While still sitting inside this small little shed, a man with a flute in his back is approaching me.

I guess he's a bard?

[Hupla. Fuh.. finally found some resting place.. How long you've been waiting?] Bard

Who is this guy again? He's just sitting in front of me as he knows me.

[I.. I've been here a while... Who are you again?] Me

[Oh right, I'm Andreas, a bard. Nice to meet you!] Bard

Nope. Not a clue. I don't recall anyone with the name Andreas in my past life.

But he said nice to meet you right? So it's the first time we meet after all.

[Umm yeah, nice to meet you too. I'm Dean. And who are you again?] Me

[Huh? I'm Andreas, a bard.] Andreas

[I know, but you've been asking me did I've been waiting long. So I thought you're waiting for someone, soo..] me

[Huh? But you're going to Dasi village right?] Andreas

[Umm... Yeah?] Me

[What do you mean by 'Umm... Yeah?'?] Andreas

[Well... To be honest.. I've been isolated in a mountain with my master learning about magic... So this is my first day going outside actually..] Me

Crap! I've spent too much time trying to learn about my miracle and this world that I forget to prepare an alibi in case I met someone.

Please just believe the story!

[Are you for real?! Man, that's neat! From what forest did you come from?] Andreas

[I can't tell you that, unfortunately] Me

[Come on, that sucks. But you're like.. years learning magic right? It must have been great magic you get there. What kind of magic do you learn?] Andreas

Come on! Do you know how hard it is to make up a story?!

[Let's just say it's something that starts with a loud bang. But let's just skip that! Why don't we just go back about why you ask about me waiting here?] Me

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[Hahaha. Okay okay. Well, the road from here to Dasi village has become sketchy lately. And it's a custom for us wanderers that when we need to travel via sketchy road, it's better to wait for a companion at the last intersection. That's basically why I ask that last question. Because I thought you're a mercenary that wants to go to Dasi village and just waiting here for a companion.] Andreas

[And what do you mean by sketchy? And can you explain about this Dasi village?] Me

[Hahaha. You sure are isolated all this time or are you just want to extract some free information from me?] Andreas

[No... no... I'm isolated since when I was born, I swear.] Me

Ping! Mind skill acquired: Lying Lv 1 (increase the creativity and structure of false story when you're lying)

What the hell is that skill?!!

[Hahaha.. oh well... You're an interesting guy so I'll tell you.] Andreas

So I'm in Kenari kingdom and Dasi is just a simple village on the edge of Kenari kingdom. It sits in a jungle so not many people visit this place. But for a bard, a place like this might have some story that they can sell in the town.

I better buy a Map in near future.

[About that sketchy part?] Me

[There's a story about people mysteriously missing when going in and out of the village. Specifically, all the missing people start disappearing when they pass this road.] Andreas

[Bandit?] Me

[I don't think so. If all the missing people are merchants, then that might be the case. But their target right now is just too random to be considered a bandit. I mean, why the hell does a bandit need to take out an old priest who's probably poorer than farmer after bad harvest] Andreas.

Well, to be honest, I literally have 0G in my pocket right now. So I'm poorer than a priest?!

Splash.. splash...

[HEY THERE! DO YOU WANT TO GO TO DASI??]