Chapter 3: Chapter 3 – A Hearty Lunch

A grumbling sound could be heard from the stomach of mouse girl in front of me, she avoided my gaze as her cheek reddened, she had an embarrassed look on her expression and I found it to be quite lovely

"Are you hungry?" I asked, the girl nodded nervously which makes her even more adorable, her mouse ears reddened with a twitch

"Well then, leave it to me!" I declared with a confidence tone

We left the pond and wander the forest for some time to search for food, I looked at my surroundings carefully in order to not miss any potential delicious food

I found a couple of fruits and wild berries waiting to be picked up, so I try to find some that doesn't look poisonous, although I lack any foraging skills, and the fruits look somewhat different from the one on earth, I'm excited to find some wild plant life to be eaten, I tried to pluck a fruit that look similar like a pear with a red colour

The mouse girl look around her surroundings cautiously as she tried to also find some wild plant life nourishment, that is until she looked at my direction

"No! Don't eat that!" The girl besides yelled out before I tried to eat the pear looking fruit

As soon as I heard it, I immediately threw the fruit away, the mouse girl sighed in relief, she took a small gesture of pointing out the tree that grew the fruit I tried to eat before

"Although delicious, that one would make your throat feels itchy, the yellow berries besides you would make you nauseous for two hours" She immediately took lead and guided me as we walk inside the vast forest

She carefully picked some plants and collect some fresh looking berries and occasionally tell me what to pick and what not to to pick

Although her appearances is at age of a young elementary student, her demeanor is akin of a caring teacher with adorable young voice, it makes me feel embarrassed to get ahead of myself thinking saying that I would be the one to take care of her

"S-sorry I got carried away" The girl shyly muttered, while holding a ton of different kind of wild edible plants I've never seen before

"No, I'm sorry, even though I said to leave it to me, in the end I did nothing" At the end of the day, I was a shut in college student who barely saw the outside world, I'm completely clueless towards the world beyond my room

"That's not true! Miss Yuzu nursed me to health! Miss Yuzu is my savior!" The girl in front of me exclaimed with a loud voice

Oh no, my can't heart take it, the sweetness of her words are too much for me to handle, I have the power of half universe, yet it's completely defenseless through the power of adorable little girl

"Aren't you just so smart and cute?!" I embraced her suddenly, she was surprised at first, but she didn't reject it, rather she looked completely comfortable to accept it

After a few moments, I tried to let go, however she kept on embracing me, "Please let me have this for a little longer" The girl cried out, I could see a little tear forming from her eyes, it's not much, but it gradually increases

Lost at words, I could only pat her head and let her do as she wishes, the complete silence was occasionally interrupted by her sniffles, she still doesn't let go

"After I escape through the forest, I kept on eating everything I found, even if It hurts, even if I vomit everything I found, I kept on living" The mouse girl eyes were brimming in painful memories as she spoke, she tried to compose her facial expression yet her eyes were filled with tear

"There, there" I could only continue to pat her, she tried to weep her tear as she calmed down

Her knowledge of foraging must've came from her desperation to live on, seeing her like this, I couldn't think of anything worthwhile to say, so I could only kept on patting her, I couldn't imagine how hard it must be to be alone in a damp and scary forest with no comfort at all

She's only a little girl, yet she couldn't catch a break in her life, I could only watch her in silence as I pat her, "Th-thank you" Muttered the girl softly in a low voice, slowly, she let go of me

The flow of tears in her eyes stopped as she wiped her tears away, a sudden rumbling sound took place at her stomach, her cheek reddened as she stared at the food she gathered, it should be enough for the two of us

"Well, how about we start lunch then?" I asked cheerfully as the little girl nodded, we found a spot near a river to start eating lunch

The little girl devoured her portion slowly, she seemed to be getting well, I took a small purple berry with a strange zig zag pattern in it, it vividly tasted like a sweet orange, before I know it, almost all of the food that she gathered is gone, I didn't realize it before, but perhaps I was hungrier than I thought, I haven't eaten anything yesterday after all

