chapter 2

Although it was nice to be out of the carriage I had no plans regarding the future course of action, so I decided to reconfirm my current situation .

I had plunged completely down a cliff . I couldn’t remain here . But even if I moved away from here, the problem of where to go remains .

I looked up the cliff . Climbing up the cliff was impossible .

I looked to the left of the cliff towards the south . If I were to head in this direction I would arrive in the town where the merchant is . So the original destination . Of course, I would be instantly captured if I went there .

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To the right would be northwards . If I head there I would return back to the town with the orphanage . I would be sent out again if I were to go back .

But if I remained here the bandits might come . Furthermore, I didn’t know which direction they would come from, it’s possible they might even try scaling down the cliff .

… . . What to do? I don’t want to be captured . I’ve seen the merchant several times before in the past . He was a fat, middle-aged man with a toad-like appearance .

Was he planning to do that with me? Now that I remembered the memories of my previous life when I was a man, it would seem my thoughts are closer to that of a male . As such, I felt absolutely disgusted at the idea of him doing that to me .

No way . Absolutely, never, ever! I will not do that!

The past me was the typical male .

Sometimes I would browse such stuff on the net, or read about it in books, but if I actually had to have something like that done to me then I would rather die! But still I would prefer it if I didn’t die . I still want to live .

In that case, I had to escape and get away from here… . . so I looked behind me . To the east, a forest .

The forest was quite large and dense and was said to house various monsters . Naturally, that meant there were also numerous dangerous monsters inside the forest .

And the area I was in was located towards the center . It wasn’t somewhere an injured, ten-year old girl should go .

……Nevertheless, if I didn’t want to be captured I would have to move . And if I managed to successfully escape, I would be free . Then I could live however I liked .

But…there wasn’t much time left . The bandits might come down soon, or a monster might even come after smelling the scent of blood from the dead bodies . I had to make a decision now .

However, even in my previous life when I was working as a researcher; fieldwork wasn’t really my strong point . I had to take a lot of breaks since I wasn’t particularly athletic .

Anyways, first I needed to salvage any usable tools . I glanced over at the overturned carriage and the luggage strewn everywhere . There were also torn pieces of rope scattered about, I would have to gather what I could from here .

I went towards one of the scattered luggage, but I stopped upon noticing the blood on it .

I glanced towards the side and a body was next to it . It was most likely someone who had fallen out of the carriage when it went over the cliff .

The neck was twisted in an abnormal direction and there was an expression of immense pain on the face . The corpse was a familiar sight .

At the orphanage, during the winters many of the younger children would die . It wasn’t anything to be sad about, they were just unlucky . In this world that’s just how death is .

I brushed aside the ethics and morals of my previous life . I shouldn’t worry about it . I couldn’t stop here . I had to survive .

Death was a common occurrence in this world . While traveling, there was the possibility of being attacked by bandits or criminals . You had to defend your own life with your own power . And eventually you might have to kill someone . You had to be prepared .

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, then reopened them and looked towards the body .

… . . I felt calmer this time around .

For now, I decided to just gather all the things that I could use . Cloth, knives, rations, water canteens, some coins, and etc .

Would this be enough for the time being? Maybe I should look around a bit more……but there wasn’t much time left . It was unfortunate but I had to leave before the sun completely sets . It was time to depart .

“It hurts… . . ”

I forgot . Right, my body was covered in injuries . Regardless, I still had to move . It was painful… . but I slowly pushed on ahead .

After a while, I stopped and leaned on the base of a tree .

My consciousness was beginning to fade .

My body screamed in pain . The sudden emergence of my previous life’s memories clashed and muddled together with my current life’s memories .

Who am I now? Who was I before?

I was entrenched in these sort of thoughts .

But in the end, all I could come up with was that I was myself . Even so, I still wondered; what kind of person was I before? What was I called before? What was I like?

I didn’t know .

Absolutely nothing, nothing came to mind, I couldn’t remember at all…

In the end, I decided to just focus on walking and not think about it .

… . . After walking for about two hours or so, the sun had set .

And it became difficult to proceed any further . I gave a deep sigh and sat down .

Should I stop for today? Or should I try continuing on a bit more? ……No, this was my limit . I could feel the excruciating pain spread throughout my body . If I didn’t treat the wounds soon it would be dangerous .

“……Wait a minute, I can use [First Aid]… . . right?”

Due to the sudden emergence of my previous life’s memories I had forgotten, but Ren could use a bit of magic .

One of them was life magic . Life magic was an attribute-less magic geared towards everyday usage, and could be learned even if a person’s aptitude for magic was low .

For example, it could be used to produce a small amount of water, start a fire, light the way, etc . Although the same results could be achieved with tools, it was a simple, yet convenient branch of magic that made daily life easier .

Among the various usages, [First Aid] is a recovery-type magic that could be used to stop light bleeding and alleviate some pain . It’s also said that one of the most difficult spells in life magic is [Clean], which removes dirt from the body and clothing . Naturally, I couldn’t use it . I could only use the spells [First Aid] and [Light] .

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……But why did I suddenly remember these things?

No, never mind . These are my memories, there’s nothing wrong with that . I quickly shook my head to clear my thoughts .

“First Aid . ”

… . . Ah, the pain had become somewhat more bearable . I felt like the spell was more effective than how I remembered .

With this, the pain had lessened to the point where I would be able to sleep . But if a monster comes along while I am sleeping, I would likely die .

Perhaps, it would be better to sleep on one of trees? But, well, due to the injuries on my body that would probably be impossible .

For today, I decided to make camp at the trunk of an enormous tree . It was good that I salvaged some cloth . But if a monster were to appear at this time…

In the end, I didn’t sleep very well due to my anxiety and lingering pain .