HCB Chapter 33 A shining debut
Chapter 33 A shining debut
"Alright, stop beating around the bush. Haven't you already heard about me from the clan chief?"
He rolled his eyes at Leyou. After spending the past few days together, he had come to regard Leyou as a friend, and thus began to reveal some of his less-than-honorable nature in front of him.
After being rolled her eyes at by Lezhi, Leyou helplessly touched her nose, then looked up and down guiltily, avoiding Lezhi's gaze. "Um... um..."
After stammering for a long time, Leyou still couldn't come up with a coherent answer. Lezhi found it somewhat amusing to watch him struggle with this dilemma.
After laughing enough, Lezhi decided to let him off the hook and took over the conversation, saying, "Well, it's just that my talent is relatively weak and I can't spread my wings, it's not a big deal."
Hearing these words casually uttered by Lezhi, Leyou's eyes widened in surprise. "Ah, hehe, the clan chief did mention it to the clansmen. He didn't mean anything by it; he just wanted the clansmen to be careful in their daily lives, so as not to..."
"To avoid provoking me, right!" Lezhi chuckled and shook her head gently. "Actually, it's not as serious as you think. Tell everyone later that I have fully accepted this matter, so there's no need for everyone to be overly cautious in front of me."
Although these words carried a strong sense of reassurance, Lezhi spoke from the bottom of his heart. Admittedly, it was a pity to be a member of the Spirit Feather Clan without developing the wings he was supposed to have. However, Lezhi was good at comforting himself. In his previous life, he lived for nearly thirty years, only to have his life abruptly end just as it was beginning to settle down. Being able to start over like this was already a bonus for him.
There are ways to live even without wings, and Lezhi doesn't think it's a fatal flaw, especially since he has a powerful cheat code, Maoqiu, to rely on.
With that in mind, Lezhi decided not to waste any more words and to show his attitude to his clansmen directly.
Stop Leyou in her tracks. "Leyou, stop for a moment. How far are we from the village entrance?"
"Hmm, at the current speed, it should take another thirty minutes, right? What's wrong?"
Over the past few days, Lezhi had been taught the concept of time by Leyou. The timekeeping system in Jormungandr was somewhat similar to that of his previous life, such as seconds, minutes, and hours, which were roughly the same. However, there were also differences. For example, a day here was not 24 hours, but 30 hours. Each month had a fixed 30 days, and each year had 16 months, corresponding to the spring, summer, autumn, and winter of his previous life. Jormungandr also had four seasons: Cangling, Yanxia, Baizang, and Dongchen, each with four months.
It's currently February, the height of summer. Based on the time, Lezhi calculated that the time he awoke in Jormungand, which his people call the hatching time, should be exactly the last day of January, the hottest month of summer. This is quite a coincidence, because Lezhi's birthday in his previous life was also at the end of the first month of summer.
Upon hearing Leyou's estimate, Lezhi smiled slightly and stated her plan, "You usually don't travel on foot, right? Since you're afraid of being late, why don't you spread your wings quickly?"
"Ah, but..." Leyou hesitated, looking at Lezhi with some doubt, "Lezhi, although I look tall and strong, it's still a little difficult for me to carry you and fly over..."
Although Lezhi was a thin and small boy when he first returned, after these few days of careful nurturing, he has visibly grown taller, and his cheeks are fuller. Leyou has tried to carry Lezhi on land; he can manage to lift him once, but it would be very difficult to carry him in the air.
"No, what are you thinking?" Lezhi gave Leyou a helpless punch and urged, "I have a way to keep up myself, so hurry up and stop nagging."
"Hey, don't push me. Okay, I know."
Urged relentlessly by Lezhi, Leyou touched its nose and reluctantly spread its wings with a "whoosh." Lezhi's eyes lit up, a look of amazement flashing in them.
Just as Lezhi had guessed, Leyou's wings were indeed in the same color family as his hair, a mix of pink and yellow. The two colors were irregularly distributed on the fluffy wings, giving them a distinctly anime-style look.
Seeing the amazement in Lezhi's eyes, Leyou assumed that Lezhi was envious of his wings, never imagining that Lezhi was simply attracted to the beauty of his wings.
"Then I'll fly over there and wait for you up there. If it doesn't work, I'll come down right away."
"Alright, alright, hurry up." With a wave of her hand, Lezhi gestured for Leyou to fly away quickly.
As Leyou took off, a smile flashed in Lezhi's eyes, "Furry." "Chirp chirp~"
"Come on, let's show our dear people what a cheat code is."
"Chirp chirp~"
Although it couldn't understand Lezhi's words, the smugness in Lezhi's voice still infected Maoqiu. It happily flew off Lezhi's head, landed on the open ground, and transformed into a large bird.
The two, one human and one bird, already had a great understanding. Lezhi used the wing that Maoqiu had deliberately spread out to climb onto Maoqiu's back, settled down at Maoqiu's neck, tightened the basket on its back, and loudly commanded, "Let's go."
"嗻～"
With a long cry, the Lingyu tribe members all looked up at the sky. The massive shape of the fluffy bird blocked out the sunlight, casting shadows over the tribe. They watched as the large white bird circled Leyou, who was still stunned in mid-air, once, and then flew towards the village entrance under his guidance, their mouths agape.
The last time Maoqiu returned, it was too early, so the people who stayed behind in the tribe didn't see Maoqiu transform and fly. They only caught a glimpse of it in the square. Now, seeing the big white bird flying in the air, with Lezhi's figure seemingly faintly visible on its back, the tribe members finally felt a sense of reality. They realized that this was what bird-beast companionship truly meant.
As Lezhi had predicted, the tribespeople shifted their focus from whether he had wings to the significance of his existence as a companion of birds and beasts.
The first to be caught off guard was Leyou, who was leading the way in a daze in the air. When he saw Lezhi waving at him lively from the back of the big white bird, he felt a complex mix of emotions. But most of them were excitement and exhilaration.
Flying in the sky is much faster than running on the ground, especially when Leyou is overly excited. He flew as fast as he could to the side and in front of the big white bird to guide it. The two people and the bird arrived at the village gathering team's meeting point in less than five minutes.
The gathering team members, who had arrived earlier, stared blankly as a large white bird flew out from the tribe and headed straight for them. The tribespeople were tense and flustered for a moment. Only when the bird got closer did the tribespeople see Leyou leading the way, and they relaxed considerably.
"Hey, isn't that Leyou? What's that person following behind him...?"
As the leader of the gathering team, it was Le Jing who had just calmed down the team members' anxiety. When she saw Le Zhi on the big white bird, a smile flashed in Le Jing's eyes. "That's Mao Qiu, Le Zhi's bird and beast companion. Okay, don't be nervous, make way for them."
Hearing Yue Jing's calm explanation, the tribespeople remembered what the chief had mentioned about bird and beast companions. Yue Zhi had been too quiet these past few days, and they had all forgotten about it. Now, her dazzling appearance had truly been a bombshell for the tribespeople, leaving a deep impression on all the Lingyu tribespeople.