Raised in Dungeon

Felicia finally gave in

The coldness overcame her shyness

So while trying to clear her mind, Felicia joins Allen inside that blanket.

"It's so warm..." Felicia said as soon as she got inside Reig.

Felicia, who was starting to feel warm and relieved, finally calmed down a bit and asked

"So, why are we stuck here?"

"Wulfgeat," Allen replied briefly.

"What?"

Allen told Felicia everything that happened. About Wulfgeat messing up with his mana, strangling them, and throwing them both into the hole, about the birds, the fish, and the spiders.

"D*mn Wulfgeat! I never liked him because he always looked down on me! When I get back, I'll definitely report this to Father!" cursed Felicia.

"Don't forget to tell him about you fainting from killing orcs,"

"WAH! RIGHT! You have done too much! Why did you have to do that to me?! I told you I couldn't do it!!! Don't force me to do something I don't want to do!"

"I told you you must do it to become stronger."

"I'm just not prepared... normally, people aren't prepared for that."

"But I can, so you should too."

Felicia then fell silent, thinking about how she had killed the goblin and the orc. Imagine how hurt she would be if she were them. Then she clasped her trembling hands together, trying to forget everything, and then said,

"Thank you, Allen."

Since Allen had not answered anything, Felicia looked at Allen and saw that he had a shocked look on his face.

"Why did you have to be so surprised?!"

"Well... no... it's just... I didn't expect you to know the word 'thank you,' I thought you would be super angry with me because I forced you to do that. And I imagine you will fire me as your knight because I create some trauma inside your head."

"What do you think I am?! Maybe you were thinking of yourself when you forced me to do it, but still, everything you've done is also necessary for me.

Besides...

You took the trouble to save me inside here...

If I were not with you... I would have been in the bird's belly."

"Well... good then..."

"Don't look here!" Felicia pushed her hand against Allen's face, who was staring at her.

"Don't forget to thank Reig."

Felicia stroked the scarf with her cheek, murmuring, "Thank you, Reig."

A small hand came out of the scarf and stroked Felicia's cheek.

"Hii! You scared me!"

As the fire slowly started to dissipate, Allen immediately came out of its blanket.

"What are you doing?!" asked Felicia while covering her face.

"Adding fire. We don't know if the fire spirit will be here forever or not. Because the crystal is not lit every time, it means not all spirits are always there at the same time."

"How did you find out about that?"

"From someone... I learned about it back at my house. There was a large crystal above my house, and it took in light from outside. As for the crystals around us today, they shine because of the spirits."

Allen took the dead rabbits and pulled out their horns. He placed the horns where the fire was burning.

After that, he went straight back to Felicia's place and wrapped himself up next to her.

"Don't look here!" Felicia said as she pushed Allen's head again.

They then fell silent again, looking at the fire that was burning even bigger. Thinking about their fate now, what should they do now? And what will happen in the future?

[ILLUSTRATION]

"Are we going to die here?" asked Felicia.

"Don't be stupid... I'm not going to die here."

"Then how do we get out of here?"

"I could just smash the door of this cave to get out."

"But there are monsters outside, right? What about food?"

"We can eat this rabbit first. Once the food is gone, we'll get out and find a way to get back upstairs."

"Are you sure you can defeat the monsters outside?"

"If I'm with Reig, maybe I can. The problem is light; it's so dark outside that we can't even see what we're fighting."

"Then we're stuck. Do you perhaps have a plan?"

"Yes... there is, but I was thinking of something else. Reig can turn into a crystal for lighting, and since I'm no longer carrying you, I can fight a little. But…If we encounter a monster that I can't handle on my own, then I need Reig's help, and Reig has to return to being a normal scarf. But since Reig returns to its original shape, then we have no light, and I can't fight without light."

"But there are many crystals inside this cave. Why don't we just bring the crystal outside?"

Allen looked at Felicia again with a surprised face.

"Huh? Didn't you think about that in mind?"

