eurekapd Chapter 33 Blisters and Shoes
Chapter 33 Blisters and Shoes
Chapter 33 Blisters and Shoes
What is happiness, and how do we find it?
The children didn't know, and Broly wasn't entirely sure either.
But that's okay, the direction has already been revealed, just follow it.
Led by Broly, the group followed the direction the Imperial intelligence agents had taken.
Along the way, they encountered many dangerous species, but these species were not dangerous because their team included Saiyans who were even more dangerous than the dangerous species.
All the dangerous creatures that attacked were turned into food for Broly for the new day. Compared to the danger brought by the dangerous creatures, the snakes and insects that were more difficult to guard against, which were hidden under fallen leaves and among vines, were the greatest danger.
Fortunately, there were children in the group who had lived in forest environments before. Although the poisons in the Gifunola Sea Tree Forest are different, the methods of detoxification and prevention are somewhat similar.
After burning some slightly toxic grass and leaf plants and tying them to branches to fumigate the road, many snakes and insects were driven away in advance.
"Does it really have to be this way?"
Broly coughed from the smoke and asked.
"There's nothing we can do. Unlike you, big brother, we're not afraid of snake and insect bites."
Rivarina, who is said to be a Western tribe living in a mangrove forest, said.
She devised this method of repelling snakes, rats, and mosquitoes by tasting plants from the forest.
She has experience surviving in the forest, but unfortunately, it is mostly inhabited by dangerous species.
If Broly hadn't rescued her yesterday, she might have already been eaten by the Dangerous Beasts.
"I have a better way."
Broly thought for a moment and said.
"What method?"
The children looked at him curiously.
Broly had Rivarina extinguish the poisonous smoke, then raised his hand and aimed it at the forest ahead. A beam of green energy shot out and bombarded the forest, revealing a smooth road before everyone.
"That's my solution."
Broly clapped his hands, as if he had done something trivial.
The children: "..."
This was a road they had never imagined. The dense forest that once stretched out before them, filled with towering trees, had been completely destroyed.
Let alone snakes and insects, even those dangerous species that existed originally would probably have turned to ashes by now.
The atmosphere fell silent. Nahashu, being a more experienced older boy, realized the awkwardness of the situation and quickly took the lead in clapping.
"Big Brother is awesome! Big Brother is amazing! Everyone, let's all applaud and cheer for Big Brother! Thank you, Big Brother, for opening up such a road for us in the forest!"
Powerful strength inspires awe, but excessive power can instill fear—this is a natural human tendency that is difficult to control.
However, with Nahashu's timely intervention and guidance, the children's instinctive fear gradually transformed into greater respect.
"Brother Broly, you're amazing! How did you do that? Whoosh, the forest was gone!"
Led by the somewhat carefree girls Akame, Tsukushi, and Bonnie, the group, mostly composed of innocent children, quickly returned to its lively state. Only a few more experienced older children looked at Broly with somewhat complicated expressions.
"monster."
Perhaps they didn't say it aloud, but the way they looked at Broly certainly conveyed that meaning.
They were afraid, but they held back.
Although not perfect, Broly wasn't exactly a meticulous person either.
He gradually lost himself amidst the constant calls of "Big Brother" from the children around him.
Of course, one could also say that he experienced the joy of being the center of attention for children of similar age and found some enjoyment in it.
"It's like gathering your energy in your hand, and then, whoosh, bang~"
Broly demonstrated again, blasting a tree to pieces.
Throwing energy grenades is something he can share besides his cat's cradle skills.
"Hmm... it still doesn't work."
A group of children imitated his movements, trying to imagine what breathing was like, and practiced it on the surrounding trees.
As a result, no one learned it, but that was to be expected, since the energy within these children was not yet sufficient for them to extract and transform into energy projectiles.
However, this world has dangerous species, as well as various strange secret arts and bio-modification technologies, so it's probably still possible for people to emit energy waves.
After pausing for a while, the group, whose attempt to launch the attack had failed, set off again. This time, they had a smooth road to travel on, and their speed was much faster.
The only troublesome thing is that Broly's sudden commotion startled the creatures in the Gifunola Sea Tree Forest.
The forest, which is usually noisy, is unusually quiet in the area near the main road.
On the rest of the journey, the group encountered no more dangerous species or snakes and insects, but conversely, they also stopped having prey delivered to their doorstep.
. . . .
As night fell, the children prepared for a camping trip in the woods by the stream.
"It's better to go through the forest."
Broly lamented that after blasting a path through the enemy lines, his prey stopped coming after him.
"I don't think so; flat ground is much easier to walk on."
