Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 38 Parting
On the ninth day of arriving in the Red Leaf Tribe, Broly was invited by the tribe leader to go to the deep water area to participate in the collection of freshwater shell pearls.

"We use fermented fish balls with a strong fishy smell to attract dangerous fish that swim in deep waters.

After attracting away the dangerous fish, the diving experts in the tribe will take the opportunity to dive into the deep water.

There are some large freshwater clams underneath. You can lure them to open their shells with a whole piece of fresh fish meat. When they open their shells, you can use the branches you bring down to pick out the pearls in their mouths.

A pea-sized pearl could be exchanged for six or seven bags of flour. If one could dig up a pearl larger than a pea, a good-quality one could even be exchanged for half a month's food supply for the tribe, or some iron utensils.

But be careful not to harm the big shells, so that they can produce new pearls again in a few years..."

On the boat, Riddle told Broly about the work that the Red Leaf tribe did to supplement their family income. They were a pearl-collecting tribe in the mangroves, and they made money by diving into dangerous deep-water swamp areas and collecting freshwater shell pearls from the bottom of the water.

"Broli, you are very powerful. If you are willing to join the Red Leaf Tribe, I can give you the position of the tribe leader."

After introducing the Red Leaf Tribe's money-making activities, Riddle directly invited Broly.

These days, he has been silently observing the boy's situation and knows that Broly has a good character, attaches great importance to his companions, and more importantly, possesses terrifying strength.

If he were the chief of the Red Leaf Tribe, he would definitely be able to ignore the situation where the water area was separated by a mangrove land and develop the Red Leaf Tribe.

So, after discovering that the boy seemed to be preparing to leave the tribe with some children who did not want to stay in the tribe, Riddle came up with the idea of ​​asking him out for a talk.

As the tribesmen were not very civilized, Ridler, as the tribe leader, did not have so many twists and turns in his mind, and directly showed the utmost sincerity in the invitation.

"Stay here. The Red Leaf Tribe can be your home with the other children."

To be honest, Ridler was very sincere. He was even willing to give up the position of patriarch to a child from outside.

But no matter how sincere he is, it will be useless, because even if Broly agrees, the Crystal Palace will forcibly send him back to his original world after his stay is over.

"I can't stay." Broly shook his head. "Other people who have no home can stay if they want to, but for those who want to go home, I'm going to send them back."

Although the children who stayed in the Red Leaf Tribe and followed him out of the big forest all lived a stable life, some of the children still did not feel a sense of belonging here. They envied Rivarina for being able to return home, and they also wanted to return to their real home.

"Do you know where their home is?"

Riddle asked.

"The person who wanted to go home told me where he lived before, but I don't know the way."

Broly speaks the truth.

"You don't know the way, how are you going to send them back?"

"I didn't know the way here, but I still brought them here."

Broly didn't think it was difficult to send people home, as he had done so in the previous world.

"The road to the empire is not easy, but with your strength, it should be no problem."

Riddle sighed, knowing that he couldn't keep Broly, so he gave up.

"Can you help me get some pearls?"

Broly nodded.

In one day, he brought up more pearls from the deep water than anyone else.

"Have you cleared all the freshwater mussels in this area?"

Seeing the pile of pearls on the boat, Riddle smiled bitterly. The boy was too efficient. It was estimated that he would not need to go to this deep water area for one or two years.

At night, after returning to the Red Leaf Tribe, Broly discussed leaving with other children, and some children already knew about it.

"I'm sorry, Broly, I plan to stay here."

This is what most homeless children think. They finally have a place to stay and don’t want to live a wandering life anymore.

"I want to go back. I don't believe that my parents sold me. That must be a lie told by the slave traders. I want to go back and find out the truth."

This is the idea of ​​a child who wants to go home, while the others who want to go home all have homes, but at their age they don’t know the exact location of their homes, and only remember a simple name of the area where they used to live.

"We need a map."

Nahashu said that he had no home, but he wanted to leave with Broly.

"Where's the map?"

Broly asked, and the children who were willing to leave with him looked at each other. They had almost just gone with the flow before.

"I have a map, although it's not very accurate."

At this time, Ridler walked in from outside and said, holding a parchment roll and a package in his hands.

"This is the map that my father, the former chief of the Red Leaf Tribe, exchanged from a merchant. My father once wanted to take the pearls collected by our tribe to the empire and sell them for a good price.

