Day Eighteen: The Girl, The Boy and The Fur? (1)

「Boy: Want to eat?」The boy spoke as he held out a stick with a fish on it.

「Boy: There's plenty here, so if you want to eat you could take some... Just don't touch those fruits there, that's for my buddy you see.」He said as he took a bite of the fish he held out.

The girl just stared at the boy infront of her, she couldn't comprehend what's currently happening. She knew that she was at the bottom of the lake earlier, and she knew she drowned, but here she was, laying down, all dried up inside a cave where the only light was the fire infront of her and the boy.

Seeing the confusion on the girl's face, the boy spoke up as he took another bite of the fish.

「Boy: Just so you know, I didn't do anything weird to you okay?」 he said.

「Boy: I just saw you fell on the lake I was taking a bath in and saved you, that's all there is to it. Also, I'm not the one who did that, it was my buddy」The boy said as he pointed at her.

The girl followed the direction of the Boy's finger And at that moment, like a thunderbolt, it struck her, this is the reason she felt cold despite the fire and the warm cloth on top of her. Yes, she felt cold despite the warm cloth on top of her.

「Girl: ...!」

The girl immediately sat down as she realized it, she took the warm cloth and covered her body. She was naked, and the only thing covering her was a black cloth with a lot of furs, it looks like a monster felt.

She then glared at the boy as she was slowly backing away from him. As she backed away she felt something, a long and sturdy thing.

The girl immediately understood what it was as she took it using one hand, the other still covering her up using the black felt.

She used her mouth to unsheath it as she pointed the tip of it towards the boy. It was the short sword that was given to her by Pumien. With bloodshot eyes, she glared at the boy.

「Boy: ...」The boy with a bemused looked on his face, look at the glaring girl. He knew why the girl was acting the way she was now without her telling him. He saw the reason, yes, he saw them, the wounds that were now fading from her pearl-like skin. He saw them all and immediately understood what happened to her.

He knew the girl infront of him was tortured, he knew that the girl went into hardships as he heard it from her, yes, he heard her, the girl talked in her sleep, with her gentle and beautiful voice, that spoke of pain.

That's why he didn't get near her nor he wasn't startled. He knew it would only worsen things.

「Boy: The food's getting cold you know」he said as he shifted his gaze from the girl to the fish he was cooking.

The girl flinched as she heard him, it was evident that she was wary of him, her electric blue eyes still glaring at the boy as she tightened her grip on the sword she was holding.

「Boy: That guy's taking long, did he died?」the boy said without pause.

It was like he didn't care if something bad happens to the person he was waiting for and the thought itself send shivers down the spine of the girl. She immediately inferred that the boy infront of her was the same as any other person she met, in her eyes the boy was the same merciless bastard that did those horrible things to her.

「Girl: ...」 She gripped her sword tightly as she reached the corner of the cave, the warmth of the fire was barely reaching her.

Time passed as the boy ate one fish after another, and the girl's stomach started to ache, she was hungry, she hasn't eaten yet and wanted to reach out to one of those fish, but she couldn't succumb to such temptations. She was able to ensure not eating in a few days as long as she could drink, but now both were gone, and as if knowing it, the boy spoke.

「Boy: I wouldn't do anything you know」he said as he looked at the girl, her sword still pointing at him.

「Girl: ...」The girl's eyes became sharper as she glare at him.

「Boy: why is that bastard not here yet!」 he mumbled as he scratches the back of his head, irritation could be perceived from his tone.

And after a few seconds, a rustle was heard.

「Girl: !!」

「Boy: ...」

The girl was alerted as she quickly shifted her gaze to the entrance of the cave, her hands trembled, not due to fear but the hunger she felt.

On the other hand, the boy was calm and just continued fiddling with the firewood. Without even looking in the direction of the rustle he spoke.

「Boy: took you long enough, where did you go?」He asked.

The girl immediately understood it, that the rustling came from the boy's companion and shifted the tip of her sword back to the boy.

「Boy: Oi」 he said, before getting a reply.

「???: Around. Monsters. Many.」The person spoke with a cute voice, the voice wasn't stuttering, but the words it spoke were not understandable for many.

「Girl: ...?」the girl was confused as she heard the voice, she didn't see anyone at the entrance but someone was definitely there.

「Girl: An assassin?!」She thought. it was understandable as there was no one yet a presence was definitely there, the words it spoke were few and precise, just like the assassins of her former owner.

「???: Girl?」The assassin(?) spoke.

「Boy: She's awake already, though... She's definitely wary of us」the boy spoke.

「Boy: You should check her condition, all her teeth were now back and her wounds were now closed, some of her scars have already disappeared, but she might still be in bad shape, I can't get near her, so you should so it」he add.

And at that moment the girl realized it, she used her tongue to feel it, they were there, her missing teeth were back and her swollen gums were now gone.

Then she shifted her gaze to her body that was being covered by a black felt.

「Girl: !!」the girl's eyes widened as she saw it, the scars and wounds that were on her arm before were now non-existent. And as peeked at her naked body she saw that there were only scars left, no more wounds could be seen.

The girl looked at the boy as she pointed her sword at him, her arms shaking, this time it was bot hunger, it was not fear nor anger either, it was something else. It was hesitation.

「Girl: ...」the girl parted her lips as she tried to talk and after she opened them, no words came out. No. Her voice didn't go out, she couldn't talk again. She didn't know why she couldn't, she remembered that she was able to earlier, but why can't she now?

「???: Fine」the cute voice said.

And immediately after the girl heard sounds of feet landing from one place to another, it was like someone was jumping and the sound itself keeps getting nearer and nearer until a shadow was reflected the walls of the cave.

It showed two sharp horns and a small head, it was like a baby devil, approaching her.

The girl then pointed towards the approaching devil, she didn't expect it to be a devil of all things, her eyes keep shifting from the shadow to the Boy who was smiling, and the shadow again.

And as if she couldn't take it anymore, she threw the sword towards the hopping devil.

「???: Oi! dangerous 」it said, as it jumped infront, now visible to the girl's eyes.

「Girl: ...」The girl was dumbfounded as she saw the devil infront of her, it was a brown fur! No, it looks like one. It was a rabbit with brown fur and a white spot on its forehead, its big blue round eyes were shaking, then it looked at her.

「Fur?: Girl. Okay?」it spoke.

The girl was startled as she heard its cute voice. She wasn't startled by the cute voice itself, she was startled by the fact that the rabbit infront of her was talking.

「Boy: Expected this would happen...」 the boy spoke as he took another fish.

「Rabbit: Talk. Can?」it said as it tilted its cute small head to the right, its longhorn―Ears followed the wave.

「Rabbit: Girl?」it asked, worry could be seen from its big blue eyes.

The wariness of the girl slowly disappeared as the small rabbit talked to her, and the grip on her sword slowly loosened.

「Boy: Oi, rabbit」the boy called out.

「Boy: Give her some food」he said as he looked at the rabbit.