Exploring the Dimension After Reincarnation: Academic

Towards the Village (No Name)

“Do you have any goals after this, Elena?” ask Kai.

“No.” Elena shook her head. “I have absolutely no purpose, have just lost money, and just wandered without direction to find something uncertain. So, if I may, can I come with you guys for a while?” ask Elena while smiling sweetly.

‘I don't like to ask for something like this. This time I asked them because I just happened to not have the money of this world, daily necessities, or a place to live. Actually I've put it all into my shadow, but since I don't have the natural energy to open it, I can't bring it all out.’

“To my place, huh?” Kai stroked his chin, thinking about this. “Of course, you can come with us and spend the night for some time. Seeing a little girl alone in this forest, without money and without guard is actually something quite suspicious. Tai, it will look like we have no heart when we leave you in this place alone. Besides, I'm sure you'll follow us at least as far as the outside of this forest.”

“Te-Thank you. Actually, I just want to come with you all to the outside of this forest alone, I really thank you guys for allowing me to stay in your house.” Elena felt bad about this, but she still accepted it because she needed it.

“Heh.., I heard you have no money. What would you do if you didn't stay with us for a while? You still need money to stay at the hotel, you know.” Leon showed a mocking face to Elena.

Elena fell silent while holding back furiously by tightening her fist. ‘Ugh…! This kid…! If not her brother was my current benefactor and I had enough life supplies, I would have hit her hard.’

“Don't behave like that, Leon. It's not good to tease the person you just met for today.” Kai glanced at his sister.

“Sorry, Brother.” Leon had no answer to defend himself.

Long story short, the three of them walked through the forest, then continued to ride the Penther owned by Kai after the trees became more tenuous and takeoff was possible. The night sky is seen to have thick clouds with colors that begin to reddish. It's soon night, and it's not good to stay outside, especially in the woods like that.

“Actually there's something I've been wanting to ask since, what kind of penther are you looking for all the way into a forest like that? Can't you guys buy it at the pet store or something else that's closer?” elena asked as she looked at the scene under her feet.

“Penthers who are in pet stores are usually weak because they are too long accustomed to living in a peaceful place, making it less good in duels. So, in order to get a strong companion for me, we both went to this forest and looked for one that seemed to fit,” explained Leon.

‘Power comparison between a pet Penther and a wild Penther can be estimated like a house cat and a street cat. From this, I can also understand that Trainers usually duel against other Trainers using their Penthers. To be honest, I myself do not like to fight animals like this, but there is nothing I can do about the rules of this world and I get a massive nerf here.’

“By the way, I was curious about this from the beginning,” said Leon who caught Elena's attention.

“What?”

“I just want to know, is the clothing with the right side long sleeve while the left side using short sleeves like it is in trend at the moment?” Leon pointed at Elena's left arm. “We are in a quiet small village and not many people from the city, so I know less about the trend in big cities.”

‘Ah! I didn't even realize this. Earlier, my left hand was cut off in the previous fight. Of course the long sleeves of my shirt and jacket were cut off in this attack.’

Elena stared intently at Leon, gesturing to shut up and not bring up the matter at all. Reality, Leon is not wrong in this. Instead he had already helped by resuscitating Elena in this matter. But unfortunately, Elena was not happy with this and instead looked at him cynically.

“Ma-Sorry, I will not remember it for another time,” Leon said as he lowered his eyebrows, feeling guilty despite being a person who is not wrong at all.

Kai is not particularly interested in the interaction between Leon and Elena. He simply rolled his eyes back at the two of them and slightly smiled at this while still facing forward, hiding his facial expression. He felt, not bad about making his sister friends with the stranger even though he still did not know much about Elena.

It took them a while to reach Kai & Leon's home village, but luckily they were able to get to a dark day. There are not many things “wow” in the village, there are only houses of residents, some buildings from government services, streets that are still made of land. At least, the buildings in this village have a very good arrangement of places with only a few buildings. The atmosphere of peace and quiet that is there, making this place suitable as a place to rest from the bustling and busy urban.

In this calm atmosphere, Elena was with Leon and Kai down the deserted streets. People do not have much to do with them, and people prefer to prepare something for evening activities such as dinner or others. This is not at all strange, considering that the day will soon turn dark and they need to sleep.

‘Hmm, LED lights, cement walls, metal walls, architecture is quite modern, but the road is not paved. the civilization here is more or less the same as on earth in the 21st century or the civilization I came from. But, surely there will be quite a difference over the existence of Penther in this world. I don't know what problems will spring up in this new world, but will strive to survive in this world until it successfully restores Dragon Vein.’

‘I'm not sure the person from Red Moon who brought me to this world is still in this world considering he who has the item of inter-world transfer. But if I find him, I will be forced to fight him in a disadvantageous condition. Given his ability to tame a high-level spirit to tens, I firmly believe he can easily possess hundreds of Penthers in this world. Really, a world that really benefits him.’