Chapter 3 - The Cave
It took us a few hours by horse to reach a cave. The whole trip, I had been dead silent.
The man behind me was an assassin who had taken me under his wing. He promised to help me become stronger... to become someone who is able to protect herself.
He stopped at the entrance to the cave and jumped off of the horse, leaving me stranded on it with no way off.
I guess that it all starts with me...
I slid my leg awkwardly over to the other side and was about to lose balance as I jumped down.
I could hear the man snort as I blushed, terribly embarrassed.
I've never even mounted a horse before! How does he expect me to know how to unmount one?
I walked into the cave and immediately, I could smell something that had gone rotten.
I saw two legs of what looked like deer meat with maggots crawling out of them.
Li Wei
That old man told me that you can cook.
Aluna Yan
Um, I hope that you don't mean with that.
Aluna Yan
That meat will make you sick, and could possibly kill you! That's inedible!
He looked at me, slightly annoyed. Was he going to kill me?
He grabbed the whole deer legs by the bone and walked towards me.
Was he going to slap me to death with that meat?
I shut my eyes tightly when he walked right past, without even touching me.
As he walked out, he threw the two legs into the bush and started to walk deeper into the forest.
Was I supposed to stay here?
I tied up the horse to the tree and suddenly spotted some herbs underneath a log.
Aluna Yan
These are really high quality! There are some that are great for salves and some that are nice for seasoning! Best if I pick them all!
I took a reed rod from the pond right next to the cave and slowly tied the useful herbs together.
My mother used to be an herbalist, so I have thousands of herb books in my room. I've, naturally, read and learnt all of them.
Aluna Yan
That one is toxic, and can be useful for poisons.
Li Wei
What are you doing on the floor?
I jumped straight up to find the assassin in front of me with a dead boar in his hands.
Aluna Yan
Eek! You killed it!
Li Wei
That is what shocks you? Not human death?
Aluna Yan
T-That surprised me is all. I just found some seasoning herbs that I could use. They'd actually be great on the boar meat!
He then handed me a knife.
Li Wei
Butcher it and cook it. I'll start a fire. If it isn't good, I'll kill you.
Aluna Yan
I-I... understood!
And I set to work with the knife, closing my eyes as I made the first cut into the dead animal.
Has he really gone hunting for this just for me?
I turned and looked at him, sitting in the moonlight, sharpening his sword with a stone.
He might appear to be mean... but he might be quite nice.
Misty Plume
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Comments
Alice nanami
Wow he must be toootaly charming huh? 😉😏
2021-04-01
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Pelkey
Admiring handsome man secretly is not good fl.
2020-12-28
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