Chapter 8 (1/2)

Chapter 8: The bed of my dreams

Good evening! It’s me, Kanzaki Misuzu.

Yes! Right now, I’m safe and sound inside a building.

The cart trail was long and winding, but it never branched off into separate roads, and finally I reached a house.

At the back of the home there was a cart storage area with a wagon parked inside. There were also stables, and I could hear the sounds of horses.

It’s already sunset so it’s getting dark, but there aren’t any lights on inside the house. (I have the [Light] spell so it’s OK)

I knocked and called out, but no one responded so I quietly opened the door and found that there wasn’t even a lock on it.

I timidly took a peek inside, and saw a simple but clean room.

It didn’t seem to have that “lived-in” feeling, so rather than a home, it felt more like a lodge.

Maybe it’s just a hut for travelers in the forest to spend the night.

[Excuse me–. Pardon my intrusion–.]

I knew there was no-one inside after having used [Search] but since it was still someone else’s house I felt I should still say it. I didn’t know how to turn on the lights so I used [Illuminate] to summon an orb of light and made it float near the ceiling.

Upon entry I was in the connected dining room and living room, and inside was a kitchen. There was a door in the kitchen, and another door in the living room, and I went to go check that one out first.

Behind the door was a s.p.a.cious room. There were four beds lined up inside with a little s.p.a.ce between them.

[It’s a bed! A bed! The bed of my dreams–]

Seeing the bed, I felt all my fatigue of the day catching up to me, and I tottered and collapsed on top of the bed.

It was the closest bed, near the wall. It felt kind of safe, I guess?

The bed definitely wasn’t the softest, but the sheets were clean and dry.

Anyhow, it seems that I’d managed to find a safe place to rest before it got really late into the night.

It’s too bad that it’s not a village, but there are horses here so there must be people caring for them.

Right now they aren’t here but I’m sure they’ll be back tomorrow. The horses need food, after all.

I barged in here without permission, and without any money, but I have a good reason, right? After all it’s impossible to sleep out in the forest with dangerous monsters roaming around.

I’ll say something like that. I’m in need.

I wanna sleep.

I took off my boots and rustled into bed. I didn’t have energy to tidy things up. I already logged out of lady mode.

“Mmm… I’m tired. [Menu]”

– Kanzaki Misuzu –

HP: 432/586

MP: 251/728

Species: Human

Age: 22