Chapter 734 – 726 Little Town Rapep
=We are here~.=
=I’m back!=
=Have you been?=
= Oh, it’s hot. I don’t know why it’s so hot here. Bell, cool off your sweat with the wind~.=
= Yes. And here’s the cool water. Oh, you can take it too.=
=Thanks.=
After the return of the Fleurs, who were unknown whether they were the investigation team or the knights out for a walk, the Hwanin group moved quickly and entered the small town of Rapep.
Getting into the city itself was no problem.
It was because Rapep, like Hebült, had no walls at all, and there were no restrictions on entry or exit or institutional procedures such as checking the identity of passers-by.
The problem arose after that.
First, the erosion culture of the Sabie people.
The characteristics of the Sabi people are that they can be classified as somewhere between amphibians and reptiles.
Although it has a slight constant temperature function, it is essentially a cold-blooded animal and is familiar with water because it has evolved into a body suitable for a high temperature and high humidity environment.
The lodging optimized for their bodies is a place that maintains high humidity like a steam room. All of the luxury accommodations that exist in the city are of a wet type.
For this reason, Hwanin and his party deliberately rented a rather shabby house on the outskirts of the city and found a solution by not using the basement wet sleeping quarters and only using the ground floor.
There was one more minor problem here. In the architectural culture of the Sabie people, high-rise buildings of more than three stories are extremely rare.
There is a big reason for living, but anyway, the house of the common people has 1 floor above the ground and 1 floor below the ground, the middle class with a little bit of wealth has 1 floor above the ground and 2 floors below the ground, and those with a lot of money go down to the 3rd floor below the ground It can also be raised in layers.
What we can see here is that the ground floor is used as a kind of warehouse to store things that should not rust or mold, and that real life is done in a damp and warm basement.
Because of this, Hwanin and his party paid more and rented a two-story house, which is equivalent to a single-story house with a two-story warehouse attached to it in other cities.
Even if acupuncture has been solved like that, food culture catches their ankles again.
Because of their physical characteristics, the Xabi do not eat hot food well. Most of them raise small animals such as mice to reproduce, and sometimes eat insects raw.
Even if you cook, it is difficult to find seasonings because you only use a simple method of steaming or boiling and then cooling down.
Raw food also includes fruits, so there were quite a few rice fields and orchards outside of Rapep, and the quality of the fruits and vegetables produced was also very good due to the city characteristics of the Sabie tribe, but the Hwanin party could not get their hands on it.
The reason is the second more serious problem, the Sabi people’s propensity to exclude other races.
The identity of the Hwanin party was revealed to the city soldier with developed pit organs when they entered Rapep, so the majority of them did not try to sell food to the party.
Even the things they sold were quality items that, in Issilite’s eyes, were no different from food waste.
Anyway, Hwanin doesn’t know if other races started to reject the Xabi people first, and the Xabi people started to reject them through mutual confirmation, or whether the Xabi people first looked down on other races and looked down on them, leading to the current relationship. I don’t even want to know
Hearing the sound of his girlfriends returning, Hwanin came down from the second floor and asked Anne, who was cooling off her sweat while sitting on a stone chair and being blown by the wind blown by the Baeknyeo River.
“Has there been any success?”
= No~~. Rumors of us have completely spread throughout the city and no one cooperates.=
=Maybe it’s because of us, other Sabis wearing hooded robes also take off their hoods in the city. Everywhere he went, he noticed. Take off the hood.=
=Some stores even threw rice at us to tell us not to enter the store?=
= Ah… Are unnie and Ayoung okay?=
Baek Ryeo-gang, who heard that he was hit by raw rice, looks at the two in a panic.
= Would you really throw it in pain to get into a fight with a 7th grader? I’m spraying it because I feel bad. That’s very brave too.
= Anne’s sister is also true. Those guys aren’t brave, they’re cunning and cunning. If you kill yourself, you will turn the whole city into an enemy, so you’re committing it with the calculation that you can’t touch it.=
Hostility towards himself or his girlfriend reacts like a knife, but when it comes to issues that fall into a slightly different category, such as racial discrimination, the discrimination of the Sabi tribe is not a big deal to Hwanin, who goes over like drinking alcohol.
