155 – Year 1(3)
The bear, waking up from hibernation, was hunting and eating turtles to fill its hungry stomach.
Normally, a bear would not eat a turtle. It’s because it’s too annoying to have to eat while breaking the hard shell. However, now that I am hungry, I try to put anything in my mouth.
The bear, which had killed the turtle by sticking its claws through the cracks in its shell, was still diligently trying to eat the turtle by breaking its shell.
After how much time had passed, the bear, who had finally succeeded in peeling the shell off the turtle, began to eat the turtle while smacking his lips.
The moment the bear took a bite of the turtle and chewed it deliciously, an arrow flew from the bush at a terrifying speed and went deep into the bear’s head.
The bear, which had been accurately penetrated from the eyeball to the brain, collapsed as it was, and Chester, who rose from a distance in the bush, put the crossbow he was holding on his back while rubbing his eyelids.
“indeed. It also helps when shooting.”
“wow. The bear is also one room. Can’t you make a bow like this?”
“Will it be impossible? Bows are powered by the power of the bow, and to be strong, the bow must be as strong as that. Monia, if you make a bow out of a lump of metal, can you pull it and shoot it?”
Chester slammed the bow of his crossbow lightly against a nearby rock. There is a light scratching sound of the metal and rocks that make up the bow of the crossbow.
“Well. I think you could make it thinner… It’s okay, it’s good to be there now, and a bow that’s too strong can’t be shot comfortably because it takes a lot of force to draw.”
The two took care of the bear while talking. The bear is heavy, and on top of that, it’s a bit big for a beast downstairs on the island, so it’s hard to carry it around, so we decide to tie it up with a rope and drag it around.
Monia felt new as she watched the bear trail behind Chester. It was such a scary bear, but it was a bear that Chester had so hard to catch, and he died easily with the snap of a finger and pulling the trigger.
‘Is this progress?’
The development of civilization, the victory of civilization. I felt it when I got a machete, when I melted metal to make a tool, and when I stole a bow from a sailor.
There was also pride in the fact that few people could have felt as much as Monia herself how the advancement of technology made life easier.
It seems like just yesterday that she used to make stone knives by cutting stones with torn fingers and broken nails, but now she is armed with a decent bow and all sorts of iron tools.
‘Incredible.’
Right now, Monia was in the process of retracing the development of humanity as Chester knew it through knowledge. And in the process, he knew that Chester’s knowledge, which he had learned from his father, had been of great help.
‘What did people in the past do?’
Monia could not imagine how many failures there must have been on the path she walked along, discovering, researching, and thinking about each one without the knowledge she received.
How did they discover fire? How did you come up with the idea of sharpening stones and using them as weapons or tools? How did you come to make clothes? How was metal discovered and how did the technology to handle it develop?
Monia suddenly realized that all the things she took for granted as a daughter of the duke’s family had a long, unimaginable history.
And that naturally led to Monia’s own thoughts about her future.
Someone leaves something in the world, and those who are born inherit it and develop it. Then, what can Monia herself inherit and develop? Or, can I leave something behind?
‘leave leave Mmm.’
What is the most valuable thing for Monia herself?
Monia’s eyes naturally turned to Chester.
‘… … Oh, like a baby.’
The moment you get pregnant on an uninhabited island, it’s difficult, so I’m working hard on contraception, but if I go out on an uninhabited island… … .
Monia’s face turned red. She unconsciously stroked her belly softly and kindly.
* * *
Upon returning home, an unexpected guest is waiting for Chester and Monia. It was a black wind.
The black wind that had been there for the first time in the months since we first met upstairs had changed quite a bit.
The size and appearance do not change, but the clothes worn on the body are different.
What the Black Wind carries on its back is the two-pronged sword that Urgo left behind, more precisely, the two-pronged sword that the Black Wind stole from Urgo. It was tied to the body by putting a loop on the handle with a rope, so it was constantly swaying.
The next thing you see are scars. Scars grew on the body of the black wind, which fiercely attacked to become the leader, its target, against large and powerful beasts like monsters on the upper floor of the floating island. A long cut, a pierced wound, a torn wound. There are many different types.
People at the top worship strength, so they don’t resort to magic using the grace of the top unless it’s a very serious wound.
