Chapter 18 : Home sweet home

After examining myself and my belongings, Looks like it's time to head home again. Staying with the corpse in front of you for a long time is not fun at all.

I tried to use my feet to kick Felix's soulless body out of the entrance to the hollow of the tree so I could crawl out.

"I can't stay long, get out of here as soon as possible. If one more Felix's group comes along, I'm sure there's no way to escape."

After making a decision, I hurriedly continued on my foot. by raising my footsteps as quickly as possible After a while, I began to notice that I walked past the grove of large trees. began to enter the forest that seemed clearer I decided to walk back towards the main road. in order to use the main road as a guide for the return journey Better than walking in an unfamiliar forest.

Even now I feel very tired. but still thinks that it is enough to continue the journey If i really can't hold on, then find a secret place to take a break between the road ahead. But i had to go as far away from this town as possible first. Even though I'm very tired But luckily, the cold air around me didn't affect me. Because there is a mysterious bracelet here to help. This magic item is truly amazing.

"Wait... Magic item?"

"Damn it, I'm really an idiot. How could I forget such an important matter?"

I had forgotten that the book of a true sorcerer I covered with light as I entered the mysterious door. Did it come out with me? Because this bracelet also came out with me after I covered it with light.

Moreover, I forgot to search for that bastard Felix, there might be something in him that could give me more clues or to protect myself. I'm really stupid.

But it might be the side effect of the poison that confused my brain. and a very tired body mixed in And I was always thinking of escaping from the scene as quickly as possible. So I forgot something very important.

"Sigh, I have to waste time and get tired of walking back to the same place again."

Fortunately, I didn't walk very far, at least 10 minutes should have returned to the hollow of the tree. Shortly after walking back to the hollow of the tree I came back to the entrance of the hollow tree again.

Felix's soulless body lay still in place. The first thing I did was hurriedly crawl into the hollow of the tree that I had previously hid inside. and I'm not wrong.

Deep inside There was a thick book lying still at the end of the hollow of the tree. And I immediately recognized that it was a book that was said to be recorded by a true mage.

I don't have time to look at this book right now. I hurriedly pulled out my leather bag. and quickly took the book and put it in After that, it crawled out from inside the hollow of the tree.

I backed away from the hollow of the tree and stopped at Felix's corpse.This was my first corpse. The first life to die by my hand Although I felt very bad about killing someone for the first time. But I didn't have any guilt. or feel bad about killing this time.Maybe it was because he deserved to die.

"Can't waste any more time"

I immediately searched through Felix's body clothes. The first thing I found in his pocket was a pocket watch. It's the first time I've seen a clock in this world. I hurriedly put it in my leather bag.

Searching further, I found his leather bag strapped to his waist. I quickly unbuttoned it and opened it to look inside. The most obvious one is a book. I hurriedly picked it up and looked at it. And I immediately recognized that it was the Record of the Wild Magician's experiment.that Felix received with a strange pendant.

As I was about to come out of the mysterious door, I tried to take it out with me. But it seems that my power is not enough. At that time, I thought I would never see it again.

It seems that Felix is ​​taking this book very seriously. to be carried with him all the time like this.After looking into Felix's leather bag more, I couldn't find anything important. There was only one large silver coin, 53 copper coins, and an iron key. I think it might be the key to Felix's shop. Take it back, it might come in handy in the future.

And the last thing I won't forget to explore is weird pendant.It fell to the ground not too far from Felix's body. I walked over to pick it up.

From the state of the pendant in my hand, it was as if it had been squeezed with such a strong force that it was distorted.Totally different from what I saw at first. Looking at it, it must have run out of the magic power it had. But I still think it might be useful. Anyway, I'll just take it back with me first.

"Hopefully I don't forget anything this time."

After that, I hurried back to my original direction. heading to the main road again It didn't take long for me to see the main road in the distance. I then diverted my path to walk alongside the main road farther into the forest beside the main road. I look up at the moon now, I think it's probably near 21 o'clock. Not sure if I'll get home before it's too bright.

"Wait a minute..."

I pulled out my leather bag. and took out a pocket watch that was kept out to check the time

"21.20 o'clock, it seems that the ancient method is not as accurate as a real watch."

Even looking at the time through the sun and moon can give a rough estimate. But if it is to do something that requires precise time for accuracy, a watch is indispensable.

But after I continued my journey Some scents reminded me that I had forgotten something else.

"The smell of blood on me was very strong. I had to hurry to find a source of water to wash my body.

Other than the smell, it doesn't smell good. It might attract wild beasts by the scent of blood. Also, Felix said that the given silver coin bathed in a special potion. Not sure if rinsing with water will come out or not. But it's still better than doing nothing."

Fortunately, the forest in this area has many sources of water. After walking for less than half an hour, I found a small pool of water that could be used to wash away the blood and silver coins in the leather bag.

***

The journey back was smooth now, with nothing to waste walking time. After walking for more than four hours, I should have passed halfway through the total distance.

Less than an hour later, I saw a junction from the main road leading to the village. This gave me the strength to grit my teeth and keep walking. The distance was not much left compared to the total distance i had walked through.

The route turned into a small road after splitting from the main route.

The thicker forest that was familiar to me .During this very late night. Let alone the villagers traveling on the road. Even most of the wild animals had gone to bed by now.

"I feel like it's around here if I'm not mistaken."

After walking for about 2 hours, I arrived at an area that I still remember very well what happened on my way out of the house. About two hundred meters away from where I stood, it was where I met the giant boar at that time.

I tried to observe from a distance to make sure I couldn't see or hear anything unusual coming from the area. Many times wild beasts travel in the forest. It often takes the same route over and over. Unless there was something that scared them to the point of changing direction. or something that made the original way impossible to pass

"Safety first is the best. Make sure before I continue my journey."

After stopping for more than ten minutes to observe, I was confident that I would not see a giant wild boar surprise in front of me. So I hurried to keep walking. Walk from this point and continue for another 1 hour, it should be in my neighborhood.

*****

"It's almost there."

After walking for another hour, I entered my neighborhood. Not long after that I saw a small old house. But it made me feel a lot of nostalgia in my heart.

"Finally, I'm back home."

Even if it's only two nights and a day away but because of the risk of death until almost unable to survive on the way It made me feel very nostalgic for the house where I slept peacefully for the first time in this world as I didn't really understand why.

Soon the sun will rise But I'll probably sleep for the rest of the day tomorrow. To make sure that my important items brought back this time, nothing will happen to them during my sleep. I'll have to find a way to hide well.

After opening the door to the house I walked straight to the herb storage room. I then bent down to the area where the medicinal cauldron was stored on the floor. open the lid of the pot and then dropped my leather bag and hid it in the cauldron. Then pushed it into hiding under the table in the corner of the room.

It's not a clever hiding place. But I still believe it's the last point that anyone trying to rummage through my house will find. For now, I want to sleep more than anything. I don't want to use my brain or body power that I don't have any more.

I took my extremely weak body to the bed and immediately lay down, completely forgetting everything that had happened on this journey.

"good night"