It's the middle of the night and I'm walking towards the town of IB-anna to find a rainbow colored cube. Even though I'm walking alone, well not alone really, I have a wooden golem in my pocket, Ace in my arms and Baby squirrel on my shoulders. Maybe it is my luck or the route suggested by Jisusee, that I have yet to come against any humans or wild predators that roam around the night in the forest.

“Aaria! You are doing great. I can sense the energy coming from the cube. It seems you are near the town. Be careful. I will be watching but you guys need to be careful. I don't know why that buggler stole the cube specifically but they could be planning something awfully dangerous.!”

Yeah. Thanks for the warning. That's what I should be saying but they are asking me to steal from someone who was able to easily steal that cube right from under their noses so easily. God! Why did I accept so easily? Well I hope these clothes Sitri gave me should help me blend in. Well it's not like many people will be outside. It's literally the middle of the night so I hope people will be sleeping and nothing goes wrong.

But as soon as I reached the town, I could hear loud noises and buzzling and murmuring of the crowd. What's going on here? As I entered the town, I asked a random woman. “What's going on here?”

“Oh! Are you new in this town? I guess so. This is a yearly night festival. Today is the day when this town was first established and locals like us usually celebrate today. You came at the right time. Here, drink this town beverage.”

“Oh! Thanks.” It smelled like wine. I drink it in one sip. Then I said my goodbyes to her and then went to a quiet alley and then asked Sitri.”Hey Sitri! Did you know about Tonight and you sent me here intentionally?”.

“No. Didn't they celebrate it a week ago? Do humans enjoy wasting resources so much?”. Sitri replied but the baby squirrel started to chirp something. “Oh! It was last year. I see. Time works differently for me.”

This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.

“Hey Sitri! You can talk with animals?”

“Yes. I can.”

“So we're you the one who healed Ace injuries?”

“Yes. I knew that boy's mother. So when I saw him again today. I thought I could help him a little bit.”

“One last thing? Do you have amnesia?”.

“Oh! No! It's not that I forgot things. Time works differently for me. An hour for you mortals can be a second, minutes, hours,years or centuries for me. In easier words, time is disorienting for me. Maybe it's some Dungeon self mechanism. I guess that's how it thought of making me.”

“Dungeon self mechanism?” What is she talking about?

AUTHOR/NOTE: Aaria is not a reincarnated individual and doesn't recognize any gaming terms.

“Well, we can always talk about these things later. I could sense the cube 8000 meters to the north.”

“To the north you say.” I started to walk towards the north side of the town hoping no one notices my intentions or rather….

Suddenly someone crashes into me. He was an old man in ragtag clothing and an unshaved beard. He smelled so bad that anyone from afar could tell he hadn't bathed for months. As soon as we crashed into each other, he grabbed my arm and started to shake it so hard that it could literally rip apart from me. Then he asked me. “Hey hey….hey ..hey hey hey.. have you seen my…my daughter…have you….” Suddenly Sitri interrupted, “Aaria! We don't have much time. I could feel its location shifting.”

“I'm really sorry uncle, but can you at least tell me her name or appearance. I will make sure to find her.” I asked the old man.

“Aaria! We don't have much time.” Sitri said. Suddenly a few guards came along and captured the old man.”I'm sorry miss. He is just mentally unstable guy. We have received many reports tonight about him. So I will be taking him away now.” The guard said.

“But….” He was about to tell me the missing girl's name and …..

“Aaria… let's go.” Sitri said quietly so the guards wouldn't hear her.

We reached our destination. It was a two story hotel.

“Sitri! Are you sure it's here?”.

“Yes. Right on the Second floor.”

I somehow snuck passed through people and reached the second floor.

“Second door on the left.” Sitri said.

“No anmonstry detected”. Wooden golem balls said.

“Okay. I'm entering” This whole experience feels so unreal.I can't even begin to explain everything. I somehow was able to reach at this point but it somehow feels wrong or rather it is so unreal that I could feel the breeze from the open window of the room.

“Ah…… How much I envy you.” Someone said that to me from behind. But I couldn't see anyone. “I'm really really sorry. You see I am really envious of your beautiful looks and of such a beautiful body. Please forgive my insolence I dare say. “

Then a mysterious figure shows himself.