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Where am I?" Ren thought, slightly out of focused.
The last memory he had was the overly crowded event's place of Comiket, and then there was Mikumin, she was trying to call him up on stage. Just by the thought of it makes him a little queasy.
"Mikumin!" Ren exclaimed as the thought dawned on him. He's supposed to be at
TBS right now, in the middle of Mikumin's performance. But where is this place? Is this part of Mikumin's act? No, this is far too realistic.
"VR?" Ren tried to touch his face for any signs of a VR set, but found none.
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Alright, I have to calm down and think this through." Ren thought to himself. He tried touching parts of his body, making sure that it's still there. Then he tried touching the grass around him and then the ground beneath him. "This looks pretty solid to be VR. But where exactly is this place?"
He started to look around, this time, making sure to take note of everything he sees. The sky looks pretty normal to him, blue and a few clumps of clouds rolling overhead. The plain on the other hand looks, well,
plain — no trees, no road, not even a hill, just a long stretch of grass. However, if Ren squint enough, he could make out an outline of mountains far north, or was it east?
And then he saw
them — four figures moving not too far from him. Ren instinctively lowered down his gaze, a reflex he had whenever he's outside the comfort of his room. He can feel the panic creeping up at his chest — he's not alone. Suddenly he felt extremely conscious of himself.
"Get a grip of yourself!" Ren slapped himself on the face at both sides.
When he has mustered enough courage to look up, Ren had a better look at the strangers. They all appear to be around the same age as Ren, however, they don't look Japanese at all, plus, they wear weird clothes that looked rather outdated.
After a while, one of the kids attempted to initiate interaction on one of the bigger kids, but was immidiately answered by growls and shouts of anger, or at least thats how Ren heard it. And then...
"Translator level 1 acquired!"
Ren jumped at the sudden sound. No, it wasn't sound, it almost feels like a thought inside his head, except that its not his own. And then, for some reason, he understood what the other kid was saying now.
Basing on that alone, Ren's already have a fair guess at what's happening, what with all the games he's played, manga he's read, and anime he's watched. But he's still clinging to what little sanity is left in him, and is trying real hard to steer away from that road.
"Welcome to Kairelith. Your new life begins here. Please accept the goddess Kaireth's blessing as a commemoration of your arrival."
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Well, that finally does it." He can virtually hear all his hope crumbling away. What he heard only confirmed his suspicions. A little cliche, but Ren has been transported to another world. He has no idea what the specifics are, but he's pretty sure thats the case.
At the last word of the mysterious speaker, Ren suddenly felt a strange sensation going through his entire body. It faded just as quickly as it came.
"Decide your path. A second chance was given to you by the merciful goddess, use it wisely."
He's totally screwd. Living outside the four walls of his room is not Ren's strongest suit, much less surviving in an alien world.
As if on queue, several orbs of light appeared not too far from where the biggest kid is standing. The orbs just hovered there for a moment and then, all of a sudden, each one popped and came a person. Soon enough they are surrounded by an army — literally, men and women clad in armour.
"This is where we detected the sudden convergence of magic, sir." A woman from the group said.
A burly man clad in full armour started to make his way towards Ren and the others, "Explain yourselves! What is your purpose coming here!" Barked the man, one hand against his sword.
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This is starting to sound like a regular RPG." Ren thought ridiculously.
"This place is under the jurisdiction of the Froviel Empire. Are you spies from another country?" The man pressed on. By the looks of him, he seems to be the one in charge of this batalion.
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Froviel empire? Basing on how that big guy addressed us, they don't seem to be in a jolly relationship with neighboring countries at the moment." Ren thought.
"Well? Are you?" The huge man repeated.
Ren decided to leave the interaction to the other four, and see how things will play out. Anyways, its not like he'll be able to speak with this many people around him.
