IHNMSL Chapter 23
by VolareEver since Duke Will Klink was handed over to the Imperial Court for investigation due to concealing the little Highness Yao’s Spiritual Affinity data, he fell ill and became increasingly silent.
Especially after learning that Chris had taken the punishment for him, the atmosphere in the entire Duke’s mansion became frighteningly low.
Even the Duke and his Female Consort Hevia, who had been loving for more than a decade since their marriage, had their relationship become somewhat strained for some unknown reason.
The servants privately speculated that Hevia, who had firmly occupied the position of the Duke’s Female Consort, might lose favor this time.
In the eyes of outsiders, Chris was, after all, the little Highness’s biological Female Parent. No matter how carefully the step-female parent Hevia took care of Yao, it couldn’t compare to a biological Female Parent with blood ties.
If the Duke and General Chris rekindled their old feelings, Hevia’s existence as the current Female Consort would be awkward.
Executive Officer Hevia, whose heart was as black as coal, was extremely cruel in dealing with Female Bugs who had ulterior motives towards the Male Bug.
One was a prestigious Imperial General, who had swept through alien battlefields and achieved countless merits, and the other was a highly valued figure in politics, who was very likely to take over the core of the Hive Collection’s highest Mind Brain.
Currently, neither of them seemed like someone to be trifled with.
Yao contentedly obtained the marriage certificate with his beloved Chen Xing, and was now holding his Female Consort, feeling incredibly happy.
Considering the rumors that the little Male Bug’s male parent was recently unwell and couldn’t stand stimulation, Chen Xing coaxed the lovesick Yao, who was eagerly preparing to take him to meet his parents.
It wouldn’t be too late to take himself to meet his parents after school was on vacation in a few months.
At least he had to wait until he had enough capital to stand in front of his precious male parent. Making the little Male Bug feel embarrassed was the last thing he wanted to see.
As a qualified partner, he naturally had to consider the other party comprehensively. He wanted to prove to the Duke that no one was more suitable to protect Yao than him.
In the Bug Clan, without the Male Bug’s permission, the Marriage Registration Bureau strictly prohibited the disclosure of any relevant marital privacy.
Even so, there were still many rumors about Yao’s marriage circulating.
The Interstellar League hadn’t ended yet, and many Bugs were already looking forward to having the opportunity to meet the legendary little Highness of the Klink family, the organizer.
At that time, the little Highness might even select a powerful Female Bug from among them as a partner.
“You accompanied Yao to the registration bureau?” Chris calmly wiped his gun, as if asking casually.
Daina, standing on the side, shuddered, remembering the promise to keep her brother’s secret.
After hesitating for a moment, she said hesitantly, “I just accompanied Yao to do a routine checkup, nothing happened… You know that Central Star has always been cautious about Male Bugs.”
With an explanation that tried to conceal the truth, Daina knew that Chris wouldn’t believe it.
However, since her foster parent asked this, he must have already learned something through his own means.
Helping Yao hide it from her foster parent was really not a wise thing. Central Star was full of Chris’s spies. Daina didn’t know how much the other party actually knew.
“Daina, you’ve grown up.”
With an ambiguous sentence, Chris scrutinized Daina with sharp eyes for a long time, so long that Daina thought she was doomed. She thought that her being demoted to a concubine on the matching list would be discovered, and she would be taught a lesson by her foster parent.
However, Chris patted Daina’s shoulder with relief. The old father-like relieved expression made her even more confused.
“It’s good that Yao has figured it out.”
“Feelings can be cultivated slowly, especially since you have so many years of emotional foundation.”
Belatedly, Daina realized that there was a big misunderstanding! “Wait a minute—General! It’s not what you think!”
Chris frowned and interrupted unhappily: “Since Yao has agreed to get married, there’s nothing to hide. The child Chris raised can’t be worse than other Bugs.”
Even if Daina’s innate level wasn’t as high as other Bugs, she could still stand out from the Interstellar League. If she had Yao’s help, breaking through the level would be a matter of time.
“Alright, alright… I don’t understand the things between you young people. Since Yao doesn’t want to make it public, then don’t make it public for the time being.” Chris sighed.
She didn’t know where Chris got the news that was so different from reality.
Daina had bitterness she couldn’t express, and finally swallowed the explanation.
