My Daughters Have Regressed - My Daughters Have Regressed chapter 163
163 – Children and the Nymph Bandits #4
163 – Children and Nymph Bandit #4
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The Manli Desert was wide and wide.
It seems that the name Wanli (萬里) was not just given for style.
In the national anthem, the Korean peninsula was approximately 3,000 miles long, so it would be safe to say that the 10,000 mile desert is three times that wide.
Maybe that’s why it was sand when I looked ahead and sand when I looked behind.
“Judah, all the water brought from the oasis village has run out.”
Garot looked at the empty water bottle and reported the situation to me. It’s already been two days since we left Oasis Village.
The supplies that the emperor had provided were running slowly out.
If we continue like this, won’t we become dried rats before we reach the desert?
“Oh wow…! Ammonite discovered again… !”
“This Cecily also discovered an antique seashell… !”
“Hi-Hi… I caught a lot of scorpions…”
The good news was that the children were not yet intimidated by this bleak and vast desert.
Hina even caught and played with scorpions in the desert.
How did they do it?
“You just need to hold out your hand…”
There was no particular method.
When Hina held out her hand, her scorpion climbed on it.
Come to think of it, wasn’t Salome good at handling poisonous insects like spiders, snakes, and scorpions?
Perhaps the bloodline of the desert imperial family was rich in mysterious magic that could make desert animals friendly.
Not only that, Hina was also good at discovering cacti.
It was a cactus that looked like something out of a western movie, and was about the same size as an adult man. It’s a really big cactus.
Hina pointed to it with her finger and explained.
“This desert cactus… Save the water… If you cut the bottom with a dagger… I can get water…”
As Hina said, I cut the base of the cactus with a dagger.
Then, a clear liquid began to pour out, as if someone had turned the water tap on the playground on a hot summer day.
I quickly filled the empty bucket with cactus water.
When I took a sip, it tasted just like an aloe drink.
“That’s interesting. Hina, how did you know?”
“Just… I can feel it… Desert…”
Hina performed in this desert as if she had returned to her hometown. I don’t know if the desert is friendly to Hina, or if she’s friendly to the desert, but she was very helpful.
“Hina is amazing.”
I scratched Hina’s head and chin with my hands.
Then Hina raised her hands and shouted as if she was very happy.
“Oh… Yes… !”
It must be nice to be praised.
Seeing that, Salome seemed even more excited and shouted.
“Saw? “I heard Hina is this smart!”
… Since it’s an innate sense, it has nothing to do with being smart, right?
Of course, he didn’t say anything like that.
However, when Brigitte saw Naru digging and playing in the sand, she asked a question.
“Naru, what can you do?”
“Naru, we can find an ammonite! “I picked up 5 ammonites just today!”
Naru took out five small ammonite fossils from her pocket and showed them. The small, round fossil was quite cool, but Brigitte clicked her tongue when she saw it.
“… “That doesn’t really help, does it?”
Brigitte said she wasn’t helpful, but I thought Naru was great too. Ammonites are cool. There was something that stimulated a little childhood innocence and romance.
I have to ask Naru for one too
Hehe.
While I was thinking that, Brigitte stopped walking.
“Huh, I can’t do that. Everyone, get on this carpet.”
Everyone stopped walking at Brigitte’s words
And then he stood on the carpet that had been spread out over the desert. The carpet was quite wide, but when we all got on it, it became a little cramped.
“Flight─.”
Buuuuung-.
As Brigitte recited the spell, the carpet carried us floated into the air.
Flying magic?
Because it was such a surprise, everyone turned to Brigitte.
In particular, Salome even grew.
“Wizard, if there was something like this, wouldn’t you have used it sooner?”
That was correct.
If we could make a flying carpet, wouldn’t traveling have become easier? But Brigitte seemed to have her own circumstances.
“I was in bad shape because my body and the mana flowing in the air of this desert didn’t match well, right? To begin with, flying magic isn’t even my specialty. But now it’s worth using.”
I see.
I didn’t know what it was, but I was fortunate to be able to fly.
Then Cecily asked.
“Then what do the camels do?”
“I will release you.”
Zek-.
Garot pulled out his sword and cut off all the burden and reins from the camel’s body. The camels are now completely free.
Then the guys ran towards the desert without even looking back. I thought I had become more affectionate these past few days, but is it really true that the relationship between humans and animals is nothing more than exploiter and exploited?
* * *
It was very fun to look down on the ground from the flying carpet. Anyway, the desert scenery is all there.
It must have been a flight like that for about an hour.
I could spot something glowing ivory in the distance. It was a building so enormous that it seemed to defy perspective.
“It looks like it’s 10km away. Why does it look so big?”
It was an ivory pyramid.
The sight of something like that standing tall in the desert was truly majestic and great. And it felt very strange because it was a little different from the shape of the pyramid I knew.
The pyramids I know look exactly like this.
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Mmmm
Mmmm
Mmmm
The pyramid I knew was made of square, rough rocks stacked one on top of the other.
The truly masculine and powerful appearance seems to depict the absolute power of the pharaoh.
However, the pyramid I was seeing now was a very smooth square pyramid. The surface was coated with ivory-colored marble, giving the impression that it was beautiful.
If a building could be assigned a gender, anyone would say it is female-shaped.
In particular, the capstone shining at the top was so brilliant in rainbow colors that it was dazzling.
