108 – Beach walk (1)
“… … .”
Perhaps it was because she had been able to sleep in a comfortable and comfortable bed for the first time in a long time, but Monia woke up later than usual.
So, it was the time when the sun was rising high in the sky and lunch was approaching.
“Huh.”
After idly wiping the spittle from her mouth, Monia stuck her head out the window to check the position of the sun, then rubbed her eyes, wondering if she was seeing it wrong, then looked at the sun again.
But the sun was still high in the sky, crashing and cracking the myriad branches and leaves spread over the house, pouring down on Monia.
“Mmm.”
After confirming the location of the sun, Monia shook her head saying she understood, then covered her head with both hands.
“I overslept… … .”
No matter how late I usually get up by the time Chester finishes breakfast.
Sleeping late wasn’t a big deal. If I had nothing to do that day, it was my honest heart that I would rather lie down and sleep all day.
The problem was that as a result of oversleeping, one person had to do the morning routines that the two of them had to share.
pricked by conscience
Monia recalled her past life, when she left all the work to others and lived comfortably with a smile on her face.
‘Ugh.’
My conscience pricked me even more. Why did she live like that, when Monia came to think about it now, she couldn’t understand her past self.
‘Education is the problem, education is the problem.’
Ever since I was young, I’ve been educated almost like brainwashing, being talked about as a person on top, as a daughter of a ducal family, as a prince’s fiancée.
Monia now was clearly aware that such education was wrong and that it made the person who received education distorted and made a human defect.
Chester didn’t teach me this part separately, but it’s said that being a person means that when the body is healthy, the mind becomes clear.
‘Is Chester in Antrang Forest?’
Monia, who came down from the house, tried to find Chester, but he was nowhere near the house.
Since there are recent signs of a new creature near the forest, it seems likely that he went back into the forest after returning home once.
‘Mmm. I’m not good enough to find a trace in the forest yet.’
Chester has passed on the hunter’s knowledge and is training his skills, but he doesn’t quickly master it, perhaps because he doesn’t have talent in this area.
Chester said that since Monia has a good eye, she will be able to quickly learn to read traces, but no matter how good her eye is, the eyes for art and the eyes for nature are not the same.
For example, there was a time when Chester looked at the night sky at the lake and talked about the constellations, but Monia did not understand at all what the constellation Chester was pointing at at that time and how to make the stars look like that.
It’s not that I didn’t understand because I didn’t even look out of the corner of my eye to the look and voice of Chester, who lay next to me and explained with a soft smile.
“Oh, are you awake?”
First of all, Chester and Ant jumped out of the bush while Monia was working hard to clean up and clean up after Chester’s morning routine.
– Kwang! kong!
What did he eat while he was exploring the forest? Ant runs around Monia excitedly with his mouth covered in blood.
Monia patted Ant lightly, picked off a nearby leaf, wiped her mouth, and looked at Chester.
Chester had snakes all over his body.
“Put it in a basket and come. What kind of snakes are there so many?”
“Well? A lot came out today. Maybe it’s because it rained in this area a few days ago?”
While Chester and Monia were at the lake, it rained once near their house.
When it rains, many animals that breathe through their skin in the ground become unable to breathe and come out, most of which are prey to snakes.
That’s why the snake behaves more actively than usual to hunt in the rainy season, and this time it behaves like that and is caught by Chester.
Thanks to that, this day was a good year for snakes.
Usually, if you see it, you catch it, but if you don’t, it’s a level game, but when you catch it, it’s over 10 animals.
Actually, I caught more, but I gave Ant a few to eat, so it decreased.
“Let’s bake and eat.”
“Yes. I will prepare!”
When Chester throws a lighter, Monia picks it up and speaks confidently.
I used the lighter a few times at the lake, but the more I used it, the more I admired it. To the extent that this is not a proper lighter, it is full of regret.
After quickly building a bonfire, the two grilled snake meat and potatoes and ate rice using seasoning for the first time in a while.
“after! Sigh! hot.”
“Eat carefully.”
“Yeah.”
Monia popped the freshly baked hot potato into her mouth and hurriedly exhaled the hot air from her mouth as she enjoyed the potato.
As Chester ate a roasted snake sprinkled with red pepper powder and pepper, he looked at the last container of condiment that neither he nor Monia had reached for.
It is salt.
‘I checked today, but damn. It must have rained a while ago.’
