Chapter 254: Female Disguised as Male x Despairing Straight Female (10): The Insect Markings Are in a Relatively Private Place. Would You Like to See?

【Major General Lucas issued an order forbidding anyone from gathering mushrooms on the spot to cook anymore.

Although the military Female Zergs didn’t understand why, Female Zergs who could even eat energy ore weren’t particularly greedy for food anyway. They didn’t care that much about food or flavor, so if the Major General said they couldn’t eat them, then they simply wouldn’t.

Only Felix, who had fallen in love with the delicious freshness of mushrooms after eating them once, was practically dying of craving. The delicacies were right before his eyes, growing everywhere, yet he couldn’t eat them. It was simply too painful.

He tried coaxing Lucas.

It would have been fine if he hadn’t mentioned it, but the moment he did, Lucas’s expression turned ugly.

Lucas genuinely couldn’t understand how an adult Female Zerg could have such a weak constitution that mushrooms could affect him.

Felix normally seemed quite reliable. Every one of his military achievements was genuine, and his combat ability was extremely strong. How could he have stumbled so badly over something as trivial as food?

Lucas refused to let him eat any more.

Felix was in the wrong to begin with, so when Lucas said no, he didn’t dare bring it up again. He could only stare at the mushrooms covering the mountains every day, his eyes practically glowing with craving. Even other food started tasting bland to him.

The day before they left Parasite Planet, Lucas finally relaxed the restriction somewhat and allowed the military Female Zergs to prepare mushrooms one last time.

He personally supervised them to make sure they were stewed long enough and thoroughly cooked. When it was finally time to eat, he also kept an eye on Felix, allowing him only two or three mushrooms before forbidding him from touching any more.

Nothing unexpected happened that night. It was just that after living together for so many days, Felix had already developed the habit of hugging Lucas while sleeping.

Being held by another Female Zerg made Lucas somewhat uncomfortable. Several times, he wanted to turn his back and stop facing Felix, but he was afraid that doing so would instead give Felix an opportunity to do what he had done that night.

If he embedded himself into him again, Lucas wouldn’t even know how to face it.

Lucas’s feelings were extraordinarily complicated.

He was different from Felix. He wasn’t a lesbian, and before this, he had never once imagined developing a special relationship with another Female Zerg.

Although he had never liked any particular Male Zerg either, he could be certain that his orientation leaned toward Male Zergs. Besides, he liked hatchlings.

Most Female Zergs liked hatchlings. They were the cutest creatures in the world, enough to rival Male Zergs. Even if a Female Zerg had no particular expectations toward Male Zergs, he would still want a hatchling of his own.

Felix was so beautiful. It would be such a shame if there were never a hatchling who looked like him.

Lucas’s thoughts wandered for a moment. Only after coming back to his senses did he realize what he had been thinking and hurriedly rein in his thoughts.

In the image inside his head, Felix was holding a tiny, adorable chibi version of himself—a Felix hatchling.

Meanwhile, in reality, Felix was holding him, his cheek resting against Lucas’s shoulder, his eyes sparkling brightly as he told Lucas about some amusing little incidents from that day’s parasite cleanup.

If a Female Zerg poured all his passion into another Female Zerg like this, whether Felix would ever have a hatchling in this lifetime was difficult to say.

Lucas’s head hurt. He didn’t want to face it.

“Go to sleep.” Lucas sighed deeply.

Although he also liked Felix being close to him, looking at him trustingly and telling him these things, once they crossed the line, it became wrong. Inappropriate.

“Mm.” Realizing Lucas was getting annoyed, Felix immediately stopped chattering.

But before going to sleep, as he stared at Lucas’s handsome face so close to his own, he still couldn’t resist asking quietly:

“Can I kiss you? Just as a good-night kiss.”

Lucas: “...”

Give him an inch and he would take a mile.

“No.” Lucas refused in a deep voice, suddenly realizing that beneath Felix’s beautiful face was skin thicker than a city wall.

Ever since he had laid his cards on the table, Felix really had stopped pretending altogether. His desire to get close to Lucas and his interest in him were written plainly across his face and woven into every word he said.

It even made Lucas reflect on whether there was something about him that attracted lesbians.

Felix was exactly the type Male Zergs would adore. Could it be that Lucas himself was the type lesbians liked?

That was terrifying.

