Chapter 22: Owlbear (3)

Since the name is decided, the only thing left is to become friends with Wonmo.

I raised his affection level quite a bit by giving him honey, but he is still a cub.

He still does not distinguish things well and, besides, his mother died, so I will have to take care of him.

But here the most important problem arose.

‘How do you raise this?’

Not even when I lived at home had I ever had a pet.

I could barely take care of myself, so what pet would I have had?

At least with dogs or cats I had some idea because I had seen them before, but not with an owlbear.

The only thing I know is that it has a terrible appetite and that it is fierce.

‘The important thing is that he recognizes me as his owner…’

I watched Wonmo while he ran around the entire cave.

Maybe because he is still small, his curiosity is enormous.

“Sniff. Sniff.”

The little one was wandering around the place where his mother had died.

From the way he was sniffing, it seemed he remembered her smell.

But the owlbear had already gone to America no, to the auction house.

Even now the bids were still coming in, so soon I will receive a good sum of money.

‘But will that little one really grow that big?’

The mother owlbear, exaggerating a little, was the size of a house.

But look at Wonmo.

That little round thing is barely the size of a medium dog.

Besides, the color of his fur is light, so like they said in the gallery, it seems he was born very recently.

“Kueeek!”

“Ow.”

That is why his curiosity is excessive.

Why are you trying to eat the fasting pills that were in the sack?

With that sense of smell you have, you surely detected the bitter scent.

“Kuaaak!”

Shraaak!

But even being a cub, his ferocity was still there.

When Wonmo swung his claws, the sack tore.

When I saw the fasting pills falling everywhere, I almost had a heart attack.

“Hey! Wonmo! You cannot do that!”

“Kyuu… kyuu?”

“Even if you do not like them, you cannot do that!”

While scolding him, I acted quickly.

I laid the sack down so the pills would not keep falling.

Then I bought a sack of a similar size in the auction house and transferred them there.

‘By the way, aren’t these supposed to eat even rotten corpses?’

How horrible must those pills taste for everyone to react the same way?

I am used to them, but animals apparently are not.

‘First I have to make him recognize this place as his home…’

But there is something that gives me a doubt.

Why did the mother owlbear bring her cub here?

Owlbears are territorial animals, extremely sensitive about their territory.

That means they rarely invade the territory of other animals.

Even if she were patrolling, she would not have brought her cub, and even less a newborn.

‘Did someone take away her original territory?’

No… probably not.

When the mother owlbear encountered me she was in perfect condition.

She did not even try to tear me apart immediately, she observed me first.

Maybe she was simply moving?

I do not know.

To confirm it properly, the best thing would be to find her nest.

‘But right now that is impossible.’

Look at this ball of fur that is staring at me with those round eyes.

He is sitting on the straw mat, staring at me.

“Come here, come.”

“Kyuu.”

He is so adorable it drives me crazy.

How can he be so cute?

I touched his chin and patted his head.

Showing him all the affection I could.

Yes.

How could I leave while leaving him here?

Even if I left, I cannot abandon this place until he recognizes it as his home.

‘Then it would be best to repair the cave…’

It is not a bad decision, even if it is a shame.

But the biggest problem remains the same.

Water.

I can manage my hygiene myself, but not his.

I do not know what diseases he might bring, so bathing him is mandatory.

‘Take him to the stream to wash him…?’

That would be difficult.

Not because of the golden poisonous frog, but because Wonmo might run away.

Especially if he crosses to the other side.

And if the terrain changed at that moment, it would be a disaster.

‘Is there any good way?’

I looked at Wonmo, who was watching me without understanding anything, and silently hugged him.

With fur that fluffy not having been able to call him Bokseul.

I am sorry, little one.

As if he understood my feelings, he began rubbing his face against me.

Grrrr—

Then I heard a strange sound near my ear.

But it did not come from my stomach.

I slowly released Wonmo and stared at him.

“Kyuu…”

“Are you hungry?”

“Slurp.”

Hey.

Do not look at me licking your lips like that.

It makes me nervous.

Before Wonmo lost control, I quickly entered the auction house.

Many types of things are sold there, so I could also buy meat.

‘Do they also sell monster meat?’

Orc, goblin, gnoll, troll…

I am not sure why someone would sell this in the auction house.

