I had entered a cave, it was cold, chilly. I was on a mission, you could say that I'm an adventurer, though not a very good one. This mission was of the lowest, F-Rank. Finding some Liverwort. The cave didn't have monsters, as expected, and it was rather easy to find it, but then I saw a strange path. It wasn't on the map, but it was calling for me. So I went.
You could say I'm a curious person, I would say I'm a person who follows destiny. So, nothing strange was happening in my mind.
The cave ended in a cavern, so big you couldn't even see the top. At the end of it was a large fire. And it looked beautiful. There were floating castles, sitting on top of air like a feather. And at the bottom, clay statues of people, too far away to get a better look.
Just one problem, the exit was in the middle of a wall, with nothing to help get down. But I, being a good adventurer, had a rope. Though it was very worn out and thin, it will do. Hopefully.
I climbed down safely, and approached the flame. There was nothing under it. How was it surviving? And then, me being me, also finally having the courage, I touched it.
. . . Nothing happened. I was burnt, of course, but nothing too serious. Oh well, climbing back up, I left to go back to my village.
Never realizing, what was on my shoulder.
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A Midnight Lantern
AdventureA young girl, from a village in the outskirts, loves watching fire burn. On a candle, in a fireplace, at a bonfire. She had always wanted touch a flame, though she never did. One day, while she was out adventuring, she finds a hellish flame, that wa...
