After buying the hearing aids.... I meant translation device, Mika bought some other basic things and also a pair of chairs and a table since there was nothing to sit on in the cave. There was also a small heater that run on dry wood to produce heat. That one took most of the coins but it couldn't be helped, the thing will give more heat and less smoke than the ground fire.
He honestly wanted more things but the money almost gone and the last thing he could afford was a medium pottery pot, which is bought.
Mika looked at the 9 remaining coins in depression, he seemed so poor all of a sudden. The Montague family was one of the three richest in the empire regardless of there small numbers because of how hardworking they were and how much they contributed to the empire through their respective fields of expertise in the medical, military, engineering, science etc. There were once a member of the family in almost all the core fields, at least until for some reason the family's numbers started to fall.
Mika's mind went back to his grandfather's advice to be vigilant of those around him but never telling him why.
Anyway, regardless of his family's past or present wealth, that knowledge was of no use to him now. Right now he was a poor ghost.
Looking around the cold cave and looking for where to put the chairs and table, Mika suddenly felt that the big cave was small and inconvenient for he long term stay if he wanted to add new things to it.
" I guess we will cross that bridge when we get there. " Mika sighed as he found a somewhat lit corner of the cave to put the set.
He went to the spring which had now become his bath and set up the mini boxs that were to be nailed to the cave walls to hold the few basic stuff he bought for himself and the bear, like toilet paper and toothbrush etc.
He put the handbroom and collector to another corner and nailed mire boxs to the wall we're he put the pottery pot, two bowls, a pair of chopsticks and cutlery set.
Under the boxs he placed the only bucket, which was made of wood along with most of the things he bought other than the pot and toilet paper.
After arrangements were made for all his parches, he went back to his nest bed that now had a lone sheet and a pillow. He sat down tired from his little work.
As Mika rested on his bed he felt something was not quite right. Why was he so tired doing so little work? It's not like he did that much moving around and his physic was 3S+ rank.
" Mahlia, is there something wrong with my body?. " he asked Mahlia.
Mika asked Mahlia since she probably knew more about his body than him, with her being a system and all.
Mahlia knew why he asked and assured him that he was fine and that the new environment was to blame.
"Once you are used to this place, your body will readjust and you will be fine."
Mahlia said as he finished her explanation. She didn't tell him about the progress bar for his adaptation rate to the new planet that was about to be full though.
She didn't want him to panic or ask why it was hidden because she didn't know either. It will be completed most likely tonight and had no idea what would happen afterwards. She had become part of the system and had full authority to manage it and make changes to it as was appropriate but she did not have control over it, especially not after the fusion with the motherbox's energy.
But she was sure if one thing, the system would never harm Mikael.
Mikael stopped thinking about his body's condition since Mahlia said it was fine and went to sleep.
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Kinnai came back from his water errand holding a big stone water container. He had not had to carve out and use such things since he left the tribe. He never thought he would have to make one one day since he had decided to live like a beast.
As he entered the cave and sat down his load, he could feel that the cave was warmer than before and with much less smoke.
' I wonder what sourcery the small male has done this time. '
Kinnai had many thoughts in his mind as he properly arranged the container near the inner cave mouth, after which he turned his attention to inner cave itself.
He looked at all the strenge new additions and wanted to touch them out of curiosity but held himself back.
" He will definitely scold me in his birdsong like language if I break anything. '' he looked at the things that had appeared in his absence and turned towards the culprits bed.
He found the small male asleep. He looked at the strenge skin and bulgey thing under his head on the nest and went back to his own to rest .
He found both the strenge skin and bulgey thing on his own nest along with an animal skin covering (blanket) like the small males. It seems like the small male had not forgotten about him.