Arkane Asked curiously.. well ofcourse he'll be curious, there's only him In this world who transmigrated.. maybe transmigrated? At least right now:
"Who's that ?"
Ruyi said almost instantly ignoring his question:
"Let meet The day after tomorrow, Sunday's right? Finish your work in today and tomorrow. I'll inform and check up on the others. For now, there's work.. so bye I guess..? Bye Arkie!"
With that, Ruyi slid back into her own cabin..
'How was that a bye when she's literally in the same room as me right now?'
[Author's Note: wanna hear a joke?]
**
Sometimes after, Arkane was standing opposite to the receptionist on the ground floor. He checked out for today and he was holding a coffee cup in his hand..
Indifferently drinking from it, he walked out and met Lucas. After checking today's work with him, he left from the street where the Office building was. It was a really huge building and the street was famous for its multicultural Market. He looked at the Badge on his bag- it was a Gold coloured diamond shaped- a diamond if saw from side instead of top or below- with bold red outlines and Ember was written in its middle in a stylish Cursive text.
It was such a Luxury looking Thing .. for someone in this world.
Arkane thought as he walked to the metro station..
This world was so different, there were things like metro, Phones, computers, TV's, cars and even planes- things that can fly in air... Ship was the only thing Arkane can be familiar with, only at the least even then. That thing must've gotten an crazy Evolution. In Arkane's own world, there were many machine's but not as advanced as these! And these buildings and houses? Damn, the material used for them and how they are being built is different too. His world was better in these things.. but then again, there isn't a large population.. as large as this actually.
'Huff..'
Arkane fought and conquered his lands.. He was a King.. in his last moment. It was a lifetime he lived there but now that he's in another world, it looked really fantastical.. he even thought that all of that was a dream but it wasn't after he found out that the fortress of The Zodiac - Scorpio was here in this world, not always here but is being built by the Ember Company as a park. If they know about the fortress then they must know how to get to the real one as well. Well.. there's a chance of this really.
It was more believable that he was somehow transmigrated into some other world from his own. He was a King.. a king.. the moment he died. The land he conquered was one of those that people don't even dare to talk about. And he- conquered it. Even if just by a hair's breadth. He Is the King of that land now. He somehow managed to Get into that place by Luck and survived by playing cat and mouse with those monsters residing there.. it was very hard. He encountered a Orange coloured dragon standing 100 meters above around and there were Four heads of him! Which Guy just goes around having 4 heads!? That guy was not even one of the main Guardians of the Place and he almost killed Arkane.. Arkane isn't even sure if that thing was a he though.
'That Four headed snake almost got me.. actually it was a four headed snake with wings..'
But, Arkane having his tail tucked between his legs- ran from that thing and somehow by luck, the gaurdians were not at the place they were supposed to be. So Arkane got the chance to reach the supposed place and get it done what he wanted to or do whatever rituals he wanted to perfom- he forgot the reason why he entered that dangerous area out of his own choice but it must be something important. Well.. Atleast he knew that he did. Otherwise, he don't remember any of this or that. That place was Cracked, the reality was Cracked there and even time and space was not reliable. There were skulls both of monsters and humans.. the unnatural tall hills and the cracked sky. The frozen time, and the glitched winds. Everything was strange.. too much abnormal actually. Just as he claimed the title of the king- which was the last thing he saw- he blacked out. And the next thing he saw was a cat running away after seeing him. He found himself dumped in a dustbin in one of the alleys of the city. Hell! He didn't even know what was a dustbin back then. But it was probably a place where people threw garbage..
Just as he was contemplating his life and life choices, he reached the metro stations.
Reaching out in his bag.. he pulled something out, maybe His card or phone.. probably.
Arkane walked towards the entrance of the Metro station with calm steps..
'What a wierd rituals.. I can never get used it these'
Having done the necessary part of Putting his card into some machine and swiping it, he was now standing among the crowd of sheeps.. actually that'll make him a dog, so he was actually standing in a crowd of humans. Mundane humans precisely. The train was moving at a frightening speed.. but there were no disturbance inside. It was hard to imagine how could someone make these things without mana.. even in his own world, most people can't control their mana precisely enough to move something as this at such speed and without bumping it in something.. people here made planes, cars, phones, TV's and many machine's so advanced that he can't even imagine about them. Out of these- only ship seemed the most familiar because it exists in his time .. but not as advanced! It will be only better if he learned how to make all of these for his own world.
The train stopped slowly and steadily, people rushed outside like ants.. and among them- Arkane tried to maintain his balance and not fall on his face and get stumped by this stampede. He walked.. was carried out by the crowd, then he walked out of the exit towards his home.. house actually.
[Author's Note: A house isn't a home]
He was calmly walking in a dark alley.. where only one street lamp was working, it was emitting golden light strongly contrasting against the darkness..
Arkane stopped In front of a building and made his way inside it. The inside of the Apartment was not exactly brightly lit but it was okay- he can atleast see clearly. And there was not even a need for these lights because only some third rate thugs and a grandma resided here.. the grandma even gave him food sometimes. He looked at the stairs, walked towards them.. and just before he was going up. A voice called out for him:
"Hey ! Brat, come here and take this pack of noodles."
Arkane looked back at her, and smiled gently.
"Thanks grandma, the last pack of meat wasteally tasty. I wonder if you were a professional chef.."
He took the pack and ascended the stairs. He walked a bit towards his room's Door. It said 'Room 13'.
Arkane unlocked the room and threw his bag on the bed.. he was dead tried after a day of just surviving in a mundane body.
He himself sprawled on the floor.. His hair for misheveled.. his bun opened. Yes, his bun- he has long hair and he always tied them into a bun. Exactly like the most ideal Guy for a spoiled girl- tall, Ivory skin, Long hair, and slender and strong build.
He smiled Thinking about his lover.
But then, he got up and hurriedly changed his clothes. Getting comfortable, he took out his phone and started searching something on it.. 'Ember fortress park'
He was going to Research on what the Fortress was, where'd it come from, who's idea was to build it, why build it, and many more.
'There was one more person Ruyi mentioned who was interested in it.'
**
After doing a elephant's share of work. He finally got on the bed.. trying to sleep. But couldn't stop thinking about what he has discovered.
So, the Ember has randomly stumbled upon this idea of Building a perfect replica of Castle of Scorpio. And They are going to use such a Monstrous Mass of Building for just show and also keep all of it locked and They are also building a whole amusement park outside for it. And people are believing this.
'Maybe, thier brains just don't work without mana or maybe they are just Fools.. most of them are, atleast.'
They have already completed the castle and the park is almost completed too. Only the Lake remains in front of it. Ember has already opened it for public visit and Now arkane is going to visit it too the day after tomorrow.
'These Bastards are really Hiding something, I mean it's obvious.'
His eyes ignited with hope .. atleast he has something to uncover now and there's a high chance that he'll Get back to his world..
But he is Afraid of something..