All Chapters of My Infatuation With Death : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20
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Chapter 11 : Looming Shadows
Perspective : Conrad Garnier As, I glared deep into a never ending hellscape, Thor Gild commented, "If you fell there not even your bones will be found"."I wish .... I could throw you in myself .... but there are too many witnesses".I replied, "Yeah ... you would love that .... won't you?".Thor Gild shrugged.He was clearly revealing his true intentions. so, I had to keep a close watch on him going forward. Sensing the impending danger, I quickly stepped away from the edge, preventing Thor Gild from potentially throwing me into the deep abyss below, as I found myself standing on the brink of an unfathomable chasm.We were traveling for 3 hours straight. Ever since, we left the City of Ustrax this morning.The guild assigned 20 adventurers to this expedition, had some familiar faces and some new ones, that the guild deemed strong enough to let them participate in this wild goose chase.They gave us three carriages worth of supplies and 4 carriages for carrying us . Because we were
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Chapter 12 : One Step In
Perspective: Conrad GarnierAfter hearing that howl we weren't going to back out, even though there could be 50 to 70 wolves waiting for us out there.Why, you ask?Because our convoy was filled with lunatics, lunatics that were dying to show off. It was crazy as most of them were happy instead of being scared.They wanted a challenge, and there in front of us was a challenge, "a challenge where they can go all out."As we stepped into the forest, the loud sound of the wolves howling became even louder. But the strong war cry of the adventurers was even louder than that. I would be lying, If I said, that I wasn't excited, because my heart beat had fastened a million fold and the excitement I felt was immeasurable. We were adventurers afterall, we lived for all that shit.This was etched in our blood, in our soul and in our very being of existence.As soon as we entered the forest, adventurers jumped out of their carts to face whatever was coming.I heard the voice of our expedition l
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Chapter 13 : We are not heroes
Perspective: Conrad GarnierThe winds grew colder as we went inside, the trees were so tall and huge that they were blocking all the sunlight, as I felt a chill running up and down my spine, Regina covered me with a shroud.I thanked her, and since she too was shivering in the cold I took her in with me.We snuggled up.The carriage forward was hazy due to the snow storm, that had started when we entered the forest.For a moment there, I felt as If we were the only souls present on the whole world.I knew I shouldn't feel like that since, I regard Regina as my sister but feelings are something you can never have control over.You can suppress them, disregard them but at the end of the day they remain deep inside you buried, yearning to be let out."But Regina is still my sister".The forest was dark, every light from the sun had been obstructed by those huge trees which were stretching to the skies above. It was dark and yet comforting, but our comfort didn't lasted for long, It had o
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Chapter 14 : Wasn't enough
Perspective : Conrad GarnierMy hands were hurting, my whole body felt sore, my head felt heavy and my eyes, I was barely able to keep them open. The chilling air caressed my cheeks as I felt extreme fatigue from casting all those spells.My mana pool was almost completely drained, It needed to be recovered, I needed rest, as did other spell casters that were casting spells left and right continuously, a few hours ago. Not only was I extremely hungry, the dead body at my carriage was starting to release a pungent oder.And we were at the middle of a forest that we knew nothing about, at any moment something might surprise us.As I was about to doze off again.It was when he spoke to me, Kyle Bonfrost, he didn't look as beat up as we were, and I didn't remember him doing anything during the fight other than barking orders.He dawned himself with a glistening silver armour, though a little rusty around the corners, his hair was red, he had a well groomed beard adorning his chin, In his h
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Chapter 15 : End of Day 1
Perspective : Conrad Garnier"Feed the the horses"."The oats are over at that carriage".Kyle pointed me towards the carrage.I went over that carriage, lifted the curtains and to my surprise, who do I saw?It was Thor Gild,His legs were covered with carefully wrapped bandages, revealing a glimpse of blood, looked like a bite from a Dare wolf, the bandages themselves looked haphazardly applied, as if he had done it himself, It was no surprise that I hadn't seen him the whole day, beside this morning.I said, wearing an obnoxious grin on my face,"So, this is where you were hiding?".He stared at me with the intensity of an injured beast, ready to lash out if I approached any closer. Afterward, he turned his face towards his wound, revealing a pitiable state.He said,"Leave me be".I without showing any pity or sympathy on my part, nonchalantly picked up the bag of oats that I was originally there for.As I withdrew my head back from behind the curtain, he cast a scrutinizing look up
