Sanggana Swordsman
116. The Su Ntai Traveler
*Holy Blood Ring*
Surprised snake seller heard his name called many people across the market street. He was a bit panicked and frightened as a number of men from the soup food stall came towards his field.
“Bong Gook! Why can your snake head be in my customer's soup bowl, huh?!” shouted the owner of the food stall angry. He brought a chopped machete.
“Do you mean to slander our efforts?!” ask the other guy with the soup.
They paid no heed to the existence of the unraveling haired woman standing in front of them facing the snake shop.
“Aa... ii.. anu....!” said a snake seller named Bang Gook. For snake business he was the bravest, but for the fussiness of his fellow humans, he was the most shrivelled.
While the new Tirana came only head bobbles saw the commotion that arose. He came along with Zhao Lii who had already managed to catch up to him.
“Aaarrggk! Noisy!”
Suddenly Puspa turned to the men while growling like an angry tiger. He curses with spooky glaring eyes.
The puspa's actions shocked all the men behind him. They retreat in fear while their weapons in vain face Puspa, a beautiful woman whose mouth is full of snake blood. His right hand held the carcass of the yellow snake he killed with a bite.
Amidst the commotion, a burly man but dressed like an ordinary citizen, was interested in approaching. At first he only saw from a rather distant position, but when he heard Puspa's words, he became interested in approaching.
“Metaan!” shouted a marketer suddenly, making the atmosphere more panicked and chaotic.
“Silumaan!” yelled at the others while running away.
Almost all of the market residents got chatty and stayed away, but they also wanted to see what exactly was going on, so they formed a crowd within a fairly wide range of the Puspa and the snake stall.
“Puspa, let's continue the journey. Don't scare the people in the market!” tirana said rather firmly.
“Cuih! Who scares people?” sentak Puspa as he glanced at Tirana. “They are brash. A beautiful puspa like this is called dirty and smells!”
An angry puspa then threw the snake carcass in his hand to the crowd. Make them scream and stay away from the dead snakes.
Puspa suddenly snatched another striped snake in the hands of Bong Gook. Straight off the head of the snake he put it in his mouth, cut off his neck, then mopped it into the other hand.
The people who saw, including Zhao Lii, were so shocked to see the unnatural action.
Puspa threw the snake's head tightly and right on the nose of the man who owned the soup stall.
“Hihihik!” Puspa laughed loudly again long, especially watching the man who owned the soup stall fall like a statue blown by the wind.
“Let me pay for everything,” Zhao Lii told Bong Gook.
“Come we go!” take Tirana to Puspa.
“You want? It's delicious,” asked Puspa, offering the snake to Tirana while walking away.
“We have to go west immediately, do not waste time here,” said Tirana.
“Nisaak!” call a man suddenly.
Tirana and Puspa were somewhat surprised to hear the familiar word call in their ears, but there could be no mention in the foreign land.
Both of them immediately looked. They found a burly but not so tall man walking up to them.
“Are you guys in trouble?” ask the 50-year-old.
Although the man had a face like the people of this country in general, but Tirana and Puspa understood his words. The language of the man is the same as the language of both of them.
“Kisanak, you speak like us,” rebuked Tirana.
“Yes, I was long in the Land of Jawi. I'm a wanderer. My name is Su Ntai. Are you guys from there?” said the man.
“True,” replied Tirana.
“Seeing the problems you caused, you must need help,” terka man named Su Ntai while smiling a little, as if convinced by his guess. “Say, what help do you need? If I can help, I will help willingly.”
“She definitely knows where the Forest Cat fell!” puspa said to Tirana.
“Forest Cat?” tanya Su Ntai did not understand Puspa's intent.
“We arrived in this country not by sea, but by sky...”.
“Langit?” cut Su Ntai. A pair of netherbs.
“True. It was Puspa,” explained Tirana then pointed at Puspa who stood by her side. “My husband-to-be who Puspa calls the Forest Cat fell in the west. We have to go west to find my future husband.”
