Garwyr's POV
After our conversation, I decided to teach her everything from the start. She knows how to read and do basic math, so at least that's something, but anything else I will have to teach her.
Before that, I decided to let her rest for the rest of the day. There's many things that just happened in the past few hours, so she must be exhausted.
"Let's start tomorrow, so take a rest for today."
"O-okay then."
She must be relieved because she can take a break. Can't blame her since she just went through a hell of an experience in just one day.
Leaving her to rest, I decided to hunt, so I grabbed my bow to get ready.
"Umm, where are you going?"
"Hunting, can't hurt to have more food, right? Oh, don't worry about monsters appearing. This area is warded and safe."
"I see... umm, do you have a sewing kit?"
"I don't, but I do have a repair kit."
"Can I borrow it?"
"Sure."
I went inside my tent , grabbed a repair kit, and then handed it to her.
"Thank you."
"What are you gonna use it for?"
"Turning the red cloth into a cloak with a hood."
"I see."
Indeed, it is not a normal cloak yet. It just covers her body with no proper seams and stitches.
"Want me to give you a cloak?"
"No need, I like this one cause it's so smooth and feels good to touch."
It is what I gave her that time since I only bought my magic pouch for materials. It's a silken cloth given to me as a reward from my past mission. I dont have any use for it, so I'm glad that she likes it.
"I'm gonna go hunting, I'll be back in the evening."
"Okay."
After preparing my equipment, it is time to hunt.
"... S-stay safe and good luck!"
She said while blushing a bit.
"... Yeah."
I gave her a nod, and then i left the campsite.
I don't know why, but it feels good to get sent off, especially when they are a cute girl.
Motivated, I decided to hunt some boars.
I hunted three boars, and with this, it is time to go back. It is still a little early, so I decided to thin out the monsters near the campsite. Even though the campsite is safe, there is no guarantee that a high ranked monster will not appear. Since the lower ranked monsters could be a potential food source for them, it is best to wipe them for Rina's safety.
The campsite is near a river and it is our source of water. Although there are no monsters that appeared near the river, I still make sure to put a ward.
After I finished setting up the ward, I went back since it it almost evening.
"I'm back."
"Welcome back!"
I was immediately greeted with a smile.
"You mentioned boars, so I hunted three of them."
"Ooh!"
"I dismantled two of them, but I left the third one as it is so we can dismantle it together."
"Let's do it!"
She looks so excited, Her eyes sparkled.
As I'm about to put out the boar, I noticed that she was now wearing a red hooded cloak.
"Oh, you finished sewing it?"
"Yep! It is quite fun than I thought it would be, and it feels comfortable to wear!"
She smiles while showing off the cloak.
"It looks good on you."
"Thank you!"
"Let's start dismantling right now."
"Okay!"
I bring out the boar from my magic pouch, and we start dismantling.
I teach her about draining blood, skinning the body, and cutting its parts. With that, we finished dismantling the boar.
"It's a lot messier than I thought it would be."
She looks less excited than before.
"That is how dismantling works."
"Isn't there an easier way like using skills?"
"Are you still on about that 'skill' thing? There's no convenient way to do it."
"Then I'll learn a skill that can help with dismantling, and while I'm at it, I'll also learn how to use 'Dimensional magic' so I can use 'Storage'!"
"Uhh... yeah, good luck with that."
I already know her bizarre way of thinking, so I still try to humour her a bit. Also,'Dimensional magic' is much harder to learn than any elemental magic since it requires a deep understanding of Mana control, so I doubt that she'll be successful.
Her head must be filled with both useful and useless knowledge to come up with that. Maybe that is why she lacks common sense as to compensate for that. Nah, she must be just dumb.
"... I feel like I'm being insulted right now."
"You're imagining things."
After that, we cooked dinner using boar meat. The food is delicious as always, and with that, it is already nighttime.
As I put out the fire, we heard a wolf howling.
"Was that a wolf?"
"Yep, don't worry, we are safe."
"Okay... Good night."
"Good night."
With that, she went inside her tent. I also went inside my tent to sleep.
Before I fall asleep, I did a maintenance to my equipment to keep them in top shape.
As I finished doing maintenance, I felt a presence outside the entrance of my tent. The presence is the very same girl on the other tent, so I didn't feel threatened.
"Do you need something?"
"Can I sleep with you?"
She must have been afraid because of earlier.
"Sure."
"Thank you."
I gave her my spare sleeping bag, and then she laid down next to me.
As I tried to fall asleep, I recalled all that happened today. I still don't know why she's in that situation, but I hope she will tell me when she's comfortable enough to talk about it.
When I looked at her, she must have fallen asleep immediately. She must have been scared and exhausted, Well, can't blame her, though.
With that, I also fell asleep together with her.