Itās been almost half a year since I came to this world <letisreel>.</letisreel>
<letisreel>I, Kusunoki Hinami, had not set one foot outside my home.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āHaaā¦ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>I sighed as I had salad on the table inside the house.</letisreel>
<letisreel>I wonder if this is a sigh, or if Iām just tired.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āI want some meatā¦ā¦ Thereās only vegetables and fruitsā¦ā¦ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>Since I could easily get vegetable and fruit seeds, I am growing them in the fields. Because of that, I am leading a vegetarian life but I can live.</letisreel>
<letisreel>By the way, I heard from G.o.d using the exchange diary that Iāll need to hunt animals from the forest for meat. But because Iām scared of monsters I never saw beforeā¦ I didnāt set a step to the forest.</letisreel>
<letisreel>Ah, right. This morning, wheat seeds became available to exchange. So Iām planning on planting them in the field later. I decided to not worry about the fact that I didnāt have anything to bake bread in for now.</letisreel>
<letisreel>And now, after half a year pa.s.sed, the house and garden became better.</letisreel>
<letisreel>As for the herbs, they are lined up beautifully in the vases that could be exchanged with points. Since I can immediately harvest them using āAngelās Voice (Sanctuary)ā Iām not growing a lot.</letisreel>
<letisreel>Also, I made flowerbeds for herbs in the garden. Currently I have only āhealth gra.s.sesā and āred gra.s.sesā, two kinds. I searched the garden hard, but they were the only kinds I could find.</letisreel>
<letisreel>Also, about the seeds I can exchange with points. I learned that there is a random a.s.sortment of six kinds of seeds. When I exchanged it with points, I got seeds for carrots, pumpkins, potatoes, cuc.u.mbers, broccolis and tomatoes. But since theyāre random, I canāt say that they will be the same next time.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āNn. Letās do my best todayā¦!ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>I opened the treasure chest in the bas.e.m.e.nt and put on the armour and equipped the sword.</letisreel>
<letisreel>Maybe it might be good to start exploring a little around the house? I started thinking. I had been repeating thinking of it and hesitating at the last moment from a month ago. However, today for sure Iāll take a step into the forest. Even if I say so, I didnāt see any monsters nor hear monster sounds from the garden so they wouldnāt be closeā¦ā¦</letisreel>
<letisreel>In addition, I havenāt seen any people. If itās half a day distance away, I think people should have come, butā¦ā¦</letisreel>
<letisreel>I went out to the garden and took deep breaths.</letisreel>
<letisreel>Today is the first exploration of the forest.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āAlright, I have the health restoratives (high potions) I made. The plan will be running away with a dash if thereās anythingā¦! Okay!!ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>Then, I took a stop out from my home which is being protected by āG.o.dās Miniature Gardenā. Nn, looks like itās alright for now.</letisreel>
<letisreel>Thankfully, the forest had the same beautiful scenery I was looking at. Maybe, this is a nice forest without monsters.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āā¦ā¦Ah! Thatās blue gra.s.sā¦!?ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>I took only 10 steps outside the garden, but I made a great discovery. There were many āblue gra.s.sesā which are one of the ingredients for making mana restoratives (mana potions). There was thick vegetation behind them so I couldnāt see other gra.s.ses but I could find the blue gra.s.ses.</letisreel>
<letisreel>I crouched down and started picking the blue gra.s.ses, putting them away into the rucksack I brought. So that I can grow them in the garden I carefully dug them from the root.</letisreel>
<letisreel>As I proceeded further into the forest, I then came across āorange gra.s.sesā.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āTh-These areā¦ the herbs for scarlet restoratives āgarnet potionsā!ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>With these, I could make 2 new kinds of restoratives (potions).</letisreel>
<letisreel>But then, I wonder, if my grat.i.tude to G.o.d was not enoughā¦?</letisreel>
<letisreel>About 15 minutes of walking later.</letisreel>
<letisreel>I filled about half my bag with blue gra.s.ses and orange gra.s.ses. A little bit of mushrooms with that. I found them on tree roots while strolling. They look like mushrooms, but Iām planning on searching them up with the book. If they are edible, Iāll cultivate them back home for food.</letisreel>