All he cares about is that, due to his ostracism, he’s having trouble gathering information about the age-bearing fruit, even though he’s been in Rapep for more than two days.
I heard from Underground Yul that the age-bearing fruit is produced in Rapep’s underground labyrinth. The location of the underground labyrinth was also found on the day of arrival by searching for the spirit of fantasy.
However, the head of the labyrinth openly discriminated against them, calling them strangers and different races, and did not even let them enter.
In the first place, Rapep’s labyrinth belongs to the tribal chief, the owner of the city, so no one can enter it, but anyway.
As a second best solution, she tried to buy fruit bearing her age through market inquiry, but no one dealt with Hwanin and his party because of the above tendency to reject discrimination.
At this point, Hwan-in was a bit offended, but he followed his parents’ teaching that ‘when in Rome, follow the laws of Rome.’ …
= Go away! Where does the dirty, filthy bare skin dare to set foot!!
Hearing this from the city patrol soldiers, he was kicked out and could not even enter the upper class streets.
Revealing the identity of Seongje does not help, and the ability to be a high-level professional cannot overcome the barrier of racial discrimination.
Because of this, Anne and Ayoung, Isilite and Yurpa have been gathering information about the fruit in pairs, but there has been no result until today.
= How is Doryong? Shasra can you help me?=
“No. The hometown of Shasra Spirituality is the forest side of the southeastern Beltikal, and she is a party to the Dragon Rin tribe, which is a major issue right now, so it is difficult to utilize her hometown connections.”
In the first place, the Xabi people value the shaman priest higher than the soul priest. In such a yard, Shas is the culprit of the dragon tribe issue.
Moreover, her tribe, led by her, is all gathered near her territorial island, so her voice in her hometown is greatly reduced.
After hearing her story, Ah-young touches the ends of her purple hair and gently lifts her forehead.
= Nope. So what? The only means left is the Church of the Sea God.=
“Hmm…”
Rumors are spreading that the four denominations of the land god, the sea god, the sky god, and the beast god are working together to expose Merianol’s injustice.
He was hooked by Hwanin and was in a secretive state to obtain information about the god of love’s ordeal.
In such a situation, if you go to a specific church and ask for convenience, the balance of the power structure will collapse, which can bring imbalance to the current situation of pressure on merianol.
‘What? Even if you don’t put pressure on Merianol, you can put a debt on Seongje and make demands?’
‘Isn’t that simpler than putting pressure on one country?’
“… Although Nionebreath is now upended by the matter of the Dimensional Wanderers and the hidden secret society of Merianol, the flames are not burning strong yet. I want to refrain from actions that may affect the current situation.”
It is his wish to maintain this situation until at least he secures the fruit of his age, secures the physical ability of a high school student, and solves Adneville’s affairs.
Women couldn’t help but be embarrassed by the standard he was talking about.
No, isn’t it still burning enough? When you go out to the city, even the Xavi, who are exclusive to other races, are talking about the injustice and evil done by Merianol, but this is less burning… ?
Women have no idea how much it must burn to draw a picture that satisfies him.
Could it be that you’ll be satisfied with just burning marianol to the point where only ashes remain?
Anne, slightly embarrassed, turns her subject.
= Oh, well. What about fanfare? I can’t see it, but where did you go?=
Immorel sits quietly on a chair in the corner of the kitchen/dining room/living room. Norn saw Que and the others taking a nap in the cool stone barn, but there was no sign of fantasy even on the second floor.
Anne looked around her and put on a puzzled expression as her phantasmagoric frowned a little and Baek Ligang smiled ahaha, as if embarrassed.
=Relais went out to play because she didn’t like being alone in the house.=
= Huh? Not Hwanyeon, but a release? It’s okay though… ?=
I can understand why Doryeong made such an expression.
When Anne expressed her concern about the story that the childish character of Lilai went to the city, she let out a small bitter smile.
