01. Arrived in the new world

Rome, December 19, 2021

'Huhh, the weather is so cold today, what should I eat so that my body can warms up? ' said Chara while walking along the beautiful snowy landscape around the church. This is the third day Chara arrives at the Roman state church to celebrate Christmas with a group of Nuns.

"Char, are you okay? Are you not used to the weather here?" asked Rina, Chara's friend. "Oh it's okay Rin, I'm just a little cold but it's not bad, hehehe". "Hmm indeed, today it feels colder, huh, then let's just hurry back to the hostel and then we can try some hot Roman food, it must be delicious", "okay Rin" replied Chara while speeding up her footsteps. When Chara walked fast, she accidentally stepped over a hole and fell as a result, but who would have thought that the hole was not an ordinary hole, but a hole that would lead Chara to a completely different world and destiny.

Lingxiao Florest.

'Ouch! My head hurts so bad.' said Chara when she woke up. "Ha? Where is this, wasn't it just now Rina and i were walking in the church garden?how come I'm in the forest now?!" Chara said as she looked around her. She slowly got up and took a serious look at her surroundings. 'as far as I can see everything feels so foreign, even though this place looks like a forest, but I feel a difference from the usual forest,I don't know what it is either' thought Chara in her heart. Chara kept walking from time to time but the scenery was still the same and the place was so quiet that even the sound of insects could not be heard. 'Oh God, what exactly happened to me? Why did I get here and where is this, it doesn't make sense if I can suddenly be in this place, I remember walking with Rina then... Oh yes I fell into a hole, but why did I end up here, no way right if the contents of the hole is a big place like this forest? But if it's not like that, then what's the point?' thought Chara. After walking tens of kilometers, Chara finally stopped. "Really, after walking this far I still can't get out of the forest and haven't met any humans or animals, this is very strange. I don't think this is a dream, but if it's not a dream it means this place is real then, does it mean I fell into the legendary black hole? If so, Can I go back to where I came from? Then if I can't, what am I going to do here?" said Chara desperately.

When Chara was pensive in her mind, suddenly a loud thunder sounded, Chara was surprised. "Good grief! Why is there thunder when it's not cloudy?", Out of curiosity Chara approached the place where the thunder came from, but what Chara found was something that was very amazing to her. In the middle of a beautiful lotus pond, there was a hermit who was meditating, a bright light shone on his body and lightning struck his body. 'Geez what's this story again, what was that guy doing, lightning hit his body but he's alright?! And again what light is that coming from his body, why does this all look like a novel? '. Chara wanted to approach the hermit, but was afraid to interfere with his business and again the place and people here were very foreign to her, so she had to stay alert.

Finally Chara decided to go quietly, just one step Chara turned to intend to leave, the hermit's voice was heard, "Hi child, come here, I have something I want to convey to you." Chara stopped, she turned around again and asked pointing to herself "hmm sorry, did you mean me?" Chara asked. The hermit replied "you are right, child of destiny.", 'child of destiny? What does it mean? ' thought Chara as she walked towards the hermit.When Chara was right in front of the hermit, she looked up and down at the hermit's appearance, and it can be concluded that Chara felt this hermit was not an ordinary person, he was very strong but didn't know why, there was a feeling of nostalgia that didn't know where it came from. . Then the hermit's voice was heard, "It's been a long time since I've been waiting for you to come to this place." 'Waiting? Why is he waiting for me? And from what he said sounded like he knew I would come here one day? What exactly happened, why is everything I experienced today so strange?'. Curious, Chara asked the hermit, "I'm sorry but I wanted to ask, what do you mean? Did you know I would be here today?", "True and false because I knew you would come but I couldn't make sure when exactly you will get here", replied the hermit.

"Then may I ask, who are you? And how do you know I will come here one day?" asked Chara unsurely, "For my identity it is not important but I can say I will not harm you, and for the question of how I can know you will come, it will be answered someday, all things will happen on time" replied the hermit. 'So basically there's nothing I can know right now? ' said Chara in her heart. Not waiting for Chara to think further, the Hermit continued "You don't need to panic about why you came here, because it's not a coincidence but your destiny is this world, because you are different from other individuals. You have a mission that you must carry out. Because of that, it wouldn't be strange if you could be here and even somewhere else later" said the hermit." Another place? What do you mean someday I will go to another place again? Does it mean that the other place you said is where I come from? And what mission should I do and why should I, I don't think I have any special identity.” Chara asked clearly.

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