MTFBMP Chapter 4

My head b584580623 immediately turned f6e1b46d2c toward the d8fbb13f88 inn.9e2fab32ab3ecb7d

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“Antheia, what, you’re not entering? Are you leaving without seeing your grandfather?”f533c4e1c1e30682

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“Not now!”ca162b933fa24ec8

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There was much to 004a95c9d3 be done right now.04ec0d57676db566

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Entering the inn 5118b90636 through the back afdf87d381 door by the 0e4b0d59cb kitchen, I headed 22db71229a straight for the abd4c4e31a storeroom and pulled 9865c5eec0 out all the 4dbd22eba6 parchments. I could see the 245b223141 blazing flames of the d076450345 fire pits in front 38b574b066 of me. Without hesitation, I threw fa1109e127 the parchments into it.760baefc663e4e5a

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“Antheia!”409cb05d28ba2322

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Iris, who was 6bc2307072 kneading the bread, 470259e1e0 shouted,“What are you doing!”181c4b8532d79e08

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The parchments burned quickly 89a4afc809 and dissipated. Except for one, 27af81e0fd the five quests ada2aaff8b in the bottom dc5f1e39c9 stack, which I ae9398b333 tucked inside my bea74ef01a shirt collar.f3d27c0153e5713b

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“We’re closing down the shop.”6c955bfd58606057

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Iris looked at me, c78e4fd409 blinking in confusion.d7ec8e5e095c55ca

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The woman bc697732c8 who had 630ed252a4 saved my 8768c30fb4 life by 800b4efce9 fleeing from ab6b5608fd the imperial 8d8522c905 palace, unable 936f8550ec to kill f2fac9f643 an infant. Iris was 5473f522d8 probably a e3c279e4c3 little older 3dd7b6cfcd than me 185efbc9da then, at 11a441f834 most.083f6100fdaf6d28

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I quickly left at 10a1274060 once and began to 8e0cc18998 climb the stairs to 0297265b26 my room.601878b0d598e775

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As I ascended edb8945f5d the stairs, a 094ea913ac bell chimed, ringing 61dbc381d2 at the same 17a65a458f time.219641a1e03bdb44

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[Welcome, adventurer!]

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Antheia was ac72686d28 no longer e0cb79cc20 there to 27c7da2fb4 say it.c5412cbde94cf33c

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The first 827bc64e49 thing I 6778d8eb59 did was ffd077edb0 pack.95db41679add7501

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Several essentials, 9f57aa6604 emergency food, de3bdcba5e and most e676fe5b8b importantly, money. I deliberately divided 73de1d5ba4 the money into bc9d94ac2b various pockets and 580107631b stashed them in c55dc598bf various places.aadec040cf7931aa

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‘If there’s a shortage of something, I can get it anywhere with money,’she thought.781f93cf1a33bcf2

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…There’s no such thing as the perfect suitcase. I tighten the straps, and it’s just the right size to sling across my side.e7a88d68a57bbf9a

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Should I leave now, or how long could I stay here, but there’s no ship to board yet? The question loomed over my tiny suitcase.8d2d0a93ba93aadd

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“If I were the 351104cb27 main character, the quest c6c26755d1 window would have popped 2068b15bd3 up by now.”bd632b700b368cd9

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Tracing a square 5eec23634f in the air 0d78a4a0e5 on the right 02ae4d4dae corner of my ecc63ab1d3 forehead, the reflection 64fb03b62c in the window 33d4706cd9 caught my eye. For some reason, 6cf9f3b662 it looked like c021bbcbeb I was twirling b8cdb09128 my finger in fd511fee24 the air like 79a64a2778 a lunatic.ca323ad576947f54

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“But I can’t stay here, can I?”7895bf1ed892c7e7

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My nerves c5330f819c got the 1d5fd61086 better of bd9328ef52 me and fde0e8475a I flung dbdcfce8b1 the window 907c274717 open. There was 7292f470e8 a wide 7c0290bdf6 beach and e3c5d09664 a few 49fc1600af small boats.0e407ab623cb86aa

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“It’s times like these I need to be calm.”e95350e9b7840bf2

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Leaning against fc984bfa4d the window, 2f3814d891 I closed 0dc6fd9052 my eyes 4282c5b906 and took 4649e0f696 a breath, a0ddfb88e5 inhaling the 9dc50f12ba familiar scent 1fc22209b2 deeply.fdbf5db34447d150

