Seirei Gensouki's
Chapter 178: The Suffering of Flora pt2
「Huh, sounds good. Negotiation time. Guys, go. 」
Duran nodded with a satisfied face after evicting the women from the room. The women put on their clothes and left. When only two Lucius and Duran are left in the room―― 、
「Then, allow me to tell you about the treasure」
Lucius was waiting for the perfect moment to tell the details about the treasure hunt.
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Around that time, Flora was still wandering within a certain forest in the Paladia kingdom. Although at first her legs continued to move due to her anxiety and desire to see her sister, the fatigue that accumulated over time began to bother her.
（Uuh, my legs feel heavy. I am hungry too . Am I near the outside of the forest? And it's dark too ………. . What am I supposed to do now? From what I learned in the academy, I have to secure a shelter first before the day actually turns into a night in times like these right? But …………. I don't have any camping equipment at all. ）
Flora continued to complain in her heart. Within the forest, which he could not see the end of, not only did he accumulate physical exhaustion, his mental exhaustion also increased steadily.
The things reflected in his field of vision were only tree lines that never ended. There was almost no difference in the view of the trees within the forest. As the sun set in the west, the interior of the forest also became darker at all times. Although he could see the inside of the forest a moment ago, now even where he stood had darkened.
（I can also hear the cries of animals. Although I can't hear the sound of dangerous animals ………. . Still scary. ）
Even the cry of a small beast sounded even more ominous when he was in a strange and dark place. Since he had no choice but to sleep in the forest at this rate, he wanted to at least avoid such an experience. He's really scared now. Even though her legs felt extremely painful and heavy, Flora with one thought moved forward just for the sake of getting out of the forest while sometimes applying healing magic to her legs.
But, he made a mistake – his soul is not strong. Despite being aware of the strict rules of camping outside, that he had to build a camp before the sky was completely dark, he had no experience in such things.
That was why he naively thought that it was still fine and that he might be able to leave the forest before the day actually turned into night.
It was natural since he experienced field practice when he was still in the academy, but it was just a "Training" where everything including personnel and equipment were prepared beforehand. There was no way she, the second princess, would be allowed to do anything at that moment, thus she ended up following.
And that resulted in Flora going further into the forest unaware of the situation. It didn't even take many days to turn into night, when he realized he was already surrounded by total darkness. It was completely dark beyond his imagination where he could not see anything. Flora continued forward continuously because she could not handle the terrifying atmosphere.
""Radiation""
And when it was too dark, he chanted the magic aria to create fire and light. A bright light shone in front of him.
After controlling her magic brightness level, Flora started moving again. He walked alone with the unsteady steps inside the dark forest with artificial light to light his way.
Nevertheless, he dragged his body that felt as heavy as lead, but- 、
「Kya! ? 」
Flora's feet stumbled on the tree roots and she fell face first causing the light to go out.
「Uhm, ouch .......................」...
Flora tried to use her tiny arms to support her body. Although her beautiful dress was completely dirty, she did not know about it and could not confirm it due to the total darkness. He could not even muster his determination to stand up.
Flora simply encourages her upper body to sit on the ground and look around her. He noticed that he was surrounded by complete darkness. Even the distance of 1 ~ 2 meters was already too dark for him.
Although he failed to notice it when he started walking, he finally heard the sound of crickets around him. He knew that whenever a cold wind swept him lightly, the trees swayed.
(What……… . . Should I do?）
Flora, just stared in a daze because she didn't know what to do. He thought that everything would be fine as long as he could leave the forest without knowing the right way to do so. He could not leave the forest no matter how long he walked. He felt anxiety whether he could really leave the forest or not.
（I can't walk anymore. ）
Although he tried to stand up again, he gave up at the next moment. It felt like a block of lead was added to his feet. Eventually she realized that her body was much more tired than she had expected.
The power of Flora's will finally gave up. He was more than aware that at least leaving the forest tonight was almost impossible for him. He felt fear inside, knowing that he no longer had any stamina or strength left. He just sat there. That's why—,
（For now, I can wait until morning ………. ）
After taking a break to recover her stamina, Flora started making her plans. The only thing he could do at the moment was because he could not move for the time being.
（Very thirsty. ）
Flora vaguely so and――