Entomologist in Sichuan Tang Clan Chapter 118

#120. Stolen Goods 6

Both Shinto and I were paralyzed and a situation arose where both of us were defeated and both were injured, but this was inside the Sacheondang family.

This is as good as a hundred percent catch.

As I was rejoicing in my heart, I heard Yeondu’s cry.

-Shaaaaa!

A guy who was surprised that I fell and licked my face and pushed my cheek with his head.

It seemed like he thought I was hurt, but I couldn’t tell him that I was okay because he had a blood clot and could only move his eyeballs.

‘I want to tell you not to worry, but I can’t say it.’

Then Yeondoo, who had been shaking me for a while, got angry and hit the butt of the woman lying on top of me several times with her tail.

Then he slowly crawled away towards Gajujeon.

It feels like they’re trying to call in Hwa-eun or people.

I was thinking of sending my heart to Chona and Hyang-i, but if Yeondoo leaves, people will flock there in no time.

In the meantime, I decided to just be happy that I had caught Shinto leisurely.

‘Three wishes. What would be good? But even if a thief were to grant them, wouldn’t he be stealing something from somewhere? Then making a wish would be a bit strange···.’

I was wondering what to do with the three wishes that were granted.

A woman’s unique body scent that gently wafts from above the chest.

‘But what kind of perfume does this woman use? It’s a bit heavy… A, a woman!? Wait? So Shinto was a woman!?’

A question that suddenly arises.

I heard from Grandfather Mandokshin that he was a man of similar age to Grandfather Shintu.

‘Then what the hell is this? It definitely isn’t a reverse engineer?’

A fleeting thought occurred to me that maybe it was the Yeok Yong Gong (易容功), a martial art that allowed one to change one’s face, and the Chukgol Gong (縮骨功), a martial art that allowed one to freely control one’s height and muscles, that my grandfather explained to me when he taught me the martial art of martial arts.

I wonder if he used two martial arts and a voice-changing martial art I don’t know to achieve the TS effect.

But when I think about it, the woman has already changed her face from Seol’s sister’s face to that face.

The feminine scent emanating from the woman lying face down on his chest and losing her mind strongly asserted that this woman was a real woman.

Moreover, if you lose consciousness and lose your martial arts skills, you should return to your original body, but you continue to appear as a woman.

I quickly sent my heart to Cho and Hyang.

‘Hyang-ah! Cho-ya! Bring your mother or anyone nearby and come to the entrance of Geummo Bong-wang’s house. Dad has collapsed! You have to come quickly!’

The reason I sent my heart in a hurry was because I had a feeling that the woman might be bait.

The real Shinto is something else.

Then, even if you collapse inside the Sacheondangga, you can’t rest easy.

Since no warriors were stationed here to avoid revealing my location, if the real Shinto found us, he might pick us up like a fisherman picking up a clam that was fighting a crane.

‘Jebaal… Don’t let me get stolen! Don’t let me become a stolen item!’

As we waited anxiously, fortunately the people from Sacheondangga showed their faces.

From the entrance of the family home, Seol, who was wearing something that looked like a ceremonial robe, and Hwa-eun, who was carrying Hyang-i and Yeon-du on her shoulders, along with the elders of the family and warriors, came rushing in.

-Kkokkio.

And when dawn broke and the sound of a rooster crowing was heard, the people who were running stopped and looked in the direction of the rooster crowing.

“It’s chicken!”

“The rooster crowed!”

The warning of the new beginning begins before the first rooster crows.

I don’t know who the woman is, but now that the first rooster has crowed, Shintu will retreat.

That’s the unwritten rule of martial arts.

‘By the way, if Shinto steps down, is there no compensation?’

They said that if you catch the Shinto, you’ll get three wishes, but I wondered if there would be no reward if you retreated.

And the identity of the woman I caught.

***

A woman lying in bed unconscious after being bitten by a dragonfly.

My grandfather, who had released my blood pressure, briefly examined the woman and then ordered her to be moved to the guest quarters, so the woman was being treated as a guest rather than a caught thief.

“But what about that woman? At first, I thought Shintu had used the Chukgolgong and Yeokyonggong, but that wasn’t it?”

As I asked her, looking at her blankly, my grandfather approached the bed and took the woman’s wrist in his hand.

Then he showed us the woman’s wrist and smiled.

“It seems like the old Shinto has passed on a nickname to his disciple. That kid might be the new Shinto.”

“That woman is a Shinto!?”

“That girl!?”

The grandfather said that the new Shinto was a woman who seemed to be around the same age as Hwa-eun.

As Hwa-eun and I looked at my grandfather with surprised faces, my grandfather pointed to the woman’s wrist again and said.

“Isn’t there a Thousand-Eyed Cloth wrapped around your wrist? Thousand-eyed cloth is the divine object of the divine combat. That means that child is a divine combatant. I wanted to scold the old man, but should I be satisfied with being his disciple?”

