𝒍𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒚 |✿︎| dungeon meshi x reader

𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 2

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i can't feel my legs.

help me.

cold... i feel shivers running down my body from the sheer cold surrounding me. there was nothing to keep me warm.

my body is cold.

help me, please...

i can't feel my legs.

all i can feel is... hunger.

save me.

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the second floor. here, strange vistas stretch before them, unlike the village's musty catacombs on the first floor.

scholars say that this is the tallest tower of the golden castle, stretching up from deep below.

the group walks through the bridges connected through the giant trees around them, high on alert as they watched their surroundings for monsters. it's quite common to have airborne monsters in this floor level after all.

"these trees are so tall and i always wondered, how come they don't poke through to the surface?"

chilchuck asked as he points up, the floor level materialising light from the surface despite being covered for some reason.

"i don't know. maybe the curse of this place won't let 'em?"

laios couldn't help but wonder along, looking up at the 'sky' too.

their thoughts were put to a halt as marcille's yelp caught their attention, and they quickly turned to the girl who was on all fours on the bridge, her cheeks flushed in embarrassment after falling.

"you okay there, marcille?"

"yeah... my foot just got stuck on a plank."

she says as laios offers a hand out to her, and she took it with a silent nod of thanks.

"we've been walking for a while now, we should rest. let's find some place to set up camp and get some sleep."

laios looks around them, gazing at the giant trees with entrances leading inside of it as an acting shelter that some adventurers also use.

once again, the group started walking in search for a more preferable spot to set up camp and spend the night in, all the while chatting to fill in the silence.

"hey, remember the time when we spent the night in one of these hollowed-out trees?"

laios asked out of nowhere with a goofy smile on his face, and chilchuck couldn't help but grin, reminiscing the early days of their adventures.

"yeah, i do."

"i made pork soup and badly burnt myself."

chilchuck laughed at that, shaking his head.

"and then i accidently exploded [name]'s brewing kit because i was running around while fussing about my burn."

"she almost killed you. that was the first time i saw [name] mad."

"she still helped me though. made me drink a potion that helped me get a good night's sleep and next thing i know, i woke up and the pain's gone."

laios grinned, oblivious to the look that marcille and chilchuck was giving him.