313 – The carriage wheels stop (3)
Sabak.
As I took a step, I felt sand pressing under the soles of my shoes.
The sand that accumulated on the coast of the floating island was characterized by the fact that it was formed as very fine and light sand that could float on the seawater due to the nature of the island floating in the sea.
While stepping on the sand and looking around, Chester suddenly realized that there was nothing that should be there.
“It looks like the villa collapsed.”
It was a villa.
“Oh, it’s true.”
Monia dropped the bamboo she was carrying on her shoulder and looked for traces of her villa.
The two soon found out what had happened to their villa.
How many typhoons have passed through the island in the past few years? An uprooted tree had fallen, and vines and other plants were growing thickly over it, obscuring anything lying beneath it.
Chester swung a machete, one of the tools necessary for living on the island, which he acquired while living in a coastal city, to cut vines and plants and check for objects lying underneath.
No matter how I looked, I could see logs that were not formed naturally and had clean cut surfaces with artificial traces.
“Hmm.”
“Ah, what a shame.”
“Well, it’s more surprising that it remained intact all this time.”
Chester tapped the log of the villa and looked at the entrance they had used to enter and exit the coast and the island.
Previously, thanks to Chester organizing the surrounding area, there was more soil than plants, so the area where one could tell at a glance that this was the entrance to the forest had disappeared, being covered by newly grown plants and trees.
The speed at which plants grow is incredible due to the water mixed with grace at the top, so I expected something like this to happen.
At that time, Rex and Sena, who arrived on the island after them, also looked at the island’s scenery.
“I only heard about it through rumors, but I never thought I could step on it with my own feet.”
When I lived on the Tongdan Continent and when I lived on the Matoto Continent, I heard rumors about a wandering island.
Living Island, Magic Island, God’s Land…… A place full of all kinds of mysterious and ominous rumors that are unclear.
And Rex stood on the sand and shouted loudly.
“Wooooo!!”
When Rex roared, soon the island began to become noisy.
A sound made by island creatures frightened by Rex’s roar. The sound made by startled birds taking flight. Amidst all the commotion, a particularly noticeable sound was heard, and then two top men burst out, breaking down the tree blocking the island and the shore.
“Oh.”
“Wow. “It’s been a while since I last saw you.”
As Chester and Monia waved, one of the two top men looked at them.
As can be seen from the two-pronged sword he carried on his back and his size, which was clearly comparable to that of the other person next to him, it was a black wind.
The Black Wind greeted the sight of her friends whom she had not seen in a long time, and his wife, who had come with her, ran to her own son in her haste and hugged him.
– My son! You’ve grown a lot!
After finishing the greeting, the Black Wind also ran towards Rex, and Chester and Monia watched the family reunion, then the two jumped out, crossed between the fallen trees, and entered the island.
Before entering, the two made eye contact with Senna and briefly greeted each other. Sena also smiled and greeted me.
This is farewell.
* * *
Ant seemed to be in a better mood when he returned to his hometown, and ran around excitedly.
Chester and Monia smiled at Ant and looked around them.
“This won’t work.”
“That’s right. “Everything has changed and I can’t find my way.”
After letting Monia and Ant wait for a while, Chester climbed up the tallest tree in the vicinity and surveyed the scenery.
“…… Okay, there you are.”
The steel tree where Chester and Monia settled down was originally a plant that grew on the upper level of the floating island and would never be seen on the lower level.
Therefore, its shape was different from all the trees around it, and it was large enough to fit the ecology of the upper upper part of the floating island, so it stood out clearly.
Chester, who quickly found the location of the house, came down the tree and led Monia and Ant.
The shape of the island was very different from when they left, but the closer they got to the house, the traces they had left behind began to appear sparsely.
“Ah. “Chester, look at this.”
The first traces we found were traces of Rotin bringing his crew and attacking them. I saw a cutlass broken in half, stuck between a rock and a tree root.
Probably, it is the Cutlass that Chester and Monia were unable to find and retrieve after the incident.
Monia lifted the broken blade of the cutlass, examined it, then roughly threw it, and they walked down the road again.
“Oh…… “Chester, look at this.”
Monia looked at her fishing hook hanging from her pole at her own eye level.
