After laughing like crazy for a while, I suddenly remembered the food I had secretly put in my inventory. As I mentally recited the inventory and imagined the food, I found myself holding a cornbread in my hand.
I looked at the cornbread and burst into laughter again.
"Hahaha! I kept it for a few days and it didn't spoil."
What I meant was that you can stockpile food to your heart's content.
"I'm going crazy. What the hell happened to me? Hahaha! Calm down. Calm down."
I calmed my excitement for a moment and continued to analyze the status window calmly. Why don't you have any affiliation? You are clearly a citizen of the Republic of Korea.
I was concerned about not having any affiliation, but I moved on. Ability, it was most likely something I knew from the game.
I was cautiously guessing that stamina would be related to toughness and vitality, strength to power and attack power, agility to speed and evasion, and wisdom to intelligence and knowledge.
However, I can't really tell how much power it will exert based on the numbers right now.
"Hmm! You'll gradually learn as you level up."
The trait is supposed to be a unique ability, but it only blossoms into one of the eight restrictions.
[Map.]
On the other hand, it also means that there are still seven unique abilities left to bloom.
I was curious to see what abilities would blossom next.
[Skill: One, Beginner Martial Arts (7/20.)]
"If the number 7 becomes 20, it means that your fighting skills have advanced to intermediate level."
The numbers will increase through training. My guess is probably correct. He nodded once and checked his unused ability points.
As the message explains, each time you level up you are randomly given +1 ability and +2 ability points. So, there are 4 remaining points that are unused points.
"It's too little compensation."
I hesitated for a moment, wondering whether I should write it or not.
"It's only level 2. Let's save it for when we need it urgently."
Just as I was finishing figuring out the game system, I heard some noises coming from outside. The leather door opened and the only girl I knew entered cautiously.
She secretly held out a basket of food. Now we could understand each other without having to say anything.
"Thank you. I'll enjoy it."
"Oh!"
The girl left the hut without saying a word, as if she did not want to disturb my rest. As soon as she left, I checked the food in the basket.
Cornbread, unidentified bird meat and eggs, water, etc. He kept the large piece of bird meat in his inventory and ate the rest of the food without any suspicion.
After a while, I sat there blankly, and a feeling of fullness slowly came over me.
"I can't sleep···"
Except for the girl's brief visit, the villagers had not ventured near this hut until now.
"You don't even touch me."
As I waited without sleeping just in case, my tension began to ease as time passed.
"Seeing as nothing has happened so far... I don't think they'll do anything to me."
My whole body felt full of energy, but perhaps because of mental fatigue, I kept yawning and my eyelids felt heavy.
"Should I close my eyes for a bit?"
I lay comfortably on the leather. At that moment, a notification sounded in my head.
[Tiring!]
[Quest has been activated.]
[Quest: Greet the villagers of the 'Big Turtle' clan (1). 0/10]
[Reward: A certain amount of experience points.]
"Wow! There are so many strange quests."
And soon after, I fell asleep.
* * *
Four days have passed since I stayed in this village. Still, the townspeople did not touch me at all, just watched from afar.
Rather than watching me, he just looked at me as if he found my appearance very strange. Now, I'm used to these gazes, so I don't really care.
Sometimes, when I awkwardly made eye contact with the townspeople, I would raise both hands and say hello, just like I do now.
"Makua wanish!"
At first, I thought 'Makua Wanishi' was a greeting from the villagers. However, through the girl walking alongside me, I learned that 'Makua Wanishi' was a way of thanking us for saving us.
Even now, when I make eye contact with a young woman, she expresses her gratitude to me.
"Thank you for saving us!"
"Oh, yes."
I just smiled and nodded slightly in embarrassment as I continued to look around the village.
"What do you call that fence? Your nose? What are you wearing?"
"Moku! Sakara!"
I was learning the language of this tribe little by little, using gestures and body language through her. And within a few days, I was amazed at how many words I had learned.
"What are you wearing?"
"Marita!"
The girl was still kindly answering my questions. Actually, I asked the girl a few questions the day before. United States, New York, South Korea, embassy phone numbers, airplanes, cities and buildings, etc.
I even asked about public phones and smartphones. However, she did not understand my question at all and only gave strange answers.
'One thing for sure is that this isn't the world inside a game.'
I've been walking around town for a few days, observing the people, but I haven't seen the word 'NPC' even once. That means everyone here is a real person, not a character in a game.
Phew!
Despair and frustration came rushing in again, but I couldn't give up like this. I decided to learn their language first, in order to find even the smallest clue.
I don't know how long I'll stay in this town, but...
[Quest: Meet the villagers of the 'Big Turtle' clan (3). 23/30]
'The newly updated quest's objective is running out.'
* * *
The next day.
[Quest: Run more than 10 kilometers every day (1). 0/10]
I woke up early in the morning and did morning exercise, which I hadn't been able to do before. First of all, running. I made a big turn around the village and started running inside the fence.
One wheel, two wheels, three wheels··· For a moment, I was able to completely forget about the unsolved mysteries that had happened to me.
As I ran until I was drenched in sweat, my heavy body and mind felt much lighter. At that time, the sun began to rise brilliantly in the eastern sky.
I stopped for a moment and looked at the sun. And with his lips tightly shut, he steeled his resolve once again.
"Okay. Even if you don't want to admit it, you have to accept the current situation."
