157 – New Life (1)
How much time has passed since a cool day came to the island. One day during lunchtime, Chester and Monia found traces of ant-wolves around the house.
“uh? Is it time to act?”
“Well. I don’t know much about this island yet.”
As Chester said that, he looked around. Along with the traces of the ant-wolves, traces of the creatures hunted by them were dragged somewhere.
“But whatever, I’ll wake up from hibernation and I’ll be hungry, so I’ll work hard.”
“They are the same.”
Monia remembered the fish wrapped in leaves in her backpack.
After the winter passed, I didn’t catch a fish for a while even if I left the trap, but today I caught a fish after a long time. There are as many delicious creatures as this island is full of life, but Monia liked this fish the most.
“Are you going to finish the coast today?”
“yes. Let’s finish cleaning up the coast, and now let’s start building warehouses and villas in earnest.”
Saying that, as I was about to return home, Ant started barking. Chester and Monia approached it when they saw Ant crying as the signal they had taught him to let them know if they saw something for the first time.
“yes? Have flowers like this bloomed here?”
“Oh, it’s a dandelion. I’ve come all the way here, so I’ve found something like this.”
Thinking he couldn’t stop expanding his search, Chester pulled a dandelion up to the root, inspected it, and chewed on a dandelion leaf.
“Can I eat it?”
“ruler.”
When Chester handed it over, Monia shed the leaves. I naturally frowned as the bitter taste spread in my mouth while chewing on something.
“Um, ugh. This.”
“how?”
“It’s not like I can’t eat it.”
After plucking and eating the leaves again, Chester examined the roots of the dandelion. All parts of the dandelion are edible, but there are other uses as well.
One is a substitute for grass. Dandelion stems produce white sap, which can be used as grass.
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“With this, I can drink coffee.”
“Yes?”
Monia’s eyes widened in surprise at Chester’s casual remark.
“No, coffee? With this?”
“yes. I never drank real coffee, but I did drink a lot of coffee made with dandelions.”
Chester said that and signaled to Ant to find the dandelion.
“Let’s find it and plant it in the yard. It grows well, so if you just plant it, it will grow a lot.”
The three of them went around and got enough dandelions to pile up and returned home.
Then, after planting some of them in the ground, they go home and prepare to make coffee.
First of all, Chester cut off the roots of the dandelion, and washed the roots thoroughly, leaving the leaves, stems, and flowers for dinner tonight.
“I’m going to dry it now.”
“yes.”
Monia, who was diligently washing the dandelion roots following Chester, carefully hung the dandelion roots, which were washed clean and free of a handful of soil, over the bonfire.
While waiting for the dandelions to dry, Chester and Monia talked about how to build a shed on the ground.
“I want to make the walls strong because there might be animals burrowing around.”
“Um, a stone? Shall we drive a stone into the wall?”
“Is that the best? You don’t know how strong bricks made of mud are… … .”
As a test, I decided to bake clay and make bricks, and wrote it down in my daily schedule. The daily schedule is a notebook found in the wreckage of a ship.
There were also books on board. It’s probably a book you put away to pass the time on a boring boat. I couldn’t read most of them because they were in a language that Chester and Monia didn’t know, but I could read a logbook, this notebook, and about two novels.
Through the logbook, which seemed to have been written from a very young age, it was possible to know the origin and name of the captain of this ship, but neither Chester nor Monia remembered it because it was not important. I tore the log book leaving only blank pages, and put the torn pages in the firewood storage to use later when it is difficult to find kindling.
Anyway, quills were nowhere to be found and there was no ink, so the pens were replaced with softly crushed twigs and the ink with dyes made from plant juices.
“… … Hey, if you can make bricks, wouldn’t it be necessary to put them under the ground?”
“yes?”
“You can build it high like a tower so that you can get inside even when the snow piles up, and then make an entrance on the roof.”
At Monia’s words, Chester nodded.
“It wouldn’t be impossible, but… … .”
“Maybe not?”
“Monia, you mean something like a granary?”
“yes. That tall thing in the manor. Of course, I can’t make it that big.”
“It is made with thorough calculations by a carpenter who has accumulated know-how for a long time so that the grains inside do not rot, that insects do not get in, and that mice do not come in.”
“… … .”
The moment she heard Chester’s words, Monia was able to realize.
“yes. You can’t make it.”
“yes. If the day gets colder, I can make it, but if I start making it when it gets colder, it will be too late.”
As Chester said that, he looked at Monia. Monia thought it was a good idea, but she was regretting that it was not easy in reality.
“I thought it would be less difficult than digging and building, but it is not.”
Chester looked at Monia, who nodded, saying that it was regrettable but there was nothing she could do about it, and after organizing her thoughts for a while, she opened her mouth.
“How about this? Let’s build warehouses by dividing them into two types. Monia, the tower type you mentioned and the one we used from the beginning, just building it on top of a tree.”
“uh?”
“I put things on the tree and store them, and when it starts to get cold, I move them to a warehouse built on the ground and store them. how?”
“… … Building a shed on top of a tree isn’t that difficult.”
It’s difficult, but Chester and Monia have been living in the woods and trees for a year. It was not difficult to build a warehouse with bamboo because he had done all sorts of work on trees.
