Chapter 1229 – Ep.1127 Smith, a Black Company in Another World
“Wow, waaaaa!!”
Anku, who was put on my side like a piece of luggage, was held in Ardel’s arms with the same correct posture as me, and looked at the endless, desolate desert and continued to let out exclamations like an excited child.
‘I know that feeling.’
Of course, in my case, my first experience was a bit rough, so I didn’t have time to look around.
“Sand goes in.”
“I’m used to it because I eat it often!!”
“Ha.”
Ardel let out a small sigh in response to Anku’s answer, which was so excited that his tone of voice was messed up. However, just by not paying attention to Anku again, I was able to see that Ardel had a lot of affection for Anku.
‘Lulu and Lili will be very sad when they see it.’
Well, that won’t change Ardel’s attitude.
“Ahaha! Haha!!”
Anku, who must have seen the entire scenery, let out a refreshing laugh as his hair fluttered, and his whole body felt like the wind passing by. Ardel’s eyebrows twitched slightly, and I was a little worried that Ardel might suddenly throw Anku out of the air.
‘If it were the other guys, they would have thrown it away right away, right?’
Ardel may not have given her in the first place, but Ardel had clear public and private interests, but surprisingly, Ardel was secretly moody. He just restrains it in public situations.
“And! It is the fountain of life!!”
Anku shouted, pointing to another oasis that had appeared in the distance. However, my gaze was not directed at the oasis but beyond.
‘It really exists.’
Even though I was seeing the dense jungle in the middle of the desert with my own eyes, it was a landscape that lacked a sense of reality.
“W-what is that?!”
And Anku, who discovered the jungle a beat late, opened his eyes and shook Ardel’s shoulders wildly──
“Ardel?”
“…”
“No, green! “Can I eat all of that?!”
Anku, who had no idea that I had just saved his life, was still shaking Ardel’s shoulder and chattering about his guesses toward the jungle, an unknown territory for the natives.
The moment I landed in front of the jungle.
Taaaaa!!
“Huh?!”
When Ardel lightly waved his hand, Anku jumped forward, grasping his buttocks, and fell down onto the bushes growing on the sand.
“You know, this is why early education is important.”
“Uh, um…”
I agreed to some extent, but honestly, thinking about Winter, I wasn’t confident that I could properly cooperate with Ardel’s education policy.
“Ass! “My butt is on fire!!”
“Okay, okay. I understand, so put your hand away.”
“Ugh…”
Anku, who had been rolling on the floor, calmed down when I squatted down in front of him, raising his buttocks. In response, I blew on Anku’s buttocks and stroked his buttocks.
‘It ended like this because I was able to talk to the Nagas.’
If I hadn’t helped in this matter, I can guarantee that Ardel would have just thrown Anku away even if I had stopped him.
What Ardel likes is children who act within the theme. It is for this reason that Kernax was loved more than her own daughters, Lulu and Roro.
‘Well, honestly, my first impression of the twins was a bit like that.’
A brat who plays knight with the status of Ardel and Ardella on his back. That was exactly my first impression of the twins.
“Okay?”
“… Just a little more.”
Anku, who was lying down in her cat pose, looked back at me and rubbed her thighs.
“Anku.”
“Huh… ?”
“I guess I decided to listen carefully.”
“… !!”
When I lowered my voice with a straight face, Anku quickly lowered her hips and raised her body.
“Are you okay?”
“Uh, yeah. It’s totally fine…”
Judging from his tone of voice that had returned to normal and his stiff expression, it seemed that his excited mind had calmed down again.
‘It’s nice to see the free-spirited side, but it’s a bit different right now.’
The atmosphere, which had been extremely excited thanks to Anku flying in the sky for the first time, returned to calm as Anku came to his senses.
“Then let’s go again.”
Ardel came out again and held Anku in her arms.
‘It wasn’t as much of a point deduction as I thought.’
Unlike the slap on her ass, Ardel did not put Anku back on her side like a burden. Anku, too, must have sensed the mood, and no longer made a fuss, but quietly hugged Ardel’s neck.
‘This is a place you should never come alone.’
Wherever you look, the jungle is covered with trees, grass, and tangled vines, making it impossible to tell where it is unless there is a special marker. At least that was the case for me.
However, unlike me, Ardel walked without hesitation as if he completely knew the terrain of the jungle.
After jumping over a river of unknown origin and passing through the bushes, a huge clearing appeared.
‘Ruins?’
In the vacant lot, huge stone slabs, similar to those seen in Egypt, were left here and there, entangled in moss and vines, and no matter who looked at them, they did not appear to have been created naturally.
