A Guide to Caring for Female Zerg

“A fictional, alternate setting with no connection to reality. Please don't apply it to real life.”

Blurb:

Landon is a university student majoring in veterinary medicine.

One day, he transmigrates and becomes a male insect lord on an insectoid planet, and is sent to the Temple in the middle of the night to be cared for.

However, the Temple's male insects are supported by the military, and must also give back to the female military insects by periodically soothing their mental power rampages and helping regulate their mental energy.

Landon and the female military insect stare at each other: What mental energy regulation? I don't know how to do that!!!

Lacking this skill, Landon is ostracized and mocked, and life at the Temple is miserable.

After taking a hard look at his situation, Landon hurries to the black market in the middle of the night, intending to buy a cheap female insect to practice mental energy regulation.

**

Pretty female slaves are docile and obedient, but expensive.

Cheap female slaves are vicious and aggressive, and mentally listless.

After wandering around and growing disheartened, he hears a hawker call from a corner, and feels as if he's grabbed the last straw.

“Sir, are you looking for a female slave? The price is only one starcoin!”

The female insect looks ragged, with a fierce gaze, but the bright white light deep in his mental sea slowly dims, so faint it seems about to go out at any moment.

Oh, well.

Landon buys the fierce-looking female insect.

It only costs one starcoin, after all.

**

Loving someone is like tending a flower: the more care you give, the more beautiful it grows.

Landon takes the female insect home, cleans him up, cares for him properly, and carefully applies medicine to every nook and cranny of his body.

But in the female insect's damaged mental sea, strange images seem to flicker in and out like a bad signal.

It turns out the female insect's imagination is so vivid that the male insect lord can hear his thoughts.

Landon: Um, is this some kind of illustrated guide to mental energy regulation?

As if he'd discovered an entertaining full-immersion VR game, his mental tentacles slip into the female insect's mental sea, awkwardly smoothing it out and soothing it with all their might...

The poor female insect can only let him do as he pleases, embarrassed and angry...

**

Later,

After receiving proper training at the Temple, Landon blushes when he learns what mental energy regulation is actually supposed to look like.

The female insect's mental landscape seems a little... indecent.

Worse yet, following the female insect's fantasies, he'd already done everything he should and shouldn't have.

Tides surge through the female insect's mental landscape.

Landon can't take it and wants to pack his things and sneak away.

But the female insect only takes things further, playing with his wrist bones and holding him close.

His voice is full of grievance: “Male monarch... You promised last night that you'd make it up to me three more times before leaving?”

Landon: “...” Fine, I won't leave. I won't leave, okay?

[Highlights]

1. “A fictional, alternate setting with no connection to reality. Please don't apply it to real life.”

2. The upright and kind gong Landon x the down-on-his-luck, wolfish-dog shou Halls.

3. Strong couple. The gong is a male insect from elsewhere who has always wanted to return to his home planet. The shou is a native female insect with a blood feud. The overall tone is warm and healing. They rely on each other and face the future together.

4. Firmly one-on-one, no exceptions.

Next novel: After Being Forced to Marry My Female Monarch

Blurb:

Tracy is a D-rank male insect with mild social anxiety. His only talent is his lovely voice, so he works online as a voice-streamer.

One day, the Male Insect Protection Association forcibly matches him with a female monarch.

His female monarch is aloof and powerful, so Tracy obediently stays at home and tries not to go out and disturb his life. The two insects live in peace.

After some time, Tracy decides that his female monarch isn't as cold and severe as the rumors say. So he secretly brings in his equipment and continues... streaming.

**

Adonis is an imperial general.

He hates being controlled and having his emotions swayed by strangers, so when he came of age, he chose a male insect lord who had nothing going for him but his looks.

He is very satisfied with their peaceful, separate lives.

Then one day, he hears all kinds of strange voices coming from the bedroom.

He thinks the male insect is cheating on him.

It turns out his male insect is making money by streaming.

This is bad for his reputation. Adonis has no taste for abusing male insects, and he doesn't want his own male insect to live too poorly or need other people to tip him.

So he makes the sacrifice of listening every night before bed, and sends tips as his monthly contribution to their household expenses.

...And just like that, he becomes the top supporter of his own male monarch.

Tracy: “Thanks for the tip, darling... It's time for today's special treat. Should I give you all a little breathy audio?”

Adonis: “...” He grits his teeth and blushes as he listens all night.

**

One day, Tracy accidentally sees Adonis's StarNet account, which he forgot to log out of.

Not only is he using a username Tracy recognizes, but he's also sporting a dazzling fan badge.

!!!

The female insect's gaze gradually shifts from awkward to open.

He covers the corner of his mouth and coughs.

“Can we still have a private voice call for tonight's special treat?”

**

The male insect lord with the extraordinary youthful voice goes on an unusual streaming break.

Amid the female insects' concerned messages, a leave notice appears on StarNet.

“I strained my voice yesterday... Taking a day off from streaming. Sorry, everyone.”

Adonis: Satisfied.

He brings over a cup of honey water.

“Male monarch... shall we continue tonight?”

Looks like the break will last more than one day. Sob.

Theme: Always keep hope. Dawn will come after the darkness.