“In the west there is Capital City We. More to the west there is Jang Country. If you need a guide, I'm ready to help you, just pay with..”.
“With what? Because we are not armed with money coming to this country,” asked Tirana interrupts Su Ntai who deliberately hung his sentence.
“No problem, Ki Suntai,” said Tirana quickly while smiling widely. He called Su Ntai by the name of Ki Suntai. “But, did Ki Suntai see someone fall from the sky in the west?”
“No. However, I have acquaintances of places to get various kinds of secret and rare news. The man is in the capital We. The problem is, it's a bit expensive. I don't have the money to help you pay for the kind of information Miss is looking for.”
“We also do not have money,” said Tirana rather lethargic.
“Puspa can get a lot of money!” puspa said then stepped out to leave.
“Eits! Puspa should not interfere with the property of others!” said Tirana while quickly blocking Puspa's left hand. He can guess what Puspa will do.
Puspa was forced to hold back his steps.
“What are you guys talking about?” zhao Lii asked who had arrived between them. He then asked Su Ntai, “It looks like you understand my friend's second language?”
“True, Miss,” replied Su Ntai in her native language.
“I'm Miss Zhao, daughter of General Zhao Jiliang, border guard Taele,” Zhao Lii introduced herself. “What do they fuss about?”
“They both want to find a future husband Miss..” Su Ntai's sentence was interrupted and looked at Tirana.
“Nona Tirana,” Zhao Lii replied.
“They are looking for a future husband Miss Tirana who fell from the sky to the western region, but constrained the cost to pay for information,” explained Su Ntai in the language of the nation.
“I'll pay for everything you need, Tirana!” zhao Lii said to Tirana and Puspa.
Tirana and Puspa looked at Zhao Lii. The two of them did not understand what Zhao Lii was saying.
“What did this friend of mine say, Ki Suntai?” tanya Tirana, immediately take advantage of the advantages of Su Ntai.
“Nona Zhao said, will pay for everything you need,” said Su Ntai.
“Good.” Tirana nodded to Zhao Lii.
“But on terms,” said Zhao Lii.
“But with terms.” Su Ntai immediately translated Zhao Lii's words to Tirana and Puspa.
“What?” tirana asked Zhao Lii directly.
“Crown Prince Young Tua wants to meet you two in Capital We,” Zhao Lii said.
Su Ntai immediately translated it for Tirana and Puspa.
Frown Tirana heard that.
“Whose Old Prince?” ask Puspa while chewing raw snake meat in his mouth.
“People who were in a horse-drawn carriage escorted by many soldiers,” replied Tirana. He then asked Zhao Lii, “What does the prince mean to see us?”
Su Ntai immediately translated Tirana's question to Zhao Lii.
“Entahlah. I think His Highness the Prince is interested in you guys who are from a faraway foreign land. I think His Highness the Prince wants to entertain you as guests,” Zhao Lii said. Then he said again, “I will help you with money to get news about your future husband, Tirana.”
Su Ntai translates rather long.
“Isn't Capital We also the city where we find out about my future husband?” tirana asked Su Ntai.
“True.”
Then Tirana said to Zhao Lii, “Alright. However, if the Old Prince had any ill intentions veiled, Puspa and I would not hesitate.”
“Sepakat,” said Zhao Lii while smiling widely after Su Ntai translated the words Tirana.
“We will meet in Capital We, because Ki Suntai invited us to stop by his house,” Tirana said.
Su Ntai translate.
“Oh,” sigh Zhao Lii. Then he said, “Alright.”
Zhao Lii suddenly remembered something. He took something from behind his clothes.
“This is for Puspa,” Zhao Lii said as she extended her hand to Puspa.
Puspa glared for a while then stared intently at Zhao Lii. That gaze cast Zhao Lii as an ordinary woman. But he tried to survive.
“It was for Miss Puspa,” said Su Ntai translate.
“Hihihi!” Laughing Puspa after hearing Su Ntai's words. He then took out two skewers of konde that were in Zhao Lii's hands. (BH)