"Uggh..."


    My breath is rough.


    The blood on my left arm''s injury is flowingcontinuously without stopping, my vision is starting to blurry with the drops of water on my facefrom therain as well asthedizzinesson my head that won''t stop due to the loss of blood, but still, I need to keep walking towards the forest.


    Thatguy is probably still inside the forest, eventhoughI won''t be able to chase after him since hewas in a carriage,there is no way I can let him go with my little sister.


    Aaah...Mybody is weakening...


    The weight of my bodybecomes heavierandheavier,theeffort I need to put to make one step is increasing step by step... With this peace...No,I need tokeep walking forwards... For mydear little sister...


    I don''t know how many times I''ve been walking but I still keep walkingforwards. Just whenI was about to faint, I suddenly saw acarriage.


    Approaching closer and closer with the hope that it wasthe same carriage that I was chasingafter,Iputa little more effortto not faint from the pain and thedizzinessandstarted walking towards thecarriage with all of my remaining strength.


    Aaah... I''mtoo late.


    Looking at the destroyed carriage, I searched for my little sister. There were twocorpses lying on the ground, from the size of the corpses,they must be the twoguards who accompanied that guy.


    I couldn''t find that guy nor my little sister corpse, they probably survived the attack, with that reasoning, I lookedforfootprintsnearthe carriage.With thisrain, there must be footsteps of these twosomewhere.


    Hearing a sudden growlfrom my back, I turned my head. A group ofwolveswassurrounding me.


    Unsheathingmy sword,a sudden strong determination arises within my body.


    "I can''t die in that kind of place! Hina, wait a little longer!"


    With my shout resounding the surroundings, I charged towards the wolves.


    One of them jumped at me, from the size of the wolf and the look of his eyes, he must be the leader of the group of wolves.Followinghim from behind, the others ran towards me.


    *Clang*


    Slashing diagonally towards the alpha wolf, a huge sound resounded. The alpha wolf stopped my sword with his jaw,this is bad, this wolf is strong andI don''t have enough strength left for a long-term combat.


    With that thought, I clenched my teeth and tried to swing thealpha wolfswho was still hanging my sword with his jawin mid-air towards the otherswolves behind him.


    The alpha wolf which was blown away towards his fellow comrades stood up and chase after me who ran away from them.


    Without any strength left in my body, I slipped because ofthe mud created by thecontinuousdownpourand fell on the ground.


    Aaah... I''m going to die here without saving my dear little sister...


    With that last thought, I fainted.


    ?????


    Erm... What a realistdream...For me to dream about the prologue of Runes of Magic, the reason to that must be probably because I played too much yesterday.


    When did I even fall asleep?


    Oh yeah right, I was waiting for my childhood friend, Kosuke to finish his club''sactivity, thenIfell asleep on my desk.


    In that case, why do I feel like I''m lying in a bed instead of being sitting on my desk?


    Slowly opening my eyes, I saw an unknown roof made from woods.The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there.


    This is definitely not theclassroom.While having that certitude, I tried to get up but felt pain all over my body.


    "You should rest a little more, your body is in a really bad state."


    Hearing a rough voice next to me, I turned my head.


    A blond manin his thirties was sitting on a chair looking at me with amazement.


    "You''re a toughone,aren''t you? With allthosewounds you receivedin addition to the bloodyou''ve lost while I was carrying you, it''s a miracle that you''re still alive."


    "Where is Hana? I must save her!"


    I instinctively shouted.


    "You really think you can move in thisstate? You should just be glad to be still alive."


    After hearing the blond man speaking, I regained my composure.


    From thefeeling of thepain all over my body, it doesn''tseemto be a dream.


    Looking at the blond man carefully, my eyes widened.


    This blond man was WiliamFjord, the knight commander of theNirvun''skingdom.


    Am I really in the world of Runes of Magic? The blond man confirmed my thought.


    "Oh right, I forget to introduce myself. I am Wiliam Fjord, the knight commander of theNirvun''skingdom. During my investigation,Ifound you unconscious in the forest surrounded bywolves."


    Which means that I am...


