Chapter 104: The Fall

Leva and Kat can't wear my favorite clothes anymore. Well, I'm really disappointed not to get to see their cleavage, midriff, and beautiful legs again. However, what else can I do? The temperature is dropping. All my colonists now have to wear jackets and gloves, although they don't need to wear thick parkas yet.

Weeks had passed without anything really significant happening. Threats only come from the attacks of the beasts that we can still deal with. Rats, guinea pigs, and more chickens. Except for the rats, they were a source of food for my colonists. For the rest, everything went peacefully.

So, soon I will experience the first winter in this game.

"This is good, Manu." Seb spoke with white steam already escaping from his mouth. Squatting outside the house, he studied the wooden spoon in his hand. The spoon still doesn't look like a spoon like the one I usually use, but it's smooth enough, and the important thing is that it can be used for eating.

"It's still nothing compared to what the Redtooth craftsmen made." Manu smiled, continuing his activity of carving a spoon with a knife. "Ah, looks like the one in the kiln has cooled down."

"What are you making in the kiln, anyway?" Seb raised an eyebrow, then followed Manu into a workshop with one open side separated from the main building.

The workshop was just a tiny building made of scrap wood, but it was enough for Manu to make pottery from clay. Yesterday, he had just made a rather large jar to store water.

Manu took the bricks used to cover the top of the kiln and then took something from that tool to burn things made of clay.

"This…" Seb took out one of the brownish bowls of the few that Manu had made. "I can put some soup here. I can make a savory broth from bones… Even if the flavoring is only from salt…. Ah, there's no point in lamenting what we don't have. Thank you, Manu."

"No problem." Manu smiled, eyeing one of the bowls he made. "Now that all the essential needs are met, I can make that game you proposed…. What's that name again?"

"Chess?" Seb smiled too. "Wow, I can't wait to play it again after so long."

"Oh yes, Chess. I'm going to make the game from the board first. I'm curious. Seems like an interesting thing."

I also smiled, looking at the wooden house, which now has a chimney. Yes, I don't think of it as a shelter anymore, but a real home. There is already a small kitchen, warehouse, and tiny toilet attached to the building. The place still lacks furniture. However, after seeing the struggles to make it, from just cutting down trees to taking clay back and forth from far away, I am very proud of all of them.

As I peered through the open window of the house, I saw Rox licking Kat's face. The amber-eyed girl was fanning the fire in the fireplace.

Seeing the smile on the girl's face, I immediately pressed the pause button and took a screenshot. This is the ninth photo in my collection of smiling Kat photos.

"You want to play, huh? You're bored the last few days we didn't hunt, boy?" Continuing to fan the fire to get bigger, Kat stroked her pet's brown head. "Just a moment, boy. It's getting dark, now it's my job to prepare this fireplace."

The dog barked while wagging its tail.

Oh, I still remember. Back then, the dog was so skinny and couldn't smell. Now, look at its muscular-looking body.

"Are you done, Kat?" Seb came in with the bowls and spoons Manu had made. "Today I'm very excited, Kat. You know what I'm going to do? I'll try to cook soup with bone broth. Manu just made cutlery for something like that."

Kat, whose smile had disappeared, turned her head to Seb. "Ah."

After that, she rechecked the fire.

Seb froze, blinking, then walked into the kitchen. "Hopefully it will be delicious."

I heard loud laughter from the courtyard. On my way out, I saw Pif and Leva playing catch-up. This time, the one chasing after was Pif.

"Come on! Catch me!" Leva's laughter grew louder.

Pif's movements are no longer like running but more like walking. He was out of breath, and clutching his waist. "Wait, Sis. I can't take it anymore."

Leva turned around, then ran backward with her arms outstretched. Her mouth forms a broad smile that looks so sweet, not her usual haughty smile.

You're lucky to have her, Pif. I also want someone who gives me a smile like that.

And Pif jumped into Leva's arms, making both of them fall. The red-haired girl buried Pif's head into her chest, but the skinny young man didn't resist at all.

I shook my head. These two people.

"Remember, don't have sex." I grumbled near the two. "If you guys have sex too much, Leva could really get pregnant."

"So, your favorite place is still in my chest, huh?" Leva chuckled.

Pif lifted his head and asked, "What do you think?"

"You naughty!" Despite yelling like that, Leva buried her 'little brother' head into her chest again.

"You guys look like a couple." Manu walks towards the two.

Leva looked at the bearded man, blinking for a moment. "We are a couple."

Manu freezes for some time. "What? But you guys call each other like sibling. That's sound fucked up."

"So what?" Leva, still lying on the ground and hugging Pif, raised an eyebrow. "We're not blood related at all."

"That's not what I meant..." Manu scratched his hair. "Ah, forget what I said."

Leva checked Pif, then let go of her arm. "Well, he fell asleep."

When Leva shifted Pif's body and was about to wake the young man, she saw something falling from above. It was white, almost round, and descended slowly. Leva reached out her hand to catch that thing.

"Snow." She hissed, sounding enthusiastic. She then patted Pif's cheek until the young man opened his eyes.

Manu looked up at the sky, which would soon be completely dark. Other snowflakes have also started to fall. Seb leaves the house, while Kat and Rox stop playing throw and catch. They all also watched the snowfall.

"So, this is our first winter as a group, huh?" Seb said.