He and It Chapter 43: A God’s Marriage (14)

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Chapter 43: A God’s Marriage (14)

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: GaeaTiamat

The atmosphere was awkward.

Yun Chi sat in the vehicle. He couldn’t help but clear his throat, and cough twice.

The atmosphere was really awkward.

However, it was understandable. If it were anyone else, after making such an impassioned speech, and the response was “ah, okay, then come and carry a bag for me,” they must have felt ashamed. Ashamed to see their father and mother again.

“Your throat is not comfortable. I will give you some hot water…”

“Ah, no trouble, no trouble! I’m fine, I’m really fine.”

The car once again fell into a stiff silence.

Yun Chi again remembered the previous scene – after they listened to his words, the big man had a blank face, and was quiet for a long, long time. So long that Yun Chi’s toes in the shoes had time to pick out a three-bedroom, two-bathroom home with a finished basement. Only then did he raise his head in a trance, spoke words to the hard earth to summon a rideable brown beast car, and then opened the car, and humbly invited Yun Chi to sit in it.

Although even the beast pulling the cart looked like mud, Yun Chi no longer had to walk on two legs.

Then…there was silence all the way.

Yun Chi thought, We can’t go on like this! I still have a few days to get along with others, but now the relationship is so dead, it can not be resurrected in the future.

After he thought for a while, he carefully chose a beginning, “Well, I’m sorry. It’s really too much to ask you to be my guide. Sa’gya is also really…hahahahahaha”

As the barbell-like string of hahahaha gradually cooled down and dissipated into the air, the man still did not say anything.

Yun Chi, “…”

I’m not sure how I’m doing, but my toes are tired and I can’t pick them anymore!

“… The name of the Lord of the Ice Sea is not something we can know.” After a long time, the man replied in a low voice, “Please forgive me.”

Yun Chi got stuck and laughed twice, “Haha, so that’s how it is…But why say ‘I’ll wait’? After all, there’s only one sitting in the car right now…”

The man looked at Yun Chi with a surprised light in his eyes and said, “You can call me Yan Yan. it seems that the Lord of the Ice Sea has not told you that our clan is the creation of the Goddess of the Earth, the land is connected and stretched as one, but our clan is also human in nature: when one member speaks, it is the will of the clan; when the clan speaks together, it is also what one member says.”

“So, it looks like there is only one, but in reality, it is a group…?” Yun Chi asked in shock.

Yan Yan replied, “Yes.”

“Moreover, it is indeed the natural duty of my people to attack and plunder the land, but it cannot be said that we are making a great use of our talents by coming to take the oath and serve you on this trip.”

Yan Yan paused and discreetly whispered, “Since it happened, on the contrary, we have guessed your identity – to make the divine weapon that moves mountains and subdues the sea. To take care of the flower is not to despise the power of the divine weapon. It is the rarity of the flower that has long exceeded the value of the divine weapon.”

Yun Chi listened and above his head there were big question marks. What did they put inside that brain to make up such nonsense?

However, after Yan Yan said that, he stopped being silent and asked, “We will soon arrive at Astolfo City-State. Do you have any questions?”

Yun Chi pinched the bridge of his nose, he really had a headache.

“I just want to know, before you said that Sa’gya is a kind of tyrant, some kind of tearing off the gods…What was that all about?”

Yan Yan paused, then actually replied as if nothing had happened. “We didn’t say that.”

…Didn’t say anything, my ass! This was the kind of obfuscation that made it clear that there was no silver bullet here!

“In fact, more often than not, other people are unreliable narrators. We recommend you to ask the Lord of the Ice Sea what the specific situation is. You can’t conclude the nature of the matter from just one side of the story,” Yan Yan said in a serious manner.

Yun Chi really had nothing else to say. Irritably, he scratched his hair. In his heart he vaguely perceived that perhaps this issue touched on the private past of the gods, and as the gods’ subordinates, the demons and monsters, didn’t dare to say it was also common sense.

Slowly he frowned, having suddenly found a blind spot.

” Yan Yan, Sa’gya is called the Lord of the Ice Sea, so I would like to know: Sa’gya is the second generation of the main god, but the third generation of the God has long been in the world, right? Isn’t the current God of the Sea not angry?”

Yan Yan’s expression froze. His face was originally sober, but at this moment, it was simply like a carved stone.

Indeed at the same time in his heart silently he prayed. He hated the prospect of really becoming a stone carving. He didn’t want to speak, so as not to get killed for talking too much.

“This question..” With difficulty he said, “Please, I really…”

Yun Chi glanced at him suspiciously, “Asking me to ask Sa’gya, right?”

