Sewell poked at the food on his plate, which was only passable at best. Thinking that Caspar was living in such a cold and harsh place, eating these things was considered an improvement in his life, he couldn't help but feel a little sad. "Thank you for your hard work, second brother."

Casper ruffled Sewell's silver hair. "We already agreed on a division of labor. I'm the strongest child in the family, so I'm the only one who can earn military merit. So," Casper changed the subject, "you can't get past the demagnetization defenses set up by the humans. Whatever Her Majesty Alyssa needs you to obtain from the humans, leave it to me."

Sewell was grateful for Casper's protection, but this task was something he had to accomplish. Casper's height and physique would draw significant attention the moment he entered human society. "I need to disguise myself as a human and infiltrate human society to retrieve something for Her Majesty Alyssa. My disguise is difficult to detect."

"But you're not a soldier bug. Not only do you lack the physical fitness to cross the demagnetization line, but if humans were to catch you, there's virtually no chance of escape. You'd die."

Seville felt a headache. Caspar was good in every way except that he was a bit old-fashioned. It was difficult to convince him of his beliefs. He poured Caspar a glass of honey water and was about to say something when a major news push popped up on his smart brain: "Breaking! The Palace of Saint Joseph has submitted an official letter of thanks to humanity!"

Seville read the news at a glance, then raised the intelligent computer in his hand to Casper: "I think you can let me pass now, right?"