105 – Home(2)
It wasn’t difficult to go back the way we came.
The high grass that grew up to their chests was a problem during their time at the lake, but Chester was now well and there was a black wind.
In particular, the black wind pushed the grass with its big arms and hands and made a path as if it was a problem.
Is it because of that?
I was able to find the river quickly by getting out of the section where there was no river that I couldn’t even remember how long I had walked.
I didn’t have to worry about taking the wrong road anyway. Ant, who had cleverly memorized the route by smell, took the lead in guiding us, and he meticulously inspected the traces of their meals and sleeping places on the way.
“Five.”
“It’s water!”
In commemoration of finding the river, the party drank fresh water and recharged themselves, and continued toward a place where the river was deep enough to float the boat.
“Aww. I never want to get water from the pool again. Too bitter.”
“Still, you drink better than before.”
“Um, I will. Do you think you’ve gotten used to it because you keep eating it?”
At that, Chester giggled.
“That’s how you end up with a cheap mouth after picking up and eating this and that.”
“Is it okay to be cheap?”
When Monia said that and pursed her lips, Chester naturally kissed her on the mouth.
After the kiss, Monia said with her watery eyes and a smile that gently melted her face red with shame and joy.
“As long as Chester liked my mouth, that was it.”
“… … Ugh.”
Chester, who felt that Monia’s face and words warmed up deep in his heart, shook his head, saying he couldn’t win.
“Did you learn that while talking about novels with your friends?”
“Yes? Nope? That’s what I thought! how is it? Did you like it?”
“yes. It was good.”
“yes? really? Whoop whoop.”
After hearing Chester’s words, Monia nodded with a satisfied smile.
After walking like this for a while, Black Wind and Chester alternate.
It would be the most efficient and fastest way for the black wind to keep moving forward, but leaving all the burden to one person was something that shouldn’t be done.
Even if that one person knows that this is more efficient, deep down, dissatisfaction builds up and the accumulated dissatisfaction creates cracks.
In the first place, how can you say that a person who works under the name of ‘efficiency’ is a friend?
Clearly, it wasn’t long considering the amount of time we met each other. It will be shorter than the nameless villager who lives in the same village and sometimes passes by and sees the face.
However, Chester and the black wind regarded each other as friends.
“Where shall we go?”
Chester, his legs intact, moved forward gently, swinging his machete at the tough blades of grass blocking his path.
One leg is not uncomfortable, so you can firmly support your body. There is no shrinking from wielding a machete in pain.
“Oh, it looks like it will fly.”
“Is it that good?”
“Okay, then. You don’t know how comfortable it is every time I use my legs.”
“So don’t get hurt in the future.”
“That’s right, I hope you don’t get hurt.”
As Chester and Monia walked ahead, the Black Wind made an attempt to befriend Ant.
Although they became close to a certain extent, Black Wind wanted to become closer to them, to the level that Chester gave Ant various commands with simple signals.
To that end, he is practicing his whistle while watching Ant now.
– Whoa! Whoa!
– … … ?
Perhaps it was a problem with the structure of the oral cavity, but even after learning the tricks from Chester and practicing Amman, the whistle did not blow.
By the way, Monia can’t whistle either. In her case, it is because her tongue and lips are so soft that it is not easy to hold the wind narrowly.
– Whoa! Whoa!
“… … It’s fine?”
“Yes.”
The black wind practiced whistling diligently.
And every time, Monia, who was in front of the black wind, was blown away by the strong wind that blew from behind, and her hair was scattered.
“Everything is fine, but I want to tell you to brush your teeth.”
“ah… … .”
Not bad, smell.
Chester thought of his friend, suppressed the words that were about to come out reflexively, and swallowed them.
top people.
They have strong strength and excellent intelligence, but they are not a civilization that has been around for a long time like human civilization.
So knowledge and wisdom created through the accumulation of time and information… To put it simply, there is no such concept as ‘cleanliness’.
Even mankind, who had knowledge about the connection between cleanliness and health from a long time ago, many soldiers who could have lived because they did not pay attention to hygiene management of wounded soldiers died on the battlefield for a long time, and livestock that had to eat with their mouth while paying attention to their cleanliness Isn’t there a story that they suffered from parasites for a long time because they were raised dirty without hygiene management?
– Whoa!
“Ughhh… .”
“Be patient.”
“I know.”
It is the black wind that watches everything Chester and Monia do and tries to imitate them.
Of course, I am imitating brushing my teeth after eating. I don’t know why you need to brush your teeth.
However, the smell of bad breath created by eating meat, fish, and grass roots for a lifetime did not disappear even after brushing your teeth for a few days.
– Whoa!
Only Monia died.
* * *
After coming to a river deep enough to float a boat, Chester quickly built a raft.
– Which of these trees floats best on water?
– This tree floats well.
First, get the ingredients. Look for trees that float on water.
Of course, quite a few trees float on water, but some trees are so heavy that they cannot float and sink.
Normally, he would have cut and weaved suitable trees to make a raft, but since he had a friend with a lot of knowledge, Chester decided to make a raft out of it after finding the best tree to float.
As Chester and Monia pounded the trees with their axes, the Black Wind posed with a stone in its hand.
“yes?”
Stretching out the arm holding the stone, pulling it back, and leaning back as much as possible, it was a very strange but clear throwing posture.
