"Luminous Spear!" A golden spear of light stabs tens of Dark Wolves in front of me. These wolves are very common to find in the Darkwood forest. "Aurora Sword! Let's dismantle these, I can use these bones and skins for creating the constructs and the meat, I can eat them or I could sell them." I am in the forest for several minutes now and I have gathered some Darkwood from the trees, Dark Wolves materials and a lot of alchemy ingredients. I can use Darkwood as the base material for the construct as it is hard and strong same with the bones too. I continue to find materials as I only have 2 hours left before I go home. After I dismantle the wolves, I put them into my void storage which has a huge inventory in which I can put a lot of things in them. I can view the items from my inventory screen. I only have 5 tabs of free inventory to use and there are other tabs that are filled with familiar items.

The other tabs in my inventory are full of costumes, armors and weapons from the game, DIvine Eternal Conflict. I tried to take one of the costumes from the inventory but I cannot access them as the items said: "Bound to ***". These items are for Nameless Heroine, all these items are hers in the game but the name right now is blank. It has been this way from the first time I open my void storage. "Does Nameless Heroine get her own name? I am awful at naming things so I feel really bad when I name her character: Nameless Heroine." As I look at my inventory screen, I heard someone in a far distance.

"HELP! SOMEONE! PLEASE HELP ME!" A yell for help can be heard. "It comes from the east. 200 meters. Male voice." I quickly run toward the voice as fast as I could.

"HELP ME! THE GOBLINS ARE ATTACKING MY CARAVAN! PLEASE, SOMEONE, HELP ME!"

"Goblins? Easy opponents then." I jump and then invoke my flying skill as I am near.

As I am flying, I see a huge goblin, with several little goblins encircling the caravan, wielding an axe, and standing in front of an elf who is the one calling for help. The huge goblin is landing his final blow to the elf while others are chanting something. Quickly, I use my spell, "Luminous Spear!" then I hurled the spear straight to the goblin's chest and it goes through it, leaving a huge hole in his body. There is no blood or guts splattered as the spear burns through the body. "AARRGGHHH, NO!" The male elf screams as he thinks the axe is nearing his head, he closes his eyes and accepts his fate there but as he hears the sound of the spear, he sees the huge goblin's hole on his chest. The body fell and the scene shocked the other goblins around including himself. "Huh? What?" He then sees me landing in front of him.

"Are you okay?" I ask the elf who is still in shock. "Yes, I am okay, thank you." His pale face turns bright as if he now thinks that he is saved.

"Wait a minute. I need to clear the mobs. Radiance Ray!" I invoke another skill from my left hand. A ray of burning light comes out from my hand and I clear out the goblins as I shine onto them like a laser. The goblins scream and try to run away but they are already dead, burned to crisps before they could do so. I check the bodies but they are all burned to crisps so I cannot take any materials from them.

"You really burned them into ashes. Wow. Thank you for saving my life." The elf stands up and dusts off his trousers. He then shakes my hand gratefully.

"No problem, I was nearby and heard you calling for help." I look around his caravan and it is destroyed. He is carrying food goods such as vegetables, meat, and grains. "Looks like your caravan cannot be saved including the goods."

"Yes, I was traveling from Ayare city and need to send the goods from Ayare to Darkwood city. I am a traveling merchant from Darkwood city. My name is Keryth."

"My name is..." Which name do I need to give? Shinichi or Kyle? Let's go with my old name as I do not want any association with this event.

"My name is Shinichi. Nice to meet you."

"Shinichi? Your name is similar to the names of the people who live in the Dragon Islands. Interesting."

Dragon Islands? Japanese names in this world? Well, it should not be surprising as I am reincarnated in this world so that means there are some other reincarnators too. "Perhaps, that is an interesting hypothesis. I can ask Eternity the next time I meet her."

"Huh? What hypothesis? What are you talking about?" Keryth asks me with a curious face.

"Huh, nothing. Just a thought." I try to think about another topic to change the subject.

Ayare, that city is close to the capital. The roads should be safe if he is near the capital. That is a nice subject change. Let's focus on his story instead of me.

"How did your caravan was attacked then?" I asked Keryth.

"I try to go through the forest and did not use the main road from the fort Ayare to the Darkwood city. I can save a few days if I go through the forest" Keryth smiles and laughs at his bad decision-making.

"I think you better stick to the paved roads, Keryth. There is no need to risk your life. Now, look at your goods."

"Ahahaha, if you live for 70 years like me, you want to become more adventurous in your life."

"70 years old?! You are like a grandfather to me so please do not become more adventurous. Ahaha."

"Ouch!" Hearing me saying he is a grandfather; he acts like he has been hit by an arrow to his heart and he falls to his knees. "That is hurt. I know I am old but if you look at Elf's lifespan, we are like the same age or maybe a little bit older. you know." I laugh and agree with him, "Yeah, hahaha. So do you need help to get into Darkwood city?" The elf smiles and accepts my help. "Yes please, accompany me for a bit."

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Both of us arrived at Darkwood City after a short walk. I also killed some monsters along the way and Keryth did not stop talking to me about my powers. He also wants to ask about the origin of my name but I avoid explaining it to him.

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"Welcome to Darkwood! A city named by the woods that they used for creating the buildings."

I look around the city while Keryth is walking in front of me. The elves are staring at us... No, they are staring at me.

"Keryth, are humans hated here?" I ask him point-blank.

