Chapter V: The Power of Imagination and Reality

My name is Leroy, I was sure of that, what I wasn't sure of was… How long has it been?

I literally lost track of time as I began to delve into the history of this world…it had been so long since I had talked to anyone about a topic in depth, even before I was transported to this world.

The truth is that I am more asocial or antisocial than I seem, so whenever I had a chat it was just to please other people, only this time it was out of necessity because you are not always transported to another world and you have to learn as much knowledge as possible from it in order to survive.

"It's the craziest story I've ever heard... I think I can even get material out of it for my novel... oh right, my laptop"

Her name was Aurora, apparently she looked like a 16-year-old girl, at first I thought it was funny how a girl of that age ended up here and I thought she was drugged or something because of how she wobbled.

But the phrase exists for a reason, appearances are deceptive, since she possessed such an extensive amount of knowledge that it seemed a bit strange to me that she knew about all that, since taking the gentlemen in the church as an example, they used armor giving me an indication that we were in ancient ages and yet she had knowledge far superior to those times in my world.

I asked so many questions that I even forgot my main plan about keeping the fear in her, but well, I can only say that her information looks real and quite convincing.

In all this time that even the sun had already set, I was chatting with the girl about various interesting topics about this world, such as culture, politics, some historical events, some legends about very powerful warriors from other worlds, as well as some other prominent place in the world... and a part of its history, and that's how we got to this point.

"Well, that's how you got here then… wait a minute, doesn't that miasma have detrimental effects?"

I asked about the liquid that had soaked into her which was dripping down her right arm, but she seemed puzzled by this fact, like a short young man who appeared to have consumed substances that were not legal at all.

"Hey, are you alright?"

"I think a nap would do me good," I declare before falling to the ground already unconscious.

I quickly checked her to see her condition and although I can't ask her everything about this world, I know that she is in danger because of that substance that she has in her body, the only detail is that I couldn't ask what to do with said substance.

"Let's see, I should be able to do something…

I quickly began to check her pulse and her breathing, denoting that she was very agitated as her body temperature increased considerably, although I didn't know if I was too sure about the latter due to the changes in my own body.

«Damn!, what should I do?… I think for the moment I should just take her to a safer place…»

I quickly took the girl in my arms, carrying her in a nuptial way, although since she was wearing a skirt, that made me touch part of her thigh, enjoying the softness and this, which only lasted a few milliseconds before I remembered. that she was in danger.

"Come on, focus, you're not a kid anymore..."

I quickly scolded myself and started running through the forest towards the area of the wolves. Why is this? the reason is very simple… I don't know any other place.

Although earlier the girl had mentioned that there was a place to the southwest a few kilometers away, though she also said that it was useless to go there.

As I trotted in the direction of the wolves, the smell of burning wood was present as well as a slight illumination in that part of the forest, which confused me until I remembered a certain environmental rule when camping and that was always illustrated in the family program that only happened on Sundays with a man named chavelo.

"Did I put out the firewood?"

I quickly remembered that I had left a fire burning around yards and yards of forest, so I left the girl in a safe place that would be easy for me to identify, and then I took a long jump flying over the forest, giving me a good view of what was happening. Down there.

The first thing I noticed was the obvious combustion that was taking place in the area of the wolves, and the second thing that caught my attention was the wolves themselves who were battling with the cow-pigs and apparently found themselves at a huge numerical disadvantage.

When I finished rising, I began to fall and as soon as I landed on the ground, I headed as fast as possible towards the cave of the wolves, where upon arrival I noticed several signs of confrontation, both from the wolves and from those creatures, which apparently by their great numerical advantage, they were devouring the remains of the wolves.

"..."

A small feeling of emptiness flooded me, it affected me so much that it didn't take me long to go and kick one of them, tearing it apart and sending its remains crashing against two others, which were distracted due to the force of their impact, without stopping to contemplate the great amount of blood spilled, he continued killing the creatures by going through one after another, taking out the courage and helplessness he felt at that precise moment, hoping that something would change.

"..."

The amount of blood in the place was so much that it even seemed to form a lake of it, there was a moment in which I was finally able to react only to see how the last of these was left, which desperately tries to flee, but every time it did it destroyed a limb, incapacitating him more and more in his attempt to escape.

After watching him suffer for a few more minutes, I decide to decapitate him with one blow, which ends up throwing bones and brain matter everywhere, and once everyone was finished, I stayed there for a few seconds, observing all the corpses of this massacre that happened.

"..."

—mah!

"Hey?"

It wasn't until an indistinguishable and small meow totally caught my attention, so, following its direction, I found a wolf which seemed to be suffering because its rear torso had been chewed and destroyed by those creatures.

I slowly approach while he was gasping for breath and desperately trying to crawl to reach what appears to be a stone on the ground.

-You want this?

I didn't know why I was trying to do this, but nothing could be done anymore, so I simply checked that rock, without finding anything suspicious in it, I decided to remove it from its place, only to end up finding that there was a hole under it, where I found something that did return my soul to my body.

"Wolf, you're still alive!

