The man looked at her, "Can you tell me your name again?"
The name didn't sound familiar to me, but it was, "Mizuri."
"Then, what is your name?" Mizuri looked at him curiously. Well, now how does he answer? all he remembered was his sister's name, Mika.
Sighed, "I--" a little hesitant to say, but it seemed like a good opportunity for him to fix his old life that was already very messy. So now the man solidified his heart,looking for a new name for himself.
"Ranryu. Yes, My Name Is Ranryu. That's all I remember, little lady. I don't know what happened and Where Is it?" Try to be as friendly as possible to him.
Mizuri smiled in relief, she turned around and put down an iron rod whose tip emitted a black light while saying "memory loss is not a strange phenomenon, Ranryu. It could be because you hit your head, slept too long, or because of the magic around that you absorbed too much."
"Can you repeat?" He seems to have misheard, magic? wait, what the hell is that? This isn't the alternate world he used to read about in light novels, is it?
Too much foreign information flows into his head, it feels like his head is about to explode because of most of this foreign information.
Now Ranryu even asks Mizuri to explain the magic. Is-- is the concept of magic here the same as the magic in his fantasy lore? "You really don't know? Well, then -- you'd better take a look at it."
"Incidentally, the one in front of you is a Dryad, a creature that is very sensitive to natural magic."Mizuri smiled and raised her hands to ear level, opening her tapered fingers wide and closing her eyes.
She smiled, " my main element is water, however, apart from the 5 main elements, there are advanced elements that can be developed by each individual. Like my advanced magic, plants."
The little hand he put forward, pointing it at the tree. The water particles began to gather in front of her Palm forming a ball. "Do you see the particles? That is where the water is, where the water is formed from the magical energy named hydrogen and oxygen"
'What did this child say? Hydrogen and oxygen are categorized magical energy?'
"Ranryu just needs to imagine that the particles combine and form something like this ball. And feel that the mana in your body flows hard through your hands, then just release it."
Shhhhh!
The ball of water shot up quickly. Destroy the tree in front of her. "Crazy." Admire."I remember something now" Ranryu lied, " if, hydrogen and oxygen could compose where water is, then if we only rely on oxygen and also rely on heat from our body, would it be fire?"
"Eh? Didn't I just teach you water? but why did Ranryu immediately understand the formula?" Wonder Mizuri. "For now, we'd better get out of here, at night powerful monsters will roam around here. Too dangerous, Ranryu come?"
He smiled and nodded, but he had nothing. "Maybe in the future I'll trouble you a little, Mizuri."Said Ranryu while following the woman who claimed to be Dryad.
Mizuri glanced at Ranryu strangely, in her heart she kept repeatedly wondering. Who exactly is this man, why is he losing his memory, is it all just his lies? If it was true that he lost his memory, why could he know the magic formula that even he thought was quite complicated.
"Ranryu, you want to be an adventurer? I just recommend this job, for those of us who have nowhere to go back, being an adventurer is a good decision" he finally broke the silence.
"Adventurers? What kind of work? explain."
"It's easy, anyway. Hunt down monsters, collect herbs, explore dungeons." Mizuri took a breath and took a sip of Water, " want some?"the offer. Of course he wants to, how long has he not eaten and drunk, his hunger is terrible.
He quickly gulped down Mizuri's water, "even though I didn't mean to give you a drink with my personal belongings." her face is a little red. "Back to the topic, adventurers are also given ranks, for beginners starting from F, one day when you get a certain achievement you can be promoted to a higher Rank, from F to E or can even jump directly to B."
"B is the highest?"
"Of course not. The highest Rank held by only 1 legendary adventurer, SS, 300 years ago he managed to finish off thousands of S-Class monsters in a day. He was greatly admired and even considered a hero."
300 years ago, the world was like this. In that case, Ranryu is not asleep in 100 or 500 years, maybe more than 1000 years. Considering that he did not see the ruins of modern buildings here at all.
"Here we are, welcome to Dryad city, Dendro!"
People pass by, their hair is mostly green, some are greenish white like Mizuri. It seems that in this era humans have evolved so much that many new races have emerged.
Or maybe because of interbreeding, I don't know.
"Hm.. my mother and father will be angry if I bring a human man into the house, so here, a little money for you, buy food and rent a room, if you need anything, you can visit me in that house."It shows a beautiful house.
Ranryu smiled, thanking Mizuri, even though he was just a stranger who didn't know where he came from, but Mizuri could be this good without much suspecting him.
"I have to repay his kindness. First of all maybe I should get something to eat, hungry."
Ranryu walked through the city, the writing in this place was using the alphabet, it seemed that nothing had changed in terms of writing writing. "Accommodation, hm."Opening the door, a man who looked like he was in his 25s greeted him warmly.
"5 gold coins for 1 night, including the cost of dinner, Sir." He said kindly, " well then, please." Ranryu gave him 10 gold coins, 5 gold coins left, maybe for tomorrow.
The man looked at her in amazement, "you're human, right? " the man asked, "of course, haha, it seems like the presence of humans in this city is bothering you, huh?"
"of course not, we have been working together for a long time in various fields, peace is everything, haha, even my wife is also a human being. Honey, come here! We have a very special guest tonight!"He cheers happily, in his hand he takes an empty glass and pours a drink, "here, a treat from me."
He placed a drink in front of Ranryu, "your black hair is very rare, you know. He said, "Ah, I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Keiji, nice to meet you."
"Ranryu. Honestly, I lost my memory and remembered only a small part of trifles. If Mizuri hadn't opened the chest, I might still be asleep." Ranryu pretends that he has lost his memory, even though all he has forgotten is his own name.
"Hm? Then you don't know about the Legends of the ancient race yet?"
"Ancient race legend?"
The wife of Keiji sat next to her husband, "exactly, people said, thousands of years ago humans built a very advanced civilization, there was even a chariot without horses, there was a cannon that could throw a lot of ammunition, a lot of it."
Ranryu hesitated to speak. It seems that he can trust these people. But he does not want his identity to be spread and used as an object of research because he is the only person who is called the ancient race.
"You seem to know something, brother. Let's talk about this in your room." Keiji realized that Ranryu was afraid that a secret would be revealed if he spoke there.
Arriving at Ranryu's room, Keiji and his wife sat on the chairs, looking at him curiously. "Can I trust you guys?"
"Of course!"
"if you're lying, I can burn this city with magma because I know the elements, understand?"threatening Ranryu, they without hesitation nodded their heads after promising not to divulge this.
Ranryu began to tell the couple.
"So you mean, you're a Modern-day human you say, and then you get into a device to put you into a state of prolonged sleep, it's hard to believe if you don't have evidence."Said the wicked wife.
Evidence, that's right. "In my era, the constituent elements of mana do not include magical energy. It is just a common constituent element that is often found in nature and is easy to learn. Did you know that there is a green flame?"
Ranryu smiled,
"There is indeed such a fire, but the secret of the magic has never been leaked at all and has even been a mystery for hundreds of years."
He thought that all they knew was the basics. "If, you combine ordinary fire magic--" he stretched out his Palm, imagining oxygen burning, " and combine it with the element Barium, then the color will change." Now Ranryu just needs to imagine the element going into his fire and bum!
The fire really turned blue.
They were both " awesome."
"the only thing that doesn't exist in my era is magic. In my era, no man could put fire out of his hands, I don't know what happened while I was sleeping."
He put out the fire by covering his hands.
"Ranryu." Keiji immediately looked at her seriously, "don't ever show your abilities in front of others again, if you want to live a quiet life."