Survive on a Deserted Island With the Villainous Young Lady

89 – upstairs(1)

“Before we go over the waterfall, we must first prepare.”

“Are you ready?”

“yes. I don’t know what’s going on up there, so the first thing I need is this.”

Chester pointed to the red pepper powder bomb in his hand.

While Chester was unable to move, it was a red pepper powder bomb made by Monia with the information and advice Chester had recorded about baking mud.

“Did you take good care of it?”

“Yes!”

“great. That next.”

The next thing Chester pointed out was the river flowing next to him.

“A river?”

“yes. escape route. If I ever get lost, I’ll be in trouble, so I’ll keep moving along the river even after going up, and I’m thinking of using the river as well when I run away from the beasts.”

“Do you use river water?”

“The river flows faster than the eye can see. know?”

“Yes.”

Every time I install and remove the trap, I feel the flow of the river with my hands.

The river that Chester and Monia use appears to flow calmly on the surface.

However, it is only because the width of the river is so wide that it looks like that, but when you actually touch your body, you can see that it flows stronger and more powerful than you think.

“When we run away, we will use this flow of water to escape. It can move faster than most animals run.”

“… … Hey, I can’t imagine running away.”

“yes. I’m thinking of building a boat.”

“ship!”

Barney!

“… … .”

Suddenly, Monia turned her head toward the outside of the island.

Seeing this, Chester laughed bitterly.

“I’m sorry, but I can’t make a strong and sturdy ship that can withstand a long voyage. I have no sailing skills.”

“Uh, sure.”

“But it might be a good idea to leave at least a raft in the villa so you can get off the island if you see a continent nearby. Let’s do that next time.”

“Yes! But how do you build a boat?”

“Well.”

Chester showed the leather he had brought with him as he left the house.

It is the skin of an animal that is used as a material for the claw knife that Chester and Monia have. It is the largest beast found on the floating island, except for the bear.

Unlike a bear, it seems to be a good prey for island animals because it is dull.

“This will be your raft.”

“Yes? this one?”

“yes. My father and I called it a cushion raft.”

“why?”

“When it’s all made, it looks like a cushion. It was the way I called it between me and my father, so hunters from other places couldn’t understand it. I’ll teach you how to make it. It’s not very difficult.”

When Chester tried to go somewhere, Monia stopped him.

“Tell me what you need and I will get it for you!”

Chester, who briefly opened his eyes at Monia’s words, smiled softly and said.

“Then, can you get me some twigs? I want it to be thick enough to make a moderately thick stick.”

“I know! Ant, take care of Chester!”

Monia entered the forest as if jumping and jumping, and after a while she appeared with a few twigs.

“How about this?”

“yes. Not bad.”

Chester cut the twig in half lengthwise, and Monia, who saw that, grabbed one of the twigs and began to cut it into pieces like Chester.

It would be convenient to use a machete, but since you wield it with a branch on the ground, the blade of the machete can be damaged, so use a stone ax that can be damaged.

After cutting off all the branches and cutting off one end to turn them into stakes, Chester drove the stakes into the ground sparsely and made a circular motion.

After driving a stake in the shape of a large circle, drive the stake inside again to make a slightly smaller circle.

“… … ?”

“This will be the frame of the raft.”

“Yes? These stakes?”

“yes. To be precise, it is a frame that helps when making a raft frame.”

Saying that, Chester started pulling the surrounding grass.

Instead of grass with only leaves like weeds that are commonly seen, we mainly pluck tall ones with stems like reeds.

He pulled out handfuls of grass and put them between the circles drawn by the two stakes, and over and over again he filled the gaps with grass.

After weaving the grass together and firmly fixing it by pressing it firmly, when I pulled it out, the grass kept its round ring shape.

“It looks pretty big when you make it like this?”

“Because people have to sit. This is the limiting size that can be covered with this leather. Now that the frame is finished, we need to cover it with leather.”

Chester put the leather on the loop and secured it with a string.

Certainly, it was understandable to call it a cushion raft because it looked like a round cushion after covering it with leather, but Monia had one anxiety.

“… … Does that really make a raft?”

I don’t doubt Chester’s words.

However, the shape of this cushion raft was very different from the ‘ship’ that Monia knew, so she had doubts.

