268 – Tina(1)
Survivors are survivors and their meals are meals.
Today’s harvest was confirmed, so it was time to eat.
The Chester family watered the fallen survivor, then set it down near a campfire to watch the birds Rex had been hunting.
“This is the first kid I caught by throwing a mace from a distance!”
Rex said, pointing to the body of the headless bird. Seeing that, Chester asked when he saw another corpse nearby, which was a mess, unlike the neat headless corpse.
“Did you catch the other two after that?”
“Yes! I fought with the rampaging kids!”
“I see.”
Chester saw the bird’s leg. Very sharp claws were attached to the ends of these large, thick legs that supported the huge body.
It seemed obvious that if you kicked it wrong, you would get an injury like being stabbed with a spear.
“Wouldn’t it be better to feather first and then, um, grill it? Let’s bake.”
Monia first trimmed the carcass of a bird whose head had been blown off neatly, then cut some of her meat and grilled it.
“…… Well! It’s good! That’s good meat Try Chester too.”
Monia, who tasted the lightly grilled piece, was satisfied with the taste of her meat, and she handed the grilled meat to Chester as well.
“… ….”
Chester, who was chewing meat, looked at Monia and evaluated her taste.
“Hmm. It’s delicious.”
“Right? Right?”
When Chester said it was delicious, Monia asked with a smile.
“What did you like?”
“… …. That, the texture, the savory taste.”
“Chester.”
“Yes.”
“You can just be honest.”
“No, do you think it is delicious? I just think it’s delicious.”
“Hmm. In the past, I couldn’t even evaluate it as delicious, so I guess it’s at least improved.”
She wants to teach Chester what she knows, the joy of eating, the joy of listening to music, as Chester taught her a lot, but as always, she makes little progress.
Seeing her sculpting as a hobby, it doesn’t seem like she doesn’t have a heart to feel joy at all.
‘Looking at how he treats me at night.’
The house must have been finished, and starting tomorrow, Monia planned to build a house to live separately from Chester.
She spoke to Senna, who also agreed to build an additional house, saying that it is important for her husband and wife to have space and time for each other.
If building a house was hard work, I wouldn’t bother to say let’s build another house, but after building it with Rex’s help, it wasn’t as difficult as I thought, so I’m confident to say let’s build another one.
After Rex boasted of his recently increased appetite and easily ate an entire bird, Chester or Senna, who were sufficiently full, went about their business while Monia roasted an additional bird to feed Rex.
“Huh? Something is a little different from that bird.”
Monia grilled the meat and handed it over to Rex. Rex smiled as he put the meat in his mouth, frowning at her as it tasted different from what he expected.
“Why?”
“It doesn’t taste as good as before!”
“Uh, really? I baked the same as before…….”
“There may be a problem with the way you hold it.”
Chester, who was looking at the fallen survivor, saw the bird that Monia was broiling and said.
“The quality of the meat decreases when you are stressed when killing it, but there is a creature that loses its taste even more severely.”
In the case of such creatures, in order to sell them at a high price, you have to kill them at once without using traps, so you have to hunt them a little more carefully.
“This bird seems to be of that type too.”
“There are creatures like that.”
Monia looked at the grilled meat and smelled it. She definitely had a fishy scent unlike the meat she had just grilled.
‘Is it the smell of blood?’
“Rex, what do you want to do?”
Monia asked, pointing to the meat.
“Would you like some more?”
“Yes! It’s fine! I want to eat it all It’s a waste!”
Rex ate the new meat, which had lost its taste, vowing that he would catch a few clean fish next time and eat the delicious meat.
“Tomorrow, let’s go to the place where the beans were found and bring the beans. I have to prepare to last for a long time, so I plant beans in the ground and eat some.”
“Since there is water mixed with debris, it will definitely grow quickly. Not as much as on the island.”
“I guess so.”
“Nongsara, I miss you. What happened to our farmland on the island? I think it must have been a mess because I planted things I brought from so many places.”
“I’m sure you’re curious.”
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“It’s a pity that the beans are boiled without salt.”
“How will you eat it?”
“You can eat the boiled beans as they are, or you can crush them and eat them…… How does Senna want to eat?”
“Hmm. Wait for a sec. Oh, are these beans a little sweet?”
“Yes. It’s faint, but it has a sweet taste, so even beans feel a bit luxurious, don’t they?”
I heard a sound.
“If you boil it for too long, the flavor of the beans will escape from the beans, so let’s boil it until this point. Sena, can you take the whole pot and drain the water?”
“Okay.”
