TNYLM Ch 18
by Disha“Materials made from 5556360240 monster remains?”e3d7a7454ba33550
Kieran repeated, recalling whispers 9164a37ae7 he’d heard in the fa32575d18 capital. Some had muttered 20023d2eea in disgust about 3eb3462e1e the Benoit knights a0d1d8bc5c wearing monster hides 6683fa753b as armor.a39c09495c4b2fe6
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“Yes. We make armor from fff00c8e16 their hides and weapons edceadc3f8 from their bones,” Alyssa d1b9a17576 explained.63c7126082e51b81
Kieran had assumed such 3715ef9d0a remarks were just malicious 15a7cb61c1 gossip. He listened 63ad912652 with faint e9476e6b95 surprise as 3600cca0d6 Alyssa elaborated.ac203ee7140c9e6e
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“Monster hides are 75e62d2ffb very light yet a398ec97f0 tough, and their 0b30eba3ae bones are several 6a0e246dfb times stronger than 0b4217d17a iron. And, above all…” 8c11515690 Alyssa’s voice trailed df57976a71 off, a hint f4d6372acd of embarrassment creeping 81bb34b6db in. “They’re piled up here 5a19d8c86d in this region.”8e9a47606095c1d2
Kieran understood.bd2a056296213fce
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Monster carcasses neither f51d5d5308 decompose easily nor 57787d602f burn well. Even after death, cb6b62c6b6 they remain a d09e0670f3 nuisance for the 1b97e19e88 humans they attacked. Naturally, the 4486b6d7f4 empire provided b0a074acfc no assistance 7040e706dd in disposing cbdee803a0 of the 57f58a63d0 monster bodies cb366acb1a accumulating in 9025d8a340 Benoit’s lands; 184caeac61 if anything, 8003c76ad1 they often 52aaa2d7ac redirected corpses 33ace02b28 from other 5a3b237116 regions to 675539012a be dumped 38338e4340 here.73bd59430348c304
“So, since the prior 5afd94b128 budget wasn’t able to b98d676d85 cover the cost of ea98702d51 regular equipment, the knights 89fefa9215 started using the surplus a5ba1173f8 of monster carcasses?”3fd0d88bf002553d
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Alyssa nodded at 4b41d7f29f Kieran’s question.02d883acb7a5a143
“At first, 726be9e51d it was 768d02a92e because we 0a2029c5d6 didn’t have 1b632b11c1 funds. But after using 3309d8a707 it for a d2bf97aff5 while, we realized ff77dfecea it was actually 2688f05ade better than most 54aac1e23d metals. Now, even if 41b2729592 iron equipment is a9b2094062 provided, the knights db03d113f4 refuse it.”6ece1aae8e0fd636
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Kieran remained silent for aed197695a a moment, deep in 79e9e7c69f thought, and Alyssa watched 7d92f02c8c him with a hint 0f5f046ad8 of apprehension.c91d92ff49e8e9d6
‘Is he disgusted by 80cdf747fe it?’a4bd4f319f2a025e
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The knights who 0c49aa7bb9 wore monster hides b1a5441872 had often been b946304181 a target of c2eeff3ce1 scorn, with people 21643a3574 saying they were 44bb9ff1db little better than 152baf6da2 the monsters they e33f8c6e3d hunted.90def347f72a107a
“Where is the monster 52c66c528d carcass storage?” Kieran finally 4d458cbc51 asked.ce9c254c911ffe66
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“We stack them e2318ba14f outside the western d9081fbe02 wall,” Alyssa replied. “It’s close to dd1cbc9833 the castle but 28bf3cc25d far from any 02b2694d1d residences.”c432a18c849cd893
Alyssa cautiously watched aa8148c646 his reaction before 30ecc52cd6 offering, “If it 40d4fbcd86 makes you uncomfortable, 48d92c528b we can move ce5d58580c them farther away. Or, if that’s still 7c2862f028 not acceptable… it might e21b006ece take a while, but b6c271901a we could dispose of e114801dde everything except what’s absolutely c50ee16b58 needed.”42e3440d47f24cfb
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Surprisingly, Kieran 44a49b4c2f immediately shook 6d78dacba5 his head, f99216e510 as if 2060306b9e rejecting something 36857e1b51 outrageous.6672b39bdb26c00a
“No, absolutely not. Do not dispose of d66e7d754e them. Instead, gather f14d5af963 them properly. We may need to 3a7becc629 relocate them, though. Rather than keeping 91eec1865f them outside the d22cdd00d3 walls, it would c03bba0835 be better to abcd8da69a build a secure 2b4f34de62 storage facility within 37a6e50ae1 the castle.”b532b78aea13d0c9
