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Is My Life Ordinary? - Chapter 16

Published at 13th of January 2022 09:07:29 AM


Chapter 16: The First Morning On The Island

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"!?" a sudden bright light fell in my eyes.

I tried opening my eyes but...

I couldn't see clearly from my left eye so I tried rubbing it with my hands.

"Huh!" some liquid-type substance was surrounding my left side of the face.

I placed my hand in front of my right eye to see what it was.

Red?

Oh, that's right I fell down the tree and I must have hit my head.

I tried standing up but...

"Ouch!" it felt like I was just injected with a big needle on my left ankle.

"What?" I sat down near down while leaning on one of the trees.

What do we have here?

It was swollen up pretty badly. Maybe when I fell from the tree at that time I got hurt but why didn't I feel any pain? By the looks of it, I am in pretty bad shape but it's okay since I don't feel that much pain right now.

Now I remember, my body was feeling numb at that time when I fell on the ground. That explains why I didn't feel any pain at that time.

At that moment something clicked in my mind.

"Where is Selene?"

I looked immediately at the trunk but she was not there. Where could she have gone?

She was nowhere to be found. Then all of a sudden rustling of leaves was heard on my right side.

"!?" At first I thought it was a wild beast so I picked up a rock lying nearby. Well, I knew that it wouldn't matter much if it attacks me but holding something at least I was ready enough to counter attack it if I can't defend against it.

The sound kept on increasing.

"Allen?" I thought some felt animal was there so for precautions, I had already made a stance of throwing the rock aiming in that direction.

"Wha! Selene? Where did you go"`Yes, it was Selene who came out. Fortunately, I stopped as soon as I saw her face, or otherwise, I am sure her head would have been blown up.

"Allen where were you?" She looked somewhat concerned.

"And is that blood on your face!?"

"Oh, this doesn't hurt anymore so don't worry about that." I threw the rock aside.

"How can I not worry about it!?" She stepped closer and took out a handkerchief from her side pocket.

"Selene, it's okay." I tried to stop her but she didn't listen.

"Shut up and stay still." That's the first time I have heard her so assertive.

"..." while she cleaned the blood from my face our faces were so close that I could feel her breath against my face, it felt ticklish.

"And... done." as soon as she said that our eyes met for a second there but she instantly moved back.

"Hey, when did you start talking without stuttering?" I don't exactly remember from when but she hasn't stuttered for a while.

"Wh-what do you m-mean?" there she goes again.

"You might not have noticed but for a while or to be precise from last night you haven't been stuttering. Maybe because you didn't notice it."

"..." yeah, she didn't notice it at all.

This kind of thing happens all the time, like for instance when we talk about something we like we continue blabbering about it until someone stops us or we notice that ourselves. Maybe it was the same for Selene also.

"Nevermind these small things. Tell me where did you go?"

"Oh, ah, I can't t-tell you..."

"What can you not tell me?"

"I c-can't tell y-you!"

It seems like she doesn't want to tell me so I shouldn't pursue it further or she will not like it.

"Okay, fine, don't tell me. Can you at least tell me if you find anything useful?" she might have some kind of lead maybe.

"...n-no."

Aw, man.

But first of all, I need something to eat. I haven't eaten since yesterday. That's not all, I need to take care of my ankle. Fortunately, my bleeding stopped, or otherwise, it would be quite a trouble to handle.

"Selene, I think we should find something to eat, or I think I will lose my consciousness again."

"... Yeah. Huh! What do you mean by a-again."

"Oh, that's right you don't know. Last night while you were asleep I started feeling a little dizzy and moments later my body began feeling a little numb and slowly I lost consciousness and fell on the ground right there." I pointed out in the direction I woke up in the morning.

"You f-fell down t-tree!" She seems shocked and also a little bit concerned.

"I mean y-yeah so what?" It was only four meters high.

"So what?! Are you hurt s-somewhere?"

"... no I am alright." if I tell her about my ankle I know she would freak out so if I decided not to expose it.

We set out to find something to eat or otherwise I don't think I will be able to move. The pain in the ankle kept on increasing but I still tried to endure it.

...

In the forest most probably we can find some berries or some fruit at most. I know we can eat some wild animals but I don't know how to butcher them and more importantly how will I catch any wild animal?

I neither have the skills of a hunter nor do I have some kind of weapon to kill it so eating wild animals is not an option.

Selene walked right in front of me and she looked like she was a bit interested in plants, I mean she was closely observing every plant and somewhat looked cheerful at the same time.

"Hey, Selene, do you like botany?" out of curiosity, I asked.

"Y-yeah, ever since I w-was a c-child I used to spend my time observing the plants. So yeah y-you can say I like botany....." she kept on saying about how much she likes plants and how she would spend her childhood observing, studying, and looking after the plants.

I thought she would not be feeling good since yesterday's incident but... it looks like she is handling it pretty well.

"Look! Blueberries!" she shouted while extending her arm calling out to me.

"At last something to eat... But they are not poisonous right?" I heard somewhere that wild berries are poisonous.

"Wild blueberries have toxic compounds in them and if they are eaten in an excessive amount it may cause uncomfortable symptoms or something even more fatal but only if eaten in excess."

"Means until we do not eat in the excessive amount we should be safe."

"Yep."

At a time like this, she seems so reliable.

We took out only a few of them.

I was about to pluck one out but she stopped me.

"Take only the ripened ones. Other than that are mostly poisonous. They would have a higher concentration of toxins inside them that would be very fatal for the human body."

"Alright."

At last, after a whole one day, I can eat something.

"HELLOOOO~ HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?"

The voice echoed in the forest.

"LET ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AGAIN. MY NAME IS MR. X. YOU ALL MUST VERY EXCITED ABOUT YOUR VERY FIRST TASK OF THE DAY RIGHT?~" what excited? We almost died yesterday and he seems so happy right now.

"SO FOR YOUR FIRST TASK, YOU ALL NEED TO...."

TO BE CONTINUED....





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