I exclaimed with happiness when I saw the smallest of the wolves, but he was scared and stuck to the bottom of the rock, so just like when we first met, I waved the keys that I brought with me, causing the little one to calm down and begin to get out of the hole

The little wolf, seeing me, came out of the hole, and then went towards its caretaker, who was lying on the ground because its hind limbs had been devouring.

When he saw his baby safe and sound, he began to lick and caress himself as all dogs do to show their affection, it seemed like a beautiful reunion, however, the little wolf, even without understanding the situation, continued to caress himself until he fell asleep near him. without even knowing that it was a last farewell, because the older wolf who lay down near it to spend his last moments next to his cub had stopped breathing.

It was a scene that truly saddened me, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't go back to correct it, so taking priorities, I put my attention on the fire, which burned fiercely and threatened to expand even more throughout the world. forest.

Without many ideas and options in my mind I started doing the first thing that came to my mind.

I started to blow hard and although it seemed like a stupid idea, it seemed to be working because somehow my lungs had the same strength as that of a Kritonian, but instead of freezing, it only served to fan the fire more, since my lungs were not enough to turn them off.

"Oh damn, this is not working, what would the protagonist do…"

I thought desperately as I watched as the fire had doubled in size and was threatening to spread further.

"...wait a second, technically I'm the lead, so... what would I do?"

Said question that went through my head made me remember that I had come to another world with the force of more than a thousand men in one, so calming down I start to think with more reason.

«Come on, think… the closest water is in that small lake and it won't be enough, blowing will only fan the flames more, so I need too strong a draft to suffocate the flames… Mmm»

I thought of several possible solutions, but none left me satisfied, until a vague memory flashed through my mind, of how a certain green monster put out the flames with a loud clap.

I couldn't think of a more convincing method, so with that idea in mind I take the little cub and make a huge jump out of the fire and get close to where the girl was (which I had no choice and I climbed up a tree). placing the little wolf right next to her.

"Very well, I think they will be safe here…"

Without wasting time, I go back to where the main axis of the flames is located, where when I arrive I take a last look around me, noticing all the death and destruction, so giving a slight sigh I proceed to open both hands and as if everything was fine. around me submerged in a long and slow silence... which was broken when, in a strong jerk, both palms collided creating a loud roar sending everything flying and creating a pressure that sank and liquefied the ground.

When I open my eyes, I see how everything had been left desolate, because both corpses and trees and some other thing, were buried between meters of earth, although the wave also knocked down and threw a few trees around.

—Wow, I didn't think it would work... I'm glad I was wrong.

I observed how the place had been completely cleared and the trees only emanated smoke and were still burning, so I decided to gather them all together, to later crush them and put out the firebrands that were still burning.

Once that is finished, I take a big jump to get to where the girl was next to the wolf, however just when I got there I see another scene that leaves me speechless, because I see how the wolf had broken the girl's suit devouring her abdomen... or at least that was the view that took me, since when I got closer I noticed that the girl is fine and the wolf was licking the blackish substance that was flowing from the girl's wound.

— Hey! Do not eat that.

He quickly took the puppy away from the girl and that blackish substance which seemed to be happy to eat it. I was about to pick up the girl but in that I have a full view of this girl's semi-naked body, but despite this, what most attracts my attention is the wound on her abdomen, seeing how a black substance overflows from this.

"What the hell is that?"

Concentrating on that substance, the wolf takes advantage and escapes from my hands, running towards the girl quickly licking the wound again or rather, the blackish substance that emanated from it. I approach to separate them again, however, something catches my attention, which was to see how the girl seemed to recover her natural color and her normal temperature.

"Hmm, I really don't know what to do… I just hope that doesn't give him an infection…"

I stayed waiting for a moment watching how the wolf continued to lick the girl's abdominal area, allowing me to notice good results when I saw how the girl seemed to breathe more normally.

"This is strange... but it seems to work"

After a few more minutes of seeing how the wolf drank said liquid as if it were the mother's milk that we all receive at birth, it walks away to simply burp and go to sleep, meaning that it had finished or that it was full, but leaving the girl with a wound which curiously had already healed which caused some surprise and doubt in me about the girl.

"I didn't know that the wolves of this world could do this"

Once I finished my analysis of the situation (which I did not understand very well) I took the wolf and the girl, but not before trying to accommodate the remains of her clothes, totally failing, so I had no choice but to carry her even with the few garment that she wore.

"Do these things only happen to me?... I'm sure not..."

I thought sarcastically about most ecchi scenes, where the protagonist has to save a girl's life, but to do so he has to go through or pass himself off as an embarrassing scene that can be misinterpreted by certain morbid minds.

"If I remember correctly there was a cave in that direction..."

As he walks with the wolf and the girl to a safer place, he thought about what he could do now since he wasn't quite sure what to do after that.

I already knew a few basic things about this world, however I still didn't know anything about the language, which for obvious reasons is impossible for me to learn, since the girl is technically mute, but apparently she has a unique ability which allows her to transmit any sign of interpretation possible, in this way she communicates without the need to speak or listen.

