A few days after we left the Philippines. The tackets arrive in the city of Ghee.
Gee is not as big as Philippine, but it's a big port town that represents the upper Finn River.
But the water of the river covered the city. Looking at the water remaining in the building, it seemed that the water was dragging considerably compared to the worst period, but there was still about flooding below the knee. The first floor of the house remains submerged in water.
"Water is hard to pull."
And Brigitta murmured with Karon on her shoulder. The short Brigitta didn't want her skirt to get wet, so she got a ride on Karon. If you look at it like this, it's obviously a different race, but in terms of size, it's like a parent-child.
Then I kicked the water and proceeded. The pants are not wet because they are wrapped around the knees, but the shoes are quite wet.
Now, how do we gather information here? Let's go where people are likely to gather first. When I was thinking about it, I didn't see Chante walking next door with her skirt up until a while ago.
"What's that? Chante?
When I looked around, I saw her stopping away. Talking to someone near the building.
"What's going on? Wait a minute."
After saying no to Karon, I returned to Chante saying otherwise.
"What's wrong?
When she saw it, she was talking to a tiny old woman with bent hips at the entrance to a certain residence.
When Chante noticed that Taketo was back, she turned to "Taketo" and asked for help.
Um... He wants to go to his grandson on the other side of town, but he's got a bad leg. "
"My grandson just gave birth the other day. I also heard that my husband was injured and could not move. I asked my neighbors to go and see how things were going, but my older child is still small. It's going to be tough, so don't worry about it."
The old woman was sticking her staff in the water. It will be difficult to reach the other side of the city with that foot in this evil road.
"Fine. Grandma, on my back?
As the tacket turned its back, the old lady hesitated to confuse herself. But they say that the tacket has been riding many times.
"Really? Now, let's sweeten your words and get you on board."
And while hesitating, he kept his body on the back of the tacket. Grandma's body is as light as she thinks. When the tacket stood up, I almost carried it back. When Chante brought Grandma's luggage, he said no to Karon and walked with Chante to her grandson, splitting up the water.
My grandson's house was on a street close to the harbor, and it took me nearly 30 minutes to get a tacket. How long would it have taken my grandmother to walk alone?
"Ah, Grandma! Did you come?!
When I arrived at the building that my grandmother instructed me to go, a young woman welcomed me from inside. The building is flooded on the floor, so I'll let you in the room with your back on for now, and I'll drop my grandmother off where the water on the stairs isn't coming. A little five-year-old boy and a little more girl came down from the top of the stairs and looked at us with their eyes full of surprise.
The tacket stretches with its hands on its hips.
"Kuah, I managed to get here!"
At first I was a grandmother who thought it was light, but in addition to the bad feelings under my feet, I consumed my physical strength, and I was more tired than I imagined.
"Big Baba!
A boy hugs his grandmother. The old lady stroked her head with love.
"Thank you very much. No, I'm already like this. I've always been worried about my grandmother."
The man's face peered from the second floor. His leg was tied to a splint and wrapped around in a bandage. Speaking of which, Taketo remembers saying he was injured.
"He slipped, fell and broke his leg with water."
And this is the young woman from earlier. It must be your wife.
"No, I don't look good. Well, I've been taken care of. It's not a big deal, but I can drink tea. Will you slow down?
"No, we're doing our job. Ah, yes... if you knew, I'd appreciate it if you could tell me."
It's a boat. Let's also gather information here.
Taketo asked them if they had ever seen any lizard tattoos on their arms. My wife and my grandmother said, "Yes? Though he looked like that, his husband's face became steep when he heard the story.
"I'll be honest with you... because he's taken care of me.... I don't think we should get involved."
My husband told me he was working on buying fish from a boat in the harbor. So there's a lot of traffic to and from the harbor, but there's a bunch of unsound people in one corner of the harbor. They're all tattooing lizards.
They say their ships are always staying at the downstream end of the harbor. He also told me the features of the ship.
