Chapter 2
Warm breezy wind blew up to the sky, was.h.i.+ng away the foggy clouds that mask the Majestic beauty of the Clear blue sky.
The town of Elmore was a lively place, even if it was just early In the morning, the streets and vendors were already bursting with life and vigor.
Carriages were moving back and forth at the entrance of the town.
In the long queued from the west entrance.
A man was lining up at the long queue at the west gate of the town.
The most unusual thing from that man was his pitch-black hair, a pair of glittering black amethyst eyes curiously looking around In the surrounding area, making the man look weird enough to become a suspicious person.
"Haaah~ After traveling for a whole day and night, I finally arrived at the nearest town." (Kiro) was feeling dejected after his long journey, He still needs to wait outside the entrance for ident.i.ty check-up.
As Kiro was looking around the scenery outside the western gate, he couldn't help to recall the ma.s.sive event that changed everything In his life.
It's already been a week since I was transported into this world.
On the first day coming from this world, It hit me so hard that all I wanted to believe in is, everything was only a bad dream, but as the days go by. The world Is still spinning with or without me, so I finally accepted the fact everything is real.
Right now, my current target is just to live a life and hope to overcome this new challenge In life.
Yes, even I found It myself weird with the situation I was forced into.
Why did I say forced?
Well, It all started on that day...
***
'Welcome to the World of Eldeon, Congratulations on winning a whole new life~!'
A voice echoed inside his head, he felt familiar at the same time It was not.
"... Ugh." (Kiro) Groan in pain, His head felt like he was being stabbed by a hundred needles.
"... Where am I?" (Kiro)
Finally, he manages to open his eyes and look at the surrounding scenery.
Incredible sight appeared right before him.
His surrounding was full of lush green, It was an open field inside the forest.
A warm ray of light bathing his body, reminding him that he wasn't dreaming.
Suddenly the voice Inside his head started to talk once more.
`To answer your question, You are right now, In the middle of the forest'
"... W-what? did I finally lose it? After reading books for a day and night, did I finally have a mental breakdown to the point even in my dream, there was a voice echoing inside my head?!" (Kiro)
`This Isn't a dream, Everything is real.` The voice says, as If everything that's happening was on Its expectation.
"... Hehehe, WAHAHAHA! d.a.m.n It, what's happening to me? The first thing I knew after that blinding white of light was me standing Inside the forest for G.o.d knows where! What is more, there was even a voice inside my head, do you really expect me to believe that everything is real?!" (Kiro)
"Why are you being quiet all of the sudden huh? Well, of course, It will, after all, everything was just my imagination!" (Kiro)
`... I know your head Is not stable enough to make a conversation so I decided to stay quiet. `
"Wwa... What? N... no, It can't be, Yep It was just a dream, yeah a bad dream, as long as I close my eyes everything will be back to normal." (Kiro)
After Kiro said those words, he gently shut both of his eyes as he tried to calm himself down, for a couple of good minutes, with a high expectation, slowly his glittering pitch-black eyes lit up, looking at the surrounding area. But sadly It was not the same old 1DK room that he was hoping for.
'Do you finally believe in me?' the voice asked once more.
"Huuh~ what happened? How come I ended up being here?" (Kiro) exhale a little to stabilize his mentality and finally asks something reasonable.
'As I said earlier, You've won a new life, out of one thousand individuals who receive the prize notification, you are the only one who clicks the b.u.t.ton.'
'For you being here was to claim your rewards, You will have a whole new life here in the world of Eldeon.`
"What?! You're saying because of that stupid Ads now I am here In the middle of nowhere? A whole new life? Aren't I alive and well and the world of Eldeon? Why are you saying as If I wasn't..." (Kiro) stopped his sentences, he couldn't finish it, as if realizing something. He couldn't believe such an absurd scenario pop-up inside his head, He was very familiar to It.
'Yes, you guessed it right, you are right now in a different world, the world of sword and magic. This is your reward, You will be
Silences overwhelm the two, the one was talking to his head, while the person was shouting.
Finally, Kiro broke the quiet atmosphere.
"HUH?! I don't need this kind of reward! I'm happy with my current lifestyle! Why would you decide things on your own huh?! Hurry up and send me back! Or do you expect me to slay the demon king or something before I could return to my former world?!" (Kiro) shouted hysterically, everything that was happening to him was so unreal, even though he wanted to accept everything is real, subconsciously inside his head, he refuses to accept the fact.
'Relax, It was meant to be a reward, not a quest, so you wouldn't need to slay someone. Just living a life in this world will be enough and sorry to say this. For you to return to your former world is Impossible. Your main reward, after all, was to live a life here in the world of sword and magic. '
"What? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Do you really think that I would accept everything you say just because you say so?! Go send me back right now! Or else I will refuse everything from that so-called reward of yours!" (Kiro) finally snapped, every word he said was filled with firm resolve that he will really refuse everything that will be given for him. If push comes to the shove he will reject it with everything he got.
'Haa~ No matter what, everything was now set In motion, even If you refuse the rewards with all of your might, the outcome will still be the same, Now everything is clear, I will now start to give you the rest of your reward.'
