An Old Wooden House.

Looking at the numerous shining stars, in the sky, Akira feel blissful and thought of his world, it was nearly a rare sight to look clearly at the night sky as his world was overly polluted by many things.

" let's sleep, I have to wake up early tomorrow",

Closing his eyes, Akira slept immediately, as he wants to find, a village as soon as he can.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _

Early in the morning.

The ray of the sunlight shone in the unknown forest and the pleasant tune of the birds' chirping rang throughout the forest, awakening the sleeping animals.

In the forest...

On the topmost branch of a big tree, under the cerulean sky, lay a figure, as he was tied to the branch by a dark whip, leaving only his head outside.

He had a smile on his face, as if he was dreaming of something adequate.

A cold breeze blew, causing his long hair to swing from side to side.

*swish...

  Another wave of air blew, fluttering his long black hair as the closed eye started to tremble.

The eyes of the figure flickered, and a grey eyes appeared.

" it's already morning? ",

he half opened his eyes. As the sunray fell on his face, flickering in his eyes for a moment, he fully opened his eyes.

*yawn-*...

" Ahh shit! I forgot about this! ",

Akira looked at the dark whip that bound his body to the branch, preventing him for yawning, as he couldn't able to stretch out his hand for yawning.

" Dispersed ",

said Akira's and soon, the dark whip starts to lose its state as the darkness starts to fade away, leaving only the crystal handle on his chest.

Grabbing the handle, Akira stuffed it into his pants pocket.

swoosh*

A gust of wind blew, causing the leaves to flutter, while the weak ones got swayed by it.

" How refreshing! ",

Akira took a deep breath and enjoy the freshness of the air. It's been many years since Akira had felt this freshness.

Due to the increase in pollution in his country, it's rare to feel fresh air. People have to be in the mountains if they want to feel or inhale fresh air.

thud*

Standing up from the branch, Akira jumped as he landed on the ground.

After rubbing his sleepy eyes, he looked around to decide which way to go, but the latter was surprised.

" How come I didn't notice this? ",

Akira expressed his surprise as he examined the trees around him and noticed that the number of trees was less than in the previous location.

'Is this the same sign I'm thinking of?'

Akira's face revealed a shocked expression as he remembered something related to his current situation.

Akira, who had grown up watching survival shows, was familiar with many forest signs and characteristics. The appearance of fewer trees is also a sign.

If the trees become fewer and fewer in numbers, then it's a sign that the end of the forest might be near or that the right track might lead you to a civilisation or a village.

" If my thinking is right then, it might be a key to escaping this forest! ",

said Akira, while clenching his fist. Excitement arose in his heart just by thinking of escaping.

He had enough of this forest and wanted to live a fun life or a life where he didn't need to fight with those wild animals.

"Let's hope for the best ",

Akira hoped, because he didn't want to spend his entire life looking for a village.

Soon, Akira started to walk, straight in the direction of the fewer trees.

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At Noon

The bright sun, which hung straight overhead on the clear blue sky, shone down on the entire unknown forest.

Under the shade of a big tree, a figure was sitting down with a little tired expression on his face.

He was dressed in a black hoodie with a white t-shirt underneath and black pants.

The figure was Akira. He had run many kilometres straight from the previous location and now was taking a rest as he had to continue his travels.

" Is the sun having a grudge against me? ",

said Akira, as he felt like the sun was paying special attention to him, or stopping him from going further ahead.

He thinks this because today's temperature in the air is scorching.

The sun, who provides light to the whole planet, was like a water-sucking monster to him as he was feeling dehydrated.

" It wasn't so hot yesterday, so why today? ",

He felt like he was about to curse the sun, but didn't, as he knew it would be only a waste of time and also deplete his energy.

*sigh... "Let's take a good rest."

sighing, Akira said, as he leaned on the tree and closed his eyes.

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After one hour of rest, Akira stood up, before continuing his travels. The only things that Akira needs now are water and civilisation, or at least, to see a human.

As time passed, little by little, the trees that appeared in the sight of Akira became less and less.

He had a happy smile on his face but was also anxious, as if he didn't find any village or a source of water, he might end up dead after some days.

Soon, noon turns into the night.

The sun had gone down by that time and a bright moon appeared, with countless stars sprinkled all over the sky.

There was a forest under the silvery moonlight of the bright moon.

The moonlight had lightened the whole forest, creating a glandular spectacle.

By this time, Akira had walked many kilometres while taking breaks from time to time.

His condition is very poor at this point, as he hasn't eaten a single thing since yesterday and hadn't drunk a sip of water.

this surprised him even more. He was able to walk many kilometres without even drinking a sip of water. This is undoubtedly an inhuman thing, as no one in his world will be able to do it or be afraid to do it.

But still, he can't forget about the fruit that helped him to increase his physics. He believes that without the fruit, he might be in a worse situation than this.

Thanking the fruit, Akira took a deep breath and walked on his way, with the hope of finding a village.

But soon, he spotted an old wooden house a little far away from him.

" I did it! ",

said Akira, with joy, as he thought, he has gotten out of this unknown forest and might be able to find some information about this world.

Holding the excitement in his heart, he ran straight toward the house and stood before the wooden door.

Looking at the old wooden house, same as the houses used by Japanese people in the old era, he was shocked as this type of house is rarely seen in his world. He hadn't noticed this at first, due to his excitement.

"Where in the world am I?",

said Akira, with a depressed expression on his face, as it was hard to tell which world or timeline he was in.

" What odour is this? ",

suddenly, a strange smell entered his nose, as he quickly covered his nose.