68 – Pup (2)

Ant carefully put the minced meat in front of him into his mouth and swallowed.

Unlike Monia’s carrying it to Ant’s mouth, Chester left the minced meat some distance away from Ant except for the first bite.

– I’m sorry.

When the new mince didn’t come after waiting, Ant sniffed it and started crawling to find the minced meat lying some distance away.

“Ahhh.”

As Monia looked at it restlessly, Chester held her tight so she couldn’t help Ant.

“Yes.”

While the captured Monia blushed, Chester repeatedly told her not to help.

“Oh-ya-oh-ya, if you feed him, he gets weak. If you want to see your child grow up healthy, watch it.”

They learn that food is not given just because they are still.

It imprints on them that they must find food with their nose and chase it with their feet.

Instinct and experience make it all fit for a hound.

Chester made the position where he left the mince little by little, and sometimes he changed the position by knocking out the mince that barely got close.

“Don’t bother me too much!”

“Plants get weaker when grown, but what about animals?”

Plants fight pests and become stronger.

A plant inexperienced in fighting dies from a minor disease.

Chester laughed at Ant as he crawled quickly in search of the displaced minced meat.

“My father also took me to the forest when I was just born, saying that a hunter’s son should not know about nature.”

“Yes? when you’re a baby? No, when you were just born?”

“yes.”

“… … Your father had a lot of problems too.”

“ha ha ha. You secretly went there, but your mother caught you and got beaten up.”

“But you manage to remember things from when you were a baby.”

“It’s something the villagers often bring up while making fun of my father.”

Especially on the festival day of the village, drunken men would talk about this when they were bored.

He doesn’t have much to get close to and bond with his father, who usually spends most of his time in the woods.

“Even though my father grumbled that he was fed up.”

“Whoops.”

Monia smiled softly whenever she heard the story of Chester’s life.

Is it because the story is so different from the life he has lived, or is it because of the people who often appear in his stories?

The story of rebel children who rebelled against the little captain Chester who ruled the village.

Chester’s father’s ignorant yet amazing and wonderful deeds that you can listen to if you are bored.

The story of how such a father gets scolded by Chester’s mother for not being able to use his hands or feet.

A story of people who work together to overcome when a small town is in crisis.

It was nice to hear colorful stories that you would never know or experience if you lived as a nobleman.

The story of Monia’s life is the same every day.

Get an education, have a tea time, and enjoy the occasional opera.

It was the same when I went to the academy.

Get an education, have tea time, meet Jordi on duty, enjoy the occasional opera.

It was a life that just continued without any twists and turns.

Sometimes, something that could be called a ‘crisis’ would have to come, but like the story of the carriage in the heavy rain, if Monia was alone, the people around her would take care of the crisis.

crisis, difficulty, hardship.

It was a story that had nothing to do with Monia.

As soon as I came to the floating island, I almost died of dehydration, and I had to go through hardships to get water, and I had to spend a difficult night in a terrible bed.

‘It’s amazing to think like this, me! It’s a problem!’

How can you survive on an island like this!

Isn’t it an achievement that no noble in the kingdom has achieved?

‘You’re such a fool, Jordi! You sent me and Chester together for no reason and let me survive!’

“great.”

Then, Chester woke up.

Chester got up, picked up the Ant, and put it in his vest pocket.

“Now that I’ve rested, I have to work.”

“Ah, yes.”

In front of the two, who had a simple lunch, were now three thorn trees whose roots had been dug up so that they were almost exposed.

As I carefully and deeply dug the ground so that the roots were fully exposed, the time flew by just working on three trees.

Because I was so focused on my work, I had to eat lunch late like now.

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Lunch time was delayed by about 2 hours than usual.

“Are you making a fence out of this? Can I?”

“Let’s do it slowly. I will do only these three trees today.”

Chester and Monia don’t just make a hedge out of thorns, they plan to plant thorns around the field.

There were several reasons for planting thorn trees.

First, it is more durable because it has a bearing capacity than cutting off branches of a thorn tree to make a fence.

Second, the thorn tree bears fruit even though it is small, so you can get something to eat.

