Plump and Juicy, Bugs Are Delicious!

The moment the dimensional transfer began, the scenery around him turned into streaks of light that rushed backward at incredible speed.

In less than two seconds, it was as though he had entered a pitch-black tunnel. Everything around him sank into darkness, but color soon returned, though it was still in the form of countless lines.

Just as Broly grew curious and reached out to touch the lines around him, the scenery abruptly froze, and he appeared on the stairs of a Basement.

Rustling sounds came from behind him, mixed with a faint, barely audible sob.

"Hmm?"

Broly turned around and saw a huge mass of wriggling worms crawling beneath the stairs where he stood.

Among those plump, tender worms was a slightly bulging worm cocoon. The faint sobbing was coming from inside it.

After giving it some thought, Broly jumped into the middle of the worm pile and reached out to tear apart the cocoon that was making noise.

Once the worms were pushed aside, they revealed a naked little girl beneath them. Tear tracks stained her face, and her red-rimmed eyes showed that she had been crying for a long time. Her continuous whimpering stopped in a daze after she saw the light again.

"Were you sleeping in a pile of food?"

Broly asked curiously, his gaze locking onto a wriggling worm crawling across the girl's pale chest. These worms were white and tender. Though they had sharp teeth, they looked far more appetizing than Vampa Spider larvae, making Broly swallow.

Hearing that, young Matou Sakura had no idea how to respond. Half a month ago, her father had sent her to the Matou Family as an Adopted Daughter. On the very day she became one, an old man named Zouken Matou had brought her here.

"Your Magic Attribute is Void. You must undergo some modifications before you can better inherit the Matou Family's Magic Crest."

That was what the withered yet spry old man had said before tossing the Tohsaka Family's newly acquired Adopted Daughter into the Underground Worm Warehouse.

Ignoring the girl's crying and fear entirely, he controlled the Crest Worms in the warehouse to begin modifying her, using the Corrosive Magic carried by the Crest Worms to corrode the Void-attribute Magic Circuits in her body.

The process was not only horrifying to witness, but an indescribable torture for the one being modified. Her entire body suffered pain like countless needles piercing her.

The girl went from crying and struggling at first to quietly sobbing as she endured it, all within a few days. Yet she continued to cling to the hope that her family would come save her.

Whether it was her Elegant Gentleman of a father, her gentle and virtuous mother, or even her Older Sister who occasionally bullied her—any of them would do.

However, none of the family members she had imagined coming to save her appeared. Instead, an unfamiliar little boy, who looked only slightly older than herself, appeared before her.

In the despairing environment of the worm pile, he brushed away the bad worms crawling over her and biting her, then crouched down and looked at her with concern.

Although she could not understand his question, she should always say thank you when someone helped her. The etiquette she had learned from the Tohsaka Family had not been forgotten just because she had become the Matou Family's Adopted Daughter.

Enduring the lingering stabbing pain in her body, young Sakura climbed up from the ground and tried her best to open her mouth and thank the boy before her. But her throat was hoarse, and she could only make a voice as faint as a mosquito's buzz.

Broly could not hear what she said clearly, but once the girl stood up and revealed her full appearance, a message Appeared in his mind.

Matou Sakura, one of your figurine wives. You may pursue her and invite her to become a Crystal Palace Member.

"Are you my wife?"

Broly asked in a questioning tone.

"Huh?"

Young Sakura was completely bewildered by the question.

But she remembered the fairy tales her mother had told her when she was younger.

Stories about a Prince on a white horse saving a dark snow Princess, after which the two became husband and wife.

"I'm not your wife, but I can become your wife."

Compared to those fairy tales, her own situation seemed rather similar.

With that thought, young Sakura answered softly.

This time, her voice was barely clear enough to hear.

"If you're my wife, I'm hungry. Do you have anything to eat?"

Broly held out his hand toward young Sakura.

Crystal Palace had said that a wife was someone who gave him things to eat.

And since she had so much food here, she should give him some, right?

That was what Broly thought.

Looking at the worms gathering around them again, the eagerness in his eyes grew stronger.

Suddenly becoming someone else's wife, then suddenly being asked for food by her little Husband—

Young Sakura had never experienced anything like this before.

However, she had experience Playing House. She knew what she should do now.

When her Husband was hungry, as the one Playing the wife, she should bring him food.

But every time she was called into the worm pile for modifications, she was ordered to remove all her clothes. She had nothing on her now.

