Chapter 169 (1/2)
Because of their long-term companionship with their large spiders, spider tamers, like those old hunters, have many different characteristics in their bodies due to their special lifestyle. The easiest way to identify a spider tamer is to look at their palms. This is because the otaran spider needs to be domesticated from an early age. To tame a spider, one has to make the spider get used to its taste from its larval stage. To do this, the tamer lets the larvae feed on their own hands.
It is said that the origin of this method is to imitate the mother's foraging habit of carrying larvae on their back, so that the larvae mistakenly think that the spider tamer is their mother. Of course, spiders are not chicks after all. They can't keep this warm memory for too long. Besides, it's not strange that the same species eat each other in insect species. But in this way, the larvae at least treat the tamer as if they were their own. This makes it possible to domesticate them further.
To preserve this possibility, the palms of the spiders are riddled with holes in their palms by larvae that are not yet able to hunt accurately. Sometimes, the development of larval venom gland is faster, and the tame spider will be poisoned after being bitten. Of course, the tiny amount of venom from the larva is not enough to kill the spider tamer, but it can cause irreparable damage to their hands. The skin around their wounds can fester, leaving ugly scars even after detoxification.
So cheese asked to see the palm of the family. However, considering the possibility of the other party jumping over the wall in a hurry, the mage tensed up after asking questions and prepared to deal with the unexpected attack. Cheese glanced back and forth across several faces in the room, hoping to catch every expression change. Unfortunately, the mage only saw doubts on the face of the family.
Because of Lothar's existence, although he was puzzled by the order of cheese, the man took the lead in holding out his hand after looking at his wife and children. It was a pair of hands that often did heavy work, covered with calluses and careless scars. There is no doubt that this man is not the spider tamer the mage is looking for.
With her father taking the lead, the middle-aged woman and her children in the house also lined up to check their hands for cheese. The mage carefully examined the four palms, hoping to find some traces of spider bites on them. His concentration also made other people, including Lothar, have an illusion that this person has some special hobby.
”How about it?” After cheese had examined the youngest boy's palm, Lothar asked. But in fact, there was no need for the mage to answer. Judging from the expression under the cheese hood, the count knew that most of the other side got nothing.
Cheese's eyes narrowed unconsciously, and he couldn't figure out where the problem was. Once again, the mage swept his eyes from several faces in the room. His intuition told him that there must be a spider tamer among them. But which one is it?
”How long have you lived here?” Asked the master.
”Well, at least three years. We were originally Denis refugees, and it was thanks to his Majesty's grace that we could find a job here to support our family. ” The man replied in horror.
”There was a big wildfire three years ago in dnauling, and many people lost their homes. His majesty took the lead in creating a lot of jobs for the refugees in Wangdu in order to make the Lords around the country respond to the call to accept refugees. ” Knowing that cheese didn't understand the big and small affairs of Cangshi Kingdom, Lothar explained to the mage in a low voice.
In fact, without Lothar's explanation, cheese can tell that the host is not lying. So, isn't the problem with him? However, if this man is a refugee who came here three years ago as he said, and other people are really his family members, how can the spider tamer mix in this family and not be found? Thinking of this, the mage silently opened another perspective. He looked at the house and the people in it from the perspective of magic. In this perspective, the cover on the material level would become meaningless.
From cheese's point of view, most of the things in the house have only a rough and monochrome outline, because there is neither vitality nor magic in rotten wood or earth rock buildings. At this time, Rosa in the eyes of the mage was emitting a strong red light, which was a very strong proof of his life. At the same time, cheese also noticed that there were two dark gold colors in the head and heart of the count of Heishan. It seems that this Lord has been blessed by some kind of existence. This is a new discovery.