The people sitting around the bonfire were talking with each other waiting for the food to get cooked.
A carriage was parked beside them with two horses resting on the ground.
The fire brightened their surrounding as Felix could faintly make out their appearances.
There were a total of 6 of them, three guys wearing light armor and carrying a sword on their waists, a middle-aged man in brown uniform-like clothes was dozing off leaning on a tree, and a couple wearing fancy attire who looked recently married.
Felix was standing a bit far so he could not hear what they were talking about.
He activated his only skill as he stealthily moved toward another tree that was near them.
Now he could hear clearly what they were saying.
"The journey had been long but we're finally arriving at the next city.", said one of the three guys who looked like a guard.
He was talking with the other two guards as they cooked their dinner.
"Yes, we'll reach the city by tomorrow evening.", another replied.
The other warrior who looked like their leader reminded the two of them as he glanced at the couple.
"We can receive the reward from the guild after we successfully escort them back, so don't slack off or we'll fail the task."
"Come on Captain we can relax now, there won't be any problems here now that we're near to the city.", the first guy said not wanting to be always tensed.
"Well you're right about that but it just doesn't feel right for me to relax on a mission."
The two looked at each and chuckled as they remembered how a crow shat on their captain's head when he was sleeping a few days ago.
The Captain's face turned red from embarrassment as he glared at them.
Felix just looked at them from the side as he mused.
'So there's a city a bit away from here. That's good, I'll be able to hide there from that slave trader in case he's searching for me throughout the forest. Also, he said something about a guild, I wonder if it's the same guild from the fantasy novels.'
He rejoiced for finally encountering some people and coming to know that there was a city he could stay at.
He curiously thought about what a guild could be.
'I still don't have any plans for the future but I'll think about them after getting to know more about this world. But before that, I need to find clothes, food, and a place to live. I can't always be wearing this rag.'
Turning back to the group of people, he saw that the food was finally cooked as they passed the plates around for them to eat.
The middle-aged man also woke up as he started joyfully blowing the hot food to cool it down.
The couple looked at the food and sighed as they missed the food at their manor that was cooked by professional chefs.
The man looked at his wife as she started to eat her food on a plate.
"Don't worry about the food Jenny, after reaching home you'll be able to enjoy whatever you want. I'll make sure you eat well.", he said lovingly as he patted her head.
Jenny looked back at her husband and said as she happily ate the food.
"It's okay Dillian, I'm fine with whatever you give me. I married you because I love you not because you're rich."
Dillian smiled at how sweet his wife was. He shook his head and replied.
"I know that Jenny and also, I love you too."
They both stared at each other and held hands, showing off their love to the other people at the camp.
The middle-aged man didn't mind them as he was busy eating his food but the three guards watched with blank eyes as they never experienced love, or more like no girl ever willingly talked with them.
Felix too looked at the scene giving a sad smile as girls always used to avoid him in his previous life. Rumors about how he gets into fights made them think of him as a scary guy.
"Rustle..rustle"
Suddenly there came a noise from the bushes near them making them all tense up.
The guards stopped eating and stood up cautiously from their places, looking at the bush while holding their swords in a defensive stance.
The middle-aged man hopped up as he anxiously grabbed a small knife from his coat, while the young couple stayed behind huddled together.
The Captain took the lead as they slowly moved towards the bush when suddenly a huge wolf jumped out attacking them.
It was a 1.8 m tall black wolf with sharp fangs and had long nails on its paws, that it used to launch an attack on them.
Felix became alert as he placed his hands on the knife looking at the monster that came out.
'Thank god I did not move from here and quickly activated my skill or else I would have been discovered by that monster.'
Sighing in relief he turned back to watch as the guards got into a fight with the large wolf.
"System, check that wolf for me."
[That is a creature called Dark Wolf and it is a Rank 1 monster.]
'I expected you'll say just that.'
The wolf was quite cunning as it tried sneaking toward the weak couple during the fight, but the three guards did not allow it to do that.
Surrounding the lone wolf, they attacked it one by one by performing some special movements.
As it couldn't win against the three humans, the wolf wanted to retreat but a slash from the captain's sword injured its leg making it go limp.
The guards quickly took advantage of this using their different warrior techniques and slayed the wolf.
'That was fast, maybe they have experience doing this. Also, what did they do with the swords while fighting? It looked as if it was glowing a bit.'
After the fight, Dillian sighed in relief as he walked to the guards who were inspecting the wolf's corpse.
He smiled and spoke to them.
"Thank you for protecting us again. It would have been a lot more dangerous without you guys."
The Captain had a serious face looking at the dark wolf before he relaxed and turned behind to reply to the young man.
"It's alright, you do not have to thank us. We are just doing our jobs."
While they started talking and handling the corpse, Felix's eyes lit up as he stared at their food which they were ignoring at the moment.
He activated his skill as he sneaked toward the nearest plate of food.
Making sure that no one seemed to notice him, he quickly picked it up and ran back again behind the tree.
"I should probably thank the dead wolf for today's dinner."
He did not start eating right away but moved away from there and looked for a safe place to sleep tonight.
After finding a large tree that had a burrow where he could fit, Felix sat down and started wolfing down the food.
Finishing it all, he leaned back on the tree and started to doze off.
But suddenly, he remembered that the 6 of them were going to the city tomorrow morning.
"Umm System, can you wake me up in the morning at around 7 am?"
He guessed that system would not reply but it finally did.
[...yes.]
Felix smiled and thought that the system was actually pretty nice but just a bit shy.
Shaking his head at the tsundere's antics, he closed his eyes and went into a deep slumber.
Ignoring the cold of the night, he slept peacefully under the moonlight totally tired from the whole journey.