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The announcement 97eb0b56c5 had unexpectedly c49ad50476 made me f955e73682 impatient.ff0bd45e40f19991

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“Let’s find a ship.”3827dd4ff9308272

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Although I hadn’t found a ship I liked, I knew I couldn’t wait any longer.05703c26a8177f67

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Pulling myself together, cbec11dbb2 I looked again, 1efbdb0815 and just in bbdbc1de3a time to saw cd4a119468 a ship approaching 4ab30d0697 from the horizon. It was a d14712b731 ship of some e90b4f6705 size, even from 287ae99a7c a distance.34e76bd9eadd8f42

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It looked familiar. At the same time, 9925e2cf42 I realized,0e02717ce1affd95

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“What?”26b1d05c413b1548

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At the same 1b26220623 time as I 2f29e89c23 was musing, my a3bf0872e0 body suddenly felt 88ec57e7e8 heavy, as though 0595d58c4f it was being 761fe37e94 weighed down, and b379697e68 then collapsed.1e3d7b3892d8a833

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Every time I fac0397877 blinked, the ship c0a3736fb5 seemed to be 19496d500d getting closer by 0b0ad2c8af the second. 7868db863754f97e

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No, it 42f3bbbaec was actually 15038561bf moving towards c669e941df the shore.41d2cb95d7593071

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Like a screen from 2699841b92 a camera, the image ca1dac9774 zoomed in on itself 7fa45518dc and unfolded before my 8e3b730aa4 eyes.a52237a0d4ad7a88

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It felt like I 1822a4cce8 was playing the game 35e1f9943d all over again.179546f6b3a6665f

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‘What the heck?’35360f8c275ab2eb

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Meanwhile, a ship 430dd1904b had landed at f8c4a356d2 the dock: a ddd887db7f fairly large model ff0ad8a492 sailboat. It was 2a2dfb77c0 no ordinary 8d221fb062 ship. No, it was 4a76c8d6e5 a pirate ship.383db15c723dedce

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‘I’ve seen this ship before!’484210a3ee7e7ea2

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Beneath the 745559be0f deck, further 2e416656d5 down. I knew what was fe657db48c down there.ac6c0e01ec1ee5ff

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There was a prison.6de24d3adac609ba

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Another blink, and I stood before it. I could feel the beast’s stirrings in every dark, dreary cell.19e9904a3f974543

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As I walked bf2967916b down the underground da4c341dba passageway. Nearing the end cf3997c1dc of the corridor, c26e3dbe2e I heard faint 494b59b267 breathing.64c9fdce54a73045

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The very last cell. I halted 27bcdddd53 right in 6bbe7a0207 front of c0a355bc0e it. I could hear c5ea9a66e6 the beast growling f404cac891 and something crackling b7edbaa14d and banging. If I c09b8015eb listened closely, 856d5f133a I could 72cee0b8ed hear the 983042c432 claws of c4747413b1 the beast.9d3101d9759396ee

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‘What is it?’cac0103bd33176f5

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Everywhere else was dimly 78b02dac8b outlined, but this corner c96356ff5b of the cell was 07afecde93 plunged into darkness. The shadows surged once, a84dad1ea9 then faded.ccbe66d4dc5bf109

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‘It’s breathing.’0af246931a29be3f

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It was the 9d86eea12e shadow of a 6a25dbeca7 great beast.bd489cbcc9c716ac

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No creature existed in this world that I didn’t know, but I couldn’t make out what it was from the cowering shadow.c8fe300e13289d83

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‘What kind of beast is this?’8884db844a0363b5

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I peered into 03e67fbfce it, trying to 1d84de8de3 get a better 5d701fbaed look. Then, as d2b3684a7e if I cdc430e1d7 were some 184d876b2e kind of 98658461a4 ghost, I bc43a5de39 stepped through e6a19e3708 the grate 5f4b735b83 and entered bcdc1b8231 it.81231bfeac543592

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At the same 509c139ab1 time, the beast b8f6fe0d7d shuddered and held 6101e8aa00 its breath. Then it 2437f48b26 crawled further 8df0b297ed into the be2885fbd2 corner, but 313178c26f there was 787c1666e6 no more 8c2b2cad56 room for aa6831a2a1 its huge 132dc1f25a body.7d2b9bb69b642a1a