I thought that it would be very convenient if she accompanied me, since then I would not need to learn anything and this ability could be very helpful to me, however I am not able to force her to come with me, since I am sure that she has her own goals and stuff .

Although if this were an anime, the girl fell madly in love with the main character and for that reason she decided to accompany him.

"This place has many caves, I already feel like a caveman going from one to another..."

Sooner than expected, I reached a cave, where I accommodated the girl and the wolf and then sat down and thought things through.

—According to her, the closest town is to the southwest, so if the sun has just set over there then the north is there and the south is in the opposite direction, so the town is in that direction… well, If she doesn't wake up by tomorrow I'll go there.

I talked to myself while looking at the stars, although curiously I watched everything as if it were still daylight, something like a night vision.

«Mmm, now that I think about it, I suppose I'll take the cub since I doubt it will survive without its congeners, but the detail now is how I will do with the language, maybe I can manage with the rest, but the language is the only one problem… and there is also the hair… How will she do it?»

While I was thinking, I noticed how the girl and the wolverine were trembling with cold, which disconcerted me a bit since I was totally comfortable with the temperature, but leaving aside my body with inhuman characteristics, I went looking for some firewood in the place where the fire was and also take advantage of bringing some firebrands that did not go out completely and as soon as I return I lit a small bonfire that would heat the cave.

I did not feel fatigued or tired, but while I was thinking about how to solve the situation I was in, the mental stress I was carrying was accumulating, which reminded me of the moment before I came to this place, so forewarning myself, I decide to lie down hard. ground, which was the perfect place to close my eyes and fall into the soft hands of Morpheus.

"I'm already regretting this..."

[…]

"Wow! How do you do that oni-chan.

A white-haired boy could be seen next to a little blonde-haired girl, who the latter watched in amazement as the eldest in his hands a light emerged from which a small sphere of light was formed that shone in different colors just like a ball. disk.

—The power of imagination is greater than it seems little Alice.

The young man spoke, undoing said sphere of light in a quick movement, causing a blinding light to illuminate the place for a moment, as if it were a flash photo. The girl, rubbing her eyes from the blinding light, looked at the young man again with admiration, especially thinking about the question she would ask him.

"So I can do it too?" asked the golden-haired girl, her big blue eyes full of emotion.

"That depends," he replied, taking a serious and calm voice.

"Of what?" the infant questioned curiously.

-Of your dreams…

"You just made it up, no," the girl exclaimed with an expressionless look as she seemed to make a gesture in pure chiví style.

—Indeed my dear haha.

The boy scoffed a little when he saw how the girl seemed to pout at seeing such a vague answer.

—I'll be honest, the limit of this power is how much you can see from something so simple... an example is the air, it can't be seen, we only feel it, but we can also modify it, so that it is more than just air, like this.

He mentioned that the whole environment changed around him later, forming great currents of air that seemed to flutter all the leaves lying on the ground, which he carried away as if it were a sea of fish in the air... and with leaves instead of fish.

"And then there's you Alice, now you're just a little innocent girl…" she spoke as the little girl pouted.

—But if we look deeper into you, we can find great things... and I'm not referring to your organs, I'm referring to how someone like you could surpass all expectations to become a powerful magician or a skilled swordswoman, all of that depends on how much you can see something or someone.

He finished speaking to later caress the head of the girl named Alice who only gave a beautiful smile to the boy who responded with a smile in the same way.

[…]

Then, like this, the sun rose bathing the world with its warmth, letting small rays of light cross the forest, illuminating every corner giving meaning to the arrival of dawn. These rays were enough to wake me up, realizing this I open my eyes only to see the cave as it was, with the girl and the cub sleeping there.

—Once again a strange dream, although this one in particular felt more real, as if I had done it at some point, but that did not happen in my life... unless it was in another life... perhaps those videos will be true in different social networks that its main theme was reincarnations and past lives.

I kept thinking about this particular dream, because the words he had said and the things that that white-haired man was doing with his power caught my attention.

That reminded me of a certain game where the only limit is your imagination, which also reminded me of the words of a subject in a novel I read.

According to those words, magic is omnipotent, it only depends on what your knowledge about it is.

I didn't know if I had magic, or even if there was magic in this place, but I was already in another world to say the least, so I decided to try that white-haired boy's lesson, since I also didn't lose anything by doing it... maybe dignity but who needs it?

—Haber, I don't know how magic works in this world... if there is, but I know that the basic principle is to imagine how this would form... then... this is land, but it can also be...

As I touched the ground, I began to imagine the possibilities this could have, but since my knowledge is mostly based on sandbox and construction games, the only thing better that I could come up with was a block of dirt and without my seeing it come, said and done a block of approx. 60x60 cm of dirt materialized in front of me.

— huh?... magic... magic...

When trying to replicate said scene of the white-haired boy, the last thing I expected was for it to work... but looking on the bright side of the situation, he practically had to awaken a new power without even finishing processing what had happened.

"…I know what to do today.

As I looked at the block, a smile spread across my face, so much so that you could call it disturbing...

