69 – Pup (3)

It took three weeks to build a fence in the field.

I increased the size of the field along the way by erecting a fence, and planted more plants in addition to planting large potatoes as a bonus.

“Why did you plant potatoes?”

“No, didn’t you try not to plant potatoes because you knew they wouldn’t grow?”

“Yes.”

“But seeing other plants grow so well, I thought potatoes would grow well too.”

Chester watched the plants grow for about three weeks, and got amazing results.

Grains and persimmons have already been harvested once and then replanted.

Peppers and peppers seemed to be able to be harvested by next week.

In addition, around the thorn hedge, plants that give off fragrance that insects hate were lined up to block insects from approaching.

Of course, even if you do this, the coming bug will come, but it will come less than if you didn’t do it.

“Now, let’s make a door here.”

And today is the last day of the fence construction.

Today’s task is to make a gate on one side of the field.

Chester and Monia brought the bamboos of faith and trust, set them up as pillars on either side of the entrance, and weaved other bamboos together like a piece of wood to make a door.

After tying a bamboo pole and a bamboo door to make it open and closed, a hole was drilled in one side of the bamboo door and a rope was threaded through it to use as a handle.

“Wouldn’t this be easily opened if animals pushed it?”

Monia said while opening and closing the door that the doorknob was meaningless and could easily be opened by pushing it with her hand.

“Well, you can do it like this.”

Chester drilled holes in the doors and posts and made small hooks.

Then, a piece of wood of the appropriate size was inserted into the ring.

“Now, are you okay?”

Of course, the ring was loose, so the door rattled when pushed, but it didn’t open enough for creatures to pass through.

Chester, who prevented the door from opening easily with simple measures, took a long time to finally complete, looking at the field and fence with new eyes.

“Good.”

“Wow, the newly sown grain has already grown up there.”

“yes. Thanks to you, I don’t think I’ll have to worry about that.”

“This island is really amazing.”

“I mean.”

The two, who did not feel the mystery of the island except for the crazy change of weather, were feeling the mystery of the island while looking at the crops.

While the two of them were staring at the field, Ant, who had grown up over the past three weeks and was toddling around by himself, approached Chester.

Ant had grown in size, and on top of that, his face had grown a bit dignified, probably because he was a wolf.

‘He’s a small guy.’

How much would he have grown if he had originally been smaller than Monia’s fist?

Still, it has grown to about one-third of the adult ant wolf.

Antwolves are wolves, but smaller than normal medium-sized dogs.

‘I’ve never had a dog, so I don’t know if this is fast or slow growth.’

Chester stroked the charming Ant, rubbing his body and face against his legs.

Then he took out a small disc from his pocket and threw it away.

When Chester throws the discus, Ant runs after it excitedly.

Ant ran hard, then jumped up and snatched the disc.

clap clap clap

“Wow.”

Monia laughed and applauded when she saw that, and Chester threw a piece of meat at Ant, who came back with a disc in his mouth.

‘Raising a child requires a lot of food.’

Growing up, Ant ate a lot of meat.

Fortunately, now that Ant has grown up, even the parts of the intestines that humans do not eat can be fed, so there was no major damage to the food situation.

On the contrary, Ant seemed to like the intestines quite a bit. If you give them meat and organs, they will eat the organs first.

“In the past, when the disc fell to the ground, I would bite it and pick it up, but now I catch it well!”

“Yeah.”

“Oops, it’s a big deal.”

Monia picked up the disc that Ant had dropped while eating meat and threw it again.

Ant runs hard again toward the flying disk.

Then Chester took out another discus and threw it.

The thrown disk flew away quickly, and Ant was taken aback when he saw two disks that suddenly appeared.

At that time, Chester gave a light signal, and Ant immediately caught the discus thrown by Monia.

“Wow! What signal?”

“Catch the weak one.”

“Eh.”

“Monia, your discus is slower and has less momentum, so I caught your discus.”

“Oooh. I need to practice more.”

Monia pretended to throw the discus, and Chester gave the signal again, praising Ant for catching the discus and returning.

I gave a signal to Ant, and this time, Ant tracked down the disc Chester threw by smell and asked for it.

“Right, well done.”

Chester tossed the piece of meat to Ant again.

It’s been 3 weeks since I raised Ant.

Ant was being raised as a hunting dog.

