("Did you all find anything about that man?")
("No.")x5
("No, Sbjpmly we couldn't find anything about that man, even the scholars with their collection of infinite books do not know who he is, it's like that geezer just created him out of thin air to do his bidding.")
("D**n it, if even the scholars don't know, then we might never know who that man is")
("Ye it is quite a headache when you do not know who your enemy is.")
("Now now brothers, we shouldn't worry about that man right now, cause what we should worry about is the old man that favorite son")
("Ye Hkrvnkmux, but still we should be vigilant even to the tiniest of ants, cause they might turn into beasts that would be a pain in the back for us like those 7 pawns of that geezers.")
("ok ok everyone lets just change topic.")
("Now then, to the most important topic, Illsglibi, any news about the movements of that old man?")
("Yes, there are rumors that Okejcgn was called to the peak and was said to have been given a task by that geezer, to save something or someone in some cave.")
("We got to digging of who it might be and discovered that it was near the last known location of that man on the land of our once greatest empire, which helped us defeat that old man, now lying in ruins.")
("so that means the man almost died then and needed to be rescued.")
("Ye, but still I always reminisce about that time when we solidified our control, but now that oldman has corrupted those sheep's and turned them into her believers and has many more things, he can move.")
("Me too, Ewqshiyw me too.")
("And talking about the task, what about the mission that I gave you about that old man's favorite firstborn son Uiuuwv ?")
("The report sent to me by my subordinate is that they have killed the mother and kidnapped that geezer's favorite son; however, they were attacked by a hooded man who took the son and teleported away when we tried to pursue him and we are still trying to know who he is and what is his connection with that son.")
("Back to the topic about that man, what should we do to him, brothers?")
("Let's just let him live, and just persuade him that his being used as a pawn by an evil god.")
("I think we should kill him.")
("Ye, I think we should kill him just to be easy and not to leave any loose ends.")
("Ok then, it is decided that we will use that thing to kill him instantly.")
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I remember when my parents separated. It was different from the divorces in other countries where the laws often favored women more than men. In my country, the Catholic Church has a strong influence, and our laws reflect its teachings. Even though we were just a colony, we adopted those beliefs as our own.
When my parents separated, my sister and I were forced to choose whether to stay with our father or our mother. Since I was only 6 or 7 years old at the time, it felt like a heavy burden for my developing mind but finally, I chose my father to follow my older sister's choice even though I was saddened to not see my mother.
When my father was called back to work at sea, my sister and I were left in the care of our grandparents. Since I no longer have a mother, my grandma took on the responsibility of being a mother to us. We loved her, even though there were times we felt frustrated with her. But that's what motherhood is about—loving and sometimes hating. Despite any feelings of resentment, she always loved us.
As I was asleep remembering my past I suddenly felt my whole body being shaken by two hands.
"Hey wake up Tyron cooked us dinner to eat." Then I heard a little girl's voice but this time I could understand him?
I wanted to sleep more because I was exhausted from yesterday but the relentless shaking continued and woke me up from my slumber.
As I opened my eyes I could see the ceiling but then the head of a little girl popped into my vision with a big smile on his face.
"Ohhh good morning we need to eat breakfast and we will have a meeting after." she said to me and i was shocked as to how I'm understanding him now.
"Don't talk to him Mary, you can't communicate with him. He talks in a language that even I don't know. I sometimes think he's an idiot with his language." I heard the voice of a man.
And I faced that direction and saw a familiar back eating at a table.
'Ohh so the little girl's name was Mary.'
"I know Leord but still I believe that he will understand my intent even though he doesn't know what I am saying," she said toward the familiar man who was eating.
'So that man's name was Leord then.'
Then the man faced my direction and I saw a once handsome man full of scars then I realized.
'Is that the hooded man?!' and we looked at each other.
"Why is he looking at me like that Mary?"
Then Mary looked at my face and
"Hey, leord is saying why are you staring at him like that." she talked in a slow embarrassing way like talking to a child while making gestures.
"Ahhhh sorry for staring, I'm just surprised with his face."
Then the two of them were shocked with their mouths open like seeing a ghost.
While I was sitting on the floor Leord stopped eating and walked toward me with intimidating steps and when he finally reached me he holded both of my shoulders.
"You mot*******ing brat!" he suddenly shouted in front of me and made my eardrum bleed.
"F**k! Why are you screaming in front of me?!"
Then the other door beside the bed opened and I saw it was the other 3 with a wooden plate at hand with food on it.
"What the h**k, leord why are you screaming we might get the attention of something?" and the dwarf talked.
"Yeh, leord don't scream." the Indian man said.
"But still why did you scream leord I know you are the cautious type and won't make this rookie mistake?" the old man said.
"This F**king brat can talk to us this whole time and made us struggle yesterday!!"
"Really?!!" the three screamed and stared at me with full of killing intent.
Hearing this I was scared out of my wits and imagined myself being killed if I didn't control the situation properly.
'F**k! Do I need to explain something? Do I tell the truth or lie? I don't even know how I can understand and talk to them.
just yesterday I don't understand them and now after I sleep I now know and understand their language?' Then I realized something.
