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Chapter 1.03 is the 4th chapter of Volume 1.

tl;dr[]

Erin, feeling hungry, gathers and eats more blue fruits before cleaning the inn's dusty floor. She realizes she is dehydrated and drinks from the nearby stream but overdoes it, causing discomfort. After a surprise encounter with a mutant fish, Erin brings it back to the inn for lunch. Despite lacking fish preparation skills, she attempts to skin and debone it, accidentally cutting her left hand in the process. The pain prevented her from eating or sleeping, so Erin mentally replayed famous chess games to distract herself. However, the pain in her hand never disappeared throughout the night.

Synopsis[]

The next morning, Erin notices her hunger and sets out to find more blue fruits. After eating her fill and harvesting a few more, she returns to the inn and cleans the dusty floor. Realizing she was dehydrated, Erin heads to the stream she found the day before while running from Goblins. She drinks from the stream but overindulges, causing discomfort. She also bathed in the cold water, and a large fish startles her. Erin dodged the fish's attack, leaving it outside of the waters. She carried it back to the inn, intending to eat it for lunch.

Despite her lack of knowledge of how to skin and debone the fish, Erin decides to try it, hoping to create a meal out of the fish. She tries to rely on her [Basic Cooking] skill, but it doesn't provide any assistance. Erin quickly realized how complicated and messy the process was. While struggling with the fish, she accidentally cut her left hand with the knife. The injury was not bone deep, but the bleeding was persistent. Erin resorts to using a curtain from upstairs to use as a bandage.

The pain from the wound intensifies, and she finds it increasingly difficult to focus on anything else. The agony is unbearable, and she cannot sleep, eat, or tend to her other injuries. Desperate to distract herself from the pain, Erin turns to her love of chess. She starts to whisper the moves of famous chess games, playing them out in her mind as she sits in the dark inn. The chess games provided some distraction, but the pain in her hand never stopped throughout the night.

Characters[]

( * = First Appearance)

Locations[]

Creatures[]

  • a flat squat fish with huge teeth and four eyes

Items[]

  • blue fruits
  • Goblin knife
  • knives from the kitchen
  • cast iron frying pan
  • makeshift bandage (from curtains)
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