The wind blew the dust of the surrounding rubble as a girl with pure white hair and fair skin walked throughout the destroyed village. Her hair blowing through the wind as her black slime companion hopped over broken wood and rocks. She then halted, standing in front of the metal spear shoved into the ground and as she gazed down at it, the smell of the mana the person used softly touched her nose. Then her slime companion hopped on to her shoulders with an expression of confusion, and as the women sighed, she opened her system reporting back to someone.
"it seems like there was a survivor"
A boyish voice then responded. "I see, do you know who it is?"
She then responded. "It's a guy, he's extremely powerful from how thick his mama remains even after so long. His race is...well I don't know, the mana smells like they're from ancient origin, but I can't pinpoint which."
The boy sighed. "Is that so...well I'll take it from here."
She nodded as their call over the system ended. She then stretched, leaning over the metal spear as the wind blew harder. "Orine, he's just like me, right?"
^{likely}^
Her eyes then sparkled as she did her best to hide her bursting smile. "S-so, can you tell me where and who he is..."
^{uhhhhhh....well.....do I have to..?}^
"Duh!!! Don't do this Orine! Please help me find someone so I don't have to be alone anymore!!!!"
^{okay ;^;}^
^{He's the second child and his name is Yuno}^
"Thank you Miss Kuudere system! Let's find a new friend slime" the black slime sparkled and smiled as it hopped continuously on her shoulder." Then she began to hover over the rubble, looking down at the destroyed village as a thought came to mind "hopefully he didn't do this, I'm sure this person...Yuno, has an explanation! "
She then flew from away from the once upon a time Uli village, the only evidence of her being there was the flowers she left beside the metal spear. This happened 2 days after the village was destroyed, and a week later Yu finally approached the next town, getting closer to the outer lands of where Dandelion no longer had control over and where the Uriel Kingdom lied.
Thought before he could officially set off for his final journey to leave Dandelion officially, he had a single desire he desperately wanted to do and that was ....to shower.
"I...feel disgusting, I'm covered in sweat, I smell like a burning trash can...no, maybe worse, like a shelter for dogs but they were all wet and their cages weren't cleaned in months...yeah even I can't imagine that."
°[good thing I'm no wear near you :3]°
"F*ck you too"
°[happily! Just bathe first-]°
"Don't make it weird bro-"
Yu then walked through the opened gates of the town and as he looked around his eyes widened from the sight he thought he would never see ever again.
"Wh-why is this place, so modern...this is just a copy and paste of a town back in my world. Wait, this place looks more like my world then back in the Favi city!"
He continued wonder in the city, looking around as if he was a tourist. Though the people around his seen him as stranger danger and kept their distance, Yu couldn't help but be openly surprised by the modernity of the place he was in. He then stood in front of a convenience store and as he approached it the door opened on its own. His eyes sparkled, not just his eyes but his face looked as if in pure shock of the technology they had, and as he walked into the convenience store the convenience employee welcomed him in, quickly realizing that he wasn't from there from his ragged village clothes that were soaked in sweat and the big pack he was holding.
Yu continued looking around, his entire being sparkling from the sight he was seeing.
°[Yu, you're creeping the guy out]°
"O-oh sorry- hey! This place is amazing! Is there any uhhh cloth shops here! Wait...this place is modern so there's gotta be like phones and digital stuff here too!!!!"
Yu went closer and closer into the workers face as the employee backed away, confused and flustered from all of the things he was saying and then the employee responded. "Well, yeah this place has that, I don't want to be rude or anything but...you're not from here?"
Yu nodded his head as he backed away slightly, giving him space. "Yeah, sorry about that it's just I've been traveling for a while and it's my first time seeing this type of stuff you know legitimately" he then thought to himself "well in this world anyways "
The employee then responded, his face reflecting confusion. "Wait, this place isn't that special, all-over Dandelion there's places like these, actually it's more rare for there to be no modernity at all. Anyways the answers to the questions you had before, there's a plaza on Wine Street and it's pretty big. It has everything you need there and there's a bank too, also bronze, silver, and gold are still accepted as currency too so if you don't have paper money or digital those still can be used."
