The next morning, I woke up feeling better, but my mood is still in the dump. I feel a little lethargic, perhaps because of too much sleep, but I think of as just my imagination.
Luckily, my appetite is now back and I have now the desire to eat the fish that I caught, though itās not enough to fill me.
I guess, I have no choice but to go out and catch some fish.
(Even though my appetite is back, I feel like having meat is a bit too heavy for now. Thatās why fish is what I want to have, though going to the river early morning is quiteā¦)
After thinking about it, I crawled out from my base and check the river to check if there was anyone there. As expected, there was no sign of the elves when I arrived at the river. Thereās no smell, sign nor sound of them. This is kind of making me sad, although I can fish as many as I want.
After I caught enough fish, I returned to my base and grilled it with salt. I enjoyed the dish though it felt that it failed to satisfy my food cravings.
After the meal I decided to go heat to the shopping mall for the umpteenth time in order to gain āknowledgeā and the means for that.
I quickly finish my chores and pack up a small package and set off.
The travel was surprisingly uneventful and navigating become easier with the discovery of the train tracks and the lack of tree thatās getting in my way.
I arrived at the shopping mall in Eirkeil late today, so I leave my luggage at my usual sleeping quarters and head to town to secure dinner while taking things that I would need.
The dinner and clean up went well, and as lie to bead I thought on how well Iāve already adapted. Th quality of bed is as good as the one I got for the main base due to the supplies for it being abundant around.
I donāt feel sleepy for now but working while dark is time-consuming so Iāll just wake up early to go do some work.
By the next morning, even though it is still dim. I ate some leftover meat from last night for breakfast and then checked the bookstore. Unfortunately, the bookstore was smaller than I expected making it hard for me to enter as my huge body doesnāt fit in it. I guess Iāll try entering if horizontally.
Once I entered the bookstore successfully, I began to collect as many books as I can.
One hour later, I noticed that a large number of erotic books was scattered around me and no I didnāt do anything because my . I want miso, but I guess I have to look on other books for it.
I kept searching till the sun was about to set and I ended up returning to my quarter with 25 books in tow, all of it are about seasonings. Also, I read a bit of them slightly and did roam the mall to look for necessary equipment.
When I finished sorting everything, I looked at the pile I was about to take home and thought that I did it again.
I encourage myself to learn and I looked at the books where I sorted it again to things that I need and things that I probably donāt need
(I need this one, and this oneā¦ thisā¦ I donāt seem to have all of the ingredients. Do you even need this much fruit to make this sauce?)
Iām getting dizzy with the number of materials needed. In addition, my lack of knowledge makes me want to cry.
I realized that making condiments takes a lot of time and effort that I thought ad even if do the less time-consuming ones, the ingredients are more or less not available thatās why I ended up giving up on most of them.
(If the Imperial farm are still fine then, Iād want to goā¦ but I donāt think it would still be there. Thereās no way that those two countries wonāt pillage the Empire.)
Well, I decided if I canāt go anywhere else then Iāll head to those places.
LeonĀ andĀ HaileĀ were countries who are waging wars against the Empire for land. When the elves entered the wad with their forces concentrated in the west, these two countries invaded with no declaration of war and ravages several town.
Naturally, they paid the price but that didnāt stop them. Those two countries are labeled by the Empire as untrustworthy barbarian nations.
They are called as such due to them taking hostages and using them as comfortĀ [1]Ā once they are of no use.
They surrendered to the Empire after just three months after the counter-attack. However, once they noticed that the situation on the empire deteriorated, they attacked again ignoring the armistice. They went on to massacre the citizens who are rebuilding the town and used the survivors as hostages. I canāt really think of anything but to call them barbarians.
I donāt even have to tell you what would those two would do when the empire fell.
I know that sooner or later, time will come for me to go south, even though I know that that place isnāt safe. But for now, Iām not yet being hunted by humanity so itās fine to put it on hold for now.
By the way, sorting out is now done and my luggage is full. Iām in a state where I have my backpack on my back and two bags on my arms and one hanging on my neck. It seems that I went a bit greedy, but itās not like I canāt move.
I returned to based thinking that everything is fine but in the end, it proved difficult and ended up taking a lot more time going home more than expected.