Chapter 236 – 236. Ada’s I’m Still Alive (5)
– One –
“It’s hot, it’s hot…”
Monohorn, wearing only shorts close to a bathing suit, was stretched out on the wooden floor of the pavilion.
It was like a dog on the day of the bok.
It was an open pavilion, but all life on the continent was exhausted because even the wind blowing was hot.
This is because the summer weather, which boasts the highest humidity before the start of the long rainy season, has soaked even the unexplored lands in the far north with sweltering heat.
“I think I’ll turn around…”
“I’m hot too, hero…”
Beside him, Urmama was stretched out in a micro bikini.
Because the bikini she was wearing was rather tight, the bikini she was wearing did not cover her private parts very thoroughly.
Because of that, something pink flashed in the vicinity of the bikini fabric, but she didn’t care.
Even Monohorn felt no need to correct her demeanor in particular.
After all, no one had ever seen each other naked.
“Monohon~ Can’t you use a fan~?”
“Heh, heck, heck, heck…”
Hehe…”
Along with Estrus, two puppies, no, Benison and Valentine, look at Monohorn with sorrowful eyes.
Their attire was no different from the Monohon couple.
From embracing Valentine, Benison was much more weary than the others.
In such hot weather, each other’s body temperature was bound to become poison.
In the eyes of others, the fur was tangled with the sweat that flowed from the body, making it look even hotter.
“Yes… It doesn’t seem to be very helpful, but I’ll play it right now…”
Shushuk.
Shrrrr
Plant stems grow.
Squeak.
Squeaky.
As it grows, its shape gradually changes.
The stem becomes very similar to a clover.
However, its leaves were not placed on a single plane.
It twists slightly in the same direction, changing into the same shape as that of a fan blade.
As Mono Horn snapped her hand,
Whoa!
Woo woo woo woo!
The wind starts to blow.
“Ahhh… I think I’ll live a little longer…”
“I think I know now how amazing Jose’s ability to control the temperature is…”
Octopoda and Demosi were lying there, completely naked.
As if the two were particularly vulnerable to the heat, the skin all over their bodies was red.
At first glance, it looked as if it had been sunburned.
Hijac.
Monohorn glances at Octopoda, and a smile forms on her lips.
For some reason, his smile seemed quite playful.
“Brother Octopoda.”
“Yes, monohorn…”
Octopoda answered without even looking back at Monohorn.
“Your skin is perfectly ripe, too. Demosi’s too.”
“I see… I didn’t sunbathe naked, but I was completely hot…”
Demosi sighs as he lifts his arms and turns them around.
The couple desperately needed a cool breeze.
“They’re both like self-cooking octopuses.”
Slap!
The Octopodas raise their heads and stare at Monohorn.
“Monohon…”
“Sah, are you saying that life is like an octopus, right now…?”
Their faces turned redder.
Monohorn’s joke seemed to heat up.
“Hehe. I think I’ve learned more now.”
“Now I even have hair!”
“That’s right! Only the tentacles are octopuses, not real octopuses!”
Mono Horn, when they seemed over-irritable, held out her palms and made her apologetic gesture.
“Uh, um. It was a joke because I thought our natural identities had something to do with this ability. I apologize if I offended you, brother or sister.”
“Uhm… I didn’t feel too bad. It was just that I overreacted because my fever rose. I’ll accept your apology.”
Dump.
The two put their heads back on the floor.
And then think deeply.
“Identity… Do you think that Monohorn was given this ability by the Goddess according to our identity?”
“It’s just a delusion, but well. Yes, for now, you’re right.”
Everyone opens their ears and concentrates on Monohorn and Octopoda’s conversation.
No, in fact, it may be that he wanted to focus on something else to forget the heat.
“If you look at Article 3 of the Code of Regulations, it says that when a sub-race and a pure-race unite, the sub-race’s racial characteristics will bloom, right? Wouldn’t that be because the two of them develop the same trait?”
“I think you can see it that way.”
“Then, if the characteristics of sub-species are individual colors of paint, where did each color come from?”
“…”
Everyone is silent
Benison closes his eyes and gasps in the hot wind, probably not wanting to continue his thoughts in the heat.
Seeing that even Urmama tilted her head and focused on Monohorn’s words, it seemed that Benison had consumed quite a bit of heat.
“In my country, a myth has been handed down for thousands of years. A son of a heavenly god comes down to earth, feeds bitter and spicy grass to bears and tigers who wanted to become humans, and puts them in a cave for 100 days.”
