Chapter 71
"Hero Lord."
Xi Ze leaned over and gently put his arm around Yael's shoulders, but considering that they were outside, he restrained himself and pulled Yael onto the suspension car.
"How was the counseling? Are you tired?"
Yael briefly described the situation, thought of Vito's words just now, and sensed the spiritual power in the picture again - it was still very full.
The spiritual counseling just now was like bringing a small stream to the dry wasteland, but he himself was a boundless ocean and would not feel any loss because of this.
The situation is still unclear, so it's better not to tell the female insect and make her worry.
Yael stopped talking immediately and said with a smile, "After this, even if it is just driven by profit, there should be many nobles who will waver in their stance."
S-rank male insects are like national treasures, enough to attract countless insects to flock to them, but before confirming the authenticity of this title, too many overly cautious nobles dare not touch it.
But now that Yell has once again demonstrated his absolute strength, those who continue to hesitate and dare not approach will only become laggards who miss the opportunity.
Xi Ze looked at him intently the whole time, with a faint smile at the corners of his eyes. Only after he finished speaking did he reach out and touch his fingertips, exclaiming, "Amazing."
"Even A-level male insects can only guide five high-level female insects a day at most. The Male Protection Association has set a monthly quota of fifty, and few male insects can complete it on time."
However, Yerle completed a task that would take an A-level male insect a month to accomplish in just half an hour. This was really...too terrifying.
Xi Ze stared deeply at the male insect in front of him, and when he looked over, he leaned over and kissed him, then watched a hint of red slowly creep up the tip of his white ear.
"Thank you for your hard work. I'll ask the nutritionist to prepare a dose of energy liquid for you to restore your mental strength."
Yael coughed softly, and suddenly remembered the call that the female insect had made before leaving. He asked casually, and was shocked when he heard the reply.
"Assassinated? And it was the Second Prince who did it?"
The female insect had clearly said before that Felix was the most favored prince. If he had a little talent, he would not have been able to sit in the highest position. After all, he was favored like never before.
"It's probably because we've been pushing the Duke's Mansion too hard lately, and that idiot is getting anxious too."
Thinking of that idiot's forced calmness, Xi Ze sneered.
"But what I didn't expect was that he could be so stupid that he hired someone to kill your Majesty without telling anyone."
Anto, who could have held on for a while, may not be able to survive for long this time.
Fighting secretly and getting the support of His Majesty are two different situations. Maybe I can even get the support of those stubborn royalists. And most importantly -
"What is this?"
Yael touched the female insect's open palm with some curiosity. Inside was a token that had been rubbed smooth, and he could vaguely see the complex patterns on it.
"Simply put, owning this thing gives me the real right to kill traitors first and report later."
First kill him cleanly and then present evidence to expose his crime of treason.
"After this token was cast, it has been passed down through hundreds of generations of kings, but it has only been used twice. This will be the third time."
Xize picked up the token and pressed a certain spot. Soon a crack appeared on the token. After it slid open, a blood-red word "kill" was revealed inside.
He was too lazy to use those conspiracies and tricks, and was even more worried about unexpected changes. Today, he got the token by accident, and things suddenly became much simpler.
Yael looked at him and saw a glimmer of burning fire in those golden eyes.
It was like lurking in the polar night for a long time, and finally finding an opportunity to raise a torch and burn everything to ashes.
I know that there are some things that female insects must do with their own hands, such as bloodbathing the Duke's Mansion, and killing the source of past suffering with their own hands, one cut after another to vent their hatred.
"Be safe in everything."
So Yael just told him to be careful and not to come back injured again, as it would hurt him.
"Okay." Xi Ze whispered, stretched out his hand to cover the back of the male insect's hand, and gently held it between his fingers.
"You too, be sure to be safe and remember to tell me if anything happens."
The car was quiet for a while.
"The military has almost finished its deployment. What are you going to do with the Duke's Palace? Gather evidence and then use the constitution to sentence them?"
After being on the main planet for so long, through the explanation of the female insect and his own experience, Yael always feels that the laws here have become a dead letter. Both power and money are far above the constitution.
"And Kano is an A-level male insect with special immunity. This method should be painless for him, unless..."
He didn't say anything, but Xi Ze already knew what he was going to say next. He squeezed the male insect's hand and said comfortingly, "That's true, but it doesn't matter."
Xi Ze narrowed his eyes slightly, not letting the male insect see the gloom that flashed across his face.
"The Duke's House was once a title conferred by male insects, not the current Duke of Reims."
"The male insect was locked up for three hours for harming the queen and her young, and he died suddenly during those three hours."