Monster meat is tough and tastes bad, so normally nobody eats it unless they are desperate.

They probably sold it because they did not know what to do with it.

Besides, the price was quite cheap.

“Here. Take it.”

“Sniff sniff.”

I bought orc meat and placed it in front of Wonmo.

Wonmo also sniffed it curiously and then took a big bite.

“Nom nom.”

“Is it good?”

“Nom nom nom nom. Crunch!”

He eats quite well.

Being an owlbear, it seems his diet is very similar to that of a bear.

I also left a container of water next to him and went out of the cave.

It will take him time to finish all that.

Meanwhile, I plan to continue the work I still have left.

Tap! Tap!

After striking with the axe for quite a while, the tree began to wobble a little.

The sound was no longer as dull, it sounded more like splitting firewood.

I confirmed the direction of the cave and pushed hard with my foot.

The tree began to tilt slowly and then—

Crack!

It fell.

Boom!

Since it was a huge tree, the mere act of falling made quite a lot of noise.

I hope that did not attract the attention of other animals.

Fortunately, the biggest danger, the owlbear, had already been sold at the auction house.

‘If I divide it into three parts will it be enough?’

I approached the fallen tree and calculated its size by eye.

With this size I could easily make three or four defensive walls.

The problem is that now I have to cut and work this thick wood.

‘…Why did I do this?’

They say after one mountain comes another.

There is still a lot of work left.

I should have first learned the internal energy cultivation method like I had planned earlier.

Just because I had nothing to do, I ended up getting into something that gave me even more work.

I let out a long sigh and decided to start by removing the branches.

There were so many that I would not have to worry about firewood for quite some time.

After removing the branches, I planned to split the trunk.

‘Could I not do it with the sword? Maybe I should buy a saw…’

Just thinking about sawing made me dizzy.

But I could not give up either.

Before buying the saw, I entered the cave to rest.

“Grrr…”

When I entered, Wonmo was sleeping on the mat.

The monster meat I had given him earlier was already gone.

Like any cub, he spends most of the day sleeping.

I looked at Wonmo, who was sleeping curled up into a ball, and opened the gallery.

Title) Our Wonmo is sleeping

WildGrills

(photo of Wonmo sleeping curled up)

Is he not too adorable?

ㄴAaah… this heals the soul…

ㄴMore! We want more!

ㄴHe really looks like a ball hahaha

ㄴI am more and more convinced that Wonmo is a great name

ㄴI want to hug him at least once

Almost all were positive comments.

If someone sees this and their heart does not melt, they are not human.

While I looked at the comments with satisfaction, I saw one that caught my attention.

ㄴDwarfPassingBy) Is that emergency food? It looks tasty.

ㄴWildGrills) Are you crazy?

ㄴDwarfPassingBy) Yesterday I drank and fell asleep. I just woke up. What happened?

It was DwarfPassingBy.

It seems he just woke up after drinking.

How can he see Wonmo and think he is emergency food?

I thought this guy was an idiot in several ways, but the gallery users were even worse.

ㄴWonmo is not the emergency food. Wonmo’s emergency food is Grills hahaha

ㄴDwarfPassingBy) Oh really? Then you have a master.

ㄴThen you are his servant hahaha

ㄴWhen he gets hungry he will eat you first hahaha

ㄴWildGrills) You are all completely crazy;;

Yes.

This is the gallery.

I let out a bitter laugh.

Just as DwarfPassingBy appeared, I decided to ask him something.

ㄴWildGrills) Hey, dwarf. Could you get me a good saw?

ㄴDwarfPassingBy) A saw? Ah, did you cut down a tree?

ㄴWildGrills) Yes. But just thinking about sawing it makes me tremble.

ㄴDwarfPassingBy) If it is not adamantium, all saws are more or less the same. It is better to chop first with the axe and then saw.

ㄴWildGrills) That is too much work.

ㄴDwarfPassingBy) Did you think it would be easy? That job is normally done by at least two people.

I could not argue.

Nothing here is easy.

The best option would be to learn the internal energy cultivation method from HeavenlyDemon.

If I could use mana, maybe things would be easier.

Until then the only thing left is to work with pure effort.

ㄴDwarfPassingBy) Or sell the wood at the auction house and buy a fence or a wall. Isn’t that easier?

ㄴWildGrills) There isn’t.

