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The cave III - The Passage of Time II

  It's been about three months since I woke up in this new life. Although we have been physically recovered since the first month, we had not yet gone to see the place of the seal; the reason is that we are still young and the great serpent was concerned that the high concentration of mana where the seal is located might affect the growth of our crystal. Also, in a direct and simple manner, the great ancestor said that the serpent was right, so we have been waiting since then.

  It's strange to know that a crystal is growing in our chest near the heart and that thanks to it, we will have our own mana to do magic, but few things surprise me in this world anymore. Besides, I'm somewhat excited to learn how to do magic. Who am I kidding! Who as a child doesn't dream of being able to do magic? Even as adults. Although as far as I understand, this magic focuses on using mana to perform chemical or physical reactions, depending on how you handle it; it's like a kind of malleable energy, if you can say that. I am eager to study mana and magic, but as I said, we still have to wait.

  Now then, while at first I got distracted measuring how long a day lasted, I also took the time to teach Garrl a bit of basic education, of course, many of the topics were conceptual, nothing complex, although I did teach him mathematics, physics, biology, even part of an ancient language and writing; honestly, I did the above for several reasons; the first is that I already had the confidence to talk to Garrl, so I would mention various concepts from my previous life even without realizing it, which left Garrl in the clouds without understanding anything; so I thought it was better to try to be in sync or leveled on certain concepts; good communication is essential; Another reason is that I wanted to know the learning capacity of a kobold, which honestly surprised me. I don't know if Garrl is some kind of genius or prodigy, or if all kobold offspring are like this, but he is like a sponge that absorbs knowledge. Of course, it's not that it's unlimited and he doesn't struggle with certain things, but at just three months old, it's quite impressive.

  Another interesting thing was that the great serpent brought us various things, not only from the humans we defeated but also from other humans; there were two types of objects: those imbued with mana and those that weren't; and of course, I only worked with those that didn't have mana for safety; with which I was able to make clothes and reuse some weapons, shields, and make armor for us; nothing extraordinary, but everything adds up.

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  I would like to think that everything has gone relatively well since the fight with the humans, but it hasn't. I started doing various things to keep my mind active and out of curiosity; however, I still can't forget that I killed someone. I know that Garrl and the great serpent keep telling me it was self-defense and that it's normal in these caves; however, I don't want to do it again, nor do I want Garrl to do it, and of course, I understand that our situation with the humans is not the best and if we had no other choice ... ……………………………. What am I thinking? There has to be an option, we just have to look for it; I hope I can find it.

  For his part, Garrl was honest with me when he said he would try to avoid killing humans and see if we can get along with them; although he does not forgive those who harmed us, neither us nor the great ancestors; I can't blame him, however, I think it's a great step forward with Garrl. As for me, well, I will have to live with what I did and be prepared for the worst. I'm worried about what the humans will do, I don't know if I made a mistake by letting that human live, I hope not; but we must be as prepared as we can be.

  Of the great ancestor, then, he fulfilled his role by not speaking to me only when he wanted to, and it was only to confirm or deny something that the great serpent said, mainly about our health; he also spoke directly and without much beating around the bush. For my part, I didn't even bother asking him questions; I know he knows I have them, but he made his conditions clear. Neither did Garrl want to ask him, despite my insistence; he hopes to see if maybe Garrl could get some kind of information, but in the end, he refused to ask a single question to the great ancestor. On the other hand, the fact that a great draconian ancestor communicates with me seems to be a mystery to everyone, even to him, although I think he is hiding something from me; but I won't question it. Someday I hope to earn his trust. "One step at a time," I tell myself every day; and although Garrl was very surprised and proud, and even jealous of my situation with the great ancestor, the truth is, he didn't stop treating me as he always did.

  And this has been my new life as a kobold these past few months. I won't lie, I still miss a lot from my previous life, but putting the negatives aside, I have an amazing brother, a giant snake as a friend, I communicate with a dragon, a dragon!, maybe not yet on the best terms, but it's a dragon!, not to mention that I am now, at least in body, his descendant; there's the possibility of doing magic; and above all, we have a mission to fulfill before looking for another kobold village; it's an adventure with its good and bad things. How could I complain? And so the days kept passing.

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