We all fell silent and were filled with appreciation at the overwhelming scenery.
It was truly a building that could be said to be a wonder of mankind in Pangea, so just seeing this sight felt like a reward for the arduous journey that lasted for several days.
Garot was the first to open his mouth.
“It appears to be at least 1km high. The circumference is more than twice that. How on earth did they make something like this?”
How on earth did you make something like this?
I knew the answer.
It’s probably just a matter of putting in a lot of people for a long time.
If you have a lot of people and a lot of money, you can build a big structure.
Sssss-.
The carpet we were riding on sank towards the floor.
“Let’s go through the entrance.”
It was time for me to encourage everyone.
Something crashed and landed in front of us with a sharp sound.
It was a strange animal.
Because she was a woman with a body like a winged lion and a beautiful face.
“Sphinx?”
I asked.
Then the half-human, half-animal lion woman answered.
“Yes! I am the Sphinx guarding the pyramids! From now on, if you fail to answer the three questions I give you correctly, you will be cursed by the ancient king!”
I see.
It is the appearance of a strange monster.
When I looked at it slowly, the subjugation level didn’t seem that high.
About silver tier.
However, the reason I didn’t destroy him all at once was because it looked fun.
“Oh wow…! Naru likes riddles!”
Naru showed motivation.
Soon Cecily, who was watching next to her, covered her face with her fan and laughed.
“Intellectual entertainment is a trait of noble ladies. “Let’s quickly expose the problem!”
I see.
Everyone was motivated.
The Sphinx looked at us slowly, and finally he growled and roared.
“Well, since there are three children, I will ask each of them one question. Then, blonde girl, answer my question. What is 23 plus 21?”
Is it an arithmetic problem?
I thought it would be a nonsense question.
Four feet in the morning, two feet at lunch – there’s such a thing.
Cecily started and looked at us.
Then she seemed to be lost in thought for about five seconds, and then she answered slowly.
“… “44?”
“Excellent.”
The Sphinx nodded and acknowledged the correct answer.
Only then did Cecily boast as if she was relieved.
“This is a simple knowledge for a daughter of a noble family… !”
“Then that’s the second problem. Pink-haired girl. Let me ask you. “What is 44 times 25?”
Is it a multiplication problem?
It was a little difficult.
Wouldn’t it take some brainpower to calculate that in your head?
When everyone was looking at Hina with tense eyes, Hina answered.
“1100.”
“Hoo? That’s the correct answer!”
Oh.
Hina seemed to be smart enough to solve this and that with her mental calculations. It seems that Salome’s hard study was worth it.
What’s left now, is Naru?
“Dark-haired girl. The guardian of the royal family will ask you a question. 「When n〉=3, there are no positive integers x, y, z that satisfy the equation xⁿ +yⁿ =zⁿ.」 Prove this.”
… What do you mean?
I couldn’t even understand the problem.
But the Sphinx was looking at us with great triumph, and its expression was very unfortunate. Narumam Brigitte was the first to look at that mean expression and become indignant.
“This is the last theorem of Fermat, who is called the first great wizard! How are you supposed to solve this problem? Why did you give such a difficult problem to only Naru? This is not fair!”
Brigitte got angry instead of Naru. It looked exactly like a parent protesting to the teacher by bringing in the answer sheet of a child whose answer was given incorrectly due to a question written incorrectly.
But the Sphinx’s attitude was strict.
“Asking questions is the first step toward truth. Archmage Fermat’s difficult problem is like a shortcut to the truth. Anyone who cannot solve this cannot take a single step into the pyramid. Hurry up and try to solve it!!!”
What will happen in the future?
I didn’t know about the Archmage Fermat, but I knew about the difficult problem, ‘Fermat’s Last Theorem.’ It’s a difficult problem that has been successfully proven using modern mathematical theories, right?
Since it is a problem that has been solved in the end, it means that there is a way to solve it.
When I got nervous for no reason because I didn’t know if Naru would be able to find the answer, Naru raised her hands high.
“Naru, I know the answer to this problem!”
Zodiac sign.
Naru knows the answer to this problem?
Naru was indeed a great genius.
While everyone was looking at this situation tensely, Naru sighed and took a deep breath.
And then she shouted.
“Narubigi, hydro pump!”
Fuuuuu-.
Naru spewed a powerful stream of water at the Sphinx, a half-human, half-animal monster.
Then something surprising happened: the Sphinx collapsed like a castle made of sand!
“Gaa-! I found out that my body’s weakness was water! It can’t keep its shape… !”
The Sphinx collapsed and was reduced to dust.
What on earth was it?
What on earth did this half-human, half-animal monster want to do?
As everyone was keeping their mouths shut, Naru spoke.
“Dad said it a long time ago! They say the answer to all problems is overwhelming power! “If the problem wasn’t solved, it was because I didn’t have enough strength!”
It was truly a story I would have told.
The truth is simple.
The overwhelming power was the simplest yet most powerful truth.
In my opinion, the ‘problem’ of the world meant a lack of power.
Basically, if your body is bad, your head will suffer.
I’m saying this now, but if Archmage Fermat had the muscles of Hercules to shatter the earth, he wouldn’t have studied math or something like that, right?
“Oh wow…! Naru got the question right… !”
Seuseuseuk-.
Naru found the key in the ruins of the Sphinx that had collapsed into her sand, and through it we were able to enter the pyramid.
It was summer.