Nausea

It was still early yet the group began to rush back to the cave where the Matai lived.

Lu Yu placed his grass clothes in the storage ring, and moved in a relaxed manner in the center of the Matai group. In addition to gossiping to gather information, he also told the Matai to kill several hares.

It has to be said that the Matai named Shan Pu runs really fast. His body moved forwards, eyes determined and bloodthirsty like a real cheetah. It’s completely different from how he normally look.

The hares generously dropped some [Small Red Medicine], and Lu Yu’s heart is not calm as he pick it up. Such a big harvest, its more than what he got before.

When there were only a few remaining light in the sky, they finally reached the Matai cave.

“King, you’re back!” With a wooden stick, Chen Ping, who was standing at the mouth of the cave, rushed over.

Chen Ping suddenly noticed the the hunting team the King led today seems to have little harvest, but his face still showed a happy look and said, “Today, Le Shui caught a few fat rabbits to eat at night!”

The Matai people, whether they are men or women, are strong and has great appetite. They can consume seven to eight pounds of meat in a single meal. With dozens of Matai, this few rabbits are not enough to even be stuck in their teeth.

But when hunting outside, returning empty handed is also a common occurrence. Returning without losing anyone, even if they got nothing, is also something worth to be happy for.

Chen Ping, who stood at the mouth of the cave for the whole day is still optimistic and comforted himself. Anyway, they, the Matai people, can withstand hunger. Missing a few meals is nothing.

“Chen Ping, why did you think we haven’t caught anything?” Shan Pu stepped forward, stretching out his long arm to his neck and laughing like a thief.

Chen Ping: ?

Why ask this question, you have nothing on your hand.

Shan Pu grinned: “I’m telling you, we not only caught a mammoth today, we also caught someone… well, can you guess who we brought over?”

Chen Ping didn’t have time to ask where their prey is. He was caught by Shan Pu’s mysterious expression. “Who ah?”

Do they have any distant relative?

“That’s–” Shan Pu’s head turned and look at the crowd.

The Matai people in the hunting group dispersed on both sides, revealing the star, Lu Yu.

Lu Yu has to bite his teeth and step out.

Shan Pu crossed his arms, raised his chin and proudly announce, “Witch!! We brought back a witch!!”

Chen Ping looked dull: “Ha?”

He soon realized what Shan Pu meant and stared at the person who came out with brilliant eyes: “Ah!”

Shan Pu looked at him with scorn and patted his back: “Ha ha, we’ll show you the power of a witch!”

Having said that, he ran to Lu Yu and change his arrogant expression just now, and asked using a soft tone as if anything louder will blow the person away, “Witch, can you take out the prey now?”

Lu Yu nodded in amusement.

Perhaps, he was momentarily infected with a chuunibyou like atmosphere so Lu Yu thought for a moment, raised his hand, and hit his ringfinger.

Snap.

A giant dead mammoth, with its four legs facing the sky, appeared in the open space not too far away.

When Shan Pu was speaking earlier, the other Matai people who were staying inside the cave also run out, just in time to see this scene, and they let out a cry of surprise.

“Wow!!!”

Lu Yu looked over.

The Matai who appeared are around thirty people, basically women and children. Regardless or gender and age, they are all wheat-colored, not too fat and not too thin, with healthy muscles.

Their appearance is nothing like the monkey faces in the history books.

Lu Yu doesn’t look too surprise. While on the road, he already understood that the Matai people were born strong, with develop limbs, whether they are men or women, It’s their racial talent.

But their population is really small. They are only about sixty in total.

The Matai men are returning to their wives and children.

Even Shan Pu ran to a girl and danced around her with his hands and feet, saying how lucky he was to ‘pick up’ a witch.

“Le Shui.” The Matai King, who stood alone, suddenly called.

The air suddenly stagnate.

A man with a car on his face stepped forward.

Go with Chen Ping and help divide the meat.” The Matai King commanded.

Scar-face nodded, turning around to greet a few people that followed him to carry the mammoth corpse.

The Matai King continued, “Xiao Cao.”

A gentle-looking middle aged women came out.

“Come with me.”

He turned to Lu Yu, “You’re coming too.”

And so the three people walked inside the cave. The Matai people left outside starting doing their own things. Those have work to do started busying themselves, those who are idle started gathering by three or four, and started an excited discussion about the new witch.

“The witch is a little thin, but he looks good.”

“Yeah. I can’t believe we have a witch!”

“What food should we prepare for him? He is so white, does he eat meat?”

“I don’t know, go and ask Shan Pu.”

“Okay…”

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Lu Yu followed the King of Matai and looked at the cave where the Matai people lived.

