When takeshi got up It was already morning, time passed faster than he thought when he was with Hiimelia.
He looked to the side and saw that Shizure was still asleep. Maybe she was still scared after everything that happened
He approached her to wake her up.
Takeshi reached down and started touching her cheeks
-"oooii, Shizure, wake up we need to go on...air" (Takeshi)
Shizure was drooling in her sleep, her drool was on Takeshi's finger. "Disgust..." that was the first thing Takeshi felt. As he didn't want to touch her drool again, he just shook her
-"Wake up Shizure, we need to go soon" (Takeshi)
-"hmm, hello Takeshi, '-yawn-' is it morning already?" (Shizure)
Shizure gets up a bit and realizes she was drooling, she quickly wipes her face. Takeshi just ignored the shame she felt.
-"well we need to go, time is what we have less now"(Takeshi)
Takeshi reaches out to Shizure
-"oh right, we need to be fast to get somewhere safe" (Shizure)
Shizure takes Takeshi's hand
Takeshi lifts Shizure up and then grabs her backpack. With the two ready to continue they exit the cave.
The cave was well hidden at night, but very easy to see during the day. It was good that they got away from there as quickly as possible to escape any threat, Takeshi was not yet prepared to kill a human
Takeshi takes a look at the ring he received from hiimelia while he was with her, he wondered what stats the ring increased.
The ones he knew were:
-strength-
-dexterity-
-Agility-
-Resistance-
-minutes later-
Shizure's belly starts to rumble.
-"Takeshiii... I'm hungry"(Shizure)
She looked like a child talking like that.
-"okay there is a lake, I could catch some fish there" (Takeshi)
Takeshi points to a lake he just saw.
-"hmm, one of my favorite foods is fish. Takeshi you take the fish and I cook it alright?"(Shizure)
-"sounds good to me, I already learned how to fish with my father when I was younger so it will be easy" (Takeshi)
And so Takeshi went to the lake to catch some fish while Shizure caught tree branches for the fire.
Takeshi took off his shoes, rolled up his pants and prepared to enter the lake.
-"brings a very tasty fish, ok!" (Shizure)
-"ok!"(Takeshi)
The two looked like a couple talking that way.
Takeshi entered the lake and saw some fish, he thought the lake was deep so he was cautious to fall and wet his clothes.
Takeshi with his katana in hand was holding it like a spear, the most amazing thing for him is that the sword was easier to handle now that he wore the ring.
the ring was really helping
Takeshi started looking at the lake and saw 4 types of fish that were repeated a lot, he saw a tilapia, a carp, a piau and also a big goldfish. He wanted to catch at least 3 fish for breakfast.
As Takeshi walked around the lake he became less worried as it wasn't as deep as he thought. When he reached the middle of the lake he stood waiting for the fish to approach him.
He stayed there for thirty seconds until the fish started swimming as if he wasn't a threat.
Takeshi saw an opportunity in a fish that stopped in front of his feet. No time to waste, takeshi thrust his sword into the fish.
-"hyaa!"(Takeshi)
Luckily he managed to hit the fish and when he took his sword out of the water he saw that the fish was still struggling to get free, it was a pretty big carp.
Shizure still picked up wooden sticks while takeshi hunted.
-"Shizure! I caught a fish!" (Takeshi)
Takeshi was holding and swinging his katana with one hand while the fish was stuck in it.
- "Wow, he's pretty big !, but how are you holding him with a hand like that !?" (Shizure)
-"hehe would say I'm pretty strong"(Takeshi)
Takeshi was walking to where Shizure left the tree branches to leave the fish there, and as he walked he wondered if the fish's blood helped with the curse.
-"I intend to catch 2 more fish, okay like that Shizure?"(Takeshi)
It had a cut trunk that Shizure sat on it and put the branches in order.
-"I don't see any problem with that"(Shizure)
-"you learn different things at home, don't you?" (Takeshi)
-" ah you speak of the bonfire, my father taught me to do this
-"Be careful with your dress, it suits you" (Takeshi)
Shizure blushes.
Takeshi went back to the lake.
Making the same strategy of standing in the middle of the lake Takeshi waited for the fish to pass by him, but this time no fish stayed standing near him. All the fish were swimming under him so Takeshi had an idea.
-"(and if I try to catch them in a straight line...)"(Takeshi)
Takeshi wanted the fish to pass him again so he could catch them in order.
Takeshi moved to get the fish away from him.
-"(Okay maybe so I can catch them off guard, the fish are coming back)"(Takeshi)
Takeshi prepared to attack.
-"(3...2...1...Now!) haaa!"(Takeshi)
With just one attack Takeshi impaled 3 fish.
-"good..."(Takeshi)
When Takeshi took the katana out of the water the fish were still struggling. But the fish he caught were 2 carp and a piau, they were a normal size compared to the big goldfish
He already had the fish and started walking back to Shizure who was trying to light the fire.
