A powerful mage before, A ring now!?

Chapter 2: Becoming A Ring!?

Finally, we had arrived as the treasure chest had been opened up. I could yet see the light again and I hope that I wouldn't be in the dark anymore. It's just that after being so long in the dark, I feel sick of it.

"So do you think you could sell all of this item at a high price?"

"Let me check all of the items first. There might be something that has no value at all…"

That last person talking might be a merchant who wanted to see how all the treasure chest items are worth. I'm sure that the merchant would notice me and I would finally continue my dream.

A giant hand began to take an item inside the treasure chest as I heard all of the things were quite valuables and could be sold at such a high price in the market.

There were a lot of things in the treasure chest. At first, I thought the merchant wouldn't see me because there was a lot of other stuff. But a few minutes later, it was somewhat weird as the merchant didn't notice me at all, the items in the treasure chest weren't that many anymore.

Surely he wouldn't have missed me, how could someone miss me, a little body inside the treasure chest. The moment I thought that the merchant finally took me and began to inspect me thoroughly.

The moment I was being lifted, I finally could see my surroundings. The town does change a lot this past year as it almost like this was a whole new town. There wasn't a place that I recognised anymore.

I could see the merchant's face clearly and the two people who found the treasure chest but they didn't look surprised at all like I thought they would be. Shouldn't they all be amazed as they're looking at a tiny body.

"This item is pretty much useless, it's made out of wood and I think it is not worth even one copper coin for it."

Wait a minute, an item? Does the merchant mean me or some other stuff but it couldn't be another item. I was the only one in his hand right now and that means it must be me… I was confused about this situation right now.

"Really? Don't you think that it might be a magic ring like that despite it's made of wood… there's no way that this  ring was not worth anything, why would it be in the treasure chest with all of the other valuable stuff."

"I am really sorry, but it was a very poorly made ring and I doubt that it was a magic ring before. It must be a ring that was made just for kids."

I doubt that they were really talking about me; there's no way that I had become a ring. I could still think and see just like a human does and I can't be a wooden ring.

"The merchant is right, brother. I do not believe that this wooden ring is a magic ring at all. All of the magic rings were made out of steel and had an enchanted gem on it."

That man then took me from the merchant's hand and said, "So this wooden ring is basically useless then, so I should just throw it away cause it doesn't give us the coin for all the trouble we get in the dungeon."

"It's your choice brother, besides I wouldn't care less as it doesn't even have any value at all."

I was totally confused about this situation right now. While I was still thinking about all of it, I realized that I was about to be thrown by that man that holds me.

I tried my best to stop him but because my voice wouldn't come out. I was thrown quite far as I felt like I was flying for a moment, which wasn't the best feeling.

After a few minutes, I finally landed on the ground as I landed near a puddle of water. I expected to hear my bones crack but I didn't feel anything at all. It was a rather weird feeling.

Why would they throw me? They're also talking nonsense that saying I was a wooden ring was clearly a human but just had been shrunk.

I then look at the reflection in the water. I was in a massive shock after seeing it. I had indeed become a ring!

How did this happen? How do I end up as a ring… This all doesn't make sense at all, even though it has been years since that explosion happened.

My memory of that incident is still as fresh as ever before. When I successfully went through the portal, a massive explosion happened and it knocked me out of the portal. That was all that happened to me.

While I was still in a deep thought right now in this current situation, I heard some footsteps indicating someone coming towards me. I still doubted that I am a ring.

The sound of the footsteps was coming from a girl with blonde hair. The girl didn't notice me at all as she just stepped on me. With that, I can somehow confirm that I might have become an object.

If I was still a human, there's no way that anyone could do something like that. I don't know how I became a ring.

"Ah! Did I step on something?" The blonde hair girl said as she lifted his left leg.

The blonde hair girl looks on the ground and finally notices me. She does pick me up to see the stuff she steps on.

"A wooden ring?"

She also said that I am a wooden ring that proves that I am indeed a ring. She looks closely at me as she then looks around before putting me on her ring finger.

I couldn't figure out why I had become a ring but there's no way that I wanted to remain with this form forever. There must be some explanation behind all of this and a way to get my body back.

"I hope there is a gallant knight that would propose to a farm girl like myself." The blonde hair girl said as she was touching me.

"Your possibility of getting a knight is quite high judging by your looks alone…" I said that in my mind as I couldn't talk anymore.

The girl then looks around as she seems to have heard something. After realizing that there's no one around, she then said. "Am I starting to hear things? I probably should get some rest."

Wait a minute. Does that mean this girl can hear me? How can that be possible as I tried to speak before but the word couldn't come out? I just replied to her in my mind, how could she hear that unless.

The blonde-haired girl was just about to take me off as I immediately said stop. The girl was surprised to hear the sound again. She thought it was nothing as there was no one around here at this moment.

"Am I that tired until I start to hear things, I really should head back and get some sleep."

She then resumes to take me off her finger. I realized that the reason why she could hear me was that she was wearing me. If she removes me, I know that she wouldn't be able to listen to me anymore.

It would be a problem as I needed some help.

"Stop! You do not hear things at all. I'm the one who talks to you right now." I said, "Please do not remove me as I need to talk with you."

She keeps looking around to confirm whether there were no people around here. "Are you the one talking with me, ring?" The blonde girl looked at me.

"Yes, I'm the one that talks with you…"

Before I could say any further, the girl looked scared as she wanted to take me off her finger. Surprisingly, no matter how hard she tried. She could not remove me from her finger at all.

She closed her eyes as I could see that she was in fear right now. "I should not have picked it up, this must be a cursed ring or something…" The girl then started to cry.

I don't know why I couldn't come off her finger. I somehow felt guilty about this. I know that it wasn't my fault, but still, I should have made her scared like that. I never felt this feeling again since I left my hometown to pursue my dream.

I should have introduced myself as I might sound like a cursed item, I guess I had to apologize to her.

"Don't be scared. I am not a cursed ring at all… I'm sorry to make you afraid but know that I didn't mean to do it."

She still hasn't calmed down yet. The only choice I had now was to wait. There's no point talking with her in this situation.