Chapter 240: Handing Over His Salary and a New Novel

【The New “Military Female” Is Outstanding in Every Way, but the Way He Looks at Me Is a Little Strange... My Comrades All Say He’s Provoking Me, but I Know He Isn’t. That’s the Look of Someone Who Likes Another Zerg, but There’s No Future in a Female-Female Romance

(P.S. It’s a continuation of the title.)

[The male has to exercise his own initiative to increase the chances of conception... (takes notes) (takes notes)]

Seeing that even the S-rank Prince had managed to conceive an egg in one go using the special method taught by the Tianjia Emperor, the readers’ eyes immediately lit up. Both Zergs and Tianjia began taking notes seriously.

[Finally, something useful to write down. But how exactly are we supposed to do this? It’s easy enough for the Zergs. Male Zergs are perfectly happy to come up with all kinds of ways to torment female Zergs, but for the Tianjia... Are we really supposed to make our sweet, pitiful little males do all the work?]

[Why not? It might be a little difficult, but coax them a bit and give them some candy. The males will cooperate.]

[??? You’re bribing a male with candy? The male works hard all night and you dismiss him with a couple measly candies? That’s male abuse! Reported!]

[It’s not like I don’t give him anything else, but nothing works as well as candy. If I don’t keep an eye on him, he’ll eat until he gets cavities! At night, he even hides under the blankets and €€€€€€€€ secretly eats it. If I catch him, his eyes go huge from fright. So normally I have to control how much candy he gets.]

[Fun fact: female saliva has extremely powerful antibacterial properties. Kissing females more often can prevent cavities. Males who like sweets should give it a try (heart).]

[You mean it’s highly corrosive (rolls eyes).]

[It doesn’t corrode males. Don’t expose me.]

[Stop going off topic (takes notes on kissing to prevent cavities). Let’s discuss this seriously. Among the Tianjia, females are generally the ones who take the lead. Never mind whether we could even get a male to take the initiative—it just feels strange.]

[Exactly. I’ve never had a male on top of me before. It feels weird just imagining it.]

[Wait, what? Is your sex life usually that bland? You never let the male take the initiative and serve you? You only use those traditional Tianjia positions? How boring is that?]

[? Elaborate?]

[It’s not exactly convenient to go into detail about something this private. Anyway, having the male take the initiative can be pretty interesting too. Watching a petite male huff and puff as he tries to please you is much more fun than simply pinning him down and having your way with him. Without your tall body looming over and suppressing him, the male feels less psychological pressure and isn’t as frightened, so there’s a lot more room for interaction.]

[Sounds like you play pretty wild...]

Now it wasn’t just the Tianjia taking notes. The Zergs started taking notes too.

Some Zerg females began reflecting on whether, when they served male Zergs in the past, sitting above them might have made the male Lords feel pressured.

Eventually, they reached a conclusion: if the male Lord had felt pressured, he would have flipped them over and kicked them straight off long ago. Why would it be their turn to worry about something like that? Zerg males weren’t the type to tolerate grievances.

Then there was nothing to worry about.

[Speaking of which, just how badly do you Tianjia normally mistreat your males if even a single position can scare them?]

[Stay out of Tianjia business, you Zergs! Just call it different national conditions!]

[Actually, it’s usually not that bad. It’s mostly at the beginning, when the male has just arrived at the household and is relatively timid. Ride him more often and get close to him frequently. Once he gets used to it, he’ll be fine.]

[6...]

[I’m seriously speechless about you Tianjia.]

[Calling the police to arrest every last one of you!]

This was perfectly normal among the Tianjia. Even their StarNet guides on how to get along with males taught them this way.

But after reading An-shen’s novels and spending several months clashing and communicating with the Zergs on StarNet, the Tianjia couldn’t help beginning to reflect on whether the methods they had always used were perhaps somewhat wrong—too narrow-minded and arbitrary.

The Tianjia were also exploring and learning new ways to interact with males.

But asking them to cast aside all dignity and serve males the way the Zergs did was absolutely impossible.

They were searching for a way of interacting that suited them.

They had to let males exercise their own initiative while still keeping the dominant position firmly in their own hands. They absolutely couldn’t become depraved like the Zergs...

The depraved Zergs: ?

Ulysses also took some notes.

Unlike the other Zergs and Tianjia, he had absolute faith in the god’s will.

The male needed to exercise his own initiative and be more proactive in order to increase the chances of conception.

