《ADT - Another Dimension Travel》 The Day 1 (Un-edited) Day 1 It was the first day of the weekend and it is also the 2nd day of our fieldtrip meaning IT WAS THE FREE ROAM DAY!!! Since we are from the rural area of this country of Japan, sightseeing the towering skyscrapers of Tokyo was a first for us. But of course, the target of us boys was Akiba! The electronic center of Japan! It was because electronic gadgets are rare in the rural area even in the neighboring town and if there was, it will be quite expensive. Aside from the gadgets, there was the cosplay cafes too! Anticipating for this very moment, we boys have been saving a lot of money for this blessed chance, working our ass out in the fields or hunting snakes in the forest and fields. The twelve of us split as soon as we have arrived at Akiba since each of us have their own plans for the day, and ofcourse I have plans as well! The new model for the Gundam Series! The Gundam Starstream Vega!!! (This ofcourse is non-existent) I am an avid fan of plastic models but since it was almost non-existent in the rural areas and the fare to come in the city is quite hefty I am forced to make models using wood. Yes! I am a woodworker it''s my dad''s profession before he become disabled and died due to stroke. The reason? Smoking!!! I have been doing it ever since I was small... even though I am still small up to day. You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story. Feeling hungry, I went to eat at a cosplay cafe ordering an Omurice. The service was great! The maids are cute... especially the tsundere maid that served me for the day. Without knowing, the alloted time for the free roam came up! The alarm on my watch went on to notify me. I just finished eating and went out by that time when it ring. The meeting place was in front of the train station and it was quite a distance away from here so I have to run if I want to reach it in time. My stamina is not that really great, but my running speed is quite fast so I was confident that I won''t be late. Running along the alley for shortcuts, I have almost reached the station. I have a superior sense of direction so even though it was my first time running along the maze like alley, I didn''t got myself lost and luckily I didn''t ran into dead ends. But something happened while navigating the alley. It was right after I stepped on something strange or it just appeared suddenly? It stopped me from advancing like I was glued on the floor. "W-what the hell!!!" I cursed as I tried to got out from the strange trap that I have fallen into. And then all of a sudden, the ground imited a bright light blinding me and then after that my head felt light and consequently I was left unconscious. Day 2 (Unedited) Day 2 I was awoken by the warm rays of the sun flashing his light on my face. Making me shield it with my arms. The cicadas are singing as they announce that it is indeed spring. The fragrance of the grass that I smelt as I shifted my head sideways was pleasant. Yes, it was indeed spring. Huh-? ¡®Grass? Spring? Am I not in Tokyo just now? Where the hell?¡¯ Is what I thought but when I tried to scratch my ears, I was dumfounded. It became longer than normal. I touched it a numerous times and pinch it, yeah it¡¯s real. It¡¯s my own ears. Shocked by the sudden change on my body, I panicked and tried to find a mirror or anything that has the ability to reflect my image. But there was none in the vicinity. But, I can hear a noise that coming from gush of water streaming ferociously. Following the noise, I found myself in front of a small lake with a wide and high falls. I quickly run and turned to face the water surface to find my face and hair changed a little and with my height left unchanged or it became more shorter? being still short like an average eighth grader, barely reaching five feet. My face became more childlike as if it reverted to my appearance back when I was just about to enter my elementary days. Originally, my face was already a baby face and was subjected to being the class plushie or mascot though I don¡¯t hate it. More or less I became more youthful. My eyes still had the sharp gaze I inherited from my father whenever I got serious. Though, my iris was already changed from the normal brown into that of light emerald. My normally long hair easily reaching the sole of my ankle even though it was braided and tied into a ponytail has now changed from the normal raven colored hair into a gold-platinum hair. Aside from the appearance including my new attire which was a kin to a farmer¡¯s guise or a carpenter¡¯s work clothes different my casual clothes that I wore to tour Akiba, it seems nothing else changed. Sighing in relief that there is nothing else, I turned myself to face another problem. It was, ¡®how the heck did I come here? More importantly, where is this place?¡¯, questions. I believe this is not the Japan that I have lived my whole life in. It was due to the different feeling I got in the ecosystem. It screamed the word ¡®Danger¡¯. The whole thing started to scare me, no living person is around. I can hear rustling of leaves everywhere every once in a while. And the fact that I don¡¯t have a clue what just happened and where I am, escalated my fear even further. Scared and tired, I sat down beside the river bend. I tried to suppress all of it by using the technique my father thought me to use whenever I was feeling uncertain of something or conflicted or scared. I crossed my legs, both hands on my thigh, both eyes gently closed and then I started to breathe in air slowly and released everything out of my mouth with a shout. I repeated this for quite some more until I finally chased I way the fear that clouded my heart to push forward and my mind to think rationally. With that, I looked for something that can help me defend myself in case danger approaches. First, I searched my body. I found out that a set of tools was just hanging right at my left waist ¨C small wooden mallet, chisel, carving knife, small hand axe and a small leather pouch containing metal coins. ¡®Great, I can make a weapon from wood with this tools! But what should I make?~ A wooden long sword perhaps? Right, A long sword and a short sword is perfect! Just like the samurais in the Sengoku period¡¯ Confident of my skills as a son of a woodworker and a model hobbyist, I searched for some tree to be cut into a timber and process into a working wood. What I stumbled upon was a thin rosewood like three with a purple bark. The diameter was just perfect for my hand axe to handle so I started right away chopping the tree showing my skill in handling wood related things. Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. After some thirty minutes, the tree creaked as it fell into the ground. I don¡¯t have that much stamina to start with even though I gave it my all in trying to raising it well. It was even better now though since I can now exert myself to do hard work for ten minutes max and seven to nine minutes minimum compared to the past where I can¡¯t even last for seven minutes. Regardless to say, I suck at physically strenuous activities that my PE marks are just only a nil before the failing grade. I rested for some fifteen minutes before I returned to work. I then examined the tree to find the best part and estimated the length of the swords. Done with the estimation, I started to carefully cut the portion I was going to use from the tree. I extracted it after four fifteen minute breaks to catch my breath. The sun was already at its peak when I finally extracted the timber. Thus~ I have finally felt my stomachs anger as it howls of hunger. So I went back to the bush I saw earlier that giving off the fragrance of sweet citrus smell. They are small red and round berries. I harvest half of it and start eating. Surprisingly, it was delicious! < You have acquired a basket worth of Very Berries > The taste was somewhat a mix of guava, pineapple, and orange. The berries were able to sate my hunger after I almost finished the other remaining half left on the bush. < You have eaten two basket worth of Very Berries, Hunger Level increased from 10% to 80% > Then, I went back to the falls and drank some water. < You have drank some water, Thirst Level increased from 25% to 100% > ¡®¡­ hmmm? What was that just now? Anyway, nevermind¡­¡¯ Heaving a sigh, I then thought that it will be inevitable to camp here tonight with the pace of my work. ¡°Urggh! It can¡¯t be helped! Not that I can roam freely without a weapon in this forest anyway!¡± I yelled as I turned to the direction where I left the wood for the wooden swords. Slowly, I hauled the wood back to the fall together with the leftovers after a couple of trips. Surprisingly, the wood was a fine grained. It was hard and it¡¯s surprisingly flexible. Discovering that, I thought that bows made from this wood will be extraordinarily strong and hard to pull. ¡®I think, I¡¯ll make some later after I finished the swords.¡¯ Estimating the brightness of the sun, it appears it was already approaching three o¡¯clock in the afternoon. The day was almost over and the weapon has yet to be finished. ¡®If only I have more stamina this could have been dealt with faster.¡¯ Is what I thought since I have been getting a lot of breaks. Setting the project to a halt, I began to prepare for the night. Leaving me a good three hours, I started to gather an amount of firewood that can last throughout the night, some dried leaves to easily start a fire and some decently size stones to place around the fire. I was done before sunset and has already lit the fire with a little bit of patiently rubbing a stick, which I carved and smoothed, with a dried bark. I purposely made it big so that when the dark finally came, the place is still well illuminated. Aside from the main fire, I also placed another four small fire forming a square with the main fire at the center that should hopefully give me enough light to proceed on my work. Secured with fire, I started munching some more berries as my dinner. The wind was cold but thanks to the fires I built, I can comfortably sleep later. I worked on the weapon just until I finally carved out the perfect piece of wood for the two weapon. After that, I finally took the freedom to sleep. Day 3 (Un-edited) Day 3 I woke up slightly earlier than the rising of the sun. I yawned quite longer than the usual and unconsciously stretched my arms up. < You have increased the following due to yesterday¡¯s activities: > [Strength 2] [Agility 4] [Dexterity 4] [Endurance 5] ¡®¡­huh? Anyway, it was great sleep indeed!¡¯ My body filled with energy, I can feel my stamina this day is quite higher than the usual. And of course, it made me happy! The falls was noisy as ever when I drank some cold fresh water, washed my face and gurgled some in my mouth. I initially thought of taking a bath but I reluctantly denied myself from it and went on my way to find something to eat. Since the bush with the berries was already exhausted yesterday, I need to find another source of food. And that is~ Fish! Gathering some firewood for the fire and lighting it up. I went to catch a fish with my barehands. Though spear fishing is good too, barehands is much faster. Back home, I was doing this already so I have experience besides it was many leagues easier than catching a snake. A few moments later of staying in the water with hands inside not moving, an unknowing fish passed by between my hands and expertly caught it! I caught five more fish before I started to clean and roast them by the fire. Waiting for the fish to cook, I started working on the next step, shaping the swords into an appropriate length and curvature. I first worked out on the short sword and stopped midway to turn the fish that I was cooking. This step was really tiring though since concentration was needed to attain the desired shaped without ruining the wood. And you know, mental exhaustion is much heavier than physical exhaustion so stamina depletes faster in this stage. Hearing my stomach grumbles, I stopped and waited for the fish to be cooked. < You have eaten a roasted fish, Hunger Level increased from 0% to 100% > ¡®¡­eh?...¡¯ It appeared and disappeared again. What was that? I ate one first, and then continued again with the short sword. The other four was then moved away from the fire placing them into the slab of wood where the part I was now working on was extracted. Eating two more fishes, finally, the rough state of the sword was finished. Moving on to the final stage, detailing and smoothing the edge using a stone that I found earlier to use as a substitute for a fine sand paper, It was finished right after the other remaining fishes was consumed. The end product is an un-lacquered wooden replica of a Japanese short sword without the tsuba or the guard it has an almost perfect curvature and even Finishing the wooden curved short sword, suddenly the weird thing appeared again. A strange sky blue window appeared before me stating: < You just have crafted a unique item! > < Proficiency gained! > < Please name your creation! > ¡®What-the-heck-is-this-things?¡¯ ¡®Where did those things came from?¡¯ Curious about the thing in front of me that has been appearing and disappearing even yesterday, I thought something stupid. I looked at the right, it was still there. Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel.Left, still there. Top, bottom, left, right. The thing was still there! ¡°Whaat the hell is this!!!