It was a fishing hook that Chester made by bending a nail.
The fish on the floating island were large and strong, so fishing hooks made from tree branches could not withstand the force and broke or broke, making it impossible to catch fish. So Chester had no choice but to make fishing hooks using nail-like metal parts that he had obtained in some way. .
Of course, what is in front of them right now is not for catching fish.
Ground fishing against land animals.
It may not have been of much use in other places, but the wandering island creatures that have a lot to eat and are therefore less wary of food are quite prone to this kind of ground fishing.
The main target was the ant wolf that runs rampant in search of food during the fall season, but they are smart and after being caught fishing on the ground a few times, they stopped getting caught.
Naturally, as the number of targets gradually decreased, Chester naturally focused on proper methods, such as traps, rather than lightly thought-out playful methods such as land fishing.
“…… “I miss you.”
Originally, this was meant to hang close to the ground, but looking at the fishing hook at Monia’s eye level, it seems that the tree has grown and the height of the fishing hook has risen.
Chester ripped off the fishing hook tied to his string and took it. Because I don’t know where it will be used.
How long has it been since they walked like that, looking at the traces they left behind?
“Shall we rest here?”
When the river appeared, Chester turned to Monia and asked.
“Huh? No it’s okay.”
Although it has been a long time since I left the island, I have never missed training. Even in a coastal city, he had a lot of money and didn’t have to work, so he spent a lot of time training his body.
I trained hard, paid attention to what I ate, and built a strong body in preparation for the day I returned to the island.
Thanks to this, Monia, who would have been sweating profusely by now if she had been living on the island before, had not changed except for a few drops of sweat.
Chester laughed when he saw Monia like that and sat down on a nearby rock as a chair.
“Huh? Rest?”
“No. I wanted to take a look at the waterway first before going near my house. “I hope you’re fine.”
“Ah. I know. “If it’s broken, I’ll have to reinstall it.”
Monia came up with the waterway that she had worked hard to create by connecting bamboo from the waterfall on the cliff leading to the upper floor to the house. She applauded and said that she had it.
“I miss you too.”
“Let’s rest for a bit and then go to the waterway.”
They took a break and enjoyed the water on the island for the first time in a long time.
“Ah! It’s good.”
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The water on the island was still delicious. More than anything, it was nice because it was the first time in several years that I could drink water mixed with the blessings of the top.
The water flowing downstairs contains few ingredients, so the effect will be very slow, but as soon as I drink it, I feel healthy.
After enjoying the water and resting for a while, they walked toward the waterway.
“Oh, that one.”
While walking toward the waterway, Monia discovered a creature she had missed for the first time in a long time on the other side of the river.
“Oh, it’s a crocodile.”
In the past, they had mistaken it for a dragon’s cub, but as they wandered around the world and their knowledge increased, both Chester and Monia now knew what kind of creature it was.
“I saw him once before and this is my first time seeing him. Where does he live?”
“Well… …. Isn’t it like digging a hole and holding on? “Like an ant wolf.”
As we talked, we got closer to the waterfall. However, the steps of the two people who were approaching the waterfall quickly stopped.
“Ah… ….”
“Hmm. “It was smashed.”
This is because the remains of the waterway were tied to the edge of the waterfall and were shaking loudly.
“Once I settle down, I have to fix it from the water.”
“Yes. I’ll help you more this time too! “Chester, you did almost everything before.”
I turn my steps toward the waterway and head home.
As I turned a little on the road and headed home, I passed near the place where they usually set up traps, and I saw something I had never expected.
“Huh? “Is this trap okay?”
It was a trap that remained intact.
It’s hard to believe when you think about the island’s ecology, which is maintained by the endless growth and death of plants, but it seems that this trap has truly miraculously survived the island’s changes over such a long period of time.
“Is this a trap I made? This still remains…… “So far, not a single animal has been caught?!”
When she saw that the trap was very crude and had a crude shape, Monia realized that it was a trap she had made herself. She shouted in surprise when she saw that the trap remained intact.
How long has it been since I walked around the island in such commotion?
“Wow!”
Monia smiled brightly and spread her arms.
“It’s home!”
They returned home.
Good…