Signing-In: The Lazy Moon Goddess-Chapter 276: Ice Cream

Yue Xuexia, Tan Bingyu, Taiyang, and Shen Jueyang enjoyed eating ice cream when Crown Prince Rasheed, Lord Junna, and Knight Captain Meraka finished their tasks and killed all the brain-eating butterflies. They looked quite tattered, with their clothes disheveled, covered in sand, and wounds all over.

The three were actually more confused about how these people could eat ice cream and for it not to melt under this heat.

Crown Prince Rasheed said, "Ant takul alayas krima. ghayr eadilatin! ’urid baed ’ayda!! hal yujad shukulatat bialnaenaei?"

Translation: [You’re eating ice cream. Unfair! I want some too!! Is there chocolate mint?]

Yue Xuexia nodded her head, took a pint-size chocolate mint, and passed it first to Tan Bingyu to add ice elemental enhancement to the can, preventing it from melting fast, and passed it to the crown prince with a new spoon.

She then looked at Lord Junna and Knight Captain Meraka and asked, "Ma alnakhatu?"

Translation: [What flavor?]

Lord Junna answered, "Coffee."

"Pistachio, thank you," said Knight Captain Meraka.

After each of them received the ice cream, they started eating happily. Obviously, the heat was getting into them as well, and this ice cream gave them the refreshing feeling to free themselves from this heat. Tan Bingyu also distributed some healing pills to them to cure their injuries.

Despite their wounds being superficial, their skins were badly scraped, and to avoid infection, healing was the right way to continue training.

Crown Prince Rasheed said, "Hum ~ ’ana ealaa qayd al hayaat maratan ’ukhraa!"

Translation: [Hm~ I’m alive again!]

Lord Junna said, "Sumuk lam yamut hataa, lidha famin alkhata ’an taqul ’anak ealaa qayd alhayaat maratan ’ukhraa."

Translation: [Your Highness didn’t even die so it’s wrong to say that you are alive again.]

Crown Prince Rasheed retorted in English. "It’s a metaphor. Metaphor! Hm?"

Then they noticed Knight Captain Meraka wasn’t talking, then the two of them turned around and saw him sitting on the ground with Taiyang. The pint-size ice cream tin was replaced with a gallon one, and there isn’t only one in their hands. There are at least a dozen in it.

Lord Junna and Crown Prince Rasheed looked at this scene with a stunned expression. They couldn’t believe that their stern knight captain, infamous for being a spartan, ate on the ground full of sand with someone else and ate ice cream like a child who couldn’t pick which flavor to eat.

Lord Junna asked, "Kabtin, Madha tafaeala?"

Translation: [Captain, what are you doing?]

Clang!

This is the sound of a metal spoon hitting an empty metal can.

The one who asked only looked at Lord Junna and once again grabbed the spoon and another ice cream can with mango flavor.

Knight Captain Meraka answered, "Akal alayas krim?"

Translation: [Eating ice cream?]

On the other hand, the crown prince acted differently from Lord Junna and said with a complaining voice, "Ah! hadha ghayr eadilin! ’urid almazid ’aydan. ’aetini baed ’akthara! la takul wahdak kabtin!"

Translation: [Ah! It’s unfair! I want more too. Give me some more! Don’t eat alone, Captain!]

Taiyang laughed at this scene and passed an unopened ice cream gallon to the crown prince who joined their group.

"Here."

Lord Junna was so speechless that he failed to stop his prince from sitting on the sand without any manners. He only woke up when he felt someone patting his shoulder and saw Shen Jueyang.

Shen Jueyang said, "Yastas Limu. la yumkinuk al tafkir mae alsharih."

Translation: [Give up. You can’t reason out with a glutton.]

"Yes!" Lord Junna pinched his temples and chose to ignore the scene. Meanwhile, the two women watching from the side look at Shen Jueyang with a stunned expression on their faces and then look at the small pile of empty ice cans beside them, and these were obviously eaten by Shen Jueyang, who was beside them just now.

Tan Bingyu looked at Yue Xuexia and whispered, "Mistress, he..."

"It takes a glutton to know a glutton. Just ignore them. Yawns~" said Yue Xuexia as she no longer wanted to waste brain power on something so strange and ridiculous.

After another hour of rest, the group finally prepared to move. The Crown Prince sent his golems to bring their newly captured extinct species to be sent to the country’s laboratory. The rest will be handled by the personnel, as he made a call using a satellite phone to inform them what happened. However, the news about this species was kept a secret until they fully researched it.

The group continues their journey toward the center of the Sahara Desert. On their way, they met other extinct creatures like scorpion snakes, mutated camels, and even a giant earthworm whose meat tasted like an eel.

