Chapter 292: Soan?!
The other villages had doubts about his words.
“Oech, are you kidding ?”
“Even if the animals have eaten over half of the bear, what’s left of it is still too heavy for the two of you to carry!”
“Even twenty villagers can’t do that!”
“Oech, please tell us the truth. What happened? Does it have sothing to do with him?”
“We’re all from the sa village. Are you going to keep things from us?”
The villagers were full of questions, and they all wanted an answer.
Oech frowned and bit his lips. He had spent most of his life here and knew what the villagers were like. He didn’t want to tell them the truth about Himl Soan. If he did, they might chase Himl Soan away. They might even exploit the teenager’s strength and give him too much work to do.
Oech didn’t like either possibility.
“I made a breakthrough. That’s how we were able to carry the carcass. We took many breaks on our way back. Enough on that subject. We should let the hunters return and share the bear.”
No one quite believed everything he said. However, Oech was right. The most important thing now was to share the at among the villagers.
It had been a while since they could eat as much at as they wanted. With the size of the bear, every villager would get a considerable amount. At that thought, they forgot about everything else. All they saw was this big chunk of at.
Before long, the hunters ca back, all looking defeated. They hadn’t caught anything today, which utterly disappointed them.
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However, they were dumbfounded when they returned. No one could believe their ears when they heard what had happened.
“Did you say Oech brought back this bear?”
“Are we going to share its at?”
“Has Oech recovered his strength?”
The hunters were more astonished than the villagers. They had spent the most ti with Oech and knew what he could and couldn’t do. Even if he had recovered his full strength and made a breakthrough, he wouldn’t be able to carry that bear back.
But they didn’t say anything. Just like the other villagers, they wanted to share the at first. They needed the food. That was always the top priority. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have let Oech take Himl Soan away this morning without any objections.
Before long, the bear was divided into over 50 portions, each one over 100 pounds. They wouldn’t need to worry about food for the next week. If they rationed their food, it would last two weeks.
By the ti they finished sharing the at, the sun was setting. They all went back ho.
Oech and Himl Soan also returned ho. With the at, they could have a feast tonight.
Oech cut over two pounds of at and made a big al to thank Himl Soan. Without the teenager, he would never be able to bring back that bear.
After dinner, Oech couldn’t help but ask, “Who are you? How could you lift that bear so easily?”
Himl Soan said, “I’m just an ordinary person.”
“How could an ordinary person do that—wait! You can speak!” Oech was astonished. He stared at Himl Soan in disbelief.
“I couldn’t before, but I can now,” Himl Soan said calmly.
After two days, he finally figured out the language of this world, though it still required so practice.
It took Oech a mont to digest the information. Himl Soan could finally communicate with him. He could ask all the questions he wanted.
“I didn’t know you could speak. That’s why I’ve been talking to myself. But you can speak now… that’s good. What do you an by you couldn’t before? Did you lose your mory?” Oech asked tentatively.
Himl Soan hesitated. He had been looking for an excuse to ask questions about this world. He couldn’t tell them he had fallen into this world from so other universe. No one would believe him and would regard him as crazy. However, Oech had provided him with a good excuse.
Himl Soan nodded.
“How much do you rember?” Oech asked.
“Not much. I only know my na is Himl Soan.”
“Soan?! You should change your surna! That surna is forbidden here!” Oech looked terrified as if he had heard the most terrifying news.
Himl Soan frowned. It was just a surna. Why would he have such a big reaction?
“Why? Why can’t Soan be ntioned?”
Oech didn’t reply imdiately. He thought for a long ti, trying to figure out what to say. “I don’t know why you have that surna, and I’m not telling you to change it, but you’d better hide it. Don’t let other people know.
“As for why, I don’t know the answer. It has been a rule in Stelladom for a long ti. No one has that surna because it’ll get you in prison. You’d better keep it to yourself.
“You can have whatever surna you want as long as it’s not one of the royal surnas.”
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