"But I don't understand this. Why didn't you let her do that, since you also wanted to do that?" Vasana asked as Fuyu continued planting the new crops in the soil. He and Manu had come to the field today to manually plant crops everywhere—a tough task, but worthwhile.
"I did want to do it, but what's the point? My aim was to mate with her, not just play around like kids. So what if I wanted to do it? If it doesn't take me towards my goal, then doing it is a waste, even if it gives me pleasure. And I learned one more thing after evaluating the entire night: I need to stop begging or being at the mercy of her or anyone. Begging for a chance to mate wouldn't work," Fuyu explained all this to Vasana in his mind.
"Oh, then what would you do?"
"Nothing. I just need to make them give me their pussy for mating. Since mating is the only option to gain the power," Fuyu stated.
"And how are you going to do that?" Vasana's voice inside his mind carried a distinct, feminine tone.
"Well, I already discussed with Mother the previous night that I need Kuri or goods that I can give the girl in exchange for mating. So, I am not going with free options, as it was really hard to be at their mercy, wondering whether they would let me do it or not. I'm going with the paid option. By paying, I can get many girls who would be willing to mate for resources," Fuyu explained as he continued to plant the crops.
"Understood. You are going to do that, but how? Do you think just because your mother told you that she will pay for every time you need to mate, you really believe her words? I mean, I'm not saying she is a bad person or so, but she would mostly let you do it only once or twice a year, to be specific, and that would be nowhere near the estimate you need to reach to gain those powers.
Because there are seventy-two thousand Nadis in your body, and you only need to awaken three to gain those abilities, but still, the cost is too high for a mere boy like you to reach just by what your mother can provide. And if you ask her for more than she is willing, it might lead to bad things," Vasana contributed his own thoughts.
"Hmm... I know. That's why I have to find a way to earn Kuri. With only one Kuri, I can get several girls at my disposal. But how? I don't have a job or a skill through which I can earn," Fuyu thought, unsure how to earn Kuri to use it for his own good.
"I only know a bit about farming. And if I stop farming here, then where would I find a way?" Fuyu thought in distress.
"You know farming, right? So, what you guys harvested a few weeks prior—you aren't going to eat that all by yourselves, right?" Vasana asked.
"Yes, they aren't going to be eaten by us, because if that happened, we wouldn't need to worry for two years straight. But we are going to take that to the village chief. He will take most of the crops and give us a few Kuri in return, with which we can survive for a few months until the next crops grow, and we will do the same as time goes by. But there is a problem: that much Kuri wasn't enough to save us anything or buy other things; it's a tight budget. We would hardly survive, but thanks to Father, he is in the chief's personal guard, which earns him a few more Kuri that allow our family to live prosperously without any problem," Fuyu explained it to Vasana.
"Hmm, it surely is tight. But what if we sell those grains to others instead of the chief?"
"No, we can't. It's an agreement between Father and the chief. If we did that, we might lose our land to ever farm again," Fuyu said.
"I see, so it's a trap, huh? By the way, what is this Kuri anyway? Is it paper money? And how do other guys earn?" Vasana asked.
"Kuri are just small seashells that are used as currency. And other people mostly earn by joining the military since our border constantly needs men to protect. Although I can join that easily, I would lose my life even before achieving anything.
"Is there no other way to earn? How about we just find some Kuri from the sea coast? We would become rich."
"That's not easy. First, the sea is very far from here; it would take months just to go there. The village chief gets the Kuri as the fishermen bring it to him."
"So, the fishermen must be rich...?"
"No. The Kuri they bring is kept by the chief, and whoever disobeys is punished by death. So, no fisherman is rich, plus Kuri is something that doesn't exist in very large amounts. It's very hard to find them anyway. This is why most of the tribes around the area either try to capture land or steal the Kuri from other tribes, as it's a very hard and dangerous thing to get directly from the sea," Fuyu replied.
"Wow, it's really troublesome. But you need to find a way." With this, the spirit went completely silent in his mind. Fuyu focused on planting the crops as the time passed.
"Lara, here, take this. Go to the field and give it to them," Nula commanded as she handed Lara the pot containing both Fuyu's and Manu's meal.
"What, but Mom, I don't want to travel that far. I'm tired," Lara complained.
"What tired? You haven't done anything yet... just brought water from the waterfall, that's all. So go and give it to them," Nula said in a strict tone.
"But... Mom..." Lara wanted to protest, as she really didn't want to go to the field.
"No excuses! You go every day, why slack off now? Go silently, or you will get a scolding," Nula said in a threatening voice, as she was tired herself and didn't wish to argue with the girl.
"But that... Mom, I don't want to go there today because he told me that if I wanted to do something naughty, I should go there. And if I go there, even just to deliver food, he might think it's because I want to do something. Nah, man, I don't want him to think I'm giving up like that," Lara thought. She had decided not to go there last night and had been giving Fuyu the cold shoulder all morning, and now she had to go.
"Oh, Lara, don't go by yourself. Take Katty with you; she also wanted to see the land," Aunt Susan said with a smile, thinking that by sending Katty along, Lara would go without arguing with Nula.
Meanwhile, Katty, who was just minding her own business, looked at them with surprise...