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I woke up bathed in sweat in the middle of the night, next time I won't ask Artemis to teach me anything again until I get over my little pain traumas, at this rate I was going to end up with a nervous tic or something similar from so much subjecting my body to such extreme pain.

I looked at the boy and he was sleeping soundly, I don't remember exactly where I fainted but I'm sure it wasn't in the shelter but we were close to him while we were returning from the search. So I imagine the boy dragged me to the shelter... I feel like a bad adult for putting the child through work. I decided to go to the river to wash my body in the middle of tonight, it would be too uncomfortable to continue sleeping when my shirt is wet from sweating so much, I had been exploring the forest these days to find any predator, but for some reason there was nothing dangerous enough for us to leave this forest.

I guess predators prefer other places to live.

I arrived at the place, the river next to the moon showed a great night landscape, I took off everything except my patch, if I did I would probably faint from the pain in the river, I can barely stand the pain I feel right now... That horrible pain hasn't let me rest very well these days, so I'm not in my best state in case any dangerous situation occurs.

Now that I think about it, I finally have a moment alone without any danger, I wanted to take advantage of this moment to try to find some answers to my doubts from years ago. Maybe I will be able to deduce something if I think about it a little now that I am without any worry of danger.

I sat in the middle of the river while looking at the Moon.

Then I raised my right hand, now that I think about it I had a mark on this hand... If I remember correctly, a girl did it to me too long ago, it was another time.

However I didn't see the mark anywhere, I don't know at what moment it disappeared... No matter, I remember that at some point when I was in the concentration camp I had a strange dream with a girl. I remember it for the simple fact that I have a personal problem and is that I can never remember my dreams, however that dream if I can remember it as clear as day, I do not know at what exact moment of my life I began to forget all my dreams, but I think it was before joining the army. In general I can not remember any of my dreams, however I know I have dreams because sometimes in the course of the day fragments of some come to me as a memory, that has happened to me for many years, it has never really been a problem, getting up without remembering anything can be a good thing in some way, not dreaming good or bad things can be a blessing in itself.

There was something that starts to make sense if I think about it, that girl... I'm sure what she drew on my hand... She used magic to do it.

But magic didn't exist in this world before that happened, that would make sense of something Samantha said.... "We have studied your world for many years." I seem to remember her saying something like that. but then, how did that girl draw that if there was no magic yet? maybe it has to do with something related to that thing they call mana, although I don't want to make so many assumptions without proof.

When Samantha said studying, did she mean we were being watched from the other side?

I looked at the sky at that moment.

Or maybe it means that they sent hidden people among us and made them live here for years to get to know us?

That would explain why that girl I met was there at that moment before the war.... She wasn't a person of this world, yet she seemed lost at that moment.... Ahg... I still had several doubts but some things are starting to fall into place.

This invasion of my world was planned a long time ago, our days were numbered from the moment they became aware of our existence, the important question is ¿How they became aware of our existence? I may never know the answer.

Sometimes I think I have lived longer than I really would like.

The Early War Era certainly put an end to my desire to live, many of my companions died during all the battles we fought in those years, I was tired of us having to go through so much, I no longer expected anything from life but Still, something drives me to survive, I can't understand if it's revenge, fear... Or maybe hope for a better future...

I still had the occasional scar from the war, but now I didn't care about that, I'll just follow my instinct to see where it takes me.

After finishing thinking I decided to get out of the river, it was already starting to get cold.

That night I slept soundly despite the pain, I would say it was one of the most restful nights I had in many years.

After that we spent a week getting ready and looking for traces of the girls, but we couldn't find any trace.

The time had come for us to leave for our objective, that hidden camp.

I had a good idea of where it was, although it was a bit far away, it will take us 2 weeks to get there from here at least.

Without further ado we began our journey.

I decided to teach the child to speak in the middle of our trip, but although I told him to speak, he did not do it, that is, he did not pronounce any word despite having the ability to learn quickly, I think he certainly manages to understand me, but ¿He cannot speak? Could it be that he really can't speak? Strange, at least he manages to understand the things I say to him.

