Huh? It feels… wait I don’t feel anything…
Where am I?!
Why is it dark?
<< Detecting Soul Energy >>
Who are you?
<< Boot Sequence Initiated >>
Hello?
<< Evaluating Memory Sequence >?
Are you listening to me?
<< Activating Digitized Memory Fragment >>
Helloooo!!?
< Hello Toyohiro Akiyama >
Oh you’re finally responding to me?
< Yes >
Okay so can you answer my question?
< Which question would you like me to answer? >
Uh… well… I guess since you know who I am, then can you tell me who you are?
< I am a Digitized Memory Fragment, a type of Cephalon that aides Homo ultima >
Homo ultima?
< An evolved form of Homo sapiens >
So I got sucked into the future?
< ? >
Can you not answer my question?
< I do not understand what you are saying, perhaps you should provide me with some context >
Well before this I was on the International Space Station with 2 of my crewmates and then while we were being sent back to Earth a piece of space debris hit us and sent us flying into a wormhole.
< Perhaps the wormhole sent you into another dimension or universe >
What do you mean into “into another dimension or universe?”
< The planet that you are imaging as “Earth” resembles our planet Terra >
But, you are speaking Japanese aren’t you?
< Correction: I am translating my words into a language that you can understand >
Then what language are you speaking?
< Neo-Latin >
Wait does that mean… I am in an Isekai?
< Ise… kai??? >
You scanned through my memories and yet you don’t know what an Isekai is?
<< Initationing search on term “Isekai,” term found in memories under “8th Grade,” evalu- >>
NO!! WAIT!! STOP! DON’T!
<< Cancelling search >>
I almost lost my dignity there…
< Why did you not me to search your memories? >
Because… because it would be embarrassing…
< I do not understand… however… detecting extreme emotions >
What do you mean “detecting extreme emotions?!”
< Are you… perhaps embarrassed because of my feminie voice? >
Pft… why would I be embarrassed because of that… haha that would be so immature of me. Why am I thinking like my 16 year old self.
< Would you perhaps prefer that I would switch to a more masculine voice? >
Well… no, not exactly… to be honest your voice right now is comforting.
<< Detecting Regret >>
Can you shut up about that?!
<< Disabling Ability: Cephalon Emotional Detection >>
Wait, what?
< I disabled my ability to detect your emotions, would like me to reactivate it? >
No… no, it’s when you said that… that it piqued my interest.
< ? >
Can you… show me a status screen?
<< Revealing Status Screen >>
Name: Toyohiro Akiyama Race: Homo ultima
Class: Excalibur Rank: 0/30
Mastery: 0 Affinity: Founder
Health: 100/100 Shield: 100/100
Armor:225 Aura: N/A
Energy: 0/100 Polarity: Madurai
Adaptation: N/A Augmentation: N/A
This… this is a terrible thing… Why am I not overpowered?! Aren’t I in an Isekai?!
< I still do not understand what master is saying >
Wait what does “Affinity: Founder” mean?
<< Searching… result: “those with the affinity “Founder” will earn double the amount of mastery points >>
How about my class?
< The “Excalibur” class is a warrior that specializes in wielding swords >
That sounds really generic…
< Are you blaming my selection process >
You chose this for me?
< Your memories reveal that you did gymnastics and kendo between the ages 5-17 >
Are you saying that this is more my fault?
< Y… yes >
Did you just stutter?
< Sadly yes >
Well you’re more human than I thought.
< Human? >
Yeah… I think I should give you a name.
< A name… I don’t know if that is wise decision >
Why not? I think it will be better than referring to you with pronouns and it will make my life easier.
< Your arguments do sound logical… then I wish for you to name me >
Well then… I guess I will name you Ruth.
< Ruth? >
What… do you not like it?
< No… I… I like it… but may I make a request for you? >
What would that request be?
< C-can I name you? >
Heh?
< Well… after all it seems like you are in a new reality, so you should have a new identity? >
Then what do you want to name me?
< Hiro >
Hiro… huh… okay then, Hiro it is.
<< Detecting danger >>
Danger? But aren’t I comatose right now? How can I get out of this situation?
<< Initiating Body >>
Wait what’s happening?
<< Linking consciousness to host >>
What is that bright light? WAHHHH!!!!
