168 – Boating (2)
“Let’s increase the size and weight of the raft.”
The raft needs to be improved. No matter how Chester and Monia said they weren’t used to the sea, it was still hard for the boat to capsize with a single wave and wind.
“Let’s increase the safety by making the raft bigger. And let’s make an anchor.”
“An anchor?”
“yes. You know the bamboo basket we put in the warehouse while making backpacks. Let’s use that as an anchor.”
Chester took out a folded bamboo basket in the corner of the warehouse, unfolded it, and showed it to me.
“Tie a rope here and put a bunch of rocks inside, and that will serve as an anchor. This will increase the weight of the raft.”
“I have two baskets, so I can make two.”
“yes.”
“But didn’t you say that scaling up makes it difficult to maneuver?”
“I guess so. I also need to increase the size of the sail, because then the sail will get a lot of wind and become heavy.”
Chester looked at Rex as he said that.
If Rex grows, he will surely be able to handle the sail with one hand, even if he increases the size of the sail considerably.
‘If Rex is with us when we leave this island.’
to increase the size of the ship. to increase the size of the sail. All of them were chosen under the assumption that Rex would solve difficult problems with human power alone.
“By the way, how big do you want to make it?”
“It’s big enough to carry us and our luggage, as well as plenty of black wind.”
“The wind?”
At the mention of the black wind, Monia naturally turned her eyes and looked at Rex. There must be no other reason why Chester mentions the black wind.
“To take Rex off the island?”
“… … .”
“no. It’s going to be hard for Rex to live. you know.”
He could be cruel to others just because he was born into a different class, that of nobles and commoners.
The people at the top also accepted the existence because it was Chester and Monia, but it was clear that they would be regarded as monsters outside.
Chester, aware of that, nodded.
“I don’t want to make it difficult for Rex. I don’t want him to have an unpleasant experience.”
“… … right.”
Chester, who had been watching how nobles behaved towards commoners, knew the pain Rex would suffer when he went out and headed for human society.
“rather.”
Rather, it might be better to stay on this island.
Monia, who was about to say that, kept her mouth shut without realizing it.
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Life on the island.
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Life off the island.
Revenge for his father who abandoned him and for Jordi and Tiara.
And Chester, Rex, and Ant who give themselves love. other friends on this island.
Concerned about Rex’s future, Monia realizes that the vengeance she harbored when she was just abandoned on the island is slowly fading.
Revenge is overshadowed by the happiness and love that Chester gave to Monia.
When I think of the past, I get angry. A fire blazed within. There were times when I woke up from sleep and gnashed my teeth as if spitting out the names of those hated people.
anger. revenge. It was the driving force that allowed Monia, who had no love for Chester yet, to endure life on this island.
So, Monia vaguely thought that she would live with it forever.
But that wasn’t it.
It is changing.
Just as life on the island changes, so does Monia, and so does Chester.
‘Am I getting better?’
Suddenly, Monia had such a thought.
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Life on the island is getting better every time. You don’t have to go through the hardships you went through when you were first abandoned on this island.
You do not have to go to a distant river every time to fetch water, just open the installed waterway and receive water.
There is no need to work hard with stone tools. You can work comfortably with a tool made by melting iron.
There is no need to wear clothes that are slowly breaking down and try to fix them somehow. You can freely use the overflowing fabric to create and wear the clothes you want.
There is a house to block the hot sun and cold wind, there is a comfortable bed, and there are also plenty of resources.
Most of all, hunger was a story I hadn’t experienced in a long time.
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Life on the island kept getting better. If so, are the changes that occur in Monia affected by it also heading in a better direction?
Monia put her hand on her chest.
Hate and hatred were blurring to the point that I had to try hard to remember them now. I was surprised that I hadn’t noticed this change. Despite the fact that he had been saying with his mouth every time he left the island that he would take revenge.
no, maybe… Because the spirit of revenge is fading, Monia may have spoken of revenge, at least with her mouth. Maybe he was subconsciously worried that his vengeance would disappear altogether.
