Entomologist in Sichuan Tang Clan Chapter 381

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I quickly went down the long West Dongjeong Lake, then entered the long South Dongjeong Lake, and was moving for a long time.

The head of the Dongjeongshippalchae family, Sa Gongwon, who was looking at the water, pointed to a place and said.

“From there, it’s Dong Dong-Jeong-Ho, Mr. So-Ryong.”

“From there?”

“Yes, the East Dongjeonghwa and South Dongjeongho are divided by that reed island. Well, it’s not a clear boundary, so the distinction is ambiguous.

Some people call it Dong Dongjeongho when you go around the island, while others call it Dong Dongjeongho from the other side.”

What you see where Sagongongwon is pointing is a small reed island.

It was an island that jutted out like a landmark from the swamp on the left, but when I checked the surroundings, I could definitely see no fishing boats there.

Until now, the ships that had been visible here and there were nowhere to be seen.

On the way here, I passed by Seodongjeongho and Namdongjeongho, and I saw quite a few fishing boats pulling in their nets or luxurious boats enjoying a boat ride.

“Then we’ll rest and then go to sleep as planned?”

“Oh, I understand.”

The ship did not set sail directly to Dong Dong-Jeong Lake.

I didn’t see any patrolling warships, but just in case.

“Geumdo, let’s go to the reed island over there first.”

-Bugurur.

The area around Dongjeongho Lake’s abdomen is covered with reeds, as it repeatedly turns into a lake during the rainy season and then into a swamp again.

There were small islands close together, so Geumdo was moved to that area.

Then the number of people following us are small boats.

It seemed like everyone was following along obediently without anyone running away, but everyone was tied up in a rope and being dragged to Geumdo.

He had agreed to cooperate with us earlier, but his expression didn’t look good, so we tied him up with a rope and dragged him to Geumdo just in case.

“Then, we will all follow in the boat.”

“No, is that necessary? Just tie a rope around Geumdo and we’ll drag you there.”

“Okay, it’s okay···.”

“No. It takes strength to row a boat at night. Oh, and my daughter will follow behind in case the rope breaks or a boat falls behind.”

“So, your daughter is following us?”

“Yes, our daughter. Choya?”

-Tsrrrr.

“···.”

He moved the golden island between the reed islands and immediately ordered the guards to come to him.

“Then, let’s rest until the sun sets and then move right after it sets.”

“Understood, Dragon Lord. Let’s rest on the boat until the sun sets!”

“All right···.”

“Okay···.”

The pirates, shouting listlessly at the command of the captain, begin to rest by anchoring their boat next to the reed island.

After looking at the sight, I decided to immediately prepare my swimsuit.

Since it was an underwater creature, it seemed like it would have to swim, but it couldn’t swim while wearing the dangling clothes of the Central Plains.

‘I should try making something that roughly matches the style worn by pirates.’

The trousers of the central plains were a bit baggy, and most of the rebels took off their upper garments and wore only trousers that reached to their knees.

She wears it like that because she often goes into the water with a slightly skinny style, and it doesn’t look bad.

“Then I guess I’ll have to go look for Mirang.”

Mirang was a court lady who made and managed clothes in the palace.

I decided to ask Mirang for help with this task.

“Isn’t Mirang here?”

“I haven’t seen it, Little Dragon.”

“Okay, I understand. Where did he go? Is he in the cabin?”

I went down to the cabin and checked the kitchen or the cabin where Mirang might be, but she was nowhere to be seen.

I knocked on the door of Hwa-eun’s cabin and asked about Mirang’s whereabouts.

“Have you seen where Mirang is? Hwaeun.”

“You were just entering Soryong’s cabin?”

“Really? Thank you. Hwa-eun.”

After searching for a while, it seemed like they were cleaning my cabin.

Because Mirang is really passionate about sweeping and cleaning.

‘I searched for nothing.’

I was about to run and open the door to my cabin.

The moment I grabbed the doorknob, I heard a whispering sound from inside.

“Miss Bin, you asked Miss Hwa-eun how babies are born?”

-Tsuru. “Yeah. But Mom said she’d let me know when she got bigger. Binnie’s already really big.”

“Haha. Then, shall I, Unmirang, teach you? I was taught at the palace.”

-Tsurut? 『Really?』

“I will teach you secretly, Miss Hwa-eun.”

Bin and Mirang talk as if they understand each other, even though Bin cannot understand what Mirang is saying because they have become quite close.

Perhaps Mirang was trying to teach Bin some forbidden knowledge, but for a moment, he hesitated.

Should I stop this or just leave it alone?

Bin is only one year old.

On the one hand, I think it’s too early.

I was worried that if Mirang taught us forbidden knowledge, we wouldn’t be in trouble.

