Chapter 2: Going around randomly

Few days has passed and the morning sun rises. A young man goes out from his humbly house, taking a look of its shabby but not cheaply made foundations and half of its wall below is made from limestone with a hardwood on it's top, a two storey house, and a beautifully arranged tiled roof.

"It's been a while since I got out from the house. Even mother doesn't want me to go out and do farm jobs for now since a month ago, the village has been harvesting locally grown grapes and vegetables that you can find in a modern market. Modern?"

This young man, Alan, talks to himself and whining to his mother for not letting him going outside. But, he laughs and grins like a crazy man... or it can be described as a madman realized he can do atrocities.

"Huehuehuehue. FINALLY! I can do make things whatever I want. The only problem is PEOPLE! I don't want to get find out making inventions (not mine) and worse the villagers might sold me off to a nobles or more worst, slave merchants. Sh*t sh*t sh*t! I don't want that to happen, just like when I played that realistic VR game...What the hell is VR?"

His celebrations turned into a horror in a matter of a few words. Despite having the ideas that came from the memories of that person from the Earth, he is still confused whether he can do things or not or get caught and mercilessly sold away.

Alan calmed himself, tried to recalls and assessing himself. After a while, he comes with an idea, TALKING TO PEOPLE. He know is against it but that's the only thing he could do right now. As the Alan from Earth, he was really cautious when talking to people he didn't know because in his youthful days, he was always scammed by the people in online social media, in video games, and online shopping. When he became a young adult, the VR becomes mainstream and popular, he tried while being doubtful and later on his days, he was known as "The most cautious person in VR game history". He spend time in preparing 100 times ahead, that's only in the VR world and the Internet. He is much calmer and eloquent in real life but he is also known to write book tips and guides ridiculing ignorance.

"But still, I need other people know that I'm okay now. Then! I should go around the village and kill time since there's nothing I can do for now. Wait a second, Ahem!" Alan clears his throat to do some 'practice' to speak and communicate with people.

"Hi! I am Alan Sagea. No no no! They already knows me you stupid self or probably not. Ahem. Hi blah blah, I recovered from my mental pain...ah! headache. yes... headache. Ahem! I need something to ask---" He continues to practice until the sun is on the top on his head, radiating it's heat.

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"Alright. I am ready." Alan Sagea, who was just speaking to himself since morning, is fully prepared.

"Alan. The food is ready. You should eat before you go." His mother, named Leanne, calls Alan for lunch.

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"I wonder where should I go? Hmmm... I think the market is the best choice to start." Alan, being aimless, just walks around the village while thinking of something.

"Our village is named Artheos, settled between the two identical hills with a plateau on the top. It looks like your unusual architecture from the modern world, it can be described as a palms slightly up together with a total of 12 vein-like streets of each hill. A mountainous ridge on the east side, a flowing river from the northwest and a lake that was used for various purposes from baptizing, watering the farm, and used for bathing. For me, this place is too peaceful and prosperous, and it is suspicious. There are no monsters in this area, no animals to hunt either, definitely not suspicious. We villagers only relies on farm harvests and food resources from other places, but I think that's okay. Not suspicious at all. And lastly, the population. WHY THE HELL IT IS STILL CALLED 'VILLAGE' WHEN IT HAS OVER 16000 PEOPLE?! ISN'T THAT A SMALL TOWN'S POPULATION? HELL NAH. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT."

Alan shocked in disbelief recalling those consensus that their village chief announces every year.

"Those numbers are really suspicious. I guess I must not go to the market but instead I should just randomly walk around anyway."

After walking for some time, he realized he is on the market.

"Ah. Not much people in the market. hmm... most stores are closed, probably there's a kind of event like weddings, baptism, or something. Ah! It was Sunday today! How the hell I forgot that?" Alan surprised. "This is similar to Earth where people rests on Sundays."

Alan continues to wander around the village until he stumbled upon a commotion at the village's gate at the southern side.

It was a duel between 3 adventurers and a single village guard. You can think of the village guard as a man physically full of muscles in his 50's, a spearman with 40 years of expertise, black-haired and bearded with the eyes that cannot be described as normal.

