Chapter 120: Male Zerg Star Pirate × Female Zerg Undercover Agent (5): Once You Have a Male Zerg, You Have a Weakness

[Now that you mention it, I remember that quite a few of the Wolf Crew members on the wanted list really were female Zergs who defected from the Federation after getting married.]

[Wasn't there that one from the news? Before escaping, he even attacked his Male Lord and knocked him unconscious! An unforgivable crime!]

[I heard the Male Lord tripped over his own left foot and knocked himself out.]

[Even so, as a Female Attendant, he should have gotten his Male Lord medical treatment instead of running off to become a star pirate!]

[Give me a break. He was covered in control devices, and the hatchling had been burning with a fever for three straight days. If he hadn't escaped while the Male Lord was unconscious, would he still have been able to run once the Male Lord woke up? (Heavenly Garuda rolling eyes) Personally, I think he should've taken the Male Lord with him. Let him suffer among the pirates for a while. Whenever they needed it, they could squeeze out a little pheromone too.]

[Heavenly Garuda watch Zerg news too?]

[Who needs to? News exposing the dark side of Zerg society airs on our Empire's official channels all the time.]

[Damn Heavenly Garuda, always smearing us.]

[What? Are the reports fake? Everyone already knows what your Zerg society is like. Does anyone even need to smear it?]

[No matter what, becoming a star pirate is still wrong.]

[Avis is an undercover military female Zerg, yet he's sympathizing with star pirates. He really shouldn't. After spending three years in the pirate crew, he probably won't even pass the ideological evaluation after returning.]

[His Lordship won't let him off anyway. No need for an ideological evaluation. This time he's definitely the prison-series protagonist.]

...

【Ul listened quietly before asking curiously,

"What about you? Were you driven to the point where you couldn't survive by your Male Lord... so you became a star pirate?"

Avis froze.

He nearly bit his tongue while answering, hurriedly waving both hands.

"N-No, I don't have a Male Lord."

"You don't... have a Male Lord?"

Ul examined him.

Curled up alone in the armchair with a cushion in his arms, he looked both doubtful and slightly frightened.

"Then why did you become a star pirate? Because... you like adventure?"

Ul asked.

"Not that either..."

Avis didn't like adventure.

This was simply his mission.

A mission he couldn't speak of.

There wasn't anything in particular he especially loved.

Nor had he ever imagined any particular kind of future for himself.

Female Zergs...

Especially military female Zergs...

...always followed the rules.

If nothing unexpected happened, he would probably live like most military female Zergs.

Carry out missions.

Accumulate military merits.

Gradually build seniority.

Receive promotions one step at a time.

With his abilities, he could become a Major General within a hundred years.

During that time...

...he would experience many things.

See countless breathtaking sights.

Everything he saw and gained would be enough to reminisce about for the rest of his life.

Then...

...once he reached a suitable age...

...he would find an appropriate Male Zerg, get married, and raise a few hatchlings.

As for what qualified as an appropriate Male Zerg...

Avis had never really thought deeply about it.

Probably...

...a B-rank.

Or perhaps a C-rank.

Competition for A-rank Male Zergs was simply too fierce.

He had no desire to involve himself in it.

He had already struggled enough for military merit.

He didn't want to spend his life at home competing against other female Zergs as well.

As for the Male Zerg's personality...

...as long as he wasn't overly violent.

If he loved him...

...even a bit of temper would only seem adorable.

If the Male Zerg was willing...

...he would take him to see the sea of stars.

They would pilot a spacecraft together...

...visiting planets he had explored before...

...or had never set foot upon.

After growing tired of traveling...

...they would return home.

If the Male Zerg preferred lively, bustling surroundings...

...they would settle permanently on Capital Star.

Avis would work at the military headquarters, leaving and returning on schedule every day.

The Male Zerg would stay home, doing whatever made him happy.

As for what the Male Zerg looked like...

A pair of amber eyes suddenly appeared in Avis's mind.

A silver-haired Male Zerg sat at the edge of the bed...

...wearing Avis's shirt...

...swinging his fair feet.

His soft, fluffy hair resembled some adorable little animal.

His eyes did too.

As those feet swung gently...

...Avis's heart swayed with them.

Several seconds passed before Avis finally erased the fantasy from his mind.

His Lordship was obviously a high-ranking Male Zerg.

An A-rank Male Zerg.

Don't think about impossible things.

Their identities weren't suited to such thoughts.

Once they returned to the Federation...

...he would still have to atone for everything he had done.

Ul looked puzzled.

"If you don't have a Male Lord, and you don't enjoy adventure, why become a star pirate?

