Hearing about the ban for kids on going to the sea made Silver stop for a moment, and then he started thinking hard, trying to remember anything about it from the memories of “Silver.”
‘Looking back, that does seem to be the case!
‘Silver thought as he finally managed to dig up something from his head.
‘I only ever remember going to the port to see the sea but never remember ever being on the beach.’
“Cough! So, I can only go to the periphery of the forest and on the beach? What can I even catch there?” Silver coughed awkwardly before trying to divert the topic from him being unable to swim.
Silver felt ashamed about the fact that he does not know how to swim.
Kids who live by the sea should be natural at swimming, right?!
In his previous life, he had always lived inland, not even close to any big river as a kid.
No one taught him how to swim, so he grew up being unable to, which made him avoid going to swimming pools altogether.
He thought in this life he would surely know how to swim because he lives by the sea.
But no!
He still can’t swim after all.
Now he had to put learning how to swim on the ‘schedule.’
Though it should still be quite easy to learn here because there should be many people who know how to swim.
“I don’t know about the beach, though I heard some people say that some fish get swept up far onto the beach because of the strong waves, so you can try looking around the beach. As for the forest periphery…” Old Sax explained carefully with a serious and thoughtful look while holding a thinking pose, fiddling with his beard.
“I heard some people say that there were many rabbits in the forest. Pheasants can be found in there too. Wild herbs, vegetables, and fruits should also be available. Right! I have a material compendium, forest edition, here! Let’s go study that now! ”
“Eh?! How do I even catch rabbits or pheasants? I seem to remember them being too fast. Do you have a method, old Sax?” Silver said, still dazed, searching for a solution. This chapter was copied from novelping.com without permission.
“Go ask your matron how to catch rabbits. She should know something or she should know a hunter,” the old man said casually.
“As for how to catch pheasants, I think I know how.
I mean, I did catch a jackbird before in the dungeon.
It was the main source of a large chunk of my savings.
A jackbird is a land bird that spawns in the dungeon.
It is very fast and very sensitive to the surroundings, so it is too hard to catch.
The best thing about the jack bird is its drop item!
Which is an egg.
This egg is very expensive.
It costs at least a million Valis.
As for how I caught it?
I used traps!
I will teach you how to make a simple one in the backyard after we finish studying the compendium.”
“Oh! Sounds awesome!” Silver did not forget to give some praise to old Sax so he could continue teaching him more useful things.
– Later, back at the orphanage –
“Mother mathron, do you know how to catch rabbits?” Silver asked politely with hopeful eyes as he trained while the mathron was watching on the side to supervise and to look at his progress.
“Set traps. Or shoot it from a distance. I don’t know how to use bows, so you should just make a slingshot. Well, I still remember how to make one; I will teach you,” the old matron answered with a knowing look as she also thought that the current Silver should be lacking in food intake, especially meat, to build up muscles.
“Cool!” Silver shouted in response, but he did not stop his practice.
“We will go tomorrow morning to set traps. I will also teach you how to forage,” the old matron said with a strict expression.
“Remember, we will only be at the periphery. I will only go with you once, which is tomorrow, and will not go again later. I trust that you will do things with caution, as I see that you are mature and sensible. So do not break my trust in you, kid. You hear me? ”
“Yes, Ma’am! I will definitely do things with caution! I will be careful and only go in the periphery!” Silver stated seriously.
“I also want to try looking around the beach. I heard from old Sax that some fish get washed up on the sand sometimes.”
“Okay, just remember to be careful. You should be big enough to not get washed up by the waves. You should also ask the other big kids if they want to go to the beach when you go. Some of them already know how to swim; you can ask them to teach you,” the matron said casually while waving a hand.
– Next day morning—
“Do you have everything now?” the matron asked with an inquisitory look and squinted eyes.
“Slingshot, check! Long sleeve, check! Long pants, check! Basket for containing the catch, check! Ropes, check!” Silver said loudly with energy as he checked his things again.
“You forgot the bread, kid. We haven’t had our breakfast yet,” the old matron said with exasperation.
“Don’t be too excited. Hunting and adventuring is done with a calm mind. Now go get some bread from the kitchen. Bring me some too. Water too.”
The old matron is also wearing some thick-fitting clothes with long sleeves and long pants that fully cover the arms and the legs.
It’s for the shrubs and various critters in the forest.
Although they would only be at the periphery, proper preparation is still a must.
“Oh, right! I forgot about breakfast! I’ll be quick!” Silver exclaimed as he ran to the kitchen.
They took some time eating bread for breakfast and also took their time walking towards the forest just outside the town.
The matron explained and taught him things as they go.
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