We talked a little bit when I was starting the fire. I kept telling that that the meat would taste better if it was roasted but he said that he doesn't like to wait, so I ignored him in the end.

After I stacked some firewood, I introduced him to my pair of special daggers that can be infused with magic. To prove it to him, I infused my dagger with fire magic and stab the wood. The wood started burning and a beautiful fire was born. I took both the front legs of the cow and started roasting it.

"Since you can use magic, why didn't you just summon a fire to begin with?" He suddenly asked

"Well, you see... I am a human, and not all humans have the ability to use magic. Even if they do, they might not have the talent to even cast the most basic spells," I explained. I tried not to say too much, in case it would end up stabbing me in the future, but at the same time, I wanted to earn the trust of Kishi Rahl. "Ya, you can say I am one of those with the ability to use magic but not cast the most basic spells, but I am still very lucky to have the chance to train how to infuse magic into a dagger."

He nodded in an understanding manner. " I am a forest elf. When I was still very young, my village was attacked and destroyed." He started frowning as he thinks back about his tragic childhood. He looked up at me and lift up his white hair that blocking his left eye. I was shocked when I realize it was grey. It also seemed to have a scar. At that very moment, I had guessed about what might have happened to him. He closed his eyes, let down his hair, and gave a minor smile as if he was thankful that I understand him. He continued, "We elves have always been in constant battle with the tree dwellers, a creature with long claws and powerful hind legs to allow ambushes from trees, jumping down onto a target, or just dash forward to do a stab attack. They are powerful climbers, although we forest elves are climbers ourselves, they are much faster and adapted."

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He suddenly stopped and looked like he is stuck in a deep thought, so I walked over to him with the two roasted cow legs and handed him one of them.

"Wow, this tastes amazing!" He said right after he landed his teeth into it. I replied "Told ya."

He gave a little cough and said "Alright, sorry for the pause. It's just that I had never think back about those times for many many years." I told him that he doesn't need to continue if he doesn't want to, but he still insisted on continuing. "I was young and stupid. When my village was getting attacked, I stood in front of my home, unable to move, frozen by fear. Suddenly a tree dweller jumped at me and swing a powerful attack, aiming at my head. It should have killed me, but my mother came from behind and pushed me ever so slightly. The attack just managed to hurt my eye. The tree dweller suddenly launched at my mother and stab her in the stomach with its claws"

Kishi fell into silence again. His hand that was holding the meat suddenly seemed to lost all its energy and dropped the cow leg. I sat down next to him and told him "There is really no need to tell me everything. It seems like it's very hard for you to say it, but if you really want to, I will sit here and continuing lending you my ear."

My words seemed to give Kishi a little courage. He took a deep breath and said "If I don't finish it now then I'm afraid I would never finish it." I looked at him and gave him a pat to his back. Kishi continued "I found out my mother was casting a forbidden spell, a spell that burns one's soul to destroy another. Right before she complete the spell, she mustered all her strength to smile at me and said 'Go live your fullest life, Kishi. Run! Go!' I stood there was I watch my mother's body disappear into nothing while the dweller's starts to scream and its body starts to dry up until it became a pile of dried skin and bones. My mother's word 'GO!' resonated in me. I turned around, rubbed my eyes, and run as far as I could. After I left the village, I realize that two dwellers have followed me. Both of them jumped at me and I suddenly met that man"