Yet again the man was lying unconscious, but this time instead of lying in the middle of a forest he was lying on the bed made of dry grass straws in the center of a hut built with mud and stone. The hut was filled with different kind of extraordinary herbs that were permeating a nasty odor that could make any person nauseous, and beside the man an old woman with a very wrinkly face was examining his body with her small half opened eyes, and after she was done with examining him she poured some kind of liquid in his mouth.

That old woman was the shaman of Alistair’s village. When Alistair brought that man to the village he sent him to the shaman to look out for him until he is in stable condition, so he could know more about him.

The unconscious man regained a bit of his unconscious but his body still refused to move however his senses were wide awake, and he could feel the prickly sensation on his back due to the grass straw and the sun rays that were falling on his face from the window on his left and his toes that had been feeling particularly warm however it was but it was not the sun, it was a unique sensation like a warmth coming from a fire and to his right side he could hear a voice of an old woman muttering something.

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‘Why did I have to go’

Alistair was not in a good mood because the village elders, the old bones, ordered Alistair to report the condition of the man he brought with him and that was his biggest problem right now because visiting shaman is lots worse than death, if you have once gone there you will not go near that place even in your dream second time. He thought to push this problem on one of his lackeys but after arriving out the elders' place he hasn’t caught sight of even one of his lackey.

‘Tch… Those bastards, they knew this will happen. I will make sure to take their good care in next mission, so much that some of them might not be able to return home’

While grimacing over his luck he reached the door of shaman’s hut. He hesitated to open the door of the hut. He started motivating himself as if he was going in side a lion den. Maybe even that was less hard compared to visiting the shaman.

“You can do it, Alistair”

Alistair opened the door and the first thing that came to his mind was

‘mom, dad I am soon, verrry soon, coming to join you in heaven’

His nose was attacked by an unpleasant odor of herbs as soon as he entered. The shaman was making a medicine in a corner of a hut. He hurriedly walked to her and inquired her about the man he brought.

“Cough! Cough! what’s his condition Shaman?”

“His condition is stable now big boy, come again at dusk, he’ll most probably be conscious by that time”

“Alright, I’ll come back later”

“Come on. This lady might be a bit old but I’m nonetheless unmarried. I love a company of young men like you.”

Alistair left with hurried footsteps. she could only chuckle when she saw him leave her hut in such a hurry. Once he left she once again busied herself with making a medicine.

The man who was lying down heard the conversation of those two and could feel the impending crisis coming near to him

‘Oh man my chastity is in danger’

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By the time of sunset he was able to move his body a bit, and then he realized that the smell here was so nauseous that he was about to vomit. He endured the smell and talked to the old woman.

“Excuse me, ma'am, how’s my condition?”

“Oh you woke up, and what’s this manner of your talking. I never heard it before.”

“I don’t remember anything about my past but that’s how I speak by the time I came to my senses”

“Ohh!”

“And this place stinks, how can you live in a place like this?”

“haha! Boy you’ll get used to it if you’ll also live here for a while”

“Oh no no no. I’ll prefer to not live here, and why are you living here”

“It’s got something to do with my experiences that made me what you can see today.”

When she said this there was a distant and sad look in her eyes, so he doesn’t ask any further about it, but it must be very hard for a someone living in a place like this.

They talked for some time till Alistair arrives.

“Woahh Thank god hey unknown guy how’re you feeling.”

Alistair arrived at the shaman's hut late so he could make sure he doesn't leave without the unknown man else he'll have had to come here once again, and that was no good.

“Quite nauseous”

‘Chuckles’

Shaman chuckles when she heard the unknown man.

“Yeah I know man, I really do know. Hey by the way what’s your name”

“That’s something that I myself do not remember. you see actually I don’t remember anything about myself. it's just like I opened my eye and boom, I’m in the jungle.”

Alistair was feeling confused with all that the man said

“So, in short, you don’t remember anything about yourself.”

“That is exactly what it is...In Short”

Alistair lost in his thought about what should he do about this man, so he thought ‘Let’s give him a temporary name for now and take him to the village elder. Hmm that sounds good then let's do it’

“Okay then let me take you to the village elders for further inquiry and let me give you a temporary name ‘No Name’ for a while to address you”

“Well I don’t care to whom you are taking me to but, ‘NO NAME’ –” seriously, I hope you don’t name your child yourself otherwise he might not be able to show his face to anyone he grows up.

“Let's make it Emanon instead of ‘No Name'. What do you think? huh?”

“Anything will work just come with me quick I can’t stand this place anymore,” Alistair said while pinching his nose.

Emanon nodded and they both left the hut together. They heard Shaman saying something in low voice

“Tell high elder to come meet me sometime.”

“I’ll definitely do but can’t guarantee he’ll come,” Alistair said without turning back

Emanon thought 'it looks there some friction between high elder and shaman.'

Emanon entered the elder residence along with Alistair beside him. There were 3 old men were sitting on a chair making a semi circle arc with their sitting position and a lady in his mid 20 was serving a drink to the person sitting on right most seat and man who was sitting on the left was staring at the lady but when she bent to serve the drink with his mouth slightly open and saliva dripping on the ground.

When they saw the two men arrive at the house they immediately straightened their posture but left most, saliva person was late to realize it. Alistair and Emanon both saw that old bone, who still fantasize about a woman whilst he's having his one foot already inside the grave. When the old man realized the two man has entered the house he closed his mouth and wiped the saliva from his mouth with his sleeve.

The lefty roared on those two

“How do you dare to enter elders house without permission, do you think you are above us”

The righty interjected

“But caro you were the one who ordered Alistair to bring that man here”

“Yooou just shut your mouth”

The lefty was just embarrassed to be seen by the young ones in such a shameful state, so he was pushing the blame on others but.

“Hey, old man no fear there is nothing to be ashamed of you are old but in the end, you are also a man too you also have some needs right?”

“How dare you? You swine”

“Hey calm down old man we should encourage peace”

The lefty desired to say more, however, was stopped by the center guy and after that, the actual talk starts.