25th day, the month of Rocto, the year 1661.

Looking at the hairless tail in his hand, Vayne have a satisfied look. for the last three days he had been working on this thing after noticing he never given Flo a tail.

\"Flo come here.\" he beckon the dog hiding under his bed. the little thing happily make it's way towards him, eyeing the sausage like object in it's master's hand.

Vayne lift the Chihuahua like puppet and place it on the workbench then with ease attaching the tail on it's rear. Flo stop moving for a few seconds before it resume it's dog like behavior but this time, with a tail wagging along.

Satisfied with his work he dismiss the dog with a wave of his hand. He lean on the back rest of his chair as the dog return underneath his bed. He doesn't understand why it stays there but he is still proud of his work.

He thought it would taken him a week before finishing it but with no interruptions, he finishes it in 3 days.

Now that he think about it, the old man never returned after he left. Three days ago, he told everyone at dinner that he have something to do for a few weeks but never specifies anything.

When he look for him for their morning training, the old man was no where to be seen.

He asked if Fiona knows anything but she only tells him not to worry and that the old poop will come back sooner than he can curse. as he is mentally not a child he just had to prove the error of that statement, which sadly only rewarded him with a five finger sandwich and two hours if scolding and etiquette lesson.

Shaking the thought away, he get up from his seat and make his way out of the room. It's been some time since he last saw everyone and he wonder what they are up to.

The first thing he noticed is the moonlight coming through the window, from the position it should be quite late already.

Making his way to the dining room, he plate of cold steak with side dishes of salad and buttered bread left for him. He doesn't need it but he'll be in trouble if he skip this meal after locking himself for three days.

After his fill, he sat on the dining chair for a while about what to do and the answer easily come to him when he checked his map. making his way out to the back, he could hear soft melody as he get closer to the kitchen back door.

He look mesmerized by what he saw once he got there but it quickly change into a serious one. from the map he can already tell it was Valerie and her singing might be a hobby he doesn't know she had, but the person he is seeing is definitely not her nor does he recognizes his surrounding.

The training ground and herb gardens by the back and the building surrounding it had been completely replaced with a forest with fireflies floating around.

Among the overgrown plants there is a small circular clearing with a silver haired young woman sat there singing on a tree stump at the center of it. She wore a long cloak but it couldn't hide the shape of the full plated armor beneath it nor the gold trimmed black leggings covering her legs.

Wary of his current surrounding, Vayne tried to call out his map but it didn't appear. it was then he noticed that the usual system HUD are also gone from his vision.

Just as he was about to question his system about it, he heard a rustle from behind him. He turn to check what made the sound just in time to see a man walk towards and through him, nor is the house there anymore.

He is a bit surprised by what just happened but quickly brush it off and put his attention towards the man. the woman had stop singing once she heard the rustle and see the man coming, after exchanging greetings the two of them start talking and joking familiarly with a happy smile on their persons' although this is just a guess as he couldn't understand a word they are saying.

Deciding to test out a thought he have, he was about to step forward when his body jerk from sudden pain. lowering his gaze he could see a black thin blade protruding from his chest, slightly covered in blood, and his feet hanging a bit above the ground.

\"Do you like what you are seeing?\" ask a whisper resounded near yet far from his ears. the sound echoes and ripples all around him making it hard to pinpoint it's source.

With a sudden pull, the blade was removed and he fell limply on the ground. feeling weak as his wound heals, the blade missed the heart ever so slightly to kill him.

\"I don't like people prying into my memories so I'll be taking this.\" the whisper said as the world started losing color before it crumble like sand until there was nothing but darkness around him. If it's not for the ground beneath him he would have thought he was back in that void.

\"Who.. are you?\" Vayne ask as he tried to move his body. with the little strength he could muster, he managed to lift his body into a sitting position.

He eyed his surrounding for the attacker but couldn't see anything nor do he receives an answer.

\"What do you want?\" he ask once more, but rather than answer his questions the voice whisper.

\"You disappoint me, for being my predecessor you sure are pathetic. not only you don't have mana sight, you can't even communicate through the links.\" it said with disgust apparent in it's tone.

\"Enough Snake, this is not why we're here.\" another voice said, just as rippled as the other.

\"Hmph, fine then you tell him Ace. I'm out of here.\" the first voice spat out then went quiet.

\"Hais how childish, greetings stranger. I am Oberon but everyone calls me Ace, may I know your name?\" the second voice introduce themselves and Vayne raise a brow at the familiar name.

\"The name's Vayne, now can you tell me what's going on?\" he ask, slightly annoyed by the small talk.

\"I can tell you are annoyed, well to put things simple we are here to check up on you. but from what he can see, you are not ready yet.\" the voice said with a slight chuckle

\"Not ready for what? what are you talking about?\"

\"That is a question I cannot answer just yet. this isn't going to work.\" He can't see what the owner of the voice does but he can imagine it shaking it's head. \"I will return your consciousness back to your world. We will talk once you have full recovery of the system.\"

\"Wait what do you mean by that, how do you know of..!\"

Before he could finish his words, he was jolted awake on his seat at the dining table. his plates cast to the side after he ate.

Rushing out to the back, he open it to find the training area and gardens he is familiar with but no sign of whatever happened before. checking his HUD to be present he open his map to find everyone asleep in their rooms except the old man.

As a night breeze pass by, he just realized how damp his clothes are. He was about to brush off the experience as some kind of dream when he noticed something on his clothes.

It is almost as thin as a needle but there is a 3cm cut on his clothes, the cut edges are too clean to be from a rip and it is only sewn by him recently.

Whatever just happened wasn't a dream is what he thought, yet he could only sigh as he have no idea what it was about not could he go to sleep after the tension.

The only thing he is sure off he will meet them again and it'll be when he gets the system fully fixed.

Going back to the dining room, he stare at the plates for a while before picking them up.

\"Before I think of something, let's just do the dishes.\"