"...... it's a ceiling I don't know."

The second promise. Jin opened his eyes and found himself lying on the bed. He is wearing only his underwear, but when he looks to the side, he sees his jacket on the table.

He slowly sat up. There is nothing wrong with me. The only thing I can tell is that I am very hungry.

"......?"

I felt eyes on me and turned around to see someone peering through the doorway and hiding. Then I heard footsteps moving away from me.

"Is it someone from this house?"

After muttering to himself, Jin looked around the room. The simple clay and wood walls, the simple table, and his bed. He guessed that it was a very ordinary country house.

"Well, well, well, well.

An elderly lady entered the room. She looked like a country lady. Hidden by the hem of her skirt, a small child peeks out. It seems that the child was the one who had been staring at her earlier.

"You were lying at the entrance to the forest. She's the one who found you.

With these words, she gently pushes the child hiding behind her skirt forward. She is a girl with dull blond hair and steeple eyes. She is about 8 or 9 years old.

"My name is Jin. My name is Jin Nido. Thank you for helping me. Um, where am I?

Jin. This is the village of Kaina. It's a small village in the middle of nowhere.

Jin had no idea where he was. At that moment, Jin's stomach rumbled loudly.

"Oh my, you must be hungry. ...... wait a minute."

With that, the lady withdrew. Jin and a little girl (little girl?) were left. Jin said to the girl, "Oh, you must be hungry. Jin told the girl,

"I heard you found it for me, thanks. Can you tell me your name?

He speaks softly to her. The girl bashfully says, "Hannah,

"...... Hannah."

she replied.

"So you're Hannah. Nice to meet you."

When he held out his hand to her, she slowly reached out her small hand and squeezed Jin's. "Yes, I'm Hannah.

"Here you are, thanks for waiting.

Then the hostess came back with a tray of pots and plates.

"You must be hungry, eat a lot.

She poured the porridge into a deep dish. It smelled good, and Jin devoured it. It was his first meal in days.

"Don't be in such a hurry.

To his wife's dismay, Jin ate the porridge. Jin ate the rice porridge (?) with such a speed that his wife was astonished.

"Thank you very much for the food.

"What's that?"

"Oh, <> is a kind of greeting for meals at my place. It is a word of thanks to the food and the person who prepared it. By the way, we say "Itadakimasu" before eating. ...... I missed saying that one."

"Oh, I see. I've never heard that before. You, Jin-kun, seem to have come a long way.

Yes, probably.

Maybe?　What do you mean?

Jin then gave a blurred explanation. He hides the fact that he is from another world and simply says that he came here due to a malfunction of the Warp Gate. However.

"Warp gate?　What's that?

I didn't get through.

"Well... A warp gate is a magical tool that allows you to travel between two specific locations in an instant. ......

"A magical tool?　Are you sure it's an artifact?

Artifact?

What, you don't know?　An artifact is a magical tool that was created before the Great Sorcery War.

"The War of Magic?

Another unfamiliar word.

I really wonder where you come from. ...... The War of Magic is a war between humans and demons that took place about 300 years ago.

I don't have that information.

Can you tell me more?

I don't know that information. Well, 300 years ago, the demons who had been on a different continent suddenly attacked us. And all the countries that had been skirmishing with them were destroyed. This wasn't good, so the great power of ...... what was it called, ah, yes, Dinar I of the Kingdom of Dinar united the remaining countries against the demons.

"Oh, ...... I see."

300 years ago, when automata were scouring the other worlds to find Jin. No wonder they don't know.

"It is said that the population of the continent was reduced to one-third due to death after death after death. At that time, wizards played an active role, but it is said that more than half of the people who had magic power died in the Aether Stampede, which is said to be the last gasp of the demon tribe.

"Is that what happened?"

Populations were decimated by war, towns and civilizations were burnt to the ground in the fires of war. And the number of wizards, the bearers of culture, has decreased drastically. So this world is the same as it was a thousand years ago, or even a thousand years behind. Or, in some cases, it is even later than 1,000 years ago.

Okay, thank you for your explanation. So, your wife's name, I haven't heard it yet.

"Oh, is that right? I'm Martha, nice to meet you.

"Martha, right. Nice to meet you."

Martha told me many other things. She told me that the village of Kaina belongs to the Kingdom of Klein and that there are 29 households.

And it is spring. A year in this world is 357 days, a year is 51 weeks, a week is 7 days. Jin was somewhat relieved to know that this was the same as a thousand years ago.

It is highly possible that this is the world where Adriana Barbora Zetsi was, though it is also possible that she was transported to another world due to a runaway warp gate.

(Well, okay...)

Jin thinks. It's a life I've picked up anyway. Feeling full and comfortable, Jin gets out of bed and puts on his jacket. In his pocket were rubies and a knife. He took out one of the rubies,

"Here, take this as a thank you for saving my life.

"What's this, ......!"

Martha is surprised to see the ruby.

"Jewelry?　You can't give me this!"

"But it's the least I could do."

"I didn't save you because I wanted to thank you. Just pull that thing down."

Jin pulls back the ruby as Martha stares at him.

"But then... ......

"Well, why don't you stay here for a while and keep her company? She's been lonely since her parents died.

Jin wondered what was wrong since Martha was the only adult he saw, but it made sense to him.

"Okay, that's not all, so let me help you too.

"Hmm, that's all right then. Well then, you can use this room for a while.

Jin decided to stay in this village for a while to repay the favor for saving him from starving to death.