Entomologist in Sichuan Tang Clan Chapter 291

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A strange rumor has been circulating in Taean for several days now.

Someone said that they would remove the island that suddenly appeared in the middle of the river.

What the hell is that?

That was the first thing most people said when they heard the story.

Because it was nonsense.

How on earth do people get rid of islands?

That’s why everyone initially dismissed it as nonsense.

But soon, my suspicions turned to nonsense when I remembered that the famous goldsmith group in Taean had built a bamboo building in the middle of the island and even mobilized government officials to control people going to the island.

no way?

The top stockholder of the gold medal is a person famous for not spending money on frivolous things.

A person like that would spend money to build a bamboo building in the middle of an island?

Meanwhile, word has been leaked that a date has been set for the island to disappear, so now I am certain that it is not true.

‘The island will disappear within a day!’

Specifically, rumors spread widely in Taean that the island would disappear within a week.

Then, the people of Taean gathered at the riverbank to watch the islands disappear one by one.

However, for a few days, light would occasionally stream out of a bamboo building in the middle of the island, or people would appear, but other than that, there was no change.

Unable to contain their curiosity, some set out on a boat to visit the island, but were caught by the soldiers and warriors of the Geumjeok Sangdan.

It was during that time.

The night before Christmas, three days before Christmas.

At that time, most people had gone to sleep, but there were still quite a few people who had laid out mats and were watching.

“Huh? Fog?”

As the people who had been dozing off listened to someone’s words looked out at the river, a thick fog rose up from the middle of the river and engulfed the surrounding area.

“I can’t see even an inch ahead of me.”

“Are you there?”

“I’m still there.”

The fog that soon gathered all the way to the river made it impossible to even see one’s own hand right in front of one.

Only the light from the lantern next to it is dimly visible.

It was a moment that people thought was strange, since fog usually occurs a lot in the fall or early spring.

The thick fog that had risen up miraculously soon began to clear.

As things gradually became visible, the moonlight appeared, and when the people who were looking around in the revealed moonlight saw the riverside.

“Ugh!”

“S, the island!?”

“The island is gone!”

At someone’s shout, even the people who were dozing or sleeping on the riverside started to shout, and at that sound, lights in the houses around the riverside started turning on one by one.

Taean became a city that never sleeps.

“Seo, the island has really disappeared!”

“Really an island!?”

The last thing the people who had gathered along the riverbank saw was the thick fog disappearing far upstream.

And Geumgi-ryong, who confirmed the sight from the highest point of the tower he owned, smiled and said.

“This business was a very profitable one. Tell them to prepare the boat early tomorrow morning. We will go to Akga.”

“Okay, sir.”

Geum Gi-ryong’s face was full of smiles as he benefited greatly from resolving this matter in the middle.

Enough to forget that the wedding was a failure.

***

‘That’s fast.’

People think of turtles as slow animals, but that’s completely wrong.

The only thing that is incredibly fast in the water is the turtle.

Now, the old man Geumdo is filling his healthy lungs with air and moving his feet briskly.

With each movement of his hind legs, the old man was moving forward at a rapid pace.

A waterway that leads to Akga where Brother Gyuseong is, riding on the head of a giant turtle.

I was sitting on the head of the old man, feeling the cool breeze.

Of course, it wasn’t for fun, but to show the old man the way to the evil one.

Seol and Hwa-eun, who were scared at first and stuck right next to me, were now enjoying the speed.

“Little Dragon, it’s fun.”

“Dragon, this is really fun.”

Both standing and enjoying the breeze.

The sight of fairies with their hems blowing in the wind was unparalleled.

‘I feel like I’ve picked out a luxury yacht and put my two girlfriends on it.’

The boat was moving at the speed of the wind, but our elder Geumdo was pushing up against the water with his legs, so he could feel the speed that could only be felt if the boat was going at full speed, and the two of them seemed to find the feeling of speed thrilling.

“Here, just stand here.”

-Bugurur.

“Oh, that was fun.”

“Yes, Sister.”

We came up the waterway that would have taken half a day by boat in just one hour and stopped Mr. Geumdo in front of the port of Akga where our boat was anchored.

-Bugurur.

Then, Elder Geumdo stopped next to our boat and looked around.

I guess it’s a habit of avoiding people, or it feels like he’s looking around to see if there are people around him.