But we failed. The people of the empire were very hostile to foreign races. Not only did thieves target us, but even some lords and nobles targeted us. We suffered heavy losses, and the map was shelved within the tribe.

It is of no use to our tribe now, but it may be useful to you if you wish to return to the Empire."

As Ridler spoke, he handed over the parchment map. It was a document from more than ten years ago, but it was well preserved, and the patterns and text on it were clear.

Although Broly could not understand the map, Nahashu could. He was a learned man and seemed to have received a good education and even etiquette training in the past.

"It's a very old thing. It is indeed a map of the empire. Green's home is probably here."

Nahashu found Green's home from above. Of course, it was only the approximate location on the map. The exact location could only be figured out after he got close to it.

"If you are not in a hurry to leave, you can wait in the tribe for two months. There will be ship merchants passing by nearby. They can take you back to the empire. I will help pay for it."

"I don't have that much time." Broly shook his head. He only had 49 days left in this world.

"But if you don't need me to take you home, you can stay here."

Broly said to the children who were about to go home, but no one wanted to stay.

After all, big brother is very powerful and you can see it with your own eyes. If you follow big brother, even in a forest full of dangerous species, you can walk out as if you were taking a stroll.

Therefore, it is safer to be taken home by my elder brother.

"Since you are all leaving, this is the farewell gift I prepared for you."

Riddle seemed to have anticipated this situation and put down the package in his hand.

When the package was opened, the pearls were revealed.

"Once you arrive at the Empire, unlike here, there are many places where you need money. Our tribe does not have the money of the Empire, but we have pearls that can be exchanged for money. The money you get from these pearls can make your journey easier."

Of course, having money can easily lead to trouble, but Riddle looked at Broly and thought that with this powerful kid around, there should be no problem.

"Thank you, Chief Ridlier."

"You're welcome. You've helped our tribe a lot, not to mention helping Rivarina return home. You also brought in a mangrove forest. With that adjacent mangrove forest, our Red Leaf Tribe will be able to expand into a larger tribe in the future."

In swamp areas, the area of ​​mangroves determines the size of the tribes living on them. The larger the mangroves, the more people they can support.

"Hey, you need those things?"

Broly tilted his head.

"Then shall I move some more for you?"

Riddle opened his mouth but didn't say no.

"If I may, I'd trouble you."

In half a night, Broly moved a bunch of mangroves from other places in the swamp area. If Chief Ridler had not stopped him halfway, he might have been able to move all the surrounding mangroves.

"We have to keep some as transit points."

The mangrove area of ​​his own family expanded nearly ten times, which made Chief Ridler feel ashamed. He received so much reward for just a map and a bag of pearls.

The next day, Chief Riddle gave Broly and the child who were leaving with him the largest ship of the Red Leaf Tribe.

Broly originally had 73 friends with him, but now there are only 14 left. The other children are at the new border of the Red Leaf Tribe, seeing them off with red eyes.

After going through the journey of sharing joys and sorrows, this group of helpless children have already established a sincere friendship.

We have to say goodbye now and may never see each other again in the future, so it is naturally very sad.

"Nahash, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said you were a child of a noble family."

"It doesn't matter. After all, what you said is not wrong."

"Ponnie, stop picking poisonous mushrooms. They are really inedible."

“But that one is really delicious.”

"boom!"

Cornelia knocked her head and said to her companions on the shore: "I will watch over her."

"Tsukushi, we will always remember your barbecue."

"I'll come back and cook for you guys if I have the chance."

"Red Eye and Black Eye, stop stealing big brother's meat."

"We didn't steal it. He gave it to us on his own initiative."

The sisters with double pupils felt that they were being slandered.

……

"Brother Broly, we will always remember you!"

Finally, everyone shouted.

The parting words touched Broly a little, and he seemed to experience a feeling of reluctance.

At the same time, I also missed the other world and Fujimura Taikawa who was so kind to me.

"I will try to remember you too."

Broly responded to them, and the reason he used effort was because he didn't remember everyone's name and appearance.

After all, more than seventy people are too many, and they are not wives recognized by Crystal Palace.

The boat sailed away, away from the Red Leaf Tribe.

The sadness of parting gradually subsided, and Green suddenly asked Nahasu: "Are you really a noble?"

"It's just a bastard. I've become a slave. It's just a useless status."

This is a simple question and answer between two friends who have changed their minds.

But after Broly changed his mood, he thought: I can find a wife somewhere else.

(End of this chapter)