As if it were a small child, I came out of the cave seeing what else I could do, since I could literally transmute matter, so today I was fulfilling one of my dreams as a child, well let's face it, many of the people of my world, at some point he dreamed of having something special like what was seen on TV and if some wanted super strength, I wanted to control matter.

I quickly touched a good-sized rock and according to my imagination it began to deform until it formed a humanoid statue, similar to that of a naked man, he rests his left hand on his shoulder, and in it he carries his sling bag. From there, a kind of harness encircles his back to his right hand, next to his thigh.

This sculpture was known as "the David" and I did it not because I knew its history or anything like that, but because it was the first statue I know of because of a certain yellow sponge.

Although unlike said sponge, mine was not as detailed as his, as it lacked more established features or pressure in some areas, but not bad for someone who begins to have powers over matter.

"Though I wonder what the limit of what I can do is..."

I sat cross-legged and clasped my hands, then concentrated on my thoughts trying to figure out how far the limits of magic could go or what else I could do with it.

«The guy used air to demonstrate to the girl apart from creating a sphere of light and I just discovered a while ago that I can modify the earth... I guess we'll start with the most basic of magic anime and physics books...! The four elements!"

Still sitting on my knees I brought my hands closer and in true Goku style I began to concentrate my ki... or magic, or at least that's what I was trying to do.

Directing all my concentration towards my hands, I tried to simulate or imagine that something arose from these and it did not take long because after a few seconds several drops of water began to emanate from my hands until they quickly formed a sphere of water which remained floating statically. infront of me.

[OH] (Shows admiration without saying the word)

I moved it as if it were a ball in my arms until I launched it with a little push towards the forest, losing itself in the distance, to later hear a crash followed by the fall of a few trees.

Being amazed and excited by it, I continued with the next element which would be fire, but before doing so I decided to do the same air maneuver that that white-haired boy did, so getting into my thoughts again I can imagine how many of the particles around me begin to spin rapidly around me and in my hands a small tornado appeared which was getting bigger and with each time it grew more erratic and powerful.

So before it got bigger I threw it into the air causing many clouds to swirl around it.

[OOH!] (Shows admiration without saying the word)

Once these elements have been tried, I go with the most favorite of all, fire.

Without supporting my pyromaniac desires, I concentrate on it, imagining how certain elementary particles oxidize in my hands, generating heat in my hand and after a few seconds a considerable size flame emerges from my hand. However I didn't stop there and add something else to the formula and suddenly the fire takes on a blue color and a power similar to that of a torch.

[OOOH!] (Shows admiration without saying the word)

"Interesting, when thinking about adding more oxygen, perfect combustion is produced since there are no residues, and the water and the wind are completely pure, however... I have a question"

Right after that thought, the flame took on a more yellowish tone, which was enough to solve my doubts.

-AHA! As I suspected, I do not transmute matter, I control the atoms, more to be exact I believe that I can modify and create atoms.

"It would not violate one of the main laws that says: Matter is neither created nor destroyed, it only transforms..."

—Well, I am a physicist to affirm this…

I didn't know what the limits of physics were in this reality, but I was sure that several laws had already been broken in the course of my coming here, so I was left with the question of what was the maximum potential of magic in this reality. world, but I wanted to find out as soon as possible and I was not going to experience a whole cliché plot just to find out.

—Mmm then if I change the oxygen for the hydrogen we will have.

As soon as he finished saying that sentence, the flame changed from its yellow tone to a transparent one, although it wouldn't even be perceptible at night, much less in daylight, but due to my improved vision it could be seen by me.

"...This is going to get interesting," I said while giving the smile of a mad scientist.

Quickly disappearing that flame, I get up to look at my hands as if I had discovered something that totally changed my perspective on the world... that in fact it does, but now it was at my disposal.

"Very well, let's see how far the power of magic goes."

I quickly stretched out my hand with an open palm, and in front of me, a few meters away, a small sphere made of rock materialized, floating undisturbed.

"Including telekinesis? Or it will be… move»

Just at the first thought I had the sphere obeyed and moved to where I thought it would move, as if it were a pointer that I controlled without even moving, although I could tell that I felt its presence somehow.

«A projectile at a high speed is indeed something broken... but let's see how much...»

I quickly began to move said sphere in a circle with greater speed, increasing it with each passing second, so much so that a wave of wind began to appear, as it seemed to go faster than a bullet, although for my developed eyesight, this was like seeing a a balloon gliding in circles.

I kept increasing the speed of what seemed to be the propellers of a helicopter due to its speed, but it wasn't until at one point that I decided to stop it, causing the wind wave to stop.

I look towards the horizon and decide to send the sphere there and at enormous speed it is lost, at least for a common person, since with my expanded senses I see how it slides through kilometers and kilometers of mountains.

"Was that the limit?... no..."

As I paid attention I could feel that the rock was already so far away that I could no longer find it with my eyes, but somehow I knew that it was still there.

«I don't know what the power limit is in this world, in theory being a traveler from another world it should be much higher, but I don't know if everyone has the same ability to control everything they create... although I would like to know if you can return it »

I stretched out my hand and, just like a certain Nordic god, I expected something to come from far away directly towards my hand... however, at a certain moment, this feeling vanished.

