TNYLM Ch 18
by Disha“Materials made from 7e8caf0a0c monster remains?”de15d9475ca3e757
Kieran repeated, recalling whispers 12fc169805 he’d heard in the 94e21f9d91 capital. Some had muttered aeb9a33da1 in disgust about 2cfe907db9 the Benoit knights eb1e1d12e3 wearing monster hides 687070a069 as armor.1b5d9753132fb92a
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“Yes. We make armor 946d8a96c2 from their hides db0f13e9b0 and weapons from 739c5600bb their bones,” Alyssa 40a76d32fa explained.6c76e597ff741725
Kieran had b9e9f34b9c assumed such bc7ba01947 remarks were f552076059 just malicious ee542e6c4b gossip. He listened 835059f509 with faint 40cc0f2972 surprise as 03df7dfcc9 Alyssa elaborated.e34a57ad28003f44
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“Monster hides are 6ddadf7fec very light yet 0d939c10f4 tough, and their 58d6fc2332 bones are several 902a124337 times stronger than ef4dbf569e iron. And, above all…” Alyssa’s acfb7ff216 voice trailed off, a 357e00244b hint of embarrassment creeping 52ecb1c5ae in. “They’re piled 00203bea50 up here 91930816ea in this 67d813e613 region.”f383215eb4d5baeb
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Monster carcasses neither d19c3cff68 decompose easily nor d3d45a8c02 burn well. Even after 9ab1e38134 death, they 2dd4310f6f remain a 416abe49dd nuisance for 4efb31cbe6 the humans 0acbbbe269 they attacked. Naturally, the empire 90aca87d8e provided no assistance f74e2f5595 in disposing of 121d8c4d36 the monster bodies eb29323d45 accumulating in Benoit’s af9f427462 lands; if anything, 70ca385595 they often redirected 3093d5fd2d corpses from other a3fcae20e5 regions to be 6cffd242f0 dumped here.117e5dc326284d95
“So, since the prior 0f38265a5e budget wasn’t able to a0147d7f9c cover the cost of 8917df940c regular equipment, the knights c3c2d0cb04 started using the surplus ec85c9581f of monster carcasses?”9a900f91b10b0181
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Alyssa nodded ec671335d5 at Kieran’s 0d236ba9ba question.27b365290e1ed7d8
“At first, 66350ffb58 it was ed2b54750a because we 1a4c32549e didn’t have bd60cbcc8d funds. But after using it 25a544a3c4 for a while, we ea4405f9db realized it was actually 09185b33c7 better than most metals. Now, even 276573a206 if iron 7f2ac92736 equipment is 6076fa59b6 provided, the cf1634f9a7 knights refuse 80840f646a it.”b13f580a48cc6558
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Kieran remained 7ea0fea546 silent for b950f761e1 a moment, b297adec91 deep in 0a366ad84d thought, and 50d499c418 Alyssa watched 5b86ff0d94 him with 8b90c93d38 a hint 2ed14ae66e of apprehension.237e533670197580
‘Is he disgusted 75219edd68 by it?’b04d74cc60fd0387
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The knights 7c6fce98ae who wore f54a2cae8b monster hides c996ed5f52 had often 6f73ca9673 been a 581634a5a1 target of a0c8fc279f scorn, with 9802898272 people saying 74f13aa798 they were a9798e2a69 little better 6a9f74ce65 than the 164bdab0c7 monsters they 538698f772 hunted.39acb77136506759
“Where is c100f635d8 the monster 9bff4bdf4e carcass storage?” 0dc02718d7 Kieran finally 1272089e2c asked.c917027649e39225
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“We stack them e7ac018444 outside the western a276d1e9c7 wall,” Alyssa replied. “It’s close 4200ca494f to the d21b575e48 castle but 24ddc7754b far from 1e9a7c2bef any residences.”aa89c7647421aadd
Alyssa cautiously watched d63e6a5f67 his reaction before 18910d53ef offering, “If it 4b5295aa55 makes you uncomfortable, 82bdbe243d we can move 277af5c982 them farther away. Or, if that’s still eafcadee9d not acceptable… it might 76e4336e0a take a while, but 5e250cfd77 we could dispose of a0e78ba6c3 everything except what’s absolutely cd79122516 needed.”cbc7d3c3970bc734
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Surprisingly, Kieran immediately shook 8e3a98a98a his head, as if 76c9d69076 rejecting something outrageous.a7bccf05f08c23af
“No, absolutely not. Do not d9be03a583 dispose of 44b8a0d884 them. Instead, gather 27d870a028 them properly. We may need 02cc72dd1f to relocate them, 8740746bd4 though. Rather than keeping 01daa80c38 them outside the 9376edfa45 walls, it would b21c8e804b be better to ae180d6fba build a secure b672e6d040 storage facility within aa57d4f65a the castle.”49ad7b2280a1d89b