But.
‘… … I think it’ll be okay to disappear.’
I thought so.
* * *
Week 1 of boat piloting practice.
Chester made a lighter and simpler raft, not a proper raft, and practiced by riding around the river from the upper level to the lower level.
I had moved by riding a river before and maneuvering a raft, but the difference between then and now was that the raft had a sail attached to it.
Rafts driven by the wind are much faster, rougher, more violent, and quieter than the old rafts, which were driven only by the force of the river.
There were quite a few cases where the raft rocked violently when it came to a place where the current speed of the river increased, and the current of the river and the current of the wind collided with each other.
‘It’s more practice than I thought.’
He was worried about whether practicing in the river would work, but Chester was satisfied when it turned out to be more practice than he thought.
* * *
Week 2 of boat piloting practice.
After practicing on the river for a few days, this time Chester started practicing on the sea alone with a small raft.
It was just like tying a rope to the island and then clinging to the island as it is and quietly following the island, but the rough waves crashing into the floating island were incomparable to the river.
Even though it is just quietly being dragged to the island, it makes it difficult to stand properly as it oscillates and oscillates. If you are a little careless here, the boat rocked by the waves will crash into the island and be damaged, so you had to be careful.
‘I’ve heard from sailors in the bar that you have to be careful of things like reefs, but that’s a huge ship that’s sunk deep under the sea.’
“Chester, are you okay?”
“yes. Would you like to ride Monia too?”
“Uh, is that okay?”
Chester and Monia took turns getting on the raft, and even Rex and Ant got on the raft for fun.
Rex had hated going near the water for a while because he had memories of the raft capsizing badly before, but he quickly forgot those bad memories and started enjoying the raft, perhaps because he was a child.
* * *
Week 3 of boat piloting practice.
This time, they practiced maneuvering the boat against the wind by attaching a sail to a small raft.
In addition to folding and unfolding the sails appropriately according to the wind, they also made oars to steer the raft, and practiced turning the boat to the right and left instead of simply going forward.
A sudden headwind and waves swept the boat away from the island, but other than that there were no major problems. Monia screamed in surprise when Chester was about to be swept away by the waves.
As can be seen from the fact that the ship was almost washed away, at some point Chester was practicing without connecting the island and the ship with a rope.
“Next time, shall we test it by attaching an anchor to the ship? Let’s see how effective the anchor is.”
At the same time that Chester was practicing maneuvering the boat, he was also practicing building a raft.
By mobilizing all the knowledge about ships he knows, he creates a better, more advanced raft.
At first, the sails were just standing upright, but when Chester steered them, they turned slightly to the left and right, allowing the ship to spin using the wind.
At first, it was a simple raft connected with logs, but bamboo was used to add buoyancy, as well as to make a tool that could serve as both a rudder and a rudder by turning the oars at the back of the boat rather than simply holding and rowing the oars.
At first, the size of the raft, which was for one person, gradually began to increase, and the size of the raft was increased so that Chester could ride alone and practice with a light Ant, then Rex and Monia, etc. to practice with the whole family.
As the raft progressed, Chester’s skills were slowly evolving.
Chester, who used to be careful not to fall over, has gone beyond that and has been able to read the waves and wind to some extent, and has been able to prepare by predicting how the raft will move on the boat, albeit slightly.
There were fewer cases of rafts colliding with islands, fewer cases of boats capsizing as the rafts swayed excessively, and even fishing on the boats.
“Why are you fishing?”
“Because if you can’t reach the continent and wander the sea, you’ll have to find food. I’m testing this and that with bait.”
Chester practiced maneuvering the raft by dropping it away from the island little by little.
away from the island, and approaching again.
How many times have you been repeating it?
“uh? Is that a continent?”
As always, Chester and Monia, who were waiting for a passing ship or continent at their beach house, noticed a small piece of land slowly approaching from afar.
Chester and Monia stopped what they were doing and looked at the land with their eyes wide open.