Stolen goods 1
Hwa-eun, sitting in the pavilion with her cheeks flushed, looks down at the ground.
-Kkuk···.
-Kkuu···.
“Ugh···.”
Every time Seol-i and Bing-i’s squeaking sounds were heard in the bushes, Hwa-eun’s face would turn red and then go down repeatedly.
Hwa-eun was so embarrassed that she couldn’t even look me in the eye and just fidgeted with her fingers for a while.
After the noise died down, Hwa-eun asked in a cautious voice, as if trying to change the awkward atmosphere.
“I, if that’s what it was going to be like, then no, that’s why···. But, then why did they fight?”
Hwa-eun thought that Seol-i and Bing-i had fought because Bing-i bit Seol-i’s nape and Seol-i screamed and ran away in all directions.
But that’s how most lizards mate.
When an ovulating female and a male in heat meet, the mating process in lizards begins not with romantic courtship, but with the male dominating the female.
Mating begins after the male bites the female’s cheek, nape, or tail to keep her from moving, creating a scene that may seem somewhat violent.
Furthermore, the kneading sound that Hwa-eun imitated while the children were fighting was a courtship sound, and some male lizards bite the cheek or nape of a female’s neck and make a kneading sound.
It means something like ‘Even if I give birth to my child.’
The male lizards are just plain manly guys.
Well, it was understandable that Hwa-eun would misunderstand.
Usually, the subduing process is done quietly and without much fuss.
Perhaps the reason the guys made such a fuss was their lack of experience.
When the subjugation begins, if the female is not prepared or experienced, she will put up a strong fight, and to the untrained eye, it will look like a big fight, which is probably what Hwa-eun saw.
I explained it to clear up Hwa-eun’s misunderstanding.
“It’s not fighting, it’s part of the mating process. The male overpowers the female and makes her unable to move before mating begins.”
“Kyo, kyo kyo kyo miyo!?”
Hwa-eun, who was now stammering as if she was about to collapse from high blood pressure, responded to my explanation.
For Hwa-eun, a rich girl, this seemed like too high a level.
Hwa-eun, who already has no tolerance for lewd things, had personally witnessed the sacred reproductive behavior of animals and even provided a detailed explanation.
“Yes, you don’t have to worry about it. But anyway, it looks like I won’t be able to go to the Murim Alliance.”
I wanted to tease him some more, but I was worried that he might collapse from his high blood pressure, so I brought up the topic of visiting the Murim Alliance to try to get his attention.
“Mom, you can’t go? Why?”
At my words, Hwa-eun looked at me with an expression as if to ask what the relationship between the children mating and going to the Murim Alliance had.
But there was a reason for this.
Although it varies by lizard species, the mating and egg-laying period for general lizards ranges from about two weeks to about two months.
Seol-i and Bing-i are spirits, so they may be a little different, but if we start out as a Murim Alliance, we can lay eggs in it.
Given their nature, they’ll probably try to follow me out again, and if that happens, giving birth on the streets is pretty much a certainty.
The problem is, since I have never raised these species before, I don’t know whether they lay their eggs in the sand, in rotten leaf litter, or if the parents incubate them, so I get the eggs from the road?
Something that has a high chance of not hatching.
So, you cannot participate in the journey to the Murim Alliance.
Even though we have prepared various birth environments and received eggs, giving birth on the street is not enough.
Because that’s something you should never do.
“Since they mated today, Seol-i will probably start laying eggs in about two weeks to a month, but if we go to the Murim Alliance, everyone will follow us, so it seems like we won’t be able to go.”
If they follow us, they will lay eggs on the way there and back, but if they don’t know how to hatch them, they will miss the hatching period and the eggs will rot without hatching.”
“I see. Then, I will stay… Oh, I have never received eggs from children, so I guess Soryong will stay. By the way, then I should explain the poison of the mountain spider to Grandfather in detail or prepare a letter well.”
Hwa-eun nods at my explanation.
At first, I think he was thinking of telling me to go since he would stay, but Hwa-eun concluded that I had to stay no matter what.