=Because you came out the size of a small fairy… She said that she would switch to Hwanyeon if she thought it was going to happen, so nothing big would happen. Maybe…=
=I’m worried about getting into an accident, but I’m worried that I’m getting caught up in a problem that’s not nutritious.=
“It’s power has been reduced a little since it merged with Hwanyeon, but it still has power that exceeds that of the highest level. Rapep also has waterways like a spider’s web, so it’s safe to say that she is her domain.”
Across her cobblestoned, gravel-paved kitchen, Hwanin sat on Immorel’s fleshy thighs and leaned the back of her head against her soft breasts.
“Anyway, I can’t keep wasting time like this, so when Isilite and Yurpa return, I’ll listen to their stories and make a final decision.”
If he says that, the options are already out there, and the decision is over.
The women wondered what decision he would make and cooled their sweat indoors, where it was pleasant to be moderately cool unlike the hot outside.
A few hours later
Isilite and Yurpa, who returned when the scorching sun had lost its momentum to some extent, brought some success in their own way.
Unlike Anne’s team, who were tired of people’s hostility and the heat, Yurpa sat down with a lively appearance and said,
=Today, according to your advice, I went around the outskirts of the city and inquired about the welcome of the Xabi people? I did, but I was able to get some information.=
“It must have been worthwhile to have the smell of the underground wet sleeping quarters buried on your body and clothes.”
=Yes.=
Before leaving in the morning, Yurpa and Isilite followed Hwanin’s advice, took off their clothes, filled the underground wet bed with steam, and lay there for a while.
So that the smell of the steam room permeates your entire body.
Of course, the scent of herbs that the Sabi people like was also sprinkled on the clothes, and then added to that, Yurpa’s secret technique lowered the body temperature to suppress sweating as much as possible, and even covered the illusion of the Xabi people.
Because of that, my departure was delayed and I returned after a long time in the afternoon, but the effort I put in there was meaningful and I was able to produce results in my own way.
Upon hearing the story, Anne exclaimed, “That way!”
=Then, can’t you use that method to investigate inside the city?=
=Sister, that is impossible. Most of the high-end facilities have phase force detectors installed, but if you get caught wearing something like an illusion, you’ll be arrested for conspiring to commit a crime right away.=
=… !=
Ayoung’s story. At that expression, Yurupa chuckled.
= Right. I deliberately went far away to avoid a place where a phase force detector might be installed, but didn’t Lady Dew notice?
=I thought it was Yuri unnie’s escort role, so I focused only on that. I knew the route was complicated, but I thought you might have an idea.=
It was for that purpose that she was attached to her yurupa, so her phantom kindly comforted Isilite, who was slightly embarrassed, on her shoulder.
= Anyway. She’s been asking if there’s any way to get the age-bearing fruit, but she thinks it’s going to be difficult. Whatever comes out of the labyrinth, whether by-products or outputs, they all go into the Rapep tribe’s family, go through a one-time inspection, and then release them on the market.
= They said that the city of the Xavi was owned by the upper central tribe and the citizens were just living on top of each other, but it must have been true…=
The appearance of Rapep was like that of an old ancient country city in the remote South American jungle.
The market was also doing barter and currency transactions at the same time, and life was a mix of hunting, livestock, and agriculture, and although the population was large, it felt like there was no difference from the villages of Radsea and Hethrond.
= Yes. In particular, the fruit bearing age is said to be directly managed by the Rapep tribe.=
= If you eat it wrong, you can get old and go fast…=
“It would be more malicious than stealing. Like poison, you feed them little by little to make them grow old early.”
Once you grow old, there are very limited ways to reverse it, unless it happened due to a curse or magical element.
And, as the name suggests, the age-bearing fruit makes the body age without any mystical elements.
“Normally, it would be regarded as poison or extreme medicine, but if it is such a dangerous item, it is only natural that the Rapep tribe take care of it directly.”
= Ah. Come to think of it, when I was active in Karax, I heard rumors that people aged unnaturally or died of old age when they were not yet to die. It must have been because of the fruit.=
Yurpa muttered, “I’m sure that’s true,” And then asked Hwanin after emptying the soft drink Baeknyeogang made for her.
=Baby, I think it would be a waste of time to ask for more than this. In order to obtain the fruit, I think the only way is to visit and negotiate with the tribe that controls Rapep.=
“I guess so. Or become a thief and rob the treasure house.”
