Chapter 22: 22
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Shaking his head out of the image, he continued to scoop more water into his pot. He has no time to think about the white wolf. Even if it was real, he doubts that anyone would believe him. So, he rather kept the news about the appearance of the white wolf to himself. He did not want to be mocked by others.
After he was done getting the water, he placed the pot on top of the campfire and waited for the water to boil. He tore open the instant noodle packet and put the noodles inside. After putting six uncooked noodles inside, he started to tear open the packets which holds the sauces and oils. Setting aside his big plate with the sauces and oil, he waited for his noodles to cook. At the same time, he looked over at the little wolf, checking to see if it was alright or not.
Earlier on, he had laid a small towel on the ground and wrapped the wolf with it. He then placed the wolf beside him, thinking that it might receive some heat from Erick's body. He was worried that it would get cold during the night.
After the noodles have cooked, Erick strained and poured it onto his big plate and mixed them well. He finished them within minutes. He did not expect that he would be this hungry. He poured a bit of water in a small bowl and placed it near the wolf. Erick also fed it some biscuits so that it would not get hungry.
Erick scratched his head. 'Maybe I should go fishing tomorrow and get some fish for the pup,' he thought. 'I don't think it would be good to keep feeding it biscuits all the time.'
Once the wolf had finished off the biscuit, it began to rubbed itself against Erick's leg. Erick carefully carried the wolf, along with the towel and brought it inside the tent. Before settling in, he did not forget to put out the fire, worried that the fire might have caught onto something.
Erick pulled the wolf closer to his body and watched as the wolf started to doze off. Once the wolf had fallen asleep, Erick, too, began to sleep. 'I'll probably continue my search tomorrow morning,' he thought to himself.
The next morning.
It was six o'clock in the morning and the sun has just rose up, slowly lightening the darkened sky with soft blue blanket.
Seeing that the little wolf was still asleep, Erick decided to go fishing in the stream. He took a long stick and tied a durable string with a bait, made of crickets that he had found nearby. Luckily, he saw some crickets at a nearby bush and remembered that it was good for bait.
After he was done making his fishing rod, he sat down on a rock, beside the stream and began to fish. While he was fishing, he was also thinking on how to find the plant. It was making him feel helpless. With vague description and a glimpse of how it looks like, Erick was worried that this may take weeks or months.
Erick shook his head in resignation. He was lucky that he was able to get leave from school. It was nearly the end of the semester, hence why it was easy for him to get leave. And he has Hamish to help cover him, by writing notes and all. Erick was not a studious person by default. But he just doesn't like to feel lost, especially when it comes to studies. Even if he does not like studying.
Minutes have passed and the bait was not biting. At some point, the little wolf has woken up and weakly walked towards Erick. It collapsed beside Eric's leg and rubbed its snout against Erick.
Erick rubbed its head. "Don't worry, I'll catch us some fish to eat," Erick reassured.
'Seems like it has gotten attached to you,' Dane commented.
"It probably sees me as its parents already since it no longer has one," Erick replied.
'What will you name it?' Dane asked. It has been more than a week and he still had not given it a name. Before, Erick would only call it, 'hey you' or 'woi'.
Erick scratched his head. He was never good at giving names. "Uh, Whitey? Snow? Fluffball?" Erick suggested.
Erick felt Dane rolling his eyes at his name suggestions.
Erick stroked his chin, thinking. "Luka…" He murmured.
Dane was silent before he said out loud, 'That's a good name, for once.'
Erick nodded. He then turned to the little wolf and stroked its mane. "From now on, your name is Luka. It means 'Light' in Russian. In this dark forest, you are basically my 'light' here."
The little wolf or now, Luka, growled his agreement, seemingly to like the name already.
'Lame… But alright,' Dane replied.
Erick rolled his eyes. Dane never did have anything nice to say to him.
Just as he was about to change his area of fishing, he thought he saw something sparkling. It was beside a bunch of rocks piled up beside the stream. He placed his fishing rod on the ground and walked over, trying to get a closer look.
