141 Camping And Exploring (4)

Hey, Shun here!

I remember going to the forest out of curiousity as a kid. As I traveled inside the forest, I was chased by a stray dog.

No, I wasn't scared. It was a little scary, yes, but not to the point that I would pee my pants.

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(Third Person's POV)

After they got separated from Shun, Tsuka, and Kaede's group, Tama, Pochi, Rikka, Rokuko, and Fenny headed inside the forest while happily hunting the monsters that they encounter. There was really no challenge for them as of yet so the group continued to advance through the forest eastwards.

On their way there through the forest, they met many Forest Lurker Cows while the Big Boar encounters started to become lesser and lesser.

"No more pork~?"

"Pork-san is becoming no more nodesu! This is veeery bad nanodesu!"

The two beastkins who have a huge love for meat was obviously distraught as they are yet to gather enough meat.

"I'm sure we'll meet them again. If we can't meet them as we go on, we could just go back later." Rikka said kindly while patting Pochi's head who's currently looking up at her, with her fist clenched, placed in front of her chest.

Meanwhile, just beside them, Rokuko is looking around her restlessly. She's been doing that for a while now. To be exact, she's been doing this ever since she entered inside the forest.

"Master… sad?" Fenny noticed the change in her master's behavior and tried to remain silent, but she could no longer hold herself back.

"A-Ah, no need to worry Fenny~. I was just looking for young beasts. You know, just like Phi-chan?" Rokuko replied while pointing at the young beast who's currently nestling with Fenny, resting on top of her shoulders.

"Oh…"

While they were talking, the group arrived at a relatively small clearing. There, they saw a pretty huge boar that's around the size of a baby elephant that's a few months old.

At this moment, the young beasts who's accompanying the group suddenly started to shiver.

"MiiMii~? Is something wrong~?"

"Fuyuku is also shivering…"

"Phi-chan…"

"Shirayuri, why are you scared nodesu? It's just a bigger pork-san nodesuyo?"

Since the little beasts didn't stop shivering, the girls had no choice but to let them stay a few meters away from the huge boar, with Fenny being assign to look after them. There was also many snacks that are given to Fenny to satiate the small fellas.

"Fuyuku, you guys, be sure to behave, alright? There are many food in here so you could eat that whenever you like."

"MiiMii, behave~."

"Shirayuri too, you behave like MiiMii, nanodesu!"

In response to their human companion's words, the young beasts let out a soft call before quietly sitting beside Fenny and Phi-chan.

"Take care of them for now, Fenny. We will change with you if this huge boar is a tough one."

"Yes, Master…"

Of course, Fenny is not the only one who's going to look after the younglings. In fact, they will each take turns if ever this upcoming fight were to drag on.

The monster's name? It's Ahuge Boar.

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(Shun's POV)

""Bow Skill — Gust of Wind"!"

*swish*

Following the release of the arrows on my hands was the the gust of wind that followed right after. At the straight path that my arrow took, every wheat from the wheat field was harvested.

Now, don't judge me. I'm not doing any sorcery here like what these players around me are thinking. The game just works that way. If your attack lands on any wheat, you'll be able to gather them. That's as long as you deal some damage to them.

What's more, these wheat will automatically be sent to the player's inventory, which was such a huge help.

"Man, I didn't know that this skill would see so much use in this sort of situation."

Some players were looking at me as if I killed their whole family but maybe it's just because they didn't have any other food source other than this. Sucks to be them, I guess. There's only so much things that they could do without any survival Senses at their disposal.

"Haa—! "Shield Bash"!"

""Fifth, Break"~!"

Beside me, there was Kaede-san who's crushing the wheat surrounding her using her greatshield through the use of her [Shield] Sense's [Arts] called [Shield Bash]. That's the only [Arts] that [Shield] Sense have that could deal some amount of damage, by the way.

As for Tsuka, well, what she's using is the [Sword] Sense's [Arts] called [Fifth Breaker] which could only be acquired after sticking a monster with strong DEFENSE a hundred times. I bet people will be confused as to what [Fifth, Break] is.

Speaking of our surroundings, the players around us are now trying to imitate our methods. However, I think they're a little bit too late for that.

There's no way they could overtake me in clearing this wheat field. After this, I think these guys will hate the bow even more, hahaha, I thought to myself while readying another round of [Gust of Wind].

