Chapter 159: Absorption (7)
After finishing the conversation, I waited for a moment, and then Bini, Cho, and Yo-hwa returned from the water, washing off the bedbug fluids from their bodies.
Perhaps because they were wet, they immediately began grooming themselves.
The grooming process for centipedes always starts with their antennae.
As expected, Cho and Bini used their upper jaws to grab their antennae, bringing them to their mouths and carefully licking them.
Yo-hwa also took her forelegs and brought them to her mouth.
Though they were spiritual beings, after washing off at the water, they acted just like regular centipedes and spiders when grooming their bodies, licking them clean with their mouths—much like how a cat would clean itself.
However, unlike cats, centipedes don’t shed fur, so they’re even cleaner creatures than cats.
‘Ah, how neat they are.’
Many people mistakenly think centipedes and spiders are dirty creatures, but that’s a serious misunderstanding.
Both centipedes and spiders are incredibly clean animals. Centipedes, living in damp places, are vulnerable to mold, so they always keep their bodies clean. Spiders, too, regularly groom themselves to prevent their webs from making their bodies sticky.