"Hey? Was it destroyed?

I began to reflect on what had happened, but I simply paid it back to its destruction, since the flame and the sphere of water had the same sensation, until they dissolved or were extinguished.

«I think there is a kind of strength between the things I create, however this bond weakens the less mass they have... or maybe it's just due to magic and that's it...»

—That's why I always say that I only know, that I don't know anything, but well, let's see what else I can do... once again I spoke to myself again...

I put aside my mental problems and placed my hand on my chin while resting the other on my hip thinking about what else I could do.

This was a strange feeling since there was so much power if you didn't know how or what to use it for, it was like when you got excited because you bought something you wanted to use, but you only use it once and in the end it stays there like one more object, leaving with a very big disappointment when you try so hard to achieve something, so that in the end it does not turn out as you expected.

"I guess I could do the same as the elements... KHE?"

When thinking of four elements, the only thing that came to mind was four monsters with four elements, which I admire and always liked when they fought with the protagonist developing a new technique, but the most important and what's to come The case was when the four of them ended up merging to create an even stronger monster.

With the idea of the experiment already focused, I got to work, first starting to create the available elements.

«Water, rock, fire and air... to egg, I am the fucking avatar»

Each of the elements materialized in front of me rotating around a point in which I was concentrating, it seemed easy to simply create them, but he had to maintain a good amount of concentration to keep them in place without them getting out of control.

"Let's start with two... air and fire"

Being elements which are not rejected, I was able to create a huge vortex of flames which followed the current of the air.

"Now with the others..."

Carefully approach the water which rotated at high speed with the rock and the latter being a solid object, ended up being crushed by the torrent of water, which caused a dome of water to be formed with several pieces of rock in its inside.

"Now everybody"

Without thinking about things very well, I put all the elements together, causing that when they all collided, a large amount of steam emanated from this union, and then only a mass of rock between dry and wet fell to the ground as a result of everything planned.

"..."

I honestly expected something more like an explosion, but it wasn't the first time things had gone wrong for me, so I just resigned myself and sat on the floor, miserable at the moment.

«Not even having powers, I can do things well…»

I just sat there, a bit depressed from that huge disappointment, wondering what else I could do or what I should do now.

But while I was thinking, I unconsciously took my keys turning them between my fingers as a distraction method, however, I noticed how these, despite being simple keys, support the enormous force that I exerted on them, and it is supposed that I could destroy the skin of a huge dragon without effort, but some keys could against me.

"This is not even half normal… wait a minute"

While looking at the metal keys, I remembered how that monster made of four elements was not four elements, because in it there was a more resistant and versatile element.

Without wasting time I get up and then raise my hands and concentrating on them, something in front of me begins to materialize, giving a small glow due to its appearance, and when it disappeared, a metal sphere was revealed, totally polished and bright about the size of an apple.

«As far as I know there is no magic to create metals... or is there? If I remember correctly, that is more related to alchemy… better not to make conjectures until you are sure»

I stopped wandering around in my thoughts and focused on the sphere that was going to my hand with which I proceeded to take it noticing its cold temperature as well as its hardness, but despite this, applying a little more force, it begins to deform as if it were clay.

—I'm sure this is iron, but apparently it has the same hardness as the swords of this world… there is only one way to check.

I took the key that I was holding in my hand and with it I decided to press it with enormous force on the deformed iron sphere. And as expected, the sphere deformed even more, as if it were simple plasticine.

—Interesting... but now that I think about it, I can create iron, which is an element in its purest state, and I can also create water, which is a combination of elements while fire is an exothermic chemical process, and my keys... I don't really have any answer so that my keys are harder than the iron here, I suppose that they are typical things of magic and other worlds, but I would like to find a meaning in it.

Once again I concentrated on the palm of my hands, thinking about the creation of certain particles too small to be seen, which are responsible for establishing the existing attractions between atoms and produce, through their movement, electric current in most of the metals.

In the blink of an eye, a small amount of current sizzled between my fingers, showing me the capabilities of my skill.

"Now, let's have fun."

Gaining more inspiration at the time of discovering the new skills, I left to do everything that occurred to me to do.

[…]

Aria was the name I always used away from home, as there was no need for someone to know what my real name was... however, I completely forgot this rule when a scary-looking black-haired guy asked me my name... and even though I'm good at lying, I just had to tell the truth.

But first I had to admit that it was totally weird, I was literally weird for speaking a language I've never heard, I know I can't speak, but that doesn't mean I haven't studied most of the languages in the world and this guy spoke one that is I could tell it was from another world.

But that was only the tip of the iceberg, because it turns out that he lacks basic knowledge of the whole world, as if he had been under a rock all this time, but he had great intelligence since he grasped more advanced things that would take a person years of study, although who understands the most difficult and not the easiest? It was strange without a doubt, but I answered all the questions he asked me due to my condition and the seriousness of the moment.

His attitude was also strange, he was calm and friendly and he apologized every time he made a mistake in his conjectures since we spent a good time chatting until I almost forgot that a few moments ago he fiercely destroyed a pack of Dinolius, no longer He seemed like that ruthless warrior, in fact, he seemed more like a person from high society with great knowledge, because he had answers to the world's unknowns.

