"I'll go look for firewood first," Arin volunteered.
"You stay here; I've got everything ready, using my 'instant construction' skill," Nima replied.
"Wow, it feels so comfortable when you're around. I'm not surprised anymore," Arin said.
"Do you want a mattress? I can make one with my skill... I'll sleep underneath."
"No, it's okay; I'll just sleep on the ground like you."
"I'll make a slightly larger mattress so it won't be uncomfortable when you wake up."
"Yeah, sure."
Nima then made a mattress with his skill.
"It's so cold... um... sorry if this is impolite, but can I hug you?" She pulled my shirt slightly, feeling embarrassed because of the cold.
"Ha??? No... I mean, what do you mean? Is it okay?" I was startled and surprised by her behavior.
"Yes..."
"Okay then... sorry if it's uncomfortable." I awkwardly embraced her, but I was sure it must be more comfortable and warm than not at all.
Nima hugged her without hesitation.
"Thank you," Arin closed her eyes and shyly said, her cheeks blushing after being hugged by me.
"Yeah... (Wow, this is much better than being alone... no wonder back on Earth many people on social media posted about cuddling with their partners while sleeping in their room... it feels so comfortable.)"
Nima hugged Arin to his chest to keep warm. Arin hugged Nima warmly, pressing her face against his chest. This made her cheeks blush a little because it was her first experience. She could feel Nima's heartbeat in her ears. Arin's cheeks blushed with embarrassment because this was her first time hugging a man, as even though many men had confessed their love to her before, she always rejected them. Therefore, this was her first experience of hugging a man.
"(It's so comfortable to sleep hugged by someone)" that's what Arin thought after experiencing for the first time in her life what it's like to hug and be hugged by someone.
"(come to think of it, his body is quite small, isn't it? Is a woman's body like this?? Oh, his chest is touching mine... damn, it's so soft... I didn't know his chest was this big because he was wearing armor before... and it smells so nice. Arin, I'm sorry if I'm thinking inappropriate thoughts... well, it's just the situation!! I shouldn't think about anything else and just go to sleep...)"
A few hours later...
With wide eyes "(OUCHHHHH HOW CAN I SLEEP LIKE THISSSSS)"
Morning came, and Arin woke up a bit surprised to see Nima's sleeping face in front of her.
"(aaaaaaa, he's so close... when I look at it again from up close, he is handsome... I can't move, afraid he'll wake upppp)"
Soon, Nima woke up and was surprised to see Arin looking at him in front of him.
"Um, is there something strange on my face?"
"No, nothing... I've wanted to get up for a while, but I couldn't move because you were hugging me. So if I woke up, I would wake you up too, so I waited for you to wake up like this," she tried to reassure him with a smile.
"Aiiiih sorry about that, haha."
"Well, I'm also happy because I was hugged," she smiled and looked at me.
"Oh, right... haha... haha..."
They packed up and continued their journey to the capital.
A few hours later, they arrived at the capital and immediately searched for an inn and placed their belongings. Then they went to find food.
"After this, I'm going to the merchant guild. Do you want to come along, or do you want to explore? It's okay if you don't want to come along since this is your first journey... you can explore first, and we'll meet at the inn later..."
"Okay, actually, I also want to look around here because I've never been to the capital before."
"Alright, see you later then..."
"Bye, take care."
"You too."
Nima found a secluded place and prepared his belongings.
"Because I need money to start a trading business, I should prepare first..."
Creating 'large gold coins'... "gold coins... gold coins... gold coins... gold coins... gold coins... gold coins... gold coins... gold coins... GOLD COINSSSSS!!!!"
"So boring... I think this is enough... jeng jeeeeng 50 large gold coins ready to use hahahahaha... but my magic power has been drained a lot, and my stamina has dropped drastically... if it weren't for the necessity, I wouldn't want to experience this again... I should go straight to the merchant guild."
Nima arrived at the merchant guild using his teleportation skill while using the search skill. He immediately approached the guild receptionist.
"Excuse me, I want to register as a member of the merchant guild..."
"Alright, please fill out the documents first; I'll explain because this is a merchant guild, so there are no tests or anything like that, but you need permission from here for your future activities, and for that, there's a fee of 20 large gold coins for the permit."
"Okay, here are the 20 large gold coins and the documents..."
"Thank you. Is the name of the trading business sure to be 'business in another world' because it cannot be changed in the future?"
"I'm sure."
"Alright, please wait a moment; I'll process the permit first."
A few minutes later, the receptionist came out and handed Nima a permit for the trading business in another world.
"The permit has been issued; for the future, please assist us... if you have any questions, feel free to ask, we're always open for questions. The guild is also willing to buy goods if they are of quality and needed, so don't hesitate to sell goods. Please contact us anytime."
"Alright, thank you for the information."
Nima then left the merchant guild.
"Finally, with this, my dream of becoming a merchant can soon be realized... mmm, a merchant in another world... not bad, well, what should I do next... because it's already 7 PM, I should go back to the inn."
It drizzled throughout the journey to the inn. I walked, enjoying my first rain in another world, walking quickly, humming and enjoying the rain, breaking through millions of drops of water while singing like a madman.
"You're taking quite a long time," Arin asked, her hand stroking my wet hair from my first rain in this other world.
"Sorry, I was too busy enjoying the rain," I replied without turning away from her clean white face with long black hair that looked so beautiful.
"You're so strange, aren't you cold?"
I nodded. My hands were shaking from the cold, and she quickly grabbed a towel and wiped my wet hair and face with it without me asking. It was cold.
"You should take a quick shower; I'm afraid you'll catch a cold."
I nodded again, staring at her without saying anything because I was still shocked by her sweet gesture, and quickly went to the bathroom.
"Don't take too long, let's eat after you shower..." Arin still seemed interested in my reaction just now. She immediately followed me because she just saw me like that for the first time, thinking it was cute while laughing softly, then she placed the towel in front of the bathroom.
"Yeah, I won't take long."
After showering, both of us looked for food outside the inn and found the nearest eatery with food that we weren't used to eating, trying to find different food in the middle of the first capital we visited.