"I-yeah, I was not. I was thinking of bringing this horn, but it's not going to work for a while, and I originally thought of making you carry it."

"There's no way I can hold that horn! It must be so hot! AND ALSO, STOP LOOKING HERE!" Felicia again pushed Allen's head.

Allen then looked back at the fire and thought of another plan to get out.

"Alright, we'll get out once our clothes are dry," muttered Allen, who was already convinced to get out of there.

-GROWL

"!!!"

Allen looked at Felicia, whose face was turning red. It was the sound of Felicia's stomach rumbling.

"Don't look at me like that! I can't help it! I haven't eaten anything since I entered the dungeon!"

"Haaah... yeah yeah yeah... I'm getting hungry too. I'll cook the rabbit."

Allen got out of his blanket again

"Ugh…So cold..." muttered Allen.

He approached the rabbit, picked up his blade, and started skinning it.

"But it's a monster, right? Is it okay if we eat it?" asked Felicia worriedly.

"No problem, I have poison resistance. I have eaten monsters' meat since I was born, so it's fine."

"Then what about me?! I can't handle poison! I won't be able to eat it!"

"Then what? Do you want to eat it or not?"

Felicia then looked around her.

"Does this place have any Chrysantheda flowers? Miss Lavinia said we can eat monster meat if we use it."

"What kind of flower is that?"

"It blooms like a rose, is red-white in color, and has a strained stem."

"Hmm... if I'm not mistaken, Reig has one."

"Has one?" Felicia inquired, perplexed.

Allen approached Felicia and put his hand inside the scarf.

"Wait! What are you doing?!" because the scarf was wrapped around Felicia, it looked as if Allen was putting his hand inside Felicia's body, even though he was only putting it inside Reig's body.

"Is this the flower you said?" asked Allen as he pointed out a flower with the same characteristics as Felicia had mentioned.

"Right! BUT! Where did that come from?! Did you take it from my body?!"

"Reig can recreate anything he's eaten. When I got to the dungeon, it just so happened that I asked him to eat many things."

"WAH! REIG IS AMAZING!" said Felicia in shock and awe.

Because she was a little stuck, Felicia asked again about Reig's ability.

"If Reig can make anything he eats, why didn't you ask him to make a crystal for lighting when you were outside?"

"That's because the crystal can only shine if there's a spirit. If Reig changes his body structure into the crystal itself, then the crystal can shine because of Reig's mana, not because of the spirit."

"In that case, you should have asked him to eat the blanket, mattress, and meat."

"I didn't think I'd be trapped in a dungeon. Besides, things don't work that easily. It takes a lot of mana to create something, and Reig only seems to be able to create things he knows very well. For example, I once asked him to eat an apple, but when I ate the apple he made, it didn't taste as sweet as a real apple."

Allen then returned to the rabbit while holding the flower.

"Then does it mean the flower possibly will not absorb the poison?!" said Felicia.

"I'm sure it will… Because the crystal was working too. I still don't know much about Reig's abilities, so don't expect much.

By the way, how do I use this flower? Do we crush it and combine it with the rabbit?"

"I don't know... Miss Lavinia never told me."

Allen looked at the flower again. The only thing that made this flower different from other flowers was probably the stem. The stem was tense and hard like a needle. Then Allen looked at the bottom of the stem; there were no root marks, meaning this flower grew without roots. Then where did it absorb something to live on?

Thinking about it more, Allen concluded that the flower was absorbing something from the tip of its stem.

"Maybe it will work like this…"

Allen poked the stem into the rabbit's body.

Then a few seconds later, the flower seemed to bloom more, twisting as if it was about to change into a new shape, and its color then changed to purple.

"Oh, I see..."

"That is how the flower absorbed the poison."

As the flower's color changed entirely to purple, Allen removed the flower from the dead rabbit and started cooking the rabbit. While burning the rabbit, Allen went back under the blanket and waited for the dish.