Entomologist in Sichuan Tang Clan Chapter 420

420
Western Region 12

It was the moment when I vowed to endure no matter what hardships came.

The two of them started fighting in earnest, with me in the middle.

Her tongue, flickering wickedly, shot sharp words at the other person like a whip.

-Shoot! 『This really pisses me off!』

-Shhh! 『Who would say that!』

-Shoooooo! 『That was the case nine years ago. When I asked you to move from the rock, you kept the warm part to yourself.』

-Shhh? 『What, nine years ago? Oh! Back then? I paid that back eight years ago!』

-Shoooooooo! 『That’s never happened!』

-Shhh! “Remember that. And twelve years ago, on a rainy day, I told you to move aside because the raindrops were falling on my head, but you didn’t move either!”

‘If it’s nine years ago, does that mean nine years ago? If it’s twelve years ago, does that mean twelve years ago?

‘To summon and fight something that happened nine years ago, twelve years ago. Is this a fight between poison and ladies? That’s amazing.’

No, they’re not even necromancers, but the two of them are using the memories of people who have already died to fight.

At first, I thought he was very manly with his enormous size and the way he spoke like a bodyguard, but in private, the two of them were more jealous than I thought.

Even the most trivial things are remembered thoroughly.

I guess it was because they were twins.

I heard this story from a friend in my past life who had twins. Twins are very affectionate, but when they fight, they are very fierce.

Even though they decide who is older or younger based on the order of birth, weren’t they all born together in the first place?

So when they fight, they fight in a horizontal relationship rather than a vertical one, and the fight is more intense than in a relationship where there is a difference between the upper and lower parts.

When there is an age difference, there is a line that we have to keep in mind, but since we are both in the same position.

But what if two sisters are stuck together in one body?

‘I absolutely must not interfere in this.’

When you think you need to be careful.

The two of them’s cold, shrill cries must have startled everyone around them, and the panicked voices of Hwa-eun and Seol were heard.

“Huh? What, what is it? Why are you fighting all of a sudden?”

“Little Dragon, are these two fighting? Please stop them.”

“Yeah, I don’t know why they’re fighting, but try to stop them.”

Since I was the only one who knew what they were talking about, it seemed incomprehensible that they were fighting over a simple matter of naming things.

Just a few seconds ago, I was thinking that I should be careful, but then two people told me to stop.

Twins, and they have to get involved in a fight between women.

I didn’t want to get involved because I remembered the story that getting involved in a women’s fight won’t end well, but what can I do when Seol-nu and Hwa-eun try to stop them?

I was the only one who could communicate with them, and I couldn’t show my weaknesses in front of Hwa-eun or Seol.

‘ha···.’

He said, spreading his hands and pushing out their noses.

I’m just trying to pretend to stop it.

“Okay, everyone, stop fighting···.”

-Shuhu? 『No, listen, Little Dragon. Well, when resting on a warm rock, he always has to go to the warmer side. Do you think that’s all?』

-Shiaa? 『Oh my, oh my, Little Dragon, I’m so upset. How could you lie to Little Dragon, whom you just met? I feel so wronged. Listen. So······.

-Shoo! “No. It’s all a lie. Listen to my story.”

As expected, the two of them got involved in the fight and tried to draw me to their side.

It was difficult to actively participate in this fight, so I couldn’t take sides, so I nodded to both sides’ questions.

Well, since they were both precious twins, I couldn’t take one side and make the other one feel bad.

“Seo, you must have been upset.”

-Shuuu? “Right? Right? You think so too, Little Dragon?”

– Easy. “No. That’s not it. Listen to me. ······This is what happened.”

“That’s what it was.”

– Easy. “I would have been more upset, right?”

“Huh? Yeah···.”

But that was a disastrous choice.

I answered moderately so as not to get actively involved, but I was upset that neither side was taking my side.

-Shoot? “What, Little Dragon, are you taking his side right now?”

“No, rather than taking sides, it’s just that….”

-Shiaa? 『Oh my, oh my, Little Dragon, I’m so upset. You didn’t take my side, did you? Even though we only met for a short time, I was determined to take good care of you because you told me to, but since you’re not on my side, you’re taking their side, right?』

As expected, I began to regret not having just let them fight a little longer.

‘Gyaaaah. This is the situation you must avoid the most!’

So, stuck between the heads of the two snakes, their tongues flickered and tickled each other’s cheeks whenever they spoke.

A helping hand has arrived.

-Shii! 『Everyone, stop! Stop fighting. It’s nothing. It’s not good for sisters to fight.』

Come to think of it, there was another person, or rather, a spirit, who knew what the two of them were talking about, other than me.

