Am I just too inexperienced?

The vast dense forest stretched as far as the eye could see, without end, only a chaotic jumble of intertwined trees and undergrowth growing haphazardly around.

“What exactly is this place?”

Cohen was contemplating this. Perhaps he had been to this place before.

But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t remember.

Cohen and Yenika were sitting inside a tree hollow. The air pressure in the dense forest was low, and it was damp and heavy.

Fortunately, there were no magical beasts living in the tree hollow, or it would have been difficult for Cohen and Yenika to handle.

“What do we do now, Cohen? Won’t we be trapped here forever?”

Yenika was a little worried. This place was truly oppressive.

“I have a plan. We can head to higher ground. The trees there won’t be covering us, so the communication talisman should work.”

“Mm…”

This was the only solution that Cohen could think of at the moment. He hadn’t been to such a place in the game before.

However, this indirectly piqued Cohen’s interest in exploration; perhaps there was some treasure here that he hadn’t seen before.

It was quite intriguing…

After a short rest, the two began their journey.

After Cohen’s observation, there was a clear high mountain in the north, which should be a good place.

But there were no so-called paths to walk on in the dense forest. Cohen summoned Nifl, transforming her into a hatchet to clear the way.

Yenika was surprised that Cohen could conjure a knife out of thin air. Looking at the silver-white hatchet, Yenika was somewhat incredulous.

Was there such a thing as a hatchet with such exquisite patterns and craftsmanship? And with such technology, wouldn’t they have made a proper weapon rather than a hatchet?

Although a hatchet was crude, it was hard for girls to resist something with a beautiful sheen.

Just like an ordinary girl in the modern world, upon seeing a beautiful crystal ball, would find it hard to resist taking a closer look.

Yenika was very interested in the glittering hatchet in Cohen’s hand.

“Cohen, can I see it? The knife you have is so pretty!”

“Huh? I didn’t expect you to be interested in a hatchet?”

Yenika thought Cohen had misunderstood her as the type of odd girl who liked strange things.

She hurriedly explained, “No, no! I’m just curious about how you summoned this thing! It’s definitely not because I like the way it glitters! Do you understand?”

Cohen was amused by Yenika’s gesticulating, and Yenika, seeing Cohen’s chuckle, was also embarrassed and lowered her head.

This couldn’t be explained clearly now.

Cohen didn’t mean to make things difficult for Yenika and personally handed the knife to Yenika to take a good look.

Yenika’s eyes lit up when she saw it, examining it carefully.

It had just been used to chop things, but when she held it in her hand, it was not dirty at all.

The texture of the blade was exquisite, and the manufacturing materials were also perfect. Yenika couldn’t tell what it was made of, but the quality of the material was excellent.

The weight was also very manageable. She had thought it would be very heavy…

But then the knife began to shake in Yenika’s hand, more and more violently!

“What’s going on!”

Yenika was a little bewildered, and then, pop.

A white-haired, round-bunned loli appeared in Yenika’s arms.

“Bad master! Why don’t you always use me for this dirty, tiring work! Do you have the heart to make me do such trivial things!”

“Actually, I wanted you to turn into a kitchen knife so I could cook…”

“You’re too bad!!! Bad master! That’s not how you use a divine artifact spirit!”

Nifl became more and more angry, jumping to the ground with her arms crossed, no longer paying attention to Cohen.

Meanwhile, Yenika was utterly dumbfounded, having witnessed the knife in her hand turn into a petite, beautiful girl.

“Cohen… what… is going on?”

“That’s her, a contracted divine artifact spirit. Right, can you help me?”

Cohen had Yenika lean closer, whispering some words in her ear.

“Ah? You want me to coax her?! To coax a divine artifact spirit?!”

Yenika had read in books that a true divine artifact spirit was a very great existence, and she also marveled that Cohen could summon one.

But Yenika was even more surprised that Cohen would ask her to coax a divine artifact spirit, such an outlandish thing.

Would a great divine artifact spirit allow someone who wasn’t her contractor to touch her casually?

“It’s alright, as long as she doesn’t hear what I say, she’s easy to handle. We still need her to travel.”

