(Ice mirror)
A mirror of ice appeared on the ground and I looked down at myself.
My short golden-blond hair was now jet black and my eyes were now obsidian black.
Looking at myself in the mirror, I nodded with a bright smile.
This was perfect.
"I don't feel it's taking any concentration or Mana at all," I said, looking at Celes, who was dancing before .
[[ The master is strong! ]]
She cheerfully shouted and circled .
"I'm not. You might have seen many more strong beasts in this jungle than .
You know I'm nothing compared to them..."
Not being discouraged by my own words, I smiled as I said that.
It tickled my inside to hear that I was strong from her, but it was still true that I was nothing compared to mother snake, that eagle, or that son of a boar.
But she shook her wings in denial.
[[ No! Master is stronger than them, ntally! I know this is a simple use of the but not even they can stay in a changed form much longer if they use my skill!
Master is amazing! ]]
She danced again and set on my head.
I looked into the mirror as I thought about how natural this new look felt.
"Let's try sothing different," I suggested, still looking at the mirror.
Taking a few steps back, I tried to beco the spider I just killed.
I knew everything about it, so I just recalled its shape, structure, and features.
After a soft blue light, I opened my eyes.
,m [[ Master... amazing~. ]]
Looking at myself in the big mirror on the ground, I smirked in surprise.
"Seles look, I'm a spider now~."
She chuckled and sat down before .
I was now a spider.
Eight legs, green body, yellow eyes.
It was just like the spider's body lying outside.
I was a spider, but it was just on the outside.
On the inside, I was the sa person.
The body moved as I moved with my mind.
It was like I had a hologram around .
It was so real that I thought it always was , a real spider.
Experinting with my new skill for a while, I tried to disguise all the beasts that I had seen until now.
It was fun but there were still many things I can't copy.
I can't be as big as that fire bore or mother snake or I can't be as small as the white bunny.
A dium-small plant was the lower limit and a brown bunny or fire spider was the upper limit.
Staying in that form was also difficult for a long ti.
On average, I could stay in beast's disguise for around 15 minutes for now.
Bigger size was easier than smaller ones.
It was fun playing with Celes.
I was happy; I was laughing and... I missed my family.
It felt lonely all of a sudden.
Celes just ca and sat down beside .
This night seed much shorter than I had previously experienced with soone's company.
***
Crawling out of the new cave, I looked around.
As I knew, sothing has cleared the area already.
Not even stains of blood remained there.
This cave would be more temporary than the last one, as there was no safety asure here.
Though this area was at a corner and there weren't many activities here, this area was not that safe.
I was going to do so training with my [Origin skill] and try to improve the stage of my [Mystic Eyes] if passable.
It was going to be easy and I could feel it.
But for now...
I walked up to the tree with banana-like fruit.
It was bright orange on the outside and its size was the sa as an apple from the great Baniya tree.
Unlike normal bananas, which grew in a bunch, these bananas grew individually.
It was sowhat like a mango in the shape of a banana.
Taking out my bow from my storage device, I focused on so wind Mana particles.
This was a gigantic tree, but not like the great Baniya tree.
I was happy that there weren't any bees for to worry about on this tree.
The arrow shot forth, and it cut the banana from the joint.
Before it hit the ground, I slowed it with (Small wind).
Dragging it inside with so difficulty, I sat down before a small table filled with different things.
A salad of herbs and apple, so white rabbit jerky, a small stake of brown rabbit at, and now the banana.
Using the concentration and willpower to play last night made so hungry that I had to have this feast.
I knew the banana-like fruit was at least safe to eat from my heart and Celes, who had seen many beasts eating it.
I peeled the orange skin, and a juicy orange thing appeared before my eyes.
Taking a small spoon of it with anticipation and hope, I tasted it.
The juices from it were like lemon and the fruit itself was like mashed potato.
It was a strange thing.
I knew this wouldn't suit my taste from that small spoon alone.
But... it would be better with different things.
Cutting out a sizeable piece, I chopped them into small pieces.
Squishing out all the juices in a pot, I put the mash in another bowl.
The orange, thick juice was good as juice or seasoning.
The mashed fruit had the perfect texture and taste to be called potato.
Mixing the mash with so herbs, I set up a fire and pot.
Putting so oil in it, I fried the small balls of dough.
Now... it was round potato fries.
Well, at least sothing similar.
My feast was now ready.
It was my first feast since coming into this hell and this felt great.
It was just... outstanding.
The light salad of healthy herbs, spicy rabbit jerky, the juicy at from brown rabbit, and the cooled juice-like liquid from the banana.
The fried banana was adding more taste and if only there were tomatoes, this might have turned out to be a luxurious al.
After finishing and cleaning up, I focused my attention on the left corner.
I had to check what this was or else it would be a big problem.
So things that helped in the growth of beasts were common and safe, but so were a bit dangerous.
In books, it said that people use these things to improve the strength of their familiar or tad beasts.
But so had very harmful side effects at higher intakes.
So could even turn them into mindless beasts that attacked anything in their paths.
The leaking energy from these things could even be harmful to small beings like .
Walking closer, I cut open the webs around the three rock-like things.
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