<< Linking complete… initiating combat sequence >>
As the bright light ended I saw a little girl in front of me. She seems to be between the ages 8-13, her eyes were filled with tears and her face was covered in dirt and blood.
Are you alright?
Huh I can’t speak?
< Correct >
Why is that?
< To put it simply you do not a have mouth >
But aren’t I human?!
< Correction: You are a human consciousness piloting a robot >
Then where is my body?!
< Unknown >
Well isn’t there a way for me to talk to her?!
< You could communicate to her using body movements >
That won’t work and I don’t think she knows sign language… wait didn’t you say there was danger nearby?
< Correct >
Do you detect that she is the danger?
< Negative >
Then I already know what’s wrong already.
< Do you theorize that she is being chased by the danger I detected? >
You stole my chance to be cool Ruth.
< Why do you need to be cool… I’m the only one who can hear you? >
W-whatever, anyway let's go help this girl… speaking of which are there any weapons nearby?
< Negative >
Does my class have any abilities that I can use?
<< Revealing Ability GUI >>
Dash Level 1
Energy Blind Level 1
Energy Javelin Level 1
Energy Blade Level 1
Perfect, I can use these abilities!
< Negative >
Why is that?
< You currently have zero energy >
Then how can I fix that?
< Simple, you can siphon energy through killing enemies >
With my bare hands?
< Simply just punch them to death >
You make that sound easy.
As I begin to stand up the girl notices me moving and she jumps onto me.
“Sohdvh vdyh ph, L dp ehlqj fkdvhg eb vfdub prqvwhuv”
I don’t understand what she is saying and I can’t speak so, but she’s crying so I decided to pick her up to pat her on the head in an attempt to cheer her up.
Ruth, do you have the ability to evaluate the wounds of this girl?
< Scanning… you lack the ability to do this kind of evaluation >
So I’m limited… huh.
<< Threat detected >>
When I looked in front of me there was a humanoid creature looking at me. It had glowing orange eyes and metallic features on its face. Part of its body was made of what looks to be rotting flesh and the other parts were made of rusting metal.
Is this the only one here?
< Negative there are multiple enemies with the same signature nearby >
The enemy lifted its gun towards us and spoke in a strange language.
“... ..- .-. .-. . -. -.. . .-. / --- .-. / -.. .. . -.-.--”
Do you understand what he is saying?
< Negative… recording for language archive >
Well whatever…
When he shot his first few bullets and out of fear turned my back towards the enemy.
<< Damage detected towards shield… shield at 99% >>
He unloaded that many bullets and my shield took that much damage?
< Correct >
Well my current objective is to get this little lady to safety.
I prepared my body to move and ran past the enemy as he sprayed towards my direction. As I passed him I noticed a forest and ran into the thickets to hide. I placed the girl on the ground and motioned for her to stay here. I look towards the direction I came from. The area looked like a shrine with a scrappily made canopy.
Was this body some sort of worshipped statue? Well that’s not important right now.
I looked at the enemy and it looked confused.
These guys aren’t bright are they?
< Your inference appears to be correct >
I don’t need you to be so snarky all the time, you know?
< I do not understand what you are saying >
Well whatever I have a plan to take this guy out.
< What do you plan to do? >
I grabbed a decently sized rock that was about the size of palm
I learned this from a video game.
I tossed the rock towards a boulder laying on the ground towards the opposite direction the enemy is looking at. As the enemy looked towards the direction and went towards it to investigate I quietly slipped out of the bushes and went behind the enemy. I then grabbed the sides of his head and twisted it.
Crack
The enemy fell towards the ground and his gun exploded into pieces.
Well that was unexpected.
< Do you not feel remorse for your enemy? >
I was in the JASDF, It’s expected to not feel remorse for an enemy combatant.
< Understood >
Now what to do with body
< Place your hand on the enemy >
I placed my hand on the enemy and he turned into dust along with his gun, and I felt myself absorbing something.
<< Scanning and evaluating corpse >>
<< Identified corpse as Junker Grunt >>
<< Calculating Mastery Points Gained>>
<<100 (4x) Mastery Points Gained >>
Wait so did I gain 400 Mastery Points?
< Correct >
But how did I gain that much?
< Silent kills are worth double the amount of Mastery Points along with your Founder affinity >
I see
< Warning multiple enemy signature approaching >
How many?
< There are 10 enemies >
Crap… how can I take on that many enemies?
