69novels Chapter 2 Plump and juicy, the insects are so delicious!
Chapter 2 Plump and juicy, the insects are so delicious!
Chapter 2 Plump and juicy, the insects are so delicious!
The moment the teleportation began, the surrounding scenery turned into lines, rushing backward at an extremely fast speed.
In less than two seconds, it was as if I had entered a pitch-black tunnel, and everything around me was plunged into darkness. But soon the colors returned, though they were still in the shape of countless lines.
Just as Broly was getting curious and was about to reach out to touch the lines around his body, the scenery suddenly froze, and his figure appeared on the stairs of a basement.
A rustling sound came from behind me, and faintly, I could hear a barely audible sob.
"Um?"
Broly turned around and saw a large group of wriggling worms crawling below the steps he was on.
Among these plump worms, there was a slightly swollen sac, from which the faint sobbing sounds came from.
Broly thought for a moment, then jumped into the center of the swarm of insects and reached out to pry open the insect sac that was making the noise.
After the worm pile was cleared away, a little girl was revealed underneath, completely naked. Her face was streaked with tears, and her eyes were red and swollen, indicating that she had been crying for a long time. She kept making sobbing noises, but stopped when she regained her sight.
"Do you sleep in the pile of food?"
Broly asked out of curiosity, his gaze fixed on a worm crawling on the girl's fair chest. The worms were white and tender, and although they had some sharp teeth, they looked much more delicious than the larvae of the Vampa spider, which made Broly swallow hard.
Upon hearing this, young Matou Sakura was at a loss for words. She had been sent to the Matou family as an adopted daughter by her father half a month ago. On the day she became an adopted daughter, she was brought here by an old man named Matou Ryouken.
"Your magical attribute is Hollow, and you need to undergo some modifications to better inherit the Matou family's magical crest."
The withered but vigorous old man said this, and then threw the Tohsaka family's adopted daughter, whom he had just acquired, into the underground insect warehouse.
Completely disregarding the girl's cries and fear, he controlled the imprinted worm in the insect chamber and began to modify it. He used the corrosive magic carried by the imprinted worm to corrode the girl's virtual attribute magic circuits.
This process is not only visually horrifying, but also an unspeakable torment for the individuals being modified, who suffer from needle-like pain all over their bodies.
The girl went from crying and struggling to enduring in quiet sobs in just a few days, always clinging to the hope that her family would come to save her.
Whether it's an elegant and gentlemanly father, a gentle and virtuous mother, or even an older sister who occasionally bullies her, it's all acceptable.
However, none of the relatives he imagined would come to save him appeared. Instead, a little boy he didn't recognize, who looked only slightly older than him, appeared in front of him.
Surrounded by hordes of insects in a desperate situation, he peeled off the nasty bugs crawling and biting him, then squatted down and looked at himself with concern.
Although she couldn't understand the other person's question, she still knew to say thank you when someone helped her. The etiquette she learned from the Tohsaka family hadn't been forgotten even after she became the adopted daughter of the Matou family.
Despite the lingering stinging sensation, young Sakura got up from the ground and tried to open her mouth to thank the boy in front of her, but her voice was hoarse and she could only make a faint sound.
Broly couldn't hear what she was saying, but after the girl got up and revealed her full appearance, a message popped into his mind.
[Sakura Matou, one of your collectible figure wives, can be romanced and invited to become a member of your Crystal Palace.]
"Are you my wife?"
Broly asked the question in a questioning tone.
"Huh?"
Young Sakura was somewhat bewildered by this question.
But she thought of her mother from the past, who had told her fairy tales when she was a child.
After the prince on a white horse rescued the black princess, the two got together and became husband and wife.
"I'm not your wife, but I can become your wife."
Comparing myself to the fairy tale, my own situation seems to be similar.
Having this idea in mind, young Sakura answered softly.
This time, the sound was barely audible.
"If it's my wife, I'm hungry. Do you have anything to eat?"
Broly reached out his hand to young Sakura.
As Crystal Palace once said, a wife is someone who will provide you with food.
[Since they have so much food here, they'll probably give me some, right?]
Broly thought so.
Looking at the worms that had gathered around him again, his eyes showed even more eagerness.
Suddenly she becomes someone else's wife, and then suddenly her young husband asks her for food.
This was something that young Sakura had never experienced before.
However, she had experience playing house before, so she knew what to do now.
When your husband is hungry, as his wife, you should bring him food.
But every time she was called into the insect horde to undergo transformation, she was instructed to take off all her clothes, and now she was carrying nothing with her.