* * *

Ant-wolves live in packs, but never keep their forces from exceeding a certain number.

This is because they know that if they maintain excessive power, they can stand out and summon strong beasts to be hunted.

Those who can be called ‘the owners of the island’ came down whenever the ant-wolves created excessive power and punished them to preserve the ecosystem, and such experiences remained in their instincts and prevented the ant-wolves from building a huge group.

Ant-wolves make several ant-wolves independent when the pack grows to a certain extent.

In independent ant-wolves, males and females mate, build new dens, and form new packs there.

Of course, antwolves that do not form a pack are weak, so they are usually hunted down before making new dens and using them as territories.

Ant was really lucky.

Instead of falling into prey like other siblings, he was picked up by Chester and Monia and was able to grow up.

He grew up as a hunting dog under Chester and Monia, but as an ant wolf, his instincts don’t go anywhere.

Ant has been obsessed with making burrows lately.

“The ant wolf even climbed a tree.”

“Yes.”

“I can see how you did it.”

The hard ground that Chester and Monia had painstakingly dug with their hoe gave way to Ant’s paws.

“Anyway, the strength of the front legs of the ant wolf seems to be strong.”

Even when climbing a tree, he must have somehow draped his body over a branch and pulled himself up with the strength of his forelimbs.

Chester’s guess was correct.

The antwolf’s weapon is its fangs, but its most distinctive parts are its powerful forelimbs and claws, which allow it to burrow effortlessly.

Ant twitched his butt and dug diligently, then went into the small hole.

“ah.”

“ah.”

It seems that the oyster was too narrow.

Ant’s ass got stuck in the mouth of the burrow.

Its tail wags furiously and its hind legs swim vigorously toward the sky.

– Kki-in, ki-hi-ing, ki-i-ing.

Ant whines and Chester carefully pulls him out of the burrow.

Ant, who escaped, trembled as he burrowed into Chester’s arms, perhaps because he was suffering from being confined in a dark and narrow place for a moment.

However, he quickly forgot his fright and started digging a new tunnel with his hips twitching excitedly.

It seems to be more skillful than before.

“… … .”

“… … .”

When Chester and Monia took a break from work, they either trained Ant or quietly watched Ant’s life.

Monia was happy just to see Ant, and Chester was interested in getting a glimpse of the ecology of an unfamiliar creature called an ant wolf.

Ant was smart and learned quickly, so he had a taste for teaching.

‘The ant wolf is smarter than I thought.’

but.

They had the level of intelligence to climb a tree they could not climb on their own and take a surprise attack.

In the process, other ant wolves even implemented a decoy operation to catch Chester’s attention.

I didn’t know it was normal to be as smart as Ant.

‘If I simply combine the signals, I’ll be able to issue more complex and colorful commands.’

Chester knew how to keep a hound and played with the hound of a hunter friend who had visited his father.

However, it was my first time raising and handling hounds myself, so I thought I would have to go through a lot of trial and error.

‘I’m glad the ant wolf is really smart.’

However, Ant’s intelligence reduced such trial and error.

Chester dug a full hole and went inside, laughing at Ant sticking his face out.

– king!

Ant also cried happily when he saw Chester praising him.

* * *

As they prepared for the winter that might come one day, Chester and Monia’s time passed quickly.

And Ant’s time passed quickly, and by the time Ant was picked up by Chester and Monia for about two months, he had grown into a full-fledged adult.

While growing up as an adult, Ant grew up with the love and food of the two and Chester’s training.

The eyes that I couldn’t even open were always looking at all directions with clear eyes.

The moist and dainty nose moved eagerly to smell the surroundings.

The fur, which was close to dark brown to hide in the burrow, changed to light brown with dark brown patterns to move around in the forest.

Above all, the fangs for hunting grew large and protruded out of the lips, boasting a hideous appearance.

Ant planted his feet firmly on the ground with his front feet, which were larger than his hind feet, and quietly navigated through the forest without making a sound.

Ant, who had been walking around quietly, suddenly raised his head and looked somewhere, and Chester quietly took a step next to Ant.

“I found it?”

Ant nodded quietly at the low question.

“great.”

Chester put a stone on the catapult, and Monia also put an arrow on her bow.

today.

The two go on their first hunt together with Ant as part of Ant’s coming-of-age ceremony.

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