As Erick got closer, he also smell something earthy. To his surprise, it came from the rocks. He crouched down in front of the rocks and saw a sparkle in between the rocks. As he pushed the rocks away, his eyes widened.
There stood a lone plant. The sparkle came from its pores and it has an uprooted reddish orange roots. And the leaf was covered with dotted blue and black markings. As Erick sniffed at the plant, it emitted a strong earthy yet minty kind of smell.
Erick grinned, a look of happiness evident on his face.
It's the Adorosa!
Erick quickly got up and ran to his tent to grab the pot that Paccia had given him to place the plant in. With the pot on his hand, he carefully dug through the ground with his hand and place the plant carefully inside it, together with its soil.
Erick happily went back to his tent and placed the pot inside his backpack.
With that done, he was so happy that he did not think of food.
But then Luka whimpered, indicating that it was probably hungry.
Erick laughed awkwardly. 'Oh, I forgot that I got an injured wolf here,' he thought sheepishly.
He quickly washed his hands and continued to fish. He planned that once they were done fishing and eating, they would immediately set out for home.
It took them nearly an hour for his bait to finally caught onto something. Erick felt even more happy. He felt like today seems like his lucky day.
He caught a couple few and put them on his cooking pot. He made another campfire and poke a stick through the fish lengthwise. He then directly placed the fish near the fire and waited for it to cook, turning flaky.
Once cooked, Erick carefully debone one of the fish and feed it to Luka.
Few minutes later, the campfire was out, the tent was already folded and placed inside his backpack. The pot that contained the plant was also carefully stored inside the backpack. Cradled in his arms was Luka, who looked more energized after eating.
Erick took out his phone and saw that the signal was still off. He sighed. Seems like he would be able to use the phone once he was out of this forest.
Again, it was a good thing that Erick had a good memory. So, he still could remember the way out. And even if he doesn't, he did remember to marked the trees to indicate the way out.
He then began to venture out of the forest, relying on his memory and the markings.
In less than an hour and a half, he was finally out of the forest. He collapsed at the exit of the forest, letting out a breath of relief. "Feels good to finally out of the forest," he said to himself.
He quickly shot a message to Roel, asking him whether he could pick him up.
Roel replied back, saying that he will be there soon. Roel had let out a sigh of relief when he received Erick's message. From how Erick had texted him, it appears that he was quite alright.
An hour later, Erick was finally at Paccia's house. Roel had dropped him there. At first, he was surprised to see Luka in Erick's arms. He was about to ask Erick some questions but Erick had said that he will explained later after he gave the Adorosa to Paccia.
Standing at the front door of Paccia's house, Erick knocked on the door.
The door slowly opened.
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Shaking his head out of the image, he continued to scoop more water into his pot. He has no time to think about the white wolf. Even if it was real, he doubts that anyone would believe him. So, he rather kept the news about the appearance of the white wolf to himself. He did not want to be mocked by others.
After he was done getting the water, he placed the pot on top of the campfire and waited for the water to boil. He tore open the instant noodle packet and put the noodles inside. After putting six uncooked noodles inside, he started to tear open the packets which holds the sauces and oils. Setting aside his big plate with the sauces and oil, he waited for his noodles to cook. At the same time, he looked over at the little wolf, checking to see if it was alright or not.
Earlier on, he had laid a small towel on the ground and wrapped the wolf with it. He then placed the wolf beside him, thinking that it might receive some heat from Erick's body. He was worried that it would get cold during the night.
After the noodles have cooked, Erick strained and poured it onto his big plate and mixed them well. He finished them within minutes. He did not expect that he would be this hungry. He poured a bit of water in a small bowl and placed it near the wolf. Erick also fed it some biscuits so that it would not get hungry.
Erick scratched his head. 'Maybe I should go fishing tomorrow and get some fish for the pup,' he thought. 'I don't think it would be good to keep feeding it biscuits all the time.'
