Chapter 175: The King's Husband
During her time at the palace, Anno spent her days doing systematic learning, keeping an eye on the battles at the front, and helping Bazel adapt to the Zerg.
Although Bazel is already a member of the Zerg, he was not born a Zerg. He still needs to gradually understand and adapt to many things in the Zerg and some special abilities.
Because he is now a high-ranking member of Anno's household, unlike the ordinary members of the clan who are marked.
His constantly open consciousness is like shouting through a megaphone in the consciousness network, or endlessly looping his own memories on a video.
Tanville and the others could not ignore his conscious focus on Anno, as well as the fragments of his memories of spending time with Anno.
Even someone like Tanville, who can maintain a good mood on the surface, is about to lose his composure.
This is even more annoying than when Caesar was by His Highness's side!
Tanvel wanted to help the young prince learn to control his own consciousness, but he flatly refused.
He doesn't really pay attention to anyone except the young prince.
After finishing some official business in the main hall, Tanvel walked to the entrance of Anno's palace and saw White Flame and Obsidian standing at the door holding food.
He peered into the palace room and saw the young prince nestled in the arms of a large cat, reading a book.
An energy field enveloped the two of them; it was the young prince's energy guiding Bazel, allowing him to connect with their Zerg heritage memories so he could understand the Zerg more quickly.
These past few days, they've been interacting in pretty much the same way.
His Highness doesn't usually use them much, and now that Bazeir is here, they're even less of a role to play.
They didn't want to disturb His Highness when he was reading or studying.
Obsidian cracked the ore in his hand, "There are already enough annoying bugs, and now another one has appeared."
Bai Yan: "And it was marked on."
They now miss the drunken princess terribly, and they'd let her do whatever she wanted to them.
Whether it's braiding or anything else, it's all fine!
If only Your Highness would pay more attention to them.
But since her last drunken episode, the young princess has been drinking very little, and she absolutely refuses to get drunk again.
Tanville glanced at the two brothers muttering to themselves in the consciousness network, raised an eyebrow, and took the plate from Bai Yan's hand, walking towards Anno's side.
You get what you want by fighting for it yourself; standing here complaining won't get you anything.
Bai Yan's attention was focused on Anno, and before she knew it, Tanville had snatched her plate.
He took a few steps forward in annoyance, but not wanting to lose his temper in front of His Highness, he turned around and took the food from Obsidian's hand.
Obsidian stared blankly at his empty hands for a moment, then grabbed his brother in the consciousness network and roared angrily: "Brother, how could you take mine!"
Bai Yan: "You still distinguish so clearly between your brother and me?"
Obsidian would usually let things slide, but when it came to the young prince, he wouldn't budge. "This is for the prince! I made it myself!"
Bai Yan: "I taught you that."
Obsidian felt stifled as she watched White Flame and Tanvel place the food in front of Her Highness and talk to her.
This time, Anuo ate at the table. She wanted to have a proper meal with Bai Yan and the others, but it was really inconvenient for them to sit next to her with their bowls.
Now she has another servant, Bazar, who is her eighth dependent. She cannot allow his dependents to eat from large bowls like she does in the future.
However, few high-ranking members of the royal family are allowed to sit and eat next to the King. The members of Augsis and Seville never dared to sit with their king.
However, if dining together was the king's order, they could only obey, but they wouldn't be as comfortable as Tanvir and the others.
There is a rather unique reason behind this.
If, after their little princess reaches adulthood, the insect race has not yet produced a male insect king, then these high-ranking relatives around her will be her future king consorts.
The highest-ranking Zerg is the Queen, followed by the Zerg King.
The male king is not born along with the queen; the probability of its birth is rather random.
In the past, there weren't many male Zerg Queens; only one or two out of every ten Zerg Queens would be born.
As a Little Queen Insect, Anno's inherited memories also allowed her to know Caesar and the others' future identities.
However, she doesn't have any particular thoughts right now. The Zerg's social structure and innate hierarchy prevent her from getting caught up in this.
Whether a male insect king is born in the future, or Caesar and the others become her king consorts, it is just an ordinary part of her long life.
It is necessary, but not the most important.
Whether they are ordinary relatives or her husband, she and they are all family, and their way of getting along will not change much.
Now, it's Tanwell and his team who need to make a decision.
To them, their prince was the most important person, someone they would dedicate their lives to serving.
Tanville and the other two watched as the young prince sat down naturally next to Bazel, chatting with him from time to time, their smiles never fading.
At this time, Tanville also desperately wanted Caesar to return.
Given Caesar's clingy behavior towards His Highness, Bazel would definitely have to fight him.
They are now really looking forward to the two of them fighting.
I wonder how strong this newly promoted high-ranking relative is.
Before becoming a Zerg servant, Bazel was at best a slightly stronger beastman.
They haven't seen him develop any special abilities yet.
Without superpowers, he would likely be the weakest of the eight.
Bazel was unaware of their ulterior motives; all his attention was focused on Anno.
"I've had this drink before, back in the underground arena."
Bazel picked up the wine that Anno had poured for him, sniffed it, and drank it all in one gulp.
As he spoke, he directly showed Anno the memory images in his mind.
Since he established the consciousness network, he has really enjoyed this mode of communication with Anno.
With such complete trust, one wholeheartedly opens up their consciousness, allowing another person to enter and entangle with and communicate with their own consciousness.
It was as if their souls had become intertwined.
This feeling was very strange. In the past, he often lived alone and had no one he could trust. His so-called friends were all people who lived by the sword and were only concerned with their own interests.
In this world, it is very rare to have a close friend.
Most people are born alone, and it is difficult to find a true friend. Often, we experience deception and mutual suspicion, and are unable to give each other complete trust.
But in the Zerg social model, there will never be deception or suspicion.
They trusted each other, and although he knew that Tanville and the others disliked him, he still did not question their trust in him.
This complete opening of his consciousness allowed Nono to enter his mind and communicate with him, giving him a joy he had never experienced before.
It's as if a wandering soul has found its home, and will no longer be alone and lonely in this world.
"Pfft, you stole all the leader's wine and even put a fake bottle in there."
In Bazel's consciousness, Anno saw him calmly drink the wine that a gang had secretly given to his leader, and then put in fake wine that someone else had given him as a bribe.
The leader, enraged after drinking counterfeit alcohol, ordered his men to beat up the entire gang.
When he was young, Bazel was taken from his place of exile and raised from childhood to be a "beast" who fought in underground matches in the arena. He was hot-blooded and often played pranks on the gang he belonged to.
When Anuo saw his memories, she felt sorry for his past. She placed her hand in his and looked at him with bright eyes: "After a while, we'll go and take care of those people."
Bazel took her hand in his own and said, "Okay."
Obsidian, standing to the side, pouted and kept stuffing food into his mouth, wishing he could devour Bazel and crush him so he wouldn't keep monopolizing His Highness's attention.
Tanville looked at him and smiled slightly: "Obsidian, is something bothering you? Your lips are practically pouting to the sky."
After hearing this, Anno looked towards Obsidian.
Obsidian was almost choked by Tanville's sudden call to name. He immediately suppressed his resentment and put on a smile: "No, I'm very happy."
Bai Yan said slowly, "Hei Yao, lying is wrong, especially in front of His Highness."
Even if Obsidian was slow to react, he would realize that the two of them were using him as a pawn to get him to express his dissatisfaction with Bazel to His Highness.
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