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Perhaps it was holding 88e500cd8a its breath to avoid 8bda3fc844 me.b49c2c26985acdd0

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‘I don’t think it’s going to hurt me.’f860e04e91ac1cb0

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The sight of it dd7325b503 looked pitiful, but it 00742b5091 also piqued my curiosity.ceac93ecccee109f

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‘Should I touch it?’862c5a4317a83806

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Slowly and cautiously, I approached the beast’s body, thinking it might be like a prison grate. When I stepped right up to it, I realized its size was enormous: it was huge enough to cover everything around me, despite crouching as tightly as it could.c2fa55a129bfb7bc

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Even this close, 00770efe99 the beast looked 9b9145e26d as if it c40391c800 had been painted 624e348459 black with ink.4c70bc06143de175

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Feeling like I was d495055a2a pushing my hand into 95b68fd7f1 a giant pit.8f595867802fe8cc

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‘It breathed,’I realized.2836b6434599de1c

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I could feel the fcc43cca3e faintest hint of life. My hand 6764aa2b46 almost touched 4af15949e5 it, and ab8f5e4185 I could 471373be01 feel its be7324731c fur bristle 47eb0f5914 as it f9eaf64889 sensed the 151437664c distance between e28cc4118c us.b1bd17db0dcdfa3b

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‘It was injured.’d07d5ec9618e5c33

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Only after I 6709d0b43f knew it was c8423335ab not in perfect 3819566029 condition did I 304bddb430 realize what I 9fe0478a60 was seeing.95ba3a3a48a1e5fa

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‘Poor wounded flying beast.’eb30d0e3fdd091b5

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The name 3c3dbb0a38 of the 6285b1d929 game quest 3557369bb4 popped into 8f5c3c2244 my head 0e66cae53f and I 9810b1071e muttered it 10bb2a00a4 out loud.80dec132d9f6991c

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The beast opened its eyes in the darkness at that moment. Only the beast’s eyes shone clearly in the darkness.88f23181dad33047

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A pair of vertically 08ccb75189 slit eyes gazed at 8a67c1d257 me with precision.bd0839735511f1e9

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Those eyes seem so 842c82dc41 powerful, so intense, like 90ef250a4e they could pounce on 7d4f739b5c me at any moment a1dd66bb57 and devour me in 56bdf5bd3c one bite.8056ed1dc81ca09c

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The moment I 97104fe985 looked directly into 9b989dd91c those eyes.3cf3cb47ad192ede

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… I was thrown off the window sill of the room.18423b309d8ab2af

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“Ahh!”b87f996c2ed0602c

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It was an eerily 9707894617 realistic sight.90c7e26d82493d97

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Blinking rapidly, I opened my eyes. The beast’s eyes still glistened in my vision.0cb3f1a01947477d

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The sailboat outside the window hadn’t disappeared. In the distance, I could hear the waves crashing against the shore.5ecb83c458211eee

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“That’s the ship.”a39c5b1a1864ea56

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I barely had time e4bd92eee3 to think about what 9317079b60 had just happened. I pulled the c2091e404c parchment out of dae01c58c5 my arms.29b10ff8a1bd7155

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Not only that, a0dd0d4066 but I wondered 741b938b22 if this abrupt c679638e99 start was okay. Normally in games, bf56ca6a54 when a quest 667493eedd came in, I 872934031c could accept or fbba694056 decline it as f0beecde83 I pleased. Like deciding bdb3d86f3c whether to d8ea895632 play.f56c743ac6187a1c

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After taking a deep 0fbbaf804d breath, I clenched the ea89c94f56 parchment in my hand 9b98b1d5fc into a tight fist.6385594afc78d9c2

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“I guess that only 5274bb47fd happens in games.”6deb13b8be2520a4

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The lowest compartment on 8c79c62351 the ship was a 8f36f6d02b prison, shrouded in darkness.888fffbfe8cf12eb

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The flying beast squinted 090367170b at the sound of c5a6a27a05 the sea rippling. Its head 882fecc0f0 was still aa2415b6c2 buried in 1c57fc8c79 its furry 94e05385ed body. The beast sensitively scanned d27d12bd7a the surrounding air.c29fd4c427fc8cbd