Faced with the boy's hand begging for food, young Sakura was somewhat at a loss. Just then, the door of the insect warehouse was pushed open, and a hunched figure walked in leaning on a cane.
"Sakura, who is this?"
Looking down from his vantage point at the boy who resembled a homeless beggar who had appeared in the insect storage, Matou Ryouken frowned and asked his adopted daughter a question.
"Grandpa, Grandpa..."
Upon seeing Matou Reiken, young Sakura trembled; to her, Matou Reiken was an extremely terrifying person.
"I don't know him. I will obediently accept the reformation. Please don't punish me."
As she said this, the frightened girl lay back down on the cold ground.
[As expected, the miracle didn't happen. Facing her grandfather, this little brother who came to save her would surely be killed...]
Tears welled up again, uncontrollably. She didn't know if they were for the boy beside her who was about to die, or for herself who would have to undergo further modification by the Imprint Worm.
"I'm really getting old. I only discovered the anomaly after letting a kid wander into the insect warehouse. Kid, you're really unlucky. But since you've already entered this place, you'll become food for the worms. Go, eat him."
Matou Ryouken raised his hand and gave a command to the swarm of insects in the insect warehouse. The mark worms that received the command became aggressive in the next moment.
"But don't hurt Sakura. Her body is the precious placenta of the Matou family, the mother's placenta for nurturing offspring with better potential."
The marking worms avoided the young Sakura and crawled all over Broly's body, tearing at the boy's flesh with their sharp teeth.
A tearing sound rang out as the tattered combat suit was ripped apart by the sharp teeth of the engraved worms.
"Waaaaah..."
The girl's sobs grew louder; she could do nothing, and had caused the death of the person who came to save her.
"Your grandfather was truly a good man!"
However, such a sound came from the humanoid insect pile covered with insects.
"Slurp~"
Immediately afterwards, the sounds of swallowing food rang out.
Broly used both hands to grab the worms that crawled onto him and began to feast on them.
The worms didn't taste bitter or astringent; they were definitely much tastier than the larvae of the Vampa spider.
The shell is crunchy, the meat tastes like chicken, and it has eight times more protein than beef...
As worms were shoved into his mouth, the same information surfaced in Broly's mind.
With a quick grab, another worm was caught in the hand.
With a slurp, he sucked the tail end of the worm in his hand into his mouth.
With a soft "plop," a burst of juicy goodness exploded in my mouth as I bit down.
With a casual toss, the worm's head with sharp teeth and claws was tossed aside.
And there, a small cluster of worm heads quickly appeared.
The insect's head, now without a body, still opened and closed its mouth, which was filled with sharp teeth.
At this moment, both the young Sakura and Matou Ryouken had a buzzing in their heads.
So those Marking Bugs are actually edible?
But no matter what they think, the facts are undeniable.
Saiyans have a fairly broad diet; as long as what they eat doesn't harm them, they can digest the vast majority of the food they consume.
Compared to some hard-to-digest foods (such as alien food), the Crest Worms in the Type-Moon world are obviously good nutritional supplements, containing enough energy (magic) substances.
"Kid, you're not normal. Who exactly are you?"
Matou Ryouken questioned him, having already discovered that the sharp teeth of his Mark Worm could not penetrate the skin of the little devil below.
"I... uh-huh, my name is Broly, and I'm a Saiyan."
Despite receiving so much delicious food, Broly remained polite and answered Matou Ryouken's question.
"Saiyan? What are those?"
Upon hearing this, Matou Ryogen was somewhat confused. He searched his vast and knowledgeable mind for a while but could not find any information about Saiyans.
"Fine, whoever you are, since you dared to eat my worms, you'd better be prepared to pay a heavy price, right?"
"Hey, isn't this the food you gave me?"
Broly was somewhat surprised to find another worm bursting in his mouth and asked a question.
"How could it be something to feed you? Every single worm here is a precious imprint worm that I have carefully cultivated to change a magician's attributes and aptitude. The cost of a single worm is over 500 million, not to mention the time and effort I have put in..."
The Matou family's secular finances haven't been very good for the past hundred years, and this insect warehouse in the basement accounts for a significant portion of the Matou family's wealth. It's considered a type of real estate like the Magic Workshop. Just look at the number of insect heads that have been eaten; restoring it would definitely require a large investment.
"So it wasn't meant for me to eat after all."
Broly was a little disappointed, but he didn't stop what he was doing, sucking the worm that crawled to his mouth into his mouth.