¡± I screamed. (Not aware of games like RPG, he doesn¡¯t even recognize the thing.) As if the thing in front of me is being sarcastic, a new one popped up stating: < Do you want to name your creation as ¡°Whaat the hell is this!!!¡± ? Yes or No> ¡°Huh? What?¡± I said as I read that. < Do you want to name your creation as ¡°Whaat the hell is this!!!¡± ? Yes or No > ¡°No! Who would like their creation to be named like that?¡± ¡°Then, use wooden wakizashi!¡± < Do you want to name your creation as ¡°Wooden Wakizashi¡± ?> ¡°Yes!¡± < Your created item is now acknowledge as ¡°Wooden Wakizashi¡±> < Please choose it¡¯s classification! > [ ~ Weapon ] [ ~ Armor ] [ ~ Consumable ] [ ~ Accessory ] ¡°Of course, it is a weapon!¡± < Your created item is now acknowledge as a weapon > < Please choose it¡¯s weapon classification! > [ ~ ¡­ Without even waiting for the strange thing from continuing the list I cut it and said¡­ ¡°Short sword!¡± < Your created item is now acknowledged as a Short sword! > < Showing final item stats¡­ > Name: Wooden Wakizashi Class: Weapon ¨C S. Sword Quality: 12/20 Rank: Unique Description: A unique creation of a creative young artisan made from Virosy wood. Atk Type: Blunt / Edged Weapon Lvl: 3 Durability: High Condition: Perfect Reinforcement Threshold: 12 Enchantment Slots: 6 Can¡¯t be repaired Durability will regain through time ¡°¡­¡± Not understanding a thing about the magical words I was reading, I tried to ask the floating thing but to my dismay even before I have utter a word the strange floating thing disappeared. ¡°¡­ ¡­that was weird¡­.¡± Putting myself together again, I catch another batch of fish. But this time anticipating that I might ate more than five, I tried to catch fifteen. I caught them but I had to wander to different spots from time to time since they had already been alerted of my presence. Anyhow, the place was abundant with fish so it doesn¡¯t really matter. It was already mid noon when I have finished the long sword, and like with the short sword the strange thing appeared again but this time I was already ready so I am not caught surprised. < Showing final item stats¡­ > Name: Wooden katana Class: Weapon ¨C L. Sword Quality: 14/20 Rank: Unique Description: A unique creation of a creative young artisan made from Virosy wood. Atk Type: Blunt / Edged Weapon Lvl: 4 Durability: High Condition: Perfect Reinforcement Threshold: 14 Enchantment Slots: 7 Can¡¯t be repaired Durability will regain through time With my weapons done and in perfect condition, I once again gathered firewood and dried leaves for the fires and then took a bath by the river for quite some time before I slept in. Day 4 (Un-edited) Day 4 ¡°Uwaaa!!!¡± Currently, I am running away from a reckless charge of a black giant boar. The giant boar has a ¡°X¡± mark on his face. One of his tusks were broken but the length of it is not something that my long sword can battle. My running speed was fast that I can easily out run the boar when it was not yet recklessly charging earlier but it seems I angered it when I gave him some solid consecutive swings on its plump rack with my wooden katana. Resulting to my current demise. ¡°S-sorry!!!¡± Still running and almost out of breath, I can finally see a clearing. Past the clearing was a cliff side trapping me between this dead end and the giant boar behind me. With momentum on my back, I had almost smacked my body against the solid side of the cliff. I dodged it by running along the wall of the cliff with the momentum that supposed to kill me in impact. But the boar was unable to do so and stunned himself after he collides with the cliff¡¯s side. Seeing that, I tried to perform a somersault as I strongly kicked the surface of the cliff with one of my feet and kicked the air to regain my standing position. I readied my wooden sword as I held it high up with both my hands aiming to cleave the stunned boar into two. Swish* With G-force at my back, the damage was fatal as the attack connected with the body of the Giant Black Boar, making the Giant Black Boar squeal loudly as his final breath. Even though the attack was indeed fatal it didn¡¯t have the enough force to split the boar into two. With that, I was quite dejected since I was confident I can make it. Currently, I was huffing and puffing rapidly due to extreme usage of my stamina leading to exhaustion. After, a few more seconds mainly thirty seconds. The boar turned into bubbles which, of course, made me shocked, again and then frustrated since I thought I might be enjoying an eat all you can boar meat festival today. After the bubble cleared up, something was left behind. 2 giant boar ribs, 1 ivory horn and some metal coins were lying on the ground. The previous frustration was quickly forgotten right after I saw the giant ribs of the boar ready to be cooked. I placed the metal coins into the rest inside the small pouch and placed the ivory horn in my rucksack. As for the giant ribs, they are going to be eaten here and now! Gathering the necessary items to start a big fire I went back into the forest leaving the two giant ribs alone since there is no way for me to carry such a thing while gathering firewood. After some long minutes, I came back and what I saw was a group of men, women, children already roasting the meat in a fire!!! No, some was even eating the meat raw!!! ¡°Hey! Hey! Hey! What do you think you are doing with my Giant Boar Ribs!!!¡± I shouted gaining their attention but I was ultimately ignored right after they scanned me from head to toe to found out I was just a little kid from their perspective and continued their activity, eating my food. This made me irritated. ¡®Finally, I have finally found some people to ask but¡­ How dare they eat my hunt!!! I almost died to F****** kill that thing!!!¡¯ My mind was screaming in anger! ¡°Don¡¯t-Eat-My-FOOOOD!!!¡± I yelled as I brandish my sword towards the nearby member of the group and it did connected. The man went flying toward the bushes back at the forest. This made the whole lot of them shiver and ran against the wall of the cliff, Cowering and trembling. ¡°Eh?!¡± *** Now that I looked closely this people has dirty ragged clothing and reeks as if they haven¡¯t taken a bath for a year! ¡°W-who are you people!¡± There is no answer¡­ ¡°ANSWER ME!!!¡± (Despite his child like appearance, his eyes are not like that at all. It was like that of a Dragon glaring at his enemy.) This made them flinched and trembled even more. ¡°¡­Hmmm, no one wants to speak? Then, I won¡¯t give you some of my meat and Instead¡­ I will cut off the hands of each and every one of you for robbery!