IHNMSL Chapter 59

Chapter 59: Bewitchment

Chapter 59: Bewitchment

Inside Aikman’s mansion, the old butler was beside himself with anxiety. After the young master caused trouble, he started playing a game of disappearing. The guards searched high and low but couldn’t find a trace of him.

No one could have imagined that the young master, who should have been far away on Central Star, had evaded inspection and landed on a remote star with Aikman.

Unlike the Bug Clan’s main star, guarded by a multitude of stars and heavily armed troops, this remote star not only had backward defense technology but was also located on the edge of the Bug Clan’s territory, with its shipping lanes constantly invaded by alien races.

Chris, who had been reassigned to the M31 war zone, joined up with other legions and, in less than half a month, had inflicted a major defeat on the alien races, living up to his reputation as a war machine. In all likelihood, the western star sea territory that the Bug Clan Empire had once lost would soon be illuminated, returning to the Federation’s rule.

The Bug Clan has always been vengeful, and their relationship with these alien races that had severely damaged their mother nest was irreconcilable.

The endless warfare over the years has not dragged the Bug Clan, which has difficulty reproducing, into the quagmire. Instead, it has solidified their position as interstellar overlords.

Having just fought a beautiful turnaround battle, the Star Network was ablaze, showing off in front of other secretly observing races.

The alien races in the Western Star Sea were gathering their last forces for a desperate counterattack before their demise.

The legion’s internal forces were not afraid of these defeated enemies. Their only concern was that being too close to the M31 star region, the two pure-blood Male Bugs on the remote star would be affected by the aftermath of the war.

Because the war situation was stabilizing, the Mother Nest had not issued a travel ban on the Male Bugs but had synchronized their movements to the major legions nearby, so they could provide covert protection, while also increasing the number of guard Female Bugs assigned to them.

But at this crucial time…

A search mission on the Supreme Mind Brain was urgently upgraded by the Mother Nest to an S+ highest-level red-flagged mission and distributed to the hands of the military Bugs.

A young pure-blood Male Bug above S-grade had gone missing on Central Star and was being searched for with all efforts. All departments were requested to assist in the investigation.

Chris’s optical brain also received a notification, indicating that the little Male Bug was very likely to have come to the vicinity of the M31 star system with his male parent, Aikman.

The value of Male Bugs is immeasurable, not only because their pheromones, even after being diluted several times, can barely maintain the current Bug population size.

Also, because the Mother Nest, after absorbing the spiritual power of Male Bugs, mass-produces technological Female Bug eggs, supplying the legions with a constant stream of excellent soldiers.

Even though Chris was very dissatisfied with the trouble-making nature of Male Bugs, he had a responsibility to cooperate with the search.

No commander wanted to see a pure-blood have an accident in their combat zone. The tragic case of the former Duke Klink was still vivid in his mind, the most humiliating event in Bug Clan history.

The only fortunate thing was that the young duke was rescued by the garrison troops near the scene at the cost of their lives. One such lesson was enough for the entire Bug Clan to remember.

All alien races knew where the Bug Clan’s weakness lay, but they wanted to pinch soft persimmons, not stir up a hornet’s nest. If they enjoyed bullying Male Bugs, the subsequent price they would have to pay would be heavy.

Thinking about having to take his troops to catch a willful little Male Bug who couldn’t be beaten or scolded, who ran around everywhere and still had to be served, Chris became even more impatient.

The Bug Clan generally dotes on little Male Bugs. It was hard to understand how a cold-blooded Bug like Aikman could spoil such a pampered, lawless child.

At the same time, on Aikman’s starship, Aibei had the highest authority to easily intercept the starship’s internal communication channels.

Because of Aikman’s special status, the adjutant didn’t want to leak his superior’s privacy and could only instruct a trusted subordinate to take it to the starship for confidential inspection.

“Father really suspects something?”

Aibei stood in front of the screen, watching the adjutant seriously instructing the research Bug. His eyes were sore, and his father’s intuition was terrifyingly keen. The fear in his heart made Aibei tremble all over.

He didn’t want to be abandoned by Aikman yet…

He wanted to be his father’s only child.

…

“Did you hear something?”

The Female Bug on duty touched the brim of his hat. Just as he was puzzled, he suddenly smelled a strange, sticky, warm fragrance in the air. He swallowed and felt a slight sweetness on his tongue.

The Female Bugs who were assigned to Aikman’s side had all undergone anti-pheromone training. His pupils turned into sharp vertical slits, and he immediately recognized what it was.

“Damn it, I’m working overtime to the point of hallucinating. How can there be a Male Bug’s scent here?”

The Female Bug group became restless. This warm fragrance made the Bug patterns on their abdomens increasingly red and hot, and the pheromone scent from their glands was as thick and fiery as magma, gushing out.

In the chaos, some Female Bugs couldn’t help but release their Bug wings, and the scene became even more uncontrollable.

A higher-ranking general-level Female Bug blew a whistle and used a high-frequency weapon to forcibly suppress the rioting soldiers.

The purification filter started operating, and the Female Bugs, immersed in the soft paralysis of heat, were caught off guard by a kick when they heard their commander’s roar.

“A little bit of insignificant pheromone can drive you crazy and turn you into Bugs?”

