Entomologist in Sichuan Tang Clan Chapter 378

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“Huh? You say I have to bring Itae?”

“Yes, we will go and get him right away! We will be back in two days! Of course, you should come in person to take care of Little Dragon.”

“you’re right.”

“No, is that even necessary?”

“What are you talking about? How could we do that? Chaeju should come in person. She’s introducing Soryong to her brother.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

‘I think you should just introduce yourself? Oh, is that a bit much?’

I thought they were just guiding me to that guy called my brother, but they said I had to go pick up Itae.

When I thought about it, it seemed like that was right.

It’s not like the people said that since I’m a higher person than Itae, Itae should come and serve me.

If I take them to the enemy who is my sworn brother, what should I tell them?

Are you the guy who beat up Lee Tae and became his boss?

Are you the one who enslaved Lee Tae?

Are you the one who calls this country?

Are you the one who has harvested this crop?

The comment to be introduced was very ambiguous.

‘It’s really ambiguous?’

Even if Lee Tae couldn’t come, it would have been good to have at least a letter of introduction.

“Then let’s go together on our ship. It’ll be faster.”

“Oh, is that okay?”

“Yes, I think it will work out faster that way.”

“Then I understand, Mr. Soryong. The ship we came on is nearby. Would it be okay if we towed it over?”

“Let’s do that.”

After a quick midnight snack, we boarded the Geumdo straight away.

And then he immediately informed the Taoist monk of his departure.

“You must be tired, so we should set sail at night. We need to get to the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River quickly. I will ask Geumdo to go quickly, so please prepare.”

“Understood, Little Dragon. Call everyone up to the cabin! Pull up the dot stone and fold the sail!”

“Yes, Taoist priest!”

-Drrrrr.

A Taoist priest who summons the boatmen and gives orders without hesitation at my request.

At the command of the captain, the sailors ran out from their break, pulled up the five stones, and folded up the spread mast.

To be honest, our masts were functional, but they were just a hindrance to the goldfish when they were swimming.

The mast is just used to save energy by keeping the ship afloat with buoyancy.

Besides, there was no need for it now that we were going up across the Yangtze River.

As soon as I was ready, I climbed onto the head of Geumdo and asked him to do it.

“Let’s go, Geumdo. We have to go upstream. Let’s go quickly.”

-Bugururur.

As the bubbles rise, people hold on to the bow.

The sailors shouted in all directions.

“Let’s go! Everyone, hold on tight!”

“Everyone, hold on tight!”

The two of them were blinking because they didn’t know why the people were holding on to the boat, so they quickly shouted at them too.

“Hold on to me wherever you are!”

“Yes? Yes, Little Dragon.”

The moment the two of them, who were at a loss as to what was going on, grabbed the railing.

-Squeak.

The boat shot up against the current of the river.

This was because Geumdo kicked his foot hard as he stepped on the cliff.

Then, I felt a tingling sensation in my body.

“Oh, my goodness.”

“Oh my god.”

The moment Geumdo’s body began to swim upstream.

The number of people flustered as they failed to properly hold on to the railing.

The two were pushed out and barely managed to hold on by holding onto the railing at the entrance leading down to the cabin.

“What, what is this?”

Then he looked greatly embarrassed as he saw the ship quickly sailing upstream with its masts folded.

1 This is my first time riding a turtle powered ship.

‘How much would it cost in magic power?’

“Is this your first time riding a boat pulled by a spirit?”

“yes?”

“What is that?”

When the two of them were startled by the snickering words, Bin-i and Cheong-yu came crawling out onto the deck.

Perhaps they came out to see what was going on when the boat suddenly departed, and upon seeing them, the two men hugged each other tightly and fainted.

-Tsuru. “Where are you going again, Dad?”

-Sia? “Little Dragon, where are we going?”

“Heeeeek! Kkwuk.”

“Eek!”

As luck would have it, he was standing in front of the stairs leading down to the cabin after being pushed by Geumdo’s departure, and when Bin-i and Cheong-yu passed by crying, he fell over like a log.

I’m sure he’s heard enough stories from Itaewon, but seeing him for the first time seemed scary as expected.

A fox larger than a person and a young lady with a human body and a snake’s tail.

‘No, why are these guys so weak-hearted?’

Just when I was thinking that I should drag her into the cabin and lay her down, a startling sound came out of Bin’s mouth.

