When Nadia opened her eyes, she could see a black child's silhouette that was bandaging her forearm. She quickly sat up and took her arm from them.
"Who are you!?"
Nadia shouted. The silhoutte looked at her with they're white eyes, they're mouth were just a white line. They looked completly irrealistic, but at the same time, they looked realistic. The silhoutte then said
"I-Im sorry, i just wanted help... Y-You were bleeding."
They had child's voice, looks like they're a child. Nadia remembered that she actually was bleeding. She looked at her forearm. Bandaged. Then she looked at her leg. Bandaged, as well.
She looked at them
"Uhm, Thanks? But still, who are you?"
"Ushina... that's my name."
'A girl?'
Nadia thought. She notice that Ushina forced a little smile.
"Nice meeting you. My name's Nadia. May i ask, how old are you?"
"I should ten..."
"Ten? Where are your parents, then?"
Nadia looked around, no one was near. When she looked at Ushina, she notice that she was uncomfortable with this question.
"Okay, that's fine. No need to answer, just tell me when you won't. Then maybe, why your here alone?"
Ushina shook her head.
'She won't answer this too? Okay'
Nadia thought.
"Okay, if you dont want to answer questions, then maybe we'll tell each other something about ourselfs? What we want only. I'll start. My full name is Nadia Yucortem, im 21. My race is human, i have hunter licence, im a weak mage, tought i have much mana. And i was bleeding, because i got hurt when i fought with slimes."
"...I have to tell you just a basic things?"
"Exectly."
"Okay... My full name is Ushina Tamashi, im ten... and uhm... Im a wandering soul... and i know many magic skills... i mostly specialize in creation."
Nadia looked at her
"A wandering soul? That explains your looks. How long were you wandering?"
"I don't remember... maybe like 100 years... or even more."
"100 years!? Your like 5 times older than me! And your saying you know many spells? How many?"
"Maybe 1000? Like.. i was really bored, so i studied magic. To be honest your first person i could talk to in these years..."
"1000!? And you haven't talked to anyone? How you haven't gone insane yet!?"
"I don't know how. But i did create my own spells, y'know? It's awesome! I have much mana and im creative. It's just perfect! When you study magic for such long time, you can make your own spells that only you know.... and that's a pretty much of issue."
"Issue? Why?"
"Because it's just sad. I created awesome healing and creation spells and then none of you, living creature, will ever use it!"
"You want us to have good spells?"
"Exectly."
"I can help you."
"For real? How?"
"You'll teach me the spell you created and when i'll understand how they work to perfection, i'll write scrolls for these."
"Oh? This is perfect!"
"But why exectly you want us to use your spells?"
"They'll waste if only i knew them. And after death there's no reason to use magic. I was simply bored, so i created them."
"You said before that you can use creation?"
"Yep!"
"What can you create?"
"Many, many things."
"Can you create food, water, clothes, weapons, empty scrolls and fountain pen?"
"Of course, i can create every single one of those."
"Perfect. And you said you im first person you talked to since your death?"
"Yea, that's what i said."
"Am i only one who can see you?"
"Probably."
"Ushina, that's awesome! No one will ask why im going to a dungeon with child or anything like that!"
They stayed a moment in silence, then Nadia said awkwardly
"Uhm, can you create me something to eat? Please?"
"Yep, no problem, but what you want?"
"Bread and water would be perfect."
In Ushina's hand first appeard bread-looking-like mana structure and then it materlize into a actual bread, same with water. Ushina handed it to Nadia, Nadia thanked her and started eating it.
"Wow, it seriously testes like bread and water!"
Ushina smiled. Nadia drank water, after she was done eating she said
"So how come only i can see you?"
"I don't really know. Some gain the skill to see wandering sould, other can see them from birth"
"But how many wandering souls are there?"
"Really many. Some souls go to hell, other to heaven, other get reicarnated, some get to be angels or devils. Everything depends on how you lived"
"... How come you know this much?"
"That is bussines secret"
"For real? Anyway, what wandering souls did? Why they have to look at this hell for mortals, for the rest of eternity?"
"Wandering souls became wanderers, because they had no point. Lived pointlessly, died pointlessly."
Nadia nod and looked up. sky was pretty dark, thought it was day. And it meant one thing, it will be raining. Nadia looked at Ushina
"Do souls get wet?"
"Nope, but i can create you an umbrella."
"No need, no need. If we're gonna travel on this together, i need to know what is bad for you."
"Travel? Really? That's great! I'll finally have someone to talk with!"
"What is bad for your existence?"
"Ah, right. It's light."
"Just light?"
"Yep"
"Then you could hide in my shadow, okay?"
"Shadow? Not better if you'll get a umbrella and we'll just be under it?"
"That's a good idea too."
...
"So what now?"
"Maybe walk?
Nadia nod and got up. When Nadia was up she could see that Ushina is really short, short like a child. They walked in X direction.