After hearing the girls trembling voice and tears in her eyes he immediately gave in.
Yutaka may have cutdown thousands of men in his previous life, but he still had a human heart. An extremely caring one in fact.
However, there were no means of communicating with the girl.
sigh
He said still contemplating.
Seeing the unsure look on his face the girl layed down on the floor crying and still begging.
"ah please don't do that! women should treat themselves with more respect!"
He said rushing to raise her from the floor, of course she didn't know what he was saying.
"Fine, I'll escort you home"
He said raising the girl up, she didn't understand what Yutaka said so he simply just nodded indicating him agreeing to protect her.
This was very convenient for our protagonist, as his immediate goal was finding a village.
He needed food money and proper clothes.
They began walking to God knows where, still in the forest.
Yutaka tried his best to adjust to this double gravity, but it proved futile.
He was too heavy, causing his posture to slouch.
He couldn't bare the silence and tried asking.
"ehm....what's your name?"
Yutaka tried starting a conversation.
"Huh?"
She asked, she didn't understand Japanese.
"...ehm..."
tap
He tapped his chest and said 'Yutaka Kenshi'
tap
He pointed on her chest hoping for her to understand he wanted to know her name.
".... Ehm.... I'm still young.....so please be gentle..."
She said whilst undressing wait what the fuck?!
"No!! I meant what is your name!!!! How the heck did you misinterpret that?!!?"
He yelled with a flustered face quickly stopping her from undressing.
"Huh? You don't want to make love with me?"
She said with an innocent face.
"For the love of Buddha! No one is making love!!!"
The girl still looked confused.
sigh
"Facts, is there any way I can communicate with this girl?"
He asked worriedly, disturbed by the unrealistic misinterpretation between the two of them.
"Legacy?"
"What does that mean?'
He spoke out loud, the girl simply confused who and what he was talking about.
"Really? So your name being known is a good thing"
He said trying to catch his breath.
"So, the more my name is known breathe the more I will understand their language?"
He asked,his chest tightening.
"breathe so, I just need to get breathe people to know me...."
Yutaka said using the trees they passed by to support him, walking and breathing was becoming more and more difficult because of the double gravity.
Facts let out a slight chuckle.
"Master?!"
The girl asked worriedly seeing Yutaka wobble.
"ah... please don't call me masterrrrrrr~
He passed out and fell down.
Facts mocked Yutaka's unconscious body, seeing how weak he was, defeating the Demon king now was just illogical.
gasp!
He woke up in a cave, there was a small fire and the girl warming herself close to it.
The sky was dark outside, time in modern words 10:30
"Thank goodness master! You are awake!"
She said adding more wood to the fire.
"....ughhh don't call me master!!! And my head hurts!!!"
He exclaimed rubbing his eyes.
The girl still didn't understand what he was saying.
Yutaka looked outside and acknowledged the time, it was too late to continue their journey.
"Seriously?! That's perfect!"
"What's perfect?"
The girl asked who could now understand him.
"what the hell?! that isn't fair!!"
"What isn't fair?? And why can you suddenly speak Inglish?"
<1 message left, pfft you should really stop talking>
She teased.
Yutaka had a frustrated face as if being bullied. He wanted to curse Facts out loud but that would waste the last message.
"Ehm, master is something wrong?"
The girl asked worriedly, seeing Yutaka looking furious.
breathe
"Take a deep breath.... think about how to utilize this message to it's best"
He calculated in his head staring at the girl.
He bent his head in contemplation.
aha!
"Facts can I write the message down?!"
He asked in his mind.
Wonderful!
He stood up and removed a piece of wood from the fire.
It was burning with the heat radiating in the air.
Surprisingly it didn't hurt his hand.
He blew it, putting off the fire and broke it to act as a pencil.
Yutaka then tore a piece of his cloth and layed it down on the floor like paper.
"As long as I don't conclude the sentence, I can write as much as I want!!!! I'm so smart!"
"oh....then let's see..."
He attempted writing, praying not to write Kanji.
"What is master doing?"
The girl thought to herself still warming up in front of the fire.
Yutaka sat there for about 5 minutes and was finally done writing.
It felt odd as his fingers smoothly wrote Inglish, something he had never done.
The magical element in this new world finally settled in his head.
"Here you go, read it"
He said handing it to the girl, his tongue automatically reverting to Japanese.
"I should read it?"
She asked collecting the cloth from Yutaka.
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Fact concluded.
"fufufu"
Yutaka said with a smug look, the Ronin was quite clever.
"Now let's just hope she knows how to read"
He calmed himself anticipating her level of literacy.
The girl brought the cloth to her eyes and began to read.
"First of all stop calling me master, Hello there, my name is Yutaka kenshi, I am from somewhere unknown by the people of this world, not from here but you can call it Nippon, I can understand you but you cannot understand me, please what is your name, also you mentioned escorting you to your parents, does your village have reputable means of income? If yes I will be very glad and escort you home for free, Please I will not be doing anything sexual to you so stop with the inappropriate tendencies your still a kid! and Incase of next time, please just be talking at random to share information since I won't be able to ask for them,I don't know when else we will be able to talk to each other so I'll be in your care till then, it's nice to meet you"
The girl read fluently like a scholar despite appearing as a slave.
"Thank goodness, she can read! Even better than me!!!"
He jumped in joy.
The girl sat there examining the paper again, preparing to answer his questions.
"Okay, Yutaka-san my name is Velma! it's nice to meet you!"
She said with a smile stretching her hand.
Yutaka shook her small hands, still astonished by her mature demeanor despite her age of 13.