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Chapter 16 : Normal
Perspective: Conrad Garnier.It wasn't anything new, Regina used to feed me all the time, on various occasions before, but this time, It felt different. she delicately tore a piece of that loaf, gently dipping it within the savory soup. With grace, she extended her hand towards me, Inviting me. As her lips parted, she softly whispered, "Aaaaa." Compelled by her allure, I willingly opened my mouth, feeling her tender touch as she carefully placed that morsel upon my lips.As my mouth embraced that morsel, that supple bread dissolved, releasing a symphony of flavours upon my tongue, that delectable aroma of the soup enveloped my senses, with each moment of my jaws, I relished in it's taste and at the end I finally swallowed it.Then she scooped a spoon full of soup from the bowl, with chunks of meat inside it, slowly, she extended her hands towards my lips, As her lips once again parted, she softly whispered "Aaaaa".Once again compelled by the allure, I opened my mouth, then she placed
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Chapter 17 : A breach
Perspective: Conrad GarnierI don't know what the hell was happening to me, that night every mundane thing looked exceptionally "extraordinary".Ever since Regina fed me,Nope, that wasn't it, Maybe my fatigue was getting worse, my hands and legs were sore.Yeah, That's it.So, after telling Emilia "Good Night" I decided to go to sleep. I silently walked towards my carriage, Then out of nowhere Thor Gild stopped me, by extending his arm in front of me.With an annoyed expression I asked,"What do you want?".He replied with a gentle voice,"Look can we talk?".I didn't want to ,But still I decided to listen,get it over with.He said,"I didn't knew that I would ever say this to you .... but I am saying this anyway .... thank you".I was confused, so, I asked"What .... what did I do?".He replied,"Look man I know you helped me ... If you hadn't shown Patrick where I was .... I would have been dead from all those wounds .... due to my stubborn ascetic pride".As soon as I heard t
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Chapter 18 : I don't understand him
Perspective: Thor Gild........................................ Past ........................................................................."I am a member of the Ascetic clan", from childhood I was taught to live in the ways of the Ascetic. Our clan believed that the way of asceticism lied in rejecting ease and always opting for the difficult path. We lived in the mountains near Summerwe Volcano range , we distanced ourselves from comfort and convenience there. Although our aim was to develop strength, we firmly held the belief that resorting to violence should be the last option. This belief was even more strengthened by our refusal to embrace convenience, as violence is seen as an easy solution that we consciously avoided choosing.Our way was to deny convenience and worldly desires, to offer ourselves to the guidance of Arngrim, "the god of Slaughter".One of his teachings in our clan was to emphasize the idea of not healing wounds immediately. The belief was that on enduring p
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Chapter 19 : One-sided Illusion
Perspective : Thor Gild.................................. Past .....................................................After that day soon they became the talk of the town. Those two were the first two adventurers to reach S - Rank in two weeks.While I was still an A - Rank adventurer. Then it was only a matter of days, untill Elkdrack Introduced me to them. Patrick was gone for more than a month now, our adventuring activities were halted because of him, we were a party of three, and him missing had put a cudgel in our activities.So, when Elkdrack introduced me to those two, I saw a new side of Conrad, he had a warm welcoming vibe emanating, from him. It seemed that, they were forming a new party, and he wanted me on it.He came up to me, extended his hand and said, "Your friend here says you are exceptional with your sword and blunt weapons .... and since I have fought you, I can second his opinion"."We would be honoured If you joined our party".The look on his face was so diffe
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Chapter 20 : Hollow reality
Perspective : Regina ClementI wondered why he left?Did he not like the way I fed him?"I am hopeless,.... aren't I ?". "I know this relationship cannot go anywhere.... but yet, I still keep try'in, burden him?".As I washed my hands, Thor Gild came limping towards me, he was breathing heavily, as if he had ran towards me in a hurry, with his eyes wide opened as if he were to see a ghost.While panting, in a shuttering voice he said,"Conrad.... Conrad, he is ... acting strange".i asked,"What do you mean by strange?".As he replied, I found that my deepest fears had resurfaced."He has this hollow intense look on his face, he is crying tears but yet he is smiling , and he keeps shouting like a mad man"."I don't know, what is happening.... but If it's my fault, I am deeply sorry"."Please go to him and help him .... I beg of you".He said that while bowing to me.As soon as I heard that, I went running towards Conrad.I knew what he meant?And yet I had to check that for myself?W
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