Tariq stood in front of the mirror and carefully arranged his appearance.
The neckline seems a bit messy. If I go to see him dressed like this, will I be considered rigid and boring? Looking at it this way, the hairstyle seems to be quite ordinary, unlike those of the Asian females. Even the hairstyle has been specially redesigned to suit the shape of the tentacles. I wonder if Yilin will like it...
Thinking of the upcoming date, Tariq was troubled and anxious.
The trouble is that no matter how he dresses up, it doesn't seem to be enough to match the perfect Lord.
What worries me is that this date plan, which he carefully crafted after asking all the female military comrades he has made friends with, will disappoint you?
He was worried in his heart, but on his face he couldn't help but smile because he thought of his beloved.
Tariq met Yilin during a reconnaissance mission.
It was Desolate Star a month ago. He and his Second Legion had just finished a battle to exterminate star beasts. However, while cleaning the battlefield, they accidentally discovered a living, non-star beast life signal. When he went to check, he was surprised to find that the man who was living on the desert star and almost died on the battlefield was actually a male insect sir!
The male calls himself Yilin and comes from a place called Earth.
However, neither Tariq's memory nor the military information showed that there was a blue planet called "Earth" - after learning this, Ilin hesitated for a while, and finally decided to return to the empire with him. .
This relieved Tariq.
The empire's protection of male insects has always been unreasonable. In fact, even if Yilin disagrees, considering his identity as a male insect, Tarik must bring him back anyway. It would be great to get the consent of the insect concerned. .
Up to this point, in his heart, Yilin was just an ordinary male insect living on the desert star.
Until Yilin told him when he was popularizing the Zerg marriage system that the planet he was on had always followed the principle of "one pair of worms for a lifetime", and he himself was a staunch supporter of "one pair of worms for a lifetime". Even in the empire, he could not and could not They will not accept the existence of female attendants or even female slaves other than the female monarch.
"Male and female bugs should be equal."
When Yilin said this, his eyes were as bright as the stars in the universe. His expression was so serious, without any intention of joking: "Since a female insect can only have one male leader in her life, then as a male insect, I should also There is only one female monarch."
Tariq had a hard time describing how he felt when he heard those words.
Shock, admiration, and a touch of joy that even he himself couldn't explain.
He believed that Yilin was more than just talking.
Not only because of the other person's expression when he said this, but also because of the gentleness and closeness that the male displayed with his hands and feet on their way back, which was different from other males.
Even when facing an ordinary female soldier, Yilin never showed the slightest disdain or contempt for a male. He would listen carefully to every female soldier who spoke to him, and would treat it lightly when the female soldier lost her composure. Laugh and say it's okay nonchalantly.
Be kind, polite and approachable.
No female insect can help but be attracted by such a beautiful male insect, and Tarik is no exception.
Tariq's heart felt soft when he thought that Yilin had many female suitors but still unswervingly chose him in this dating application.
Since Yilin chose him, of course he couldn't let him down.
Everything is ready.
Tariq smiled at himself in the mirror and prepared to set off.
The door to the room was roughly pushed open at this moment. Tariq frowned. Before he could reprimand him, he heard the military female who broke in through the door and said softly: "Major General Tariq, the marshal wants to see you. "
Tariq was slightly startled.
There was a slight hesitation on his face, but his brain was racing at the sight of the messenger girl: as early as three days ago, he had requested leave and reported for today's appointment in advance. Knowing that he is going to see Your Excellency today, but still summoning him at this time, it is obviously not a trivial matter.
Could it be for the sudden battle on the Tengu Star? But he performed it very well.
It is even more impossible to say that it was for the parliament convened not long ago. Everyone knows that Marshal Klein once again won a great victory in the game with the old aristocratic female insect. The participating members were so angry that they broke the defense on the spot. The female soldiers who did not participate were also in a happy mood.
Isn't everything going well?
He was surprised in his heart, but his face showed just the right embarrassment: "Yes, I just don't know why my female father is looking for me?"
