Chapter 184: Maternal Instincts (1)
“You’re telling me it’s raising hatchlings!?”
The village chief shouted in shock after I climbed out of the well and explained what had happened inside.
It was obvious he was panicking at the thought of baby earwigs hatching and wiping out all the village’s pigs.
To ease his worries, I explained what would happen next and laid out the plan.
After all, this was his request.
And in the process, I’d be gaining a new venomous creature.
“You don’t have to worry about the pigs anymore. Earwigs stop eating once they lay eggs, and when the hatchlings emerge, the mother will offer herself as food and die.”
“She dies? That’s... well, that’s a relief, but the hatchlings... what about them?”
He was hesitating to say it outright, but it was clear he wanted me to kill them all.
But before I could answer, Seol shook her head and spoke on my behalf.
As someone from the Beast Palace, such cruel and senseless slaughter was out of the question for her.
“You should know the rules of the jungle in Yunnan. Even harmful beasts should never be killed alongside their offspring. And a mother and child should never be forcibly separated.”