It was completely strange, yet it was the first time I had shared everything I knew with someone who cared and in one of the strangest situations I have ever had, but at the same time, pleasant.

I think I even told him things that I would never tell anyone, I didn't know if it was because of the relaxing talk or the miasma taking effect.

"So that's how you got here... One question, isn't that miasma harmful?" he said, pointing to the black liquid that was dripping from my hand. "Hey, are you okay?"

While he continued speaking my mind began to abandon me, little by little I observed how everything turned black, I knew that I was not going to die divided by certain events, however I did not have the time to hibernate for so long.

"I think a nap would do me good," I said before falling asleep on the floor.

A few hours later

A few slight tremors followed by the thunderous sound of an explosion was enough to snap me out of the dream world, but I still felt too weak that I still wanted to lie on whatever was on this soft, comfortable floor. But in less than a few seconds, various memories come to me with the information of what happened yesterday afternoon before I passed out.

"Hey? It's been a week?"

I got up from some kind of bed, although it was made of some kind of soft and resistant fiber as a protector, but the base was made of a material similar to rock.

I walk to what looks like the exit of the artificial cave as it seems to have been carved out of all the walls around me. Although after taking a few steps I feel like my clothes were in an awkward position and when I check them I notice how they seemed to be totally new and even more resistant, but I quickly realized what had happened to me.

"Perhaps I have been cured, but how? Perhaps that subject took me to a church"

I remember that I explained to him some things like the danger of the miasma, but I didn't tell him anything about how to cure it, because the only known way to eliminate the miasma is through a spell that only the church has in its possession, I suppose that he I already knew this, but even so, I don't understand how she did it, the churches charge a large sum of money for such a treatment and apart from that, I was sure that if so, now she would be in a cell as a prisoner of the church.

"But if I'm not in a church, where am I?"

I left that cave room, finding myself with a great view towards a perfectly arranged forest, so much so that you would say that all the trees and soil were placed by someone in an orderly manner.

Although before that there was a small flat area where there were several marble statues, a very expensive material and that only kings and nobles could afford, however here there were several rows of these in the open air.

Each one had a different and original design, although I didn't understand the art, some of these figures were really beautiful, although the biggest one was in the middle of everything.

I approached the place only to observe a large statue, starting with a platform and on top of it, the imposing figure of a muscular young man was placed, who seemed to be in a pensive pose or perhaps stung in a perfect contrapposto in a way Egida rests her left hand on her shoulder, and in it she carries her sling bag, from there, a sort of harness encircles her back to her right hand, next to her thigh.

BOOOM!!

Unexpectedly a stronger explosion shakes the ground again, although it wasn't enough to make me fall, but big enough to be seen at a close distance.

Looking towards the other side of the mountain, I find a giant cloud of smoke from which the figure of a person ends up going through it, and then ends up landing next to me. He didn't know who it was, but he couldn't feel any hostile messages coming from it, just some discomfort and insecurity.

When the dust cleared, I could see the subject of yesterday's talk, only now I could notice his appearance, which was in his twenties, apart from being quite tall and with the skin of his face tanned, his musculature was perfect to such an extent that you could not notice any fat on his body, but the most characteristic feature was his black hair.

He was wearing clothes worthy of a mercenary, which consisted of a hooded raincoat, pants and boots, although I don't know the material from which they are made, but the most striking thing was a deep black color that you could hardly distinguish the edges.

I didn't remember much of the previous conversation, but even if this guy doesn't show hostility or have tried anything against me, it doesn't mean that I fully trusted him, although thanks to his poor knowledge I can give myself some liberties, like stop pretending to be talking.

—It seems that you're better now—I speak with the same language that I didn't recognize, but I could understand it and luckily he understood me.

—First of all I would like to thank you for helping me with the miasma problem.

"Oh that, I don't think so," he said without much concern and with a kind smile.

"However, I would like to know what happened after you fell unconscious.

"OBSERVATION"

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"Damn, again..."

I exclaimed comically in my mind, although on the outside I was in the most serious way I could be, although the truth was that I was praying that it would work, since many do not take me seriously because of my appearance, since they think that I am younger than I actually am. I really have. I didn't want to sound rude to someone who saved my life, but I still wanted answers as to why and how things happened.

"What do you want to know to be exact..." I had never seen someone's attitude change so quickly, because his kind face changed to one of total seriousness, which made my hair stand on end, but despite this, I remained firm. .

—Well, first of all, I would like to know your name and why you hide your statistics...

Faced with the question that would easily give me away that he possessed the ability of observation, I deduced that he would not know this because he lacked basic knowledge.

— My name is…Leroy…and how I hide my statistics, it's easy…I don't know what they call it here, but I don't have what they call status or statistics…

He said hesitantly and indifferently, so I tried to look for a lie in his words, something that I appreciate about my ability is to see the truth of what people say, however despite seeming like a lie, what he said was true, or at least that's how my ability showed it to me.

"What the hell, is that even possible?"