Yael realized something and widened his eyes slightly. "It's you?"
He didn't say anything. When Xi Ze came to his senses, he realized what he had revealed. His pupils shrank slightly, fearing that the male insect would feel resentful because of this.
"...I would never do that to you, ever."
Caesar held his hand, leaned over and kissed the back of his white hand lightly, and said almost cautiously.
He looked obviously annoyed. He must have regretted relaxing for a moment and showing his terrifying side in front of the male insect.
Xi Ze pursed his lips, trying to look sincere, but still revealed a hint of confusion. He could only repeat awkwardly, "My Lord, please believe me, okay?"
The female insect in front of him was obviously more powerful than he had imagined, and her methods were extremely cruel. She was not some pitiful creature who needed sympathy.
The one who should feel fear and regret... is obviously the bug who is standing on the opposite side of him.
Yer sighed and pulled his hand away. In the somewhat panicked look of the female insect, he reached out and touched his hair, like a skilled caress.
"I know you won't."
He continued, but he also knew that he had no place in the female insect's plan to kill her.
"As long as you have a way, I guess you won't let me get involved in those bloody things. I will be a strong magnet that can attract the nobles. You can arrange the rest as you wish."
The noble male insects need a strong man to lead them, and the empire also needs such a symbol to gather strength. When he becomes the undisputed strongest, no insect will care if Kano dies.
Both the Xiongbao Society and the emerging aristocracy led by Vito have extended olive branches to him.
Everything is moving in the planned direction. It just needs more time and a little bit of opportunity.
Yael looked at the scenery outside the car window and was a little dazed for a moment.
"...I hope everything goes well."
*
I don't know if it was due to the spiritual counseling, but after returning home, Yael was always a little uneasy. However, it was not the kind of sleepy fatigue, but he would be absent-minded from time to time.
Nothing else happened today except spiritual counseling, but there is indeed nothing wrong with the spiritual power in the spiritual picture.
He could only attribute it to the fact that it was his first time using his mental power in this way and his body was not well adapted to it, so he went to bed early that night with the female insect in his arms.
Dim stars hung in the pitch-black night sky, their brilliance soon obscured by dark clouds. The moonlight was inexplicably stained with a hint of blood, silently shrouding all things in silence.
Yael did not sleep well.
He could feel his consciousness becoming hazy, drifting with the turbulent mental images, being pulled into one broken memory after another.
“…”
"——Baby!"
A gentle call sounded in his ears, and he suddenly opened his eyes. In a daze, he looked at everything narrow and shaky in front of him.
"Come here, dear, walk slowly..."
Not far away, there was a gentle woman squatting, smiling with her eyes curved. She clapped her hands to attract his attention.
mother.
This word suddenly popped into his mind, and a sense of power suddenly spread throughout his body.
The legs that were originally a little unsteady suddenly took a step forward, then another, and then stumbled forward and fell into that soft embrace.
"Baby can walk now! You are so good and wonderful! Mommy will make you something delicious..."
A voice filled with surprise and joy rang in his ears, and he felt himself being held steadily, lying on that thin shoulder, feeling unprecedented peace of mind.
The sunlight from outside the window poured in through the glass, casting an unknown shadow on the colorful cushion, which swayed and sparkled in the breeze.
It was like some kind of fairy tale scene.
…
"Ding-a-ling-a-ling-a-ling—"
"Finally, winter vacation has begun. Oh my god! I am free! Aaaaaaaa!"
"My mom booked me a ticket for this afternoon, I'm leaving now, bye!"
When the bell rang, the teacher sensed the commotion over the holiday, smiled, and ended the class on time.
It was as if a barrier had been unlocked. The class suddenly became noisy. Students began packing their winter vacation homework into their schoolbags and rushing out of the classroom.
Yael also finished his homework. When he wanted to zip up his bag, he found that his already worn-out bag had another tear. He sighed.
He dawdled for a while until most of the class had left and the monitor was ready to lock the door.
Yael had no choice but to take out a few books, hold the schoolbag in his arms and walk out.
As soon as we left the classroom, the isolated cold wind rushed in, tearing open the thin school uniform jacket that had been washed white, as if it was going to scrape off a layer of flesh and blood from our thin bodies.
"This winter seems to be colder than previous ones. I wonder if there are any thick clothes left in the welfare home..."
He tensed himself up, rushed downstairs holding his schoolbag, hoping to use exercise to shield himself from the cold wind.
"Wait...the one in front...stop! Ouch!"
The whistling cold wind seemed to be mixed with intermittent shouts. Yerle was slow to come back to his senses. The voice seemed to be calling him.
