Little Red Riding Hood

Slowly turning around and carefully walking towards the noise, Adam Blake saw a girl with a basket in her hand, who was picking flowers. Her red cape with a hood brought back familiar memories in Adam's head.

"Am I in a fairy tale?" - Adam chuckled to himself and walked towards her.

(God, I hope the cliche "languages are the same in all worlds" will work this time...) - he said in his thoughts and came out of the bushes.

"Hello, beautiful!" - he greeted and smiled sweetly, approaching her.

"Little Red Riding Hood" shuddered and turned around, looking at him in fear.

"W-who are you?" - the girl asked quietly, tightly clutching the basket.

(Hooray, we speak the same language!!!) - the guy rejoiced mentally and smiled.

"My name is Adam Blake. I am a traveler and I accidentally ended up in this forest..." - he laughed nervously and scratched the back of his head - "Can you tell me where we are and how to get out of here, dear lady?"

"D-dear lady???" - she repeated and blushed deeply.

"W-we are in the Oberyn forest. T-this is a forest in the kingdom of Oberyn and there are many magical beasts here..." - she explained with an awkward smile, still embarrassed by the nickname "dear lady".

(As I thought, I'm not on earth... So I really was transported to another world because of the truck... Am I the main character of an anime?) - Adam thought to himself and sighed heavily.

The girl shuddered, thinking that she said something that could offend him.

Adam noticed the anxiety in the girl's eyes and, having calmed down, smiled sweetly.

"Sorry for my reaction, my lady. I was in a distant kingdom, so I couldn't believe how I ended up here!"

"I see..." she whispered quietly and smiled nervously. - "I-if you don't mind... H-how about coming with me? I live nearby!" she suggested, smiling awkwardly.

Adam thought about it. He had nowhere to go right now anyway, so why not?

"I don't mind!" he smiled sweetly.

The girl's face lit up and, smiling brightly, she walked along the path, taking her basket.

"By the way, I haven't introduced myself. My name is Rose. I live in the city with my mother, a seamstress, and my father, a guard!" she said as she walked.

"I see... Is it okay for me to go to your house? I don't want to cause inconvenience..." Adam said with a wary face.

"It's okay. Mom and Dad are kind people, so if we explain the situation, they'll help us!" Rose said with a soft smile on her face.

All this time Adam kept his hands in the pockets of his medical gown. His clothes, glasses, notebook with a pen and several syringes with very strong poison had migrated with him from his old world.

(We mustn't let our guard down. I can't trust her yet. Luckily, I still have the syringes with poison...) - he squeezed the syringes in his hands tighter. - (I have 6 syringes with me in total. 3 of them contain scorpion venom, 2 contain an antidote to this poison, and the last one is a shot for a cold... Your mother, Aaron!!!) - he suddenly remembered his younger brother, who had recently caught a cold.

(Damn, Aaron would be lost without me! Luckily Andrew often visits us, so I hope he will give him medicine...) - Adam said mentally, hoping that everything was okay with his little brother.

Rose noticed his worried face and of course she did not understand the reason, but decided to calm him down.

"Um... Everything is fine. Mom and Dad are kind, they will definitely let you live with us, and my dad will help you get home!" - she smiled softly, trying to calm him down.

"Huh?" - Adam came out of his thoughts and realizing that he made her worry, he smiled.

"I see, thanks for the answer!" - he said with a sweet smile, from which Rose blushed.

They spent the rest of the way to Rose's city in silence, each immersed in their own thoughts.

To be continued...