Chapter 51: Something to eat
After walking through the forest for quite a long time, they finally decided to take a short break. Shaan tried to figure out how long they had been walking, but he realized he had forgotten something important. He wasn’t the kind of person who liked wearing a watch when traveling. He glanced at Nalira and Chelsie, hoping at least one of them wore a watch, but it seemed they were just like him.
"We’ll rest here today," Nalira said. "The sky is getting dark, and it will be very dangerous if we continue traveling in this forest."
"Yeah, I agree," Chelsie nodded. "In that case, it’s time for us to..." Her expression stiffened for a moment. "Oh no. I forgot that I finished my protein bar back on the train." Chelsie slowly turned to Nalira. "Lira, do you still have any protein bars left?
"I’ll check." Nalira reached into her pocket, but unfortunately found nothing. "I’m also out of food stocks."
"S-so, what are we going to do now?" Chelsie’s face tensed. "We have no food left, and there’s nothing around here we can eat."
"The day is getting darker, and if we don’t find something to eat soon, we’ll end up skipping dinner," Nalira said as she looked at Shaan. "Do you have any ideas on how we can get food?"
Shaan nodded. "Yeah. Maybe we can try finding some fruit trees. While we were walking through the forest earlier, I saw a few trees that seemed to bear fruit. Maybe we can eat them."
"Uhmm... Shaan, but are you sure that the fruit isn’t poisonous?" Chelsie asked hesitantly. "There are many poisonous plants in the dark realm, and what if the fruit we eat comes from one of the poisonous trees?"
"... In the Dark Realm, you can usually tell if a tree is poisonous just by looking at it," Nalira replied.
"Looking at it?"