Fabre in Sacheondangga Episode 177
Triple 2
“That’s all I’ve heard. I haven’t heard anything about where in Sacheon it was found. Is that okay?”
The Iron Age general looks slightly apologetic, wondering if this is all he knows.
It seemed like he felt like the cost of the elixir was a bit insufficient.
Because there was not enough detailed information about where it lived, but even with this much, where is it?
If there was no information at all, I wouldn’t know, but just hearing that someone had actually seen it and that it had been found somewhere in the Sacheon region was a huge gain.
I’ve asked the same question to everyone who’s helped me so far, but the princess is the only one who’s given me information about the spirits.
“Yes, sir. Thank you. Those words were really helpful to me.”
“Is that enough? I feel like the price of the elixir is a bit too little for me.”
“No, this is enough and more than enough, so it’s fine.”
‘I need to start pestering my father-in-law tomorrow and ask him to find out more information.’
I thought that I should start asking fishermen and salamander hunters about Hoye starting tomorrow.
If that’s not enough, I’d also like to ask for some help from Openness, which has always helped me.
I clearly remembered hearing from Geul-Hwang that Gae-Bong had the most information in the Central Plains, and since Geul-Hwang had been sending Huang Zhong consistently these days, I knew he wouldn’t refuse my request.
As I roughly made a plan and put an unbearable smile on my face, the Iron General chuckled at my expression.
“Haha. Is that so good? I thought it was nothing special, but you look so happy···.”
He looked like he didn’t understand why I liked him so much, but wouldn’t it be nice?
Even though I have three lizards, the lizard and salamander have different sensibilities.
Honestly, in Korean it’s lizard, salamander.
Both of them are names that don’t seem like much when written in Korean, but when written in English, the name that is more popular is Salamander.
Salamanders are depicted as fire spirits and flaming lizards in fantasy books, so the fantasy felt different.
Moreover, this fire lizard that appears in fantasy is a real creature.
It is a type of amphibian belonging to the newt family, and has a very attractive appearance because it has yellow spots on its black body.
In my previous life, the Fire Salamander from Europe was one of the most popular pets.
But, since it is the size of a long-lived salamander and has a yellow body with tiger-like stripes, I thought it might look similar to a fire salamander, which made me even more excited.
‘Yellow body with tiger patterns. You could call it a large fire salamander. Of course.’
So, just as I was smiling brightly at the thought of going to catch Ho-ye or Oh-ye tomorrow, I heard the voice of the Lord of the Four Heavenly Kingdoms.
“Hmm… If it’s a story like that, I know something about it.”
“Ohhh!? Are you sure?”
It is said that Sacheon Seongju also has information similar to what the Iron Age general said.
Today seemed like a day when I would hit the jackpot, so I perked up my ears to hear what Sacheonseongju had to say.
‘As expected, the quality of information is exceptional since they are from high places.’
Since it is a position, it seems like there are a lot of stories you have heard.
As I concentrated my mind to wash my ears and listen carefully, the Lord of the Four Heavenly Kingdoms smiled and said:
“Haha. Look at this guy. He’s so clear and sharp. If he approaches his studies with that kind of attitude, he’ll definitely pass the state exam.”
“Haha, that makes sense.”
“···.”
It was a story I had heard quite a few times in my past life.
This is something my parents, who saw me studying hard and raising me while being addicted to poison, said quite frequently.
‘If you study hard like that, you’ll be able to get into S University!’
A story that comes to mind when you think that the stories of adults don’t change much even as times and the world change.
The Lord of Sacheon spoke with a deep expression, as if recalling memories.
“Yes, was it the year before last? There is a place called Seokjip on the border between Sacheon and Cheonghae, and something happened in a mountain village near Seokjip. I heard something like that, didn’t I?”
“Are you talking about a change?”
“Yes, I remember it because it was something special about me.”
“What if something happens?”
