Vol 2 Chapter 4 (1/2)
Chapter 4: Number, 4, Cale – translated by Doza
Cale opened his eyes and momentarily thought that he needed to hurry in making his escape… Then he remembered that he had apparently met up with two strange fellows.
He struggled to crawl upright and initially antic.i.p.ated receiving an acute pain from his stomach wound. However, he didn’t expect feeling merely a faint sting. This puzzled him a little, but the next thing he saw fully diverted his attention… Other than trees around him, there was also a lake.
If he remembered correctly, the last time he had fainted he seemed to have been in an inn.
Fortunately, he also saw a person’s back, and that person’s radiant golden hair allowed him to instantly know, without looking at his face, who this person was ─ Silvester.
“Silvester, where is this?”
That person turned his head back, and as expected, he was Silvie who was smiling from ear to ear. He happily said, “You’re awake? We’re in a forest.”
Cale could not comprehend the situation at all. “Why am I in a forest? Wasn’t I in the city? Did you guys leave the city that same night?”
“It wasn’t the same night! A day has already pa.s.sed. Since we needed to do a mission and had to leave town, we had to bring you as well. Fortunately, you only woke up once along the way.”
One full day has already pa.s.sed? Puzzled, Cale said, “But I don’t have any recollection of waking up earlier.”
“Because Carol just happened to be beside you…”
So he sent me another punch? Cale felt somewhat morose.
“Where is that guy?” Cale looked left and right but didn’t see the other person.
“That guy?” Upon seeing Cale’s nervous expression, Silvie understood. “Do you mean Carol? Carol went hunting because we don’t have enough money to buy a lot of food rations. Oh, right! You’re hungry, aren’t you? Here, I used bread and dried meat to boil a pot of soup. Use this to fill your stomach first. When Carol returns, there will be meat to eat.”
Cale accepted the bowl that Silvie pa.s.sed over. There was bread and shredded meat in the bowl, and it seemed like something similar to milk or cheese had been added. It smelled very savory and was simply a delicacy in his opinion. He immediately held up the bowl with both hands and started to eat heartily.
In rapid succession, he ate two bowls. Although he felt like having another bowl, he felt too embarra.s.sed to request it.
However, Silvie smiled delightedly. After taking the bowl, he refilled it with soup again and gave it to Cale.
After his third bowl of soup, Cale saw that there was only half a pot of soup left. He truly felt a little embarra.s.sed. After he pa.s.sed the bowl back, even the tone of his words softened considerably.
“Did you carry me here? Thanks a lot.” He really didn’t think that Carol would have carried him here.
Silvie quickly shook his head, saying, “It wasn’t me, it was OhmyG.o.d.”
“Oh, my G.o.d?1” Cale blinked. “You have yet another companion?”
“That’s right!” When he finished replying, Silvie patted his chest saying, “OhmyG.o.d, come out to greet him.”
Just as Cale was about to ask out of confusion, he saw something odd… A thing like a ball of thick fluid crawled out of Silvie’s collar, bounced twice, and then turned from a flat-shape to an object that was oval-shaped, like bread, yet looked extremely flexible…
Is this a slime? Cale was rather bewildered. But aren’t all slimes green in color? I’ve never heard of a gold colored slime before!
“What the heck is this?”
“OhmyG.o.d.” Silvie pinched OhmyG.o.d’s cheek, then fished up a bit of shredded meat to feed it.
“G.o.d as in ‘deity’?” Cale asked, feeling extremely doubtful.
“No, Carol chose this name and said it means ‘oh my G.o.d what is that,’ ” Silvie complained, “I also felt that it should have been G.o.d as in deity!”
‘OhmyG.o.d’ from ‘oh my G.o.d what is that’ is truly very suitable. Cale silently agreed with Carol in his heart.
“Are you saying it carried me here? That’s impossible!”
“Of course it’s possible!” Silvie said in a matter-of-fact tone, “OhmyG.o.d can carry me and an additional pile of luggage! Of course it’s possible to carry you here.”
Is that so? So, slimes are actually demon beasts with a lot of strength? Cale was half doubtful.
“Cale, you should go bathe!” Silvie gestured to the lake as he said, “Last time, when your whole body was covered in blood, I only helped give you a simple sponge bath. The smell of blood on your body is still very strong. Go take a bath!”
Cale sniffed at his body. Sure enough, he did not smell nice in any way whatsoever. It was actually nice of Silvie to only say that the smell of blood was strong, when in fact it was more along the line of various stenches like rotting blood and sweat mixed together. He wordlessly walked to the lakeside, even though he knew that when the wounds on his body touched water, it would definitely hurt like h.e.l.l.
“Remember to remove your bandages!” Silvie shouted, “Later, I will help you re-apply the medicine and wrap on new bandages.”
Cale turned his head and yelled “okay!” When he took off his clothes and untied the bandages, he had initially expected to see himself in a terrible condition. Instead, he was amazed to discover that the wounds on his body had already formed scabs.
Were the wounds on my body always this light? Cale pondered yet he could not think it through.
As the wounds had already scabbed over, after getting into the water it was not painful in the slightest bit. Instead, the cool temperature of the water felt quite soothing.
Although there were already scabs, he felt he still should not soak his body for too long. Cale quickly washed himself then went ash.o.r.e, returning to the camp.
Silvie first pa.s.sed him a towel, allowing him to cover himself up, then took out a wooden box about the size of his palm from his luggage, and waved at him while saying, “Sit down here, I’ll help you apply medicine.”