The Wanderer

CHAPTER 2-TRAVELED ANOTHER ERA

Later, when he felt a little better, he picked up his sword, which was lying beside the bed, and ran out of the house, even though the middle-aged woman was trying to stop him. Since he didn't understand what she said, the young samurai ignored her. Not long after, the woman's husband came back with a physician. The middle-aged man tried to invite the physician to his house to check on Yoshisuke. Maybe they thought something was wrong with his head, since he was so confused when the old couple spoke to him. He was standing in the rice fields, looking around, his face confused. He could feel the surrounding view was somehow strange, as if he had never seen it before. He still can't figure out what exactly happened and where he is now. In short, they brought him back to the house. After checking, the physician told the old couple that Yoshisuke was okay, but it seemed like he was somehow traumatized from the war. It's regarding his psychology. No one can help, the physician said. He can only depend on himself to recover. A few weeks later, the middle-aged man was planning to buy some household items in the nearest town, so he asked Yoshisuke to go with him. Who knows, Yoshisuke can feel better after walking through a crowd or finding the clue he needs. While looking around, he was surprised by what he saw. The town, the people, culture, and the language, indeed, were something very unfamiliar to him. He was trying to find the missing puzzle, as he was a little suspicious that he was in a different country. But the question is, how did he travel here? It's still something that he didn't understand yet. But the question is, how did he travel here? It's still something that he didn't understand yet. Then he met a fortune teller, a Taoist priest beside the street. The fortune-teller was trying to predict him, but since he didn't understand the language yet, he ignored the fortune-teller. However, the fortune-teller insisted on predicting him as the fortune-teller was quite interested in this young samurai. At first, Yoshisuke did not understand what the fortune-teller was trying to say, but still, he somehow knew what the fortune-teller meant. The fortune-teller was trying to let him write down his birthdate and other details. So Yoshisuke wrote it down on the paper that the fortune-teller gave him. The fortune-teller was very shocked, not only because of the words that Yoshisuke used, but also because of the year of his birth. The fortune-teller still can't believe it, and he is still trying to make sure Yoshisuke doesn't joke with him. The fortune-teller even wrote down on another paper about the current year. Even Yoshisuke didn't understand the words, but in general, he still understood the paper, and he was also shocked that the year the fortune-teller wrote was much younger than his age. If he wasn't wrong, the year he was in was 1143, while, if he remembers correctly, in his country the year was 1543. How could it be? He thought. He tried to figure out many possibilities, and one of them included time travel to the past, which was precisely 400 years ago, but not in Japan, but in other countries. So many riddles inside his head right now, waiting for him to solve them. For example, if he really time-travels, then how did he do that? For now, he has no other choice but to blend in with the people here. Since he was saved by a village farmer here, he plans to stay to repay his debt of gratitude while learning their language and culture, and then, slowly, he will try to find the answer he needs. One year has passed; he has started to get used to living in this country, and he can also speak their language, though not so fluently; at least he can use it to communicate with them. As he suspected, it appears he really traveled back in time to China during the Shou dynasty. Until now, he still doesn't know how he ended up here. He realized staying on this village farm wouldn't help him get the answer. However, he can't bear to leave those old couples, as they have no children or relatives left. Their only son had already passed away because of an accident many years ago. So he would like to stay there to accompany them. But the elder couple knew what he wanted, so they recommended he go. They knew he had so much potential inside and, not to mention, he still needed to find a way to return to his country. It was such a waste for him to stay here to be a farmer. In the meantime, he still hesitated, so he told them he would think about it.