ㄴDwarfPassingBy) What do you mean there isn’t?

That is exactly what I wondered.

I searched for it too and did not find any.

There were fences, but not the type I wanted.

ㄴWildGrills) Why are you asking me? If there isn’t, there isn’t. Besides, wouldn’t it be expensive?

ㄴDwarfPassingBy) Even if it is expensive, it is still cheaper than the wood you cut down. Don’t you know how valuable the wood of the Forest of the Four Seasons is?

ㄴWildGrills) Of course not. I told you I come from another world.

ㄴDwarfPassingBy) Didn’t you say that while drunk?

ㄴWildGrills) Damn you hahaha

ㄴHard to believe hahaha

ㄴhahahaha

Well…

The truth is that it does sound hard to believe.

But that is not the only strange thing.

ㄴWildGrills) And why didn’t you tell me before?

ㄴDwarfPassingBy) So you would suffer a little hahaha

ㄴWildGrills) Bastard.

ㄴDwarfPassingBy) Besides, sawing is not everything. You also have to dry the wood, plane it and more things hahaha

ㄴWildGrills) What happens if it is not dried?

ㄴDwarfPassingBy) Mold everywhere!

ㄴWildGrills) Ha…

ㄴI think he just had an existential shock hahaha

ㄴBut at least you learned something. Let’s drink!

I really want to drink something.

If I had known this, I would have posted earlier.

Like the dwarf said, it is probably better to sell the wood at the auction.

‘In those stories they always build everything so easily.’

But that is because those protagonists have absurd abilities.

With only materials, they could instantly create swords or pickaxes.

And why did I end up in this hellish world without any ability?

I sighed.

At least I have the gallery.

‘Should I ask the dwarf for help?’

Even if it is annoying, I do not know anyone better than him for this type of thing.

After thinking about it for a moment, I asked him.

ㄴWildGrills) Then, if I give you the wood, could you make me a defensive wall?

ㄴDwarfPassingBy) Why don’t you buy one at the auction house? I saw some before. Drying wood takes weeks.

ㄴWildGrills) There isn’t the type I want.

ㄴDwarfPassingBy) Well, fences yes, but defensive walls are rarely sold. I will see if I can get one.

ㄴWildGrills) You are not joking, right?

ㄴDwarfPassingBy) I do not joke about these things.

That would be a relief.

ㄴDwarfPassingBy) Except when I am drunk hahaha

ㄴWildGrills) What do you have in your hand right now?

ㄴPassingDwarf) Beer.

ㄴWildGrills) Hey you bastard…

ㄴDwarfPassingBy) For a dwarf that is like juice. Any problem?

ㄴHe is right hahaha

ㄴToo right hahaha

ㄴhahahaha

ㄴhahaha

I am getting dizzy.

What an absurd alcoholic.

But at least he seemed serious, so I checked the auction house.

As expected, there were no defensive walls of the type I wanted.

Once built they last a long time, so they do not have that much demand.

Besides, if someone needs them, they usually cut nearby wood and make them themselves.

‘First I will upload the wood.’

I registered the log that was outside in the auction house.

I do not know how much it will cost, but I hope it is expensive.

If it is, all these trees will be like a savings account.

‘I guess I will have to wait for the wall.’

The dwarf said he would upload one soon, so I will buy it when it appears.

Meanwhile I plan to fix the surroundings of the cave.

‘I do not plan to live here forever, but…’

First I marked with the axe the trees I needed to cut.

I will dig the pit after installing the wall.

After marking the trees, I returned to the cave to rest.

Wonmo was still sleeping deeply.

He is really adorable.

I smiled calmly and opened the gallery.

Many new comments had appeared.

Among them, one from the known user SunForEver caught my attention.

ㄴSunForEver) Hey. Have you brushed Wonmo yet?

ㄴWildGrills) Brush him?

ㄴSunForEver) Animals with a lot of hair need brushing. Or bathing them. Try brushing him.

I did not know exactly why, but I decided to do it.

It seems that, unlike me, he has experience with animals.

I bought a fine comb at the auction house and approached Wonmo.

Carefully so as not to wake him, I began brushing his abundant fur.

“…What is this?”

Now I understand why SunForEver said that.

Between the teeth of the comb something was wriggling.

It was really unpleasant.

“Ticks…?”

I needed water.

Urgently.