(E)
(K)
She helps me stand up again and supports my body a bit.
I don't think it is necessary.
It wasn't this exhausting and I can still walk fine.
Yet Kyska is not the type to risk anything.
(K)
We are going to the huge pillar in the middle of this whole place.
Gigantic wouldn't be enough to describe it.
In width, it is far bigger than the castle of Osari.
Not to mention the height.
Around the entrances on the ground a fairly large number of guardians... well, guards them.
They keep relentless watch for any irregularity, assisted by an even greater amount of workers.
This kind of security makes me nervous.
(E)
(K)
I become anxious.
Especially as I still don't know what kind of place we will visit.
Inside it is not much different from the tunnels I'm used to.
However, I notice it is considerably warmer in here.
Also, there is an increased number of nurses around.
All of them seem to be flustered by my approach and stop their work when I come close.
I am quite sure I am not fit to be the kind of person who causes something like this.
After climbing some tunnels up Kyska stops after entering a room.
Then she invites me inside.
The interior looks strange.
It is still warm and the air feels humid.
There is a large amount of some kind of tubs.
All of them round with an opening between inwards slanted sides.
Those I see are empty, but Kyska urges me to approach a certain one.
(K)
I come closer to the tub she stands by.
And I don't really know what I see there.
There is a white wormlike creature embedded in this structure.
Not really a worm, as I can see six appendages protruding out.
It crawls in there and lies in some kind of yellowish-white fluid.
Then I realize.
All the nurses around here...
(K)
This creature looks a bit weird, yet not as bad as one might believe considering how most of these insects look.
Yet, I can already relate the form a bit to the adult version.
It is not cute like a baby, but I understand it is a defenseless young being.
(E)
(K)
(E)
(K)
This is my brood?
I haven't directly seen everything, but there are so many tubs.
These are all mine?
I can't!
I can't be the mother of such an amount of creatures!
(E)
(K)
At least I can decide this.
If I would have produced an army against mankind here I could just despair.
It is hard to settle my mind with this.
It shouldn't surprise me.
I knew what happened there.
But seeing the real deal is something completely different from having the eggs just taken away without the need to think any longer about them.
(S)
Suki did hold back for now.
I guess she was ashamed of what she said before.
I can somehow understand what she says.
Every larva will be a part of this all.
Every entity I create is a member of the swarm.
New power.
Strengthening the swarm.
In that way, they say I'm worth all of them and like this offer me their lives.
I don't hate these insects.
They are incredibly weird and scary.
And what they did to me is just not right.
But being truly evil is different.
With such a power they could overthrow nearly everything.
But they don't.
They react but aren't going to make aggressive moves.
Also, they eat mostly plants or mushrooms.
That is not unlikeable.
And just like them, when something trespassed and threatened our fields we would defend them too.
Considering how they were burned down.
So not directly evil.
Just pragmatic, maybe a bit harsh.
To me that is.
Yet, I can also decide things here as it seems.
This might be good in itself, as I can guide them to a degree.
Preventing war and such.
(K)
(E)
I can read a little, but books are incredibly expensive and my mother had only a diary crudely written by some ancestors.
(S)
I held my hopes too high.
(E)
(K)
So something like a librarian, but not quite.
(S)
(E)
(E)
(K)
This society is built on innate self-sacrifice from all of its members.
All but the princesses.
They can produce the other units and are like this precious to them.
I grow quiet and after a while we return to my district, as strange as it sounds to call this place that.
We enter my room again and I have to sit on the stool so that the two can get started.
They make me take off my clothes, but I'm allowed to keep at least my underwear after I explained its importance.
Kyska isn't too pleased, as its condition isn't the best anymore and is set to bring me some new soon.
And so I sit there.
Getting cleaned by my attending insects, as the being inept to do this myself, that I am.
I recount the occurrences today and come to the conclusion that it was quite eventful.
The places I went to, the meeting with the princess, how the escort mutilated that bug, and most troubling to lay eggs again.
In hindsight, the part where I laid eggs was the worst.
And this time was especially bad, as it happened on that stroll.
Doing it might be bad on its own, yet not having any control over it is worse.
So I ask.
