119 – Water that becomes a beast (4)
After an endlessly hot night, Chester and Monia wake up in the morning and don’t see each other’s faces.
Only after clearing away all the traces of last night that had been burning white, the two were finally able to put their minds together and face each other.
“That, um.”
“I-ah.”
Two people trying to say something to each other, but when their words overlap, they shut their mouths again.
As we kept our mouths shut and looked at each other, the moss bed that had been ripped off and messed up here and there caught my eye.
The two of them threw away the messy moss bed and replaced it with another moss bed they had prepared in advance.
After doing something like that once again, the two faced each other and opened their lips again.
“… … .”
“… … .”
Again, when the words almost overlapped, he kept his mouth shut, but he held out his hand to Monia, feeling that Chester should speak first.
Receiving the gesture, Monia nodded and opened her mouth.
“That, Chester is a beast.”
“sorry… … !”
The moment Monia said that one word, Chester bowed his head deeply and sincerely apologized.
Seeing Chester like that, Monia laughed mischievously, then hugged Chester’s deeply bowed head to her chest and stroked it.
“it’s okay. Because I was good too.”
“… … .”
Chester, who felt a gentle pat on his chest as he gently hugged Monia, hugged Monia tightly with his arms.
“Really sorry. next time… .”
next time.
The words made both Chester and Monia blush. At the same time, it reminds me of that hot and long night last night.
“Yes.”
“Kuhm.”
Chester cleared his throat, then lifted his head and looked straight at Monia.
“I’ll be a little more gentle next time.”
Embarrassed by Chester’s words, Monia laughed and buried her head in Chester’s chest.
“yes. I’ll wait anytime.”
“… … yes.”
As the two hugged each other tightly, a sound was heard from outside.
– Head hurts!!
– Ahh! Someone vomited on me!
– What is this tree?
The people at the top, who fell asleep one by one after making a fuss last night, opened their eyes only when it was time for the sun to go down from the top of the sky.
* * *
– … … .
The little old man squeezed his throbbing head and looked at the horrors around him.
Dozens of trees that were growing densely around were smashed, and what Chester and Monia called ‘the field’ was also a mess.
Ant was exhausted from being tormented all night by a drunken top man, and there were stones stuck here and there from where these guys had been fighting.
It is a stone thrown by the power of the people at the top. Of course, it wasn’t just stuck in, but it was deeply embedded while digging through the surrounding land.
Even one of the places where the stone was stuck was the workshop where Chester had built the kiln.
“… … .”
Chester, who had not gone into the house yesterday and had not seen the devastation outside, almost fell behind the moment he came out and saw the devastation outside.
Monia was sobbing while holding on to Ant, who was droopy and unable to get up, and Chester somehow took a deep breath to calm himself down and sat down in front of the little old man.
– … … .
– … … .
– … … .
As Chester sat down in front of them, everyone averted their gaze, starting with the little old man.
ruined.
The subject who came to see what the opponent was like, got excited about food, and as a result of drinking water that became an animal excessively, he had a serious accident.
The opponent’s territory was literally smashed, so this was a situation that could not be apologized no matter what I said.
– sorry. I have nothing to say!
– sorry.
– sorry.
As the hair wave lowered its head, the warrior wave and the black wind, who were watching, also bowed their heads.
– Who had the biggest accident?
– It’s you.
– No, it’s you.
– At least not me.
When the warriors started fighting to push each other for their sins, the little old man inevitably grinded his teeth.
– Shut up and apologize!!
When the little old man spoke in a low, thick growling voice, the warrior wave fell flat again.
Angry little old man is scary.
In addition, he doesn’t pay much attention to the little elder, so he usually jokes around and gets along well with him, but his authority is right below the boss, the big elder, and the big warrior.
It wasn’t a good choice to go against his heart now that everyone had a big accident together.
‘Damn it. I don’t know how the hell to fix it.’
The little old man resented himself for being swallowed up by the water that turned him into a beast last night.
‘Since we ran rampant like this, it’s highly likely that the creatures around here also ran away.’
Creatures flee on the spot when faced with a great threat that they cannot resist.
The drunken people at the top must have been close to a threat that the creatures downstairs had to avoid, such as earthquakes and storms.
This was more of a problem than anything else.
In other words, even if there was preserved food, Chester was put in a difficult situation in many ways for a while to hunt.
For the top people, hunting is a sacred ritual, a culture, and their history itself.
As long as you interfered with the hunting of someone who could be your friend, you should pay for it.
