When morgan saw us her face changed she looked sad but then she tried to cover it with a smile.

She came over with a dance and asked us what we wanted to drink. "Just normal wine please," I said

"Whos this?" morgan asked, "this is my friend madison." I replied

"Are you to dating?" madison spoke up and said, "No we're just friends."

"She lives close to me," I said

"So you've been over to each other's houses?" morgan asked.

"I've been to her house but she hasn't been to mine," I said

"Im a crafter" madison said

"so you have that in common" morgan said

"yes," morgan stared at me for a little bit longer than she should and then turned to go get some wine.

We talked a little bit while morgan went to get the wine. She came back with a normal bottle of wine and poured it for both of us. I said cheers and we clinked our cups together.

"How do you like this place," I asked. "It's nice I've never been here before I normally spend all my money on food so I don't have extra money to spend on stuff," she said.

"With your body being continuously upgraded you should be able to make more rings". I said

"Thats true," SHe said with a little sip of her wine.

Morgan returned and as she walked up to us she activated her ability ring and danced. It was beautiful every time I saw it.

"Can I sit with you too?" she asked

Without hesitation, I said yes.

She brought up a chair and sat on my left side. "How did you do that dance," madison asked her. It's an ability ring that he made for me she said while sipping her wine."

"You did?" she asked. "Yes, I did it was a present for her."

"You need to get me a present" madison asked without making eye contact.

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"What kind of present?"

"Something equivalent to that." She said

"ill try," I said

Morgan leaned over and whispered in my ear "Your that deeply in love with her?"

"Yes," I whispered back to her.

"What is this secret your whispering about," Madison asked

"Oh nothing," I said

Morgan stared at madison for a few seconds. And then lifted up her wineglass to take a drink.

after putting it down she said "I see why you like her she looks beautiful.

"Thank you," Madison said

With a clinking of cups, they became friends.

We continued to make conversation until the wine bottle was empty. Madison didn't seem that drunk as we prepared to leave. With a fun night behind us, we set off back to our houses. I was going to walk madison all the way home.

"The winery is so much fun. We should go there more often." I had paid for everything.

"Yes, it is fun. Did you enjoy meeting morgan?" I asked. It was fun that you knew the waitress. Who do you think is prettier me or her?" She asked.

"You when I look at you your so beautiful I find it hard to not feel inferior."

"That's so sweet she said while pinching my cheek a little."

We arrived at her house and she said "Thanks I can make it from here" I stood on her lawn and watched her walk into her house. She turned around at the door and waved goodbye.

I waved and then found my way home. As soon as I got home I collapsed into bed.

The next day when I woke up I put on my glasses. I watched grand elder and rose enter the forest. they went deeper than I've ever seen them before. They hid or ran or avoided every heartbeat they saw.

Eventually, they arrived at a ain't pecan tree that was a thousand year old. They hid in the bushes and waited to see if there were any heartbeasts in the area. Then rose used her shadow clone to collect some walnuts of the ground. With the shadow clone being okay grand elder and rose ran out and started collecting walnuts. They collected all that they could without climbing the tree,

Grand elder wanted to leave after that but rose wanted to collect more. Grand elder said we have to go and rose followed him away and not a second to soon. Because as soon as they had retreated to cover a vicious 100 hundred year squirrel ran up the tree.

Grand elder was only strong enough to kill a ten year heartbeat. Id they had been caught up in that tree that may have been the death of them.

Rose got quiet after she realized that and they made their way back collecting berries for the outpost.

I clicked my glasses off and went to the cafeteria and got more venison and sat by the looter gang. They were excited as recently they looted a hundred year old gazelle.

There wasn't a lot of meat but the horns were valuable. I congratulated them for becoming a success. The number of people at the outpost was so low was because so many people died on the way here or died looting the forest.

I finished my meal and then went home I stayed gathering mana all day. The number on my arm was 540 I had enough mana to make some things.

I went to sleep when I awoke the next day I had to decide what ring I was going to make next.

Maybe it was time to return to the sandbar I thought to myself.

I thought about making a ring and then having the blacksmiths change it just to see how that worked.

I would think about what ring to make later I went to the training grounds. And started practicing I got to the point where I could throw a kunai and hit the middle of the target every time.

When I sparred with the instructor I was able to keep up with his footwork.