Chapter 53 Chapter 53 Russell couldn’t see the male insect’s expression…
In the main hall of the Zerg Royal Palace, Russell walked in a corridor that seemed unfamiliar to him.
As a prince forgotten by the Insect Emperor, Russell usually only moves around the periphery of the palace and rarely goes to the main hall which is most frequently used by the Insect Emperor.
The corridor was winding like a maze. If it weren't for the servants leading the way, he would have definitely gotten lost.
"Your Highness Adam, Your Highness Miller, slow down and watch your step!"
From far down the corridor came the sounds of children playing and the panicked calls of servants.
The muffled sound of boots hitting the ground was related to the plush carpet that covered the entire corridor.
Russell didn't understand why the entire floor of the main hall was covered with carpets. Not only was it difficult to clean, but if an assassin broke in, the thick carpet would make it difficult for the assassin's footsteps to be discovered.
Now he knew that the plush carpets in the room were for the two treasures of the Insect Emperor.
The thirty-second and thirty-third princes, the only two male princes among the dozens of princes with the blood of the Insect Emperor flowing in their veins.
They are truly treasures in the hands of His Majesty the Insect Emperor, and they have the fatherly love that Russell will never get in his entire life.
"Ouch, Your Highness!!!"
The doll-like little male insect lost its balance when turning, and its body tilted, with its head hitting the left front.
There happened to be a sculpture of a male insect holding a sword, and the direction in which the male insect cub's head hit happened to be the tip of the sword.
The servants following the male insect opened their eyes wide in horror.
"Be careful." After all, this is a cub with the same blood as himself, Russell can't just stand by and watch.
Fortunately, he was only two steps away from the male insect. Russell stepped forward quickly and held the fallen underage male insect in his arms.
It stopped the situation where the precious male prince was bleeding all over his face and the sub-female servant who served him was covered in blood.
Russell's good intentions did not seem to be appreciated.
"Let me go, you dirty female insect." The little male insect bit the female insect's forearm hard and struggled to jump out of the female insect's arms.
"How could there be a strange female insect in the palace of the male father? You guys, hurry and drive him out."
The little male insect's delicate face flushed red, and he slapped the places where the female insect touched with his hands, as if there was something dirty on the female insect's body that soiled him.
The servants who followed up knelt on the ground tremblingly, seeming to be still frightened by the fact that they almost hurt the little prince, and they quickly moved the dangerous sculpture away.
"Brother, brother, don't be angry." The slightly shorter male insect cub standing at the back stuck to his brother's back, revealing his little head.
The round almond-shaped eyes looked through the shoulder of the male insect in front of her, looking at this handsome female insect whom she had never seen in the palace before. No one knew what was going on in her little head, and the corners of her eyes turned pink with embarrassment.
"Mir, don't forget what the female father taught us. All female insects except the female father are despicable. Those guys with dirty minds always have bad intentions when they approach us male insects."
The young fellow pulled his brother back a few steps. Although his height could not compare with the female insect that was over 1.9 meters tall, he was not inferior in momentum.
"Why don't you leave? This is not the place for you. Be careful or I'll have someone find Xiong's father and put you in jail."
Overly arrogant, treating the lives of female insects as worthless, and not distinguishing between good and bad, and good and evil, this is the male insect cubs that grow up under the education of society.
The Insect Emperor currently has more than forty offspring, but only these two male insects remain, and the Insect Emperor can only be succeeded by male insects.
In other words, when the life of the Insect Emperor comes to an end, the male insect who will inherit the throne of the Insect Emperor and rule the country is likely to be one of the two male insects in front of us.
An arrogant and coquettish elder brother, or a timid younger brother?
No matter who His Majesty chooses, Russell has a feeling that their country is doomed.
"You, do you know that the main hall is His Majesty's private place? Other female insects are not allowed to enter without being summoned. Anyone who enters without permission will be punished."
