Chapter 33: New Companion?
Cao Tai POV
As the day's practice comes to a close all I managed to do with the stick was to grow it roughly 3 Inches in length, at the cost of a couple thousand Magical Essence wasted on other attempts, I'm surprised I only have 3 splinters, tonight I don't think I'll go too hard on the training, or I'll probably go insane.
Actually, tonight maybe I'll just do some stargazing with Sasha, like we did frequently after a long day of training back under a different sky...
Meh thats too sentimental for me, I'll probably start suffering if I think any more, so I did something I realized I can do with my System, 'Hey System, what time is it?'
<The time is, 16:42:12 (4:42 PM, for 12 Hour people), can you stop asking?! If you need someone to speak to, ask one of your 'wives' for gods sake! You've already asked at LEAST 10 times already!>
I don't think that the System understands the phrase, 'Working by the hour'
*
Sasha wasn't around when I finished at roughly 6 PM so I decided I might as well take a walk... The forest was as calm as always, if there was an Entian they were satisfied with us taking residence in their forest, at least for the time being.
I hear a stick snap, so I quickly duck into a bush, call me a coward, but 'Its either a monster or its dinner' [-Cao Tai, the Prudent].
What comes out is a deer and her fawn, 'There's no way I'll hunt this deer, the fawn would die, better let them grow up, and live happy life.'
While I watch the Deer I feel some water roll down my cheek, I wipe it, 'It's raining?' I look up to see there are clouds above in a dark shade of grey, but it could be rain or it could be because of the time, it is getting late after all.
I start backing away when I hear a cry, probably a fawn in distress. I turn around to see that there were massive tentacles going carrying away it's mother, without a second thought I draw my sword and enhance it while I charge towards the fawn, to protect it.
For better or worse the fawn stays in place, petrified by the tentacle monster or I. I wave around my sword trying to scare away the tentacles without accidentally getting caught in them myself, the tentacles react by backing away from me, slowly, I then sheathe my sword pick up the fawn and run back to camp.
* [No, companion will NOT be the fawn, just a different kind of companion, more of a pet. Since I think I'd get quite a few grievances from Webnovel. And furry's don't exist in this Realm]
As I arrive back to camp I see Sasha hard at work cooking, "Hey Sasha? Where have you been for the last few days? We haven't seen you much?" I ask, still carrying the Fawn. "Uhh- well..." Sasha says, stammering. "Never mind, you have your secrets, I have mine, forget I asked" I say, and Sasha nods in thanks, I wonder why she doesn't want to tell me...
Anyways, today we were eating boar, so I think that this poor fawn's trauma will probably end up being even worse than it already is.
"Uhh... Master, what is a baby deer here at camp with us? Sasha already said that she'll get dinner, and its a little young..." Says Violet, sitting near the fire with another one of her 'Mutated' weapons, since they don't even resemble what they looked like originally any more.
Before she could say any more the fawn pranced [Is that the right word?] and layed bowed its head at Violet. "Hoho, it likes you," I chuckle, Violet still bewildered by the fawns.
"You sure your not the queen of the forest?" I tease, the fawn then lays next to her, significantly calmer than she was earlier. "Maybe..." Violet mutters, Sasha then announces dinner so we eat with a fawn next to us.
"Hey Sasha, have you ever seen a fawn up close before?" I ask, since I haven't, but maybe Sasha has, before we met.
Sasha shakes her head, "No, this is the first time I've seen a deer up close, how about you, Violet?"
We turn our gazes to see Violet caressing the fawn, when she senses our glances she looks up and blushes, "uh-This is my first time seeing a fawn, however I have seen many deer during my flights, when Master was being sick" She ends with a little quip, wow... so much for not telling anyone...
Sasha now looks at me with a new mischievous light in her eyes, "Oh? Master has vertigo??" She starts looking in heat once more, but more from excitement of her scheme.
"Sasha, whatever your planning, I better not be in serious danger or my ghost will haunt you, and I think that Violet will make sure you die very slowly if I die." I look at Violet and give her a wink. Violet responds with a growl of her own, and then a concerningly wide smirk.
Sasha shows her fright at what the possibilities of what could happen if Violet got furious at her, and her pleasured face turns into a mix of excitement, dread, and shame for practically threatening her Commander.
Sasha quickly turns around and does the finishing touches before turning around with a small smile on her face, "Dinner is ready!" She exclaims, acting like nothing ever happened.
"One moment," I say before running into the woods, looking for some edible mushrooms, and for some reason, hearing soft sobs, like someone was crying right behind me, but whenever I turned, there was nothing else, "Must be my imagination..." I mutter before returning back to camp.
When I return I see that the fawn has awoken, probably from hunger, or from its own kind of nightmare. I walk up to it and offer it Mushrooms, with a small smile on my face, "Here you go..." I say quietly, gently.
It doesn't take it, so after a minute of waiting, I guess she isn't used to people handing her food, so I leave it behind and I walk away, slowly, and then turn around to pick up my meal, seeing that Violet and Sasha were both watching me handing her food. [A/N: It's a female since there are no antlers, or any signs of where they will grow]
When we start eating our dinner it starts eating hers, enjoying it but it was clear that there was a tear in its eyes, one that none of us could soothe it no matter how hard we tried.
When we finished dinner we sat down and talked of basic matters on how we think this worlds gonna burn and teasing Sasha on how the lack of herbs on the pork made it less than desirable. Sure its pointless, but its an amazing way to cool down.
*
We talk until the fire extinguishes itself, Violet offered to relight it but it was the middle of the night, so I tell them to go get some sleep, I'm going to take a walk to think over what happened today and what to do with the fawn.
This time you could hear the cries and crushing of trees, like the Entian was furious, however no cruel Entian kills his own subjects, unlike human ones.
<Hey, some free advice, RUN! RUN FASSSTTTT!> The system blares, I think its innerwarningsystem just had a moment.
Instead of listening to my system, I duck and slowly creep forward, as I was going the cries turn screams of fury, 'Hmm.. somewhere along the way, pain and sorrow turned to Catharsis...'
I don't know why but I know that the old me would've dropped everything and ran, or at least have hidden in the bushes until whatever's causing it's cooled down, but that was old me, new me is too curious for his own good.
I peer out of the bush to see, nothing except more smashing, so I continue to tread carefully when I finally see the beast? Is it really a beast? It seems like a poor girl to me. [An Image shall be inserted here on how she looks, so check the comments]
"Uhhh... Hello?" I say aloud, and the crashing stops, and a young woman appears before me.
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