Chapter 1235 – [Kingdom of the Apes]

The Charles I hadn’t seen in a few years had grown quite fat. He, of course, is a cat on the outside, so even though he’s fat, he’s pretty cute.

I suddenly remember that. He’s the king of the Kartsi kingdom. He probably said he was Kitty Longcat, but you were a fat kitty too…….

Anyway, it’s not a very good thing to say that the cat has gained weight. Even if they look cute, cats are fat because they are overweight or their bodies are swollen due to excessive salt intake.

Why, when you look at stray cats, there are kids who are curious about where and what they eat. It’s all food waste, so I couldn’t control the salt, so it was swollen.

Looking at Charles’ physical condition, it seems that he simply gained weight rather than that side. Is it because his activity decreased after he quit being a knight and worked as a principal?

It is similar to an athlete who quits exercise and gains weight. His activity level has decreased, but his food intake remains the same, so of course he gains weight.

“Did I gain that much weight?”

“I think I’m more attractive now?”

Haha!!! Thank you so much for saying that, Lady Eden!!!”

Charm has many meanings… Some people just like fat cats more than cats. Especially if you’re a kid who likes to eat well like Eden.

“You’re standing and talking. Why don’t you come inside to guide us around the school?”

We were guided through the school by Charles. As seen from the outside, the mixture of various architectural styles is quite a sight to see.

A building used by the Katshis of the same building as the Cat Tower. There is something like a tunnel like a building used by Cutsy and Palet, a building like a birdcage used by Abes, and a building like a jungle gym used by Ipe.

It looks messy, but you can feel that it is a school where many races are gathered. It was unavoidable because the facilities had to be prepared differently as the races were different. If Shion had seen it, he would have been quite interested in the scene where various architectural styles were mixed.

Aren’t you angry? Shion’s anger over construction problems is related to poor construction or safety issues. Rather, these school facilities will like it more because they have individuality.

“Thanks to the help of you two and the witch, we were able to build this school.

“You must have suffered a lot”

“Yes, there are a lot of problems because there are many tribes in one place. The Abeths are noisy in the morning, the Cutsies are digging holes all over the school grounds, the Katsies are scratching the walls here and there……”

“You must have suffered a lot”

“I’m getting better now. In the meantime, I don’t know how nice it is to see you two visiting.”

He saw Eden again.

The Eden he remembers must have been a small child. However, her physique and figure had changed to such an extent that it was safe to say that she was Eden and that she was an adult woman.

“You’ve grown up too, Lady Eden. Congratulations she’s grown up.”

“I’m not an adult yet”

“Hmm? If your body becomes an adult, isn’t it an adult?”

“It’s a deal that adults can take responsibility later.”

“It’s a pretty vague standard.”

Just because your body becomes an adult doesn’t mean you become an adult. Just like that, even if you become an adult, you are not an adult.

As an adult, you must have a sense of responsibility. Can a person looking for parents even at the age of 30 be considered an adult? As such, it was too early for Eden to have such a responsibility.

Of course she’s Eden and she’s a smart kid so she can take on that responsibility, but she’s still better off living her kid’s life without that responsibility. Because her childhood passed by will never come back.

“This is the principal’s office where I live.”

“Do all principals like tall things?”

“Why is that?”

“No, the principal I know also lives in a high place.”

Like Yongruri, Yongruri, or lewd Yongruri Maid.

Even at Yongruline Academy, Yongruri’s room was on the top of the steeple… Do tall people like high places? I do not know.

When we entered the principal’s office, Charles treated us to tea. It’s not hot, it’s cold. I think it was probably brewed by adding hot water and cooling it down, but thanks to that, the cat is drinking it while freaking out.

“Wow, I like it, I’m drunk”

“Someone said it wasn’t a cat, so he drank and got drunk.”

When he sat down, Charles looked intently at Kether, who was next to him. And then, without realizing it, he presses the air with both hands, not with his front feet, since they walk on two legs.

It’s a kook-kuk that the cat does when it’s in a good mood, but Charles suddenly wakes up in a situation where he does it without realizing it.

“Hot?!

[It could be]

“Who are you?”

[Hey Keter!!! Eden is my friend!!!]

“You don’t seem to be an ordinary person… Are you by any chance a spirit?”

[No, higher than that]

“Yes?!”

Probably no elemental can beat Keter. Spirits are part of nature, but Keter is nature itself.