We ate lunch in silence followed by the sound of a river besides us, as we're sitting right by the river bay, the calm atmosphere of the river makes me want to fall asleep

The fruits and berries in this world tasted more or less the same from earth, maybe a little bit more salty, however all we've eaten so far is only edible plants and berries, I'm craving for some meat

I tried to look around to find some animals lurking from the bushes, I saw a deer passing by the lush forest, I tried to reach out my hand and focus on killing it, however it ran away with full force, the way it looked me in the eyes made me hesitate to kill it

"U-um, are you still hungry, Miss Yuzu?" The mouse girl asked as she observed my behavior

"No, I just thought I'd try to get some meat" I replied with disappointed look

After hearing my reply, the girl immediately walked to the nearest tree, she grabbed two small tree branch and searched for the nearest root of small trees and found a neat looking bone from a dead animal that I couldn't recognize

She then searched nearest white bark and begun to create a makeshift string in order to make a fishing rod

I watched in silence as she's working, since she had no knife or other equipment, the process took a very long time, however she was determined to get it done

After an hour passed, she displayed two impromptu fishing rods to me, her eyes were filled with cheerful expression as she gave one fishing rod to me, I softly showered her with praises that she deserved, her mouse ear twitched shyly hearing it

I smiled at her, and she urged me to follow her lead and we would then went fishing with small worms as bait and a neat looking bone that the mouse girl sharpened as a hook with a rock as the weight

The sun's position is high in the sky as it indicates noon, we waited at the river bay in silence for the fish to be caught

The noise of the river and the breeze gave the surrounding a calm atmosphere, the mouse girl placed her hands together shyly as she waited patiently, her ears twitched uncomfortably as she glanced toward me a couple of times

I tried to say something to break the ice, however I don't know what to say, perhaps I could talk about the weather, but that would just make the situation a lot more awkward than it is, thinking about it, I don't know much about her, I don't even know her name, perhaps now's a good time to ask her, however before I could say anything, she stared at me for a few seconds nervously

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"Um, Miss Yuzu, are you the goddess of death?" She asked with a curious look, I was too surprised that I couldn't give an immediate reply

"What makes you think that?" I replied her question with yet another question, I was scared for a moment that she would answer with something like my eyes are filled with dead fish eyes, or that my appearance reek of death, however even as a former shut in college student, I tried to look after myself in appearance, although with minimal effort

The girl thought to herself for a few seconds before she answered

"Mom said that before someone died, the goddess of death would look after the soul as she takes them away with a gentle gesture while guiding the souls to reach the reincarnation cycle" The girl calmly explained as her eyes focus on the river she's fishing on, she nervously glanced at me

She hid her face after her eyes met mine, as she looked forward to the calm waves of the river, meanwhile she continued on explaining

"Well, the goddess of death is said to be a divine and beautiful lady wearing eccentric clothes" The mouse girl turned and observed my clothes with great interest, meanwhile I could only be embarrassed at her assessment

"No, wearing a middle school uniform as a college girl is definitely not weird at all!" I yelled in denial, she could only tilt her head in confusion, so, I shut my mouth to let her continue

"A-anyway, I asked Miss Yuzu before Miss Yuzu healed my wound if Miss Yuzu is a witch, and Miss Yuzu denied it" The mouse girl said as she stared at me

I suppose I did show her my bedroom, which is a normal modern bedroom with a ton of light novels book on the shelves and some anime posters, however it might not be the standard here on this world

At the very least, she didn't think of me as a shut-in otaku who have no hobbies other than watching anime and reading light novel, she's a kind and obedient kid, I'm sure she won't think that

"A-and the room Miss Yuzu created, it was otherworldly and comfortable, the goddess of death was described as a laid back goddess who laze around her room as she awaits souls to come in her way" The mouse girl shyly explained more as she shuttered her words a little, perhaps she enjoyed the cool breeze of air conditioner in my room

