'Bloodsucking Bee' or 'Rose of the Magic Palace.' Whatever it's called, it's clear that this creature, which should be considered a kind of moving plant or an animal with a plant-like appearance (how confusing), does not feed on nectar like bees nor rely on soil nutrients like roses for survival.
What they need is blood, a liquid as red as petals.
'I wonder if the June Red from Carano Town will satisfy its needs.' Bartlett thought to himself. It was a unique-tasting red wine that resembled the tempting red lips of the 'beloved girls.'
Whenever Bartlett drank this wine, he would inexplicably imagine a hen with its throat cut in front of him. The hen would cluck and run around like mad, red blood splattering from its neck and landing on the dusty road. And the people on the road, panicking and screaming, running to escape from an avalanche, didn't seem much better off than the hen...