Ulysses thought back on it. The male was usually quite willing to take the initiative for the first round every day. It was only when Ulysses wanted more that Ulysses ended up doing the work.

Ulysses pondered this seriously and decided that in the future, he needed to maintain a little more restraint. He should first fulfill his own responsibilities, then subtly guide the male into exercising his initiative and let the male enjoy himself to the fullest.

That was also what a Female Lord of a household ought to do.

...

Inside the prison, An Ruo still knew nothing about all the commotion outside.

He finished a novel, marked it as completed, withdrew the income he had earned from reader tips as usual, and then handed it over to Ulysses.

At first, An Ruo had given his earnings to Ulysses out of guilt and a desire to compensate him, but at some point, it had started to feel different...

It was still just a money transfer, yet now it somehow felt like handing over his salary card.

An Ruo propped his chin on his hand and stared at the successful transfer notification on the light screen, feeling an inexplicably sweet little thrill.

At first, Ulysses would refuse his transfers. He had even prepared a dedicated bank account for An Ruo and transferred the money back to him.

Now Ulysses seemed to have gotten used to it too. He accepted the money every time and no longer tried to persuade An Ruo otherwise.

Elsewhere, Ulysses received the deposit notification from the dedicated account. He lowered his eyes and glanced at it, unsurprised.

Previously, he had planned to simply keep the male’s money safe for him. Once the male was released from prison, Ulysses would return all of it, add another portion of assets of his own as a gift, and give everything to the male together.

But now his mindset had changed as well.

In a male Zerg household, the Female Lord usually controlled and managed the family assets.

The male Zerg only needed to worry about spending money. As for earning money and making that money generate even more money, those were the Female Lord’s responsibilities.

Since the male trusted him enough to hand his assets over for management, Ulysses naturally had to earn even more money for him so the male could spend and squander it however he pleased.

At this thought, a sense of responsibility arose in Ulysses’ heart—the responsibility of managing the male’s family fortune and earning money to support him.

Although he didn’t yet have the title of Female Lord, he was already performing a Female Lord’s duties.

In other words, he already had the substance of a Female Lord even without the name.

This was very good.

...

Since he had already rested for a week earlier, there was no need to take another break. The very same day An Ruo officially finished his old novel, he immediately started a new one.

The idea for this new novel had existed for a long time. He simply hadn’t had the right opportunity to write it before. Now he finally had the time.

Hopefully, his readers would like this story.

Perhaps their eyes might even pop out of their heads...

Harboring a certain secret, mischievous delight, An Ruo first posted the synopsis he had written.

【The new “military female” is outstanding in every way, but the way he looks at me is a little strange... My comrades all say he’s provoking me, but I know he isn’t. That’s the look of someone who likes another Zerg, but there’s no future in a female-female romance (worried).】

Readers who had marked An-shen for special notifications immediately received the new-novel alert and rushed straight in.

[Hmmmm? A new book already! Our workaholic An-shen is back!]

[Let me have a taste... The new military female is outstanding in every way... That’s the look of someone who likes another Zerg... Aaaaaah?!!]

[Stop right there! Something’s wrong with this story! Something is extremely, perhaps even twelve-out-of-ten wrong with it!]

[Aaaaaah! I feel like I’m growing thorns all over! What is this?! This is unbearable!]

The iron-blooded military females immediately felt as though their eyes were going blind. Their entire bodies crawled with discomfort, and they wished they could gouge out the eyes that had just read those words.

They had come here for sweet romance novels, but “female-female romance”?

What the hell was that?

Way too weird!

[What happened to An-shen? What could possibly have made An-shen use his warm hands to write such cold, cruel words?]

[Terrifying! I can already feel the pheromone intimidation from another female. How could a female and another female possibly do anything together? They’d start fighting!]

[I came here to read science fiction, yes, but definitely not something as science-fictional as female-female romance! (sobs)]

For once, the Zerg and Tianjia females formed a united front. Every last one of them was stunned, every cell in their bodies screaming in rejection.

As iron-blooded straight females, they genuinely found it difficult to imagine anything happening between themselves and someone of the same sex. Just thinking about it made them want to throw a punch.

The male Zergs and Tianjia males, on the other hand, were puzzled but reacted nowhere near as strongly. Their response was mostly one of curious incomprehension.

One female Zerg commented:

[An-shen still doesn’t understand female Zergs. It genuinely doesn’t work with the same sex. Without a male Zerg’s pheromones, nothing gets going at all. You just want to fight. There’s absolutely no sexual interest.]

