Chapter 74
The jungle was quiet, with only a few birds occasionally flying by, perching on the lakeside and gracefully preening their feathers.
Suddenly, the sound of wings flapping through the air filled the sky, creating a gust of wind. The clever bird alertly left the lake and disappeared into the deep forest.
Two female insects landed on the shore of the shimmering lake. One of them took out a small mechanical sphere, from which eight pale white mechanical tentacles extended. After testing the ground height, the sphere quickly explored along the lake shore and disappeared into the grass.
"What bad luck, being assigned to measure these wild lakes," the taller female insect grumbled discontentedly.
"It's all your fault! During the battle, I told you to pay attention to defending your rear, but all you did was charge forward. Damn it, your brain is practically filled with the excrement of star beasts!" The short female insect angrily kicked away a pebble at her feet.
The gray pebbles rolled forward with a gurgling sound, and suddenly disappeared after crossing a certain boundary.
Female insect A subconsciously rubbed her eyes: "Did I stay up too late last night reviewing things and my eyes are blurry? Should I go to the hospital to get my eyes checked?"
"What are you looking at? You should go to the hospital to get your brain checked!" Female Insect B continued to berate. "I heard that a male insect lord recently traveled to Nuka Star. If you hadn't made a mistake and lost again, I wouldn't be stuck working with you in this godforsaken place! Maybe I've already met the male insect lord—"
"Stop cursing," Female Insect A frowned, took out her energy gun, "Let's go take a look. There were star beasts that invaded this place before. Maybe it's a star beast with special abilities that's causing trouble."
"I think you just don't want to admit you're wrong," the female insect B said impatiently as she followed.
When the two female insects stopped arguing, they found the place unusually quiet, without even birdsong, and in the distance, there was only a lush thicket of thorns.
Suddenly, female insect A heard a low groan and immediately pointed her energy gun forward alertly: "Who's there?"
"Your Highness, they are coming." A deep voice whispered softly in Hill's ear, the lips brushing against his pale earlobe, like a tapping sound in Hill's heart.
Upon hearing this, Hill's eyelashes trembled, becoming misty and damp.
If the two female insects were to push aside the thorns, they would find the esteemed Prince Hilgard pressed naked against a transparent glass wall, his entire body covered only by his long silver hair, which occasionally brushed against the male insect's taut calves with the wind in the forest, bringing a tingling, itchy sensation.
No, besides the long hair, there was also an exquisite body chain, a gift Celtic gave him this morning.
Starting from the neck, it extends downwards, connecting at every important point on the porcelain-white body, cascading down, winding all the way to a certain place, entwining, and decorated with light-colored, tiny gemstones that reflect a dazzling light in the sunlight.
Finally, the path circles around the long, straight calves, ending at the taut, delicate ankles.
His hands were raised above his head and gently locked by a thin chain.
Every day of the fifteen days brings a different surprise. The first day was spent in a wooden cabin on the water, and today we have a completely transparent room in the quiet forest, where everything is laid bare to nature.
Birds in the forest, fish in the lake, and passing animals would occasionally stop in surprise in front of them, seemingly observing what the two female insects were doing.
As Hill awoke in Celt's arms to greet the new day, a deer with clear eyes curiously peered at the naked insect inside the room. The eyes were so clear that Hill felt a little ashamed and hid in the female insect's embrace.
After Celt helped him put on his pajamas under the covers, he reached out and touched the deer through the thin glass. Celt would then remove the glass, letting the deer, damp with the forest air, gently rub against his palm.
He liked the completely transparent house, but that didn't mean he liked it at that moment; he gritted his teeth.
"Your Highness, please don't make a sound," Celt whispered in his ear. "Everything will be alright."
His voice was so confident that even an insect would be convinced.
As the military boots drew closer to the soft grass, Hill grew increasingly nervous. Celt's muscular arms encircled his waist, while his other hand lightly stroked his long hair.
A dark energy gun pierced the thorns, followed by the figure of the female insect, whose wary eyes peeked out from the thicket and met Hill's gaze.
He saw it—
He saw himself in such a wretched state—
Hill abruptly closed his eyes, unable to bear looking any longer. His heart felt like it was being clenched by a hand, his teeth trembled slightly, and the entire insect involuntarily shrank deeper into the female insect's broad embrace, as if completely hiding itself in her arms.
"Hiss, why is there nothing here?" came the puzzled voice of the unfamiliar female insect.
"You're just trying to shirk responsibility! Damn it! Are there any male insects out here in the middle of nowhere?" Female insect B said angrily.
“I’ve activated the shielding mode,” Celt said in a low voice, the vibrations of his chest amplifying Hill’s heartbeat. “Don’t be afraid.”
At the same time, the scalding palms released his long hair, strands of hair falling onto his bare back, bringing a slight coolness. The female insect's large palms stroked his back, as if carefully counting each of his vertebrae.
"Ah..." Hill unconsciously arched his back, trying to escape his touch, but his body pressed against the cold glass, which made his throat move slightly and he almost cried out, but he bit his lower lip tightly at the last moment.
There are unfamiliar insects outside; if they take just one more step forward, they will touch the transparent glass.