A village guard is far more superior based on his looks despite being outnumbered by those 3 adventurers, specifically, 2 swordsmen and a mage.

"Please let us get through the passage of the raising hand to go on Maltran territory! We do not want to fight. We are just hired to escort a nobility to guard them until we get there. Our original route was blocked by the bandits! This is the safe route we could think of. This is only our choice!"

One of the swordsmen who seemed to be a leader of the escort team tries to convince the village guard.

"So... passing through this village is forbidden, why are you forcing yourselves to get through here? Are you stupid or just a simpleton with no brains 'cuz you can't PASS THROUGH HERE WITHOUT MY PERMISSION!"

Alan who was there saw the village guard intimidating the adventurers.

"Ah, Big man Ydur. You never changed."

"That big man do really hates adventurers though he used to be one."

"I guess there's nothing we could do for this poor adventurers. He's just too powerful."

"I don't know but rumors said his little sister was violated by adventurers a few decades ago."

People starts murmuring about the rumors that Ydur has a bad terms with the adventurers since he retires from being an adventurer himself.

"Uncle Ydur! What you doing? I'll tell mom that you bully adventurers. Well...you see, Mom's used to be an adventurer with the friendlies that YOU hate. If you continue this..." Alan took a huge volume of air then he shouted, "MOM! UNCLE IS BULLYING SOME ADVENTURERS! COME AND SAVE THEM!"

"Hey! You can't do that. HEY! Stop. Please Stop! STOOOPPPP!!! I beg you to stop."

Ydur, a big man, is on fear when Alan use his weakness and scolded him to stop bullying the adventurers.

"Rammone, can you please call the village chief. Tell him there's a nobility that wanted to passthrough to our village. I can't hold my tears. FASTER DAMMIT!"

"Hey, you don't have to be like that, big man."

Rammone, who was just a village watchmen, hurriedly contact the village chief.

"Like Mom told you, Uncle. Don't ever bully Adventurers! They had nothing to do with you ,remember that. My mom who was your little sister might get angry with you if she saw you did that. What will be your excuses?"

"Okay! Alright! Fine! You win. But NO SWORD LESSONS FOR A MONTH! YOU GAVE ME A HEART ATTACK! I THOUGHT YOUR MOM IS WITH YOU! I'LL FUCKING BREAK YOUR BONES AND GROUND IT LIKE FINE POWDER, KID. DON'T EVER USE YOUR MOTHER TO ME OR ELSE!"

"Or else what?"

A voice of a woman shakens the huge man. The feeling of cold shivers through Ydur's spine, making his legs feels weak and treambles in fear. Leanne who was about to go the nearby village to buy a her needed materials, saw a commoner caused by Ydur, her big brother in blood. A strong bloodlust coming from Alan's mother hearing that he was threatened by his Uncle.

"What the hell did you say to my precious son? Explain."

She punched Ydur's gut like it was nothing inside on his stomach. Ydur then groans in hellish pain.

"aiI jaj Au wNn tu Titc yuR sOwn a LesSaown. pWeAsw FouygHb Mi!!!"

"Ah, I see. You need some beatings from your loving little sister."

Ydur was mercilessly tortured by Leanne who was just a normal housewife (a higher ranked adventurer) that can beat a strong man.

"Ahahah, thank you for saving us. We are really grateful."

"Huh? Who said you're grateful? You come here without any notice. I know I'm still an active adventurer in this nation but WHY. DID. YOU. NOT. NOTICE. US. IN. ADVANCE. ?"

Adventurers we're grateful when Leanne stops the big man but she replied with threatening speech and an intimidating aura to them.

"uawauawa! Please let us explain"

Leanne listened to the Adventurers explanation and looked at Alan for a moment. Alan noticed it and approached the nearby carriage to check.

"Pardon me. My name is Alan Sagea, son of Leanne Sagea. I wish to speak with you."

Meanwhile, the poor big man was lying flat on the ground. His wife comes to rescue him then treated his injuries. His wife doesn't do anything to anger Leanne and dragged the poor big man's body like a piece of cloth.