Seeing that the female insect that was annoyed by His Highness was standing there indifferently, the sub-female servant behind the male insect stepped forward, wanting to speak up for her master and teach the ignorant female insect a lesson.
Russell is a female insect. His status in the heart of His Majesty the Insect Emperor cannot be compared with the two little male insects, but he is still the noble prince.
No matter how lowly his father's status was, or no matter how disliked he was by the Insect Emperor, the fact that he was a prince could never be changed.
Russell didn't react or answer. He just stood there quietly looking at the two male insect brothers in front of him who didn't look like him at all.
This made the little male insect hate him even more, and his face became even uglier.
Seeing the solemn atmosphere, the attendant who was in charge of bringing the Third Prince to the audience stepped forward and knelt on one knee in front of the two male insect princes. "My two little princes, the Third Prince has come to the main hall at the summons of His Majesty."
"The third prince? Is he the elder brother of Adam and me?" The little male insect that had been hiding at the back poked its head out, its clear little eyes showing kindness to Russell.
"I am also your Majesty's prince. My name is Russell. In terms of age, I am indeed your elder brother, little Xiaomier." Russell half-knelt and looked at the little male insect with a smile.
Who doesn’t like a kind and well-behaved child?
The probability of a female worm carrying a male egg is only 5%. Male eggs have a difficult time developing inside the mother's body and have a very low survival rate. Very few male worms are successfully born and grow up inside the mother's body.
Every male insect that hatches from the egg is a rare treasure of the higher insect race. They have the humility of female insects of the same age and the infinite pampering of adult insects.
Ninety-nine percent of male insects grow up in pampering, which results in most of them becoming spoiled children who are unwilling to make any effort and take pride in exploiting and harming female insects.
Male insects like Miller are introverted and a bit timid, but they look at female insects without any disgust or hatred. They are extremely rare.
Russell has lived in this palace for hundreds of years. The female servants, female slaves, domestic servants, and officials who were summoned to live in the palace, these insect tribes either mocked or ignored him when they saw him. What he felt here was almost coldness and indifference.
Only Mill showed him any warmth.
"Hello, Brother Russell." The little male insect stood up, "Thank you, Brother Russell, for saving Adam." The underage male insect had not yet lost its baby fat, and its round and tender little face made people want to touch it.
"Mil, don't forget what your female father told you not to get close to female insects!" Adam grabbed his brother who was too trusting.
His brother was a simple-minded person. If he hadn't been by his side all the time, this little guy who thought the world was a beautiful place would have been eaten alive by the female insects sooner or later.
"The female father said that we should be careful of outsiders. Brother Russell is the male father's child and a relative, not a female insect from outside." Mill stared into his brother's eyes seriously when he said this.
Adam was so angry that his face turned red again, and his mouth opened and closed, but the person who opposed him was his own younger brother, so he couldn't hit him or scold him.
Unable to hold it back any longer, he had no choice but to grab the sub-female servant next to him to vent his desire.
"You bastard, don't you know how to protect your young master? Stupid female insect, trash female insect..."
The servants knelt on the ground, allowing themselves to be kicked and beaten by the little male insect. Some were kicked on the head and groaned, not daring to dodge.
The one being beaten was the servant on the ground, but actually the one being scolded was Russell who was also a female insect.
"What's going on?" A very dignified voice came from behind the three princes.
"Father!" "Father!"
"His Majesty."
The two little male insects affectionately called out the name "Dad" and ran briskly towards the male insect who was smiling at them.
There is not a single wrinkle on his beautiful face, and from his facial features, you can't tell that the male insect is an elderly insect with more than 40 children.
"Little guy, are you making trouble again?" One of them hugged the little guys who were nearby and tapped their noses.
"These things are too troublesome." The little male insect named Adam pointed at the various decorative ornaments on the corridor with resentment, "Father Xiong, these things almost hurt me and Mil."
"What? What do you think of His Highness?"
"Don't be afraid, baby Adam. Tell your father if you are hurt anywhere."