Akame retorted from the side and then raised her little foot to show the boy.
"At least I walked a long way today and didn't get any more blisters on my feet."
As Akame said this, she took a thin splinter and began to treat the blisters on her sister's feet.
Broly looked down at his feet; he had never grown such things before.
But seeing everyone else popping their blisters, he felt a little envious.
"How can I get blisters to grow?"
he asks.
"Ah, why do you need this thing?"
"Because you all have them."
Akame was somewhat speechless.
"This isn't anything good either."
"Yes, it grows on your feet, and it hurts terribly when you step on it."
Kurohime also said something.
"If I could, I wouldn't want to have this growth."
The other children chimed in.
"Hey, is there any way to stop it from growing?"
Hearing that it wasn't anything good, Broly changed his mind and asked again.
"Blisters are nothing serious. Once they pop, you just need to rest for a bit."
Cornelia said.
"I think if I had a pair of soft shoes, I wouldn't get blisters on my feet."
A blonde girl named Natara said.
"The shoes the slave traders gave us were too stiff."
"You still have shoes, but the slave traders who sold me here didn't even give me shoes."
The children were all talking at once.
"I wasn't wearing shoes, but I didn't have blisters on my feet."
"Wow, you have such thick soles!!"
Broly, listening nearby, came to the conclusion that most people need a pair of soft shoes.
But how to get such shoes? Broly thought of his own father on Vampa, who was skilled in handicrafts.
He once made shoes for himself, but he found them stuffy and never wore them. They were indeed very soft, after all, they were woven from Baya hair.
With this in mind, Broly had an idea. Just before he blew up the road today, he had hunted down a group of long-haired, soft creatures.
Broly walked over to the carcass of a woolly deer, plucked some hair from it, and began to braid it.
But even after someone had processed the deer meat, he still hadn't braided the soft fur into the shape of a foot.
"What are you doing?"
Akame leaned closer and asked.
"Making shoes."
Broly replied.
Can shoes be made entirely of wool?
Akame didn't quite understand.
"My father used to make shoes out of wool."
"real?"
"I'm the only one who hasn't worn them, otherwise I would have shown you how soft those shoes are!"
Despite having barely worn shoes on Planet Wampa, Broly was able to confidently say such things to the girl.
"Use the same fur as the clothes you're wearing?"
"right."
Akame reached out and touched Broly's Baya wool coat; it was indeed very soft to the touch.
But it's more accurate to call it some kind of plant fiber than hair.
"Who among you knows how to weave shoes?"
Akame thought for a moment, then asked the other children.
"I can."
One child raised his hand.
"My father was a shoemaker, but he became addicted to gambling and lost a lot of money, so I was sold. This kind of manual work is nothing to me."
"Can you weave these hairs in?"
"It should be possible."
The child who knew how to weave shoes thought for a moment and then nodded; his hands were much more skillful than Broly's.
He first found some vines, scraped off the bark with a knife, and then removed the thorns, which became simple material for weaving shoes.
Twisted and layered, the vine bark was transformed into the shape of a slipper in his hands in no time.
"I used to use hay to make things, which are more durable and softer. I haven't tried rattan, but if I added hair, it should be softer too."
As he spoke, he quickly began weaving shoes.
Just as the meat was about to be cooked, a pair of crudely made vine-woven shoes were produced in the boy's hands.
Akame tried them on and felt they were pretty good, except they were a little too big; they were far better than the wooden shoes she was wearing.
"We need more vines and animal hair to weave more shoes."
Broly said so.
"I can't make everyone's shoes by myself."
The shoe-making boy shook his head. There were over seventy people here.
"Then let's do it together. You can teach us how to weave shoes."
At this point, Tsukushi and some other children who were more dexterous spoke up.
A group of children gradually gathered together to discuss weaving shoes.
Before that, let's eat our fill first.
Tonight's main dishes are woolly deer and some long, giant worms. The woolly deer had a slightly pungent smell after being roasted, but the giant worms had a fruity aroma after being roasted. They had a texture like rubber bands, which were a bit hard to chew, but the more you chewed, the more fragrant they became.
On the Crystal Palace's redemption page, this item is called Haisen Giant Worm Roasted Meat, and its redemption price is about the same as a pork chop rice bowl.
The soup was fish soup; there were some small fish in the forest stream, which someone had caught and cooked with yesterday's swamp crab shells.
The small fish have no name, but even without salt, the soup is incredibly flavorful after cooking.
While the soup was cooking, Bonnie suggested adding some mushrooms to give it some color, but everyone unanimously rejected the idea.
(End of this chapter)