Once the wolf had finished off the biscuit, it began to rubbed itself against Erick's leg. Erick carefully carried the wolf, along with the towel and brought it inside the tent. Before settling in, he did not forget to put out the fire, worried that the fire might have caught onto something.
Erick pulled the wolf closer to his body and watched as the wolf started to doze off. Once the wolf had fallen asleep, Erick, too, began to sleep. 'I'll probably continue my search tomorrow morning,' he thought to himself.
The next morning.
It was six o'clock in the morning and the sun has just rose up, slowly lightening the darkened sky with soft blue blanket.
Seeing that the little wolf was still asleep, Erick decided to go fishing in the stream. He took a long stick and tied a durable string with a bait, made of crickets that he had found nearby. Luckily, he saw some crickets at a nearby bush and remembered that it was good for bait.
After he was done making his fishing rod, he sat down on a rock, beside the stream and began to fish. While he was fishing, he was also thinking on how to find the plant. It was making him feel helpless. With vague description and a glimpse of how it looks like, Erick was worried that this may take weeks or months.
Erick shook his head in resignation. He was lucky that he was able to get leave from school. It was nearly the end of the semester, hence why it was easy for him to get leave. And he has Hamish to help cover him, by writing notes and all. Erick was not a studious person by default. But he just doesn't like to feel lost, especially when it comes to studies. Even if he does not like studying.
Minutes have passed and the bait was not biting. At some point, the little wolf has woken up and weakly walked towards Erick. It collapsed beside Eric's leg and rubbed its snout against Erick.
Erick rubbed its head. "Don't worry, I'll catch us some fish to eat," Erick reassured.
'Seems like it has gotten attached to you,' Dane commented.
"It probably sees me as its parents already since it no longer has one," Erick replied.
'What will you name it?' Dane asked. It has been more than a week and he still had not given it a name. Before, Erick would only call it, 'hey you' or 'woi'.
Erick scratched his head. He was never good at giving names. "Uh, Whitey? Snow? Fluffball?" Erick suggested.
Erick felt Dane rolling his eyes at his name suggestions.
Erick stroked his chin, thinking. "Luka…" He murmured.
Dane was silent before he said out loud, 'That's a good name, for once.'
Erick nodded. He then turned to the little wolf and stroked its mane. "From now on, your name is Luka. It means 'Light' in Russian. In this dark forest, you are basically my 'light' here."
The little wolf or now, Luka, growled his agreement, seemingly to like the name already.
'Lame… But alright,' Dane replied.
Erick rolled his eyes. Dane never did have anything nice to say to him.
Just as he was about to change his area of fishing, he thought he saw something sparkling. It was beside a bunch of rocks piled up beside the stream. He placed his fishing rod on the ground and walked over, trying to get a closer look.
As Erick got closer, he also smell something earthy. To his surprise, it came from the rocks. He crouched down in front of the rocks and saw a sparkle in between the rocks. As he pushed the rocks away, his eyes widened.
There stood a lone plant. The sparkle came from its pores and it has an uprooted reddish orange roots. And the leaf was covered with dotted blue and black markings. As Erick sniffed at the plant, it emitted a strong earthy yet minty kind of smell.
Erick grinned, a look of happiness evident on his face.
It's the Adorosa!
Erick quickly got up and ran to his tent to grab the pot that Paccia had given him to place the plant in. With the pot on his hand, he carefully dug through the ground with his hand and place the plant carefully inside it, together with its soil.
Erick happily went back to his tent and placed the pot inside his backpack.
With that done, he was so happy that he did not think of food.
But then Luka whimpered, indicating that it was probably hungry.
Erick laughed awkwardly. 'Oh, I forgot that I got an injured wolf here,' he thought sheepishly.
He quickly washed his hands and continued to fish. He planned that once they were done fishing and eating, they would immediately set out for home.
It took them nearly an hour for his bait to finally caught onto something. Erick felt even more happy. He felt like today seems like his lucky day.
