<p>The Firestar village was up the North Eastern side and it took 2 days to reach from Salanzo Town by bus. <br/><br/>The journey was too lethargic and boring, my legs were numb by sitting for so long. In middle there were breaks of half an hour. <br/><br/>Fortunately I brought enough books of Tales and Folklores of Sinnoh fir passing the time. <br/><br/><< Firestar Village >><br/><br/>By the time, the bus reached the village it was midnight. It took me another two hours to find an inn to stay. <br/><br/>I pulled my luggage which was only three clothes - 2 spare t-shirts and one jeans and a coat and muffler and some camping things. The main weight is due to carring the vault but the black technology in this world is very advanced with space bags, it was easy to squeez in one bag. I bought the lowest one but it cost fucking 5000 Alliance coins. <br/><br/><em>It 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴. 𝘉𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴. 𝘉𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺. </em><br/>(/□＼*) <br/><br/>Before coming I prepared some lowest level pokeblocks for Absol which costed 2000 Alliance coins per grams. <br/><br/>Seriously, just few preparations money was spent like water. <br/>Still if I get one Absol it'll be worth it. <br/><br/>When I entered the small wooden room the clock showed 2'0 clock. I cared no more to wash up and flung myself to the bed and fell asleep. This body was not yet suitable for long journeys, I've to excersize and build up stamina. <br/><br/>I woke up at one in afternoon had simple breakfast instead of lunch and went for a walk to observe the area and as well as gather information of any recent siteings of Absol. <br/><br/>Firestar village could be said as a typically village as in my previous world with people living simple life of agriculture and fishing with the introduction of pokemons to assist. <br/><br/>Except the good and peaceful scenery of the mountains and all wooden houses, I soon lost interest and started asking for any recent place Absol was found or seen. <br/><br/>The people I asked looked at me with scrutinizing eyes and started to either avoid or distance from me. <br/><br/><em>𝘞𝘵𝘩. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘶𝘴'𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘦. </em><br/><br/>Well, prejudice will always stay if you don't try to think and believe from a broader view. <br/><br/>As they were ignoring me, I also turned back and wanted to go else where to ask but few words entered my ears. <br/><br/>" God. That girl looks so young but look she's looking for an Absol. Maybe... She's a witch. "<br/><br/>" Yes. I saw. She came at midnight yesterday to our village. Good knows, if she came to do witchcraft at that time. "<br/><br/>" Yes. Yes. My God, I'm getting goosebumps. Tonight I'll sleep early and lock all doors if her spell comes from the cracks... Ahh! I can't even imagine... She's so young but so dangerous. "<br/><br/>" Maybe she's just in an illusion of young beautiful girl to attract us... But is actually hundred years old ugly witch. Tsk. Beauty is really deceptive. " <br/><br/><em>𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦. </em><br/><br/>My eyebrow twitched listening to their bullshits. Their brainholes are huge.<br/> <br/><em>𝘠𝘦𝘴. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 18. 𝘞𝘛𝘍 , 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 100...</em><br/><em> 𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩, 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. </em><br/><br/>It's better to leave from this toxic gossipers but unbeknownst to me the news about me being a witch was rapidly spread like a wildfire. <br/><br/>I really underestimated the gossip mode of the villagers and with every passing person the story became more and more exaggerated. <br/><br/>When I returned to the inn it was evening, I had some skewers at the market and got no more appetite. I was stopped at the entrance by the boss and watched him trembling with pale face like he's seen some ghosts.... <br/><br/><em>𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘈𝘮 𝘐 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢- </em><br/><em>𝘈𝘩. </em><br/><br/>The incident of the afternoon came in mind.<br/> <br/>" Is there any problem, Sir? "<br/><br/>I asked him cautiously which I believed to be in a very casual tone. But he trembled more like he's switched to vibration mode. <br/><br/>" A.. Ac.. Aacc... " He stammered and tried to look up but shrink his neck like a turtle. <br/><br/>" Sir, I can't understand you. Please speak properly. " I requested him politely. <br/><br/>He seemed to be stiff for few secs then sucked in cold air , " I'm really honored for the respected Witch to come to my humble inn. Please forgive my sin for requesting you to go to some different place to stay, by not taking and sucking out my blood and treading my skin in multiple pieces and drying it in the sun and then doing witchcraft to capture my soul and make me your eternal slave. I have families to look after. A lovely wife and two children and I didn't even have six or seven yet. I'm too young to die. Sob. Sob. Please spare my insignificant life. O! Great Witch! There are better sacrifices out there... I can recommend you that bastard Buck with the largest shop in this village. You'll be very satisfied with his sacrifice and I can garantee he's a virgin! Please spare me." <br/><br/><br/>"..." <br/><br/><br/>My eyebrow twitched uncontrollably. <br/><br/><br/><em>𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘱 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘌𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥? 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘧𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦. </em><br/><br/><br/><em>𝘞𝘰𝘸. 𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵? </em><br/><em>𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴. </em><br/><br/><br/><em>𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺???!!! </em><br/><br/><br/><em>𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢 50 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯... 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘩𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪 , 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘱.... </em><br/><br/>I pressed and massaged my forehead.<br/>" So the moral of the whole thing is you're 'respectfully ' kicking me out. "<br/><br/>"Yes. Ah.... No. No. No!! I.. I.. I di.. didn't mean... " <br/><br/>I stopped him before he starts again my forehead is throbbing enough and my eye brows twitched uncontrollably.<br/><br/> My image is already plummeted so now no matter how I try to persuade them they'll more firmly believe me to be a witch. That's why it's better to act the way they identify me as. <br/><br/>I looked up to the boss covered with ugly tears and snort and sneered at him.<br/><br/>" Hmph. You ignorant fool, if you're so respectful and requesting me to ' spare' your insignificant life then I'm going. I have a big heart... So I'll just take which should be mine and leave." <br/><br/>I went up to the cashier and took half if the money and took my luggage and came down. <br/><br/>The boss finally came to his senses and tried to say something. <br/><br/>" What ? Now you'll ask why I took the coins instead of being grateful? Tsk. That's why, you shouldn't show mercy to you<br/>Bastards. " <br/><br/>" Ahh... No.. No... I'm really sorry...Please spare my life."<br/><br/>I didn't care anymore and focused on running away. Who knows maybe the other villagers are around to surround me and tie and put me in the fire like in all dramas. <br/><br/>With no other option left I went up the forest and found a clearing and set up the tent. <br/><br/>The wind blew and the leaves rustled and murmured like welcoming me. <br/><br/>" Thanks for welcoming. Ya, I'm back again guys. " <br/><br/>If these people treat me like this just because I enquired about Absol, I wonder how they treat Absol. <br/><br/>Now my determination grew more to meet Absol. <br/></p>