At first, I thought something had gone wrong, but if you think about it, it could simply be the obvious outcome. I mean, I don't know how a human is supposed to react to the magic of this world or to anything in this world, so thinking that something went wrong might not be entirely correct, but what is certain is that there was a variable, something that altered everything so drastically.

With the previous experiments everything was progressive, when I repeated the experiments the result was the same. But during this time, I've been feeding on goats and fruits from this place and since I don't know how my body is supposed to react, there's a possibility it's the cause, though surely the drastic result is due to the rocks that Danamus eats. Which is most likely, but since I have so much free time and all I can do is think, then my mind wanders too much.

Though on the positive side of things, at least I'm alive, sore, immobile, dehydrated, starving, turned into a human wreck, surrounded by my own feces, but alive. So it wasn't so negative either and I hope that's all that happened. It would be terrible if I opened my eyes and realized that my body changed and now I can sweat milk like a platypus. Sure, I could sell milk in my store, but I don't know if customers would buy it.

'Maybe this is the revenge of the goats, each of them left their bad desires in the pieces of meat I ate and this bad energy kept accumulating until it detonated. There are several things to keep in mind.... *Haaaaa* Shit, I'll have to experience it again to be absolutely sure'

I'm not a big fan of pain, in fact, if pain had merchandise for sale, I wouldn't buy it. But if I want to be sure and make some progress, I have to keep doing tests and unfortunately, I'm the only human here, but for now the important thing is to recover my mobility. Being paralyzed gives me a lot of time to think and when you overthink things, it's more likely that you'll make mistakes. Besides, living the life of a stone is not on my wish list.

While I was driving myself crazy with my own thoughts, I heard Danamus approaching. The sound of his wings against the wind is quite distinctive, so I snapped out of my thoughts to see if with the help of the young dragon I could understand a little of what happened and my current situation and also to avoid messing up my mind more than it already is. So I tried to move, only to discover that I'm still a sunfish out of water.

*FLAP FLAP FLAP*

“Guyar?”

Apparently my personal nanny has been feeding me with the help of magic. I didn't even feel when he opened my mouth, which in itself is a huge red flag. I only knew that him purpose was to feed me when I tasted the characteristic sweetness of the fruits. The juice slid down my throat, giving me a brief moment of delight. I don't consider myself a gourmet person, but I do believe that the flavors of delicious food are one of the things that give meaning to life. It would be very boring to live without the sense of taste.

On the other hand, I praise the perspicacity of the young dragon for squeezing the fruits. I mean, it would be worrying if he tried to feed me with the whole fruit, or worse, with meat. I would most likely be dead from suffocation, though with the amount of time I was out of commission, I wouldn't have realized I had died either. Which leaves me with a question, if you don't realize that you've died, how do you yourself know you died?.

It is clear that with only fruit I will not be able to live forever, but it will be more than enough to keep me nourished until I recover the mobility of my body. And luckily I didn't have to wait long, since a few hours later I could already move my eyelids and lips a bit. I couldn't open my eyes completely or try to speak, but it was a good sign that this phenomenon wasn't permanent and would soon be over.

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I reckon that if I maintain the same recovery speed, in less than a week, I could start running freely again. Well, not freely because I'm a prisoner of this place, but at least I'll be able to run again. Well, I can't run because there isn't much space without trees. Anyway, I hope to be able to have all my faculties back soon.

My dragon nurse left after feeding me, now alone and to prevent my useless thoughts from doing their thing, I made the wise decision to sleep. By the time I woke up, there was no noise of the animals and I couldn't hear the wood burning, so I can assume that it is already the next day. I also don't hear my dragon nurse, so he's not around either. Today I felt stronger and to check it, I tried to open my eyes.

It took me longer than I expected, but I managed to open my eyes and as I supposed it's daytime, maybe midday or a little towards the afternoon. My sight was filled with the light that I hadn't seen for a long time, I don't know how long it had been, but it felt like an eternity, so coming out of that darkness was glorious. But precisely because I hadn't seen daylight for so long, the light was bothersome to my eyes.

Though thanks to the fact that I had to open my eyes slowly and that I am under a tree, the light was not so intense as to cause any damage to my eyes, just a slight discomfort. Well, my eyes didn't suffer so much, but on the other hand my poor dignity was very alert, I mean, the sight that greeted me wasn't very encouraging, I was lying on a bed of leaves, completely naked and it's easy to guess why.

There's no need to imagine the scene where all sorts of waste were coming out of my body and of course, the clothes at that moment would have become a terribly disgusting thing. Besides, if the clothes got wet, with the cold of the night, there was a risk of hypothermia. So I guess the young dragon thought it would be easier and safer to simply strip off my clothes and throw water magic on me to wash off the dirt. I praise his insight, but along with the dirt that the water washed, what little dignity I had left also went away.

But a brief moment was all I could force myself to open my eyes. I don't feel tired, but my body just won't obey me, I can't control it, like it's on strike for all the damage I've caused it. And I'd better not tell him that I plan to do again or I won't be able to get up again. In any case, I can only keep sleeping until I fully recover. I mean, it's either that or give my thoughts free rein.

'Well, it seems that at the moment I can't even control my own body. Sigh* I wonder if he destroyed the clothes or kept them intact? If he destroyed it, then I'll have a little problem. I don't think the store next door has the same clothes, and besides, I don't have any mone-, No, wait, there are the coins that Danamus sleeps on. Well, that would solve one of the problems, I just need to find the store'

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“Guyar?"

I opened my eyes with renewed vigor, my eyelids no longer felt heavy and the feeling of not being able to control my actions seems to have disappeared. Well, that was good and bad. With the feeling of being able to control my body came the discomfort, but I paid no attention to it for the moment and tried to greet my visitor. I mean, it's obvious who had woken me up, after all there's no one else here.

"...."

I tried to speak, but though my lips moved slowly, no words came out of my mouth, it's easy to know why. I mean, during my torture I screamed so much that it would be weird if I didn't lose my voice. So once again, all I can do is wait or find honey, but I think it will be faster if I wait for my voice to return over time, in any case without being able to speak things get more complicated.

'Fucking life, it's all trouble, even if it's just for once, why don't you give me some joy? Is it so hard?'

I don't understand Danamus, I can only intuit or try to guess what he is trying to say. I know for sure that he can understand me and that has helped our communication all this time. But now it will be very difficult to ask him for help with anything, especially because I can't even gesture to him yet since I still can't fully move my body.

The following days, I gradually regained my faculties and when I could move my neck to see my condition better, I discovered that I had achieved what exercise couldn't. I lost a lot of weight, but I'm not sure if it's good or bad. I mean, I wanted to lose weight, but this is not the way I had planned to lose a few pounds. Well, now I understand what people meant when they said 'beauty hurts'.