163 – Parenting(1)
It was a daily routine to have a light meal and explore every morning, but Chester and Monia had a new routine.
“Hey, is this right?”
“I guess that’s right. The drawing of the black wind is a little hard to recognize.”
It was to catch bugs and insects that were good for feeding the baby that the black wind had drawn.
Top people babies grow up eating bugs. Because they don’t have teeth to eat meat. Normal creatures grow their teeth quickly, but top people, like humans, take a long time to grow teeth.
That’s why they catch bugs and insects, squeeze the juice out of them, and feed them. Feed the juice, but be careful not to mix it with worms or insect residues that have been crushed and easy to drink.
And next is fruit. Sometimes there are babies who don’t like to eat insect juice, so I feed them fruit at first so that it’s easy to feed, and when the baby is off guard, I make them drink insect juice.
Rex has a picky appetite, so he doesn’t want to eat insect juice, so Chester and Monia find a fruit that Rex likes because it has a high sugar content, and even plant it in the yard.
The fruit trees planted in the yard have already grown to the height of Monia’s waist. It will probably be possible to harvest in a month or two.
“Young car.”
Monia drove the ax into the crack in the fallen tree and twisted it hard. As he pulled the tree with his axe and pushed the tree by applying strength to his leg, the tree split open with a loud sound.
“Oh oh.”
Monia was surprised to see that. Monia, who had never suffered a major injury, was surprised and surprised every time she saw her legs, as this was the first time she truly felt the power of grace at the top.
When climbing the cliff, Monia eventually reached the limit and slipped and suffered a serious injury, breaking her leg.
Afterwards, thanks to the grace of the top, my legs and body got better, but I saw Chester getting stronger and recovering, but it was the first time I felt it myself, so it was a very strange feeling.
“It’s been a while since my legs got better, but I’m used to it now.”
“I know, but I’m not used to it. My physical condition is also very good.”
“Well, I guess.”
Monia, who lived a less healthy life than Chester. The effect of grace at the top was felt very clearly.
I’m taller, and I don’t know why, but I’m in better shape.
“And let’s change clothes.”
“Why? I’m fine with this now.”
The problem is that when you are tall, your legs usually get longer, so the clothes you’re wearing don’t fit well.
As for the breasts, the area that can be covered with cloth ends up being smaller, so it’s still fine, but the skirt covers the areas that need to be hidden really narrowly, so if you move a little, the skirt flutters and reveals everything.
“Still, you have to cover everything that can be covered. Even if an insect bite or something brushing against a blade of grass can be cured by drinking water, you have to be careful just in case.”
“Well… Then I will make clothes for you.”
“Do it.”
Chester opened the tree Monia had split and looked inside. Suddenly the cozy tree splits open, and you see a few squirming slugs in surprise.
Chester and Monia finished preparing Rex’s meal by collecting the slugs, and immediately sat down and started breakfast.
“Come on, Rex. Let’s eat.”
When Monia said that, Rex, who was clinging to Chester’s stomach, turned to look at Monia.
“Bar, Barb. bar.”
“What do you mean?”
“Aren’t you trying to say Bob?”
“Oh oh! already talking! Our Rex is smart. It would be nice if you would cling to me soon.”
“ha ha ha.”
Top human babies spend their childhood clinging to their parents. Just as people at the top climb over trees or cliffs, they learn how to play, live, and use their bodies by riding on their parents’ bodies.
However, Monia often stumbled because she couldn’t stand Rex riding around on her body, and after experiencing that, Rex was living clinging only to Chester.
Monia put a bunch of bugs and insects, including slugs, into Rex’s dinner cup, then grabbed it with her hands and started crushing it.
At first, it was difficult because it was gross, but I got used to it as I tried to crush it with my bare hands to raise it like the real top people as much as possible for Rex, the top person who was raised by human hands.
While Monia crushes the soft, soft bug, Chester crushes the hard fruit into another cup. The fruit, which looked like an apple, pitifully squashed in Chester’s grasp, and then burst open.
