The Seed Thief - Vol. 1 Chapter 0 - Prologue

The night the bright moonlight and chilly breeze poured in through the open window. Lulu was tiptoeing across the living room.

If someone saw, they might say it was like a thief’s behavior. The usual Lulu would have shouted, “Why am I a thief in my house?”. But tonight, she could not say that. She was really on her way to stealing.

Kkiik.

The old wooden floor creaked under Lulu’s footsteps, causing her to stop moving. The surrounding became quiet.

‘Thank goodness.’

What she was after, no, the one she was aiming for, had yet to notice her approach. Otherwise, the moment they heard the sound, they would have stood up and shouted, “Who is it!”. Rolling her eyes, Lulu looked at the target she had to lay her hands on today.

The man sleeping on the floor with several blankets in the living room corner, Er.

Er’s silver hair which shone even during the day, was glowing softly and mysteriously in the moonlight. It was a color that Lulu, who had dark red hair, always thought was beautiful.

Lulu’s gaze traveled past the silver hair to the features underneath. Gently curled eyelids with long lashes snoozed under the thick eyebrows. It was a face with a prettier line than the lone doll in the house.

Smirking satisfyingly at Er’s face, Lulu’s gaze fell to the bridge of his nose, which cast long shadows in the moonlight, giving his already handsome face even more depth.

Gulp.

Lulu swallowed dryly at the sight of his sleeping face. His face was completely different from the men in the nearby village. She couldn’t help but wonder why Er looked so well-groomed and pretty down to the last strand of his hair, even though they were the same human beings.

‘That’s why I want it.’

If she stole his seed, she could make a human being similar to him.

‘Little Er.’

Lulu briefly imagined a human child looked like Er. Before she knew it, Lulu hugged her arms tightly to her chest like a child was really in her arms.

‘It’ll be incredibly beautiful!’

So tonight, she must steal his seed no matter what.

Lulu looked at Er, who was sleeping still, holding her breath. Despite making quite loud noises, he showed no sign of waking up.

Still, carelessness was forbidden. If Er woke up halfway…

Reaching that point, Lulu realized the problem with what she’d done a little while ago.

‘Wait, is this the time to be quiet?’

Instead of approaching him quietly, she should get closer and poke him hard so she could do something shameless to him from then on.

Lulu actually had no idea what ‘shameless’ meant, she just knew whenever she tried to touch Er, he freaked out and said so.

Changing her mind, Lulu put her hands on her waist and called out to him.

“Er.”

“…….”

No response. But Lulu couldn’t be at ease.

“Er, are you sleeping?”

“…….”

Usually, he would have woken up scolding her for whatever trick she was up to, but Er was still asleep with his eyes closed. Relieved, Lulu resumed her walk.

Kkiik, kkiik, kkiik. The old wooden floor creaked under Lulu’s footsteps, but no sign of him waking up still. He seemed to be fast asleep.

‘Of course. Er moved a lot today.’

Lulu praised herself for ordering him to pull weeds in front of the house, cut down trees for firewood, and dig potatoes in the field without any rest.

It had been a tiring day because the weather was getting hotter. Since she’d given various orders that had left him no time to rest, waking up would be difficult, even if it was noisy.

Lulu moved closer to Er.

Was one’s sleeping posture a reflection of their personality? On the thick blanket, Er slept as straight as a sheet. Lulu, who rolled around on the bedroom floor when she woke up, was amazed at how a person could lie upright and sleep facing the sky.

As she approached the bed, she smelled a faint refreshing scent of soap and water from the sleeping Er. If he’d worked till no strength left to lift a finger, he would have collapsed in a heap, but he seemed to have washed before falling asleep.

‘As expected, Er is clean.’

Lulu felt satisfied with Er’s compulsive cleanliness. He washed his body thoroughly in the morning and night.

Everything grew healthy in clean soil.

‘So his seed must be healthy too.’

Lulu cautiously pulled the blanket that covered Er, revealing his body wearing rough linen pajamas.

Looking at his body, Lulu swallowed dryly again.

Lulu knew exactly how big and strong his body was since she saw him daily. When she first met Er, she thought he was from a giant tribe living on the northern continent. Lulu’s gaze swept over his broad shoulders and his chest. The stare dropped lower and lower until it stopped between his legs.

“Wow…….”

She couldn’t help but exclaim. Despite the rough and thick fabric, an organ showed a distinct outline. The part was called the genitals.

Lulu lowered her head and brought her face closer. She traced the clear silhouette with her breath almost touching it.

It seemed longer than her hand and as thick as her wrist. Thinking of something similar in size, Lulu recalled eggplants were ripening temptingly in the backyard.

Among many eggplants, there was a long one with no bends that ripened enough to be picked tomorrow. Er’s genitals reminded Lulu of that eggplant.

For a moment, food made with eggplant flashed through Lulu’s mind. In the past, she just picked and roasted it. But lately, thanks to Er’s stir-frying with various seasonings, she had been eating it so deliciously that she licked off the bottom of the plate.

“……delicious.”

As Lulu murmured while thinking of the savory eggplant dish, Er’s body slightly trembled.

Did he wake up? Startled, Lulu lifted her head and saw Er’s face, still closing his eyes.

‘Was it just my imagination?’

Indeed, if he had awoken, he wouldn’t stay still when Lulu was this close. Er would have jumped up and warned her to stay away like usual, waving his hands.

‘I’m not even a bug.’

Er’s words echoed in Lulu’s ears, saying that even bugs live more hygienically and regularly than her.

Lulu admitted that she lacked the hygiene standard he talked about. But that was before Er came. Now she washed herself regularly and tidied up the house diligently. Of course, that didn’t mean she was good at it.

Lulu’s shoulders slumped as she thought of Er’s criticism. Then she shook her head.

‘This is not the time.’

Lulu looked between his legs again, where the plump bulge was hidden under the fabric. What she desperately wanted was in there.

The human seed.

When Lulu learned about the ingredients of Homunculus, she could get everything else, yet struggling to know what was the human seed or where to find it. But this time, she knew. Where it was and how to extract it.

Lulu cautiously grabbed Er’s pants.

It was time to steal.