Chapter 57, Chapter 61: The Egg. "Sorry."...

The next day, Vison was awakened by the timed vibration.

He gently released Fipos, got up, and still had a headache from lack of sleep.

He turned his head and saw that Feppos was still fast asleep.

He slept exceptionally well after returning home, or perhaps they had really been fooling around too late last night, because even the tremor just now didn't wake him up.

Thinking about today's arrangements, even though he was reluctant to leave his warm bed, Vison had no choice but to get up and make serious preparations.

He covered Phipps with the blanket again and tiptoed out the door.

Although he said he was going out, he dressed up carefully and went to the study.

10:05.

Vison frowned.

He had arranged to meet Marshal De Vrij at 10 o'clock, but he had been waiting since 9:30 and still hadn't received a message.

As a field marshal, Devi was known for his punctuality. What happened?

Vison was somewhat anxious about the plans being postponed.

He unconsciously clenched his fist, wondering what he could do if things got delayed, when the call was connected.

As the video unfolded, unexpectedly, the person opposite him was not Marshal Devi, but a face he had never seen before.

She has a rather cute baby face, and looks very young.

He was looking at him with a smile, appearing exceptionally innocent and adorable.

It looks like a male insect?

It seems that only that one male insect can obtain access to the Devi optical brain.

Visen thought for only a second before he had the answer in his mind.

"Your Excellency the Insect King, good day. I have long admired your name." Vinson remained calm and greeted him politely.

It turned out to be the Insect King who had previously rejected his request.

It was completely different from what he had expected.

He had imagined the Insect King would have a face like an orchid, the kind that looks intimidating, but the face in front of him was the complete opposite...

With a baby face, curly white short hair, and big eyes, the same beautiful red pupils as Phyllis, the insect looks like the opposite extreme of Phyllis, like a beautiful doll, exceptionally delicate and cute.

“Visen Il.” The Insect King Satz looked at him, slowly reciting his name, but the smile on his face did not diminish in the slightest. The silk was exceptionally warm and particularly fond of his appearance.

Vincent's heart sank inexplicably. His intuition told him that the Insect King was not as simple and kind as it seemed.

He didn't particularly enjoy dealing with people or creatures who outwardly smiled broadly but were actually full of cunning and scheming, but this was Fipese's father...

"It's me."

"I heard that you donated a valuable design to the military free of charge. On behalf of the Empire, I thank you for your contribution." Sartz's eyes darted around as he spoke, his tone becoming more sincere and his smile more radiant as he continued.

When Vison heard him say that, he fell silent for a moment.

That design was the one he wanted to use to exchange for a spot in the army, but ultimately he didn't get to use it.

It remained in his possession until yesterday when he gave it away as a gift.

The gift is hoped to be exchanged through the relationship with Feibosi.

Now, it has fallen into the insect king's mouth and become something that was offered up willingly.

Seeing his silence, Sartz raised an eyebrow and asked again, "What, isn't that how it is?"

He spoke slowly, emphasizing each word, his tone rising, the pressure and prestige surging towards Vison like a tide, even through the screen.

Vison remained completely calm, even though the pressure he was being exerted on was from the most powerful person in the empire.

He even had the thought to sigh, noting that the way the Insect King raised an eyebrow just now vaguely resembled that of Fepois; they were indeed family.

He calmly met the Insect King's seemingly smiling but actually oppressive gaze. Even at this moment, his tone remained composed: "Your Majesty, the key to open the file is still in my possession. Of course, I am also willing to offer it to you free of charge."

This design is indeed very important and could cause quite a stir in the world of mecha.

But it wasn't that important to either of them.

They knew perfectly well that this was just a pretext for an invisible, back-and-forth game of strategy.

"At this moment, it appears here, not in exchange or anything else."

Vison paused for a moment, and only now did he show some of the awkwardness and shyness of someone his age falling in love.

"All I wanted to say was that I really like Faber."

"Therefore, I sincerely hope to get your approval."

During that silent moment, Vison thought about many things.

But in the end, he felt that the best thing was to exchange sincerity for sincerity.

After all, his conflict with the high and mighty Insect King was not a life-or-death struggle, and the one who didn't refute the other didn't become the loser.

They have different identities and different worries, but at this moment, they are concerned about the same insect.

After hearing Vincent's sincere words, Satz's smile faded, his feigned innocence vanished, and his true, sharp side was revealed.

The look in his eyes was no longer as fake as before; instead, it carried a hint of truth.

It slowly overlapped with the image of the insect king that Vincent had imagined.

“I don’t like you,” Satz said bluntly, his eyes turning cold.

“You were discovered on a barren planet and did not receive the exclusive training from a high-ranking male insect, so you do not understand what it means for you to appease Feibos.”

Vison had a vague sense that what Satz was about to say was extremely important, something he was unaware of.