HISS~ HISS~

However, before the sun had risen, the ground suddenly halted their journey. The protector of Crown Prince Rasheed, the children of the Snake God, had all appeared blocking their way. This scene startled everyone. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

Taiyang said, "Ayuha al’amiri, yumkinuk altahaduth mae althaeabina, ’alays kadhalika? madha yaquluna? faj’atan, manieana huna? madha yahduth maeahum?"

Translation: [Prince, you can talk to your snakes, right? What are they saying? Suddenly, blocking us here? What is going on with them?]

The Crown Prince nods his head and talks to the white rattlesnake wrapped around his neck, hissing at him. The other white rattlesnakes who were blocking the way despite trembling under the gaze of Taiyang and Shen Jueyang didn’t move. Obviously, they thought that whatever was below was too dangerous for the humans before them and didn’t want to put them in danger at all.

All of a sudden everyone saw the face of Crown Prince Rasheed, who was talking to his snake. It turned pale white, and he was even trembling. They knew that whatever the reason these descendants of the Snake God were blocking them was because they felt the danger that might not be resolved by the Moon Princess alone.

Clearly, Taiyang and Shen Jueyang won’t hesitate to leave the crown prince and the rest to keep Yue Xuexia safe. To avoid such a situation from happening, they can only stop the whole group from moving forward.

Lord Junna frowned and asked, "Sahib alsumu, madha qal hamatik? Hal hu shay’ yumkinuk ’an taqulah lina?"

Translation: [Your Highness, what did your protectors say? Is it something you can say to us?]

The Crown Prince took a while to calm down before speaking. Moreover, he was so terrified that his words were stuttering.

"Ti-qalwa... hunaka... hunaka... eamaliqat ji... eamaliqat yaeishun that tilk alrimal almutaharikati. hadhih hi almudakhila, ’iinaha qaribat alan wahakadha... ’ayu shakhs yamuru eabr alrimal almutahar ikat sayatimu dagh tuh hataa al mawt bdlaan min ’an yatamakan min al dukhul ’iilaa al dakhil. min al afdal ’an tadhhab eindama tushriq alshamsu. aleamaliqat ’adeaf taht al shams li’anahum makhluqat allayli. hadha ma qalah silfir wa’iikhwatuhu."

Translation: [T-They said... There... There are... G-Giants... Giants live under that quicksand. Those are entrances. It’s closed right now... Anyone who passes the quicksand will be squeezed to death instead of being able to go inside. It’s better to go when the sun is up. The giants are weaker under the sun as they are creatures of the night. That’s what Silver and his siblings said.]

Yue Xuexia observed the quicksand that was no different from the sand they were standing into and suddenly brought out a live chicken from her space and threw it at the sand in front of her.

As if the desert came to like a swirl motion on the sand instantly caught the struggling chicken, and the next thing that happened was creep. The chicken was sucked by the quicksand, and it broke its bones until it died struggling in pain. After the chicken shrieks its last, its blood dyes the sand until it disappears together with a broken body.

The sand in front of them once again becomes tranquil, as if what happened just now didn’t happen at all. Except for the two gods, the rest of the humans were terrified by such a scene. On the other hand, Yue Xuexia’s face remains apathetic.

Everyone was nervous as they waited for the decision of the Moon Princess, who was leading the group. Despite being the strongest in the group, Taiyang and Shen Jueyang never made the decision for the group. All decisions were made by the Moon Princess, Yue Xuexia.

Yue Xuexia said, "Tarajue lihadhih allaylati. wasanuasil alrihlat ghada. al’akh rashid, min fadlik qarar ma ’iidha kan fariquk sayati maena. ealaa alraghm min ’anani ’aeidk bihimayatika, ’iilaa ’anah ’iidha tajawazat al’umur ma tawaqaenahu, fa’iina qarar ’iinqadhik ’aw eadamih sayaqae ealaa eatiq yanghyangh wajwyangh."

Translation: [Retreat for tonight. We will continue the journey tomorrow. Brother Rasheed, please decide whether your team will come with us. Though I promise to protect you, if things go beyond what we expected, the decision to save you or not will fall to Yangyang and Jueyang.]

The crown prince lost his playful demeanor from before and nodded his head. He now looks serious as he realizes that the situation will no longer be as death-free as before. This time the danger to their lives will be unknown.

Prince Rasheed said, "Afham dhalik ya ’ukht mun. sa’at hadath mae eayilati wasidi hawl hadha almawduei. la taqliqu, lan ’adae kula thiql hayaatana bayn yadayka."

Translation: [I understand, Sister Moon. I will speak with my family and master about this. Don’t worry, I won’t put all the weight of our lives in your hands.]

The tension in the area disappeared as Yue Xuexia smiled and said, "Shkraan litafhumik ’akhi rashid. Min fadlik khudh waqtak lilraahat allaylat ’aydan."

Translation: [Thank you for your understanding, Brother Rasheed. Please take your time to rest tonight as well.]