Encrypted Void

Past of Memory

Naku and the man walked towards the village and arrived at the village gate, they were then stopped and asked by two adult men who were holding bows and spears, the two adult men looked like guards guarding the village gate from people foreign.

'Wait, who is that Garran?' one of the grown men asked them.

"Garran? Is that this man's name?" Naku thought while looking at him.

'I found him in the forest while out hunting, so I thought about bringing him to the village since this kid never seems to socialize with humans.' He said with a sad looking face while looking at him.

'Hm... then you'll have to meet the village head first, we can't let foreigners in easily. Wait here, I'll call the village head.' He then walked into the village.

5 minutes after the man entered the village to look for the village head, he then came with an old man who looked like he was around 50 years old.

'That's them, village head.' the man said as he returned to his position of guarding the gate.

'You look familiar..' The village head said while looking at Naku closer.

Naku raised his head and his long hair that was blocking his eyes was then blown by the wind and revealed a pair of beautiful red eyes like ruby ​​crystals, the village head who saw that was shocked and his face was full of hope as if he had met someone he had not seen for a long time.

'?! What's your name?' He held both of Naku's shoulders and asked him.

'Uh... Naku..' Naku answered with a confused face and was curious about the village head's reaction.

'...So you're still alive..' The village head said in a trembling voice.

Slowly his tears flowed down his face and his hand that was holding Naku's shoulder trembled, he tried to hold it in but the tears kept flowing and flooded his eyes with tears. Naku looked confused and curious about the situation he saw.

'Have we.. ever met..?' Naku said with a confused face.

'...You don't know me?' The village head said sadly and tears streamed down his face.

'...Sorry, I don't know you..' Naku said with a confused face.

"Does he have amnesia..?" The village head thought and looked at Garran.

'Garran.. could I have a moment, please? I want to ask you something' The village head walked towards Garran.

'Oh.. okay sir.' Garran answered his question and walked after the village head.

The two of them talked eye to eye near the village gate so that Naku wouldn't hear their conversation.

'That's all I know, sir.' Garran said after he finished telling the incident that he experienced in the forest where Naku lived.

'Hm... it seems that his amnesia is really bad..., and he doesn't even know that there is human life outside the forest where he lives.' The village head said while looking at Naku who was playing with the stray cat.

"..." The head of the village was silent thinking about what happened to Naku.

Gradually, collections of memories emerged in the village head's mind and reminded him of past events.

At night, the whole village was ablaze with flames and the houses were destroyed and blood was spilled on the ground, a group of creatures that looked exactly like humans attacked the village and tied up the villagers one by one. The village head who looked like he was 34 years old held his sword and tried to fight off the creatures that attacked his village, but when he slashed at one of the creatures, the sword clashed and flew away like it hit solid iron.

'?! It's so hard... I feel like I'm cutting solid iron..' He gripped his sword again and tried to slash it one more time.

But suddenly he heard a voice behind him.

'Village head! I've evacuated the villagers to a safe place!' a black-haired man with a flaming sword in his right hand came calling out to him.

'Sigh.. that's good.. now we just need to stop these creatures.' The village head breathed a sigh of relief and tightly gripped his sword.

'What is that creature..?' The man said while on alert.

'...It's not human.. their was body as hard as iron, be careful.'

The man then slashed his sword at the creature and made a slash of hot flames hit it, the fire burned away its skin and instead of revealing human flesh or bones, underneath the creature's skin revealed a solid piece of metal shaped exactly like a human body with machines inside that works like an organ.

"Is it a robot..? But.. technology like this shouldn't be made by humans now.." The man frowned and jumped backwards to the village head.

'Village head..'

'Yes.. I see it.. it shouldn't be technology that can be made by humans in this era... is it an artifact..?' The village head said.

The flames from the village grew bigger and among the creatures, a man stood between them and glared at them.

'...ed..'

'...ge head..'

'....VILLAGE HEAD!' The sound got louder and louder, snapping him out of the memory pool in his mind.

'What's the matter, sir..?' Garran said as he looked at him in confusion.

'No.. I'm just remembering the bad... past.' The village head said and rubbed his face with both hands.

'For now... guide him around... maybe he'll be able to get his lost memories back.' The village head said as he patted Garran on the shoulder.

'Okay, sir.' Garran smiled and walked towards Naku who was playing with the stray cat.

'Meow meow?' Naku smiled at the stray cat and tried to communicate, but the cat then walked away making Naku look a little sad.

'Naku' Garran called him with a smile.

'Hmm?'

'Come on, I'll take you around the village.' Garran then patted Naku's head gently.

'Hmmmm okay.' Naku stood up and walked into the village with Garran.