Chester, who brought other fruits and crushed them, strained out the pulp and handed the cup to Rex.
Rex is a newborn baby, but in the past few days he has grown so much that he can hold and drink from a cup himself.
“The life on this island also grows quickly.”
“Humans are slow, and quite a few animals naturally grow fast. Cats, for example, can have children in less than a year.”
“Hey. So, is Rex on the slow side of growth?”
“I don’t even know. As I said, each creature is different. According to Black Wind, you will become an adult in the next five years, so let’s wait patiently.”
“yes!”
Monia watched Rex enjoying the fruit, and carefully started pouring insect juice into the cup Rex was holding.
Bug juice and bug debris mix with the juice and enter Rex’s mouth.
After Rex’s meal, Chester and Monia eat.
Rex seemed interested in Chester and Monia’s meal. Perhaps because Monia enjoys eating fish so much, she is motivated to eat fish first when her teeth grow.
While Chester and Monia grilled and ate the prepared meat, Rex moved around Chester’s body.
I stood on top of Chester’s head and looked at the high place, observing that little bird flying over there.
While watching the flowers swaying in the wind, clinging to Chester with only one arm and shaking his body, when a bug entered the cup he had left after eating, he got down from Chester and approached the cup.
After looking at the bug in the cup, he hits the cup. The cup rolls around, and when a frightened bug emerges from the cup, it flaps around to catch it.
The arms were free, but the legs were not yet fully developed, so they moved as if they were half-crawling, sometimes pulling themselves forward with the strength of their arms and moving as if they were jumping.
For Chester and Monia, who only watched the thrilling movements of the grown-up top people, it was fun to observe Rex learning about his body while moving so hard.
While the two of them were eating, Rex, who was eagerly chasing the bug, was startled when the insect flew and hit his eye, and ran quickly in the direction of Chester.
Rex, hurriedly buried in Chester’s arms, began to whimper while rubbing his eyes, and Chester and Monia stopped eating for a moment and began to soothe the crying Rex.
Ant does a better job of soothing a crying Rex than either Chester or Monia. After soothing Rex for a while, the two brought Rex closer to Ant, who carefully licked Rex’s cheek.
Then Rex let go of his limbs that were holding Chester tight, hugged Ant tightly, and began rubbing his face against Ant’s body.
“Kyaa, you’re cute.”
“Although Ant seems a little bothered.”
“Isn’t it cute though?”
“yes. cute.”
Even while eating, if Rex has an accident, you have to stop it.
He must have been very curious, so he tried to put his hand into the bonfire without fear, wandered around Chester’s body and accidentally missed Chester and flew off to the ground, saw a rabbit playing nearby and imitated Ant. They growl and run at them, sometimes rolling over and over again.
Every time that happened, Rex had a good time, crying and laughing. Of course, in return, Chester and Monia’s meal time was extended.
“Phew. I barely ate it all.”
As Monia puts out the fire and covers it with dirt to get rid of even the smallest embers, Chester bites his finger at Rex.
Rex sucks Chester’s finger hard, as if the fat left on his finger is delicious.
Chester just stared at Rex. Suddenly, I remembered a story I had heard from my mother.
The story that Chester, who was very curious, put it in his mouth once he saw something, so it was hard to take care of him so that he didn’t get into an accident.
Then the child ate something wrong and got a fever, so the father didn’t sleep, and ran nonstop, morning and night, over several mountains, and showed it to the alchemist in the city to receive treatment.
At the time, Chester didn’t quite understand. The pain your parents went through when you were raising yourself, and the love of your parents that made you overcome it.
It was a difficult story for a child to understand.
‘There must be a lot of trouble in the future.’
Chester, who unknowingly projected his past self from Rex, smiled and stroked Rex’s head. Rex was asleep sucking Chester’s thumb.
“Okay, then you have to work. Do you remember where to start looking for traps?”
“of course.”
“Okay, shall we go?”
“yes. Oh, be careful not to shake Rex and wake him up.”
“Know.”
The two of them walked through the woods talking about Rex more than just looking around.