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003 I want to eat rice b.a.l.l.s
I kept on walking for about five days.
I ran out of water and food two days ago.
“Hungry……”
*Growl~~~
I was starving.
“…..My feet hurt.”
My sprained ankle was worsening and really painful. I tried using "First Aid" already, but it didn"t help.
I slowly ate the herbs I had gathered as I continued on. It was bitter. My throat was completely dry. It became difficult to swallow and I started coughing. I wished I had water.
I started gathering wild plants around two days ago. Although, I had some knowledge of edible wild plants, it was still difficult to differentiate between the various types of plants.
But it was then that I thought: wait, maybe it"s possible to identify them with "Appraisal"?
The end results were I was correct.
I became able to distinguish between the wild plants, such as what were edible, what could be used for wounds, and what could be used as ingredients for potions.
But there was a problem. If the wild plants weren"t cooked they would taste very bitter, which made them difficult to eat. But even so, I still ate them.
The next problem was water. Due to my thirst I had a hard time swallowing the plants.
Although "Appraisal" had allowed me to gather a supply of edible plants and herbs, it was still difficult to eat the plants.
But I still continued forth slowly like a zombie, until I finally collapsed unable to walk any further.
"Water….."
Water… I want water… Water…
"…..Water."
Water!! I need water! My throat!
If this continued on I would soon dehydrate and die. It was at that moment as I was thinking these thoughts.
*Splash!
"…..Eh?"
Droplets of water landed on the ground right in front of me. When I raised my head the gra.s.s in front of me was wet. I looked up, but there was nothing there.
"Water!"
I reached my hands out towards the glistening gra.s.s and water fell down again.
Luckily, a bit of water managed to acc.u.mulate in my palms and I quickly brought it towards my mouth. I didn"t understand it, but somehow when I asked for water, it would fall.
I didn"t understand what was happening, but I didn"t care. I hastily grabbed the leather water canteen on my waist and refilled it. After it was full, I quickly gulped down the water.
"……Refreshed."
I had continually drank the water until my thirst was fully quenched. But…
“I"m hungry……”
It seems at some point, I dropped the bag containing all my edible plants and herbs somewhere. I didn"t have any energy left to go searching for it.
“…..I want to eat rice b.a.l.l.s.”
When I said I wanted water, water had suddenly appeared. So I started thinking stupid thoughts like maybe the same would happen here to escape from reality.
"…..Huh?"
But it really did appear. A rice ball.
What? Was I hallucinating? What was going on?
"…….Rice ball."
But when I repeated the word again, another rice ball suddenly appeared in my other hand.
……There were rice b.a.l.l.s in both my hands. I squeezed my hands a bit to confirm, but the rice b.a.l.l.s were definitely there.
"Food….."
At that point, I just stopped caring about how they had appeared.
And started eating unrelentingly. Yes, these were definitely rice b.a.l.l.s. Just plain salted rice b.a.l.l.s. No seaweed, no other ingredients.
But it was delicious. I didn"t understand it, but tears began to uncontrollably spill forth from my eyes.
After I finished eating the rice b.a.l.l.s, I laid down and gazed up towards the sky.
My stomach was filled and I had calmed down a bit. I felt full…..so those definitely weren"t hallucinations.
But how did the rice b.a.l.l.s appear? Rather, to begin with, I don"t recall having ever seen rice during my ten years in this world. Did someone perhaps give the rice b.a.l.l.s to me? But looking around there was no sign of anyone nearby. The rice b.a.l.l.s had just magically appeared.
……So magic?
Right, magic exists in this world. Therefore, it was magic that made the rice b.a.l.l.s appeared. It would make sense then….no, wait, would it? A spell that could produce rice b.a.l.l.s? I"ve never heard of such a thing. Even so, it was a fact that rice b.a.l.l.s had appeared. In that case, let"s confirm it.
"Status"
When I said those words, my status menu appeared in front of me.
Name: Ren
Race: Celestial
Occupation: Orphan
Age: 10
HP 20/50
MP 30/50
STR 3
VIT 3
DEX 5
AGI 3
INT 500
MGC 300
CHA 12
LUK 4
Skills:
Creation Magic LV1
Storage LV-
Life Magic LV5
Appraisal LV3
Resistance: Hunger LV1
Resistance: Fatigue LV1
Resistance: Pain LV1
Magic Attribute Apt.i.tude: All Attributes
……Yep, it was strange in various ways.
Update
I plan on leaving the poll up for about a month or so. Until then, I will be continuing translations of Not Sure, But It Looks Like I Got Reincarnated in Another World, but without a set release schedule.
Judging from the current poll results and from the people who have donated so far, it seems people are interested in Not Sure, But It Looks Like I Got Reincarnated in Another World, maybe? So this might end up actually being the novel selected for translation. But we"ll see…it all depends on you guys/gals after all.
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