When Lady Cheongyu came out and spoke to the two, the two with pouting mouths quickly lowered their heads.

It seemed like he was trying to keep the Queen’s words at all costs.

-Shhh? “Oh, I understand. Your Majesty.”

-Easy, “Okay. Tsk.”

Come to think of it, didn’t Lady Cheongyu say that snakes unconditionally obey her?

I quickly decided to ask for the distribution of names in my head.

If I were to make the decision, it would be obvious that the other person would say that they like it better, but if it’s the word of Lady Qingyu, the king of snakes, I’ll listen without question.

‘Lady Cheongyu, please decide on their names too. I think it would be better than me doing it.’

‘-Sia. ‘Ah! I understand.’

As I conveyed my request in my mind, Lady Cheongyu made a stern expression like a female dormitory headmistress.

Then, he looked at them both alternately and then, with his hands on his waists, he distributed the names.

-Sii. “The name is Hwan-ah on the right and Hwan-ji on the left.”

The young lady who gives out the money very firmly and roughly.

The two looked at each other again, pouted, and quickly accepted Lady Cheongyu’s decision.

-Shu···. “Understood. Your Majesty.”

-Shhh… “Okay. Tsk.”

In this way, the right axis of the double-headed red flower sun snake was determined to be the left axis of the ring and the right axis of the ring was determined to be the left axis.

***

After the commotion, the names of the two were decided and Hwan-ji and Hwan-ah finished greeting the other children.

A hawk burst out of the cave and ran towards me.

“You need to come inside the So So Hyup. They found a facility with Ji-ryong and the guys, and Ji-ryong asked me to bring him here so that So So Hyup can look into it.”

“Oh, I see.”

Perhaps he had discovered the Odokmun facility inside, and he seemed to want me to take a look.

Since my head was hurting, I decided to go inside and come out.

It feels like the more toxins there are, the higher the negative energy becomes.

I felt dizzy and needed to clear my head, so I quickly decided to head inside the cave.

-Tsuru. “Dad.”

The moment I was about to follow the heron towards the cave, I heard Hyang-i’s voice.

As I turned my head towards the place where the sound was coming from, I saw the scent wrapping around Hwa-eun’s body, then falling to the ground and climbing up my leg.

“Why the scent?”

-Tsurut. “I’m going to go too.”

“Then shall we go together?”

I desperately wanted to escape the yin and yang and have a sweaty conversation with men, but what would I do if my cute daughter was clinging to me?

Dad has to put up with it.

I wonder if I walked a couple of steps with the incense wrapped around my body?

Hyang-i asked me while feeling my body here and there with her legs.

-Tsuru? “But Dad, you’re not hurt anywhere, are you? Hyang was surprised when I told you that you fought. You shouldn’t get hurt anywhere, you know? Hyang is upset.”

I asked Hyang-i to protect Hwa-eun since I didn’t think I would have to fight in this operation.

But when he heard that I had fought, he seemed quite worried about me.

It was clear that following me also meant checking on my condition as they went.

‘Ugh. Is this what our daughter’s affection is?’

I clearly thought that any more negativity would be difficult, but how could I refuse this negativity?

A wave of emotion swept over her father at Hyang-i’s question.

‘My daughter is worried about this.’

Ah, I feel like I’m going to sink under a tsunami of emotion.

I was so moved that I almost couldn’t breathe.

‘You’re all grown up now, and you’re even worrying about your dad. Sob. Hyang-ah. Your dad is happy.’

He answered Hyang-i’s question with a pleased expression. “Then, is Dad okay? What about our Hyang-i?”

-Tsurut. “Hyang-i got hit by a bad guy while trying to prevent her mother from getting hurt, but it’s okay.”

“You hit me!? Where are you looking! Where!”

Our Hyang-i had a body that could repel swords and even strong weapons, so there was no way she would get hurt.

However, in order to satisfy Hyang-i’s worries about her father, he checked on her while making a fuss.

“Is this the right place? Is this it?”

-Tch. “Yeah. There.”

“Oh my, you bad guys! Hoo. Fly away from where you hurt. Hoo. Fly away from where you hurt.”

I felt a gaze as I blew air into her, fussing for no reason.

When I turned my head, all the children were looking at me.

Cho, Bin-i, Yo-hwa, Jeok-wol-i, older sister, Dong-i, etc.

“huh?”

And then they slowly came towards me, each sticking out a part of their body.

-Cheeee.

-Kissit.

-Tsrrrr.

-Bye!

“No, even Sister Jeokwol?”

I had to blow into the protruding part until I was out of breath, and after blowing for a while, that thought occurred to me.

