Elixir 4
“Isn’t there another way? A dragon? Surely there must be one?”
“Your Majesty, is there no other way?”
When there is no solution, eyes gather in my direction.
My older sister and the head of the household, Gupae Ajae, looked at me with expectant eyes.
I was in charge and had been involved in this a few times, so it seemed natural that I would take care of it.
It’s a bug issue and I’ve been calling myself an ‘expert’ the whole time I’ve been here.
“By the way, is it okay for us to be together?”
“Don’t worry, Miss. There is a Soryong Sohyeop, right? That old man believes in the Soryong Sohyeop. How thrilling that old man was in Haenam Island.”
“Ahem. Gu Musa, I’m a little embarrassed. And Lady Hwaeun, don’t worry too much. I’m here for you. I’m the expert.”
‘Damn. I never expected this kind of trouble···.’
But what can even a country that specializes in poison do in a situation like this?
Since he said he was going to follow the voice, the method I had originally thought of was also a method using smoke.
The original best way to collect honey was to burn smoke from mugwort, like the Tangga method, to make the bees docile.
You might think that the bees are just being tamed by the pungent smoke, but this is actually quite scientific.
Because this is a way to take advantage of the evolution of bees.
According to biologists, bees that live in trees or crevices in rocks are vulnerable to forest fires, so they have evolved to deal with forest fires.
That’s why, as soon as you breathe in the smoke, they all stick to your house and start sucking the honey.
The reason why the first thing a bee that takes on the role of a smoker does is to eat honey, of all things, is to move.
This is because it is the result of evolution to store as much honey as possible in the body in order to move to avoid fire.
So, since when I smoke, I put everything aside and just stay home, I also thought of a way to use smoke.
“I guess I’ll have to think about it a bit.”
But now, something different from what was expected has happened.
In the end, I had no choice but to awkwardly laugh and say that I would have to think about a way to do it, and the others nodded their heads in understanding for the time being.
“Well, I guess we’ll need some time to think about the method, right?”
“Haha, I think we were being too hasty. We foolishly expected Little Dragon to solve the problem.”
“I couldn’t see it because I left for Dangga first in Haenam, but will I be able to see the mysterious method that you, Gupae, spoke of this time?”
But I feel like I need to figure out a way quickly.
I was being forced into a dog-like, burdensome situation.
‘Why on earth did those kids show up!’
***
Under the pretext of thinking of a method, I continued observing the Golden Hair Bee King from the next day.
I should have known about the Golden Phoenix King to think of another way, but my selfish intention was to take a few dead Golden Phoenix Kings with me while I was here.
The life span of a honeybee is originally five to seven weeks.
Most of them die outside the house, but those that die inside the house are thrown out by other bees.
So, I’m going to wait and when a dead one comes out, I’ll take it as a sample.
It is unknown how long the Golden Horned Bee will live, but if you wait, you may be able to save one or two dead bees.
Since it was a new, intermediate-level poison, I had to bring at least one.
‘I’m not doing this just for me, I’m doing it for the whole family. Make one as a model and hang it up in Mandokjeon. How cool would that be? Of course. If you show it to a guest, they’ll go crazy.’
On the rock of courtesy.
I was covering my body with the leaves of a large tropical plant and checking out the guys flying around.
-widely.
A whispering voice is heard along with the sound of something landing on the rock.
[Little Dragon, I think the kids have finished eating. I brought them here because they kept trying to wander around.]
As I rose from between the tropical leaves, my sister was lying flat next to me, looking at me.
The Wukongs crawling from my sister’s body to my body.
I left my food with my older sister earlier so she could eat it, but it seems like she finished eating and is now wandering around inside my sister’s body, trying to come to me.
The Wukongs come in sleeves and wrap themselves around the arms and waist.
As I waited for the Wukongs to settle down, I heard my sister’s voice.
[Do you have any income?]
As soon as the Wukongs all crossed over, my older sister asked if any good ideas had come to mind.
