Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Cat-headed King
The horses galloped through the twilight savannah and stormed into the castle.
Entering the city, Kapok ordered his guards to disband and go home, while he himself continued to run towards the city with his new friend Pat Ma.
Outside a large meadow in the middle of the city, three horses stopped, because their path was blocked, and several uniformed cat-headed soldiers with iron swords stuck at their waists stood guard at the junction. Wang Fan saw that more than a dozen fires had been lit on the grass not far away, huge animals were hanging on the fire, and groups of tall cats were sitting around the fire drinking and having fun.
The sky was completely dark, and the sky revealed a little starlight, and the thick smell of wine and the aroma of barbecued meat filled the sky and the earth, which made Wang Fan feel hungry.
Kapok turned over and dismounted, and Wang Fan and Ah Hu also dismounted when they saw this. Standing on the ground, Kapok Zi is at least fifty centimeters taller than Wang Fan, and his body volume is at least twice that of Wang Fan.
When the soldiers saw the arrival of the kapok, they all lined up to greet the kopok, and the cat-headed soldiers were at least fifty centimeters taller than the kapok. They looked at the two unconventionally dressed and strange-looking dwarfs behind the prince with astonishment.
"Hey, big brothers, guards, they are my new friends, please take care of our horses!" Kapok shouted.
Kapok dropped off his horse and entered the lively dojo with his new friend, Wang Fan carried Zhen'er and Ah Hu on his back and followed Kapok, and the group walked between piles of bonfires and groups of jubilant crowds.
Kapok still carried a bow and a quiver on her back, a silver sword at her waist, and a silver ornament hanging from her neck "jingled" as she walked. After walking for a while, Kapok remembered something, stopped and turned around and said:
"Hey, I don't know what your names are, I won't be able to tell my father later."
"My name is Wang Fan, his name is Ah Hu, and he is Zhen'er." Wang Fan said succinctly.
"How old are you?" Kapok asked again.
"We're fifteen." Wang Fan said. Although he didn't know whether intelligent people had an age or not, such an answer at this moment was undoubtedly the most appropriate.
"You're as old as me? But why are you so short? Kapok asked curiously.
"Our people here are shorter than you here." Wang Fan said that he was telling the truth.
"Hey, I know, it turns out that you are from the dwarf country, I have heard the story of the dwarf country, and it turns out that the dwarf country is real!" Kapok said happily, then turned around and continued walking.
After walking for about ten minutes, Kapok took her new friend to the bottom of a high house, the front of which was completely open to the large playground, and the other three walls were lit up.
Kapok Zi turned around and smiled: "During the day, the troupe sings and performs various tricks on this stage, including the long beard performing Transfiguration, and tonight my father and several of his officials live there for the Lunar God Festival. ”
A wide wooden staircase led to the stage, and Wang Fan Ahu followed Kapok Zi to the stage.
A row of wooden tables at the back of the stage was unusually tall, and large plates of meat were placed on them. In the middle of the banquet sat a huge fat cat man, wearing a gold crown studded with several colored gems on his head, a half-foot-long black beard on his chin, and a fat cat face looked very kind.
Wang Fan thought to himself that this person should be the father of Kapok.
On the king's left and right sat three officials, all of whom were tall and tall despite their different faces. This scene reminded Wang Fan of the Buddha and his Eight King Kongs described in the storybook.
As soon as Kapok Zi came to the stage, he rushed to the king's table wearing the crown and shouted: "Hey, father, where is the transformation mage?" ”
The king was holding a glass of wine to his mouth, Kapok Zi shouted so startled that his hands trembled, half of the wine in the cup spilled, he put down half of the glass of wine with a straight face and said, "Kapok, you scared my father, what kind of transformation mage?" ”
The six officials looked at Kapok and listened to the king's words, and each of them had a little smile on their faces.
"It's a mage who can transfigulate, really! It's not a trick! Kapok said with a serious face.
