Seed Pocket

Chapter 34: The Curse of General Hebi

The girls and I cautiously walked into the town after forcing open its gates. The town itself seemed dead as no one was outside.

"That's strange. The town looked so lively from that hill. Could it have been an illusion?" Touwa wondered aloud.

As we walked through the barren streets, I had a feeling that we were being watched. When I looked toward the house, I saw eyes watching us. When they noticed I was looking at them, they quickly disappeared. I was about to tell the others about this when some guards surrounded us. They quickly grabbed us so we had no chance to fight back. I heard the girls trying to break free, but to no avail.

"Well, well! Look what we have here! Some hapless adventurers! Such a pity that they will never leave this place!" a woman's voice said from behind the guards.

They quickly parted and revealed a beautiful woman with the lower half of a snake. She smiled at us evilly, like she was enjoying this.

"What do you want with us?" I asked, not very intimidated.

"What a silly thing to ask, little girl! I'm here to make you beautiful!" she exclaimed.

"Yeah... That guard earlier was really pretty alright," I scoffed.

"You saw that, did you? No matter. Men are so much harder to make beautiful. But you all are the perfect specimens! All of you are young and beautiful! Ah! How I adore you all!"

"Would you drop the act already, ***** (female dog)?!" Mari exclaimed, not having any of the woman's theatrics.

"***** (female dog)?! How dare you! I am General Hebi of the Evil King's army! You will pay for that!"

Hebi started chanting to herself while glaring at Mari. I could see the hatred in her snake-like eyes. Suddenly, she stopped chanting and sneered at Mari.

"You call that magic?! What'd you do to me?! Blow air in my direction?!" Mari laughed, mocking Hebi since nothing seemed to happen.

"U-um... Mari? W-what's wrong with your head?" I asked, not believing my eyes.

"What do you m-?"

Her voice was suddenly cut off as she was turned into a little red rabbit.

"MARI!" we shouted, renewing our efforts to break free.

"It's no use! You cannot break free from my guards!" Hebi laughed.

All the girls somehow got one arm free and focused their attacks at Hebi. Unfortunately, she saw them coming and dodged the attacks. When Yuri fired a second attack however, it grazed Hebi's face.

"WHY YOU INSUFFERABLE...! YOU'RE ALL GOING TO REGRET THAT!"

Hebi started chanting furiously. All around me, the girls started turning into rabbits, one by one, until I was the only one left.

"Well, well. It looks like you're all alone. I guess that means you want to be even more beautiful, right?" Hebi said to me, forcing a smile.

Afraid to say anything otherwise, I nodded meekly.

"Good! You'll be spending the rest of your life with me, then!"

How do I end up in these situations?

My now rabbit friends were scooped up and put into a cage. I was afraid they would end up on Hebi's plate since she was eyeing them hungrily. Hebi had the guard that was holding me carry me to her mansion. The guard took me to a room and locked me inside. The room was a pretty pink color with a comfy looking bed in the corner. Unfortunately, there were no windows so the only way out would be through the locked door.