'Wait I wore a cool-looking amulet yesterday before I went to sleep. Maybe the amulet was like a magical translator?'
Then I finally opened my mouth and said,
"Wait, wait, indeed, I didn't understand what you all were saying yesterday!"
"Then how can you talk with us right now?" said the dwarf.
"Ye how?!" said the old man.
"I don't know but I think it's all about this amulet I am wearing that I found underneath the cabinet yesterday?." while showing the amulet to all of them.
"Wait really?! Give me it, I would like to see it." leord said and I handed him the amulet.
"Ngvu ugg kh vjku tgcnna yjcv jg uckf kv ku"[1] now i don't understand him again but my hypothesis was right this amulets is some kind of translator.
'But how does this work? And how does it translate?'
However, as I was thinking I suddenly saw some kind of stone he took out and thought it was a rock at first but then I could see leord touched it with the amulet and a colorful particle came out.
I could see purple, yellow, white, and orange particles coming off the amulet and was fascinated.
"Wow.."
"Jga, K fqp'v wpfgtuvcpf yjcv aqw ctg ucakpi pqy?"[2] Mary said to me.
"What?!"
Then the particle vanished, and Leord returned the amulet, which I wore.
"It turns out that what you said was true. I tested the amulet to see if it contained any spirits, and surprisingly, it revealed four different types—quite a rarity! There's also some writing on the back, but I'm not familiar with the language. Perhaps you know it since you talk in a language we don't know?"
"Wait, what is spirit? Is it some mana that you used to do that stuff yesterday"
"I can't explain this properly because I don't study in that field. I've only been taught how it works or how to use it to harm someone. You would need a witch or wizard for that, or perhaps you could find a researcher who could teach you. That might be much better. By the way, what is mana?"
"Oh really," I said.
"But can you teach me how to use it? I just want to shoot fireballs and stuff and dont really need to know where it came from or what it is."
"I can't teach you at the moment because you need to perform a ritual or some sort of process to activate your spirit."
"Ohh, look like I can learn it in the future then." :(
"And you made our day yesterday much harder by dropping that big sword and alarming the monster that we were there."
"Ohhh sorry." ;(
"ohh ye eat first tyron made porridge and after we are done eating we will have a meeting." he said and walked away toward the table and resumed what he was doing.
and everyone returned to what they were doing.
While I was there sitting, Mary suddenly pulled me.
"Hey let's eat," he said joyfully.
"Wait, where's the baby?" I said because I didn't see the baby in the room
"ohh it's with Rey"
"Who's Rey?" I questioned him.
"Ohh yeah all of us haven't yet introduced ourselves to you."
He pulled me toward the other door beside the bed and when she opened it I saw bags of flour and grain and a shelf of wine and a barrel of alcohol and a table with some knife and butchering tools and a cauldron beside it.
Then i heard the a babies adorable voices and sound it make and faced it and saw the old man holding the baby while eating.
"Hey everyone, we haven't yet introduced ourselves to him." Mary said getting the attention of the room.
"Ok, hi my name is Tyron, a silver tier explorer from the land of gold." the Indian man said.
"And my name is Lork from the high mountains, a gold tier explorer." the dwarf said.
"And I'm Rey, a hunter in a village called korpa." the old man said.
"And I'm Mary, the discipline of leord the one who was outside."
"Ohh really i never thought i would see a spirit apprentice."
"Yes, I've been with my master for 5 months now I think."
"And what about you brat?" Rey faced me.
"Ohh ye, my names…"
'Do I lie to them with a new name in this life? Or just tell them my name? I really hate my name because that woman gave it too.'
'Look like I need a new name then.'
'Is Hayden a good name?'
'No how about Ian?'
'Or Liam?'
'Ok then i have decided.'
"My name is Kain."
"Ok Kain where are you from? We talked about this yesterday about where you come from."
'God. What should I say to these people?' I started panicking from inside.
'Am i gonna say to these people that i am not from this world?!'
'Think Ivan think, what would be a good excuse to these people.'
'Wait this a fantasy world so why not just say I was used as a test subject and was thrown to a portal they created to go to the other continents and was brought to here instead? That should be a good excuse?' and i told them about my made out story.
And they were shocked and stopped eating.
"Wait, you mean you are from another continent? Are you from the great rift?!" Tyron said.
"Is the continent on the other side of the great rift trying to open a portal to invade us?!" Lork said.
"I didn't know I was just a test subject at that time?!"
"We need to bring this news to the whole continent that an invasion of a foe we do not know is about to happen!"
While Rey brought us a wooden bowl and spoon with food on it.
I could see them in distress from what I was told.
'Look like I overdid it and now they thought an invasion was about to happen!!'
I sat on the ground and first smelled it but I did not smell anything and started eating. However I tasted it and it was bland but I continued eating because of my empty stomach.
'I miss Earth.' reminiscing the modern conveniences and its tasty foods.
[1] “Lets see if this really what he said it is”
[2] “Hey, I don't understand what you are saying now?”