Chapter 2 (1/2)

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation

Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Due to the accident that happened to David, he had trouble sleeping as he tossed and turned in bed the day before. Just as he was about to finally fall asleep while in a daze, he was jolted awake by the identity bracelet on his wrist.

The robot butler entered at this very moment to notify him that Jessica was waiting for him at the door.

According to the butler’s reminder, David realized that it was time for the pre-arranged agreement between him and Jessica to participate in the book signing of a new book titled “War and Love” by the famous author Burgess.

He initially wanted to cancel the book-signing appointment he had settled on with Jessica, but after hearing the robot butler mention that the destination was a paper bookstore, he immediately decided to turn up.

The things he didn’t know about this world and the lost memories of the body he was in, made him desperate to gather more information. However, he didn’t even know how he could look up information in this world. The paper bookstore was his best option.

Along the journey with Jessica, he had also realized that Jessica didn’t treat him like a close friend. As he remained silent the entire time, her attitude towards him got worse.

After David expressed his agreement, he took a few quick steps to catch up with Jessica. Walking beside her, he observed everything around him.

The cars that were hovering close above the ground, the city that was entirely covered in stone, and even the houses that were built like fortresses without windows in the bizarre world made him feel extremely unsafe.

The bookstore they were going to wasn’t far, so they chose to go there on foot. After walking for about three kilometers, David saw groups of people standing in front of the bookstore, just around the corner of the street where he lived.

Feeling a little worried and uneasy, David turned around and looked behind him, only to see that there was nothing at all. However, in reality, there was actually a peculiar, translucent shadow hiding.

That was something that he had noticed when he had awakened in that basement. When he first discovered the translucent shadow, he was nearly frightened to death.

After conducting numerous experiments, he discovered that the strange translucent shadow was completely tailing him and was able to move at his command.

Although the only ability that the translucent shadow had revealed was staying hidden with stealth, it relieved the loneliness he felt when he first arrived in this world.

Previously, David had long tested and discovered that Jessica could not spot the hiding translucent shadow at all, but with nearly a hundred people in front of him, he was still a little worried that someone might spot it.

“We’re late. It looks like we’re going to have to spend a long time queuing up!” Jessica exclaimed with some dissatisfaction.

She got up at seven in the morning for the sake of the book signing event. It was not even eight o’clock yet. They were in the midst of a winter break, and she would usually sleep in until at least nine in the morning.

David smiled and remained silent. He was not concerned about the book-signing at all. He just wanted to enter the bookstore and find some books he would be interested in.

“Don’t crowd around the bookstore in groups. Today’s book signing event will only commence in an hour’s time, and Mr. Burgess won’t be here for a while, so please queue up to wait!” the staff in the bookstore exclaimed loudly, trying to maintain the order.

“Jessica, I’m going inside to read some books. I won’t accompany you any longer!” David said to Jessica.

“Go ahead, go ahead!” Jessica waved her hand. She had now found a few acquaintances and no longer needed David’s company. Although those people were not considered friends, she preferred their company to the boring David.

David had a feeling that Jessica was treating him like he was a spare tire. It seemed that his predecessor should have been an admirer of Jessica. That was the reason Jessica treated him that way.

However, that had nothing to do with him anymore. He moved away from the unruly queue and entered the bookstore.

Although there were e-books, which were more convenient, their existence didn’t affect the sale of paper books. That was evident by the sheer size of the bookstore.

The staff of the bookstore glanced at him and ignored him after realizing he was not trying to cut in line.

There were more than 10 large digital posters in the bookstore. Most of them were displaying promotional posters for “War and Love”.

The effects of the soundproof glass walls of the bookstore were excellent—at least, the sounds of nearly a hundred people outside couldn’t be heard inside the bookstore. As such, it made the bookstore seem extremely quiet, which was exactly the best environment to read a book.

David walked past shelves of books which were divided into genres like philosophy, politics, law, military, economics, culture, education, sports, language, art, history, geography, and so on. That made it easier for the readers to select books according to their preferences.