Chapter 1

"The road is slippery due to the snow. Please walk slowly."

A warning sounded along with the sound of the umbrella opening.

Yael looked back and saw that almost all the female insects in the bookstore were looking at him with a smile, their eyes shining brightly. "Have a nice night!"

This kind of greeting happens every day. Yael pursed his lips and smiled, then walked into the snow with an umbrella.

"call……"

A moist white mist escaped from the mouth and nose and disappeared into the air.

It was already evening, and huge projections and neon lights were lighting up one after another. Countless streams of light-like star tracks swirled and intersected in the sky, outlining the beautiful yet cool outline of this high-tech city.

He had been looking at this scene for more than three years, but he still felt unfamiliar and at a loss.

Three years ago, he traveled through time.

After working on an experiment all night, he suddenly died. He suddenly arrived at the insect society in front of him and found that not only was the language different, but even the species had changed.

In the Zerg world, there is no distinction between men and women, only between males and females. However, all of them have the body structure and appearance of human males.

Similar to the pyramid social structure of bees, females and sub-females make up the vast majority of the population and have a lower social status, while males have an extremely noble status due to their scarcity.

He was lucky enough to travel through time and space and become a male insect. When he was found on the battlefield, he was not shot in the head but was sent to the hospital for treatment. Later, he changed his name to Yael to make it less conspicuous.

A year ago, he came to settle in Etal and found a job as a librarian, which allowed him to study and support himself at the same time. The female insect I just greeted was his colleague.

but--

"Sir, are you off work? Have a nice night!"

"Mr. Yael, can I invite you out on a date tonight...Okay, I know, I'll come next time."

“Your Excellency…!”

The moment Yael stepped out of the library, he was greeted by a wave of enthusiastic greetings, like placing a giant panda in the crowd, causing screams and excitement.

He suppressed the urge to sigh, nodded in greeting, and declined every invitation to spend a good night together.

"Yes, thank you."

"Excuse me."

“…”

But his answers were far behind his questions, so he just kept walking forward, trying to finish quickly.

However, little did they know that this helpless yet gentle look made the female insects' eyes glow green. They eagerly squeezed to the front, wishing to pack up the male insects and take them home.

It took Yeer almost twenty minutes to walk a road of several hundred meters.

I finally saw the fork in the road, but two figures fighting each other suddenly appeared in front of me, "Fuck you...!"

“Crunch.”

With the corner of their eyes they saw a pair of boots stop in front of them. The two ferocious female insects turned their heads angrily and were about to beat up this tactless idiot.

But when they turned their heads, their eyes widened in surprise, and the expressions on their faces froze, looking a little funny.

"Please make way." Yer frowned and said helplessly.

"Sir, sir, it's you. I'm so sorry..."

The female insect jumped up from the ground, hurriedly brushed the dust off her clothes, and combed her messy hair with her hands.

"Good evening, sir. Where are you going? If possible, I can help you!"

The insects on the street were not surprised by this scene. One female insect even laughed and said to them, "You two rude guys, there is no way that the male insect will like you."

The teased female insect blushed, then looked at one of the few male insects on this remote planet and felt a little disappointed.

The male insect in front of us suddenly came here a year ago.

A rare and precious male insect that had not yet undergone secondary differentiation and was almost breathtakingly beautiful caused a sensation as soon as it appeared.

What the female insects are more concerned about is... whether he will pick a few female servants here.

This conjecture made all the female insects eager to try, but unlike what they imagined, the male insect in front of them had settled here for almost a whole year and had never made friends with any female insect, let alone become his female servant.

Gentle and reserved, casual and distant.

This is the impression that the female insects on this planet have of Yael.

He just stood in the snow, holding an umbrella between his porcelain-white fingers. His face was handsome and elegant under his soft black hair. Even his long eyelashes were dotted with tiny ice crystals, making him as beautiful as frost and snow.

Anyone who saw it could not help but sigh in amazement and feel soft-hearted, wishing they could immediately take him under the protection of the bone wings.

"Please make way."

