บท 3: Survey
"Oh, and this is Grandma Purit's house. She weaves all of our clothes," Ismene said as they came upon a house.
There was an unusual enthusiasm as she talked about the house; it was clear that she had some form of relationship with Grandma Purit.
"Your grandmother?" Tau asked.
"Yes. Do you want to meet her? I think she just cooked; she would love your presence in the house," Ismene continued.
"Sure," he answered as the two knocked on the hut's door.
"Mama, I'm here," Ismene called out as they both heard the slow shuffling of feet as the woman came towards the door.
Seconds later, the door opened, and the woman stepped out. She was as he had expected; she looked to be in her early 60s, but looking at her, he could see the resemblance.
In fact, if he didn't know better, he would say she was Ismene's mother. As soon as the woman saw them, her face lit up.
"Chief?!" the woman asked, surprised at his presence.
"Mama!" Ismene called out, drawing her attention away from the weak Chief.
"Mene, what's wrong? Why is the village chief here?" she asked, confused, but he could see some traces of worry in her eyes.
"You don't have to worry, ma'am. Ismene and I were simply on a walk so I can re-familiarize myself with the village, and then we came upon your place," Tau explained.
"Oh... Okay then, would you two like to come in?" she asked as Ismene turned towards him.
"If you would allow us, ma'am," Tau replied.
"Then come in. You know, it has been long since I last saw you two together like this. By the way, are you getting any better now?" the woman asked as she prepared a place for them to sit.
Coming into the hut, Tau was surprised. It was much bigger than he expected. Even his own wasn't that big, so there was definitely something wrong here.
"I'm getting better, ma'am," Tau replied as he pondered her words.
From what he just heard, it meant that his body had a history that he currently knew nothing about. She also just confirmed Ismene to be his childhood friend.
He could already guess something like that from her behavior towards him and her familiarity with him, but somehow he feared that they could be married.
It wasn't necessarily a bad thing. In fact, no part of that statement was a bad thing. Ismene was beautiful, and so far she seemed to have the ideal mannerisms he hoped his wife would have.
Soon the woman brought a table and some food for them to eat. The food was unfamiliar, but then so was the world around him, so he bravely took a bite.
Tau considered his options. Where he was from, such a visit confirmed a romantic interest in each other, so he couldn't say that he was eating this food happily.
It had only been a day, and such a thing was happening.
However, he had no intention to stop it. Ismene seemed to be the only one to have shown some level of attachment to him, meaning that she could be trusted for now. Besides, he was hungry, and his hut didn't look like it had anything he could eat within it.
Time passed with Ismene's grandmother asking questions he didn't know the answers to. It was to be expected, but he did at least learn just how close his body and Ismene truly were.
Nearly an hour later, the two finally left the house. The sky had nearly turned dark by the time they left. Thankfully, they were done with the tour of the village.
About a minute of walking later and through many shortcuts, he finally arrived back at his hut. It turns out that she stayed in the hut just close to his.
"Thank you for your time today," Tau said as she helped him sit on a chair just outside his home.
"You're welcome. You wouldn't be needing anything else, right?" Ismene asked.
"No, not really. I can do the rest by myself, but thank you for today," Tau answered again as he thanked her.
"Okay then, goodbye," she replied as she ran home.
Tau sat and watched her figure disappear in the distance before finally looking up at the rising moon.
"There isn't even a water supply," Tau noted.
The village was indeed decent, but there was still a lot wrong with it for him to consider it good.
This was something he noticed after the stroll around the village. It had absolutely zero sources of water that were close by. No wells, no streams that they could safely walk to.
The nearest river or stream to the village was within the forest, and according to Ismene, it wasn't exactly a safe place.
There were wild animals that would attack, so they visited the river in the early hours of the morning to avoid the predators.
"At least the people are supportive," Tau stated as he stood up and walked into the hut.
Immediately he did so, he pulled up the system interface as the holographic screen appeared again. He could see that the amount of gold had increased by a little.
From 1500 Gold, there was now 1506 Gold. He didn't know the value of one gold, so he couldn't exactly tell. Apart from that, he also noticed a new section that showcased the population.
---
Population: 374
Men: 128
Women: 246
---
"Oh, it doesn't differentiate children," Tau noted as he continued reviewing the other new things on his page.
It was weird that it didn't count children separately, but it didn't matter much.
Looking through the interface again, he saw another new section titled "Buildings."
Somewhat excited, he immediately clicked on it as a long list of buildings appeared before him.
"Town Hall, mine transport systems, archer towers… water tower, this place has it all!" Tau shouted out loud in joy before going into a coughing fit.
ความคิดของผู้สร้าง 
king_frosh
king_frosh If you wish to support me, please do so here
https://ko-fi.com/king_frosh
สถานะพลังงานรายสัปดาห์
-- การจัดอันดับด้วยพลัง 
-- หินพลัง