Chapter 3

Roca slowly opens his eyes, "...a wooden ceiling, where am i?" he sits up and looks around, he then looks at his arms, "human arms, huh, pretty well built" he then stands up and walks towards a door and opens it, outside he sees a vast field of grass with the breeze of the wind brushing his hair gently, he walks outside and turns around to see that he was summoned inside an abandoned house.

"huh, pretty big house, seems old and rotten though, not a condition fit to be living inside" he turns around and looks towards the distant village, people seem to be pretty busy, "let's go there shall we" and so he starts to walk towards the village, while walking he looks at the mark on his hand, reminded of Lyra he feels sorrowful yet determined to find her, but at the same time he also remembers something else.

"wait, that god said that i was given a trial to give me powers, but i got most of my powers when i was an elf, and he can even give me powers himself, why didn't he just resurrect me as i am now and give me the powers now then?! I wouldn't have to die three times!" Roca gets enraged at the stupidity of the god's actions, "...but, i wouldn't have met her if i was resurrected as a human immediately huh?, then why did he turn me into a demon and a beastmen first then? tch!".

after a while of walking he starts to get closer to the village, he can hear the faint sounds of people talking, children laughing, and the sound of cutting wood and hammering metal, "so this is another world huh, pretty neat to be honest" as he gets closer to the village he gets stopped by three girls wearing leather gear, "adventurers? they look like one, i guess I'll say hello" he thought to himself.

"um, hi there, my name is Roca, can you tell me where i am right now?" Roca asks the girl that seems to be leading the trio, "did you just come out of that abandoned house?" she asks while putting her hand on her swords handle, seeing this Roca steps back, "listen, I don't want to fight, so can you please-" before given the time to finish talking the girl unsheathed her sword and points it to Roca's neck.

"answer me" the girl wears an intimidating face, trying to scare Roca into submittion, "u-um, yes" Roca takes a couple small steps back to get further away from the tip of the sword, "...Roca huh, you seem human to me, take off your shirt" Roca seems taken aback by this weird request, "w-what are you-" "do it!" she shoves her sword closer to his neck, "woah! okay okay! jeez" Roca takes a couple steps back and slowly takes off his shirt, "I'm surprisingly calm in this situation, i would be pissing my pants right about now if not for the skill a calm mind" he thought to himself.

his body is pretty well built for a normal human, but other than that he is a completely normal human, one of the girls behind the girl with the sword seems to be kinda flustered and is shielding her eyes, while the other seems to be staring as if her eyes are glued to his body, "...okay that's enough, cover that indecent body of yours" the girl sheathes her sword and turns around to hide the slight blush on her face, "you're in a small village called Tempar, now that I've checked that you are human, you can come in".

"huh, they seem to be pretty normal girls, but is a guy with a body like mine really so rare that it could make them react like that?" Roca thinks to himself while wearing his shirt, "follow me, I'll bring you to the village chief" the girl walks inside while the other two follows, "not even gonna tell me her name? rude" Roca thinks to himself while following them from behind, the flustered girl seems to occasionally sneak some glances towards him, while the other one is not even hiding her interest in Roca, and so she slows down and walks beside Roca.

"hey there, my name's Rika, nice too meet ya" Rika smiles brightly at him, her brown hair that is in a short ponytail swings as she walks, "nice to meet you too, um, Rika" Roca seems quite uncomfortable at the way she looks at him, it reminds him of a tragic memory, "oh yeah, let me introduce the other two" the girl walks towards the girl that is still flustered and grabs her shoulders, "this one is called Clara! she's a shy one as you can see" Clara blushes while avoiding eye contact with Roca, her long blonde hair and short stature reminds him of a figure he once bought and used for private purposes and it makes him blush from embarrassment.

"and this one is called Amy!, even though she has such a cute name she's so strict!" Rika touches Amy's shoulder with an arm while smiling, "Rika, would you please keep it down? and don't be rude to a guest" "sorry~" Rika let's go of Amy and walks beside Roca once again, "but you were the one that pointed your sword at me when i first came here, didn't you?" Roca thinks to himself, her silky and long black hair reminds him of his sister, something in his heart was hurt after remembering his past.

when they finally arrived at a house, Roca was greeted with the smell of wood and flowers, it was a pleasant smell, "you follow me, the two of you stay here" Amy points at Roca and knocks on a door, "aww bummer" Rika sits down on a sofa while pouting and clara does the same, without the pouting, the door opens and Roca walks inside with Amy, infront of him is an old man looking outside the window while smoking something.

