104 – Home(1)
Monia was about to cry a little at the fact that she had to destroy the old house she had used for a long time, but she had no choice but to destroy the house to collect the ropes and strings used to build the house.
I take care of the strings and ropes I used, as well as the tools I made because they were broken during my stay here.
A lot of things were broken.
A stone ax that had been broken before coming here, a stone knife that was broken while recording information about winter, and a rope that was tied to a trap but was cut off by an unknown creature biting it.
One of the claw knives snapped off as I was peeling off the tough and tough hides of the creatures upstairs, so I had to shorten the length a bit to reattach the handle to the broken part.
The machete was also pretty bad.
They said that they used it carefully, but since they had to cut down the rough grass and cut the tough leather and hard meat, they had more to use than when they were downstairs.
The best stone to use as a whetstone is in the house downstairs, so I thought I’d save my machete as much as I could until then.
After completing all the preparations, the two, Ant, and the young owner of the island, carrying a raft of baskets and cushions, walked on their way home.
The reason why the young owner of the island is together is to know the location of Chester’s house and to continue to interact in the future.
“Let’s go by the river on our way back.”
“Yes?”
Chester rocked the cushion raft he was carrying.
“It’s not this, let’s make a proper raft and ride it. Would that be comfortable?”
“… … I would love to ride it. A real raft.”
“yes? Then I should make it better.”
When Monia said she wanted to try the raft, Chester kissed Monia lightly on the cheek and said he would work harder.
“Ehe.”
Chester’s natural kiss, Monia, smiled and stroked her cheek.
It wasn’t that they confessed their love for each other. However, we clearly shared our hearts and became close.
The two are not aware of it properly, but the trip to find the shining lake was a great opportunity for them to get closer to each other.
The tension of exploring unknown territory. And the fear and intimidation that came from seeing the huge creatures and strange phenomena that I saw while wandering around the upper floors.
The stream of water that suddenly disappeared at the end of the difficult progress while being sleepy from beginning to end. In order to find the missing water stream again, he relied on Ant to continue his endless steps.
The moment he found the shining lake after a difficult and painful time, his mind was relaxed, and his relaxed body became honest with the voice deep in his heart.
Both Chester and Monia have been able to reveal to the other person the feelings they have been holding on to and haven’t revealed.
After spending some sweet time with Monia, Chester visited the young island’s owner.
Chester, who was nervously observing when we first met, now raises his hand as if he were an old friend and greets him lightly.
It’s not just the attitude that has changed.
Through many conversations, I learned that the owner of the young island had the name ‘Black Wind’, and I got a rough idea of what kind of life they live at the top of the island.
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Likewise, the Black Wind learned the names of Chester, Monia, and Ant, how they came to this island, and how they live.
After hearing how Chester planned to move, Black Wind asked again because of a method he didn’t understand.
– What do you mean by riding the river?
– Watch. You will have a fun experience.
* * *
On the way back home, Chester and Monia had many mystical experiences.
As for what it was, it was to watch the numerous and diverse creatures running away in fear when they saw the black wind.
A snake flicking its tongue, waiting for them to approach.
A huge cat that hid itself in the shade of a tree and jumped down at any time to bite the scruff of the neck.
A wild boar excitedly rushing forward to pierce a deep hole in the stomach with its sharp fangs.
As befits the upper level of the floating island, all of these creatures, larger than humans, fled in fear at the sight of the black wind.
The reason is simple.
This is because the ‘owner of the island’, a race of black winds, really acts like the owner of the island.
Just as a person who grows grass and flowers in his yard, like a yard owner, exterminates animals or insects that damage his yard, pulls out overgrown weeds, and manages the yard to make it look good, they manage the island.
If a creature excessively harms the island’s environment, the seeds of that creature are dried to bring peace to the island, and if a typhoon blows and the debris blocks the flow of the river, the debris is blown away to prevent problems such as flooding in the future.
If there is a creature that tastes good, catch it, lock it up somewhere, enjoy the meat of that creature, and if there is a plant that tastes good, try to spread the plant throughout the island.