“I’m curious? Wanna see?”

Chester tossed the finished raft of cushions into the river and set it afloat.

“How are you doing?”

“… … Can a person ride on that and survive?”

“Hold on enough. Well, it won’t last long, but it’ll be enough to run away. And if you put a bamboo under here.”

Chester brought out a block of bamboo with membranes on both sides.

The brought bamboo is attached under the cushion raft, and small bamboos are tightly attached in the narrow gap.

“Anything with air in it floats well, so if you attach a lot of bamboo like this, the raft will float better.”

Chester tied a rope to one of the bamboos one last time, grabbed the rope and slung the raft over his shoulders.

“This size won’t fit in the basket, so I’m going to carry it like this. Oh, don’t drag on the ground. The main ingredient is grass, right? If you drag it on the ground, it will break easily.”

After hearing Chester’s words, Monia nodded and started making her own cushion raft with the grass she had pulled out while Chester pulled the grass and made the frame for the raft.

The way to make it was simple, and since Monia’s dexterity increased while making various things, making a raft like this was nothing.

“complete!”

“great. Oh, is there a bamboo in the basket?”

“Yes. I told you to bring it.”

“yes. I will use that bamboo as an oar.”

“… … Oh, are you pushing the riverbed with this?”

“yes. Just churning the water with bamboo would be enough, but since you’re not in deep water, it’s faster to just push on the riverbed.”

Bamboo for cushion rafts and oars.

And chili powder bombs.

The two of them, who were prepared to run away from any danger on top of the waterfall, started climbing the waterfall.

Chester grabbed the rope he had put down while making the canal with both hands and carried only his left leg to the cliff so as not to use his injured thigh.

Alternately stretch your arms upwards, and push your body up by kicking off the cliff with your left leg.

While holding on with both arms tight for a while, place your left foot on the cliff again, and stretch your arms up again while using your legs to stabilize your body.

Chester climbs the cliff over and over again.

After Chester climbed the cliff, Monia followed Chester and grabbed the rope.

“Okay… !”

They say they get help from ropes, but climbing the cliff was difficult.

Monia was able to climb at least because she had trained hard up and down the tree, but if it wasn’t for that, she wouldn’t have been able to climb.

‘How did Chester climb the cliff without a rope?!’

How the hell did Chester climb this cliff in the past?

I know how to climb a cliff because I’ve seen it with my own eyes, but having actually experienced a cliff, I felt like I knew how crazy it was.

“Whoah!”

As Monia climbed the cliff, Chester handed her a water bottle and said good work.

Monia gulped down the water, caught her breath, and looked down at the cliff she had climbed.

“… … It is high.”

“Is not it? I will use it when I go down, so know it.”

Chester laughing and pointing to the side of the cliff.

Following Chester’s fingers, he saw a waterfall roaring down into the lake below.

“… … over there.”

“yes.”

“how?”

“That lake is bottomless. So you can fall as much as you want without worrying about colliding with the floor or hitting a stone.”

“Hey.”

“Ah, when you fall, put your arms in front of your chest and stretch your body and legs.”

“Yeah, you can say that now!”

“Don’t forget.”

“no! excuse me! You have to speak straight! It’s not going down, it’s going down! That, just make a ladder and go down!”

“I was told to speak straight to Monia!”

“A normal person doesn’t go hunting for a bear naked, you crazy human!”

I must be tired of climbing the cliff. It will be lunch time.

Chester and Monia started a bonfire using embers they had carefully picked from a basket, then roasted and ate the snake Monia had caught.

And while eating fruit as a snack, we watched the scenery above the waterfall.

“Well, there is no difference between down there and up here. Everywhere I look, I see nothing but trees.”

“Well. And I don’t know why, but there are no signs of life near the waterfall.”

“Yes? Does that make sense?”

“I don’t know why either. I don’t see any birds nesting on the cliffs, and I see those plants. Are there any signs of being trampled on by a beast? There are no footprints.”

No signs of life are visible.

However, if you listen closely, you can clearly hear the sounds of creatures breathing in the depths.

‘Why are there no creatures around here?’

I don’t know what the reason is, but I can’t help but feel that this situation is not normal.

Monia was slightly nervous and tossed the finished snake into her mouth.