Fabre in Sacheondangga Episode 143
Love 5
“Why is that? What on earth is causing this? Is something serious?”
My head is in a state of confusion as to how and in what way to explain this, but the princess keeps asking questions.
Her eyes were fixed on me as if she was telling me to hurry up and tell her what kind of insect it was.
A situation where it is difficult to say something even if you want to.
Seeing her expression with an embarrassed expression, the craftsman quickly approached her and asked.
“Princess, let me speak to my son-in-law for a moment. He might be nervous in front of such a high-ranking official.”
“Oh, I see. Okay, then. Then.”
“Son-in-law, why are you doing that?”
“Master, listen to me.”
“Ear? Is this something you want to talk about in secret? But in front of the princess, you bastard···.”
“It’s okay, let’s talk about it. It’s possible that Sohyeop is young. We didn’t think that Sohyeop was young.”
Although I am young in body, I know more than you might think about this part.
Anyway, with the princess’s permission, she pulled down the craftsman’s head and whispered in his ear.
[It seems a bit odd to say this to a princess whose name is Chung.]
[The name is strange? What on earth is it?]
[It’s a mating insect.]
[Copulation insects!?]
The craftsman looked at me with wide eyes when I told him the name of the insect.
The craftsman whispered in a voice of disbelief.
[Wh, what kind of obscene bug is that!? Last time it was called a spit-biting bug, and now it’s a copulatory bug? How come all the bugs you two find have such obscene names? Huh···.]
The craftsman’s question was absurd.
But how would I know?
I wonder if the craftsman and I are in a relationship, or why all the bugs I encounter when I’m with the craftsman all have names like this.
[I don’t know that either. Why on earth is that? But I didn’t make up the name. These guys are stuck together like this, which is how they look when they’re copulating. That’s why they’re named that.]
[Anyway, I see. But that’s definitely a difficult name to say to the princess.]
If it was awkward when you knew it alone, it should have been resolved when you put your heads together, but now it’s an awkward situation for both of you.
When the craftsman and I looked at each other and then turned our gazes toward the princess, we happened to see the governor of Akyang standing next to her.
‘Oh! Okay, if I tell my husband, they’ll talk it out on their own, right?’
A thought suddenly occurred to me, even if the insect’s name is a copulatory insect, wouldn’t it be possible for a married couple to talk about that much?
Because it is possible for a couple to have this level of conversation.
He asked the craftsman in a cautious voice.
[How about giving the answer to the governor of Akyang instead of the princess? Then the governor can relay it to the princess. Since we are already married, wouldn’t it be okay to talk about this much?]
[Oh, there was such a method. Yes, it would be fine if it was the governor of Akyang. But for now, it would be impossible. I can’t tell the governor of Akyang that I will talk to the princess while leaving her behind. That would be seen as ignoring the princess, so I will tell you that we should talk in a quiet place.]
After we finished talking among ourselves, the craftsman came forward and made a suggestion to the princess.
“Can you please be gentle with people and talk in a secret place?”
“Oh, I guess it was something important that you couldn’t talk about in front of people? Oh, come to think of it, I kept making guests stand at the entrance. Excuse me. I was in a hurry. Please come inside for now.”
The place we entered following the princess’s guidance appeared to be a reception hall.
As the car pulled in and everyone left, the princess couldn’t hold back anymore and asked.
“Okay, now that people have moved away, please speak.”
At those words, the craftsman looked at me again and answered in a cautious voice.
It seemed like he wanted me to talk to him directly.
“Princess, I’m sorry, but can I just talk to the governor? It’s not something else, but I think it’s hard to talk to women…”
“Huh? You say it’s hard to talk to a woman? What is that? Are you saying I can’t because I’m a woman?”
When asked if it was because she was a woman, she quickly waved her hand and explained.
Not because I’m a woman, but because I can explain this far.
“Oh, no. That’s not it. It’s just that the name is a bit difficult to say to women···.”
“?”
The princess blinked at my words.
I explained to her in more detail why she had to do that.
“It’s not that I won’t tell you. I just think it would be better if I told the prince, and then he would tell the princess.”
“I don’t understand why it has to be so complicated, but I understand. Sir. Please.”
“Yes, ah, I understand.”
Taesu, who had been quiet like a sack of barley after greeting them.
I quickly approached him and spoke quietly into his ear.
[Copulation insects.]
“!”
Then Taesu jumps up from his seat with startled eyes.
He looked at the princess with surprised eyes, then looked at me again and asked.
“That, that’s real!?”
“Yes, of course.”
-Gulp.
The sound of Taesu swallowing his saliva is not heard in the quiet reception room.
I thought that although he was a bit surprised, the contents would be conveyed without any problems since they were a married couple, but Taesu suddenly glanced at the princess and then looked at me with blank eyes and said.
“I, I can’t speak···.”
“yes?”
Taesu, who is unable to speak, cuts open his stomach.
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At those words, the princess could no longer bear it and jumped up from her seat and shouted at the governor.
“Why on earth are you all doing this? Bin-ak, speak quickly. If you don’t speak, I will punish you for disloyalty!”
“Oh, Princess, if I tell you, I’m afraid it might dirty your ears···.”
“It’s frustrating, so just tell me!”
“Seo, how could I, a scholar, say such disrespectful things to the princess? Cha, I would rather die!”
“What did you say?”
Even though they are a married couple, there are rumors of infidelity and even threats to kill them. Even though they are a princess and her husband’s son-in-law, there is something strange about them.
As we all looked at the two with bewildered expressions, the princess, sensing our gaze, made a bewildered expression.
