The Redemption of The Chain Hero (TROTSH x Male Reader)

Travelling on Uncharted territory

Y/n's pov

The morning came and went quickly. After waking up I carefully got out of Fitoria's hold without waking her up, then I made a small fire to cook something to eat. By the time I finished cooking, Fitoria had woken up. Once we ate, we cleaned up the area and snuffed out the fire and buried the coals, then we started travelling. There was another dragon hourglass on the lands Fitoria had taken us to, however we decided to travel by foot instead of teleporting so that we could earn experience and get a general lay out of the land. The area was covered in trees but it wasn't dense forest. However, without any clear paths we had to travel carefully. As we traveled, I made sure to map out the area's we traveled, a skill that I picked up from my time in the other world. By the time the sun was above our heads, we had found ourselves at the edge of a cliff, looking down at the land. 

At the bottom of the cliffs, there was an empty plains field, in the distance, the plains led into a valley with a large snowy mountain visible at the end. On one side of the plains there was a bunch of hills with trees that looked like cherry blossoms in the spring, however in the middle of them all there was one large tree that was several times larger than any other tree around. On the other side of the plains, there was a beach with large rocks forming a half ring out into the water. I sighed and sat down, taking out the map i'd drawn and started mapping what I could see. Fitoria looked over at me as I was making the map and spoke "What are you doing?" "I'm making a map of the area. If I understand the layout of this area and what monsters appear around here, I can take advantage of the terrain and come up with strategies in case there is monster I cant handle" Fitoria nodded and sat down next to me, watching as I finished mapping out the area. 

After I finished, I stored the map away and pat Fitoria's head "alright, we are set to go. Which area is the dragon hourglass at?" Fitoria pointed over at the large tree in the cherry blossom like forest "It's inside the base of that tree." I nodded and stood up, stretching a bit "alright, lets find a way off this cliff then we can make our way towards that tree. We might have to camp for one more night before reaching it though." Fitoria nodded "that's fine" I held a hand out and helped her up, turning to start walking only to notice that she hadn't let go of my hand. I looked back at her "Are you gonna let go?" She shook her head "No, I will hold onto this" I sighed and started walking. Fitoria followed by my side, holding my hand as we walked. After a while I spoke "someone might think you like them if you hold their hand like this for no obvious reason" Fitoria frowned and spoke up "I'm just doing what I feel is right. . . and it feels like this has happened before." I looked back at her "You are trying to remember your past then." She looked down in thought before speaking quietly "Maybe.." "That's fine, just try not to get your memories and emotions mixed together." she looked up at me "Why"  "you will start mistaking people for others. Then you get too attached, or let yourself relax around someone you don't really know." Fitoria frowned "Would it be wrong for me to trust in you?" "I can't even trust myself." 

The walk was silent for a while after that, we continued walking nearby the cliff side until we found ourselves at a slow incline where the forest began to thin out and lead into the beginning of the hills covered in the cherry blossom like trees. I stared at the trees as we walked "Fitoria, what kind of tree is this?" Fitoria looked at the tree as well "They are called Fairy Willows, Elves and Fairy make their homes out of the wood of these trees. It's sap keeps weaker monsters away, but some strong monsters like to eat it." I nodded and carefully pulled a twig off the end of one of the branches, feeding it into the gem on my bracelet and watching as 4 new things unlocked. [Fairy willow charm bracelet], [Fairy willow wicker chain], [Shaped Fairy willow endings], and [Fairy wood shaping knife end]. I sighed and looked over at Fitoria again "Now would be the best time to set up camp for the night. Can you set up a fire?" Fitoria nodded and started getting stuff to make a fire. While she did that, I took out my map and added the areas we passed on it. Once I finished that, I took out 2 bedrolls from my inventory and laid them out with blankets on them. After taking out other things for the night, I went over to one of the trees and climbed up into it. I took some seeds from the tree and stored them in my inventory before using a tapper to collect some of the tree sap in bottles for later experiments. I then broke off a branch and equipped the [Fairy wood shaping knife end] to the end of my chain. I opened up my menu and looked through what the knife end would allow me to do. It allowed for me to use skills to make accessories out of any kind of Fairy wood; including Fairy willow, Fairy Birch, Fairy oak, and Fairy bark.