Although it's sometimes annoying, I would have liked to wake up to the usual singing of the birds. Instead, all I hear is a low buzzing sound that is also bothersome. I tried to get up, but my body didn't respond properly and I fell back down. I'm not in a hurry to get up, so I decided to stay lying down until I feel like I can stand up stably.

I mean, I'm at a height and if I wobble, it would be a sure fall. Besides, it's not like I have to attend an important event.

I'm worry about the condition of my ears, but after what happened it’s easy to assume what occurred. I just hope it's not serious and that I can recover my hearing soon and in case it’s serious, that I can resolve it with magic. According to my understanding of the unknown, the purpose of magic is to make the impossible possible, to make the difficult easy, like science, but in a more illogical way.

But I'd prefer it to be the former. If the situation is such that I need magic to solve the problem, then I would have to wait for Danamus to wake up. I'm sure that if I try to fix the problem myself, my head would be at risk of an explosion.

'Damn it, why can't things go my way?'

My situation is frustrating, when Danamus was awake I was totally dependent on him for food and now that he's asleep I can only eat fruits. I depend on the ruins for protection; without them, I would surely be dead by now. I strive to change the situation, but things simply don't turn out the way I want. I'm afraid of pain, yet I've tortured myself in order to change the situation and yet nothing is under my control.

I have no options, just a straight path that I must take no matter what. It's as if someone is guiding me on a leash. It's frustrating.

Although I must say that my current state is quite strange, because even though I have no control over my movements, I feel no weakness or pain. My body simply didn't respond to my commands and it wasn't until nightfall that I was able to stand up without staggering. However, I can't hear anything, not even my own footsteps.

In any case, the first thing I did after descending from the tower was to clean off the traces of vomit and dried blood. I needed to freshen up to think about my next move. As frustrating as the situation was and as much as I hated the pain, I would hate even more to die imprisoned in this place like a criminal or wait for a prairie monster to feast on my tender flesh.

It would have been a great physical and mental relief to get in the water, but I still can't get the idea out of my head that it would spoil the drinking water. So for now a cup will have to suffice, but the water itself is a great help and a refreshing shower is always welcome.

Despite how unpleasant the previous experience was, I have to find the positives and move forward, because if necessary I will have to repeat it. Well, I don't have many options, so I will probably repeat it.

'*haa*'

'I need protein'

I don't feel hungry even though I haven't eaten anything during the day. However, I'm worried about malnutrition, so I decided to eat anyway. Unfortunately I only have fruit, but since I wasn't hungry, the disappointment wasn't too great. I would certainly like some fresh animal corpse, after all it has been a long time since I last tasted a piece of meat.

The hunter is still napping and venturing out on my own would be seeking death. If now, out of bravery or hunger, I were to decide to go hunting, it would be like a fawn trying to hunt a pride of lions. Nothing good could come of that, for the fawn, of course. So the moment when I will taste roasted leg with fruit sauce again is uncertain.

But imagining a delicious chop with fat melting in the heat of the fire helped me satisfy my hunger more quickly. Sure, it was just fruit, but better fruit than nothing. It's a complete disappointment that there are no living creatures in the river, it could be a reliable and safe source of food, but again, better fruit than nothing.

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In any case, the important thing now is to find out if I inflicted any other damage to my body besides my ruptured eardrums. Recovering and trying to continue advancing on my wizard way.

At least that was the initial idea. In the end, all I could do was to intuit whether there was something wrong or not, and since apart from the ear everything else seems normal, I decided to set aside that potential risk. But in doing so, there's a possibility that I may have overlooked something important. After all, I'm dealing with magic; everything is unpredictable.

I had thought about using energy as a sort of scanner to discover those issues, and honestly, I believe it's a good idea. Sure, if only I were able to use magic efficiently, or at least in the right way.