I knew my OBSERVATION skill was a small line of defense, but my blessing wasn't and it told me when someone said yes or no the truth or half. However, he did not lie at all. Calming down a bit I decide to continue.

—Okay, so how did you remove the miasma from my body.

"Well, to be precise, a little wolf did it, I don't really know how, but he did it.

Everyone in the world has our secrets and we hid them for different reasons, however that did not apply to me since most of the time my ability helped me to find out about it, although curiously this was not the case, since somehow , this guy seemed to tell the truth... or maybe he was very good at lying.

«I don't remember much of the conversation yesterday, but I know that this guy is not someone ordinary since he has a very extensive knowledge in some subjects, however I am not going to let myself be underestimated by someone like him... I would like to subdue him and save me some trouble but I don't know how strong it is."

"Okay, I'll believe you for now, but could you tell me where we are?"

"Well, we haven't moved from this place since yesterday...

I wasn't sure if we had moved, as my mind was still reeling from trying to remember what happened yesterday.

Although I managed to find among the mess of memories, which was a long talk about the world in general, explaining various things like culture, economy, language, political formation and some other story about the past, like the gods and the Heroes, which at first I thought was related, but having no mana and not knowing the language made me totally dismiss the idea.

«If we haven't moved, then why is the relief totally different?... this subject was rare, in itself having black hair was already analogous to rarity, but having that strength, lacking a state and speaking a language completely unknown made him stranger and more suspicious than usual, but as much as I wanted, I couldn't force the information out of him... at least not now that I'm in this state»

—Well, if it's not a bother, I would like to ask you one last question, only more private...

"I'll see if I can answer it…" he said more calmly.

"Well…what is your race?"

"Well, I can say with total certainty that I was born as a homo sapiens... so I'm sure I'm a human," he said strangely, as if he had asked the dumbest question in the world.

I stayed silent for a few seconds analyzing his answer looking for any sign of lies, but again I found nothing, it was obvious, but there were many more intriguing and I was considering taking them out by force later.

- You're weird…

I exclaimed, whether it was fear or perhaps it was the frustration of knowing who this guy made me act impulsively to the point of challenging him knowing that I wouldn't have a single chance to beat him.

And as expected, this person began to release a gigantic aura, filling the place with a feeling of utter emptiness.

Although such was his presence that I couldn't move a single muscle, however for some reason I knew that he wouldn't do me any harm, since I could see with my blessing that he was just a little annoyed, but without any murderous intent, but still. It made it difficult for me to breathe due to the great pressure emanating from it, but from one moment to the next, his face softened and the aura of death disappeared.

"Says the girl who's stuck in a love square," he said giving me a big, crooked smile while I could only blush in embarrassment.

I turned away to avoid him noticing my already obvious blush, in fact I could tell he was looking behind me with a face that says: "It's not very wise to mess with me." At the moment I could only curse myself for having been infected with miasma, since otherwise, I would never have told him something so shameful, although I don't understand why asking something that has no relevance, maybe because he didn't trust me or something like that.

—You should worry more about your situation, I don't doubt that you are very strong, but if you want to survive in this place you should learn the language since I doubt that there is anyone other than me who can understand your language.

The truth is that this subject had me very intrigued, I did not know who he was or where he came from, what he had in mind was his monstrous strength that was unreal to his physique, that although he had a fairly trained body, it was still impossible believe it that he destroyed dinolius with his hands.

Now that I notice, this guy doesn't have an ounce of mana in his body, though I guess it was related to his lack of "Status", but even so, he now had another intriguing one that probably won't be answered until I get the same answer. tell me.

—That's what I wanted to tell you about, well, to be exact, I wanted you to help me with the language problem, there will be some way to learn it in the shortest possible time— he proposed, but I quickly refused that, although I decided to throw him a hint about that already I didn't mean to sound rude.

—Well, it's not that I don't want to help you, but to the best of my knowledge I only know three ways to learn a language and the first and simplest is to study it with your best effort and learn it.

Not a few seconds passed and he was already turning his head from side to side in denial.

—You don't like to study, eh, well there's also the second option, which consists of learning a skill that is granted by the church, however, to learn said skill you need something that you don't have.

- And that is?

- A state…

«That option was practically out of his limit, not only because he lacked "State", but also because of his hair since the church would attack him as soon as he saw it, thinking he was a demon…»

—And finally we have the third and easiest option... I guess... which consists of a language learning spell, however, the records of this spell are long lost and a limited number of wizards know about it, they are so few that most are old, or corpses under the ground.

—Ahhhn, so, could you help me with the third option? - I ask seriously, although I could feel that inside he was slightly worried.

But to be honest I couldn't afford to help him, I know he saved my life, but I didn't have the time or resources.

—I suppose I could help you find someone, however, for that I would have to look for him and for that I would have to spend time and resources, and I'm not offending and I'm really grateful that you saved me, but I didn't trust someone I just to meet recently.

I just looked down and I could feel his concern increasing, the truth is that I felt a little bad for him, but you can't always help everyone... however, from one moment to the next I feel his concern disappear, and then he gives me a look of business while giving a smile.

