It’s been 4 days since we started our journey towards the lawless town of Agrona. To reach the said town, we need to pass through a massive forest and several small mountains.
By hunting our food and drinking from the rivers that we passed by, we easily got the things that we needed to survive throughout the journey.
And yep, as much as possible I don’t want her to drink my Water magic due to the reason that I can’t explain that it felt so wrong.
I raised my head from the bushes I was hiding on as I aimed my hand at the wild boar currently walking a few meters away from us.
I activated my electricity magic and blasted a lightning strike at the wild boar that immediately fell down to the ground without any struggle.
Misha who’s sitting next to me clapped her hands. “That was cool, big bro Casimir.”
I clicked my tongue. “I know, right? We’re eating pork tonight!”
“Yey!”
As the days passed, Misha started to open up to me, she no longer acts scared when I’m talking to her and already showing her cheerful side.
I walked towards the lying boar and dragged it to the nearest river. While I was cleaning the meat she’s already preparing the campfire at the side of the river.
I’m not a good cook, or even a knowledgeable one when it comes to cooking because mom and Irina were the ones who always doing the cooking back home, and with the lack of spices on hand or even a little bit of familiarity on any, the only thing I could make was a barbecue without a decent sauce.
Yep, I’m a terrible person.
But to my amazement, Misha always eats my so-so cooking with a smile on her face.
“Can I have a second?”
“Of course, there’s a lot.”
I handed the cooked meat to her and she immediately chewed it as if it’s the most delicious food ever.
I hope she’s not faking it because I will feel very bad if she does.
After eating, we decided to sleep. I gave her my robe as her carpet and she used her robe as her blanket.
I, on the other hand, slept under a tree a meter away from her and unlike the last time, my Mana perception was always active for any signs of danger.
“Good night, big bro Casimir.” She said while covering herself with her robe.
“Good night.”
I looked up at the starry sky and gazed upon the countless stars with the moon shining the brightest tonight.
Now that I think about it, this is the very first full moon since I arrived in this world. The moon here looks similar to the moon we have back home.
And by seeing it, I felt at home.
Before I knew it, I had already fallen asleep.
However,
I woke up due to the intense pain all over my body, as if my entirety was burning, I could feel it and it felt like I was breaking apart.
My head started to hurt so much that it made me release pained groans while brushing my face to the ground. I rubbed my hand to my head temple to at least ease the pain but it never lessened, rather, it intensified.
No matter how much I endured, it became more and more painful.
Am I dying? What is this pain? Why does it’s f****** hurt so much?
I tried my best to stop it, but the scream finally came out of my mouth waking Misha up.
Even currently fighting with the pain currently attacking me, I sensed that she stood up and walked towards me.
“Big bro-“
I stared at her to say that everything is alright, but what greeted me was her stunned face while looking at me.
That’s the last thing I saw before my vision turned red as color as blood and lost my consciousness.
What is happening?
I opened my eyes when I felt something a little bit wet gently rubbing my cheek and saw the shining moon in the sky.
It’s still nighttime.
“Big bro Casimir?”
I sat up and found Misha looking at me with great concern.
“Ah, looks like I had a bad headache.”
Misha nodded but she’s still looking at my head.
“What? Is there a prob-” I touched the part of my head that she’s looking at and instantly stood up when I felt something attached in my head.
The f***?
I touched the other side and felt the same thing.
The f***?
Please don’t tell me it’s not what I think it is!
I immediately skipped towards the river and checked out my appearance to the reflection of the water.
The first thing that appeared on the reflection was my supposed to be black eyes that were now a pair of bright red eyes.
While looking at my reflection with great disbelief, I raised my hands and touched the pair of horns attached to the side of my head.
2 slightly curved pointy horns as black as obsidian, I tried to shake them but I couldn’t take them off.
The hell is happening?
Am I cursed?
Is this because of the summoning magic baldy Lukas used to bring me here?
Is this another one of the side effects? How many side effects does that spell have?
“Big brother Casimir, are you alright?”
I can’t tell her about this, she’s too young to get concerned about so many things.
I slowly exhaled. “I’m alright, I just had a bad dream.”
A really bad one!
She nodded and just watched me.
Maybe it will be gone when morning arrives.
And morning came.
“I didn’t know that you are a demon too, Big brother Casimir. Maybe that’s why you’re so kind to me.” She happily said while walking through the forest.
I chuckled. “Really? Maybe I just forgot to mention.” I said as I touched my freaking horns still attached to my freaking head!
Yep, for some reason, I’m a freaking demon now!
