The Real Life Manga: Chapter 2
Everything went black.
We finally got our eye sight back, and looked at each other unaware of what had just happened.
I looked over at Sashi. She looked the same. Black hair, shining blue eyes and her black and red dress, was the exact same. I still don't know what just happened, but we looked the same.
Sashi then looked back at me, with an overly confused facial expression.
"Akio... What just happened?"
"I still don't know."
I looked around and this was not my room.
We were in an open space, with pavestones around us and a fountain in the middle with four angels spitting water in each direction. Around the open space were buildings build right next to each other, they were actually all connected.
It looked like middle Europe and had a very european feeling to it.
Nobody walked around the same clothes as Sashi and me, either. It looked like something from the medieval era. But where in the world are we? If we are even still in the same world.
While looking around, Sashi called my name.
"Akio?"
"Yeah what's up?" I said still being very confused about what happened.
"In your new manga, you said something about a main city or town called Coptenburg. Right?"
I looked at Sashi with an even more confused face, having no clue what she was about to say next.
"Well, Akio... We might just be in your manga, because that old wooden sign there says Welcome to Coptenburg. So great job asswipe, your hacker just got us stuck in your damn manga. "
My face went even more pale than when i just got sunken into a hole, in the middle of my room.
"No fucking... way...."
"Yes fucking way, now find us a way out of here. I'm gonna be at the inn over there, so find me when you know how we get out."
She turned her back against me and walked towards the inn right across the town square.
I looked at her all the way to the inn hoping she was joking around and would turn back towards me, but she didn't.
I looked around the square again and found a little side street and decided to head down it.
The road was very small and could barely fit 2 people next to each other.
When I finally got out on the other side, there were stalls everywhere.
"Get the finest weapons for the finest price!!"
"Buy low, get an amazing deal on armour here! Don't go to Aigils he'll rip you off!"
"get your potions here!"
It all looked very familiar. Could it be, that I was actually inside of my new manga?
My face was still pale and I was still very confused, but decided to walk down the small long road, with stalls and old wooden houses on both sides, mashed together.
The houses did actually look like the ones i drew, in my manga.
Stone foundation, wooden walls and hay on the roof tops.
It is not anything like Chiba. This place is amazing. Though I still don't hope I have to spend too much time here.
A little longer down the road, I found an open building. There were no doors, you could just walk in. So I did. I instantly felt warm, and could hear the drunk travellers from all the way over in the other end of the building. I quickly noticed i had entered an inn. There were lanterns hanging on each wall, and a wooden bar with tall wooden chairs & lots & lots of tables and chairs.
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It was called 'The Drunken Yard Inn.' The exact same name of the inn that my main character from my manga hang out around a lot. The more time I spend in this place, the more I start to think, that i'm actually inside of my new manga. This is unbelievable.
I went up to the bar and sat on one of the tall stools, looking around the dark inn, only lit up by the lanterns on the walls.
I thought I might as well ask the bartender, where I actually was, now that i'm here.
"Bartender!"
"Yes sir, what can I do for you?" A tall slim guy, with an overly fine moustache & a small amount of hair, turned around.
"Where.. Where am I?"
"What do you mean sir? You are in Coptenburg. The biggest town in Aneraz."
My face went pale.
So it is true. I am in my new manga, I am inside of the world of Aneraz.
"Excuse me sir? Are you alright?" The bartender looked worringly at me.
"Huh...? Yeah, yeah i'm good. But could you tell me something? How do I get out of this 'Aneraz' world?" His facial expression quickly got even more worrying. His eyes started to open wide and he suddenly started whispering.
"Do you not know how you got here?"
"No. I don't"
"Could it be that you are the one? Follow me, we have to see the wizard of Coptenburg."
I raised one of my eyebrows.
"Why?" I asked him, with a confused look on my face, and my eyebrow still raised.
"You are the creator. You need to see the wizard."
"Ehm, alright but one question first. Have you seen a girl walk in here with clothes, looking nothing like the rest of you people?"
He looked up, thinking for a moment and suddenly bursted out,
"Ah! Yeah she is sitting over there, by the corner table."
"Good, she is going with us."
"Sure sir, sure."
I went up from the stool and the bartender opened the bar door and walked out the bar, following me through the slightly dark inn, on it's wooden plank floors.
"Sashi, you were right, we are in Aneraz and we have to see the wizard. He will know how to get us out. So let's go, our Aneraz adventure starts here, sleepy face."
"You gotta be fucking kidding me."
"Nope, now let's go!"
I grabbed Sashis arm and pulled her up from the chair, her eyes opened wide and she spit out her coffee on her way up from the seat. All the way out the inn, I could feel her blue eyes staring at me, from my back and hear her black high heeled boots, on the wooden floor.
We finally reached the wizards tower, a little outside town.
Sashi was still staring me in the neck, but I decided to ignore her.
The wizards tower, is like what you would imagine.
A tall tower, with a round roof and a pointy thing on the top. It was made of cracked and mossy cobblestone and had a little spiral stairway leading up into the tower entrance.
I had designed this thing myself, but seeing it in person is something completely different.
The End of Chapter 2