Exploring the Dimension After Reincarnation: Academic

The Unexpected Predator

Just like the scenery outside, the feeling when entering the lobby also feels lonely without anyone. Waiting chairs are empty, but at least this place is still very clean and ready to receive guests who will come at any time.

Szes's eyes were immediately fixed on the receptionist. The head of this man was on the fold of his hand that was placed on the table. It is still unclear whether he is awake or still asleep at this time, but the most obvious is Szec who needs information from this person to know what happened to this place why it could be different from previous years.

“Happy day! Are you asleep or still awake?” Szec put a friendly smile on his face.

Hoping that an answer would come, Szec waited there in a matter of seconds. His face still maintained a smile, waiting for this person to answer his greetings as soon as possible. In less than 60 seconds if you can. More than that, undoubtedly Szesic will choose to go and ask the surrounding residents.

He could not go to the store considering that he did not have the currency of this world yet. He could have used gold, but the way it became something strange and suspicious, also the gold he carried was not much. Szec also needs a place to exchange its gold, or gold itself is not a currency in this world.

“Gmn? Hmn?” Finally the receptionist started to raise his head.

While the receptionist was confused by what was pondering, Szec was watching this person closely. This person-Repessionist-had long hair that was disheveled despite having been braided on both sides of his head, and additionally it was orange that was closer to red. When he opened his eyes, it was seen that he had yellow eyes with a darker color in his pupils.

On his head, he wears a hat. The hat is round, more precisely slightly oblong following his head, with the same color as his hair color, only there is a shark logo framed in a circle that is blue.

His clothes were almost like a robe, long up to his ankles and arms as well as up to his wrists. It has a bright blue color like the ocean, which forms a triangular pattern along the lower end of the garment, but has a white base color on the other side.

‘Cebol?’ here's what Szesic thinks about this guy.

Just with Szec standing up, he felt that the person in front of him was very short compared to most people. He was just like someone in his 6s. But, Szes is very aware or understand if it is impossible to happen considering he is the recipient of the guest.

“Uh.., my head hurts, nih…. It is indeed very heavy when I did not sleep for an entire night thinking about the fate of this place in front of him.” groaned while holding his head.

This attitude of his is very outspoken in front of visitors who might be partnered with him. He had been in a position where he had not given much thought to the things he used to do, which was to serve visitors with a friendly smile. His motivation was already too crushed to do the right service, so Szec could only accept this as it was.

“Anu, can I ask you about what happened with this place?” asked Szec with a friendly smile. “Really, I feel very astonished by why this place has become deserted. In fact, was not a few years ago this place was so crowded that it needed to queue for hours to get here?”

Sze's brows throbbed slightly hearing this question. Indirectly, the meaning of these words is the same as insulting Szec, stating that he is someone who lives in a backward region and does not use much modern technology, he said, like television and others which are electronic media of news dissemination.

In reality, Szeic did live in the Sword and Magic world so he had a cut off contact towards the spread of news in this world. Although he did not accept it, Szesic could only temper his anger because here he was wrong and what the Receptionist said was a reality.

“A few days ago, a legendary penther named Jormungand came around these waters.” The receptionist sighed before continuing, “He is indeed a penther type who is inactive after being full, so the existence is not too dangerous and can be predicted his arrival.”

“Hmm? If he controls the waters, shouldn't he shut down most of the businesses in this place? I see, food stalls that provide sea food (/\= seafood) are still fine. Why are those traders just fine?” tanya wonder Sze.

“Just because he came, the fish were frightened and ran to the beach. Since Jormungand himself is inactive after being full, the fishermen can pick it up safely only after he returns to his lair.” The receptionist lifted her body and crossed her arms, showing her frustration.

'Well, what an unjust world, yes.' Sze's smile turned bitter at the confusion of thinking of a suitable expression. 'On the one hand the fishermen benefit, on the other hand this person gets a loss in his business. There are many notions of justice according to experts, but certainly, all of them have one conclusion, namely we who live in an unjust world.'

'Nothing can be done about this. Unless law enforcement has the ability to be All-Knowing, then true justice will not happen. In addition, law enforcement also needs to be Almighty so that no one can escape the law.'

'In conclusion, this will not be realized by ordinary humans. It required an extraordinary existence and was able to rule over all the creatures in this world. In that case, it was certain that he was not a creature.'

"But this will not last long" continued the Receptionist who attracted the attention of Szees. "Jormungand is a top-level predator and requires a lot of food. Pretty soon, when the fish are around this place, the best chance is that he will go somewhere else, while the worst possibility is that he will eat everyone in this place."

"From those two slumps you said that, even the best choice would be bad, wouldn't it?" Szens began to speak up. "If the fish here runs out, the sea food here will run out. Maybe they can use alternatives like seaweed, but the supply of marine animal meat will still run out, right?"

"Yep! Exactly as you say, Visitor." Suddenly the receptionist's face brightened. "It would be their fault for not making the effort to hunt him down! I have no problem with this, because my own business is not affected by the availability of SDA here."

'If I was the main character of a novel and the author wanted to make a dramatic scene, I'm sure he'd make this Jormungand arc run amok, then I'd stop him.'