When I came to my senses, I was gazing at the sky. It was a clear blue, clouds slowly floating on by. I stood up and started doing my usual morning stretches all the while examining the scenery before my eyes.

While my view was still fuzzy from what happened earlier, I was still good enough that I could distinguish the fact that I was in what appeared to be a forest.

As I was carefully analyzing the surroundings, a dozen of questions began to fill my mind .

How did I got here ? Wait, I think I remember. There was that kid, he was about to get crushed by a car. I think I pushed him out of the way and then.....

I put my hand in pocket and to my surprise something was there. I dove my hand in it and took out my finding.

It is...My phone ? What is it doing here ? Did I actually met some kind of God before getting here who granted it magical powers or something ? How come I cannot remember what happened. Is all of this even the work of a supreme being ?

I shook my head and took a deep breath.

I'll think about that later, I'm just gonna walk around a bit. I'm getting pins and needles in my legs.

As I was walking, the crazyness of my situation began to hit me. I still couldn't believe that I was in another world, like those light novels I used to spend hours reading whether it was on my way to school or back home.

Speaking of home, I wonder how Onee-chan is reacting to my death.

In reality, while I was very excited to experience something as exciting as another world. I still felt very bad about leaving my sister behind all alone.

Nee-san, you were always so strong yet somewhat so weak. Please stay safe.

I pray that my death will not ruin your life.

Once I finished my neverending prayers, I sat on the grass. A gentle wind was caressing my blue hair, I was deep in my thoughts thinking about what my next move should be.

First things first, I need to get out of here but it would be wise to at least get familiar with this place. There might be something useful around here.

After 8 hours of searching everything this place had to offer, I was currently on the highest hill where I was hungrily eating some berries I picked not far away from where I originally woke up.

My patrollings also made me learn some very valuables infos about where I was currently located. I found out that this area was actually in a desert which actually explained why I was feeling burning hot.

"Of course you couldn't just drop me to safety in a town or anything."

While I was actually kinda relieved to actually know where I was, I was still worried that I was still ignorant where was situated the closest village. In a way, I was basically sentenced to death.

Without any ideas of what to do, I shrugged it off and decided to leave that thought for tomorrow.

I yawned which surprised me since I was sleeping not to long before.

Man I'm beat, I'll go to bed. Maybe if I'm able to reach a town I'll learn the truth behind my sending here. I can't have come here by myself, I'll learn the truth even if It costs me my life.

Satifisfied with my resolve, I happily went to sleep. Not without wishing good night to my relatives even if I wasn't with them anymore.

Goodnight sis wherever you are.

I was casually enjoying my breakfast when an idea sparked throught my mind.That's it !I should have tried that earlier. I took out my phone unlocked it and began searching for the object or rather the application of my desires. Soon enough I found it.

A compass. It came to my mind that if I could use this app to locate the nearest town I wouldn't have the trouble of walking endlessly in this desert until death finds me. I was surprised I didn't thought of something like that earlier.

Now that I actually know where to go,I'll prepare myself for my grand departure.

I looked at the sky. The sky was still partially dark and covered with clouds..... Must be early in the morning.I checked the time on my phone and effectively it was 6:59 AM.

I put my hand under my chin and once again allowed myself to visit the dream world.

Right,I should probably go back to that tree and take lots of berries for the road , then I'll chill 'till noon and finally leave this place at once. Damn Satō-sama,why are you so gifted ? So smart and so handsome.

I kept a big grin on my face while mentally complimenting myself for several minutes until I decided that was enough and went towards said tree to do my bussiness.

My work finished, I was sitting on a tree branch catching up with the latest chapter of a LN series I haven't read in a while.

The book I was reading was about a guy a year older than me who finds himself in the same situation as I am.

He got sent to another world with the quest of defeating some Demon lord. There, he leads a dysfunctional party to help him defeat said Demon lord alongside facing multiples of his generals and meeting interesting characters. What more, the main character and I share the same name.

I got sucked into the book for a while until a glance at the time signaled me it was time to stop. Huh ? It's already noon. Well,time to bounce.

I checked one last time at my food reserves confirming I had everything I needed. I jumped off the tree,perfectly landed on my feet and walked towards the exit.

