Farewell to the nature area

I wake up in the morning.
I'm lying in a shack next to Water. She's still asleep.
The first rays of light are entering this building.

It's a great day. Yesterday I saved this place and got the magic amulet.
And then I even had sex with Water.
Next I will leave this place and visit a real princess.
There I will start a new life. I'm already excited about what she's going to tell me.

I gently caress Water, trying to wake her up.

Good morning.

Water wakes up and smiles at me.
So maybe she really didn't think it was so bad.
Or she just forgot what I was doing to her yesterday.
However, I smile back at her.

Then we hug each other quickly and get ready for today.
I put on my replacement clothes.
The ones I wore yesterday are just garbage.
I really need to get new ones soon.
Then I leave the shack with Water.

Outside Water always seems to stay pretty close to me.
I randomly walk around and wherever I go, she just doesn't leave my side.

I decide to talk to everyone I know at this place for one last time.

First I go to her parents and they praise me for helping them.
They also seem very proud of their daughter of course
They offer me to have some breakfast with them, but I decline.
They didn't prepare anything yet and I don't want to wait.
I want to leave this place after all.

They also think they should tell everybody about what I've done, but I don't want that.
It was a mission after all and I even got a proper reward already.

Next I go to Bog and Pira.

Good morning!

Good morning.

Thank you very much for the help.
I thought this would turn out differently, but I'm still glad I met you. Both of you.

No problem. I'm glad I could help. You saved this place after all.

So how is your wound.

She looks at me.

You didn't remove your bandage, did you?

She must have noticed it.

Uhm..., it's fine again.

That can't be true. Let me have a look!

Pira cautiously looks below my clothes.

Oh, it's gone??? What happened?

I guess, I have super powers now.

I laugh it off.

Cool...

You don't believe me?

No, of course you have.
It's just...
This isn't possible, right?

Obviously it is!

Yeah, of course.

Bog pats my back.

That's nothing new to me. I already expected that when you left the haunted forest alive for the first time.

I wish I had these super powers back then already.

We just laugh.

So... I have to go now.
Next I'll meet the princess.
Would you still like to accompany me?
You know how to get there, right?

Why do you want to see the princess?

Water also seems to get skeptical.

It's just where I have to go next.

Sorry, but I like this place.
I'd like to stay here for a while.

Okay, no worries. I think I'll also find this place on my own.
So... goodbye I guess.

I hug Pira. And Bog also hugs me.

Then I leave them with Water still on my side.

So do you really want to leave already?

Yeah, sorry. I still have a mission.

But... I just got to know you. I don't want to lose you already.
I thought, you're my friend now. Or rather my partner, especially after last night.

So she already considered us to be partners...
She really is in love with me. That must be the main reason she was okay with having sex with me.
She will really be hurt if I leave her now.

If you want, you can of course accompany me.

But I never left the forest before.
And my friends will soon come back to my old settlement.
I want to be with them.

It's completely your choice.
You can stay here or come with me.
I'll definitely leave.

It's okay. I'll stay here and you can leave.
But promise me to come back again. I'll be waiting for you.

Of course I'll come back.

Water is happy about that.

I don't know, how long it will take.
I still don't even know what the princess wants me to do.
But I'll definitely keep my promise.

So would you still like to accompany me for a while?
You would be a great help. You know this place better than me.

Sure. I'd love to!

I already said goodbye to everyone I know, so I think I should go now. Are you ready, too?

Yeah, let's go!

We leave the settlement and walk into the deep forest together.

Walking with her is pretty nice.
I wish I could just stay with her.
Life here is already way better than in the city.

But I accepted this mission, and even if I don't like Oron, I want to fulfill it.
But to be honest, I'm just too excited to meet a real princess myself.

I hope, I'll be able to come back soon.
It's nice with you.

I think about putting my arm around her, but then I don't.

I'm really looking forward to that.
I'm going to introduce you to my friends.

Yeah, that sounds fun.
I hope, you aren't too sad.

I'm okay with that. But there's just one thing.
Can we take a detour to my old settlement once more?

What do you want to do there?

I need to ensure that these plants went back to normal.
And I also want to show you something.

Sounds fair.

We should be there, soon. It's almost on our way.

We keep walking for a while and soon reach the destroyed settlement again.
It just looks the same. Even the plants are still there.

Are you sure we are safe now?

I hope so. But I already got my reward. So if you aren't completely safe yet, I'll definitely take care of it.

I go to an area with a bunch of rocks.
They're overgrown by different plants as well.

Are these plants meant to be here?

No. This is where we liked to sit down to talk and have fun.

I just cut through the plants.
This time they don't fight back.

So it really was caused by this creature.
And now that I killed it and got the amulet, the danger is gone.

Oh great. These are just normal plants now.

I nod.

Yeah, you must be safe now.

Water sits down on a rock and so do I.

It's really peaceful here.

It would be so cool if my friends could come back.
Thanks to you, this might soon happen.

I'm glad I was able to help.

By the way, remember what I got at this place?

Yeah, some funny stick.

That's not just a stick, silly. That's a flute. It belongs a good friend.
And when you were at the haunted forest for the first time, I practiced.
You want to hear?

She takes out the stick and shows it to me.

No, I really have to go now.

But I really wanted to show it to you!

She takes it into her mouth and just starts making sounds.
It doesn't sound bad.
If she used my stick instead, it would probably make me sound awful.
I still wish, she was using mine, though.

Okay, I'll listen to you for a minute.
But then I'll go.
You can keep playing on our way, right?

Yeah. I just wanted to show it to you here, where I listened to a good friend a lot.
A friend played this song here with this flute.
It really was nice!

She immediately starts to play a real melody and also starts to dance in a funny way. It looks kind of weird.

Even if it seems stupid, I'll probably always think of this situation when I think of the village.

Very nice. So are you ready to go?

Water nods.
So we leave this place again as she just continues playing that fun melody.

Now we're finally going to leave this place for real.