The black wind, which pulled the whole body backwards as if it were a bow with the string drawn, gave strength to the fingers holding the stone, and threw the stone that was holding it by swinging the whole body and weight forward.
Kwajijijik!!
The flying stones only disappeared after crushing the stumps of more than 10 trees in their path, and the trees whose stumps were missing or more than half were missing began to collapse in all directions without being able to withstand their own weight. .
“… … her.”
“… … Are you a cannon?”
Do guys like that live? At the top of this island?
They are literally living cannons.
It didn’t even look like it gave much power.
‘That’s why I rule the island.’
Of course, in terms of simple power or destructive power, the rhinoceros’ charge would be more powerful than the stone thrown by the black wind.
It is a monster that can easily step on dozens of trees.
But the important thing is, no matter how monstrous the rhinoceros is, it has no strength to withstand when dozens of top people throw stones at it like a black wind.
Numbers are power.
And throwing is the best weapon to save the number.
‘… … What happens when you learn to throw properly?’
The throwing stance of the black wind was clumsy no matter how you look at it. I’ll have to hold back my words since the proportions of my limbs are different from those of people, but I can’t deny that it’s a throwing stance that makes it difficult to properly apply power.
What if those at the top could make precise, powerful throws with the right form?
‘… … Let’s stop thinking.’
It’s scary to think
Chester decided to focus on building the raft. Thanks to the black wind, the materials for the raft were quickly gathered.
‘I should use vines rather than ropes.’
Some of the vines upstairs were as thick as a man’s forearm, but some, like those downstairs, were ordinary enough to be used as ropes.
“If you tie the vines well, they will tighten up more firmly on their own as they absorb water.”
“Yes?”
It’s not an all-purpose tool that lets you do anything by adjusting the thickness and length on the fly like a man-made rope, but vines are also great ropes.
“First, we have to weave this to a tree that will serve as an axis under the raft.”
Chester twisted a vine into two loops that faced in different directions, then placed the two loops halfway over each other and threaded them into a tree that would serve as an axis.
Next, after pulling the vine tightly and fixing it to the tree, a tree was placed right above the knot in a direction perpendicular to the axis tree.
After placing a vine on top of the tree, pass the vine crosswise under the axis of the tree and pull it firmly to connect the two trees.
“Monia, did you go there too?”
“Yes! I’m done!”
“Okay, then let’s put another tree.”
“Yes!”
I left two trees that act as axes above and below. In the upper part, Chester teaches Monia while working, and in the lower part, Monia works under the supervision of Chester.
Repeating what they did earlier on the newly padded tree, the two quickly completed the raft.
“wow… … . It is a raft.”
“Let’s put a cushion raft under the raft. Get better.”
“Ah yes.”
said Chester as he attached a raft of cushions.
“Actually, if you’re going to build a raft, there’s a simpler way.”
“Yes?”
“yes. Arrange the trees, place the trees up and down, and tie the trees tightly with ropes to secure them. It’s weaker than the one I’m making now, but if you’re going to make it quickly and use it for a while, that’s fine too. It’s pretty sturdy if you make it right.”
“Why didn’t you do that?”
“Because of the waterfall. If the raft is swept away by the waterfall and smashed, won’t we be caught up in it and seriously injured?”
Chester made a raft, tied one end of the remaining vine to a rock, and let the raft float on the river.
When the black wind came up, the raft rocked once, but fortunately it floated stably on the river.
“Ohhh!”
clap clap clap
When Monia clapped in admiration, the black wind got excited and danced while shaking her body.
Chester, who saw that, thanked Monia, pulled her hair and gave her a light kiss on the forehead.
“Come on, let’s get on.”
“Yes!”
After boarding Chester, Monia, and Ant.
Chester said, aiming a machete at a vine tied to a rock.
“Okay then.”
* * *
“It’s departure!”
“Departure! Departure!”
“there! Untie the rope!”
When someone undid the ropes tied to the docks, the strong-armed men on board pulled the ropes and put them on board.
“Are you all on board!”
“Yes!”
“Then let’s start checking again! Food first!”
After another careful inspection before lifting anchor, Rottin shouted at the boat that was preparing separately from behind.
“This side is ready! Are you ready for that!”
When the signal from the caravel behind him that the preparations were finished came, Rottin nodded his head in satisfaction.
These two boats are secretly prepared by the family to be pulled by Rotin, who travels around the world.
One galleon and one caravel. The caravel always had a lot of spare supplies, and there were dresses and accessories for Monia.
A jellyfish, which Rotin considers a symbol of good luck, is drawn on the sail, and a whale and a wooden statue of a sea goddess worshiped in a certain region are attached to the bow statue.
Rottin laughed and fidgeted with the gun in his hand as the diligent sailors stopped their movement and looked at him.
After putting gunpowder and a round bullet in the muzzle, take out the stick inserted in the bottom of the muzzle and press it firmly.
Next, he finished loading by carefully pouring some gunpowder into the hole on the side of the iron, and then raised the gun high into the sky.
The moment Rothin pulled the trigger, the pistol’s pistol, which had been improved with the kingdom’s lighter, moved.
The iron moved furiously, scratching the flint and sending out wild sparks, which in an instant ignited the gunpowder and exploded it.
Taang!
Rothin grinned and shouted as the intense eardrum-shattering sound hit him.
“Raise anchor!”
I hope the Rottin guy die right after stepping his foot into the island