If you tilt your head because the word ‘change’ refers to a sudden disaster or accident, the following explanation follows.
The Lord of Sacheon answered with an expression that seemed incomprehensible, as if he was thinking about what had happened back then.
“The animals raised in the village are disappearing one by one. That’s what they said.”
“Are you talking about the village?”
“That’s right. At first, rats, then chickens, cats, dogs, and pigs. The strange thing is that they disappeared one by one, but they disappeared so quietly that no one knew how they disappeared.”
“That certainly is unusual, isn’t it?”
Chickens, cats, dogs, and pigs can all be eaten by tigers and leopards, but it is unusual for even rats to disappear.
That is because rats have a high reproductive capacity and are not creatures that easily disappear naturally.
So if all the rats in the village disappeared, it means that something incomprehensible happened, like they got scared and ran away.
He nodded his head at the explanation of the Four Heavenly Kings.
“It doesn’t seem like the actions of a large animal like a tiger or a wolf?”
“As expected, you know a lot about poisons, so you understood it right away. May I borrow your writing brush and ink for a moment?”
When the master of the four heavenly kingdoms asked to borrow some writing brush and ink instead of speaking, the craftsman ordered his servants to prepare some writing brush and ink for him.
After a while, the Sachon Seongju arrived and drew something with a brush on a piece of paper. He looked at me and said.
“That’s why I urgently sent two generals and a commander from the government troops to inspect the village. They were unable to identify the culprit, but these were the traces they found around the village.
“It was a mark on the mud near the water near the village.”
What the Lord of the Four Heavenly Kings handed me was something that felt like a peace sign.
The only difference is that there is no middle stick.
A Y-shaped mark, perhaps?
The pillar felt a bit long…
‘What is this? What the hell is this···.’
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But, it seems that Seo Cheon Seong-ju’s drawing skills are not very good.
I couldn’t figure out what on earth he had drawn, so I had to examine it as closely as possible.
A picture that feels somehow familiar.
‘It looks similar to something? Where have I seen this before? Hmm… Huh? No way!?’
A thought that comes to mind when you wonder where on earth you saw it.
He picked up the paper and turned it around, then was startled and asked the Lord of the Four Heavenly Kingdoms.
“W, how big was this!?”
“It’s life-size.”
“Huh!?”
The length of the painting drawn by Sacheon Seongju is about the length of an adult’s palm.
I quickly took out a piece of paper, placed it on the floor, and decided to roughly draw the estimated overall size with a stick.
If this is what I think, it would definitely be a hit.
-Swoosh, swoosh.
‘This is probably the last joint and the claw… It’ll probably be different depending on the species, but it’s probably at least this big. It’ll be standing on the entire claw and last joint… So at least the middle joint should be this big…’
An unidentified bridge is revealed as each stick passes by.
The last thing revealed was the overall shape of a bug leg roughly the size of a human forearm.
When my painting was finished, the Lord of Sacheon said with a surprised look on his face.
“What, what is this!?”
Perhaps he had no idea that the owner of the insect footprints he had drawn had such large legs.
‘Well, only experts would know about this.’
“Perhaps what the government troops discovered was a large footprint.”
“insect!?”
“Are you kidding me?”
“The legs of the loyal are that big!?”
The guests were surprised.
The legs of the bug I drew were roughly the same length and thickness as an adult’s arm.
It was a bridge thicker than Cho and Bin.
“It’s a rough sketch, so there may be some differences. But I think it’ll be something like that.
And if it was found near water, it would have been a guy who liked wet places, and while it has good legs for grasping things, it probably can’t hunt things with these…
It could be a creature with poison or some other way to hunt silently. Since it doesn’t seem to harm people, it could be a spirit that can tell the difference between people and animals.”
“Hoooo. You said you like raising children, but you don’t just like them, do you?”
“That’s true. Just as someone who likes swords trains and learns about them, isn’t it the same feeling as someone who likes insects and poisons learns about them and becomes proficient in them?”
