The Real Life Manga: Chapter 3

"Well, this is it. The wizard tower of Coptenburg. Just walk up the steps & tell him who you are. I'll walk back to the inn, come visit me anytime!"

We waved goodbye to the tall bartender, & his fine moustache, & turned our heads back towards the giant wizard tower. There was a small spiral staircase, made of both big & small stones, leading up to the round edged dark wooden door.

Me & Sashi walked up the steps & looked at the tower & the surrounding forest.

We reached the door & knocked. "Knock Knock"

The door went up & in the other end of the room were an old man, in a long gray coat & some kind of gray wizard top hat. He was standing behind an old desk overrun with old books & some spell pages, it seemed like. There is no doubt, that this is the wizard.

You can't even see the walls unless you look straight up, because of all the bookshelves & book towers everywhere. It was a complete mess, but i'm sure this guy keeps track of his stuff.

Somehow...

The door behind me & Sashi started squeeking & slowly closed. A warm breeze swiftly went through the room, making it nice & cozy.

The old wizard turned around & looked at me & Sashi, there is no doubt that this is the wizard from my manga. His name is Rinto Hokoshima, & is 87 years old.

He had a bunch of wrinkles on his face, & of course the long white beard reaching down to his knees.

I quickly remembered a special feature I gave this guy. He is wearing no shoes, he is running around barefeet. I'm not sure why I did that, but I guess it was to make him a little unique.

"You are the creator, Yes?"

At first I didn't realise he was talking to me, because I was so overwhelmed, about this place but I quickly noticed & answered him as fast as I could.

"Eh.. yes! I am. Do you know me?"

"Yes, and I know why you are here."

"Really? Can you tell us how to get out?"

"Yeah. If you want to I can get you out right now."

Both me & Sashi looked happily at him, both smiling like kids on christmas eve.

"Really?"

"Yes, follow me."

The old wizard went behind one of the many bookshelves & behind it was an old wooden staircase, literally being part of the bookshelf. It was squeeking a lot, really giving it an old feeling. We reached the top & it looked like some kind of laboratory.

All sorts of machines & scrolls & no windows, being completely isolated & only lit up by all the weird colored substances.

"Step onto my machine over there in the corner, it'll get you out."

Neither me nor Sashi asked any questions & walked towards the wooden machine, with a round open spot & some weird looking thing above our heads. Right next to us was some kind of big glass, holding green liquid. Even though I have designed it, I still have no idea what the hell it actually is.

The old man walked over on the other side of the machine, behind the green substance & yelled "ready?"

Me and Sashi looked at each other. "Yeah, send us away!"

The old man pulled a lever, making the green substance, bubble & making the round thing above our heads make a noice & suddenly the whole machine started shaking.

BRRRUUUM. CLIIIIING. WOOSH.

Neeeeewww....

The machine suddenly stopped

"..?"

I looked over at Sashi & she looked just as confused as me.

"Oh no, the machine must have broken down. Just you wait there, i'll get what I need, I think I have it laying around here somewhere."

The old man ran down the stairs, leaving, me & Sashi up here in the isolated room, with all the machines.

Sashi decided to just sit down & try to fall asleep. I looked over at her, with an annoyed look on my face. "Really, Sashi?"

"What? Just because we might be stuck here doesn't mean I can't take a nap. Now leave me alone & wake me up when the freak gets back."

She closed her eyes & went to sleep, sitting up against the wall, behind the machine.

A while after you could hear the old staircase squeeking.

It was the wizard that came back up. I could see he had a worrying look on his face, even though he looked down into the wooden floor most of the time.

"I'm afraid i've run out of Sapzark Ingots. You know what that is right?"

I quickly went from 'less happy', to looking completely fucked.

"Yeah. I thought so. Well without it, I can't get you two out of here, & i've gotten too old to get it & no one else in this town dares to try, not even the highest levelled people in this world."

That is right! I completely forgot! People in my manga have levels, & spells. It was like a video game. Maybe I had levels too then & an inventory & spells & skills & everything.

I reached out with my left hand, saying the magic word. "Menu"

And surely a white menu popped up, showing my name, weapons & amour slots & an inventory. In the top right, it showed my level too. Sashi probably had it too, but since the damn girl is sleeping, we can't check. And i've learned one thing through the years being of being Sashis best friend, don't wake her up in the middle of a nap. Even though she told me to wake her up, then I probably shouldn't.