"Miss Kyu. It would be great if you could just tell me that. It's okay, it's not dangerous."
It was a laughing bait, but I didn't mean it in my heart.
With that foot, we'll head straight to the harbor. And at the beginning of the port downstream, I found a boat that looked exactly like your husband said. A medium-sized sailboat. The sails were folded because they were now anchored, but it was written "Linda Chamber of Commerce" next to the ship.
It was already getting dark, but around the boat, men who looked rough were working on loading some crates.
Loading the cargo means we'll leave tomorrow morning. If I put it around, I'll leave it on the spot.
And after dark. Taketo took Kalon to the port of Ghee again.
It should still be around eight o'clock at night, but the people of this world are very early at night, so the city is completely quiet.
When I arrived at the port, I hid behind a wooden crate a little away from the ship and asked about it.
"What's it like?
Tacket stays hidden in the crate and asks Karon next door. Karon looked at the boat with his binoculars, pulling his head from the top of the wooden box.
There are no signs of anyone but the Tackets around here. It would be very helpful if Karon could be here at night. This time, I just came to check the load, so I had two of Chante and Brigitta rest at the inn.
Karon takes his eyes off the binoculars and looks at us.
"So far, there's only one guard. You want to go?
"Oh, I see. In the meantime, we need to make sure the carbundle is loaded."
"That's right. Okay, hold on a second. I'll get ready."
That's what I'm going to give you my binoculars, so I'll take them and put them in my bag.
Karon took a deep breath. And after a deep and long exhalation, changes begin to occur to his face and body.
Your arms are lifted up, and your face changes step by step from a person's face to a leopard's face in such a way that the area around your mouth protrudes forward. Black fur began to cover the entire face. The time is only a few minutes. That's all, from a man to a black leopard man. My arms and feet are about three times thicker and I think they are slightly taller.
"... I've never seen you in the middle of a veterinization. Amazing."
Where is the law of mass preservation? I don't think so, but for them, it's been like this since they were born, so there's nothing strange about it.
"You're really hungry after you've been veterinized."
"Ah... yeah, I know you're consuming a lot of calories and stuff.... don't eat me.
What a light slap, Karon would be upset.
"I'll tell him that I broke Brigitta's tea cup and that it's a taco.
She said it in a dull tone.
Last time I was cleaning the office shelves, I accidentally dropped and broke her favorite teacup. Karon saw me sneaking out. I tried to apologize to Brigitta later, but I haven't apologized yet.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Really. Next time I'm ready to petrify you, I'll apologize to Brigitta and wait."
I'm sure Brigitta's going to petrify it, so I'm scared to say it.
More than that, I'm ready.
"Well, let's go."
That's right.
The man sat on the boat in a loading crate and looked at the water blurrily.
The light of the moon rising directly above the surface of the water is reflected, and the moon on the surface of the water collapses due to various waves that occur every time the wind blows.
The man is the watchman on this ship. There are no lights beside the lamp and there are no lights other than the half-moon above, so it is almost dark outside the lamp. That's why you don't look very much like a watchman. Occasionally, I try to patrol the ship with a lamp, as I remember, but the ship is about 20 meters long, so if there is enough, I will finish the tour.
After several boat patrols, the man sat on the crate again. Although spring is early, it still cools down quite a bit in the evening. The man shook his body and put his mouth on the liquor cup next to him.
At that time, just behind him, I feel like I hear a little click, and the man tries to look back.
But I didn't turn around. The mouth was covered with something big and hairy, and the body was restrained so as to be enveloped from the back.
……
I tried to scream, but my mouth was blocked and I couldn't hear. I barely heard a whisper of fugafu.
"Oops. Be quiet. I won't do anything wrong."
The other one appeared in front of him, illuminated by the lamp light. The man with medium-bodied, black-eyed eyes floats with a smile in the light of a blurry lamp.
"Good evening, in the matrix. I need you to look into something. Do you mind?
Feeling the air without telling him, the man burst into the back of his throat.