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Chapter 4: Counting Coins, Counting Days

  07.06 cycle twelve, Ba'seth, of calendar Moonrachia

  It's been 6 days since the strange phenomenon happened, and nothing has happened again ever since

  Currently, I keep writing anything that happens, dreams, weird visuals, etc. In case something happens without me knowing it, but I can’t shake the previous feelings, which I feel I'm just forgetting something important

  It's not who I am, nor which one of my identities is the real one, but something I feel is more important than any of it

  Right now, I'm in the middle of reading my dream journal. I shouldn’t call it by that name, since I’ve combined everything that's happened previously on here.

  I should’ve just called it Journal for now

  I'm trying to sort through the memories of both Kaleth and Aronn

  Gladly, I’ve written everything in as much detail as possible, weird that I could almost remember all of it previously, as if it was printed on my brain

  But right now, those memories scattered inside my mind, I guess it's too much for the human mind to remember all of it. I think scattered is the wrong word to describe it, it's more like forgetting things

  Honestly? I don’t know if it's normal or not

  After a long recalling and thinking, I don’t know if I was Aronn that was transmigrated into Kaleth's body, or was I Kaleth that just suddenly could recall its previous life. At this point, I don’t care much

  They’re me, and I am them

  “I should write all of this in the English language, in case someone discovered it.” I can’t help but think how an unimaginable thing could have happened to me if someone had found it

  In the best case, they might have thought I’ve gone insane, but in the worst case? They think I'm turning into some weird lunatic and burn me down

  With a heavy sigh, I walk out of my home and head toward the market to buy a new empty book

  The road is pretty much empty

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  Today is cycle 12, which should be translated into Friday in the Earth calendar system.

  That’s why it's pretty much empty since it's not ‘weekend’ yet on here

  On here, the day is counted in a cycle rather than a day, so cycle 1 is Monday, cycle 7 is Sunday

  The weird part is, it's not resetting once it hits 7, but rather keeps counting up into a full 30 to complete a full month

  While the weekend itself is the last 3 cycles from 10, 20, and 30, so 9, 10, 29, 30, and so on

  Based on Kaleth memory, the day in a full month is only 30, there’s no 29 nor 31 like on earth, which the month itself is more than 12, it's 26, so A’ren is January, Ba’seth is February, Ca’thir is March, etc., somehow the month name itself follows alphabetical order

  Does that mean this planet itself is bigger? So it takes longer than Earth to fully rotate? Honestly, I don’t know

  I wonder, were the ancestors here in the same situation as me? It's making me suspiciously wonder if there’s another person from Earth other than me?

  Before I realized, I had just arrived at the border of the market area, luckily, there’s a shop nearby that sells books, pens, and other academic supplies

  Entering the shop itself gave me a bit of nostalgia, where Kaleth first bought his academic supplies as a fresh student, even though I know we’re… no, Kaleth just graduated a few months ago

  Perhaps I’m feeling the nostalgia itself because I bear two different memories

  After a few minutes, I’ve bought the new book, where I’ll write the dreams and memories of Kaleth and Aronn in English language

  But before that, I just realized something much more important

  I don’t have much more money left, since I haven’t found a job yet

  “It seems my memories indeed fail me already…”

  With a bit of thought and quick calculation, I only had 10 days' worth of money to buy food, etc…

  Remembering Aronn’s days and life just makes me realize how troublesome the job is

  “I don’t really want to work…”

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  09.10 cycle twelve, Ba'seth, of calendar Moonrachia

  I need a way to earn money. With Aronn's modern earth knowledge, there are tons of things that I could do to earn tons of money, but the downside is? I didn’t have the connection, tools, etc…

  Currently, I'm standing in front of Arnentiasis academy door, the door stood tall in front of me, even the royal place in England looks tremendously small in front of this grand building

  The guard just let me enter. It seems they’re still remembering my face, which has saved me some time, given that I didn’t bring my previous student ID

  When I entered the building, a long hallway found me, with its red carpet rolling up and covering the building floor as if they were welcoming me

  After like 5 minutes or so, I’ve reached Rheya's office door…

  Why did I come here, you ask? Right, earning a job through a connection

  Before I even knocked on the door, a gentle voice could be heard, letting me enter it

  With a slightly fast beat of my heart, I'm entering the office

  The office itself isn’t that big or small, it's like a slightly larger one? Or more like twice as large as a hotel room? With a lot of bookcases filling the room, and a few chairs and a table

  “Say, what do you want?” She asked, looking at me with a serious gaze, “It's not often for you to find me. Did you get into trouble or what?”

  Sometimes I wonder if she could read my mind or if she just knew me too well…

  “… Let's just say that I haven’t gotten a job yet and I don’t have much money left.” Though I could feel a cold sweat falling from my forehead

  It wasn't that I was afraid she would know I wasn't the Kaleth she remembered, but somehow, she gave an intimidating aura…

  I wonder if it is how it feels if I had an older sister…

  She then nods a bit, as if telling me to continue

  “So, are there any teacher seats left that I could fill…?”

  With Kaleth's credentials as the top graduate... and Aronn's experience with public speaking… I shouldn’t have had much trouble teaching some little kids, hell, I even have confidence in myself

  “You…? Seriously?” she asked

  Did I say something wrong? As I tilt my head slightly in confusion

  “You just graduated in a few months, and you? Trying to fill a teacher seat? Are you acting dumb? Or being a complete idiot?” While she let out a heavy sigh and massaged her forehead

  I mean… she’s right, she didn’t know that I’ve lived more than she could count and have lived different lives on earth, but still…

  Now that I heard it myself, I really sounded like a real idiot, huh…

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