[Is it really that extreme? I’m a sub-female, and I think it’s fine.]

[Sub-females don’t have as strong a fighting instinct or territorial awareness as female Zergs, and their reaction to same-sex pheromones isn’t as intense. Even the attraction and pleasure they get from male Zerg pheromones aren’t as strong as what female Zergs experience... So they can accept some same-sex contact. But female Zergs really can’t! You know the Alphas in the distant star systems, right? Putting two female Zergs together is like putting two Alphas together. They’d strangle each other to death!]

[Two female Zergs together can only produce pheromones that trigger their fighting instincts. There isn’t even a drop of liquid pheromone. It’s dry and rough. Whether they can even get it up is another question, but forcing it would make both sides miserable anyway. There’d be no pleasure at all. Seriously, female-female romance has no future! Give up!]

[Female Zergs can only sense provocation, threat, and suppression from the pheromones of the same sex. How are they supposed to get along like that?]

[Really? I’ve seen plenty of military females who are perfectly willing to follow their commanding officers or stronger female Zergs. Their relationships seem pretty good.]

[My commanding officer doesn’t release pheromones at me, thank you very much.]

[When my commanding officer releases pheromones, it means he’s about to beat me up (clutches head).]

[In male Zerg households, some Female Lords or high-ranking Female Attendants use pheromones to intimidate and suppress lower-ranking Female Attendants. The lower-ranking ones can’t resist. It’s pretty miserable.]

[The only possibility for two female Zergs is having male Zerg pheromones acting as the glue between them. Otherwise, forget it.]

[Got it. Just open a tube of male Zerg pheromones. There are artificial male Zerg pheromones for sale on the market. There are cheap ones and expensive ones, so you can always find something suitable.]

[???! You’re still determined to do it after all that? Is this what true love looks like?!]

[Analyzing this seriously, I actually think the commenter above makes a lot of sense. First, open a tube of male Zerg pheromones. Then both female Zergs get aroused, so it shouldn’t be too difficult. Besides, female Zergs aren’t very sensitive up front, so they can last a long time. Female Zergs also have plenty of stamina, so maybe the experience for the one underneath would actually be pretty good? As for the one on top, cough, they can just take turns anyway. Or they could fight beforehand. Whoever wins gets to enjoy themselves first.]

[(stares in utter disbelief) Someone is seriously analyzing this?!]

[There are no male Zergs in the military for years at a time. I refuse to believe you military females have never helped each other out (rolls eyes). I’ve even heard that some dorms share a single tube of male Zerg pheromones and the whole dorm has fun together.]

[Rumor! That’s a rumor! Even if it happened, it would only be an isolated case!]

...

Capital Star, Floating Island.

Hill was at home sorting through some old paintings when he received the notification that a new novel had been published. He casually opened it, read the synopsis, and froze in confusion.

Female-female romance?

Several memories surfaced in his mind, leaving Hill with complicated feelings.

His female parent had always gotten along very well with the Female Attendants in the household. Sometimes, the harmonious atmosphere between them made it very easy for others to get the wrong idea.

More importantly, Hill had personally seen his female parent embracing his adjutant Female Attendant. Female Zergs rarely displayed their feelings through such openly affectionate physical contact with each other.

He had also once seen the principal emerge from his male parent’s room wearing his female parent’s clothes.

All in all, the whole situation had seemed extremely complicated.

Yet Hill was also absolutely certain that his female parent and male parent had a very good relationship.

His male parent deeply loved his female parent, and his female parent deeply loved his male parent.

That only made Hill feel even more confused and helpless about their complicated relationships.

The problems between his parents were something he could never understand or figure out.

Now, however, he had his own little family.

He had the Female Lord he deeply loved, as well as their little hatchling.

Although he still couldn’t understand the complicated relationships within his larger family, he was no longer confused or insecure because of them.

His heart had found where it belonged.

As for his female parent and male parent...

He could only say that he didn’t understand, but he respected it.

With complicated feelings, Hill shared the novel with Iso.

They usually followed novels together, but Iso was still at the Military Region Prison handling the handover of his duties and wouldn’t return until tomorrow. For now, they could only read together through their terminals.

When Iso received the shared novel, he was both astonished and bewildered, feeling as though he were sitting on pins and needles.

This was a “female-female romance”!

Was he really supposed to read something like this together with his Male Lord?

Wouldn’t that be a little too strange?