But now it was deep night, and only the warriors of the Akga were standing guard. As the warriors approached, the old man quickly put his head into the water.

-Huh.

“Is it a raft?”

“Hello. The little dragon of Tangga. It’s been a while.”

The warriors who approached me, thinking it was a raft just by looking at the large bamboo house, showed their joy when I waved my hand and greeted them.

“So So-hyeop, it’s been a while! Ga, did your trip go well?”

Seeing how extremely happy they were, I felt like they knew why I had gone to Taean, since they were warriors of the evil family, so they smiled and nodded.

Of course, it went well.

“Yes, I took care of it, so you don’t have to worry about the evil anymore.”

When they heard my answer, the warriors’ eyes grew bigger in the darkness.

Even though it was late at night, the warriors soon began shouting in joy.

“Ohhh!”

“Thank you for your hard work. So So-hyeop. So So-hyeop is the benefactor of the evil one!”

The reason I went to Taean was because Geumgi-ryong asked me to catch rice weevils.

The compensation is that the money was loaned to the villain in advance, and he can repay it at his convenience without interest.

There, Geumgi Ryung gave the gift she had brought for the marriage proposal as a wedding congratulatory gift to Brother Paeng.

Well, I will receive a separate reward, but I am still the benefactor of the evil spirit.

Because the family was struggling and they borrowed a lot of money, they let me borrow it interest-free.

‘The person who arranged the interest-free long-term loan was truly a benefactor, wasn’t he?’

When I thought to myself that I might be the greatest of benefactors, the warriors of Akga shouted for joy.

“I must tell the elders about this quickly!”

A warrior who flies straight away.

He shouted and barely managed to catch the warrior who was trying to jump into the cave.

“Now, just a moment!”

“Huh? How is that so?”

“Calm down and do it in the morning. The top brass of the gold medalist group will be there.”

“I, I see? Okay. Okay. Oh, then should I prepare a place inside?”

“No. I have to say hello to the kids. I’ll sleep on the boat and do it tomorrow morning.”

Geum Gi-ryong said he would come to see us in the morning as soon as we set off, so it would be right for the parties involved to get together and write a contract before they could be happy.

You could say that they can’t give it to you because it’s different when a person goes to the bathroom and different when they come out.

Of course, if you tell me to cut open your stomach, I will really cut open your stomach.

‘If you refuse to give it to me, I will immediately block the entrance to the harbor with gold.’

If you come now and say something else, I’m going to act like I’m blocking the entrance to Jeongsaeng’s apartment parking lot.

As the warriors retreated with regretful expressions, I heard the sound of the demon’s cries, as if it had heard my voice.

-Kissit?

Soon the head of the fairy rose above the railing of our ship.

Then he noticed me and quickly flew towards me.

-Kishi!? Kishishi!

A demon jumps down in front of me and says that, as expected, it’s too late.

“I’m sorry. I tried to come quickly, but this old man is sick, so I couldn’t come quickly.”

-Kissit?

“Oh, yes, hello, Yo-hwa. This is the elder of Geumdo.”

“Oh, wait a minute. I need to turn my head. Choya, tell the old man to turn his head over there.”

-Tsrrrr!

After waiting for a while for the demon to tilt his head and say hello.

The gold also rotated the old man.

So that the head can be hidden from view by covering it with our ship.

A surprised fairy as the island spins.

-Kissit!?

After a while, when the head of the old man rose from the water, the demon looked surprised.

-Kishishi?

“Yes. She is also an elder. She will be staying with us from now on.”

After greeting the fairy like that, other children stick their heads out.

-Shia?

-Kkuku!

-Beep?

Cheongyu, Seol, Bing, Dongi, Hwayang, Hongdan, and even the gentleman Jiyeong, Juhwang, stuck his head out from the railing of the boat.

“I’m back, everyone. Say hello. This is Geumdo Elder.”

Children hanging on the railing of a ship and looking at the old man with a curious look.

-Bugururur.

As the first explanation was heard that the old man was happy to see them and asked them to take good care of them, the children continued to answer.

-Sia!

-Kkukuu!

-Beep!

After everyone greeted each other, the children came over on the back of the old man.

The children enjoyed running around here and there, as if they were enjoying the wide playground-like area.

I was stuck inside the ship every day, but I don’t have to do that up here.

