Emotion Taster

Arc 4 New Stage: Chapter 37 - The First Night In The Forest

Wandering with Farrel in the woods turned out to be easy. The man has strong stamina, does not complain easily, and continues to be consistent with his attitude and decisions. When finding water, he also determined a safe point to be used as a temporary residence. Compared to goa, empty places such as river banks or sea coasts are much safer.

We split the tasks, not wandering far enough to temporarily collect the items. I gathered wood around, while Farrel built a shelter and took clean water for supplies.

Farrel prevented me from wandering too far alone. If you want to do colonization, then acting both is highly recommended. No one knows what we will get on a long journey, getting lost on one side will create many other problems.

Collecting wood in the moist forest is quite difficult. The high water levels in the air caused the tree twigs that I found to be mostly wet. So, my search at that time did not yield much results. Even so, Farrel said the wood does not mean futile.

My bottom shoes and pants were getting sticky filled with dirt. The short-sleeved shirt also caused a lot of foreign touches to be found on the hands, some irritating responses began to be felt.

When the fatigue peaked and wanted to find a place to rest, I found something unexpected.

Box ...?

The object is in the form of a large box, hidden in one of the large trees with many trickers such as root twists, moss, and foliage. However, I can tell for sure the object is a box with a modern design.

I approached, coming to stand right in front of the box which was about half a cubic meter.

The leaves around me swept by hand, the roots of the tree I cut with an axe. After everything was clean enough, I was finally able to find a mechanism to open the box.

*open ....

"Ah .. so, yes," I muttered to myself after seeing the contents of the box.

*****

I don't know exactly how time goes. Something I can understand is the path of light that begins to dim compared to before. It is not yet certain what place I am in now has day and night arrangements, but it is better to return as soon as possible to report this news.

My position at that time was not too far from Farrel who stood guard at the resting place near the river. So, it's not hard for me to find my way home.

There I saw Farrel, he was cleaning something in the river. From a distance, I could hear splashing water, but with a viewpoint at the back, I only knew that he was squatting in the corner of the river.

"Farrel, what are you?" I asked who came closer to the man.

"Wash the wooden rod, the empty cavity we might be able to use to make a glass."

"If you have to throw it away, we don't need the wood now" I said in a cold tone to Farrel.

"uh? Discard? Oh, so you have a place to drink that— Eh!?"

Farrel's response was startled when he saw me, his throat snapping until the air thrust cut off his sentence. He who turned around to follow the direction of the sound was presented with a surprising sight. The wrinkle of his face looked confused, trying to understand what was happening to me right now. The question that came out of his mouth was ....

"In this forest there's a supermarket?"

"Heh, I think that makes the most sense" I said a little. "Not, not the supermarket. I got this all from the box."

"... Box?"

The thing I brought to Farrel was a package of firewood, a modern gas base match, a combat knife used by soldiers, and an aluminum drinking bottle. This firewood is very clean and neatly arranged, tied with a rope that looks branded. The match I brought had a huge blue flame that could burn wood easily. Of the two objects and with super quality conditions, it is impossible to be found in the wilderness just like that.

I told him, if I found a box that contained neat three of these objects. Then, if this is indeed the basis of the game, it means that boxes like this are still scattered in many places. That is according to instinct and common sense rules of survival games.

"Hmn .. box," murmured Farrel put a hand on his chin a little thought. "Okay, now change plans. Our main goal is to find more boxes. Rather than rely on colossal science, it's better to bet on the contents of that box."

I began to continue, going back around with Farrel looking for the box. Then, sure enough, we gradually found other boxes in various places with different contents with factory quality.

Starting from flashlights, carry bags, canned food, thick clothes, special shoes, and even up to the P3K box stage. Our shrewdness in looking for the object continues to be honed and gradually gets positive results. From the look of ordinary schoolchildren, we turned into a duo with complete modern survival equipment.

Time began to dissolve, from above the sidelines of the tree it was seen that the light began to dim to darken. Farrel and I certainly realized, we went back to the riverbank to rest and open the supplies obtained from the previous box.

Unfortunately we did not find a tent. So, there we just made a simple shelter by utilizing two trees and a series of wood plus a used clothing base. At least the formation is comfortable enough to wear everyday.

The dark of the night had brought the temperature down, and we started to light the bonfire for warmth. Nothing is difficult now, everything goes easily and even had time for us to feel pleasure.

There I had finished eating, and began to lay my body resting on a bed of clothes. However, Farrel was still sitting facing the bonfire. The canned food he had eaten had not been completely used up.

"Farrel," call me to talk to him.

"What's wrong? You still hungry?" then the man replied guessing.

"No, not that."

"Certain why? You want to piss?"

"If it's a privacy issue, I can take care of it myself."

"Unfortunately that self-esteem is not happening right now, Ivan. That night is dangerous, going alone can make you stray or mired fall. For now, privacy doesn't apply."

"..."

"..."

"Okay, I understand" I replied with a pause and let the atmosphere go blank.

It is true, acting alone is always a big risk. When in the darkness of the night, it will be great where the possibility of getting lost becomes higher.

But ....

"But, that's not what I meant," I said, returning the conversation.

"When is that why?"

"I .. I just wanted to ask. How do you feel when time suddenly appears in a foreign place like gini. You mean, you said earlier that you had a lot of questions, right? Why not ask now? To be honest, I'm still guilty of taking you to mystic affairs."

What Verdian said to me was not wrong either. He was quite angry when he was brought into this world. But, it seems like he also tried to hold back the anger in front of Dina's sister trying to look cool.

