66 – Antwolf Zone (5)

After waking up early in the morning, looking at the skins and dried peppers and fields, going to the river to look for traps, washing at a waterfall, and carefully examining traps in the forest.

Chester and Monia come to the villa.

In the meantime, Chester and Monia were moving things around the villa in their spare time.

First of all, the roof of the cottage.

The roof of the villa was hung with meat drying in the sun, various fruits, and plants.

In the corner of the villa, there were all kinds of tools made for experiments, hobbies, or practice.

And, just as Chester initially planned, a windshield was installed around the cottage to keep out the wind.

It’s not that great as a shield, it’s simply made of bamboo.

Of course, the beach is lined with bamboo split in half to make salt.

“… … I think about it every time I see it.”

“yes.”

“This island bamboo will disappear because of us.”

“ha ha ha.”

Chester couldn’t deny Monia’s words.

“The problem is that it is too easy to write.”

“Iknow, right.”

“What, are we going around part of this island?”

The house area, centered on Chester and Monia’s house and including the villa.

A river zone that encompasses all rivers, lakes, and waterfalls.

On the other side of the river, from the place where honey was obtained to the place where resin was obtained, the honey area is called.

And to the ant-wolf area that you can explore while chasing out the ant-wolves this time.

It sounds like they are wandering around a lot, but if you look at the total area of the floating island, it was only a part of it.

Chester and Monia had a simple pastime at the villa, checking out if there were any boats passing the sea.

He twists ropes and strings, and fixes claw knives.

Chester separated the dull claw knife from the handle and discarded the handle, which had become loose from the splintered wood.

Slowly sharpen the claw knife, sharpen it again, make a new handle and insert it into the claw knife again.

After tying it tightly to the blade and handle, Chester took a suitable piece of wood and tested the new knife by carving and carving it around.

“Well. It’s fine.”

Monia was making a bow. Because it broke again a while ago.

Chester uses a catapult more often than a bow, so his bow is less likely to break, but Monia was different.

No matter how hard it was, the slingshot was not familiar to the hand, so the slingshot stopped practicing long ago and focused on the bow.

Still, perhaps thanks to her hard work, Monia’s skills were improving as much as the number of broken and new bows she made.

Even when fighting ant wolves, he helped Chester more than he thought.

“I seem to be at least as talented with a bow as my father is!”

“Yeah. Wouldn’t the duke be surprised to find out? A daughter who shoots a bow better than you.”

“Whoops. You will be so shocked that your heart will stop and you might die! That person treated me like a doll, but that doll won him, right?”

“Maybe.”

“It was decided. When I kill my father, I will specially make him a target for my bow and kill him slowly!”

“Oh.”

It was Monia who took cruel thoughts lightly.

Monia kept her mouth shut when Chester seemed a little startled.

and said

“… … What, I won’t! There is no point in doing that!”

“yes. well thought out Let’s live without thinking bad thoughts as much as possible.”

“Yes.”

Monia looked at Chester a little and asked.

“Hey, Chester, don’t you like me getting revenge?”

“yes?”

“Even when I said I would take revenge in the past, the reaction was a little… You did.”

“ah. No, it doesn’t matter. I think anything is good if it can be the driving force of life. To live in a place like this, you must have strong mental strength and drive.”

but.

“Take care of you first rather than revenge.”

“… … yes heh.”

After hearing Chester’s answer, Monia silently focused on sharpening her bow.

However, if Chester had seen Monia’s face from the front, he would have seen her blushing and smiling.

“Ehe. hehehe.”

Hess and hess.

* * *

After spending some time at the villa looking out for boats passing the sea.

The two resumed their exploration of the ant-wolf area.

It was still in the early stages of the exploration, but since I had obtained so many things, such as peppers, peppers, and grains, I was planning to look around the Antwolf area as meticulously as possible.

Of course, you may not be able to get anything anymore, but maybe you can get something else.

“I wish I had more of that fruit.”

“Oh, that? It was delicious.”

“It was really good.”

In the ant-wolf area, there were no creatures to be wary of, as the ant-wolves swept around so much.

Perhaps, the reason why creatures different from other areas, such as spiders, settled mainly was because they were the prey that ant wolves did not target.

Antwolves hunt dangerous creatures and prey that enter their territory.

Other organisms fill the ecological void created in this way.

Then, other creatures aiming for those creatures appear, and the ant wolves target and hunt those creatures again.

Creatures whose body safety is secured can capture their territory larger than in other places and get a lot of food.

Since he created a conspicuous area, of course the prey who saw it flowed in, and the ant wolf hunted it again.

Of course, if this is repeated, the ecosystem will be destroyed.

Only one-sided predators will remain.

Here comes a time when the ant wolves reduce their activities according to changes in the island’s environment.