I gave him a small bow that we had made in the forest, from time to time on our trip we practiced and he learns quite fast, he never ceases to amaze me.

Legally we are 2 shooters in our group of two people...

On our trip we found a kind of strange reptile fighting a group of wolves, it was fascinating to see that fight, I taught the child that those things are very dangerous and that he should never fight with one of them if necessary or well that's what I tried to explain to him.

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At the end of the fight the wolves lost but the reptile bled to death, certainly nature now had a great discrepancy in terms of strength and power due to magic and creatures from another world, the poor animals of my world are going to decrease drastically in the future because of that.

It was generally easy to avoid the beasts when you know your location, but the problem is their smell and senses. That is why it is good to develop sight and hearing in some way.

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We rested during the nights very carefully because we were in a very dangerous environment, food was not a problem for now.

Artemis was able to talk to me for longer and longer, she explained things about her clan in general, but she didn't tell me anything relevant for now.

We had been traveling for 11 days and we were making progress, little by little I was beginning to have more synergy with the child.

On day number 12 in the middle of our trip we found a village, but .... they were all dead, I would say it was more like a massacre, the person who killed them was clearly a psychopath in all his splendor.

The village was burned to a large extent, the other part was completely destroyed.

We were exploring the town to see if maybe there was something useful, we were not having much success, almost everything had been destroyed by fire, the afternoon arrived the sun was beginning to set, after looking at a part of the town I came to the conclusion that it was already there was no one.

I thought maybe we would find some survivors.

I don't know who would have carried out such a massacre, there were butchered and burned bodies everywhere, there was even a strange circle in the middle of a field with several of the bodies surrounding it as a kind of ritual, maybe it was the wizards... Out of nowhere a group of magicians came to village from the air.... Speaking of the king of Rome...

I haven't seen them in a while, I had almost forgotten them.

I decided to hide in a house with the child, we leaned on a shelf and it inadvertently moved a little, I noticed that there was a hole in the wall, I pushed the shelf harder, apparently the hole was big enough for us to enter, it was a way to a tunnel apparently, I decided to go in there with the child.

I closed the road again with the shelf as best I could, I managed to hear how they entered to search the different houses.

At that moment two magicians entered the house where we were.

Wizard: Some Dark Sorcerer must have passed by here, leaving this mess behind.

Wizard 2: It doesn't matter what those crazy people do, but we need living people... Not massacred bodies.

Wizard: The captain will be furious when we give him this report.

Wizard 2: Don't be an idiot, we must find someone alive, otherwise he will kill us...

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Then they left the house quickly, certainly the forte of these guys is not searching.

Apparently they came to kidnap people, how strange, why do magicians want to kidnap people?

Even in the concentration camp they had too many slaves... Clearly there was something we didn't know, possibly they use them for experiments or things like that.

We followed the tunnel and after about 20 minutes we came out in the middle of a forest, I think this forest connects with the hidden camp we were looking for, we were close, it may take us 2 or 3 days to arrive if I follow the course correctly, however I did not know exactly where to go because the trees did not let me see any mountain or something as a reference, while we were walking it got dark and it started to rain very hard out of nowhere.

We ran until we managed to reach a part without many trees, there were some small hills and mountains, I would use them as a reference to guide me.

While we were walking in the middle of this rain, night came.

Artemis: Those wizards will never change.

Robert: Did you manage to hear the magicians at that time?

Artemis: I am connected to your body, I can see and hear the same things as you... The only thing I can't feel is pain because I am no longer alive.

Robert: You say that like it's a bad thing...

Artemis: It is certainly fascinating this way, I never thought this would happen, apart from that you should be honored that the Priestess of the Moon is your personal companion, in the past many lived their lives and never knew me due to my status.

What a tremendous ego this woman has.

Robert: Eh... Yes, I am honored to have the Priestess herself as my companion... Although that is already a thing of the past, so you should change your way of life a little... If we can call it that.

Artemis: Change my way of life?

Robert: I don't know how you lived in your clan, but that way of life is already a thing of the past, now you are with me, now you are just Artemis and not the leading priestess of the Lunaris clan.