Yun Chi was so uncomfortable that he couldn’t stand it. The teenager sighed, “What are you afraid of? 

Yun Chi’s words, naturally referred to Sa’gya, but unexpectedly when Yan Yan heard that, his panic became more serious, and his forehead even seeped fine beads of sweat. The whole person acted as if they were pressed on a pot of boiling ants. Unable to walk, couldn’t move, one could only simmer.

My goodness. It was just two questions, how to push people into this kind of moral… Yun Chi hurriedly said, “Okay, okay. I won’t ask any more questions! I’m not going to ask anymore, okay? How long before we reach this Astolfo City-State?”

Relieved to finally be rid of the fatal questions, Yan Yan replied respectfully, “Soon, Lord. If we march underground, we can go faster.”

Yun Chi wondered, “We can go underground? Then try it.”

“Please sit tight.” Yan Yan’s hand pressed on the cart. “It might be a little bumpy.”

Yun Chi hugged his backpack tightly as the cart drove, swaying slightly, then suddenly there was silence all around.

It was a heavy, dense, solid silence, Yun Chi did not want to think about it. After people died they were buried six feet deep. Was this the kind of loneliness they experienced?

“When we get to Astolfo, do we need a road guide or a pass or something to get in?” Yun Chi asked.

Confused, but not showing it, Yan Yan replied, “Astolfo is a separate city-state, so mortals will need a pass to enter and exit, but not you.”

“Oh.” Yun Chi asked with interest, “Then for purchases in the city-state, do you go to a regular bazaar, or a special store?”

“There are markets for fabrics, fruits and vegetables, fish, grains, poultry, wine, pottery, and iron,” said Yan Yan. “The officials and the temple clerks are in charge of the order of the markets. The part of the day when the market is open is from sunrise to sunset.”

“It’s quite… Quite the shape of the latter.” Yun Chi pondered and took his list out of his backpack. Since there was no paper, Sa’gya cut a section of spider silk, spun some white cloth, and in the temple turned out a dark grease, which could be counted as ink, and Yun Chi wrote a long list of purchases. “Let me see, in addition to those things I mentioned before, I’d better buy some more miscellaneous sweeping tools, sugar…honey! Well, this is very heavy…”

When he looked at the list of mutterings, Yan Yan only swept a glance at the cloth and silk, then didn’t dare to look further.

Whether as a carrier of silk satin, or the carbon paste ink, it was all filled with primitive barbaric god power. In the present time where the gods stood, that power looked so different that it was like a bit of bright red in the ice and snow.

“We must warn you, Lord,” Yan Yan said deliberately. “Although the gods living in Astolfo are very few compared to other independent city-states, my presence and yours will certainly attract their attention.”

“What’s the trouble?” Yun Chi’s heart trembled, and he immediately closed the list. “Will they drive us away, or attack us?”

No, He saw it and didn’t hide far away, even if it was bold.

Yan Yan was speaking when Yun Chi said worriedly, “Sa’gya can’t leave that island. I can’t cause trouble when I’m out here alone…”

Well, technically speaking, the Lord of the Ice Sea was not “unable to leave the island,” but he had kept his oath and banished himself there.

Yan Yan sighed, it seems that the Lord of the Ice Sea had kept his mouth shut about the past, and didn’t say anything to his wife…

” Don’t be afraid,” Yan Yan reassured him. “The moment you called me, I’m sure that the talkative Wind God had already spread the news to every corner of the world. You are not destined to be welcomed by all the gods when you come to this land, but they will not order your expulsion either, so don’t worry.”

That’s fine. Yun Chi sighed with relief, since they didn’t want to see each other, it was really the best choice not to meet.

“Astolfo City-State is here,” said Yan Yan a few moments later. “I’ll help you out.”

Yun Chi pushed the cart open with joy and saw that the scene in front of him was indeed a new one. The city-state was built on a mountain with large gray and black walls. They were like a huge horizontal boundary monument, and in the pale snow, their color was particularly bright and attention catching. On the mountainside, Yun Chi even saw a speck of green, swaying under the huts.

This city-state was referred to as an independent city-state, and it was indeed a neat and orderly human home. As for the rest of the mountain, that should be where the temple was located. Yun Chi tilted his neck until it hurt before he spied an golden iron spire, shining brightly on the peak of the mountain.

“Is it…?” Yun Chi asked, the West Wind haunting the hem of his coat.

“Just ahead.” Yan Yan said respectfully.

As they walked towards Astolfo’s city, Yun Chi saw heavily armored soldiers with long spears standing at the entrance checking the passes of visitors. There were three roads into the city. The main road in the middle was for the passage of vehicles, and the small roads on both sides were for people to pass.

