315 – Side Story – Ars (1)

Ars.

Age, 30 minutes.

Born 30 minutes ago, he was the child of Chester and Monia.

If a girl is born, Miri, if a boy is born, Ars. This is the name of the children that the two of them thought hard about and decided on while Monia was pregnant.

Ars is the name of the main character in a myth that is passed down orally among the grassland tribes that Urgo told him about during his travels, and Miri is the name of the woman who planted the seeds on the land and made the first tree grow in the tale of the birth of the continent that Senna told us about. It’s a name.

Chester held Ars in his arms near Monia, who was recovering quickly with the help of the grace from the top, and quietly called out his name.

“Ars.”

Ars must have already known that was his name, but he couldn’t even open his eyes yet and squirmed in the direction where he heard Chester’s voice.

Of course, that was Chester’s misunderstanding. Ars did not react in particular when hearing the word Ars.

After fully recovering, Monia also received Ars from Chester and held her in her arms, her face blushing.

“…… “I was finally born.”

“Yes. “You really worked hard.”

“No, that’s not what I meant.”

Monia said, stroking Ars carefully so as not to startle him.

“From the time we stayed on the island until the day we left on our trip and returned…… “Because I kept waiting.”

Chester laughed quietly at Monia’s words.

“Yes. I kept waiting. You know that? My baby “Mom really wanted to meet you.”

“…… Sorry.”

“No. Because, as Chester said, our lives were too unstable to have a baby. “If she had been born then, it would have been difficult to raise her properly and protect her.”

Looking back, the life they have lived since the day they were abandoned on the island was a series of passionate days that are rarely seen.

I often thought I was going to die, and in fact, I often faced the risk of death.

Therefore, no matter how much Chester and Monia loved each other and had a wedding of their own and became a couple, they could not bear to have a baby.

I couldn’t do that even for the baby.

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However, after those passionate years passed and they returned to the island and found stability, Chester and Monia made a baby, just as they had been dreaming of for a long time. This decision was made after returning to the island and regaining my previous stable life about two months later.

10 Months after making the baby, they were finally able to hold their baby in their arms.

“You know, Chester.”

“Yes.”

“If you calculate it, Ars was created in one shot, right?”

“Right?”

“If I had given birth while traveling, how many children would have been cured?”

When Monia asked with a playful smile, Chester hit her with a blow to Monia’s forehead.

“Ayat.”

“There’s nothing you can’t say in front of a child.”

“Achacha. That’s right. “Are you sorry for saying bad things about your mom?”

While Monia was waving to Ars, Chester thanked the people at the top again for coming and congratulating her.

The reason that Chester and Monia were able to give birth on the top floor of the island was largely thanks to the consideration of the Black Wind, who had already taken over the position of a great warrior during the time they were on their trip.

Based on Black Wind’s opinion that Monia’s condition seemed strange, they temporarily moved their living quarters to the top floor, and shortly after moving, Monia began to experience labor pains.

Thanks to the consideration of the Black Wind, I was able to give birth in a safe place at the top of the floating island.

The Black Wind saw Chester and Monia’s baby being born.

“Even your babies have no hair.”

And he spoke the language of the Viend Kingdom, as he had learned from Chester over the past year.

“Yes. “Humans are like that.”

“…… Small. “It’s really small.”

Black Wind cautiously extended his finger towards Ars, saying it was his first time seeing such a small life.

He was afraid that if he touched it by mistake, Ars would pop and explode, so he stretched out his finger and put it away, then trembled and took a deep breath repeatedly, and eventually he mustered up the courage to carefully stroke Ars’ forehead.

“… ….”

Ars’ head bobbing back and forth following his own fingers. Seeing this, Black Wind smiled softly without realizing it.

As he looked at Ars, he thought of his own son wandering around the outside of the island.

‘I want to see you again.’

People at the top live together their whole lives. That is why there is a culture of entrusting one’s children to a trusted friend.

The Black Wind entrusted its children to Chester according to its culture, but the actions of Chester and Monia were bound to be different from those of the top people.

The years of being separated from his son were full of anxiety and worry, and when he saw his grown son again after all that time, Black Wind shed tears without realizing it.

I wanted my son to return to the island again, but unfortunately, Rex seemed to prefer traveling the world rather than staying on the island.

Rex, who spent a few days with the people at the top and told them various stories, went out to sea again and returned to the Kingdom of Viend before the Side continent disappeared beyond the horizon. He is probably wandering around this world somewhere with Senna right now.

Perhaps, he might have gone to Urgo’s Meadow, which Senna had initially planned but gave up on going because her schedule did not match.

“This is a gift.”

The Black Wind said so and held out a bamboo water container.

“It is the water that dissolved the blessings of the top of the deepest part of this island. “It will definitely make your baby healthy.”

“Thank you. “It wouldn’t have been easy to get it.”

“hahahahaha. “I almost died.”

Black Wind laughed at Chester’s words and patted his back telling him not to worry, and Chester, who had received the water bucket, looked at Ars being held by Monia.

“When should I feed this?”

“Well, I still want to give you my milk first. “Chester said it too.”

“That’s right. “The women in the village said that the best thing for a child is its mother’s milk.”

“Then let’s keep this carefully and give it to Ars when he grows up. How is it?”

“Shall we do that?”

The two people who were talking about various things with a water bottle eventually turned their attention to something else.

“Hey, Chester. But when should I give my baby milk?”

“Huh? That’s fine with me too…….”

“You were just born. Then wouldn’t the child be hungry? Should I give it to you now?”

“…… Even animals suckle milk when they are just born. Then wouldn’t humans be the same? Hey there, wind. How about you?”

When a sudden question came, the black wind shrugged its shoulders.

“We also breastfeed our newborn children.”

“Really? So shall we do that?”

“That would be good.”

After that, the new mother and new father began struggling to breastfeed their baby.

* * *

A month has passed since Ars was born. Chester and Monia, who learned about raising children through various trials and errors and by asking various things from the people at the top, realized that a long time had passed and decided to return to their home.

No matter how you think about it, it is difficult to move the island with a baby, so several people at the top offered to help them, and because there were so many volunteers, the people at the top unintentionally started a mass migration.

After arriving safely downstairs with the help of the people at the top, Chester and Monia parted ways and leisurely walked through the forest, teaching Ars various things.

Ars couldn’t understand what they were saying, but he looked around the island with bright eyes and seemed to be interested in various things.

If there was something he was particularly interested in, he would babble and stretch out his hand.

“Do babies really grow this fast? Look, Chester. “Say something already!”

“…… Is Ars also being influenced by the island? Monia, you said that when she gave birth, she ate the blessings of the top in advance to prevent her from bleeding to death, right?”

“Is that why?! “Ho, what if I grow up too fast and there’s a problem?”

“Ugh…” . But so far, the grace from the top has never done anything bad to us.”

“Hmm. “The fact that we came back to the island alive and well is also thanks to grace.”

If it was something related to them, the two people would have been under the impression that good things must be good, but when it became something related to their children, they began to worry about whether bad things were happening for no reason, and whether it was really okay.

It was worse when Ars was just born, but after raising Ars for a month, the two of them have improved a little.

Arriving at her house with her worries, Monia put aside her worries for a moment and smiled and introduced Ars to her house.

“Do you see it, Ars? That’s our house. It’s your home too. …… “My beautiful baby.”

And then he said, holding Ars in his arms as he looked at the house with shining eyes.

“Grow up quickly. There are so many stories I want to tell you, and so many places I want to show you. However, please grow strong. Mom and Dad will definitely protect you until you grow up strong, so there is nothing to worry about. Understand?”

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