“Ardel, wait a minute.”
“Yes.”
I got out of Ardel’s arms and looked at the stone tablet.
‘Message… I think so.’
Perhaps the period of neglect was too long, or the damage was so severe that it was difficult to tell whether it was text or a drawing. Still, since there are so many outs there, there’s probably at least one thing left that we can recognize.
“Oh, I’ve seen this before?”
“There is.”
“There is.”
“They say so.”
From Naga’s interpretation to the ruins?
“Where?”
“Mom… Oh, no. “When I was learning to hunt with the chief, I once picked up something that looked similar.”
“Do you remember where that place is?”
“I can’t!”
“Uh, okay.”
I wasn’t too disappointed because I had already given up my expectations when it came to learning how to hunt. In the first place, it made no sense to remember a specific place in the desert, where marking itself was impossible.
‘Nothing is okay.’
All the slabs were examined, but unfortunately none were preserved to a recognizable level.
‘The place of beginning doesn’t necessarily mean the starting point, but rather the entire desert.’
I guess not?
I wouldn’t know if it was in a good state of preservation. It was impossible to infer anything from this when the damage was this severe, so I got up, brushing off everything about the stone slab.
“You’re here at the right time.”
“Huh?”
When the senses that had been focused on the stone slab expanded to the surroundings again, sounds that had not been heard before began to be heard.
Shaaa──
I heard the distinctive sound of a snake flapping its tongue, and when I turned to look in the direction from which I heard the sound, a group of desert Nagas soon appeared.
Unlike La-Rosha, whose upper body is human, her entire body is in the form of a snake and has hands.
Shaaaaa… ?
Shaaaaa—─!!
Easy profit!!
As soon as the desert Nagas who showed up discovered Ardel and I, they started talking among themselves.
“Why… ? Probably not yet…”
Anku, who was standing next to Ardel, tilted his head as he listened to the conversation between the desert naga.
“Let me know… King? Emperor? Ugh, it’s hard to understand because it’s different from the snake head I know!!”
Perhaps frustrated with himself, Anku kicked the floor. However, unlike Anku, I was able to figure out what the Nagas who appeared over there were talking about just from the few words she uttered.
Shaaa.
After finishing their conversation, the Nagas came towards me and bowed their heads towards me. I felt like I could understand this part without having to listen to an interpreter.
“Anku.”
“Yes.”
When I gestured, Anku came to her side.
“It’s okay, so please translate my words into a language you know.”
“If it helps, I will work hard.”
“Please do me a favor.”
“Tsk…”
As I lightly patted her bottom, Anku shook her body for a moment and then leaned closer to the side.
“Relax.”
“Sha—— Cough! Big, big!! Siyaaaaa.”
Suuuuu.
The Nagas paused for a moment, but then straightened up and looked at me.
“I need help.”
“Shaak.”
Shaaaaak?
“Oh, the snake head I know can speak!”
“That’s a good thing.”
“It helps a little more!”
“Okay, okay.”
Through Anku, who regained confidence, I conveyed what I wanted to the Nagas.
Shaaaaak, shaaaaa.
“They say that when the king gives an order, he simply follows it! But is Smith the king of snake heads?”
“For now.”
“Uh… So does my child have a snake head?!”
When I grabbed Anku’s breasts, which had been going down a strange path, Anku couldn’t do anything and his body was shaking.
“No chatting.”
“Uh, uhm…”
Fearing that I would grab his chest again, Anku quickly covered his chest with his arms and nodded.
“Ask if you know anything about that.”
“Sha, shaaa, siyasiya?”
No matter how you heard the last one, it didn’t sound like a snake at all, but when Anku pointed at the stone slab and made a snake sound, the Nagas hissed among themselves for a moment and then said something to Anku.
“Um, mmmm. I see.”
Anku, who had been listening to the Nagas with a serious face, nodded his head slightly and looked at me.
“What do you say?”
“It is said that it has existed since ancient times, and the tribal leader would know.”
“Okay? Then tell me to guide you to the tribe.”
“Well, I don’t think it would be any use to go.”
“Why?”
“Wait a minute, I will check one more time and then answer.”
Anku hissed and spoke with the Nagas again.
“Uhm…”
“Why? What’s going on?”
“Wait a minute, I can’t think of the right word… Ah!”
Anku, who was suffering while pressing his temples, looked at me with a bright face and said.
“As I get older, they say today is tomorrow!”
However, the words that came out of my mouth were not bright at all.
