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“Oh!
Really?” Old Sax said nonchalantly, and then he squinted sharply and asked, “So, did you use the trap I thought you did or not?”
“Yeah… No,” Silver just answered simply without looking at old Sax, staring seriously at the book he was reading.
‘Now I know old Sax is someone who likes getting to the bottom of things.
Next time, I will just tell him directly if he asks or be as vague as possible if I can before misdirecting.
Directly going for misdirection seems to just poke his sore spots,’ Silver thought in annoyance.
“Why?!” Old Sax exclaimed in irritation.
“Because the trap you thought of me was too complicated. It has to be built before you can even use it, which takes too much,” Silver said while rolling his eyes as he snorted.
“But we already built one! You could have just used that, right?!” Old Sax kept insisting.
“Mother Mathron said she was going to teach a simple trap using just a rope and a knife, so I did not bother using the trap we made,” Silver explained with a bored look on his face.
Old Sax couldn’t say anything to that, so he just kept snorting and mumbling with an irritated look all day long.
– The next day –
Silver prepared his things.
Which were just the same items he brought to the forest yesterday; he was also bringing a knife this time around. Enjoying the story? Read on at g.com.
He did a double check on everything and did not forget to eat breakfast before going.
He did not do a morning run, thinking of doing it later when he gets back from the forest.
The sky had just turned sky blue with the sunrise when he got out of the orphanage.
The hunter was not yet in the place when he got to where they were supposed to meet, so he had to wait a bit.
As he waited, he noticed that there seems to be no one else going into the forest.
“Hey, Silver! You are too early!” The hunter called out from the distance while walking quickly.
“It took some time to find the bow that you will use. Here, take a look at it and try pulling.”
The hunter took out a bow from the basket on his back.
“Okay, brother hunter,” Silver agreed with a nod as he took the bow and tried to pull the string.
“Wait! Don’t release your hand!” The hunter suddenly exclaimed as he saw Silver pull the string.
“This is one of the things that you have to remember about bows. Whenever you pull the string, you can’t release it if it’s not loaded with an arrow. If it’s unloaded, you have to slowly let it go back to before.”
“Oh!
Understood!” Silver agreed seriously as he did as he was told, letting the string back slowly to the way it was before he asked, “Why?”
“Because the force of the string will have nowhere to go if there is no arrow loaded in it.
The bow will have to endure all that force, which will definitely damage it and, at worst, break it directly,” the hunter explained patiently before waving his hand, saying, “Let’s walk as we talk.” Get faster updates on g.com.
“Woof!”
“Was that a dog?” Silver asked when he heard that sound; he quickly knew where that sound came from as he looked at the basket on the hunter’s back.
“Yeah, wait,” the hunter said as he put down the basket with a helpless smile and then took out a puppy from it with one hand and a quiver of arrows with another.
“This little guy will be my companion in my hunting trips from now on.”
“So you need a dog when you go hunting? But it’s still a small puppy,” Silver said with a curious look on his face as he stared at the cute puppy with a gentle smile.
“Well… Yes and no. It is an optional thing. But it is recommended to have one if you plan to head deep into the forest, especially in the mountains or the valley further in. A dog is your best companion in there, even more reliable than fellow humans,” the hunter explained with a gentle smile as he patted and stroked the puppy to calm it down before putting it in the deep breast pocket on his vest.
“This little one had just gotten weaned. So I am just going to take him with me to get used to going in the forest. I also do not plan to go deep into the forest for a long while because it is really too dangerous for an ordinary person without a hunting dog. I actually have an older dog, but it is too old. It was my master’s dog before. Now it is even having a hard time running fast in the forest. So I just let it guard the house now.”
The hunter’s getup looks more professional than Silver’s.
He was wearing fitting long-sleeved clothes and long pants, then a few pieces of hide armor on his chest, forearms, and greaves.
He also wears a simple vest with deep pockets.
‘I guess Brother Hunter should also have a coat and fur hat and gloves for when it’s winter,’ Silver thought nonchalantly.
Yes, there is winter in their place.
Silver does not know if this mortal realm is a planet or not; he also has not heard anyone talking about this kind of information.
Maybe the gods know, but there is no god in the port town.
“Is this puppy a child of that dog?” Silver asked curiously as they got back to walking, and then they slowed down as they entered the periphery of the forest.
“Pffft! No, that old dog is also an old bachelor.” The hunter almost laughed at the thought.
“This one was gifted to me by a merchant who bought a deer antler from me some time ago. This one puppy was having a hard time adapting to the sea, so they thought it might just die of sickness on the journey, so it was given to me as a gift.”
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