- And? How it was? - Light asked me.
He just walked in without knocking. I think that's standard for him.
- Okay, I don't think it's bad here. Others don't mind my presence. I have nothing to worry about apparently - I said to him.
- Good, because you've just been assigned new accommodation - I got documents from him.
Interestingly, we speak and write in the same language. And just as I started to think about it, I noticed that something wasn't right. The letters are completely different... But when I wasn't thinking about it, I didn't notice it at all, how?
I stare at a piece of paper with a crooked face. I started to turn it around and look at it from every side, but the impression was always the same ... I started to feel a little dizzy. I saw foreign letters, foreign text, why did I understand everything?
- Something happened? - Light asked when noticed my strange actions.
- Uh... Well... Why do I see those letters completely different from those I know?
- You quickly noticed this. Many magical races have the natural power to understand almost all languages. You apparently awakened your privilege the first time when you used magic - he explained.
- Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?!
- I like to judge the perceptiveness of others - he shrugged. - Sign here and let's go - he pointed to a blank field on the document.
He didn't give me much time. As soon as he collected his things, he led me to a building 25 minutes away. Small on the outside, much bigger on the inside. This surely will fascinate me for a long time.
After a while, he handed me the bracelet. As soon as I put it on, it immediately disappeared as if it had never been there. But I feel it is here!
- On this, you have the key to your room and more. As long as you do not share access with someone, no one will enter here without your consent.
After we entered my new room, I also got a crystal tablet. Light started to explain to me how to use this. It seems that I can disappear it in the bracelet I just got.
He showed me the basic functions. They have their equivalent of the internet here, which they call the supernet. There is also social media, I have money on it... I will get about 50 coins a week. This is the lowest rate a light user can count on, but if I develop my skill over time, I have a chance for more. We set up a mailbox and he sent me some very extensive reading material.
An hour has passed on all this. I got a lot of valuable information and I'm happy about it. Unfortunately, I still think too much about the translating gift, which makes me a little dizzy, but Light assured me that with time I'll get used to it.
- Just call me if you need help. Someone will come if I don't have time - after that, he bid me farewell and left.
It's over a bit quickly, but I can't ask for more attention. I've gotten a lot of help already. Even though they actually brought me here without my permission and I had a pretty... Tough choice. Or not? As a dreamer, I hit the jackpot.
I didn't wait long. Instead of sitting and reading, I decided to go for a walk. I wanted to see more interesting things.
This place is full of life, but the space is so well developed that I can walk freely. An elf woman caught my eye. More specifically, what was sitting on her shoulder. Is it a miniature dragon? Are dragons common here?
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This is the first one I've seen here. I found myself staring at him quite insolently. I accidentally bumped into a big pile of fur? The guy turned around in surprise and looked at me with a dissatisfied grimace on his face.
- Watch how you go, weakling - he said contemptuously, and a delicate cloud of energy came from his mouth. - what was that?
- Sorry, I got distracted. I didn't want to disturb you... - even though I would normally punch someone like that in the face, I'm definitely at a loss here.
Still, I felt like a coward. The guy spoke contemptuously to me, and all I can do is apologize to him!
- Next time, be careful... Or it won't just be a chat - he warned me and headed in his direction.
I could feel his energy. He is like a fully charged magic battery...
I moved on. I visited more bridges and even saw a few Exceeds flying through the trees below. They look like they're looking for something. Maybe this world offers something that sometimes appears in these ravines?
I watched it for a long time until I noticed someone happily jumped away from the wall with a small plant in his hand. I saw herbs for sale at the morning market, so maybe that's it. I'm jealous... It looks like a way to make more money. And it seems that this is mainly done by young.
Finally, I went back to the apartment and finally looked around. White clean walls, a simple bed, big soft pillows, cabinet and shelves, a table, an armchair...Kitchenette and separate bathroom.
I don't think I have anything to complain about. I got this for free!
I unpacked my things and sorted what I would and what I would sell to the rat. I felt a little heavy. Here I still have to worry about how I will survive. At least here I can do something that really fascinates me.
Aside from the conceited guy, nothing bad happened to me here. Maybe I don't need to worry about it? I still have a mess in my head.
I set myself training notifications. I'm only 2 minutes away from the training ground from here. I also set an alarm clock for the morning market.
The next item on the agenda is reading. The first point is the description of this world, Rimecliff. It seems to be overflowing with materials containing mana veins. However, these are not valuable materials such as metals or crystals.
However, they allow the herbs to simply grow out of them and have strong magical properties. Many animals have adapted to eat such plants. For this reason, there are also numerous mutations among them...
Earthquakes happen often, so it is absolutely necessary to hide in the nearest buildings and wait out the cataclysm until the end. And no one had warned me about this. I scratched the back of my neck and read on.
I read until late in the evening. I've prepared my dinner. Starting tomorrow I start participating in trainings and I am curious about what challenges lie ahead of me. I will definitely stand out from the rest of the participants.
I managed to make some baked fruit. I can't afford anything else now. Fortunately, they give a lot of energy.
I spent another hour reading, then decided to go to bed.
Nightmare again. I was in complete darkness. But this one seems to be moving... I can see myself very clearly, I was able to look at my hands in my sleep. Suddenly pain shot through my body. Invisible needles penetrated me... And then silence. I woke up this morning with a moral hangover.
The alarm clock on my tablet started ringing after 10 seconds... I turned it off. After the morning preparations, I immediately went to the market.
Today I had a specific plan. I easily found the ratman and approached him.
- Hello my new friend! - he greeted me.
Sure, I'm a friend until he's out of business with me. I feel so. I took out all the things I decided to sell to him. It was money from the earth, a wallet, documents... A telephone. Light showed me how to copy data from it to a tablet, so I kept what I wanted. There were also a few souvenirs from different places on Earth. I thought it would be of particular interest to him, and I was right.
There was a genuine fascination for a moment, but then he went back to the merchant's skinny face.
- I can give you... 80 coins - he said confidently.
- What are you doing? - Lily suddenly appeared next to me like out of the ground.
- I'm trying to sell old stuff...
- Really? You have a few fancy things here! Easy 500 coins for you! - she said carelessly.
Ratman looked like he was about to eat his hat out of nerves. I couldn't help it and burst out laughing.
- What did I expect? - I asked myself. - 750 - I looked at the rat very seriously.
Isn't that animal abuse? But I felt that with Lily I could afford it.
- 650 and nothing more! - he was very nervous around her.
He looked like he just lost all his mercantile soul. Something must have happened between them in the past. However, I ended up with a very nice amount of money. I think so.
Ratman writhes next to us in despair, and after a while, he fled between the stands. Mine and Lily's eyes met...
- All right, all right, I will go to your stall voluntarily, you don't have to drag me there - I assured her.