DMS Chapter 218

After three days of travel, Flinx had finally left the vicinity of the lake. Even so, the area he was traveling through continued to take his breath away with its beauty.

Although he stayed near the road to make sure he didn’t lose his way and start traveling in circles, he still ventured into the forest from time to time, making sure that Pip remained aware of where the road was.

The forest during autumn was truly magical. The colors of the trees were a sight that made Flinx believe that the most beautiful things in the world could be found in nature.

The smell of the forest calmed him in a way that no perfume could rival. Because of the sporadic autumn rain, everything smelled fresh.

Flinx thought that if he were a normal human, traveling during the autumn season would be difficult because the temperature was steadily dropping as the days passed. Fortunately, the clothes he was wearing were enough to keep the chill away.

Whenever Flinx saw something truly beautiful, such as a spring filled with fallen leaves or a deer resting near a tree trunk, he would stop and admire it. His tablet was now filled with countless pictures and videos of scenery that he felt conveyed the essence of autumn.

Eventually, the sheer number of pictures and videos forced him to spend some time organizing them into folders and labeling them properly.

He needed to make sure that the pictures and videos he used as teleportation markers were separated from the scenery he wanted to keep as souvenirs from his travels.

Sometimes, Flinx encountered an injured animal. He would take the time to heal it simply because he wanted to.

On one occasion, after healing a wounded fawn, Flinx watched as the fawn was immediately captured and killed by a fox. He didn’t do anything about it since that was simply how nature worked.

Of course, if he saw something cruel, he would use his power to stop it, even if it could be considered part of nature. He wasn’t some hardcore druid who would go out of his way to preserve the natural order at all costs.

He was a powerful spellcaster, and that power made him aware that he could interfere whenever he wanted.

During his journey, Flinx also occasionally encountered powerful monsters, but he simply let Pip and his wind elemental deal with them.

When it was time to rest for the night, Flinx would conjure his log cabin beside a tree near the road and stay there until morning.

His log cabin, which was based on a modification of the Galder’s Tower spell, was extremely comfortable. He had modified it to have four rooms: a living room, a bedroom, a bathroom, and a guest room.

Each room had its own fireplace fueled by magic. The cabin had only one chimney, however, which meant that the smoke from all three fireplaces was routed through the same chimney.

The kitchen was also located in the living room, so the main room essentially served as both a living room and a kitchen.

Flinx had designed it that way so that if a guest ever arrived, they would have a proper room where they could rest. Before, his log cabin had consisted of one large room, aside from the bathroom.

What he liked most about the new design was that the cabin was still relatively small but felt cozy.

Based on what Olivia had told him, it was already October. That meant that the autumn season still had another month to go.

Flinx decided that once December arrived, he would purchase plenty of Christmas decorations from his System Shopping Site and decorate his cabin with them.

It had always been a dream of his to have a fully decorated home during Christmas. He had never done it before simply because he hadn’t had the funds for decorations—or, if he wanted to be honest, because he had been too lazy to do it.

Although he would also have liked to decorate his cabin for Halloween, he thought it would probably be a bad idea. The decorations might alarm anyone who happened to see a cabin covered in creepy decorations in the middle of the wilderness.

For a moment, Flinx amused himself by imagining how the locals would react if he decorated his cabin with Halloween decorations.

With the new design of his cabin, Flinx usually read his novels in the comfortable chair beside the fireplace in his bedroom. The chair was also positioned beside a window that he kept open.

He still enjoyed feeling the cold air from outside.

The combination of the warmth from the fireplace and the cold autumn air entering through the window made Flinx shiver in delight.

Normally, such a setup would waste a tremendous amount of fireplace fuel, but since his fireplace was powered by magic, Flinx didn’t have to worry about it.

He was also becoming accustomed to having background music playing through the speakers he had purchased.

The music he usually played was still the music from the Lord of the Rings films and the background music from Skyrim, although he had added a few more albums to his collection.

He always made sure that the background music wasn’t too loud.

Sometimes, he preferred the music of nature instead. On those occasions, he would turn off the speakers and simply listen to the cacophony of the creatures in the forest or the wind rustling through the leaves.

During one of the times he was reading a book in his room, Pip informed him that a couple of elves were running frantically through the forest.

The elves looked like children—a boy and a girl—and they were being chased by four other elves.

Flinx used Pip’s eyes to observe the situation.

The four elves chasing the children looked like assassins, dressed in tight-fitting clothes in various shades of forest colors. Their eyes were cold as they pursued the children, who had impressively managed to evade them so far.

Flinx could tell that the children had probably received some training because their movements were surprisingly smooth as they ran. However, he knew that after a few more minutes, the four adult elves would catch up to them.

He also noticed that the four adults didn’t appear to be planning to capture the children.

They intended to kill them.

Their hands remained close to their weapons as they pursued the two children.

Since Flinx was idle and had been wandering around aimlessly, he was intrigued enough to involve himself.

He commanded Pip to rescue the two elven children.

Pip utilized several spells, including Major Image and Hypnotic Pattern, to confuse the elves pursuing the children.

Flinx went outside the cabin and cast Hallucinatory Terrain to conceal it.

Since Pip was his familiar, the spell wouldn’t hinder the owl or anyone Pip led to the cabin.

Pip revealed itself to the two elven children and hooted at them.

The children were clever enough to understand what Pip wanted and began following the familiar.

Pip led the two children toward Flinx’s cabin.

The elves were startled when a cabin suddenly appeared in front of them.

The owl perched on the eaves above the cabin’s door.

Flinx opened the door.

“Welcome, children. If you’re not afraid, come inside. You’ll be safe from your pursuers.”

Flinx tried to make his voice sound mysterious and powerful, as if he were acting in a play, but he couldn’t help laughing a little.

“Sorry about that. I’m Flinx, a wizard adventurer from Ilioven. I saw through my familiar’s eyes that you were being chased by four elves. I became intrigued enough to want to hear your story. Can you tell me what happened?”