Chapter 4 : New day of beginning

I don't know how long I slept. But when I woke up, I could feel the warm sunlight hitting my face. It was still morning and there wasn't any sound at all except for birds chirping somewhere far away from me. I stretched, feeling my body tingle and my muscles relax. It felt like I had been sleeping for ages.

"It's a new morning. I can't believe I'm in another strange world."

This world is so different from mine. I thought that there would be some kind of connection between our worlds, even if they are only fragments from what we call "parallel" universes. But everything seems too distant. They seem to exist separately and each other by itself.

It was something that I felt so overwhelmed that I didn't know where to start the answer. So now I should look at the problem in front of me how to live in this new world.

I slowly sat up on the bed. My body now seems to be very weak. The feeling of cracking in my body even got better. but still very far from normal

I tried to stand up and walked slowly out of the bedroom. After looking around the house again, there was nothing wrong with it. The house is still the same as it looked last night.I'm trying to prioritize what I should do now. When everything doesn't seem right.

First, I had to try to stay as normal as possible. Otherwise, the neighbors would have wondered what had happened. It wouldn't be nice if someone was spying on my life every day. If that's the case, Maybe one day someone will know that I'm not the same boy.

"Since I was already in this boy's body Next, I will have to use words that sound appropriate for this boy's age and background. I have to convince myself that I'm this boy There was no more me in my previous life."

When I was trying to use my mind I could feel the hunger that my body had forgotten because of the fear and exhaustion last night.

"If I'm not mistaken, I haven't eaten anything since I was lost in the forest. fell into the valley the other day."

"There must be something that can fill the stomach left in this house. Let's try to look it."

After walking around the house for half an hour I found some bread that seems to have been kept for a very long time..with a medium sized potato

"It seemed that the boy with the original body was living a very difficult life. Judging by the food he has in store."

I'm not too surprised An orphan who survives by making a living by collecting things in the forest and selling them. It must be something very difficult. It's surprising that it survived.

"Huh? potato? bread? Once again, I could feel that the words used for them seemed to be the same as those used in my previous world. I seem to be right. It definitely has something that connects this world to the previous world.

I try to think of the basic essential details of this world. It seems that the world uses money mainly as coins, which are made of copper, silver and gold.

"100 copper equals 1 silver coin, 100 silver coins equals 1 gold coin."

The size of these coins seemed to be the same as what I remembered in my previous world.

Many units of measure and values seem to be the same. Even the division of time, hours, minutes, 24 hours a day, the name of the month , a year has 12 months, 365 days, it's all the same as the previous world.

"Looks like I'm very lucky. Because if many basic things are the same

It would be difficult for me to accidentally say something so strange that people around me became suspicious."

When it comes to money, it reminds me that I kept my money in a box hidden under my bed. But I can't remember how many there were.

"I found it.. it's probably this box, huh? Why is it so light?"

I was immediately met with bad news. His most valuable money box

There were only 47 copper coins inside. I tried to count slowly one more time to be sure. But it doesn't seem to increase even one coin more.

From memory, it seems that pork in the village market sells for around 100 copper coins per kilogram. With this money, I can't even afford to buy pork to eat. This seems to be my biggest problem right now. Let alone all the strange things that I still don't understand. Looks like I might have starved to death before I could solve those mysteries.

Looks like I'm going to have to sell what I have in the village. But from exploring the house earlier The dried herbs that were kept were not very expensive items. Therefore, Better to keep it for myself to use at home when necessary.

This problem is not difficult to solve. I just sold a hundred-year-old herb I found in the cave last night. in the memory that exists Never heard of anyone in my group ever selling herbs that are a hundred years old or older. But there used to be a man who sold crocodile herb over 70 years old.

If I'm not mistaken, he sold it for 230 silver coins. After that, he stopped hunting for wild things. Moved into the village. It's something that's been talked about a lot in this area of ​​forest seekers.

"But… even though my body is now a boy, But I felt that my previous life wasn't less than 30 years old. So I knew the world wasn't all beautiful. full of dangers especially in this new world I feel that it is more dangerous than many times."

"But… even though my body is now a boy, But I felt that my previous life wasn't less than 30 years old. I knew the world wasn't beautiful. full of dangers especially in this new world I felt that it was many times more dangerous."

If I sell this precious herb in the village First of all, people would come and surround me. because it is strange big deal and many people will recognize me. My chances of bringing the money back home safely after the sale are almost non-existent.

I need to find a place to sell that is crowded. And hardly anyone would recognize my face in that area. The only place I could think of would be a town that traveled 15 kilometers from the village.

Since I was born, I have not been there before. But I've heard my father tell me about it. The road between the village and the town that once in a while there is a military unit to patrol. Even if it's not very safe But people are constantly roaming around. I think a kid like me should be able to travel without too much difficulty.

Before leaving, must prepare many things. Even though it seems safe but a boy travel alone more than tens of kilometers in this area It is also considered to be dangerous.

I myself have no way to defend myself at all. If something happened, the only way to survive would have to escape quickly. Therefore, the belongings that you carry are only necessary thing for mobility and emergency times.

hundred year old herbs There were seven herb, it wouldn't be necessary to carry them all. I thought that selling just two plants would be enough to support me for a while.

If I'm not mistaken, before my father died in the forest. had left a dagger for her mother to use for defense, try to find it first, I felt that it was in the herb storage room

"I found it. It looks like a dagger. The total length of the handle and the blade should not be more than 20 cm. If it was too big and long, it would be difficult for this body to use it. It is considered the most suitable for carrying on this trip."

In addition to the dagger, I found my mother's coat left in the room.

"Looks like it's a little big. But if I fold it a little when covering the body, I think it won't get in the way when moving."

"Um… is there anything else I can use?"

"Hey Pound, when did you come out of the forest? Do you have any injuries?"

As I was thinking, a male voice called from behind me.

Shocked, I quickly turned around and looked. found that the window of the house was open There was a middle-aged man calling me loudly.

I know this guy well Because he was the only survivor of the group when my father died in the forest. And he always helped my mom and I after that. After my mother disappeared into the forest He was the one who gave me a work. Help him boil herbs for a small amount of money. And he started taking me into the herbal gathering group. Teach me about the forest when I grow up.

I've always called him Mr. Roger.