"Ludo not smart." Ludo admitted. "Boy watch this. Careful watch. This flower. This..." Ludo snipped it off close to the ground. "This weed."
[Dandelion. Paltry Flower. One serving.]
I stuffed it into my mouth when Ludo wasn't looking. "We leave flowers and cut the weeds?" I asked.
Ludo plopped the rusted shears into my hand. Honestly, if I'd had any Metal mana in my aura...
<System. Mana Conversion. Earth to Metal. Confirm Start.>
[Conversion begun, 76 percent chance of success.]
"Ludo." I said, placing the tip of the shears on a sprouting daisy. "Flower or weed?"
"Hm." Ludo said, bending over to examine it. "Ludo ask countess. Leave for now. Cut all weeds there, Ludo cut all weeds here."
Sorry, had a bad bout of ennui (depression). I'm better enough now to write.
Saw the eclipse; a lot slower than in supernatural horror media, but worth the wait. Nature is wonderful, and I am not.
Thank you always for your readership and support. It means more to me than food. When I was in the worst part of curled up and wishing to die, I wanted to write this chapter more than eat. I know better, and waited to actually start eating again to write, but I wanted to do it in reverse order.