It was at time like these that I was grateful of the little tricks that Takao taught me. The man was a straight up paranoiac. He was so into it that he came every Saturday at home to teach me how to fight, safely land and how to take hits.

As I was recalling those "precious" memories I couldn't help but wonder how he reacted to it. Was he already aware of my of my death ? Was he devastated by it ?

Well none of that matter to me anymore. It's not like I'll see them again. I'll just focus on what is in front of me.

The fated hour had finally arrived, I was standing in front of the exit. A mix of fear and enthusiasm on my face, I was finally about to experience what it feels like to be in a different world.

I knew it was strange but deep down I felt like I was gonna miss this forest, I mean it was the first place I ever visited since I got here.

I decided that if my new world had any sort of magical abilities, I'll learn a teleport spell and ocasionally come back here to relax, away from problems.

Truth to be told, it was the first time I ever used a compass. I wasn't really sure of what I was doing but since I had no other alternatives I had to put all my faith on luck.

The arrow is pointing north. Does that means this is where I should be heading ?

I continued walking,phone in hand,only stopping when I reached the entrance or rather the exit of this forest.

This was it there was no turning back, I had to leave. Even if I would've rather stayed here where I was safe rather than going towards the unknown, when my wanderlust kicked it became impossible for me to decide any further.

I looked back one last time at this place that I grew fond of.

I swear I'll be back someday

I've been walking for 5 hours and I never once encountered any population. All, I saw was sand,cactuses,vultures and the occasional bugs. I'm sweating like a nun in a vegetable patch and i'm tired.

Damn ! It's way too hot, how much longer do I have to go ? I'll swear if I find the guy that decided to reincarnate me in the middle of a desert.

I took out a bunch of berries, I ate some of them and poured the juice of others into my mouth. They didn't taste that good but as long they were edible I wasn't gonna complain.

Sadly while I had what I needed to satisfy my hunger and thirst. I had nothing to calm the imminent tiredness growing within each steps I was taking.

Come on man with all those animals roaming around you won't stand a chance if they catch you sleeping.

I did my very best to fight but my will to stay awake could only go so far. I collapsed on the ground, dust flew over the horizon at the impact of my tired body touching the sandy ground.

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Before drifting to sleep, I heatd the sound of a vehicle approaching towards me but at this point I didn't even care,I just wanted to sleep.

Maybe I'll sleep for just 1 hour or 2...Zzz...

"He isn't waking up.I told you he was dead, we should've left him where we found it. We already lost too much time trying to help him."

"Please Herlot just shut up, he.....Herlot ! I can see his arms moving. Hurry,pass me the water. Hurry !"

I woke up to what sounded to me like the afterlife. This is it, this time I'm dead for good. Mom and Dad, just wait I'm coming.

I stopped my descent in madness when I felt a liquid being splashed on my face.

My survival instinct kicking in, I quickly rolled to the side which prompted me to hurt my head against a bag that must have contained something really hard because the next thing I knew, I had a massive pain on the side of my head.

I put my hands around my head and started rolling for several minutes still unaware of the two persons that where quietly laughing at my demise.

I stopped when I heard a feminine cough coming to my right. I turned around to see and effectively there was a woman looking at me, she looked like she was feeling a guilty about what she had done.

"I'm really sorry about this dearie ! Believe me, this was the only way to snap you out of your trance. Please forgive me" said the woman agitating her arms in every directions. For a second I felt as if I was in an anime.

"You don't have to be. In fact, I should thank you for saving me I thought I was about to die.....again." I muttered that last word almost inaudibly.

The lady in front of me who apparently had an hearing as sharp as a moth looked at me with a confused expression but brushed it off to look somewhere else.

I followed her gaze and saw a man sitting at the forefront of the carriage.

He looked in his early 40s maybe late 30s. He was very muscular and was wearing a white tunic with blue trousers and a green cape. His dressing style alongside the shape of his body of how I imagined a warrior from the medieval or the antiquity would look like.

He must be an high ranked soldier or a commander. He has the kind of face that screams "Don't piss me off".

A quick gaze to the woman besides me made me realized that she too was wearing old looking clothes. A red kirtle with black sleeves,black high heels at her feets and phoenix shapped earrings. She too looked like she was in her late 30s.

I entered my "thinking" mode and did a short summary of what I just discovered .