My heart took a considerable damage as I look at the pure hearted girl besides me

"Surely those traits are applicable to a lot of people, I'm not the only one who laze around in my bedroom!" I said denying her words, I might be a shut-in on earth before, but I'm not really the right person to be called the goddess of death

The girl ears twitched just like how a mouse would, she tilted her head in confusion, perhaps the standard of lazing around is different in this world, the modern earth had a way on making things convenient, the supplies of entertainment you can have in the comfort of your room was endless, I miss earth

The mouse girl hesitated a little before continuing, she looked at her wrists calmly, however her expression was filled with anxiety, she touched her neck with a hint of sadness in her eyes

"Although only twice, I saw the portrait of goddess of death, and the portrait looks exactly like Miss Yuzu, even the clothes" The mouse girl casually dropped a piece of information that broke my heart

"Who is this pervert drawing a college girl in a middle school uniform?!" I yelled with a swelling indescribable emotion inside me, scaring the fish away that almost bite my hook of fishing rod

The mouse girl looked shocked and scared at my sudden outburst, however she tried to maintain her calm composure

A moment of silence appeared as one of the fish bite her fishing hook, she gave it a strong pull, however the fish doesn't gave up as they went into a pulling contest

I watched the events unfold as it ended with the mouse girl as the winner as she managed to pull the fish up to the surface

The girl smiled with joy as she showed me her fish that she just caught with a hint of pride, I pat her as the moment just seemed an appropriate thing to do

Suddenly, her smile reminded me of the first time we met, her kind eyes showed me compassion as she asked me if I was okay, her body was in fatal state for who knows how long

A sudden impulse let me embraced this little girl once more as she was caught by surprise

"You're not dead yet, you're still alive" I said while hugging her

She was taken aback by surprise, her eyes were radiating with tiny tear, however she didn't let her tears fall, perhaps she grew tired of crying, she could only embraced me back as her tiny arms touched me

Growing up, I always long for a little sister, there's one thing that I would wanted to do if I had one

"Surprise Yuzu special attack!" I pinched her cheek without too much force as her expression was surprised, yet so adorable, her cheek was so soft and fluffy, that I couldn't stop myself from pinching some more, oh no, I'm falling in love with how squishy her cheek is, but I stopped myself before she got annoyed any further

A few more fish came by and bite the hook of our fishing rod, so we stopped fishing and prepared a fire to cook our fish, I was gonna use my power to create fire, however the mouse girl seemed pumped to prepare the fire by herself as she grabbed nearby leaves and broken trees branch, so I didn't want to ruin her efforts

"Fire blitz" The mouse girl softly said as she grabbed a twig, and a fire appeared at the site of leaves and trees branch she collected moments ago

A small campfire was made in a swift motion as the girl wiped her sweat in her forehead as she smiled in satisfaction

"Was that magic?" I asked curiously which was met with a simple nod by the mouse girl, she grabbed more twigs as she pricked those twigs into the fish we just caught

I also helped piercing the fish with the twig as we cook the fish by the fireplace, as the fish turned brown, we stopped cooking the fish, I tried to taste a bit of the fish, it tastes bland as there's no seasoning, however I'm not complaining

The mouse girl saw me eat, she would then search our leftover fruits, and grabbed a fruit that looked like a tomato with violet color, she smashed that fruit with her bare hand and shower the fish she grabbed with a chunk of fruit she just smashed and then eat it with delighted expression

I follow her suit and smeared the fish I just ate with similar fruit she used, I gave it a taste and it was so much more delicious than just a bland cooked fish, the fruit gave a salty flavor as it complemented the fish color

"Thank you, um..." I just realized that I still don't know her name, the little girl noticed it, she gave a little laugh and said "I-isn't it a bit too late to ask that" I could only smile in embarrassment

Nevertheless, she stood up and gave me a little spin as she swerve her casual clothes around while giving me her introduction

"I'm Kara, the mouse girl princess, pleased to meet you" Kara smiled

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