[Joe, I think I need to organize my thoughts a bit more.]
[Okay. I’m sorry for always rushing you. So-ryong. Don’t feel pressured and think about it slowly.]
[Yes. Urging me, Miss Hwa-eun.]
My older sister told me not to feel burdened even though it was a very stressful situation.
It was at this point that I thought I had to think about what to interpret this to mean.
[Hey! Look over there!]
Suddenly, my older sister pointed towards the cliff where the house of King Geummobong was in the distance.
And as I followed my sister’s fingertips, I saw several creatures crawling down from the cliff.
[It’s a monkey.]
‘What about the monkey?’
Since my internal energy is still weak and my eyesight is not as good as my older sister’s, I couldn’t see the exact shape, but what I could see were several lumps crawling down the cliff.
It looked like a family of monkeys, and their cries soon echoed down the cliff.
-Kikki kikki.
That was the moment when the monkey family descended to the edge of the cliff with the loud noise of the monkeys.
Several stones that had been stuck on the cliff rolled down the cliff.
-Knock. Knock knock.
It felt like some loose rocks had rolled away as the monkeys passed by.
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One of the large stones hit a tree.
-Thud!
Then, immediately, a sweet fragrance began to be felt in the wind blowing from the old tree.
[Huh? This fragrant smell…!]
[Oh, what is this scent? Where is it···.]
I shouted to my older sister, forgetting to keep quiet, as a sweet scent drifted in from somewhere.
This was because the red warning light in my head was already burning bright red.
“You must avoid Lady Hwaeun! Soon the bees will swarm you like crazy!”
“Yes!? You say I have to avoid it!? Got it!”
At my warning, my older sister, who had me under her armpit like a chivalrous woman, quickly began to fly high into the sky, and soon after, a maddening propeller-spinning sound could be heard from the hole in the old tree behind us.
-Wooooow!
-Boooosh! Booosh!
And as we hid in the grass beyond the clearing with the old trees, the sky quickly darkened.
A family of monkeys frozen like mice in front of a cat, and countless golden phoenixes floating in the pitch-black sky.
The bees swarmed the monkey straight away.
[oh my god!]
A short while later, the monkey family was stung by a bee, with a long scream, and was left dead, swollen and ball-like.
It was a horrific scene of bees’ madness.
I swept my chest out of the grass and looked at my sister.
I wonder if my sister is okay or if she is really surprised.
Of course, I think I was more surprised.
“I almost got into trouble. Are you okay?”
My older sister was also surprised by the madness of the intermediate poison, and she wiped the cold sweat flowing down her ear and exhaled deeply.
“Phew… I guess you’re angry because of that. But did you know in advance that I was going to attack you so terribly?”
“Yes? Yes. That’s right.”
“But how did you know in advance? You clearly told me to dodge before I even heard the sound. My senses didn’t sense it at all.”
My sister asked me how I knew the bees would attack so terribly.
He answered, pointing to his nose with his hand.
“It was because of the scent.”
“Scent?”
“Yes, so···.”
When I was trying to explain about the scent to my sister’s question.
My older sister tilted her head and asked again.
“Oh, you mean the scent of the laughing flower? I thought it was blooming nearby, but it wasn’t that one?”
“Ham So-hwa?”
“Oh, is it not Hamsohwa but Banana Leaf? I must have confused them because their scents are similar.”
If your sister mistook the scent, it means she has smelled it before.
He grabbed his sister’s two arms and asked.
This was because it seemed like a clue to solving this blocked situation.
“Miss Hwa-eun, where did you smell the scent you just smelled!?”
“Okay, wait a minute. Sohyeop. Let me put this aside for a moment. Calm down. I’ll tell you. Ugh… But still. I’m older….”
‘Huh? What does this mean…? Gasp!’
The spirit came to me after hearing my older sister’s words.
I was so surprised that I let go of my sister’s arms and quickly apologized to her.