The grandfather confirms that the woman is a shaman by looking at the thread wrapped around her hand.

Just as her grandfather had said, there was a thin thread like a magic thread wrapped around her wrist.

And when her identity was confirmed, Hwa-eun’s eyes suddenly turned cold.

“Why would a young woman like Shintu come to steal our little dragon? It’s not because of the poison, is it? Surely she has no other intentions?”

“Any other intentions?”

“Did you like the little dragon?”

“Hey, no way. I’ve never seen that woman before.”

When I looked at Hwa-eun’s opinion with a bewildered expression, Hwa-eun snapped her index finger and said.

“A man or woman seen from afar takes a liking to someone and kidnaps them. That’s possible. Think about Changryong’s case. Little Dragon. If Changryong had been a little mean, wouldn’t that have happened?”

Hwa-eun’s words mean that if it’s a darkened Changryong, then it could be possible.

I thought it was an absurd opinion, but when Hwa-eun mentioned Chang-ryong, I nodded my head for some reason.

Because Hwa-eun also said that she had never had a separate conversation with Chang-ryong.

‘No, when you say it like that, it seems like that too? But when I think about it, the only daughter of the Sacheondang family and Shinto admire me who was reincarnated into this world? That might not be a bad thing, right?’

As I was staring at the woman’s face again, wondering if what Hwa-eun said was true, I heard another uncomfortable voice from the side.

“It would be even better if you could do it! The great warrior of the Central Plains martial arts world took off my clothes by touching my blood vessels! Just wake up! I will apply for the rain, rain!”

There was no other reason why Sister Seol was so angry.

When they arrived in front of the smokehouse where King Geummobong lived, the woman was clearly Seol’s sister.

From the face to the body and even the clothes.

I was wondering how the woman was wearing such a unique Beast Palace outfit.

After finding out, he had taken hold of the blood vessels of all the Beast Palace warriors who were moving with his sister and knocked them out, then dragged his sister into the bushes and took off her clothes…

The clothing of the Beast Palace is different from that of the Central Plains, with a simple top and miniskirt similar to that of the ethnic minorities of Yunnan.

Unlike the women of the Central Plains who had a layer of white underwear and even underwear underneath when their clothes were taken off, the clothes of the Beast Palace had nothing underneath the outer garment except for a thin underwear, so it was like being dragged into the bushes and being exposed naked, which is why she was so angry.

He said he was even more upset because the clothes Shintu left behind didn’t fit his size…

Under the warm gazes of Hwa-eun and Seol, Shin-tu began to sweat profusely on the bed.

Seeing the two women’s cold gazes, it seemed as if he was suffering from some kind of nightmare in his dream.

***

The next day, an unexpected person visited the party.

While I was resting after lunch, I heard the sound of the gate bell ringing at the entrance to Gujinmun.

As Hwa-eun and I ran towards them in a hurry, a shabby beggar was smiling.

It was a big deal.

“How have you been?”

“Elder Geulhwang!?”

“I want to see Elder Geulhwang.”

The person smiling is an elderly person who has already received help once.

First, I greeted him politely and asked cautiously.

“What is the matter with you, sir? Was there any negligence on the part of the outside warriors?”

“Did I neglect anything, sir?”

Hwa-eun and I asked politely, but the content was ‘Did you come here because of the yellow dust?’

He was said to be one of the strongest in the martial arts world, so he was giving out snacks like Hwangbunchung, which were not bribes but rather small bribes, so I asked him if he had dropped them.

I heard a report that the warriors were taking care of it, but I was wondering if there was anything else they needed or if there was anything they didn’t like.

Then Geulhwang laughed heartily and patted my shoulder.

“Hehe. How could that be? The warriors are doing very well. I also have your hearts in my hands. I just came to see you today.”

“Are you talking about me?”

I blinked at the sudden news that someone had come to see me, and heard a voice calling out to me.

[You caught Shinto’s disciple, right?]

‘student?’

The woman who had been bitten by Yeondoo and collapsed was, according to my grandfather, the new fighter of this era, and Geulhwang described the woman as the fighter’s disciple.

According to Hwaeun, openness is a place for information activities.

The information would be more accurate than that of Mandokshin-gun’s grandfather, so the woman’s true identity was probably Shintu’s disciple.

“Yes, that, how···.”

[Don’t answer, just listen. He’s hiding nearby.]

‘?’

The next sound is a flinch as you hear something lurking nearby.

[I sent my disciple, the one who was my subject, to help you out. But do you know how surprised I was when he raised his voice before I could even give him a word?

Anyway, it seemed like their hearts were in sync, so I just watched, but I really didn’t know how to catch it. Hehe.]

A voice that is full of excitement.

Now I see that the reason why Shintu didn’t come in person and instead his female disciple came was because of Geulhwang’s information operation.

Geul-Hwang gave a public speech, saying that his disciple’s arrival was part of his intelligence operation.