¡± It was just a bluff of course. I am not that inhumane you know, to do things such as cutting hands for robbery. Hearing that, an Old man which seems to be the leader of the group moved forward quickly and hurriedly prostrate himself before me. ¡°We are terribly sorry, my lord!!! Please spare our hands!!! We will be nothing if you will take our hands!!! We are really sorry for robbing the meat for ourselves!!! We are but commoners caught up in the war that has left us nothing to eat!!! Please!!! Have Mercy!!!¡± The old man was already crying halfway of his statement, something that I hate the most since it make me feel awkward. Seeing this, I turned my view from the old man into the other members. Their eyes were pleading for their lives nothing like anger or pride was there more like it was fear. Heaving a really big sigh, I turned back to the old man and said. ¡°Yeah, Yeah. I understand. At least, I now know your circumstances! But remember this¡­ I may be small but I killed that boar you¡¯ll about to eat! Don¡¯t underestimate me like what you did earlier or you¡¯ll end up with that unlucky guy that flew back to the forest. Anyway, get that guy back here. He won¡¯t be dead by that strike but he might have some broken bones though.¡± All of them were relieved by that and the guy that flew seems to be a retired adventurer that has been living as their head village guard. So there were no broken bones or what so ever. It just that he was so light due to starvation that I made him flew with my untrained strike. Anyway, I grilled the ribs with their fire which I made even bigger than the previous one. I sliced the meat along the bones of the ribs so that it can be grilled easily. If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement. There were 4 females, 2 males, 1 elder and 3 kids in which 1 where boy and 2 are girls, including the retired adventurer and the old village head. So in total they were 10. The ribs was really too many even with the existence of the run-away villagers. A third of the ribs was left and was broken into pieces distributing it to others equally including the children. It was exactly noon when everything finished and was now resting by the clearing. I decided to talk to the two persons leading this group. So I summoned them to follow me inside the Forest. ¡°Okay, this distance is okay.¡± I said as they turned around to face me. The village head was the first to speak. ¡°¡­ ¡­May this old bag of bones ask why you have brought us here?¡± ¡°I would like to know what¡¯s happening in this world.¡± Hearing this, the adventurer decided to speak. ¡°You see¡­, the human kingdoms just started an all out war, the kingdom of Praven, Thull, Fragor, with the small kingdom of Curk being the only one declaring their neutrality. The kingdom of Dwarves was already under the rule of the Praven kingdom. As for the northern barbarians, they are the enemy of all.¡± ¡°So I came in a place of turmoil¡­¡± Noticing the meaning of what I just said the adventurer tried to speak but refrained himself to do so. Seeing that he may know something of my case I quickly bring my situation out. ¡°Guard Head, what¡¯s your name?¡± ¡°My Lord, it is Gregory Hills¡­¡± ¡°Village Head?¡± ¡°This old one¡¯s name is Eug Mayflour, My Lord.¡± ¡°As for me, I am Hijekata Hayato and I am not from this world.¡± *** The village head was shocked while the guard head was grinning as if his initial guess was spot on. ¡°Anyway, despite my appearance I am already 18 years old. I came here just two days ago. Spent most of my time making this wooden swords. Then today I killed that annoying boar, Greg flew, Eug prostrated, we roasted and ate the Boar meat and now we are talking. Now I am f****** trapped in this place without a single knowledge on how to get back and¡­¡± ¡°Okay, Okay. I got your point Kid. I myself came from Earth!!!¡± ¡°Eh? What?¡± ¡°I came here when I was still thirty five, I went into an adventure to find a way out but¡­ It was pointless. There is no way out until you kill that damned demon lord. Hahaha!!!¡± ¡°Then¡­ does that mean¡­¡± ¡°Yeah, kid. We are indeed trapped in here forever since the Demon Lord this time is quite cruel for us summoned heroes. He¡¯s a very cunning, manipulative demon lord I tell you! He is not yet identified and also his base of operations. The rumors said that he is one of the influential icons in this world making it even more difficult to unravel him.¡± ¡°So we are actually going to deal with a corrupt official?¡± ¡°Hahaha, that was a funny analogy!!! Yeah, we are dealing with a president of a country which turned out to be the underground society¡¯s Godfather and finding this rat will become even harder than putting a triple thread in a needle while being blindfolded.¡± The village head was left dumbfounded by our exchange that I can¡¯t help but laugh. *** Returning back to the clearing, it was already afternoon and the unforgiving ray of the sun was so hot that staying at the clearing was already unbearable. I made the villagers enter the forest and lead them to the waterfalls where I have been staying. The place was large enough to contain 11 persons including me. Seeing a water resource, they hurriedly drank some water and washed their face and limbs. 4 young women, 1 young man, 1 male adult, 1 male elder, 2 female children and 1 male child. ¡°Hey, Hayato! I was just wandering if do you have someone you like among them?¡± ¡°Brfff* What the heck are you talking about? Sorry, Greg, but I don¡¯t have one though I do found them quite alluring¡­¡± ¡°Technically in this group there is only 2 healthy male in here. And, there were 4 young women over there, and then the female children were almost in the right age for giving birth. If this group wants to survive we need manpower. As for me¡­ I think I am too old for the little mistresses. So say, do you want to marry with one or two or even all of them to repopulate and start another village?¡± ¡®I know, I know what you are trying to say. You are just stating the situation here.¡¯ Well, there is indeed an all out war outside this forest which just started. And, it seems that the neutral kingdom was on the opposite side of this territory and this territory was not yet claimed by anyone. And if it is indeed relatively safe to travel to that kingdom, life there is not sure. It¡¯s not that I can go back now to Japan, now that the Demon Lord was hiding perfectly while disguising himself as someone else. We need resources to find that bastard and if that Demon Lord has also an army within this surface society then we might end up fighting with two armies at once which was going to be extremely dangerous. ¡°I-I¡¯ll think about it!¡± I caught myself blushing, then I felt quite troubled by it. ¡®Can¡¯t be helped, a male is a male after all!