“This, this… That, that’s right. Then, just tell me, young Sohyeop. I will forgive you for any sins I may have committed.”
It seemed like he was trying to change the subject abruptly, but anyway, the bomb eventually came back to me.
I thought to myself, “This is my fate,” and answered with my eyes tightly shut.
Taesu has a feeling that he can never tell the princess what’s going on, so then it’s up to me.
It would be better for me, a young person, to speak rather than a middle-aged craftsman to speak.
‘I don’t know. What am I supposed to say?’
“It’s a copulatory insect.”
“yes!?”
At my words, not only the princess but also Hwa-eun, who was with me, glared at me.
And both of their ears turned bright red.
These are women of this era who feel a lethal dose of shame just from touching each other, so it seems that hearing the name of the mating insect directly was more than a little shocking.
But since I’ve already done it, I decided to explain it in great detail.
Even if the intensity was high, it had to be done in one go, never twice.
‘I have to finish it once. Of course.’
“Here are the two mating insects that we caught earlier. Can’t you see them stuck together? This is what it looks like when they’re copulating. These guys are always copulating, which is why they’re called mating insects.”
The princess blew wind on her face with her hand after finishing the explanation so neatly.
After some time, the calmed down princess now asked for a solution.
“Well, yeah, I understand why you guys are so embarrassed. So what can we do about it?”
“How long has it been since they appeared?”
“Let’s see… Come to think of it, it’s been about ten days.”
‘Ten days… Then, there are only a few days left, right?’
Lovebugs are flies belonging to the genus Plecia and the family Pleciaidae.
These guys breed like crazy when they flow into an area where rivers meet, for some reason, such as when abnormally high temperatures hit.
Despite the sheer quantity and volume of their fluids that make them seem intimidating, these guys are honestly not pests.
No, on the contrary, it can be said that it is closer to a beneficial insect.
When they are larvae, they eat rotting weeds and clean up their surroundings as they grow up. When they grow up, they eat pollen and nectar from flowers, and as they move around flowers to eat this, they promote pollination.
The only thing you have to watch out for is their acidic intestines.
Their intestines are acidic, so be careful not to burst them or otherwise their intestines will corrode metal.
In the past life, these were a problem in Florida, where they were prevalent, corroding cars and paint.
And what I mean by a few days left is that if these guys come out in large numbers like this, they’ll all be gone in a week or two.
Why are you disappearing?
Although the difference in the timing of their emergence makes it appear that they continue to swarm in large groups, the males have a lifespan of about 3-4 days at most after they become adults, while the females have a lifespan of about a week.
When the officers turned on the lights to call these guys in earlier, most of the guys who had rushed in and died were unpaired, meaning that most of them had already mated.
In the end, the point was that this situation would be over in a few days.
He gathered his thoughts and spoke to the princess.
“If ten days have passed, you don’t have to do anything.”
“Don’t do anything? What do you mean?”
The princess opens her eyes wide and asks again when told not to do anything.
I decided to explain the details to her.
I don’t think I can pay off a large debt since I don’t have anything major to do, but since I came for consulting, I need to give a detailed explanation and provide aftercare.
“I’ll explain to you why you don’t have to do anything. But before that, I’d like to ask you a few questions. Do the rivers meet near Akyang?”
“The Myo River, which flows down from Guiyang, flows into Dongjing Lake, and the Yangtze River meets it in Akyang.”
“As expected… Then, was Akyang a bit hot this year?”
“That’s right. It’s so hot that some people collapse in broad daylight.”
Listening to her answer, it seems like the situation fits perfectly with the environment where love bugs are spreading in large numbers.
He nodded and continued speaking.
“First of all, the reason why they’ve gathered in such large numbers is because when hot days like this continue where the rivers meet, a lot of rotten weeds that they like grow, and that creates an environment where they can thrive.
There, they are beneficial insects rather than pests. When they are young, they eat up rotten weeds, and when they grow up, they move around to flowers and produce a lot of fruit, so there is no need to worry too much.”
“Wow, such a detailed explanation, wow, that’s amazing. I hesitated to say the name earlier, so I suspected that it was because you didn’t know what was going on···.”
The princess’s eyes widened at my explanation.
He seemed a bit surprised to meet an expert for the first time, but he smiled and continued speaking.
“However, if you kill them, the bodily fluids that flow out will corrode the iron, so you have to be careful.”
“So you’re saying that there are a lot of them because the weather is hot? And I should tell the soldiers to be thorough in managing their weapons.”
Now that I’ve explained everything in advance, it’s time to tell you why you can stay still.
“Yes, and the reason you don’t have to do anything is because they show up and after about ten to fifteen days, they all die.”
“Everyone is going to die!?”
“Yes, even now, you probably see a lot of guys falling to their deaths on the street or near houses.”
The princess seemed to think about something in response to my question and nodded her head.
As I said, there will be dead guys lying around here and there.
“Surely… It’s the servants’ job to sweep up the dead guys every morning.”
“Well, it may reappear every year from now on, but it will disappear in ten days, so I don’t think you need to worry too much.”
That was when I finished saying all that.
The princess clutched her chin and had a serious expression on her face even though all the problems were solved.
The princess, who had been thinking about something for a while, looked at me and asked.
“That sounds a bit awkward, saying I don’t have to do anything. Could you perhaps give me something to do? Since you don’t know much about Lee-Chung, that might be a possible solution, right?”
“yes?”
The princess who was told that she didn’t have to do anything, but asked for something to do.
Her question now left me feeling embarrassed.
‘What on earth does this mean?’
