3 Dores (1/2)
Upon seeing the elderly person, Kiro couldn't help to fix his line of eyesight at the transparent crystal ball.
Seeing Kiro curiously looking at the crystal ball, the elderly person couldn't help to check him out, looking at him from top to bottom.
After checking him out, not finding anything out of place, the elderly person moves forward and faces Kiro.
”Oh, sorry for the wait, Young man, Nice to meet you, I am Geoffrey the Chief of this Village.” (Geoffrey)
”Oh, nice to meet you, Chief Geoffrey, I am called Kiro a traveling merchant.” (Kiro) respectfully said, as he gives the elderly person a slight bow.
He used to work as a waiter from the family restaurant, so he wasn't embarrassed by the gesture he made. Even so, he finds it a difficult thing to do, when he thinks about the future.
”Kiro?... Hmm, what unusual name, Black hair, black eyes... are you perhaps from the East?” (Geoffrey) Look at Kiro oddly.
”... Yes, I came from the east.” (Kiro) founds the question was quite off. But didn't deny the assumption and while it is true. The country he used to live in, was from the east side of the globe.
”Mm, you have a good moral fitting for a description of a young merchant, but sorry to say this, I still need you to place your hand, from this anti-criminal device. As a chief, It is my duty to maintain the peace of this village, I hope you don't mind.” (Geoffrey)
”Not at all Chief Geoffrey, It was I who came here without an Identification Card. ” (Kiro) says while he stretches out his right hand and places his palm from the transparent crystal ball.
A white light emits from the transparent crystal ball.
Seeing the light, Village Chief Geoffrey gives a slight nod for approval.
Looking at the chief reaction Kiro couldn't help but blurt out his thoughts.
”Chief Geoffrey, What's the meaning of this color? To be honest, It was my first time seeing the anti-criminal device.” (Kiro) looks curiously at the transparent crystal ball.
”Hoho, looking at how you keep observing the anti-criminal device, I already knew it was your first time seeing one. Very well, the meaning of the white color from the device is you never killed a person before.” (Geoffrey)
”While there's more than one color from the Anti-Criminal Device. It is a rare sight even for me to see a spotless white from this device. The other color is green, represents that you obey the law, but already slain someone, It was either approved by the law or the one It kills was a criminal.” (Geoffrey)
”Next is, color dark grey the person who has this color represents that a person was a criminal from the past and given a pardon, Next one is black color, It is for the person who does wicked things, like killing, abducting a person, selling illegal devices, In short, a really dangerous person.” (Geoffrey)
”The last color is to identify if you are really a Human. If a red color appeared from the criminal device, that person wasn't a human but a demon.” (Geoffrey) Once he utters those words, a thick of hatred could be felt from his voice.
Feeling the thick hatred from the Village Chief words, the atmosphere around the two became uncomfortable.
Geoffrey was the first one who felt the atmosphere became an unpleasant one, knowing that it was his fault. He tried to hide his embarrassment with a dry laugh.
”Hehehe, sorry about that Kiro, anyway the procedure is done, you can now enter the village, then again.” (Geoffrey) quickly changes gears, His years of experience as a chief show it fruition.
”Welcome to the Village of Dorest!” (Geoffrey) says out loud, giving Kiro a praiseworthy smile.
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Going Inside the Village, Kiro was looking around at the architecture of the houses.
What he saw, a house made of different types of woods, as for the roof, Is made of straw.
The scenery before him was like, he turned back In time to the Middle age of the Medieval period.
Some curious folks were looking at him inside their wooden house, Kiro saw a child playing with a rag doll, giving her a warm smile.
following the village chief leads.
The group of two people stopped at the tallest building in this place, looking at the house made of stone, while the roof wasn't made of cheap straw, instead, It was a small tile made of wood.
It is clear as a day, that the village chief leads the way to his house.
Geoffrey stopped walking and looked back at Kiro who's behind him.
”Sorry, Kiro. It is rare to see visitors here in my village, so there's no proper lounging for a traveler merchant like yourself. If you like, you could stay a night here at my place.” (Geoffrey)
”Oh, then I would be grateful If that's the case, even staying in the stable will be quite luxurious for me.” (Kiro) wouldn't reject Geoffrey's generosity.
”Then, let's go inside, It's been a while since I have a visitor here at my place.” (Geoffrey) Making an inviting gesture.
”Then, sorry for the trouble.” (Kiro) replied politely.
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Inside the Village Chief House.
Kiro was laying down on the crude wooden bed, from his former world, it is called a cheap wooden bed frame, but here It is considered a luxury item.
staring at the ceiling of the house, Kiro was in deep thought.
”Mm... Everything that happened was so sudden. The damn voice who didn't even give me a chance to reject the offer, what is more, I am now forced to live here In this world.” (Kiro)
”... Haah~ What should I do from now on?” (Kiro)
Not only he was left behind with nothing but the so-called reward, He didn't even have money to sustain his living. It was not like he could be a forever freeloader here in this village.
Thinking at this point, he suddenly remembered that he was a penniless person.
”Haah~ now what? Living? How in this world I could live here? I don't even know if I could adopt the lifestyle here from now on. Living in the modern world where everything you need is almost available inside the convenience store. How am I supposed to adopt the lifestyle here?” (Kiro) mumbled with dissatisfaction, while knowing nothing will be changed, even if he curses for the whole day.
He would rather think of ways how to survive in this world.
As he was on the deep thought, sounds of knocking could be heard.
'Knock, knock, knock'
”Kiro are you there?” (Geoffrey) asked in a light tone.
”Yes, what is it? Chief Geoffrey?” (Kiro)
”I thought you were hungry from your long journey, well, it is a bit still early, but there was leftover dried meat and soup early in the morning. So I reheated it. If you are hungry the food will be in the kitchen.” (Geoffrey)
”Okay, Chief Geoffrey, Thanks for the trouble, I'll definitely repay the favor in the future.” (Kiro)
”Hohoho, It is nothing, helping the young ones, what this old bone ought to do.” (Geoffrey) smiles slightly then leave Kiro alone.
It was still early to have lunch, but Kiro decided to leave the room and have a meal.
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