The small elder, as well as all the other top people, took the situation in which hunting was impossible more seriously than anything else.
– I’m sorry, but could you let us talk to each other for a moment?
– yes. so that
Chester also had a troubled face.
Remaking the field was not a problem. Remnants of the ruined field exist, so it can be repaired quickly by rectifying it. If you plant crops, they grow quickly, so there is no problem.
‘If there’s a commotion like this, I won’t be able to hunt in this area for a while. Should I go across the river?’
This is also a problem, but the stored food that I have paranoidly collected so far is piled up in several warehouses.
We should be able to hold out long enough for the surroundings to calm down and the animals to return.
The biggest problem was this.
‘kiln… … .’
“That, Chester.”
As Chester was gnashing his teeth at the broken kiln, Monia approached cautiously and said,
“If the shock is this big, maybe… I searched for red pepper powder bombs.”
“Here, please.”
As Chester’s expression grew uneasy, Monia nodded.
“More than half of what I made is broken.”
“Keuk… !”
This time I almost fell backwards. Even when I first saw this devastation, I somehow managed to endure it, but my blood pressure rose in an instant when the red pepper powder bomb I had worked so hard to make was broken.
“Well, thanks to the fact that it was wrapped in leaves to prevent impact, it seems to be safe to some extent.”
“How long it takes to make one!”
Monia shut her mouth at the cry that seemed like she was going to cry.
She made it herself, so she knows how hard chili powder bombs are to make. When she first saw the broken chili powder bomb, she thought it was a dream too.
What time and effort they put into making that!
While Chester and Monia trembled while calculating the damage, some conclusions were coming from the stories of the people at the top.
– Wouldn’t that be better?
– They’re weak, and we’ve got them in trouble.
– So that’s how you go?
– But before that, there is something important.
Black Wind was pleased that his friend Chester had received good reviews.
‘Huh, my eyes weren’t wrong after all. While they stupidly spent time researching, I decided to be friends with Chester as soon as I saw him! great! I am worthy of being the leader!’
The black wind, who had a dream of becoming a great warrior, was trying to covet the position of leader before he knew it.
By the way, the fact that I had secretly followed and observed Chester and Monia for a long time before approaching cautiously had already disappeared from the memory of the black wind.
The little old man stretched out his chest and approached Chester and Monia with a smile, barely noticing the inner thoughts of the black wind sniffing.
– Before apologizing, I want to ask you this. Chester. and monia.
The little old man pointed to the two and asked.
– Again, before asking the question, we like you guys.
– What do you mean all of a sudden?
– You are smart and wise. And brave and great. He has so much knowledge and wisdom that even grown-up heads admire him, and he’s also a great fighter that grown-up warriors recognize.
Next, the little elder looked at Monia.
– And even though there is no need for that, he has a good character enough to tell us the greatness and joy of a new culture called ‘cooking’ after a long time of hard work for us.
Monia couldn’t understand the little old man’s words, but she glanced at Chester because she felt like she was complimenting herself.
“Uh, I think I’m complimenting you, but how should I say it?”
“wait for a sec.”
– We like you.
The little old man held out his hand to Chester and said.
– Don’t you want to become a family with us?
– … … We like you too.
Chester said that and looked at each of the people at the top who were looking this way.
I had a big accident after drinking, but if you put it that way, it’s rare for people who don’t get into an accident after drinking.
– It would be an honor to be able to become one family with you.
At the same time, Chester, who heard that his father also traveled around the world and made connections with all kinds of tribes and became a close friend or family member, wasn’t too embarrassed by the little elder’s proposal.
On the contrary, I was thinking that if we become vaguely close, we will be accepted as a family.
– Chester, Monia. All of our families live with the grace of the top. So before I apologize, I’ll ask, are you thinking of moving your house to the top?
Chester and Monia looked at each other. When Chester spoke the words of the little old man, Monia shook her head.
this island is nice
However, inside Monia, the desire to get out of the island and take revenge did not disappear.
Chester, too, did not intend to live his whole life on this island.
They will get out of here someday, and they will rob the duke’s secret storage that Monia said. And with that money, they wanted to build a house and foundation for the two of them to live in happily.
Although they didn’t talk to each other, it was a future plan that came naturally within the two of them.
So said Chester.
– I have no intention of leaving this place.
Because I will leave the island someday.
The little old man nodded and said that he knew that.
– So, Chester, I will say what I wanted to say from now on. As an apology to you guys, we would like to move some of the blessings from the top to this place.