It has a strong innate resilience and usually lives while drinking plenty of blessings from the top, so even minor wounds heal without scarring, but if a fairly dangerous wound occurs, a scar will remain.
Finally, ornaments. The people at the top make the most powerful weapon of the game they hunted and wear it as an accessory. At first, he was a black wind who didn’t have any ornaments because he wasn’t a warrior, but after he became a baby warrior, he did an excellent job and got accessories that couldn’t be counted on both hands.
– What’s going on?
– After spending winter, family members eat this as a way to celebrate. came to give
Saying that, the black wind handed over the bundle of leaves he was holding in one hand.
Chester thanked him for accepting the item wrapped in leaves and carefully tied with rope.
– Thank you. make sure you eat well
– yes. hit. look forward to having a baby
– ? Of course I’m looking forward to it
At Chester’s answer, the black wind smiled with a playful expression and disappeared.
Chester watched the black wind whimpering over the trees in the distance, then looked at the sheet of leaves.
“What is this?”
“well. Shall we have this for dinner? The bear… You can smoke it.”
“Then let’s tackle other things first.”
After the three of them put the food the Black Wind had given them to celebrate a successful wintering, they went to the river and dismembered the bear.
After tying the bear with a rope and distributing the weight using a thick branch, the bear is decapitated to draw blood.
It was easy after the bear’s blood was drawn. In the past, he would have suffered in front of bear skin and tough meat, but now it is different. Chester uses the vibration of the knife to slice through thick bear skin.
“What about leather? Will you leave it?”
“Well.”
what to do with leather Chester recalled the amount of salt left in the house and the salt farm on the beach that was not yet fully operational.
“Let go.”
Unfortunately, the leather will probably rot before you have enough salt. Monia also nodded with a sad expression.
Chester skinned the bear, leaving its head inside out, and as the hide wrapped around the bear’s head, Monia swung the vibrating machete at the bear’s neck.
“… … Whoa.”
He lightly sliced off the bear’s head, but it was not easy to catch and suppress the vibrating machete. Before, the vibration was quite strong for Monia to handle, but when she calmly vibrated it, she was able to handle it freely to some extent. But now, just holding on and enduring it makes my whole body tremble.
“Your body is very weak.”
“I have to bring it back slowly.”
It’s not just Monia who’s weakened. Chester was also weak. The butler’s uniform, which had been tight enough to burst when worn, had become just right, and I had lost my stamina, so I had just walked around the forest all day, but I was sweating and out of breath. In the past, this would have been nothing.
“A year of hard work on the island is gone… … !”
“It’s slow to get strong, but it’s fast to get weak.”
“It’s too much!”
Why is there no easy task in this world? Monia swallowed bitter tears.
Chester comforted Monia, who grieved, and easily peeled off the bear meat with a vibrating knife.
‘Well. I can definitely feel the vibration because my body is getting weaker.’
There were no other problems. Because the knife is so sharp. However, that sharp knife was a problem. It’s so sharp that sometimes it even cuts through the bones.
Eventually, Chester gave up the careful skinning he had done before and started cutting it into pieces.
After discarding the pieces, grab the bone in the middle and slice the meat as if you were slicing a fruit. However, Monia, who couldn’t handle a knife as well as Chester, risked getting a few pieces of bone mixed into the meat and skinned it as usual.
After all the meat had been coated, Chester, who had given Ant a few pieces of organs, wrapped the bones and organs together with the head in leather and threw them down the river.
“Let’s go back.”
“yes!”
Upon returning home, the two smoked the bear meat in a smoking kiln that had been cleared of snow and debris the past few days.
“Should I cook the food the black wind gave me with this kiln?”
“OK! I’ll bring it!”
While Chester was looking at the palanquin, Monia brought something wrapped in leaves, and the two carefully untied the rope and opened the leaves.
“Come to think of it, it looks like a big leaf is already coming out from the top.”
“Have the fruits grown already?”
“Could it be?”
“I wish it was fruit! I just want to eat fruit, not pickled with salt.”
The two of them chatted and unwrapped the leaves and looked at what was inside.
“… … .”
“… … This.”
After being distracted by an unexpected gift for a moment, they look into each other’s eyes.
“You can eat… Is there?”
“Well… … ?”
How the hell am I supposed to eat this? The two are in deep trouble.