Chapter 14: Sanitization

[Edited by: ArchmageNaoki & Arthur300000]

[Deathbricks found a new gap]

Well, I made a bit of a scene there, but I was panicking, ok? Well, who wouldn’t when it came out. What came out? Blood! A lot of blood! It’s so much blood that I might suffer from anemia if I was still in my previous body. Oh sorry, I'm melodramatic again. On the bright side, at least I know why my mood was so unstable. I thought being a girl was just, well, having a girl’s parts. I never thought that it would come with the full package of emotional roller coasters and troublesome cycles. I tried to take a deep breath to calm my chaotic emotions while my sister helps me install an invention called a “sanitary pad” between my legs. However, the blood stench from around us and mine make the breathing technique not so effective. I need to make an appointment with a doctor soon. Maybe some medicines can help me control my emotions and needs better. For now, I will try to fight against my estrogen and co. to better control my emotions.

I help my team gather up those bandits’ equipment to take my mind off of things. When I stored the giant hammer in my bracelet, I noticed Sophia’s book. Maybe my anxiety about returning the book is also one of the effect of my new body. In order to beat it, I fight the fear that has been gnawing at me by gathering up my courage and return the book to her. What if she makes a scene? What if they don’t accept me anymore? Pessimistic thoughts one after another assault my mind with every step.

“I'm sorry, but I don’t like this kind of book.” There I've done it automatically again. Apologies for nothing. Luckily, she just silently accepts the book. If she made a scene right now, I don’t know what I'd do anymore. I might just run away from everything, but will I be alright if I live alone in the forest? There we go again back to my old pessimistic self. What about the scratch I got from fighting? Well, it’s not there anymore. Maybe my body is more sturdy than I thought. The shot that grazed my leg left only a pink mark on my skin, and it’s still fading. On the contrary, I tried to heal myself in hopes of stopping the blood from between my legs, but it’s not working at all, maybe because it’s not an injury in the first place. But to my surprise, casting [Calm] or [Pacify] spells on myself helps me control my emotions better. I may get addicted to this spell. I hope it doesn’t have any nasty side effects, though.

After I calm myself down, I could make out the surroundings more clearly. The stench of blood, the smoke from the battle, the dense and lively forest, small insects and lizards singing harmoniously, and even the corpses of the attackers that sprawled on the ground. I can sense all those things clearly again. A healthy mind affects the body and a healthy body affects the mind huh?

Right now I'm at the place where the sniper just was. Well, it’s not so pretty of a scene. The body was mutilated beyond recognition. Maybe I used too many explosive bullets on this guy/girl. I tried to look for some equipment that might be still intact and got a robotic eye and a futuristic looking rifle which I doubt was usable anymore. I could see cracks everywhere on it. However, I still took it back because maybe it’s still salvageable.

“What is this?” My brother was still busying checking those bandit’s corpses, so I asked my sister instead. I show her the robotic eye while she’s checking another man’s body.

“Huh? Oh! That’s a cybernetic eye. Most adult adventurers who try to enhance their abilities have it implanted in their bodies. The cost of operation is very expensive but the part itself is not. You could throw that away, Kuro-chan.” I almost throw it away, but my brother stopped me just in time.

“Wait! Wait! Don’t throw that away. I might be able to extract some information from that part” So I gave the eye to my brother instead. Considering he ate minotaur eyes yesterday, I hope he doesn't have an eye fetish or something.

“What about this rifle?” I gave the gun to my brother. I want this one because it looks so cool. He checked it for a little while and shook his head.

“It’s broken. The magic circuitry inside is fried beyond repair.” My brother gave me the bad news. Well, I'll keep it anyway. A bit of glue here and there and a little polish then it will become a nice room decoration.

While everyone’s looting the bandit’s corpses, I inspect what I have in my bracelet.

Small light blue monster core ………. 98 pieces

Small dark green monster core …….. 12 pieces

Small dark red monster core ……….. 1 piece

(Unidentified) Giant War Hammer

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(Unidentified) Broken futuristic rifle

Camping equipment, preserved meat, dry herbs and spice, water bottles

Clothes and underwears

A box of sanitary pad

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I put 12 light blue monster cores in each of my spare magazines for emergency situations, but I doubt that there will be a chance to use them. Sophia and my sister gave five more pieces of equipment from the three bandits that I had sent their heads flying, to me. It consisted of the following.

