It's Easy to Take Care of a Live-in Hero!Ch25.1 - Livestock Rank B (Day 11)

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On the morning of the eleventh day, as I headed out to feed Mustard and his harem before breakfast, I saw Sig standing in the shade of a tree near the entrance. Beside him was the ancient tortoise we’d named Iwao, which we had enshrined there. yTVmoq

“What are you doing, Sig?”

“I’m thinking of taking a bit of Iwao’s shell.”

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What did he mean by “taking Iwao’s shell?” He held a small knife in his left hand.

“Don’t worry. I won’t hurt it. I’m only going to scrape a bit off its shell,” said Sig reassuringly. U6XdGz

“Ah, you said the shell is the raw material used in certain medicines, right?”

“Yeah. Mixing the powdered shell with water produces sleeping medicine.

Was it something like a sleeping pill?

“How about giving him a wash before you do that?” I asked. I couldn’t help but stare at Iwao for some reason. 

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If he was going to shave some of its shell off, we should remove the dirt first, right? It shouldn’t take long if we worked together. 

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If I hadn’t suggested cleaning Iwao, Sig would have scraped off some of its shell straight away, and collected some of that “raw material” we had just washed off. I was horrified at the thought. 

“Mustard, Paprika, and… what are the others’ names again… I’m sorry for being late! It’s time to eat,” I said as I approached the pen, carrying some chopped cabbages and their favourite parsley. The pen stood to the east of the house, under the shade of a tree. It didn’t change even after the house had been upgraded. mgGY t

The chickens’ daily care was pretty much divided between feeding and cleaning the pen. I would take the chickens out before feeding them and gave the pen a simple wash. After that, I would lead them back to the pen with bait.

I opened the entrance as usual and took the chickens out. I’d familiarized myself with those yellow bundles by then, and watched them jump out one after another― 

“Eh, you guys… What happened to your color?”

Their feathers weren’t yellow anymore. 7eNHYD

At first I had thought it was a trick of the light, but when I shook the parsley and called them out, I realized that wasn’t the case. Their feathers had been a pale yellow the day before, but now they had a slight greenish tint to it. Just like the cabbage I was holding. 

That’s bad.. Did I feed them too much parsley? Flamingos also got their color by eating a lot of brine shrimp, so it could be possible.

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My phone dinged with a notification. What good timing. 

[Living Creature: Rank B | Chicken*5] 7AXs3p

“This is…!”

Mustard and his harem had finally “ranked up.” Now that I looked at them, they had indeed grown a little, and their chirps now sounded more like a chicken’s than a chick’s. 

Great. I was worried that their coloring had changed from eating too much parsley…  

At that moment, I was struck with a sudden premonition. I looked around the pen, found what I had expected to be there, and cheered. uE3KyX

“Just like I thought! Eggs…!”

There were two round eggs of a yellowish shade. They were a little smaller than normal eggs, but had some weight, still warm to the touch as I picked them up. 

After I did, I went to report the good news to Sig. “Sig, we have our first eggs. There are even two of them!”

Sig had still been staring at Iwao in the garden. Clumsily, he touched the eggs on my palm with a finger.  yq0DWN

“That’s great, Minoru.” He gazed at me, smiling. 

Thump.

If this were a scene from a manga, that would be the sound effect right now. 

It was the first time I’d taken proper notice of my pounding heart. Flustered, I backed off, rushing into the house at full speed while still holding the eggs.  ZfRc2A

After placing the eggs down, I held onto the edge of the sink and took a deep breath. My ears burned.

“…Hey, is this a shoujo manga!”

It was strange. Why did my heart pound so much?

Was I this happy because of the eggs? They were the first ones we got, so of course I was happy and wanted to celebrate. How should we cook them? Simple boiled eggs were good, but I also wanted to eat fried eggs― ZlaEmB

“That’s right, I forgot!” Springing up, I jumped out the door and headed for the pen. 

Looking at the chickens, who were full of gusto as they ate the food I’d dropped all of the ground, I held a hand to my forehead. 

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Ding. 

The notification was a message from God. It read, “How bittersweet…” fTqSs8

I understood what he meant, but I ignored him. Or that’s what I had wanted to do, but I reconsidered and typed out a reply on the spot. 

“God, there’s something I want to ask about the bridge.”

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16 comments

  1. Happy just to have chicken eggs… how will they be when they have their own !! UwU

    Thank you for the chapter.

  2. Aww bittersweet indeed. just imagining Minoru so adorably happy holding the 2 eggs running towards Sig.. sigh Make him fall for you Sig, not the other way around haha. Thanks for the update~

  3. i wish there will be a scene like this in the future but, instead of eggs, he’ll be carrying a little dumpling! 🤩

    thanks for the treat (cat food/dogfood)! 💕

  4. Thanks for the update ❤️

    Imma just camp here and watch them silently growing their relationship.

    I’m lost for words…

  5. The chickens are Green now… I hope they remain as chickens and don’t turn into some mutant giant chickens. XD

    Thanks for the chapter!

  6. One time my mom suddenly came home with 5 female chicks and said we were gonna raise them. A week before all of them fully matured one was snatched away by a bob cat, my mom gave the rest of the chickens away to an aunt who kept some (bc the bob cat might attack our old corgi puppy who is blind, deaf, and has bad joints) . In the coop was one small white egg. I couldn’t eat it. My mom named the chickens after her kids (said it was easier that way), the one that was snatched had my sisters name, the one that laid an egg (the presumed oldest as it was biggest) was named after my older brother. Anyway I don’t eat eggs much anymore…🤢🤷😂

    Thank you for the chapter!💕🙏

  7. Minoru: Hey… is this a shoujo manga!?

    Me: No but it is a BL novel we are wishing to have a manga adaptation. 😂

  8. I don’t know anymore. There should be a limit to being dense? Increased heartbeat due to eggs? You’d be a pervert if that were the case! Thanks for the chapter 😊😍