He stopped and turned around, watching a fat old man running over breathlessly, "Little classmate, wait a minute..."
"headmaster?"
Yael looked at him in surprise, "What's wrong?"
"The welfare home called me and said that there were a few more abandoned children this year. There is no room for you, and the supplies are not enough. They asked you to go out and think about whether you can find a job."
Yael was stunned for a moment, but he didn't feel too surprised. He bowed and thanked him.
"I see. Thank you for telling me that it's cold outside. Please don't stay outside for too long."
The principal did not leave immediately. He glanced at the gentle and polite smile on Yer's face and the thin clothes on his body, and suddenly said.
"My dear classmate, would you like to come to my house for dinner tonight?"
"It's not far, just next to the school. Let's take a rest first and then make plans for tomorrow."
Yer hesitated for a moment, then, looking at the kindness on the old man's face, he nodded and smiled with a smile on his face.
"Okay, thank you, Principal."
It was a small residential house with warm yellow lights on in the windows on the first floor, but only the principal and his wife lived in the house.
That night, Yael had his first hot, meaty meal and his first hot bath in months.
Amid the old couple's bickering and muttering in the background, he took out his winter vacation test paper and began to practice the questions. For the first time, he realized how comfortable it was to do homework in a brightly lit place.
"Swish, swish, swish..."
The tip of the pen made a slight sound as it moved across the paper. This sound blended with the warmth in the room and made Yael suddenly lose consciousness for a moment.
Life doesn't seem so bad, at least the way out and hope are always there.
He is now in his third year of high school. With his current grades, he can easily get into a top university, complete his university studies with scholarships and student loans, and his life will get better once he starts working.
He always believed that the future would be better. Even if it was once a mess, there would always be kind people in this world lighting up the lights.
He was inspired and helped by these kindnesses, and he also hoped to become someone who could help others in the future.
It will get better, Yael thought with a smile, and continued to practice the questions.
…
"Hey! Are you okay...?!"
"Teacher! Teacher! He fainted... Someone come quickly——"
It seemed as if someone was shaking his shoulders violently, trying to wake him up, but large shadows appeared in his blurred vision, his heart ached so badly that it was almost torn apart, and he could no longer breathe.
Is he dying...
The experiment is not finished yet...
As the last thought flashed through my mind, my vision became completely dark, and I could no longer hear the chaotic noise around me.
"Get out of the way... CPR is about to begin!"
When Yael regained some consciousness, his blurry vision showed a snow-white ceiling and his stiff body seemed to be moving rapidly.
His chest was being pressed hard in an attempt to get his congested heart beating again and again, along with the anxious cries all around him, trying to pull him back from the brink of death.
"Hold on!"
Everything that happened afterwards was like his soul leaving his body and floating in the air. The scenes he saw seemed to be real, but also like an inverted dream.
"There is no one left in his family, even the dog is dead, how can we get the money? We can still get the emergency fee, but we really can't afford the money for the ICU..."
"Then are you not going to save him? He fainted because of this project and the experiment. Besides, even if it was just a stranger, there's no way we can just watch him die like this!"
"The doctor said that it's very likely heart failure. There's a 90% chance that he can't be saved. Even if he survives, he'll just become a vegetable..."
Outside the operating room, the person who called the emergency number and brought him in was arguing, but their faces could not be seen clearly. After a while of arguing, there was only a deathly silence.
Forget it, don't save me.
The wandering soul was almost blown away by the wind, and he could only stay awake and mutter silently.
It would be a clean slate if he died, and the experiment could go on without him. It would be bad if he became a burden or even a drag on everyone.
Waves of drowsiness came over him, and he didn't know how much time had passed in a trance before he heard a steady and familiar voice.
"Stop arguing! We must save them!"
"Teacher, I won't force you to help me. Just take out the funds for the project application first, and we'll talk about what to do later. Is that okay?"
"...Okay, let's leave it at that for now. I was just in a hurry and didn't mean to not save you, senpai. Sorry."
"Family! Where are the family... No family? Then who can be the guarantor and sign the critical illness notice?!"
The scene before my eyes was completely blurry. My suspended consciousness could no longer be sustained and dissipated silently with the breeze.
Only a strand remained attached to the original body, barely maintaining the falling heartbeat.
"Unfortunately, if he still doesn't wake up within a week, it can be basically confirmed that he is brain dead..."
The doctor lowered his head and announced the unfortunate news to the old man opposite him in a heavy voice, and at the same time he couldn't help but sigh.
What a pity, he is such a handsome young man with a bright future.
