Vol 1 Chapter 14 (2/2)
Raphtalia was looking atwith me She looked hurt
She o back to the slave trader
She cried in the night, had a disease, and was skinny as twigs If I weren’t careful, she’d end up dead And that wouldn’t be good for anyone
Ithat woman doith me But back to reality: that wasn’t an ideal scenario
“If you do your job, I won’t abandon you”
And I’d be really in a tight spot if she died
… Yes, anything with the sah, her!
My head was spinning I had to stop thinking about it It was painful It was tier
EXP 7
Raphtalia EXP 7
“I want to… To help you… Master”
Raphtalia was behaving like a new person, attacking and killing Usapils left and right Once, she even dashed off to attack one before I’d had a chance to secure it and hold it down
This was good, even if it seemed a little violent
What I was doing wasn’t a good thing Everything was just for me, and it was self-centered
But hey… I didn’t really have a choice, did I?
We decided to stay in the woods that night We found a clearing, stacked some firewood, and built a fire
We picked some herbs that seemed to be edible and boiled them with the Usapil meat for dinner
There was sorilled it by the fire
I was planning on going back to town by evening tomorrow, but I wasn’t sure if we could sell the meat I wasn’t even sure if we could eat it, butthat it was edible
Once the cooking was done, I took a nibble to test it There was nothing wrong with it
It was rubbery, though, and I couldn’t taste it Was it gross?
I hadn’t done anything to it but cook it So it was probably pretty flavorless
My cooking ability lit up and told ood,” so it couldn’t have been that bad
“Here Eat up”
I passed her the pot of stew and a skewer of meat
“It so yummy!”
Her sto in anticipation, and her eyes lit up when she bit into the food She ate it as though it were thein the world
After the day’s fighting, I was at level 10, and so was Raphtalia She had finally caught up with me
I turned ht of the fire
With the money I made from the medicines, hopefully, I’d be able to afford us some better equipment I made the most expensive medicines I knew of
I ground herbs in thetheir juices into a beaker
You’ve made medicine!
You’vedrink!
I’d made all the recipes I knew
So I’d reached the end of the usefulness of co 1 Besides, these two recipes hat I stu out of materials to compound
And ood
“… Cough”
So, theoff I passed her another bottle in silence, and she drank it in silence Anye’d both have to be stronger
“We’re going to take turns watching the fire You can sleep first and… I’ll wake you up when it’s your turn”
“All right”
She was so agreeable and honest She was acting like a completely different person from e first met
“Good night”
“Ah… Yeah, night Oh hey, we’re going to sell it off toht as well sleep on the sheepskin blanket while we have it”
While cooking, I’d used the fire to ss and lice from the blanket, and I passed it to Raphtalia It wasn’t that thick, but in combination with the rest, it should be pretty warm
“Okay”
She sniffed at the sheepskin and made a face
“The smoke?”
“Yes It’s very smoky”
“Yeah, I bet”
“But it seems warm”
She lay down and leaned against my back Then she closed her eyes
I kept on practicing co for Raphtalia’s inevitable outburst
Geez… just how long would we have to live like this?
At the very least, we’d need to live like this one more week
I didn’t want to think about it, but if we didn’t get better equipht just end up dead
… It would happen pretty soon By the third day, I was getting a good handle on the ti
“… Mmm…”
Raphtalia slowly raised herself up and rubbed her eyes
“Hm…?”
“You awake?”
She didn’t cry
Oh, that’s it Her back was touching mine when she slept, so the warmth must have made her feel better If she could sleep and touch another person, ht?
“… I’ry”
She was still hungry? After eating all that?
“Here you go”
I gave her the rest of the grilledit for breakfast She ate it up and seemed to enjoy it
“Okay, I’ happens”
“Okay!”
She nodded as she chomped on the meat
I’lad that she was happier than she used to be, but she was turning into a little piggy