I did some light stretching on the spot. I reached my goal for today, but I started running again. After running for a while, the villagers came out of their huts one by one and looked at me curiously as I ran inside the fence.
In particular, children who came out holding their mother's hands looked at us with curious eyes as if they had discovered a fun game.
At that time, a boy who had been approaching me more and more recently followed me around. Then the other kids started chasing after me and the boy.
The innocent laughter of children could be heard from behind.
Phew!
'Children are innocent wherever they go.'
By the way, the villagers woke up earlier than usual.
"That's right. I heard that there's a festival being held today to celebrate the founding of a village in the new settlement."
It's a festival... Although I didn't show it on the outside, I was secretly looking forward to it, like when I was little and went on a spring picnic.
* * *
On the day of the festival, a tribal council was held in the village's communal hut. The atmosphere at the meeting was good as they were safely settled in the new village.
Several bills passed quickly. Farming, clearing surrounding areas, hunting, etc. Finally, we had a long conversation about the white person.
The 'Hunter of the Forest' spoke the white man's name slowly and awkwardly.
"This···cheo··cheonil!"
I learned the name of the white person through the daughter, 'The Moon Rises', but I didn't know the exact meaning.
"I would like you to decide here and now what to do with him."
"······."
There was silence for a moment. At that moment, one of the tribe's elders raised his hand, and the 'Forest Hunter' met his eyes and nodded.
"Please speak."
"I think there must be some unavoidable reason why the white man does not go to his tribe and continues to stay in the village. And unless the white man tells us about his circumstances, it would be impolite for us to ask him about them."
"······."
Those present at the tribal council nodded their heads as they listened to the elder's words.
"Of course, the language the white man speaks is different from ours, so there are times when we can't communicate, but the unchanging fact is that he helped the village during its crisis. If you've received a favor, it's only natural to repay it."
"······."
The elder paused for a moment and then opened his mouth again.
"Hmm! I don't know when he'll leave, but I'd like to give him the privilege of coming and going to the village and living there whenever he wants. If he has nowhere to go, it wouldn't be bad to live in the village his whole life."
Although the compensation was somewhat excessive, the 'Forest Hunter' did not particularly oppose the elder's opinion, perhaps because he thought the white man would leave soon.
"If anyone has a different opinion, please raise your hand."
The 'Forest Hunter' looked around at everyone in attendance and said, However, everyone remained silent, not disagreeing with the elder's opinion.
After waiting for a long time without anyone raising their hand, the 'Forest Hunter' made a serious decision.
"Then I will reward the white man according to the elder's opinion."
When the agenda of the 'White Man' was processed by unanimous consent, the 'Forest Hunter' stood up and announced the start of the festival.
"Then, we will hold a three-day festival in the name of Ke Tanu Tuwit, the creator and great god."
* * *
In the hut where the chief was staying, 'The Moon Rises' was sitting on the floor making leather clothes. The bone needles, connected in a thread, penetrated the well-dried deer hide.
"I don't know if it will fit."
The clothes for the important parts and both legs had already been made, and now 'Moon Rises' was glaring and concentrating on making the top to wear in the fall and winter.
"It's done."
After the ending was tied up really neatly, 'The Moon Rises' looked happy as it recalled Lee Cheon-il. At that moment, the leather door of the hut opened and 'Flowers on the Tree' came in.
"The moon is rising! The other girls are all dressed up for the festival, what are you doing here?"
"I was just about to leave."
'The Moon Rises', who quickly hid the clothes she had made behind her back, got up from her seat and tried to go outside in a hurry, but 'Flowers on a Tree' glared at her with a displeased look and stopped her.
"Who are you giving those clothes to? I thought they were made for dad···"
'The Moon Rises' seemed to be embarrassed inside, so he tried to cover it up and changed the subject.
"Hehe! Ah... Dad has a lot of clothes. Oh! That's right. I should give you some food, but I forgot. Mom! I'll go see Icheonil."
"I haven't finished speaking yet. Where are you going?"
'Flowers on the Tree' shook her head with a very serious expression on her face as she watched her daughter run away outside.
"You keep laughing for no reason these days... No way?"
'Flowers on the Tree' looked at the door for a moment and then shook its head.
"No way."
* * *
When I returned to the shack, my whole body was drenched in sweat. Still, I felt refreshed after exercising in the morning for the first time in a long time.
I wanted to wash with clean water, but there were no shower facilities or anything like that here.
"Should I go out to the river?"
I held my nose in horror at the smell of sweat coming from my body.
"This is not a human smell. It's so bad, it's too bad."
And naturally my gaze stopped at the panties.
"The urine on your panties is no joke."
It's been a while since I changed my boxer shorts. As someone who has a neat personality, I felt very uneasy.
"I don't even have any panties to change into. So I guess I'll have to wash my panties. Phew!"
I let out a long sigh and was about to head outside to the river when I heard a bell ringing.
[Tiring!]
[Quest has been activated.]
[Linked Quest (1): Enjoy the festival. Win the 'Running' competition.]
[Reward: Completing the linked quest will grant you a certain amount of experience points and a chance to acquire skills from the 'Celestial Library'.]
My eyes were dazzled by the linked quests and rewards I was seeing for the first time.
"The Library of Heaven? You can learn skills there?"
I understood the content of the message, but I had no idea how I would be compensated.
'Wanishi' - a word in the actual Lenape language that means 'thank you.'