"Ehem-ehem." [Michelle]
Michelle coughs, then continues.
~~~
So... as he took it off, I saw the extent of his wounds. It was quite severe, a fracture here and there, a broken rib and a deep gash. Maybe from his armor, it must have been an impact type, possibly from the ogre's club.
My long skirt now became a short as I cut off the cloth to be used as bandages. Since my clothes are also wet I took it off and also the corset, leaving only the underwear left.
I used my wet clothing to wipe the blood from Terrence's torso. As I wiped the blood, I saw his well-developed abs.
From his training. The muscles were hard and it had these magnificent ridges. I stopped to look at this marvel and as I looked up. I saw Terrence, our eyes locked, this time I was the first to break away my gaze.
Cold air blew from outside making me shiver.
"Are you cold?" [Terrence]
"I-Isn't it obvious?" [Elaine]
"..." [Terrence]
"..." [Elaine]
He asked an obvious question, so I gave him an obvious answer without much thought, we then both became silent.
"In our village." [Terrence]
"Hmn?" [Elaine]
"In our village. When camping out and we have no fire, we huddle together to keep ourselves warm during the night..." [Terrence]
I wanted to ask him if it was a joke, I but sat next to him otherwise...
The next day...
"Mmn..." [Elaine]
"Good morning." [Terrence]
"G-good morning..." [Elaine]
"Have you slept well?" [Terrence]
"Yes... how is your wounds?" [Elaine]
"I've managed to recover a bit." [Terrence]
(Blerrb!)
"Hahahahah! Aw!!" [Terrence]
"S-sorry!" [Elaine]
He laughs at me when my stomach growled. I elbowed him on reflex by the wound...
"I'll go out." [Terrence]
"Why?" [Elaine]
"To go get breakfast." [Terrence]
"Where would you get breakfast in this large fore- Ahh..." [Elaine]
So he meant hunting for food, but I don't want him to move, for it might reopen his wounds.
"I'll go instead." [Elaine]
"No, there may still be dangerous monsters outside." [Terrence]
"Please put your trust in me." [Elaine]
"Hahh... just be careful, if it becomes dangerous run back immediately." [Terrence]
I held his hand as I said that. With a sigh he agreed, yet he was still concerned about my safety.
I put on my clothes and he wore his. As I tied the lace on my back I saw him looking. Well... I'm not mad, I've already seen his body too.
Mine's still a bit wet, but not to the point that I'm not comfortable with it.
So I finally head out, after sometime I found a squirrel.
"Earth Coffin!" [Elaine]
▪Earth Coffin▪ encased the squirrel instantly, as it opened...
"Ugh..." [Elaine]
The squirrel was crushed flat, it was completely inedible.
Slowly I'm starting to learn from my failures. I've already killed a bunch of monsters, but couldn't get them back, because they were either riddled with holes or burned to ash...
There are also times when some monsters managed to escape me.
This time, I got a subterranean rabbit. I was lucky that it stuck its head out of its burrow and managed to decapitate it with an ▪Air Cutter▪ spell.
As I went back. I met Terrence on the way. He said "I thought something had happened." Since I was out for too long he got worried and searched for me. It also opened his wound... when we got back I scolded him because of it.
"Okay, time to roast you." [Elaine]
"Elaine, wait-wait-wait!" [Terrence]
"Hmn?" [Elaine]
"You need to skin it first, before you cook it." [Terrence]
Back at the cave. I was about to cook the rabbit that I caught, but Terrence stopped me as I was about to put it in the campfire.
Terrence, brought out his knife and started skinning it. I looked away because it was kind of gross...
After cooking it, we ate the rabbit. It lacks taste and needs some seasoning. I made some drinkable water using water magic. Magic, is really a useful thing.
On the second day, I redo the same thing and Terrence skins the food. On the third day...
"Uhh... good morning Terrence." [Elaine]
"Hahh... huff..." [Terrence]
"Terrence?!" [Elaine]
When I went to greet him. He was lying there breathing profusely.
"H-hot!" [Elaine]
He has a high fever. I didn't know what to do, I tried to talk to him, but he wasn't responding.
Terrence, told me that a search party may be coming, so we should stay put.
I wanted to go out and get some help, but it would only leave him unprotected.
So I decided that it would be better just to stay. At night he started to shake, I moved him a little close to the entrance close to the fireplace.
I know that starting a fire may attract monsters, but this was an emergency. By the entrance, I had a 180* view of the outside.
The fire got the cave well-lit, but it was hard to see further than five meters out because of the lush vegetation.
I kept Terrence close to me and the fireplace as much as possible and never slept. By morning I was at my wit's end and started blacking out.
"They're here!!"
"Thank God..." [Elaine]
"Princess?!"
"Terrence?"
"Heal them! And use ▪Cure▪ on Terrence immediately!! He's dying of infection!"
"Yes sir!"
The rescue party finally came, with that I've collapsed on exhaustion.
~~~
(Knock-knock!)
"Wah?!" [Maria]
"Oh it's Blake." [Angelica]
Blake, suddenly knocked on the window and startled Maria who was near it.
I led him inside.
"You do know that it's the dead of night right?" [Angelica]
"Sorry... I just noticed the light from the window." [Blake]
"Are you sure that you weren't peeking?" [Angelica]
"Why would I do that?!" [Blake]
"Heheh... I was just joking. Come..." [Angelica]
"Sorry for the sudden intrusion..." [Blake]
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Impractical Magic
FantasyOur protagonist came from a broken family and because of that, made his life a total wreck. To top it off, while on his way home, he got shot and killed when he fought a robber. He thought that it was the end. Until he was reincarnated into a differ...