"Damn it! I really heard it, but it's gone now." Female insect A was extremely annoyed. Suddenly, as if she had discovered something, her eyes lit up, and she suddenly took two steps forward.
Hill's pupils widened as he tried to back away, but there was nowhere left to retreat. His fair feet landed on the hard, cold military boots of the female soldier, causing his toes to involuntarily curl slightly.
Female insect A strode over, meeting Hill's almost frozen gaze, and stopped at the last moment in front of the thorn bushes.
It was autumn on the shores of Lake Nuka, and various wild fruits were turning from green to red. Small animals passing by often pecked at them, and there were hardly any left.
The female insect reached out and plucked a bright red berry from the thorn bushes, then crushed it with her fingers.
The female insect excitedly lowered her head to sniff, as if she had discovered something new and interesting. Only when the berry emitted the aroma of ripe fruit and she was sure it was not poisonous did she lower her head to taste the perfectly ripe berry.
“Teacher Archie taught me that there are these berries in the area. This is the first time I’ve seen them. They’re edible, and they taste really good.”
The berries seemed very sweet, prompting the unfamiliar female insect to savor them carefully for a long time. Finally, she picked two more and pretended to hand them to female insect B, saying, "Consider this my apology to you. You can try some too."
At the same time, Celtic nodded in agreement in a low voice, "It's really good."
Although she knew it didn't mean the same thing, Hill couldn't help but feel a pang of shame, her nose stinging and her body trembling slightly.
The unfamiliar female insect called out to its companions, even though it knew it wasn't referring to him, but...
But I can't help but put myself in their shoes, wondering how this could happen, how could it be like this.
Perhaps because of the completely transparent space, he was enveloped by the gazes of those just inches away, even though he knew they couldn't see him, couldn't see him, couldn't see him.
"Just wild berries, what's so delicious about them?" Female Insect B approached rudely. "I'm only interested in you, Male Insect, and it's all because of you—"
Female insect B caught the berry and casually threw it forward. However, the berry, which should have landed smoothly, stopped in mid-air, with a faint liquid slowly flowing in the air. The two female insects stopped arguing and suddenly opened their eyes wide to stare straight ahead.
He met Hill's wide-open eyes from behind the glass.
They've been discovered—
"ah......."
"No, take me away... I want to leave here..." Terrified tears streamed down his beautiful eyes as he lowered his voice, which was broken and intermittent.
Because the female insect is unwrapping the most elaborate and important gift.
"Is that so?" The tall and powerful female insect showed no intention of leaving, locking him firmly against the transparent window from behind, and even pressing him forward, pressing the area where female insect A had just performed against the cold, transparent glass.
“But your body seems to like it,” Celtic calmly assessed. “Should I obey your body’s commands or your current commands?”
The movement suddenly became more abrupt, and the transparent, cold metal chain made a crisp sound as it struck the glass.
Two unfamiliar female insects outside the glass had tentatively placed their hands on the glass.
"There really is glass? This is the middle of nowhere!"
"It's invisible and can't be scanned," female insect A concluded. "It can only be measured by hand."
Is there any danger?
"It seems not. Shall we look for the boundary? See if we can get in?" The two female insects discussed, spreading their palms as wide as possible and using them to measure the length of the glass, cautiously measuring it inch by inch.
Separated only by a thin layer of glass, or perhaps it was just a psychological illusion, Hill could almost feel the warmth of those two hands.
So close, so terrifying, how could this happen...
"Ugh—" At this moment, Celt untied the last chain, as if calmly deciphering a code. The chains wrapped around his bulging, veiny wrists, his body soaked and heavy, the bulging veins replacing the metal chains.
"......."
Hill's eyes were completely wet, and she was almost crying. She had to bite her lower lip tightly to stop herself from making any excessive noise.
It was too late; they were too close, and the unfamiliar female insect outside still heard them.
They heard it again.
"There's a sound! There really is a sound! Can you hear it? There are bugs inside the glass?"
"I'm not deaf! Are there bugs inside?"
"Hello, we are female insectoids from the Seventh Army. Are there any insectoid residents inside? Are you being held captive? Can you hear us? This is a military-controlled area. If you refuse to comply, we have the right to forcibly open it—"
"Wait, wait, wait! Holy crap, insect god, can you smell what sounds like male insect pheromones?" Female insect A suddenly moved closer to the glass, pressing her nose against it and sniffing hard.
Hill wanted to back away; it was too close, too close, like insects sniffing at his pheromones.
No, but Celtic still wouldn't allow it. He forcefully pressed Hill against the window and accelerated the process at his own pace.
Hill had completely lost control of his breathing, exhaling hot breath that created a hazy mist in front of the transparent glass.
"There really are male insect pheromones—"
"Is there a male insect?"
"What's wrong, sir?"
"Were you subjected to unequal imprisonment?"
"Your Mightiness?!"
The female insect brought her hands and cheeks close to the glass, slapping it frantically again and again. The trembling of the glass caused Hill's body, which was pressed tightly against the glass, to shake even more violently along the chain around her ankles.
There's a button here—
"It seems like it can be opened?"
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