*swooosh*

After firing another round of [Gust of Wind] I essentially managed to strip the plots of lands on a straight path off of its wheat. On the other hand, Kaede-san and Tsuka just finished clearing three plots of lands on their own.

"Whoah, are you planning on emptying this place, Shun?"

"Master, amaziing~!"

Kaede-san and Tsuka approached me after they were done with clearing the plots off of their wheat.

"Eh, I'm not that mean, you know? I'll atleast leave half of it to them. I want to gather as much for our Guild Base, after all. With so much wheat, I could use Alchemy's [Higher Matter Conversion] to create many [Fine Wheat]."

"Oh… Is that so. Aren't you kind, [Admin] Shun-san."

"What do you mean kind? I don't think what I'm doing is kind though… Also, what happened with calling me just Shun, Kaede-san~?"

Since she was back to normal after I explained to her why Tsuka know such words, I wanted to tease her a bit.

"H-Haha, that was just an accident, [Admin] Shun-san! Slip of the tongue!"

"Hee~, slip of the tongue, huh. That means you call me Shun in your mind but for some reason don't want to say it out loud?" I could see myself having such a huge sh*t-eating grin on my face right now. I wouldn't be surprised if Kaede-san were to punch me on the face at this moment.

Kaede-san seems to have noticed her mistake and she covered her mouth hurriedly before shaking her head vigorously. Eh, that's cute.

Tsuka probably found our interactions amusing as she tried to copy Kaede-san, doing the same gestures as her. Oh, how cute.

Her rabbit ears fluttering in the air alongside the vigorous shaking of her head is really such a cute sight. Yep, I approve.

Before I noticed it, I was already patting Tsuka on her head.

After that, we got back to doing our own tasks. A strange sort of competition was seen on the wheat fields as players tirelessly hacked at the wheat field with fervor, scared that I would leave them with nothing.

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(Third Person's POV)

While Rokuko, Rikka, Pochi, and Tama were ganging up on the Ahuge Boar, Fenny is busy playing with the young beasts. She would occasionally try to teach them some kind of trick like rolling over or standing up on their hind legs before rewarding them with food.

Because of this, the young beasts became even more eager to follow Fenny's teachings and do it right.

Currently, Fenny is in the middle of teaching the young beasts how to play dead. To set an example, Fenny pointed her index finger, with her hands forming the shape of a gun, and…

"Bang…" fired at Fuyuku.

"Wafu~! Kyuun~!"

Fuyuku dramatically stood up on it's hind legs before laying on the ground weakly. If Shun was here, he'd probably yell, "Give this dog the best acting award!"

Heck, to make it even more 'realistic', Fuyuku left its mouth open and its tongue was dangling out of its mouth.

Why does Fuyuku know how to play dead, you ask?

Well, the answer to that lies on Fuyuku's human companion, Rikka. What is Takanashi Rikka known for? Of course she'd teach her new beast companion a few things as soon as she can.

Seeing the great acting of Fuyuku, the three young beasts; MiiMii the black cat, Shirayuri or Yuri the white cat, and Phenex or Phi-chan the blue chick, copied what Fuyuku did. This netted them many treats, of course.

Just as Fenny was about to give them another task, the young beasts' ears perked up as they looked behind the tree where Fenny is resting her back.

"Hmm…?"

Fenny also felt that presence earlier so she stood up and looked behind the tree. There, she saw a woman who's lying prone on the ground, unmoving.

"…Dead?" That was the first thing that came out of Fenny's mouth when she saw the girl.

Then, outside of her expectations, the girl suddenly started speaking.

"…food"

"Food…?"

"…give me some food… please…" The girl weakly tried to raise her hand, but to no avail. It seems like her satiety is depleted already.

"Why… should I?" Fenny said with her monotonous voice.

The girl was evidently stunned by this question as she expected the little girl to give her some. Who would've expected that the little girl — she just assumed that Fenny is based on her voice — would have ice running through her veins.

"…Eh?"

"Why… should I, give you?"

"Because I'm uh… hungry?"

Upon hearing the girl's answer, Fenny nodded her head slightly before taking out a pile of food from her inventory.

"Hunger is… bad, Majesty said. Here… for, you."

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※~To be continued~※

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Author's Remarks:

※ Now you could probably see some of Fenny's traits. Also, how's the chapter?