If you put the opposite sex first against those who don’t even want to talk, you’ll only get tired, but why is there a need to solve things in a difficult and complicated way?
Women come and exclaim at the hot remark that they will rob the treasure house of a tribe that rules a city.
If it was a high-ranking tribe in a small city, it would be equivalent to a 4th-class baron of Radsea and a low-ranking earl of Heathrond. It is impossible to go and negotiate with such a person.
Afterwards, as Hwanin was immersed in his thoughts, the women also began to devise their own worries.
At that moment, Imorell got up from her seat and strode out of the house with the Redrick Alter on her back.
Wow?!
Kyaaaaa… !
Aww!
A weak commotion is transmitted by the sound of running away and falling along with small and loud screams.
After a while, the commotion subsided and the women licked their tongues at the sight of Imorell entering her house again.
=Oh, I don’t get tired of it, and I keep coming back.=
= I feel like a spectacle…=
= It would be amazing if a bald skin came and settled nearby after a few years. Anyway, I’m in favor of robbing the treasure house.=
A-Young’s black heart can be seen in her argument, and Anne asks if she has any other intentions.
Considering the current party’s ability, it is easy to rob the treasure house of the Rapep tribe, which has little defense function.
A 7th grade mystic focused on utility, a swordswoman who can move more stealthily than an assassin, an assassin priest, and an anti-spirit who can back them up from behind.
If you can’t rob a treasure trove in a small town with all your strength, you’ll have a lot of problems.
In an atmosphere where she has come to a certain conclusion, Isilite, who knows that she is like this but is not helpful, takes ingredients from her food bag and starts preparing dinner. Roll up her sleeves for
It was then that a proper visitor came, not an uninvited guest who wanted to make the party a spectacle.
= Excuse me for a moment. Can I ask you something?=
Knock on the wooden door, and a gray-scaly Xabi man with his face sticking out through a window right next to him opens his mouth in a respectful tone.
Anne reflexively prepared for an ambush or attack and secretly hid the front of the illusionist and asked.
= What’s up? You came here right?=
=Yes. Great Spirit Lilith told me to go here… Isn’t there a person called In here?=
Black-rimmed glasses, dark-gray robes that cover up to the neck, and even a polite attitude with black patterns drawn around the eyes.
Hwanin, recognizing that he was not a professional but not an ordinary sabi tribe by not losing his politeness even after seeing his bare face, appeared from behind Anne and replied.
“I am Yin, but did Relais do something?”
= Ah! Greetings from the first scribe of the Rapep tribe, Yun-oh, to a friend of Grand Spirit Lilith. And did you ask if Relais did something? Of course! It’s because Relais-nim relieved Rapep’s impoverishment at once with his mighty power!=
=… ?=
=… ?=
Alleviating poverty, what kind of bizarre sound is this? What did that release do?
The women look at each other with bewildered faces as they passionately display goodwill and good feelings without any hostility.
Baek Ryeo-gang opened the door with Hwan-in’s permission, and Yun-o, who entered, said to Hwan-in with a bright face.
=My master is a great man who does not forget the grace he received. Impressed by what Great Spirit Lilais had done, the Master declared him a friend of Rapep and invited him to the family respectfully!=
“So, you mean you came to invite us at the request of Relais.”
=Yes! The master also wants to invite In and his colleagues whom Great Spirit Lilais called friends. Relais-sama is also at the mansion, so please be sure! Please visit us!=
‘Looks like Hwanyeon did something.’
Undoubtedly, the accident was caused by Relais, and Hwanyeon must have played a big role beyond the level of moderately mitigating it.
Hwanin stopped what he was doing, looked back at the girlfriends who were looking at him, and asked Yun-oh.
“As you can see, we are no ordinary travelers. I don’t think inaction is ever low. I would like to ask you to confirm again whether you really want to invite these Murins…”
=My master is a person with vast generosity like the sky and the sea, and he doesn’t care about the presence or absence of scales.
“All right.”
Thinking that he should put off becoming a righteous thief for a while, Hwanin gave a small nod and instructed his girlfriends to get ready to go out.
