Book 1: Chapter 2

Book 1: Chapter 2

Flight

First I sorted my knowledge. It seemed that this world greatly resembled the otome game that was called Falling in Love on the Silver Wingsor more commonly abbreviated as Silver Love.

Otome gameI didnt really understand it but, it was a game that was like an illustrated story. In that game world, it had a story of the main character supporting or getting supported a man or even several men simultaneously to ensnare them. I couldnt believe that such person could really exist, but according to that womans knowledge, that main character(heroine) was me.

Aliciait was my name and also the name of the heroine of the game. In the game she had a family name but it changed after she was adopted by a noble house. It seemed Okaa-san was a nobles daughter. She fell in love with Otou-san who was a knight apprentice and eloped with him. That was what the knowledge was telling me.

That was why a nobles blood was flowing inside me and I had noble relatives, that was why if I felt like it then I might be able to live a better life than now. If it was the me from before who didnt know anything, I would feel scared against nobles who were like an out of reach existence to me, but I would also hold a longing to live like a princess.

ButI had obtained knowledge now. In my opinion, the way nobles lived made me felt terrified rather than longing, and more than that I perceived them as a troublesome existence. And even before that, I had no intention of living a live that was controlled by the fate of the so called otome game that was greatly admired by that woman.

It seemed that woman completely believed that this world was a world of game, but from where I stood, such world felt impossible realistically.

I am I. Im not a game character. Im a human living in this world.

Ill oppose fate and survive till the end even if Im alone. I also had obtained the necessary knowledge for that.

Actually I believed that I should confirm the content of that otome game to some degree in order to not get involved with it too. But, perhaps I wouldnt be able to obtain that part of knowledge unless I implanted the magic stone where that womans knowledge and personality were copied into my heart, because the knowledge regarding that womans previous life was vague in my mind.

Perhaps when I gave my all to reject that woman, I unconsciously repelled the part that was intrinsic to that woman, and perhaps that was why I was unable to obtain the knowledge in that field. But, even if I wanted to obtain that knowledge now, I had already broke that magic stone and threw it into a gutter. And even if it wasnt broken, I would never wish to touch that thing ever again.

Even so when I tried compensate for the vague game knowledge with the knowledge of other stories to make sense of it, I was able to imagine the story although only roughly.

The cheerful, kind, and hardworking heroine was actually the daughter between a nobles daughter and knight apprentice who was born after they eloped. After her parents died from monsters rampage, she lived in church as an orphan.

Various things happened and she got found by noble, then she enrolled into the academy where the noble children went to, got close with the prince or his followers, then got bullied by the villainess who was the princes fiance, but the heroine would receive divine protection from dungeon or went in an adventure, and after going through this and that there would be a happy end. It was a very nonsensical story.

What a nonsense. Human could live even without becoming noble or marrying with the prince.

I would never admit to even god that I was born for the sake of such nonsense.

For the time being I decided to head to the neighboring town that was in that womans knowledge. In that womans knowledge, it seemed this world was called Ciel and we were located in a major nation called Claydale that was located somewhere in Thurs continent. This region where I lived was a baron territory located at the northernmost of Claydale Kingdom, but that woman didnt remember the minor details like this regions name.

I was thinking to travel to the neighboring town because this town where I lived until now was like a large village, so if I went to the neighboring town where the feudal lord the baron lived, I believed there would be a lot of places there to hide for someone like me who had murdered people.

Actually I also wanted to get away from this baron territory before I got found out by noble, but a small child like me wouldnt be able to go to a long trip. Living in town would be suitable for me, but I would need to pay one silver coin as tax to enter into a large town that was surrounded by wall.

I would also get taxed if I left the baron territory and passed through other territory, so normally commoners would never go to a trip. But there was also method to avoid paying that toll price.

If you properly paid the suitable amount of annual income tax to the feudal lord, you would be able to obtain citizenship and became able to travel to anywhere within the territory. You could also buy peddling right from the merchant guild. A merchant would also get discount when going to other territory.

And then there was the adventurer guild. If you registered there and climbed to high rank, it seemed that you would be able to travel freely within the country. Of course there was no way to suddenly become a high rank adventurer from the start, but even the beginner rank 1 would be able to freely enter and exit the town where they were registered to.

Adventurer?

What was adventurer? When I thought that, knowledge floated up inside my head. Adventurer Guild was an organization that was derived from the mercenary guild that received support from the merchant guild at the beginning. Adventurer was a mercenary that specialized in exploration who investigated ruin or unexplored land while eliminating monster or the like solo or with a small group.