2x Black Daggers

Brown staff with some unknown jewel fixed on top

Square shaped big pistol

Silver ring

With this staff in one hand and my sword in another I could yell “You shall not pass!” while I’m standing on a bridge. Only by the looks of this staff, it is already 100 times better than the “Love” scepter that Sophia is using. An auxiliary device is not bad after all. I wonder what is stored inside the silver ring, though.

“Can I use these devices now?” I asked after I tried to fiddle with them without success.

“No, you need tuning equipment to tune devices to a new user’s energy pattern before you can use it.” So, right now it’s just a “You shall not pass!” prop huh? Well, I could just smash the bridge apart without magic, though. Before we move on I heard footsteps of about nine people approaching us. So I warned my teammates.

“What’s going on here!?” A team of people in mechanic suits exclaimed when they emerged from the tree. My brother began to explain the situation to them, after that the only guy with a weapon in their group used something like a walkie-talkie to report the situation.

“They are from the cooking and crafting department. Maybe they are just following our trail to harvest more monster parts.” My sister explained the situation to me while Sophia happily imagines something with a creepy yet cute face. Will there be a day I can talk to her normally?

“Well, it’s already noon, how about we cook something for you guys?” A friendly looking man in a white uniform proposed. We look at each other while I just nod vigorously, anything is better than preserved meat. Delicious food is always welcome.

We moved a few kilometers from the bandit’s encounter zone then we made camp in a clearing inside the forest and killed a few packs of monsters along the way. By the looks of the guy with the weapon in the other group he's their guard. Maybe he’s a professional adventurer.

We arrived at the clearing before the other group because they needed some more time to disassemble the monsters we killed so we just surveyed around the camp's perimeter for the other group and our group’s safety and my peaceful meal time. When the crafting and cooking team arrived, they began to construct the camp and cook. They're working efficiently, and the camp and the food was ready in about 30 minutes. I also helped them crack up some giant grasshopper's legs and claws for cooking. The brunette girl in the cooking team said I am very helpful. Well, it was just snapping those fragile shells in half, so it’s not a big deal.

They call the dish they made [Takto Bisque], maybe ‘Takto’ means that giant grasshopper monster. The taste of this creamy Bisque is so fantastically rich. They happily gave me a second helping after they saw me licking the plate. Ugh, I overate again…

Before we left, we told them the planned path so they could follow our path of destruction. I would also love to have their cooking for dinner. The kind women on the cooking team also promised to make a thunderwolf tenderloin steak for my dinner.

As we traveled deeper into the Black Forest, we came to the edge of the Black Forest’s core area. The forest got denser and darker than the previous area we were. The branches and leaves of giant trees around here blocking out the sun entirely. The monsters here are also stronger. There were groups of flying spaghetti monsters were attacking and sucking the blood from thunderwolves when we first met them. I needed to use explosive bullets against them as I didn’t know where to hit them. Well, I tried to find a weak spot, but it seems their vital spots keeps moving inside their main body, so I still need to explode the hell out of it. They can’t fly directly to us though because our interference field will just drop them to the ground. Maybe because they’re flying with magic, so the interference field could drop them. However, we still need to be very careful because its tactic is to hide on top of the tree branches and drop on top of us. This troublesome monster keeps me on edge all the time. Not to mention the R18+ tentacle thingies, I really don’t want them to suck my blood, what with it already leaking from between my legs. Nevertheless, they gave small black monster cores when we kill them. My brother said its value is about 100 credits, so it’s not that bad considering the return.

The sceneries inside the black forest’s core area are dark but breathtakingly beautiful. It’s full of fireflies, fluorescent mushrooms, and moss. But right now I’m not in the mood to enjoy it because I need to change the sanitary pad frequently along the way. Yes, dear father and mother of my previous life, today your son has learned how to change a sanitary pad by himself. I wonder if they will be proud of me when they learn that, I mean I’ve been useless all the time back then...