< You have 100 energy >
So I can use my abilities?
< Correct >
Which ability should I use?
< You should use Energy Blade >
Why?
< Energy Blade will use your energy to manifest a sword of your imagination >
Well let's try it out then before the enemy approaches… {Energy Blade}!
A sword slowly manifested onto my right hand, the sword looked like a katana with sparks appearing out of it.
How much energy is Energy Blade draining?
< 4 energy per second >
So I have 25 seconds to kill all these enemies.
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< As long as you kill enemies then the energy will keep on refilling >
Isn’t that a bit overpowered?
< I do not understand? >
Whatever is the enemy here yet?
< Enemy approaching behind you >
As I turned around, I saw the enemies looked similar to the one I have. One of them had a different looking uniform.
Looks like that’s the leader… I should target him first.
< Tip: Use Energy Blind then Dash >
Well I guess that it wouldn’t hurt to try that out… {Energy Blind}.
My Energy Blade began to shine a bright light then the Junkers appeared to be in daze. As I took a step forward I used {Dash}, time seemed to have slowed around me as I slipped past the enemy and prepared my sword to slice through the Junker with a different uniform and then I sliced his head cleanly off.
What a strange feeling…
< What do you mean Hiro? >
It felt like I knew from muscle memory what I was supposed to do, despite the fact that I never used this ability before.
< Correct: combat sequences have been uploaded into your memory so you can use your abilities effectively >
Well now that I know that, I’m going to use Dash to take care of the rest of these guys.
When I used {Dash} the enemy fell one by one and their corpses began to splatter with blood and as the last one recovered from his daze his last sight was my sword slicing his head off.
<< No enemy signature detected >>
I counted 10 heads then I deactivated my Energy Blade and looked towards the bushes. I motioned the girl to come out as I began to absorb the Junkers. The first one I absorbed was the one with the different uniform.
<< Scanning and evaluating corpse >>
<< Identified corpse as Junker Captain >>
<< Holding off calculating Mastery Points gained until all corpses have been absorbed >>
I began to absorb the rest of the Junkers corpses, the girl stared at me with curiosity as the bodies began to turn into dust and disappear one by one.
<< All Corpses absorbed >>
<< Calculating Mastery Points Gained >>
<< 200 (5x) Mastery Points Gained >>
<< Updating Rank from 0 to 1 >>
<< Scanner Modification Acquired >>
<< Ability Unlocked: Appraisal >>
<< Gather-link Modification Acquired >>
<< Ability Unlocked: Vacuum >>
Geez… that’s a lot to take in.
< Take your time >
By the way how did I gain 5x Mastery Points?
< Calculation: Consecutive hits without taking damage 0.1x*10 + Ability Combo 2x + Founder Affinity >
I see… Well let's see if my stats have been updated.
<< Revealing Status Screen >>
Name: Hiro Race: Homo ultima
Class: Excalibur Rank: 1/30
Mastery: 1400 Affinity: Founder
Health: 100/110 Shield: 110/110
Armor:225 Aura: N/A
Energy: 110/110 Polarity: Madurai
Adaptation: N/A Augmentation: N/A
How about my abilities?
<< Revealing Ability GUI >>
Dash Level 1
Energy Blind Level 1
Energy Javelin Level 1
Energy Blade Level 1
Appraisal Level 1
Vacuum Level 1
What does Vacuum do? I know, I should use Appraisal to see what it is instead, so I don’t have to burden Ruth with this.
< What do you not want to burden me with? >
N-nothing… Anyways, I point at Vacuum, {Appraisal}.
Vacuum: Automatically absorbs corpses within 7.5 meter range.
What about Energy Javelin then?
Energy Javelin: Launches a Javelin at all enemies within a 15 meter range dealing 500 damage collectively.
500 damage collectively?
<< For example: if there are 5 enemies within a 15 meter range then it will deal 100 damage to each of them >>
So there are limits to my abilities. Lets see the rest of my ability.
Dash: Speeds up the user for a total of 6 seconds to eliminate a target. Can only be used while Energy Blade is activated
Energy Blade: Summons a sword out of pure energy deals 100 damage, damage is doubled when the enemy is dazed.
Energy Blind: Emits a bright light from Energy Blade, blinding enemies within a 8 meter radius for 7 seconds.