After saying that, a pillar of white light descends from heaven, swallowing Kiro as a whole.
***
After the pillar of light dissipated.
Kiro who was standing in the middle of the forest just a few moments ago, now found himself laying on the ground.
As he woke up, he was looking blankly at the deep blue sky up above.
He finally moved his body and got up, he felt a strange sensation enveloping his entire being.
Suddenly a ma.s.sive amount of knowledge was forcefully being put Inside his head.
At first, he doesn't know the characteristics of those syllables, a few moments later, he gradually understands a thing or two from those characteristics. It took almost a half-hour before the ma.s.sive knowledge that was being forcefully drilled inside his head came to stop.
"Ugh... What Is this? Hmm... Judging from the information I got a while ago, they call it an Innate Skill in this world, should I give It a try?" (Kiro) was still thinking whether he should give it a try or not.
Finally, he couldn't stop his curiosity and give it a try.
"... Hmm let's see, It should be like this. [Appraisal]!" (Kiro) mumbled the keyword.
After that, a transparent screen appeared in front of him, as he looked around the forest.
[Gra.s.s] - Rarity rate: Uncommon.
- It can be found In any wild forest.
[Greasy Gra.s.s] - Rarity rate: Rare.
- Greasy Gra.s.s Is a type of rare gra.s.s that only grows in the part of the Diante Forest.
- Consuming will boost up your MP recovery rate by 5% for an hour.
"Huh, what the heck is this? It looks like a transparent menu section that can only be found In video games... Hehe, this is getting more and more unreal." (Kiro) thought out loud, while it is still hard for him to accept that everything that is happening is real.
"Anyway, for now, let's just think of it like I am living inside of a game. Yep! That's it, It is not like I am unknown from this kind of field, let's just think of it as a virtual game." (Kiro) Finally decided to fool himself to move forward.
With a self-satisfaction smile that appeared from Kiro's face, he finally decided to move out and search for the exit, not minding the rare greasy gra.s.s that appeared from his appraisal screen.
***
After walking for about twenty minutes, Kiro finally got out of the forest.
"Haah~ I'm finally out, after walking for so long, now if I just follow this road trail, I'll probably reach a village or a settlement soon. " (Kiro) said that with full antic.i.p.ation.
Following the road trail, Kiro now sees a small residential area, there was a three-meter tall wood wall and a 20 ft tall wooden watchtower, appeared from his sight.
"Halt!" Someone shouted at the wooden watchtower.
Kiro stopped walking and looked at the guy who shouted.
"Where did you come from? Judging from the looks of your clothes, you seem to be the son of a wealthy merchant." (???)
Only at that time, Kiro realizes what he was wearing a dark-grey long sleeve, with a cotton dark brown vest at the front, black slacks, black flat school shoes.
Looking at the reaction of the person from the watchtower. He a.s.sumed that the clothes he wore were common from this world.
"Good sir, I am indeed a son of a merchant, I was following my father's command to gain some experience... But sadly a mishap has happened from my carriage and almost lost my life." (Kiro) says with a straight face and you could feel a bit of depression from his words.
He claims the ident.i.ty of being a son of a merchant, he already thought through a few excuses if he ever comes across a person or a settlement when he was out there in the middle of the forest.
So he wouldn't let go of the chance to claim his temporary ident.i.ty from the guard's misunderstanding.
If you are looking for some of Kiro's good points, His acting skill is excellent, and while his conversation skill is superb that he builds up through experience from hanging out with different types of people back in the day.
"Oh, I felt sorry for hearing that, you must be exhausted, please wait for a moment. I'll be coming down first." (Guard)
Waiting for the guy who's guarding at the watchtower, Kiro finally starts walking once more and he only comes to stop at the entrance of the village.
After a few minutes, He finally saw the guard greeting him with a slight nod.
"Young man, can you show me your identification card?" (Guard) says as he looks at Kiro from up to bottom.
Kiro already knew the guard would ask him for his identification card. But the problem is, he doesn't have one, heck he wasn't even a person from this world.
"Haah~ sorry, Good sir, I lost my Identification card along with my luggage, after my carriage was destroyed by a group of monsters." (Kiro) gives a light sigh, as if he was mourning from his losses.
The guard thought for a while before he nodded.
"Okay wait here, I'll call for someone to bring the anti-criminal device." (Guard) says as he walks away from the entrance.
Kiro already expected that to happen so he only gives him a nod for approval and a thankful smile.
From the ma.s.sive knowledge he got from the forest a while ago, there's some basic Introduction about this world, some basic etiquette, like the one right now. From that ma.s.sive knowledge, He even felt there was a huge change from his brain. He felt like he could now perform perfect memorization. He even knows how to read and write the common language of this world.
He wasn't even shocked that he could speak a native language of this world, after all, It was one of the must-have skills. His main reward was to live a life from this world of Sword and Magic.
How can he live here without knowing the native language of this world, so he decided to ignore those confusing things, as he tried his best to focus on the problem one at the time.
A few moments later, two-shadows come at his view, the first person is the guard leading the way, while the second person Is an elderly person carrying a transparent crystal ball.