Yu sparkled, grabbing the workers hand as he shook it repeatedly. "You're amazing! Thank you, man!" And as he dashed out the convenience store, the employee stood there even more confused. "He didn't buy anything, that guy is seriously weird."
He continued running, suddenly stopping as the realization hit him. "Wait, where's Wine Street again-"
°[it's too your right, you surprisingly ran straight to it I'm impressed!]°
"Oooo really~" he quickly walked to win Street, being surprised to the amount of stylish beautiful people he saw and as he looked around, he couldn't help but feel at home from the familiarity compared to where he used to live.
"Why can't I just live here?"
°[soon your wanted posters will be sent all over the Internet and also physically posted with magic, and since your ID adventures card is inactive, you don't have well...an ID which makes you have to report to the government, and you know why you can't do that]°
"Man, I'm really done for in this country huh-"
°[once we reach to Uriel Kingdom, you'll be fine as long as you make a new name and stuff!]°
"How do I do that?"
°[Since I'm your system you just have to give me permission to change your name to whatever you want, and I can do it :>]°
"That's convenient...wait" he then stood there, thinking as people passed him by. "If I can just ask you to change my name then we're..."
°[I can't change your mana signature-]°
"I don't know what that means but I'm guessing it's unique to me-"
°[it's like your magic ID that is unique to every person]°
"Noted " he then approached a clothing shop, opening the door, feeling the cool air of AC he hasn't felt since his life before this world. He embraced it, wishing that he could just stay here forever instead of traveling in the ever-changing weather. He then began to walk around, avoiding anyone around him as he gazed at the high-quality clothing in front of him.
"Hmmmm hey, why not you pick something for me that you think would be good for me to wear while traveling. "
°[I'm more of a stylish person so what I pick won't be exactly comfy]°
" Well...we are in a fantasy world still and I would like to look cool while doing cool stuff- "
°[Mmmmmmmm]°
"Mmmmmmmmmm "
Then a decision clicked for the both of them as he quickly grabbed the clothes he wanted to wear, heading to the front desk and as he put his clothes there the old women scanning the clothes then spoke. "Excuse me sir."
He responded. "Y-yeah?"
She softly smiled. "There is a public bath house around the corner for adventurers such as yourself, I hope this helps you."
He sparkled as he smiled. "Thank you, Miss! You're the best!" She then handed him his clothes. "No problem, sir."
Yu quickly began to roam around, searching for this bath house that the old women told him. As he roamed, purchasing socs, toothpaste, toothbrush, towel, and finally body wash and shampoo. He then stood in front of the building he was searching for, his body ready to be fully cleansed.
"Let's do this."
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"Aaaaaaaaaaaa, this is...so refreshing...also no one's here so it's even better."
°[probably because they have their own baths unlike you]°
"Soon enough I will, once we're done traveling, I can just get myself a place and...wait, I forgot about the slave situation."
°[slightly messed up, but I understand why.]°
"Yeah- in my world, stuff like slaves was a worldly accepted thing as bad so it was made illegal."
°[this is a different world you know? You don't have to do anything if you really don't want to Yu]°
He then softly smiled, holding up his hand as the water dripped from it. "Nah, I just wanna help them, it's actually pretty selfish...also slavery sucks-"
Blue smiled from her dark abyss, then responding. °[Mhm!]° °"you're the same as ever!"°
He then stood from the big bath, as he grabbed his towel.
°[what the rush?]°
"Relaxing time is over, we got business and adventures to do!" So, he left the bath, getting dressed in an all-black attire and as he put on both his socks and black shoes he left the bath house. His skin sparkling and his body smelling and feeling fresh after the long bath it needed. He then took a deep breath as he held the big pack filled with his traveling supplied and the stuff he bought, but suddenly papers began to magically appear all over the town. Yu then kneeled, picking up one of the sheets gazing at it as his breathing then becoming shallower.
°[relaxing time really is over ;^;]°
"Y-yeah, let's hurry and get out of here" he then awkwardly grinned. "I didn't know I'd cost this much though, maybe I can turn myself in and cash in a fortune."
°[duplication magic is a little difficult for your level right now]°
". . . ." He tossed the paper, it falling on to the ground, showing both his face and name as he began to quickly walk the way he came to leave the town.
"Seems like I should put more effort into mana manipulation then."