[You don’t have to be so grateful. I wanted to give you my reward because of Na-ok’s business. Even though my agenda is that of a thief, you are very talented, so three gifts will be a great help.]

And after hearing the story, it seems like he wanted to reward me for helping Na-ok.

He told me to just listen, so I decided to thank him later and invite Geulhwang inside for now.

I was grateful that he took care of it like this, even if it was later, but I couldn’t leave it standing in front of the door forever.

“Your Majesty, please come inside the palace first. Since you’re here, why don’t you have a meal and take a look around the inside…?”

It was when they were trying to invite the old man inside.

Suddenly, he turned around and shouted.

“What are you doing, you idiot! Aren’t you going to come out quickly and go get your disciple?”

As Geul-hwang shouted across the river, a breeze suddenly blew, and a sturdy-looking old man appeared behind Geul-hwang, scratching his head.

“Nice to meet you. Sohyeop. I am the new fighter, Gal Jihong.”

No, he’s said to be a famous swordsman in the martial arts world, but his physique is that of a small thief.

An old man with a physique that made me think he was Mr. Peng rather than Mr. Gal greeted me.

“Nice to meet you, Elder Shintu. Greetings from Soryong.”

‘Clothes! This guy is a thief? No, he’s a thief? Was that thief a cattle thief!?’

After greeting the man who looked like a cattle thief, a question was heard.

Geulhwang asked because he thought my introduction was strange.

It seemed strange that he didn’t mention his last name when introducing himself to adults.

“Little dragon? Wasn’t that a little dragon?”

“Ah, I became the adopted son of the Namman Beast Palace. That’s how my name came to be.”

“Nanman Beast Palace!?”

When he heard that he had become the adopted son of the Southern Man Beast Palace, Geul-Hwang opened his eyes wide, and Tu-Je patted Geul-Hwang on the side and said.

“Brother, you never said anything like that, did you?”

“No, you punk, I just heard about this for the first time. I heard that you went to Namman recently, but did you really become an adopted child during that time? No, what kind of strange person is this? I heard you became a master of the Battle of Tohwang not long ago, and now you’re an adopted child of the Beast Palace.”

Geulhwang looks at me with curious eyes.

If a man is sincere to poison, becoming the adopted son of the Beast Palace is not that difficult. He was about to answer, but a question was heard from the side.

“By the way, is Yeongnyeon injured? If the old man, Mandokshingun, thought it was me and didn’t take care of me, it would have been a big problem. It seems the old man’s martial arts skills have improved. I thought he wouldn’t be caught even if he got drunk and Mandokshingun showed up. So, is it true that our Yeongnyeon was caught by Mandokshingun?”

Perhaps he thought that his disciple had been captured by the great-grandfather of the Mandokshin Army, so he called out in his head and called out to the other children as well.

“Hyang-ah, Seol-ah, Bing-ah, Yeon-du-ya.”

-Tsurur?

-What?

-Char?

When the guys whose names were called from Na-na and Hwa-eun’s arms jumped out and cried as if responding, To-je blinked in surprise.

Judging from the fact that it didn’t seem that surprised, it must have known that there was something in my arms since it was strong in martial arts, but it seemed surprised when it responded to human words.

Soon after, a shadow fell across the sky and the candles appeared, and he spoke to the tombstone.

“The disciple was caught by these children. Sir.”

“!”

“!”

The beggar and the thief opened their eyes wide in surprise.

***

“Oh… I’m sorry, Master.”

“It’s okay. It’s strange that I didn’t get caught among those things… I don’t think I could guarantee that I wouldn’t get caught either….”

“Black···.”

The tutor wanted to check on the student first, so he invited him to his room, and just then, the student woke up.

After the master and disciple were reunited, I went to Gajujeon to greet the adults and listened to the story of why they tried to steal me.

“······That’s why I wanted to ask for your help.”

“Aha. So you’re saying that you want to raise a silkworm and get a cocoon, but you need my help?”

“That’s right! Since you caught Yeongnyeon, I will naturally grant you my three wishes, so don’t worry about that and grant me this favor as well. I will repay you for this separately!”

‘Sleep···.’

After listening to the story, I understand what it means.

He said that he needed to breed special silkworms but he was having a hard time because he didn’t know how to do it, so he asked for help.

He nodded his head and asked at Shinto’s words.

“There aren’t many eggs left?”

“That’s right. There are only three left.”

“Oh, if you catch that disciple, will you grant any wish?”

“Of course, as long as it is not against the law, I will steal anything you want and take any life you want. Just say the word!”

Shinto, who beats his chest and speaks as if he will give the stars and moon to the sky.

I told him with a smile.

“Then, can you give me that egg, please?”

“Huh? You want me to show you? Are you going to do me a favor!?”

He answered his question again with a joyful shout.

“Of course I will let you get it fixed. But my first wish is that egg.”

“?”

‘No, why are you putting a question mark there? I said I’d confiscate it.’

Moths are also poisonous.

First of all, it was confiscated.

Because he clearly said he would grant any wish.