The Male Zerg Lord Lacks Common Sense But Is Overly Ambitious

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My neighboring story, The Socially Anxious Shut-In Male Insect, is complete. It's set in the same world, so if you like it, please add it to your favorites and show your support~~

A hardworking, ambitious straight-guy top who thinks he transmigrated into a QD novel x a childhood friend and loyal bottom with incredible strength

How his relationship with his good buddy progresses

1. The System Marks My Buddy as My Mating Partner

As a human, Lorkan is reborn in a strange world. Unfamiliar concepts flood his mind, then activate a System that gives him skills.

His healing-focused skills are useless on a mining planet, and everyone considers him a failure.

He and his good buddy Sirea depend on each other for survival. At last, they get the chance to leave the barren mining planet.

As their starship makes a jump, the System suddenly alerts him:

[Quest complete. Please find a mating partner as soon as possible to avoid abnormal development of your secondary sex characteristics.]

Lorkan: Darling, help me out. Turn around. I'm begging you. You can't ruin the rest of my life!

Sirea: ?

Confused, but he does as asked.

But why is there now a one-meter-long tail hook behind him?

Could that be a secondary sex characteristic? No way!

2. The Whole Insectoid World Thinks My Buddy and I Are a Couple

Central Star news reports:

[A rare male insect stranded on a mining planet has suffered long-term abuse and sustained psychological trauma. He has developed compulsive behaviors and must complete a set amount of work every day.]

[The male insect from the mining planet has rejected marriage requests from several S-rank female insects. He may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.]

Lorkan: I don't understand what they're writing. I haven't even learned all the characters yet.

Some time later, a hot post appears on the forums:

[Clarification: Lord Lorkan denies rumors about an affair with Commander Sirea and insists they're brothers.]

[Translation complete! The most frequent term of address Lorkan uses for Sirea, “darling,” conveys intimacy and love.]

[Let's dig into it! Learn about the flirtatious past of Lord Lorkan and Commander Sirea.]

After finally learning how to use the internet, Lorkan posts corrections under a secret identity:

Sirea's loyal leg-hair: They haven't even slept together. Stop making stuff up.

While furiously scrolling through posts, he muses:

Sirea is so handsome. A real man should rack up 999 critical hits with a giant axe.

3. How Do I Face My Good Buddy After He Steals Me Away from My Wedding?

Sirea returns from receiving his medal, and all his colleagues congratulate him along the way.

“I hear you matched with an S-rank male insect and are about to get married.”

Sirea: “What do you mean? Has Lorkan reached S-rank?”

Colleague: “No. Aren't you and Lord Lorkan brothers? It's another lord.”

Sirea: !!!

Elsewhere:

Lorkan: “I don't agree! How can I let someone else have my buddy?!”

4. Is It Weird That I Watch My Roommate Shower Every Day After We Move In Together?

What does it mean to go from female to male overnight?

Not fitting in with the male insect crowd.

Female insects pursuing me like crazy.

But I know no one, oh, sorry, no insect, loves me. They only want me because getting me comes at so little cost.

Except him.

But we're childhood friends. A buddy can't become a wife! A buddy is a buddy. If he becomes my wife, I won't be able to make him call me Daddy, baby, or darling…

No, I mean, if he becomes my wife, he'll have to get pregnant with my child. Oh my god, our child would be so cute.

No, I mean, I must be drunk. Hey, I'd better stop using his shower videos as something to get off to.

Why do I have videos of him showering?

We're good buddies. What videos of him don't I have? He's so delicious-looking. What if someone else starts lusting after him? I'm keeping watch over him.

Right, we're buddies (lovers).

Bonus side couple: A prickly, tsundere local male insect younger than his partner x a local female insect with blond hair and blue eyes

A little bittersweet and melodramatic, with mutual feelings

1v1, both virgins, happy ending

A straight man turns gay

Content warnings: The top is very weak at first and is looked down on. For a while, he is illiterate, distrustful, and keeps applying the rules of his previous life in the wrong way, almost like someone with a cognitive disorder.

The top is adored by everyone, but only the bottom's feelings are returned.

The protagonist is not a saint.

Pronouns generally refer to people.

A fictional setting unrelated to reality. Please don't apply it to real life.

Theme: Love means complete respect and understanding