Chapter 1148
A single feeling took shape
“But thanks to everything that happened, I have finally realized how I feel. Or rather…I have stopped ignoring it.”
“How you feel?”
Claire turned to look at me.
She stood in the pale light, now wearing normal clothes again.
But she was still very beautiful.
“There is something that I should make clear soon.”
I turned away, feeling a little embarrassed.
“I am not sure that I understand, Mr. Takumi…”
“W-well… You will soon enough. I promise to tell you, Claire.”“Is that so? Very well. If you say so… I will wait.”
“Yes…”
While I did know what I was going to say, it was still not the right time.
“Mr. Takumi, there is something I want to talk to you about… Ah, Lady Claire. It’s an honor. Thank you so much for inviting us here today…”
“Mr. Peter.”
“Hehe. There is no need to be so formal. We are all going to be working together.”
“Uh, Mr. Peter. What did you want to talk to me about?”
“The plants in this garden, as well as the plants near the gate and house. They are much too beautiful… I am not saying it is wrong, but they are so neat and…”
“Oh, it’s about the plants? I see… Then I will just be in the way. I better talk to someone else then.”
“I am sorry, Lady Claire.”
“It’s fine. I do not mean to keep Mr. Takumi to myself this evening. Besides, I should go and talk to the others.”
Claire said as she left.
“You were talking about the plants here?”
“Ah, yes. Um…how do I say this? I feel like they are different from plants in other places. Obviously, they are taken care of…but…is it also because of your ability, Mr. Takumi?”
“Haha. No, not at all. As for why they look so good… Please follow me.”
In order to explain it to him, I gestured for him to move away from the tables.
“Hey, Cokka, Trice. Can you come over here?”
“Pipi? Pi!”
“Pii!”
“Sorry to disturb you while you were eating.”
“These are…cockatrice children?”
“Yes. And they are the reason that the plants here are in such good condition.”
The two flapped their wings and landed on each of my soldiers.
Like Sherry, they had also grown little by little. And so they were starting to feel a little heavy.
“We call them Cokka and Trice. Every day, they patrol the garden for us.”
“Every day? But why would cockatrice… Ah, now that I think about it, they are known to clean the forest.”
“Yes. Apparently, they can eat most things. But these ones like to eat any bugs that are on the plants.”
They preferred to eat grains, but they liked bugs as well.
“Well, bugs can be a great enemy to plants and flowers.”
They ate leaves, petals and seeds.
Though, some also helped to spread pollen… Apparently, the cockatrices were able to differentiate. And they did not eat bugs that were beneficial to plants…