Chapter 193 – # (Side Story) Ispin’s Beginning and First Trip – 3

Shipwrecked.

It seemed difficult for me, a novice traveler, and Sia, a spirit who seemed to have never been around the waterfall, to return to the waterfall without the help of others.

Could it be that, rather than being shipwrecked, the fact that the spirit and the spirit priest left together from the waterfall where the spirit resides was considered as a contract made and prevented them from returning?

I had that thought a little bit, but quickly shook my head. It seemed tiring and difficult to have to live with such a bad spirit for the rest of my life until I die.

I decided to put aside the things that I couldn’t come to a conclusion about right now and look around, deciding to take proactive action in place of Sia, who seemed to have no vitality at first glance, in order to avoid the cold.

Even if she worked hard from now on, she wasn’t sure if she would be able to find a place to rest while the sun was shining.

“First, let’s find a place to rest. “Because it’s a forest, the sun sets quickly.”

“Because I know…”

Sia responded softly to my sighing voice and avoided her gaze.

As we moved, thinking that we should search around the area where we left traces to see if there were any caves or places surrounded by rocks that could block some of the wind, Sia was startled and narrowed the distance.

“Wait a minute, don’t suddenly move alone without saying anything.”

“Ah. Sorry. It was a habit.”

Since she had been traveling alone, her thoughts and actions often occurred at the same time, but when she had company, she realized that this was a bad habit.

Sia approached her with an anxious expression and looked around, holding onto the sleeves of her clothes. It was refreshing because it was different from her usual appearance of pushing around her with sharp needles like a hedgehog.

“First, I’ll find a place to shelter from the wind. And she lights a bonfire and says, after spending the night, let’s go find the waterfall in the morning. “Couldn’t she possibly make the animals she shared water with help?”

“I’m not even a druid, so how do I control animals?”

“No, you said we were friends a little while ago. You can do something like a favor, but you’re manipulating me. In fact, you weren’t even a friend?”

“Chi, friend…”

Sia pursed her lips and her face turned red with shame. She was so red that I thought that if she had been a little prouder, she would have bitten her tongue rather than experience this embarrassment.

“Since you’ve been wandering around here, maybe you know a place to spend the night, or maybe you can guide me to the waterfall?”

She knew well that Sia was embarrassed and embarrassed, but as if she knew nothing, she tightened her hands so hard that the collar she was holding was crumpled. Br〉

“Ha, don’t do that…”

‘Hjmr,’ she replied, wanting to tease, but she felt that her eyes were about to turn into something more than shameful, and she restrained herself.

She kept her mouth shut and continued walking along the forest path with Sia, looking for a place to rest. Fortunately, they were able to find a small space at the bottom of the hill before the sun set.

“Let’s spend the night here.”

“Just sit on this wet, humid floor?”

She protested, opening her eyes wide as if Sia couldn’t exist. When I looked at her as if wondering what to do when there was nothing on the floor, not even a blanket, she smiled triumphantly and pointed at herself.

“Who do you think I am? It’s a water spirit. “It’s not like pulling moisture out of damp ground.”

With a snap of her fingers, water droplets rose from the surface of the damp, moldy ground and began to clump up in the air.

“Can spirits do things like this?”

“Of course. A spirit that controls fire would have spewed fire to dry the ground and started a forest fire? “You shouldn’t hang out with those barbaric spirits.”

When the wet ground became moderately dry, Sia distributed the water droplets she extracted and sprinkled them on plants that seemed dry because they were not absorbing enough moisture.

She thought she had to start a bonfire before the sun completely set, and it got dark, so she hurriedly gathered dry twigs, leaves, and bark.

Sia sat down near her, and she just stared blankly at me making the bonfire.

“Don’t spirit light bonfires or something like that?”

“There’s no way you could smoke something like that. “Because we don’t have to maintain body temperature like weak humans, and we don’t cook or eat.”

Despite her dislike of humans, she seemed to know the uses of bonfires well. Did she really find out that she hates humans? Or did I come to dislike her after studying what humans are like?

“Then I cook dinner alone?”

“Do whatever you want. But how are you going to make dinner if you don’t have anything?”

“There is a way.”

