6 Chapter 6- Who Am I, Who Are You

"Oliver!! I will push him down till then you run away from here."

"No, wait, dad, don't do it" Oliver tried his best to reach for the figure in front of him to stop it. But as much as he tried his hand just couldn't reach the figure. And the figure just got further and further away from him. When suddenly

[BANG]

Oliver suddenly woke up, gasping for air and trying to make sense of things. "Son you alright" Oliver heard a sound and looked back to see who it was. An old man and an old woman were staring at him with eyes full of worry. Just then he realised that he was in a carriage and except them three the whole carriage was filled with chickens. "Oh poor little child, you must have had a bad dream." said the old women. "You shouldn't move much your wound has barely stopped oozing blood. Take a rest" said the old man. "Who are you? And where am I?".

"Hahaha, this old man is called Ben and this beautiful lady is my wife Martha. Don't worry we are just taking you to Ms Ivon, she will help you treat your wounds."

Oliver was still confused but still thanked them for saving his life then lied down again trying to recall everything he could.

After 5 minutes of deep thought and contemplation, all he could understand were bits and pieces. I died right when that man shot me in the head but then I woke up on a battlefield where that other man tried to kill me but got shot with an arrow and fell over me. But when I tried to push him over I fainted because of the headache. Then I was a wisp in that world of darkness? Nah that must have been another one of my dreams. But wasn't it too real to be a dream with all that pain? Anyways when I woke up the war must have been over others must have thought that I was already dead. Then I "borrowed" some weapons and the pouch of coins from those dead bodies. Wait my weapons! Oliver checked around him and didn't his sword, bow or quiver full of arrows. " Aaa Mr Ben, my weapons?"

"Hahaha, don't worry we didn't steal your weapons or anything. It's just with weapons it was hard to lie you down do I took off your weapons. They are beneath the seat." Seeing his weapons under the seat Oliver got embarrassed and said "Sorry" in a low tone. "Hahaha don't worry about it" replied Ben.

Oliver touched his vest where he hid the pouch of coins. Feeling the pouch he took it out to check it again secretively. Yup, all the 7 silver and 9 bronze coins were in check. Then he kept the pouch back into his vest.

After 5 more minutes, he saw 10-20 stone buildings forming a small village. A big black gate that looked like was made of iron was standing tall in front of the village opened inviting any and all to the village.

As soon as they entered the village Ben told "This is the 36th village. You must be surprised by the open gates with no one patrolling it right. Well, actually 36th village has the biggest market in surrounding 31st to 40th village. So usually they are always open because mostly traders and common people come here to sell their stuff and we usually get a good price for it here. So no one comes here to make trouble or all the 10 villages will join to find and punish that person. 36th village is also the biggest in the 7th town that has the 31st to 40th village. So that's why you can find you can find people like Ms Ivon here. She is a herbalist and the only one in 7th town too."

After stopping near a stone building ben said," Oh I even forgot to ask your name." "Oliver" "Hahaha nice name, Oliver go with Martha she will lead you to Ms Ivon. Till then I will sell all these chickens."

Oliver picked up his sword and strapped it to his waist on one side and quiver on the other and the bow to his back. He stepped outside the carriage and started to follow Martha towards the first floor of the building.

As soon they reached the first floor they saw 2 rooms one big and another small. Martha entered the smaller room and Oliver followed her. When Oliver entered the room he saw a middle-aged fair-skinned woman with long black hair tied on the back. She was sitting behind a working table writing in a big book with all her concentration. Just then Martha said" Good evening Ms Ivon, this is Oliver he had a wound on his shoulder. Would you kindly check?"

Only then did she picked her head up and said a single word "Show". Listening to her Oliver pulled down his upper till his shoulder to show the wound without removing the vest. Ms Ivon saw the wound and [hummm]ed. Then she stood up and went towards a shelf in the room, opened it and took out a small pouch from it. She passed the pouch to Oliver and said," rub half on the wound and drink rest down with water. Anything else?"

After a bit of hesitation, Oliver said, "I don't remember quite some stuff." Listening to this Ms Ivon asked again "How much don't you remember?" "I am not sure a couple days, week or maybe months I am not quite sure," said Oliver with uncertainty after all he had no idea how he reached the battlefield. Hearing this Ms Ivon had a glint of light in her eyes that disappeared quite quickly " Oh, interesting mild amnesia, but unfortunately, I don't have any cure of it."

Then she went to a different shelf and gave a small leaf to Oliver "This might not help with amnesia but will help your brain to relax and might even help you remember a couple of things. But who knows how much you will remember or maybe you don't even remember anything. It all depends upon chance. After dinner take it an hour before sleep. If that's all then the total will be 2 silver and 5 bronze." Just when Martha took out the coins Oliver instantly recognised that the same coins that he picked up were the currency and he did right to pick them up. "Wait I have it," Said Oliver to Martha who was about to give the coins to Ms Ivon and reached for the pouch inside his vest. He took out the 2 silver coins and 5 bronze coins and gave them to Ms Ivon. Seeing this Martha smiled and said nothing.

On the way outside the building where Ben was already standing with an empty carriage, Martha said "So what are your plans, Oliver. You don't have a place to stay, don't you?" Before she could even reply Martha continued "Why don't you stay with up. Don't worry we have more than enough rooms."

Martha said with a smile as if she already knew what Oliver was gonna reply with. "But I..." Before Oliver could even speak Martha interrupted "There will be no trouble for us plus rooms in 36th village are not really cheap" Listening to Martha Oliver nodded in yes with embarrassment on his face and then thanked the old lady.

When they reached the carriage Martha signalled to ben with her eyes and said: "Let's go home, Ben." Completely understanding here meaning Ben laughed and said "Yes let's go home and celebrate with a big feast. We have made a big sale today."

Ben rode the carriage back to the farm. In the meantime, Oliver rubbed the medicine he got from Ms Ivon on his wound and drank it down with water that Martha gave him. He felt his pain subsiding in a matter of seconds which greatly surprised him. Ben told Oliver that their farm was in the 37th village which was just 20 minutes away from the 36th village on foot. Which was also one of the reasons why they come here to sell their stuff.

After 10 minutes of the carriage ride, they reached the farm. The farm had another 2 storied building adjacent to it which was made of stone and that was where the old couple lived.

In a matter of minutes, Martha wiped up a delicious feast that all the three of them enjoyed. When Oliver finished his meal Martha gave him a set of new clothes and said "Lucky our grandson's clothes will match you. Why don't you take a bath and then take your medicine before you go to sleep." Although Martha had her usual smile a bit of sadness could be seen in her eyes when she gave him the clothes. She then pointed Oliver in the direction of the bath.

Oliver took the clothes and went to the bath. He had already taken off his weapons and his pouch and kept them in the room he was staying. When Oliver removed his dirty blood-filled clothes he first realised that his wound had already healed without leaving a scar. His mind was blown by the magical medicine Ms Ivon have him. But before that surprise could wear off him he noticed something else there was around a 2-inch thick armband tattoo on his wrist.

He touched it to check if it was real. Just as he touched it a shock ran through his body. Sudden shock surprised him adding with all the shit he had experienced today he grunted with annoyance and frustration filled in his voice," WHO AM I"

{You are Oliver}