Alex was currently laying down on the mat of his hut staring at the ceiling and while it looked like he was staring at the ceiling he was just checking the functions that the system could offer him. There was not much just inventory, status, and a few other insignificant things that were empty like the mailbox and friends list which were useless to him.
'Gotta think of something to do' Alex thinks as he is just lying there thinking to himself
One hour later
'What should I do?' Alex thinks while feeling slightly overwhelmed with what he should do
1 hour later (again)
'Calm down Alex just take it one step at a time. Make a checklist of what you need to do and then go through that step by step, should be easy'
Another hour later
'Okay I think this is a good checklist, Step 1: Find a way to contact the advanced civilizations, Step 2: Leave the planet...' Mike stops as he realizes that this checklist is very short
'Alright then let me make some revisions'
Another hour
'Alright Step 1: Travel across Eve in the hopes of finding some sort of way to communicate with the more advanced interstellar civilizations, Step 2: Get stronger before I actually contact them, I also should Test out my class to see what it does specifically' Mike thinks of his new plan
Now, this is not that impressive of a plan but it seemed a lot better than before. As for why Alex was deciding to search for something that may not be on the planet it was because of the elder's story of their god. If their god was on this planet and had left them something then who was to say that this did not happen anywhere else on the planet with the other tribes and civilizations all around the planet.
'Still, I don't really know what to do when I find them though'
What would Mike do if he finds a tribe that speaks a whole other language? He would be stumped on what to do and even if he were to learn their language how would they take to him asking for something that fell from the heavens and they just so happen to such an item but they were suspicious of him because of him asking around.
They were a lot of what if's flying around that Alex did not like to think about right now so he instead thinks to himself that he would work on checking his class tomorrow and how to level up. With those thoughts in mind, Alex closes the system and surrenders to sleep.
...
"Alex wake up time to train!" Sheila says outside of his hut as she had woken up early just so the two of them could train a bit
After awhile no noise is heard inside the hut evident that Alex is not awake at least to Sheila.
'He is the laziest man ever' Sheila thinks to herself as she moves into the hut intending to wake up Alex
However, when she enters the hut she sees that Alex was not inside asleep as she thought before. Seeing Mike, not around Sheila starts searching around the hut to see where he went but when she sees that she cannot find any tracks increasing her worries about him running off or worse being attacked.
Sheila and the elder did not really trust Alex as he was a strange foreigner with strange clothing and he just so happened to show up during hunting season when rare and beneficial beasts would head West to their breeding grounds and most of the hunters were preparing to leave on a massive three-day hunt which would leave the village with fewer defenses. Sheila was worried that Alex had left and wanted to bring back some attackers during this period now that she could not find him she ran to find the elder to tell him what happened.
She knew that the elder was doing his morning lecture in his hut so she ran through the village at top speed attracting some gazes of people as she ran by. When she reached the elder's hut she burst inside intending to have him approve of a hunting party going after Alex.
"Elder Alex has gon-"
Sheila stops at what she is seeing in front of her.
The elder was laughing in front of Alex who was drinking some of the Yamuca wine that the elder keeps for himself and only brings it out on special occasions.
"Ah Sheila come in please have a seat," The old man says as he motions for her to come over and sit down near Alex
Now that Sheila looked around she saw that there were a lot more people in the hut than she originally thought there to be with a few adults mixed in with the children. In fact, most of the adults in the hut seemed to be more prominent figures in the village with the head of the animal herds being here, the village architect, and more prominent figures being here in the confines of the hut.
"What is going on here?" Sheila asks in confusion at this development
"Ah well you see I had such a great rest last night and when I woke up I had an idea on how I could help you guys out," Alex says as he puts his cup down
"Oh really then what was your idea then?" Sheila asks as she sits down
"I can help you guys improve a few things that are going on around here such as improving your city defenses and how to best maximize your available land," Alex answers
"You know about that stuff?" Sheila asks suspiciously
"I myself have never made anything like that but I hope to give you guys idea's on how to improve the stuff around here if possible," Alex says
Now he was not going to try and have them make metal houses, holograms, and other pieces of technology like back in his own timeline since he knows that would be a bit too difficult to do with just suggestions and such without having any clear idea of what to do. Plus with these improvements, Alex hopes to dispel any sort of suspicion that may be held towards him being a foreigner and all in this new primitive world.
"So what were you all doing before I came in here then?" Sheila asks confused why the elder was laughing so hard
"Oh, that! Alex tell her a joke," The old man says as he looks at Alex
"Okay, then Shiela what do you call a Ganjalo beast with no legs?" Alex asks her
"Why would a Ganjalo beast have no legs?" Sheila asks quite confused at this since jokes were something new to her
"Just ignore the details and say "What do you call a Ganjalo beast with no legs?" Alex answers her
"Alright then, what do you call a Ganjalo beast with no legs?" Sheila says
"Ground beef" Alex answers causing joyous laughter to emanate from the children and adults in the hut even though this joke is for kids
Sheila however is confused at the joke and why everyone was laughing so hard at it. The old man seeing Sheila's plight explains the joke to her just as Alex did when he first told the joke to those present. Realization dawns on her face and she also joins in on the laughter with everyone else she even snorted a bit.
