Currently, my first priority was safety. I have to get to the kingdom as quickly as possible and secure a house or something. Given the fact that I have my phone somehow in working condition, I should be able to use my current knowledge to thrust myself into fame and wealth.
I'm not as worried about the wealth path because I can easily figure something out.
I kept walking down the coast line hoping this would end soon. I'm not exactly physically weak but heat gets to me rather easily. Just a couple hours in sun and I'm down for at least two days.
I had been walking for a few hours now, so, I decided to rest under a tree. I wonder how those people would fend off for themselves. They were captured once so it's not farfetched to say that they can be captured again. It's not like I'm going back. But still, it makes me wonder: Am I a bad guy?
I mean I did save them but my intentions were not exactly moral. How does intention and action make an action good or bad? For example, if I help a person, I can post it online and gain traction. In grand scheme of things, the person received the help they needed and I got the fame I desired. Yet, can you call the action moral? If the action isn't moral then how can it be good?
Of course, I can chalk it up to my past trauma but is it an excuse or a justification? I acted rude, I disregarded them and then to act even worse, I called the entire thing a happenstance. Of course it was just a coincidence. But was I wrong? Am I lying to myself by saying I don't care about them?
I think that's not it. I understand I'm lying to myself. I know it all too well but I can't accept it. I can't accept the fact that I'm still a human and I care about others. I cared about their safety and that's why I went ahead and attacked those men. I would've left to find a safe place for myself if I didn't care about their safety or about actions of those men.
After a few hours of resting and scrolling through some academic papers, I continued on my journey. These academic papers will help me a lot later on. If I keep studying through different topics, I might find something that would allow me to make a living in this world.
I also have to think about where I'd rest at night. It can't possibly be safe at night. As the sun started to set, I walked inwards towards the town and entered the first house I saw and there seemed to be no one inside. I dusted the floor and laid on it and fell asleep.
Next day, I continued on my journey and after a few hours, I was long past the city I was teleported to and was into wilderness of the nature. It was somewhat refreshing since I lived in a metro city. As I kept walking I started noticing a lot of animals. Finally! Something nice.
I walked over to the animals and the rabbits looked at me and sniffled. Holy shit they looked adorable but a second later, all them grew horns and weird purple fumes started oozing out of them. Their eyes turned red and they started running towards me.
I didn't know what to do. I tried running away but I was surrounded by hundreds of those monstrous rabbits. One jumped onto me and bit a chunk of my flesh off. I fell onto ground panting as I looked at my arm in utter disbelief. They were fast but because they were still the size of rabbits, their bites weren't exactly that much of a problem to me. The biggest problem was their sheer number. I stood up and tried dodging as many as I could but who can possibly dodge everything. I had nothing to defend myself with since I was in middle of a field with no trees for at least a kilometer. After an hour of struggle, I fell onto ground in defeat. I was bleeding profusely and if they attacked anymore or if I moved anymore, I will bleed myself to death. I had stopped feeling pain a while back. I wonder if its the trauma that my brain is trying to protect itself from but I can't move whatsoever. As I closed my eyes, all the rabbits jumped onto me and started ripping my clothes apart but as I was about to give up I heard a female voice.
"Wind gust!"
The weight of rabbits was taken off me. I was somewhat relieved and fainted.
...
I woke up God knows when and looked around to see three similar faces. Keshi and Historia and that brown haired girl I never bothered to ask name of.
"Thank God, we found you on time." Keshi spoke.
"You were following me?" I asked.
"Yup! We don't know who you even are and even your outfit is something I've never seen before. Not on this entire continent and nor from the neighboring ones. Almost like you're not from this world." Historia said.
"Should be grateful that we saved you." Brown haired girl huffed.
"I was ready to die. I had already given up." I answered and got up.
"What's up with his attitude!?" The brown haired girl was about to attack me but Historia stopped her.
I rolled my eyes and checked my clothes. They were in pretty bad condition now because of the attack but in all honesty... I should've died in that attack.
I always think about death. The moments that would lead up to it don't matter. But I'm a coward, I can't do it myself. I can't commit suicide because I get scared. So if the nature was grateful enough to help me with it, I would happily take it. Now that I'm in this world, I have nothing to do really except getting a job. I'm so tired.
I was about to keep on my journey but I didn't want to get up anymore. I wanted to just lay down and perish. But these three women took that away from me.
"Are you alright? You look really... how should I put it...?" Keshi sounded a bit confused thinking about her wordings.
"Dumb. You look stupid and lost." The brown haired girl said.
She was smacked by Historia.
"Don't be crude, you're a royal guard, Evelyn." Historia spoke.
"I don't care. Leave me alone." I stood up and stretched. "I have things to do."
I kept on walking but this time, these three women were following me.
"You're going to kingdom of Deem?" Keshi asked and I nodded.
"Same. So, I don't sense any magic presence from you. Are you really of this world?" Evelyn asked.
I decided not to answer. Speaking too much might unnecessarily cause issues.
"Do we really have to travel with this man?" Evelyn sighed getting annoyed.
"I mean... he saved us for no reason so, he is a bit trustworthy. Also, we are going to same place so it's better this way." Historia answered.
"Thinking of me as trustworthy is weird. You know nothing about me. Please don't think of me as an ally. I will betray you given the first chance I get." I said.
"Sure, sure." Keshi answered nonchalantly.
"You don't have magic so pretty much anything that breaths can kill you. You experienced it firsthand, right?" Evelyn said.
"Touché." I responded.
...
A week passed and we entered a village which belonged to kingdom of Deem.
The village was occupied by soldiers for some reason that I didn't bother asking about. I had assumed the monsters existed in this fantastical world and soldiers were there to fight the monsters and I would just get a job and live a normal life.
"So, what are you going to do now?" Keshi asked.
"Get a job maybe. I don't know." I answered. In a week's time, we had gotten on talking terms.
"A job? Well, I have an offer. Go to capital and join academy. You can get better jobs that way. It would take two years though."
"Academy costs money and I don't have it."
"Well, I think you can manage bit of money. If I remember correctly, you need 100 gold coins."
"And how long would that take?" I asked.
"You can get a job in some nobleman's house as a butler. The salary would be enough."
"Right..." I can be a good chef. Maybe a cafe wouldn't hurt, right?
"We are actually going to capital, so, we can continue on journey together." Historia offered.
"Fine." I answered.
We soon found an inn to rest in for the night or two before we move on to next town. I would like to experience this town before moving onto next one. I laid on the bed in my room and relaxed.
"I would love to trust them but.. let's not. It always ends in heartbreak. Every relationship is doomed from the very beginning. I hate this mentality but I can't help myself." I snuggled into the pillow and hugged it tightly and fell asleep.