Chapter 243: He's Disobedient
She carefully recalled the memories of the inheritance in her mind, instinctively mobilized the energy in her body, and then reached out her finger to touch the palm of the little male insect king.
As if a switch had been flipped, Anno's tentacles shimmered, and energy flowed from her fingertips into the body of the little male insect king.
Anno watched as the insect patterns grew and spread from the little male insect king's hand.
It grew all the way to his cheeks, and a pair of black and gold horns also grew on his forehead.
These two horns are similar to the mother's, but there are some subtle differences in shape and the patterns on them are also different.
Is she actually from the same branch as her mother?
As Anno was examining the horns on the little male insect king's head, he saw him slowly open his eyes.
Those were a pair of cold, dark eyes, revealing no emotion, radiating a deep blue light under the surrounding illumination.
Like his hair, his pupils were a deep blue that was almost black.
The moment he opened his eyes, the childishness on his body faded considerably, and he looked indescribably cold, a natural indifference devoid of any emotion.
The boy landed on the ground and stopped floating.
He took two steps forward, getting closer to Anuo, and then raised his hand, placing it near Anuo's cheek.
His hands were warm, completely opposite to his aloof and indifferent demeanor.
Energy condensed and flowed between the two, emitting tiny rays of light.
The boy stared intently at Anno, and Anno saw his own reflection clearly in his eyes.
He opened his mouth, as if learning how to speak, and Anuo sensed that he was absorbing the inherited memories from his consciousness.
After a long pause, she heard him say, "My Queen."
Anno laughed and pinched his cheek. "I'm not the queen now, Mother is."
The little male insect king paused slightly and said, "My prince, I want to hold you."
After saying that, before Anuo could speak, he pulled Anuo into his arms and hugged her.
His movements were clumsy, but he instinctively hugged her tightly.
Anno did not reject his contact. The genetic compatibility between the Queen Insect and the male King Insect gave her an innate and special fondness for him.
She couldn't describe the feeling, but it was probably just wanting to be with him, wanting to cuddle and hug him—the most straightforward and simple feeling.
She was still a little dazed, because it seemed like she had obtained her male insect king too easily.
In her inherited memories, the eggs of the young male king insect need to be nurtured in the nest for a long time and require the energy of the queen insect to nourish them before they are born.
But her male king appeared in the wrong place, and his eggs were unusually large.
It was as if he had been born for a long time, just waiting for her to appear.
The boy's voice rang in her ears, "Anunu, my prince, I have been waiting for you for a long time."
The boy's cool voice, like his personality, showed little emotional fluctuation.
But Anno could feel the intense emotions emanating from his consciousness.
She nuzzled his cheek reassuringly, "You don't have to wait anymore."
“Sitare, I’ll take you home.”
Every member of the Zerg has a name that is born with them and etched into their consciousness.
The consciousness network is an incredibly vast management system that automatically manages the affairs of its followers.
The names will be randomly assigned to the family members.
Besides, other names can be chosen, but it's usually the queen insect that gets a different name.
Anno knew that his father, Augsis, had another name, which his mother had given him: "Blackie".
Because the father's egg was covered in black minerals, it was a dark lump when it hatched, which the mother found ugly.
To save face for his father, his mother never called him by his nickname in public.
She would only call her father "Blackie" in front of her family if he angered her.
Sitar responded softly to Anno, "Okay."
Anuo left his embrace, but he held her hand tightly, as if afraid she would run away.
"I almost forgot, I still need to go see Caesar and Secris. Mingxiao and Poponia are still waiting for me there."
Anno stopped in her tracks, wondering how to get to them.
Leaving the abyss is simple; she just needs to fly upwards. Since she can't sense Caesar and the others' consciousness and can't locate them, she can only fly to the top of the abyss and then jump down again.
"No need to jump again."
As Sitar spoke, he pulled her and flew towards a certain place. A huge, glowing creature resembling a radiant fish flew onto them and carried them forward at high speed.
Seeing that Sitar was still naked, Anno took off his long coat and gave it to him.
Sitar took the coat and awkwardly put it on.
Anno smiled, helped him put on his coat, and pulled his long hair out of his clothes.
Sitar stared intently at the girl before him, his eyes fixed on nothing else.