The rest of the day consisted of Alex talking about somethings that the village could improve upon from what he had seen so far in the hopes of dispelling any sort of thoughts of him being a spy or something. They all laughed, drank, and Alex told them some more jokes that were for kids back in his own time until it was time for the evening meal.
The village tended to have breakfast and lunch by themselves while dinner consisted of the big meal together just like a family would do at a dinner table. The meal was the same as before as well as the order in which everyone got their portions of the food the night before.
Alex ate his fill and was glad to spend some time joking around the giant campfire and recounting stories with everyone. Alex felt at peace here in this new time where things were much simpler than before which had a certain charm to it as he was no longer worrying about grading assignments, dealing with rowdy kids and their antics on school grounds, he was happy living a much simpler life now that he was here. So he decided to just enjoy the moment and party the night away with everyone.
***In the forest near the Village***
While Alex was partying with the rest of the village by the campfire there was a seemingly regular man who was not taking part in the party and was instead moving deeper into the surrounding forest down South West a ways away from the village. His missing presence would not be missed since he had been faking stomach cramps and used the runs as an excuse to leave the village to take care of some business.
The man stopped in front of a seemingly regular tree that stood tall and proud, but a wooden rot stain as if to show that it was not perfect.
"There has been a development," The man says seemingly to the tree
"What is it?" A voice rings out from seemingly everywhere
"A new man has entered the village, he is a foreigner and was talking about improving the village defenses," The man answers
"What does it matter once their hunters leave the village they will be severely weakened regardless of the defenses there, we will crush them regardless of what they do," The voice rings out once more brimming with confidence
"Is there anything else I need to do then?" The man asks clearly not taking the voices claims seriously
"Hm... just keep an eye on the foreigner as he may be from another village or group with the same plans as us and keep an eye out on those defenses as I think my men would like to get through the upcoming battle with not many of them dying to anything unexpected," The voice declares
"And will my end of the deal be kept once you take the village?" The man asks with a hint of excitement
"Of course it will once we kill all the men you will get the woman and as for the old geezer once we are done with him you may have your revenge against him," The voice answers
"Good to know you still remember that is all I better get back before anyone suspects anything," The man says as he leaves the tree
Once the man leaves the natural-looking marking on the tree disappears as if it were never there leaving nothing but the tree which was still standing just as tall and proud as before.
***Morning in the Village***
"Ugh... my head," Alex complains as he moves around and his head hurts like he just had a hangover
'Guess I got carried away last night' Alex thinks to himself as he tries looking around where he is
'This is not my hut?' Looking around Mike sees that this hut is not his for sure as there are a few items in there such as a chair, fur rugs, and some other items that he for sure did not have in his tent
"Ugh... what happened last night?" Another voice rings out nearby Alex
"Wait... Sheila!" Alex exclaims seeing Sheila was lying right next to him in a bundle of furs that he was assuming to be a blanket
"Huh? Alex!" She shouts
"What are you doing here!" She shouts out
"How should I know!"
"Well get out!" She shouts at him
Hearing that Alex scrambles out of the hut as quickly as possible without needing to be told twice.
'What in God's gracious name happened here?!' Mike thinks as he is now out of the hut
"Ah good morning Alex," The old man says while coming towards him from his own hut
"Oh um... good morning..."
"Did you two enjoy yourselves?" The old man asks
"Well um... I uh..." Alex was at a loss for words on if he and Sheila did it or not because he had no recollection of the night before after a certain point it just seemed to stop or become hazy to him
"Well come on now don't tell me you did not enjoy the meal last night," The old man says
"Oh, you were talking about that... yes last nights meal was fun" Alex answers realizing that he was not asking why he was in what he was presuming to be Shelia's hut
"Good to know I had fun as well but unfortunately a bit too much fun... as I caused some people to forget about the night after a certain point and well I may have put people into the wrong huts you see," The old man says in an apologetic tone
"So that was why I was in there?" Alex asks
"Yes I am sorry for that, but I came here to give everyone their memories back of the night," The old man says as he snaps his fingers Alex suddenly remembers everything else that happened last night
"There we go now if you will excuse me I must help Shelia gain her memories back," The old man says as he moves past Alex and enters the hut
'Glad to see that nothing happened between the two of us' Alex thinks as he reviews the memories that the old man gave him seeing that everything that happened the night before was fine and safe between Sheila and Alex albeit it was a bit awkward, to say the least
Alex just shakes his head and starts moving back to his house to take a look at the system to see how he can utilize and try out his class.