He caught a couple few and put them on his cooking pot. He made another campfire and poke a stick through the fish lengthwise. He then directly placed the fish near the fire and waited for it to cook, turning flaky.
Once cooked, Erick carefully debone one of the fish and feed it to Luka.
Few minutes later, the campfire was out, the tent was already folded and placed inside his backpack. The pot that contained the plant was also carefully stored inside the backpack. Cradled in his arms was Luka, who looked more energized after eating.
Erick took out his phone and saw that the signal was still off. He sighed. Seems like he would be able to use the phone once he was out of this forest.
Again, it was a good thing that Erick had a good memory. So, he still could remember the way out. And even if he doesn't, he did remember to marked the trees to indicate the way out.
He then began to venture out of the forest, relying on his memory and the markings.
In less than an hour and a half, he was finally out of the forest. He collapsed at the exit of the forest, letting out a breath of relief. "Feels good to finally out of the forest," he said to himself.
He quickly shot a message to Roel, asking him whether he could pick him up.
Roel replied back, saying that he will be there soon. Roel had let out a sigh of relief when he received Erick's message. From how Erick had texted him, it appears that he was quite alright.
An hour later, Erick was finally at Paccia's house. Roel had dropped him there. At first, he was surprised to see Luka in Erick's arms. He was about to ask Erick some questions but Erick had said that he will explained later after he gave the Adorosa to Paccia.
Standing at the front door of Paccia's house, Erick knocked on the door.
The door slowly opened.
Shaking his head out of the image, he continued to scoop more water into his pot. He has no time to think about the white wolf. Even if it was real, he doubts that anyone would believe him. So, he rather kept the news about the appearance of the white wolf to himself. He did not want to be mocked by others. After he was done getting the water, he placed the pot on top of the campfire and waited for the water to boil. He tore open the instant noodle packet and put the noodles inside. After putting six uncooked noodles inside, he started to tear open the packets which holds the sauces and oils. Setting aside his big plate with the sauces and oil, he waited for his noodles to cook. At the same time, he looked over at the little wolf, checking to see if it was alright or not. Earlier on, he had laid a small towel on the ground and wrapped the wolf with it. He then placed the wolf beside him, thinking that it might receive some heat from Erick's body. He was worried that it would get cold during the night. After the noodles have cooked, Erick strained and poured it onto his big plate and mixed them well. He finished them within minutes. He did not expect that he would be this hungry. He poured a bit of water in a small bowl and placed it near the wolf. Erick also fed it some biscuits so that it would not get hungry. Erick scratched his head. 'Maybe I should go fishing tomorrow and get some fish for the pup,' he thought. 'I don't think it would be good to keep feeding it biscuits all the time.' Once the wolf had finished off the biscuit, it began to rubbed itself against Erick's leg. Erick carefully carried the wolf, along with the towel and brought it inside the tent. Before settling in, he did not forget to put out the fire, worried that the fire might have caught onto something. Erick pulled the wolf closer to his body and watched as the wolf started to doze off. Once the wolf had fallen asleep, Erick, too, began to sleep. 'I'll probably continue my search tomorrow morning,' he thought to himself. The next morning. It was six o'clock in the morning and the sun has just rose up, slowly lightening the darkened sky with soft blue blanket. Seeing that the little wolf was still asleep, Erick decided to go fishing in the stream. He took a long stick and tied a durable string with a bait, made of crickets that he had found nearby. Luckily, he saw some crickets at a nearby bush and remembered that it was good for bait. After he was done making his fishing rod, he sat down on a rock, beside the stream and began to fish. While he was fishing, he was also thinking on how to find the plant. It was making him feel helpless. With vague description and a glimpse of how it looks like, Erick was worried that this may take weeks or months. Erick shook his head in resignation. He was lucky that he was able to get leave from school. It was nearly the end of the semester, hence why it was easy for him to get leave. And he has Hamish to help cover him, by writing notes and all. Erick was not a studious person by default. But he just doesn't like to feel lost, especially when it comes to studies. Even if he does not like studying. Minutes have passed and the bait was not biting. At some point, the little wolf has woken up and weakly walked towards Erick. It collapsed beside Eric's leg and rubbed its snout against Erick. Erick rubbed its head. "Don't worry, I'll catch us some fish to eat," Erick reassured. 