[Grab… Grab…] – Sound of eating.
After a while,
"Em… That was a delicious meal… I can't move my body, though." He was patting his belly and relaxing.
"Thanks for the meal, Mr. Skeleton."
The skeleton seemed happy to hear it.
"I don't know about it, though… It can't talk—that's a problem." He was talking to himself. "Let's do the status trick."
"Status!" He targeted the skeleton. It was smiling.
He was distracted by the smile but tried again.
[System Notification]
⟪ Status Window ⟫
Level: ???
Race: Skeleton
Class: ???
Gender: Male
⚠ Warning: Insufficient level to access detailed status information.
"I can't see its full status. How boring and…" He looked at the skeleton and analyzed it. "I thought… it was female… but it's male."
The skeleton smiled awkwardly.
"Never mind…"
"For now, I need to get out of this creepy forest… Who knows what will show up out of the blue." He was thinking. "Wait, I can't go out now. If I go, I'll get killed instantly… and I don't want to face that big monster again. I need to prepare some safety measures first… Ahh! What a big mess I got into!"
"What do I do about this skeleton?"
The skeleton looked at him with its vacant, eager eye holes.
"Wait, what if it knows something about this forest? Let's ask first."
"Mrs. Ske… Sorry… Mr. Skeleton, do you know how to get out of the forest without getting hurt?" He asked hopelessly.
"Kek… Kek…"
The skeleton was making a metallic sound with its teeth.
"It seems that it understands me, but I can't understand it, though."
After a Thousand Years Later…
"Phew… That was tiring… It's not easy to teach a skeleton to communicate."
Ten Minutes Earlier…
"Listen, just answer me with yes or no, okay?"
"Kek… Kek…"
"Fine then, let me ask you. Do you know the way out of this forest without getting killed?"
"Kek… Kek…"
The skeleton made the sound.
"Well… I guess it means yes… That's good…" He was convincing himself.
"Can I go tomorrow morning?"
"Kek… Kek!"
"Fine, we'll go tomorrow."
He was again convincing himself, getting the same reply, but he was not satisfied.
"Will there be no dangerous monsters out there?" He curiously looked at it.
"Kei… Kek…"
"Damn! Can you not make a different sound?" He got enraged and grabbed its skull, shaking it rapidly.
The skeleton didn't do anything—just let him move its skull.
"Hey! I got an idea." He told something to the skeleton. "Just do that, okay?"
"Do you know any path to get out of the forest alive?"
This time, the skeleton moved its bony hands upwards, forming a circle.
"That means you know."
It showed the same circle sign again.
"Will there be any danger?"
It showed the same circle sign again.
Nawfi seemed hopeless.
"If we go there, will I get killed?" He lost hope.
This time, the skeleton showed a different sign. It made a cross sign with its bony hands.
"Yes! You understand!" He was so happy to get a different answer.
He grabbed it and smooched its skull. It seemed happy.