Chapter 5: Neighboring Village (Part 1)
It had been a few months ever since I found Yoru and since then, my quality of life had improved quite a bit too.
After saving Yoru, I actually went back to retrieve his parents' bodies and we gave them a proper burial. Even if they were wolves, Yoru was now my companion and it was the least I could do for him.
He had grown quite a bit too, but you could tell he was still a puppy. At night, we slept together, which was nice since Yoru was way more comfortable as a pillow than that fiber and feather trash I was using.
The weather was starting to get a bit cold. It wasn't so much of a problem in my house since I had designed an enchantment using fire and air magic and placed them on the walls of my house. So I had my own method of heating.
Yoru and I had also overhunted a bit, so we were pretty stacked with food too. Still, I didn't want to stop exploring or gathering unless it was absolutely necessary.
I mean, there could have been berries or animals that only came out during winter. If that was the case, I needed to be able to keep going out, even if it was snowing.
It was during those times that I stumbled across a group of bandits crossing the forest. At first, I thought they were just explorers or something, but after following them and listening to them talk, it was pretty clear that they were running away with people's belongings.
From what I heard, there seemed to be a village west of the forest that had a very low population, and since the guards were almost always busy fighting monsters that came from the forest, it was easy prey for these bandits.
I thought about letting them go their way. But a part of me also wanted to test my combat skills against actual people.