Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

Chapter 1466 The Name
Qiqiya was furious, and even when Niu Pai suggested that they could name the kitten "Yu Yu Pai" or "Pa Pa Yu" according to their tribe's custom, it did not calm her down at all.

Instead, it added fuel to the fire.
Even Pig Chop found that expression terrifying.

After scratching Niucho, Qiqiya took some time to come up with a bunch of pre-selected names for the two little ones.

There are names that are most commonly used by Elu, named after common things in nature, such as Acorn, Frost Flower, Nepeta, Raspberry, and Honey.

There are names related to "fish" according to the customs of the fish basket tribe, such as fish boat, fish scales, flounder, and spring carp.

There are also some in the style of its hometown, such as Nanami, Nineveh, Rorona, and Totoli.
Finally, at the initiative of Yu Zi, the fish fillet, which was of the same origin, was added.

After discussing the pork chop and fish roe for a long time, my mother finally chose the "fish chop" solemnly with a dark face.

Returning to the original intention is the case.

Pig Chop scratched his ear and said, "I think the name should be easier to pronounce and remember, meow."

Next to him, Steak, with bloodstains all over his face, crossed his arms and nodded continuously.

Qiqiya said unhappily: "Among the dozens of names I came up with, which one is not easy to pronounce and remember?!

Besides, meow, even if the eldest one is called Fish Chop, what about the second one?

If you dare to say "Ba Yu" or something like that, I will take my two children and run away from home, meow!"

Zhuchop thought hard for a while and said, "How about calling the second child Fishball Meow?

If you have other children in the future, you can also call them fish cakes, fish floss, or fish cake meow."

Qiqiya raised his claws and hit Pig Chop hard on the forehead.

"My mind is full of food!"

Despite the scolding, Qiqiya did not raise too many objections. After all, Pork Chop and Fish Roe were the children's parents.

In fact, it was quite satisfied with the name Fish Chop. The main reason was that there were two kittens, and the names of the eldest and the second were too different in style, which was not a good idea.

Of course, braised fish is definitely not allowed, but fish balls seem acceptable?

In this way, the names of the two kittens were determined.

The eldest one, who looks like Elu and has tabby spots, is called Yupa, while the second one, who looks more like Deter, with milky white hair and golden mane, is called Yuwan.

Let the mother take the fish eggs and the children to rest.

Pork Chop found a quiet place and started chatting with his father, Beef Chop.

"Father, meow, is there anything wrong here in Shuretsen Hill recently?" Pig Chop asked in a serious tone.

It didn't think the feeling it had when it just got off the airship was an illusion.

Niu Pai folded his arms and sat cross-legged, “Not just recently, meow. In the past decade or so, the wild has become more dangerous than before, meow.

The reason why our tribe merged with other tribes is not to annex them, meow, but we must unite in order to survive, meow."

Zhucha knew that his father was probably talking about the monsters becoming more active and ancient dragons appearing more frequently in the past decade or so.

But that's not what it means.

The information obtained from Master Campbell gave it and Gordon some guesses.

But some things are not suitable to be asked directly, so you can only ask indirectly in another way.

"Is there something strange happening in the mountains to the north, meow?"

"North?" Niu Chop twirled his beard and quickly realized what Pig Chop was talking about. "You mean the Northeast? The East Shuret region? The ancient city ruins deep in the mountains, meow?"

"It's Meow."

Niu Chi's expression turned serious, "You should know that this place has been an absolute forbidden area since ancient times, meow.

Our tribe will never go there, meow."

Pork Chop nodded repeatedly and emphasized, "Stay away from there, meow. Don't go there, meow."

Niu Pai lowered his head and grumbled for a while, saying, "We don't know if anything happened over there, meow.

But about a month ago, a poisonous dragon covered in poisonous mist came out of the forest of East Xulet.

That's a scary creature, meow. If you get a little closer, no matter if it's an animal or an insect, they'll all die, meow."

"Xialong meow"

"It seems to be called this name, meow." Niu Chop nodded and said, "We passed the news to the Hunter Guild in Minagard City, and they also mentioned this name, meow.

Later, we sent a powerful hunter to monitor that guy all the way to the Metabe Wet Forest."

"I see. I understand, meow."

After thinking for a while, Zhucho said to his father: "There is a reason for the ancestral ban, I can't reveal more, but it's always right to stay away from that area.

There may be more unrest later, so please be careful, meow.

If a problem arises, don't just stay in your territory. Go to Minagard City for help, or go south and seek help from your uncle.

The territory can be recovered if lost, but it is more important that everyone lives well than anything else, meow."

Looking at his son who was much taller and stronger than himself, Niu Ba was stunned for a few seconds.

It stretched out its paw and patted Pork Chop's shoulder.

"You've grown up, meow."

Same as it was ten, twenty, thirty years ago.

This is still that remote, quiet little village with nothing special except the so-called "Hero's Sword".

"He's back."

Looking at the moss-covered stone wall at the entrance of the village, which had not changed at all from his memory, Gordon sighed softly.

If it were a dozen years ago, he might have rushed into the village while shouting "Ahahaha! I'm back!"

But now, I always feel a little embarrassed to do these things.

"How long do you want to stand here?" Hayata, holding little Muti, pushed his back with a smile.

Gordon composed himself and strode into the village of Kokote, which he had not visited for many years.

In front of the small house at the entrance of the village, a short, hunched figure stood there as usual.

Just as he had been since he could remember.

For a moment, Gordon felt that this old guy was not like a person, but more like a sculpture or a stone tablet.

He walked up to the old village chief who was leaning on a cane, with his head lowered and motionless.

It was impolite to be condescending in front of the old man, so Gordon squatted down.

Even so, the old guy's height was only slightly higher than his knees, but he couldn't just kneel down and say hello to people.

Gordon stretched out his hand and waved it in front of the old man, but the latter did not respond.

I'm afraid he's gone.
An irreverent thought flashed through Gordon's mind, and then he laughed at his own thought.

I'm afraid that when the day comes when I die of old age, this old guy will still be standing at the entrance of the village with this dazed look.

"Village, village chief!?" Gordon raised his voice and shouted twice.

The old man still didn't respond.

Gordon was helpless. He was almost certain that the old guy was pretending to be asleep.

"Hayata, come and wake him up and see."

"what?"

"When it comes to people from outside, the old guys are a little thin-skinned."

While Hayata was still a little at a loss, little Muti in her arms opened his round eyes and looked curiously at the strange old man in front of him.

He spit out a saliva bubble, "Ahhhhh~."

Gordon's loud voice didn't work, but the little guy's meaningless mumbling "woken up" the old village chief.

He shook his snow-white eyebrows, raised his head, looked at Gordon who was squatting in front of him like a small mountain, and asked vaguely:
"Hmm~? Who are you?"

"Haha..." Gordon sighed helplessly, "You're pretending to have Alzheimer's disease again."

(End of this chapter)