I continued to follow the map for next few hours, until the sun set. I had set up a small campfire in a less grassy field as I intended to rest for the night and not risk continuing my journey.
Even with my whole infrared or what I like to call it, 'heat vision', walking through the dense darkness of the night didn't seem like the best idea.Even if I wasn't in danger of being attacked, I was very much in slight danger of potentially getting lost or even worse, ending up somewhere FAR OFF the road I was supposed to be on.
So, I was not gonna risk it.
Sitting by the cackling fire, I simply stared into it, silently thinking to myself about the life I had lived up to this moment.
It had only been around 2 Months since my reincarnation as a snake in this world and yet, so much has happened already.Well, a lot for me has happened.
I've grown to feel more.. alive - something I didn't expect to ever feel again, especially due to my life as a work slave in my 'old' or 'original' world.
However, while I was sort of glad to feel alive again, I have to say, in this moment, sitting by the campfire, I felt... Kinda lonely.I guess I had gotten used to the lively and people filled atmosphere of Ordial, so now that I was all alone in a forest during the night - it felt.. strange.
Now, while I did feel lonely, I also felt a bit... Weird. Almost cold and uncaring about the feeling of loneliness.
Like I actually didn't care about being alone. I couldn't wrap my head quite around it, noir really pinpoint what exactly I was feeling in this moment, so I don't know how to exactly explain it.'Maybe I feel careless to the loneliness because of me not being a human..?'
I thought.
One thing I could say, is that me being a 'monster' now definitely had an effect on me. As a human, you are always taught about morals and values, and whatever — But now as a Monster...I felt... Empty.
I felt.. Strange. Like I said - I don't know how to describe the feeling I had right now.Eventually, I simply sighed, shaking my head and clearing my mind of the present thoughts.
'I should focus on getting some rest.. I have to continue my path early tomorrow.'
I thought, before dropping to the ground next to the campfire, simply laying in the grass.
I looked up at the stars above. I have to say, it has been a while since I had been able to properly appreciate how beautiful the starry night sky is...Getting used to sleeping in a bed, inside a building has kind of taken away from the novelty of enjoying a starry sky at night, which I had while lost in that dense, monster filled forest.
As I watched the stars shine down from above, I simply smiled to myself.
'Maybe I'll try to be a bit more open after I'm done with this quest.'
I thought to myself, closing my eyes afterwards, slowly drifting off to sleep as the fire next to me, continued to crackle throughout the night.
Next Morning...
I was once again up early and back on the path. The sun was already beaming quite a bright light down to the ground, its rays managing to pierce through the tree line around me.I was following the map like yesterday, making sure to stick to the path marked in it.
So far, despite the marked path stating that I may run into some monsters while walking through it, I had not encountered a single other monster.Although that was probably a good thing - as it meant I had nothing to distract me from my path, I couldn't help but feel a bit weirded out by the lack of monsters around.
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Reborn as a Snake! (1.) [COMPLETED]
FantasyI was walking back home one night from work, when I unexpectedly got caught in the crossfire of a bank robbery - which results in my death. As life slowly left my body, I thought about my life and how it was like a rocky rollercoaster. Then I sort...