But then my toes touched the door and there was a very small sound.

-Bam.

_Tsurut! 『There’s someone outside!』

“Is it good?”

-No, 『There’s someone outside!』

“Okay. I’ll tell you quickly. So, you know. First, the man and the woman… Sob, sob.”

Mirang continues talking even though Bin-i says there is someone outside.

But Mirang’s words did not last long.

As I opened the cabin door, the first thing I saw was Mirang’s face wrapped around Bin’s.

Mirang’s eyes grew wide and then narrowed through the gap between Bin’s joints, and Bin’s body, which was wrapped around her face, quickly released.

“Ah, here, you asked me to clean this place. Oh my, Little Dragon.”

-Tsur. 『Yeah. That, that’s right. Oh, Dad?』

Two guys talking nonsense.

Since it was difficult to point out, I decided to pretend not to know and change the subject.

Because it would have been awkward if you pointed it out and asked me about it.

“Mirang was here?”

“Excuse me, were you looking for me?”

Mirang and Bin look somewhat relieved as I pretend not to know.

He nodded in response to Mirang’s question.

“Yeah, I heard you’re good at sewing, so I was wondering if you could help me sew.”

“Oh, sewing? Of course, if you sew, it’s this Unmi-rang. But what kind of sewing? Did your clothes get torn?”

In response to Mirang’s question, I searched through the boxes in the cabin and took out one of my old clothes.

“No, it’s not torn. I just wish you would make these into shorts for pirates.”

“This one?”

“I guess I’ll have to swim if I go out at night to look for spirits.”

When I told her why I needed shorts, Mirang looked through my pants and asked again.

“Oh, so you need it quickly?”

“Yeah. Will it be done soon?”

“You said there would be movement when it was done?”

“huh.”

“It’ll only take an hour or two, so it’s no problem. Give it to me.”

Mirang handed me a pair of pants, roughly put them on my waist, went outside, and returned to the cabin with a basket of sewing supplies.

And the sewing begins.

About an hour had passed since sewing began?

Hwa-eun, who had come to the cabin to play, tilted her head and asked after checking on Mirang.

“What is Mirang doing here?”

“Oh, Master Soryong asked me to make these into shorts for the pirates to wear.”

“Hey, shorts?”

“Yes, I think you’re going to go into the water wearing this.”

Hwa-eun looked at me and my pants, her cheeks slightly reddening.

Ho-eun asked in a cautious voice.

“So-ryong, are you only wearing these pants?”

“Yes, I think I’ll have to chase them into the water, but if the clothes are this long, they’ll get wet and I won’t be able to swim.”

“Oh, I see.”

Hwa-eun nodded at my answer and asked Mirang with a slightly surprised expression.

“Okay, so how can I help you?”

In a voice full of enthusiasm.

***

The sun went down and I changed into the pants Mirang had made for me.

Just in case, I’m talking about pants that come down to the knees and have a tight waistband to prevent them from slipping off at high speeds.

As I stepped out of the cabin wearing those shorts, my sister Seol said something like, ‘Wow! That’s amazing!’

“Our little dragon has gained a lot of muscle? At first, he was just a criminal, right?”

“At that time, I hadn’t learned martial arts for very long and I was a criminal.”

Now that I have reached the level of Ogijowon, my internal energy has become stronger, and as my internal energy has become stronger, my muscles have also taken hold, so my appearance is different from back then.

I was confident because I had a slightly stocky physique, but Seol-niu, who was looking at me, asked Hwa-eun for consent.

“Hwa-eun, isn’t So-ryong cool?”

Then, Hwa-eun quickly nodded her head behind Seol’s shoulder with a red face.

I guess he was embarrassed that I had taken off my top, but it was clear that he was so impressed that he couldn’t speak.

‘I was a bit stopped, though.’

“Okay, then shall we go out now?”

As I stepped out of the cabin wearing only shorts, the head of the 18th Dongjeong ship on deck, Sagongwon, asked with wide eyes.

“Little Dragon, what does that look like?”

“Oh, I think I need to be comfortable to swim. The people in Dongjeongshipippalchae are wearing clothes that look good for swimming.”

“That’s right. If your clothes absorb too much water, it’s hard to swim, so that’s why they’re wearing them.”

“Then shall we go?”

“What did you say before that?”

“ah.”

As I went out to the bow, as if they wanted to say something before setting sail, I saw the enemy’s ships lined up in front of me waiting.

He looks reluctant, but what can he do?

Rather than pretending not to know and encouraging fighting spirit, I said a word to ease the worries of the enemies.

“I think some people are worried that the boat will capsize in the whirlpool, but don’t worry. My daughter and sister will help the capsized boat in no time.”

“younger sister?”