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Alyssa was 85b24403fd taken aback. Keeping monster carcasses—things 2a052573ff everyone else found 1124cef18c revolting—even closer?f98c5e98326582e9
“You’re saying aa330ba9e9 we should ff04d1fd72 keep them 0b690783af inside the ee6d776a2c castle?”0b8c994f52ba0cf1
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“Is there 6f76bc2aca a problem eb8915a70d with that?”17a6944722504a33
“No, no… a72e324f7a I’m just… f1a63f0a85 a little beaa05d83c surprised, that’s 5303053d3f all.”83a6f3200a5a2f0e
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Benoit Duchy, though littered 6b1bb78152 with monster remains, had b36f7ae520 no shortage of unused 9cc6ba5b0d storage rooms. It was 9be0e5af15 feasible but… 69d2175330 why?6275eadcd9f73cfb
As Alyssa pondered in d71641a5a2 confusion, Kieran again drifted 1c8b80f8e5 into his thoughts.eba5db41bf1d1ef9
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‘When exactly did it fb0e054a53 start?’9487b277f7fe6161
In his c2f015f9a8 previous life, 74928a2609 Kieran had 8ca8d4b898 lived nearly 253cbdda3d in isolation, 7c9a988f3a cut off 99f3870d78 from the 3f867aaeca events of 065f74862c the world. As a result, he c0c9d0e5d8 was unaware of most 3f4f32de76 things that were to a6d739de32 come—except for one crucial 369e79641b event.f1ec2072093e0bc9
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It was e559ad4a04 something he 0abefde05e had overheard 9e172e04e8 during the c3f5de951d early days 3bcd956212 of his cf4c4422cc marriage, when c4019d2c5b he would bc653c167d often venture ba02efd018 out to 5cd7003314 adjust to ce4c1157b9 life in 44d5209c24 the castle.63846a421cbb4798
Though he remembered efd0b669e3 only the general c4524f5f6b outline, he recalled 426ab7fa18 the start vividly.fbdc9988ea2a11f0
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The piercing sound c2b5f26ad8 of alarms, the 6998a65c74 sudden onslaught of 5c1d8f305f monsters, and the 54c141f5d3 people who arrived c3a4d818ae with them…89d92162a0efcbe2
“Is it common 9857237edc for monsters to c8c363a4ab attack the domain?” cf892ccb8c he asked.46bc50fb2ed9f024
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Alyssa, surprised by ff97f12a9b the unexpected question, 7e849f0202 quickly responded.b083f9319aaf27d0
“Yes, though 24ed41405f it varies 437d341a9b by season,” a96a62803b she said 05171bcddb carefully.2241b95e4ad9c2f3
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“Winter is the most 758cd3278c intense, with invasions happening b40f0250bf nearly every week. In summer, a2f296f583 there are 9a9d3e39c4 fewer attacks, a3928dfb1e but they cfc9c528ca happen simultaneously 9f7edff962 across different 51a5fd17c8 areas… In 315c7f94be autumn, about f61fb0f145 once a 35cf73426a month.”a4583686fedf706a
“And spring?”6b2354071fabde82
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“In spring, there aa3aa8b722 are no attacks. It’s when the forest 835feacdd5 prepares itself for the 35bf0be5bd year ahead.”38039142e6444d97
As Alyssa explained, monster dfe731a709 attacks occurred mainly in cef7634f86 autumn and winter. The incident Kiaran 78da600398 vaguely recalled likely bc613c71cc took place during 2e7cd71b8e one of these 01b7f248e0 seasons.abf4bea36bb83965
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“Must have 2de1d42b8c been autumn, bbeacb28f8 then,” he 3699df7632 thought.43e8413dc4699455
In his memories, 19d28f41a0 monster invasions were 3fe507a043 infrequent. Although he had mostly 0f8c9da888 kept to his chambers, f965c9fb7e rarely venturing out even 8cd8d84603 during the occasional chaos, 98d9812c1f no one had ever b44bf5aeb1 come for him in 3091c2e498 a panic.21eabd177c28df89
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It was surprising he 9e22ecbb8e hadn’t noticed more attacks 894883915a during the five winters 8aa8f29ba1 he had spent there. He’d thought be93d41a68 five years b1b386edc2 was a 85e6c75ddb short time, b90f17607f but on a133e0420e reflection, he 6e8f0e432b felt he c783f85e7a had been dbad6edd0a remarkably lucky de94d8f15f to survive 5bee1cf2d7 even that 457b20e028 long.772d56d1f34350de