Felix wasn’t discouraged by the rejection. Instead, he simply changed his approach. “Then what if you kiss me?”

He certainly knew how to adapt.

But Lucas only wanted to ask: Was there any difference?

Either way, it was still a kiss. Compared to being kissed, having to take the initiative himself was even harder.

“Sleep.” Lucas said coldly, raising a ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) hand and covering Felix’s eyes, blocking those overly bright eyes so that Felix couldn’t keep using his charms to bewitch him.

Felix quietly shifted Lucas’s hand, kissed his palm, and only then whispered with barely concealed delight, “Good night.”

Lucas only felt his palm grow hot, the burning sensation throwing his heart into complete turmoil.

He had originally thought Felix wanted to move his hand away, so he hadn’t been on guard. Who could have expected Felix was planning something like this? Lucas was so shocked that he failed to react in time, allowing Felix to succeed.

Felix had already rubbed against him before, and had even shallowly embedded himself in him. They had experienced even more intimate contact, yet this sudden, soft touch unsettled him far more.

Perhaps it was because there were no mushrooms involved this time, no muddled consciousness. He couldn’t blame everything on an abnormal state of mind or the body’s instinctive desires. Felix had done this while completely awake and rational, which made Lucas even less certain how he was supposed to face it.

Even after Felix fell asleep pressed against him, Lucas remained awake, staring at the roof of the tent, unable to shake the lingering sensation in his palm.

He rubbed his palm and couldn’t help wondering whether Male Zergs and Female Zergs ever did things like this.

Probably not, right?

Contact between Male Zergs and Female Zergs was mostly driven by desire and reproduction, or simply by survival—for the sake of Psychic Soothing. A gesture like this seemed far too unnecessary.

Then... what about between Female Zergs?

Lucas remained lost in thought as he felt the lingering sensation in his palm, unable to figure it out.

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［Prejudice! Prejudice!］

The instant the new chapter was released, readers couldn’t resist arguing back.

［Major General Lucas’s thinking is way too biased! What do you mean Male Zergs and Female Zergs wouldn’t have this kind of contact? I kiss my Female Lord’s palm too. I’m going to kiss it right now!］

［It really is pretty unnecessary, though. What’s so great about kissing a Female Zerg’s palm? It’s not as good as his mouth or his tits. At least there you can taste some pheromones, and there’s more flesh to bite. It also looks nice when you leave a bunch of marks.］

［It’s romance! Romance, understand?! Contact that isn’t controlled by mating and pheromone-driven desire is exactly what touches a Zerg’s heart the most!］

［Whoa, where did this naive underage Male Zerg come from? You still have fantasies about feelings toward Female Zergs? What use is romance? How many milliliters of pheromones is it worth? For Female Zergs, what really moves them is when a Male Zerg releases a ton of pheromones and fucks them until their eyes roll back. If you don’t believe me, ask them yourselves whether they want romance or want to put a Male Zerg in their mouth and suck.］

The Female Zergs were extremely embarrassed and had no desire to get involved in an argument between Male Zerg lords. Whichever side they agreed with, they would offend the other.

Even on StarNet, Female Zergs’ instincts and upbringing made them unwilling to oppose Male Zergs or get on their bad side.

But precisely because it was StarNet, they didn’t need to be quite as cautious and could voice some of their innermost thoughts.

［A Male Zerg’s feelings can’t be relied upon, but pheromones are real. Pheromones you can actually get into your stomach are still more important.］

［Feelings like the ones in novels are too rare and intangible. I’m voting for pheromones too.］

［Can’t I be a little greedier? I want both.］

［That’s very greedy.］

［I want pheromones, I want a Male Zerg lord to kiss me all over, I want to kiss the Male Zerg lord all over too, and I want Psychic Soothing~］

［We’ve already switched over to the dreaming channel, huh?］

［No? Aren’t those just basic requirements? Our males...］

［Enough, enough. Tianjia, shut up.］

［Just got my Male Lord to kiss my palm (picture). I’ve decided I’m not washing my hand all day.］

［You can’t see anything in the picture. There was no need to attach it. Not washing your hand for one day isn’t sincere enough. You’d better not wash it for a whole year, then next time your Male Lord sees you, he’ll pass out from the smell and kick you off to the frontier to reclaim wasteland.］

［Seeing that everyone’s mouths are still as poisonous as ever puts me at ease.］

［What’s so special about getting your palm kissed? I’m not jealous at all. Not envious at all. I definitely haven’t ground my teeth to pieces!］

［Exactly. My virtual Male Lord kisses me too (shows off beautiful picture).］

［Thank goodness I have a virtual Male Zerg lord to soothe my wounded heart. I’m going to max out his spending meter right now!］

A kiss on the palm?

