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Chapter 3 - Where Might I Be?

"Eh?" Seitsuki's instincts realized something was not right.

"If you are my guide, then could you please tell me where am I?" Seitsuki asked at first.

"Very well. You are currently in the -" Luna could not finish her speech. Suddenly blood from her throat started coming. Her eyes were glowing... dark gray! As if they were being sucked out of life.

In the split of a second, Nyx pulled Luna and cast a spell quickly, "Ar-Terito!" Then, a dark purple glowing circle appeared and Nyx pulled Seitsuki in the portal, dragging Luna with her other hand.

All Seitsuki could see in that moment was a figure behind Luna wielding a spear covered in blood. Seitsuki couldn't see the figure's face. It's body was covered in a blackish shadow cloak.

"Ouch! Whaaat?" Seitsuki asked Nyx. He was on a garden path-like setting. "Hello! You name is Nyx right?" Seitsuki looked around him, "Nyx!?"

Covered in blood, Nyx and Luna were laying near a small bush.

Seitsuki yelled at them, "Care to explain?" Realising soon, he was shocked and quickly looked around his surroundings. "Damn- can't you give me some break after all the trauma already?!" He reached out to them. 

Nyx coughed, blood coming from her mouth. "Listen Seitsuki, we may not able to accompany you for the time being. Never thought they would get us this soon. You were brought here for a purpose... that I still can't tell you about. So-"

"I really don't get it. But, what kind of purpose involves nearly getting killed? Like I've almost got killed thrice now!" Seitsuki was really furious.

"-So the first thing you have to do is find the Sanctuary." Nyx continued from where she left without listening to Seitsuki.

"Oy! Don't just ignore me!" Seitsuki's anger meter hit an upper level. "What about you? You two are good as dead meat left like that. And I still have questions about literally everything! What was that green- I mean purple light? And why are we here?"

"Green light? Oh you seem to have a keen eye for magic rays." Nyx's eye sharpened a little.

"Ah, no I meant purple. Dunno why it naturally came as green? Wait, Magic Rays?" Seitsuki seemed only a little lively.

"No more chitchatting. Walk south from here for about 10 minutes and we should find people knowing about that place. The Sanctuary." Nyx barely spoke.

"And about you two? You look no better than a pile of soy sauce bricks." Seitsuki replied.

"A w-what? A-Anyway we will somehow manage. Don't worry. Go south. And we are not very far away for Marid. Where we were before. Be careful and sorry we can't go with you now. They will surely keep us occupied." After quickly telling Seitsuki these she began to cast a healing spell on Luna and herself.

"Te-Heal! De-Heal!" Then, Luna moved unconsciously, as if she regained her life.

"I see. Then, I will be on my way." Seitsuki headed south or he thought so.

"South is this direction. Don't go to north!" Nyx shouted pointing south?

Seitsuki looking confused, "But this is south? Oh, you're right! The sun is that way. Sheesh. What happened to me?" started walking south.

When Nyx was regaining her footing, Luna became conscious. "Where Seitsuki? What's the situation?" Luna blurted out.

Nyx filled up the information for Luna.

"Poor thing. He actually died once for real. But let's take care of them first." Luna's eyes were in fires.

"Don't worry. I already put a barrier around this region." Nyx is quite the magician. Let's see him with this magic crystal.

"In this world, things don't go as you think. Things go as you do. If you don't decide for yourself, your fate will decide for you. Are you ready?" This was the end of the chapter he read.

"Maybe not." Luna and Nyx were in sync.

"Ah! I still forgot to ask the most important thing. Where am I? Let's just find the answer my ways." When Seitsuki was walking to south for about 10 minutes, he reached a place that looked like a medieval day town.

"Yikes! It is probably easier to understand if I tell it is a modern day village marketplace. But wait, where in the world this medieval age themed place is?" That was when realization hit him.

"Could it be I have transported into the... past?"

Seitsuki realization the second, "No one ever told me there was magic in the past. So, the only option left is... it is not earth! The aliens kidnapped me and brought me for a purpose!

A purpose of experimenting with me. That way most things would make sense. But, they all look human enough." Seitsuki looked closely at the people of the marketplace.

"Well maybe not all people look human enough. It is rather like another world. An isekai world! Yes! That must be it.

Reading all the manga and light novel was worth it! Not that I actually planned for it." After realizing Seitsuki wasn't kidnapped by aliens or was brought here for experiments, his goal became clear.

"Guess, I'll look for the Sanctuary." After asking people from the town, he found the way to the Sanctuary.

"Nyx told me it would take about 10 minutes of walking to reach here. But she didn't mention how long would it take to reach the actual Sanctuary." Seitsuki's stomach growled. "Ah, I at least should have eaten something at the marketplace. Though I don't know about the currency.

Okay let's review what happened until now. My school life was going okay. Then, I got transported into another world, almost died and met my guides for (supposedly) this isekai world instructions. They have some kind of powerful foe. They almost died telling me to go to the Sanctuary for now. Then get instructions from there I guess? What was the purpose of going there again?" Seitsuki embarked on his journey to the Sanctuary.

But soon enough he realized it was just a 5 minutes walk to the west from the marketplace named Mobir. Seitsuki has reached the place. The Sanctuary.