“That, isn’t that completely animal cruelty…?”
Monohorn shrugs.
“It just comes through like that.”
“… It seems that Monohorn’s ancestors were very harsh people…”
Monohorn smiled at Demosi’s point.
“Anyway, the tiger, which was a carnivore, ran away without even lasting a few days. On the other hand, the bear, which was an omnivorous animal, endured for 100 days and became a human woman. It was the beginning.”
“It’s an interesting story.”
Octopoda’s eyes shone academically.
As the heat rushed to the top of his head from vigorously rolling his head, his face turned redder.
If he had shaved his head like before, even his scalp would have turned red.
Other people’s eyes also shine brightly.
“Wow, wow…”
“I think the hero really knows a lot of stories…”
In particular, Benison and Urmama’s eyes burned with interest.
“Since you said that there is no magic, magic, or divine miracles in the world of Monohon, there really is no way animals can change into humans, and what kind of historical fact is it like a founding myth well-packaged through metaphors and symbols?”
“Yes. Exactly what I wanted to say.”
Mono Horn nodded her head brightly.
“Really, there would be no miracle of a bear turning into a human, so we put it together based on historical relics and records. The reason why it was called a heavenly god was because it had a much superior civilization and advanced technology than the natives of the place where it settled, so the natives must have called it a heavenly god out of fear and respect.”
“Huh…”
“The fact that the bear and the tiger begged to become human was actually a war between the tribes that held the bear and the tiger as objects of worship to join the migrant tribe. After the two tribes waged war, the bear tribe won and , The tiger tribe would have been defeated. The victorious chief of the bear tribe would have offered his daughter to the son of the chief of the migrant tribe, and they would have formed a marriage alliance and become one tribe. That would have been the beginning of the country I lived in.”
When Monohorn finished his story, everyone who heard his story looked at him with admiration.
In this world, Shinhwa was somewhat different from Monohorn’s world.
This is because the goddess existed in the underworld, and her life in the underworld was fixed as a myth.
Therefore, the myths of this world are raw history.
“Is that Monohorn’s idea?”
“No. There are scholars who just interpret it that way.”
“It’s amazing, Hero! A bear and a tiger try to become humans…! Can a bear and a tiger speak in the world of the Hero?”
Swoop, Swoop.
Monohorn strokes her hair.
Even in the scorching heat, Urmama seemed to enjoy his touch.
“That’s not true. Beasts are just beasts even there. Isn’t it because they wanted to appear strong against foreign enemies by making what the people feared at the time were the object of their faith?”
Chuuk.
Urmama’s shoulders droop.
It seems that she was interested in talking animals.
“The reason I brought out the myth of my neighborhood is because of the interpretation that the objects of faith are bears and tigers.”
“Hmm… Monohorn. Is Monohorn now claiming that the racial characteristics of sub-species described in Article 3 of the Rulebook are related to tribal beliefs that have been passed down from ancient times, but have now been put into practice?”
“Wouldn’t that be natural? The religious characteristics of the ancestors of the Ain race were passed down through their respective bloodlines, and I think it was manifested through the blessing of the goddess through the event called Eros Paradise, I think.”
Swoop, Swoop.
Octopoda strokes his chin.
And tinkering with her own voluptuous hair.
“Then, according to Monohorn’s hypothesis, did my ancestors believe in the octopus? And Margarita’s ancestors the breeze, Urmama’s ancestors the bounty of nature itself, and Benison’s ancestors Did you make the deer the object of your faith?”
“Isn’t that so? In my neighborhood, regardless of culture, Totemism or Animism were very common forms of faith in ancient times. No one ordered it, but in all parts of the world, such ancient forms of faith naturally appeared. A lot of artifacts have been excavated.”
Estrus, who had been listening quietly, tilted her head.
She seemed to have a big question in the conversation between Monohorn and Octopoda.
“By the way, Mono Horn~”
“Yes, Estrus.”
“Since I’m still listening~ Something’s weird~?”
“What part is strange?”
“Monohon did that to Urmama~ She made a bear or a tiger her object of faith~ Because she wanted to appear strong to foreign enemies~ Then, the breeze, the octopus, the deer, and abundance~ what kind of fear did the enemies have? Can you give it to me~?
“Um, um… I will. Hehe.”
Mono Horn seems to stifle her speech, she evades with a moderate laugh.
I always feel it, though she may not be erudite, she is always sharp.
“I haven’t thought about it very seriously, so there may be a lot of holes in the hypothesis. It’s just a delusion that this might be the case. So you can listen lightly.”