<letisreel>Then, suddenly, from behind, I heard a rustling sound.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āKueā!!ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>āAhā¦!ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>I thought it was a safe forestā¦! From the sudden āvoiceā my body froze up. Could this be the āmonsterā G.o.d talked aboutā¦</letisreel>
<letisreel>Ahh, I should have trained a bit before coming to the forestā¦ā¦ I regretted a little. But I donāt think my reflexes are good, so not much might have changedā¦</letisreel>
<letisreel>First, I have to carry out the plan. The command is of course, escapeā¦</letisreel>
<letisreel>āIf I dash to my home, it will be my vicā¦ toryā¦ huh?ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>I turned my gaze to what I thought was a monsterā¦ to āthatā which appeared.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āChickensā¦?ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>āKueh!ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>The things that suddenly appeared from the bush were not āmonstersā but two chickens.</letisreel>
<letisreel>I donāt know why there are chickens here. But if I can get these two, Iāll have eggs on the tableā¦ I want meat too, but I unfortunately donāt have the skills to butcher chickens. Even if itās for eating, killingās scary.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āKueā! Kueh!!!ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>āItās notā¦ Kokeh. Itās a bit cute for some reason.ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>Since I had been alone, I felt a bit healed from the 2 moving. Itās lonely having no one to talk to, should I sayā¦ā¦ It feels strange. So recently Iāve been talking to myself quite a bit.</letisreel>
<letisreel>Then, suddenly, the chickens ran towards and dashed past me in a blink..</letisreel>
<letisreel>āEh! Why so suddenlyā¦ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>At the same time, the bush shook greatly.</letisreel>
<letisreel>However, that āwolfā did not look cute but looked like it was hunting prey with a smile. There was also something ominous about it. Like a āmonsterāā¦ā¦</letisreel>
<letisreel>Then, I stepped back in surprise.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āThis is a āmonsterāā¦ā¦!?ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>No.</letisreel>
<letisreel>Fear ran through my body and paralysed me as though I was getting a night terror. But still, I had no choice but to take slow steps with my trembling legs.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āGrrrā¦ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>For an instant, the wolf let out a low growl, put some strength into its legs and pounced at me.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āNoooooo!!!ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>Thereās no time to be saying itās scary. I screamed to get my legs moving and turned around and started running. It took about 5 minutes here, walking here slowly while picking herbs. Then, if I run desperately like now, I wonder when I will returnā¦?</letisreel>
<letisreel>At the place I was standing at before I started running, the wolf was there now. It seems that I barely managed to not be late. If my judgement had been wrong for even a moment I might not have been alive now.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āHa, haā¦ Kuuā¦ā¦ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>I desperately ran through the forest. It felt as though I ran for many hours but I canāt laugh since barely a minute had pa.s.sed in truth. Now the distance has closed and itās right up to meā¦ around 5 metres away. Considering the leap before, this distance shouldnāt be much, but maybe itās not doing that because itās enjoying chasing me.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āAhā¦!ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>Unused to the forest, I tripped on a tree root poking out of the ground and fell over. When I was thinking itās not good, the wolf was right up behind me.</letisreel>
<letisreel>I desperately stood up and immediately started running.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āOwā¦!ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>Maybe because I was late in running, my right arm which was still on the ground was cut by the sharp claws of the wolf. But I canāt stop just because it hurts. Also, it will be worse if other āmonstersā appear from the smell of blood.</letisreel>
<letisreel>Soon, my home came into my sight.</letisreel>
<letisreel>I might not make it this time.</letisreel>
