****Whimsical Forest, Grimchill Village****

****Vlad POV****

It's been few days since I got to this village. I got to meet so many people and learn a lot from them even though they don't know much themselves. They told me that this language I am currently speaking is called Epiya and it's the only language spoken throughout the world.

There seem to be 4 races in this world: Humans, Beasts, Devils and Undead. Each race has its own traits, but I need more Information on that subject If I want to travel in this world.

This village seems to be very poor. They do not have much in the way of information, but they get along despite how hard it is to live here. The worst part, though, is that there are no computers! What kind of world doesn't have computers!? I can't do my research without my equipment.

It is these kinds of moments when you wish you knew how to build the stuff we used in our everyday life.

The old man who brought me here seems to be the chief of the village. His name is Jake. It is odd since that is an English name, but here, it is an Epiya(n) name. The grammar and syntax of this language gives me a splitting headache. How do I even know it in the first place?

There are a lot of things I need to find out about which is why it's so interesting. As a researcher, I love to explore new things and find out about everything I can, that's what I enjoy the most.

In the past few days, what freaked me out was that my short black hair turned red completely and my eyes were yellow with human pupils and I looked like a 15-year-old again.

After I saw myself, I couldn't wonder but remember that strange creature I met in the darkness.

"Vlad!" 

I turned around to see a white-haired old man walking up towards me with a strange scroll in his hand.

I looked at him with a confused expression "Chief Jake, is there something wrong?" 

He got in front of me and said.

"Do you have to leave? Can't you wait until you get your memories back?" 

"I also want to stay, but I doubt that I will get my memories back here. Also, I want to know more about this world!" I said and he gave out a sigh.

The old man stretched out his hand with the scroll "Fine, then at least take this with you " I took the scroll and looked at him "What is this?" 

"This is something I found in the forest when I found you. Maybe it can help you remember something!" 

I looked at the scroll. It had a dragon mark on its seal and looked like the scrolls that the Chinese people used back in the day. I put the scroll inside my rigid gray robe and looked towards the old man "Thank you for everything you have done" 

"I should be thanking you. It has been so hard living out here, but thanks to your strange machine, we can now live a lot easier than before!" The man said while bowing. I used my hand to make him stand up 

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"There is no reason to thank me, it's my way of repaying you for your hospitality" I said, smiling. 

"Then, I wish you good luck and be careful, the world is a dangerous place!" The man said and turned around towards the village. I also turned around towards the direction where the city named Tosa is at and started to walk forward.

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****Whimsical Forest****

****Vlad POV****

I have been walking for 3 hours and I haven't met anyone so far, this is really irritating.

"CLANG!" "CLANG!"

"ROAR!"

I turned to my left to see where those noises were coming from and I ran towards it to check. I hid behind a tree and looked at the scene

There were 4 people who all looked about 15-20 fighting against a huge lion who had red fur and black eyes. It had wounds all over and was about die.

"BOOM!"

The girl in the group shot an arrow towards the lion and hit it in the head, splitting it apart.

"Bang!" 

The lion fell on the ground with its head open and blood everywhere. To my surprise, I didn't feel anything. Before once I saw blood, I would feel dizzy, but right now, I don't feel anything at all.

I walked towards the 4 people who instantly pointed their weapons towards me. I put my hands up "I am not here to fight; I am simply lost!" 

I said which made them look towards me. After they looked at me, they noticed my red hair and yellow eyes which made them look at me suspiciously.

"Who are you?" the man in the white robe with black hair asked while pointing his sword towards me. 

"My name is Vlad and I am just lost. I wanted to ask for the directions to go to Tosa?" 

"Why is your hair red and eyes yellow?" The girl with a bow and arrow asked 

"I was born like this" I replied looking towards her. 

"He doesn't have a weapon and he’s not even in the mortal rank yet. There is no way for him to hurt us" The black robed youth with the white hair said towards the white-robed youth. They all put away their weapons and I lower my hands while letting loose a sigh of relief.