“Then shall we only eat beans for breakfast? A few pieces of beef jerky here… ….”
Hearing the voices of the bright and lively people, T-ara slowly opened her eyes.
When she opened her eyes, at first she did not know where she was lying, so she lay still.
At first, she had no energy or motivation, so she just kept her eyes open, but as time passed, she couldn’t contain her curiosity and began to roll her eyes little by little to examine her surroundings.
‘Where am I now?’
The moment she realized that it wasn’t sand touching her back, and that the reflection in her field of vision was a wall made of wood, her startled tiara tried to pull herself up.
But she didn’t eat anything and didn’t listen to Tiara, and she couldn’t do anything but look around her with Tiara and her still motionless body.
“Chester! Rex! Come on! Have you caught anything?”
“No. It’s a pity, but I couldn’t see the prey.”
“Really? I can’t help it. Ruler! Let’s eat! I prepared it in advance!”
The sounds coming from outside somehow made me feel warm and nostalgic.
Unlike life in the castle, which was cold and chilly despite the fact that they married each other and mixed their bodies in the same bed.
Even when she lived as a slave, her food was delicious, but she could not feel the affection of the person who made the food from the rice she ate living while being treated as livestock, not human.
However, the sounds outside were different. Warm and affectionate
Feeling something she doesn’t have, Tiara is envious of the people outside her, but at the same time she feels her curiosity about them welling up, as she grunts and moves her motionless body little by little, I got up little by little.
Tiara barely stood up while holding her against the wall. The moment she stood up, she felt as if her own knees were about to snap, and her spirit went dizzy.
“Extreme!”
Her knees bend and her body collapses.
The tiara that had fallen fell through the leaves tied to her entrance instead of her door and rolled outside of her, and the Chester family all turned their heads at breakfast at the sound of a loud noise coming from behind her.
“Huh?”
“Ah, you finally woke up! I was worried about what would happen if she died.”
“Thank God.”
“I survived! You survived!”
“Rex, at times like this, you should say that you woke up, not alive.”
“Woke up!”
The Chester family, who were eating boiled beans, all surrounded her tiara and checked her condition.
“My pupils are open. I’d better eat something first.”
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The first to speak was a man with brown hair and a sharp look.
However, due to the fact that she is a man, Tiara reacted violently without realizing it.
“Hee!”
“Huh? Why are you doing this? Are you afraid of me?”
“No way. Chester is handsome.”
While saying that, the moment someone else brought her face close to her tiara, the tiara hardened without her knowledge.
“Maybe it’s because I’ve been bullied by men? Those, the clothes for the women on the ship. Nothing was normal.”
While saying that, the woman with black hair was stroking Tiara’s cheek and examining her eyes.
I couldn’t forget it. She couldn’t forget
Even if it’s the form of finishing her hair by simply putting it together and tying it together without decorating her beautifully decorated hair.
Even if there were none of the luxurious, glitzy, and splendid accessories that adorned her body, shining bright every day, except for the ring on the ring finger of her left hand.
Even if it’s not a beautiful dress that always follows the latest fashion and is made using the finest materials by the best artisans, it’s a leather outfit that seems to focus on practicality and looks sturdy and durable.
Even in the environment of an uninhabited island, in plain clothes, and with a bare face without a single make-up, I couldn’t forget her beauty that never faded and her purple eyes like jewels that shone vividly and distinctly.
“… ….”
Tiara stopped herself from trying to say her name, Monia.
I don’t know why, but she didn’t want to tell me this look of herself, this miserable look of her now.
It’s all the more because her opponent doesn’t seem to know who she is, and the person she ruined her life is shining so brightly and making a happy expression… However, she didn’t want to let anyone know that she had such a miserable and ugly face.
Monia, who had been looking at her tiara for a long time, said with a smile.
“Yes. It looks like she hasn’t eaten for a long time… Yes! Mash the beans and boil them in water. Then it will be easy to eat.”
Looking at Monia talking to herself kindly, kindly, gently, and benevolently, she clearly felt her filthy self, and it made her feel so terrible.
“Hey, what’s your name?”
“T….”
Name. As a slave to her, no one called her by name. She didn’t even ask for a name.
So, Tiara tried to say her name without realizing it, but she remembered her own face again and hurriedly spit out another name.
“Tina… I say, I do.”
The moment he said his name with respect.
It seems that she has realized that even though she has now become a queen with a higher rank than the daughter of the duke, she has not changed at all, as her base remains humble.
Tiara had to swallow her screams inside her.
Hmm, did the author intend to save her instead of eliminating her? That’s not bad either.