Facing the boy's outstretched hand asking for food, young Sakura was at a loss. Then, the door to the Bug Warehouse was pushed open, and a hunched figure entered with a cane.

"Sakura, who is this?"

Zouken Matou looked down at the extra boy in the Bug Warehouse, who resembled a homeless little beggar, and frowned as he questioned his Adopted Daughter.

"Grand... Grandfather..."

At the sight of Zouken Matou, young Sakura's body began to tremble. To her, Zouken Matou was an extremely terrifying person.

"I don't know him. I'll obediently undergo the modifications, so please don't punish me."

As she spoke, the frightened girl lay back down on the cold floor.

Of course miracles didn't exist. Facing Grandfather, this Older Brother who had come to save her would definitely be killed too...

Tears flowed from her eyes again. She did not know whether she was crying for the boy beside her who was about to die, or for herself, who would soon have to undergo further Crest Worm modifications.

"I truly am getting old. A child Broke Into the Bug Warehouse, and I only noticed something was wrong now. Kid, you're quite unlucky. But since you entered this place, become food for the worms. Go, eat him."

Zouken Matou raised a hand and issued an order to the worm swarm in the Bug Warehouse. The Crest Worms that received the order became aggressive the next instant.

"But don't hurt Sakura. Her body is precious to the Matou Family—the Mother Body and placenta that will bear descendants with better talent."

The Crest Worms avoided young Sakura and crawled all over Broly's body, using their sharp teeth to tear into the boy's flesh.

A ripping sound rang out as his tattered combat uniform was shredded by the Crest Worms' sharp teeth.

"Wuwuwu..."

The girl's sobbing grew louder. She could do nothing. She had gotten someone who came to save her killed.

"Your Grandfather really is such a good person!"

Yet that was the voice that came from the human-shaped pile of worms covering Broly.

"Slurp~"

Immediately afterward came the sounds of someone eating.

Broly used both hands to grab the worms crawling over him and began feasting.

The worms were neither bitter nor astringent. They really were much tastier than Vampa Spider larvae.

The shells were wonderfully crunchy, the meat tasted like chicken, and they had eight times more protein than beef...

As worm after worm disappeared into his mouth, this information Appeared in Broly's mind.

With a small grab of his hand, he caught another worm.

Slurp. He sucked the worm's tail end into his mouth.

Squish. He bit down, and rich, plump juices burst across his mouth.

With a casual toss, he threw the worm's sharp-toothed head aside.

A small pile of worm heads quickly formed there.

The mouths of those headless worms, still filled with sharp teeth, continued opening and closing.

At this moment, both young Sakura and Zouken Matou felt their minds buzzing.

Crest Worms... were edible?

But regardless of what they thought, the facts were right in front of them.

A Saiyan's diet was quite broad. As long as something they ate could not harm them, they could digest most foods that entered their stomachs.

Compared to foods that were harder to digest—such as Aliens—the Crest Worms of the Type-Moon World were clearly decent nutritional supplements, containing sufficient energy, or magical power.

"Kid, you're not normal. Who exactly are you?"

Zouken Matou demanded, having already realized that his Crest Worms' teeth could not bite through the Kid's skin.

"I... mm, mm, mm... I'm Broly. I'm a Saiyan."

Since the other party had given him so much delicious food, Broly was quite polite and answered Zouken Matou's question.

"A Saiyan? What kind of person is that?"

Hearing that, Zouken Matou was confused. He searched through his vast and learned memory, but found no information about Saiyans.

"Forget it. No matter who you are, since you dared eat my worms, you must be prepared to pay a sufficient price, correct?"

"Huh? Didn't you give these to me to eat?"

Another worm burst with juice in his mouth as Broly asked in surprise.

"How could they possibly be food I gave you? Every single worm here is a precious Crest Worm carefully cultivated by this Old Man to alter a Magician's attributes and aptitude. Each one costs over five million to produce, not to mention the immense time and effort I invested..."

The Matou Family's mundane finances had not been doing well for nearly a hundred years, and this Bug Warehouse in the Basement occupied a considerable portion of the Matou Family's wealth. It was effectively an immovable asset of their magecraft workshop. Looking at the number of worm heads left over there, restoring them would definitely require another huge investment.

"So they weren't for me to eat."

Broly was somewhat disappointed, but his mouth did not stop moving as he sucked in a worm that crawled to his lips.

"It crawled in by itself. That's not my fault."

