Chapter 4: 2 years.. (1/2)

”Undying.....Physique....”

Du Chan was shocked by the strange words coming out of his mouth. When he tried again, he saw a paper that was the same as the one that entered his head. After that, a piece of strange information transferred itself into his brain. He could recognize the letters as of now. That language was of this world.

After seeing that, he could decipher those letters with only a blink. He began reading them. He sat in a lotus position, his mouth was murmuring but there was no sound coming out. Afterward came a golden light that began expanding on his forehead.

Some time had passed before Du Chan finished reading the contents of the golden paper. The golden light on his forehead had stopped glowing and left a diamond-shaped mark.

Du Chan felt very comfortable and refreshed now that he could see that his body started to change. He felt that he could be able to run and do many things he was robbed of due to his conditions. He did not feel Lifeless any longer like before.

”I'm really lucky to have found a treasure like this, hahaha!”

Du Chan was beyond happy right now that he started to dance with excitement, the thought of having gotten another chance to live.

”I will definitely find the cure for my disease” Du Chan promised himself loudly.

”Haaa, I'm glad that I learned how to read and write in this language.”

When Du Chan was reincarnated, he was very interested in this world. When he was one and a half years old, Gu Auntie used to read stories for him and Du Chan took some of those books in order to learn. Before even reaching his 2 years, Du Chan had already learned how to read and speak the simple language of this new world.

When he was 3 years old, he had been yet healthy. But one sudden day, he had so much pain in his abdomen. Gu Auntie was also worried since there were usually no doctors in the village. There was a town nearby but it took at least 2 days to reach it.

Luckily for Du Chan, it happened that there was a doctor in their village at that time. He was a student of a medical sect that was traveling. Fortunately enough, he had stopped at the village for some time.

When Gu Auntie knew of this, she hurriedly brought him to that doctor. When the man checked Du Chan, he didn't understand any of the symptoms and saw that there was no problem with the body at all.

He tried every method he learned in his sect but there was still no progress. After all his trades were spent, he remembered one last procedure used to calculate an estimate of a person's lifespan. It was a method of which the usage was banned. He was extremely lucky to discover that technique.

Then, with risks aside, he attempted it on Du Chan. It was then that he found out that his body had only about 5 years of vitality left.

He then said that Du Chan had some strange disease and he couldn't live past another 5 years from this day (a total of 8 years). After talking to Gu auntie, he gave her some dans (Pills) which would help to reduce the suffering. He also noted down his sect's address in town so that they could visit it should anything occur.

From that day and on, when Du Chan felt pain, he took one of those medicinal pills.

Back to the present. Du Chan was happily running around the mountains, time slowly passing and lunchtime already upon him. He was heading back towards the orphanage when he glanced at a rabbit skipping away. His body froze momentarily. There was a sound coming from his stomach.

”It's been so long since I had a nice piece of meat” Du Chan said to himself hungrily. In the orphanage, there was only rice for everyone and meat....well it was a dream of some kind. It was very rare for anyone to eat proper meat in the village.

Du Chan tried to catch that rabbit but it was extremely fast. After trying a few times, he got exhausted. He took a breather under a tree and sat down for a couple of minutes. When he saw it again, running from the north, he remembered that there was a carrot farm to that side of the mountain.

He ran to the north and prepared a trap. By digging a profound hole, closing it with some tree branches, and placing some carrots on top, he was finished. All setup, he backed away from the trap and hid behind a withering upright log in the vicinity.

Hunting required patience and this was the case here. After waiting in the open for a quarter of an hour, the bait finally worked out.

When the rabbit saw that there were carrots, it came quickly and fell into the trap easily. Du Chan who was watching from a little far, saw the process unfold and drew a big smile upon his face.

He took a sharp branch he found and went to the trap cautiously. He caught the rabbit by its long neck and sliced it messily, spurting blood all over his hands..... After it slowly bled out, the rabbit died.

Du Chan prepared a small fire and roasted the meat over it. He remembered how to cook simple things from his past life. The meat was fresh and clean, so even though his cooking skills were quite mediocre, it tasted quite good and crispy.

”Yum, this is good” Du Chan said more than 5 times.

After eating it whole, he was satisfied and searched for a good place to sleep. He found one where the wind was blowing and the tree's shadow covered the whole. He slept very fast, time passed and it was already the evening.

Du Chan woke up and returned to the orphanage in earnest. When he saw the front door, Gu Auntie was standing there, her arms crossed and her leg tapping. When she saw him coming, she pinched his ear, a devilish grin forming up on her old visage.