There was a slight anomaly when the man who had wanted to hit Dina's leg could hold himself back to such an extent. However, the sure thing is that her grudge against me which was driven by the fact I brought to a foreign world like this is also indisputable. Instead, of all responses, he was the most human. Brought into the world and forcefully live a life-risk game, surely one would blame the bearer who pulled him into the game.

So, I have an awkwardness in my heart. Farrel dimly wave his emotions made me ask questions too. Is he holding back emotions? Feeling sunken because I'm his old friend? If so, I also have an emotional fight in my heart right now.

He's not tied to magic, and the guy I didn't tell you about magic. So ....

"Are you upset that you've been brought here?" I asked Farrel.

The silent atmosphere happened. Farrel did not immediately answer the question and formed a temporary silent atmosphere. The sound of the campfire laying down was heard repeatedly, the fire burning wood was the only sound, even at that point the man did not move his hand anymore to continue eating.

"Hmn .. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't upset. My last memory, before I was eating chocolate cheese toast. I was called here when I ate one piece. Ahaha, you guys should wait until I finish everything first."

That's still the switcher's answer. Although half of him tried to be honest, but the other half he held back from giving bad words that hurt my feelings.

The atmosphere began to soften, our movements and breaths were not too stiff, and Farrel also resumed eating. With his actions, I also felt relaxed in my body again.

"Actually, Ivan. I already know that you have something like magic from a long time."

"Hoo ... Ye know? From when?"

"I know that there is something different in you that has been from the age of Junior High. But, I didn't know that it meant magic like this."

"Keep, the time you already know. What do you think?"

"Nothing has changed, we are still calm today. In fact, I think it was an accident that sent you to the hospital ... It was also the same incident of magic, right?"

"Yes, it's true" I replied without further ado. "I don't have to lie anymore if you know about magic."

"Hmn, so it's true, yes. It turns out, all this time you have been trying hard to fight heavy loads like gini," murmured Farrel spoke to himself with a tone spoken to the sky. "You know, lately you've changed, Ivan. Your response feels more alive, and you're more resilient to other people's conversations than you used to."

"In my memory, nothing has changed."

"No, you changed. In the past you could only talk to one person, it was also more common short, dense, and it looks like you want to escape from it. I thought you had a mental illness. But, getting away for a while you've been close to a lot of girls at school. Ahaha, one cannot be looked at one eye."

"Many girls? In what part?"

"The girl with the biggest chest, Imarine. The hard mute girl is a bit mysterious, Amalia. They are both girls who are gossiped men are difficult to get whittled down, even the same classmate. Her face is pretty."

"i know them by chance. Ima due to time conditions, Amalia because she is also related to magic. That's all."

"But, you're still close, right? That's the new one at school. There's still Dina's sister too."

"Do you count that as a girl? He's my brother."

"But, isn't he a half-sister?"

"But he's my brother."

"Ahaha, while the tag stepbrother is quite famous on the internet."

"What does that mean?"

"OK, I don't know it's okay" Farrel said, switching the conversation. "If you don't count your sister, what about the sexy girl who doesn't use that subordinate?"

Sexy chick? Ah ....

"meaning Pero? He's not human."

"Oh, what an amazing statement. In my eyes, she was just a girl in her twenties. But, it was also strange for him, let alone from his name."

"Language is, he's a demon. So, I don't think she's a girl either."

"You said it was like that again, but in my eyes she was just a plump girl who didn't lack the ingredients for her clothes."

"..."

For some reason, I actually got to see some parts of his body at a glance. The raven demon does have a minimal awareness of privacy, because Pero was educated as an animal during his life. But I also try to treat him like a human being, as well as him who still values human culture about it.

The conversation ended. Farrel who finished eating food began to look for a comfortable place to lay his body. We were there next to each other, like a boy's party. With a distance of about fifteen centimeters, we slept letting our feet close to the campfire for the warmth of sleeping together.

"Farrel," call me who's still not asleep.

"Why, don't tell me you want to be read a bedtime story," replied Farrel who again replied jokingly.

"No, I was just thinking a little bit about this forest. It's kind of weird that we're going around the woods and not meeting a single danger."

"Isn't that good?"

"That's good, even good if we can survive without distress. But, don't you feel awkward? Everything here is going too well."

"Yes, it's kind of weird. In the forest kayak gini should snakes, monkeys, crocodiles, leeches, spiders, or other animals roam. But we didn't see any of them. There are only passive little insects."

"From the beginning of the river water source, supply box, and the absence of wild animals. The world is too easy for people to survive."

"We didn't survive, we should have broken the puzzle, right?"

"Yes, I know. But, in the rules of the survival game. There is one rule where it becomes a game. One factor we can't just wait for the doank."

"And you're saying that factor isn't here right now?"

"..."

"..."

Time goes on, the lonely night still continues to decorate the night. There was no sound from us, no big move from us. It only explodes from the fire of the fire source and the sound of the water flow.

However, at that time Farrel and I were communicating remotely. Heart to heart we understand each other's code.

Our breath stopped, concentration was sharpened, our eyes began to squint at each other. Even though our bodies were opposite each other sleeping sideways, there for a moment I felt a connection.

The sound of fire pellets began to shrink, the light dimmed, and the temperature cooled again. The firewood there had run out of fuel, had passed long enough for him to ignite and until finally the fire had to be extinguished.

*pltak

The sound of the last bonfire exploding sounded, followed by the firewood was also extinguished leaving hot coals. Then ....

"... RwAAaAAAaaARWh ...!!"

In the same second there was a loud, violent cry, like a huge monster. The sound blared all over the forest, moving tree leaves, making birds scattered, and shaking the water surface in the river.

"Hhh!?"

"Hhh!?"

Farrell and I went into a standby position, standing up from the bed and holding up their weapons.

Yes, of course it can't be that easy.