A New Life

Chapter 2

Following the map to a cluster of trees near the river. During my walk, I made sure to keep to the shadows, quietly. Being on my own in this city means instant death or something much worse. I shivered at the thought. I made it there with little to no trouble, except for the occasional child who saw me. 

At the edge of the river, I started digging. Master Naofumi was informed, but also very misinformed. Yes, tree nymphs normally look female, but we don't actually have a gender. We can change our form to whatever we please. We don't have a specific form. 

Tree spirits are separated into two characteristics, nymphs or dryads, or carriers and sires in that respective order. Carriers, or as they are more commonly known as nymphs, are tree spirits that can get pregnant by dryads, other types of spirits, or any type of creature willing and wanting. They normally choose to have more feminine features than their counterparts but can change it if they so wish.

Sires or dryads are tree spirits that can get nymphs or any creature they want pregnant. They have a more tree-like appearance and cannot change the bark type skin, but can change the shape of their bodies. 

After 5 minutes of digging, I finally uncovered a box. Opening the box an evolved Devil’s Snare that could withstand light. This Snare is used for security purposes, the thorn on the plant is used as a lock, if the blood isn’t the same as the owner it would strangle you to death.

At the taste of my blood, the snare shrank back. Revealing a shrunken tree and a shrunken trunk filled with things packed from my old world. I wrapped the vines of the snare tangled in with the tree branches around my neck like a choker. The choker was thin and black, with the tree inside a circle. I used another snare to wrap around the trunk and placed it on my ankle, similar to the choker. 

Not knowing how much time I had left. I took a quick dip into the river before rushing back to the shop. On the way back I was changing my clothes as I went. The snare began to wrap around my legs, arms, and waist. The snare was smooth and black. The snare around my waist was separated from the rest and grew two leaves. One in the front, another in the back, like a double slit maxi skirt. 

When I entered the shop, master Naofumi had balloon monsters gnawing on his stomach. Panicking, I threw some snares at the low level monsters. The snare wrapped around the monsters and began to slowly squeeze, before the thorns suddenly grew. Popping the balloon type monsters. 

Standing there shocked, everyone stared. “Harry?” Raph’s voice snapped both me and the others out of it. I wrapped my arms around her checking for injuries. “Are you okay? You didn’t get hurt did you? Where did you get the sword? How did they even get in here?” I was rambling, but I was worried. I’ve been raising this girl as my own as soon as I found her, I was the only one that could help her. And I’ll make sure she only gets better, not worse.