Of All Things, I Became a Crow

39;The orcs have left!'

If this was a game, such a system phrase would have popped up.
I flapped my wings hard.

Ah, I'm more noticeable in the forest because I'm black! I have to hurry up and lost these orcs to get back to him!

I flew over a cliff so that they could not follow me, then I heard flustered sounds from below.
What should I say? It was so funny that I hold back my laughter while I was giggling inside.
If I laugh now, the orcs will try to chase me again.

To avoid that, I flew until a far enough distance first, then I went back to the place where I saw that man.
I'm a little worried that I won't be able to find him.

Work, crow instinct! Animals have better instincts than humans!

He's the precious first person that I met since I became a crow! And he's handsome! That's why I have to find him!

I flew hard to the place where I saw the man earlier.

Mmm- Mmm- I'm sure that I have seen him before.

Of course I didn't see him in person. I don't know if it was a novel or a game, but I think I also have seen that kind of setting before——It's reasonable if I think about it.
The situation of being chased by monsters itself is so rotten that it's cliche.

Ummmngh, I don't have enough information to name it!

If I want to know where I am, I need to stick to that guy.

Feeling that the sense of purpose of finding the man became stronger, I flap my wings more vigorously.
It took a little bit of time to reach that place where I saw the man as I flew farther than I had expected to outrun the orcs.

How did I know? There was blood on the floor.
Ooh, praise the crow's instinct.
'Did I really fly in the right tract?!', 'I'll just go to this direction'.
I flew here with such a vague feeling!

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By the way, that man must have been injured pretty badly.
Since he was clutching his side, I guessed that he'd been hurt, but this much blood—, I don't think the wound is shallow?

There was a blood trail, so it would not be difficult to follow.

But! I can't just simply chase after him! Medicinal herb! A plant that can stop bleeding when you’re hurt! I'm going to find it and bring it to him! Then he'll be less wary, right? I also got rid of those orcs!!

I looked around.
There were plants that looked like weeds, and there were also plants that I had never seen before.

But, strangely enough, I was able to figure out what some of those plants were used for.
If you ask me how, I don't know either.
They all look the same, how do you tell them apart?

In that sense, aren't the ladies who collected herbs are amazing? I couldn't differentiate them no matter how I looked at them.

I don't know if it's an instinct, I just have a strong feeling that the plants will have particular effects.

Umm-There are grass that cure stomachache and bushes with delicious fruits, but aren't there plants that can stop bleeding?

It's just a hunch, though.

I was contemplating whether to prioritize finding the man or finding the medicinal herb.
I decided to find the man first.
Who knows, maybe I'll find the herbs on the way.

Trying to ignore the fact that I didn't have any buffs, I flew by following the blood trail.
Then, after a while, I found a small valley.

Oh, what's this? Are you sending it to me because you feel sorry for giving me a crow's body? Water! It's water!!

I was so excited that I forgot about the man for a moment.

If there's water, there'll be fish, right? I'm excited! I'm thirsty, so I'm going to drink some water!!

I was excited to find water, but I didn't immediately land right by the water.
No matter how neutral the waterside was, it's not bad to be careful.

Because water is an essential element for animals to live, the waterside was like a neutral zone.

You know, it came out in documentaries.
Although they drink water from a distance from each other, the herbivorous zebra and the carnivorous lion drink water together.

Sure, in the savannah where the water is scarce, you could get attacked by a crocodile while drinking water and ride the train to another world at once…

No, let's just be careful, I don't want to be a carnivour's food. Lycaon1 eat their prey's guts when they're still alive! I don't want to go like that! Wuwuwu(crying)!!

Even if this is a fantasy world, I mean, this is a fantasy world, so I looked around thinking that I might suddenly get jumped and caught by an animal.

All right, good.
Nothing looks dangerous yet.
Mm.
Then, I can land and drink the water, right?

Landing by the water, I submerged my beak in the flowing water.

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Ah, uh—-!! I can't suck it in like a human! Ugh, It's really hard to drink!

I had no choice but to lay down my beak, put water in it, raise my head, and then swallow the water.

Sigh, drinking is so difficult.—Huh?

I suddenly felt an urge to fly up.
How should I say it? I'll be anxious If I don't move right away! Should I say that there's a chill running down my spine?

Anyway, without ignoring my senses, I flew and looked down.

Oh! Gold color! Sparkling!! The man, I found him!

It's the person I saw earlier.

So he is here.
Is this person trying to drink water? By the way, he really stands out with his golden hair.
It's a really pretty color.

I sat on a nearby branch and cried a little out of joy.

His eyes, which were golden like his hair, were gazing at me for a while, then he turned his eyes away.

I was a little hurt by his look of vigilance and unwelcome attitude.

For you, I was chased by the orcs!! Hah, don't you know that I'm the crow who drove the orcs away? Animals of the same species all look similar unless you look closely.
Possibility is limitless, you know!

Hmmm, but no matter how I look at him, I think I've seen him somewhere. Did I see him on the cover of a novel? Or was it while I was playing a female-oriented game? Ugh, It's hard to remember! C'mon my brain, get into gear! Work, brain cells! Neurons! I need to remember to know where I am!!

Ah yeah, he's wounded.
Are you still bleeding? Hmm, so finding herbs is the priority, right?

First, I need to raise the level of my favorability! Right now, it doesn't matter who that person is.
The important thing is that he's the first human I met here! I'm just saying that I met him in the forest!

Someone who will take me to where humans live!

I'm going to become a cute pet! That way, I won't have to eat bugs!

Just the expectation that I didn't have to eat bugs made him a very, very important to me.
So, in order to search for medicinal herbs, I spread my wings and flew away.

Let's find the herb that can stop bleeding.
I'll also add delicious fruits as a bonus! Yes, food is the best!

 

 

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 Notes:

1 Lycaon/African wild dog: a hypercarnivore, which means its diet consists of over 70 percent meat.
Packs prefer to hunt antelope, but will also take wildebeest, warthogs, rodents, and birds↩