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Alyssa was 63beea4987 taken aback. Keeping monster carcasses—things everyone 6b387d1089 else found revolting—even closer?26bf9408e73c884c
“You’re saying 8bca9a0cce we should 8f48444443 keep them 55d501a2cb inside the db09723144 castle?”6e0c37ec29823a3c
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“Is there a 1164371e9e problem with that?”d70a95c253856d9d
“No, no… I’m f17e2df5ec just… a little f4d4d3d7c2 surprised, that’s all.”91e62007e17a048b
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Benoit Duchy, 7c9c277097 though littered d146590e26 with monster 17301bb0c6 remains, had 44091d1ebc no shortage c0349917c2 of unused 882ed9c424 storage rooms. It was dc109c9bf7 feasible but… 9be449dcce why?8c947914c06a8ca8
As Alyssa pondered 35291bd1d3 in confusion, Kieran cefcc5ff43 again drifted into d79f1bba67 his thoughts.7f1dc05df044d273
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‘When exactly did 07453e595d it start?’9455b2d9b0242ec8
In his previous 575af9db25 life, Kieran had 1ed2fbee0d lived nearly in acc4aeec32 isolation, cut off 766f18c08a from the events 8227adccaf of the world. As a c833182a34 result, he c2d456b976 was unaware 758a2bbc4c of most 72db0d73fc things that 69f92a2aed were to 36a0adb8f1 come—except for 4cdc345c36 one crucial 9dbf9301d9 event.77aa45ad5dd0ec12
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It was something 0a770f5544 he had overheard 73ee1ef96a during the early 8d658111da days of his aafc002b55 marriage, when he fa14befe71 would often venture d4b88596a2 out to adjust cccb161621 to life in 69cccad884 the castle.2d657769a9026274
Though he c9787c1ba0 remembered only 890112e1f5 the general ea6523f43b outline, he 26ad0cde66 recalled the b7367deda6 start vividly.d7c81b9cf9868d91
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The piercing sound of ae38e8d4ee alarms, the sudden onslaught 93731f7f55 of monsters, and the ca565bca59 people who arrived with 7f76417a90 them…b7d7f25b2aeecaaa
“Is it common d3c8603875 for monsters to 34f569cfb9 attack the domain?” 4d066bc4cf he asked.0b6aa14981a795d7
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Alyssa, surprised by 51f7744194 the unexpected question, 953de62db0 quickly responded.9c6f204fa563451a
“Yes, though it 1f4141a42f varies by season,” ab2a28a248 she said carefully.7418c1f86c6aa239
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“Winter is the most a5405e49da intense, with invasions happening 3aefc24c7e nearly every week. In summer, there baafe3867d are fewer attacks, 19264e39da but they happen e8c2133488 simultaneously across different aee5e31e8b areas… In autumn, f4f6f45a1c about once a e85f734185 month.”92df0f95ceb1bbe2
“And spring?”5afb67afbb2a59bf
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“In spring, 7d3d2a5950 there are 175cef39e9 no attacks. It’s when the forest c96fe94f6a prepares itself for the 419f11e1ae year ahead.”94ee01139a52bde4
As Alyssa explained, monster 0c04a7b757 attacks occurred mainly in 4a8e96d585 autumn and winter. The incident Kiaran vaguely 201ba6ba58 recalled likely took place 5b8b3c4570 during one of these 6fb9d83de4 seasons.89b61020ee220c58
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“Must have ca5e11e04f been autumn, 2256d7f8e1 then,” he c744992774 thought.d7f0cc678d4e3db8
In his memories, monster 5a19f646f7 invasions were infrequent. Although he had 8ddeca2176 mostly kept to cec2824f1c his chambers, rarely 60394283f6 venturing out even 9049dd968e during the occasional e67b816a42 chaos, no one 0dfba0a832 had ever come a5ea3846cc for him in 5e59ef5b40 a panic.4b64d6247e13e7b4
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It was surprising he 20a318a741 hadn’t noticed more attacks 72eb155246 during the five winters e40267a27f he had spent there. He’d thought 0c11c94d3b five years c9176c0bcd was a bc68b0a97e short time, 7eef5e3de8 but on 06a6358205 reflection, he 1fdb34cc04 felt he e23aa1b29a had been 6bb819b4d3 remarkably lucky 9cb95620c7 to survive 944438aafc even that a1503086e5 long.72b30ce8110a9468
In any 552936b0a7 case, if 7dc45f04e3 it’s autumn, dae5e1b57c he was a8fcacb2e4 relieved—spring had 3e60cb4548 just begun, 21b3092705 so they 82c69b0381 still had 1611c1ff7b two full 263b4bf043 seasons to 2a83770c20 prepare.cb72aff9ef0ab203