He defended himself as he chewed up and swallowed the worm in his mouth, looking as though he wanted to take the chance to eat a few more bites of good food.

"Bleurgh~"

Beside him, the girl finally could not endure it anymore and began dry-heaving on the ground.

"Are you provoking me?"

Zouken Matou's expression turned ugly. With a Wave Hand, he summoned several flying Crest Worms.

"Kill him!"

The insects, which resembled enlarged Hornets, beat their buzzing wings and charged at Broly.

More new food!

Broly's eyes lit up. He casually grabbed one of the Hornets and bit into it.

Bang~

The Giant Hornet he bit open in his mouth exploded directly inside it.

"Fool, this is a Self-Destructing Worm modified by this Old Man."

Looking at the Smoke and Dust from the explosion, Zouken Matou said smugly.

"So it can't be eaten."

But Broly's disappointed voice sounded from within the Smoke and Dust.

"What? You're actually unharmed?"

When the Smoke and Dust cleared, Broly had not suffered the slightest injury from the explosion. Only the last scraps of clothing on his body had been blown away.

"Smoke Without Injury Law. Don't you know it?"

Broly asked strangely.

"Wait. Because of the explosion, your wife was frightened. Her Happiness Value is currently decreasing. Please raise her Happiness Value as soon as possible.

The higher the Happiness Value, the easier it will be to pursue your wife. Once she agrees to become a Crystal Palace Member, the greater the number of Happiness Points the host will receive in a one-time conversion..."

Broly read out the prompt from Crystal Palace in his mind, then turned and saw the girl trembling on the ground behind him.

So what was this wife even useful for?

Broly had that doubt, but his body moved faster than his thoughts. He grabbed the remaining Giant Hornet-like Crest Worms and appeared before Zouken Matou. Before the old man could react, Broly forcibly stuffed the worms into his mouth.

Bang~

It was the same explosion. Broly was completely fine, but Zouken Matou's head was blown apart.

The withered body, now without a head, slid stiffly down the stairs and fell to the ground.

Without anyone to command them, the worms in the Bug Warehouse sensed the aura of an ultimate predator from Broly and quickly retreated into the corners of the Basement.

"Inheritance Law?"

Broly muttered as new information Appeared in his mind. He floated down beside the girl and bluntly told her in an awkward manner.

"I killed your Grandfather. His food belongs to you now. I'm still a little hungry. Can you give me more food?"

Broly had eaten quite a few worms from the Bug Warehouse, but that was clearly nowhere near enough for a Saiyan's enormous appetite.

"Huh?"

Hearing that, young Sakura raised her head and saw her Grandfather's headless corpse in the distance.

"Ah?"

Rather than terror, she unexpectedly felt delight in her heart.

"Do you still want to eat those worms?"

She asked.

"Is there a problem?"

Broly tilted his head, not quite understanding what she meant.

"Those aren't food."

Young Sakura climbed up from the ground again, wiped the tears from her face, and said.

Broly: "..."

He felt deeply deceived. Crystal Palace had clearly said that a wife was someone who gave him things to eat.

Yet this wife would not give him anything to eat at all. She was not even as generous as the Grandfather he had blown up.

"I can take you to eat real food."

But young Sakura's next words quickly soothed Broly's resentment.

"What is real food?"

Broly was very curious. In his short life, bugs had been the most common food.

"Things like Cake and Pudding."

Young Sakura thought for a moment, recalling some of the tastiest things she had ever eaten, and told Broly.

"Cake? Pudding?"

Broly seemed to have some impression of those two words, but he could not remember what they were.

Still, his anticipation was completely stirred up.

"Where are they?"

"In the Refrigerator. Uncle Kariya bought them for me a few days ago."

Young Sakura answered.

Zouken Matou was dead, and much of the gloom in her heart had dissipated.

Even her hoarse voice had regained some life.

"What's a refrigerator?"

"A refrigerator is... well, come upstairs with me and you'll see."

Grabbing Broly's hand, Young Sakura pulled the boy up the stairs.

She did not want to stay in the Bug Warehouse that was the basement for even a moment longer.

After leading Broly out of the basement, Young Sakura headed straight for the kitchen.

"This is a refrigerator."

Once they reached the kitchen, she opened the refrigerator and showed him the real thing. The cold air spilling out gave Broly quite a fright.

The little Saiyan hurriedly jumped back, warily eyeing the thing that gave off cold air. No information appeared in his consciousness, so he turned to the girl beside him with a questioning look.