I suddenly remembered the grateful fruits I saved up for emergencies.I didn't think hard about it, or how much it could help my situation.
I slowly reached to my pocket and felt the shape of the fruit. I held it in my hand for a while, staring at it.
My mind was doubting itself, saying that i could have picked up the wrong one. The poisonous one.
I should just wait?
For what?
Help?
I didn't care enough to observe it further, I took a bite, then more, until only the seed remained.
I tossed the seed aside.
My mind felt a little lighter than before. I didn't want to eat all my emergency food supply but if I wanted to regain control over my body and mind I had to do just that.
One grateful fruit wasn't nearly enough to counter the effects of a hundred doubt hornet stings.
I had to eat at least ten of them if I wanted to lift the chains of doubt holding me down.
I probably don't have that much on me. Should I just give up on it?
No, I don't have much of a choice anyway, I need to eat what I got at the moment and see what happens.
I took out all the fruits I could find on me.
There was only 4 left. I wasted no time and ate all of them in one go.
I gradually felt better and now I could muster up all my strength to stand up.
Tho the situation was still far from good but, this was a decent progress!
Now I just have to find more! This was easy to say but the doubt of finding any edible fruit was still lingering in my bones.
Still, I had to search for more. No other option.
As I was looking around the area, barely walking and dragging myself from one tree to another I saw the mess the doubt hornets caused.
Broken eggs fallen from a nest, the tree scratched beyond recognition.
I never seen these eggs before, I instantly had the idea of eating them. It will either kill me or save me. If I am lucky it's the latter.
I can't walk like this forever though, I have to get a source of energy or I will fall back to the ground like a flower.
I spent my last remaining energy gathering firewood and somehow cooking this egg.
This is probably the first warm food I ate in weeks.
I moved the egg to my mouth and with all my faith I swallowed it, hoping for the best.
This egg was no ordinary egg, it was probably the most delicious one I have ever eaten.
The mysterious light in my pupils whispered me the word: strength.
So this is supposed to increase my physical strength, or maybe something else?
I felt energy flowing through my body.
If I had to compare it to something, it would be the warm sunlight.
These eggs had great value, their effects were a lot stronger than the grateful fruit's. I wish I could store them somehow!
Now, 60% of my spirit's wounds dissipated.
Before, I could only relieve around 10% at most.
This means the egg had a big 50% contribution, it was amazing how powerful it was.
I could easily relieve all my spirit's burden if I ate another one.
There was two left. One of them was already splattered all across the ground so I couldn't possibly eat it, however the other was still safe to consume.
I obviously planned to eat it now. It would be the best if I could relieve all the burden from my spirit as soon as possible.
I quickly finished cooking, even added some neutral greens to it. It had a great smell!
I picked it up with a little tree branch and swallowed it a whole. Oh, what a luxurious meal I had!
I again felt the warmness spreading to all parts of my limbs, what an addictive feeling!
Maybe it's just in my mind but I felt an unknown power rise within me. After this, I found myself to be in a great mood!
Finally I could run with my legs, the doubt was no longer holding me down.
The goal navigation tree, I must find it so I can get a better picture about my situation.
I'm pretty sure it will give me some useful insights! I don't know what this tree is exactly, but I have to trust that light.
With my determination back, I wanted to continue my search. Of course, climbing a tree again won't happen. I now understand how scary and dangerous this place can be if I don't watch out.
The sky was pitch dark and the fire's light was getting weaker. I'm afraid it will attract the nearby creatures so I should extinguish it soon and find a relatively safe place.
I don't want to be woken up by any hornet, I should be careful.
Even if I didn't yet meet with any beast at night, it's not a guarantee that there isn't any around. Today was a perfect example for this.
As I was slowly getting to the end of my thoughts I found a small cave.
I didn't enter, it's best to avoid it. Who knows what will jump out from there. I moved away, my torch lighting the path ahead of me.
I walked until a decent camping space was in my sight.
Finally, after this long day I can rest.
I prepared a slightly more simple bed than usual. My body tired, I was laying peacefully on a bunch of leaves. The night wind was uncomfortable and cold. I curled up and covered myself as much as possible.
I was waiting to fall asleep. Nothing happened, I listened to the sounds of the dark forest.
A unusual emotion welled up inside me.
In this dark lonely forest, I was alone.