FIVE

There is a mine in front of me, I should go to the river to bathe but curiosity can do more with me. Luckily I brought the backpack with me, I take out the lamp and turn it on. I go in and examine everything around me, or at least everything that the light allows me to see. I advance a few more meters and I hear a strange noise at the top, I should have assumed that I would meet these creatures, I raised the lamp a little and saw them, they were huge black and brown spiders with red eyes, there is one that is larger than the others, it tries to silently extend one of its legs but stops immediately, according to what I remember from the book I read about these creatures, they were afraid of fire because their bodies secrete a very flammable substance, so I just had to make myself a torch. I take a branch, a piece of cloth and I already have my torch, with this I am more sure and there is no way that they will approach me.

I saw some stones from which salt can be extracted and the odd mineral that for now is useless so I continue, almost at the end I find a corpse next to a cloth bag, I suppose that of the person who made all this way, it seems that he has been here several years. He downplayed it, although that does not mean that I'm not curious, I took the bag and emptied it, in this, there is a diary and I am surprised that it is in good condition. I open it and begin to read, but from everything that is written, the following catch my attention:

"I was very right! This mine is my best discovery, here there is not only gold, there is a stone much more valuable than gold, it is very strange and beautiful, it gives off a very peculiar green glow and I still do not know what it is called, but what I am sure of is that I am completely rich, the nobles will love to know about this place that until now I have reserved it just for me, at last, my years of searching have paid off. I have to investigate a little more to be able to make such beauty public and sell it, I won't have to worry about anything anymore, my days looking for gold are finally over "

Yes, he was a very greedy person; anyway, in the bag, there are also beautiful stones that are surely the ones described in the diary, you have right in saying that they are very beautiful, the bright green reminds me of "her" eyes and I have a very great idea what to do with them, they will be of great use to me. I decide to take the bag and the diary because it not only has information about the mine but also about the forest and it will be of great help to me to survive here.

I decide to get out of the mine, I just have to explore, besides that I am already a little tired and I still have a pending bath.

I return to the river at a slower pace, apparently, she does not walk around here so I can be calm, I notice that there is a small waterfall so I am going to take my bath there, I see that there are some fish that are really beautiful, they are of many colors and they make their way so that I can walk among them, there are also some small flowers? floating around the nearby trees, in truth this place is beautiful and everything seems magical here, I wish I had met him before...

I undress completely and I relax under the water, being here gives me a feeling of tranquility that I did not feel in a long time, I clean my wounds, incidentally, I take the opportunity to wash my shirt, I feel like swimming a little and I feel the cold water envelop my body and that is where I understand that perhaps it was for the best that I was expelled from the kingdom. That my destiny was to be here alone and calm. I was surprised that at the bottom of the river there are also shiny stones, so I take more and keep it carefully in my backpack.

I get out of the water and dry myself with a cloth, I put on my pants and put my shoes back on, when I turn my head towards the tree with the floating flowers there was a metal bucket, smile knowing that it was another help from her. I fill the bucket with river water and head home. Along the way, I pick up some berries and I realize that there are different types and sizes.

-Now what will you do with that ?! -she yells at me angrily and I can see her face flushed- are you planning to take it? Will you sell it and get rich? Tell me now!

-Now what will you do with that ?! - she yells at me angrily and I can see her face flushed - are you planning to take it? Will you sell it and get rich?

I immediately know what she is referring to, the truth is that it offends me that she thinks I am so miserable as to do that, so I ignore her and go on my way. But she is still behind me.

-Have you surrendered to your greed? Are you going to buy a mansion? -Her voice increasing in intensity- will you hire butlers to serve you and women to satisfy your desires?

My blood is boiling, I don't want to hear her speak like that, I know that with my words I'm not going to convince her so I know perfectly well what to do.

I got to the cabin and closed the door in his face, I was too sleepy to argue, I put the bucket aside and finished drying my body, I spread the shirt to dry and took another outfit. Already changed, I lay down and closed my eyes, this day had been exhausting.

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...........................................She narrates..........................................

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A day has passed since I saw him come out with that bag from the mine, I am sure that he no longer intends to continue in this forest, he is a miser like the rest of the people who have stepped on this place. A little part of me really thought that he wouldn't be the same

I decide to go to his cabin, but what I see is absolutely nothing of what I expected ...