A Fiery passion
An image of fire appeared in my head, it was to be expected, yet... it... actually happening is quite surprising. Apparently it was just a detailed image, I tried putting that image of fire on top of the floor, and the stone actually send a visible wave and lit the fire
From there, I burned the floor... "Ah wait!, the smoke will stay inside the cave!" I hurriedly used the leather on the bed to blow it away. It took me a minute and half to settle it down
"Ahahaha" I laughed strangely at myself. There goes my first magic trial, and it ended in a blunder... the room was mostly covered in smoke, adding to that is the burnt floor with black mark
Strangely enough, I felt a sense of satisfaction, and a grin appeared in my face
"Xylene was it?" I don't remember my past name anymore, however obtaining a new name indicates a new beginning in life, A life In this world that have magic
"There's alot of things to look forward to... This new world" I wonder what I would find if traveled around it?. Having obtained a system means that I can also aim to be the strongest. Being a female also gives a new perspective in life. And... Romance huh? I wonder what I would do when that came to me..., being on the female counterpart it was a little unexpected and news to me
(Haaaaah, Not bad... Life should no longer be boring and dull from now on, I may be a loner right now but I need to be prepared incase I met a stranger) My careful and paranoid self couldnt stop acting up as there is a chance to encounter an overwhelming existance by the existance of the system
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Being on the 'Chat more talk less' side, Ive built a female side of me on the internet. Since ive been doing it for a long time, ive more or less learnt a few of it. (Acting up as a Girl wont be a problem, But it all fall back to the early hurdles... I don't speak much at all. Being quiet isnt bad, I can also hold a conversation..., however for there to be no conversion in the first place... gah! Why do people rarely approach me!?, do I have an unapproachable aura!? and why was it that certain perverts approach me instead!?) Going back in the past, although I do not talk much, certain people would sometimes surround me. And they in fact give me chills, Its actually both males and females. I wanna cry 'That's sexual harassment!' but in the end I still cant speak!!
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Finally ending up my tantrum, I picked up the boar and the spear. If it was on the gaming genre it should have been a drop and be properly separated in an inventory. But wishful thinking wont solve any problem, having gotten into this point, you just cant keep cursing the world
"Draining the blood would be a pain in the ass, Considering having no knives", I tried stabbing the throat part as it was the most grotesque thing where blood splatter everywhere, when it comes to horror films, Actually I didn't aim for it, It just so happen that I did the exact same thing (If left alone the meat would rot, drying it requires knife cutting it to pieces, while salting it uses salt of course. Should I put it into water?. For now ill stab the other end of the stick to the ground and leave the meat hanging till the blood get drained) Putting it on a side where it will remain unreachable. If ants exist here and are agressive, I might die in the future. Having knife at this moment is essential, perhaps I should make a stone one?
For now I decided to head into the left side of the cave, into the place where the hollow rock formations are. making my way there I observed the ground along the way. I just so luckily found a similar stick. Back in the days, I liked to play weapons and stuffs, I once thought of forging or smithing one. What im used to play are sword and spear... having no bow, even my creativity didnt do much
Hmm? these rocks so-somehow theyre familiar to me. I tried touching them, Ah the texture!. Yes yes its similar to sand paper, I can use this! I remember seing a block of them before and its used to sharpen knives. The thing is that they are uneven, and the texture only replicate the original
Took me a while to find a passable one. The time right now is almost on the afternoon, when I first got my consciousness the time was early morning, was it 9am?. My time was mostly taken upon over thinking things... Haaah... . Eventually I found a suitable rock, I need to hurry back soon
I went back fast enough, Never would you know if I will encounter another creature of the forest. Still the parent of that boar might be still around, so I rushed. Upon reaching the cave, I tried thinking of a method to lit the inside without smoke. The the bed where the water droplet falls, no longer drops, but the corners of the cave with them, already have puddles of water
Erm maybe its supposed to be like this in the first place?. I went outside again, there stood the forest "For now I need some wood to act as firewoods". Having picked up enough after a few minutes i returned, twigs and various dried woods was gathered "Yep, now thats settled. The thing now is the meat, I need to go back to the knife"
Going back and picking the items, I returned back. There I sharpen the stone for another few minutes, Having finished... I decided to check back on the boar. Yep like I thought it wasnt perfect, but somehow manageable. Now heading into the river to rinse using the running water. Dismantling the meat its a little more harder than I thought. Ive certainly felt the dexterity improve my arm coordination, but having no knowledge of it in the first place you can say that it end up horrible. Ive tried following the flesh's lines like in beef when cutting it. The river is clean on itself, and the little boar meat is kinda soft, so for the removal on innards it wen fast enough, rinsing it isnt that much of a problem aswell, as for the packaging, I rinsed a few large leaves and put them in
And there the dismantled meat is done, punctured into big BBQ sizes "Seriously give me some salt". I cant preserve it for tomorrow, I can't even imagine obtaining an Ice type crystal right now..., The sun is already falling down, I need to hurry up
Bringing the fire crystal into my arms, I imagine the process of transferring mana, A few more soon and I will get used to it. Bringing the firewood, the meat, the fire crystal, and some drenched large leaves outside the cave I readied myself. First I dug a hole on the ground, for the air to only come from above, then I gathered the firewood, and lit them using the fire crystal. I begin to set up 2 'X' for each sides using the left over twigs by stabbing them into the ground and then put up another one just above both of them to create a thing similar to hanger. Since the meat is covered in leaves and the stick was long enough, I made a small grill and hang them just above fire, well the fire is a little lower so it probbably wont burn them
After a few minutes of turning them so that it cooks evenly. I successfully cooked my very first set of meat. It was dark already. Ah... rinsing the left over blood took along time, but finally having the finished product feels more satisfying
My very first food on this new world, Ah... the juices are mouth watering. I took a bite, "Eh seriously?" It doesnt have a strong taste, But it wasn't bland either, "Ahh, My moment is ruined, I already missed the old cooking with strong taste" Ahhh I cant help but complain, While eating I tried transfering mana into the crystal again, but this time instead of puting it anywhere, I decided that I wanted it to flow into the insides of the crystal.
It glowed, it somehow worked, the light it immited is similar to its color, the size of light is similar to that when you lit a fire
Bringing the crystal along with me, I wrapped up the rest of the food using the leaves and head into the cave. upon entering I finally seen most of the cave, the middle of the cave on the ceiling, there is a rope. I tried tying the crystal there with a knot... a portable light..., as to when will it dry off the mana remained unknown. I put the other spare meat that I didnt cook at a corner, on one of the puddles of water caused by the droplets. I wasn't sure how to preserve them, and the puddles wasn't dirty either plus it was cold, there was a hole too so I decided to put it there submerged in the water.
There goes my night. As I dont have anymore things In my mind I decided to call it a day's over. I closed the door using the trunk and wrap it up as to not fall of. Then I head into bed and lie down
It was a meaningful day, as for my death that occurred feels more like a dream now. heh... I wish this wasn't just a dream either, or not something where a random guy will appear and call 'You just got pranked'
A tear flowed into my cheeks, a day has ended and the past me is no more, my old family is no more aswell. I was born here anew, born here alone, born here without family. But I wasn't sad at all, If I have died and reincarnated with no memories, I wonder what life would I get. and like that I slowly surrendered my consciousness through the night...