‘My grandfather said that a man’s breath contains yang energy, but if I keep blowing like this, all my yang energy will escape.’

In a situation full of yin energy, even yang energy is being consumed like this.

I was worried about whether I would be able to have a good time on the first night with Hwa-eun, which would take place soon, so I recited a spell in my mind.

‘Overwhelming to me! Serpentine! Lizard-like! Weasel-like! Power! ‘

Strength was needed.

***

“Are you okay? So So-hyeop?”

Next to me, Hoogae was looking at me with a worried expression.

Because I was breathing so hard, my legs were shaking.

“Gwae, it’s okay. Su, it’ll be better if you catch your breath.”

-Clang.

The sound of Changcheon’s wings flapping in concern can be heard from his left shoulder.

He flapped his wings as if to ask if it was okay for Changcheon to accompany him, as there might be corpses of his kind inside the facility.

“Yeah. It’s okay.”

Although he answered that it was okay, Hyang-i lowered her body, which was wrapped around her, to her legs, as if she was worried.

Hyang-i wrapped both of his legs around him to keep him from shaking.

Then, it became much easier to walk, and as I continued to catch my breath, my condition quickly began to improve. Just as my legs stopped shaking, I began to see lights on the other side.

“Is it there?”

“Yes, sir.”

As we go inside, we see a large cavity.

On the other side, a place that looked like a cage made of mesh appeared in the light of a torch.

In front of it, there are Jiryong and other five dragons gathered together.

When I approached it, there was not a single locust inside, so it seemed that it had recently been emptied of all its crops.

I thought they were operating multiple breeding facilities in multiple locations, but it was clear that they were only breeding in one location.

-Whoosh.

-Tsurut. “Thank goodness.”

Changcheon’s words seemed to say that he was glad that his own people were not there even though Bin and Ranghyang had spread poison.

Because originally, the poison was used with Changcheon’s permission.

The guys who had once turned into yellow bugs would not listen to Changcheon’s words and would continue to eat other things, so he asked for understanding and asked if it was okay to spray them with poison.

Changcheon-i also agreed, saying that it was not natural and that the children who had been turned into yellow insects by the Odokmun bastards would need rest, but it seemed that he was still worried on the other hand.

Anyway, I think of them as children of the same species.

I looked around and asked Ji-ryong.

“But it doesn’t seem like anything special. What did you want me to look at?”

“Look closely. So, So-hyeop.”

As I said, Ji-ryong brought the torch towards the floor, and suddenly, he saw grain-like things jumping on the floor.

“Huh! What is this!?”

The things jumping around on the ground like grains of rice are baby grasshopper larvae.

I lay down on the ground to look around, and I noticed grasshoppers just emerging one by one from the thick layer of dirt on the ground.

Perhaps it was in an egg state in the soil, able to escape the gas, and was just beginning to hatch.

-Whoosh!

Changcheon also seemed a little surprised.

I quickly asked Changcheon.

Because it seemed like I could save my own people whom I had so desperately wanted to save.

“Changcheon-ah, can you please stop the kids from sticking to each other!? These guys aren’t yellow bugs yet, but if we leave them like this, they’ll turn into yellow bugs in no time!”

The behavior of hatched young grasshoppers is determined by their surrounding environment and density, so if left as is, there is a high possibility that they will show group behavior because the individual density is high.

Because changes in locust behavior are more influenced by environmental factors than genetic factors.

Then, it will change from a ‘solitary type’ to a ‘collective type’ like a swarm of locusts.

He quickly asked Changcheon to tear open the breeding facility and take the small larvae out.

“If we leave it like this, it will turn into a yellow plague, so we have to disperse it. Can we do it? We have to spread it as far as possible.”

-Tsk tsk.

-Tsuru. “Okay, Dad! I can understand what you say.”

Immediately after, the small guys started to run out of the cave, keeping their distance, at Changcheon’s command.

By the time we arrived outside the cave, following the lead of the leader, the larvae that could only jump a centimeter or so, the sun was just rising.

What drove the guys to was the cliff at the cave entrance.

The wind was blowing, which helped disperse the guys.

“Heaven, scatter everyone in all directions!”

-Whoosh!

When the morning breeze blows pleasantly, as if by Changcheon’s command.

Green, green grains of rice arrived at the cliff and flew without hesitation towards freedom.

Those guys are fluttering in the wind and scattering in all directions.

Hyang-i shook her antennae at the guys as she spoke, as if she had heard my explanation last time.

-Tsururur 『Let’s see when the harvest comes in the fall!』

It was a greeting to see the locusts as heralding a good harvest, rather than the evil locusts.