-"want help?"(Takeshi)
She seemed to have a hard time trying to light the fire.
-"No, no need, let me get by with it" (Shizure)
Takeshi sat down and put his shoes back on
-"all right then"(Takeshi)
As she lit the fire, Takeshi wondered how he was going to cook these fish.
-"(oh these sticks can help)"(Takeshi)
After putting his shoes back on he took the sticks and began to cut them to make them as sharp as possible.
-"haahhh I managed to light the fire, but my dress got dirty" (Shizure)
-"a shame, that dress was beautiful" (Takeshi)
While he was cutting the sticks Shizure had managed to light the fire
-"If you want, you can wash your dress there in that lake, the fish will still take a while to be ready" (Takeshi)
-"you're really a depraved, what would I wear if I wash my dress?"(Shizure)
Takeshi felt ashamed
-"depraved!?, I just made a suggestion!"(Takeshi)
-"see this is what I'm talking about you depraved, pervert!" (Shizure)
-"It's not my fault you're beautiful!"(Takeshi)
Takeshi was embarrassed and flushed with what he said.
Shizure placed a hand on her arm and looked away as she blushed.
The two sat down and waited for breakfast to be ready, neither of them had the courage to look at the other out of shame.
-"(haahh what idiocy was that I said! How could I say that to her so suddenly)"(Takeshi)
Takeshi was really sorry for having spoken without thinking.
-"(he said I'm s-beautiful, he's even s-beautiful too, but I already have someone I'll have to marry)" (Shizure)
The two were lost in their thoughts of regret or shame.
-"(maybe I should explain the situation and apologize)"(Shizure)
-"(maybe I should explain the situation and apologize)"(Takeshi)
When the two look at each other they turn more blush than they already were and look away again.
-"(It's impossible, his face makes me shy)"(Shizure)
-"(I can't, it's impossible, her face makes me shy)"(Takeshi)
And again they got lost in their thoughts
-"Oh it's true, the fish!"(Shizure)
They were so distracted that they almost forgot about the roasting fish.
-"I had forgotten about that, hahh it looks like they're ready" (Takeshi)
The two eat the fish while neither of them muster up the courage to say anything anymore.
When they finish eating they start walking again. It seemed that the two of them totally forgot what happened before.
-hours later-
-"I'm so tired... my legs are killing me, Takeshi we can stop for a while, we've been walking for hours" (Shizure)
Shizure sits near a tree
Takeshi, even after walking so much, he didn't feel tired, the resistance that the ring gave was incredible
-"Shizure look over there, a village!" (Takeshi)
Takeshi points to a village ahead
-"Shizure?"(Takeshi)
When Takeshi looks back, Shizure is gone.
-"Shizure! Where are you Shizure! Shizure!"(Takeshi)
When he thought about running to look for Shizure, Takeshi starts to hear the book talking to him.
-"you look in trouble"
Takeshi quickly grabs the book from his bag.
-"what do you want!"(Takeshi)
-"stop screaming, I'm here to help you. just think and everything will work out"
When Takeshi hears these words, the book with its lyrics that he couldn't understand begin to move and make sentences that he could read and speak.
-"I... I can, I can read everything this book has" (Takeshi)
-"see? Just think everything will be solved"
Takeshi looks at the magic book again and realizes it was an old item
The title of the book was -'spell caster 3'- this was a rank 6 skill spell book.
-"I need help, there has to be something here that will help me find Shizure. Alone is impossible" (Takeshi)
As Takeshi went page after page looking for anything he started to hear "new skill learned", "maximum rank skill level learned", "congratulations you leveled up, 3 more points added to your stat" "congratulations you acquired all fire skill highs", "congratulations you gained all water skill high ranks", "congratulations you gained all wind skill high ranks", "congratulations you gained all land skill highs" , "congratulations you've acquired all the top light skill ranks"
Takeshi tried his best to ignore this voice that was echoing in his head
-"here I found it"(Takeshi)
-"congratulations for finding something you wanted now I'll go to sleep, bye bye"
The book stopped talking to Takeshi
Takeshi found a spell called "hunting eyes".
-'hunter's eyes'-
Makes footprints and enemies visible for up to thirty minutes. Casters automatically have their tracks erased.
Casting this spell takes 25 mana
To activate this ability the user needs to concentrate and say: "Conjure Hunter Eyes"
No time to waste Takeshi raised his hand and concentrated as much as he could.
-"conjure hunter's eyes!"(Takeshi)
When Takeshi said that his vision had many red footprints, he could see the footprints that took Shizure.
Takeshi put the book away and started following the steps
End of chapter 8
kuroshi : writing has improved a lot compared to chapter 1. and we are almost reaching to 1k of views, when we reach there i will give more 2 chapters. just wait :)