Vol.1 Ch.17 Some Time to Reflect


    <span style="font-weight:400">"If only I had a map to help me figure out where I am... And the stupid Goddesses refuse to talk to me... I''m just aimlessly walking around in a random direction hoping I find something. Hell! I might be walking in circles for all I know," Ryan said to himself as he aimlessly walked through this dense forest of trees that were huge and towered over him as they stood over 500 feet tall.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"This kind of feels like I''m in Yosemite National Park. I wonder if it would be possible to climb these trees?" Ryan wondered to himself. After a few minutes, Ryan decided to climb a tree to get his bearings and hoped he could see if there were anyndmarks to take of note, but after climbing a few dozen feet his foot slipped off a branch while his hand slipped off some moss.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Whoa! Damn!... Did I stick thending? Whatever... These boots suck to climb in and that mossy-looking stuff isn''t making it any easier. Haa... That n failed," Ryan mumbled to himself as he fell to the ground and<span style="font-weight:400">felt like he was a cat when he stuck thending like it was nothing.


    <span style="font-weight:400">''Well, I’ve never moved like that before... Is it because I''m more like a Dark Elf now?... I can stand over forever. Maybe I should look for some branches to use as weapons or maybe make a bow?'' Ryan thought as he scratched the back of his head.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ryan looked around the forest for any type of weapon he could use. He saw a stick lying on the ground and he picked it up but tossed it away when swung it into the tree and broke it in half. He took a couple of steps forward and found a bigger branch that could be used as a club.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Well, it might not be much. But it''s better than nothing. But I was hoping for something longer," Ryan said to himself.


    <span style="font-weight:400">After looking around the forest, Ryan found a stick as long as his body and seemed to be almost straight. It would be perfect for a spear. As he continued his hike through the dense woods he heard a rustling sounding from the bushes.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ryan stopped and held the makeshift spear in front of him as he moved forward slowly.


    <span style="font-weight:400">He reached the edge of the bushes and was surprised to see a deer standing there with its head down eating grass about 15 feet away.


    <span style="font-weight:400">*Groan*


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ryan''s stomach was growling in hunger and his mouth watered at the sight of the deer.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ryan made his n and slowly walked toward the deer. He knew the branch wouldn''t pierce its body, but he needed to try something. And he was hoping to sneak up on the deer''s blind side before he pounced.


    <span style="font-weight:400">As Ryan walked towards the deer, he kept the spear low to the ground as he walked in the tall grass.


    <span style="font-weight:400">The deer lifted its head and sniffed the air then turned to face Ryan who tried to stay still.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Come on, just a bit closer," Ryan whispered to himself as he crept towards the deer.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ryan threw the spear and the deer jumped away before it ran off through the forest. Ryan chased after the deer but kept slipping on the fallen leaves. Which was slowing him down but he continued after it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">As Ryan chased after the deer for what seemed like a minute. He realized he lost track of where he was in the woods. He started to walk as he listened for any sounds of the deer. He couldn''t hear it but he did hear moving water.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Is there a stream? Or am I just hearing things?" Ryan asked himself as he followed the sound of the rushing water.


    As he walked closer the sound of the rushing water grew louder until a creek came into view.


    "Oh thank God!.. Or Goddess? Whatever! This is the first good thing to happen. Hopefully, there''s a tower by this creek. I just hope it''s safe to drink." Ryan said as he came closer to the moving water.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ryan walked along a creek and came across a small waterfall, which led to a small pond that had a few fish swimming around.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Oh thank God there''s fish and I''m so thirsty. I think I have to risk it," Ryan said as he sat down on a rock next to the creek.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ryan dipped his hands in the water, scooped them up to his mouth, and drank the water. He drank until his hands were empty and was ready for more. He couldn''t help himself as he started drinking more until he finally stopped after his fourth scoop.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ryan stood up and walked closer to the waterfall.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Aah, that tastes good," Ryan said to himself as he looked around <span ss="userText">and noticed how peaceful<span ss="aiText"><span ss="retryDeletionText"><span ss="undoDeletionText"> the area was. It was almost like he was back on Earth.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Well, I guess I should wash myself off. Who knows when I will have another chance to rx like this," Ryan said to himself as he walked towards the edge of the pond and took a seat at the edge of a rock.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ryan quickly takes his clothes off so he can wash himself off. And jumped straight into the water.


    *Ssh!*


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Ah! Cold!" Ryan yelped as he shivered from being naked in the cold water.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Then Ryanes out of the water and sits on the rock with his legs hanging over the edge. He lets the water soak his legs as he stares into the rippling water. It''s hypnotic staring into the waves. It helps<span style="font-weight:400"> to rx him as his mind wanders back to the past, to the moment when Hiro died for him. As he felt some guilte over him for failing to defeat those assholes. For not being stronger.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I hope Nils wasn''t lying to me, about reincarnating Hiro. I guess I have no choice but to believe her for now." Ryan says as he continues to wash his hair in the water. Ryan finally noticed how long and beautiful his hair has be. It was soft and silky, almost like silk.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Well, now I don''t me Hiro for hitting on me. Now that I can look at myself, my hair is long and beautiful... I wonder what my face looks like now?" Ryan said to himself as he turned around to see if he could find some still water. So he could see his reflection. Luckily there was one spot away from the waterfall that had a pocket of still water that would work as a mirror.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"What the fuck? Is that me?" Ryan asks himself as he stares at his own naked body in the water''s reflection. He turns to his side while looking at his reflection. His eyes couldn''t look away as his silhouette in the water didn''t look like him anymore and was in awe as he<span style="font-weight:400"> watched his naked form.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Everything about his former self had changed from masculine to feminine. His body was smooth and toned, his breasts were small handfuls and had a nice round shape to them withrge pointy nipples as he saw the dark circles around them. He also had a nice ass and wide hips.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ryan noticed his face looked like one of those anime girls with big eyes and long eyshes. His face was one of the most attractive faces he has ever seen and his ears had a slight point on the ends of them.


    <span style="font-weight:400">*Sigh...* "I think I might actually look pretty hot now." Ryan says to himself with unease.


    <span style="font-weight:400">The only remnants of Ryan''s masculinity was located in his crotch region where there was a sad 1-inch cock and a tiny sack.


    <span style="font-weight:400">*Sigh!* "There has to be a way to reverse this? There has to! Please let there be a way! I''m not ready to be a woman!" Ryan pleaded to himself as he looked down at his new body and sighed again.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ryan finishes getting dressed and walks away from the river. It isn''t long before he hears something in the trees.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ryan stops and stares at where the sounds areing from in the woods.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Shit, what is that?" Ryan asked himself as he slowly walked forward.


    <span style="font-weight:400">As he''s scanning the vegetation with his eyes. He was hoping to see any type of movement. Within seconds he sees a figure in the shadows of a bush.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Is that... a person?" Ryan asks himself as he approaches the figure in the bush by a giant tree.