Dragging my feet along the hot, humid and winding dirt road, I took off my blazer while pinching my drenched school shirt to cool myself off.
Turning a single glance back, a calm and angry expression rested on the demon girl's face as she has not stopped watching me as if she were a hawk waiting for its prey to drop dead.
It was obvious she was enjoying my suffering as she watched me cook under the intensity of the two suns up high in the sky.
Exhausting a parched breath, I stopped and caught myself as I stood on my last breath.
Turning to face the girl, she lowered her gaze as she tilted the head.
"Why are... You following me?! " Sharpening her gaze, she walked forward and stopped a few feet from me after I asked her a question.
"You look like you are about to pass out. Well, are you? "
Collapsing forward without warning, I landed in her frail yet, strong and steady arms.
Reacting a second later by dropping me face down onto the scorching hot road, she turned me over as I opened my eyes to look up at her.
"I've never seem a human as dumb as you. You have immense magical power and yet, here you are baking in the dirt. " Tilting her head as she crouched down beside me, I gaped my mouth and whispered.
"Black... panties... " Her face lit bright red as she then pumbled me into the ground, in turn, knocking me right out.
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Sitting up, I looked around and found myself in a small cabin.
"Ouch! " I touched my face and still felt the sharp sting beside my cheek as I plucked a chipped tooth clean off.
Lifting up the sheets and sitting beside the bed, I grabbed my blazer on the chair next to me and stood up.
Spotting a nicely lit fireplace, I noticed a small set of herbs and water pouches over the floor as they gave an eerie vibe. Several small ink drawings of dozens of strange flowers hung all over the place.
Hearing the front door creak from behind me, I turned to meet the gaze of a cute familiar stranger as she walked through the door with a stack of firewood at hand. Meeting my gaze, she blushed as I was about to speak but was instead surprised by an abrupt hug.
"Uh-"
"Shh... Just shut up you perverted dummy. "Resting my posture, I was tempted to hug her back until she up and pulled a knife to my junk. "Now, for humiliating me before. "
"Uh... Okay, say what?! "Meeting my gaze, she then told me a rather graphic story about how I ravaged her on the side of the road in broad daylight. "What!? That's insane! I was nowhere near you- "
Pressing me backwards and hitting the wall, she then held a half-weary look as she was definitely trembling just to stand.
Lowering my gaze, she then fell into my arms as she was running a high fever. Her knife hit the floor as I caught her and lifted her onto the bed. I laid her down and closed my eyes as I tested my theory of manifesting what was in my head with magic as I had seek before from watching anime.
Suddenly holding a bowl of cool water and a towel, I wasted no time as I then laid the cool towel over her forehead. Her shallow breathing soon calmed and returned to normal after a while. Turning around, I replaced and decided to take a walk outside.
Finding myself in the middle of a forest, I looked around and realized the demon girl must had used her remaining magic to create the shabby cabin.
Regardless, as I looked around, floating balls of light and mystical animals all roamed about freely despite my presence. The sound echoing through the night was an ambience more soothing than any I had heard before.
("She must have carried me all the way here and cared for me despite what I did. Poor girl. She's too innocent for this world. ")
I then turned and stopped as a pack of hungry mystic sheep-like pups surrounded an animal three times their size and tore it apart with their bare teeth. Watching in utter horror, I staggered backwards and went into the cabin while slipping and shut the door behind me.
("What the heck!? ")
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By the time the suns' rose, I didn't sleep at all as I passed the time experimenting on what I could do with my new magical powers. I then cringed when I realized I called them 'magical powers'.
Abruptly looking up from the corner of my eye, the girl had sat up with her eyes still closed. Turning to face me when I accidentally knocked over a tin cup, I looked away for a split second and suddenly found her hovering right over me.
Suddenly falling onto my lap, I remained still as she grasped my face with her hands and lowered her nose to mine. Her sleeping expression suggested she was under some kind of sleepwalking and not in control. I recalled it was a bad idea to wake sleepwalkers from some articles on the web I had read before.
Gulping, I remained completely still until as her sweet and intoxicating scent was making me feel dizzy. Turning my face to catch a fresh breath, she then collapsed onto me while wrapping her arms over my neck. Thinking it would be pleasant, I was sorely mistaken as she began choking the life out of me with her supernatural strength.
Shifting in my seat, I stood up and tried to pull her off as I was moments away from completely blacking out again. Taking desperate measures, no matter how much I tried to shake her off, I instead used the last card I had left and kissed her as she soon woke up. Experiencing my life flash before my eyes once again, she then punched me clean through the cabin wall... as well as several miles into the open wild forest.
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Rubbing my neck as I sat down on the chair, she was sitting over the bed with an apologetic expression after I explained what had happened.
Standing up, I then walked out and left through the massive hole in the wall.
"Where are you going? "
"Somewhere that's not here. "
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As time passed, I soon found myself wandering aimlessly through the forest as the demon girl followed close behind.
"Hey... Hey! "Stopping, I turned and looked at her. "I'm hungry. "
Scolding me, I exhausted an irritated sigh and replied. "What do you want me to do about it? "
"I don't know, make food I guess. "Twitching my eye, I smiled and spoke.
"Sure, stay here while I go catch some food. Hmm! "
Turning around and leaving with no intention of making her food, or coming back, I began walking and after a while, I felt bad as my heart bled for the young girl.
Before I knew it, my heart led me right back with a couple of small animals I caught. Her smile when she saw me made me slightly irritated as I sat down and started a fire to cook the meat.
Manifesting a pot and freshwater, I also manifested a few key ingredients the girl had never seen before. Making a delicious stew, as we ate, I blinked and rubbed my eye as the girl soon turned into a woman the more she ate.
"Agh... That's much better! My magic is back. "Stuck frozen with the wooden spoon to my mouth, it fell as her short dress complemented her various curves and my head was drawn blank. "What? "
Spinning around, I then closed my eyes and quickly handed her a new set of clothes I made with my magic. As she out them on behind me, I turned and was impressed by how smart and sophisticated she looked.
"Hey, don't I look sexy?" The moment lasted until she spoke where as I still knew she was an idiot.
Standing up, I continued on my way and ended up using a compass to guide me to the nearest town. I only assumed I should begin my quest or whatever to finish this worlds adventure or something and end the dream.
"Ugh... This is taking to long. "Stopping after an hour of walking, I then got an idea and poured my all in manifesting it into reality.
As two flashes of light began growing before me, I worked my magic to create a set of doors and after a grueling push, narrowly pulled it off. Catching my breath as I collapsed backwards, I was suddenly caught by the girl.
Walking up to the door, I then pulled the handle and walked into the light where we then ended up in the outskirts of the nearby town.
"Yes! It worked! "Catching my breath, the doors began dissolving behind me until the woman very cutely pointed out how I could have used it to go home.
Turning to her, I smiled as it made her uncomfortable. Not uttering a single word as I wasn't sure I could use the same trick twice, we headed into town as I remained happily sulking.
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