A Wanderer

[Rein]

It had been five days since he left his village. Rein sat alone in river bank, he was depressed. He didn't know what he must do. He went to another villages to search for information, but he got nothing. No one saw bandits anywhere. He laid on his back and looked to the blue sky. "Father Sky, please help me.", he said. Rein unsheathed his sword, he remembered about the time when his mother, his foster mother, gave him that sword on his birthday. Actually that day wasn't his birthday, that day was day when his mother found him unconscious in plain. Yeah, he had amnesia and didn't remember anything about himself. His name, his age, his family, he didn't have any memories about that.

Rein sighed and stood up. He swung his sword, it was time for his daily training. When training, he could forget about his problem for a moment and drown to his training. But when he finished, he always felt angry to himself. His training was useless, he couldn't do anything when his village was burned, he couldn't save Mana. He couldn't believe he was sleeping when that happen, if he was there maybe at least he could save Mana and his mother.

Suddenly his stomach growled, it was sign that he was hungry. He reached for his bag and looked for any food left. There was nothing, he had eat his last food already. "Great...", he muttered. "Where can I find food anyway?', he said then took his belongings and began walking. He looked for a city or village for restock.

[Rein]

He was lucky, shortly after he started walking he arrived in a village. He looked around looking for someone to ask. "Hey you!!!", then he heard someone yelled. When he turned around a boy bumped to him then fell to the ground. It looked like he ran away from the man that yelled before. "Stop you, little thief!", the men approached the boy, he carried a wooden stick. Fear if that man might hit the boy, Rein stood in his way. "What's your problem, mate?", he said. "That boy steal my goods, I shall teach him what punishment for a thief.", that man surprised with the sudden intervention. Rein looked to the boy and then removed his silver bracelet and gave it to that man. "Will it do?", the man stared to the bracelet for few seconds and then took it. The men had gone, Rein smiled and walked to the center of the village. "Uuum...", he heard the boy wanted to say something, he turned around. "T-Thank you for your help", the boy said. Rein patted the boy head, "Hey, do you know where I can buy food in this village?"

[Rein]

Rein bought enough food for a week in a store, the boy he saved guided him there. After that, he entered a pub, it was always the best place for collecting information. He hadn't surrender searching for Mana and the other survivors yet. He intended to sit in the empty table but stopped when he heard a conversation. "That was easy. We got a lot of money and women." Two men sat in the corner discussing something. "When did you do that? You didn't tell me about that job.", the other man whispered. Rein took an interest in their conversation. "Haha, sorry. We were in hurry back then. Next time I will tell you.", the other man said.

Rein approached the barman. "Who are they?, he asked. "Aah, those two. They always come to this village every month to buy goods. Well, Rumors said they are bandit. But we don't have proof.", the barman answered his question while cleaning a glass. "Bandit.", Rein stared to the two men. "That make me remember, I hear rumors that a group of bandits raid a nearby village last week.", the barman words made Rein surprised. Maybe they were member of group of bandits, and maybe the one who responsible to his village destruction. He ordered a bottle of wine and sat near those two, listened to their conversation. Unfortunately, they didn't say any important information until they left. Rein followed them outside. He saw they stopped near a carriage and prepared to leave. Rein moved fast, he jumped inside the carriage. Soon the carriage began moving.

[Rein]

Rein tried to open his eyes, the bright sunshine blinded his eyes. "Ah, morning already.", he murmured to himself. Last night, he followed two men and hid in their carriage. He looked outside and saw them. "Well, we want usual price.", one of them spoke with someone with heavy armor. "Here, it must be enough.", the armored man gave him some gold. "Very well, I will come again tomorrow.", he smiled. When they were busy with their business, Rein was wondering where it is. It looked like some fort, he saw a thick and tall wall, soldiers everywhere. Suddenly, someone grabbed his leg and pulled him out from the carriage. He smashed to the floor. "Intruders!", the man who pulled him was a soldier and now he shouted, called the other soldiers to help him restrain the intruder. Then, Rein felt a hard blow on his head and he fainted.

Few minutes later, Rein woke up and found that he was tied and surrounded by soldiers. "Who are you? And why are you here?", a scary looking soldier asked him with intimidating tone. Now Rein tried to grasp the situation, maybe those two men were just normal merchants, he mistaken them as bandits. He decided to follow them. He was sleeping when the carriage arrived in fort and then they found him. And now, he was tied and they wanted an explanation from him. "How should I explain this? They won't believe me anyway.", he thought. The soldier got angry because Rein didn't answer his question. "You chose to keep silent, huh? Damn spy.", the soldier said. "Spy? What spy?", Rein was confused. "Take him to the prison!"

(Rein move to A Chance In Hell)