After a light night's sleep, I'm awakened by the soft rays of sunlight that sneak through the small cracks between the doorposts. If we really want to spend the winter here, it will be necessary to find a way to make hermetic doors, perhaps wooden boards might do the trick.The first thing i do is check the status of luke using consider on him.I'm relieved as it seems everything's going well and if he continues like this, he'll recover enough health points to be able to finish his treatment in a day or two. That's not all, he's no longer unconscious, this means he's progressing positively.I check the other members of the group and, to my surprise, Ayumi is already awake, although she doesn't look me directly in the face.I quietly leave the cabin, today we'll also have to wash luke's wound, so we'll need a lot of clean water. I take the pot that's on the rudimentary kitchen that I made and the filter made with plant fiber and I go to the lake.After cleaning up, I go in until the wa

As soon as I opened my eyes I realized that Anne was already awake. We lie very close next to each other, my head resting on her collarbone as she slides her hand over my head, slowly caressing me. My head goes up and down at the mercy of her breathing, I'm comfortable and it's quite a nice situation. Especially knowing that she's not going to yell at me or anything, after all, the fact that she's caressing me indicates that she's happy too, I guess... "good morning Tsao, how did you sleep?" She whispers with a smile. She looks really beautiful, her fair skin almost seems to glow in the morning light. This whole situation seems almost like a dream, but I know this isn't a dream, I couldn't picture something like this, not even in my wildest fantasies. "Well, yes… and how are you?" "Not bad, actually, I think it was the best night's sleep I've had since I got here, hehe" If someone saw this from afar, they would think this is just a normal couple, heck, I haven't even seen Hiraku

"We were so worried for you!"Both Helena and Bob exclaim as sooon as we open the door."Helena! can you at least pretend that you were worried about me too? we had a hard time on our way back. Anyway, quick Tsao get near the fire, you're freezing"Anne shakes some of the snow on top of me and starts rubbing my back rapidly to help me get warm. I actually thought that as soon as we got back she would turn back to her old emotionless self, which is why I tried to make the most of this trip, attempting to get on her good side."Oh! Tsao! you're finally back!" says Hiraku as he opens his eyes heavily."Yes, and I'm afraid we have important news for everyone. Luke, are you up too?"Luke, who's lying on top of a jackal pelt with his eyes closed, responds in a muffled voice"yeah, what's this fuzzy all about?""Everyone, we found a town!"Different reactions to my words came out at the same time, some were joyious while others were worried. It was so fast I couldn't really tell who said wha

As soon as Helena said that the battle started. Both of them did their best to avoid showing their anger but at the same time glaring intensely at each other."Why do you say that? what makes you think you have the right to make that choice for him?""But Anne, you've been mean to him all this time, and I've always slept by his side, im accustomed now so...""It doesn't matter who came first, Tsao and I slept together when we went to the cave!"Helena's words ignite Anne's face filled with red leaving her almost out of combat. Now Helena is furious and she's looking right into my eye."How could you do this to me Tsao? I thought we had something special""But thats not true! we didn't do anything! we just slept on the cave floor, we had to sleep somewhere! Anne why did you make it sound dirty?""I-I didn't intend to make it sound that way, but we were so close and I even let you..."Anne's cheeks are still bright red from the intense emotion and stops speaking, yet again causing Helen

"Quickly! go heat up some soup for Anne, her condition is very bad"I order Helena. My mind feels more agile, clear, it is as if all the distractions dissipated and allowed me to concentrate on the problem in front of me.Helena hesitates for a second before letting go of the curtain and heading into the kitchen, I can hear the sound she makes as she reaches for the utensils she needs to heat up the stew for lunch.What Anne needs is not only rest, she must also eat a proper meal. I've long thought of stamina simply as the amount of energy we can expend before getting tired, but since we've long since had enough food to go around, I completely forgot the importance of eating properly.Surely Anne would recover anyway if she didn't eat now, but eating will allow her to recover much faster. If my assumption is correct, the pieces of this puzzle are fitting little by little.Health points represent just that, health. But it's not as simple as thinking that just because you have a large n