(E)
(K)
(E)
(K)
She helps me stand up again and supports my body a bit.
I don't think it is necessary.
It wasn't this exhausting and I can still walk fine.
Yet Kyska is not the type to risk anything.
(K)
We are going to the huge pillar in the middle of this whole place.
Gigantic wouldn't be enough to describe it.
In width, it is far bigger than the castle of Osari.
Not to mention the height.
Around the entrances on the ground a fairly large number of guardians... well, guards them.
They keep relentless watch for any irregularity, assisted by an even greater amount of workers.
This kind of security makes me nervous.
(E)
(K)
I become anxious.
Especially as I still don't know what kind of place we will visit.
Inside it is not much different from the tunnels I'm used to.
However, I notice it is considerably warmer in here.
Also, there is an increased number of nurses around.
All of them seem to be flustered by my approach and stop their work when I come close.
I am quite sure I am not fit to be the kind of person who causes something like this.
After climbing some tunnels up Kyska stops after entering a room.
Then she invites me inside.
The interior looks strange.
It is still warm and the air feels humid.
There is a large amount of some kind of tubs.
All of them round with an opening between inwards slanted sides.
Those I see are empty, but Kyska urges me to approach a certain one.
(K)
I come closer to the tub she stands by.
And I don't really know what I see there.
There is a white wormlike creature embedded in this structure.
Not really a worm, as I can see six appendages protruding out.
It crawls in there and lies in some kind of yellowish-white fluid.
Then I realize.
All the nurses around here...
(K)
This creature looks a bit weird, yet not as bad as one might believe considering how most of these insects look.
Yet, I can already relate the form a bit to the adult version.
It is not cute like a baby, but I understand it is a defenseless young being.
(E)
(K)
(E)
(K)
This is my brood?
I haven't directly seen everything, but there are so many tubs.
These are all mine?
I can't!
I can't be the mother of such an amount of creatures!
(E)
(K)
At least I can decide this.
If I would have produced an army against mankind here I could just despair.
It is hard to settle my mind with this.
It shouldn't surprise me.
I knew what happened there.
But seeing the real deal is something completely different from having the eggs just taken away without the need to think any longer about them.
(S)
Suki did hold back for now.
I guess she was ashamed of what she said before.
I can somehow understand what she says.
Every larva will be a part of this all.
Every entity I create is a member of the swarm.
New power.
Strengthening the swarm.
In that way, they say I'm worth all of them and like this offer me their lives.
I don't hate these insects.
They are incredibly weird and scary.
And what they did to me is just not right.
But being truly evil is different.
With such a power they could overthrow nearly everything.
But they don't.
They react but aren't going to make aggressive moves.
Also, they eat mostly plants or mushrooms.
That is not unlikeable.
And just like them, when something trespassed and threatened our fields we would defend them too.
Considering how they were burned down.
So not directly evil.
Just pragmatic, maybe a bit harsh.
To me that is.
Yet, I can also decide things here as it seems.
This might be good in itself, as I can guide them to a degree.
Preventing war and such.
(K)
(E)
I can read a little, but books are incredibly expensive and my mother had only a diary crudely written by some ancestors.
(S)
I held my hopes too high.
(E)
(K)
So something like a librarian, but not quite.
(S)
(E)
(E)
(K)
This society is built on innate self-sacrifice from all of its members.
All but the princesses.
They can produce the other units and are like this precious to them.
I grow quiet and after a while we return to my district, as strange as it sounds to call this place that.
We enter my room again and I have to sit on the stool so that the two can get started.
They make me take off my clothes, but I'm allowed to keep at least my underwear after I explained its importance.
Kyska isn't too pleased, as its condition isn't the best anymore and is set to bring me some new soon.
And so I sit there.
Getting cleaned by my attending insects, as the being inept to do this myself, that I am.
I recount the occurrences today and come to the conclusion that it was quite eventful.
The places I went to, the meeting with the princess, how the escort mutilated that bug, and most troubling to lay eggs again.
In hindsight, the part where I laid eggs was the worst.
And this time was especially bad, as it happened on that stroll.
Doing it might be bad on its own, yet not having any control over it is worse.
So I ask.
(E)
(K)