"village chief, I've brought you an unknown person that came out of the abandoned house up the hill" the old man puts down his smoking pipe and turns around to look at Roca, he squints his eyes and stares deeply into Roca's eyes, as if he's searching something, "u-um, greetings, my name is Roca, it is a pleasure meeting you" Roca slightly bows, the old man then smiles and sits down on the chair, "you... you're from another world, aren't you?" hearing this Roca was surprised, "...excuse me?".

Amy also seems surprised, "sir you mean, he's from your world?" Roca looks at Amy and then back at the old man, "yes, i can sense it, but you're not japanese now are you? malaysian? indonesian?" Roca is surprised that he would meet someone from his world this early, "i-i'm indonesian" Roca is kind of glad to meet someone from his world, "ahh, i see, how's it going over there, is everything good?" the old man asks while leaning on his chair, "yes, everything is fine, no more wars, conflicts, everyone is at peace".

Amy looks at both of them in confusion, "so, I'm guessing you've been reincarnated by one of the gods, which is it? the god of life? time? love?" The old man waves his hand and a tea set starts to float towards the table, "you can sit, want some tea?" Roca sits down and nods, "i do not know which god summoned me, but all i know is that that god is despicable" Roca's face is full of spite and anger.

"hmm then what did the god's domain look like?" the old man takes a sip of the tea and floats one more cup towards Amy, "domain? um, i guess it was pitch black" Roca take a sip of the tea and is pleased by how good it is, "pitch black? now that's rare...a godling summoning a soul..." the old man rubs his chin, he suddenly looks surprised, "Roca, did you...kill yourself in your last life?".

Roca was shocked that he knows about the way he died, "...yes, i did, i shot myself in the head..." Amy looks at Roca's back with a tiny feeling of sorrow and pity, "...i see, then I won't ask any further" "but how did you know that i killed myself?" Roca asks him, "...a godling can not resurrect a dead person, only a god can, but there are some rare cases where a godling does resurrect a person, but that is only if they found a wandering soul, a soul that was not supposed to die at the time they died, the common reason for this to happening is when someone got into an accident, or if they killed themselves".

"when i looked into your eyes, i can sense that your old life was hard and sorrowful, and so that's why i asked you of what is going on over there, i thought you were a soldier, but now that i know that you were resurrected by a godling and that earth was in an age of peace, the only answer is that you've committed suicide, what brought you to this decision i shall not ask, right now, that life that you had before is over, you are what you are now, it is best to forget about the past and stop carrying the sadness and pain on your back even after death".

Roca tears up, he wipes his tears and stares at the old man, "you're right... I'll... I'll try to forget about everything" Roca smiles and the old man smiles back, "Roca, you are welcomed to stay here, and if you do decide to leave someday, i shall respect your decision, i see strength and potential inside of you, we are in need of more firepower, so what do you say? will you please stay here as our guard?".

the old man brings a sword slowly towards him using magic, putting it on his hands, Roca seems troubled by this request, he wants to explore the world that he has always dreamed of going to, he wants to see new things, discover new people, but more importantly, he wants to find Lyra, as he thinks about his next decision a large explosion can be heard outside of the house.

"Amy!" the old man screams, "on it!" Amy swiftly opens the door and runs outside, "Roca, we can discuss about this later, right now we need your help!" the old man stands up and walks towards the door, "w-what's going on?!" Roca stands up while holding the sword, "bandits, they've been attacking us for the past few months, after two weeks of them not appearing we thought they gave up and ran away, but i guess we were wrong, this is the reason i wanted you to stay, i want you to help us fight these bandits".

"if you run away right now, I'll take it that your answer is no, but if you stay and fight with us, i want to hear your answer after the fight, and i hope it is the answer that i want to hear" the old man walks outside, leaving Roca alone, "...i guess i have no choice, i would be too ashamed to meet Lyra if i leave these people alone".

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