Creatures that were hunted by ant wolves at that time swept through this area, stabilized the ecosystem, settled down, and were hunted by ant wolves that came out when the day became hot again to create the current environment.

“That’s why there are few animals.”

“right.”

Chester explained his reasoning to Monia, who was curious about why there were few animals in the Antwolf area.

“Nature is simple but complex. but not clear On the surface, it looks very difficult, but if you think about it a little, you can see why. Anyone can tell.”

Chester explained one of the examples.

“For example, weak creatures give birth to many children. They die easily, so there must be a lot of them in order to continue living. But strong creatures produce few.”

“Oh, you’re having a baby.”

Monia’s face turned red.

‘That’s what makes a child! in bed! Squeak!’

Monia hasn’t been taught that yet.

Because it is a ‘vulgar poison’ that harms the dignity and makes a woman obscene, the Duke did not educate her lightly before marrying the prince, thinking of only teaching her bed manners.

Of course, other aristocratic families are rather thoroughly educated according to the old adage, ‘If you rule a man’s night, you can rule the family’.

So, contrary to the Duke’s intention, Monia picked up this and that information while having tea time with her followers at the academy.

‘Creak-squeak!’

Of course, I didn’t know detailed or deep information because I was just passing through without prior knowledge, but I knew a little bit about simple zero-order zero-cha.

“… … .”

Monia looked at Chester.

Chester didn’t seem to care at all.

“… … .”

Then, Monia’s expression immediately changed to dissatisfaction.

“What’s wrong with your expression?”

“Nope. It is nothing.”

It is nothing.

While saying that, Monia sneaked closer to Chester.

Chester saw Monia suddenly approaching, but he didn’t pay much attention, as she often closed the distance so suddenly.

And above all, something more important than Monia appeared in front of her.

It was an ant wolf.

“Hick! Ant-wolf!”

Monia stepped back in surprise and Chester immediately took out his machete, but the two soon had to unleash their combat posture.

The ant wolf that appeared was not the adult they were dealing with.

A baby that could easily fit into Monia’s palm.

Even though I didn’t know how hungry I was, my little body was getting thinner and wriggling.

– Whimp… I’m sorry… .

The ant-wolf was crawling hard with a trembling body, sniffing the scent with its nose, but it didn’t take long before it collapsed.

“… … .”

Monia couldn’t say anything.

Of course, it’s a cub, not an adult, but the ant wolf that threatened even Chester is looking so weak?

I couldn’t figure out what to do.

“Hey, Chester… .”

“Hmm.”

Chester approached the ant-wolf.

When Monia saw the machete in Chester’s hand and the fallen ant-wolf, she had a hunch that that ant-wolf would soon die.

Chester knelt down and examined the ant-wolf pup.

‘You have your eyes closed. Are your eyes still open? Why is this bastard out of the den?’

Chester soon realized the answer.

‘Did you forcefully move with the cubs after you lost to me? Are you trying to escape?’

Nine attacked and three survived.

The antwolves were completely defeated by Chester, and decided to run away, judging that they could not win.

‘This guy lost his group and wandered around.’

It’s a common occurrence.

When a herd of animals is on the move, some of them lag behind or lose the herd for some reason and are left alone.

Normally, these cubs would be kept safe in the middle of the pack when moving, but it would be difficult for three ant-wolves to do so.

‘I’m an ant wolf.’

canine and animals.

And still a cub.

Suddenly, Chester thought of a possibility.

‘Can I raise this guy as a hunting dog?’

What if you domesticate and raise a creature with hearing and smell that surpasses humans and animal intuition?

‘I can navigate the forest much more safely than now.’

Besides, the ant wolf is clever.

As smart as they are, if the judgment is ‘it is better to be raised’, they will be tamed voluntarily more easily than most animals.

“Not bad.”

Chester put the machete into the basket and pulled out a bucket of water.

Then he carefully tilted the bucket and made a stream of water flow in front of the ant-wolf pup.

The ant-wolf smelled the water flowing in front of him and instinctively licked it with his tongue to quench his thirst.

“Right, right.”

Chester laughed at the little ant-wolf and asked Monia.

“Monia, I’m trying to raise this guy, how is it?”

“uh? Can you grow it?”

“yes. maybe. I also learned how to tame and train them from my father.”

In Chester’s head, he had knowledge of hunting with hunting dogs as well as falcons.

‘Though I have a hazy memory of how the hawk works.’

“It will be of great benefit to us if we raise it. how?”

“I like it! Yes!”

Ever since she first saw the little ant-wolf, Monia, who had been mesmerized by its dainty and cute fluffy appearance, smiled broadly at the word that she was raising an ant-wolf and hurrahed.

that day.

The two picked up a cute dog pup.

“Aren’t you a wolf?”

“It’s a dog if it gets on a human hand, but what about a wolf?”

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