“Sorry, sorry. I just got excited all of a sudden.”
“You were excited!?”
“No, it’s not that kind of excitement······.”
After a while we calmed down.
My sister said, rubbing her still red cheeks with the back of her hand.
“There is a flower called Hamsohwa that has exactly the same scent. I know it well because I have a friend who likes it. And the fruit of the plantain also has the same scent.”
My sister said she has smelled it from not one but two plants.
He asked again quickly, delighted.
“Pacho and Hamsohwa? Can you find them around here?”
“Yes? Of course, since you can see a lot of grasshoppers in the forests of Yunnan, you should be able to find them without much difficulty…. If you look for it, you’ll find Hamsohwa too. Why is that?”
My older sister suddenly asked me why I was looking for that flower.
He answered with a smile.
“I said that because I thought I could do what Lady Hwa-eun likes if I could just find it.”
“What do I like?”
My sister’s head tilted in confusion at the thought that she might be able to do what she likes.
“Yes, ma’am.”
“What do I like?”
“I mean cleaning.”
“cleaning?”
‘Yes. Sister, human cleaning.’
If I could find the plant my sister mentioned, human cleaning would probably be possible.
***
Five days after arriving at the forest near Mokri to obtain the golden phoenix’s wheat.
The leaders of the Pungwonmun (風原門), Wonhumun (元侯門), Paeryonggak (覇龍閣), and Baekokgwisalpa (白玉鬼殺派) slaughtered deer brought by their subordinates in the evening after the sun had set and held a drinking party.
For several days, the people of Dangga had not moved, so they had to get alcohol from Mokri, which was not far away.
“Khuh… Good. By the way, when do you think we’ll try it?”
“Well, you were going around in all directions three days ago, so I don’t know why you’re quiet, but aren’t you going to try it soon?” “Are you sure that beehives are a big moneymaker?”
“Oh my, did this guy just live his life being deceived? The candles made from the beeswax of the Golden Phoenix King are very precious items that are only used in the royal family. So, the four of us can just share them, right? The Tang family will probably just take the honey and leave. And if we fail and everyone dies, well… Ahem….”
The remaining heads of the three factions look at each other at the last words of the head of the Baekokgwisalpa faction.
At the end of the exchange of glances, the four of them laughed loudly.
If the whole family dies out, it will be a lot of money if you just collect the corpses.
“Khehehehe.”
“Hahaha.”
“Kuuuuuuu.”
“I hope so. By the way, there is also a poisonous flower. Shouldn’t we look carefully and get the poisonous flower? Do you know which of us will become the son-in-law of the Tang family? Hehe.”
“That’s not a bad idea. That girl’s appearance… Hehehe.”
The four clansmen tilted their glasses while imagining the beautiful sight of poisonous flowers instead of side dishes.
It was the moment when I cut the venison grilled over a wood fire into bite-sized pieces with a knife and took a big bite.
“Sniff sniff. Where does that nice scent come from?”
“I see? The nice scent is carried by the wind and it smells good. I guess this is what the body odor of the poisonous girl is like? Hehe.”
The fragrance of flowers wafts as if blessing the dreams of your family.
The four of them drank again, smelling the fragrant scent of flowers beginning to spread from somewhere.
And that was the moment when I had almost finished eating the meat I had first bitten into.
-Boooosh. Boooosh. Boooosh.
The sky has suddenly become dark.
And then a strange sound is heard.
As the four of them blankly looked up at the sky, the golden crowned phoenixes filling the sky above came into view.
-Noise. Gulp, gulp, gulp.
The four sect leaders were shocked and dropped the bowls they were holding to the ground.
“Hey! What, what!”
-Wheein!
And as if that astonishment was a signal, the sky immediately turned pitch-black and a swarm of bees began to descend upon the ground.
A hail of bees falling from the sky.
The Safaines were scattering frantically in all directions, looking for a way to survive.
“““Kwaaaaak!”””