There are more creatures in the lower layer that the owner of the island does not manage very much, but the creatures in the upper layer have seen the owner of the island who manages and controls the island like that.
There were many times when he attacked without knowing the subject and was severely beaten, and he often saw strong creatures that he did not dare to attack were miserably hunted.
That’s why, unless it’s a creature that is proud of its own strength and fearless, like the rhinoceros that ran into the black wind the other day, there is nothing to go ahead and touch the owner of the island.
As if there were no dangers that could disturb the landlord, except for the bugs that occasionally jumped into the front yard of the house.
“Hey, the person at the top seems to be more amazing than I thought?”
“Yeah. It’s more than what I heard from the black wind.”
Monia called the people of the black wind ‘top people’.
If they lack… The Black Winds were called family, but if they had a name among their tribe, they would have called it.
However, the owners of the island have so far lived in a place where the only creatures with which they can interact culturally are their own people.
As a result, there was no need for a word to refer to their tribe separately, so no such name was created.
But Chester and Monia need a fitting name to talk about them comfortably. I’m tired of calling them by long names like the Black Wind family.
So top people.
Regarding the title of the top man, Chester said that he meant those who exist at the highest level, and he liked the black wind too. Would you spread this name to your family?
– You can eat this.
– Is it a mushroom?
– There’s nothing hurtful about this. There are many that look similar, but you can tell them apart by looking at the root area.
The good thing about being with the Black Wind wasn’t just being able to avoid danger.
The Black Wind brought out a bunch of non-poisonous foods, especially mushrooms, that Chester and Monia never dared touch.
“Is it a mushroom?”
“mushroom… .”
what the hell is a mushroom Mushrooms remained unknown to people for a long time.
They are not animals at all, but aren’t they too different from other plants to be called plants?
do not bloom The leaves don’t even grow. does not bear fruit Nor does it thrive by dispersing its seeds with the help of insects or birds.
Mushrooms suddenly appear in the same place one day. So people were afraid of it, saying it was a plant planted by witches.
Now I can distinguish between poisonous and non-poisonous mushrooms, so I cook and eat edible mushrooms, but… … .
“Well. How do you eat mushrooms?”
That’s for nobles too. Edible mushrooms were scarce around the kingdom, so only nobles ate them, and Chester had never eaten mushrooms in his entire life.
“You can just bake it. It’s a pity that there is no oil. Oh, you know what? There is a small restaurant on the royal road. Reservations are so fierce that I’ve only been there three times, and they serve mushroom steaks made with large mushrooms… … .”
“You mean Ghou?”
“Yes. As for what that mushroom steak tastes like, ah, I want to eat it for the first time in a long time. Can I eat again?”
While Monia was drooling, saying she wanted to eat mushroom steak, dinner was ready.
The menu is grilled snake caught by the black wind, and grilled mushroom. Next some fruit.
The Black Wind liked food roasted on fire like this. As for how much I like it, once I brought something edible, I grilled it over a fire, whatever it was.
Even the grass was roasted and tried to eat, but it was burnt and eaten.
“Here, turn off Ant.”
– Kwang! kong!
Since they didn’t use any seasoning, they served the grilled dishes to Ant as well, and the four of them started eating.
While Chester and Monia disassembled and ate the food with their claw knives, Ant followed them in disassembling the food and then cooled it down and ate it.
– right! after! after! Whoa! after! after! Ho! like! Ho ho ho, ho! Boo.
After biting off a well-grilled snake, they eat it while shaking their arms and legs to resist the heat while spitting steam out of their mouths.
“Eat slowly.”
“I don’t take it.”
As the two of them were saying that, they began to make a fuss about how delicious the black wind was.
“Monia, you were like that when you first grilled fish.”
“I couldn’t have done that!”
“yes? really?”
“Ugh… . Joe, it may have been a little bit, but it’s not like it wasn’t!”
“What are you saying?”
It was a truly delightful meal.