Chapter 20

The cup was transparent, and Yael could see him sipping the milk carefully, his soft lips stained milky white, and occasionally he would extend his tongue.

　　It really feels like I caught a big snow leopard, which is lowering its head and licking milk from the plate with dignity.

　　He was distracted for a moment and the milk in the cup wasn't tipped properly and he couldn't drink any more. The female insect didn't dare to urge him, instead he just reached for the cup and held the cup to drink milk.

　　Yael came back to his senses and saw that his face was stained by the milk stains on the rim of the cup. He felt a little guilty, "...You can drink it yourself."

　　After getting the female insect to drink milk, Yael wiped his face, then washed up with the help of 015. After the little tussle, it was almost eleven o'clock.

　　Yael's biological clock made him squint his eyes sleepily, and he was too lazy to pretend to be awake.

　　He yawned three times in a row, his long eyelashes stuck together into small clumps due to tears appearing after yawning, the corners of his eyes turned slightly red, and his voice seemed to melt off into the quiet night, and was a little unclear.

　　"There are no creatures allowed in the house that don't get eight hours of sleep... so get some rest, okay?"

　　The female insect who was quietly listening suddenly twitched, the expression on his face became a little strange, he raised his eyes and looked over, and a hoarse voice sounded hesitantly.

　　"Why...?"

　　Yael pulled himself back from sleepiness and stared at the female insect for a moment. He didn't understand what Caesar was asking at all. "Why?"

　　Then he watched as the female insect clenched his teeth silently, his expression became stiff, and there was a hint of anger as if he was being teased.

　　"What's wrong?"

　　Yael was confused and offered the milk to his mouth again, but he turned his head away and refused.

　　His sleepiness was somewhat dispelled, and he stared at the female insect's profile in a daze.

　　Wait...Yael suddenly realized that he had just made a big mistake.

　　The problems between them were not resolved, but were actually hastily ignored and halfheartedly 'resolved' by him in order to appease the female insect.

　　But he was not a good actor when it came to bullying people and it didn't take long for him to reveal his true colors and he was quickly discovered by the female insect.

　　But now is not the right time for negotiation and communication.

　　Both parties are tired and sleepy, which may lead to accumulation of misunderstandings and conflicts. Staying up late is good for the recovery of wounds.

　　Yael rubbed his aching temple and whispered, "We can talk about this again someday later, okay? Now go to bed."

　　This answer obviously did not satisfy Caesar, but he did not dare to raise any objections.

　　After a moment of silence, the female insect slowly retracted himself into the quilt.

　　"Good night." Yael whispered.

　　Getting no response, he turned off the lights in the living room and went back to his room.

　　…

　　Then he tossed and turned in bed for a while, but the sleepiness gradually faded away.

　　Yael stared at the ceiling in a daze for a while, then got up, turned on the computer and typed in the words "female slave collar".

　　Before this, he had only quickly glanced over the instructions of this thing and seemed to have overlooked too many things.

　　[Each female slave will be given a collar to facilitate male insect management and punishment. The information can be entered by simply identifying the male insect's fingerprint.]

　　[Male insects can use voice control to manipulate the collar to perform electric shocks, suffocation, injection of toxins, forced estrus...]

　　[Each collar has only one key, which means that the life of this female slave can only belong to that male insect from now on, and it cannot be changed even if it is transferred or discarded.]

　　[And unless the male owner voluntarily uses the key to open the collar, any unauthorized damage to the collar is illegal...]

　　[Statistics show that 99% of female slaves live with this status for their entire lives, and almost none of them are upgraded to female servants or regain their freedom.]

　　[ps: The collar can only identify the identity information of one male insect. If there is no male insect authentication, then it can only be used as an ordinary punishment ring. ]

　　So that's how it is. Yael suddenly realized that it was no wonder the female insect was so angry.

　　He moved his fingers slightly and continued to search for information about the female slave's collar.

　　A pale blue light was reflected in his eyes, countless web pages were opened and closed, and a surging stream of information flowed like a river.

　　It didn't stop until dawn.

　　"Click."

　　It was the sound of the room door opening.

　　It was very dim, as if he was hesitant about disturbing something which was why he didn't turn on the lights when he came into the living room.

　　015 detected movement and turned on automatically, rolled past the sofa, and asked in a low voice if he wanted a cup of hot milk.

　　Caesar had hardly slept the entire night, and he took in all the noise that had just appeared, but he did not seem to hear the male insect's voice. After waiting for a while, he heard the sound of the kitchen door being opened not far away.

　　The male insect did not stay for too long. It seemed like just a moment ago that he was at the door and the footsteps had already reached the sofa.

　　Then there was another slight rustling sound, the door quickly opened and closed, and the living room returned to silence again.

　　It took a long while for Caesar to come back to his senses. He found that his whole body was tense and his fingertips that were gripping onto the edge of the sofa had gone white from the force.

　　He realized later that he was nervous.

　　Because of the few seconds that the male insect stayed next to the sofa.

　　That... was ridiculous.

　　He opened his eyes, and his vision was filled with a thick darkness. He felt the excruciating pain of his whole body being torn apart, and laughed somewhat at himself.

　　＊

　　Beep, beep, beep——

　　The light brain next to him kept buzzing, Yael had to interrupt his work and pick it up.

　　As soon as the chat page was opened, the chat box was flooded with messages, filling up with notifications from 015.

　　[...]

　　[I made toast and milk for the female insect this morning, and my bread was a little burnt [crying]]

　　[The female insect has eaten everything, but he doesn't look full at all. Should we give him more? ]

　　[The sun is shining brightly at noon, and the clothes have been dried. Do I need to give the female insect a bath as well? ]

　　[I heard that if you don't get enough sun, you will be calcium deficient, but this knowledge seems to be as old as me [shocked silly.jpg]]

　　[My phone ran out of battery and shut down halfway through my walk, but when I woke up I found myself charging. How strange.]