26 Good morning~
"Haaaaah..." While still panting, I rubbed by forehead and swept the sweats...
I... I was now laid on the bed...
And she wasn't here, for a second there... I was alarmed, but then I heard a noise just around the 'forging room'
Arranging myself, I went into there... although I still felt a lingering exhaustion, I paid it no heed
"Ah..." she was there staring at the rocks on the table, and she seems to take notice of me
"Aaa Good morning" she fidgeted when she saw me, but tried to hide it even though I was watching the whole thing...
"Good morning... by the way are you okay now?"
"Huh? well... I am..."
Good, well she didn't run away or something, and looks like she doesn't have any problem
"Somehow... do you feel anything weird?" I said
"I don't know..., but I'm fine"
Ah well, she's looking at me as if wondering what I'm talking about..., I tried to feel the same hand I used yesterday before I passed out, I only felt numbness and nothing else
"Ah you shouldn't push yourself, you doesn't look okay, did you had enough sleep?"
"Its... well I'm okay..." I sat on the chair, actually I only had more chairs on this place than 'living room' "Somehow you've been eyeing these since I got here"
"Ah, well... I wonder how it was made, they look durable"
"Its magic actually..." I heard her 'huh' but I only stared at her. Rummaging through my head about what happen yesterday, I remembered... How come that dream look so horrible yet this girl was able to be like this...
This girl is tough, yet she doesn't have anyone to rely to. Its probbably bad to just judge someone, and I don't know if what I saw we're real *sigh*
"Huh? why?" she said
"No... nothing" I don't know what sort of reaction would she have... if I tell her that I managed to see her past, well even I would surely feel mad about it, you we're breaching privacy after all. Its better to keep it to myself as of now
"I'll go hunt for breakfast... you stay here" I stood up and looked for my sword, it was on the other side. I reached for it and then
"Umm... can I go with you?" she stood there still fidgeting, with eyes full of expectations
"Ah... well its not like you can't but..."
A few minutes later...
Argh... well she's here, she's consistent but then there are also dangers if I left her alone, I'm left here with no choice. I'm currently on the way to where I last hunt, its not like I need to hunt a lot today but I still need to get into business, gathering some materials and the food
"Well, I need some assistance on one of the things I needed to get, tell me if they're heavy"
"O-okay" she has been eyeing me with disbelief after we set off to the forest, to the point that even if you do not want to, you'll still be annoyed, its weird somehow... and I don't know why
A few more minutes has passed once again, and we reached the center of the place
"Shhh, from this place... its better to be quiet"
I recieved a nod from her, the sun has just started peeking but even with less light I could still see things better. Wait, that would probbably the reason why...
There was a creeping spider on the distance, based on my past experience to them, they do not like forming groups
Although they do look extremely disgusting, for the sake of my plan I can probbably still do it
I looked at my back, but then she wasn't particularly bothered by it, 'what a really tough girl', made me wanna question if in order to live on isekai worlds you have to pass the standard of not fearing spiders... cuz they are everywhere
Unsheathing the sword, I crawl my way into it, with the help of my soundless footsteps, I managed to reach it and slash at close range
I took a look at the loot while waving at the girl, based on the memories, she shouldn't be any older than me
The girl looked back and forth on the spider and into me "You wanna ask if I'm afraid of spiders?" I said
"Ah? no... it was different, You are too strong Xylene"
"Oh really?..." Somehow I noticed that she was no longer asking anything personal about me. Thinking about that... I seem to have misunderstood what her words truly meant
She was just on a daze since earlier, her eyes were now different and filled with exitement. I don't know exactly what it meant but...
"Oh..." I heard a rustle on the left, lowering myself before waving at the girl who somehow understood, I proceed once again to hunt...
Another deer... but well...
Finally satisfied by the hunt, I heaved a sigh... before finally begun dismantling and packaging them by wrapping it on the already prepared clean leaves. As for the deer, like last time, I carried it... like it was, I still need to drain the blood after all
The distribution ended up with her taking the spider's stuff, while I carry the whole deer. Ofcourse this doesn't look right no matter how hard you look at it and retorting or any kind of disapproval we're only a normal course of action. But then again since I made it look like it was a piece of cake, she finally let go of me...
Why did she act like a parent to me?... well in my 'fake' or 'disguise' age, I am indeed younger than her, with some evident to that 'like the height'. But then again we are talking about an 18 years old person...
We managed to get back again with no other problems, but then I finally noticed how I woke up earlier than usual and our hunt that was only exactly on the time.
After draining the blood which took almost half an hour, actually I even fiddled by using magic in a way as if draining water to it, but then it actually failed miserably, leaving me speechless and dumbfounded because I don't know the reason why. Yea after draining the blood... yes... I then proceed into cutting and skinning it, the pelts from before ended up being useless and smelly but then maybe even now I still couldn't use them, Being left alone was probbably the reason, Haah... its hard when you keep forgetting things
After draining, I begun the dismantling of the deer,
Throwing off the unnecessary parts, well thanks to the knife, I then washed it thouroughly. This process should take a little bit of time but, well I'm using water magic with the help of the sink
There... its done and ready to cook. And actually just after I turned backwards, I spotted her, eyeing me like she always did "Wanna say something?"
"Mmnh?,
No err, well... somehow, you don't look like a regular kid to me" she ask although I feel shes trying not be rude as possible, though it ended up sounding weird
"Oh..."
"Well I shouldn't be rude, but you don't seem to act like a 10 years old at all"
Thinking about it for bit, that is kinda weird... no it was. I mean I kept being told that I act like a child when I was still 18 in the past, but now it was like this... "Ah... I see, well" gesturing as if I was pointing my index finger at my chin, well I had mixed feelings about that statement, I thought I'll only lose being a male, but apparently I even have to lose my real age... But well I really had no choice
"Ah I can help on cooking"
"Oh... okay"
Few minute passed when setting the grill, and another 25 minutes for cooking before the food was done. As she was still cooking, I'm left unoccupied so I took the materials that I may be needing on foraging, everything is new to me, so I'm still unable to settle down my urge to prepare as much as possible. Ofcourse things like this couldn't be possibly done before, but with the assistance of magic, I grew motivation to do so, for the sake of self defence or tool creation for the future
Imagine if everyone could forge weapons, or everyone could arm themselves with weapons... pretty chaotic, ah wait its isekai. Sometime in the future maybe I'll even have to mine
"Have I told you before about the waterfall nearby?" Is she somehow, silent about this? I wonder why she didn't ask me
"Hmm? no, I also didn't notice"
"Well there is, on the left s- no, right side I mean"
"Actually I don't have any change of clothes or anything left with me"
"Ah well, I'm, well I also dont have. But perhaps you could wash them, Ill see If I could do something about it" you know I keep letting them dry but, I remember the term 'dryer'
"Are you sure about that?"
"Well I had a plan, and I wanna see it work..."