He even felt a faint sense of panic, so he clenched his fists and forced himself to calm down.

He feigned nonchalance and asked, "What does it represent?"

“You are a male insect of SS rank or higher, even far above SS rank. After you soothe him, his mental sea will be marked, and he will never be able to accept soothing from other insects again. And if he does not receive your soothing for too long, his mental turmoil will backfire on him in double the intensity until his physical body is exhausted and he dies.”

Vison searched through all the Zerg books but couldn't find this record, otherwise he wouldn't have been so worried about Feppos's departure, but Satz's expression didn't seem fake either.

Regardless, he breathed a sigh of relief; it wasn't the bad news he had feared: "It's alright, I'll stay by his side to comfort him, and he can only stay by my side."

Sartz heard his words but sneered.

His voice rose, filled with anger: "Really?! Then why did the egg stop growing because the calming agent's mental energy was insufficient? Why did he almost die under the beast king's claws because of a mental energy outburst?"

Why did he apply for resignation after returning this time?

Why can't we take some responsibility for him?

A barrage of questions came crashing down on Vison, leaving him completely unprepared and "bruised and battered."

"Smack."

The sudden loss of control over his mental energy manifested itself in smashing innocent, fragile objects around him to pieces, and a series of breaking sounds rang out, but it couldn't draw Vison's attention away.

He sat there, his face deathly pale, completely incapable of thinking.

His fingernails dug into his flesh, drawing blood, but he felt no pain.

He watched Satz's lips move, the sounds drifting past his ears, but he couldn't understand their meaning, so they lingered in his mind.

But the heart tightens continuously in their cycle, until it aches.

In that instant, he thought of the time before Fei Bosi went to the battlefield. They had been arguing and very busy. He had spent the little time he had with the cold war, so he hadn't been able to comfort Fei Bosi much.

No wonder...

He remembered a time when Fipos told him he wasn't feeling well, but he hadn't taken it to heart.

He even thought it was just a little trick by Phipps to stop him from arguing with him, and he even made sarcastic remarks to him, so Phipps didn't say anything.

He had no idea he was pregnant...

Before the joy of knowing there was an egg, what came over me was an indescribable, intense panic and lingering fear.

Those insignificant little things that he had forgotten have now become a dense array of knives aimed at him.

So, because the egg wasn't properly comforted, its growth stalled, and it also stole Phipps's mental energy, which caused Phipps's attack to miss...?

Vison recalled the scene he had witnessed, a scene that haunted his dreams and made his heart tremble.

Feiboss's desperate attack missed, and in the end, he had to expend most of his mental energy, almost perishing together with the Beast King.

He should have won; he shouldn't have ended up in such a hopeless situation...

He also thought that after Feibos woke up, he had not told him or complained about the hardships he had endured.

He never even revealed that he wanted to step down.

Since he woke up, he quietly and obediently let him vent his anger, becoming gentle and trying his best to do more for him.

"Feel sorry."

"It's my fault, I'm sorry."

......

For the first time, Vison felt the inadequacy of language. Faced with Satz's angry expression, even an explanation seemed like sophistry and superfluous.

He apologized repeatedly, his face pale, his tone so sincere it was almost humble.

Satz looked at Vison with mixed feelings.

He knew in his heart that Vison didn't know that Fipos was pregnant, and that even Fipos himself might not know.

Before setting off, Devi asked the insect doctor who was in charge of Feibos's physical condition, and the insect doctor only mentioned that his mental energy was surging.

The insect doctor was not skilled in reproductive medicine, and because of the preconceived notion that Feibos was not married, coupled with the fact that the egg's growth was stagnant due to insufficient mental strength of the appeaser, it was even more difficult to detect, leading the insect doctor to misjudge Feibos's physical condition.

Only then would the insect doctor say that the vortex that suddenly appeared and disappeared in the mental sea, and the intermittent pain that Feibos was experiencing, were caused by a riot in the mental sea.

It wasn't until Fipose was seriously injured and comforted by Vison, but then proposed to resign, that Sartz went through Fipose's past medical records and discovered this.

When Devi was pregnant with Phipps, their relationship was strained, which led to Devi experiencing the same situation. Phipps almost couldn't be born, which is why Satz remembered it so vividly that he made a judgment instantly upon seeing the record.

While he was angry at Vison, he was also angry at his own negligence and indifference.

Even compared to Vinson, those who could be called invisible worms in Feibos's growth path have no right to criticize Vinson on Feibos's behalf.

Their neglect led their children to repeat their mistakes.

As for Vison, as the future ruler of Faber, he has already done better than all the other rulers combined.

Even Satz couldn't treat Devi the way Visen treated Fipers.

Satz softened his expression and opened his mouth as if to say something more, but his gaze suddenly stopped behind Vison.