Yael reminded again, and the female insects who were intoxicated by the male insects' appearance suddenly woke up and made way for them like Moses parting the sea.

——However, I have the desire but not the courage. For a year now, I can only watch, go up to say hello to get familiar with the male insect, and then watch it leave reluctantly.

Yael disappeared at the end of the road, and the swarm of insects around him gradually dispersed.

"How can there be such a beautiful and gentle male insect! I really suspect that the scene before my eyes is the fantasy of those of us who have been single for too long..."

A young female insect stood there looking at the direction the male insect left, nudged her companion next to her with her elbow, and expressed deep emotion.

"But you, the male insect, don't have any female servants around you. Won't you be lonely? Even if you have the ability to live independently, you will still feel too lonely..."

His companion glanced at him and said teasingly, "That's true. The New Year is coming soon. Why don't you sneak over to the male insect's window in the middle of the night and give him some warmth?"

"Get lost!"

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"Finally came out..."

After walking a long way, Yael slowed down his pace, his face relaxed a little, and he couldn't help but sigh.

He had not expected that even a D-rank male insect would be so popular, and he did not have any noble status, so there was nothing noteworthy about him.

"Sir, are you here to buy ingredients again?"

A question interrupted Yael's thoughts. Behind the supermarket door, the female insect boss was sitting behind the cash register in a nonchalant manner. When she saw him coming, she jumped up in surprise.

Remembering the instructions of the little robot housekeeper at home, he put away his umbrella and went into the supermarket, "Well, buy some vegetables and bread."

"Your Excellency has arrived at the perfect time. We have just received a new batch of tomatoes and corn!"

The female insect boss led the way. "The rest are fresh goods that arrived today. Take whatever you like."

Yael glanced around casually a few times, and suddenly he saw a sign with a familiar pattern on it. Just as he was about to take a closer look, the boss blocked his view.

"?"

"That's just a little sales trick," the female insect said with an embarrassed look, her eyes glancing around uncomfortably.

"Of course, if you don't like it, I'll remove it now!"

At this moment, he had already seen clearly what it was——

A small blackboard with a Q-version character drawn on it, with black hair and black eyes, holding an umbrella and wearing a white down jacket. The drawing was exceptionally clean and beautiful.

It was a simple sketch of him, with the words "Vegetables purchased by Mr. Male Insect" written below it. The vegetable shelf pointed by the arrow had been cleared out, which was very eye-catching.

Yael's expression was complicated for a moment, "You..." are quite good at doing business.

In the end, he didn't do anything with the sign, and let the female insect choose for herself after she left.

The hind legs of the mini-Star Beast look like dinosaur legs... The meat looks good, take some.

Colorful tomatoes... they should all be ripe. Give me a few.

A burnt loaf of bread shaped like a giant cockroach...? Put it back.

The technology of the Zerg is at least hundreds of millions of years ahead of the Earth, but fortunately, nutrient solution has not eliminated vegetables and meat.

As I was selecting, the floating display screen next to me suddenly opened and reported the safety situation around the nearest galaxy.

[According to the latest reports, the war has come to an end, and the surrounding small galaxies will usher in the long-awaited peace and stability... In the last war, the First Legion suffered some losses and is still recovering...]

[Today is also the day when Admiral Monte, the pride of the Empire, died. Since Admiral Monte sacrificed his life for his country in the Battle of Mandel five years ago, the Empire has not seen such an amazing and brilliant general. Let us mourn deeply...]

Yael was stunned for a moment, then looked up at the display screen. There were fewer reports of wars recently, but every time there were reports of mourning for the admiral.

The image on the screen had been specially processed, and one could only vaguely see the dazzling sunlight and the fluttering red cloak surrounding a blurry figure with an upright posture and impressive demeanor in the middle.

Anyone who is highly praised by the official media as the "Glory of the Empire" must have made numerous achievements and been invincible, possessing both roses and glory.

In insect society, most female insects choose to join the army. In addition to their own advantages, only female soldiers with many military achievements and high positions have the right to choose their own marriages and will not be easily stripped of their identities and become the female servants of any male insect.

