After swimming for thirty minutes, Hiraeth came out of the river, he approached Owen who was standing right next to the dry clothes and also towels of course, as he had no magic controlling water to get rid of the water in his body, or fire magic to dry his body by warming his body. For this time he was only an ordinary human who couldn't use magic. It was not impossible but it was not the time for it, and Hiraeth was already determined to unleash his magic bit by bit before the winter came.
Hiraeth was curious about the magic inside himself. Whether it was from his mother or his father. If the magic came from his mother, it was most likely ice magic. As far as he knew, the descendants of the Amerta kingdom had ice power, especially if they got married with their own people, even though Hiraeth himself never asked what kind of magic Irish had or saw she used it. Then what about his father's magic? "By the way I don't know the name of this boy's father, nor what magic his father had."
Hiraeth shrugged his shoulders unconcerned. It didn't matter what kind of magic he would get, but the fact that he had a large mana inside himself was enough to make him sure that any magic he would get, might be powerful.
Why was Hiraeth so sure? It was because in his previous life, when he became a witch, he realized that there was no useless magic. As long as the magic was supported by the large mana and the talented user, any magic could give a huge impact. Because of that, instead of worrying about the magic he would get, Hiraeth thought about how to control mana inside him.
He had to learn to control mana, but he couldn't do it carelessly. Because if he did it when his body was not ready, it could have a bad impact. He didn't want to die for a second time. Therefore, it was better to get ready.
Hiraeth put his wet clothes in a bag, he also lined it with plastic so as not to get the other stuff wet. Later, after arriving at the quarters, he would dry it.
"Come here..." Hiraeth beckoned Owen to climb on his shoulders
The bird was unable to fly at the moment as its wings were wrapped in bandages. Besides, if he flapped the wings too much, it could make the wound heal more slowly, or in the worst case, it was possible that the wound got worse. Luckily, Owen was obedient and knew what Hiraeth said. His mother was right.
After the bag slung over and Owen perched on his shoulder, then it was the time for heading to the quarters. Beforehand he made sure that no one followed him.
Hiraeth passed through the boundary fence of the safe zone and the Kerinci area which was once a dangerous area. He kept on walking quickly into the forest and followed the sign he had left earlier.
Was he not worried about meeting Disher's entourage? Of course not. Even though his mother said that they would be in the forest for three days, Hiraeth was sure that they would leave the forest in less than two days. In addition they already knew the Kerinci area, they also took along a lot of powerful witches. And their task was only to control, so it didn't take a long time.
Because of that, Hiraeth could step into the forest calmly without worrying about meeting Disher. Hiraeth had already anticipated wild animals, so he built a tall tree house yesterday. Besides, he also carried some weapons such as daggers and simple spears made of bamboo. First aid during emergency situations.
"We'll be there soon..." Hiraeth said to Owen, and replied with a scream from Owen as the response to Hiraeth.
"You are a very clever bird!"
***
"Since you're a carnivore, I think you can eat snakes." Hiraeth said looking at the fish trap that caught unwanted animals.
The bird yelped as if he agreed to what Hiraeth said. At the moment they were on the river bank close to the Hiraeth's quarters Hiraeth just pulled out one of the fish traps from the river, he found a snake as big as his wrist inside it, the snake was not venomous, but it was dangerous if it was large.
Because the snake was in the trap, as a result, the snake ate all of the fish. There were only a few left. "Luckily, I set more traps. Because I knew this would happen."
Hiraeth took out the trap in which there was a snake inside. He checked other traps. Two of the five traps he set had snakes inside. But it seemed that the second snake he found didn't eat much fish. Looked like the snake just got into the trap about a few minutes ago.
"It seems like a blessing for you" Hiraeth said to the bird perched on his shoulder.
Hiraeth couldn't leave Owen alone at home. Because he had no idea when the neighbor's cat would come into his house, and it was possible that the cat could threaten Owen let alone the bird was not able to fly. So, taking him was the best decision.
Even though it put extra weight on his shoulder, Hiraeth was happy for having a friend to chit-chat. Even if it was just a loud scream that answered all his questions. At least that was better.
Hiraeth speared the head of the snake in his trap using a bamboo that he had sharpened at the tip. Of course, the sharpened bamboo pierced the snake's head until the snake wriggled. Hiraeth let the snake that was in the trap writhe, coming to its death. While he turned to the other three traps, there was no snake.
Hiraeth smiled happily to see that in the traps there were a lot of fish, especially the fish he got the size as big as a palm. Hiraeth whistled to Owen, then threw a fish. The young bird swiftly approached and enjoyed the meal that had been given by its master.
"I got so many fish." Hiraeth murmured looking at the fish he had collected.
Hiraeth looked up at the sky, the sun was still rising. Hiraeth smiled, he took out the dead snake right away from the trap, then kept it in a separate place with the fish.
As he had done before, Hiraeth placed the traps back into the river, it was just he placed it in a different spot. Hoping he would get a better result tomorrow. Considering that the river had not been tracked, it was certain that the supply of fish was also abundant.
"We must hurry Owen!"