CHIRP! CHIRP! CHIRP! CHIRP!
"ARG!" I woke up and it was already morning. The birds are playing on the branches and I can see the sun's rays slowly rising on the horizon from the small window. I passed out again. It is not just the effect of using too much mana, this must be the result of using a mana nature that is not natural for humans.
"I did get to use a spell but it can affect me like this every time?" I asked myself. I believed I studied its effects extensively but I guess it was not enough?" I scratched my head in confusion and saw the fruits beside me.
"Did she leave all of these for me?"
That is the first question that comes to mind the moment I saw the fruits. I did not expect her to help me to this extent. "I am indebted to her now, huh?" I figured. She had helped me countless times and now this. Without thinking too much, I ate the fruits. They are fruits that also grow in our land, though I did not get to try all of them, I know how they are consumed.
"Ahmm- so this is how it tastes like? This is delicious! I should have eaten this back home!" while I was munching on the fruits, I can hear the sound of footsteps coming close to the house, though I am still unable to walk properly yet, I tried to take a peak at the window and see her coming through the front door.
"So she checks me on a daily basis?" I thought and almost immediately, she greet me. "Good morning. I thought you are still unconscious so I brought some food and a towel to wipe you." She said with a pleasing smile like it was drawing me in, thankfully, I restrained myself. "Good morning, I just woke up and felt hungry. Sorry, I ate almost everything."
It was a mess, the juices of the fruits scattered around the table and I did not even manage to clean it up.
"It's nothing. You can just sit there and I will clean this up."
She immediately started cleaning the mess and I sat there on the side of the wall next to the window and just watch her like a kid. And just as she is doing all the cleaning, I realized that she is using short clothes that reveals a lot of skin. I can see her curves and her cleavage before I get to see more. I turned away thinking of happy thoughts.
"This is dangerous. Why the hell did she have to use such clothes when coming to a guy in a house?!" it is the nature of men that is hard to keep in check especially when it is right in front of us. I heard when I was back on Earth that men get tempted quickly by seductive women, and I can testify to that claim right now.
"Fucking hell! Hahaha! Fucking nature of men kicking in!" that is the only thing that I can do. I curled up like a caterpillar and embraced my knees, I can't deny that she is sexy and attractive as hell but I do want to deny that I just got a boner. Something ridiculous as this happens when there are a lot of things that I should worry about.
She looked at me and tilted her face, she is curious as to why I behaved like that. "I can't just blatantly tell her that I got a boner looking at her body, right?! That would just be straight weird and disgusting- wait, it would be weird because it's human nature. But still!"
While conflicting with myself, I did not realize that she is already leaning in front of me. Her face just appeared out of nowhere or maybe I just got too distracted by my thoughts that I did not see her in plain sight. "KYAAA!" I screamed like a girl the second time and I don't like it.
I backed up a few steps until I hit the wall and she just continued leaning in front of me. "Are you okay?" she asked. "Hahaha~ I'm fine. There's no need to worry." I awkwardly replied.
She nods her head and her eyes happen to stumble upon my lower body, exactly at the part where I am having a problem, I witness her face slowly starting to get flustered and she smiled and said to me, "It's a good sign. My people always say that having something like that hints that you are near complete recovery." She said shyly while turning her head away.
At first, I did not understand what she meant, but as I thought hard about what she said, I realized that she was referring to my boner. It was too late to cover it up and I just embarrassed myself yet again. "I want to die." Those were my thoughts and it was the truth. I want to die.
"How many times did I embarrass myself in front of her? I am a man but there is no way I would do something like that, I still have my dignity!" I can't even face her. But how is she able to look my way? My body lust over hers and she is still fine with it?
"Wait, she said that her people say that whenever one is recovering, right? Does that mean it is not the first time that this happened to her?" now that I thought about it, it made sense why she is still looking in my direction, and slowly, I started to turn in her direction. "Are you fine now?" she asked with the purest look on someone's face that I have seen.
"Yes. Thanks to what you said, I felt relieved. But that is a strange way for your people to say." I said with an awkward smile. "Relieved, my ass!"
I lied, I am panicking!
"That is something that my people just noticed on recovering people and I have seen men have that a couple of times after an accident so I understand." She handed me the towel after rubbing it in water. "I would wash you up like recently but seeing how you reacted last time, I think you might hate the idea. So, here."
"She is an angel." That is what I want to tell her. She even considered something like that after our first meeting. She is a godsend. "Thanks. I appreciate it."
After taking the towel, she went outside to wait for me to finish washing up. She is that considerate. I feel like a guest in someone's house. All the things that I needed to do are done for me which is somehow suspicious. "No one would do something like this to someone without expecting something in return, right?"
That is my thought process because that is how the world works, give and take. I don't remember giving her something of the same value as the things that she had done for me. "Should I ask her later? There is no point in pondering about it when I can just ask her, right?"
"It's decided. I cannot just continue assuming things. I need to ask her about it." I finished washing up and changed into my clothes. "I'm done," I said and she immediately comes inside the house. "That was fast, do you want to go outside? You did not get to see the world outside since you always faint before you can step out of the room."
"Yes. I had been wanting to go outside as well. Perhaps staying inside the house for too long had eaten me up that I longed to see the world." I responded with a smile. It was nice that she had brought it up, that was the sign that I needed.
She happily opened the door for me, and the blinding light of the sun immediately reached my eyes. "It feels wonderful. The wind blowing on my face and the smell of nature." I miss the tree where I used to train every day. It is something that I long for.
"Now that I think about it, I don't know your name," I muttered out of nowhere. She was startled, it looked like we have exchanged names before based on her reaction but I cannot recall something like that happening. "Did we exchange names already?" I ask. I felt worried. If it was me and the person that I helped forgot my name, I would be devastated.
I expected her to do the same but she didn't, she just smiled and said, "I am Amira. Just Amira." She then extends her hand toward me, she knows that gesture. I shook her hand and introduced myself. "Hi, Amira. I am William. William Pierce."
I can see that she is delighted to finally hear my name, "Is it perhaps our first time exchanging names?" I thought to myself and then I thought of her name, it was simple yet beautiful. "Amira, huh? Sounds like an angel's name. it suits her well." I felt relieved and happy at the same time.
Looking at the trees, I finally realized where the fruits came from. The house is surrounded by trees but there is something strange about it. There are no other houses nearby, "Was I staying here alone then?"
Amira then pointed out to the trail that probably leads to where they live, we walked up ahead and I witnessed houses built up on the trees. Something that can only be seen in fantasy movies which this world can be categorized too.
"Wow," I muttered in amazement. At that moment, I realized that Amira is a member of a tribe. The natives of this land that refuse to be part of a large community like the towns and cities.