Yun Chi, with his large servant, passed through the thick walled entrance without being questioned or checked; two penetrating visitors who easily blended into the crowd and entered the interior of the city-state.

“Where do you want to begin to shop?” He thought about how Yun Chi’s priority option was combs, so Yan Yan added, “For combs, you should go to a specialized jewelry store.”

“‘Yes.” Yun Chi looked at the busy scene on the street with fascination. The situation in the city was really different from the wilderness. There was a little snow in the sky, but the stone tile floor under his feet didn’t have the slightest trace of snow. It was as dry as summer. “Then let’s buy combs first.”

The material of the city-state buildings was uniformly hard stone, but the further up the hill, the lighter the color of the houses. As they walked at the foot of the hill, the roof beams around Yun Chi were a rich lead black, but by the time they reached the ridge, the color of the buildings was very close to beige and off-white. Throughout the bustling neighborhoods, Yun Chi saw women sitting in their homes, selling trinkets to passersby, and groups of children dressed in round, thick dungarees. They almost bounced through the streets and alleys, chasing and laughing and playing, while the whole city was shrouded in rising smoke.

What a hoot.

Yun Chi hadn’t seen so many people, or such a noisy crowd that was so full of scenes for a long time. He secretly asked Yan Yan, “The temple at the top. Is it dedicated to the God of this mountain?”

Yan Yan smiled faintly, “You guessed correctly, yes.”

When he saw that he only agreed with his own statement, but did not follow the usual practice, to introduce the specific information of the mountain god, Yun Chi understood and didn’t say anything more.

The store was located near the hillside, and Yun Chi pushed the bell. It moved with a clatter, and lit up an oil lamp near the door.

This idea was a bit of a surprise, and Yun Chi smiled as he surveyed the store’s furnishings.

To be honest, the place was cramped and dim, with no windows in the walls and a lit candle in the corner, which kept the light in a dim haze similar to that of the evening. A thin old man sitting behind a long cabinet noticed that the oil lamp at his entrance was on, and hastily raised his head to greet them, “Please come in, please come in!”

It turned out that the oil lamp was not only for the customers’ lighting, but also to remind the owner of the store.

Yun Chi walked up. After not talking to ordinary people of the same kind for a long time, he was inevitably a little nervous. “Excuse me – ahem. Please, is there a comb here?”

“Combs?” The old man froze, then hastily went to a long cabinet and said, “If the girl coils up her hair, and then inserts a dyed comb, it is indeed chic…”

“No. I mean, is there a comb for combing hair? That kind of comb?” Yun Chi cried and laughed, as he hastily interrupted the old man, “Not jewelry. A little bigger. Is there?”

Looking at the combs in the wooden box, they were indeed all small and cute decorative items. The plainer ones were depicted with patterns and dyed in colorful colors, the slightly more delicate ones were covered with shiny silver layers on the teeth of the combs, with a bit of muddy gemstones and polished shells inlaid on the back of the combs, only they were all too small; not even as big as Yun Chi’s palm.

The old man scratched his thinning hair. “A comb for the hair?”

He took out several larger wooden hair combs, and Yun Chi touched them one by one, finding that the teeth were rough and the tips were sharp. Such combs, if he used them on Sa’gya, they would probably be very uncomfortable…

In the dim light, the old man couldn’t see Yun Chi’s expression, but he could keenly perceive his mind, and laughed, “Young man, are you buying a comb for a good girl?”

Yun Chi opened his mouth and denied in some panic, “Ah, no, not for a good girl!”

“Hey,” the old man tilted his head. “The city-state where God lives doesn’t lie! If you don’t buy for a good girl, then what are you doing in my store? If a traveler who is so dusty buys a comb for himself, he should either go to the hair cutter and ask for one, or go to the East Side and buy a brush, so that after brushing the beasts that are doing the foot work, he can brush himself as well.”

Yun Chi opened his mouth, while behind him, Yan Yan was just as mute. He did not say a word. The elderly painfully taught Yun Chi.

“Besides, just after touching these combs of mine, I felt very dissatisfied again and shook my head secretly. That’s not the thinking of very precious people, they wouldn’t have this kind of reaction.” The old man slowly put away the wooden box. “Go uptown and see! Although what I sell are supplied to the Lord and are things to use as expensive jewelry, for such a young person not to buy for a beloved girl who pours at home all the time, is it not a pity?”

Yun Chi held his tongue for half a day, but couldn’t utter a word of rebuttal, so he threw away his armor, and ran away, defeated.