¡¯ Then after that I searched for the other male. But¡­ to think that male that I was searching for was also a female disguised as a male. So, technically the only male capable of reproduction here is me. All the five fires where lit while eating the leftover ribs earlier as we encircle the main pyre. F*** this is getting more awkward. Need to speak with them tomorrow, especially with Eug. Day 5 part 1 Day 5 Yesterday, Greg, before turning into bed, taught me how to deal with those strange blue things that appeared in the second day. It seems that they are called Stacia Window in this world but according to Greg there is something like this back in Earth and there are mostly from games they called RPGs. I¡¯m not really knowledgable about it though so I can¡¯t really relate to it. I do play video games but I only played fighting games. It appears that this Stacia Window was used to gauge myself using attributes and other variables, and to see this the Stacia Window that I need to consult was the Character Window. There is also the Equipment Window, Inventory Window, Skill Window, Relationship Window, and the Quest Window. Equipment window shows all of the pieces that I am wearing together with a detailed description of each item. Inventory window shows a list of existing items inside my rucksack or any other bags or containers that I own, including carts. Skill window shows all of the learnt skill that I have and the basic details concerning it. Relationship windows list and gauge the relationship between you and the person that you have met. Mostly, they are grouped into region then into the specific place and finally into a group called Family. Only basic information can be seen at first in their profile such as their portrait and a full body model of them and as you know them you may unlock first their name, parents name, home town, race and some secrets like their favorite things, personal secrets like their three measurements for girls, their traits and their personality and, with a greater relationship you can even detect their mood. The Quest window on the other hand shows existing requests, missions, side-jobs, that I have completed, ongoing, or rumors or information on future requests, missions, side-jobs that I can take up. And to further explain, the Character window shows my real name, alternative name, nick name, titles, fame, race, gender, racial traits and penalties, and the level of my basic attributes. To access this, Greg said to either just wave my right hand from left to right while my ring and pinky are folded or use verbal commands such as System link >>> Reveal Stacia >>> Proceed to (The window you are going to view). But the idea saying that in a middle of a crowded place was quite embarrassing for me so I thought of using gestures rather than the verbal commands. Anyway, just like always, I have woken up before the sun arises. Me, Elder Eug and Greg slept together in one place far from the main pyre where the female and children slept. To tell you the truth, I can¡¯t handle girls. I just can¡¯t understand them though I do have too many experiences but that was insufficient. They are friendly with you when you give them what they want. They sulk and get angry when not. If they misunderstood you once as a pervert, then they will always call you a pervert as a joke which was helping in degrading your standing as a male. Once, they will say ¡°I like you¡± and then when they found a flaw in you they will unhesitatingly say ¡°I hate you¡±. And then after a few days, they will come back and say ¡°I still like you¡±. And when you are found out having a girl companion they will get jealous right away and the next storm at the door of your apartment causing a ruckus while shouting ¡°I hate you! You cheater! Come out here, I¡¯m gonna rip your useless P****¡± Arrghh!!! Female species are so dangerous and scary!!! I hope in this world they are different. Heaving a sigh as I thought of my past experience, I left my resting place and started my morning ritual, mainly, drinking some water, washing my face then a gurgle to wash my mouth. And then after that I started to search for a good place to fish. Since there was 10 more mouths to feed at least 20 fishes is needed. Calculating the time, it was right after an hour and a half when I finally reached my quota. I prepared the sticks for the fishes and cleanse it expertly. Laying a stick of fish one after another on the wooden slab of a Virosy, I was ready to roast them. The four small fires had long gone while the main was almost reaching its limit. So I left to search for more firewood and dried leaves. Now that the fire has regained its previous might I started roasting the fishes. After a few minutes the others woke up one by one. And then we proceed on eating our breakfast that I have prepared. It was an opportunity for me to get to know them. All of them have blood red hair and has either amber or brown eyes. Their waists are small and their breast a plenty, E cup maybe? The other two who are nearing their coming of age was not far off in that area too, in my estimate they will easily fit into a C cup. They are not that tall, maybe has the same average height of us Japanese. As for they face value, you can say that they are cute put can¡¯t be considered as beautiful. They look too innocent for their age. ¡®I wonder how they escaped¡­¡¯ Finished examining them, I decided to open a discussion. ¡°I have known yesterday that you guys are refugees, where did you guys came from anyway? And how did you come here?¡± Saying that the, females looked at each other and then to the elder. The elder didn¡¯t spoke as if he was silently saying that they have to answer themselves. The one to answer seemed to be the oldest among them. ¡°We came from a village a few villages away from here. It was a village near the borders of Thull and Praven. A detachment of the Praven army attacked our village two weeks ago at night. Our father, the village lord, was killed during the defence. Greg, our head village guard, helped us escape together with five more men of the village guards. But they were killed one by one, leaving only Sir Greg with a minor injury on his left hands. We went to try our luck in other villages but they are mostly burned or occupied by the Praven army. We get by, thanks to Sir Greg¡¯s hunts but soon his spare weapons broke beyond repair and we slowly starved. We tried to forage for fruits and berries before until one of my younger sisters was bitten by a wolf, since then we stopped foraging and ate any edible herbs along the way or if lucky we might stumble into a fruit tree or a wild berry bush. Then, finally with our hard efforts we reached this forest, at first we hesitated but we proceed either way. We walked for a couple of days inside the forest encountering some goblins along the way. Luckily, we out run them all thanks for Sir Greg skillfully holding them. Running away aimlessly, we reached the clearing and finally saw your giant boar ribs.