Unlike last ti, this ti I was fully conscious. So, I saw the space around darken, then the next mont, the darkness receded rapidly until I could make out the things around —I was standing in the hut in the village.
I also realized I was no longer carrying the hunting knives I had bought.
’So, I can’t bring anything here except the clothes I’m wearing, but when I return, I leave even the clothes here.’ I thought while looking at my torn clothes I had been wearing last ti on the bed.
Well, I had realized the latter when my mother woke up because I was completely naked at that ti. Fortunately, I was under the quilt otherwise it would have been too embarrassing.
I first changed into the torn clothes and hid the good ones I was wearing under the bed. After all, if villagers saw in them, they would question where I got them from.
With a thought, I summoned the system screen.
[Return Countdown: 11:56:09]
’So I can stay in both worlds for 12 hours each.’ I thought, recalling that from the ti I spawned in the cave and then fell asleep after eating in the morning, around 12 hours had indeed passed.
I then looked at the door and could see it was still noon outside.
’So, does ti freeze when I leave this world and resu when I return?’ I rejected the thought as soon as it crossed my mind.
Thanks to the science and all the knowledge I received from the fantasy novels, I could say for sure that even for the almighty creator of the universe, if there was one, stopping ti wouldn’t be easy.
’Maybe... It’s not that the ti stops when I leave, but the ti difference between the world is very significant. A few minutes or seconds in this world are equal to 12 hours on earth?’ I hypothesized but once again rejected it because while I don’t know the exact ti I was sent to this world the first ti, it should have been after 12:30 A.M. since before that I was scrolling through my phone.
When I went back after spending 12 hours here, only six or so hours had passed after 12:30.
’I’ll have the answer when I return this ti.’ I thought and stood up. When the countdown had hit zero, I had looked at the clock and noticed the ti was 07:14:37 P.M.
...
I walked out of the hut and began wandering the village.
I saw many villagers. So gave peculiar looks while others nodded in acknowledgent. I nodded at the latter and ignored the forr.
About an hour later, I had explored the entire village and found that there were only 97 houses. If each house had three people on average, there were only 291 people in the village, which was a very low number.
I also found that there were two exits leading out of the village. One facing the eastern forest from where I had entered and the other on the south and it led to open plains.
Also, unlike the east exit which was heavily guarded day and night, there were only four people on the south exit. It also made sense since the danger the village faced ca from the eastern forest, not the open plains.
...
3rd POV.
"Oh?" A guard on the wall suddenly raised his brows.
The others noticed this and followed his gaze, "It’s that guy? What is he coming here for?"
A guard glanced at the spearman from last night, who despite not sleeping last night didn’t seem tired, and asked, "Joshua, do you know who he is and where he ca from?"
Joshua shook his head, and curtly said, "I haven’t interrogated him, nor do I plan to."
"Oh, why?"
"I’m going to send him away in a while. So, there is no need to get familiar with him." Joshua responded before jumping down from the wall and approaching Eren.
...
As soon as I neared the eastern exit, I beca the focus of everyone’s attention. Then I watched them exchange a few sentences among them before the spearman jumped down and approached .
"What is it?" he asked, his grip tight on the wooden spear.
"I took a stroll through the village and saw that there is nothing I can help with as everything is already taken care of. But I can’t just stay and eat your food without contributing anything. So, I want to enter the forest, hunt down a beast or two and bring them back." I calmly explained.
The man narrowed his eyes and asked, "You don’t plan on leaving the village yet?"
I gave a wry smile, "Would you believe if I said that I have lost my mories and don’t know where I’m supposed to go?"
He stared at in silence for long monts before giving a faint smile, "Co with ."
With that, he glanced back at his companions and called out, "I’ll be back in a bit." Then, he led back into the village.
Soon, we arrived in front of a house and he knocked.
The mont he gave that smile, I had already had an inkling what he was going to do, so when I saw the doors open and Luna walk out, I beca sure—he wanted her to confirm for him whether I was lying.
’It seems I have no choice but to believe in her now.’ I sighed.
"Uncle Joshua? Is there sothing you need from ?" Luna asked after taking a look at .
Joshua nodded, "You should already know who he is. So, I won’t bother with the introductions."
Saying this, he turned to and said, "Tell her what you told earlier. If she believes you, I’ll believe you too and you can stay in the village as long as you don’t bring us any harm."
I gave him a confused look as though I didn’t understand why he wanted to tell her that. Then, I nodded and looked her in the eyes and slowly said,
"Ms. Luna. I have lost my mories and I don’t know where I’m from or how I appeared in the forest. So, I want to live in the village for the ti being. But rest assured, I have no desire to beco a burden on the village. This is why I want to hunt down beasts and contribute to the village."
Luna stared back at , her expression neutral.
After a mont, she shifted her gaze away from to Joshua and lightly nodded.
I imdiately let out a breath of relief and gave her a grateful look.
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