Okamura Akira analyzed the situation. He was currently lying in a bed and there was a young lady by his side. The girl has around the same age as him and has green hair and green eyes. She was wearing a cyan tribe-like clothing, revealing her the lower part of her arms, and a part of her slender legs.
But aside from the mesmerizing charm of her, the real problem was her identity — she was actually one of the main protagonists of the game «Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword», Lyndis, also known as Lyn.
Lyn was born in the Sacae Plains. Her parents, Hassar, chieftain of the Lorca tribe, and Madelyn, daughter of Lord Hausen of Caelin, were killed by bandits before the beginning of the game. She was named after her maternal grandmother. She had lived a lonely life until her meeting with the player. She would then follow him to save the world.
And right now, Lyn was right by her side.
「Can you remember your name?」
「Okamura Akira.」
「What an odd-sounding name. But pay no mind. That's a good name.」
(It was exactly the same sentence written in the game.)
「I see by your introduction that you are a noble. What brings you to the Sacae plains? Would you like to share your story with me?」
「I came here looking for you. Lyndis, of the Lorca tribe.」
Akira bowed politely, following the noble's etiquette. Lyn tried to stop him.
「What do you mean?」
Well, announcing such a bombshell right after the meeting, Lyn's current bewildered expression was the right course of thought.
「The world is endangered by a devastating threat. I must gather as much force as possible to defeat it and I have chosen you, lady Lyndis, as one of the heroes to stop the end of the world.」
Lyn gave a thought for a few minutes before nodding her head, making her decision,「If my help can contribute to others, then I don't mind helping you.」
After all, she had always been gentle and kind-hearted since young. If she could save humanity with her help, she would never hesitate for too long, which was the kind of personality she had.
「Can you return me my belongings?」
Akira remembered carrying his bow before he arrived in this world. He had hope that Lyn had his bow because it was a precious gift and he needed it to boost his fighting capacity.
「Yeah, they are at the entrance, wait a bit. I'm gonna grab them.」
「It's fine, I'm coming with you. We're leaving now since there is no time to wait anymore.」
(What a strange man…but the bow totally fits him. He seems strong), Lyn thought as she watched Akira equipping his bow.
「Are you ready?」
Lyn nodded her head. Both then left the house and descended the Sacae Plains.
* * * * *
(This is not your world anymore, this is the law of the strongest, you need to get used to it.)
Akira was recomforting himself as he aimed at Batta, the first boss of the prologue, his arrow ready to leave the bow.
Lyn had lent him some arrows made from iron and wood since he only had the archery club training arrows.
(Now!)
Clang!
Akira shooted his arrow. Lyn had done her job by stoping Betta's track. The arrow twisted in the air and directed at Batta.
—But the shoot was a magnificent one during that was used during a spectacle or a club's competition, not the one used to kill its target like the hunters and the elites archers used.
The noises made by Akira's bow had been heard by both Lyn and Batta. The arrow, thus, has been easily stopped by Batta's bare hand.
「Did you really think that this kind of little trick was gonna work?」
The smirk on his face showed how he underestimated the two suicidal persons to stopped his assault on this small village. He had never once thought about the possibility of being defeated.
「Ha—!」
Lyn's moved beautifully within the bandits' group as she had finally closed the distance between Batta and herself. She had sliced all her enemies, and in the blink of an eye, the moment Batta had intercepted the arrows, Lyn had already rushed out of the group of bandits to leapt at him.
「Who do you think you are? You think you can stand up to Batta the Beast?」
Batta parried Lyn's katana with his axe. Both's eyes' met. Lyn felt the heavy blow and her axe nearly touched her beautiful face. (This bandit was far stronger than his subordinates,) she thought.
She must not underestimate him.
Clang!
Another arrow danced in the air and approached Batta once again. But this time the arrow was way faster than before.
Lyn And Batta did not even have the time to turn their head...the arrow had already and perfectly landed at Batta's neck; it was a total clean shoot and extremely fast on top of that.
It seemed that Lyn had once again undervalued this man, Akira.
May it be a coincidence or may it be all going to Akira's plan, from the first arrow to attract his attention of its target and to create an opening, to the second arrow after revealing his true skill, from these two alone, this man was probably a genius when it comes to think of a strategy and apply it perfectly, the kind of genius that came out one time per thousand of years to shock the world, thought Lyn.
「We had hurry up and directly left after that I've woken up, but we've still arrived late, huh.」
Akira sighed. It was not the time to blame himself about something he could not help with, to begin with. It may be due to the flow of times, following its rules, the rules of the world to match the game's storyline, he thought.
「The correct meaning is that we've saved half of them you mean, right?」
Lyn showed a wry smiled. It was the kind of smile that felt like a long-time friend recomforting his depressed good friend that is what came into Akira's mind when looking at her.
「I hope that we can recruit any of them.」
Akira said as he searched for the survivors. Half of the village was in a burning state while the other half was totally deserted, without any villager in their sight.
After searching for a while, they discovered them inside the granary's village. It was spacious enough to occupy thirty or so villagers inside. Lyn and Akira were guided by the village's mayor after he had been told that they have saved the village.
Standing in front of the frightened villagers, Akira introduced himself,「My name is Okamura Akira. I'm a noble recruiting for fighting force to save this world from the incoming threat arriving soon. The pay is 10 gold per month for an average of 120 gold worth of total salary after a year. For those who are courageous enough, a new path is in front of you! Who wants to follow me on my quest?」
Akira's speech was formal and slow but it was easy to understand. He had taken the responsibility to claim himself as a noble, and though it was a total cover, he still wanted to take this reason as a way to strengthen himself and his army since he knows a lot of methods through the game to earn money and many ways to obtain rares and legendary equipment.
His era in this world was starting now.