"Ah, Kallen..."
Brought back to the palace and only just stirring from unconsciousness, Richard instinctively reached out to grab Kallen, who sat beside him.
Kallen shifted his chair back, dodging his hand.
Richard asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"Disgusting."
Richard: "..."
Memphis was helping Richard undress and had just removed the last piece, leaving Richard lying naked on the bed. At a time like this, perhaps only a father would not find his own son repulsive.
Richard asked, "What happened to me..."
"You're very charming. Even the insects at the massage parlor couldn't resist your allure. They threw themselves at you to have your babies."
"What?"
Richard raised his head with some difficulty and looked at the red rash on his body before letting his head drop. "What happened?"
"It was probably because of the insect inside you. If I remember its name correctly, your Jerry."
"My Jerry?" Richard said helplessly. "I was wondering why I suddenly wanted to go into that massage parlor, and why I wanted to try the insect barrel massage therapy so badly."
Kallen reminded him, "You should learn to control yourself, including the Jerry inside you. Don't assume something must be good just because it's in your body. Everything has two sides."
"All right, Kallen, I'll remember that. But what should I do now?"
Puer padded around the bed and said, "I can kill all these insect eggs for you, but the process will be somewhat painful."
Richard said immediately, "Don't worry. I'm not afraid of pain. I'm used to it."
"All right."
Puer raised her two paws and began rubbing them together.
"I'll control the temperature as precisely as possible, keeping it at the threshold where you won't die, but the insect eggs definitely will."
Memphis asked, "Isn't there another way? Didn't the doctor