Ashito and Akane could finally breath a little, since they had escaped the guards, who were searching for them far away, by this point.After heavy breathing Ashito started the conversation.
"So, now that we got away from them... I have a few questions."
"About me?"
"Kind of, but not exactly. Actually, the questions are... about this world."
"About this world. Sounds like you're from a different one, when you speak like that."
"He-he-he... Well... You see the town I'm from is... Very primitive" Ashito struggled to find an explanation, that wouldn't make him sound crazy.
"I see. Well, then what are your questions?"
"I have a few. But we should probably keep moving, since the guards might circle around to back here and it would be pretty suspicious, if he hadn't moved."
"You're right. Let's go."
Akane agreed to Ashito's suggestion and they went out to a bigger, crowded street. Akane wasn't quite sure how she should talk to Ashito, him being a potato and all. So when she spoke to him, from the side it would look like she was thinking out loud, since she was just looking forward, paying no attention to Ashito in the basket.
"It would stand out if I were to just talk to you looking at you, but how will YOU speak to ME?"
"You see I have telekinesis, which is the way I communicate and currently I'm using it in a way that only you could hear me. I don't think I can properly read minds, at least not yet, so you will have to speak to me, but you can speak quietly."
"Understood." Akane whispered to Ashito, still looking straight ahead.
"So about you're questions..."
"Yeah, right. As I said I come from a very primitive town. Like SUPER primitive. Like so primitive I don't know how time is measured and I've never seen the map."
"Interesting... Well as I said before to the East of this Empire... Oh yeah, you asked me the name of this Empire didn't you. Well the name of it is Emphemeria, mostly called Emphemeria's Empire or just Empire, since it is the main country of this land. Back to what I was saying - As I said before to the East of here is Serfama, a.k.a The Land of Infinite Death. Fun title, huh. Anyway that's actually as much as I know about the map too. Serfama has token over most of the East, currently starting to expand by Ephemeria to the North. But my father, king of Serfama, hasn't actually shown me a map either. I'd bet he want to show it to me when EVERYTHING is just Serfama, but that's what I'm currently trying to stop."
"Yes, I see. And what about time? How do you measure that?"
"Ah yes, time. The basic stuff is day and night. You should already be aware of that."
"As I am."
"That is good. And to go more precisely, there are Solar and Lunar cycles for the first and last fifteen Solar/Lunar-Interval. Understand so far?"
"I think so...?"
"Than I shall continue. Then we have Solar-Terms which are twenty-five Full Cycles - Days."
'OK, so I guess those Solar and Lunar Intervals are like AM and PM and "Solar-Terms" are months. I guess that makes sense?' Ashito thought as he listened to Akane's long explanation.
"There is more, but I will explain later as you should first fully understand the basics. Instead I will tell you how we measure time. For that we use a flower name The Clockarius Rosa."
'They named their clock flower after a clock, not even knowing it. Now that is some Manga and Anime Isekai stuff.' Ashito thought surprised by this strange coincidence.
"The Clockarius Rosa is a Rose that, turns based on the Interval. How you understand what the time, which is measured by the basic numbers, is by the Roses one streak of Black and the direction it points at. A flower like this is quite rare, so usually each town has at least one, at the centre, but many noblemen have also purchased these flowers for their mansion, as a sign of wealth."
"Yes I see. Well now I know the basics so I guess I should be fine."
Ashito now new the important stuff about this world. Or more precisely as much as Akane could tell him.
They had been walking without anyone in the crowd noticing them, but a while after they're informative talk one of the townsfolk noticed Akane.
"Hey that girl has the Tiara of Serfama. She's with them. Guards, guards, come get them."
It didn't take long for the nearby guards to come and Ashito and Akane were forced to run - again.