< By the way the girl can see your status screen and abilities GUI >
Wait what?
< As I said, she saw your status screen and abilities GUI >
You mean people can see my finicking around?
< Yes, but she cannot see what you are appraising, so it is fine >
Well whatever… but how can she see those things anyways.
< The GUIs are holograms that are projecting from your eyes >
I see… well it’s not like I cannot communicate with this girl anyway. Speaking of which I should probably use {Appraisal} on her.
Name: Julia Umbra Race: Homo sapien
Class: N/A Rank: N/A
Mastery: N/A Affinity: Chieftain
Health: 100/100 Shield: N/A
Armor:10 Aura: N/A
Energy: 100/100 Polarity: Umbra
Adaptation: Tribalism Augmentation: N/A
<< Ability Unlocked: Automatic Speech Translation >>
<< Ability Unlocked: Automatic Text Translation >>
<< Ability Unlocked Holographic Speech >>
Oh I can speak to her now. Wait why didn’t appraise the corpses before I absorbed them?
< Notice: You cannot appraise corpses >
Guess I don’t have to worry about that anymore then, oh well… wait I can finally speak to her.
I faced Julia and I crouched down where my face was eye level to her.
{ Holographic Speech }
| Are you okay? |
She nods.
Well I guess I should ask her name to avoid an awkward situation.
| What is your name? |
“My name is Julia… Julia Umbra, what about you?”
| I am Hiro. |
“Hiro? Is it pronounced like He-ro?”
| Yes. |
Her eyes and mouth widen and a seemingly bright aura surrounds her.
“Then you can save my tribe… it's in your name after all!”
Uhh… I didn’t agree to this, but I guess I can continue to help her, I need more information on this world.
< Couldn’t you just ask me? >
Perhaps they can provide information that you cannot provide.
< I… see… >
| I will save your tribe, can you lead me to them? |
“Yes! Yes!”
| Show me the way. |
“Follow me Hiro!”
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“Mayday! Mayday! Can anyone hear us! Damn it! Why does no one respond?!”
“We have more problems now, another piece of space debris is about to hit us!”
“Shepard, do you know how to pilot this CRV?”
“I’ll try my best”
I need to make sure my crewmates survive.
“Valentina, have you patched through to mission control?”
“Negative.”
“Another space debris is coming at us from the other side!”
“Are we unknowingly magnetized or something?!”
“Do you know Akiyama, you have a Masters in Physics, is there anything that is possible in this CRV?”
“I don’t know, there is a possibility, but there are many factors that I need to eliminate to determine a conclusion.”
“Well we don’t have that leisure now, do we?”
BOOM!
“Crap, we've been struck and it's forcing us Eastward!”
“We’re no longer heading towards Earth!”
“Where are we heading?!”
“We are heading towards an area with high traces of radiation!”
“Wait, are we heading towards the sun?”
“Negative, it’s just black.”
“So is it a black hole?”
“No there’s no gravitational attraction towards it…”
“Then why does the space debris seem attracted to it?!”
“A better question is why is there a thing like that so close to Earth?”
“Shut-it Akiyama, our lives are more important right now, right Valentina?”
“Whatever… it seems like we’re going inside it now!”
“AHHHHH”
“AHHHHH”
“...”
I can’t believe it, I’m going to die now… well at least I lived my life to the highest degree. I will die happily and my family will be getting support from my friends in the USMC and the VA. God bless my hard work…
Huh, I’m still alive, yet I don’t feel anything.
I look around, the area around me is black with lavender accents. There is purple fire around me acting as a light source. I lift my back up and prepare to move off the (seeming to be) altar that I was laying on.
“So you are awake.”
I turn my head to the direction the voice came from. There stood a woman with glowing purple eyes and purple hair looking at me with a friendly smile. I tried to speak but I couldn’t feel my mouth moving.
“My, my forgive me, I forgot that you cannot speak. Here let me help you.”
As she walked towards me, I noticed her movements made her look like a goddess, her black dress flowed naturally across her pale skin.
“Touch this.”
In the palm of her hand she held, what looked to be a miniature silver floppy drive. I had a feeling that I couldn’t trust her, I hesitated for a second, but then I looked at her face. Her smile had a hint of deviousness, but her eyes seemed innocent enough. I placed my fingers on the floppy drive and it began to disintegrate into dust as I began to regain feeling in my body.