The emperor's face changed, and the servants kneeling on the ground seemed to have seen their own miserable death. Their muscles stiffened and they could not even utter a word to beg for mercy.
"Father, the Third Prince saved Adam." Mir kissed his father on the cheek to comfort him. "Father, don't be too nervous. Adam is not injured."
The Insect Emperor gave his cute little male insect a kiss in return, "Little Mier, are you worried about your father?"
"Adam wants to be kissed by father Xiong too." Seeing father Xiong being intimate with his younger brother, little Adam, unwilling to be left behind, squeezed in between the two of them.
The father and his two sons stuck together, and with the little male insect acting coquettishly, the Insect Emperor's anger eased a lot, and the kneeling sub-female servants finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Order all the ornaments in this corridor to be removed, especially the one that almost hurt His Majesty Adam today. Smash it and return it to where it came from."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The servants rushed in and quickly moved the sculptures in the corridor away according to His Majesty's instructions.
"Russell." When looking at his third prince, there was no warmth in the male insect's eyes, only indifference.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Russell bowed ninety degrees to the male insect. This was the etiquette for a subject to pay homage to the Insect Emperor.
"You saved Adam, so I should give you some reward. What do you want?"
"Protecting male insects is the responsibility of every female insect in the empire. It is also Russell's duty. How can I ask for any reward from Your Majesty?" Russell's answer was very official.
"This time when we go to the deserted planet D81, I allow you to choose three companions as a reward for you." The Insect Emperor seemed to be rewarding a loyal puppy who bravely rescued his master, rather than praising the child who saved his brother.
Russell's soul was filled with bitterness. He bowed his head and thanked the emperor who ruled over the Zerg for his gift. "Thank you, Your Majesty."
The relationship between him and the male insect in front of him was more like that of a king and his subject than that of a father and his son.
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The two male insects were distracted by the Insect Emperor, who said, "Someone below has presented a unique creature." The number of servants who were looking after His Majesty the Male Insect was doubled, and the Insect Emperor then let someone take the two little male insects away.
"Pick out some of the things the male insects like and take them over."
"The two men said that the male insect has developed well in D81 and has accepted a group of relatively loyal subordinates. If the male insect is worried about those people, he can promise that the male insect's higher-level insects are willing to take them in."
"In short, everything should go along with the male insects, and the focus should be on bringing the double S-level male insects back to the higher insect race."
The importance of double S-level male insects to the higher-level insect races is unimaginable. Before the fleet sets out to pick up the returning male insects, the Insect Emperor naturally needs to give a few more instructions.
"The slave named Ye En mentioned that besides the slaves we sent out, the most trusted life form around the male insects is the higher insect race?"
"Your Majesty, the slave confessed that the male insect picked up a dying golden-haired lion beastman by the river and imprinted a slave contract on him. This man holds a very special position in His Majesty Gal's heart."
"None of the female insects we sent to the Reda were able to successfully mate with the male insect. Instead, it was the lion beastman who accompanied the male insect through the second awakening and had a close relationship with him."
Russell reported what he knew truthfully to His Majesty the Insect Emperor.
Regarding the Insect Emperor's order for him to go to D81 to pick up the male insect, Russell's sixth sense told him that the probability of success was almost zero.
The moment the Zerg exiled Gal, they personally severed their connection with the double S-rank males, and they could no longer possess Gal Eli.
Russell didn't care whether the male insect could return to the empire.
He accepted this mission, firstly because as an unfavored prince, he had no right to refuse the Insect Emperor, and secondly because he wanted to take this opportunity to go to D81 and see with his own eyes what the irritable and incompetent male insect Gal could do.
"Lion orc?"
"Yes, it was the traitorous General Evan."
"Angus Evans and Gal Eli, interesting."
The male sat on the throne, his fingers playing with his waist-length black hair, his face shrouded in darkness.
Russell could not see the male insect's expression, and he never saw through the heart of his nominal father.