Would You Still Love Me If I Weren't an Alpha Male?

Mimicry, disguise.

If an insect

has pheromones like a male,

mental strength like a male, and a tail hook like a male,

and can even soothe a female in a mental breakdown just like a male,

then is he a male?

Lan Er Fastetu, a mutated butterfly-mimic species, political activist, master manipulator of insect hearts, legend who rose like a hurricane from a prison planet, a lordly jewel polished by the fine wine of power's summit, and the most far-reaching and most notorious fraudster in the history of the Insect Empire.

Insect Calendar Year 7878: sentenced to death.

Charge: [Posed as an S-rank male while being a female, deceived the Empire's Prime Minister into marriage, and misled several male lords, who continue to campaign for his sentence to be reduced]

"If I weren't a male, would you still love me?" he once asked sadly in bed, clutching the Prime Minister's moonlit hair.

"How heartbreaking. But my heart remains true: I still love your power." On the execution ground, he spread his wings, bloodied, touched a hand to his chest, and bowed with a smile.

* A D-rank commoner female, outwardly a refined scoundrel, inwardly cold and predatory, willing to do anything for power, top

* An aristocratic female Prime Minister, initially upright and gentle, later tyrannical and unrestrained, willing to do anything for her "male," bottom

Theme: Prosperity, democracy, civility, harmony, freedom, equality, justice, rule of law, patriotism, dedication, integrity, and friendship