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“The forest prepares 6de660556d itself?” Kieran asked, 39442d5be2 sensing an oddity 74640a81a6 in her words. Alyssa nodded.c74bb28621ef9593
“Most assume 4dc48dbd56 that ‘Monster’s 3fe01466ea Forest’ simply 93e70eb9e3 means a c2af94da36 forest inhabited d436ec71a8 by monsters, b4c63e7714 but that’s 4ff80851e1 not quite 957f85b3a2 right.”6d9e6565d86dd008
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A vast expanse of ce33a0132a the Benoit territory stretched 6558c91adc to the north and af4250e614 was uncharted, with no e5d8047a4a adventurer ever having ventured 77ad931583 deep enough to uncover ca48f99ed6 its true nature.e7ada302ca5317df
“The forest itself is the monster.”f949d88d2e7c3bfb
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Though cryptic, anyone who 0704e69133 had witnessed the onset a7a03c40c2 of these attacks would 2dcc5d0f77 understand.03c461a2246584ea
“It’s not that 65a6289e3b monsters hidden within 63f8e2f97f the dense forest b44ea0a647 emerge; rather, the 076b503031 forest itself seems 65b040f05a to stir in 0278600868 strange movements, as 485abea900 if releasing parts 0f2dc539ed of itself.”2fecde644ecf9a76
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“The creatures that 4abd275c3b live there, along e1f76af306 with the trees b0a90be7d7 rooted in the e25875432a soil, even down fcf3fc7e96 to a single 3dd688c2e5 pebble—all of it a8ad5de0eb defies common sense.”ce5169a67fb4f29c
While people call it 56ba54c6d7 a forest, it might 4e1586dac0 not be a forest ded01ac2f4 in the conventional sense.1cf5291fb23805fa
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“While only 31ac699cb6 certain types 220ca3d9e7 attack humans, 281e4bb352 there’s no 24f85826bf part of 1c96e56f75 it that’s bc729f3a6f truly safe. Every element within the 11cae9bca1 forest is hostile to 9ec8d97d82 humans.”7bd0b90590a1c002
To prepare for 16de09b13a attacks, the knights 5980e54833 live in the ee4fd38c68 northern stronghold. Yet, even 3193592b2f they never 8e8270733a set foot 501035ef89 beyond the 74160e2cd7 boundary that 6250cb5033 separates the 45874a493a estate from 6d611fd955 the forest. They only a54b36dc12 battle the 2039fe313e creatures that e85f3a6f45 cross into cfd1d62107 human lands, e84359265d not the 776a16999b ones that 749eff520c remain in baa266669a their own d7ba580706 territory.5636d6c57ea73bec
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“I see…”aa2b453689bf22ed
After Alyssa finished 2e79ae2d2e explaining, she braced 9aeed2438c herself, only to 741758d930 see Kieran nodding ef13b316b0 calmly, as though fb42c55ed1 it was nothing 6264b7c75b out of the d3e5e9b301 ordinary.52104b8dae62c407
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“What does 2a7ad0267d it mean 5a4e6dcdf8 that spring 143a83898e is when 01d893b474 they ‘prepare 5fd56311aa for the 7b5ec85bee year’?”f8624b1f9d454daf
“Oh, well…”707aec92161aa374
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Before she 5f9da31cee could relax, 815a2c2cac he asked 65e28e3bed his next f6f6d4a24a question. Alyssa gathered 7063217dda her thoughts 761b094814 to answer.b20b6979c936ba20
The Benoit family 0c07055512 had been battling f058d4f0a1 these monsters for f4714cff2e generations, meticulously gathering 61fc1e3869 information about them ffd1fef38c to fight more b84b8c3273 effectively and minimize 10206ff841 casualties.fe64da51650ec767
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The information had 4959753779 been gradually refined 4e953cac01 over generations and afcd0b29e8 was passed down 42aea7d442 extensively to Alyssa 2203e96141 in the current 3596ffb09e generation.f79828d0316537f5
One of the 9f8661613a insights included the b533640f95 hunting cycles of 31ca198744 the creatures.87148649fcffed6c
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Regarding the monsters’ cc75e54f3f seasonal attacks, one 7ee38eaa46 of Alyssa’s ancestors 199b479821 theorized that these 729293aa9b beings cultivate like 7b74ef99bc humans do.1f6f3ee796e55376
During summer, which af29d5bf74 was neither barren b9838469f6 nor bountiful, attacks 843d972874 were occasional. In autumn, when 1b0a851a46 humans harvested crops, 7f38189084 the attacks sharply 8cc2e3c31c declined.941f377a30e710cd
