The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing

Chapter 8: How dare you… Steal my corn! You're asking for death! [Seeking bookshelf additions, seeking recommendations]

Spring is in the air, it's another new year.

Before he could even wave goodbye, his parents were off again to deceive and swindle… no, to enlighten the world and guide them towards the future.

Zun-zun once again became a left-behind child.

But he wasn't disheartened, because he had important things to do starting this year.

First, he needed to buy suitable farming tools.

Using a shovel to cultivate the fields seemed bizarre no matter how you looked at it; at least a hoe would be acceptable. But large farming tools like plows and harrows were out of the question. He didn't have an ox, nor a black… ahem… a laborer to pull the tools. With his small frame, a hoe was already his limit.

Although the Crimson Demon Clan was rural, the shops here were well-stocked. You could buy most things, so farming tools were naturally not a problem.

As for fertilizer, that could wait for now.

As land is used over time, the soil loses many nutrients, weakening the nodes and causing crops to grow slowly and reduce yields.

Therefore, when choosing fertilizer, you need to carefully determine the type of crop you are planting, so that using these can replenish the soil fertility in advance. But after all, this is the first time planting crops, and the soil's nutrients haven't been depleted yet.

However, deciding what crops to plant troubled him once again.

You should know that the fruits and vegetables in "Konosuba" are very bizarre; they are all alive! For example, watermelons that grow in rivers, saury that are planted in fields, cabbages that can fly in the sky, and honeydew melons that can bounce!

The planting system has a bug, Goddess!

The things mentioned above are all rare ingredients. They taste excellent and also give experience points to the eater. Their value for consumption and sale is also very high, making them excellent crops to plant.

The only downside.

Is that Zun-zun can't beat them.

Each rare ingredient is very strong. Ordinary adventurers may not be able to defeat them, and even Zun-zun at his current level has no chance.

If he planted some rare ingredients but couldn't harvest them, it would be a complete waste of effort.

But rice and the like wouldn't work either. The soil here isn't suitable for rice, and rice is more troublesome. The amount harvested wouldn't even meet his own needs, let alone thinking about helping his family.

In that case, there seemed to be only one crop left.

—That was corn.

Corn isn't picky about soil and is drought-resistant. It can grow in various types of soil, and its yield is very high, enough to meet daily needs. Most importantly, it only takes 100-120 days from sowing to maturity!

Is there any crop that matures earlier and grows faster than it?

No!

Corn is the best choice!

Then Zun-zun ran to the seed shop and bought some corn seeds from there. The advantage of buying from a seed shop is that you don't need to select high-quality seeds yourself, and all these seeds have already sprouted. You just need to plant them.

Holding the small hoe, he turned the planned field over again. Every step or so, he dug a small pit, buried two corn seeds in each, covered them with soil again, and watered them. All that was left was to wait for them to sprout.

As Zun-zun expected, the planted seeds broke through the soil in less than a week and sprouted small, tender shoots.

Zun-zun was overjoyed every day.

And Zun-zun, immersed in his own world, completely forgot one thing: the day for his sister to enroll in school had arrived. At twelve years old, she was about to become a tender new student.

"Zun-zun, how is it? Does it look good?"

"It looks good!"

His trapped-sister was wearing the Crimson Demon Clan's school uniform, standing in front of him to get his opinion.

Although the Crimson Demon Clan were all chuunibyou, their taste was actually quite good.

The pink school skirt was cinched with a small leather belt, revealing a slender waist that could be grasped. The pink and white striped tie and the brown-black leather shoes gave off a youthful and beautiful vibe.

The black cloak fastened to the small tie had the unique mystique of a mage.

Huh, looking at it this way, isn't it designed after the magic academy uniform from "The Boy Who Lived"?

Wait, as far as Zun-zun knew, the old geezer who created the Crimson Demon Clan was a modern person, so doesn't that mean…

Hey, that's plagiarism!

Don't you even have your own design concept?

That's right, Zun-zun was still brooding over the heart-shaped succubus code on his abdomen.

"Zun-zun?"

"N-No… It's nothing, trapped-sister. It looks very good."

This was definitely not flattery.

Although his trapped-sister was still relatively young, she already had the pectoral muscles that Zun-zun envied.

A short black capelet further accentuated her excellent figure, paired with a set of light pink knee-length skirt and a pair of black leather shoes. Her dark hair had natural waves and draped over her shoulders.

Clear and bright red pupils, curved willow eyebrows, long eyelashes that trembled slightly, fair and flawless skin that revealed a faint blush, thin lips as delicate as rose petals.

The perfect fusion of red, black, and fair skin left even Zun-zun a little stunned.

As expected of the Crimson Demon Clan's number one beauty in the making.

"Really? That's great."

Trapped-sister hugged Zun-zun in her arms.

"Don't be envious, Zun-zun. You will be as beautiful as me in the future, no, even more beautiful than me!"

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"Heh, hehe…"

You're wrong, sister.

Boys shouldn't be described as beautiful; they should be handsome. But in the future, I will work hard to exercise and have magnificent pectoral muscles that would make trapped-sister blush with shame!

Zun-zun twitched the corner of his mouth and secretly made up his mind.

"But trapped-sister, I always feel like something's missing."

"What?"

"Hmm…"

Zun-zun thought for a long time.

Until his eyes wandered back and forth on trapped-sister's fair and straight legs, he realized that she was missing a crucial piece of equipment that could increase her charm value.

—Stockings!

Trapped-sister's legs were perfect, but if she had a pair of black stockings to adorn them, it would enhance her charm even further.

So trapped-sister gladly accepted the suggestion.

After that, trapped-sister went to school, and this didn't make Zun-zun feel lonely or uncomfortable. On the contrary, he felt even more free. Because he could stay in the fields all day without any worries, and every day was very fulfilling.

The only regret was that he didn't make it in time before school started to show trapped-sister the mature cornfield.

Perhaps the old geezer who created the Crimson Demon Clan was Japanese, which is why the Crimson Demon Clan's school start date is in April every year. If it were the old geezer next door, the school start date would be in September.

But it wouldn't be bad to show it to trapped-sister during her summer vacation.

As the days passed, the corn cobs grew bigger and bigger, and the corn silks slowly dried up and fell off. He believed that it wouldn't be long before they grew into edible corn. This joy of harvest was indescribable.

"The sun shines brightly in the sky, the flowers smile at me, the little birds say early, early, early, why are you carrying a small hoe? I'm going to plant in the fields, never late every day, love learning and love labor, grow up to create income for the family."

However—

One day, just as Zun-zun was about to go to his beloved cornfield, he discovered something that shocked him so much that the hoe in his hand fell to the ground.

He saw that the northeast corner of the cornfield had become bare, and even the corn stalks had been pulled out by the roots.

Was it a monster?

No, there were no footprints of beast-type monsters nearby, and if it were a monster, the entire field would have been destroyed, not just one corner.

Who was it?

TMD, how dare you kill my horse… no, how dare you pull out my corn! You're asking for death!