169 – Boating (3)
A land approaching from afar.
Climbing up a high tree and using a telescope to check it, it was not a continent, but an island of some size. It has an area twice that of the floating island, and is not generally round like the floating island, but rather elongated.
Chester folded the spyglass that had been stretched out over his eyes, hung it in his pocket, and descended the tree.
“Judging from the speed at which the island is approaching, it seems that the drifting island is moving at a slightly slower speed than the horse pulling the wagon.”
“The words of the duke’s family?”
“No, just talk.”
The duke’s family is equipped with famous horses even to pull the wagon, as the duke gathered all kinds of famous horses to create the Knights of the Sky. It was just that they did not become war horses of the Sky Knights because they were not suitable for war horses, but in terms of wagon pulling power and endurance, there were some that had better performance than the Sky Knights’ war horses.
“Is the drifting island slower than I thought?”
“It rides the waves and moves steadily along with the wind, so it’s not slow if you count that.”
“If the island went round the world, how many years would it have taken for it to go around the world?”
“Is that so?”
Chester looked at the island approaching, then at the sea.
“Monia.”
“no.”
“… … .”
“You’re going to do something weird again.”
“It’s not strange.”
“Then it is strange.”
Chester pouted his lips at Monia, who spoke sternly. Monia gripped Chester’s lips with her thumb and forefinger and shook them.
“Ah, ah, ah! Don’t fuss!”
“Where are you sticking out your lips?”
Monia let go of her lips as she said that, then kissed Chester’s reddened lips that she had pulled.
“So, what are you going to do?”
“Let’s go to that island.”
“… … .”
As Monia expected, it was a strange thing.
“Why?”
“I saw a boat on the beach of the island. about four feet. However, there was no sign of civilization on the island. I didn’t see a single building.”
“… … .”
“That means someone is going to work from their house to that island for work.”
Upon hearing Chester’s words, Monia’s expression becomes serious.
“Of course, it’s probably not close to the island. There was no sign of land nearby.”
“… … But there is a ship, and there is not one there, so it is not that someone drifted on the sea and reached the island by accident.”
“right.”
An island leading to the continent.
“Eh, if you stay on the island and wait a bit, the continent will come out, so wouldn’t it be better to stay on the island until then? We have a stable foundation here.”
“You don’t know where and how the island might turn and end up in the wrong place.”
Chester’s words kept Monia’s mouth shut.
Monia knows that’s right. But why are you doing this? When it was said that there was a way to get out of the island and go to the continent, Monia realized that her feet were not moving as if they were firmly held by something strong and heavy.
Chester understood that Monia.
Sudden changes in the environment are frightening and frightening.
So did Chester.
When he went from being a hunter’s son to a student at the butler’s academy, he was overcome with fear.
There were also hesitations, and there were times when the rice did not pass through the mouth due to the hardships of adapting to the suddenly changed environment.
In addition, the most important point is that they do not know which continent they can reach through that island.
The world is wide.
There are seven continents in this world, and the kingdom occupies only about 40% of one of them.
Of course, occupying 40% of a continent means that it has great power, and the kingdom has a good location with all kinds of natural environment and resources, except for the drought that comes every few years through the influence of the desert.
However, after all, it is only a part of the wide world.
Perhaps the moment you go to another continent through that island, they will move in a completely different place where you can’t communicate the language and have a completely different culture.
From there, it will be a really long journey until we visit the kingdom again. Maybe he will die without reaching the kingdom.
Chester knew that the flames of vengeance Monia harbored in her heart had also waned. In my usual life, I suddenly thought, “Oh, that’s right. I was angry.” It was reduced to the point where a certain feeling came to mind.
It was a good thing. Revenge or whatever, intense emotions can eat away at a person and drive them crazy. Hate, sadness, anger. If you can control it, control it, if you can forget it, it’s better to forget it.
So, maybe, while traveling the world like this, I might just settle down and live somewhere moderately.
However, even if she forgets revenge, even if she doesn’t return to the kingdom and get rich quick in the duke’s secret storage, they must leave the island.
On this island, Monia’s self-awareness sprouted and she grew up as a person. But at the same time, she became trapped on this narrow island.
Chester wanted Monia to see the wide world.
I was hoping for more experiences.
I wanted the life of my loved one to be enriched by seeing many things, experiencing many things, and feeling many things, rather than ending in a narrow place.
“Monia.”
So, Chester told Monia, who was afraid to leave the island.
“Let’s get off the island.”
As always, the moment of sudden change will come. You can’t stop it.
* * *
get off the island
Then the biggest problem was Rex. Ant, of course, will go with Chester and Monia, but Rex will always be the baby of the black wind.
Even if the black wind gave Rex as the child of Chester and Monia, the essence does not disappear. So Chester sent a signal by raising thick smoke into the sky so that the black wind could know, and then told the black wind, who had come with his wife, the situation.
– I decided to leave the island.
The moment they heard the words after being served a meal, the black wind and his wife reacted that something had come.
The time has come. And, the moment of decision came for Rex as well.
Will you go out of the island with Chester and Monia? If not, will you return to your parents’ arms?
Chester and Monia, the Black Wind and his wife were not supposed to say anything about this.
Only Rex has to decide. That was the choice of Rex’s four parents.
“… … .”
When told that he had to choose, Rex looked at Chester and Monia. Then I saw the black wind and my mother.
Rex liked them all.
I enjoyed living with Chester and Monia, and learning the life of a top person with Black Wind and my mother.
So I knew what the four of you were telling me to choose.
Either one of the four may not be seen forever. I knew I had to choose it.
“… … .”
It was a very harsh choice for a child.
However, Chester and Monia had no intention of stopping the choice they had made once. selected. decided. If so, you should move towards it.
Whatever Monia was, Chester wasn’t particularly inclined to hold back.
If you choose, move. Do not regret the consequences of that choice. You just have to keep moving forward. The future will determine whether that choice will be a failure or a success.
Just like when hunting.
The moment you shoot the prey, the moment you let go of the bowstring, the arrow that flew towards the prey doesn’t come back no matter what method you use.
Whether the flying arrow will hit the prey, whether or not it will take the prey’s life or not, all the hunter can do is watch the arrow he shoots.
If it fails to hit its prey, it seeks the next opportunity. If you hit it but couldn’t kill it, use the blood shed by the prey to catch the next opportunity more easily than before. If it kills you, it’s a success.
Failure is reversible, moderate success is good, and success is perfect. That’s all.
Rex suddenly climbed up a tree.
I climbed up the tree and looked up at the tall mountain towering in the center of the island.
Next, I moved my head to the other side and looked at the vast expanse of the sea and the elongated island approaching.
As Rex watched it, after a while the boat started to depart from the long island beach.
The four ships, each carrying two or three people, sailed toward the sea with their sails spread, and the sails caught the wind and began to drift away in an instant.
It goes far, far, beyond the unknown where it ends.
Rex looked at it quietly.
Will it rise high or spread wide? what kind of life will you live
And after a while, Rex, arms wide open, laughed and came downstairs and clung to Chester’s head.
“I will follow Dad.”
“… … Are you okay?”
“yes!”
Rex leapt from Chester and clung to the black wind.
“sorry!”
Then, smiling, she hugged the black wind and her mother tightly.
“I want to go!”
The black wind and mother looked at Rex, who was saying something they couldn’t understand, and then carefully cared for him.
I can’t understand the words, but he is his own child. I could understand what choice they had made.
Chester and Monia moved away, making time for Black Wind and his wife to be with Rex all morning.
And from that afternoon, Chester, Monia, Rex and Ant started preparing to leave the island.