[Level up.]
That voice, that so familiar voice made Blake open his eyes and come back to himself as a scent of herbs and medicines entered his nose as he watched as someone, he knew entered the room he was in this time.
"Ah, you have come to yourself." The peculiar figure of that person as well as her words were enough for Blake to realize who she was.
"Marjorie?"
"I must say you are a pretty lucky boy."
"What?... What happened?" That was the question that had come from Blake as he slowly recognized his surroundings.
"You still ask... How do you happen to spend all your runic energy while you were in the Privera forest?"
"Privera forest?"
"Yes. If Daria hadn't found you, you would be just monster food right now, what did you think?"
"I..." And at that precise moment, all the memories came to his mind recalling what he had experienced. "It's true, I... I couldn't help it at that moment."
"Huh, what are you talking about, boy?" Marjorie felt a little strange since it was the first time she had seen Blake without his typical smiling attitude.
"Nothing, just... I remembered how I owe it a lot... But it's too late to thank it." And after a bit of silence, Marjorie had an idea of the reason for all that.
"Hmmm... Oh, are you talking about your magic seed? Don't worry, I have it right here." And to Blake's surprise, what the town witch was holding right now was the same seed of were his faithful companion had left that same day.
"B-But how? I saw..."
"Did you see how it disappeared?"
"Yes, it defended me from many monsters and it disappeared after not resisting, how come you have it with you?"
"I see that Shara did not fully explain how they work. Hehe, you don't have to be surprised. You see, magic seeds work in a simple way, while they are in seed form, they continuously absorb the runic energy from the environment as if it were their food, once you make them change the shape respectively of whatever seed it is, it will begin to consume the runic energy it had saved up to that point, so once it has spent all of it, it will revert to its seed form so it can absorb more. This little wasted all it had and just couldn't hold its shape any longer, now you can see that its colors are not as bright as before." Once Marjorie said that Blake noticed how the green and red colors of the little seed became dimmer than before.
Since he absorbed all the information in his head, Blake was elated to know that his dear partner was fine and he didn't have to worry about anything else happening to her, he just had to let it rest and it would be as good, and once he put his worries aside and began to relax, then he felt something that was not very pleasant.
"Arhg!"
"Hey, don't move so much, even though you only lack runic energy, you also have several blows and bruises from facing monsters, you need to rest a bit before thinking about leaving here."
"I think the pain was enough for me to understand that."
"Hehe, you better do it and, by the way, I don't want to see you around here very often, it's okay to face monsters, but you shouldn't over-demand yourself, remember what your limits are, and listen to your body if you jump directly to the danger as if nothing, you will make them kill you."
"I... I will remember"
"I hope so. Well, normally I would charge you for the treatment, but I will not do it this time, there are people who want to see you, so I will let them in."
"Thanks for everything Marjorie, and I won't forget to be careful." And after the kind witch left the room, a lot of different colored hair came through the door.
"I see that my assistant is tougher than it seems, I told you to live to the fullest, but what you did is almost a suicide, so we won't be able to show your art to the world!" That was what Daria said raising her fist to the sky.
"Blake! Are you okay?! Does something hurt?!" Shara's concern was visible to everyone present.
"He will be fine, after all, I was the one who treated him, hehe." Marian expressed boasting about the good doctor that she was.
"That doesn't reassure me!" But Shara directly spoke her thoughts.
"I think the same... How about Blake? We heard what happened and I thought you would need something to eat, you must try it before it gets cold... Now that I see it well it looks really delicious." The growl of Collette's stomach joined in on that very show.
It was difficult for Blake to explain, he had only been in town for a day, but he could feel the sincerity and concern in each of them, maybe they were just people he had just met, but for some reason, he felt warmth when listening to everything that they said to him and the concern in each one's eyes was not false, if it weren't for the fact that he didn't want to be ashamed of himself, he would have shed tears of happiness at that precise moment.
After spending some time calming down and answering all the questions of each one, little by little they let Blake rest and withdrew, but not before wishing that everything was alright and that he would get better. Blake felt happy, happy to know that he had people who cared about him, it was a strange feeling as if a long time ago he had not felt that and something nostalgic was hitting his chest, and once he saw that he was alone again, he thought that the best thing would be to get some sleep and forget about what happened today for the moment, but just as he was about to lie down, the door opened again and someone who was not expecting was shown in front of him.
"Hello..." As always, this was the first thing that popped into Blake's mind to say.
"..." With that characteristic reddish hair below her shoulders and a serious look without saying a word, the first girl he had seen since he had lost his memory appeared in the room.
As a normal thing, Blake felt the environment where he didn't know what to say next, and that would have been the same as always if not for Raven had gotten close enough to be one step away from him and she did something that he was not expected.
"Ouch..." A sudden pain attacked his forehead, but it was not at all exaggerated at the same time Blake heard that simple word.
"Idiot..." And without saying another word, Raven withdrew from the room. It seemed somewhat strange and impolite, but Blake didn't care about any of that as a little laugh came from him.
"Haha... I should try not to get into more trouble in the future." And that same comment seemed like a joke after thinking about it a bit.
[Progress... Saved.]