According to the rules, the military female who sent the message cannot reveal anything.
But after all, Tarik is the marshal's worm, and he is also a rising star of the empire in the military. It is not impossible to become the next marshal of the empire. The military female hesitated for a moment, but still whispered: "This morning, the marshal took over. Communication from the Holy Land arrived.”
Just this sentence.
Tarik's pupils suddenly shrank, and then he frowned, and the shadow of an arrogant male insect appeared in his mind.
Tang wine.
To be fair, Tang Jiu's problems are not completely unbearable. It is not incomprehensible for a high-level male insect to have a bad temper. Moreover, the other party has no habit of abusing female insects in private.
If Yilin is not available, Tang Jiu, who is also a high-level male insect, may also be a good choice.
But who made him meet Yilin?
He had already seen shining stars like Yilin, how could he endure an ordinary stone like Tangjiu?
Tariq does not regret his choices and actions.
He did it on purpose.
As a foreign male, Yilin, who first arrived in the Holy Land, was often ostracized by the local males, especially the high-level males headed by Tang Jiu. The other party bullied his sweetheart, so of course Tariq had to fight for his future male. Lord seek justice.
He just wanted to let the male insects with higher eyes in the Holy Land know that there were high-level female insects like him behind Yilin. Yilin is helpless on an alien planet, so let him be Yilin's support.
"Do you know why I asked you to come here?" Alessio asked.
Tariq was silent for a moment.
"Yes...but I can explain it." He took a deep breath and said firmly: "Your Excellency Yilin is a B-level male insect and an alien male insect. As long as he awakens for the second time, the empire will definitely have one more A-level insect in the future. Your Excellency, rather than trying to intervene in the Holy Land and the forces behind it that have been trying to control the military, I think investing in foreign males like Mr. Yilin is the best choice."
Alessio was noncommittal.
"that is it?"
His tone was calm, half-smiling, as if he was reminding Tarik: Don't use such clever little tricks to expose yourself.
really.
This high-sounding reason was simply not enough to convince Alessio.
Tariq's heart sank. The emotionless gaze of the older military woman seemed to carry a vague pressure. He instinctively looked away first, lowered his head, and spoke with difficulty: "...Yes, because I love him. "
love.
Alessio chewed the word in his mind, and the expression on his face gradually became disgusted, as if what the other party was confiding was not a bug's concern, but something dirty.
He stood up and approached his worm.
One of the two insects stood and the other knelt. When Alessio came closer, the indescribable aura of pressure and danger became more obvious. The older military female's eyes were cold, looking down at the insect at her feet from above. There was even a smile in her eyes, but Tarik's body felt chilly, as if the entire insect was dissected by that gaze. the illusion.
"You took the initiative to apply for a date with Mr. Male Insect, and then unilaterally changed your mind, causing a distinguished Mr. Insect to be embarrassed in front of all the insects in the Holy Land - and you, not only did you not quickly seek that Excellency's love at the first time, Forgive me for allowing the situation to get worse again and again, and letting the evil-minded pick on me——"
Alessio almost sneered.
Feeling different?
That’s not impossible.
No one stipulates that a female cannot change her mind and choose another male after choosing one male. If Tarik refused Tang Jiu on the grounds of being busy with military affairs, no one would say anything if he applied for a date with Yilin again six months or ten months later.
As soon as one side rejected Tang Jiu with lies, the other side couldn't wait to stick to Yilin - who gave him the courage to do such a stupid thing?
And that alien male.
Thinking of the superficial scheming shown by the alien male when he was communicating with Tang Jiu, Alessio felt funny.
Inequality between female and male insects?
Do not make jokes!
What is unequal is never the female and the male, but the class gap between the higher female and the lower female, the higher male and the lower male, which is a class gap that future generations cannot cross for generations to come!
Noble female insects will not allow lower-level females to come into contact with their superiors, and then give birth to offspring with outstanding bloodlines, challenging their rule; aristocratic male insects will also not allow lower-level males to climb up to higher-level females, shaking their supremacy in the empire. status!