Were you lying to me about everything you just said?"

"No.

I became a star pirate because..."

Some truths couldn't be revealed.

After hesitating...

Avis finally gave the explanation he had originally fabricated in order to infiltrate the pirate crew.

"...because being a star pirate makes money faster.

So I could earn enough to marry a Male Zerg..."

Most of the female Zergs in the pirate crew had become star pirates...

...to escape from Male Zergs.

Yet he...

...had become one to earn money to marry a Male Zerg.

The two reasons completely contradicted one another.

Yet...

...they were both easy for a Zerg to understand.

Because Zerg marriage was simply like that.

Those suffering miserably inside marriage wanted nothing more than to escape, even if it meant betraying the Federation and becoming star pirates.

Meanwhile...

...unmarried female Zergs still longed for Male Zergs.

Still dreamed of getting married.

...】

The Zerg readers found that sentiment especially relatable.

[I still want to get married. The reason I'm working so hard to earn promotions and save assets and resources is so I can marry a suitable Male Zerg someday.]

[You Zergs are completely insane. Married female Zergs suffer so much, yet the unmarried ones are rushing headfirst toward the same fate.]

Even the Heavenly Garuda wanted to call them idiots.

In their eyes...

...Zerg female Zergs had always been idiots.

[What else are we supposed to do? Go without Psychic Soothing? Lower-ranking female Zergs can still find Psychic Soothing specialists, usually lower- or mid-ranking Male Zergs trying to make a living or earn some extra income. High-ranking Male Zergs would never do something so beneath them. It's much faster and more convenient to marry a female Zerg and take his property directly.]

[Besides, being fucked by a Male Zerg feels incredible. Just a little pheromone can make a female Zerg pass out from pleasure. If you've never experienced it, you can't imagine that kind of bliss.]

[Synthetic pheromones already feel amazing. I can't even imagine what real Male Zerg pheromones are like.]

The Heavenly Garuda wanted to curse these female Zergs for having nothing but pheromones in their heads.

But after thinking about it...

...they found themselves tempted too.

Male pheromones truly brought incomparable pleasure.

Nothing else could compare.

Even if infinite emptiness followed that ultimate ecstasy...

...they would still willingly possess a male for it.

[Avis's way of thinking is pretty realistic. First earn military achievements and status, then when you're older, marry a suitable Male Zerg and raise a few hatchlings.]

[He's still too conservative, though. If he's confident about becoming a Major General, he should absolutely aim for an A-rank Male Zerg. The sexual ability gap between A-rank and B- or C-rank Male Zergs is enormous.]

[He spent an entire day feeding on Lord Ul's pheromones. He's such a high-ranking female Zerg that even his face went numb from it. If he experienced a lower-ranking Male Zerg afterward, he'd probably start questioning his entire life.]

The Male Zergs: "..."

So that's it.

Female Zergs really only had pheromones on their minds.

Talk about love with them?

Ha!?

Rather than talking about love...

...they might as well knock them unconscious with pheromones.

In that case...

...if Ul truly wanted to escape from the pirates...

...the best method would also be to overwhelm the female Zerg with pheromones.

Preferably...

...by giving him a deep mark.

A marked female Zerg...

...would find it very difficult to resist a Male Zerg.

...

【When Avis said he had joined the pirates in order to earn money to marry a Male Zerg...

Ul fell into an oddly prolonged silence.

After a while...

...he rubbed his face, straightened his posture, smiled brightly, and said with complete sincerity,

"Actually...

...I understand you really well!"

Avis: "?"

"I want to get married too!"

Holding both hands together in front of himself, Ul's eyes sparkled with anticipation.

"I want a female Zerg partner who'll stay with me for life.

And our hatchlings...

I'll treat them very well.

Just like my adoptive father and my older brothers treated me."

Avis truly hadn't expected His Lordship to harbor such simple wishes.

For a female Zerg...

...finding a suitable Male Zerg to marry was difficult.

For a Male Zerg...

...getting married couldn't be easier.

Yet from His Lordship's words...

...it seemed he still hadn't found the female Zerg he wanted.

A female Zerg who would stay with him for life.

It was...

...too idealistic.

So idealistic that it almost sounded unreal.

Avis quickly realized...

...this was His Lordship trying to save himself.

Trying to move the heart...

...of a "star pirate."

His heart grew heavy.

This had never been his intention.

Neither forcing His Lordship into such circumstances...

...nor making him resort to trying to move him.

At the same time...

...he noticed that His Lordship had said "adoptive father."

Because so many military female Zergs died on the battlefield...