But none of this has anything to do with him.

Although the Zerg follow the custom of male superiority and female inferiority, the root cause is still the oppression of the lower class by the upper class, which is the monopoly and demotion of power.

The equal distribution of resources and wealth has always been the Empire's slogan to appease the people. Low-level male insects are also resources that can be divided up, but they are priced more expensively.

He never thought that there was anything special about himself, especially since he was just a human in the shell of an insect. He needed to be vigilant and self-reflective at all times. The consequence of revealing his flaws was to be ripped open.

Yael lowered his eyes and looked at the tomatoes in his hand. He didn't know whether he should be thankful that his rank was only D, so that he could live a stable life away from the treacherous center of power.

…

When leaving the supermarket, Yael caught a glimpse of the boss grinning, bending down and taking out a stack of small blackboards from under the cash register, all of which were covered with his cute portraits.

Then they were hung one by one next to the items he had just bought, eye-catching like supermarket mascots.

Yael: “…”

He was speechless for a moment, opened his umbrella and walked into the snow again.

*

As soon as Yer returned to the door, the chubby little robot butler, 015, came rolling over, stretched out its long mechanical arm and took the things.

He was about to close the door when he caught a glimpse of something unusual out of the corner of his eye.

Someone had glued a chip onto the door hinge a little bit above the door.

Listening equipment?

Yael's eyes darkened slightly, and he reached out to take the thing down, but before he touched it, the chip automatically sensed that a creature was approaching, and a flat projection popped up -

"Big sale! Huge price cuts! The Female Slave Exchange will launch a welcome discount event on the 3rd of this month!"

Yael: “?”

This is actually... an electronic chip advertisement?

It was the first time that Yael saw such a high-end advertisement, and he was stunned.

"I don't want 19999, I don't want 9999, I only want 1999, I want a well-behaved, gentle and lovely female slave to take home!"

"What are you still hesitating about? Is it that our sub-females are not pretty, or that our female insects are not docile and well-behaved..."

Before Yer could react, the projection began to play photos of female slaves in the exchange, which dazzled him.

He reached out and tore off the chip. He didn't know where he pressed it, but the constantly switching projection suddenly stopped on a photo.

Yael glanced at it nonchalantly, and the next second, he was caught off guard by a pair of molten gold eyes.

Those eyes still shone brightly in the filth, so beautiful that they seemed unlike anything in this world, yet they were staring beyond the projection with an almost sharp hostility and aggression.

Very fierce.

But so beautiful.

No matter who sees this photo, the first thing that comes to mind is the eyes, and then the specific details.

The female insect in the picture has a cold and hard outline, a handsome face, deep eyes, and a deep wrinkle between her brows, like a serious and stern senior general.

But he was in a dishevel and had no clothes to cover his body, which clearly showed that he had nothing to do with the nobility. This kind of temperament only aroused a stronger desire to destroy him.

Those guys in charge of taming obviously thought so too. At least in the photos shown, none of the female slaves had such many and deep wounds, like shattered porcelain stone after a violent impact.

Yael was lost in thought for a moment, then he looked down and saw a line of red markings below -

"Defective goods: 10% off"

That was indeed a pitifully low price, a price that was totally incompatible with these eyes.

His heart felt like it was tapped lightly, causing a subtle throbbing. Yael pursed his lips and actually felt a little moved.

"Why don't you come in?"

015 poked his head out and looked at Yer standing there in confusion with his small red eyes.

“…I’m here.”

He hesitated for a moment, then tore the chip off completely, broke it and threw it away. The projection flashed and completely interrupted the image.

Forget it, he himself is living in a dull state and has no extra energy to do anything else.

The author has something to say:

Sweet cookies, warm and daily redemption!

Yael's nickname is Ye Ye, and Cize's nickname is General!

The author doesn’t like the terms “gongbao” or “shoubao”, so if possible, just call them by nicknames!

Other cute names are also OK, little angels are welcome to do so~

Be careful not to stand against me, the beautiful top is strong, don't fight back, don't break w