    Looking at the window on my right, the face of a young boy could be seen from the window. The young boy had white long hair and a feminine face. Coupled with his beautiful purple eyes and his high pitch voice that hadn''t matured yet, anyone who meets this charming young boy for the first time could mistake him for a girl.


    "Ciel...Claus."


    The face of the youngboy was one of the protagonist ofthe game Runes of Magic,Ciel Clausreflected through the window.


    "Hey young girl, it''s not really polite to introduce yourself without looking at the person himself."


    Wiliam said while scratching hishead, upon hearinga sudden gurgling from my stomachhe sighed, then stood up from his chair and said.


    "Just wait a little bit, I''ll go get you the rabbit stew I''ve prepared while you were sleeping."


    After less than one minute, the knight commander came back with awoodenplate. After roughly finishedeating the rabbit stew given by the knight commander, I said.


    "Thanks for the foods."


    This body doesn''tseemto have eaten for a long time, the bowl of rabbit stew was large enough for anadult tofulfillhis stomach butI was still hungry even after finishing my plate. Since it was impolite to ask for more, Irestricted myself from doing so.


    The knight commander Wiliam who was waitinguntil that I finished eating asked.


    "So, can you tell me what happened to you and the carriage? You see, I was actually looking for the owner of the carriage, KriegZackarybut I only foundhisguardsandyou instead."


    Recollecting what I experienced during the dream, I explained.


    "I''m sorry, Idon''tknow either what happened to the carriage... I was chasing after the carriage because of its owner whokidnappedmy little sister. When I arrived there, only the corpses of the two guards remained. Searching for any clues that could lead to that guy, I was surrounded by a group of wolves."


    Without knowing the reason, I felt hatred towards Krieg Zackary while thinking about him.


    "Hmm... I see. So that''s what happened. I investigated the carriage with my troop but we were not able to track Krieg from his escape. Thank you for your cooperation, you should rest in this house until you fully recover."


    Wiliam who was in deep thought after hearing my explanation nodded and said. Then he stood up and directed toward a door and was about to leave the house.


    "Wait! Let me come with you! I need to save my little sister from this bastard."


    I shoutedinstinctively,feelingthat Wiliam won''t come back anymore after leaving the house. Wiliam stopped moving and said after a sigh without turning his head.


    "Can you even walk? I already told you. Stay in that house until you fully recover."


    ''There is no way I''mgoing torest without knowing my sister''s whereabouts!''


    Hearing such a shout inside my mind, my body tried to stand up from the bedinstinctively,but the wounds on my body were too severeand I endedfallingon the ground.


    Wiliam, who somehow guessed that I fell from my bed turned his head and walked towards me,he thenunsheathedhis sword,pointed it at me and said with a menacing tone.


    "You''re only seeking death by trying to follow me in your conditions. I can fulfill your wish right now if you want to die at this point."


    After glaring me for a moment, he realized that I was determined enough to risk my life and finallysheathedhis sword.


    "Fine, just drink that potion and follow me."


    Wiliam sighed and after throwing a glass vial with a red liquidinsidenext to me, he said.


    After leaving the house, wewent back where the destroyed carriage was and searched for several hours but couldn''t find any clue about Krieg Zackary nor my sister whereabouts.


    Finally giving up, Wiliam carried me andhead back to the village located next to the forest.


    My body wasn''t recovered entirelysoIcouldn''tescapehim. After my body finally gave up resisting, we returned to the wooden house where we were and decided to rest since it was late and we couldn''t see anything inside the forest.


    The next morning, I woke up and realized that Wiliam was already gone.


    From the talk we had before sleeping, he probably returned to the capital to report about the investigation.


    As for me, I decided to head to the neighboring village. Realizing that I could no longer wake up from that "dream" of mine.


    There was still something that needed to be done in the neighborhood village according to thestoryandit was an important event before heading towards the capital.


    It was also an important eventfor Ciel Claus, the meeting of a second support character Sylviaas well as a new power that could be obtained inside the neighboring village, the Windrunner Village.


    For now, I can''t still find the reason why I''m trapped inside this game, but it doesn''t really matter. Because right now, I was no longer Satoshi Nakamoto, but Ciel Claus.