Now that the imperial class has been completely solidified, the military is the only clear and transparent way for lower-level females to rise. If your genes are not up to par, you still have brains, and if your fighting ability is not up to par, you still have tactics. As long as you are willing to fight, there is always hope for improvement.
But what did Tarik do?
Regardless of looking at the communication, the male lords present seemed to be watching Tang Jiu's joke, but this was just from their personal standpoint of watching the fun - as males, all the high lords in the Holy Land would side with Tang Jiu without hesitation. On the other side of the wine, on behalf of the Holy Land, they put pressure on the military and questioned the military's disrespect!
The forces behind them will also take this opportunity to attack the military!
At the least, Tariq will be deprived of the opportunity to date His Excellency Holy Land, at worst, the number of places for military females in the entire military department to apply for dates will be reduced!
How could Alessio not be annoyed?
Not only was he angry, he was confused.
Over the years that he has been in charge of the military, he has directly led tens of millions of soldiers, if not billions. There is not a single military female who is short-sighted. How come the females he keeps around him turn out to be Tariq? Such a fool?
In other words, he has been cultivating his health in recent years, but when he first took charge of the military department, Alessio could chop these two idiots, male and female, into pieces, rub them, and throw them into the universe to feed the star beasts!
Too lazy to talk to the idiot anymore, Alessio waved his hand: "60 lashes, Flory, you will execute them yourself, get out."
Flory is the name of the female adjutant.
The latter's heart beat slightly and he hesitated a little.
The punishment of the military department and the whip of the male insect are not the same thing, especially these 60 lashes are still named to be executed as the A-level military female Flori. Considering that Tariq has a date with the male insect today, these 60 lashes will continue. , I’m afraid Tariq will crawl on the ground to meet his sweetheart today.
Which female insect doesn't make herself look glamorous before meeting the male, for fear of dissatisfying him?
Military women who are dating will secretly compete with each other, and you will also secretly compare with each other. Tariq went to see the male insect in a state of embarrassment, like a dead insect. What would the other military females think of him? What would the male insect think of being embarrassed because he couldn't show off his date?
These 60 lashes were not only a physical punishment, but also an unabashed humiliation for Tariq and the male insect who was about to date him!
The adjutant hesitated.
Alessio's smile remained unchanged: "Huh?"
The adjutant heard the impatience in his superior's tone - he no longer hesitated, and when he turned to look at Tariq, his face was filled with only polite and cold expression: "Major General, I'm offended."
He made an invitation gesture again, indicating to Tariq to follow him to the execution chamber to receive his punishment.
Tarik gritted his teeth, knowing that this matter was non-negotiable, and followed the adjutant out silently.
ten minutes later.
The door of the torture chamber slowly opened, and the rich smell of blood seemed to solidify in the air. The bloody soldier woman staggered out of the torture chamber, holding on to the wall. The sunlight fell on him, but it could not bring any warmth. meaning.
Tariq didn't need to look in the mirror to know how embarrassed he looked at this moment.
There is almost no part of his body that is not bruised, and the mental power that can help the body heal quickly is also blocked by the military suppression ring. This means that until he reaches the Holy Land, his injuries will not get better at all, but will become worse as time goes by. Becoming more ugly and hideous.
That's exactly what Alessio is for.
If it weren't for Tariq's foundation as an A-level military female, I'm afraid this time, he would really have to crawl to see Yilin in full view of the public.
In such a situation, Tarik is not much better at this moment.
When he thought that he would appear in front of his sweetheart in his most ugliness, and thus embarrass his beloved Lord, Tarik felt indescribable suffering and humiliation. This kind of humiliation far exceeded that of the military. The pain caused by the punishment itself made him miserable, like losing his heir.
He recalled the night when he first learned that his biological father had not died in a normal accident, but at the hands of Alessio.
The old and new hatreds overlapped, making Tarik tremble uncontrollably.
One day...
One day——
The military female lowered her head and buried the overwhelming hatred deep in her heart again.