“right. If you build a warehouse by digging the ground and thinking about this and that, the scale will be too large, and it will take a lot of effort and time.”
“That’s right. yes. It wouldn’t be bad if we made it into a warehouse that is only used in the winter.”
“right? In addition, if you make it right under the tree, it is easy to come and go.”
Hearing Chester’s words, Monia smiled and nodded.
‘hehehehe, that was helpful.’
Chester smiled at Monia, whom he liked so much.
‘Just coming up with an idea is great.’
There are many types of people, but Chester was the worst among them because he was comfortable following others giving orders, so he was the worst at keeping his mouth shut. It’s good as a subordinate, but it’s a disqualification as a partner who has to walk together.
‘As long as you do what you’re told, you’ll be fine. Those kinds of people don’t talk even if they make mistakes or don’t know anything.’
When I was working as Monia’s exclusive butler, there were quite a few butlers like that. Since I was taught from a young age and only received education to follow orders, the idea of my own opinion disappeared.
‘Anyway, coming up with ideas that can be used right away is only possible after gaining experience. Just coming up with an idea that Monia can use right now is great.’
If you come up with an idea, don’t criticize or deny it unconditionally, but praise and encourage it while using it in a different direction. That’s how people grow.
‘If you deny it unconditionally, people will shrink and shrink instead of growing.’
Even when you deny it properly, properly tell them that it is not possible for such and such reasons. It’s the worst thing to do without telling them properly and just blindly say no.
“Then, I’ll leave it to Monia to build the tower.”
“yes?”
“Oh, of course I will work too. However, Monia has better eyesight than me, right? Buildings like towers will collapse if you build them like me.”
At that, Monia remembered the shape of a jagged house because the length of the bamboo was not properly matched.
“So, I’ll leave it to Monia for that part, so please let me know.”
And when he heard Chester’s words, he smiled broadly and nodded his head.
“yes! I will work hard!”
Chester organized his schedule in his notebook while watching Monia brighten up.
* * *
The condition of the kingdom was only going from bad to worse.
Using the Revolutionary Army to strike the kingdom, aiming for the time when the kingdom was hit and the supply was cut off, and quickly pushed the front line. Then, at once, neutralize ‘that weapon’ and capture the capital.
The duke’s strategy succeeded in pushing the front line to the vicinity of the royal capital. However, the next moment, when the royal capital fell into chaos and showed signs of being captured, neighboring countries began to participate in the war.
As Chester expected, neighboring countries did not simply watch the disturbing chaos of the great powers. While watching the war between the Kingdom Army and the Duke Army, he participated in the war aiming at the timing when the Kingdom Army was weakened and the Duke Army was devastated by the excessive advance.
A fight sparked by a foolish and thoughtless prince and a commoner woman spread beyond the kingdom to neighboring countries, literally sweeping the continent.
And, in the midst of that war, Tiara was suffering even today after wandering aimlessly away from Jordi and entering a village.
Winter on the island is over.
However, the kingdom’s winter is not yet over.
As if showing the hearts of the people devastated by the frozen land and the war, no matter where they went, Tiara was not welcomed. Because at this time, there is nothing more terrifying than annoying mouths.
In normal times, the men in the village might have helped her because they were fascinated by the beautiful tiara, but under Jordi’s command, young and strong men, as well as old men who could function as human beings, were forcibly conscripted, so they could not receive such help.
Moreover, she had been living in the kingdom until recently, and had received a terrible education until a few months ago, and had been taught how to speak and act befitting a royalty. The water of education has not yet drained.
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Like the nobles who started this war, like the nobles who took away their precious family members, they seem to be nobles who squeezed and stole everything, including money and food, for the reason of the war.
It was a relief to just kick them out of town. Of course, it was rare for villages to end just by kicking them out.
He expresses his usual, accumulated emotions from war toward ‘aristocrats who fled from war without family power or escort’. Express emotions and relieve stress.
“Give me back my husband!”
“My son, where is my son? How is the war going!”
“what? I’m hungry? Ask for food?! My child starved to death last night! dead! A child less than three years old!!”
“We are cattle?! You guys are trash! Why! Why! Why do we have to suffer alone!!”
Tiara knows nothing about war. And, that didn’t matter to people.
“You have to kill it. I have to kill you! If I get out of here, I will definitely entrust myself to another noble! They will tell you about us!”
“right! Kill it! How many people die every day because of that war! Even if you kill a single person, it won’t show!”
“No, don’t kill me! If you just kill her, that bitch is so comfortable!”
“right. Let’s put it in a cage! Are we cattle? Become cattle too!”
Some exploded in anger, some looked at Tiara with hateful eyes, some scolded her, some beat and kicked her, some spat on her as she trembled in pain from being beaten, and some She said she was hungry, and was forced to eat food that even livestock would not eat.
And, only then did T-ara realize.
He abandoned his family who loved him, the village he was born and raised in, his lover, and everything. Whenever she didn’t like something, she would drop it and walk away from it.
I don’t even think about the day after.
To her, who had lived by throwing away everything, not thinking about the future or people, but thinking about whether or not she was uncomfortable at this moment, the world was lowering her hammer.
A new life unfolded for T-ara. No, maybe a ‘suitable life’ was unfolding for her.
“… … Somebody help me.”
The person who will listen to her voice is no longer by her side.
because she abandoned