Artemis: You say very interesting things Robert, maybe you're not such a bad partner after all.

Robert: I am offended by your comment.

Artemis: By the way, your world is fascinating, I didn't know that all the landscapes that I have seen so far existed thanks to you.

Robert: Wait a minute, did you see when I bathed in the river...?

Artemis: Don't worry, I didn't see much of your body, although I certainly didn't expect you to have such a strong body at your age...

Robert: I feel like my privacy is not being protected...

Artemis: Do not worry, in the name of the Goddess, I will protect your dignity from any evil that wants to take advantage of you.

Mmm...

Robert: A question, were relationships normal in your clan?

Artemis: The guardians and those chosen by the goddess were prohibited from having any type of relationship of that type, unless they retired from their position and status by their own will, which meant being exiled from the clan.

Robert: Now it makes more sense what happened that day...

Artemis: Did you have something with someone from my clan?

Robert: Hmm... Better let's leave the topic, I don't think there's much point in asking the Clan leader that kind of thing.

Artemis: Don't worry... If you abused any girl of my clan, your punishment will come at some point from the Goddess.

Robert: Of course I haven't abused anyone! Besides, even a girl from your clan has more strength than me and knows how to fight, I highly doubt that she would be able to do it even if she tried.

Artemis: You shouldn't get so upset, I was just saying... If you feel guilty in some way it would change the image I have of you.

Robert: Have you never met anyone in that sense?

Artemis: I was chosen by the Goddess, I had no time for those things, I had to do my duty.

Robert: I guess you're right.

Artemis: I regret not being able to save my people, I could have done much more for them.... A part of me wants revenge on those people, I don't know who were the ones who attacked my clan but as long as they still exist somehow I will hunt them down until the end of my days.... They killed my brothers and my sister in front of me.... Even after she died, some animals ate her body, she could not even rest in peace.

So she really saw how those beasts ate her.

Artemis: Somehow this also had to do with you, so I recommend that you don't make me angry, otherwise I don't mind releasing my power and dying with you.

Robert: Calm down, I understand that you are angry, they exterminated your entire clan and your family, but nothing you say will make them come back, live with the consequences of the things that happened, if you have regrets, live with them, maybe one day in In the future you can be a better person thanks to that.

Artemis: You don't understand anything...

Robert: I lost almost all my family and all my friends when your world attacked mine, so don't talk to me that I don't understand you, with time you will question why things happen, the important thing is that you are aware of every second and make the best decision in every second, so you won't have regrets or complaints, at least you can think" I did everything I could at that moment" your sister gave everything she had to protect her clan, her only regret must have been not being strong enough to protect them all.

I took a breath of air.

Robert: But that's life Artemis, no matter how many deities there are, life is like that and will continue to be like that, whether magic exists or not, life will take its course, she does not care who lives or dies, this is the reality.

Artemis: If I were still in my body I would have killed you by now, you have a rather peculiar way of seeing life Robert, I'm not saying it's bad, but somehow you sound like you're lost or tired.

Robert: If you asked me in the past why I am alive I would tell you that I don't know, but if you asked me now, I would tell you that I am looking for a reason to continue living, I am following my instinct to see where it leads me. Mizuki was a great person, thanks to her I am alive, you are not the only one who wants revenge, if I had the guy who planned all that in front of me I would not hesitate to kill him.

Artemis: Maybe you can still be somewhat useful... Well, I will help you, but my condition is that you must avenge my Clan, if you do not keep your promise we will die together.

Robert: Who would have thought that the priestess of the Lunaris clan has become all vengeful.... Anyway, you should keep in mind that I am weak, I could not defeat the person who planned the attack right now, he is someone quite skilled and intelligent.

Artemis: That's why I will help you, however if this goes wrong you can also die, so don't hold a grudge against me if we die by accident.

As we continued talking and discussing I began to smell a strange odor.... I would say it smells like death, or rather when a body decomposes.

We remained silent and moved forward carefully.

The rain became stronger, the night seemed to take over everything with its darkness.

I had the feeling that I wasn't getting any closer to anything good.