Traveling (2) (Revised) – A New World Arc (18)

Hana and I are back on the road to Ikrel. I am surprised that I slept well last night. Hana let me cook this morning for Fumiko and her carriage driver. Maybe Fumiko tagging along isn't a bad idea.

It's strange that I still think about it. We agreed to this, so complaining now is nonsense, but I am still a bit worried.

!Humans are known to have strange thoughts, Hikaru, sometimes we say even the most outlandish things!

"I get it, Sia. I never had time to reflect on things or do much. You know my mental state back on earth and how bad it was."

Back on earth, I had paranoid schizophrenia and young-onset dementia, my life was less than desirable and ideal for most people to live. Constant hallucinations and delusions, medicine being expensive and my parents could barely afford it since I needed strong antipsychotics, plus the fact that I was fading away little by little every day, there were times when I was lost, didn't know the way back home, luckily Hana was there to always guide and show me the way back. I just don't want to think about Earth too much at this point, this is the new world that we call home now, but I bet Hana is thinking about Earth a lot right now, but I don't know who she will miss there since all of our classmates were summoned here. We were the only ones who were reincarnated here since we died in our previous world, all thanks to my dumb actions.

Up until now, this life is crap, same with my other one back on earth, but compared to me, Hana is doing far better from what I can see, she finally got to meet her real parents after a long time, well I guess I also got meet my parents as well. I don't remember much about what my parents back on Earth did to me or why I hate them even now.

"Hey, Hana, you there?"- I opened the telepathic link again.

"Sure, what is it?"- Her tone of voice is warm.

"Well, I wondered how this world was for you until now and if it's any better than the world we come from. What do you have to say about this world?"- I am very curious, am I wrong in my judgments when I make one about other people?

"Well, I kind of like it here, I finally found my parents and I have you, my older brother with me, it's better than being alone, plus I am very happy to be here with you Hikaru"- She responded with child-like confidence.

"I thought you would still be mad at me that I got you killed in the first place. Maybe it would have been better for us to never have come here in the first place, but then again, you wouldn't even be able to meet our parents"- I guess I was right about Hana and her enjoying her time here. Seems like I am the only one who is bitter about being alive right now. Maybe I should try to cheer up for a bit.

"Don't beat yourself up, I am here with you as well you know. Besides, I will always support you if you do the right things."- She tried to cheer me on.

"Well, maybe"

"I think we should get going. Fumiko seemed to have finished eating"

We got back on the road after they ate.

After a few hours of travel, I looked out of the window to see that the forest was getting thicker and thicker. This is supposed to be our last day of travel here so I expect that we arrive in Ikrel by night.

!A mass of Magic Energy is approaching!- After Sia announced that the carriage stopped. Me and Hana got out of the carriage and looked at a big bird monster, with Sia's help we could both see that it had way more mana than us that was overflowing out of its body.

"What the hell is that?"

"I don't know Hikaru, but better to deal with it fast"- I got ready, my left hand forward, extending my shadow hands and tendrils. My eyes fixed on the bird monster.

It got close to us and tried to attack.

I reached inside the bird monster with all of my shadow magic but it regenerated faster than I could destroy then.

"I can't kill it, we will need something stronger or attack together."- I used my shadow hands and tendrils to restrain the monster

"Let me try something Hikaru!"- After 30 seconds a massive fireball, almost like a meteor hit the bird, it doesn't seem to move anymore, but I will just make sure it's dead by squishing its internal organs, mainly the brain and the heart using my shadow tendrils

!You and Hana gain 1 level.!

"We even leveled up from that, hey, if there are more monsters like this around here then it should be easy for us to level up."

Hana and I looked back at the driver of the carriage, who looked at us dumbfounded.

We got back in, and Fumiko was cowering on the seats of the carriage with her hands over her head.

"It's ok, it has passed"- Hana patted her on the head until she calmed down. The carriage started to move again.

"Sia, what is this mass of magic alert about?"

!It is a system that allows you to detect powerful being that far exceed your capacity and are very dangerous but worth fighting because you gain a lot of experience!

"Thank you for the warning Sia"

!No problem!

There is something about Sia and her tone, she sounds a bit less human than I would like her to sound.

!Dumbass, don't forget I am skilled, I rarely have a tone of voice. I tried to change it to your preference. I may have sentience but that is also more limited than what humans have!- Appears that calling her less than human backfires, she now sounds pissed.

"Yeah, sorry. You are trying your best. You know what, I appreciate the effort you put in."- I looked through the window again and saw the day starting to turn into night, slowly but surely.

!I understand. And please don't be stupid next time and second guess yourself about stuff that you feel!- I guess she is right, the first step to improving this nasty mood I am in, is not beating myself up for every little mistake that I make.

After a few hours had passed the carriage stopped.

"Hikaru, we need to get out of the carriage"- Hana spoke out loud and got out of the carriage with Fumiko.

"Is there another monster or something?"

"No, just taking a break. Plus, it's already getting late"

"I will make a fire"- Hana and I gathered firewood in the nearby forest, the trees don't seem to thin down even a little bit.

After making the fire it's Hana's time to cook something for us to eat.

We waited around 2 hours and she whipped up some amazing rice balls with sweet fruit leaves, or at least that's what they are called by the locals in Welcia.

It was quite the feast since she made a lot of them, I ate the largest portions and then went to sleep, the city of Ikrel is close, I can feel it, and then we are going to enact our plan to get rid of their rulers. There may be other people we may need to get rid of, but, let's hope these 2 are the only ones.