“daughter?”

The number of people blinking at the mention of sister and daughter.

As if on cue, Cho and Yeondoo, who were about to set out on my right and left, poked their heads out and looked over the bow.

“This is my daughter. This is my sister.”

-Tsuru. “It’s my daughter.”

-Shaaah. “She’s my younger sister. But when I think about it, Little Dragon, I’m a bit older than you…”

When the two are introduced, Yeondoo asks why she is the younger sister.

It seemed like he had heard from someone that the younger person was his younger sibling.

‘I’m just explaining it to the enemies. And somehow Yeondoo feels like a younger sister to me?’

-Char···. 『The older brother who took away his younger sister’s inner beauty···.』

‘Uh, let’s forget about the past, Yeondoo. I, I said I was wrong. And human brothers sometimes steal their sister’s things and stuff. Is that because they’re really close? That means they’re true siblings. Of course.’

Yeondoo brings up an old story, as if everything hasn’t been resolved yet.

While I was trying to calm him down, I heard the guards asking questions.

“Hey, are you saying that the spirits are helping us?”

“A spirit?”

‘What is this? Are you doubting this?’

I feel like they don’t believe that our daughter and sister are helping them.

I felt it was necessary to show the enemy once to avoid suspicion.

“Hey, turn over that boat over there.”

-Tsuru! “Okay, Dad!”

A super-fast jet that flies at my request and capsizes the boat right in front of it.

“Huhhhh!”

“Wow, wow, wow!”

“Please, spare my life!”

When the other boat’s crew was panicking and the drowning men were terrified, he asked Cho again.

“Hey, turn the boat over again and rescue the men and get them on board.”

-Tsurut! “Yes.”

The first thing you hear is the loud sound of water as you swim under the boat and capsize it.

-with a splash.

The thatched hut flew over the waterfowl that had clung to another boat, saying they would survive, and began to carry the waterfowl one by one to the boat, like a mother dog carrying her puppies by the scruff of their necks.

“Whoa! I’m dying! I’m dying! Please, please save me!”

“Oh my gosh, I’m dying!”

The number of people who pretend to die while flailing their limbs and biting the back of their necks.

But when everyone was seated on the boat one by one, he touched the back of his neck and made an expression that said he had been feeling sorry for ten years.

After that brief demonstration, he smiled and said:

“Don’t worry, we will help you immediately if your boat falls into the water or capsizes. Do you understand?”

“Yes, sir! I will never let you miss it!”

“Oh, I understand! I will never miss it!”

No, I told you I would help you if you fell into the water, so why won’t you go into the water?

Anyway, since his expression was more enthusiastic than before, I gave the order to set sail.

“Okay, let’s go!”

At my command, the ships scattered and began to slide towards Dong Dong Lake.

The moonlight was brightly illuminating the small boats floating on the water.

***

“Little Dragon, you know you shouldn’t do anything dangerous, right? You have to be careful.”

“Of course. You can trust me this time.”

“Huh. It seems like Soryong always says that.”

“Sister Seol···.”

“Okay. Anyway, keep your promise.”

“yes!”

As soon as the numbers began to spread out towards Dongjeongho, I, who had exchanged greetings with Hwa-eun Seol, quickly ascended into the sky with Yeondu and Cho.

And he looked down from the sky at the ships of the pirates spreading out across Dong Dong Lake.

As it would be difficult if they spread out too widely, as I said before, the ships are spread out only to a few hundred meters wide.

We continued north and waited for a whirlpool to appear, but the whirlpool was nowhere to be seen all night.

“Haaam.”

Time passes and dawn breaks.

When I checked, my view seemed to have cleared up a bit, and I saw that dawn was beginning to break in the distance, indicating that morning was about to begin.

I thought I should order a withdrawal, but as day broke, the enemy began to withdraw on their own.

The enemy ships began to gather and turned their bows back toward Nam Dongjeongho.

At that moment, I heard Hwa-eun’s voice in my heart.

“Little Dragon, is there any news yet?”

“Yes, I think it’s wrong today. Should I come out again tomorrow? It’s getting brighter, so I should probably start withdrawing.”

I was thinking that today would be a waste of time and that I should search somewhere else tomorrow, but then Hwa-eun continued speaking.

“Little Dragon, it’s dawn now, so it’s right for you to come back, but please come to your senses from now on.

My grandfather likes fishing, so I heard that fish become active when the light starts to rise in the morning. If the fish are young, they should be moving by now···.

And at that moment, Yeondoo, who was looking down, shouted urgently.

-Shaa! 『Little Dragon, over there!』

At Yeondoo’s shout, I quickly looked down.

Then the water began to swell greatly at the back of the moving ships.

‘You came!’

Something was trying to bite the bait.