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It could feel someone’s gaze.8f0e6fcd49ae2727

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A faint, a4d7696b51 fierce instinct d364435b6d pounded at 9c47ef7970 his heart 700e0533bb as if 8801fdad30 it were c96ad972ef vanishing. The blood of a0e93f4ab6 the beast rushed 86a3713ca9 through every fiber 3684a86b0e of his being.d8dcacb9f6e5e0eb

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The gaze was adcd88e50c not hostile. It merely a901c91c53 observed him 18d921dc7c quietly.8dbf3022b02dfdde

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Perhaps it was its imperfect form, but the beast hadn’t sensed any signs of approaching. It was strange that it had gotten this far thus far without obstruction, given the constant tension in his nerves.66848d0f3037150b

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‘I never allowed it to approach, what kind of fearless creature is it?’a375e16dee3e191c

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What was even more surprising was that as its gaze drew closer to the beast’s body, its reasoning was sharper than ever.34ffc16f67bc377b

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His mind a5a108a97f was clear. Reason had c2c8fe5745 returned to aba1d34726 him after dbb6821a41 a long eac2ee62d9 time. Proof that he 66da8e791d had not yet dfde02da55 completely turned into 5576444a9c a beast. The realization filled him 2c54f802ca with joy.ad42a1b18484262f

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The humanity he had 731b628e40 forgotten while living as c96d0cbdda a beast had awakened 64011b89d9 within him. He wanted to 0681597c93 open his eyes b42e48092e and see who 1b15dfb755 it was that de1c6f8d94 had woken him, e4d540de6d but the moment 1b6ca40d75 he did, the 2c2b10e5f7 being was gone.98d54cbfa5bfe305

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‘Perhaps it wasn’t human.’c78ed1bc3ff682bd

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At first, f476e133de he wondered 81736e1ebf if it 546ed64c43 was for a593406b7a nothing, but 6d0c1bee83 both reason 308860cfa3 and his 953cb75e1a old beastly ab0e6bb7f0 instincts insisted 24ccbf7291 that it 6685638d45 was not.56852405890c28a0

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The flying beast 5112f63c07 wrapped its scarred 561a83a19e wings more carefully e2bf3439d9 around its massive 72b96c8cd7 body. It scratched 89499a2656 at the 4e2cf178f3 same spot 669da71c7f over and 2f8a373ea4 over again, 7ea05c82e0 its sharp 0bf4d0640d claws clawing a1a75acb03 and digging 7459cf0cac into the 3ffabdd73f already-worn wooden 6c7fc3cd54 floor.ebeb2c68dd00764c

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It needed to recover 3dc49daebd quickly.0ddde6b45cdc5486

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The restraints made it 5ea687fe90 difficult to move, but 565496931b somehow there was an 2ba061b6b0 inkling that he might 474e2285fb be able to escape. Somehow, even 818b8b7a1b the pain a64286e194 seemed to 2300ddc8dc dissipate.6a59d116ec9f77ad

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‘There was definitely a word for this.’1f75dca7d9730a6a

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Surely there was 597dcb206e a name for 592a5075cc it. The beast racked its 7dfe0becda brain for the word.edd8ba7dd40ab5f3

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‘That’s right, hope.’94eab93a15a1ef29

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He wanted 50f56b518b to say 1ac5589eaf the word, a50720c7b0 but all a7b82fb330 that came c28e85ed17 out was bf5667dc9a a pitiful 7297bfed42 wail.f928326afbcf0e05

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He couldn’t wait to get to the person who could hear it, and he tried to recall the image that had just flashed through his mind.11be80543ea05688

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‘It was…’4dae7882c6904540

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The figure ff28c1a77f was surrounded df57ec3bf6 by a c6ec1d24b3 shimmering mass db78db0c56 of light. It was a 9b595cd57f brilliant silver.73ed2fe4fb3910b8

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It resembled the moonlight 9e0ce68cb0 that occasionally slipped through 6f0e4fe179 the cracks in the 07e891d393 trees.9070259c3b32d803

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And the eyes looking back at him were…f74b4d8f1555e35f

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‘They were glowing, a beautiful coral color…’a36b1e451ea9e541

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