She slowly began to close her eyes, surrendering…
Suddenly, a blurry image appeared in her mind of a person in a hospital. He looked miserable, but the moment he turned his face toward her, he became happy and said with a smile:
"Welcome back."
She opened her eyes again.
She said:
"Yes… I remembered. I have to live for him. I have to return."
She began to gather her strength, bit those plants, and ate them before they completely took control of her heart, then continued speaking:
"He has no one but me…"
She started cutting the plants around her hands with her teeth until she freed her hands, then cut the plants around her legs with her hands and climbed out of the pit.
However, her suffering was not over yet, as all the plants of the forest around her became her enemies and began attacking her from every direction.
A voice from somewhere else:
"How could she eat my precious plants, you damn human?!"
Haruka (thinking):
"Damn it… I shouldn't eat these plants randomly. Every time I eat or cut them, they grow back again. And their taste is absolutely disgusting… I want to throw up."
While she was thinking, another attack from a plant interrupted her.
She stood still and said while watching the plants:
"Wait… didn't the old man say that someone controls these plants? I think he said fairies. Where will I find this fairy who controls these things?"
Suddenly, a plant ambushed her from behind, grabbed her neck, and began squeezing it to choke her. Her breathing started to break, and her face turned pale.
A voice from somewhere else:
"Hehehe… finally caught her. I'll make you regret eating and cutting those plants!"
Then he looked in shock and said:
"W—what is this?! What are you doing?!"
On the other side, Haruka was holding that plant angrily and said:
"I'm sick of your hiding, you bastard!"
Then she grabbed the plant and dragged it until she pulled its roots out.
She said:
"Damn it… it wasn't in this trunk."
Then she grabbed another plant, pulled it out by its roots, and said:
"Not here either!"
She kept doing that.
A screaming voice:
"Yaaaaaah! W—w—what are you doing?!"
The fairy came out screaming:
"You bitch! M—m—my plaaaaants!"
She replied:
"So, here you are."
The fairy said:
"H—how could you do this?! My precious plants! I'll make you regret it, you damn human!"
When she saw him, she was surprised and said:
"What am I seeing? When I heard you were a fairy, I didn't think you'd be the size of my little finger!"
Then she laughed.
He replied angrily:
"H—how dare you laugh at me?! Just wait! I'll make you live in terror, and you'll regret the day you were born!"
She interrupted him, adding:
"I heard fairies are beautiful, but you're ugly… you look more like a goblin."
The fairy was completely shocked, to the point that he fell to his knees, tears streaming down his face as he said:
"So… it's not only fairies who think that, but even humans…"
She replied:
"Are you okay?"
She poked him with a tree branch.
He replied:
"In the past… I loved a fairy."
She interrupted him and said:
"Hey! Don't tell me you're about to tell me your life story."
But he continued as if he hadn't heard her:
"I loved her since childhood, and I always did the impossible for her. I even went to a mountain to pick her favorite flower. I thought she felt the same, but… when I confessed my feelings, she replied: 'what, being with you is impossible. You're very ugly and disgusting.' Then she married another fairy who was more handsome than me and abandoned me. Now I travel alone just to forget her."
Then he burst into tears.
She replied:
"Well, honestly… if I were in her place, I'd do the same.
He answered while crying:
"H—how can you say that?!"
She said:
"Anyway, your life story is very sad, and I hope you find the love of your life soon."
She smiled and said:
"Now, show me the way out of the forest."
He replied with a smile:
"H—ha ha ha! Do you really think I'll guide you out? I'll kill you here and now and make your corpse fertilizer for my plants—"
She didn't let him finish. She grabbed him from behind like garbage, lifted him up, and opened her mouth
He said nervously:
"W—what are you doing?!"
She replied:
"Isn't it obvious? I'm hungry."
He said:
"What do you mean?!"
She answered briefly:
"I'll eat you."
He looked at her in shock for a moment, then screamed:
"W—whaaaaat?! Let me go! Release me! Don't you know who I am?! Let me goooo!"
She ignored him and slowly lowered him toward her mouth,
while he looked down and screamed.
"W—wait! Let's talk! Pleeease!"
She stopped lowering him, grabbed him, looked straight at him, and said:
"What are we going to talk about?"
He replied:
"I attacked you, and I don't deny that, but that doesn't justify you eating me!"
She replied:
"You wanted your plants to eat me, and that's a valid reason."
Then she put him back.
He started screaming again:
"O—okay! I'll guide you! I will!"
She lowered him while smiling and said:
"Now hurry up and talk."
After some time…
While Haruka was walking through the forest carrying that fairy who wouldn't stop complaining and talking nonsense,
she stopped, looked at him, and said:
"Are you really sure this is the right path?"
He replied:
"Of course it is. If you don't like it, you can go back."
While they were talking, she saw the old man and that young man again. She waved at them while shouting and running toward them:
"Haaaay, you two old meeeen!"
They looked at her, and the young man said:
"You're still alive? I thought you were dead.
She replied i was in danger and what you were doing going back home
He replied
And what were you expecting from me? Did you pay me any money to save you?"
She replied: "Is money all that matters to you?"
He answered: "yes . And Why are you even angry? You're not even dead."
She replied: "Anyway, that doesn't matter. I almost died because of that thing."
She showed him the fairy, who was biting her hand and kicking, trying to escape.
He replied:
"What is this ugly thing? Is it a demon from the underworld?"
The fairy became angry again and said:
"Hey you! How dare you say that?! I'll make you regret—"
The two of them ignored him.
He said to her:
"Throw this thing away. It's annoying, and it's not something edible."
Haruka agreed with him, then grabbed the fairy and adjusted her grip.
The fairy was shocked and said:
"H—hey! W—what are you doing?!"
She ignored him, took a deep breath, and threw him far away like a ball.
He started screaming:
"You will regreeeeeeet this!"
Then he disappeared.
The man looked in that direction and said:
"Wow… he completely disappeared."
To be continued…