In memory of Lola Salines 1986-2015 founder of 404 éditions and editor of this series who lost her life in the November 2015 attacks on Paris Thank you for believing in me Cube Kid
MONDAY EARLY MORNING I woke up before the sun even rose and couldn’t fall back asleep Of course Mom and Dad didn’t have this problem They’d been working the fields all week Maybe that’s why they finally warmed up to the idea of me Maybe that’s why they finally warmed up to the idea of me becoming a warrior These days they’re just too tired to argue At least they decided to give me a bigger allowance I recalled the conversation with Mom the other day Use these emeralds to enchant your robe with Frost Protection II okay honey I don’t want you getting sick I don’t think there is such an enchantment but thanks anyway Okay well be sure to eat more steak Cookies won’t keep your hunger bar up But cookies are tasty And wear your leather armor underneath your robe today If you fall again during training your health bar won’t get so low 1
Mom Armor doesn’t protect against falling damage Oh All right dear Jello was sound asleep as well From inside his box he made quiet little sounds burble burble the baby slime equivalent of snoring I put on my boots and grabbed my sword on my way out the door It was still dark But soon as I made my way to school the square sun crawled over the gloomy gray houses and shed pink light upon the gloomy gray streets To a villager this was a precious time At this hour the monsters were crawling back to a forest that never knew the sun In their absence a sleepy village was now rustling awake 2
I went for a morning jog I thought it’d help clear my mind It didn’t Five minutes in my anger flared like a redstone torch because I saw the posters They’re everywhere those posters Pebble is on most of them I DON’T ALWAYS I DON’T ALWAYS KILL MOBS KILL MOBS KILL MOBS BUT WHEN I DO BUT WHEN I DO I KILL THEM I KILL THEM IN ONE SHOT 3
