AN: There's an important announcement in authors thoughts below!
for a moment she looked at me in silence
"what does planet mean?"
GODDAMIT! I knew 'world' would be easier to understand! who was I even trying to impress! yeah, technically this is another planet and that would make me alien, but she doesn't what either of these means!!!
"ah, that means... I mean I said world, yes, I said I was from another world, is that okay?"
she is looking at me silently
this silence is painful...
"another world... like spirit realm?"
"I don't know what that is, but probably yes"
"I see... so what does it means you are from another world?"
"ah that, have you ever heard of reincarnation?"
"I'm not well versed in it but I know the gist of it"
"and that sums it up what happened to me"
"you died there and now you're here"
"yes"
"Can you prove it?"
"what should I do for you to believe in me"
"I don't know... tell me about it or something"
"that's too vague, should I tell you about history, the technology of science?"
at this word her ears twitched a bit, is she interested?
"tell me about technology first"
Does she actually believe me? no, well even if she doesn't, I guess she's just interested in what I can make up
"Okay, the technology it is, let's see... how about I tell you about a cellphone"
"cell, phone?"
so, I told her about it, like how it works and so on
"That sounds... interesting"
"it is, with that thing you basically have all knowledge of mankind at your fingertips"
"I'm not sure if it's actually true but the idea is very good, like, putting several poles between towns for communication, why didn't anyone think of it before!"
"I wouldn't exactly put it that way"
"doesn't matter how I put it, with a bit of research I can make that thing, isn't it thrilling? up till now there weren't any proper long-distance communication methods, the longer the distance the more mana it would take for a simple message, increasing the length of the message will also consume lots of mana, but if we instal poles that can resupply the message with mana it can probably work out!"
"um... hey, I'm here! we were talking about important stuff, don't go into your own world like this!"
"yeah sorry, I got carried away a bit there, that will be enough for now."
"you sure? you seem rather passionate about it."
she is way too curious to give up now
"no, it's alright, for now, I have to focus on that cell phone thing or my head is going to hurt"
"so you believe me now?"
"mmmm... I will, for now."
"that's good to hear."
though I said that, I doubt master is listening to me anymore, actually she's just scribbling something, magic circles or something I guess.
anyway, I also need to get on my business... soooo, what exactly do I do? putting aside my time in an orphanage, this whole year of my life is just a blank space.
....
it's no use, I can't really think of anything, I'll just ask the master
"Ahem!"
I forcefully coughed to get masters attention, one time wasn't enough so I did it again
"AHEM!"
this time louder, this made her turn her head
she tilted her neck, urging me to speak
"so, when will you teach me?"
I asked.
she remained silent for a moment before answering
"you are malnourished, we'll start when you recover a little"
I nodded, looks like I, once again, have too much free time.
but I have a feeling, that will change very soon.