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Chapter 2

"…!" I shot up, gasping for air. I squinted my eyes to try to shield my eyes from the extremely bright environment.

As my eyes adjusted to the light, they fully opened and allowed me to identify my surroundings. Wherever I was now, it definitely wasn't my homeworld.

For some reason, I had been lying on a bench in some building. Finally getting up, I noticed that there were a few people who shot awkward looks at me as they quickly passed by.

I was in some large building. Getting up from the bench, I made my way over to an open area. From there, it gave me an amazing view of the area around.

The best way I could describe the place would be technology and fast-paced.

People below were hurrying to their locations, moving quickly through the roads and traveling through pipes that connected the whole city.

High towers overlooked the people and many of the people seemed happy.

"…" Wherever I was, it was already better than where I had once been.

"Shoot!" That's when I remembered the condition.

Sticking my hands into my pockets, I looked for any money. However, to my disappointment, I found I had no money.

That obviously meant I had to get a job. Though, I didn't know where I could get any work around here. In fact, I didn't even know where I was particularly.

"Excuse me," I called out to the nearest person walking by. It was a woman. "C-Could you tell me where I could get some work around here?"

"Hm? Oh, sure," she brushed her long, flowing black hair away from her pale face; she pointed towards a building shaped like a church. "That's where the Guild is. You just do a few simple tasks for them and you'll get paid."

I smiled. "Thank you!"

She nodded and smiled back, staring into my eyes with her ruby red eyes. "Don't mention it."

I spun around and dashed towards the Guild. Luckily, I had memorized a bit of the layout of the city before running off.

Hurrying down the stairs and dashing out of the building, I broke into a sprint, dodging the people walking the opposite direction.

Eventually, I made it to the Guild building. As I made it, I collapsed onto the ground in front of the building to catch my breath. "Haaa... Haaa... I really don't have my old stamina, do I?"

That's when I remembered I was supposed to have some kind of power. Sitting with my legs crossed, I let my mind wander while I slowly regained my energy.

I remembered picking some power, but I didn't know what it could be, nor did I know how to actually use it.

"…" While I did want to know how to use it, my main concern was being able to get some money to be able to fulfill my needs. If I didn't, I would die again. After that, I was pretty sure I wouldn't be getting another option again.

I finally stood up, feeling as if I had recovered enough. I headed into the Guild to be greeted by the sight of multiple holographic boards displaying thousands of messages on each one. People crowded around the boards and looked through the messages or whatever they were.

"Hello," looking away, I found myself staring at some woman. "Are you here for some work?"

"U-Uh, yeah..." I quickly nodded my head. "I-I need some money."

She smiled. "Well, everyone comes here to do quests for some reason," she pointed towards a board by the wall. "Those should have a fair amount of money. Though, I think you might have to try negotiating with that person."

Looking over, I understood what she was talking about. There was some person with an oversized blue trench coat standing there, looking through each of the quests on the board.

"…" Actually, maybe it was a robe and not an oversized coat. I looked back at the woman and smiled. "Well, thank you."

The moment she turned away, I made my way over to the board. The closer I got, the clearer the person's murmurs became.

"This one would take too much walking... But this one doesn't have the payment I need..."

From the way they were speaking, it seemed like this person was a girl. Though, I wasn't sure about what she was wearing.

"Excuse me," I tapped on her shoulder.

"Hm?" Turning around, I found a pair of leaf green eyes staring back into mine and an appearance that confirmed it was a girl. "Oh, did you want to take a look, too?"

I nodded. "Yeah, I was looking for a quest to do."

She smiled. "Well, you're probably needing some money if you're looking on this board."

"…" She wasn't wrong, but—now that I had gotten a good look at her—I was wondering why she was wearing such an oversized coat. "Yeah, that's actually why I'm here."

She stepped aside. "Well, I don't mind sharing this board."

Stepping up, I tapped on one of the quest boxes. It expanded into a bigger window and showed me the details of the quest along with the reward.

From what I could tell, the people of Gamindustri didn't use dollars. Instead, they used some coin currency called Credits. Also, half of the things they were talking about, sounded like gibberish to me.

To top that off, most of the Credit quests paid in the hundreds, which I assumed were in the tens if it were going by my currency's standards.

"Hm?" Tapping randomly on one of the quest boxes, I found myself staring at one that was actually pretty good.

The quest was to basically find some cat for some lady and bring it back to the Guild once it was found. The reward was also a few hundred Credits. Whatever the reason for the cat was, it must've been pretty important to that lady.

"H-Hey!" Just as I clicked the accept button, so did the girl next to me. I looked over at her. "Why'd you just do that!? That was mine!"

"Well, clearly, I wanted to do that quest," she answered. "Plus, we can split the reward later. Not to mention, you don't really seem to know what you're doing."

I flinched as she said that. "H-How could you possibly know something like that?"

"Easy," she pointed to my face. "It's written all over your face."

"…" To be fair, I never really was the best at hiding things anyway.

"How about this?" She started. "If we do this quest together, I'll treat you to lunch, how about that?"

"…" Actually, that was kinda the reason I needed the money in the first place. I let out a sigh, offering a hand to shake. "Fine, sure."

She smiled and shook my hand. "Good. Now, let's hurry and find that cat. Do you wanna ride with me or do you have your own way of getting to the Basilicom?"

"…" And here she was, proving how dumb it really would've been to take on this quest on my own considering I didn't know where anything was.

She let out a heavy groan. "Oh boy... Well, seeing as you don't seem to know where that is either, I'll take you there with me."

I smiled. "T-Thanks..."

"Actually, I have another question..."

Here we go again... "Yeah, what is it?"

"Do you even know what nation we're in?"

WHY CAN'T SHE ASK SOMETHING I'D ACTUALLY KNOW!? WHY COULDN'T SHE JUST ASK FOR THE TIME OR SOMETHING I COULD ACTUALLY ANSWER!?

Quietly, I shook my head.

"Oh boy, you really don't know anything, do you?" She just stared at me with disappointment. "We're in Planeptune."

I rolled my eyes. "Give me a break. I don't come from around here at all..."

"Clearly," she let out a chuckle. "Now, how about we hurry and do this quest?"

I nodded. "Yeah..."

And, like that, I followed the girl with terrible fashion sense out of the Guild.