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I woke up and the first thing I saw were the sun's rays, they came through different holes in the ceiling, I got up and my body hardly hurt anymore, it was as if everything I had had vanished after sleeping. I started to take off the bandages to see how my wounds were, after removing all bandages and verifying that he was almost healed, I started looking for my clothes.

I only had my pants on while I slept, I looked around and found my jacket and my shirt, but they were incredibly full of blood, they were also very dirty, so it would be best to change them or wash them later. I looked for my briefcase, it was in a corner of the room, I looked for the only shirt I had brought in the middle of my second change of clothes, I put it on and left the room with my stuff.

I didn't see Samantha anywhere, I started to explore the house a little bit, but I found no trace of her, however I could see some things on the floor of the living room, I saw some leaves and different materials. Was this food? There were many cans scattered around, I wanted to be ignorant but inside I knew that those cans were the ones I had brought in my backpack.

I searched a little more and found a small pot, apparently there were several things prepared in it, how strange, was Samantha cooking? But she was not in this house, I looked out the window and I could see a lot of grass, where are we? I opened the main door and went out, the sun was illuminating what it could with its light before it started to hide, apparently I was in a kind of hill or a quite high place, however I could see the city in the distance. behind the house there was an extensive forest, I don't know why it occurred to me that maybe Samantha could be in the forest.

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After admiring the cityscape for a few minutes I heard a voice approaching.

Samantha: I see you finally decided to wake up.

Robert: I remind you that it was someone who put me to sleep.

Samantha smiled and started talking.

Samantha: Sometimes you have to take certain necessary measures, besides your body shouldn't hurt so much anymore, the only thing is that the bruises and scars will stay in your body for a long time.

Robert: How long was I sleeping?

Samantha: Mmm... I think... ¿4 days? I'm not really sure.

¿¡4 days!? That was a long time... As I listened to her I could see that she was carrying several things in a kind of worn bag, and on her back she had something that I couldn't recognize at once.

Robert: What's that on your back?

Samantha: Oh... it's our food.

After saying that, she put the bag she was carrying in his hand on the floor, and cut some vines she had tied around her body and an animal fell off her back.

What? she had an animal on his back? It was some kind of strange pig, after it fell down it started talking.

Samantha: It would be very helpful if you could help me move it, I'm pretty tired of carrying it.

I went over to carry him to the house.

Robert: How the hell did you bring him? How did you lift him? And the most important question How did you do it one-handed?

She was using only her right hand, I don't know if she's an expert hunter but it must have been at least difficult that's for sure.

Samantha: Eh... Well, let's say I had a life before, besides, needs drive you to do things to survive, we didn't have food anymore, I had to go out and look for it.

Robert: Did you feed me while I was sleeping?

Samantha: I don't know, what do you think ? Could it be that your body has the ability to generate nutrients on its own?

While I was saying that I checked my suitcase, indeed there was no food in it.

Robert: No wonder my suitcase felt so light...

Samantha: Did you say something?

Robert: Nothing...

So, during these 4 days, we ate the food I had planned to travel with while I slept.... Well I think I need to resupply and get on the road again.

I had a question I wanted to get clarification on from Samantha.

Robert: By the way, I know this is going to sound rude but why didn't you leave me, wouldn't it be easier for you to have the supplies to yourself?

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Samantha scrunched up her face a little when I said that, I think it somehow bothered her that I brought it up.

Samantha: I didn't know you liked being dumped

Robert: I didn't mean that...

Samantha: Then be thankful that you are not lying somewhere bleeding to death.

She actually got very upset, well I guess it doesn't matter for now, but the thing is that I have a path and she has her path, I don't know how to tell her that I have to follow my path and she has to follow hers. I guess I can ask him a little.

Robert: So what are you going to do now?

Samantha: Well... I really don't know... I already told you.

I didn't make much sense, didn't I have a mission to complete?

Samantha: I didn't explain an important part to you very well before when we spoke, as you know I am an Elf, but my companions are humans, as such I do not belong to the magicians but I was threatened by them many years ago. so I had to help them from then on.

So she was basically going to stop helping them for some reason, but then what did they threaten her with?

Robert: What did they threaten you with?

Samantha's expression became a little sad.

Samantha: They have my sister in a concentration zone.

That changed things too much, now a lot of things made sense, but I don't understand where he was going with this.

Samantha: Don't think I'm helping you for fun, I want to ask you a favor in return for saving you.

A favor? Let's see if he asks me for something that's on my mind.

Robert: Do you want me to help you save your sister?

Samantha: Exactly, you certainly don't have magic and you're not strong, but you have certain skills that can be useful to me, besides I don't have anyone who can help me at this moment to carry out my objective.

