236 – Journey up again (3)
After passing through a few villages, crossing a few rivers, entering a mountain pass and following a winding road, the Chester family finally reached the shore. I could see the city with my own eyes.
“Wow! Chester, look at that!”
As she crossed the mountain, she saw a coastal city in the distance, and Monia’s eyes lit up in admiration.
“It’s spectacular.”
“Sure! The port is so big that it cannot be compared to our country! How many ships are there?”
The sight of a port full of huge ships moored for the first time in my life was a memory that will last a lifetime.
“What is that ship? Lay down!”
On one side of the harbour, a rope is hung on the sail and pulled by a machine, and the ship is laid on its side with the force. Sailors and carpenters were roaming the side of the sunken ship, inspecting and repairing the lower part of the ship, which was usually hidden under the sea.
“Fixing the lower part of the stomach. You can’t go into the water and fix it.”
“I see!”
After listening to Sena’s explanation, Monia nodded her head and kept looking at the belly she was lying on. She must have been very curious.
Seeing her pure and innocent appearance like that little child, Senna smiled happily.
Chester was also looking at the Yeonsin Port, as if seeing it for the first time was strange.
In some places new crew members were being screened by the ship’s captain. The ship was a whaling ship, and the captain decided how much money he would give out from hunting whales according to the crew’s experience and skills.
Elsewhere, a sailor who had made enough money to become independent of his captain was now gathering men to build a new ship of his own. A ship is a very expensive thing, and no matter how much money you have, it is a burden to build it alone, so you can only build and operate one ship with the support of so many people. Afterwards, the captain and sponsors take a large portion of the profits from driving the ship, and the remaining share is shared by the crew below.
On the other side, large men were carrying barrels and crates on their backs. The luggage was being moved to the largest ship in the harbor, and the captain was talking about this and that with the manager of the port looking at the luggage being moved.
“Can you see all of that?”
Senna widened her eyes and asked, amazed at Chester explaining every single action of her people to Monia while watching the harbor through her binoculars.
It is not a distance that can be seen in detail by relying on a single telescope, but it was surprising to see it.
“Yes. Maybe she can see Monia too?”
“I don’t have as good eyes as you.”
“No, if you use star flowers.”
Chester told her how to use the stargazer that Eugene had taught her, and Monia took out a ring from the stargazer, put it on her eye, and looked at the harbor.
Then, to Monia’s eyes, the distant port was enlarged to her surprise.
“Wow! It’s real, it looks good! Oh, the person carrying the luggage fell over.”
Monia, who was looking at this and that because she was curious, magnified the sun, and she was hit in the eyes by the light of the sun.
“Keah!”
Monia collapses with a strange sound.
“Looking at the sunlight like that is dangerous. I don’t look at the sun through a telescope either.”
“Ugh! Snow! Chester! Chester! My eyes! Where is Chester?!”
“Here you are. Now, rub your eyes here.”
Monia did not recover her sight until she recovered her eyesight by rubbing her eyes against her grace on top of her.
“Whoa. I was shocked. I will have to be careful when I look at things in the future.”
“Let it be.”
Chester awoke from the harbor and decided to finish the packing he had been doing a while ago.
The articles were in a messy state because they piled up this and that and sent it to the wagon, so for the past few days they had been learning from the coachman how to drive the wagon and organizing their luggage at the same time.
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Now, the luggage is being sorted out.
“This must be a gift from the old blacksmith.”
The smithy where Chester took the ore from the wandering island. Thanks to the rare ore he gave, he became quite friendly and priced it cheaply, so while Chester was living in the city, if he wanted a tool he needed, he went to the smithy to find it.
What the forge gave me was a round shield. He pulled out a note stuck behind the round shield and read it.
Chester folded the note containing the blessings and safety of the journey and put it on one side of his shield, then put the round shield on his arm and moved it around.
“It’s light. There you go, Monia. Look at this.”
“Huh? …… Ah, that shield.”
“Why a shield?”
Unlike Senna, who didn’t understand what to look for in the shield, Chester and Monia recognized it at once.
“It’s a shield made from the ore we brought.”
“Oh, that vibrator?”
“Yes. I thought I would make a shield out of it.”
Chester and Monia only thought of making sharp tools, but never thought of making anything else.
“Is vibration useful for defense?”
“Well? Chester, look. This shield, other places are not, but this one is sharp. If you are in a hurry, you might be able to cut the enemy this way.”
“Is it a shield and secondary weapon?”
“Originally, shields are often used as weapons.”
Senna showed her shield as she spoke.
“If necessary, I will teach you shield skills.”
“Oh, please.”
It was the only shield made from the ore of the wandering island, but it also contained shields tailored to Monia and Rex’s arms.
In addition, all shields had the same pattern engraved on them.
The pattern of a dog running around the edge of the shield, and the pattern of three hands of different sizes tightly intertwined in the middle of the shield, making it look like a handshake.
Having received her own shield, Monia smiled softly after stroking the pattern.
“Are we us?”
“Sure. I got a nice present. Rex!”
Chester passed the shield to Rex through the window, and Rex, who received the shield, danced with excitement and the carriage rocked wildly.
“Ahh! aaagh! Please don’t move!!”
The coachman screamed in fright.
Laughing bitterly at the coachman’s screams, which were more than the wagon rocking, Chester carefully put his shield aside and continued packing.
“What is this?”
At that time, a box that looked a little better was found sandwiched between large luggage.
“I don’t know about that either?”
It was the first time Senna had seen it, so the three of them opened the box with curiosity.
“Oh.”
“Ah.”
There were about 10 condoms in it.
“… ….”
“… ….”
“… ….”
At a loss for words, the three men carefully put the box inside their luggage and hid it.
“I think I know who prepared it.”
Monia and Senna nodded at Chester’s words.
David’s greasy smile clearly appeared in their minds.
* * *
After traveling by highway along the mountains for three more days and finally arriving at a coastal city, the group parted ways with the coachman.
“Then I’ll find a boat.”
“Please. We are looking for accommodation.”
“Yes.”
Senna went off to find a boat, while Chester and Monia found decent accommodation.
“Hey, what is that?”
“It looks interesting… ….”
I can feel the eyes converging on Rex.
However, those eyes weren’t like seeing demons like other people.
The people of the port, who travel around the world a lot, are already familiar with ape-like animals, so Rex was treated like a giant ape by them.
Of course, for a monkey, he had broad shoulders, too many muscles, too thick arms, and was suitably dressed, which made him look very different from the average monkey they knew.
The only thing like that was a tail and fur on its limbs.
“Is it a nobleman’s pet?”
“Leathers, taxidermy, and living things must be sold at high prices… Besides, isn’t there something handsome for a monkey? Where can I get that?”
Some found new product value and were interested, so they approached Chester and Monia.
“Honey, does your master know where he got this creature?”
They thought of Chester and Monia as servants looking after the nobles’ pets.
Of course, Monia’s appearance was so cute that when she glanced at her, she wondered if she was an aristocrat.
“I saw it on an island further south.”
Chester gave a rough answer while taking the money they were prodding.
“South! It’s south!”
“Shall we decide the next route there? ….”
“Couldn’t you try talking to your master? Are you thinking of selling to us?”
When he said something strange about himself, Rex showed his teeth and growled.
There was a sense of intimidation from a gigantic ape showing its teeth and growling.
The people withdrew, and the Chester family was able to find suitable lodgings for the four of them.
“Um, should I book three rooms?”
“Wouldn’t it be just two? Senna likes Rex too.”
“Is that so?”
I took two rooms.