Of course I got reincarnated in one of those worlds. Come on god, can't you be less cliche. What's next, are you gonna give me an harem and OP powers too ?

The man who has been staring at me for a good 5 minutes faked a loud cough and started talking his voice true to his look was fear inducing, but despite that I had a feeling that he wasn't as cold as he seemed just very cautious.

"I've never seen someone with such ridicule attire where are you from and what were you doing laying in the middle of Mortuis ?" Chill, dude ! I haven't even done anything yet. What's his problem..And he had to ask me a difficult question too.

The guy looked like he was very watchful. I assumed that I had to carefully think about how to answer me.

I frowned to give me a serious vibe as I was preparing myself to answer his questions. He wasn't even somewhat intimidated by my sudden seriousness I was sure that he saw right through me.

"Ok first, ouch on that. Second, I bought these clothes from a travelling merchant and third, I was on my way back to town when my body stopped responding and I collapsed most likely due to me feeling sleepy."

All the while I was "explaining" him my situation he just stood there menacingly. The expression on his face never once changed, I couldn't tell he was buying it or not.

I can't get a read on this guy. Does he ever show any emotions ?

Finally, the older man who looked like he had been methodically analyzing every bits of the nonsense I had said spoke to me. His voice still inducing fear.

"I hear you young man and I hear you very well, but that still doesn't tell me what you were doing in the middle of Mortuis ? Where you tired of living ?"

His wife whose existence I had completely forgotten scowled him about the way he was bothering me.

"Herlot ! Now you're being rude ! This young man just woke up and you're already bothering him trying to act all mighty and stuff look at him he must be terrorized." I'm really not

"Shut up Hulda, I didn't ask you to back him up" Such archaic names

"You're always so tense. Let me remind you this is the reason the king gave you a month off. He did it you could relax without bothering about your duties."

"I am his majesty's most trusted commander and princess Lilith's personal retainer.

I have the right the remain cautious if I find a young man in the middle of Mortuis. Even more if it's one dressed as strangely as this one right here."

They started bickering and raising their voices so much it looked like they were doing a contest of who could manage to be louder.

I didn't really cared about all of that shit. I was more focused on the fact that this guy has been mentioning the name "Mortuis" for a while and I was rather curious about. I had to know what it was.

I looked back and forth at the two idiots screaming like banshees. I at my turn screamed at the both of them. It was super effective since the both of them suddenly stopped whatever they were arguing about and were now looking at me finally remembering that I was there.

"Everyone calmed down ? Yes ? Good, Hamlock was it ?"

"Herlot !" The man whose name was apparently Herlot angrily replied, he was offended that I was destroying his name. Don't care. Didn't ask.

His wife scowled him once more.

"For the love of Mundi. Herlot, please just listen to him."

"Thank you. Hilda was it ?"

"Hulda"

"Such outdated names. Anyway, I've been meaning to ask you. What's this Mortuis you've been speaking of this whole time. I would like to at least feel less lost whenever I hear that name."

Herlot frowned, he was without any doubt refraining himself from throwing me an "Are you actually retarded" but he simply responded to my question.

"Mortuis is the name of this desert, it means death in the old language. This desert is reputed for its high rate of powerful monsters. You can encounter Sandworms, Zand Lions, Sarmentums, Simurghs or the fearsome Mud Bear."

Knowing that it was her cue, Hulda finished his speech. She went on about how this area was infamously known as the "Idiot Special" because any party dumb enough to not bring a sage or any rookies usually don't last long and find themselves horribly mauled by the animals inhabiting this desert.

In other word, I was lucky to have not encountered any of those monsters before they had time to come across my sleeping self.

Herlot, still with his legendary stare loudly cleared his throat before restarting his interrogation from where we left off.

"So why exactly where you sleeping in the middle of Mortuis ? Don't you know this is the Simurghs favorite place to feast ?"

My guy do you even have a hobby ?

"I don't remember. I think I hurt my head on a rock or something the only thing I remember is my name."

Herlot sighed to my attempt at lying. He clearly wasn't buying it. Luckily for me, his wife wasn't as keen as him.

"Judging by your clothing, you don't seem to be from Canaan. Maybe, you're from Kartah, if so you're in luck because that's exactly where we were heading."

Kartah and Canaan. It seems so familiar. Isn't that the name of two religious towns ?