"Then, for how long would you be willing to do it?" I ask while inside he had enormous confidence in himself.

-Sorry?

The truth was that I was confused about how he was going to pay me, because yesterday we talked about the currency and its organization, so I seriously doubted how he would obtain such income.

—Yes, for how much, would you be willing to help me learn a language? She — she asked again, even with that face and business smile without hesitating at any time.

"Well, excepting the fact that you're new around here, what would you pay me with?"

Fire against fire, so I gave him a challenging look as well, although I didn't intend to compete, I just wanted to know how long his confidence lasted.

"Oh, well, I guess the only thing I can offer is my body" he said making a sexy pose, although it was sexy, he wasn't joking so I put on a serious face and was about to ask if it was a joke but he went ahead of me. this.

"Yep, just kidding, I'll pay you with this," he exclaimed to later join his palms and from them a glow came out and see how a golden rectangle materialized, although when he finished creating it he offered it to me only for me to take it and with great amazement notice what it was.

«A gold bar!?, how did he do that, was it alchemy... no, you can't create things out of nothing, so he has an ability to store things, but he has no magic or status so he's discarded... What kind of witchcraft was that!?"

I was about to ask how he had done such a feat, but again he was ahead of my words.

-As!;

-I don't know…

A small silence ensued before he spoke again.

"What did you do?" I asked, more serious than usual.

"Well, with magic, right?...or perhaps you don't know anything about this kind of magic?" he asked as he crossed his arms and leaned forward and moved his lips without saying a word.

"Are you underestimating my knowledge? Or is he challenging me to answer hurting my ego »

—What the hell are you talking about, you don't have a bit of mana, even a simple plant has more mana than you... besides, you're underestimating me, believe it or not, I have great knowledge about various sources about magic, so let it out in one go. time.

"Well, if it's not magic then tell me what is it?" he said waiting for an answer.

"Don't you know what's true?"

—I don't know, well I know, but I'm not going to tell you— He spoke with a clear nervousness in his words, so I supposed that he had no idea.

—Well, explain to me how you do those things and maybe I can give you an answer.

I began to regain a little confidence knowing that I could be more right than him…

[An explanation later]

The truth is that I didn't like people hiding information from me, although the reason is that they never succeeded thanks to my blessing that they told me when they lied to me... but since it didn't work with this guy, I was beginning to get frustrated... however, this was frustrating me twice as much than my mind was allowed.

-I don't understand anything.

I said with a bit of a bad mood not finding an answer.

—Yesterday you said that you were a forbidden magician or something like that, however you don't know what magic I used, I'm starting to think that you're an impostor... — he said doing as he continued crossing his arms and making that strange pose while whispering "su".

This information that he had received was what he did not quite understand, no type of magic is used with the imagination as the only source, all magic takes at least an elaborate process between a receptor such as a transcription circle and a catalyst such as mana. .

You would need to have an almost divine affinity for magic to create your own mana, plus there are several laws that you would be breaking if that were the case, such as the law of creation and destruction and the law of equivalence.

So much stress will lead me to a quick death, which is ironic since I cannot die in conventional ways, so everything that amazes me about this subject, I will have to tolerate until he fulfills his order or earns his trust.

—Wait, when did you learn to use it?...

"Well, today... how do you think those statues were created? Anyway, this is my proposal, if you help me, I'll give you more of those ingots, what do you think?" he proposed, although I had to breathe hard. several times to calm down.

«Are you telling me that you just learned or somehow put into practice a type of magic that you didn't even know existed today? ... I think I'll have to stop being surprised by what he does from here on out»

"Okay, I guess it's a deal, but I don't want to take advantage of you, so one of these is more than enough."

The truth is that gold is one of the most expensive metals in the entire kingdom, so much so that only people in high positions could afford to use it as decoration.

But he was still analyzing the gold ingot, thinking that it would be an illusion, but I put it aside and put the ingot in a Magic Box, however nothing else disappeared, I quickly noticed his confusion, although it disappeared a few seconds later to be replaced with jealousy.

Don't you know the Magic Box? Well I guess there's still a lot to learn, like some basic and advanced spells... I think I can still boast of brainpower, but I don't think I can compete with a skill that can create things out of nothing»

However, before I could think or say anything else, a loud call of nature comes to the surface, then the rumbling of my stomach imploring me for some food takes all the attention of our conversation.

—Mmm, now that I think about it since yesterday you haven't eaten, I guess you must be hungry, wait by the cave.

Then he ran off into the woods, where he got lost and just as he said, I went to the side of the cave.

Could I run now that he's gone? Seeing how I get out that mountain would reach me very quickly, maybe a teleportation spell? Seeing in the situation that I am, it is very likely that someone noticed it and put me in bigger trouble »

Wow!

While I was having some thoughts about running away from this guy, a bark next to me caught my attention.

"A wolf cub?...Wait, that fur and the magical feeling it gives off is normal...is this it!"

In front of me, something that I never thought I could see, since a creature that is considered extinct was in front of me, that explains why I am cured, although I was wondering if that guy knows what he is carrying.

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