Chapter 355 - Another Mount Fuji (2/2)
Mr. Lin, Yuan Ye, and she are now standing under Mount Fuji. Not far away from them, it’s the peak of this snow-capped mountain. Under her feet, the snow is about two feet. There is only a little frozen hard soil where the snow doesn’t completely cover.
In “Protean Dress”, Lin Luoran hasn’t felt anything. But Yuan Ye and Mr. Lin who wear summer clothes without any armor and preparation are so cold that they have gooseflesh all over.
Lin Luoran can’t hold her smile because of the bright snow and Mount Fuji without any modern traces.
“Interesting.”
This is obviously another identical Mount Fuji. Maybe not only day and night but also the age here are different from outside.
Is it time travel or illusion spell? Lin Luoran intuitively feels it should be somewhere in between.
“Don’t use anything here and don’t even touch food and water of this place.” Lin Luoran reminds Mr. Lin and Yuan Ye of it when she sees a woodman carrying two bundles of firewood trudging in the mountain. She takes out a cloak stuffed with rabbit hair from the s.p.a.ce and wears it over her clothes. It is a bespoke cloak she bought with Sister w.a.n.g and Mrs. Lin together in the early years.
In this way, she finally looks normal in such a season.
Mr. Lin’s Storage Belt is like a small supermarket. He finds two sets of men’s cotton clothes and throws one to Yuan Ye.
The woodman comes closer to them and Lin Luoran gradually feels something strange. Seeing that he has a little trouble moving around, she thinks he is an old man. But as he approaches, she realizes he is a fair and clean young man.
His face is white and only his palms are gashed with firewood. On such a cold day, he wears clogs and his white socks are wet with snow water. Yuan Ye feels freezing even just by looking at what this young woodman wears in the snow.
With his pretty and soft skin, he is not like a woodman but a privileged young master.
“Guests, where do you come from?” The woodman is also looking at these three people, especially Lin Luoran. The white rabbit hair coat is from the underground world, so it looks much more expensive than ordinary fur. The woodman can’t figure out who she is but thinks that she is a very n.o.ble and beautiful woman.
As for Mr. Lin and Yuan Ye, they are also very strange in his eyes because of their cotton coats and men’s boots.
The woman who even has a golden eagle is very strange. The woodman thinks all of them are outsiders.
After cramming for Nihonese, the three of Lin Luoran can understand what he says. Lin Luoran thinks about it and realizes they can’t successfully pretend to be the locals because of their weird clothes so different from the woodman. It’s fine to just be thought as outsiders. Therefore, she deliberately uses the language of Huaxia and says, “We are here to see the snow but now we lose our way.”
The woodman lets out a cry of surprise, “Are you guests from the Ming?”
He doesn’t speak the language of Huaxia very correctly. Lin Luoran looks deep into his eyes. Even a woodman can speak the language of Huaxia?
She thinks this in mind and gives him a big smile, which is enough to intimidate this woodman. Lin Luoran says they get lost. Besides, it’s so different to walk in the snow. Therefore, the woodman invites the three to take a rest in his house.
Lin Luoran readily agrees. It makes the young woodman feel somewhat bashful.
He walks in front of them with two burdens of firewood. The snow makes it difficult for them to walk on the mountain road. After walking for about half an hour, they finally come to the mountainside. There is a small wooden hut with snow on its top.
It is a low-rise Nihonese-style house with white paper on the sliding door.
The woodman puts the firewood under the eaves. He pushes the door open and invites the three of Lin Luoran to enter the house. They can’t just wear shoes full of snow water and go into other people’s bedroom. After taking off their shoes, the three enter the room in socks.
The wood floor is very cold. How can people adapt to the environment in such a condition?
The woodman is going to boil water. Lin Luoran doesn’t want to eat any local things here so she just asks Yuan Ye to do it for him. In fact, she has secretly put some rice and noodles in Yuan Ye’s backpack. Yuan Ye should have water in his Storage Bag so she doesn’t need to give it to him.
The woodman thinks Yuan Ye is Lin Luoran’s servant so he is not against her suggestion.
Lin Luoran begins to get the woodman to talk.
After laborious work, Yuan Ye is ready to serve a nice and safe dinner. At this moment, Lin Luoran has known the news that is not so good.
This place is indeed Mount Fuji of Nihon but now is not 2018. According to the woodman, Daimyo Tokugawa Ieyasu who stands for “patience” has just won in Edo.
According to the history, now is about the 8th year of Keichō, namely 1603 AD. Tokugawa Ieyasu was just appointed as shogun (the military commander) in the first half of the year and just set up the shogunate system in Edo.
The beginning of the Edo period?
Other people must dizzily think they are in a time travel. After all, Lin Luoran has done it before. She has been to Babylon which is more far in the past.
But if this is really the Edo period of Nihon, how can this young woodman learn the language of Huaxia? His language of Huaxia is not very good, but it is definitely modern Mandarin. On the other side of the ocean in the Edo era, Huaxia was still in the Ming Dynasty. Lin Luoran doesn’t think the language of Ming Dynasty is the same as the modern one.
So, is this a place more like a fantasy world?
But Mount Fuji she saw is very real and the woodman standing in front of her is definitely not an illusion. She can distinguish the difference between illusion spell and real people.
How to start the investigation—Lin Luoran casts her eyes on Mount Fuji not far away. If it is 1603 now, the Sengen Grand Shrine at the top of Mount Fuji should not have been expanded yet.