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Chapter 36: Spices & Herbs

After leaving Fresh's home, Horror had begun making a fence around his little cottage home. It was a really shady place with the roof seeming close to caving in. The walls were also thin looking, in fact there were little holes for rats, mice, and whatever critter lived in the forest wanted to enter.

"Why are you building a fence?" Lust's curiosity finally got the better of him. From what he had seen of the scarred cannibal, he had made no thought of rebuilding his house.

"I am taking some advice from Fresh. After all, he is an expert compared to me, don't ya say?" He paused in his building of the fence, looking up to his nurse.

The noncannibal was still dealing with the wound that the taller had given him, so he was just relaxing in a chair. He was lightly bundled in some purple jacket that was part of his gear. It wasn't long, so they were probably cold in the early fall morning.

Lust hummed softly before nodding. He gave a deep breath, pulling his cropped jacket more closed. He really wished he had brought one of his bigger or even thicker cropped jackets. What made it worse was that he was currently wearing ripped, waist high pant-shorts. Now, he could go inside and wrap himself up in some of the blankets, but those were dirty, and the house wasn't any warmer than outside.

Horror hummed as he focused back on the fence. Despite how his fallen house looked, he was actually good with his hands. The fence was sturdy and was big enough to keep out whatever land mammal there was. The cannibal then looked up to his home, a soft frown on his lips. How long since it been when he made that damn shack?

"To be honest, this place wasn't supposed to last long." He hummed lowly before he went back to the fence.

Lust tilted his head, confused. This place, that was furnished and had working water lines, wasn't supposed to last long? That didn't make sense. The nurse didn't say anything though.

"I'll get that fixed after we come back."

"Come back?"

"Yeah..." Horror paused for a moment, kneeling down to pick up the tools that were thrown around him. "We need some herbs and spices for seasoning and medicine."

"You know how to make medicine from plants too?" Lu looked at the other with wide eyes, humming at the end. "That... Makes sense."

It really did make sense for Lu. Horror had hundreds of scars and seemed to enjoy getting into fights with anything or one. Of course, the cannibal would need to know how to make medicine!

The brute laughed a little, grinning as he brought the tools inside the house.

"Yup!" He then paused as he placed the scattered tools on the rundown kitchen counter. "You said too?" He rose an eyebrow.

The nurse blushed some before nodding a little. "Yeah... My parents were a little paranoid after my... my Grandparents kidnapped me and my older brother. We were kind of... in the middle of nowhere, so..." Lu ended it with a shrug, not wanting to turn to see pity on the other's face.

The cannibal gave a short whistle with a chuckle after it. Gently, he patted his nurse's head, watching as their pretty face twisted in confusion. "Sounds rough, maybe that's why you know to behave." His voice sounded pleased. He then leaned down and gave his nurse's neck a happy lick. "Don't worry, I won't hurt you~"

Lust closed his eyes and shivered some. That was the most sexual thing Horror had done to him so far... It was like he was teasing him. It was slightly annoying, yet he was happy he didn't have to worry about being raped.

"Come on, we have things to collect!" Horror chirped, showing the other two baskets that were lined with stained fabric.

Lust gave a tight-lipped smile before slowly getting out of the chair and grabbing the basket. Soon, the two were wondering the forest, picking up natural herbs, spices, and whatever else that could be used for food or had some form of medical properties. Surprisingly, Horror had a lot more knowledge about the wild plants than Lu. It was an interesting fact to learn about the scarred cannibal.

Once the two were done, they separated all they collected into two piles: Gardening and Using. Just as the piles' names suggested, some of the herbs and such were going to be regrown, which was why Horror was working on a fence.

Actually, it was only Lu who did the separating as Horror went out into the forest to collect some wood for the house along with some naturally poisons. It wasn't hard for the nurse to figure out that those poisons were going to be used as animal repellants and to kill off any bugs still inside the house. At least, it seemed that way to him, or he could've just been spending way too much time with the cannibal.

It wasn't long before Horror was back with the poisons and wood. However, he said he'll start on all that later. It was getting dark.

"Let's call it a night. We can prepare the land as it is in the morning." The twisted monster gave a broad grin that was oddly soothing.

Lust gave a weak one back, nodding slowly. He now understands what PJ meant... How saddening.