-Tsurut. “What are these men doing? Are they making babies?”

What on earth does this mean?

I was startled by Bin-i’s words and asked.

“What, what does that mean, Binah?”

Because it seemed like someone had been giving Binnie the wrong s*x education.

Then Bin answers with a calm expression.

-Tsurut. 『No, I was curious because of my aunt, so I asked my mom how to make a baby, and she said that you just have to hold it and sleep. But the uncles always sleep while holding it···』

Somehow, after Seol’s baby story, I was glad that the kids didn’t ask me how to make a baby, but it seemed like their target was Hwa-eun.

It was clear that the awkward Hwa-eun had answered that if she just held his hand and slept, she would have a baby.

I was seriously worried about whether I should clear up this misunderstanding or not, but then I heard a question that was so embarrassing that I thought it wasn’t even a concern.

-Tsururrur? “Dad, but Mom said that if two people who like each other hug and sleep together, they’ll have a baby, but Bin doesn’t understand. Bin and Dad have slept together hugging each other quite a few times, so why isn’t there a baby? Don’t we like it too?”

“Oh, that, that is···. What do you call this···.”

An answer that requires many things, such as religion, natural justice, humanity, ethics, s*x, and more.

I racked my brain like crazy, but only two things came to mind.

‘Should I just say that the stork brought it to me? No, under the bridge?’

I was seriously contemplating whether to call it “under the bridge” or “stork.”

***

After sweating profusely, the answer I chose was to ask my mom again.

Creativity to come up with different answers in yes or no situations.

Because that was exactly what I was capable of.

‘I’m sorry, Hwa-eun.’

There was nothing I could do about the snowball that Hwa-eun rolled.

As a loved one, I would like to remove this bomb, but it just wasn’t possible.

“Oh, Bin, should I ask Mom again?”

-Tsk tsk. “Then I’ll go to sleep and ask tomorrow morning. Good night, Dad.”

“That, that’s right, our daughter.”

Bin, who gave a shock like a comet, disappeared into the cabin, and Lee Tae entered his base as the morning fog rose.

As we passed through the reed forest that covered the entrance to Itaewon’s base, the shape of the mountain that had burned down last time came into view through the mist.

The mountain, which had been bald from the fires that burned the lice, was now green with grass and low trees growing.

Of course, there were still traces of burnt trees here and there among the green grass.

“Welcome, Little Dragon. It’s been a while.”

As I approached the docking facility, Itae quickly ran out upon hearing the news of my arrival.

Perhaps because he ate well, his face had become very pale.

“How have you been? Itaewon?”

“I’ve always been fine thanks to your care. By the way, why were you two on that boat? Did you do something wrong?”

Itae found his men boarding my ship instead of greeting me.

When my men who had been sent on a mission returned on my ship, I gave a brief explanation of what had happened in Akyang to Lee Tae, who was glaring.

We met by chance and ended up coming together.

“No, it’s not like that. We just met by chance.”

“Oh, you met in Akyang?”

“Yes. I heard the story. They said they sent someone to do the job properly.”

“Ahem. I was so embarrassed last time···.”

Itaewon looked apologetic at my question.

I feel like I’m being more cautious since I got rejected last time.

I thought that if I could just see to this extent, I would be able to handle it, but then I remembered what happened back then.

‘Didn’t you say last time that you couldn’t send a letter because the person who knew how to write died suddenly?’

“Yeah, did you find anyone who can read and write?”

When asked if he had solved it, Itaewon answered with an expression of surprise.

“Of course, Little Dragon. Oh, by the way, the ship has changed a bit. Little Dragon? It’s quite a big ship, isn’t it?”

And the next question is about the ship.

Perhaps because of the numbers, the ship seemed to be the first thing that caught my eye.

He answered Itaewon’s question with a sly smile.

“We’ve added some new family members.”

“Huh? A new family member?”

When I referred to the ship as a new family member, Itaewon blinked, not knowing what to do, but I tapped the shell of Geumdo and spoke.

“Hmm… It’s a bit urgent to go back to Akyang. Since we’re already in Itaewon’s home base, should I let Geumdo spend a day sunbathing?”

Although Akyangdo was in a hurry, I thought that I should first let Geumdo sunbathe for a day.

I was only planning to sunbathe for about a week, but since I promised to sunbathe when I came here, I thought I should give it a try.