"Alright, your hair is too long. I wonder how long you've been inside the egg."
Anno had examined his consciousness; it was almost entirely blank. Apart from her, there was no other memory whatsoever.
Based on the hatching time, the Sitar in front of me is still a newly born Zerg larva, so it's normal that it doesn't have its own memories.
The glowing creatures quickly led them to the place where Caesar and Secris were imprisoned. As soon as they left the spatial range where Sital was born, Anno connected to the consciousness network.
Caesar and the others called out to her anxiously in the web of consciousness, and she was about to reassure them.
Sitar's consciousness suddenly appeared in the consciousness network. His consciousness was extremely domineering, causing Caesar and the others to immediately quiet down.
At this moment, the four familiars at the bottom of the abyss were completely stunned by this sudden appearance of consciousness.
They hadn't expected the male insect king to appear so quickly, and that it suppressed their consciousness so strongly that they dared not even peek out.
They were now very puzzled. Even if the male insect king had been born, shouldn't it be a juvenile? How could it have such a strong consciousness?
Anno turned to look at Sitar, whose face was calm and showed no signs of the domineering nature of his mind. Sitar was like a crouching beast ready to attack at any moment.
Sitar turned to look at her and took her hand.
Anno thought to himself, "Sita's right now... should be a cub, right?"
Her father, the male insect king Augsis, only began to show dominance over his mother's other relatives after he entered adulthood.
Even as cubs, they just blindly follow behind their mothers. Even if they show dissatisfaction towards other family members, what kind of spirit can a little cub have?
She had previously thought that if she had a male insect king born, she could watch the little dumpling-like male insect king running around in front of her, how cute that would be.
His mother always liked to bully his father when he was a child, often making him cry, and he could only follow behind his mother.
But her male insect king is already as tall as her, and according to the insectoid branch he belongs to, he will be taller than her in a few more years.
The fun of teasing the little dumpling is gone.
Sitar ran his fingers over Anno's palm and said, "You can tease me however you want."
Anno: "..."
She forgot that their consciousness was now shared.
Anno said, "Then you'd be more fun if you shrank a little."
Sital: "I don't want to get smaller, I want to get bigger."
Anno thought to himself that all the Zerg larvae wished to grow bigger and stronger. Sitar was indeed still very small. Compared to his mother's height, he should not be less than two meters tall in the future.
"If I get bigger, I can hug you better."
Anno: "..." So it was because he wanted to hug her.
“It won’t take too long,” he added.
Anno gestured to show his height. When he came out of the shell, he seemed to be shorter than her, but now he was the same height as her.
I still want a small Sital.
Seeing how much Sitar liked to cling to her consciousness, Anno kept repeating this sentence in her mind.
Seeing Sitar's gaze, the corners of her mouth slowly curled up.
I want a tiny, cute little male king insect!
Sital: "No."
Anno glared at her: "I am your queen, you have to obey me."
If her family members are obedient, they won't refuse her.
Sitar: "I am your king's consort, not your kin."
Anno choked, "Why is Daddy so well-behaved in front of Mommy?!"
She noticed that as soon as Sitar appeared, she seemed to start acting spoiled, wanting to make demands of him, and getting angry when he refused.
No, he's already disobedient now, what will he be like in the future!
Anno completely mirrored the way her mother and father interacted with the male insect king, believing that Sitar should be as obedient to her father as he was to her mother.
Since he's being disobedient, I'll leave him alone in the palace later and let Mingxiao and the others go out to play.
I happen to have some free time right now.
Without her by his side, Sitar will definitely miss her a lot, and then he will obediently listen to her.
Sital: "Okay."
Anno: "Hmm?"
What's so good about it? How come it's suddenly getting better?
She circled in his mind, and he had already decided to send all her relatives to the front lines.
Anno: "? You can't, they're mine."
Sital: "It's mine too."
The male Zerg King is on the same level as the Queen Zerg and has the right to handle any affairs of the Zerg. Since Anno has not yet ascended the throne and does not need to handle political affairs, Sitar's rights are the same as hers in decision-making on other matters.
Anno began to seriously doubt the time of Sital's birth; he didn't seem like a newly hatched insect larva at all!
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