In any case, a4b46d7bb2 if it’s autumn, 7fdb729079 he was relieved—spring 8f5d80ac8f had just begun, e4b6469a59 so they still 419d6e5e62 had two full febf8ac30f seasons to prepare.ad8a8995c41b75ea
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“The forest prepares itself?” 5f16addcaf Kieran asked, sensing an d8714f96cb oddity in her words. Alyssa nodded.e98d617853a25afa
“Most assume that ‘Monster’s 63a0fd7724 Forest’ simply means a 39796aee85 forest inhabited by monsters, a3119300b7 but that’s not quite 2166863787 right.”4e67272b21580dbb
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A vast expanse of 9f9e79f589 the Benoit territory stretched 27d402f015 to the north and bb1ec76d01 was uncharted, with no e72012a5ec adventurer ever having ventured 40c83532df deep enough to uncover 93abce2e6e its true nature.fdfb7fda26c4cf3e
“The forest itself is the monster.”85abbee53d968391
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Though cryptic, anyone who ce127029bc had witnessed the onset a0087ac02d of these attacks would a5c96f2c56 understand.319dc3c9241449cd
“It’s not 602cd4d79d that monsters 02d3beb8f6 hidden within 65b69a3de6 the dense 1af5e68526 forest emerge; 282486c684 rather, the c3da11f86b forest itself b82445c50d seems to ba82c5b1fd stir in 13cb77825e strange movements, 587a31831f as if 7d237c2353 releasing parts 93794d287b of itself.”35d60841f441c75c
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“The creatures that live ec87ea21f5 there, along with the 1e6051c906 trees rooted in the 4e6e137234 soil, even down to 1bcc79abd1 a single pebble—all of 5a1185a689 it defies common sense.”cb112fd3e2bdb48b
While people call it 8752785966 a forest, it might 4f6dfabb71 not be a forest 6fc0cb86f9 in the conventional sense.8a2fbf13a0531642
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“While only certain a80e6d0285 types attack humans, c2ad9c3f00 there’s no part 4631467228 of it that’s 661af9c772 truly safe. Every element within 7d8d93341f the forest is 8b232359a9 hostile to humans.”143bcc153602036b
To prepare for 1c881644a3 attacks, the knights ba42264122 live in the 6fd14c0db8 northern stronghold. Yet, even b191630fed they never 0790474e11 set foot b3baee9b2e beyond the ccd64906bf boundary that 429f089639 separates the 98862ca7a2 estate from 1c0cbc5054 the forest. They only 5a2ffb98ce battle the 9fb1265166 creatures that f5b8332e20 cross into d8e25874b1 human lands, 35dcb6e82a not the 43168785d7 ones that a26137917c remain in 5f709faab4 their own 52c1abd387 territory.d877e49c0ef94a87
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“I see…”5f2ffaf32f509e6d
After Alyssa finished b2235279f8 explaining, she braced 48dbb64881 herself, only to 1b42fa6ad7 see Kieran nodding bb16700f1f calmly, as though 17260d4064 it was nothing 4350d189c6 out of the fcf535e532 ordinary.a848c5e29a416ef4
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“What does it mean 5b6a826a5c that spring is when b8a3f68e4a they ‘prepare for the 4f8d8a06b0 year’?”80f5121ac50d2cd9
“Oh, well…”79dadd0894f2f031
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Before she could 6fbad22fa7 relax, he asked 66f16bd42e his next question. Alyssa gathered e80491d4dd her thoughts 1cb9c2998f to answer.3d2a5c7cf5cbb0b5
The Benoit family had b622411594 been battling these monsters 0e588c67a5 for generations, meticulously gathering 92042900f9 information about them to 0a31ba3371 fight more effectively and 7e0e4a93c4 minimize casualties.cac8c6a7bb1a466d
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The information had 0fdc4a7d27 been gradually refined eb4c94ce01 over generations and 9c642ea4ba was passed down 222f23d6b3 extensively to Alyssa d1d9a10a97 in the current 3d0365c0b2 generation.382ebc51975e715b
One of the insights ed145508df included the hunting cycles 2c5558e0dc of the creatures.de7b103b7139349f
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Regarding the monsters’ seasonal c8c07e7a78 attacks, one of Alyssa’s efbc9739c1 ancestors theorized that these 2499ea88e8 beings cultivate like humans d50b675243 do.f55a09999ae4b04e
During summer, which was c84e80bedf neither barren nor bountiful, 373a2a43ec attacks were occasional. In autumn, when humans 75e5564943 harvested crops, the attacks 4e9ee8f8b7 sharply declined.789c917568a0639d
