In the room, Theo was looking straight ahead with a baffled expression. Even Clara seemed surprised beyond measure.
CRACK
Another cracking sound resounded, and Theo took a big sigh of disappointment.
"You glutton…" Theo started approaching the front and stopped when he saw that the mantis was inches away from him.
The mantis should not have been in the room in the first place. It was kept inside its box in the terrarium.
Yet now, Theo saw a cracked wooden door of the terrarium room and a torn-off sack of the ore they were saving up for everyday consumption.
"Young master…" Clara muttered when she saw the door that had been properly broken from the bottom.
"Mantis, come back." Theo ordered, and the mantis's head flinched. It quickly looked toward Theo before starting to move toward him.
When Theo saw the ore's quantity again, he smiled bitterly—it was almost gone.
