The journey of ten thousand steps is a long one:
We found a place and
Mei just walked back a few steps to lay down on the ground …. AGAIN.
(This thing is becoming a habit at this point)
Despite our differences, and the fact I probably hate her, I will still take her over these kinds of scums.
When I said that I meant it, Those people are nothing but a plague in my book.
It's strange but I feel like I can just smell them before they show themselves.
(By the way I will take a cute cliche girl instead of Mei any day of the week)
..
Mei seemed to doze off in an instant,
Like a cat she puts her head, and seconds after she's in her dream Land without a care in the world.
Actually now I think about it, is she okay in the head?
She just puts her head on the middle of the road with nothing but dirt, not even leaves or branches that acts like a pillow, and she just goes to sleep...
I guess she just like a cat... And I don't mean like a cute cat girl, but I mean a real cat...
yeah actually that's explain a lot about her, Being the way she is… an Asshole, but you can't just ditch her up.
“Oh by the way Mei, why did I understand and talk to the two of them like I was born speaking this language?"
Mei didn't answer so I shook her off
“... it's a blessing of the gods, Don't think to much about it, And let me sleep”
Oh, this is actually convenient, Although it may look useless but it will save me a lot of time, after all learning another language was hard enough with that Green bird that can make you vanish.
Going from scratch trying to learn it will be such a pain.
“Okay, I will let you sleep but you better help me, take them out if they show up again”
.... Well even though she said she won't help me if troubles comes my way, She sure was more than ready to send both of them to an early Grave
(It can be just her wanting to hit someone, but I feel if I hate here even 1% more I will ditch her while she's asleep, So I will give her this point
And try to not thinking about the word 'Ditch' that much)
…
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It's been a day already since we met the two snake Ara Ara ladies, and since then we continued moving forward although in a slower pace we continued nonetheless.
Mei told me that they are still around but she didn't seem to want to go after them so I didn't force her to do anything,
After all, who knows maybe going after the two will enrage their entire group or something, I think playing dumb in this situation while continuing forward without looking for trouble may be the play....
..
But there is something off happening since we meet with them.
The small animals, the birds and even the fishes on nearby rivers are nowhere to be seen like Poof they vanished, it's suspicious And the fact that there is this annoying smell in the air makes it even more annoying
“Mei what do you think about the whole situation?
Do you think they are after this?”
“It's most likely them, They used some kind of magic to scare everything away,
Probably to make us hungry and weak”
“That's dirty, dumb but smart!
So they are playing the long game waiting for us to tire ourselves?”
Mei nodded her head and said
“Yes, Probably”
It's not like I didn't think about that myself but to actually ask her and Seeing her act all serious and kinda reliable kinda boosted my morals a bit knowing I can give her my back...
(Although I am a bit hungry…)
Wait … now I am thinking about it, it seems like I keep 'testing' her unintentionally aren't I?
It's a bad habit, A bad habit that may get people to keep their distance and not trust me, making things difficult.
I need to remember not to do such things when I actually found or form a party that I can trust..
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We walked for two hours and we went to get some rest,
Mei layed on her back as usual
“So Mei what would be the lesson from our journey?
You know the theme of our story of defeating the demon king?
Would it be, 'Kid eat your vegetables and you will get what you want' or something?”
“.....”
“Come one don't ignore me, I know you aren't asleep so just answer,
I am trying to make small talks and be nice so why can't you be nice Too?”
“Ahhh Shut up, Just shut up, I am hungry and you keep asking the most randomly annoying questions, If you are waiting for an advice to live by, Go to the followers of the Goddess of this world an I am pretty sure they will give you more plenty”
Mei was annoyed
“Come on, you can just Threw the first random bullsh*t that comes to you,
Just say it”
“What is this? You seem like someone desperately trying to get noticed by his crush, I was joking about falling in love with me, You know?”
“Yeah, yeah, I will fall in love with a tree before I fall for you so don't worry much,
But come on, I am getting bored from just walking, I mean look around you we are lost,
And probably hunted to.
Don't you think as My companion you should at least try to give me some hope or something?”
“... I am not going to show you any part of My body!”
Mei started teasing me and messing around
“Fu## you, Who said I am after that, Just tell me some bull##it advise you have, And I will pretend everything is okay for a while, So just do it”
I wasn't amused by Mei shenanigans
“.... Hmmm, well if you are looking for something I guess this entire thing only happened for you to learn that no
matter what happens to you
As long as you have a slight hope or glimmer of light, you can keep moving forward,
Live your life and allow yourself to be happy
Without dragging yourself to meaningless stuff
I mean if faced with Bullshit keep you belief in God
And just try to picture the whole situation in a grand picture type of way and decided what matters and what not"
...
'.... Mei'
I didn't expect her to actually mean what she was going to say,
But as fast as the wind she returned to her usual self, Not even finishing what she was going to say.
