I have finally arrived! After almost 6 days of traveling, civilization has appeared before me at last! Let’s not count the days(millenniums) of when I was shutting my self in a forest cause that isn’t important. Hahaha~

Now then, first things first. Before coming into contact with some unknown entity the very first thing we should do is observed. A place that’s high enough to observe the entire town would be good. Hmm, a hill would be nice. Un, right, for now let’s find a hill.

Hmm... huh? There’s some people coming out of the gate.

Should I go over there and say hi to them? Or should I just observe them from afar and see what they’re doing.

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Unn, nothings gonna happen if we just stay still. For now, let’s just pose as a traveler and walk to them. Well, technically, I’m not posing as one cause I am one. Hahaha.

But, what should I say to them? Should I say hi? Or hello? But what if they think of me as someone who’s suspicious. The clothes that I’m wearing is kinda weird, but I’m not suspicious looking, right?

“Hey there little girl, watcha doin’ out here on the woods?”

“!?”

From my side, I was surprised by the husky voice that came from nearby. Looking towards my left, I saw a man who seems to be in his early twenties. He’s around 2 meters tall, has big muscles, is wearing some heavy looking chain mail and has a sword tied on his waist. Also, from the rugged features of his face, he kinda looks like a thug.

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Wait, huh? They’re the ones who initiated first contact. As a reincarnated person who came from a different world. What should I say in return? Should I say I’m lost? Or should I reply with ‘Hey there!’ back. Uuuuhhhh~

“H-he-hey!”

“Why’re ya shakin’ like that? Did I do something to frighten you?”

“Look in the mirror and you’ll see.”

“What!? You saying ma’face is scary? Huh?”

From behind the soldier, a more slender looking man with a light shade of brown hair but has the same type of clothes as the thug-looking man replied with an exasperated expression.

“I didn’t say it.”

“Oh, yes you were!”

Uuh, what should I do? They’re look like they’re gonna start fighting any moment now. Should I stop them or what?

“Just back off a bit and let me handle it, kay? You’re big body is scaring her stiff.”

“.…”

Hey! I’m not scared! I’m just intimidated, okay? No, wait, getting intimidated is the same as getting scared, right? Nn, I don’t think so? Un, yep, I think it’s not. This means I’m not scared! Okay, I ain’t scared! Just intimidated.

“Haaa~ Anyways, what were you doing here near the forest?”

Okay, let’s say it like how we planned it.

“I… I’m a t… travel…er…. I come, from a… far away, kingdom.”

“A traveler huh. You’re quite a shy to be one.”

“I-it’s been, a long time… since I last, met someone…. I don’t really, know how to… react.”

“... Is that so?”

“... Yes.”

Great! I managed to strike a conversation. Let’s keep on going.

“Umm… can I ask, what’s the… name of this town?”

“Sure, this town is called Gruger, a pioneering fortress town ruled by Baron Arkio.”

“Fortress town?”

“You’re not familiar with the term? Well, you see these walls? These walls were made to withstand against monster attacks. Enchantments are placed from the inside to make it more durable and it’s built to be easy to defend but hard to attack. Kinda like a fortress. That’s why it’s called a fortress town.”

“I see.”

Quite simple…. Or just typical?

“Then… then, is there, c-can I ask how I can make, money?”

The man made a troubled face and said; “Even if you ask me…. Then, do you anything you can sell?”

“I, I do!”

“Then, head on over to the Merchant’s Association or the Adventurer’s guild. You can go there to ear some cash.”

“Yes! Thank you very much!”

With a smile on my face, I thanked the person who informed me.

“... This is the first time I’ve seen someone say thank you with such sincerity while having a deadpan expression.”

“.…”

Hey! What’s with that comment you thug! Also, why did the other one move his eyes away!? This is the part where you say. ‘You’re being rude!’ to the thug! That kinda hurts my feelings you know!

Ah, that’s right, I forgot. 2000 years ago, I discovered how magic was delicately connected to a person’s mind, emotions and spiritual state. Even though magic, uses up the mana in the atmosphere to produce phenomenon that defies that Laws of Physics, but follows a different set of laws, the Laws of Magics. This was mainly the reason why magic can ignore science and common logic for most of the time.

And, according to one Law of Magics, the more unstable a person’s mind, emotion and spirit is, the more unstable the magic, magical arts, sorcery or arcane spells will be. Because of that, I decided to seal away my facial expressions to make my magic more stable. Well, it did fail grandly though. That’s because I couldn’t control my inner emotions.

But still, did I just became even weirder because of that? No matter what the event or what I feel inside, my face will only have one(deadpan) expression! Oh my god!

“Hey, you drop something.”

“... S-sorry, I was just, a bit, s-shocked.”

“.… I see.”

“W-well, for now, since you want to earn some money, how about going inside the town. Who knows what will happen if we stay here for too long.”

“Y-yeah, right.”

“.… Yes.”

And so, discovering a side of me that I never knew(mostly because it never proved to be a problem before), I managed to safely enter back into society.