Survive on a Deserted Island With the Villainous Young Lady

37 – Waterworks (2)

The first thing Chester did after returning home from finding Susie was to make a brush out of some stiff animal hair and tie it tightly to the end of a stick.

The brush made in this way is put into the resin in the water container.

After spending the whole day yesterday gathering hard, I apply a bit of the collected resin to a brush, and apply it to the soles of my shoes that have been ripped off.

After pressing down on the soles and shoes coated with resin, I tied them tightly with a string and tied them tightly, leaving them alone.

“If you do this, it will stick.”

Saying that, Chester took out the preserved food and ate it.

The meat that was gathered and smoked by hunting and trapping in the strawberry dough that I cherished and cherished so much.

just squeeze it in

On the other hand, Monia was admiring the strawberry dough.

I liked the chewy texture and the elasticity, but most of all, I liked the thick sweetness.

“This! That’s great!”

“Eat one. Eating just one is enough for one meal.”

“I need to eat more!”

“This child.”

Chester, who caught and stopped Monia from running to the studio, decided to hide the strawberry dough she kept in the studio without Monia’s knowledge.

“Today is also the start of cutting bamboo.”

“yes. It reminds me of when I was building a house.”

“I didn’t even want to see bamboo for a while.”

At Monia’s words, Chester shook the bucket of resin with an expression that he would look at all the strange people.

Seeing the water bottle made of bamboo, Monia smiled and nodded.

“Isn’t this why the bamboo on the island is drying up because of us?”

“no way. No matter how large this island is, bamboo must be growing everywhere.”

Chester and Monia grabbed their axes and left the house.

* * *

“Eight!”

After knocking down the bamboo with one final blow from the axe, Monia cut the fallen bamboo into pieces and stomped it with her feet.

The bamboo that has been rolled around settles next to other bamboo trees that have been cut into pieces.

“Whoa.”

After wiping off the sweat, Monia began to trim the twigs of the bamboo with a claw knife.

Next to Monia, Chester, who had already finished arranging twigs and making bamboo bundles, was cutting new bamboo.

“Hey, isn’t there quite a distance between the waterfall and the house?”

“right.”

“But what are you going to do? If it’s that far… .”

“The canal will bend?”

“Yes.”

“Isn’t there a tree in the middle? You should use those trees as supports. Bamboo and trees are loosely tied with ropes and hung.”

And, of course, the plan was to proceed with the reinforcement of the canal.

If you cut the bamboo into thin pieces, wrap it around the waterway, and then tie it tightly, that alone will reinforce it to some extent.

Monia said she understood and swung the claw knife to cut off the twigs.

And accustomed to stacking the bamboo pieces and tying them together with a rope.

After about half a day of work, the two succeeded in cutting down all of them except for the short bamboo.

“Whoa!”

“It’s become a mess.”

“Yeah. The surrounding area is densely forested, but only here is empty.”

After moving all the bamboo back and forth between the bamboo and the house several times, the two ate lunch.

For lunch, while looking for bamboo, I found some plant flesh, strawberry paste, and smoked meat.

After eating, Chester began to untie all the ropes in the house and weave them together.

“What are you doing?”

“From now on, I will carry this to the waterfall and hang it on a tree along the way. It marks the way to build the waterway.”

Chester put the long rope in the basket and got up.

“Ugh!”

The rope was so heavy that even Chester struggled with it, so I thought it would be unreasonable to carry it on my back and go down the ladder.

“Then what do you do?”

“Just drop it, what. Throwing it doesn’t break the rope.”

Immediately after saying that, Chester grabbed one end of the rope and moved somewhere.

It was the place I had seen before, where tree branches stretched up and down appropriately, and it was in the middle of the bridge connecting the house and the studio.

“We have to start here. This will be the end of the canal.”

Chester tied a short piece of bamboo to the end of the rope and tossed the rope toward a branch above.

When a branch gets caught on a rope, he pulls it down, hooks it on the lower branch, and pulls it up again.

Finally, the rope pulled upward was wrapped around the branch slightly above and secured.

“What is this?”

“handle. I’ll make it all up and let you know.”

Chester tossed the remaining bundle of rope to the ground below and climbed down the ladder.

Climb down, put the rope in the basket, and walk in a straight line towards the waterfall.

Monia put part of the rope in her basket so that Chester wouldn’t be too heavy, and they walked together.

“… … for a moment.”

After walking like that, when he found a tree that was a certain height, Chester grabbed the rope and climbed the tree.

“You can’t fall!”

