Fabre in Sacheon’s Tang

Following the guidance of Lee Tae, the leader of the river bandits, we set sail toward their base, a floating village, to repair the ship.

While keeping an eye on our direction from the bow, Seol stepped out of the cabin and asked,

“So-ryong, now that its hind legs have grown in, can’t you tell if it’s a frog or a toad?”

She must have been watching Hua-yang’s transformation alongside Hwa-eun. Now that it had hind legs, she was expecting to finally determine what it really was.

But that was still too early to tell.

Shaking my head, I answered,

“Not yet.”

“Why!? Even with its hind legs, you still can’t tell if it’s a frog or a toad?”

‘Why!? Oh, no...’

I flinched at her abrupt question, suddenly wondering if she had caught Cho’s ‘Why?’ disease.

But then I remembered—Seol was way past that age.

Calming myself, I replied,

“Yes. Once its front legs grow in and its tail shortens, we’ll be able to check its skin texture. But just because it’s a toad doesn’t mean its skin will automatically be bumpy. We’ll have to raise it a bit longer to be sure.”

“I’m dying of curiosity...”

Seol, who had been eagerly expecting to solve the mystery of Hua-yang’s identity by looking at its tiny hind legs, now wore a disappointed expression after hearing my explanation.

Just then, the boatman’s voice called out from behind.

“So-ryong, judging by the presence of these reeds, our ship won’t be able to go any further. The water must be quite shallow.

Should we tell the river bandits to find another route?”

Hearing this, I peered over the boat’s railing.

What lay ahead was an expanse of reeds, towering as tall as a grown man.

A thick reed forest stretched far into the distance, blocking the path of the small boat leading us.

I quickly called out to Lee Tae, who was guiding us from the front.

“Lee Tae, our ship is too big to go this way!”@@novelbin@@