Chapter 6: Surprise
“What? Fred, Enzo, are you mad?” Countess Joy was shocked. “You’re refusing Her Royal Highness the Princess, who has a noble pheromone grade, and instead pursuing an ordinary female without pheromones?”
“Mother, you don’t understand her,” Fred said. “She’s not an ordinary female; she’s the most wonderful female in the world.”
Enzo: “Yes, I’ve never seen a female more attractive than her.”
Joy: “…” What kind of terrifying “love brain” speech was this? What could possibly be attractive about a female who didn’t even have pheromones?
“Sons, I hope you can both be more rational.”
“I’ve heard her face is beautiful, and that is indeed attractive, but the Princess is not inferior. Moreover, she has repeatedly expressed her desire to take you as consorts. If you continue to resist, it’s very likely to offend the royal dignity or even the law. The consequences are very serious!”
Regarding S-grade females, there were special provisions in the marriage law. Because their numbers were extremely scarce, they possessed the privilege of marrying all males of the same grade or below; violators would be breaking the law.
The Princess just happened to be S-grade.
However, generally, no one resisted; all males were only too happy to complyâexcept for the Twin Stars.
Not only because they didn’t like the Princess, but also because she enjoyed marking her consorts and then confining them to the inner palace for “training” and amusement. They weren’t allowed to show their faces in public, let alone work.
Currently, over a hundred males had already lost their jobs.
But from the moment they entered the barracks, they had sworn loyalty to the Empire and would never give that up for a marriage.
“Even if it violates the law and I pay a heavy price, I will not agree.” Fred frowned. Enzo was equally indignant: “Neither will I!”
“You… you…”
Joy’s chest hurt from anger.
As expected of twin brothers; their personalities and thoughts were extremely similar. Even the people they liked and disliked were the same.
“You can disregard the law, but what about your physiological reactions? How will you resist those?”
“Fred, I remember the doctor saying your estrus period is next month, isn’t it? When the time comes, without the pheromones of a same-grade female, how will you get through it?”
The heat of a male’s estrus came on fiercely, even more so the higher their grade was. Without the matching pheromones to soothe them, they could be tortured to death.
Fred: “I can take suppressants.”
“Suppressants? You can take them for a time, but can you take them for a lifetime?”
The suppressants currently produced on the market could only provide a very short-lived slow release, and they had serious side effects on the body.
Every time one was taken, the next estrus period would arrive faster and more violently.
Long-term use was no different from drinking poison to quench thirst!
Fred fell silent, his lips pressed tightly together.
Enzo didn’t know what to say either, because his estrus period was right after his brother’s.
A male’s craving for pheromones during estrus was carved into their genes. If they didn’t get them, they would become anxious, frantic, self-mutilating, and even lose their sanity. Thus, they were destined to be controlled by females for their entire lives.
Many people, upon reaching marriageable age, would automatically go to the Central Mainframe to match with suitable pheromones. If they found a high match, they would marry directlyâthere was no emotion involved.
But they were different; they already had someone in their hearts.
The Count saw the two of them stubbornly remaining silent. Knowing these two cubs were still young and hadn’t experienced an estrus period or tasted its bitterness, he used even more severe consequences to threaten them.
“Even if you are confident you can resist the heat, you are still soldiers. Once on the battlefield, where danger lurks and difficulties aboundâif you suffer a mental breakdown because your combat value is too high and you have no pheromones to soothe you, do you plan to turn into two wild beasts?”
“We won’t!” Fred flatly denied. “We won’t break down and become beasts, just like General Aslan!”
General Aslan?
The Countess sucked in a breath of cold air.
That was the God of War; how did they dare compare themselves to him?
“General Aslan is a precious SS-grade male of the Empire. He has undergone a second differentiation and possesses super control capabilities. How can you two young boys compare to him?”
“And the reason he remains unmarried to this day is simply because he hasn’t met a female with a pheromone match higher than 10%!”
Joy chattered on.
But Fred and Enzo were unwilling to listen any longer.
They only knew that every word she spoke was aimed at making them give up on Tangtang, and that was absolutely impossible!
“We will work hard to follow in his footsteps!”
Leaving behind those words, they flew away in irritation.
“Fred! Enzo!”
After leaving the Earl’s manor, Fred rushed into the military training grounds to box. He knocked down dozens of soldiers in a row, but the gloom in his chest wasn’t relieved in the slightest.
His head was full of the “estrus heat,” “pheromones,” and “becoming a beast” his mother had used to persuade them…
In truth, he was also afraid. He was afraid that when the estrus period came, his brain would be controlled by desire and he would become a slave to pheromones; in that case, he would never be able to be with Tangtang again.
He walked out of the training ground despondently and wandered around the Central Planet. Unknowingly, he found himself at No. 007 in the Jiuqing Villa area.
He even rang the doorbell.
Ding-dongâ
A few seconds later, a slender, enchanting figure opened the door and gave him a bright smile. “Good afternoon, Colonel Fred.”
Only then did he realize what he had done.
Wandering aimlessly, he had actually walked to Tangtang’s house!
He had just received a scolding, his mood was terrible and low, and he was covered in black ash from boxing in the training ground. He hadn’t brought the flower seeds he promised her either. Appearing before her in such a mess was simply too rude; she was bound to hate him now!
“I’m sorry, Tangtang, I…”
He lowered his head, about to apologize, but was interrupted by Su Miantang: “Open your mouth!”
What?
The Colonel looked dazed, but he still obediently followed the instruction and opened his mouth.
Suddenly, a white, powdery object dropped into his mouth. He chewed tentatively, and an incomparable sweetness immediately burst across his taste buds. It was a flavor he had never tasted beforeâlike hundreds of pieces of impurity-free candy concentrated together, yet without any strange aftertaste. The texture wasn’t hard, but soft and dense.
All of Fred’s bitterness and melancholy were dissolved by this single piece of candy. Even his gray eyes lit up.
“What is this?”
“Marshmallows.”
“Marshmallows?” Fred had never heard of them. “What are they?”
“They’re candies with a texture like cotton. Come here.”
She pulled him into the kitchen and opened the results of her overnight experiment.
On a beautiful plate were multi-colored marshmallowsâapple-flavored, banana-flavored, strawberry-flavored…
“These are the surprises I wanted to give you. Do you like them?”
“Yes, yes, yes!”
Fred immediately nodded like a little eagle pecking at grain.
He liked them; he liked them too much!
He hadn’t expected Tangtang to develop her own candies, and for the taste to be so wonderfulâthousands of times better than the purest candies on the planet. She was truly a treasure of a female!
“Tangtang, you’re amazing!”
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