Because I was the only one in the family who had ever received a lizard’s egg, not a Seol-i or Bing-i.
It’s not like anyone else but me would be of any help.
Well, I guess I’ll have to produce a detailed PPT presentation explaining the poison for broadcasting.
‘Isn’t it okay if I make it so that it’s easy to see at a glance? Oh, I wonder if Sister Seol will be a little disappointed?’
Seol-niu, who was very excited about traveling to the Central Plains with us, might be a little disappointed, but there was nothing we could do about it.
This is the original fate of a breeder.
As the children grow and start breeding like this, wouldn’t a breeder not even dream of traveling?
“Then when should I tell you?”
“I think it would be best to tell you this good news while we have dinner and tea.”
“Okay, Little Dragon.”
Seol-i and Bing-i are cute, but my heart raced with anticipation at how cute their puppies would be.
Big eyes, big mouth, and a cute tail.
Because baby lizards are so cute.
***
Dinner time at the family home that evening.
At Dangga, they usually eat and drink tea while chatting, but as soon as the chat started, he informed Seol’s sister, grandfather, and father-in-law that he probably wouldn’t be able to go to the Murim Alliance.
“Grandpa, actually, I don’t think I can go to this Murim Alliance.”
“You can’t go? Why? Is it because of Bin? Didn’t Bin say that I would send the family’s warriors to continue searching?
As for the poison of the mountain louse, I think it would be better if you explained it…
Well, it would be a bit awkward to leave the house when the child doesn’t come home after going out. There’d have to be someone to greet him when he comes back, right? Then, can’t we do anything about it?”
“You don’t think Soryong can go? Why? Didn’t you say you’d go with me and the Murim Alliance?”
Grandfather Mandokshin-gun nodded his head in understanding, but when Seol-niu told him that it seemed like he wouldn’t be able to go to the Murim Alliance, he asked back with a sad expression.
The warriors from the Beast Palace followed him, but it seemed that he did not want to go to the Murim Alliance alone.
The original plan was to stop by Dangga to make a sample and then go straight to the Murim Alliance with my older sister.
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It was delayed for a few days to find Bin who had run away from home, but it wouldn’t have been strange if they had left right away.
Then, Hwa-eun answered Seol’s question in a cautious voice on my behalf.
“I, I think we’re going to be grandparents… But I’ll still go with you, Sister.”
“Grandpa? Grandma?”
“You guys are going to be grandparents?”
“What does this mean?”
“Hwa-eun, what does that mean?”
Grandfather Mandokshin and Sister Seol look at each other with bewildered expressions.
The father-in-law and mother-in-law also couldn’t keep up with the conversation and just blinked.
If the mother was an unmarried daughter, it might be considered a bit fast, but for a grandmother, no matter how fast it was, it was impossible.
-Kkuku?
-Huh?
When Hwa-eun put Seol-i and Bing-i on the table to explain why we couldn’t go, the two boys tilted their heads with cute expressions, and Hwa-eun looked at me with blushing cheeks.
It feels like he is embarrassed to say it himself, so he wants someone else to say it for him.
[Cow, little dragon, please take my place···.]
After nodding slightly at the sound he heard, he explained to the adults.
“Actually, Seol-i and Bing-i have mated and had their first s*xual intercourse today.
So, it seems like they will lay eggs within two weeks to two months, but then I think I will receive eggs on the road during my journey, so I had no choice but to···.”
“Oh my god! Really!?”
“Oh! So these two guys are going to be parents!?”
“Son-in-law, is that true!?”
Even the craftsman who was listening smiled delightedly.
Everyone was happy that Seol-i and Bing-i were becoming mother and father.
“Yes, Master.”
“No, it hasn’t been long since we opened the poison yard, and we’ve already found two poisons that will punish the Blood Cult guys, and even bred our first spirit! Amazing. Amazing! The day when our Sacheondang family will be teeming with poison is not far off.”
“Haha, I was worried when a guy left home, but I guess I heard some good news.”