It was not a hot day, and seawater evaporated slowly, so making salt was difficult, but the bamboos that were lined up before going to the lake were all wet and turned upside down in the rain, and the salt was washed away, so you couldn’t even find the salty taste of salt.
‘I should have asked the black wind about the rock salt.’
I forgot about that because I was fascinated by the ore.
‘I’ll have to ask when the black wind comes next.’
don’t know when it will come
The Black Wind is also undergoing a ritual to become a warrior, and is told not to come downstairs in order to successfully complete the ritual. The moment you go downstairs, the ritual fails.
Even after successfully completing the ritual, he said that he should strive to grow and prove himself as a ‘young warrior’ rather than just becoming a warrior.
It was a time when I had to run busily for my dreams, so I could tolerate late visits.
‘But isn’t it time to finish the ceremony and go back? Are you doing well?’
* * *
Recently, there was a popular game among the people at the top.
They are ‘Ba-Joo’ and ‘Temot’, which are newspapers spread by the black wind that has returned after undergoing a warrior’s ritual.
Some people enjoyed twisting the baju itself, while others played by tying the baju to trees, stones, animals, and all sorts of things.
Either he or she would take a walk with a stone tied to a bar-neck, dragging it like a man walking a dog, and the ‘grown-up heads’ were having meetings every day about where and how to use the bar-neck.
Bar-ju, which can be played in a variety of ways, gained innovative popularity, while the only thing you could do was float it on the water and play and sleep there, quietly gaining popularity.
At first, it was popular with laid-back people and women because it allowed them to sleep on the water, and as women liked it, it became fashionable among men to make nice pegs and give them to women as gifts.
The condition for ‘well-made pegs’ was to find a good tree in the roughest place possible and make a peg, but there were many cases where young men were offered to make a peg, but there were many cases where young men set foot in dangerous land without knowing anything and suffered abuse.
Although there were very few side effects, the black wind, which was close to being a violent mischief, was raised as a proud warrior and a great adult by bringing in the new culture of ba-ju and temot.
Of course, if all of that wasn’t supported by appropriate actions, it would still be considered a mess with a big head.
However, during the warrior ritual, the black wind learned a lot.
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Like a rhinoceros, he learned his own weakness and fear from powerful and ferocious beasts that did not fear the top man.
Watching Chester and Monia, who are incomparably weaker than themselves, lead a normal life upstairs, he was moved and learned that respect for the greatness created by small people.
At the same time, unlike other beasts, he can talk to himself and learn that everything has its own value when he sees Chester, who has the value of bringing unimaginable benefits.
And by feeling the benefits gained from goodwill, good will, promises and deals, not power, I learned that power alone is not everything in the world.
It was an amazing experience.
And so the black wind told the village chief, the great elder, the greatest warrior, the adult head, and the adult warriors of the amazing experience he had learned.
Creatures similar to themselves from outside the island, but different.
great knowledge and skills they possess.
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Little sun.
Ba-Zoo and Mot.
– There are such creatures, I want to meet them.
– You’re not lying, are you?
– The black wind doesn’t have the head to make up lies like this.
– Interesting.
– I knew there was another world out there.
– Aren’t they a danger to us?
– Or, are there any concerns about them ruining the island?
In the midst of many conversations, the wisest elder in the village gave his opinion.
– This is the home of many living things, including us. An unknown being that suddenly appeared in such a place might bring some kind of danger. Our job is not to find them interesting. You must see them well, know them, and know the dangers they may pose.
Embarrassed by the old man’s words, the black wind hurriedly spoke.
– They are not dangerous.
– I respect your opinion as the only one who knows them. However, it is impossible to know everything from a single opinion. Arranged to meet with their leader again?
– My name is Chester. He promised to tell the little sun if the children gave him a favorite stone.
– I know the value of the little sun, but I can’t just look at the profit. Eating a lot of fruit, no matter how delicious it is, will make you sick. Anything good can go bad.
The big old man said to the chief.
– We have to see them. you need to know them You shouldn’t just walk away because you don’t know or it could be dangerous.
– then?
– Black Wind. When you meet them, take one little elder, little warrior, adult head, adult warrior, baby head, and baby warrior.
Then, the big old man showed me a piece of fruit.
– Look at them with many eyes and know them. And feed them the waters that become beasts, and know their depths.
A sweet, yet pungent smell of alcohol flowed from the fruit the tall man lifted.