chapter 3

next day, Arowen woke up at sunrise, he was always an early bird, so after a little bit of struggle he got out of bed, and headed downstairs, as he was going down he could smell food, so he went to the dining hall and took a seat while fighting the lethargy and tiredness, he didn't sleep very well, he was rested but not enough, during the night he woke up multiple times either due to noisy drunkards or the itching he was feeling in his hands, at least he wasn't scammed of his 1000 belli

5 minutes later, he was fully awake, pouch strapped on his back, he got and took the balm and bandages out to change the dressing on his palm, so he undid the wrapping over his hands, and noticed that the dead skin already hardened and underneath it new skin formed, so he took the balm and applied it, then struggled a little to wrap the bandages over his hands,

it took him 20 minutes for the procedure, and during that time, the inn worker brought him his food, a soup of sort and a loaf of bread, he tasted it and it was seafood soup with a few pieces of fish in it and vegetables, the bread was cold and hard clearly not fresh, so he dipped the bread in the soup to soften it and had his meal, it wasn't delicious but it was filling

after finishing his breakfast, the sun was already up and the streets were filled with people doing their business, so he looked for the innkeeper at the ledger,

"Hello! do you know if the marine recruits around here?"

"yes" the big women answered him not even returning his greeting and mentioned with a hand gesture for money, he was surprised but didn't mind, he got the pees, so he handed her a 5 belli bill, and she took it and made the hand gesture again, honestly, he didn't like it here, and he was a little bit angry, she didn't even intend to return the first bill, so he handed her another 5 belli, and this time she started answering

"there is, if you go to the square you will find a building with the marine insignia, they accept recruits there all the time"

and so after asking for directions, Arowen went there to join the marine as intended, and 15 minutes later he was in front of a building that had the marine logo and read "Sebas Marine outpost", as for how he knows how to read well that is because from the moment he came to the dream world, he was speaking the dream language, how he does it he has no clue, the dream language is based on the intent, so no matter what words you use, all it matters is that you intend to say it, for example, if you want to say "I want an apple" in English, a French guy who doesn't understand English will get it even though he doesn't understand it, it's as if you speak directly into his head, the writing is different, a dream denizen could understand any language based on the intent of the writer, even if it is written in code, he doesn't need to decode it he will understand the message automatically, but not the otherway around, the dream writing style is very hard to learn and understand as it is clode to the origin of the world, you can say that it is an extremely high magic language even higher than the dragon script but that is for later

Arowen went inside and saw that there was a marine sitting at a desk, dozing off, so he went towards him

"Hello!"

"eh" the marine was surprised but quickly got his shit together and snarled at him after seeing that he was just a civilian

"whatchu want punk! ain't no lace fo fun"

Arowen shrugged and said "Just wanted to know if this is where I can join the marines"

hearing him say that, the marine changed his nonchalant attitude, to a serious one and started interrogating him

"what yo name"

"Arowen no last name"

"age?"

"I am 23 this year"

"birthplace ?"

"I don't know been on the waves for as long as I remember" that's the story he concocted as a cover for him in this world

"any relatives o people ca testify fo that ?"

"none alive, I am afraid, at least those I know of, I only knew my father, he was a sailor, drunk whenever I saw him, there was a storm at sea, the boat I was on sunk and I luckily survived and made it to this island by chance"

"hmm! sorry to hear that lad, when you sail the sea anythin happens

so whatcha can do?

all marines recruit begi a chore boy"

"in the boat, I was in before I used to cook, apart from that I can also clean and I am not afraid to work and eager to learn"

"final question, why you wanna join?"

"well, I don't have anything to do in my life right now, and no place to go, plus I admired the marine from when I was a little kid"

"hmm! straightforward and honest lad, oright you in" the marine finished writing on his paper sheet and gave Arowen a big pat on the shoulder

'MotherFu***cker it hurts!' Arowen stomached the pain and smiled back at him with a twitch in his eyebrows 'when I get stronger, I am gonna show you hell' he swore in his heart and with that the marine called for a chore boy and asked him to lead Arowen to the marine base with a letter