Ulysses didn’t quite understand when he saw the scene in the novel, but he still made a note of it.

He had already filled an entire notebook with all sorts of things from the novel, just waiting to try them one by one with his male in the future.

After the previous experience of his male dressing as a Female Zerg and being intimate with him, Ulysses was no longer quite so resistant to this “lesbian” novel. He was now willing to sincerely learn from it.

This was useful knowledge.

Worth recording.

After finishing his note, Ulysses was just about to turn the page when a new comment appeared.

［Since this book was inspired by the Marshal, has An-shen ever kissed the Marshal like this?］

Ulysses knew perfectly well that he wasn’t the inspiration for the “lesbian novel,” but as for the “kiss”...

There would be one.

Next time, after washing his hands ten thousand times, he would go find his god and casually obtain a kiss.

...

【The parasite-clearing mission ended, and the troops began their return journey.

Before leaving, Felix conducted a small experiment. It proved very effective, capable of suppressing the spread of the spores and even causing the underground mycelium to retreat.

But he still couldn’t tell anyone because he had no suitable explanation for how he had discovered it.

He could only wait until later and find some way to guide Lucas or another Zerg toward thinking along those lines.

Sigh, why didn’t Silver Fortress have a proper Male Zerg?

If it did, he wouldn’t have to go to all this trouble.

...

After returning to Silver Fortress, life resumed its former rhythm.

The difference was that no matter how busy Felix was, he would always make time to seek Lucas out.

Whether it was carrying his pillow over and begging to stay the night, or asking Lucas to soak in the hot spring with him.

Before Felix had confessed his feelings, even when the Major General invited him to soak in the hot spring, he had hesitated and been too embarrassed to enter the water. He had wrapped himself up into a bundle on the shore and had even been laughed at by the Major General.

Now that the Major General already knew what he was thinking and had even given him a chance to pursue him, Felix naturally wasn’t going to be shy and awkward like before. He boldly stripped off his bathrobe and jumped into the water.

This time, it was Lucas who awkwardly turned his gaze away.

Even after looking away, the residual image remained imprinted on his retinas.

Lucas’s brain felt somewhat overheated from the steam of the hot spring, but from that fleeting residual image, he still noticed something rather strange.

Felix’s skin was as fair as jade, yet there were no insect markings on his chest or arms, nor were there any on his calves.

Then where were his insect markings?

Lucas had looked away too quickly, partly because he himself had instinctively avoided facing what he saw, so he hadn’t seen the middle portion of Felix’s body.

They were both Female Zergs anyway. There was nothing wrong with looking.

Lucas hesitated before turning back, but Felix had already entered the water. The water covered everything below his waist. If Lucas looked beneath the surface...

Lucas’s gaze shifted slightly, only for Felix to suddenly call out to him.

“Major General Lucas.” Felix stood in the water, smiling at him, a trace of playful teasing in his eyes.

Only then did Lucas realize what he had just been about to do. His face abruptly heated up, and he hurriedly averted his gaze, no longer daring to peek downward.

But he still couldn’t resist asking, “Your insect markings...”

“They’re in a relatively private place,” Felix naturally continued. Blinking, he asked, “Would you like to see?”

No. No.

Lucas was mortified and didn’t want to know exactly what kind of private place he meant at all.

Still, surely it couldn’t be somewhere too unusual, right? That place... surely it couldn’t be there. Could insect markings even appear there?

They might be on his back, or perhaps above his butt? Somewhere below the waist was also possible.

Countless possibilities flashed through Lucas’s mind. In truth, he was extremely curious, and Felix’s single sentence had hooked him so thoroughly that curiosity was itching at his heart.

But considering Felix’s special feelings toward him, it didn’t seem appropriate to rashly ask to see.

Between ordinary Female Zergs, looking at each other’s insect markings was nothing. They could even scrub each other’s backs. But once feelings were involved, it became different.

Far too ambiguous.

Only belatedly did Lucas realize that he was already sharing the same hot-spring pool with a lesbian.

His brain immediately crashed.

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