“So what do you think, I can pass as a motivational speaker? like that...
Ahhh this is annoying,
You go get me something sweet”
She said with an annoyed commanding voice, although it seems she was just acting and although she just did what I told her to do, I couldn't help but to feel a bit 'I wanna punch her ' kind of way
she knows where we are,
And it's her fault to begin with
So my anger should feel reasonable and I should be sad and drop few tears,
For the simple fact that If I was lucky I would've gotten a goddess that actually cared about me full time,
And not only once in a blue moon while being a pain in the ass
99.9999999% of the time….
But for some reason I don't really,
Hate her that much, did she start to grow on me?
Like a piece of clothing that you don't like at first but end up wearing whenever you know you are going to get dirty or something?
Or am I one of those manly mens that won't fret about the small stuff,
And won't let a brat annoy him?
I don't know but what I know and as random as it may sound;
I wouldn't have hated having her as someone I knew in my past world…
But Man is That this journey taking forever to even start, Would I be able to see through it all?
My mind drifted from one random thought to another, But few words from Mei pulled me back
“Water cannon”
She said And almost a bucket full of water came rushing towards me
Knocking me to the ground
“Didn't I tell you to Stop, overthinking stuff?
And Go get Us, Something to eat?”
The attack wasn't strong in the slightest,
It was in fact as if a Friend playfully throw a bucket full of water on you,
You slipp and fell on your back,
It is kinda harmless, Even funny given the right circumstances,
But the timing was just awful,
I layed there,
Looking at the sky
And thinking to myself
'if I ever end up killing someone,
It's probably going to be Her'
It was the middle of the day,
A gentle breeze was blowing
The flowers and trees swayed gently
It was a peaceful feeling,
And adding the water that was splashed on me
I felt cool and relaxed,
I was able to look to the bright side again
‘Yeah, Actually if I think about it,
It's just the first step in my journey,
It may not start the best,
But it doesn't mean it will end the worst,
...
So I guess I should just keep my head up for now?’
I thought to myself as Mei came poking me to check on me and then left
'Alright then, what's Next?'
I looked around and for some reason Mei returned to lay (AGAIN) on her back looking at the clouds
As clouds shadows passed by us slowly
It felt calming.
But also WEIRD
“... What? You won't keep pestering me?
You gave up already?”
“ Just forget it,
There is nothing you can do about the current situation,
sorry, about that I guess,
Yeah, Sorry, Sorry”
Although her apology felt half hearted,
It also felt genuine.
'... Or maybe not'
“Mei you know that I am a good hearted person who cares about people and can't let a useless girl who can't fend for herself, to die just like that, Right?”
“Spin it how you like, I won't think any higher of you”
“What do you mean by that? Does my pure heart mean nothing to you?”
“It means as much as your face, NOT MUCH AT ALL”
We kept going back and forth till we heard it again. The sound of the Bushes not far from us.
And here they were again
Two lamias with busty Onesans bodies,
Who's suck at whatever they do, Just plotting something.
“Sigh, Just got out Miss prostitute, I don't speak for Mei here but I am good”
…
..
“Eh? What did you say?
What did you just say???”
The lamias showed themselves and the older one was confused and a bit angry from my (obvious) provocation.
“Well I mean, Like come on with the way you are dressed, the atmosphere and fragrance - dirty like smell you give,
It sure looks like it, What are you belly dancer lamias?
A prostitute belly dancing lamias?
... Oh actually that could be fun... But again, yeah we we are not interested, You can stop following us and whatever you are doing,
Go dance somewhere else!”
The older looking lamia started to smell her body thinking she smelled bad or something,
While the younger one tried to calm her down.
They weren't in control of the situation at all.
“What the hell do you mean Dirty smell,
It's our predatory mechanism to numb our prey!
It's something we can't control nor it is bad, You hear me you little shit!
It's a good thing!
And what do you mean Prostitutes,
Do you live under a rock or something?? don't you know
About the two sects of the Lamias,
We Obviously belong to the one who hate humans and side with the demon king,
How can you be so dense Goddamn it!
You should've been shivering down while we feed of your fears....
Now LOOK What you did to Me! you made me all worked out, I even start sweating!”
The older lamia started throwing a fit, hitting the ground by the tip of her tail,
She looked So desperate for some reason
And the younger one was trying to calm her down,
They also mentioned they are not belly dancers, but I ignored it because it was more fun to picture them in that way
(I mean seriously how would it go? someone with a flute start playing and they start dancing and preparing to attack thinking the flute is another lamia about to attack... Lol puting the right circumstances this would be hilarious)
“Big sis, Big sis, Please calm down, Don't get dragged and fall by their game”
The younger one physically stopped the older one, from coming towards me and punching me.
My face and Mei's was full of blankness and yet sorrow for How stupid she was acting and Telling us everything
(And because we felt bad for her for some other Reasons)
-You are in A 'difficult' situation,
Continue? -
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