“I guess the kids like it too. Little Dragon.”

“Children originally like wide open spaces. Open spaces.”

“Ah. I see.”

Sister Hwa-eun and Seol look at the children with happy expressions.

That was the moment.

I felt something was missing, but then a voice rang in my head.

Cheongwol’s question was heard.

-Krrr. “Who did you bring?”

I felt something was missing. It turned out that Cheongwol was missing.

‘Ah, Cheongwol, this is the old turtle called Geumdo. Say hello. I said hello to the other kids first, so I’m late.’

‘Yes. Greetings, Cheongwol.’

Even though Cheongwol is a very easygoing person, I think she thought it might be a sad situation, so Hwaeun also intervened to help me correct my mistake.

Then Cheongwol got up from the boat.

Cheongwol tilted his head as he looked at Geumdo Elder.

‘-Bowl? 『Golden one, sir?』’

‘huh.’

‘-Krurung? ‘You’re old?’

‘huh.’

-Cruel? “Hmm?”

Cheongwol nodded and asked something to Geumdo Elder, and this is the answer he heard.

-Bugurur.

-Bowl. Bowl.

After a while, the embarrassed old man bowed his head towards Cheongwol as if he were a human.

Very politely.

And after that greeting, he put his head close to the boat and allowed Cheongwol to cross over.

How polite that attitude is.

‘No, what is going on?’

When I asked Cheongwol, who had come over to the elder’s back in a situation that he didn’t understand, a smile came over Cheongwol’s face.

‘-Kreut. (Isn’t ‘elder’ something humans give to older people? This guy isn’t that old.)’

‘Not much?’

‘-Kreung (Okay, so just call Soryong Geumdo.)’

I tilted my head at Cheongwol’s words that he was clearly at least two hundred years old, but he was not that old.

But then I thought about it and remembered that Cho, Hyang, and Bin didn’t call him Grandfather, but rather Geumdo.

It seemed like the children didn’t look that old, but the thing they were most curious about was how old Cheongwol was, even though she said she wasn’t that old, despite being over two hundred years old.

I couldn’t hold back my curiosity and asked.

‘Then how old is Cheongwol?’

‘!’

Then an exclamation mark surged into my heart.

Then, Cheongwol’s heart was filled with confusion.

‘-keu, keut. (Mo, you don’t have to know!)’

If the Millennium Golden Ball is two hundred years old but still young, then I wonder how old the Mannyeonseok Gapheol, Cheongwol, is to be treated like that by the Golden Elder.

***

As soon as the sun rose in the morning, the surroundings became noisy.

A large island suddenly appeared and it seemed like the news had spread that I had done a good job.

I kept hearing voices calling me from outside and stories about the island.

“Where did this island suddenly come from?”

“It was brought in by So So-hyeop.”

“You brought the island?”

“Little dragon!”

“So, so, so, so!”

I eventually had to wake up to the constant calling.

‘No, don’t these people even sleep?’

Since I slept late last night, I rubbed my eyes and woke up. As I went out of the bamboo building, Geumgi-ryong was already there waiting for me.

“Little Dragon, I heard the story. Thank you.”

“Thank you, So So-hyeop, for doing a good job.”

Behind him, there were many people from the evil family, including Oryong Sambong, but at that moment, a woman walked out as the gap between Hyungnim and Geumgiryong opened.

The woman bowed her head and expressed her gratitude.

“I have heard your words. From the beginning to this incident… I am truly grateful. Akga and I have been greatly indebted to So So-hyeop.”

I meant to say thank you for helping me, but I guess gratitude is all that matters.

Behind her gratitude, she looked at Geumgi-ryong and her brother with cold eyes.

‘No, now that I see those guys?’

‘What’s wrong, Little Dragon?’

Hwa-eun felt something strange about my expression and actions and asked herself.

I didn’t know why those two were looking at me like that, but the girl of the evil family was clearly an adult, but she was very short and had a youthful appearance, just like a girl.

‘No, I think those two like very young women.’

When I said that it would have been a clanking sound in the previous life, thinking that this might be a bit difficult, Hwa-eun defended the two with a flustered mind.

‘Well, that’s okay, okay. Of course.’

I wondered why he was defending that, but when I thought about it, Hwa-eun was in the same category as those two.

‘Gyaak!?’