The king glared at his two big round eyes and said, "Today is the Lunar Festival, what are you looking for a shapeshifter for?" ”
"I'm going to find a Transfiguration Mage to turn a villain back into a human!" Kapok replied loudly.
The king shook his head and the crown on his head and looked at his son and said, "Kapok, are you drunk again?" Last year's Luna Festival, you got drunk and said that you became a villain, so this year you want to find a mage to turn the villain back into a human?"
"Hey......" the six officials laughed in unison.
Kapok's face turned red, he turned around and pointed to Ah Niu and Ah Hu who were standing at the entrance of the stage and said loudly: "Father, it's not me!" It's they who are looking for a Transfiguration Mage to turn the Villain Sect into a human!"
The Misty Soup King raised his eyes and glared at the entrance and said, "That's why they're drunk!" ”
"Hey......" The officials laughed again, and the king had two big dimples on his face.
Kapok Zi was laughed at anxiously, and he said loudly: "Father, they are not drunk, their villain sect can speak!" ”
The king raised his glass and said, "That's their villain sect drunk!" ”
"Hey......" The officials on the stage laughed even more happily, and two of them thought that they were not laughing loudly enough, and slapped their hands on the wine table to help laugh. The king was so pleased with his humor that he threw his neck up and drank from his glass, and the waiter standing behind him immediately stepped forward to fill him with wine.
Kapok was helpless, he turned around and walked back to his new friend and said, "My father doesn't believe it, you have to perform light skills." ”
Ah Hu did not let him come forward, and he followed Kapok to the wine table of the cat-headed king.
Kapok stepped forward again and said loudly: "Father, if you look at his light skills, you will know that they are really from the dwarf country!" After speaking, he turned to Ah Hu and said, "Hey, it's up to you!" ”
Ah Hu didn't speak, but his body with his hands hanging down was already silently and slowly rising, and when his cold face was level with the big cat face of the king sitting on the throne, Ah Hu's body was suspended in the air and did not move.
The smiles on the faces of the king and his officials froze, and after staring at him for a full minute, the king came back to his senses, and called out to his son who was standing on the ground in surprise: "Kapok, who is he?" ”
Kapok said triumphantly, "Hey, didn't I say that? They're from the Dwarven Realm, my new friends, and they say they'll take me to them to pick up gems as long as I help them find the Transfiguration Mage! ”
Ah Hu slowly fell back to the ground, and the king leaned forward and said amiably: "Little guest, is it true that the prince said that you are from the dwarf country?" ”
"It's true!" Ah Hu said succinctly, the expression on his face was very flat.
"Then tell this king where the dwarf kingdom is." The king asked with a pleasant face.
"Far away!" Ah Hu said, and then immediately turned to the topic, "We are here to find Transfiguration Mages, may I ask Your Majesty, where do they live?" ”
As soon as Ah Hu's words fell, an official in a guard uniform stood up and reprimanded: "Where did the dwarf come from? He was so rude to our king! ”
The king turned his face and gestured with his hand: "Hey, General San, the little guest or a child doesn't know the rules, there is no need to do this, it will scare him." ”
The cat-headed man known as General Sang sat down indignantly.
"Well, this king doesn't ask where you came from, how did you get such light skills?" The king's face became serious.
"Rely on practice!" Ah Hu said, "Your Majesty the King, please answer my question just now, how to find your Transfiguration Mage?" ”
The king lowered his face and said: "You dwarven people have such good light skills, you should practice swordsmanship well to deal with the kraken in the future, you shouldn't travel around the mountains and rivers to find any transformation mages, the kraken will invade our land at any time, your dwarf country will never be on the land, right?" As long as you are a landholder, you should work together to fight the Kraken instead of hiding yourself! ”
Ah Hu said coldly, "Our mission now is to find the Transfiguration Mage!" With that, he turned and walked out, not wanting to waste any more time and conversation with the cat-headed king.
Kapok Zi followed Ah Hu out with a helpless face, and at this moment, the old official who was sitting first on the left side of the Mitang King stood up and shouted, "The prince and the little guests, please stay!" ”