Dawn of Another World

He awoke from his slumber.

Opening his eyes, what he saw was a simple but clean stone house. He was lying on a bed made of rock, covered with warm animal skins, and a whole strange animal skin was also hung on the wall. He was confused by the noisy sounds outside the house and the rich and mixed smell of spices in the air.

At this time, at the other end of the stone house, the brown wooden door was opened from the outside.

"..."

A tall, burly man with a beard came in, gritted his two rows of white teeth brightly, and chattered something at him, but he couldn't understand at all.

Shaking his head, he wanted to say to the man that he didn't understand, but the next moment he found that he couldn't make a sound, he pinched his throat in disbelief, he tried again, but when he opened his mouth, there was still no sound.

what happened?

He was a little scared.

He raised his eyes in fear, looking at the bearded man in front of him who was still grinning, he wanted to ask who is he?where is thisBut now he can't even make a sound, is he dumb?But who is he...?

Why, he can't remember at all?

It was as if a small hammer was hitting his head, and the severe pain made him curl up unbearably.Seeing this, the bearded man on the side hurriedly picked up the kettle from the small table next to the bed and poured a glass of water, and carefully brought it to him——

"..."

He frowned, looking warily at the bearded man in front of him.He still couldn't understand what the other person was saying, but with the straightforward smile on the man's face and the movement of passing the water glass forward again, he still understood what the bearded man meant—this man wanted him to drink water?

He took the glass carefully and drank all the water in the glass in one go.The sweet and clear water seems to soothe the throbbing pain in the thirsty throat and brain.

He feels much better.

"..."

The bearded man took the empty glass from him and chattered again, but still not a single word or syllable was familiar.In the end, the man who said a lot to himself seemed to sense that something was wrong when he didn't get a response at all, and said another sentence to him that he didn't understand with a puzzled expression.

After frowning and thinking for a moment, facing the man's confused and suspicious eyes, he cautiously stretched out his finger to point at the man, then shook his head, then tapped his own throat, and continued to shake his head.

He couldn't understand and couldn't speak.

He repeated this action three times before the other party slapped his forehead as if he had suddenly realized it. On the thick and rough face with a beard, there was a look of pity that did not match his appearance.

"..." The other party said something again, and then realized that he couldn't understand and stopped his voice.

Scratching his head, the man turned around a few times, suddenly remembered something and yelled, opened the door and walked out as quickly as he had come.

Startled by the man's loud voice, he touched his thumping chest, at least his heart was still beating, at least he was still alive.

He comforted himself.

After a short wait, accompanied by the sound of footsteps, the bearded man who had not been out for a long time opened the door again and walked in, this time still holding something in his hand.

"..." Speaking his unfamiliar language, the other party handed something in front of him.

It was a long black cotton and linen blended cloak, which was one of the props needed for this movie——

He widened his eyes in astonishment. What was the thought that crossed his mind just now?

His body was stiff, he tried to calm down and wanted to recall more, the texture of the cloth in his hand was so familiar, it seemed that everything in the past was coming one after another by touching it - but the blood vessels in his head were throbbing faster and more violently than before The pain came again without warning.

He let out a silent wail.

He hugged his head and fell on the bed, rolling and tearing his hair, unable to think about anything in his head that seemed to be exploding, curled up, he wanted to shrink himself to the point where no one could see him, but the pain was still overwhelming Like a gangrene attached to the bone, there is nowhere to hide.

The bearded man next to him panicked and wanted to step forward to help him, but just as his hand touched his skin, the pain like a burning needle made him scream silently and struggle violently, and the severe pain spread to the All over his body, he was convulsed with pain, his pupils were dilated, but he couldn't lose consciousness, and the time of torture was doubled because of this, and he was soon on the verge of dying.

"...!"

The bearded man was still beside him, yelling something anxiously at a loss, but he had no strength to respond or something.

He thought he was going to die.

To die in such pain without even being able to remember who he was.

He is not reconciled——

The next moment, the pain gradually faded away, consciousness sank into the deepest part, and darkness finally descended mercifully.

He passed out.

……

Thankfully, that horrific ordeal didn't kill him.

For a year, he lived in this small town.He still can't remember who he is, and the headaches that occur from time to time make him dare not think about his past when he has nothing to do. He has to abandon his past and live in this market town with the smell of spices in the air. , living in a daze every day.

Today is the first day of the first month of the year, and it is also the first day of his second year here.

For [-] days throughout the year, the only day when the two stars named Litty and Byrutan rose and set at the same time, the annual grand carnival festival in the market town was also bustlingly opened.

"Fay, are you up?"

Standing by the window of the stone building, he withdrew his gaze at this moment, rushed to the door and poked his head in. The bearded man nodded silently. At this moment, the man pulled out a grinning smile and said, "You're awake! Wait a minute!" You remember to take the two bags of red fragrant stalk seeds wrapped in the shop to Jito of Jinjinhua Tavern, during the Spice Festival, it is not good to marinate Keto barbecue without adding red fragrant stalk seeds."