After saying that, he gave Yenika a thumbs up.

Yenika somewhat tentatively walked towards the fuming Nifl, squatting down to face her.

“Um… hello?”

“Hello, beautiful big sister. What does Nifl want to help you with?” Nifl smiled brightly at Yenika.

A completely different attitude, if Cohen wasn’t so annoying.

“Um… you look quite cute. Can I… hug you?”

Yenika was a little worried, not knowing what Nifl’s reaction would be.

“Okay!” After saying that, Nifl opened her arms to welcome Yenika.

Yenika had assumed that the high and mighty divine artifact spirit would reject her absurd request, but she hadn’t expected her to be so cheerful.

Truly, as Cohen said, she was really easy to handle.

Too simple.

Seeing that Yenika didn’t make a move, Nifl took the initiative and threw herself into Yenika’s arms.

“Mmm~~ Big sister, you are fragrant and soft, so comfortable~”

Then she made contented purring sounds within Yenika’s embrace.

“Eh?”

Yenika was also a little startled by Nifl’s sudden actions, but when she held Nifl, Yenika had a strange feeling.

Yenika could feel something awakening within her, increasingly feeling that she was holding a pure, innocent child.

Yenika’s movements couldn’t help but become more gentle, slow yet warm.

Cohen was dumbfounded. How could Yenika have such a strong aura of motherhood!

So dazzling! I can’t open my eyes!

Yenika looked at Nifl in her arms, who was closing her eyes and enjoying the warmth of her embrace.

An illusion appeared in her mind of herself and another person living a wonderful life together.

They had a child like Nifl, with a warm and ordinary, beautiful life.

The face of the other person was initially very blurry, but the more she imagined, the clearer it became.

In the end, Yenika saw a face that was all too familiar as her other half.

That was completely Cohen’s face, and he was looking at her amorously in her imagination.

No, no!

Yenika frantically broke free from the illusion, shaking her head violently.

How could she have such a life with Cohen in her imagination…

No, it couldn’t be… Even though he was very nice to her, although he was handsome and could cook,

Although he…

Yenika thought too much and soon fell back into the illusion. Struggling out of the fantasy again, she saw Cohen’s face close at hand.

“Yenika, are you okay? Your face is super red.”

Nifl, sandwiched between the two of them, was enjoying the show and was secretly snickering.

“Eek!” Yenika suddenly pushed Cohen away, which startled Cohen.

What’s wrong with Yenika?

And Yenika now couldn’t bear to look at Cohen directly, as she couldn’t control herself, thinking she was actually fantasizing about Cohen.

What’s wrong with me…

“Um! Cohen, I’m going to wash my face!”

Yenika turned her head and pushed Nifl in her arms to Cohen, not even looking at Cohen as she hurriedly ran towards a large lake nearby.

Cohen glanced at the flustered Yenika and then at Nifl in his arms, who was secretly enjoying herself.

“Laugh enough and get back to work. Otherwise, I won’t make you any desserts when we get back!”

“Bad master! Blegh!”

Although she was reluctant, Nifl obediently transformed back.

“It feels sharper, is it because you are quite happy?”

“I won’t tell you, bad master!”

Cohen smiled as well. She was truly too easy to understand.

“Yaaah!!”

A scream cut through the air, and Cohen immediately turned his head.

It came from Yenika’s direction.

“Not good!”

Cohen immediately used his Swift Steps to rush over. She couldn’t have anything happen to her!

In a matter of seconds, Cohen arrived at Yenika’s side to check the details.

“What’s h…-“

Er…

Cohen saw a very strange sight, a girl with indigo hair, wearing a green, shallow blue Taoist robe, was hugging Yenika’s leg, rubbing her face on it with a look of being utterly absorbed.

“You smell so good~ Hmm!”

Yenika was terrified. She didn’t know why, in the time it took her to wash her face, something had crawled out of the water and grabbed her leg, rubbing itself on her.

“Cohen, help me!”

Yenika cried out to Cohen for help.

“This… I also don’t know what to do?

Could it be that my knowledge is too limited?

How much more is there in this game that I haven’t seen?