Moreover, her boss was the Absolute of Nature who governed all dimensions of nature. Spirits, which are part of nature, are far short of defeating Kether.

“……Anyways, welcome. By the way, how long do you plan to stay here?”

“I’m going to go on a trip again after a day or two. This time I’m going to visit another spirit’s sanctuary.”

“Are you trying to make a contract with the owner of another sanctuary?!”

“I don’t know that. Yester did it, but the other kids don’t know.”

Come to think of it, she hasn’t asked Eden where she’s going yet. While she remembered him, she asked Eden, and she chose an unexpected partner.

“Let’s go to the sea!!!!”

“Ocean…The whirlpool sea area sanctuary. It’s the domain of Aif Kingdom, though.”

“Didn’t Yessto say that there was a low possibility of signing a contract there? Are you still going?”

“You want to go swimming?”

“Then I can’t help it”

Our Eden seems to be better off just leaving rather than signing a contract. A trip to Hagi Temple is a trip, so it’s best to enjoy it rather than the purpose.

“Hmm, I see. There are some children who are going back to their hometowns at this time, so I’ll ask the doctor among them to see if there is a child who can guide them and accompany them.”

“I don’t know if it’s just causing trouble.”

“I owe a lot more to you. And students will flock to you, so there will be no problem.”

It caught our attention quite a bit while we were staying here. The good news is that it doesn’t have anything to do with nobles or high-ranking people.

Anyway, it’s quite unexpected that there is a domain of Aifs on the sea side. Is it because it is subtracted by elimination?

First of all, Abes, who are birds, have high wind and aptitude, so it must be that way, and the individual cutsies……. They are good at digging and playing, so they are on the ground side. Then, of course, the only thing left is water. Palet does not have a separate country.

And Charles came looking for an Aif student to guide us. It was noisy for a while because it was quite crowded, but in the end, it seems that they were selected somehow.

“Nice to meet you!!! My name is Lucius, son of Cornelius!!!”

“Oh!! Hi!!! Nice to meet you!!!!”

I saw it from a distance, but I saw it up close. Unlike humans, it has the appearance of an ape with hair all over its body and a protruding mouth, but it is more adept at walking on two legs than expected, so its back is not bent and it is wearing clothes, giving it the smell of a civilized person.

It looks like a real planetary escape. Should I scream at the Statue of Liberty at the end? No, to see the Statue of Liberty, you would have to go all the way down there to what used to be New York.

“But you don’t have a last name?”

“Ah, yes. Unlike other races, our children don’t have last names. That’s why we call them sons of someone.”

“Hmm, there’s no such culture…”

It’s a bit strange though. Even if there was no castle culture at all, there was definitely a castle on the Kartsi side, such as Charles being Charles Boots.

Despite this, it’s on purpose… Hmm, is there a reason? Well, you’ll know when you get to know it.

Since there was even Lucius to guide us, we were able to start our journey as well. An Otridge I saw before, that is to say, a guy who uses an ostrich instead of a modified horse.

“Please drop in again next time!!! We’ll have a big welcome party then!”

“Okay, see you next time Charles!!!!”

We leave school and set off. The chariot pulled by Otridge quickly ran towards the kingdom of the Aifs.

While moving, he asks Lucius about various things. It was mainly about the kingdom of Aif, where we were going.

The beauty of traveling lies in getting to know the culture and society of the place. And the same goes for cooking… A new environment can sometimes be scary, but it can also make you look forward to it.

“What is Aif Kingdom famous for?”

“Well, speaking of our kingdom, it’s medical technology after all.”

“Medical treatment?”

“Yes, because the treatment using the water spirit is very effective. Thanks to that, the kingdom of Aif is an excellent medical nation that has produced many doctors.”

In response, Eden tilted her head and expressed her doubts.

“It’s strange. Even a water spirit is a water spirit, so I don’t think it’s particularly helpful for medical purposes.”

“It could be. Human blood is water after all… And Eden. The level of medical care here is low. Just washing the wounds with clean water to prevent infection will greatly increase the survival rate.”

“Ah, that’s right!!!!”

[And if it’s a water spirit, even if you make something like saline and replenish it, there are quite a few diseases that can be cured with it.]

Secondary infections are important. Even if you are injured, if it is a sufficiently recoverable wound, it may be cured, but if other germs enter through the wound and become infected, you die from secondary infection.

