Capítulo 3: The Girl He Save and Her Country
[Help me!]
*Bang*
*Bang*
*Growls*
Words from his dreams recurred endlessly. It was the time where he saved a girl from a bandit and wolves. It was also the first time he killed people. Memories of him killing them were unpleasant to remember.
[I murdered five people.]
"Sir? Are you okay sir?"
He turned his head away, but the sounds he had heard did not disappear, instead, they became louder, then he felt someone gently tug on his shoulders.
"Sir? Are you okay?"
Ernest opened his eyes immediately and saw a woman lightly shaking his shoulder.
"Who are you…" He said weakly. He had never seen this woman before in his life. It could be a visitor of his family...Wait. He carefully recalled another memory.
"Shit...I was already dead and got transported into this fantasy world." He muttered as he lifted his upper body.
But the woman who was holding his shoulder spoke. "Sir...you shouldn't be moving abruptly or else you'll get hurt…"
Who is this woman?
Ernest is getting a little bit annoyed at her. He doesn't know her and she's still touching his shoulder…
"I should be the one asking you the question. Who told you that you can enter my room without my permission? Are you my mother's visitors?" He sighed, "My vision is still blurry."
"Huh? What are you talking about mister? You're in my house and what mother?"
"Huh?" Ernest looked around his surroundings, ignoring her face. It wasn't the room he's familiar with. "Where is this place?"
The walls around him are made out of wood, which is totally different from his room. The bed is not soft and comfy like he had in his bedroom. He realized again. This was not the Earth anymore, rather it's another world.
Several moments later, after completely realizing that he's in another world. Ernest's vision was now clear as glass. He began to look at the woman who was holding him.
"Mister…"
"Would you please shut...up?...Cute…"
"Eh?"
He accidentally blurted out those words. This woman who's probably between sixteen and eighteen years old is dazzlingly beautiful. His eyes followed the contour of her face and her body.
With transparent white skin that was impossible to be seen in this type of era, and long slit blue eyes that shine like sapphires.
And then her glossy long aqua hair glistened under the morning ray of suns that was streaming through the room windows.
In addition to her unparalleled appearance, who was tall for a girl and had long, slender arms and legs; she had an outstanding figure that embodied the ideal of every woman in the world, with a figure that showed where it needed to come out and retract in the right place.
Any man, no matter the era, would probably fall in love with her the moment they saw her.
But the question is who's this girl? He had never met this girl in his life.
Ernest recalled his memories again, specifically the time where he was rescuing someone. He had a glance at the woman's face, but it was covered in mud, he wasn't able to get a clear picture of her appearance.
'I don't really have a clue. It's better to ask her name.'
With his slightly red face, Ernest asked for her name. Receiving his question, the beautiful girl placed her hands on her ample chest.
"I'm very sorry...for not telling you my name from the start...Uhm...my name is Sophia...I'm the girl you saved last night from the bandits and monsters."
Ernest's mouth gaped. She's the girl? She looks different from what he imagined back there. "Ah...I see." Then his voice started to change. "Sophia…" He repeated her name as if etching it in his brain, "That's a beautiful name for a beautiful girl."
He softly said. After hearing his genuine praise, Sophia's face turned red. And then Ernest realized what he just said.
'Shit! I got carried away from the habit. Damn...Omegle, please get out of my mind at once.'
"...I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that," Ernest said with an apologetic expression.
"No no...it's okay. By the way, what's your name mister?"
"My name is Ernest Gonzales. I'm from Phil...I mean I'm a traveler who was just wandering everywhere. Speaking of that, where am I exactly? I mean is this a town or a city or a kingdom…"
"It's a kingdom," Sophia answered. "We are in one of the cities of the Kingdom of Crentis called Eighbury. And this place is my house."
"Ah Kingdom...A monarchical country."
"Yes."
"I see…thank you for sharing this information. Although I would like to ask for more information about this country for research purposes, can I ask for drinking water?"
"Okay."
Sophia picked up a wooden jug from the table and poured water into a wooden glass to offer to Ernest.
"Thank you." Ernest accepted the glass and sipped slowly. He started looking around the room again....and noticed something was missing.
"Uhm...where's the gun?"
