Side of The Road

A half days walk and a shift from day to night found Alexei, Risa and Neave sitting a ways off the main road around a fire under the first full moon of spring.

Alexei and Neave had managed to hunt out a couple of hares, while Risa had used her magery to identify a few mushrooms and tubers that were safe to eat.

Alexei had then used his Power Divine, which had been constantly levelling up ever since he’d first received it, to bring together the elements to make a very basic cooking pot to hang over a fire.

He’d then filled the pot with water and the ingredients and had set it to simmer for a few hours.

The resulting stew wasn’t really anything special, not in comparison to the meals that they’d grown used to in the Assassin’s Guild castle, but after a long day walking it was exactly what he needed.

From the way that Neave and Risa were tucking into their own bowls he figured that the same could be said about both of them.

“This is almost reminiscent of what I wanted Neave and I’s