Chapter 298 You call this rich?
Bass looked like a high-quality male from head to toe, which really appealed to Michael.
In his previous life, he found five male insects as mates, not because he was loyal, but because there weren't many good-looking and capable male insects among the high-ranking insects in the empire at that time.
It's already quite good that he was able to pick out five male insects.
Now that two of the five male insects have been lost, he will definitely need to select some suitable male insects to replace them.
He thinks Bass is a good match.
As for the claim that he only liked the queen insect and wasn't interested in other female insects, he didn't take it seriously at all.
He simply didn't believe that a male insect would be willing to spend his entire life with a female insect.
He felt that Bass was only reluctant to seek out other insects because of his status as the Insect King.
But as long as he stays out of sight and isn't discovered by the insect king, he's willing to be his secret lover.
He simply couldn't believe that Bath wasn't moved!
Thinking of this, Michael's gaze fell once again on Bass and the Insect King.
He narrowed his eyes, then whispered an instruction to the attendant who had walked up to him, before slowly disappearing from the banquet hall.
Because the Insect King rarely appeared at banquets, he was immediately surrounded by the insects of various nobles upon his arrival.
Many of the insects and the insect king were talking about the empire's political affairs, which Bass naturally had no interest in.
He disliked the other insects surrounding his female insect, but his female lord was the queen of insects, and no matter how much he disliked her, he couldn't let it interfere with his career.
So Bass chose to find a spot with few insects and some food and drink to pass the time.
At first, the Insect King was worried that Bass would get angry if he clung to him so much after losing his memory, and if other insects appeared nearby.
Unexpectedly, Bass was so cooperative.
A slight smile flickered across the Insect King's eyes; it seemed he was in for another tough night with his aching back.
The Insect King withdrew his gaze and continued discussing political affairs with the noble insects around him, unaware that a servant insect had quietly approached Bass.
"Your Excellency Bass, His Majesty the Insect King has prepared a quiet spot for you. Please follow me."
The servant bowed to Bass before speaking respectfully. Because Bass had confronted the sub-female at the door so directly, he was quite flustered when facing him.
He's also a sub-female, and I'm really worried that Bass will take his words as harassment and throw him out.
Fortunately, Bass only glanced at the location of the Insect King before slowly standing up. "Well, let's go."
The banquet area was indeed too noisy.
He knew, of course, that his lord wanted to attend the banquet because he had been doing it for several days in a row, and recently he had been using a lot of different tricks.
He thought of the scenes from last night that had made his blood boil, and thought, "Tsk, I really need to find a way to replenish my lord's energy."
He remembered that quite a few insects had mentioned something about a Star Beast.
He had been wandering around for so many years, living a single life for so long, that he had long forgotten all about these things.
Looks like I'll have to ask the mechanical bug a good question tonight.
Bass was preoccupied with how to nourish the Insect King's body so that they could be more compatible in certain aspects in the future, and he didn't notice at all that he had been led out of the banquet hall by the Insect Servant and brought to the backyard of the Lanetta family.
“Your Excellency Bass, please have a seat. Your necessities are prepared on the table.”
After saying this, the servant insect left.
Bass glanced at the small pavilion in front of him, frowned, and then walked into the pavilion.
Upon seeing the pot of honey tea on the table in the pavilion, he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
This was the most neglected he had ever been since returning to the palace.
Bass sat on a bench in the gazebo and began to reflect on whether he had really gone too far yesterday, only allowing him to drink honey tea at the banquet.
While he was still wondering if this was the wrath of his mistress, a figure slowly approached.
"Your Excellency Bass~"
Bass was suddenly struck by the intricate and unpredictable voice, and his scalp tingled as if a wavy line had appeared on his head.
He turned around almost immediately, and when he saw the insect that had appeared, his brows furrowed deeply again. "Where did you come from, you monster?"
The insect in front of me is clearly a sub-female.
He was heavily made up and dressed very scantily.
Her white, semi-transparent clothes shimmered in the sunlight.
Ah!!! My eyes!!!
Bass really wants to gouge his own eyes out!!!
"Who are you?!"
Bass almost gritted his teeth and turned his head away; if there hadn't been no bugs around him, he would have screamed madly.
With that thought in mind, he turned on his personal computer and activated the recording function.
This insect must have ill intentions in calling him over.
There are probably no electronic devices here, so he can't let any insects attach themselves to him.
Bass was furious, thinking about how he had almost been slandered by the insect at the banquet entrance before. And now this happened again?
Even if the King of Heaven himself came today, he wouldn't let these wicked insects go!
“Lord Bass, I am Michele, a female insect from the Lanetta family. You haven’t returned to the Empire recently, so you may not know me… I…”
"Stop!" Bass stood up abruptly and took several steps back. "I may not know you, but your record on the StarNet is verifiable! You tried to seduce my second son before, and when that failed, you even drugged your brother and threw him in his bed. What? Now you're here trying to take advantage of my son?"
He had heard that Tan Chi had previously liked this sub-female.
Tsk, what kind of taste do you have?
She doesn't resemble him at all.
Michele's expression darkened for a moment, but she quickly recovered. "Lord Bass, how can you believe everything you hear on the StarNet? Many of those insects are just jealous of the sudden rise of our Lanetta family; they're just resentful of the rich."
As he spoke, he pretended to be injured and raised his hand to wipe the corner of his eye.
Bass looked at Michelle with disbelief. "Resentment towards the rich? Your family's banquets don't even include anything made from natural foods, and you have to limit the amount of fruit you occasionally have? You call that being rich?"
Even the little cakes his female insects ate were brought by him!
I really don't know how this sub-female has the nerve to say that the Lanetta family is rich.
Michele nearly choked on Bass's words.
Can he say that before Tanchi married Letekar, his family was indeed the wealthiest noble family in the entire empire?
As the largest supplier of natural food to the entire empire, even the royal army needs 20% of their income to be fed each year.
But now...
The Larnetta family's business suffered a major blow when their previous money-making avenues were blocked, and then their investments failed, resulting in almost total loss from the auction of the asteroid!
They wiped out almost all of Lanetta's assets.
If it weren't for his heroic efforts in turning the tide and finding a new way out for the Lanetta family, this banquet wouldn't have happened.
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