There's Something Strange About My Water Magic ~ Before I Knew It, I Was a Slum Orphan Thrown Into the Trash Bin ~ - Episode 7: The Mysterious Pouch

Episode 7: The Mysterious Pouch

*Bang!*

I was startled by the sudden noise. It was the sound of someone throwing away raw garbage and closing the lid of the trash bin.

That guy walked away muttering complaints like, “Tch, it’s already full, can’t fit anything in. Those damn guild bastards, slacking off again.”

Looks like he didn’t notice me or John’s corpse.

I guess there aren’t many idiots who would bother peeking into a stinky trash bin just to check inside…

I ravenously ate the remaining pieces from the leather pouch that held dried meat and bread scraps. I then drank down the water by putting my mouth on the water pouch.

I thought about throwing away the now-empty water pouch. But then I figured it might come in handy. So I put it in the robe’s pocket.

The robe had two outer pockets, one on each side. It also had  inner pockets on the left and right sides of the chest.

They were all empty. But I felt something odd in the left inner pocket.

It felt kind of thick…

The pocket felt empty when I put my hand in. But when I carefully examined it, it seemed like the bottom of the pocket was double-layered. And a pouch was sewn into it.

I tried putting my right hand into that pouch. But it was still empty.

I turned the pocket inside out and looked at the pouch in the light—on the inside were letters scattered inside three concentric circles. And on the outermost circle, there was a bloody fingerprint.

What the heck is this?

A bloody fingerprint—gross…

I placed both hands on the circle and repeatedly chanted, “Be clean~ be clean~.”

I didn’t feel any sense of it becoming clean. So I stubbornly repeated it again and again.

Was “Be clean~” not working?

Somehow, the words “Return to original~” came to mind.

I didn’t really get it, but… well, might as well try.

While keeping both hands on the circle, I repeatedly chanted, “Return to origin~!”

My solar plexus started to cramp painfully like it was twisting. And something flowed out from both my hands.

When I put my right hand into the pouch again—*whoosh!*—my arm went in all the way up to the elbow!

This is some kind of mysterious pouch.

There’s something inside.

I gripped it with my right hand and pulled it out from the strange pouch. What came out was a white orb.

While holding the orb in my right hand, I placed my left hand on my solar plexus and chanted, “Pain pain, go away~.”

Then the orb in my right hand began to shine. And that light got absorbed into my body.

Not understanding what just happened, I heard someone’s voice in my ears:

[Appraisal: Beginner has been acquired]