The M9 Beretta, modern weaponry. He realized that it was in his hand the moment he fell asleep due to exhaustion. But now he had remembered it, so he asked for it. It is dangerous for a modern pistol to fall on the hands of someone from this era.
"You mean your weapon, Ernest?"
"Yes...where is it?"
"I hid it in my drawer. Do you want me to get it?" Sophia asked.
"Yes please."
Sophia rose to her feet and walked towards the door. It seems that she's going to her room. Closing the door behind her, Ernest used the time to scan his appearance.
Yes, that's right. He's been curious about how he looks in this world. Did his body change or did it remain? The answer will soon arise if this room has some sort of a glass…Lucky, there's one mounted in the wall. With eyes filled with the excitement of unveiling the answer, Ernest get off in his bed and looked at the mirror.
The man looking back at him...was his original appearance. An average-looking guy. He was not ugly nor handsome, just in the middle.
After seeing his looks, he heard footsteps from outside of the room. It seems that Sophia is heading back here.
Ernest quickly returned to his bed as if nothing happened and gaze only at the door, which will now be opened by a beautiful girl.
"Here," Sophia said, handing him the M9 Beretta.
"Thank you.: He said.
"It's a powerful gun. Is it magic?
"No, it's just science," Ernest said. Sophia tilted her head to the side and muttered. "Science."
"I'm sorry if I might sound rude or shameless but do you have any food? I'm getting hungry."
Mysteriously, her face hardened. Asking if someone has food is really embarrassing and out of the line. It looks like she doesn't have one.
"Sorry for asking that. Please forget it. It's really shameless of me to ask you that."
"No no...If only I can afford one."
"Afford? How much is the food here?"
"Three silver coins."
Ernest spat out a funky sound. "What?! Silver coins?"
Ernest was surprised at the price. Silver coins, isn't it supposed to be copper? He had been watching fantasy anime and reading novels, although it is not accurate, the price of food shouldn't be higher than silver. It should only cost three or six copper. He doesn't know the economy of this country so he just assumed that it was at that price range.
"Well, every basic necessity rose up after the Kingdom lost the war."
"Huh? This kingdom lost in a war?" After hearing that, Ernest takes note of it. As it is important in the near future. "Tell me more."
Then Sophia told him the story of everything she knew about this country. It was long but let me shorten it for you.
The Kingdom of Crentis is a multiracial nation home to various races including elves, dwarves, beastman, humans, et cetera. Their ideology is different from other countries who believe that humans are the superior race. This ideology led this country to war with the Empire of Arcadia, which is a superpower country, and any other nation that shares the same ideology with the Empire.
After defeating the kingdom in a war, the country had suffered from massive war reparations, discrimination, economic crisis, and unemployed citizens ever since the end of the war.
Surprisingly, one may doubt the actions of the belligerent of the Kingdom of Crentis. If they so hate the other race, why not exterminate all of them? Sophia explained that the reason they weren't exterminated is that the Empire had found the use of them as slaves, laborers, you name it.
So the reason Sophia can't buy food is because of hyperinflation that the country is currently suffering from. Ernest now knew the situation of this country. This is the best starting location he could ever wish for.
'Open system.'
As he thought of that word, the system interface showed up with two notifications.
[Congratulations on completing the sub quest: Find a nearest city or kingdom.]
[You have received 10,000 tyrant points.]
[New main quest unlocked.]
[Now that you have found a kingdom. As the future tyrant of this country, you must know your country first.]
[Main quest: Explore the city.]
[Rewards: 15,000 tyrant points.]
This system, did it just assume that he is going to be a tyrant of this country? Although he doesn't want to become a tyrant inwardly, the rewards that it's giving him when he completes a quest are attractive. A currency to buy modern technology in the system.
Well with this cheat system, he can buy it as long as he completes a quest. Which will be a great help to him in the near future.
"Sophia...I just got an idea. Do you care to join me to explore this city? I am a traveler and I want to know about this country."
"Are you sure Ernest? But you might get disappointed. After all, there are no attractive places here to see."
"I don't mind. As long as I see the people it's okay."
"Well if you insist...I can show you around. You saved my life after all. So I was prepared to do anything you ask."
"That's good to hear."
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