Our Action Brothers
Water shelter

"Can you warm the water for a bath?"

Yao yin's voice shocked Arnius who was still closed on the bed.

"You want to take a shower? but it's still very early, the sun hasn't risen yet."

"I've had a shower, but if the water reservoir behind it is warm. Of course everyone can take a warm bath every day, so it is not too inconvenient for the waiters who have to heat the water to bathe."

"Yes, let the sun rise first."

Arnius tilted his body and re-clutched the bolster that was beside him.

"Then please accompany me around looking around the whole place in this residence."

"Can't it be later? not even the trees are clearly visible."

Arnius was still not moving from his place.

"Alright, then I want to walk alone. I'd better take this face mask off. After all who would dare to look at my face for too long, I could be considered ugly."

"Don't ever open that cover in front of someone else."

"Why?"

Yao yin who had already placed his face cover on the table was startled as Arnius pulled his arm slowly.

"Wear it back, only me and certain people will see your face without that cover."

Arnius took back the face covering lying on the table. His eyes barely flickered as he looked at Yao yin's face without any face cover. Yao Yin closed Arnius' mouth which had opened wide for a while.

"Shut your mouth and remember to blink when you see me. Finally you wake up too, now let's go around."

Yao yin took the cover of his face that was still in Arnius' hands, then put it back on. Arnius regained his senses as Yao yin pulled his arm and started walking out from inside the room.

The sun began to emit a slight amount of light as the couple exited from inside the room. The servants are already beginning to be seen doing their own work. Everyone looked down when they met the two.

"You told me to heat the water, did you know this house has a water reservoir? I don't know."

"When we were still hovering above the Classic Pearl, I had time to pay attention to every building of this house. I also saw a place made specifically to hold water."

"You please stop."

Arnius stopped a servant who was walking.

"Yes young master, how can I help you?"

"Where is the water shelter located?"

"There sir, let me drop off."

Arnius as well as Yao yin walked in the footsteps of a young servant they had just met.

"Maki, what are you doing here? didn't you do your job?"

A person's voice sounded from under the large tree.

"Sorry uncle, I asked him to show me the location of the water shelter."

Arnius, who had recognized the voice, replied, although the uncle was still not seen because his place was covered by several branches of trees.

"Continue your work, I'll deliver it. Come on Ar, over here. How do you know there's a water shelter here?"

"Yin yin saw it while we were still floating in the air."

"Here you go, what are you gonna do? If you follow this creek, you'll get to this place."

Zaka pointed to three large water reservoirs. Water is seen to continue flowing from several pipes, until it flows down into a tributary if the shelter is full. Arnius followed Yao yin who had already started to float, because the place was indeed built above a height.

"Uncle, can you please explain this waterway?"

Yao yin started to inspect some pipes that looked not connected to each other.

"The first shelter is for gardens and farms, the second shelter is for bathing, washing and others. While the third, made specifically with some filtering process. The water's being poured into the kitchen, for cooking."

"You know what your job is, my husband, put in some flint and then warm the water in the second shelter. Everyone could use warm water at any time, because this place was so cold."

Arnius began to make Yao yin's request, in just a short while, warm water began to flow into each bathing place as well as washing.

"Uncle, tell all the servants that the water will always be warm, so there is no need to heat the water for bathing."

"What is uncle then?"

Yao yin pointed to a few mounds of earth from the rest of the excavation.

"Dry seasons are sometimes too long, so your father tried to find groundwater to meet our needs if the water from the mountains was no longer flowing. But we only do it if the work in the garden is not too busy, so the well is still not finished."

Yao yin took out a threaded object from inside the small wooden box he always carried.

"Uncle, please stay away a little. We'll do the rest."

Zaka moved from his original place, after hearing the orders from Yao yin. The wooden thing that was in Yao yin's hand started to look enlarged, after he pressed a button that was stuck. The moment Yao yin again pressed a few buttons, the roar of the machine began to sound. The wooden thread that tipped taper began to spin rapidly. Aided by Arnius, Yao yin rushed to direct him to the well-making site.

The roar of the machine began to stop after the two saw a considerable puddle of water at the bottom of the well. Arnius immediately carried Yao yin's body to come out from inside the well.

"Ci hui's.. New bride, early in the morning already carrying aja nih."

Genta is seen standing with Eiji and the others as Arnius exits the well holding Yao yin's body.

"Oh looks like you haven't had a bath, just come in and take a clean shower."

Arnius almost snatched Genta's body to be thrown into the well, before he twitched and took refuge behind Zaka.

"You see uncle, he's a bad brother. He always wanted to hurt your handsome niece-to-be."

Zaka smiled slightly at the manner of the two.

"Thank you, Ar, you solved one of these family problems. I'm gonna get some waiters to build a wall around that well."

"No need, just let your handsome niece-to-be do it. Come quickly the commander works, later I will introduce Keiko to one of the sons of the village officials. So if you want to come, hurry up."

Without replying, Genta hurriedly arranged some stones, then coated them with some other building materials that were already available at the place.

"Captain, have you asked for some supplies for your trip to Keiko?"

Arnius asked when he saw Zen also among them.

"I guess there's no need for Ar, the distance we're going is not that far."

"Alright, I leave it all to you. Please take our friend home, and come back to this house if you don't have a next destination."

"Each commander. What about the emperor's gift box, where to put it?"

"Save a chest containing gold coins for Classic Pearl, you can also take it if you want. While the others just put it in uncle's warehouse."

"Alright, little uncle please show me the family's treasure vault."

"You got your treasure?"

Zaka was surprised when Yuki and Wu Ling brought along a large chest containing several gold coins as well as other precious objects.

"It's a gift from the uncle emperor, I've tried to reject it. But they still insist on us carrying all this."

Arnius explained a little.

"Alright, just put it in the middle room. We keep everything there."

Zaka began to walk into the main house followed by Arnius along with the others, while lifting one large crate on each person.

Keiko and Yao yin who dropped the last from the top of the Classic pearl, were seen carrying some precious silk cloth.

"It seems like this family no longer needs to work, these coins are enough for our lives to be ten to twenty years later."

Zaka was useful slowly, when he saw some chests containing so many precious objects.

"If it's still lacking I can give it again, so uncle doesn't need to trade to various regions."

Arnius took out a few gold coins on the floor until they looked slightly mountainous.

"Enough Ar, that's enough. You can bring robbers into this house."

"I won't let this house get kicked out by anyone, I'll put a tough, strong bodyguard on you guys."

"You're gonna take care of us, aren't you my son?"

Yaza's voice sounded slowly between their conversations.

"Of course dad, I'll try to take care of you all."