I decided to converse with Hulda since she was way more approachable than her man and I really didn't want him to start doing his Scooby gang mystery all over again.

"Say Hulda-san. How long 'till we reach this Kurtah ?"

Hulda who was busy eating a sandwich interrupted her meal to answer me.

"Kurtah ? I'd say 3 hours to leave Mortuis and one more to get through the forest separating them."

I would be lying if I said that I wasn't interested in how she managed to predict so accurately without the need of a map. Was she a mage ?

His majesty's most trusted commander who had been quietly listening to us the whole time who had noticed my interest decided to clear my mind on the subject.

"Hulda is a sorceress, she just used |Eagle's View|. It's the ultimate spell in the |Sight| family. That's how she's able to see from far away without like you said the need to check a map. She's the reason we managed to notice you from so far away. Trust me kid, it's a very useful ability to have."

Ok,now I actually feel like I am in another world. I can't wait to see what else it has to offer.

"By the way we still haven't got your name. Don't tell me you forgot that too." chuckled the old man, a smirk escaping his mouth.

Come on man, I know your guessing game is on point but give me a break.

"It's Daichi Satō. Satō is the given name tho so call me that instead."

"Satō ?! Satō ! Never heard of it. Must be one of those fancy new names."

Huh,so it seems japanese names aren't that common in this world. Interesting.

"Satō-kun, are you perchance a little hungry ?" Hulda said as she showed me a sandwich that looked exactly like the one she ate earlier.

I kindly accepted it. My diet so far only consisted of the fruits I found so I was really glad to have something else to consume.

"Thanks a lot ! I was getting tired of only eating berries."

Herlot who was STILL observing my every moves decided it was time to once again invastigate my story.

"So Satō....I hope you don't mind but can you tell me why you didn't use |Zoom|as soon as you started feeling sleepy ?"

Zoom ? Like the Dragon Quest spell ?

"I'm an orphan, my parents died when I was young and since then I've lived in the streets so I never learned how to use magic."

Even though I was clearly lying to them. The only part that was false was the second half so in a sense I was telling the truth. I kinda wanted the comfort of these guys even if I just met them 4 hours ago.

Please work. Please work. Please work.

Hulda rushed to tighly hug me. Since she was smaller than me her head was barely reaching my neck. As she did, she tried her best to whisper me comforting words. She reminded a bit of I knew of my mom. I started having flashbacks and thoughts about how different my life could've been had she survived.

I turned to my lefthe buffed man looked like he was actually believing my story.

As I was mentally celebrating to have finally shut him up he decided to interrogate me some more. He still wasn't fully convinced.

If he's like this everyday, I feel very bad for the king.

"You're an orphan....With these clothes ?" He said while pointing at me.

Of course, my modern XXIe century clothes would look strange in what appeared to be a medieval looking world.

"What's wrong with what I'm wearing ?"

I was playing dumb hoping he would actually get off my back.

"If I may, Saitō-san actually looks like a noble. Are you perhaps an exiled prince ?"

Hulda said a big smile across her face. She looked just like a child.

Do you two ever give up on something ? Damn ! I don't have time messin' around with you guys. I've got to end.

"I'm feeling kinda tired, I think i'll go to sleep. You guys, wake me up when we arrive at this Kurta."

Herlot looked like he was gonna protest but reluctantly accepted to leave me.

"We'll reach Kartah in the evening. Since you don't seems to have any money on you we won't mind giving you some so you can at least stay at the inn." grumbled Herlot almost inaudibly.

Hulda leaned and silently whispered in my ears so he couldn't hear us.

"Don't take it too personally. He may seem tough but he's actually a big softie."

She chuckled a bit before her voice took a dark tone and purple aura began to appear around her.

"If there's anyone you have to be careful around, it's me. Don't ever anger me ! Understood ?"

I nodded,quickly backing off to the corner trying to get away from the monster that had awoken before my eyes.

We stayed like this for a minute until the woman reverted back to her normal cheerful self.

"Good, I'm glad Satō-kun understand. You seem so nice I wouldn't want to kill you so soon."

This time it was my turn to look at Herlot. He just shook his head.

"Trust me young man. You REALLY don't want to get on Hulda's bad side."

I silently stayed in the corner for the rest of the ride. I need sleep to forget what I just saw.