Pain...The only thing Luck could feel was the pain that took over his whole body.
His arms, chest, back and even his fingers ached.
When he opened his eyes, he realised he was in an unfamiliar place.
This wall, the windows and even the bed were not his!
Luck, who had no memory of what had happened in the forest, was filled with fear.
Sensing that he might have been kidnapped again, Luck wanted to stand up, but his body did not obey his will.
As soon as he tried to move, a pain he had never felt before filled his whole body.
"Acghhhhhh!!!..."
A woman's voice was heard over Luck's head "You're awake."
Thinking that he had been kidnapped again and expecting to see a maid, Luck was surprised to see who was talking to him "Is it the guest thing again?... HUH?"
"A guest?" The red-haired woman was surprised for a moment "Hmm, I guess you could say that."
Luck, who recognised the red-haired woman who had come to his stall many times before, said "You..."
"I'm Senna, I've been to your stall many times before, you might remember me from there."
Luck nodded his head in agreement "Yes I remember you, why did you kidnap me? Do you also serve that man?"
Confused, Senna said, "What kidnapping, what are you talking about? When we found you in the forest, you were seriously injured and we saved you."
Luck, suddenly remembering all that had happened, said, "Horace and the others! How are they? Where are they?"
"Don't worry, they're all fine, they stayed with you all day until I forced them to rest."
Luck, who could not see his watch when he looked at his arm, where his watch should be, said "Did they wait on me all day, what time is it?"
Senna was confused by the question.
"What time is it? I don't know, around noon."
"How long have I been unconscious?" Luck asked, remembering that there was no exact time concept in Gliese.
Putting his hand on his chin, Senna started to think aloud. "Yesterday we found you just as the sun was starting to set... Almost a day."
Doing a little calculation in his head according to Senna's explanation, Luck realised that he had been on Gliese for about 18 hours.
That was nine hours on Earth!
Luck blurted out "Oh my God, my mum is going to kill me!"
"Your mum is going to kill you, why?"
⊃゜Д゜）⊃ You just came back from the dead, what kind of mother would kill her son?
"So I'm very late and he's going to be very angry with me," Luck said, realising Senna's surprise.
"Late for what?"
"It might as well be ten o'clock! I'm late home!"
Luck gritted his teeth against his body's rebellion and got out of bed, realising that his clothes had changed again.
Every time I wake up somewhere I don't know on Gliese, my clothes change!
Noticing Luck looking at his clothes, Senna explained, "The clothes he was wearing before were torn and covered in blood."
Opening the cupboard Senna pointed to, Luck was relieved to see the guitar case in which he had put his weapons and sniper rifle.
Relieved Luck said, "Thank God..."
Luck, now more cautious because he had been caught by his mother when he returned to Earth in his
Gliese clothes, took out his spare clothes which he had put in the bottom of his guitar case.
Senna was not surprised to see Luck pulling other clothes out of the closet.
"Aren't those the clothes you gave to Trader Halt to sell?"
"Yes, those clothes." Luck started to take off his clothes.
Seeing Luck start to undress, Senna immediately left the room and closed the door behind him.
Luck was surprised to realise that Senna had left the room without saying anything
"??? What's going on?"
Senna bowed her head and said, "I'm waiting for you here."
If he had looked up, his face would have been as red as an apple.
By this time Luck was already dressed and standing in front of the door leading to the toilet.
"Don't wait in vain! See you tomorrow at noon." He said and disappeared through the door.
Senna stood at the door for a moment in confusion "Tomorrow at noon? You are well enough to stand up, the Guild master is waiting for you, we must go!"
...
"Luck? Are you ready?
...
"Luck?"
After calling Luck repeatedly but getting no answer, Senna closed her eyes and went inside, fearing that Luck might be naked.
"Luck, if you're dressed, let's go!"
...
Still getting no answer from Luck, Senna hesitantly opened her eyes, but no one was there.
"Huh?"
....
Victory Town
"We found no trace of Luck Evans, my lord." The guard stood before Aden Star with his head bowed.
"What about his employees? You said you had one badly wounded."
"They are also missing, my lord... The man I injured paid a priest to heal him."
Aden Star tapped his finger on the wine glass in his hand and said, "Well, well...he must have paid a fortune to the priest for an employee..."
"You're right, my lord, he paid the priest 1500 gold pieces."
"Investigate that man's employees... if he is willing to spend that much gold for one of his employees, he will find us willingly if we capture his employees..."
The bodyguard pounded his fist on his chest, "As you commanded, my lord."
Aden Star turned to the guard, this time with cold eyes "And how did he escape from my house while you - the guards - were guarding it?"
"My lord, when we kidnapped Luck Evans from his shop, my men told me that he might have a portal or magical artefact that allowed him to teleport... When we searched his shop, we did not find any secret passage, so we took everything on him that could be a magical artefact..."
"I see." Aden looked at the watch on his wrist. "There must be other magical artefacts on that man, you didn't investigate well..."
"You're right, it won't happen again, my lord..." the bodyguard said in a cold sweat.
Turn round without even bothering to look at the guard Aden Star "Better not, you know what happened to the maid..."
"I know my lord, I won't let you down."
Aden chuckled as if he'd heard something funny "All right, get an artefact expert to examine the magical artefact we took from that man."
Aden Star waved his hand, signalling him to leave.
"As you commanded, my lord." He said and turned and left the room.
Looking at the recipe he took out of his pocket, Aden said, "Luck... I thought you were going to make me money with your recipes, but you seem to have much bigger surprises for me... The magical artefact that allows you to teleport... Interesting."
"I'd better hire someone to research the ingredients in this recipe..."
....
Meanwhile, the world.
Luck, who arrived at the door of his house some time ago, did not dare to enter the door.
Luck, who started to walk left and right in front of the door of the house, said, "It's already 22.30... What am I going to tell my mum?"
"Should I tell her I'm hanging out with my mates?"
Luck shook his head from side to side in fear, remembering that the phone he had just bought was smashed while fighting with Flame Claw "What if she asks why I didn't call her or text her..."
In his thoughts, Luck was unaware of the noise outside the door.
His mother's shout from inside the house was clearly heard even from outside the door. "LUCK I CAN HEAR YOU COME IN!"
Luck opened the door in a cold sweat and walked in.
Black lay cowering in a corner with his tail between his legs while his mother sat on the sofa with piercing eyes looking at him.
Cockatiel spoke. "Run, Luck, run!