“Okay, I’ll be careful.”

After wrapping the rope around a tree branch at an appropriate height, go back down and head for the waterfall.

repeated that operation.

When I usually walk from my house to the waterfall, I arrived quickly because it was the way I walked every day, but it took longer than expected because I was walking up and down the trees like this.

After a long walk, Chester finally arrived at the waterfall and looked up at the sheer cliffs of the waterfall.

“… … Hey, is this going up?”

The cliff of the waterfall that I always saw.

However, the cliff of the waterfall that I saw every day was only a ‘part of the landscape’ and was never a ‘barrier to climb’.

The moment she realized she had to climb it, Monia’s face turned pale.

‘You’re going to climb this? this? how?’

Monia’s eyes shook like the sea in a storm, but Chester nodded calmly.

“yes. will rise.”

go up

“I looked around as much as I could, but I couldn’t see the right way up.”

Chester rises.

“Then, what else can I do? I have to go up.”

However, as soon as the thought of rising came to Monia’s head, only falling came to mind.

“Can I just not do that? What are you going to do if you fall!”

“It’s risky, but it has to be done.”

“You’re the one who taught me to give up when I have to give up!”

“But when you have to take a risk, you have to take it again.”

“Something is that! What a mess!”

“Originally, this is about responding flexibly according to the time and situation.”

Saying that, Chester took out the climbing tools he had prepared in advance.

It’s not great as a climbing tool.

A beast’s claw used as a material for claw knives. All I had to do was pierce a hole at the root and tie a string tightly.

Chester wrapped the rope around his palm, tied the rope around his waist, and stood in front of the cliff.

‘… … It’s high.’

10m is a lot of height.

Chester took a moment to catch his breath, then grabbed the claw and stuck it firmly into the tight spot.

Firmly insert the opposite claw as well, then grip the string tightly and pull it taut.

Chester planted one foot on the cliff and put his weight on it to pull it straight. After confirming that the claws were firmly hooked and the string was strong enough, Chester kicked the ground with his other foot.

While kicking the ground with your feet, pull your back muscles tight to pull your body up at once.

After firmly planting your foot on a slightly protruding place from the cliff, spread your weight with one claw and both legs to support it, while extending your other hand upwards.

Firmly insert the toenail into the wall again, and push yourself up with the bent leg on the opposite side.

At the same time, he pulls the opposite claw off the cliff, stretches it upwards and hooks it, checks whether it is firmly hooked, then pushes his body up with his bent foot again.

Stretch out one hand and use it to check where you are going, use the other hand and foot for support and balance, and push the whole body up with the other leg.

Repeat it step by step.

‘I’m glad it’s a sturdy cliff.’

Chester’s whole body broke into a cold sweat with each step he took.

The moment you sprain, the moment the place where you planted your toenails collapse, or the moment the string of your toenails breaks, or the moment the place where you step on your leg collapses, you can die by being thrown under the cliff.

I could feel my whole body tense.

His breathing grew louder, his pupils dilated, and he could see more clearly.

With his heartbeat as loud as a nearby waterfall, Chester climbed steadily.

The important thing is not to look down.

It is not about lifting the body with weak hands and shoulders, but pushing the body up with strong and strong legs.

And to look up in advance and know the right way to go so that you don’t go up the wrong path and get stuck.

Chester concentrated hard, not letting his body relax, not thinking about ‘how far up’ or ‘how much left’.

Relaxation eliminates tension and leads to accidents.

No matter what happens, it’s the most dangerous when you think ‘I’m used to it’ and ‘this much is okay’.

Climbing the waterfall is so dizzying that even the viewer is so nervous that they can’t see.

Monia was already squatting on the ground, blindfolded by Chester and covering her eyes with both hands.

how much did it rise

The string wrapped around Chester’s palm tore through the skin of Chester’s palm and bled.

“… !”

Chester stopped moving in pain as the string suddenly dug into his skin.

They stop moving for a very short time, endure the pain, and start moving again.

how much did it rise

When Chester’s shoulders got hot enough to burn, and the tension and fear reached a level where he couldn’t even think.

“Aww! aaa! It’s up!”

Chester was able to climb to the edge of the cliff.

After climbing the cliff, Chester slammed the ground with his fist and let out a cheer, and Monia, who heard the sound, raised her head and saw Chester as she climbed up.

“… … Ha ha!”

Monia, who sat down relaxed, glanced at the delighted Chester on the cliff, still feeling her heart beating.

“I’m glad you weren’t hurt.”