Exploring the Dimension After Reincarnation: Academic

Nightfall

After helping the wolf, Theresa continues her journey in search of their dinner. The atmosphere was very quiet within this forest. There is almost no hunting animals that they can make prey. If Theresa was alone, then this would not be a problem, but she currently had the responsibility of getting food for all the members of her group. He'll lose face if he can't bring back the game.

Carrying the small wolf with her left arm, Theresa slashed through the dense foliage to open the way. It was very bad for him to be in such a difficult location. At least he still knew his way back and could turn around at any time through the bush path that was already open for him. If the sun goes down, then he is forced to return to the camp.

“This is so bad, I did not find any hunted animals in this forest.” Theresa's eyebrows go down with her looking around her. He thought about this forest that could not give him prey as their dinner. “Is there an ecosystem problem in this forest? I haven't found a single hunted animal since, I think if the number of predators in this forest increases drastically and makes the ecosystem here destroyed. I have to report this on others!”

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Through the road that was passed before, he returned to where he was before. Noctis and the other members in this squad had already gathered there. They had gotten firewood and lit bonfires for a cold night, and they needed a fire to cook food. It is very bad to eat raw food. Do it if you have to, don't do it too much. The human body is not as strong as an animal when its opponent is bacteria.

“What are you back for, Pink Girl? You still haven't caught a single hunt!” Noctis with his face off was the first to greet Theresa.

He could already guess that the little wolf in Theresa's arms wasn't food for their dinner. There is no way this girl will make carnivorous animals fanged, clawed, and others as dinner. And most striking of all, was that the volume of small wolf meat was not enough for the food of the two of them.

“Noctis-sensei, I've been wandering around in this forest for some time, but unfortunately I can't find any game animals. Do you think there is a problem with the ecosystem in this forest, Sensei?” Theresa.

Sophia was less concerned about that. He threw a small piece of dry wood into the campfire while saying in his mind, ‘It's okay if you fail, Theresa. I am the Royale Spirit of Blood, I am a spirit. Spirits get their food source from the natural energy in the surrounding atmosphere, I don't really need meat as food. You don't have to be sad about that.’

“Sophia-chan, you're so mean to say that! Me, Alex, and Aunt Yovanca need a game for our dinner. Do you have no pity at all if you hold on to hunger until tomorrow? Sleeping on that empty stomach, we might catch a cold because of it. Can you care more?” theresa's Response.

“Hmm...” Sophia turned her face away.

Spirits and contractors have a mental connection between them. Except in special situations, the two of them would understand each other about what each other was thinking. One example of this situation of mental disconnection is like the current Elena and Noctis. The distance between them makes them unable to connect.

“You have been around for a long time and failed to find prey for tonight, yes.” Noctis held his chin and had an eye gaze as if this was an emergency situation. Like the commander who thought of his side's defeat, Noctis thought hard. “Hmm. I'll deal with this matter soon.”

The black portal opens, then Noctis goes into it before it closes again.

Now only Yovanca, Theres, Sophia, and Alex are left in a silent atmosphere. Both of their horses were also nearby, but both of them were very calm, eating grass without paying attention to the two. Too quiet there with the sound of firewood destroyed by the heat of the fire, besides the atmosphere is very calm.

The sun is sinking more and more in the western horizon. The light slowly dissipated within this dark and dense forest. Some fireflies floated into lighting in addition to the light of the fire with the sound of crickets increasingly whispering. The four of them still had nothing to do and were just staring at the blazing bonfire.

The bonfire became an object with movement in this place, so their eyes were reflexively fixed on them. It is also the brightest object in this dark night. Unlike the modern earth, there are still no smartphones and other electronic equipment. Noctis became an individual with a high probability of accelerating the pace of technological development of that world, but he had a few things that held him back from doing that.

One of the reasons Noctis is to preserve the world. Not the nature of the world, but rather leads to the progress of the world. If he were to incorporate otherworldly technology and speed up the process of that world, then he himself would be afraid if the world community needed to familiarize itself with the rapidly evolving technology.

The price of human life in the world is very cheap. An adventurer or soldier who is enlisting today will not necessarily return tomorrow. At worst possible, if Noctis advances the level of civilization there too quickly, he thinks about the risks of war. A high-authority person without thinking about the lives of others would definitely start a war to get something he wanted, whether it was title, honor, or wanted to bring down the other party.

Was Noctis afraid of the other party about to start a war? Of course he wasn't scared. He would not care about conflict between people as a spirit. To him, this was just like animals fighting each other. Even this is worse than animals, where humans start a fight for stupid reasons such as a title of honor that gives nothing.

Doesn't man have a mind that distinguishes him from animals? If humans do not want to be treated the same as animals, then they need to show that they are different from animals. Animals do not have the sense that makes it unable to do many things. Human reason should help him to solve problems in a better way.

“Swit-silent, Theresa, what will you do with the animal?” ask Sophia.

“Senyap-silent?”

“Ya.. because we are not currently starting any dialogue conversation. Word “silent-silent” is suitable to describe this situation, ‘kan? Or, do I have to use the word “ silently-silently” because the word “diam” is the antonym of the word “ramai”. If there are people “by the way”, doesn't that mean they are doing something that “ramai”?” Sophia.

Sophia's expression is very complicated, huh? It doesn't matter if you don't really understand Sophia's intentions, because even the Writers are a little dizzy about this one.