The cave is wide and deep, with no strange and unpleasant odor in the air. The ground has clean leaves from various plant and is neatly laid out in a rectangular shape, which should be the bed. On both sides were flower pots made from mud, with fresh flowers and clean bones in the corners.

Although the adult women of the Matai are around one meter and eight inches, with a physique like a body builder and a combat strength that cannot be underestimated, they also seemed to be very good at taking care of their group.

The Matai King stopped in front of a lead bed in the deepest part of the cave, pointed at the vacant place next to it and said to the middle aged Matai woman name Xiao Cao, “Prepare nala grasses here.”

Xiao Cao: “Alright King.”

The Matai King looked at Lu Yu, “You will sleep next to me afterwards.”

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Is this made to monitor him, afraid that he will run?

Although Lu Yu prepared himself to be a prisoner, but he worshiped as a witch a few seconds before, and now he is closely watched. It left a sloppy feeling in his heart.

He boldly refused, “No, I will not run and don’t have to occupy the place where the King sleeps.”

The Matai King froze slightly, pursed his mouth and did not speak, the air around him become a little low.

Xiao Cao looked at her silent king, then new white witch innocently, and covered her lips to hide a smile.

She explained to Lu Yu, “Witch, we are often attacked by wild animals here. The reason the King placed your sleeping position here is to protect you better. You see, the children of our tribe also sleeps near here.

She pointed not too far away.

Oh? That’s it…

Lu Yu felt that his face was a little hot, and scratch his chin, eyes floating to the side, “I see. Well, I will sleep here. Thank you King.”

The Matai King, without saying anything else, left straight away.

“Witch, sit down and take a rest.” Xiao Cao referred to the round leaf on the ground.

“Okay. Lu Yu has be walking for a long time and is a little tired.

Xiao Cao took some nala grass and also sat down, arranging the leaves that will be used, and spoke in a gentle tone, “Witch, do you want to tell me about you, or should I talk about our Matai Tribe first?”

Xiao Cao is the best and the smartest woman in the Matai people. Its the reason why the King called her, not just to help make a bed.

Lu Yu the asked why there are a few Matai.

“If you can’t say it, it doesn’t matter.” Lu Yu added.

Xiao Cao smile with a hint of bitterness, “In fact, there is nothing to say. If the witch want to listen, I will simply say it.

She place down her work in her hand, “Ten years ago, we did not live here. We, the Matai, are not many but we are also more than 1000 people, and occasionally exchange a few words with other tribes, and exchange some food. And then, from that side–“

Xiao Cao reached out and gestured, “A group of people that we have never seen, started a siege on us.”

“They have ten or twenty thousand people, with weapons we have not seen and can easily cut us, but we have great strength, and has been resisting. The see that their progress is slow and found other tribes, and said that if they eat our meat and drink our blood, they can live a long life.”

Xiao Cao lowered her eyes, the hand that was holding the nala grass clenched unconsciously, with veins appearing at the back. “The other tribes knows where we live, attacked there and killed all the old people and children left behind. Then they surrounded us together with outsiders.”

“At last, the King escaped with us and a few older children.”

Lu Yu was silent.

Just because of their longevity that made other people jealous, provoke a slaughter.

Are those people who eats the flesh and blood of the same kind be even called ‘human’?

Lu yu does not know what are the three views of these primitive people. Anway, to him who came from the modern era, this is unacceptable.

He probably figured out as for why the Matai King was suddenly going to kill him. He said that he came from somewhere, referring to the direction in which the outsiders came from in Xiao Cao’s mouth.

Presumably, he and those outsiders are somewhat alike, that made the Matai King want to kill him.

After knowing these, Lu Yu felt a lot less nauseous about the Matai people wanting to kill him indiscriminately.

It’s just reasonable that at this time, Lu Yu should comfort Xiao Cao, but Lu Yu really can’t do it.

His parents died early, the grandfather whom he depended on also died when he was twelve years old. He’s not the loner type but, but he really do not have any friends that manage to enter his heart. From small to large, whenever he was suffering and injured, he just supports himself and never needed others sympathy and comfort. Naturally, he has no experience in giving it to others as well.

He has no choice but to change the topic and talk about something else.

By the way, the name of the Matai King is Tai Li.

Lu Yu chewed the word ‘Tai Li’ several times and his heart and suddenly remembered something.

“Your language… how did it come?”

T/n: Its the end of chap 3 and we finally got ML’s name finally =o=’

ML of other novels, names already known even before showing up

ML of this novel, showed in 3 chapters before the author remembered that she/he havent named the ML yet

I was getting tired typing out King of Matai or Matai King ugh. Though the situation of the matai is really pitiful, my eyes teared up a bit.

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