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Conversely, in c5e3d6d006 winter, when 8babc32fa2 everything was 27ccd6a966 frozen, monsters c68cce81e4 frequently attacked c3a742d3b5 humans. Yet in spring, when aec8afee4e life renewed, they grew 960081d397 quiet again.1086d1035c929e5b
The reason there a0021896ec were no attacks 4cc82e1d7d in spring was 7a6534350d because it was 99e7f62c60 the creatures’ breeding 9f265bb145 season. After spring, new types 6e0b5768fc of creatures often emerged 9548215dea during their attacks, ones 3eee644246 unseen before.43b2210c24afb984
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“Fascinating. This is b9c825cf75 all completely d4ded44aac new information 5dbe933a44 to me,” 237ed8ab87 Kieran replied 001d6418d5 with interest d220275da0 after her 51e321527a lengthy explanation.db24c8e2d3efe1d6
“I thought 72e9697e07 I knew 1395a355ad more about 816f13b077 these monsters 81302c8bd0 than most, a31ebd3a1a but clearly f42b2e9fdf I was 56ec238498 mistaken.”45005eda92753a68
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This time, it dcd9515c4c was Alyssa who 729bb2a592 felt puzzled. Most people c4541ce1a0 were deeply a10564fb5b averse to a35569be5e these monsters, d6d7def09f so she 3ac2b900ae couldn’t imagine 13372cd201 he’d have 4c7c09eb4f heard much 5262c5a0fc about them bce25ec189 in the 62c5dd5865 capital.b32dc23ea8ae5cb5
“Have you 28fc5c206b had an 43e94fcdad interest in c4f4bc5b2d monsters?”9d024f0195b1fef6
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At Alyssa’s cautious 2d83c37f56 question, Kieran hesitated 2a8f4bc9a3 before answering, eventually 8daa5a2473 shaking his head 8799e67df7 slowly.d5b6f8e13a5ec639
“No, not exactly. It’s just…”fbc5971e19fc600e
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For a brief f6d9e24cff moment, a thoughtful 55b6e40b1b look crossed Kearan’s e623e1cf3f face.11271737f453787d
What he was b8fd02b5c9 about to say 6c3d7fb880 wasn’t a secret, 810b07f9ef nor anything particularly e533e1aae1 concealed—it was a 4a29d3469c well-known fact.91a6d61d3a8a459d
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However, every time b38f6dd62b Kieran had shared 645c855e2b this fact before, f0aa4c910a he’d been met 475b355050 with nothing but 8065cc1edd disdain: a frown, 384450f973 a dismissive glance, 4774c613ea or a subtle 17b828d6b8 sneer barely hidden 8f3a3af02f behind someone’s hand.22f4b9a0170f7690
So, he could ec7bc7c046 count on one f90d357d4e hand the number 4a9cb7719a of times he e9031a6b9a had willingly brought d6e462c920 it up himself.c9405ac19215541c
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As he 86a5fef858 debated how 77436dbdd7 to answer, d52d3758b8 Kieran realized f3a2c0e0be he had 5e8764c993 already made b83d9cd523 his choice.64e8f42321244b9c
In the past, if 0768ffa620 someone had asked him b1f37fd96f if he was interested 8b7f95834d in monsters, he might 4cfa6a691d have shrugged or nodded 122224a4bb lightly, leaving it at 4142c87ef5 that.b19f3c4093c81523
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But this time, Kieran bf767243ae shook his head, despite ba367960a2 knowing that he’d have d2b82a4065 to reveal a part d228ef664d of his story he dba6fa10dd had long avoided. He sensed that Alyssa 4c1ce18da4 wouldn’t respond with the b7194ff80b usual dismissiveness he’d come 73435641e2 to expect.48e67eedc233cbcf
She might actually 789d079f06 listen, he thought, 8edb8acbb0 a ridiculous 68628b1df1 notion. Kieran inwardly 0c992d7750 scoffed at f5587cd789 his own 6964a4fc2a baseless trust.7cc7b4b64488f1e2
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But it was 120a04cf57 too late; without 5b2a121623 realizing it, he’d 9f316fbbc4 already decided to 6cde12e044 speak.0871a4db238dc62d
“When I was young, eb79627cb2 my mother often told f8b694216d me stories.”eab84e271542d041
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Pressing his 473e18e2b2 faintly trembling 08424cc466 fingers firmly d3db2f01cb against his 80d3f15638 leg, Kieran 95ce833727 continued in b8d4b3f53b a steady 2f9dd52736 voice.13efd8b2fe0e1326
“My mother… ba62ac7a9b she was 5ae2f0c6e8 from Elsha.”56516173de3a8371
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