The third is that you can simply cut off the branches of a thorn tree that continues to grow and use it as firewood.

If you work hard to move the thorns, you can steadily get fruit and firewood in front of your house.

So the two of them decided to move the whole tree rather than moving the branches, even if it was a little overbearing.

“But how do you move it? Shall I tie it with a string and drag it?”

“That would be best. It will hurt a little, but as long as the roots are okay, won’t it recover quickly?”

Plants grow so well on the island that only minor injuries should heal quickly.

After tying a string to a thorn tree, the two began dragging the three trees.

“It’s heavier than I thought because the tree hangs on the ground!”

“Yeah.”

Chester looked back.

The thorns dragged along the ground were digging through the ground, and the grass, dirt, and stones were getting tangled up and getting heavier.

For this reason, even though they walked well, they had to stop every now and then to shake things off the thorns.

Take a twig and beat the thorns to shake off the dirt and stones and remove the grass.

and then walk again

As a result, the travel time was longer than usual.

“It must be a lot of trouble to move these things and make a fence.”

“Things in the world don’t always go the way you think, but at times like this, I hope things go the way you think.”

“Is there anything you can do?”

At Monia’s words, Chester burst into laughter.

“Ha ha, yes. It’s unavoidable. Well learned.”

“of course. Who did I learn from?”

The two worked hard to move the thorns.

* * *

“It’s over!”

Monia cheered as she spread her arms high into the sky.

After moving the long tree, the two went home.

“I’m going to rest today! I’m not going to do anything but eat!”

“Yes, yes. I’m taking care of Antna.”

When Chester handed over the ant, Monia cheered and took the ant and rolled on the bed.

Chester looked at it and began to dry the moss he had found while moving the thorns by the fire.

Everywhere in Chester and Monia’s house, dried and disinfected moss was scattered all over the house.

When the days get colder, I plan to wrap this moss around the walls of my house to block the cold.

‘How to attach the moss to the wall is a problem.’

I’ll think about that later, so I’m collecting moss anyway.

‘Should I make a nail by cutting a tree?’

While Chester pondered over winter plans, Monia played happily with Ant.

After spending some time relaxing, prepare dinner for the day.

Today, Monia decided to cook.

“I want to try cooking with red pepper.”

“A chilli?”

“Yes. Would Ant eat peppers too?”

“Mmm.”

Chester took a pepper, cut it into small pieces, and held it out to Ant.

The moment Ant instinctively smelled something being pushed close to him.

– Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?!

Ant received a strong shock and began twisting his entire body.

“oh?! Is that Ant?!”

“Hmm, it doesn’t look like chili peppers.”

– Kyaeaeng! Hey hey!!

While Monia shed tears watching Ant struggle, Chester figured out why Ant was reacting the way he did.

‘This is poison.’

The spicy ingredient in red pepper was a weapon that the red pepper created to protect itself.

‘Peppermint is like that too. Nobles say they love mint, but it’s actually a fragrance made to ward off insects.’

The scent of mint can also be said to be a kind of poison.

Therefore, mint does not approach except for some insects that are resistant to poison.

Nobles love it, saying it is a ‘clean and noble plant that insects cannot dare touch’, but that’s just because mint-eating insects don’t live near the royal capital.

When Chester was young, he saw some bugs nibbling on mint.

“Good.”

When Chester said that while looking at the pepper, Monia freaked out and slapped Chester on the head.

“What are you doing?”

“It’s good for a child to be in pain like this! How could you!”

“No, you didn’t say it after looking at Ant, did you?”

“Why are you ignoring him?! My child is sick, so take care!”

“Ah-oh.”

Chester shook his head, his head hurting.

“When you have children, you will be a polar mother.”

“A child, a child, me, giving birth!”

Monia kept her mouth shut at Chester’s insignificant words.

‘That’s it! You mean you see me as a woman?! You see me as a woman! and! Wow!’

While Monia was feeling better at the thought, Chester quietly looked at the pepper.

‘I’ll have to grow some more peppers. I can make this into a decent weapon.’

Chester laughed quietly, thinking about what weapon to make out of the peppers.

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