"Yes, they are not so trusty towards the humans because you know, some of the elves here ran away from their home in Arranaire a few years ago."

Well, I cannot blame them. I would do the same too. Let's just drop Keryth off and go back home before something unpleasant will happen.

"Safely arrived in the city. Now, see you later Keryth!" I turned my back and try to run but he quickly grabbed my hand before I could run.

"Wait wait. Please do not run. I know that you feel uncomfortable but you are welcome." Keryth said to me with his eyes confidently saying that it is okay for me to stay for a while as he looks like he wants to show his house to me.

"Why there is a human standing among us, Keryth." A mature female voice comes from behind. Both of us look back and saw a hot elven lady, dressed in white with red hair, fixing her hair while smoking a pipe.

"Ah, mother! I am home!"

Mo-mother!? She is his mother? That hot elf is his mother? She looks like his sister or of the same age!? What?!?! My jaw dropped as I saw her coming out of their house. Her white dress fits her so well and it shows her sexy bodyline despite her being Keryth's mother.

"This human saved my life from the goblins. I ask him to accompany me and-"

"Then why is he still here? Sent him back" His mother sternly looks at him and Kyreth's words stop coming out.

"You go through the woods again? Oh my goodness, I already said that is very dangerous! You are already 70 years old this year! Please act your age!"

"If you are 70, how old is she?" I accidentally spoke my mind and Keryth looks at me while he whispers.

"She is 100+ years old, she was born in the same year as the Great Sorceress and she is the Great Sorceress's best friend and rival."

100 years old minus 70 years old so she got married when she is 30? Are 30 years old enough to get married and have children? Now I am very curious about elf's culture.

"So, your mother got married when she was 30?" I immediately ask Keryth even though his mother is in front of us. "Yes, she did."

"Is getting married at 30 like very young for an elf woman?" I keep asking Keryth as my curiosity wants to know more.

But before Keryth answers, her mother walks toward both of us and speaks in a stern voice.

"Our age is similar to you humans but we live a lot longer so there's nothing like 'too young for marriage'" She answers my question while holding back her anger. Her face is a bit red on her cheeks as if she is a bit ashamed.

"But the people did say that you married early mother." Keryth jumped into our conversation.

"KERYTH! SHUT UP!"

Keryth laughs as he has made his mother's face red.

"Well, Keryth, I will go back now so, if fate sets us across again, we will meet again," I said my final sentence before I go home.

"Well then, goodbye human." "See you again, Shinichi."

I turn and walk away but I heard their conversation beforehand.

"So, you lost all the goods? Now, what do we do for this month? We need to go hunting because of it." Keryth's mother took a long sigh. She did not blame her son as the goods had already been lost.

"I will go hunting in the forest tomorrow. We can survive for this month from the hunt but we cannot get any gold as we cannot sell anything on the market."

I stop walking. I can give him the wolf's meat, some monsters' parts, and some ingredients that I procured.

"Erm, Keryth, you remember the monsters that attacked us during our journey to this city? You can have them. Also, these dark wolves' meat and some ingredients."

"Huh? What? Please Shinichi. You already help me enough. I cannot accept any more of your help." Keryth rejected my help as he feels bad. I reassure him that it is okay and pat his shoulder.

"It's okay. I have a farm in the outskirts of Arranaire and I live with my mother too so I understand your situation. Just take them."

Keryth looks at his mother looking for an answer from her but her mother’s just shocked by my words.

After a short thought, Keryth tells me his idea, "Then I will take them and as repayment, I will help you sell your harvest in the Dominion if you want. That is the least I can do."

A traveling merchant that will sell my harvest. if I can double my harvest and sell half to the Dominion, I can gain more profit than selling to the Kingdom because of the Kingdom's heavy taxation on my farm.

"That is a great idea, then let's help each other Keryth." I pull out my hand as a sign of cooperation.

Keryth smiles as he made a new friend and shook my hand aggressively. "Yes, let's help each other!"

Keryth hugs me tightly suddenly as he cannot hold his happiness. Her mother's stern face smiles as she looks at his son's behavior. I and Keryth laugh as this day, a human and an elf become friends which is a weird situation, to begin with, because of the war between our lands. As we laugh, another voice comes out from his house behind his mother. "KERYTH! I HEARD EVERYTHING! DO YOU HAVE A DEATH WISH? I ALREADY TOLD YOU TO USE THE MAIN ROAD INSTEAD! DO YOU NEED TO BE LECTURED AGAIN?"

"Well here comes the angry wife." Her mother said to me as Keryth pushes me to the side as he heard the voice. Keryth's wife comes from behind the house and runs towards him. A brunette short-haired elf run at her full power then she smacked his head across, sending him flying.

"T-this guy has a w-wife!?" I am in disbelief at how this irresponsible and happy-go-lucky guy is married to someone. If he has a wife, he should have not been so adventurous as to get himself killed.

Her mother just smiles at me and silently whispered, "I know I am a bit rude at the start but I am very grateful that you saved my son. Thank you. I hope that you are not some kind of a spy that is being sent to this city but looking at your soul, I know that you are not lying." She then blows into my ear, making me shiver all over. "Err, y-you are w-welcome." After seeing my reaction to her tease, her mother's eyes open sadistically as if she wants to tease me again. She then introduced herself, "My name is Kyra and my daughter-in-law's name is Liryae. Nice to meet you."

That is how my friendship is forged between me and an elven family living in Darkwood city.