“Haha, this is the first time I’ve seen such talent.”
The elders were amazed by my talent.
He scratched the back of his head with an embarrassed expression.
“Anyway, the troubles continued for about a month and then finally stopped. After all the animals in the village had disappeared.”
“Wow, the damage to the civilians must have been significant?”
“That’s right. How can I get the elixir?”
The Lord of the Four Heavenly Kings asks with a smile.
I smiled in response to his question.
I don’t know what kind of guy he is, but he was worth more than enough elixir.
“Yes, that’s enough. That’s enough.”
Giant insects and giant salamanders.
Where on earth should I go first? That was a problem.
‘Ah… I’m seriously starting to worry too much. I wonder what the big insect is, and Hoye looks like a fire salamander, so I can’t stand it.’
While I was pondering such happy thoughts for a long time, the last remaining member of the Cheongseongpa clan, who was deeply thinking about something, clapped his hands and said.
-match!
“That’s right! That was it!”
“?”
Everyone’s eyes are focused on his actions.
The Iron Age general asked him.
“Have you thought of paying the long-term debt of Cheongseong as a subsidy?”
“Yes, yes. I just remembered.”
‘Huh! Here too!?’
No, when I wanted information like that, it didn’t come out, but when it did, it came out all at once like this.
Today was just some random day.
‘What day is it today? It’s not even my birthday?’
Now that I think about it, I’ve never celebrated a birthday like this since I became this body, so I thought I should just make today my birthday.
Well, it’s just a birthday after all.
As I was thinking that I should definitely remember this day and make it my birthday, the words of the head of the Cheongseongpa faction continued.
“Not long ago, I was asked to find someone who was good at tracking down people from the Kunlun sect.”
“Tracking?”
“Are you talking about tracking?”
“Yes, I know your tracking skills.”
“It is true that Cheongseong’s tracking skills are unrivaled in the martial arts world. But how can they track you in Kunlun?”
I didn’t know that Cheongseong’s tracking skills were outstanding, but since the adults seemed to acknowledge it, I nodded along with the mood.
“Isn’t there a Padan-Jilin Desert in Qinghai Province where Kunlun is located?”
“The broken Gillim Desert?”
“It’s a unique desert with a hundred lakes. Oh, and among them there’s even a salt lake.”
‘Oh, what a peculiar environment. I’m filled with anticipation.’
Even though it is a desert, there are hundreds of lakes spread out, and what’s more, some of them are salt lakes.
The combination of a desert, a lake, and a salt lake was very unique.
Animals evolve in unique ways in unique environments, so expectations are high.
Deserts isolate organisms, and it is clear that organisms that are forced to survive only around lakes or salt lakes must have evolved in very unique ways.
He asked with an expression of impatience.
“Is there something in that salt lake?”
But the long-suffering Cheongseong man shook his head.
“No, that’s not it. The reason I asked for someone with excellent tracking skills from Kunlun is because the merchants who travel through the Pidan-Jilin Desert sometimes disappear with their camels every night.
It’s not uncommon for people to disappear in the desert, but recently there have been a lot of people suddenly disappearing. Kunlun, who is based in Qinghai Province, had no choice but to step forward to help.
“Since it was a job to find traces in the sandy desert, there wasn’t much we in Cheongseong could do to help.”
‘People who disappear with camels in the sand desert…’
There is no evidence of any animal or insect, but if it were a living thing, an isolated desert creature, this would certainly be an interesting story.
Three paths forward.
He looked troubled with a serious expression.
I’m going to go check them all out, but where should I go first?
Jjamppong or Jjajang? Mom or Dad? This was a very difficult question.
I’ll eat them all and like them all, but it’s really hard to decide on an order.
‘Is this Hwa-eun? Or is it Cho? Or is it Bin? It’s a very, very difficult problem.’
My head felt like it was going to burst with happiness.
