The Seed Thief

Vol. 1 Chapter 4.1 - Where is the Seed (1)

“Haah.”

Lulu sighed, resting her chin on the windowsill. Perched on the windowsill, was a crow pretending to groom its featherless wings. The skeletal crow’s wings were now attached evenly, just like before, thanks to Lulu having patiently picked up all the fallen bones and repaired them.

Beyond the window, she could see the scarecrow merrily hopping through the forest. The scarecrow, too, had been repaired and regained its former appearance. And there, meandering around, was the stone golem surveying the area. Everything seemed just like before, but…

Lulu stood up, stretched, then turned around to face the living room. She took back what she had said – it wasn’t unchanged from before. These days, Lulu felt like she was living in a different world every day.

The living room, spotlessly clean without a speck of dust, always felt unfamiliar. Rising from her seat, Lulu approached the wall – which had once held only a few crooked nails, was now filled to the brim with sturdy wooden shelves. On those shelves, the books that had been messily piled on the floor were now neatly inserted.

All of this, of course, was Ervandas’s doing. With hands behind her back, Lulu skimmed through the books Ervandas had organized. Suddenly, a loud noise came from the kitchen, Lulu hurried over and stood at the door, peering inside.

“Kuk-kuk!”

From inside came the sound of Ervandas coughing, followed by the noise of things moving and being put here and there.

“Er, do you need help?”

When Lulu cautiously stuck her head in and asked, a lightning-fast reply came from inside.

“Don’t come in! Don’t come even a little!”

“Still…”

“This will end faster if my master doesn’t come in. More importantly, what on earth is this? Why are these rotten vegetables, whose original forms are unknown, placed in this bowl? When was it brought here? It’s dried out so much that it doesn’t even have a single bug. And this rusted bowl is still being used? Throw out this bowl immediately. And as for this organizer…”

“I’m leaving! I said I’m leaving!”

Lulu covered her ears to block out the nagging that seemed like it would last for eternity. Even so, Lulu’s eyes were directed between Ervandas’s busy legs.

Each time Ervandas moved, its form was vaguely revealed between his thighs.

“Hmm.”

Lulu’s face turned serious. However, Ervandus was too astonished by the unidentified vegetable corpses piled up in the kitchen to notice her intense gaze.

“Why isn’t that standing again?”

Since the day bathing with Ervandas, Lulu had always been curious, ‘A fascinating thing that I don’t have. I liked it because it was big and had a beautiful color. But I never expected it to have such an amazing ability to grow by itself.’

‘I liked it.’

Lulu recalled the fleshy pillar moving wildly between her legs. It was a strange sensation indeed. Every time it grazed the gap between her legs, sparkled stars would burst before her eyes. Unintentionally, she tightened her hold around Er’s neck and let out strange sounds.

After the act was over, Lulu remained still, waiting for Er to move again. However, after a while, Er gently placed her down in the stream and walked away, his face filled with devastation as if the sky had collapsed.

Left alone in the stream, Lulu called out loudly to Ervandas, who had turned his back on her.

“You’re not doing it again?”