Chapter 3 – "The Stone" and "The Soil" "Moonlit bear"

Some weeks after the wedding event, Eve began to vomit every now and then. She went to Adam for assistance and he directed her to an expert. There is an herbs man that, they say, can cure any illness. As they were about to go, Eve instructed Kane and Abel to do not let anyone enter their house unless it's Eve or Adam. They nodded while Abel was holding the doll on her chest and it seemed to leak an evillious aura. The flower that never withers was on a vase filled with water and also seemed to have an aura.

Adam and Eve wandered to the forest and followed a path that led them to the herbs man. They heard the sound of a flute with a catchy tune ~La Lu Li La La La Lu Li La La~. He was a small man with ragged clothing and he looked like an old man. He had a hat that was worn by clerics and had overgrown sideburns. They approached the herbs man and asked for help. The herbs man went into his hut. The hut was big enough to let 5 people in at a time. It had leaves for a roof and walls and some sticks for foundation.

"Please lay down" said the herbsman.

Eve laid down on the bed of leaves and waited for the herbs mans.

"What is your name?" the herbs man asked.

"My name's Eve and he's Adam"

"Hi yah, my name's Marlon, nice to meet yah. Shall we get started?" Marlon grabs his seemingly unique spoon and with it, touched the forehead of Eve and started going down. "Tell me if you feel pain" the herbs man dictated. As he approached her stomach, Eve complained in pain. Marlon continued until he reached her feet. After that, the herbs man came into a conclusion.

"You have a seed in your womb but I feel an indescribable aura surrounding it. Are you the father sir?" pointing at Adam.

Adam and Eve were in shock. "When and how did you strip me of my chastity Adam?" Eve shouting at Adam. Adam backed off for a while before confessing to her. "At the time when you were drunk and carried you into the inn. My drunken self got the better of me and I was charmed by how beautiful you were bathe in moon light and that flower on your ear". Adam explaining. Marlon was outside smoking something and seemed to relax him. "What flower?... oh, that flower that was beside me when I awoke. It was beautiful so I brought it home and placed it in a vase. Anyway, how could you?". Eve said running out of the hut.

"Wait Ms. Eve!" Marlon said. "I have a gift for you" Marlon went back to his hut and grabbed the gift. "What is it?" Eve asking. "It's a timer, it is filled with soil that can count time. See that if I place it upside down, the soil comes down. The soil will tell you when you will bore your children. Do not turn it upside down or else it will fail. But this will come with a price, but I will not ask it from you for now."

Eve amused by how the soil works did not comprehend the last part Marlon said.

Adam rushed to Eve. "Please marry me Eve, I promise I will take responsibility of the child, your siblings and love you forever". Eve was blushing red when she heard that. "Then I want something that will symbolize your love for me". Eve demanded. Adam nodded in agreement.

As they left and gave thanks to Marlon, Marlon disappeared along with his hut and went back to his realm. He was greeted by a beautiful woman with big black wings and blonde hair.

"Lucy, I have done my part, now, give me back my part of my realm". Marlon demanded.

"What a baby, fine, just remember to always clean up your realm after using it to for your illusions and also, arrange the things in an orderly manner. I hate it when things are not in order. If I caught your realm in a mess again, I will take it away from you". Lucy nagged in a motherly tone.

"Please don't touch my stuff. Everything I own is precious to me". Marlon said in a low voice.

"I will not take it from you if you just be a good boy with your stuff. But once I do, I will not hesitate to burn your belongings in to order."Lucy said in an evil tone.

"You fiend!" Marlon cursing.

"Fiend? I am no fiend; I AM A MONSTER". Lucy said while walking away and laughing evilly. "Now it's my turn to give my gift. But not to that woman but to that handsome human."

"Tsk". Marlon still cursing Lucy.

As Adam and Eve walked back to Eve's house, Adam noticed that Eve was in pain and touching her stomach. "Are you okay?" Adam said worried. "It's your fault Adam, if you haven't taken away my chastity, this wouldn't happen" Eve complained. "I told you I was drunk then and I couldn't resist the urge to touch you" Adam said. "Just leave me alone". Eve demanded. "Fine".

Adam led Eve out of the forest and then wondered off into the forest to think about what to give Eve as his symbol of love for her. After walking aimlessly, Adam wandered into a beautiful lake in the forest that he didn't know about. At the center of the lake was a small island that had a bed of different kinds of flower. While amazed by the beauty of the flowers, Adam heard a scream for help; a woman was drowning a little far from the center island. Adam immediately took off his shirt and swam to her rescue. He had no trouble getting to her. "Are you okay? Hold on to me tightly". The woman wrapped her hands around Adam's chest and hold on tightly. As they reached the center island, Adam noticed the woman was not breathing. He resuscitated her two times and pressed her chest repeatedly until she became conscious. When Adam was finished, he got a good look at her face. She had long blonde hair, fair skin, red eyes, a well developed chest unlike Eve's, a slim waist and long legs. She wore a pure white dress and a hat with a string hanging around her neck. Adam was already charmed by the women but he immediately thought of Eve's beautiful face so he controlled himself.

"What were you doing swimming in the lake?" Adam asked.

"I wasn't swimming; I just wanted to get to the center island to see the flowers more closely, so I swam". The woman said.

"you still swa-".

"Any way, thanks for saving me. I could have died an unpleasant death". The woman cutting Adam's voice by putting two fingers on his lips. "My name's Lucy, what's yours handsome?". Lucy said in a sweet voice.

"Adam"

"So Adam, what were you doing here in the middle of nowhere?"

"I was just taking a stroll in the forest, looking for something".

"What's that something?" Lucy said curiously.

"Something worthwhile".

"Oh I know! This pretty stone necklace that shines brightly in the sun and moon light that my father gave to me, you can have it as gratitude for saving me!" Lucy said happily.

"No! I can't take something very precious from you".

"Oh c'mon". Lucy pushed Adam to the bed of flowers. "I know you're willing to do anything for that woman"

"How do you know about Eve?"

"Who cares about Eve?" Lucy stares at Adam's eyes hypnotizing him. "Now, I want you to make love to me like you did to that woman". Adam began to caress Lucy till it was dusk. After sometime, Adam was tired and unconscious from what they did and Lucy was still energetic. "When was the last time I had so much fun?" Lucy said while stretching her arms then suddenly she noticed "Oh, It seems I have a seed in my womb" Lucy said happily. Lucy then placed her precious stone into Adam's pocket and waked Adam up and left immediately.

"What was I doing here? It's already dusk. I need to go back to Eve". Adam said while he swam back to the other side and headed to Eve's house. When he was at Eve's house, he knocked at the door and Eve opened the door.

"Adam? Why are you half-naked and wet?" Eve asked.

"Never mind that, look, I got you my symbol of love for you". Adam grabbed the necklace from his pocket and still somewhat hypnotized.

"Come outside and look". Adam placed the stone in the moonlight and it shined beautifully.

"I found it at the lake of Eldoh's forest".

"It's beautiful". Eve said with glittering eyes.

"Will you marry me Eve?"

"Yes Adam! Yes!"

Adam placed the necklace around Eve's neck and began to kiss her.

"Come inside, let's eat dinner together"

At the door, Kane and Abel was standing and staring at Eve and Adam while Kane had a flower on his ear and Abel had the doll in her arms and the Soil timer was hanging on the door. All the gifts glowed dimly. Eve had a reaction and ran to the sink to vomit.