Komatsu's Love Defense

Alu and I sat on the back of a large water-storage camel. The camel walked steadily, with a melodious bell sound. Every step under the camel's hooves was accompanied by a slight tremor of sand, which was transmitted to me as a regular swaying feeling.

This was my first time riding a camel, and I was excited and curious. I held the handrails in front of the saddle tightly with both hands and couldn't help asking A Lu: "Mr. A Lu, what kind of camel is this? I don't think I've ever seen one before."

A Lu gently pulled the camel's reins to make it walk more steadily. He turned his head slightly, his eyes gleaming with excitement, and explained, "This is a water storage camel. The hump on its back stores about 2000 liters of water. It is a giant camel that can drink the stored water at any time using the tap on its side abdomen. It is a rare and convenient species."

A Lu sat on the camel's back, stretched out his hand and gently stroked its rough fur, with a faint smile on his face: "Because of Zebra, there was only one in the town, but they rented it to us. We are really lucky."

I held the handles of the camel's front saddle tightly with both hands, and my body swayed slightly with the camel's steady steps. I turned my head to look at Zebra next to me, who was riding the eye-catching red camel with a proud smile on his face.

The wine jug in Zebra's hand swayed gently with the camel's steps. From time to time, he brought the jug close to his mouth, tasting the wine leisurely.

My eyes could not help but be attracted by the camel's peculiar hump, and I asked curiously, "Mr. Zebra is riding a wine camel, a camel with high-quality red wine in its hump."

When Zebra heard what I said, he threw his head back and laughed. He replied proudly, "Hahaha, unlike you, I'm a big shot! I'll just enjoy this elegant journey while drinking red wine."

When Alu heard what Zebula said, he could not help but turn around and yelled at him: "You have a very low alcohol tolerance, you will get drunk and run away soon."

I listened to the conversation between Alu and Zebra with a little helplessness. I turned my head and asked Alu from behind, "But... the old lady in the town said that it's okay if you don't return the camel. It's obviously a rental store, so why is that?"

A Lu turned around, a serious expression on his face, and explained: "That's because my mother-in-law heard about where we were going..."

Time goes back to my mother-in-law’s camel rental shop——

A Lu stared at the old woman, his tone filled with unprecedented seriousness: "Grandma, the next place we are going to is the food pyramid!"

When the old woman heard this, a look of horror immediately appeared on her face. She widened her eyes and asked in a trembling voice: "You... actually... actually... want to go to the food pyramid!"

A Lu closed his eyes slightly, and adjusted his dust cap slightly with his hands on the brim. Then he opened his eyes and a faint smile appeared on his face: "Yes, I have to go find some ingredients."

The old woman's body trembled even more violently. She raised her hand to try to dissuade A Lu, her voice filled with fear and uneasiness: "No... You can't go! The Food Pyramid is said to be one of the seven wonders of food in the world. Even archaeologists around the world have not yet solved any of the mysteries there."

The old woman's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and her voice was trembling more and more. "What's more... the vast red desert maze surrounding the pyramid of gourmets, the Dessert Maze, has been visited by many gourmets, but none of them have ever returned. That's why it has been given the name "Graveyard of Gourmets"!"

Zebra put his hands on his hips, with a scornful smile on his face: "The graveyard of gourmets... What a shameless place, just let me go back and forth several times with ease!"

A Lu turned his head and looked at the old woman, his eyes full of determination: "Anyway, hurry up and help us prepare the camels, grandma!"

Although the old woman was full of worries, she finally nodded and turned around to get busy after seeing the determined eyes of Alu and Zebra. Originally, this town only had one freshwater storage camel, but because Zebra had saved the residents of the town, the residents specially prepared a camel that could store red wine for him.

Time returns to the desert again——

The three of us rode camels and slowly moved forward in the scorching desert. The sun rose higher and higher, and the scorching sun shone mercilessly on the desert. The air around us was evaporated by the high temperature, leaving only a trace of dry breeze.

I sat on the camel's back, feeling the vastness and desolation of the desert. The sand dunes in the distance were rolling like golden waves. My cheeks were red from the sun, and sweat kept dripping from my forehead, soaking my clothes.

But I didn't back off, because I knew that only by crossing this desert could we reach the legendary food pyramid.