five days had passed , Maya the little girl, was still regaining her strength but she was much better now.

She was still wearing the same tattered clothes as there were no place to buy any inside a forest, but her face had regained some life, her beautiful green eyes had regained hope, before she could only look sad but now it seemed like she could at least look happy even if only a bit.

Every day eating the meat with lots of protein and fruits with many different vitamins , Raven was using all his knowledge of nutritionism to get Maya at least a healthier state.

“I am back”

Raven had just come back from hunting bringing with him a few dead rabbits, Maya had just finished starting up a fire , Raven had taught her a few things and he was surprised at how fast she picked them up.

Raven then quickly gutted the rabbits and cooked them , while the rabbit was cooking , maya was staring fixedly at the blazing hot fire, her eyes were a bit distant and filled with sadness, Raven was a bit hesitant , he didn’t want to question the little girl’s past , but from spending a week with her and watching her he could tell it was probably a traumatic experience.

“We will leave in two days”

Raven said. And then finally maya looked away from the fire.

“Oka--y”

She said in a low voice

This girl is too shy

“In these two days, I can teach you some very basic self defense, of course only if you want to”

Raven had originally planned on staying in this camp for two weeks but Maya’s recovery was at a much faster rate than he thought it would be so he wanted set off to the capital Kao.

Maya looked a bit reluctant at first but she knew that to survive,she had to be stronger, because in this world strength is everything.

The strong survive, the weak die!

“Yes,please teach me!”

The timid little girl loudly exclaimed

It was a pleasant surprise for Raven, if she was only learning it half heartedly it would be no use, but Maya seemed determined to learn even if it was only something simple anything that helped her survive would be beneficial to her.

“Alright”

Raven said as he looked at the little girl, he was relieved, the little girl was finally opening up to him even if just a tiny bit. He was used to seeing kids with traumatic pasts due to his past life, and he knew how to deal with them, he had to wait for the little girl to feel comfortable enough so she started talking about her past willingly.

The rabbits were finally ready so Raven took one for him and offered the other one to Maya

Raven said as he offered her the other rabbit

“Eat it, we will start training after lunch”

Maya took it without any sort of hesitation and said as she smiled

‘OK”

She smiled

this was the first time Raven had seen the girl smile , even if it was a smile filled with sorrow,she had been expressionless all of the of the past five days, this was at least an expression.

After they finished their meal , Raven immediately started teaching Maya some basic self defense techniques and how to train them , he gave her a light training schedule and sat down to relax as he watched her practice.

Raven had taught her some very simple techniques which even in her current state it would not cause any trouble instead it would help her, exercising the body is key to maintaining it at a healthy state.

With this the last two days passed by in flash, Maya followed the light training schedule and had regained most of her strength.

Raven and Maya were each eating a big lump of boar meat , they had eaten it almost all week but they could never get tired of the fatty tender meat of the boar, when you took a bite of it instantly melted in your mouth, truly marvelous.

“We will be leaving soon”

Raven said with his mouth full.

Maya stopped for a second then only nodded and continued chewing.

They had finished their meal and started packing up their stuff , it didn’t take long as they didn't have a lot of things to pack.

“Let’s go”

Raven said as he walked into the forest

Maya didn't answer and just simply followed him.

Raven thought, as they were walking through the forest, this forest was a lot easier to walk through , it wasn’t as dense as the other forests Raven had been in since he was reincarnated.

“Why are you going to Kao”

Maya asked , Raven was taken aback by her question , he thought she was too reserved to be able to ask.

“Well, various reasons”

Raven was going to Kao specifically to see if he could gather any knowledge about the glyph on his chest, for the past three months that had passed before he met maya , Raven was mostly training in seclusion inside forests or dungeons. He still didn't completely know the extent of changes inside of his body, he knew his senses had sharpened and he was much stronger , but he couldn’t tell if he was a human anymore.

Also he was taking Maya there to possibly leave her in a good person hands.

Maya upon hearing Raven answer was curious but didn’t want to probe into his affairs.

And with that they quickly went through the forest as they finally left the it, they stole two horses from a farmer’s stable and set off to Kao in a much faster pace , one month passed and they had finally arrived at the great capital, Kao.

“Finally, we are here”

Raven said as he dismounted the horse , Maya soon followed and they both set off to the city entrance.

Sorry for the wait .

Prologue took longer than expected also had some teeth problems

Any mistakes inform me.

any suggestions are also welcome.

Another reason this chapter took a bit longer.

i have been reading Mother of Learning , Which i must say is a great novel /.