Therefore, it is important to manage the wound hygienically. Why, after Nightingale introduced the concept of hygiene, the mortality rate of patients decreased from 40% to 2%.

“There are other surgical operations, but… That is still an area that needs a lot of research.”

“Surgery? Man, that’s great.”

If you secure hygiene with the water spirits, you can then turn your attention to surgical interventions. The environment itself, where you can try even if you still have to accumulate trial and error and a lot of data, is amazing.

No, imagine having a stomach cleavage in the middle ages. Seeing that Hwa-ta also died after saying Jojo had his hair cut, it is proof that the social image itself that people can do it has developed.

“But you know that part quite well, and you speak fluently, Lucius, so you must be from a pretty good family?”

“Ah, yes. My father is a renowned scholar in the kingdom.”

“Scholar?”

“Yes, next to medical technology, it is also the place where Aif Kingdom developed technology while conducting various researches. So I came to Charles School to learn various knowledge.”

There are people like that.

It’s not that I can’t understand it, the intelligent beings in this world are those born from mutations of laboratory animals such as cats, dogs, birds, apes, and rats, and other animals that have mutated have remained non-intelligent animals.

And among them, apes have the highest intelligence. Individuals who are quite smart can learn sign language and communicate, but if they gained intelligence there, of course there would be a difference in intelligence.

“If it’s a place like that, you can expect quite a bit.”

“Do you think civilization will develop a little?”

“There are things like that… I’m curious about what there will be as much as civilization has developed.”

[I hope there is something delicious!!!!!]

“You’re in our house, too.”

And a few days later, we arrived at the realm of Aif Kingdom.

It was like a village with jungle gyms all over the place. No, the village itself was a jungle gym. It’s like a town where there are things you can grab and fly around.

If you think the Aifs’ village is such a place, you’ll understand… But it’s a very unique place.

“Wow!!! It’s Tarzan! It’s Tarzan!”

“Oh, do you know Tarzan?”

“Do you have Tarzan?”

“You can think of Tarzan as the word for knight in the Kartsi kingdom. In our kingdom, people above a certain rank are called Tarzan.”

“I see!!!!”

People with abilities are probably called Tarzan, right? I don’t know why Tarzan, but I understand it.

To be honest, in the jungle, there must be Tarzan. Aaaaa!!! It’s the kind of Tarzan that flies while doing it.

Anyway, we set foot in Aif Kingdom for the first time and ate there. It’s not just a meal at a campsite, it’s the first meal here.

I had eaten the food in the Kartsi Kingdom, but it was the first time I had eaten the food in the Aif Kingdom. I’m really curious what kind of rice will come out.

“What will come out? I’m really looking forward to it!!!!”

“Since I said it separately, expensive and delicious dishes will come out.”

“Wherever you go, expensive things pay for their own meal. So what is it?”

“Once you come out, you’ll understand… Ah, I just came out.”

Soon after, the dish came out.

Perhaps because they were apes, their main dish was rice. I wonder if the staple food is rice, anyway, it’s something that came out of cooked rice, so I’m quite used to it.

But it’s not just cooked rice. It was such a kind of bee rice that included not only rice but also bees, the insects that collect honey.

“Bon appetite!!!!!”

“……Bee food?”

“Yes!!! It’s very delicious!!! It’s a delicacy in our kingdom of Aif!!!!!”

To be honest, it’s not that Japan doesn’t have bee-infused rice, but seeing it in person, it’s kind of like that. It’s not about taste, it’s about visuals.

However, Eden did not show any objection. Rather, despite the fact that there was such a dish with bees in front of him, his eyes were shining.

“Oh!!! It looks delicious!!!!!”

[It must be delicious!!!!!]

“Anyway, I’ll eat well!!!!!”

And Eden and Keter rushed towards the bee food.

If I had to evaluate what I ate next to me… To be honest, it was quite delicious. Originally, rice tastes sweet when chewed, but even if you eat it as it is, it tastes sweet. Thanks to the subtle scent of honey, it was enough to be called a dessert rather than a dish.

I don’t particularly classify it as a bug dish, but I’d like to know what it would be like if most of the dishes had bugs in them.

“Wow!!! This is delicious!!!!!”

“There’s nothing Eden can’t eat.”

“I eat pretty much anything!!!!!”

I don’t think Eden has to worry about going hungry.