“How should I celebrate this?”
And my mother-in-law, who has never raised a poisonous pet before, asks how she should congratulate him on this occasion.
To that question, Seol-nu smiled and said.
“Shall I tell you the ways of our Beast Palace?”
“Oh, right. Since you raise a lot of beasts in the Beast Palace, you must have a lot of experiences like this. So, what do you do in the Beast Palace?”
“In our Beast Palace······.”
That night, a red light appeared out of nowhere in front of my place.
***
The person who was most delighted by the news that Seol-i and Bing-i might have a baby was none other than Seol-i.
I’ve been eyeing it ever since I showed it to Seol-i and Bing-i, saying that it goes well with the name Seolpyo.
They say that the snow leopard and the snow ice stone go together really well.
That’s why you kept asking if you could get one when the chicks were born, and you were most excited that you might lay an egg this time.
That’s why Seol, the sister who came to my place with Hwa-eun late at night to make a reservation for the apartment.
Sister Seol hugged my arm and asked in an adorable voice.
“Ryong-ah, when Seol-i and Bing-i have babies, you’ll give me one too, right? Right?”
There is an unwritten rule among breeders.
That we never give away for free.
No matter how expensive an object is, if it is given away for free as a favor, there is a high probability that its value will become zero and be thrown away.
Think about it. If you spent ten million won on a pet lizard, would you mistreat it or abandon it?
However, even if it is worth 10 million won, if it is received for free from an acquaintance, there is a high probability that it will be given to someone else or thrown away when the value to the recipient is low and it becomes difficult to raise.
That’s why breeders like me never give away dogs for free.
But if it was a family that wanted the free adoption, it was a different story.
You can’t ask Sister Seol for ten million won, right?
Moreover, my older sister is a beast palace person, the paradise of all animals in the Central Plains.
I nodded my head for now, knowing that my older sister would not be abandoned for being rude.
He received military service and a large sum of money to spend at his family home, and he also received a lot from the Beast Palace.
Well, the biggest thing I’ve received is a family that money can’t buy.
“I don’t know if they’ll kick out the grown child or start a family, but if they do, I’ll give it to them. But if they start a family, I can’t help it.”
That’s why I said I understood, but lizards have very diverse habits.
From those who lay eggs and leave them behind to those who start families, I couldn’t give Seol Noona a definitive answer.
One of the most expensive pet lizards in my past life was the Girdle Tailed Armadillo Lizard, a creature with an entire body covered in armor that grows on rocks in the desert. These creatures are known for forming groups on rocks.
They live in large groups of 30 to 60, and since they are a species that gives birth to young, the parents take care of their young directly, and their basic habit is to live together on rocks for generations.
That’s why I couldn’t give you a definite answer because if Seol-i and Bing-i had similar habits to these guys, they wouldn’t be able to separate their pups.
Then, as expected, Seol-nu also nodded, saying that she understood since she was a person who raised animals.
“Of course. I can’t separate my family forever. I can’t ask for it either. I said I would ask for it if my mothers kicked me out when I grew up.”
It was at that time that I was finishing up the conversation with my sister about the plan to distribute the apartment.
The moment I approached the window to close it.
-Seeing!
“be careful!”
-widely!
Sister Seol, who was smiling, suddenly flew over and grabbed something in front of me.
And he looked out the window and shouted.
“Who are you!?”
An arrow flew through the open window and was caught in Seol’s hand.
After checking it, Hwa-eun ran out of the residence and a sounding toad flew into the sky from her hand.
-Beep!
Soon, the elders of the family and warriors who had been well prepared rushed to the front of the residence, and flames rose from inside Danggasan.
Even the grass and the flowers appeared in front of my place.
“Intruder! Find him!”
The warriors scattered in all directions to find the intruder, and the craftsman who ran over and asked Hwa-eun the reason quickly became angry.
“What exactly happened, Hwa-eun!?”
“An arrow flew into the dragon’s dwelling!”
“What!? Who dares to fire an arrow into the gate of the Tang family? And even more so, to my son-in-law’s residence! Find him! I must find him···.”
