Absolute Dweller

The leader of the Red Hawk Tribe.

He had been experiencing a new world lately.

“Ah! This is a thing called a lighter!”

“Ooooh!”

“Like this, I can create fire!”

Zzzziiing—

“Oooooooh!”

As flames shot up from the cheap plastic lighter, the tribe members responded with overwhelming support.

“Awesome!”

“Is this real fire? Ah, hot! It's really real!”

Especially this time, people of all ages and genders showed enthusiastic reactions.

“Now we won’t have to struggle to make fire! It’ll be so much easier when we go hunting!”

“Being able to create fire anytime? I’ve always had trouble keeping embers alive, you know?”

“Hehe, that’s amazing.”

“Now, we won’t even have to collect sticks for firewood, right?!”

In their tribe’s way of life, fire was directly tied to survival, so everyone was somewhat involved in tasks related to fire.

With just a snap of the fingers, this small tool could replace all that labor.

Someone patted the chief's shoulder.

“You’ve really found an amazing thing.”

“Father…”

It was his father, the former leader of the tribe, “The Silent Shadow of the Red Hawk.”

“Last time, you bought something useless and I was frustrated to hear about it.”

“…Isn’t it because of such failures that we have these valuable discoveries?”

“Yeah, you’re right.”

By the way, the thing the chief had bought last time was ‘bottled water.’

“But still, how could you buy river water with money?”

“…I didn’t buy the water. I bought the transparent bottle. The river water inside is just a bonus.”

The former tribe leader grinned.

“Right. That curiosity was your strength.”

“Yes. That’s how I was able to meet the gods.”