"Now the next question, let me see"
She looked at the paper again.
"...ehm...the village where I was kidnapped from is very poor,
b— but I'm sure my parents will be able to to pay for your services!"
"It's up ahead, maybe a 3 day journey? I..I don't know, but it shouldn't be too far from here! "
"It is called "Red River village" that is where I was kidnapped from...."
She said with a sad face to which Yutaka consoled by holding her hand.
"You see, when I escaped, I immediately started planning on going back to my home!"
"But those freaks have been chasing me! I'm just glad their dead, now I can see my family again!"
"I've almost forgotten what my elder brother looks like"
"I'm sure my family will be happy to see me return!"
She said with hope in her eyes.
Yutaka as well smiled gently, easing the atmosphere.
"Next was.... Sexual...."
She but stopped, her face was red.
"ah... i—it's not like I was encouraging you to do something like that... It's just... As a slave, we were taught to satisfy our masters as much as possible!"
Yutaka bonked her head.
"Ouch...Oh...You said I shouldn't call you master... My apologies, Yutaka-san"
"You see, I wouldn't have mined being sold as a slave... They actually get paid, just like maids.... It's just.... A sex slave is... Scary...."
She said shuddering with fear in both eyes.
"To think what they were going to do to such a young girl..."
He thought with a sad face.
"Okay, here you said I should talk at random since you can't ask for information, then I guess I'll have to talk a whole lot!"
She said with a proud face.
"I hope I won't regret this"
Yutaka jokingly wondered, now knowing Velma was going to be a blabber-mouth.
"Anyways Yutaka-san, we should get some sleep, we didn't eat today so we should lay down before the hunger creeps in"
She said putting off the fire.
Yutaka as well layed down, their back's facing each other.
"...Yutaka-san?"
Velma called to him, asking if he was still awake.
"hm?"
He answered tiredly, his body was exhausted due to tackling double gravity.
"Thank you for saving me, I promise to repay you someday"
Velma said quietly.
"...there's no need for that,I just did the right thing-
"I promise to repay you!
She cut Yutaka off.
"oh she can't understand me..."
Yutaka simply nodded because he was tired.
Velma pumped her fist in determination.
They finally slept off.
THE NEXT DAY.
The forest was as beautiful as the day before.
Surprisingly normal looking birds soared through the sky.
Yutaka was awake doing some push-ups.
"208! 209!! 210!!!"
"I!"
"Need!"
"To get!"
"Used to this!"
"Gravity!"
"As soon as!"
"Possible!!"
He yelled now at 16 pushups.
His hands were at their limit, trembling, as he was about to fall to the ground a familiar voice called out his name.
"Yutaka-san! I found some fruits!"
Velma was coming back from a search, she found some fruits they would eat as breakfast.
She effortlessly skipped around while carrying the basket, not feeling any effects from the double gravity this world had.
Leaving Yutaka to ask Facts.
"What the fuck does that mean?"
".... that makes sense..."
Thud!
Yutaka fell on the floor, his pushups record back on earth was a staggering 100 but we can obviously see the limits here.
"Velma! I told you not to go outside alone! This is a forest for crying out loud!"
He scolded slowly standing up.
"Worry not Yutaka-san! I'm alright!"
It seems Velma was understanding Yutaka better through facial expressions.
"How convenient!"
Yutaka yelled!
"ehhh?. Your speaking Inglish again!"
She said dropping the fruits on the floor.
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Facts nagged.
Yutaka wore his upper garment of rags and faced Velma.
hmmm I don't really have anything to say, and there's no charcoal to write a message....
He thought to himself.
He stood looking at Velma who was washing the fruits.
"....Good-morning, Velma"
He greeted the girl casually.
"....good morning..."
She said confused wondering why he greeted her.
"oh yeah, Velma, we're heading to 'Red River village' today, I hope you know the way"
Yutaka added.
"ah, of course!"
She stood up and carried the fruits to him.
"Now that it's daytime I can see the road clearly, I'm sure I've been here before!"
Velma said with a new found confidence.
Velma handed a fruit to Yutaka.
"Thanks"
He appreciated as he carried the alien looking fruit, it was a light blue apple but was as soft as a banana.
<1 message left>
Yutaka dismissed facts agitated voice and told her in his mind.
"I'll save that one for when it's important, since you initially gave me free communication because of our growth in bond. Don't you think it'll be smart to further deepen our bond?"
casual communication fosters healthy relationships.
He thought while biting the soft blue apple.
"....this is good!"
His facial expression said.
"Really?! I didn't know if it were poisonous or not! that's why I waited for you to take a bite!"
Yutaka simply gave her a side eye.
The two ate and we're about to start heading to the village.
"ah, Yutaka-san, could you please excuse me?"
She said backing away.
Yutaka had an annoyed look,he wanted to get going already.
"It's a girl's matter, please excuse me"
She quickly ran to....somewhere...
Yutaka paid no mind to it and gave her some privacy.
In the meantime he walked to a tree and broke off another tree branch, this one was lighter and easier to carry, but it was also less durable likely breaking against a tough opponent.
Killing this Beezle Danteshi would have to wait, I must return Velma to her village safely.
He declared in his mind fixing the wooden branch in his cloth, resembling a sword.
Yutaka was determined to keep Velma safe despite meeting her only yesterday, abiding to the samurai code of conduct Bushido.
Some time later Velma came back.
"okay now let's go!"
She said looking suspicious
And so their journey begins! Heading to Red River village, just what kind of challenges awaits them????!!????