Alessio probably thought that he really had a chance to break through the class blockade created by the high-level female insects, right?
If Alessio could live forever, maybe the military could really change the situation where the old-school aristocratic female and male insects dominated the family.
But can he really survive until that time?
Why do higher-level males have the supreme status in the empire?
Not only does a higher-level female need to combine with a higher-level male to give birth to higher-level female offspring of the same genetic level to continue the family's glory, but also because the higher-level female will have a baby every five years after she reaches adulthood. Unavoidable mental riots, the higher the level of the female insect, the more violent the mental riots will be.
In the early days, this kind of mental turmoil could also be solved by injecting a soothing potion made by the Empire from the pheromones of higher male insects. As long as the female worm combines with the male worm during the five mental riots, that is, within twenty-five years, and is soothed by the male's pheromones, this phenomenon of mental turmoil will completely disappear within twenty years.
in turn.
As long as the female worm does not formally mark the union with the male worm for one day, the intensity of the mental riot will gradually increase, evolving to the point where even medicine cannot alleviate it. In the end, it must be secreted by a male worm of the same genetic level sincerely. Only pheromones can calm the tension in the spiritual sea.
Alessio is naturally the latter.
At this time, there was less than a year left before his next mental riot.
Not to mention that the Empire has not had an S-class male insect match him for a hundred years. The "male insect's sincerity" alone is enough to sentence Alessio to death.
After all, in the empire, treating each other as guests is the norm between higher-level female insects and higher-level male insects.
Without the comfort of the S-class male insect, how long can Alessio be successful on his own?
All the bugs are waiting.
When Alessio was alive, they had no way to deal with him. After he died, wouldn't they still be able to deal with the leaderless military?
Instead of going head-to-head with Alessio while the other person is still alive, it is better to wait quietly and patiently.
When the military loses their only backbone, and when Alessio Klein, an extremely powerful military woman, dies due to mental turmoil, then they will allocate him like a trophy after the war. The blood gnawed at his flesh and squeezed out every ounce of benefit from him.
The forces across the empire will also usher in a new round of reshuffle.
And he, Tarik, will inevitably be the new king after the melee.
Thinking this way, Tariq's breath gradually became calmer.
Yes.
Why should he fight with Alessio, a mortal insect?
As long as the other party dies miserably due to mental violence, everything will fall into place.
Even Alessio himself would probably not have thought that Yilin, the foreign male insect he looked down upon, was actually an S-class male insect that had not been seen in the empire for a hundred years. He was still soft-hearted and was happy to deliver a sincere and perfect male insect to the female insect!
I wonder what Alessio’s expression will be like when he learns one day that it was he who killed his own hope of survival with his own hands?
Tarik's heart was filled with infinite malice. At the same time, because he thought of his beloved male insect, his heart felt warm and his brain became calmer.
For a cold and cruel military female like Alessio, no male would love him at all, and he did not deserve the love of any high-ranking lord. Apart from dying tragically due to mental violence, there is no other possibility for him.
And Yilin——
Tarik had no doubt that when he appeared in front of the opponent with scars and bruises, the male insect with a noble soul would not only not blame him for embarrassing him, but would sincerely feel sorry for his injuries.
This kind of warmth could never be given to him by males like Tang Jiu.
His choice was not wrong.
Tariq thought, growing more determined.
He firmly believed that giving up Tangjiu and choosing Yilin was the most correct choice he had ever made in his life. In return for the warmth Yilin gave him, Tarik had also sworn in his heart that when Alessio dies, he will definitely find a way. Take the greatest benefits and dedicate all the good things he can control to his beloved hero.
Before leaving the military headquarters, Tariq sneered in the direction of the marshal's office, as if he was not looking at a powerful imperial marshal, but a desperately ill man with no cure.
Soon.
One more year to go.
Just wait another year...
Tarik thought silently, as if he had already seen the future in which he would lead the army instead of Alessio, which made him couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.
Then he straightened his collar, straightened his waist, and went to see his sweetheart in high spirits.