¡± Revealing that this maidens are of a noble standing, was surprising enough! And here is Sir Greg saying to me to marry one or two or all of them. ¡°Nobles¡­ So you guys are nobles huh? Where is your other parent, your mother¡­¡± ¡°She died after giving birth to our youngest brother. It can¡¯t be helped since she was rather old and weak already¡­¡± She said remembering that sad memory. This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work. ¡°S-sorry¡­¡± ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡± ¡°So what are your plans now? You can go back to the capital considering that you have a noble line¡­¡± ¡°Not really, my father became a noble only because of my mother and my mother is the last of her line, so there¡¯ll be no one to help us who are the children of a defeated and fief less low ranking noble especially now during a war. We are most like a commoners now.¡± ¡°Is that so¡­¡± Finished with that, I changed the topic. ¡°Anyway, should we first get familiar with each other? Starting with some introductions?¡± Starting from the youngest, Is Frau the only boy among the siblings. He got short and messy curly red hair, his height was almost the same as mine. Though a kid, his face was already showing signs of seriousness probably due to the current situation. His age was 10 The next was the twins, Gwen and Gwyn. They both have long straight red hair. Eyes are both amber. A little bit taller than mine. They are both 17 years old. The next is Saveen, 18 years old. Also have red hair and tied into a twin braid. Eyes are also ember. She is taller¡­ than me¡­ She is wearing glasses. And there is Steph, also 18. She is their former cousin from their mother side. Adopted into their house, she was treated as one of their daughters. Her hairstyle is a ponytail. Eyes are emerald green. She is really tall. She wore pants rather than skirts. Then there is Catherine, 21 years old. She has the smallest chest size among the four despite being second to the oldest. Her hair style is twin drill. Eyes are golden-amber. Her clothes are frilly and have a prideful demeanor. She was smaller than Steph but taller than Saveen. And finally, Eunice, the eldest of the siblings, her age was 23. Have long wavy red hair. Her eyes are crimson red. She has, without a doubt, the biggest bust size among them and¡­ taller than Steph. Greg¡¯s real name was Darell Weasley. His race was Human. And his class is Hero [ General ]. I have already summoned the Character Window earlier and changed my Alternate Name into¡­ < Please select your alternate name! > ¡®Ashe Gales!¡¯ I whispered. It was the name of the current Gundam Series¡¯s MC. < Show updated Character Window > Real Name: Hijikata Hayato Alternate Name: Ashe Gales Nickname: - - - Titles: None Fame: 0 Race: Hyrling Bloodline: Noble Class: Hero [Artisan] Rank: F- Level 5 Character Attributes: Strength ¨C (15) 35 Agility ¨C (19) 44 Dexterity ¨C (21) 48 Vitality ¨C (10) 13 Wisdom ¨C (12) 15 Intelligence ¨C (14) 22 Endurance ¨C (25) 33 (( ) base stat reference)* Pts Left: 25 Racial Traits: Noble (+20% to base stats and unlock "Leadership Skill") Noble Genius +25% to all skill proficiency gain +25% to Base Int -10% to Base Wis Craft perfectionists -75% crafting proficiency gained per crafted item +25% crafting time Crafting produces much superior quality items Deep breath - Short breath Doubled stamina usage -50% to base stamina regeneration Base Agi, Str, Dex are Doubled Children of Gaia If within a forest all stats are further increased by 10% Can''t equip other items aside from self made equipments Can''t equip iron base items ¡°Okay then! My turn!¡± ¡°My name is Ashe Gales! I came from a small crafter¡¯s family. My parents are already dead so until now, I have lived with my grandparents. I love building plastic models¡­¡± Remembering the plastic models that I have bought, I became quite sad. ¡®Right! I must find that damned bastard faster and kill him so that I can build those new gundam models!!!¡¯ ¡°And¡­¡± It was Eunice saying that for me to continue. ¡°Eh? Ah, right! I also made models out of woods, sculptures! I can make sculptures. And, my goal right now... ¡­is to find that hiding rat, Demonlord!!!¡± There were applauses. OH, right I think there¡¯s one more that I forgot to ask their introduction, the one that disguised as a male villager. ¡°Eh, how ¡®bout you!¡± I shouted Yeah, she seems to be isolated from the rest of the group. I she not part of the group? ¡°¡­¡± The female pretender looked at me for a minute and moved her head sideways, then her eyes looked at me with his head still sideways. ¡°Why should I?¡± Woah! Easy there. It seems she is still acting as a male because she still use a forced deep voice. At a closer look, this girl pretender has a raven hair. Her bust size can nowhere be a challenge among the red hair siblings. Or, she wrapped it? Her eyes are¡­ cat shaped!? W-wait¡­ Her eyes are also deep emerald. Ah! So sexy¡­ I haven''t observed that yesterday! maybe because I just glanced at her that time. ¡®It¡¯s swallowing me¡­¡¯ ¡°Hey! Why don¡¯t you try to quit it! Stop staring at me like that!¡± she said it! using her actual voice. Ah¡­ beautiful yet cute voice too¡­ ¡°Hey! Do you want to be my girlfriend!?¡± I asked her too bluntly. ¡°W-waa what are you saying!!! I¡¯m a male you know!!!¡± ¡®Still putting up your act? Come on! You even accidentally used your own voice just now!!!¡¯ ¡°Come on! Who would believe you?¡± ¡°Them!!!¡± She said as he pointed at the group. Eh! That¡¯s right this guys... ¡°Then if you are indeed a guy then¡­ Let¡¯s take a bath together later with Greg and Eug, Okay?¡± I said as I revealed an Innocent smile. ¡®Checkmate!¡¯ ¡°¡­¡± ¡°No? then¡­ you are a girl right?¡± ¡°Yes! I am a girl! happy now?!¡± *** ¡°NO WAY!!!¡± The girls exclaimed, they were totally fooled by her acts but for me who has too many experiences with a girl ,except sex, though I can''t completely see their train of thoughts, this is just a child''s play for me. First of all, her scent is sweet exclusive to females especially now that they are quite dirty, her smell must be a little bit more sour than the girls since men perspire more, then there was her physique what ever the circumstances a guy don''t have curves!. And finally, her skin and face, it was her eyes give her away. What I saw was a girl not a boy. And as for the fact that the other girls was fooled, it was may be because they are too slow witted. ¡®So, Greg is also slow witted huh?