But currently they were just outlaws that simply vandalized the ruins or miners that supplied the town with magic stones that could be obtained from monsters. They had completely become what you called jack-of-all-trades, even so high ranked adventurers who were elites who could defeat powerful monsters with few numbers were treated favorably.

I picked one, peeled the skin, and licked the juice. The sweetness was thin, the sourness was strong, and it was somewhat astringent. It seemed that the fruit was normally eaten as jam or dried fruit. Even so it wasnt like it couldnt be eaten raw. I checked that there was no snake nearby and used a nearby large leaftoesol grass? I used it as a plate and started picking the berries.

After I finished picking berries, I sorted out my luggage before eating.

The luggage that I brought from the orphanage consisted of several clothes and fabrics, foods, and several coins. The simple cloth I was wearing right now was what usually worn by commoner children. There was no difference between male and female, so it was a bit too big for me, but for the time being it was fine like this.

As for the foods, there was one white bread remaining, then other than that there was dried meat and a block of dried cheese, so if I divided them and ate them bit by bit, I believed they would last for three days. As for the money, including that womans possession, I had fifteen silver coins, eight small silver coins, and thirteen bronze coins. The food that I could buy from shop or food stall would cost several bronze coins, and a single silver coin could be used to stay in an inn for three days, so this was quite a lot of money.

The problem was, when I checked the inside of that womans bag, there was a bundle of withered grass and two pots that seemed like potion. And then at the bottom there was a small book that looked like a notebook.

Curious.

I got that impression from my knowledge when I saw that book. Book was expensive but wasnt that rare. According to my knowledge, in the past book was made using animals leather that was processed to be parchment in this continent at the past, but it was replaced with plant paper since 120 years ago and now such book was becoming the mainstream.

The raw material for that paper was the toesol grass that I used as plate replacement just now. This grass had big leaves and short hairs like downy hair. It was very elastic and since the past it had been used to wipe hands after using restroom. In fact, I once also used it like that, but it was also said that it had no other use than that. This leaf was soft but its fiber was long and even animal wouldnt eat it other than goat.

A noble in the past hated to use leaf for wiping and ordered an alchemist to research the leaf. That was considered as the beginning of plant paper. When this toesol grass was heated, it would lose its color and became a paper with a faint tinge of yellow remaining. After dozens of years its quality had been improved at the current time. A book that could cost more than ten gold coins in the past had turned cheaper until ten percent of the original price now.

And the reason why I thought this book was curious was because this book was made from parchment. It seemed to have been reread a lot of times until the parchments were eroded and turned flimsy, but the inside was written with detailed description of medicinal herbs, poisonous plants, and also mushrooms and minerals that could be used as medicine. They were even thoroughly accompanied with illustrations.

I wondered if that woman had that kind of side to her, but apparently she stole this from the personal property of the master she studied magic under. That woman, she was really beyond any help.

But I was honestly happy for finding this. I had knowledge and I could understand letter when I saw one, but practice was required for writing and reading sentence. This would become a good studying material for me.

The other two potions were apparently also something that woman stole from her teacher. They were healing medicine with very good quality. It seemed that woman planned to use these to heal me after implanting the magic stone into my heart.

Then there was the bundle of withered grasses. The grasses were medicinal herbs. But this one wasnt anything really great. They were grasses that could be found growing anywhere and often used by ordinary household as common medicine. I took one of them and chewed it in my mouth. It really smell like grass but I endured it and kept chewing. Then I smeared it on my wounds before bandaging them once more.

When I realized, the sun had climbed really high above my head. I felt that I would reach my limit soon in keeping hold of my consciousness, so I stored back my things into the luggage and carried it on my back. Then I used my knife to cut off my hair that I had grown long by that old hags order because she wanted to sell it.

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I greedily devoured the berries that I picked, then I hid myself in a trees shadow like a wounded beast trying to heal its wound and silently closed my eyes.

I was scared of darkness before all these. I was scared ofpain. I was scared ofhunger and loneliness. But I was scared of them because I didnt know of any way to survive.

My eyes cracked open slightly from a faint sound, and swung down my knife on the head of the snake that had approached until my feet. The snake whose head was stabbed wriggled for a while. I continued to stare at the snake that was slowly turning unmoving without any ripple in my emotion.

I felt scared because I didnt know anything. But, I didnt fear small pain anymore. Because now I could understand the knowledge of how much I could endure and still not die, there was no more reason to feel fear anymore.

I came to think like that because I obtained dozens of years of knowledge from that woman. But, I didnt think that I stopped being myself because of that womans fault.

I am I. I amAlicia and nobody else.

I was thinking of such thing while having a light sleep just for a bit to recover from my bodys fatigue while staying on guard against the surrounding.

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