He immediately ordered the Taoist priest to pull out the bull’s horn in one go.

“Master Taoist, would you please release the links connecting the golden sword and the ship?”

“Understood, Little Dragon. Everyone, release the rings!”

“Yes! Taoist priest!”

-A shovel.

-Demolition.

When the rings that were attached to the rim of the sword’s armor were released by the hands of the sailors, they shouted at the sword.

“Geumdo, dive in and come out to the side. I’ve stripped the belly. Let’s wash up and sunbathe a bit today.”

-Bugururur

Geumdo answers with a happy tone that he understands.

I tried to dive in quickly and come out, but since the water was shallow, I went to a slightly deeper place.

-Phew.

After a while, when Geumdo came out from the water after diving, the water thief and his family who had been rushing out to greet us opened their eyes wide as if their eyes were going to tear.

Because a large golden head rose above the water.

“Turtle!”

“That, that huge sphere!”

Even though it was covered in moss, it was obvious what it was, so everyone looked in disbelief.

Where on earth did you see a turtle as big as a boat?

He said this while patting Itaewon’s back while his mouth was open.

“Hey, can you give my turtle a bath?”

“yes?”

I thought I should have these enemies from Itaewon give our Geumdo a shell bath.

It’s safe here, but that’s what I came here for.

***

“Wow, it was a golden ball?”

Dozens of pirates climbed on and scrubbed the mossy golden shell with bamboo brush, and after a while, the mossy golden shell began to shine brightly.

He climbed up to the sandbar where Itaewon was based and cleaned his skin thoroughly. He then told Geumdo to puff up his body and crawled under the ship to completely strip off his armor.

When I was cleaning the armor, the guards were terrified, thinking that it would get crushed, but when I took the lead, the guards crawled under the golden sword with sad faces.

-Whoa.

Let us draw water and wash away the last traces of time, and let the gold shine and glisten in the sun.

The guy seemed to be in a good mood, so he closed his eyes tightly and enjoyed the sun.

Is it a very satisfying feeling to stretch out your hind legs like a ballerina?

At that moment, I heard Itaewon’s voice looking at me with respectful eyes.

“Wow, that’s great, Little Dragon.”

In my past life, I heard that rich Arabs drove luxury brand cars with gold plating, and I thought, what kind of nonsense is that? But now that I’ve been in a similar situation, I can understand what they mean.

Because I was receiving the gaze of people, I couldn’t control my rising shoulders.

“It’s nothing special.”

In Asia, the golden turtle symbolizes wealth and longevity, but wouldn’t one of this size have never existed in a past or present life?

As he looked at Geumdo with a proud expression, Itae asked.

“Oh, when are you leaving?”

After finishing work, I suggested that we take Geumdo out for a sunbath and then head to Dongjing Lake, and it seems he remembered that.

“Let’s do it after the sun sets. Then we’ll arrive by midnight, right?”

“Yes, I understand. Then I will prepare it.”

Geumdo took a bath and this is the Yangtze River.

During the day, the bridge of Geumdo Island can be seen slightly glowing in the water, so we decided to use the night.

Well, you could say that it’s just a ship with a gold-painted rim.

‘It hurts my mouth to explain.’

“Isn’t there a need to give them a chimney or something?”

“You don’t have to do that, since he’s my brother-in-law. I’ll go and ask the general manager to take care of it, and my brother-in-law will guide you to Dongjeongho.”

I asked if I should give them something like a chimney in advance, but Itae said it was okay.

Then, I thought I should take a nap while Geumdo was sunbathing, but then I heard Hwa-eun’s voice mixed with resentment in my head.

‘Little Dragon! Why did you ask Bin-i again! It was hard to answer that! Where is Little Dragon!?’

Oops.

It seems that Hwa-eun has finally realized the damage that So-ryong did last night.

He spoke quietly to Itae.

“Itae, isn’t there a quiet place to rest here?”

“Yes? Quietly?”

“A place where you can sigh quietly.”

‘If I just take a deep breath and wake up, won’t things work out somehow?’

I decided to stay away for a while until Hwa-eun’s anger subsided.

‘Yesterday’s So-ryong becomes today’s So-ryong, today’s So-ryong becomes tomorrow’s So-ryong, is that some kind of bomb-passing game?’

The gold seemed to shine particularly brightly.