“Idiots whose brains have been confused by pheromones! Who allowed you to fall down? Get up if you’re not dead. Did you come here to give the enemy performance bonuses?”

The Female Bug clutched her displaced internal organs and spat out a mouthful of blood, unable to resist complaining. This way of sobering up was really simple and violent, with absolutely no Bug rights!

Damn it! This was the first time she had absorbed pheromones of this purity, and she hadn’t even had time to reach climax before being beaten up by the impotent commander.

The young and energetic Female Bug’s soul was almost stomped out. She wailed, “Too bad, too bad. A few more seconds would have been enough… Just one step away! The Male Bug in my dream was about to touch my reproductive cavity!!!”

“Bug God~ That was pure pheromone.”

The Female Bugs present were not rookies. They were battle elites with outstanding merits. Their anti-pheromone training scores were basically perfect, yet they were completely unable to resist this scent.

Even the general-level Female Bug with dark skin and green eyes almost succumbed to the hallucination. She broke out in a cold sweat.

“Give me a thorough search of the starship, top to bottom. I want to see which little bastard dares to Aikman-sama’s starship.”

“Yes.” The sober Female Bugs’ expressions turned serious.

The door to the examination section opened.

Aibei, hiding under the table, was dying of anger. He was going to fight that damn Bug to the death. The pheromones with hallucinogens added didn’t even work on him.

He couldn’t let it all fall apart here.

The little Male Bug’s breathing was almost non-existent, but the green-eyed general-level Female Bug paused as he stepped into the examination room and turned to his subordinates outside.

“This room is full of Aikman-sama’s valuable experimental equipment. I’ll inspect it myself. You go to the next place to investigate.”

“Understood, General.”

The Female Bugs behind him obeyed and immediately left to investigate other places.

After everything had returned to silence, the general-level Female Bug locked the door and called out in the direction of a certain cabinet in the room, “Come out.”

“Do you want me to come and invite you if you don’t come out? Don’t worry, I’ll give you a light sentence considering this is your first offense. I won’t let you lose your reputation.”

It was common for Bugs to secretly hoard Male Bug pheromones to get through their difficult heat periods. The green-eyed Female Bug thought it was understandable, so he sent the other Bugs away, intending to give this bold subordinate who was hiding a chance to turn over a new leaf.

Aibei: …

Damn it! Stop pretending, you’ll get struck by lightning for pretending, you big idiot!

He estimated whether the solidity of the mental tentacles he controlled could strangle this talkative Female Bug in one go. Obviously, the difficulty was a bit too high.

Before being dragged out with a gun pointed at his head, Aibei moved, stretching and making a gesture of surrender as he crawled out from under the table.

“Sorry, I was wrong… Don’t hit me.”

The little Male Bug was covered in dust. Although it wasn’t dirty under the table, he had been lying on the ground for too long, causing his hair to be messy and his clothes wrinkled.

A small body that clearly didn’t belong to an adult Female Bug rolled out.

Wait… What did he see?

The green-eyed military Female Bug looked closely and almost had a heart attack, then fell into a long silence… Um… He looked a bit familiar. Wasn’t this their adult’s bear child?

“I didn’t mean to point the gun at you… I didn’t know you were in there…”

Looking at the little Male Bug making a gesture of surrender, the Female Bug immediately dropped the weapon in his hand and explained dryly.

“Sorry, young master, are you not injured?” The Female Bug wanted to pull Aibei up, but he was afraid of violating the Female Bug code and didn’t dare to touch Aibei at all.

“I’m fine.” Aibei lowered his head, exposing the position of the glands on his neck.

The Female Bug smelled a strong pheromone scent between his nostrils, the same as the pheromone scent that had dazed those military Female Bugs, but with a higher concentration. The closed examination room made his thinking start to slow down.

Staring at a Male Bug’s glands like this was too impolite, but the smell didn’t seem to be coming from Aibei’s glands.

The Female Bug’s excellent eyesight swept from top to bottom and locked onto the little Male Bug’s wrist, where there was a hideous wound that had been cut open, with the flesh turned out. He finally understood where the sweet, greasy smell that was stronger than pheromones was coming from.

“You’re injured.” This was a statement.

“Young master, you need treatment.”

Aibei saw the Female Bug’s eyes gradually narrow into slits, accompanied by the sound of swallowing saliva.

Aibei: “You will help me, right?”

Female Bug: “Yes.”

Whether it was right or wrong, the instinct to court within the biological body awakened, making the green-eyed military Female Bug unable to resist agreeing to any request made by the Male Bug in front of him.

“Anything is possible?” Aibei didn’t know how long he could bewilder this Female Bug.

His blood was inherently highly toxic, which could paralyze the nerves of Female Bugs, and at the same time carried hallucinogenic effects, which was so powerful that it could make a loyal military Female Bug betray his beliefs.

If this Female Bug hadn’t been too difficult to deal with, he wouldn’t have wanted to do this.

Aibei put the glass bottle full of deep red blood next to the green-eyed Female Bug’s hand. His breathing became more rapid, and his dry throat made a sound of wanting to swallow.

The place wrapped in gauze was still bleeding. The little Male Bug’s face was pale, and a malicious smile appeared on his face.

Bewitching the Female Bug.

“Drink it! From now on, you will listen to me, understand?”

Female Bugs were born as beasts in human skin, and it was normal for them to eat raw meat and drink blood.