She worked hard to create embers by rubbing tree branches together, lit them into a bonfire, and then sharpened the branches into skewers with a penknife she was carrying.

And while studying her spirit, she collected an armful of edible mushrooms and berries based on the contents of her botanical dictionary, which she thought would be good to learn together.

“Do you know how to identify edible mushrooms?”

“You usually grunt as if telling me not to approach you, but you ask me everything I’m curious about?”

“…”

As soon as something was pointed out against her, Sia turned her head and avoided her gaze. Since she had committed a crime, even if she tried to stay quiet, there was nothing she could do, so it seemed like she couldn’t bear it without interfering.

“I’m kidding. Of course, you should only choose edible mushrooms. “I learned the basis from books, but I didn’t touch anything that was difficult to distinguish from poison or had only a very minor difference.”

As soon as she answered in a voice full of laughter, she turned her head and glared, and she shouted with a red face.

“Don’t be mistaken. “If you fall now, I have to carry you on my back, so I warned you not to lie down after taking something poisonous.”

Seeing as he didn’t say anything about throwing it away, he seemed to have a good heart, but I didn’t know why he was acting like a hedgehog.

Place mushrooms on wooden skewers and place them near the campfire. I rubbed the fruit vigorously with my sleeve. Then Sia screamed and stuck out her finger as if asking what he was doing.

“Why are you rubbing it with your clothes? Just wash it with water.”

As Sia waved her fingers, water appeared in the air and she washed the fruit clean. Perhaps because of her mood, she even felt fresher than when she picked it up.

“I would have said thank you if it weren’t for your sharp tone.”

“I told you. It’s difficult if you fall down. “I’m not doing it because I really want to be appreciated.”

If that’s you, then that’s probably it. When I bit into her fruit, I felt a chill. She suddenly got up from her seat, glared at the forest, and spoke in a low voice.

“We’re surrounded.”

She took a burning twig from the campfire and looked around. Then she saw bright yellow eyes flashing in the darkness.

“Are you a wolf?”

“Maybe. “It’s strange that I don’t normally approach you.”

Sia frowned and pointed her finger at what appeared to be the leader of the wolves and shouted.

“You know who I am, right? “Go away!”

As soon as her shouting ended, Sia felt her threatening expression swell in her body. However, instead of being scared or trying to run away, the wolf gradually closed the distance by licking its large mouth with its tongue.

“It’s strange. If you reveal her spirit energy like this instead of hiding it, she will quietly retreat. Ah.”

Sia’s eyes shook when she saw my appearance. She seemed to think it made sense if she was targeting humans rather than spirits.

They are a spirit and a spirit priest, but in any case, from the perspective of another being, they were together by chance and were not in a contract, so it was determined that there was no relationship.

“Let’s run away.”

I couldn’t face this many wolves alone. Even if I chased the wolf away for a moment with Sia’s help, it was certain that it would be chased down quickly since it would already remember my scent.

Running away didn’t change the fact, but even if I couldn’t shake it off and ended up fighting, I decided to bet on the possibility of fighting in a more advantageous place than now.

“What are you talking about? Don’t you know how fast wolves are? Even if you try to lure it somewhere by running with its body, you won’t be able to break through the siege and will be bitten by its big mouth.”

This time it was my turn to be quiet. Because I was able to get to the waterfall where the spirit resided without going through any strange hardships, I had to face the wolf quite easily.

“Hide behind me. Even though I hate humans, I’m not so trash that I would let them die in front of my eyes.”

Let’s quietly hide behind Sia. The wolves, who had been approaching at a pace every 10 seconds until now, quickly narrowed the distance as if they had no hesitation.

It growled as it opened its mouth, filled with the peculiar smell of canids and the smell of rotting meat. It sounded as if he was telling Sia to give up the day he was hiding.

Sia quietly listened to the wolf’s growl and then kicked the bonfire with her foot, sparking it and shouting.

“Leave quietly. If you don’t do that, you won’t end up getting hurt.”

I spoke confidently without being discouraged, but as I was hiding behind Sia, I could feel my back becoming damp with cold sweat. Perhaps it is not possible to use many strong elemental arts without a contractor. I had that worry.