If Chris knew that Yao had married a nameless Female Bug, the fate of that Bug could be imagined.
Chen Xing, that hateful guy, could love or die, but Yao couldn’t suffer with him.
Little did she know that Daina’s default indirectly led to more misunderstandings.
“Are you sure Yao went into the registration office with someone? And the person accompanying him was Chris’s adopted son?” Hevia’s head was covered with dark clouds.
According to the matching list provided by the Subspecies Research Institute after screening the gene pool, Daina, who was ranked first, would be forcibly arranged to become Yao’s Female Consort.
If he could replicate Chris’s success, the Bug Clan would soon give birth to a new, extremely powerful war machine.
In the face of the interests of the entire Bug Clan, Yao’s marriage was destined to be a sacrifice.
Regardless of whether he liked it or not, he would complete the most intimate spiritual guidance with Daina under the means of researcher hypnosis, psychological suggestion, or even drugs.
Just like his father back then, he was forcibly married to Chris, providing gene reversion experimental data to the group of lunatics at the research institute.
Seeing the hesitant look of his subordinate, Hevia gritted his teeth, “What else? Keep talking!”
“Little Highness is suspected of having already registered for marriage…” As a loyal subordinate who had followed Hevia for many years, he still knew a lot of inside information.
For example, the relationship between this adopted son, whom General Chris attached great importance to, and the Duke, the General’s white moonlight, and Hevia, was a bloody ethical drama that couldn’t be cut off.
The Interstellar League’s schedule was tight. Daina, who was training seriously in the training room as usual, suddenly turned her head. She wondered if it was an illusion, but it seemed that something was staring at him in the dark.
“Who’s there!”
……
“Who do you think you are?” Looking at Hevia in front of her, Daina, who had been forcibly “invited” over, felt extremely ridiculous.
“Even if I really marry Yao, why are you, the step-female parent, so anxious? Are you disgusted that my existence is a mistake and too embarrassing for you? The descendant of a high-level Female Bug is actually a waste with only a D level.”
“No matter how hard you try, Yao’s Female Parent will always be General Chris. In the future, we will be a family, and you will always be an outsider. Soon, the Duke will no longer need you.”
From what standpoint was Hevia advising him to stay away from Yao?
Was he afraid that he would destroy his current happy family? Oh! I heard that the Duke had a fight with him, which was really ridiculous.
“I didn’t do anything wrong to your father.”
Hevia didn’t understand why Daina in front of him would be so angry with him.
He didn’t have much contact with Daina’s male parent, and he couldn’t even remember that Male Bug’s face clearly. He also didn’t have much affection for this child whom he had to accept.
He had sent Amy to the best hospital in the entire Bug Clan for treatment, and he had never been short of money for him. Daina was snatched away by Chris and raised personally. Why did he become a ruthless person in his mouth?
“So, do you want to avenge Amy, for your male parent?” Hevia sneered, “With just you?”
“Shut up!”
“You are not qualified to mention my male parent’s name!” Hevia’s mockery completely broke the string of reason in Daina’s mind.
“Daina,” Hevia said with the arrogance and contempt of a superior, “My and Will’s affairs are none of your business.”
“You remember, Chris has been permanently eliminated, and I! Will be Will’s only unchanging Female Consort.”
“It doesn’t matter if you want to coerce me with the forced matching of Yao, but if you dare to tell Will—” Hevia’s expression suddenly became unprecedentedly fierce, “I have ten thousand ways to make you die silently.”
“Humph! The Duke must have been deceived by your hypocritical appearance?”
Hevia didn’t comment on Daina’s evaluation.
“Yao Yao, did you receive the package I sent you? The egg one, go and hatch it quickly, there will be a surprise after hatching.”
That bionic robot insect egg?
Yao, who was awakened by a star message from his friend, almost forgot about the moldy insect egg that was stuffed in the corner.
Bionic egg? No matter what, it is a mechanical life, right? Does it really need to be hatched by the Male Bug’s spiritual power to come out?
“From now on, let’s call you Ball Ball, okay?” Yao thought slightly and touched the bionic insect egg. The shell was so thick and sturdy. It was fine even after such violent delivery. Perhaps it should be called Little Turtle.
“Baby, it’s the weekend today, why don’t you sleep a little longer?” A pair of hands wrapped around from behind, hugging his waist, locking Yao tightly in his arms.