It was still dark when Anthony woke up, but his father was not beside him anymore. He rembered the fact that farm life usually started very early. He checked to see on the interface what ti it was but there was no ti indicated anywhere and when he checked the browser, it said the ti and date of his previous world which was five in the morning on a Tuesday.
He thought first of the ga’s capability of switching between virtual reality and on-screen gaplay. He could only play virtually if he were sowhere alone or sleeping but could still play to make sure his character grew using the on-screen option when he was outside because he would still be aware of his surroundings and he would look like he was just staring at sothing or ditating. Playing on-screen was also the only way for him to be able to use the inventory in real life.
Anthony closed his Diablo II interface and thought of the things that he would say later to his father and sister. He would need to lie a lot to get more information from them.
When he died in the previous world due to the pandemic disease he was twenty-three years old, and this body was seventeen. He wondered if this world considered him an adult since from what he knew, place settings like this had their people usually grow up very fast. This ant children who were fifteen years old were considered an adult already, but he knew he shouldn’t assu too much since this place was not Earth of the past.
Anthony wondered where his body’s mother was. He then slled breakfast cooking and was glad that he had enough strength to stand up on his own, so he went outside the room.
When he saw his father and sisters, he could see the delight on their faces in the fact that he was now able to move on his own. They started eating breakfast which was fried egg, bread and cheese, and cold milk on a pitcher and there was water on a second pitcher. This ti he could taste the salt on the eggs, and he knew that they had salt and possibly so spices, it was just that whoever cooked the stew, soup thingy didn’t know what they were doing.
Even though the house looked poor, at least it was not so poor that they had nothing to eat. Based on the food, all of it was possibly from the farm. He was also wrong that there was no furniture. There was a cupboard and so shelves it was just that the furniture were those truly needed in a house. There were no such things as solely for interior decoration.
After breakfast, he turned to his father and sister.
“I need to talk to the both of you.”
The man and the girl looked at him wonderingly.
“I think due to the sickness I had; all of my mories are gone. I’m still able to think logically, do so basic mathematical calculations in my mind, and perform basic ntal inferences and that ans that I have not beco “witless” or “stupid.” It was just I don’t rember anything at all. The only thing I know so far is my na which is “Anton” and the only reason I know that is you two kept calling
that.” Anthony drank so water, and he could see the man and girl looked stricken.
The man cald his expression while the girl still looked troubled.
“Is the only thing you rember is your na?” The man asked.
“No. I don’t rember my na it was just that you two have been calling
that since last night. I don’t rember anything at all. I did not say anything at all last night because I was hoping that my mory would co back while we were sleeping but I’m afraid that it wouldn’t since I can’t still rember anything,” Anthony explained calmly.
“So, you don’t rember us? You don’t rember Mama?” The girl asked and she started crying.
Anthony apologized when he saw the girl sobbing.
“You don’t need to apologize. We knew this could happen since everyone in the village and the outlying farm got sick. At first, everyone thought that it was just normal fever and chills but when everyone got sick, we knew that we had so sort of plague in our hands. We were just glad that it was just fever and chills and not sothing that could mar your skin or blind you or sothing like that. So people died though, the very old and so of the young ones. We even heard so who were the sa as you who lost their mories. Thankfully, none beca stupid or “witless.” They just lost their mories just like you and up until today, no one had regained them,” The man said.
The girl stood up and hugged him.
“I’m sorry Anton. We will help you with your mories. I will teach you everything.”
“We will teach you everything,” The man declared.
“We still have a couple of hours before we need to start doing chores on the farm so we could use that ti to teach you things.” The man then turned to the girl.
“Anna go ahead and feed the pig and the chickens and make sure that the cow and the goat are alright. I will go ahead and start teaching Anton things.”
The girl nad Anna stood up from the table and went outside.
“First things first, my na is Anders and the girl’s na is Anna. I’m your father and she is your sister. Your mother’s na, bless her soul was Annette. She died from fever as well when Anna was seven years old, and you were twelve. I think it was the sa sickness that took over the whole place, but it could be from sothing else since it happened years ago, and we didn’t have the money and there wasn’t any cleric nearby anyway. The village doctor tried his best, but your mother still died.”
“Do you happen to know the ti and date?”
Anders took a tipiece from sowhere and checked it.
“It’s about five forty in the morning and it’s a Tuesday.”
Anthony was startled. That ant that the ti and day were the sa as in his previous world, but he was sure that the date was different, and his father confird it by saying that the year was 1224 O.C.
“I’m forty-four years old and your sister’s twelve and you’re seventeen. Our farm is located in the country of ndi and the nearest village is called Oakswood.”
Anthony had a lot of questions, but he was glad that his case was not an isolated one. Learning that so people did lose their mories due to the plague that swept the land comforted him sowhat. It ant that he didn’t have to lie too much. He could attribute his inquisitiveness to his lack of mories.
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