5 No shame in nakedness

Below Edward's foot was a large patch of grass that showed marks of an animal paw. It was clear that an animal had passed through here, leaving behind these tracks.

Edward pointed the grass out for Night. He had seen trails like these before. During one of his regular wilderness retreat, his more experienced friend had shown and taught him about tracking. Edward knew the trail was left by a hare.

"There is a hare nearby!" Edward pointed at the grass and looked back towards Night with excitement in his voice.

Night raised her eyebrows, she apparently saw the clue, but then she shook her head.

"Hare? Is there a rabbit? But rabbits are hard to catch. The people of our tribe have never caught one."

Humans have not domesticated captive animals in this era, and there was no such a similar concept. It was hard for anyone to catch small games like hares and rabbits without using traps, which was a foreign concept to Night.

If Edward could capture a rabbit, he would surely win some favor from Night while shedding a more positive light on himself too. Everyone favored a more capable person than a freeloader.

'Maybe she would be happy if I catch one seeing as she hasn't ever caught one. Prove my worth and maybe get access to her tribe.'

However, at the moment, Edward was like an infant just out of a mother's womb. Edward himself didn't know a lot of things about this place.

Edward remembered that his old buddy used a wire to set up a trap, but in the current situation, where could Edward find a wire from?

Even ropes were out of the question for Edward. This era had nothing artificially made for him.

While being anxious, he wandered around.

Inadvertently, he saw the animal skin wrapped on the upper body of Night and had an idea.

"I can catch rabbits, but I need a rope." Edward stared at the fur on Night with a smile while holding a hand and pulling an imaginary rope.

"Rope?" Night looked at him inexplicably.

Not only did she have no rope, but even the concept of the rope was foreign for her!

But the apt Night apparently understood his gestures, her pair of heroic eyebrows raised up and asked,

"Do you want to use this skin?"

"I think," he scratched his head. "I want to cut a leather cord with a knife." Just after saying that he nearly had a stroke.

"Knife?" Night frowned again and repeated his question.

'What dog shit luck! What beautiful woman!? She is a savage girl, who knows what she thinks I mean when I say knife?'

Edward's head started to hurt, and he felt really desperate at his situation.

At this time, Night took out something wrapped in a small piece of animal skin from behind her arms and handed it to him.

"Light...Do you want this? I know that some tribes are different out there," she asked softly.

'Such a sweet person, still trying to help me after not even understanding what I meant.'

Edward's doubts came over, wondering what Night was showing him and slowly opened the animal skin, only to find that it had a sharp-edged obsidian knife, less than two inches long.

This was something that could be considered the Swiss Army knife of the Stone Age. It represented the most advanced technology of mankind in this era. For Edward, who usually liked to read some books on human history, it was exhilarating to hold this thing.

Obsidian is actually natural glass. After it is broken, the section left is shell-shaped and very sharp, so it is the ideal cutting tool for prehistoric humans.

'This is really a smart, savage girl.'

Edward couldn't help but exclaim in his mind. He was elated, which caused a trembling in his voice due to the excitement he felt.

"Night, I... guarantee that not only will I be able to catch a rabbit today but…."

His excitement rising up the more he spoke. So much so that he started dreaming big.

"….I'll let you eat good food every day!"

He knew very well how to find and catch a rabbit. He had roasted dozens of rabbits during his time in the wild. However, for Night, rabbit was something of a dream. Rabbit could become an essential source of meat. Instead of the usual bugs and insects, she was previously eating, and the meat was a luxury during these times.

'Night has saved my life and helped me. She deserves at least this much for her kindness.'

"What do you want me to do?" Night's dark eyes looked at him. Her pure eyes felt like they could look at the depths of his soul.

Edward deeply observed the animal skin wrapped around her chest. He ran his finger lightly over the area he was thinking about cutting off.

He raised his head and nodded towards Night with a smile.

"This much will do for the rope. The entire skin won't have to be wasted."

Without any hesitation, Night unwrapped the animal skill from her upper body and handed it over towards Edward. Her expression held childlike innocence and curiosity. For Night, it wasn't a bad trade even if she was going to give a piece of the animal skin to this stranger just for a chance to obtain meat.

As they traveled down the trail, Edward felt that his breathing was not smooth. His body temperature was steadily rising. He was once again thankful for the big-sized leaf covering his lower body.

Without a hint of shyness or embarrassment, Night was walking alongside him. Her twin peaks were slightly jiggling with her movement, but it was as if Night wasn't even noticing them. It felt like this was the most natural thing in the world. For Edward, this was the most awkward thing ever. He even had to slightly hunch forward while walking.

"Are you okay?"

Night tilted her head to the side as she gazed at him curiously for his "weird" walking posture.

"Ah.. ahem. I'm really fine."

His eyes wandering down towards her peaks. Her tanned skin matched with the two small pink dots on each peak.

Edward hurriedly shook his head.

'No wonder the natural process of human evolution was perfect by my time with women having genes like Night.'

At that time, human beings only had an elusive concept of privacy to protect from cold. They only covered a few bare parts and only wore animal skins.

Her body had just the right curve at the right place, along with her long shapely toned legs. Something people with a leg fetish would kill for.

In fact, at that moment, when Edward woke up at the beginning while lying on Night's lap, he inadvertently glimpsed at everything on her body.