Looking at Monohorn, the others smiled.
It is because the appearance of constantly thinking about something for everyone even when they are hanging out is the main reason why everyone trusts and relies on Monohorn.
“Huh~ But it’s hard to deny that it’s an interesting story~”
“Since we are concerned about our superpowers and their origins, how can we not be interested?”
“That’s right. Just by revealing the source, wouldn’t it be possible to better understand this ability and its background?”
“And if you deeply understand it, the ability you have can develop regardless of the stage.”
Benison and Urmama also nodded.
“Benison, Monohorn stories are fun!”
“Me too, warrior!”
King king!
Monohorn looked at them and smiled.
I wondered if this feeling he felt was a sense of stability.
Even if there is no special material reward, to be loved and recognized by someone.
To escape from isolation and loneliness.
I wondered if people who get married and start a family get married just to enjoy this sense of security.
“Can I turn the wind a little stronger?”
“Yeah~♡ I like strong wind~♡”
“Benison likes cool things too!”
“Yes! Then go to the maximum gale!”
“Maximum gale!”
Hey hey hey hey hey!
In the scorching heat that is manageable, the summer afternoon passes slowly.
It seemed that it would still take a long time for the day to end.
– 2 –
Flash!
Estrus opens her closed eyes.
“Ada-sister and Jose and Margarita-sister are back!”
“… Um, ah… Are you coming now…?”
They stagger and twist their bodies.
After a long chat, everyone fell asleep.
Having fooled Estrus and Bennison’s sensitivity and convinced them that no foreign enemy would approach them, they were able to relax and enjoy a restful nap.
Again, Estrus was the first to notice that someone was approaching, even though it was not an external enemy but an ally.
“Where, ah… I see it over there.”
Octopoda frowns at the void and finds three companions returning to the mansion.
Everyone turned their heads following his hand gesture.
They waved their hands in the air or started to sit up.
Let’s stare into space for a moment,
Wheeeee
Fault.
Before I knew it, three people sat down in the yard.
The three of them seemed like small dots at first, but it only took a short time for them to arrive.
Crossing half of the continent, it was because Jose’s technique of moving on the breeze had reached a state of maturity.
“I’ve had a hard time~”
“Thank you for your hard work, Jose, Margarita, and Ada.”
“Everyone, come up here and sit down.”
King king!
Receiving the hospitality of the party, they go up to the pavilion.
In fact, of them all, José received the most hospitality.
It was because the air around his mansion became cool as soon as he arrived.
If José regulates the temperature through the breeze,
“Light wind! No, just stop!”
Shrrrr
Weiying.
The intense heat becomes a story that takes place in a completely different world from them.
So, Monohon also completely reaped the ability that had been emanating towards the tree trunk fan.
“Everyone is blessed… You are amazing.”
Ada looks at everyone with a slightly tired face.
It was because the exposed area was much larger than the area covered by the cloth.
“Hehe~ Because Jose’s brother and his sisters went away with them~ We all got sunstroke and it was so hot that we died~?”
Margarita, who had been listening to Estrus, tilts her head.
“Huh? Wouldn’t it have been better to just soak in the cold water instead of heating it in the bathtub?”
“…”
“…”
Silence prevails.
The six people waiting at the mansion look at each other and harden their faces.
“…Ho, by any chance, did anyone think of that?”
“… Benison is an idiot.”
“Ooh, Urmama knows nothing!”
Urmama and Benison are blindfolded.
Others blush and look away from each other.
“… Next time, at least splash around in cold water… The wall between the men’s and women’s baths has been torn down, and the bathtub is huge. You don’t even have to go to the lake to splash in the water, so why did you do that…”
Margarita looked back at them dumbfounded and continued her words.
As Ada smiles, she wraps her arms around her waist.
“The three of us are working outside, and I think it was because the rest of us didn’t want to go swimming. Don’t criticize me too much, Margarita.”
“Ah, ah! Yes! That was it!”
Demosh readily accepts Ada’s words.
The other five nodded in unison.
Monohorn took advantage of that gap and quickly changed the subject.
“Rather than that, Ada-sister. What do you think people’s reactions are?”
Swoop, Swoop.
Ada and Margarita shake their heads at the same time.
They seemed to be completely exhausted from the work that didn’t work out as well as the sweltering heat.
“I think we should talk about that, Monohorn.”
“Could you all put on some clothes?”
Everyone’s faces harden at Ada and Jose’s proposal.
They quickly set up a meeting.
Break is over