Nodding his head silently, he understood that the bearded man in front of him was called Gabriel, a Tiva orc from the Desolate Snake Clan.At the beginning, it was this man who rescued him and took him in unconditionally. In a year, he learned to understand some simple conversations, figured out what kind of world he was in, and got his own brand new name. — Fajktra.

"What..." Scratching his head, the bearded Gabriel lingered at the door for a long time, and said, "I'm going to set up a stall in the square soon. Anyway, everyone will go shopping in the town square to celebrate the holidays these few days. There won't be any business in the shop either. If you don't feel well, you don't have to open the shop today, go to bed early, and don't wait for me."

He moved his hands slightly and made a knowing gesture. He saw that the man seemed to hesitate to speak, and then finally said nothing, turned around, closed the door and left in a dejected manner.

He looked away and sighed.

The headaches that plagued him from time to time had already weakened his body rapidly.He didn't know how long he could last, living like a wandering spirit, abandoning the past and seeing the future.Even though he knew that Gabriel had been trying to help him integrate into this town, he might be betraying his good intentions by acting like this.

After packing up everything and leaving the room, when he went downstairs to the shop lobby in the front half of the house, Gabriel was no longer there.He bent down and took out the two bags of well-packed spices from under the counter, put them in his arms, then moved slowly, and came to the closed door of Gabriel's spice shop and opened the door——

In an instant, the shouting of the hot and noisy crowd and the sound of singing and dancing musical instruments, accompanied by the increasingly intense scent of spices, covered his body like a surging tide.

He calmed down and took a long while to adjust his increasingly barren and dry mind and eyes, looking at the festive scene full of vitality and jumping in front of him.

He stood alone at the closed door of the spice shop, hesitating whether to step out or not.With two packs of spices tightly in my arms, as long as I take one step forward, there will be a sea of ​​joy composed of bustling crowds; it is also this step, but it seems to be so far away from the endless distance of countless times.

A group of girls in costumes with flowers on their heads passed by him with smiles, splashed all the fragrant white flowers in their hands on his body, and then saw him stunned, whispered to each other, covered their mouths and laughed and ran quickly Far.

He smiled wryly, and in an instant, he seemed to recall that someone had giggled and tapped his forehead like that, and scolded him as a fool coquettishly——

fool!You can cut your fingers even when cutting a vegetable, so clumsy!

The spice bag in his hand fell to the ground with a thud, and the scene in front of him began to distort and turn black. He turned pale with fear, and his teeth chattered, because he knew—the devil who followed him to torture him came again.

When his whole body was surrounded by the familiar pain, when he fell to the ground with his head in his hands and convulsed with pain, when the celebrating crowd finally realized the abnormality, they gathered one after another, surrounded by countless swaying sights, accompanied by the sound in their ears. There was a sharp and prolonged brain-splitting hum, and he lost consciousness again.

……

When he opened his eyes, it was already the tenth year since he came to this continent.

He was lingering on his last breath in the increasingly frequent and severe pain and torment. He has dragged on for ten years.

It's unbelievable.

He wanted to smile, but his body was so weak that he couldn't even make such a simple expression smoothly.

He lay flat on the bed without a sound, and there was silence in his heart.

This time, I really couldn't hold on anymore.

This time, I really want to say goodbye.

He felt that his head was carefully turned slightly to the side, and in his hazy vision, the bearded Gabriel's face, which hadn't changed in ten years, was now full of tears.He held his right hand and couldn't stop sobbing, he heard him crying and choking and kept asking why——

"Why did Thales make you suffer such endless pain?"

"Why do you have to suffer like this and have no peace for ten years?"

"Why did you come here and bear what you shouldn't have?"

Yes, he also wanted to ask why.

But he was dying, and all doubts were no longer important.

Thank you, Gabriel.

You are a good person.

The winter in Saofeng Plain this year is extremely cold, it is icy and snowy, you have to take care of yourself.By the way, Kito of Jinjinhua Tavern, the few packets of spices he asked for, are all in the third-to-last drawer in the lower right corner of the counter...

In the future, I will no longer be able to help you settle the accounts and manage the business of the spice shop. You must be careful not to miscalculate the accounts——

He was already in a daze, feeling like he was rambling on to Gabriel, but in fact, he had been mute for ten years.

The body is getting stiff and heavy, but the soul is getting lighter and lighter.At this moment, all the past that made his head ache like crazy as long as he thought about it, flashed before his eyes one by one like a long movie.

He let out a long breath, and a tear fell from the corner of his eye.

He thought that he could finally obtain long-term peace, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Goodbye, Gabriel.

goodbye--

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