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I closed my menu & looked at the wizard with a serious face.

"I'm getting out, I don't belong here & I wanna get home... I'll get the Sapzark Ingots, from the dragons nest outside Mashisho."

"Are you su.." the wizard didn't even get to finish his sentence, before I had already interrupted him.

"Yes. I'm sure & Sashi is going too."

"Well, alright then, if that is what you wanna do. But you can't go out, looking like that."

He looked up & down my body & my 21st century clothes.

He then raised his hand & snapped his fingers. Suddenly a light started sparkling around me & Sashi over in the corner, spinning us around & poof! New medieval clothes.

"There we go. That shouldn't draw unnecessary attention."

"Thanks. I'll get you your Sapzark Ingots."

"Well it's not gonna be easy, & as you already know, this is isn't gonna happen in just a day. You gotta level up first & get the right gear & everything. But I wish you the best of luck. Both of you."

"well, there is just one more thing I need, & that is for Sashi to wake the fuck up."

"Let me." The wizard pushed me aside looking over at sashi & snapping his fingers again. Suddenly Sashi sprang up, from the ground like some kind of car suspension.

"ARRGH!"

"Calm down sashi, we are going on an adventure, in our new lives here in Aneraz."

She raised an eyebrow looking at me like I was some kind of moron.

"What do you mean our new lives & why am I wearing this old dress?"

"Well we have to get Sapzark Ingots & you can only get that from the dragons nest, outside of Mashisho, but you have to be at least level 50 for that. And your new medieval dress, is so that we fit in & don't draw unnecessary attention."

"Well travellers, I wish you both good luck on your jouney through Aneraz."

"Thanks!" I smiled at the old wizard, standing there in his barefeet & long white beard.

"Well, we better get going then. It was nice meeting you old man."

"Haha you too my friend, you too."

"Let's go Sashi," I grabbed her arm pulling her all the way down the squeeking stairs, back down to the old library/office & outside the door.

I waved goodbye to the wizard, let go of Sashis arm since she was clearly pissed & headed back towards the town. Our adventure starts here.

To get back to Coptenburg, you have to pass through a tiny forest, with surprisingly tall trees, & a small gravel road with street lanterns. But it was a nice little forest trip, before entering the big town again.

When we had passed through the forest we reached one of the big gates of Coptenburg & were back at the big town square. We had to get armour to start our adventure. But none of us knew where to get that.

"Wait!"

I quickly remembered the long road with all of the stalls, selling all kinds of stuff. But we needed money, we had no money.

"Never mind, we need money. Any ideas on how to get money?"

"I don't know Akio, how about a job?"

"Yeah but what kind of job, would we get here?"

"Hmmm" Sashi was thinking about it for a moment while I was looking around the town square, maybe stumbling upon a job. Hopeless but I had to try something.

"The inn? How about the guy with the moustache at the inn?"

"Oh yeah, you think he'd let us work there for some time?"

"Well let's hope he does."

We decided to take the back entrance to the inn, so that we could look at sword & armour prices while getting there, so I showed Sashi direction to the long road, that actually seemed to be going all the way around the big town square, but behind the first row of houses.

It seems like the cheapest swords here was made of simple iron, & cost around 20-35 gold pieces. That shouldn't be hard to get, but the armour.... That is something completely different. The cheapest chest piece, cost around 100 gold pieces, let's hope the inn guy pays well.

We reached the inn & found the tall slim bartender asking if we could work here for some time. He looked around the dark inn, thinking about it for a while & finally saying yes.

Me & Sashi could sleep in one of the rooms upstairs.

Right behind the bar was a staircase, that led up to a hallway with about 5 rooms on each side. Not really big rooms, but there was enough space for me & Sashi to sleep, for the next 3 months.

It was late & we had to start tommorrow already, so we decided to sleep.

Sashi sat on the edge of her bed, on the right side of the room, looking over at me.

"What kind of farmers clothes is that? I mean an old dark green long sleeved shirt, ripped brown pants & some nasty looking shoes ahaha!"

"Look at your dress Sashi, it's the same color as my shirt & is plain & boring. Go to sleep, we have to get up at around 06:00 tommorrow. Good night."

"Night Akio."

End of Chapter 3