11 Faerie Culture (1)

I woke up the next day snuggled in my bed and saw that Zach was nowhere to be seen. Remembering the events from the previous night, I blushed. That was sweet of him to do that for me.

I took a shower and put on some casual clothes before scrounging through my fridge. There was a leftover container of larvae that I did not dare to touch the day before.

Although Zach had explained that insects and bugs were an important part of a faerie's diet since it's out only source of protein, I was still reluctant to try some.

After all, being a human previously, I ate vegetables and meat, definitely not bugs. Unfortunately, these bugs are like the 'vegetables' of fey diet, and is extremely important.

My stomach growled. How I wish I did not finish all the other faerie food that was not the larvae.

Back then, I was too hungry and greedy for food that it never occurred to me I might have needed to save some of it.

Speaking of which, Zach never told me how I was to earn Jews to be able to buy substantials for myself.

Looks like I would have to pay the Fey Kingdom a visit after I finish those larvae.

I took the container of frozen larvae out from the fridge and set it down on the kitchen table. Taking a deep breath to calm my nervous beating heart, I slowly uncapped the container.

A pleasing aroma filled my nostrils. I never knew larvae could smell like chocolate cake. Slowly, after being somewhat reassured by the smell, I picked one larva up between my index and thumb.

It was fat and juicy. Wet, squealching sounds echoed through the kitchen as a slight squeeze of my fingers caused a thick green substance to ooze out from the end of the larva.

I turned it around and watched it with fascination. Closing my eyes, I prepped myself and popped it into my mouth.

It did not taste as bad as I thought it would. For some reason, it tasted sweet with a tinge or saltiness.

I opened my eyes in surprise. That sure changed my views on eating bugs. Maybe my modified faerie tongue had something to do with this, but I was not going to complain.

After eating about half the container, I washed up and headed out of my apartment. The first place I thought of to go to was the convenience store. I needed information on how to even get into Higean, where Zach lived.

The familiar dinging of bells rang in my ear as I walked into the store. Cray looked up and his eyes widened when he saw me.

"Good morning." He smiled and continued,

"And what does My Lady want of me today I wonder?"

"Good morning to you too, Cray. You can just call me Lila. I need to know how to get to the portal that leads to Higean." I said quickly and stared at him intently.