(We are back to Red's Perspective!)
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After taking down the two boars, I placed them inside my [astral space]. I ant to store them inside my inventory and present them later to the village. Since carrying these hogs with our stark hands seed pointless, stashing these ats in that realm would ease my job. And I forgot to do that to the other four, which made my life miserable. Match and I would have to retrace our steps and store those boars inside our storage.
"How is Match doing with her opponent?" I wondered, and raced towards the forest's right side. "Whoops! Match better win that fight, or else she's going to fight ! Match! I'm coming to save you!"
I almost forgot about Match and her fight against the pig I left for her. I knew the girl would stand her ground, considering that Match was up against an animal, not a player. Animals did not have the brain to strategize in a fight compared to people. But these beasts could use their predator ability to catch their opponents off guard.
But now that I had ntioned it, I beca unsure. A pig could do sothing nasty to a twelve-year-old kid.
"Match, are you here! Are you alive?" I shouted.
Upon arriving at the adow, a figure of a girl laid on the ground. Match was in a vulnerable state that even a level 1 player or NPC could kill her. But at the side of that unconcerned child was the shape of a pig. It was a burned hog she needed to fight.
And Match won that battle.
"You did it, Match! You really outdid yourself! Phew!" Match exclaid, while looking at the sky. I kept Match waiting for my return.
I sat beside the little girl and stared at the horizon. The grass field made rember the first day that I went out of the village to fetch so pail of water from the lake. It was a fun experience. It was a fun event until Clentine fell down and broke her arm, and I ca tumbling after. (Author's note: Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water~. Jack fell down and broke his crown, and Jill ca tumbling after~.)
"I can see you defeated the swine," I said, and carved a grin on my face. "And burned the boar as if you already cooked the poor guy. How was your fight against the boar without ?"
"It was a horrible experience! Terrible! If there's a word that exceeds that, I would use it! I hope I can never fight sothing like that again!" Match exclaid with eviction in her tone. However, her eyes looked towards as Match continued her sentence. "But, then again, I don't want you to fight those players all alone. I want to be there for you when you need the most."
Match's words pierced my already lting heart upon hearing those words. This girl reminded of the sister I lost from my village. But now, Match beca my sister in this different world.
"Thank you for being here for when things got rough," I remarked, and shuffled her already crazed hair. "But promise one thing, okay? Don't die on the battlefield. If you die, I will…"
I couldn't continue my sentence. My mind refused to imagine that scene before . A world without Match was like my devastated self when I witnessed Clentine's death.
Match felt my worry as she clasped her hand into mine. "I know, I know. You don't have to tell that twice! Tehee~."
After our exchange, the two of us rested on that spot for fifteen minutes before collecting the wild boars on the road.
...…..
I knocked on the front door and called out for anyone inside. The night still covered the sky, but it would be a matter of ti before the morning would greet our eyes.
The door squeaked open, revealing the rchant girl I saw from earlier. She still had a hungry look on her face and drooling saliva. The girl's eyes stared at for a brief second before shaking her head.
"Ah, yes! D-do you have the at…? I'm sorry for asking."
'The girl must have been starving for days,' I thought, and swiped my azure window to the side.
"Yes. We got the at that you ordered. Seven of the boars in total." I claid, and revealed the stored flesh from the remaining boars. But before the girl could take them away, I entered inside and asked, "We need a place to stay. And I believe we may live with you now?"
"Of course, of course! You've been a really great help for the village and !" the rchant girl replied, and looked at the spiralling [astral space] floating in mid-air.
I asked if the girl knew how to cook these ats. The rchant girl told she knew so cuisines that Match and I would like. Since the two of us had travelled for miles already, frying them beca a delightful al for us. However, seeing the enthusiastic girl's eyes, I could only guess she has spices hidden in her sleeves.
"You have my faith," I remarked, and handed the girl all seven boars.
The rchant lass stored the girl inside a chilling box. She told that this item makes the at fresh despite putting it in there for days. It was a tool that helped her throughout her journey. That girl called it a fridge, which was not sothing that I could see every day.
The tradesperson let us inside the house and took us towards the mattresses. There were two of them already prepared for Match and to stay in for the night.
The girl ate a humble pie for , saying that this was the best place that the village could offer. I shook my head and told them that a bed ant everything to us.
"I will leave the two of you, then until you wake up!" the rchant girl said, and unravelled the curtains.
"Thank you," I replied.
"Thank you, kind lady!" Match expressed her gratitude as she sunk her body into the futon.
The two of us took so shut-eye until the morning sun burned our eyes.
...….
The window on our side welcod the sunlight. A hot ray of luminance entered the room, almost frying our face as if it were not for the blanket that the rchant girl provided us.
I thought at first that Match and I should have a guard duty of so sort, since I did not trust this place. However, upon waking up having no injuries at all, the idea of patrolling the townlet beca an overstatent.
"Food…. Pancakes… Don't get that… Red… That's mine…" The girl beside mumbled these lines. It was tireso to believe that Match killed a terrifying boar and would sleep like a baby beside .
Upon witnessing such an act, I gave Match a karate chop on her head, which made her jolt awake. Match yelled, "I AM AWAKE! DON'T TAKE MY FOOD," and recognised that all those scenarios were just a lovely dream.
"Don't wake like that, Red! I hate it!" Match snorted as she stood up from her mattress.
I gave her a nod and gave Match my promise.
The sll of sothing frying went through our nostrils. But the fragrance was not sothing that we had during our trips. It was a divine savoury aroma filled with thousands of seasonings for a al.
The two of us could not wait any longer and went outside the room, only to find the rchant girl and other villagers cooking up a storm. There were more grills and frying pans outside of the house. There was a feast happening inside and outside the village as the people cooked three hogs.
"Wow! This place is amazing! And the sll is really delicious! It's like I'm full already, Red!" Match exclaid, and went to the kitchen, which was everywhere in the house!
The rchant girl noticed our figure. She took off her apron and went in our direction while waving her hands to say hello.
"You two are awake! Perfect timing. The food is just about ready," the girl announced, and offered us a seat outside the shack.
I touched the door and stepped on my foot outside, with Match tagging behind. The silent village turned into a festival with various plates ready on the table. Every villager we found had a beam on their faces as they stood by to fetch the food on the pan.
Match and I sat on the empty table and gazed at the scene in front of us. Match wanted to dance, but I told her to sit tight and wait for the food.
"We don't want to join their fun when our tummy is growling now, don't you?"
With a reluctant nod, Match obeyed my words and beca silent in her seat. But as ti passed by, the door opened, showing the rchant with a gigantic plate.
"Order up!" the rchant girl yelled as she placed a plate of our own on the table.
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