'Seems like it has gotten attached to you,' Dane commented. "It probably sees me as its parents already since it no longer has one," Erick replied. 'What will you name it?' Dane asked. It has been more than a week and he still had not given it a name. Before, Erick would only call it, 'hey you' or 'woi'. Erick scratched his head. He was never good at giving names. "Uh, Whitey? Snow? Fluffball?" Erick suggested. Erick felt Dane rolling his eyes at his name suggestions. Erick stroked his chin, thinking. "Luka" He murmured. Dane was silent before he said out loud, 'That's a good name, for once.' Erick nodded. He then turned to the little wolf and stroked its mane. "From now on, your name is Luka. It means 'Light' in Russian. In this dark forest, you are basically my 'light' here." The little wolf or now, Luka, growled his agreement, seemingly to like the name already. 'Lame But alright,' Dane replied. Erick rolled his eyes. Dane never did have anything nice to say to him. Just as he was about to change his area of fishing, he thought he saw something sparkling. It was beside a bunch of rocks piled up beside the stream. He placed his fishing rod on the ground and walked over, trying to get a closer look. As Erick got closer, he also smell something earthy. To his surprise, it came from the rocks. He crouched down in front of the rocks and saw a sparkle in between the rocks. As he pushed the rocks away, his eyes widened. There stood a lone plant. The sparkle came from its pores and it has an uprooted reddish orange roots. And the leaf was covered with dotted blue and black markings. As Erick sniffed at the plant, it emitted a strong earthy yet minty kind of smell. Erick grinned, a look of happiness evident on his face. It's the Adorosa! Erick quickly got up and ran to his tent to grab the pot that Paccia had given him to place the plant in. With the pot on his hand, he carefully dug through the ground with his hand and place the plant carefully inside it, together with its soil. Erick happily went back to his tent and placed the pot inside his backpack. With that done, he was so happy that he did not think of food. But then Luka whimpered, indicating that it was probably hungry. Erick laughed awkwardly. 'Oh, I forgot that I got an injured wolf here,' he thought sheepishly. He quickly washed his hands and continued to fish. He planned that once they were done fishing and eating, they would immediately set out for home. It took them nearly an hour for his bait to finally caught onto something. Erick felt even more happy. He felt like today seems like his lucky day. He caught a couple few and put them on his cooking pot. He made another campfire and poke a stick through the fish lengthwise. He then directly placed the fish near the fire and waited for it to cook, turning flaky. Once cooked, Erick carefully debone one of the fish and feed it to Luka. Few minutes later, the campfire was out, the tent was already folded and placed inside his backpack. The pot that contained the plant was also carefully stored inside the backpack. Cradled in his arms was Luka, who looked more energized after eating. Erick took out his phone and saw that the signal was still off. He sighed. Seems like he would be able to use the phone once he was out of this forest. Again, it was a good thing that Erick had a good memory. So, he still could remember the way out. And even if he doesn't, he did remember to marked the trees to indicate the way out. He then began to venture out of the forest, relying on his memory and the markings. In less than an hour and a half, he was finally out of the forest. He collapsed at the exit of the forest, letting out a breath of relief. "Feels good to finally out of the forest," he said to himself. He quickly shot a message to Roel, asking him whether he could pick him up. Roel replied back, saying that he will be there soon. Roel had let out a sigh of relief when he received Erick's message. From how Erick had texted him, it appears that he was quite alright. An hour later, Erick was finally at Paccia's house. Roel had dropped him there. At first, he was surprised to see Luka in Erick's arms. He was about to ask Erick some questions but Erick had said that he will explained later after he gave the Adorosa to Paccia. Standing at the front door of Paccia's house, Erick knocked on the door. The door slowly opened.
