Chapter 1 Arrival

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Deep in the forest, a man lay limp on the forest floor, motionless, surrounded by a group of curious wild animals. After a while, he slowly regained consciousness and opened his eyes.

'Huh...? Where am I?' he murmured, slowly pushing himself upright.

His movements startled the animals, and they quickly scattered, leaving him alone in the quiet wilderness. He scanned his surroundings, searching for some clues.

'Is this... a dream?' he wondered aloud, confused by his situation.

Slowly, he stood up and began making his way through the forest, searching for a way out. After some time, he came upon a small river. Standing at the riverbank, he cautiously examined the water, wondering if it was safe to drink. The river looked clear and clean, so he decided to taste it.

'Mmm, it's drinkable... yes,' he said after taking a sip."

Then he scooped a handful of water and drank, feeling a bit calmer.

"Aahh, water is life," he said after quenching his thirst, then sat under a nearby tree.

"I don’t really remember what happened, but this dream feels real. I can feel everything here," he muttered, gazing up at the sky.

To confirm his suspicions, he pinched his cheek. "Well, that hurt..." he said, then laid down on the ground, watching the blue sky above.

"Seriously though, why am I in the forest? What am I doing here?" He questioned, feeling the unease creeping in.

"I think the last thing I remember is that I was... hmmm?" He tried to recall, but nothing came to mind.

"Huh? Why can’t I remember anything? There’s no way... ahaha... right? I must’ve hit my head or something," he chuckled nervously, trying to stay calm, but his thoughts began to spiral as he closed his eyes, trying to remember harder.

Hours passed, yet nothing came to him. The more he tried to remember, the more his mind turned blank. Panic started to creep in as he realized something else—he had nothing with him. No food, no supplies. Nothing to survive in this wilderness.

He quickly checked his pockets, hoping to find something useful. Unfortunately, they were empty.

"Wait... Did I really venture into the forest without bringing anything useful? What was I thinking?" he muttered, realizing how reckless he’d been.

"Wait, wait... I’m not that foolish... haha, there must be something I brought with me. Right?" he tried to reassure himself.

"Aah, I should go back to the spot where I woke up. Maybe I left something there... yeah, that’s it! Hahaha..." He chuckled nervously, clinging to the hope that he hadn’t been so careless after all.

Determined, he turned around and began making his way back to the place where he had first awoken, convinced that there had to be something he’d missed.

As he walked through the dense forest, he calmly scanned his surroundings. Soon, he noticed that the plants were unusually unique, and the atmosphere felt different from any forest he'd been in before.

"Now that I think about it, this forest has a lot of strange plants," he murmured to himself.

His eyes settled on a peculiar tree. "Like that one... I’m not sure if that’s a tree or some kind of parasitic plant. Its trunk spirals upward like braided hair. And the leaves—well, they look like clouds, except they’re still green."

He paused for a moment, fascinated by the sight, before continuing on. Not long after, something else caught his attention—a cluster of mushrooms not far from the braided tree.

"This... is a mushroom, right?" he muttered, puzzled as he examined it closely.

"I’ve never seen a mushroom like this before. And the color... what is that? Green? Blue? It’s somewhere in between," he remarked, squinting at the strange fungi.

"Hmm, well, I don’t know every plant on Earth, so who cares, right? Haha..." he chuckled, trying to shrug off the strangeness. "Anyway, I should hurry. It's already evening. It’ll be bad if I lose sunlight now."

A few moment later he finally arrive at the spot where he wake up.He quickly scanning around the area looking for something like bag or package that he maybe brought along.To his dissapiontment there is nothing there that he thought he should had brough.No bag or anything similar.This make him panic a little.

"Ahahaaaa..nothing,there is nothing..what is wrong with me.??why am i here without bringing something??am i this foolish..huh???"he begin to question his sanity.

"First of all,how did i get here??did i get lost in here?or did someone put me here??"his mind begin to racing to search for answer.Unfortunately,he still cant think of anything.Its like he lost his memory.

"wait wait..i still remember my nam right?My name is Alex..im 28 years old.I live at...ahh...where do i live??"he begin his thought process.

"My name is Alex and i am 28 years old and i live at....huh cant remember..oh no..did i really lost my memory??"he say.

Then he keep repeating himself trying hos best to remember any small details about his past life.This thought process give him alot of headache which make him lose unconcoius.

(MEANWHILE)

Far above the forest canopy, a figure leapt gracefully from tree to tree, moving swiftly toward the source of a disturbance.

“I’m not sure what I felt, but there’s something strange up ahead,” he thought, skillfully navigating the dense branches.

Earlier that day, during lunch, he had sensed an odd energy approaching from deep within the forest. Then, a blinding white light had erupted in the distance, unlike anything he had seen before. He had set out to investigate, relying on his finely tuned senses to locate the source.

“This is farther than I thought,” he murmured, glancing around. “And there are no beasts nearby... that’s strange.”

The silence unsettled him. He expected to find wild animals or creatures, but there was nothing.

“Did the light scare them away? Or worse...” He paused, scanning the area for signs of life. Something was off.

Drawing his sword, he continued cautiously on foot, aware that the strange aura was growing stronger. Soon, he arrived at the source, only to find something unexpected—a group of wild animals gathered around a spot on the forest floor.

“Huh? I thought there were no animals here,” he muttered in confusion. Stepping closer, the animals scattered, revealing an unconscious man lying on the ground.

“What the...?” he gasped. Kneeling beside the man, he tried to wake him, but he didn’t stir.

After a moment of deliberation, he lifted the man and carried him back to his home to treat him.

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