Chapter 2 - solitude and a new friend

With that old man banish me out of nowhere

But in this forest somewhat familiar with what I’ve been through with uncle. I remember my uncle said to me

“Listen Randy, when in any situation take a knee and assess your surrounding” I take a knee while lucky I brought my sling bag here. A small knife, a lighter, a compass, lifestraw (Filters that make water drinkable) some light snack, first aid kid, and lastly a torch light including many more. At least this could survive me for the night though. I begin to see the surrounding while slowly I walk this strange path that has a sign of people walking from it. Kinda feel wanted to know more about this world but first thing first. Gotta find some sort of a civilisation, and maybe locate a food source.

I took this sort of weed plant, and made it into a fishing pole and line, using sort of fruit as bait. I could not believed my luck a fish or whatever it look like but it look edible to eat. Some sort of a mixed of salmon and carp. I make camp here because it's getting dark.

I have to equip myself with some sort of weaponry. I took a tree and make a bow and arrow, while manage to make a slingshot from my palm and making armor from the tree itself. Uncle always told me to prepare myself for anything, one thing is that my uncle trained me to be resisted with some sort of poisoning. Which I could survived and could taste poison before it entered to my body.

I saw somewhat that looked like a bamboo, lucky me then. I make bottles and arrows from it, I make boken (a Japanese bamboo sword) at least I’ve got armor to protect myself from dangers.

Looking my own reflection from the river damn I really look like a samurai. Since this is the only metal knife I have, I have to keep it sharp gotta make something else for a knife. Uncle told me that stone age people use stone and sharpen it like a knife. Which I took a river stone and wood branch and turn it into a stone axe. While I tried to modified my bamboo into a knife and some sharpen stone into my blade. At least my survival is increased significantly rather than going out naked.

While setting up traps and make shift alarm from my surrounding to make sure that I’m safe while resting here. Looking at the fire I begin to realise that I’ve got to thank uncle for teaching me survival skill. Looking at my compass it felt strange that the compass is constantly spinning as if this whole place is one huge magnet. At least that put aside the usefulness of the compass, but maybe I could used the sun reflection as a sundial.

While I begin to start to get really sleepy only to hear someone is calling me

“Randy! Randy!!”

It came from the jewel that Luna gave me I listen to it, damn its like a smartphone.

“Yeah…?”

“You alright! Thank to the gods”

“yeah that old man seems to have some loose screw in his head”

“Could you lay that jewel to the ground..”

“Huh”

I lay it down and she appeared like a damn hologram

“You know in my world we called this a hologram”

“interesting, but let me see your surrounding at least I could find you”

I forgot to realise that she is not human to begin with she has ears like a cat and a tail behind her, unlike the Princess.

“Got it let me do this…”

She suddenly appeared in front of me. She look kinda cute in this dark skies though

“You know that your friends there don’t even know you existed even the teacher that you save just forgotten that you was there…”

“Uh huh, yeah that part eh..”

“But it seems that you could manage this by yourself though…”

“Yeah I think I’ve got to find ways for me to be back home…or else my uncle’s house will be dusty…”

“I wonder what is this place you called your world…”

“Its Earth but I’m not sure this planet of yours or galaxy or universe or even dimension that we related to eh?”

“that keep me wondering as well”

We manage to share knowledge with each other about my world and her world. She also explain that the student and teachers in my school is actually been chosen as champions to fight against a demon lord that was prophesied by Kuzman that their kingdom will face such dangers that they need the help of other worlders to save them. What I could concluded here is that not all of it is different from our own, the only difference is that the race of inhabitants here, which expected from stories that I read in books or watching anime. Humans they called it ‘Hume’, while the Elves, Dwarves, and fairy including others is called demons. For Luna she is cat race or cat folk, is category as beastman. For them they were treated as lower levels just like me eh, who doesn’t exist.

Luna explain to me that she was adopted by the Queen because she is the last surviver of an incident that happen years ago when she was a little girl.

“In an instant you are a now a warrior but mostly blunt weapons…”

“well its better than nothing but I’ve got to practice this, I’m just good at surviving but not fighting though…”

“Really?” She stand up and pull me away from the fire.

“How about we practice right now?”

“Huh?”

She is showing me some move, but I just swing some weapons but I remember what my uncle taught me.

“You know its not just one of one, remember always fight in a position where you are good at…” good at eh? I head into the dark, and took a sling shot while Luna parried my shot.

“You good at it but how about a duel?” I looked stupid when I assumed she could not see in the dark, since she is basically a cat. That's what you get for being stupid. I guess you can say I was a little too hasty with my assumptions. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go find a dark corner to hide in.

She easily beaten me down. Well at least I did something though,

“You know I believed you not taking this seriously…” well is not something that I’m good at.

“I hate fighting….”

“But this is a dangerous world with strange monster and all…”

“uh huh, I do believed is just animals…” but I had this curious to ask to Luna

“Hey I have a question?” She is still pointed her rapier at me

“What will that be ?”

“I taught that cat folk had some sort of a dialect behind it” Luna seems confused

“And that is?” Seriously she did not know of this?

“Like in the end nya” I could see in her face is just confusion or even anger

“Uh huh…earthling imaginations had lots of strange and weird things in your head eh…”

"Yeah, I read that they spoke a dialect similar to everything with a nya." I pose like a cat for her reference. It looks like I'm being really stupid right now. I could see in her face that she was looking at me like some sort of pervert. Standing up, I tried to calm things down. I cleared my throat, "Anyway, I just wanted to let you know about the dialect." The only thing that I could feel right now is a sharp pain towards my lower part of the body.

That's right, she just low-blow me with her knee. That hurts. I guess I should have expected it when she said she was a "knee-jerk" reaction kind of girl.

“You get what you deserve for being stupid. The way we speak is normal, the way people here speak...". It's just that those fantasy stories are just that, a fantasy, and not facts. So maybe it's time to stop believing everything we hear and start using our brains once in a while.

Whatever, but at least you could handle pain!" what pain, I lose some ability or even the possibility of having a descendant! It's like they say, no pain, no gain - but this time it's more like no pain, no offspring!

Getting back to the matter, Luna told me that there was a village nearby and she gave me a bag of money.

"This is the currency of the world, bronze, silver, and gold" seems like the way they trade is still barter rather than money. One thing that interest me is that she give me a map and sort of a compass.

“This will pointed the way to the village” I thank her and started to wonder again

“Why are you helping me?” Luna then look at the skies and begin to sigh herself.

“I don't know, but one thing I know is you're the only one who looks at me without having a strange feeling” I think I did. But whatever

'Uh huh, anyway thanks Luna...' Luna suddenly leaned in closer to me and got really intimate with me.

“Uh Luna?”

She only smile at me and said something that I will not forget “it must be a reason for all this encounter eh Randy? That guy punch you meeting me like this and suddenly been kick out from the castle” its too much of strange coincidence but I let it slide

“Uh huh, but I need to go” Luna then teleported back and explain that she will in contact through the jewel that she give me.

I'm about to embark on a journey to another world. Walking along the pathway with Luna's map and compass in hand, I begin to walk toward the path. Dammit, I forgot to eat. I could feel my stomach growling.