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'It's been a month now... I've spent the entire time bonding with Rio, and improving my skills. I haven't been able to test the latest version of my cure, but I believe it should be very effective. I think this cure will be fast enough for me to not be required to stay with my future patients. From the sheer amount of demons on that mountain, I don't have enough time to stay with every single one of them after administering the cure.

I began to prep my supplies, my back wouldn't hurt last month from the weight of everything but with all that training it's as light as a feather.


Honestly, I don't have much info on the final selection, so I'm not sure if I can bring Rio. Though I've long decided I'm not going to risk it.

Crouching down to the now more grown Rio, I pet his head and scratch behind his ears, him smiling at me. "hey buddy, I'm going to have to head out. I'll see you soon okay?"

I smiled as Rio closed his eyes, going to take a nap. I'm gonna have to make sure there's enough water and food for 7 days, from what I know that is how long the final selection lasts. It's gonna be hard staying away from Rio for a while, but I'm sure he'll be alright. I mean, he managed to crawl out of the forest with the broken paw asking for help. If something were to happen I could trust him to run for help, or track my scent, which he has been doing when he is looking for me.

I put the food and water down, from my calculations this should be enough for Rio. I begin to make sure I didn't forget any of the cures. After I made sure I have all the cures in my basket, I start organizing the ones that are attached to my belt, ranging from strongest to weakest so I don't get confused in battle.

After I organized my belt, I grabbed my water two gourds and filled them to the top so I would be able to survive the 7 days. Another reason I am excited about the final selection is that if I pass, I'll get my own colored blade.

 The blade I currently use was an old one of my fathers, so it is his color, I wonder if my color will be different. I shrug the thought off as I put my blade on the side of my hip.

I pet Rio one more time before leaving the house, sliding the door shut on my way out. I began my walk to Fujikasane Mountain, making sure everything is secured tightly on my belt or in my basket.

«──«⋅ʚ♡ɞ⋅»──» «──«⋅ʚ♡ɞ⋅»──» «──«⋅ʚ♡ɞ⋅»──»

The walk was long and tedious, mostly just boring. There was nothing except for my thoughts to keep me company. I hope Rio has enough food, I hope this cure works, I hope I will be able to keep up. What will the others be like I wonder? Will they mistake me for a demon? I hope not considering we all have to meet in one area.

...

wow.


That's one big mountain. I feel kinda strange walking in here, it's basically a death trap for those like me. Maybe it's the wisteria or just my nerves but I feel someone big is going to happen..

I walk into the enclosure that is surrounded by wisteria vines, In front of the path under pillars I see two little kids holding lanterns. I look around whilst still being on the stone path, There are a decent amount of people here, is it like this every year? Someone that stood out to me was a boy with red hair and a scar on his forehead, he seemed to not notice me because he was looking at a girl with a butterfly clip in her hair.

 I decide to just go find a spot to stand, I got looked at by some of the other people surrounding me. Though the people on the opposite side seemed to not even notice my horns or my existence. I sigh as I realize what I have gotten myself into.

The two children announce what exactly will be happening, we have to survive for seven days in this wisteria caged area. Some demons roam within the space that is encaged by the wisteria. Our job is to slay the demons, or only try to survive.

That last sentence worried me a bit, are there people that don't even try to slay demons because it's already hard enough to survive? Sheesh.

Don't people usually spend around a year training to survive this too? If I wasn't nervous before I sure am now. I began to calm myself as the children from before started to count down

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