¡¯ But yeah! It can¡¯t be denied that she indeed looked cool and handsome when he dressed like a man. Her name was Iris. She said that she did not have a last name. And I was spot on, she did have wrapped her chest and It was just the right size, not large nor small, after she unwrapped it after her introduction. The girls was somewhat in low spirits as they have known that. ¡°7 females¡­ only 1 illegible bachelor¡­ This is indeed troublesome¡­ Sigh*¡± said Eug, the village head. ¡°Ah¡­. It can¡¯t be helped then! Ashe was it?¡± ¡°Yes!¡± ¡°Will you then take this 7 as your wives?¡± ¡°Eh, What?¡± DAy 5 part 2 Day 5 part 2 All of us were surprised at the announcement. It seems Greg has already talked about it with Head Eug before he proposed it to me. ¡°W-who gave you the permission to just decide like that?!¡± It was Iris and Catherine who reacted first. ¡°Oh my!¡± commented Eunice. Saveen looked like she doesn¡¯t really care, she was just gazing at the falling waterfalls. Steph on the other hand was doing some¡­ standing push-ups? while the twins began blushing while trying to look away from me with some glances. Sigh* ¡®what should I do?¡¯ ¡°Eu--, I mean, Head Eug. Isn¡¯t it a bit too hasty to advice such a thing? Look, we still don¡¯t have the slightest amount of relationship with each other to reach that kind of level. Isn¡¯t it better for them to know me first, and especially me to know them? To tell you the truth¡­ As much as possible, I want to stay away from girls. ¡®Except for Iris though¡¯ Yeah, I know that I still don¡¯t know the female kind of this world, so it¡¯s just okay. But¡­ Marrying? That is out of question!!! I still want to live the life of a free bachelor!!!¡± I said as I almost shouted the last parts. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Lord Ashe ¨C¡° Head Eug said apologetically. ¡°No can do!¡ª¡° It was Sir Greg who interjected. ¡°Ashe will become the husband of those seven maidens. And you, Ashe, have no choice in this matter!¡± He said as if he was the father of Hayato. ¡°And why is that?¡± I said with a very serious tone. We are talking about my life here you know so I have to be serious. ¡°First of all, I won¡¯t teach you anything about this world if you don¡¯t marry all of them! And who knows, they also have some information that they themselves only know! Second, it¡¯s quite a waste to end their bloodline! The bloodline of the Scarlet is a valuable asset. Though I don¡¯t know about, Iris¡­ Third, you are a lucky bastard if I was still in your age I will unhesitatingly take it! Fourth, they are technically yours now since if you didn¡¯t encountered that boar and we encountered it, they are more or less dead by now. So you indirectly save their lives. Fifth¡­¡± ¡°Hold on!¡± I shouted. ¡°Where is the reason that will make me no choice in taking them for marriage? You have just been squabbling like a salesman introducing his wares to a customer! Though the first one is quite threatening since I do need the information and help to find that booger. But how does it concern with the subject, Marriage!!!¡± ¡°Tsk* Tsk*!!!, Are you not listening earlier? They are more or less a commoner now. No one will help them. If you don¡¯t marry them, some else will get them! And since we are in a time of war, slaves with this kind of features are high in the market. You got what I¡¯m saying? It is best for them to have a husband now than later!!!¡± ¡°Hey!¡± It was Catherine who commented. She was offended but what Greg said since it was as if he was treating them as wares rather than a person. ¡°That is true, Catherine. There is indeed a high chance that will happen. Even if we indeed got a husband, he will going to be a commoner if we are lucky a merchant. Marrying another noble now is unattainable since we got no property for a dowry. The worst would be is that, as he said, we will be captured as and sold as a slave after killing our husbands. But¡­¡± Eunice said as calmly as she can be. ¡°B-but¡­?¡± Hearing this Catherine, she hung downs her head. ¡°But, if our husband would be someone like him who killed a giant boar using just a wooden sword. Then, that may prevent us from that fate.¡± ¡°But¡­ the marrying age is 18 years-old. And no matter how I look at it, Ashe is really just a kid.¡± Eunice finished it with a hard low blow. ¡°Ughh!¡± I exclaimed ¡°I¡¯M NOT A KID!!! I HAVE ALREADY¡­ (Counting with his hands) 35 girlfriends, more or less, And I am already 18 years old! Two days more and I¡®m going to be 19! No, I am already 19!¡± ¡°Is that so¡­ then you¡¯ll marry us?¡± ¡°OF COURSE! IF THAT WILL CONVINCE YOU!!!¡± Greg was grinning. Eunice is giggling. Catherine is angry. Head Eug was VERY HAPPY. ¡°Eh?¡± I was carried away! ¡°That¡¯s cheating!!!¡± ¡°No, Ashe. No one forced you on saying that. It is just that you have lowered your guard, that¡¯s all!¡± Greg was still grinning as he said that. That marked the end of the discussion. They got my word of approval with everyone hearing it or more like every creature of the forest. *** Eunice seems to be the manipulative, the scariest type of women. They have the brains, the cunning and the ability to make everything she wanted happens. In a sense, she is indeed an asset. Catherine seems to be the proud type, the most difficult type of women to deal with. Steph is visibly a sporty kind. This kind has sometimes a manly nature so dealing with her is going to be the easiest. And of course, a force a can depend on besides Sir Greg. Saveen¡­ well. I think she is¡­ she can be classified as quite a harmless individual. Iris is as you can see, a tsun-tsun. Though, she is still full of mysteries. The twins though are quite normal so I was relieved. ¡°Then, that does mean I have already a BIG BROTHER?!!¡± It was Frau who suddenly shouted as he stood up from his sleep. ¡°I always wanted a big brother! Right, Eunice nee-san?¡± He shouted as he revealed his face with an innocent smile. Right! I almost forgot about the youngest of the siblings, Frau Scarlet. It seems he fall asleep again right before the discussion. ¡°Well, you can say it was something like that¡­¡± This made Frau really happy that he hugged me and in return I gently patted his head. Sigh* ¡®This is going to be difficult¡¯ *** The day is approaching mid-morning when it was all settled. Our next concern now is our survival. Food, Shelter, Clothing, this are the basic needs of humans or other humanoid races. Securing those things is not an easy task except Food since we have a waterfall pond here full of fishes. Clothing can be secured by hunting animals in the forest for pelts but we don¡¯t have the tools. Shelter can be secured by me but we need many lumber and another set of tools. With the goals and obstacles or hindrances known, we began to find a solution to reach that. First, I asked each and everyone¡¯s skill, expertise, or hobbies. Eunice, Catherine, Saveen, Steph and the twins have all the same skills due to their parents preparing them for marriage. Surprisingly, Iris have them too! The following are the said skills: ~ Cooking ~ Weaving ~ Sewing ~ Embroidery ~ Horseback Riding Eunice and Saveen seems to have the hobby of reading books but Saveen has a higher proficiency. Catherine and the twins seemed to love gardening and playing with the livestock. Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation.Steph has a hobby of hunting maybe due to his real father being a master hunter and she has the highest Horseback riding proficiency though the other skills are low but satisfactory. Frau, who is the heir to the household since he was the only male among them, has a different training among them. But again, Iris have them too! The following are the said skills: ~ Horseback riding ~ Accounting ~ Trading ~ Swordsmanship ~ Hunting ~ Poetry He also has hobbies like reading and writing novels, stargazing and taking care of animals. Surprisingly, Greg can do too many things so I didn¡¯t bother remembering them. Eug, on the other hand, has woodcutting, farming, animal husbandry, and carpentry skills, and he still have a healthy working body despite his age. But I was bothered of what I have found out about Iris since she has both the skills trained on the girls and Frau. It was as if she was also a noble. ¡®This is indeed troublesome¡­ I just hope she is not a runaway noble and instead it would be like the vase of Scarlets.¡¯ Now that I have known their skills, I can now give them their respective jobs but it seems I can only do that for now since we still lack the necessary tools for the jobs. The girls, except Steph, will be in-charge with the clothing problem right after obtaining some pelts, and me making a wooden needle for them. The shelter will be tasked to me and Head Eug. Steph, Frau, and Greg will be responsible for hunting the pelts for the leather. And since they are quite the strong individual they may occasionally help us, Head Eug and me, in collecting wood. So what I need to make is as follows: 3 Wooden hunting boar spears 1 Stone Axe 6 Wooden needles 1 Mallet 1 Chisel I think I can make them with the remaining Virosy woods here. So first, I will make the rest to find some flat flint stones and some whetting stones scattered by the falls as they wait their tools and necessary items. As they search, I also started my job. *** It was already nearing noon, maybe four more hours before noon, when they searched so I have to hurry. I quickly outlined the rod for the three hunting boar spear. But since the timber are cut into several pieces, an ideal length can¡¯t be made so I am thinking of joining rods together with combination of joins and pegs right now and that is quite time consuming since with a little bit of error and wrong estimation, the joint might be broken. But for someone like me who makes tiny models like the Gundam mobile suits, you can say that it was already a second nature for me. Six identical rectangular rods are now out of the timber after an hour. The speed surprised even myself since when I carved out the wood pieces I needed for my wooden swords I have struggled for almost three and a half hours but those are mainly due to my exhaustion and my growling stomach. Now that I mention it, it seems the exhaustion and growling slowed. I¡¯ll better ask Greg later. Done with the sticks, I started carving out the wood for the spear head. The spear head for a boar spear has a elongated triangle with a diamond shaped cross-section. It also has something that prevents the spear to drive deeper than necessary. With that in mind, I started carving the part. After another 30 minutes, I have carved it out. With all the parts out of the timber, I started shaving the rectangular rods into a rough cylindrical shape. Then I moved to the spear head. Then to the joints, what I used is a rectangular prism and a rectangular shaped hole in which will be pegged by a wooden stake. After 10 minutes each, the three spears are done. With only the smoothing, detailing and sharpening of the spear head left. After, another 45 minutes. The three spears are done, perfect with a razor sharp edge and point. I even chose to freely engrave some designs in its joints and on the spear head using my carving knife. < You have created a Unique Item! > < Proficiency gained! > < Please name your creation!> ¡°Hunting Spear¡± < The name you have chosen is not available > ¡°Hmmm¡­ Wooden Hunting Boarspear?¡± < Do you want to name your creation as ¡°Wooden Hunting Boarspear¡± ? Yes/No. > (Skipping the other annoying procedures) < Showing final item stats¡­ > Name: Wooden Hunting Boarspear Class: Weapon ¨C Hunting Spear Quality: 17/20 Rank: Unique Description: A unique creation of a creative young artisan made from Virosy wood. DmgType: Bash/Pierce Weapon Lvl: 3 Durability: High Condition: Perfect Reinforcement Threshold: 17 Enchantment Slots: 8 Can¡¯t be repaired Durability will regain through time ¡°DONE!!!¡± I screamed. What I saw then was everyone were staring at me sparkling eyes as if they were all amazed about something. ¡°Huh? What happened?¡± I asked since I was confused by their actions. ¡°N-nothing, right Eunice-neesan?¡± Catherine elbowed Eunice which was in her right side. ¡°Eh? o-oh! yeah! It was nothing¡­¡± I just stared at them for a second since I felt something good happened and I was not included on it. Anyway, all I can do is shrug it off and refrained to press on the matter. ¡°Wow! This spear is great! No wonder you killed that giant boar!¡± It was Greg with him twirling and playing the spear around. Thrusting and slashing around like he was dancing. ¡®Is he showing off?¡¯ ¡°Wow! Do it again! Do it again!¡± This time it was Frau who commented on it. ¡°Later, Frau¡­ Anyway, this thing is a weapon lvl 3 and that means that it can rival¡­, No! it¡¯s even more superior than the basic armaments that the Dwarves can make!!! Knowing that this thing is made from a Virosy wood, this thing should only reach weapon lvl 2 at max. Seriously what you can expect on a Hero ¨C [Artisan] class.¡± He said the last part in whisper so that everyone can¡¯t hear it and paused with a great grin and then continued. ¡°Frau, we can make a fortune with this thing!!! A weapon Lvl 3 with this kind of quality can easily reach the lowest price of an Aurie gold and 75 Silver coins!!!¡± ¡°¡±¡±¡°¡°Eh!?¡±¡±¡±¡±¡± Everybody was struck with surprise. " A-An Aurie gold and 75 Silver coins!!! That can already buy one fully grown cattle with 3 egg laying hens included!!!¡± Catherine said while stammering. ¡°Then this three is already worth 5 Aurie Gold and 25 Silver Coins?¡± She continued. Everyone went silent with that revelation, silently staring intently at the spears when someone¡¯s stomach grumbled angrily. ¡°Ah! It seems that hard work made my stomach empty again. 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