Felarya's Nightmare

Chapter 7 - Chapter 7 - A technologically magical medieval city

When he opened his eyes again (this time much more rested) and with unprecedented hunger and very, very thirsty and enormous weakness. He could move his legs a little more and without that terrible headache; he raised his head and sat on the bed for a while, but he didn't move his legs because he didn't want to make the situation worse, he just took the blanket off them and they were still bandaged. Then the girl enters the room again and says:

The girl: - "Damn! I thought you were dead."

Richard: - "Uh, but how long did I sleep?"

The girl: - "Really? You slept for 4 days straight"

Richard: - "Jeez! That explains my hunger, thirst and weakness a lot"

The girl: - "Take this!" - She gives him a type of soup with several very different vegetables in a very deep and rustic wooden plate - "It will feed you or at least help you all that time you've been sleeping, it's a very nutritious soup that I make only in case of emergency"

Richard: - "Thank you..."

While he ate the soup, she moved at a table beside the bed, as if she were preparing something; the shape of her face was very painful; curly dark auburn hair, a sweet voice but a little worn out; she wasn't very tall, she was a little shorter than Richard (5ft 1in); maybe she could have been 50-60 years old and wore really baggy clothes, a slinky dress; it wasn't of bad quality, but it was really well laid out; the expression on her face was that of someone weary, as if she was only living on scraps of hope, but still trying to smile.

Richard: - "Ahm... What's your name?"

The girl: - "My name...? It's Rhita... Rhita Neriva"

Richard: - "Wow, what an amazing name! Mine is Richard, Richard Anthony, nice to meet you!"

Rhita: - "Nice! You seem to be a very happy boy right?"

Richard: - "Yeah... Well... Maybe, but I do my best for that, I just don't give so much priority to the bad sides, even if the situation is bad"

Rhita: - "Wow.... This is..."

Richard: - "...Inspiring?"

Rhita: - "Strange"

Richard: - "Oh... ok...."

While silence reigned in the environment - only the noises of the instruments of the things she was doing on the table could be heard - looking at the room, he realized that it was very beautiful, it looked like a king's room. A very comfortable and spacious bed; with very fine fabrics that were the bed curtains; An impeccable wooden floor of great quality; there was the table next to his bed, on which she was doing some things, which was a table without a drawer or anything, just the feet and the top but with thick boards to support the weight and forces exerted on it; the ceiling was another wonder, full of beautiful decorations, like some gemstones, a window that could illuminate the whole room by the light that came through it, with some dense wooden beams passing from one side to the other of the walls, a very simple chandelier ; a broom across the room, an animal skin that I didn't know, but it was very similar to some kind of feline and was used as a rug and there were other trinkets you could find in a medieval house, like a closet a little full of glass jars with some stuff inside.

Rhita: - "Well, this is finally ready, I hope it helps you" She hands him a glass vial with a faint red liquid, similar to the texture of normal water.

Richard: - "But what is this?"

Rhita: - "It's a potion that you - if you're injured - use it; but don't drink it all, one sip is fine."

Richard: -"thanks, but what if I lose some body part?"

Rhita: - "Well, then it's better to drink everything".

Richard: - "Hmm... ok then, thanks" - Richard is visibly euphoric with the vial, imagining that as he regenerates it, it could very well be a potion of HP (Health Points) and with that, he still thought about what there could be potions of Magic and perhaps Stamina.

Rhita: - "And take this with you" She offers him a kind of necklace that had a string and at its end something circular with several smaller strings, it looked like a spider's web, but very uniform going from one side to the other of the wooden circle, extremely similar to what we have called the "Dream Filter".

Richard: - "Hey! In my world we have something similar, we call it a Dreamcatcher, which serves to filter out bad dreams, but it's just a hoax, it's not known if it REALLY works or not, but what does it do here ?"

Rhita: - "Well, maybe it's very similar to your world, but here we call it Dream Catchers, which serve to allow the person to sleep peacefully, filter bad dreams and protect against the evil creatures, more commonly known like the Nemesis, who are creatures from the depths of hell, who invade people's dreams, leaving them very vulnerable and giving them very heavy nightmares; this one I'm giving you is very valuable, it's very powerful, because in addition to preventing the Nemesis harm you, he is able to capture the creature, if he doesn't escape in time, the captured Nemesis will be killed instantly".

Richard: - "Ahm... Well... Ours doesn't have that, yours are much more amazing, unfortunately because they need to be amazing"

Rhita: - "But be careful! This item is very powerful, it is only used in the highest class of Negav, so don't show it to anyone, because you could very well get in trouble"

Richard: - "Okay... And before I leave, is there any way you can give me some money or I don't know, something that I can at least have somewhere to stay?"

Rhita: - "Oh... True, here, take 15 Skevols coins; there is a hotel and a tavern 10 blocks from here" (he gets 15 coins, they had a metallic appearance, but it looked like 50 cents coins, but thicker).

He takes the coins and she gives his clothes again and getting out of bed, puts them on; green shirt, long-sleeved checkered blouse and his blue overcoat, his jeans and then his work boot; finishing getting ready, he gets out of bed as if his legs are brand new, so she walks him to the bedroom door, she opens it and then he walks on; Waiting for her, they continue along a 4 meter long corridor with some paintings on the wall; then they go down a staircase entirely made of wood and enter what could be the living room of the house, with a handmade rug, and then they arrive at the door of her house.

Rhita: - "Well, I think this is where we split up..."

Richard: - "That's right... But we'll meet around, don't worry, see you later!"

Rhita: - "See you later..." she said with a sadder face than usual, but Richard didn't pay much attention, he just got a little worried, he didn't want to interfere in her life. So when he goes out to the street, he hears her say very quietly: - "I can't believe this will happen boy, sorry..." and when he came back to ask, she closes the door; trying to open the door he finds himself in a totally different place. Potions in the closets, necklaces of various shapes and sizes, probably being a store. Then a man speaks behind a counter: - "Hello friend! How can I help you?"

He confusedly asks: -"Uh huh... Have you seen any curly dark red haired woman who just closed that door?"

The man: - "Look boy, this door was closed a few minutes ago, I think you should reduce your consumption of the magic stones heh!"

Me: - "Magic sto- ah, I see, well, thanks man, sorry for the inconvenience!"

The man: - "haha, no problem! Take care."

Closing the door, he turns his face to the street, sees many people walking and by the position of the Sun on that planet, it could be around 8 am or it could be dusk, which would be around 4 pm (if he knew which way it was rising the Sun, he might know), whatever the time, it was best to find that tavern or hotel she mentioned, should start making some friends, or at least try. The environment was very similar to a medieval city, but it had many things that obviously wouldn't have in a medieval city, some very weird objects, but he couldn't get distracted, he had to walk fast while receiving looks of fear, disdain or strangeness from the people around him, Richard thought maybe because he was new in town; but something he still doesn't understand is how he ended up on Felarya's planet, maybe when he got to the tavern he might have answers.