An emergency was raised after hearing that an arrow had flown into the Dangga Mountain in the middle of the night, inside the Sahapwon used by the direct descendants.
Not long after the emergency that had been put in place because of Bin was lifted, the torches that had been lit in all directions were added haphazardly at the sound of the craftsman’s yelling.
And when the warriors who had gathered in the courtyard were about to disperse to find the one who had fired arrows in all directions,
My older sister, holding an arrow in her hand, shook it and spoke in a questioning voice.
“But, there’s a letter and a jujube attached to the arrow?”
“jujube!?”
“Jujube!?”
“Sister, are you talking about jujubes!?”
The family was surprised to hear that jujubes were tied.
Everyone looked at Seol Nu’s hands, which were really tied with two jujubes and a letter.
The craftsman, who had checked the date seeds, changed his angry expression and gave orders to his warriors.
“Hey, hey, everyone stop making a fuss and disperse.”
“Yes, go ahead.”
No, my son-in-law almost got shot by an arrow and died. What is this?
As he looked at Hwa-eun as if asking for an explanation for the craftsman’s incomprehensible order, Hwa-eun took the arrow from Seol’s hand and handed it to the craftsman, saying:
“You may not know about the little dragon, but in the Central Plains, the jujube symbolizes speed and earlyness.”
“Fast or early?”
“Yes, that is why it is used as a sacred object by the adults who borrowed the Emperor’s money.”
“If you are a thief, then you are a thief?”
“No, um… He’s a thief, but a good thief? Oh, you met Emperor Geulhwang last time, right? He’s one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors like Emperor Geulhwang, but he’s not one of the Three Sovereigns, he’s one of the Five Emperors, and he’s the divine relic of Emperor Tu.”
‘Is it something like a thief?’
At first, I was a little skeptical because he said he was a thief, but I nodded when he said he was around the same age as the elder brother of Geulhwang.
Because it means that you are a strong person.
“But why would someone like that write a letter?”
When I tilted my head and made a puzzled expression as if asking why a thief would send a letter to our house, Hwa-eun continued speaking.
“Elder Shintu is learning the martial arts of one-man victory, and it is said that there are rules in that one-man victory school.”
“commandment?”
“Yes, ‘You can’t receive anything from someone without stealing it.’ So if there’s anything that the Old School Clan or our clan needs, send a letter like this to let them know that you’re going to steal it, and later, in return, do something even better. That’s why when Shintu’s letter comes flying in, the clan also takes out items that are easy to steal.”
“What kind of ridiculous rule is that···.”
What kind of ridiculous commandment is that, that you can’t inherit anything without stealing?
When I made a face of bewilderment at the absurd rate, the craftsman smiled.
“Well, it’s not like stealing something is a total loss. It means you can get help from one of the adults.”
It seemed like he was saying that it wouldn’t be a loss since you could get help from a strong person by giving them one item, but Hwa-eun said in a worried voice.
“I should tell the children that the old man is coming. I don’t want them to attack the old man.
Even in the early morning hours, you shouldn’t ask who’s walking around at night. It’s a big deal if someone gets hurt.”
The story is about how to prevent evil spirits, dragons, and phoenixes from biting you.
The explanation was that if you ask someone if they’ve stolen something, you could both be in big trouble, so you should be careful.
Then, the two of them cried as if answering Hwa-eun’s question.
-Tsrrrr.
-Kissit!
Hwa-eun nodded at the two’s answers and asked her father-in-law.
“But father, what is it that you came here to steal?”
The craftsman seemed curious about what I was coming to steal, and then he looked at me with a puzzled expression.
The craftsman’s mouth opened and an absurd sound came out.
“So, you’re coming to steal So-ryong···.”
“yes!?”
No, people who are shocked by the story that the item they came to steal is mine.
In front of the place where the atmosphere had become somewhat quiet, Hwa-eun’s voice flowed out.
“Kids? I think Mom said something wrong earlier. From now on, bite everything you see at night!”
