Volume 1 Chapter 31 (1/2)
TL:
Yosh I spent quite so about the namesake for Mystery island, and here's the choice I picked for it in the end - Nightcrow Island
Why this? Well, the original na in the ht-Island”, and the full idiom, 雄鸡夜鸣,in thea supernatural event about to occur (as the traditional chinese believed roosters only chirped in the )
I had other good suggestions for the name as well, but I ultimately needed to choose a subtle one as the plotof the island” to be revealed through the name Thus, it was my partial mistake earlier to call it as ”Mystery”
And since the heads up is over, so let's dive right in the chapt! (tookto do this chapt !)
Voluhtcrow Island indeed had a problem
TL: flarewk
Happy times always see that it gave was like it see shortly after
Boredly sitting onto the beach and watching others happily playing around, even though I didn't do anything at all, but the atmosphere seemed to be infectious, which made me feel rather joyful as well
”Zhang Jian~ wanna have some shaved ice?”
Ma Qing Xue carried a bowl of yellowish-fruity colored shaved ice and pressed it onto my face
”C-cold”
”Wanna eat? If you wanna eat then aaaa~”
She fed a spoonful of shaved ice to o syrup should be a high quality commodity obtained by the Prez
”Thanks”
”No need for thanks~ here, shaved ice I'll go carry on playing, by today Iabout my prowess!”
They are still arguing, huh
”Sure, carry on playing slowly, I'll go head somewhere first”
Since the sky hadn't gone dark yet, I planned to visit the previous' native regional area as that place made me rather interested
I stood up from the beach, put on a piece of coat and proceeded towards the airport
”Zhang Jian! Wait”
”You're going to the previous' native regional area?”
Amelia chased up to me, and I saw concern from within her eyes
”Mm, I'll just take a quick lookit won't be very deep”
”I'll accompany you!”
She suddenly grabbed ontothat me and her felt should be the same, but as she so afraid of it?
”Are you frightened?”
”That thinghad a indescribably strange feeling on itZhang Jian, I think it's better if you not go!”
”I just wanted to go take a quick look”
I quietly leaving the beach with A the Prez's attention
”Where're you guys going? It can't be that your planning to find a secluded location to”
The Prez gave us a deep ful stare
”How can it be, it's just that we've forgotten so on the plane earlier”
”You two both have soet it, I get it, reo to overboard, and please do safety et soht side after you've boarded the plane”
I had a sudden feeling that the Prez was too understanding already, she prepared these stuffs for what exactly?
”I said already that it's just to take so”
Ignoring the busybody Prez, me and Amelia reached the dilapidated small path
The s rock slabs, and on the slabs had ap of the slabs laid numerous weeds, just one look and you could tell that it's been a long tis of the se trees, and as the thick tree leaves coht, it made it quite impossible to see beyond further into the small path, as if that ould be transported to another world just by walking through it
”Be careful, don't slip and fall”
Stepping onto the shtly grippedthe journey we didn't make any conversation at all, as we approached closer and closer towards the small path's end
We have no idea how long it had been, but the warm beach breeze and the humid air had already vanished, and we, had walked up to the very end
It was a stretch of wooden houses that looked extreo; soest a nificantly different fronize it, it definitely must be some rather expensive wood to obtain
All of the wooden houses had roughly soe onto it, but only this htly older, there's nothing e onto it
We walked closer to the mansion, and in front of the mansion door stood a stone tablet, it's written in traditional words, and only a portion of the tablet can be visibly seen
(TL: refers to traditional chinese characters)
”Zhang Jian, I don't recognize traditional wordsas it written on top?”
I opened my eyes wide as I closely examined the stone tablet, and read out the words that I was able to see clearly
”It wroteso 明武宗正德八年, as an order by his uard the Ocean's world”
(TL: I intentionally left it like that; to si's established Ming Dynasty 8th year, which is roughly year 1513 back then ”Posted here to a guard from the Ocean's world” -> see footnotes)
”Amelia, how's your history?”
”It's still alright, as I quite liked history, 明武宗正德八年 should beroughly 1500 years AD, which also o”
(TL: AD means Anno Doht now of this post it's 2017 AD)
A o? It can already be considered as a relic already
”Want to go in and have a look?”
Just as I had finished saying that to A my back had returned, and this time, it was far more fiercer than anytime previously
That sensation is approaching us closer and closer!
”Ameliadon't turn around, on count of three, let's run!”
”One”
My back suddenly felt very chilly
”Two”
My hair for some unknownst reason had already stood on their ends
”Three”
So had already touched the hem of my shi+rt
”RUN!”
Me and Ahtly, and we dashed wildly towards the small path; even as the path is rather slippery, we still ran unbalancedly forward nonstop, and even nearly fell quite a few ti behind my back became less and less pronounced as we ran further and further away
”Haahhaaahhaaahhaaah”
Finally being able to see the light of day once e mouthful of air; if ere to turn around just noould we be seeing exactly?
I can't iine, in any caseI've finally understood soe ancient fauard the sea, this can not be quite a delightful job post
”Aht?”
”MmI'm fine”
Returning back to the beach, I relaxed ain
”Zhang Jian, Amelia~ you two must have had such a wild time, look at all the sweat on the both of you”