…
The surging mental power overflowed from the body in his arms. Because the main body was asleep, it was not very controlled and directly hit Xize's mental picture, causing him to groan.
That mental force seemed to have a strange suction force, pulling at the female insect's consciousness and making it impossible for him to wake up.
When it accumulated to a certain line, the terrifying mental power suddenly exploded, even distorting the surrounding space.
“Ah…!”
Xize looked painful, but he held the male insect in his arms tightly inch by inch, completely ignoring the distorted space squeezing his bones and making a horrible crackling sound.
Fragments of memory flashed by quickly, like a quick tour before death, but Yael was not present in any of those scenes.
But soon, the female insect realized that she seemed to be observing and experiencing another strange world through Yael's eyes.
Before he could try to stay awake and continue searching for information, the space began to fluctuate and expand chaotically to the peak, like a balloon that was blown to the extreme and suddenly exploded!
And at that moment, my arms suddenly felt empty.
“?!”
The disappearance of the worm in his arms made him feel as if he had fallen into an abyss. Xize was hit by a huge shock, and his consciousness was forcibly pulled out, and he suddenly opened his eyes.
The bedroom was still dark in front of me, and the warmth of Yael was still filling my arms. Everything seemed like a dream.
He was breathing rapidly and felt himself breaking out in a cold sweat, but he ignored the severe pain and dizziness, and stood up holding the male insect and turned on the bedside light.
The warm yellow light swept away the darkness at the bedside, and Cize gradually came to his senses. After the violent tinnitus, he heard the faint sobbing in his arms.
“…”
"Hero Lord?!"
"--Yell!"
The faint voice in his ear gradually became clearer, and finally woke Yael up when his name was called.
He opened his eyes with some difficulty, only to find that his eyelids were wet and swollen, as if he had been crying.
But the content of the dream seemed to be quietly wiped away by a hand the moment he woke up, and faded into blankness in a few breaths.
Only a little emotional residue remained, not sadness or despair, but the afterglow of extreme happiness, which made tears well up in my slightly warm eyes again.
He rubbed his eyes slowly, looked up at the female insect leaning over, and said in a hoarse voice, "What's wrong...?"
The bedside lamp had been turned on, illuminating the area with a warm yellow light that was not blinding. Yael did not stand up, letting his messy black hair fall on the pillow, looking a little lazy.
Xi Ze's hands pressed his shoulders very hard, his expression a little flustered and frightened. After staring at him for a while, he suddenly hugged him tightly in his arms.
"Caesar?"
Yael came to his senses a little more and reached out to grab the female insect, only to find that his body was trembling slightly, as if he had encountered something terrifying.
"……It's OK."
After hugging her for a long time, Xize finally came to his senses and turned up the light.
He reached out and touched the male insect's cheek. The cool and moist feeling had not yet completely dissipated. He said in a low voice, "Did the male insect have a nightmare just now?"
The huge shock brought by the male insect disappearing in his arms in an instant has not completely dissipated yet. It is like a rope tightly tightening around his soft heart, making his breathing a little rapid.
He couldn't imagine how crazy he would go if Yael really disappeared like this. Fortunately...
fortunately.
Xi Ze closed his eyes tightly, lowered his eyes to look at the dazed male insect in his arms, and reached out to wipe away the slight moisture at the corner of his eyes.
Yael reached out and pressed the back of the female insect's hand, rubbing it subconsciously. Hearing this, he couldn't help laughing, "No, I just had a beautiful dream."
His eyes were extremely bright in the dim light, and they showed undisguised joy and happiness, as if he was a baby who had obtained a toy he had always longed for, and his smile was very sweet.
Xi Ze's pupils shrank slightly.
Even though he had been crying until he had a slight convulsion and was shaking uncontrollably, and even his mental strength was lost for a moment due to the violent turmoil, the male insect still believed that—
"Was that a, sweet dream?"
He repeated in a murmur, but suddenly he remembered the dream fragments that he had shared by accident. The scenes in them were completely unfamiliar, but they were obviously scenes from a first-person perspective. He seemed to understand something in a trance.
Is that the hometown of male insects?
Before he suddenly appeared in the Zerg, Yael had lived and taken root in the place for decades, a place he missed all the time and even wanted to return to by self-harm...home.
"I'm so sleepy... I want to sleep..."
The room was brightly lit with warm light, and the male insect in his arms was hugging his waist, nodding sleepily, and the place where he was pressed against felt solid and warm.
Xi Ze felt as if his heart was being torn apart bit by bit, and he was suffocating in pain and sorrow.
If there really comes a day when Yael can freely choose between these two paths, will he choose to stay with him, or... go home?
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