One would assume that if there's a structure made by humans, the humans themselves should be close, regardless of how old the structure is.

Well, seems that assumption is wrong. I still have yet to see any human in my journey. All I've seen are animals, trees and plants. Oh and some large rocks as well.

The animals themselves seem to be quite diverse. I saw some with wings, which are called birds and one with a large body and horns protruding close to its nose. A boar. I also found a few of those little creatures as well. The rabbits.

And among the animals that I've fed on, rabbit's blood is the most delicious but it's still a bit bitter and has a strong smell.

Also, I found out that leaving the carcass of the animals that I've fed on would attract predators like those wolves. And among those discoveries, I found that using my fangs to feed is a lot more satisfying so that became my default method to feed.

There's also these strange green looking creatures called goblins. They're a head smaller than me and they have a cloth covering their lower half. At least some of them. They're also holding dead wood for some reason.

Upon seeing my body, they salivate like crazy. Even when I just saw it for the first time, I knew they want to eat me. Those guys are scary so I'll avoid them as much as possible.

Their blood also tasted bad.

Three days had passed and there still no sign of a human settlement in sight. Maybe I should have mentioned where I want to be before I was sent here...

And unlike being a spirit, having a body makes me more bored and lonely. The diversity in animals and plants is nice but I want someone to talk to. It's one of the reasons why I picked a body with humanoid features.

There's also the need that I have to do this activity called sleeping. Though I can sleep anytime I want, my body seems to prefer to sleep in the day so I went with that.

I tried befriending the animals here but they all seem wary of me. Maybe the blood on my body is the reason...

In any case, the animals hate me, I can't talk to plants, there's no human in sight and a smell like blood which makes me hungry more frequently.

After another few hours of eventless walking, smelled a faint scent of blood.

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Although it could just be regarded as the faint scent of blood that I smell from the animals here, this one is different. Somehow it's sweeter.

I should go and take a look.

I sped across the trees and shrubs, evading the animals as I go on all fours.

As get nearer and nearer, the smell of this sweet blood is getting stronger. It's making me all the more thirsty.

Then I started to hear a loud voice. It sounded like a scream.

Wonder what's that for...

Finally, I arrived and it seems my hunch was right. There are humans!

And what's better is that they're 6 of them!

The other 2 are dead though, unfortunately.

The other 4 seems to be wearing those cloths that the goblins wore, although it's a lot less shabby looking and they wore it on both upper and lower half of their body. I guess they're called clothes?

Those 4 is also holding onto a metal thing. A sword? It must be meant for doing harm.

And they're also walking using only legs. They're definitely weird and scary. It might be best not to approach right now. I don't think they're up for a conversation.

As for the other 2 that are still alive. Both of them are female. They're squishing each other it looks like. I think Lacorte implied that humans are warm. Maybe they're cold and they want to warm up? It isn't chilly though.

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Oh? They're talking although I can't seem to understand.

But for the females, they seem to be afraid.

Ah... This might be more serious than I thought.

The 4 males have that wide grin on their faces as well. It reminds me of those goblins.

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Are they planning to eat them? Strange.

As the 4 males get closer, the females dragged their bodies back further until they hit the trunk of a tree, cornering them.

Now the males are actually salivating.

Should I help them? Maybe this is some kind of culture for humans.

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I guess I should make my appearance first. Maybe they'll target me instead. If they hurt me, I can just heal my wound instantly anyway but the pain that would follow that would not be good.

I would, of course, retaliate as well. I might accidentally cut their throats in the process. But it's not like that will happen. Lacorte said that my form should be 'cute' for humans so maybe there's a chance that they won't even think of trying to attack me.

I definitely don't want to drink their blood. That's not my goal here. It just smells like trouble and I'm here to intervene.

And so, I dropped in between them.

Ah, they're surprised. I guess that's expected.

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This one guy then shouted some words at me. Then few of them said something to the man that shouted. Not like I can understand what they're saying.

Then when I didn't respond, he rushed at me.

This is purely self-defense now.

Before his sword could even gain momentum to swing at me, I lunged at him and cleanly beheaded him using my hands.

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Then the other 3 came at me. I beheaded them as well in the same fashion. They almost hit me with those sharp things but it was a good thing that I was faster than them.

I might have done something I shouldn't have thought. I thought that my appearance would at least make them hesitate on attacking me.

It's a bummer that I have to kill the first humans I met.

But a least I get to have this feast! I can't believe human blood would be this delicious. It's smooth and tangy with a sweet aftertaste. It's also a bit sour but I can ignore that.

Those animal blood just can't compare.

This might be a problem if I want to interact with humans. I might just see them as food...

Then I guess I should limit myself. I can't get too addicted to this stuff.

For now, I'll just drink the blood from one of them and save the rest for later.

And right, there are those female humans as well.

When I looked back, the one with the yellow long hair and large breast is unconscious and there's a smelly yellow liquid coming out from between her legs, while the other one is visibly shaking while tightly hugging the other.

...I might have done something I shouldn't have.