As the night went by, Yu opened his eyes from hearing screams of women, men, children and something warping. Once he opened his eyes all he could see was black, like the screams were coming from nowhere and as he looking around, he could feel liquid on his hands. He then gazed down to his hands and saw them, covered in blood, bits and pieces of bone and flesh as if he tore apart an animal and gutted it with his own two hands. But this was not a random animal, and as he looked to his feet, he saw a boy ripped open. Yu looked around, confused and panicked as the warping screams was as if they were getting closer and closer. He then began to run, run as fast as his legs could take him, suddenly bumping into golden armor falling onto the ground. A peered up at the armor, but what he saw was less of armor and more of a humanoid monster with armor as it's flesh.
Its massive hands could destroy anything, and it's two eyes, just red dots in the center of an abyss. It gazed down at it, its massive body towering over him and then it spoke.
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All Yu could hear was static and glitches, something that he couldn't peace together or even come close to understanding. The massive humanoid golden armored figure then grabbed him by his neck, looking into Yu's eyes and as it squeezed Yu then woke up, the sunlight from outside shining from the window and the sweat, drenching his body.
"Wh-what happened...that was way to realistic...as a dream."
He then stood up from his bed, looking out from the window to see the villagers, going about their day. He then took off his shirt in front of the mirror, realizing his body being changed even more than before. The fat that he gained from the snack and food that he ate while training with his brothers was entirely trimmed. He was much slimmer and more muscular and his skin even paler than before.
°[Ooooo your so sexy Yu :>]°
Yu ignored it, confused as to why not just his body but face changed even more than before. "My body is even more slim; my face is more...handsome? I'm confused, why are my looks suddenly changing. Even science won't be able to justify this since it's not like I'm in puberty anymore."
He took an even closer look, analyzing his facial structure, his white eyelashes and white hair and his eyes, a brighter red than before. He then sighed, slightly disappointed. "My melanin is just, gone-. I love albinos but I never thought my once, brown skin with black hair would change entirely once I got isekai'd"
°[join the albino club!!]°
"Are you albino Blue?"
°[no, but there are a lot of albinos in this world so don't feel too left out ^-^]°
"In my world, it's more of a extremely rare thing..."
°[well it really depends on race]°
"You mean...."
°[No!!! like vampires and dragons and etc etc from fantasy worlds!]°
"Yeah- wait what's my race again?"
Suddenly, cutting the conversation Yu heard knocking from his door but as he was about to get the door his body froze, and his hand shook. "..."
°[Are you okay Yu?]°
"Y-yeah, just the dream I had freaked me out and I have slight ptsd for some reason."
°[well it's just a dream, nothing around here is dangerous, we have to help the people here!]°
"We?"
°[Mhm!]°
He then chuckled as his body calmed, opening the door and behind it was a beautiful girl with pink hair and purple eyes. Yu then looked at what she was wearing, a made outfit.
"Isn't the barrier supposed to not allow modern advancement? Why doesn't the made outfit not count? "
The girl then spoke up. "H-hello Mr! Remember me from last night! Uhm..." Her eyes struggled, staring at both his body and face. "S-so...the farmer guys, they want you bye!!" She then ran off flustered from the half-naked adventure she had to talk to and as ran, Yu was entirely confused. "What just happened?"
°[you're attractive now]°
"Hey, I was hot before too!!"
°[true!! But you weren't fit before]°
"So...the reason why I was single was cause I was a little chubby..."
°[no, cause being weird and unattractive is different from being weird and hot]°
"Ok- let's just finish this so I can go back to my real friends that don't body shame me!"
°[I'm sorry!!!!]°
He ignored her, putting on the new clothes that the girl dropped onto the ground, and he left his room, with hope that this day would get better. As he went downstairs, leaving the inn he saw the two men dressed in clothes that were covered in soil, realizing that these were the farmers the girl was talking about. They then both approached him with welcoming smile introducing themselves.
"Wow, we didn't think such a handsome adventure would help with a dirty task! My name's dale!" He shook Yu's hand firmly, Yu impressed by how hard his grip was and after dale his friend introduced himself as Matt, also shaking his hand with immense grip.
"Th-these guys grip strength is on another level...what exactly do they do for old men to get this type of strength..."
Yu then introduced himself to. "I'm just an adventure that wants to help, just show me what's going on and I promise I'll fix whatever is happening."
°[that's pretty big to say 0-0]°
"Well, the last time someone took this quest was about 20 years ago, meaning it's been 20 years since the food shortage and drought."
Both the men then took a walk with you, leading him back to the fields he's been in the night before and while they walked through the fields, they would explain the situation with dry soil and less crops throughout the years. Yu then kneeled, touching the soil.
"This makes no sense when there's a perfectly fine, clean river outside the barrier."
Then Dale spoke up. "Barrier? What do you mean barrier?" And as Dale said that Yu's eyes widened. "Th-there's..." Then Blue cut him off.
°[Don't!! Don't say anything!!]°
He stood there, baffled as to how they couldn't know as he responded to blue. "Why can't I tell them..how can they have zero knowledge of the barrier when it's only 2 miles away..their farms are literally almost touch it."
°[Yu... you're right, the barrier must not just be time magic..]°
"What do you mean..? "
°[somethings seriously wrong....Yu... I'm sorry]°
"Blue what are you talking about!? "
"Blue????? Blue!!!! " He continued calling for her, but she wouldn't answer and at that moment a realization hit him, then speaking up to both Dale and Matt. "It seems I'll be here for a while, but I promise you guys I'll definitely figure this out. You won't even remember the time you had this shortage once I'm done here."
He looked at both Dale and Matt, his expression filled with determination. Inside this expression was something hidden, inside himself he was panicking, realizing that even the system seemed to not handle something like this and as the thoughts of panicking and planning mixed, the only thing he could do was live inside this village long enough to figure out why this was happening. Then both Dale and Matt gave him space as Yu asked.
"They don't know about the barrier; the village has a shortage of everything right now and Blue isn't talking to me suddenly too... the only thing that makes sense to me is that barrier being the problem but why is it up in the first place. It's not like water can be affected by modern development and every single drop of water has been here since the very beginning of the universe... scientifically-"
He walked through the wheat fields, going around and seeing the barrier from a far, then looking up to see it fully circle around the Village.
"They can't.... I see, they can't see this big yellow bubble surrounding their entire village. But they would've already unknowingly left the village by now if they didn't even know it existed."
Minutes, hours and days passed by within the village while Yu stayed out, analyzing the barrier and the crops that were planted. But with each passing day came more panick, he could only talk to the village people due to his System Blue seemingly disappearing and though he could still open his System, it wouldn't talk to him.
Before he knew it, a week passed by, and life became normal inside Uli village. So seemingly normal that he made friends with the farmers learning about their problems, predicaments and families. Eating less and less and drinking less and less becoming an everyday normality, Yu no longer questioning if he needed to eat nor drink. After the second week, life in the village was all he known, no longer remembering....anything.
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