Chapter 42 (1/2)

Chapter 42: The First Fishing Experience of Flower Town

“It’s starting to ebb, my lord,” Thomas said to Liszt while reining in Dudderson.

“Give me Dudderson. You, Tom, and Jesse will search for the seafood as I described it.” Liszt took Dudderson’s leash.

Dudderson was still trying to chase after the waves.

Liszt immediately shouted, “Quiet, Dudderson!”

Dudderson would not listen.

Liszt got off the horse and pressed Dudderson onto the sand, immobilizing it. Then, he commanded, “Dudderson, quiet!”

Dudderson moaned and, unable to break free, could only crouch.

Then, Liszt slowly lifted his hand.

Dudderson struggled and tried to run again.

Liszt seized it and commanded it again. After a few repetitions, Dudderson finally stopped moving. Carl hurried to deliver a piece of meat, which was rewarded to Dudderson by Liszt. Liszt said, “If you listen to me, you will have meat. Do you understand, Dudderson?”

Dudderson tore apart the meat and gulped it down.

Before they left, Liszt specifically reminded Thomas not to feed the dog. It would be easier to form conditional reflexes and complete obedience training with hunger.

“My lord, you are gifted at taming monsters. I can foresee that Dudderson will be a qualified and docile monster.”

“Of course, if it’s not, I’ll butcher it. The smoked meat of the Rampant Earth Dog tasted quite good last night. I didn’t enjoy much monster meat even in Taro Castle.”

The meat of the Rampant Earth Dog was not sold but dried in the castle.

“It’s indeed delicious. I can sense the magic power in the meat.” Marcus also had dinner in the castle last night.

After training Dudderson for a while, Liszt gave Dudderson to Carl and rode to the coastline to check the servants’ work.

At this moment, Thomas, Tom and Jesse were all busy with gloves, buckets, hammers, and shovels.

Thomas was flipping the stones and searching for the seafood below them.

Jesse was digging in the sand and searching for the seafood buried underneath.

Tom, on the other hand, was picking up the seafood that was stranded due to the ebbing.

“Mr. Marcus, do you know the relationship between tides and the moon?” Liszt asked, in a good mood.

Marcus shook his head. “I don’t.”

“The moon moves all the time. The tide rises and ebbs because of its draw. Of course, the sun also has such a draw, but it’s much further away and the draw is much slighter .”

“My lord, I can’t understand any of that.”

Marcus was only being nice.

The moon and the sun could attract the seawater? He would’ve spat in their faces if someone else said it. If the moon and the sun attracted seawater, why were human beings not flying?

Liszt was bored after seeing Marcus’s face—what an idiotic native.

Then, he thought to himself, Since the moon here also causes tides, does it mean that this world is indeed a planet? Would I be able to reach the same spot if I sail along the Blue Wave Ocean? In that case, can I accomplish a global tour someday?

The thought was too distant, so Liszt did not waste too much time on it.

He rode his horse to Tom.

Tom hurried to bow to him. “My lord.”

“You do your job. I’m just passing by.” He saw clams, sea snails, sea stars, and seaweed in Tom’s bucket. There were also insects, including sea centipedes and sea cockroaches.

The sea centipedes and sea cockroaches were jumping out of the bucket all the time.