My vision has already adapted to darkness, I took Henna inside the cave

Interior was full of earth and mud, the walls were naturally made of rock, the cave was not devoid of plants, some old vines were sprawled on the ground, they looked like snakes, I had to anxiously check some of them to make sure it was safe

I found the safe place in the depth of the cave, which was dimly lit by moon light that barely got through the hole at the ceiling. After bashing the herbs with rocks and making green liquid flow out, I applied the crushed herb to the wounded areas

Henna was unconscious

I knew that these herbs would not be enough, I needed more herbs, blood would also attract enemies but there's no way I am giving up this cave, from today it's my home, I hope that wolf with dagger in the awkward area which managed to flee won't come back for revenge while I am gone to collect some herbs

I left, I knew that forest had abundance of herbs, not only that, there were couple of flowers with strong scent, I was aiming for both, one for covering the blood scent and another to heal Henna's injuries

It was already getting dark, getting out for a long time would be dangerous, I should not have a need to go too far, but I was still scared of dark forest, no, I should put aside my cowardice

I gulped down mouthful of saliva and went deeper into the forest, it was silent, dark and I was about to have hallucinations, I shook my head, that's not why I came here, besides, I don't want to live in here in complete solitary, it would be lonely, I have not thought about it until now, but it's good to have a company. That's why I can't let her die yet

I was fortunately overreacting, nothing went to attack me in the darkness and as soon as I got what I wanted I ran back

Earlier I did not forget to take 2 wolves along with their cores in the cave, but I placed them further from Henna, at least she should be safe for a while

Once I returned I quickly spread around flowers with strong scent on blood stains on the ground and directly ran to Henna, she was still unconscious, I applied more herbs and turned around to guard the cave, I could not sleep now, I would throw this duty at her if she lived, but for now, I had to stay awake, if something were to attack at night, we are vulnerable

...

Suspiciously nothing attacked at night

Still, staying awake while watching the dark forest from ''home'' with no door and waiting for something to come out and kill you is mind wrecking, the next day I was utterly exhausted but did not dare to sleep yet, I awkwardly peeled off wolf pelts, I could use this to warm myself up when winter came

I had a feeling something was constantly watching me which made me more anxious but I thought it was my imagination and my mind was exaggerating things, so I shrugged this feeling off

I ate wolf meat which was as expected delicious for my new tastes, I brought the corpses deeper in the cave so blood won't disturb creatures that live outside

The days passed, Henna did not wake up yet, I was getting worried, I checked her all around but there was not any wounds that I missed, I did not know what was wrong with her at all, her heart was beating, that's good, probably she needs more rest

If she has some internal bleeding or something then there's nothing I can do about it

Meanwhile, when there was a day I would meditate since I had nothing else to do, I did not want to hunt alone and I had some wolf meat to spare, if I wanted to I could even eat herbs but meat is a delicacy, I prefer meat, it'll last me for quite some time until it rots, even if it does rotten meat is absolutely not inedible for goblins

As always after meditating for a while I opened my eyes and I saw some little human with wings flying in front of me

- Hi

I heard the voice, ha, I've been meditating for so long, that I've gone nuts, I rubbed my eyes and got up

- Hey, don't ignore me

I heard a sound and I halted, it's real?

I turned around, this creature did not seem to have a gender, she was completely naked and she/he had transparent wings on her back which flapped once in a while, I appraised it

Dungeon pixie [ Nature ] Level ???

Level with question marks? She should be strong... but does not seem like one

I instinctively made a grabbing motion at her direction, if she's strong then she should dodge that, I thought but seems she did not expect that and was caught

- Put me down smelly

She struggled to get free and bit my palm

It tickled, I still let her go

- Salty

She said and started coughing, after she was done she gave me angry glare and started flying away

- W, wait...

I yelled, I did not even know why I did that, probably I missed the company

She turned around with her hands around her flat chest, as expected of genderless one, still let's call her she, because she has a ponytail

Her eyes were green and her transparent wings were also green, she was the size of a human palm, unexpectedly her hair was blonde and her ears were slightly pointy

- You dare to disrespect this lady and grab me with your filthy hands, humph, who dares to do that to me? Humph, I will talk to you if you beg me and apologize

- Alright, I'm sorry, please don't go

Why did I say that? Am I that lonely? Her level is most likely much higher than mine, she can probably easily kill me... Anyway pixie huh? So she's like a little fairy

- You're forgiven

Well, that was fast

She started flying around me for a while like an annoying fly but I did not let myself get angry for such trivial thing, after she made couple of circles around me she stopped in front of me, her wings were flailing to keep her in the air, her green eyes were glowing a little, it was beautiful, when do I get a glowing eyes, why am I like an ugly duckling? Sigh

- Say, your aura is a bit different, more intelligent and rational, I've never felt something like that from others... what are you?

Eh? Her perception should be high, I can't really tell her the truth, yeah, let's keep my reincarnation the secret between me and sovereign for my sake

- What do you mean?

I feigned ignorance and asked curiously

She stared at me hard, then she gave up and flew to the nearby white flower which was half a meter tall, if I compare plants in this forest to plants in my previous world, one difference would be the size

After she was done sniffing the flower she turned around and with a big smile told me

- I like you greenie, you are not the same as others, let's be friends, my name is Anemone... you should not have a name right?

She laughed softly and added

- It's alright, I will give you a na...

- It's Dylan, my name that is

...

She seemed disappointed? She pouted and flew away, hey, did I do something wrong?

- Hey come back

But it was useless, she was unexpectedly fast