I Will Never Submit to Miss Grim Reaper - Chapter 391
Chapter 391: Lulu, Dew, New Hope
It wasn’t until now that I realized the large forest I found myself in after crossing over wasn’t just “too quiet.” Rather, the small animals around had sensed the presence of the dragon in the sky long before I arrived and had chosen to hide.
I stood foolishly in place for nearly half an hour, thinking it was safe here.
Under the hazy sunlight, I cautiously examined the “lizard girl” beside me. Should I call her a lizard girl? She was a little over 1.4 meters tall, slightly taller than me.
She wore very primitive clothing—a piece of cloth barely covering her chest on the upper body and a skirt woven from something resembling leather on the lower body.
She wore no socks or shoes, had golden eyes with slit pupils like a dragon, and sported long emerald green hair and a grass-green lizard tail behind her. From every angle, she looked like a “lizard girl.”
Surely she couldn’t be a dragon girl, right? I’ve seen Fei Luo’s half-human form, it doesn’t look like this. Dragon girls have dragon horns, but this little girl doesn’t.
“Soma? Dorarokushia?”
Under my gaze, the little lizard girl flashed a faint smile, then said something strange in a pleasant voice.
“Eh?”
I tilted my head, indicating I didn’t understand.
This language didn’t seem like ordinary Earth language or English. It was a genuine language from another world.
Oh no.
The only otherworldly language I know is Elvish, and that’s only because of Xiao Mo’s assistance with “Super Dream” and my frequent dreams related to the Elven Tree.
Elvish is different from all the languages I know. Elvish pays more attention to the atmosphere of speech, which makes it difficult to learn. It’s like saying “wow wow wow” to express surprise, question, or anger—it’s not just about intonation but also about the speaker’s emotions.
Here in this otherworld, and judging by the situation, it seems to be a very remote corner of the otherworld. Elves usually reside in those particularly sacred places, and hardly anyone in this otherworld would actively learn Elvish. I couldn’t expect the indigenous people in such a small place to speak Elvish.
“Sakaruna?”
Seeing that I didn’t understand, the lizard girl seemed to switch to another language and continued trying to speak to me.
Again, I shook my head.
“Lucia?”
Another shake of my head.
“What about Elvish?”
Hmm?
I paused for a moment, then replied in Elvish, “I can understand Elvish.”
“Wow!”
The little lizard girl was astonished. “But you’re not an elf!”
“Neither are you an elf!”
I was also excited. “How did you learn the language of the elves?”
“My dad is the village chief. Every ‘Daisy Day,’ he goes into the city, and a few times I secretly went with him. In the city’s great library, I found many books to learn languages, copied down word by word, and slowly learned.”
It seemed to express her excitement, the lizard girl’s originally green hair and tail quickly turned pink. “So… my name is Nida. I’m 179 years old this year. And you, little sister?”
“My name…”
I was about to say “Yin Nuo’er,” but after thinking for a while and not knowing how to express those three syllables in Elvish, I ended up using my name from the other world.
“I’m called Diwu, and I’m… I’m 29 years old this year.”
“So young!”
Nida, as she called herself, was even more surprised.
“You look like a human! And you must be a daughter of those noble humans in the city. Why did you come to such a distant place at such a young age?”
“Is this place far from human cities?”
“Very far. Extremely far.”
Nida curved her tail behind her and quickly drew a sketch of a continent on the lawn. Then with a swoosh, she drew a small circle. “We are here. At least 180 shiyas from here, there are no human cities.”
180 shiyas… Shiyas are a unit of length in Elvish, roughly equivalent to about 40 kilometers. So 180 shiyas would mean… There are at least 7,200 kilometers without any human cities around?!
I tried to ask, “Is this place an isolated island?”
“Yes, we call this place ‘Maha,’ which in Elvish means ‘land of exile.’ My dad, grandpa, and grandma have been living here for thousands of years.”
Nida, the lizard girl, once again used her agile pink tail to write the word “Dew” on the ground.
“Is this your name? Lulu… Dew, New Hope. What a beautiful name!”
Coincidentally, in English on Earth, “Diwu” is also transliterated as “Dew.” The noun definition of this word is “moisture condensed from the atmosphere, especially at night, as droplets on cool surfaces,” and as a verb, it means “to moisten.”
However, in Elvish, it also carries meanings like “dewdrop” and “new hope.” The general atmosphere is akin to “a new day dawning, the sun slowly rising, casting its beautiful light on the glistening dewdrops on plants, bringing a sense of beauty and happiness.”
I have to say, Xiao Mo’s choice of “Diwu” as my name is quite fitting. My soul is attuned to water, and I possess strong water-related abilities. Dew is also water, and “New Hope” signifies the passing of the brave and the dawn of a new life for Diwu.”
“Yes,” I replied.
Seeing that the little lizard girl meant no harm, I ventured to ask, “What about that dragon just now… what was that about?”
“It’s called Tam, the overseer of Maha, and we all fear it.”
The lizard girl sighed lightly. “If we don’t hide when it appears, we might be eaten by it, or… it might breathe dragonfire, which would devastate the surrounding forest.”
“An evil dragon?”
“Sort of, a nasty creature.”
The lizard girl looked disdainful, then changed the subject. “Forget about that guy. Little sister, why are you here? Where are your family?”
“Well…”
I hesitated for a moment and explained, “Actually, I accidentally used a teleportation spell. Somewhere along the way, something went wrong, and the magic transported me here.”
“Huh?”
Upon hearing me mention “magic,” the lizard girl became even more excited. Her pink body turned directly into a bright red. “You know magic?”
“Not really. Someone else helped me with the teleportation.”
I decided to conceal my true abilities a bit. “I’m still a beginner in magic. Being transported here was purely accidental.”
“I absolutely love magic! I’ve been studying magic for the past hundred years, but no matter how hard I try, I just can’t grasp it. And my dad doesn’t want me to learn it either. We don’t have any wizards here, and I can’t understand the magic books I copied…”
The lizard girl widened her eyes, clasped her hands to her chest, giving off a feeling similar to Hanayo Koizumi‘s line “It’s so nice!” from “LoveLive”.
“Then… could you be my teacher?”
“I really don’t know much about magic either,” I quickly waved my hands. “I… I’ve only heard a few things.”
“You’re from the city, you must know more than me. Even just a little guidance would be better than me staring at magic books for a hundred years and getting nowhere!”
The lizard girl seemed like she wanted to say more, but the clear sky suddenly dimmed without notice. Several deep purple clouds gathered together.
“Oh… uh… it’s going to rain.”
Looking up at the sky, Nida grabbed my hand without hesitation.
“Come with me back to the village. It’s dangerous out here. I’ll protect you!”
“……”
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