...many eggs and hatchlings eventually entered welfare institutions.

Although adopted Male Zerg hatchlings were rare...

...given the overall numbers, there were always some.

His adoptive father was surely already quite old.

He also had several female Zerg or sub-female older brothers.

Now that the family's little Male Zerg had fallen into the hands of star pirates...

...they must be terribly worried.

Avis frowned slightly.

Observing his expression, Ul quietly said,

"If I had a Female Lord...

...he would definitely protect me."

I would protect you too.

The words nearly escaped Avis's mouth.

But they couldn't.

A "star pirate" shouldn't promise such things to a Male Zerg.

He still had his mission.

Avis could no longer remain in the room.

Guilt completely overwhelmed him.

"I promise you...

No Zerg...

...nor any other star pirate here...

...will ever hurt you.

Please get some proper rest..."

Leave everything else...

...to me.

Avis bowed slightly toward the Male Zerg before taking his leave.

The door closed.

Silence returned to the room.

Ul pressed his lips together.

He knew he had pushed too hard and frightened the other Zerg away.

Still...

A helpless Male Zerg kidnapped by star pirates...

...surrounded by constant uncertainty...

...being anxious was only natural.

Resting one finger lightly against his lips...

Ul began thinking about what to do next.

...

Meanwhile...

Avis sought out the Captain to question him about the Male Zerg.

"What?"

The wolf was completely absorbed in working out.

The wolf didn't understand.

"Where did you capture that Male Zerg?"

Avis asked, his brows tightly furrowed.

"I checked the records of every recent group mission.

None of them involved capturing a Male Zerg.

Which means...

...you acted alone."

"So what if I did?"

Finally understanding what Avis meant, the wolf captain answered casually while glancing at his workout data.

Still twenty more sets of bench presses to go.

He continued lifting.

Avis: "..."

This idiot genuinely had no concern for his own life.

He had directly laid hands on a high-ranking Male Zerg...

...without caring whether the Federation military would hunt him down.

His brain contained nothing but muscles.

No reason whatsoever.

Maybe spending two or three hundred years inside an interstellar prison...

...would finally knock some sense into him.

"Fine.

If you're determined to do this...

...there's no point saying anything more."

Avis sighed.

"Where are His Lordship's personal belongings?"

"How should I know?"

The wolf captain looked utterly confused.

Avis simply stared at him...

...without moving.

Being stared at like that by a high-ranking female Zerg...

...was honestly unsettling.

The wolf captain had no choice but to stop bench pressing and sit up to stretch.

"Alright, alright.

I'll ask for you.

Just wait."

He opened his terminal and projected a holographic screen.

Privacy mode was enabled.

Avis couldn't see it.

But he could easily guess...

...that the Captain was asking where the Male Zerg's belongings had gone.

Avis waited patiently.

While replying to messages, the wolf captain glanced at him a couple of times.

Finally he closed the terminal, shrugged helplessly, and said,

"They're all gone.

What if the military tracked us through them?"

"We stripped every last piece of clothing off the Male Zerg, so you..."

Before he could finish...

...Avis's fist, as large as a sandbag, came crashing toward the wolf's nose.

The wolf captain barely dodged.

Bang!

The super-alloy exercise equipment behind him exploded into pieces.

"Have you gone insane?!"

The wolf captain, whose bench presses had been interrupted, flew into a rage.

Avis remained perfectly calm.

"I wanted to spar with the Captain."

The wolf captain also had a fiery temper.

He tore off his shirt and charged straight at Avis.

By the time the fight ended...

...every single piece of equipment inside the gym had been smashed beyond repair.

Both of them were bruised and battered, breathing heavily.

It had certainly been a full workout.

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, the wolf captain dragged his tail as he climbed to his feet and cursed under his breath.

"You female Zergs...

The moment a Male Zerg's involved...

...you all lose your minds!

Tomorrow's mission on Golden Sand Star—

you're leading it.

If you screw it up...

...then forget about that Male Zerg.

You won't be getting him."

Avis slowly sat up, his head still ringing.

His injuries had already begun healing automatically under his remarkable regenerative abilities.

The Captain's words finally brought him back to his senses.

Once you have a Male Zerg...

...you have a weakness.

He had been too impulsive.

But when it came to the humiliation His Lordship had suffered...

...he simply couldn't ignore it.

"I'll complete the mission."

Avis replied hoarsely.

"That's more like it."

The wolf captain seemed fairly satisfied.

Just before leaving, he glanced over Avis's body and suddenly looked a little guilty.

"Wipe your face before you go back.

And don't tell him...

...I was the one who hit you."

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