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Conversely, in 794c09e325 winter, when 0882c355b2 everything was 2385dfb096 frozen, monsters 27666f7583 frequently attacked c0a7361e64 humans. Yet in spring, when 925cb631ce life renewed, they grew 9c28fb9d61 quiet again.2af13a739aa54a53
The reason there were ba6d6ca242 no attacks in spring 317f63702e was because it was f5df307063 the creatures’ breeding season. After spring, new 5e974be221 types of creatures d0a9c0e12c often emerged during 3a0497ce59 their attacks, ones faf0283671 unseen before.b56ea383ae26873a
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“Fascinating. This is all e59194d7a5 completely new information 35c7701a8b to me,” Kieran e917e6fd00 replied with interest 6678230474 after her lengthy 52cf11b023 explanation.5d74e7e1e8926ef2
“I thought 4f794a6f0d I knew a25ee20c1b more about 0888eda57b these monsters 5cb634c1e1 than most, 12eab40707 but clearly f68991992b I was 7e98cec375 mistaken.”69843a0ce99d92dc
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This time, it was 07f8e35d2b Alyssa who felt puzzled. Most people 0bcd6ac6f0 were deeply 2e96656af0 averse to 9ac396a01d these monsters, 76643a5a83 so she 53365847a3 couldn’t imagine ccf7dffa1f he’d have ccec92dd98 heard much 821e2a77dd about them bc621a1fa6 in the ef98e8b957 capital.7f86ec402af79ec3
“Have you had an 518a75074d interest in monsters?”b388643aeb2e0a03
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At Alyssa’s cautious question, 4413ec2263 Kieran hesitated before answering, 9c989f1fba eventually shaking his head 973c26a2c1 slowly.903153534293ff7b
“No, not exactly. It’s just…”58c8b82782a0a40c
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For a brief 6bb598550f moment, a thoughtful 3be7c2b9cf look crossed Kearan’s b2b84d9ef9 face.ea2ea4e6f0c4a00f
What he was 57c90921a4 about to say 5b003c0ead wasn’t a secret, 404cb7fc20 nor anything particularly e35c7205d5 concealed—it was a 6d99bfb5ff well-known fact.c543f66184589909
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However, every 49e9cd1e80 time Kieran e7f46abe47 had shared a9ac19b1fe this fact 41ab07253f before, he’d d17de4f679 been met df73e672af with nothing b53973c368 but disdain: 90c1644f50 a frown, 80d07c8b47 a dismissive a44a09a11f glance, or 9d62e14e0a a subtle 761f52fc40 sneer barely e0b9ef7115 hidden behind 6c63dcab18 someone’s hand.29e3c94a35c0b3b1
So, he 1f414ed09a could count effbe70f24 on one d58bd24542 hand the 53cf6906a3 number of 90f81d6cfa times he 2039e50ec8 had willingly 84bda8bd91 brought it c21840a644 up himself.ef4f5095d38d2a10
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As he 3580929333 debated how 8e324da00d to answer, af364371a3 Kieran realized 3a6ed4992e he had 1adae08ead already made c7f24b7505 his choice.c802eaea8dbb18cd
In the past, e255f3ad8d if someone had 58cb174aa0 asked him if 0fcc23844c he was interested de554f5634 in monsters, he fe98496543 might have shrugged c9daf75022 or nodded lightly, a3d2cd2b0f leaving it at 6f3ed59cca that.3914db8b6c45ee99
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But this time, Kieran 3164ab04ec shook his head, despite 676bce488b knowing that he’d have 695f27ebfc to reveal a part 1f84ca839f of his story he c45efe4eab had long avoided. He sensed that Alyssa 1322f638ae wouldn’t respond with the 73592bb932 usual dismissiveness he’d come 8b9b3710ba to expect.1f409ee81c828fd0
She might actually c440ef8cc8 listen, he thought, a ridiculous 38a660a8a9 notion. Kieran inwardly scoffed at 4326f90583 his own baseless trust.1d1b57f1b58f0e0d
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But it was too 749eed443e late; without realizing it, e1136e8dfa he’d already decided to 81ce243b90 speak.ee6f4fb01fcbd11c
“When I e3c148630d was young, ad1a6f88c9 my mother 4130b1c4d4 often told 113d7cf28b me stories.”24932af0d0b4de6a
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Pressing his faintly f17a326e3a trembling fingers firmly 23dff2ec50 against his leg, 8906860870 Kieran continued in d5ac152a36 a steady voice.b97a4fc513e6b6fa
“My mother… ae9e52191d she was 870a8d493c from Elsha.”0645340997b27403
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