"It crawled in there on its own, it has nothing to do with me."
As he argued, he chewed up the worm in his mouth and swallowed it, looking like he wanted to take the opportunity to eat a few more bites of good food.
"yue~"
The girl next to him finally couldn't hold it in any longer and started dry heaving on the ground.
"Are you provoking me?"
Matou Ryuken's face was very ugly. He waved his hand and summoned some flying Crest Insects.
"Kill him!"
These insects, which looked like enlarged versions of wasps, flapped their buzzing wings and attacked Broly.
New food has arrived!
Broly's eyes lit up, and with a quick grab, he caught one of the wasps in his hand and took a bite.
"Bang!"
Then, the hornet that had been bitten open in his mouth exploded inside.
"Fool, this is a self-destructing bug that I modified."
Looking at the smoke and dust that had been blasted out, Matou Ryogen said with a smug expression.
"So it's not edible after all."
But Broly's somewhat disappointed voice rang out from the smoke and dust.
"What?! You're actually alright?"
After the smoke and dust from the explosion dissipated, Broly was completely unharmed except for the last piece of his clothing that had been blown off.
"Don't you know the 'no harm in smoking' principle?"
Broly asked a question, somewhat puzzled.
"Wait, because of the explosion, your wife was frightened and her happiness level is dropping. Please increase her happiness level as soon as possible."
The higher the happiness score, the easier it is to win over your wife, and the more happiness points the host converts at once after she accepts the invitation to become a member of the Crystal Palace…”
Broly read aloud the instructions about the Crystal Palace in his mind, and when he turned around, he saw the girl trembling on the ground behind him.
So, what's the point of having a wife?
Broly had this question, but his body acted faster than his thoughts. He grabbed the other giant wasp-like Crest Insects and came to Matou Reiken. Before the old man could react, he forced the insects in his hand into the old man's mouth.
"Bang!"
The same explosion happened again. Broly was completely unharmed, but Matou Ryouken's head was blown off.
Headless and withered, the body slid straight down the steps to the ground.
Inside the insect chamber, the worms, having lost their driver, quickly retreated to a corner of the basement after sensing the intense predator aura emanating from Broly.
"Inheritance law?"
Broly muttered to himself the new information that had surfaced in his mind, then floated down to the girl's side and awkwardly spoke to her on the ground.
"I killed your grandfather, and now his food is yours. I'm still a little hungry; could you give me some more food?"
Broly had shown off quite a few worms in the insect warehouse, but compared to the Saiyans' huge appetites, this amount of worms was clearly not enough.
"Huh?"
Upon hearing this, young Sakura looked up and saw her grandfather's headless corpse not far away.
"what?"
Instead of feeling terrified, she felt a sense of surprise and joy.
"Do you still want to eat those insects?"
She asked.
"Is there a problem?"
Broly tilted his head, not quite understanding the question.
"That's not something to eat."
Young Sakura got up from the ground again, wiped the tears from her face, and said.
Broly: "..."
He felt deeply deceived; Crystal Palace had clearly stated that his wife would give him food.
As it turned out, this wife didn't give herself any food at all, and was even less generous than her grandfather, whom she had blown up.
"Can I take you to eat something real and edible?"
But soon, another sentence from young Sakura calmed Broly down.
"What are the things that are actually edible?"
Broly was very curious, as insects had been the most common food in his short life.
"Like cakes and puddings."
Young Sakura thought for a moment and remembered some of the most delicious things she had ever eaten, so she said to Broly.
"Cake? Pudding?"
Broly seemed to vaguely recall the two terms, but couldn't quite put his finger on what they meant.
However, his expectations were indeed extremely high.
Where are they?
"It's in the refrigerator. Uncle Yanye bought it for me a few days ago."
"Young Sakura answered."
The death of Matou Ryogen dispelled much of the gloom in her heart.
Even his hoarse voice regained some vitality.
What is a refrigerator?
"The refrigerator is... um, come upstairs with me and you'll see."
Grabbing Broly's hand, young Sakura pulled the boy up the steps.
She didn't want to stay in that insect pod in the basement for even a second longer.
After taking Broly out of the basement, young Sakura headed straight for the kitchen.
"This is the refrigerator."
When she got to the kitchen, she opened the refrigerator and showed Broly the contents. The cold air coming out of the refrigerator startled Broly.
The little Saiyan quickly jumped back a distance, somewhat wary of the cold-aura-emitting thing in front of him. No information came to mind, but he turned to the girl next to him with an inquiring look.
(End of this chapter)