What… what is this feeling? Am I… absorbing this thing?
<< Augmentation Acquired: Eidolon Eldritch >>
That voice… it sounded… like me… where did it come from…
<< Beginning Augmentation, prepare for simultaneous system reboots >>
Reboots… am I-
<< Shutting down system… please rest >>
The woman with purple eyes and purple hair catches Shepard with her hands and sits on the altar. She places his head on her lap.
“My, my, rest now my child, Mother is going to use you to save the universe.
When I opened my eyes the world around me was white, with a black mist leaking from on the ground. I looked at my hands, it was glowing white along with the rest of my body.
Do I not have a body anymore?
< False >
Huh, who is that… and how can you read my mind.
< I am you >
A glowing purple entity suddenly appears in front of me. It didn’t have an androgenous body. But it didn’t have eyes nor reproductive organs. The facial features were similar to me.
Impossible…
< I am joking, I’m just an AI >
An… AI?
< Yes, you can call me Eldritch, I will be aiding you in your hero’s journey >
Hero’s… journey?
< Yes, your soul was sent to this universe to save it >
I… see… so what about my crewmates?
< Unfortunately their souls could not survive the transportation >
How, saddening…
< Do not let their sacrifices go in vain >
I will not… so tell me what exactly is my supposed “journey.”
< When you awaken, Mother will tell you, for now I will tell you about the universe that you are in >
Well I guess I have nothing else I can do anything while my systems are being “augmented.”
When my consciousness I see looking down on me is the lady with the purple eyes and purple hair. Being so close to her I felt the warmth emanating from her body. Her skin looked delicate and fair. Her smile and eyes gave me a sense of warmth. Before soon I realized that my eyes were slowly flowing towards her chest.
“My, my, a perverted one are you?”
“Wait how did you know?”
“Mother knows everything.”
She winked as she said that.
“It seems like your telepathy is working too.”
“Telepathy… does that mean that you can hear me?”
“Of course, now let's test see if the augmentation was successful.”
“How do I do that?”
“Open up your status screen”
“Uhh… like this”
<< Revealing Status Screen >>
Name: Shepard Race: Homo ultima
Class: Revenant Rank: 30/30
Mastery: ?? Affinity: Sentient
Health: 300/300 Shield: 675/675
Armor: 125 Aura: Sentient
Energy: 188/188 Polarity: Sentient
Adaptation: N/A Augmentation: Eidolon Eldritch
“What a strong boy, you are.”
“Boy? But I am 26 years old.”
“That’s what you think…”
“What do y-”
“Now lets see what your abilities are.”
“Oh, like this?”
<< Revealing Ability GUI >>
Enthrall Level MAX
Mesmer Skin Level MAX
Reave Level MAX
Danse Macabre Level MAX
HUD Level MAX
Minimap Level MAX
Telepathy Level MAX
“What are these abilities? “
“My, my, we you will see learn.”
“For now let me modify your body a little bit, and Mother swears that you will be the strongest in this universe.”
“Strongest, for what purpose?”
“Didn’t your AI tell you… your destiny is to save this universe from evil.”
“I-I remember now. Do as you please… Mother.”
“I shall… my Chosen One.”
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So this is death… it seems peaceful, but why do I feel like I am still alive…
When I opened my eyes the world around me was monochromatic. There was a feeling of emptiness around me, yet it felt warm. As I lifted myself up, I looked at my body, it seemed different. When I looked at my hands, the training and calluses that I got throughout my years of training to become an astronaut had disappeared. My hands looked delicate and youthful.
What happened to me?
I thought about it deeply… but that was too much work.
Perhaps I should explore this world… nah, that’s too much work, I’m probably in purgatory and the Grim Reaper is probably just late. I’ll just lay back down and sleep until he comes.
< What the hell do you think you’re doing?! >
Huh? Did anyone just speak?
A figure glowing suddenly appeared in front of me. Her features deeply resembled me, but she had red hair instead of white hair. Her red eyes showed deep emotions unlike me, who’s pink eyes were regarded as “soulless.”
< I’ve been watching you for the past 20 minutes, are you seriously just going to accept your reality!? >
I mean… I guess…
< Really… are you not going to figure out what’s going on right here? >
Aren’t I dead?
< Dead? Like hell you are! You are alive right now! >
Am I?