But if I were to try to circulate the energy throughout my body right now, it would be risking injury. I mean, understanding how that magical thing works is what I'm trying to accomplish. So, it's an idea that would be counterproductive, which is why after carefully considering it for at least 3 minutes, I discarded the idea.

That said, it's not that I'm afraid or anything like that; I just think that despite being a good idea, it's not yet the right time to implement it.

In any case, for now, I'll have to assume that everything is okay, of course, that statement doesn't include my ears. I hope Lady Luck watches over me this time. It would be devastating if later I discover that due to the recklessness I'm committing now, my future will be harder than it should be. Unfortunately, I don't have someone to guide me, so I can only continue being reckless.

Since I couldn't do what I had planned, my time was totally free, so for the first time since I arrived here, I enjoyed a night without the regrets of life being taken away. I must say that absolute darkness is also beautiful if appreciated correctly. I was even tempted to observe the goats in the midst of darkness, but I refrained or well, I simply couldn't do it. I mean, the only way to locate them was by sound and now I'm deaf.

'*HAAAAAAAA*'

I'd like to say that there were many things on my mind and that's why I couldn't sleep, but that would be lying; my mind was completely blank. While enjoying the darkness and the river of stars in the sky, my mind refused to think about anything; past, present or future. There are so many questions that need an answers, but my mind simply shut everything out.

Which I appreciate. It was a moment of peace, like when you watch a movie you love and forget about everything else.

"IS ANYONE OUT THERE?"

“......”

"IF THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE AND CAN HEAR ME, COULD YOU HELP ME? I DON'T NEED MUCH, JUST SOME MEAT, IF IT'S A LEG OR RIB IT WOULD BE MUCH BETTER. AH! OF COURSE AND THAT IT HAS A BIT OF FAT PLEASE, ALTHOUGH I WOULD ALSO BE SATISFIED WITH A TONGUE, I CAN EXCHANGE IT FOR FRUIT, I'LL BE HERE WAITING, SO BRING IT TOMORROW"

“......”

"ALTHOUGH, IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN ALSO STOP BY FOR A CHAT, I MAKE AN EXCELLENT FRUIT TEA"

For some reason the night feels colder than usual, but I'm not sleepy yet.

I could take advantage of the insomnia to make some preparations for tomorrow, but right now I don't feel like moving from here. The sight of the darkness of the sky with a single crack absorbing all the light is mesmerizing. Clearly this is not my world, so I like to think that maybe my world is in one of those stars or maybe in some of those stars there is someone watching the sky in the dark just like me.

Gradually, the darkness gave way to light, and the stars faded into the bright sky. I don't know how many hours the night lasts in this place, but for me, it was quite short. Although, well, I don't even remember much of the night, but it was a peace that I needed. The problem now is that I'm a bit sleepy.

Sure, nothing stops me from sleeping, but if I did it now, since I can't hear, it would be easy to miss when day or night starts. I worry that my schedules will reverse and I'll become a nocturnal animal; I don't want to look like the rats. Although waiting until night might be a bit too much, so if a shower can't solve the problem, I'll have to take my chances and get some sleep.

I have to resume testing, I don't know when my sense of hearing will return, but I can't let one little setback stop me. Otherwise, there will be another excuse and then another, until I'm completely submerged in a cycle of excuses with no way out. Then I'll just be another number waiting for life to end, because I don't have the courage to end it myself either.

In the end, I had to sleep during the day. I ate, exercised, and showered, but it wasn't enough to shake off the laziness, so I had to sleep. I don't want to push my body too hard, though this time instead of sleeping under the trees as I usually do, I decided to sleep in the castle vault.

There's no particular reason for it. I just wanted some company; I didn't want to feel alone.

But before heading to the vault, I gathered some leaves from the trees because concrete is not kind to my body. I put my makeshift bed next to the sleeping dragon and let nature do its work. Danamus' body moves when he breathes, so it's safe to assume he's alive, although I think he's grown a bit, but I'm not entirely sure.

"Good night buddy.....I hope you wake up soon"

“.....”