Robert: And how could I, an ordinary human being, run to save your sister? I doubt very much that a concentration camp has little security.

Samantha: Clearly I will try to help you, however from the outside I won't be able to do much, the strongest is not necessarily the one who always wins, so don't think that the concentration camp is impossible to go through.

Jum... she had said something quite interesting, I never thought I would hear someone like her say that, usually these mages have a really high and unique ego, but well, seriously thinking about what she tells me. I don't know if I should do it, dying is very easy is a concentration camp, however it's true that technically I owe her some of my life for saving me.

But... I also have a path to follow...

Samantha noticed that she had many doubts as she walked from one side to the other.

Samantha: Originally, where are you headed?

Well the question here is that she is a mage and I can't reveal to her the location of the shelter, they would wipe out all my companions who have managed to survive so far, I don't know if she is bad or good but I'm not going to trust anyone with something so important.

Robert: I'm going somewhere, I can't really tell you.

Samantha understood what I meant, yet she insisted on something I didn't want to hear.

Samantha: I can go with you when it's all over, to pay you back for the favor.

Robert: Look, it's not that I hate you or anything, but I can't trust anyone for that.

Samantha: If I make any mistakes, you can kill me.

Mmm... that girl.

Robert: Even if I kill you, you would have already made the mistake, besides, why do you want to come with me?

Samantha: Clearly if I save my sister I will become a traitor to the wizards, and they will hunt me down, I can help you with information from them if necessary.

That's good for us, although I will always have doubts, but thinking about it, maybe she can be useful to me to get all the information about the wizards, so my companions will have something important or key for the future.

At first it's not that I care much about the war but I am aware that leaving this to chance is not good, besides my main goal from the beginning has been to go to the shelter to meet someone.

Robert: Well, after thinking about it for a moment I have come to my conclusion, I will help you.

Samantha's eyes began to shine and she put on an expression of happiness and tranquility that I had not seen before.

Samantha: I will be indebted to you for the rest of my life if you succeed.

Robert: It seems like you don't have much hope for me, but you still have to support me because there are no other options in this abandoned area.

Samantha: You really are a person who doesn't know how to read the environment, do you even have friends?

Mmm... I had hurt my being and my pride with that question.

Robert: Yes... I guess, it's not something that is relevant to us right now.

Samantha: It's important to know how bad you are psychologically.

Robert: In your world there are psychologists.

Samantha: No, that's something we learned from your world, although it doesn't seem like it, we have studied your world for many years, it's really interesting how they live.

That generated too many questions for me, like what have you been studying? How long has Samantha been helping the wizards? Before I could ask all my questions she interrupted me.

Samantha: Anyway, when the time comes you will have more information, for now let's go, we have to get ready.

While she was saying this she was pushing me from behind, this girl is weird, however it's good to always keep my guard up, my survival instinct won't be turned off just because she saved me.

Samantha: By the way, I have a little present.

What? A gift? Does this girl think we're not in a war?

From a pocket he took out a kind of strip made with plants and leaves, I don't know how to explain it, it was like a handkerchief or something like that made with leaves and plants, it was strange.

Robert: What is that?

Samantha approached me, I got a little tense and nervous, it was very strange to have her so close, she took the handkerchief and put it where my left eye used to be, it was some kind of patch apparently, she tried to tie it but she realized that her left hand was gone.

Samantha: Mmm... Can you introduce me to your right hand?

Robert: Excuse me?

Samantha took my right hand and from behind my back told me to take one end of the scarf or patch I guess. she took the other end and was telling me what I had to do to tie it right, she wanted my hand so she could tie it right. It's actually easier for me to do it alone, but... I didn't care how I did it, it was kind of adorable, I never thought I'd ever have a thought like that.

Samantha: Now if you look good, it was uncomfortable to see that grossness where your eye used to be.

My feelings were strongly hurt with that comment.

Robert: Well... Then we have to get ready, I need you to give me more explanations of how the wizard concentration camps work, and if you have any plans or ideas.

Samantha nodded her head, but she told me that first we should go into the house, it was already late, so we prepared the food with what she had brought, and we started to talk more in detail, then I showed her my map, and she told me where the concentration camp was, it was towards the east of the city, we were not too far away but it would take us several days to get there.

Not to mention that we have to be careful with the different animals or monsters that roam around there.

After finishing talking for the rest of the afternoon, night fell, it was time to sleep, she told me that she had made a kind of improvised alarm with the pot at the entrance, if someone tried to enter the house, she had also covered the windows, if they tried to enter they would have to make noise if or if, with that I could sleep more peacefully.

And that was how the night went.