< Y-yes >
If I’m alive, I have several questions for you.
< Well, ask away then. >
First off, why are we naked?
< T-that’s the first question that you are asking? Y-you’re not even going to ask my name or what am I? >
Mhmm.
< You really are useless aren’t you? Well it’s because we are in the Sanctuary. >
Sanctuary?
< It’s an area where you rest in before you enter the Onslaught. >
Onslaught?
< It’s simulation where you have one objective. >
What is that objective?
Her face shifted to a menacing look.
< To. Kill. Everything. >
That still doesn’t answer my question.
< I think it has to do something with reverting you back to your primal essence. >
Primal essence?
< Aren’t you humans naturally violent creatures? >
I have a feeling that’s wrong, but I also feel that’s right.
< I knew it! >
You knew what?
< You have a killer’s instinct. >
I do?
< You mentioned that you feel it's right for human’s kill, didn’t you? >
I was talking about human history, not myself personally… Christ you should stop taking things so literally.
< Ehh… >
Anyways you pretty much answer all the questions I need, so if you excuse me, I am going back to sleep.
< W-wait! >
What?
< At least let us introduce ourselves, we’re going to be partners during the onslaught anyways. >
Partners… well okay fine…
< Yay! I’ll start, I am an Artificial Intelligence Meant for Building Onslaught Trainers, but you can call me Ami. >
What is- I mean I am Valentina Tereshkova.
< Nice to meet you Valentina, can I call you Tina? >
I guess.
< Yay! >
Anyways come here and make yourself useful.
< What do you mean? >
Since you’re going to be my partner, I am going to use you as my lap pillow.
< Jeez if that’s how it's going to be then. >
I lay my head on Ami’s lap, her thighs feel warmer and squishier than I thought. Is this what it feels like to use myself as a lap pillow? Wait is she a copy of me or is she mimicking the way I look. I should probably stop thinking of this and just go to sleep until then.
< Oh she finally fell asleep… I guess I can finally use this as a chance to look at her stats, I’m curious what she would look like once the Onslaught begins… >
<< Override >>
<< Reveal Status Screen >>
Name: Valentina Tereshkova Race: Neanderthal-2641986
Class: Ivara Rank: 0/30
Mastery: 0 Affinity: Bloodlust
Health: 75/75 Shield: 100/100
Armor: 100 Aura: N/A
Energy: 175/175 Polarity: Unique-Assassination
Adaptation: N/A Augmentation: N/A
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We have been walking for what seemed to be an hour now. The terrain seemed like a dry plains compared the forest that surrounded the shrine.
What was this little girl doing so far from home?
< Prediction: perhaps she was looking for herbs? >
Ehh, I don’t know about that.
I looked at Julia, as she happily walked in front of me without a care in the world.
I wonder if she’s actually a child, or some kind of loli-bait… well this isn’t some kind of Japanese light novel anyways.
We continued walking for an additional hour and the sun was beginning to set. As we walked up a mesa and there was a small size tribal village.
When we approached the tribal village, the people were gathered at the front entrance. They all had similar features as Julia, brown hair and brown eyes. Their outfits were black roman tunics with brown sandals.
Well I was hoping not to attract too much attention, but that’s too late for now.
A man wearing what seemed to be a wolf on his head approached us. Assuming what he is wearing, he was the chief of this village.
“Julia, why did you sneak out of the village again?!”
“I was trying to find medicine for mom, papa.”
He sighed.
“By the way Julia, who is this man?”
“This is Hiro!”
“Hi-ro… forgive me daughter if she bothered you.”
I motioned that it was no bother.
“Well Hiro for bringing my daughter home safely do you want any reward?”
Thinking about it, should I take a reward, I mean in terms of western culture it would be rude not to take a reward.
< You should just simply ask for a place to stay. >
Well that would be enough.
| Can you provide me a place to stay for the time being. |
“Oh so this is how you speak… well we can offer you a place to stay and food as well.”
| I don’t need to eat, just shelter is enough for me. |
“You are a strange one. Well until we get a place for you to stay ready, you may explore our tiny community with my daughter.”
I nod.
“Well if you excuse me now, I have other business to attend to, Julia please show Hiro around.
“Yes papa!”
She looks way too happy for someone who just had grunt work pushed onto her.
She grabbed my hand and dragged me around the village...