<letisreel>The wolf pounced at me, knocking me to the ground.</letisreel>
<letisreel>As the wolf slashed my shoulder, a pain I never felt before shot through my body. Salive dripped from the wolfās mouth onto my neck, consuming me with fear that I will be eaten, stealing my voice.</letisreel>
<letisreel>Noā¦ Iāll be eatenā¦ā¦!</letisreel>
<letisreel>Overcome with fear, I didnāt have room for tears.</letisreel>
<letisreel>Ah, G.o.dā¦ Iām done for now.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āSorry G.o.dā¦ I couldnāt pay anything back yetā¦ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>In the midst of my fear, the only thing I could say was one last sentence for G.o.d.</letisreel>
<letisreel>However, what came to me was not pain.</letisreel>
<letisreel>Right, it was G.o.dās voiceā¦ā¦</letisreel>
<letisreel>āHina! Use āRhapsody of Light (Light Rhapsodia)!!ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>When G.o.dās panicking voice echoed through my head, I remembered that I still had a skill. I wonder if Iām stupid for forgetting that I had a defensive skillā¦ā¦</letisreel>
<letisreel>āKuuā¦! Rhapsody of Light (Light Rhapsodia)!!ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>The voice I squeezed out echoed through the forest and danced in the forest.</letisreel>
<letisreel>Ahā¦ did I defeat itā¦?</letisreel>
<letisreel>āYou canāt defeat with defensive skills. Get back to your home before it gets upā¦!ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>āAhā¦! Y-Yes!ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>Come to think of it, my skill was specialised for defensive.</letisreel>
<letisreel>To be honest, my whole body hurtsā¦ but thereās no room to rest.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āGrrā</letisreel>
<letisreel>āAhā¦!</letisreel>
<letisreel>Recovering, the wolf was getting up when I looked back.</letisreel>
<letisreel>But my home was already right in front of me.</letisreel>
<letisreel>Only, 3 metres more.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āIām baaaaackā¦!ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>I rolled into the garden and felt relief.</letisreel>
<letisreel>However, the wolf did not lower the speed as it came for me. To get me, it came flying at me from 10 metres away. But that did not come true. And invisible barrier refused to let the wolf in.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āā¦Amazing.ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>āKueh!ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>To my mumbling, there was a cute answer.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āEhā¦ a reply?ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>When I turned around in surprise, there were the chickens I saw before.</letisreel>
<letisreel>How could they come into āG.o.dās Miniature Gardenā? I was a little botheredā¦ but if theyāre here it means theyāre not harmful to me.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āYou ran away from the wolf and came to my gardenā¦? Welcome!ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>āKuk!ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>When the two cried as if in response, I loosened my expression.</letisreel>
<letisreel>I quickly took out a health restorative (high potion) from my rucksack and sprayed it over my body. Then in a blink the numerous wounds on my body disappeared. I made it myself, but I was surprised at its potency. Itās only now I learned the effect because I was never hurt before.</letisreel>
<letisreel>Just in case, I took another out from the bag and drank it down. There werenāt any more external injuries, but it would be if I had internal injuries.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āHuhā¦ I thought it wouldnāt taste goodā¦ but itās delicious!ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>No, not just delicious, this isā¦ right.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āGreen teaā¦?ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>The health restorative (high potion) I drank tasted like green tea.</letisreel>
<letisreel>It felt a little strange, but now I can have tea. I decided to end with that.</letisreel>
<letisreel>āā¦ā¦G.o.d?ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>Then I noticed that I canāt hear G.o.dās voice.</letisreel>
<letisreel>I wonder if he went out of his way to help when he was not to interveneā¦?</letisreel>
<letisreel>āThank you G.o.dā¦ā¦ā</letisreel>
<letisreel>I looked up at the sky and said that.</letisreel>
<letisreel>I was saved by G.o.d again. I wonder how much I have to do repay his kindness. Actually, can I return it in my lifeā¦?</letisreel>
<letisreel>Iām still weak, but Iāll collect lots of points to pay G.o.d back.</letisreel>