This Terra is a little weird.

"What's going on?"

Kouhei lived here, and he knew very well the capabilities of those dead Originium beasts. Even warriors who were proficient in Originium arts could not gain any advantage in front of these monsters.

Could it be that some subspecies of Originium beast appeared in the forest?

Just as Gengping was wondering, a figure quickly rushed out from the bushes nearby and knocked Gengping to the ground.

"It's over." Gengping thought so. After living for so many years, he could not resist the erosion of time in the end. His consciousness became weak. After hunting prey, wild beasts usually stay beside their food. Gengping closed his eyes in despair.

But for a long time, Gengping felt that the beast lying on him did not move at all. Could it be that it liked to eat alive?

Finally, Gengping couldn't bear it anymore. He made up his mind to see what kind of cow or horse was going to eat him. When he opened his eyes, he was dumbfounded.

The one lying on top of him was not a wild beast at all, but a tall, strong, naked young man. He was looking at him with curiosity, and when he saw Kouhei open his eyes, the young man became even more curious.

"You, you..." Gengping was so shocked that he couldn't speak. Could this young man be the owner of the footprints?

He really had no shoes to wear, not even a piece of cloth to cover his body.

"Young man, you, you let me go first." Gengping said.

But the person lying on top of him just tilted his head and continued to stare at him.

Can't understand human language? Gengping was very confused. Has this person always lived in the mountains? How come he didn't know there were wild people here?

And looking at the appearance of this young man, the mud on his ankles is still fresh, his body is very clean, and the blood on his mouth and hands is also fresh. There is no dirt that has not been washed for years.

It was as if this young man had lost all his memories, ran into the mountains, and turned into a wild beast running around.

How could such a strange thing happen in the world?

Kohei just felt that his brain was not enough and he didn't want to think about it anymore, so he tried to communicate with the young man again.

"Let me go, young man. How about I take you to my house?"

The young man's eyes lit up and he reached out and touched Gengping's neck.

"What are you doing?" Kohei was very confused.

“Ahhhhhhhh…” the young man made some noises, as if he was imitating Kohei’s speech.

Then, the young man put his hand on Gengping's head. White electric arcs crackled, and then Gengping lost consciousness briefly. He just felt that he had a dream. All the things that happened to him from childhood to adulthood were played out like a drama, and then he regained consciousness.

He felt the pressure on his body was gone and the savage let him go. Kouhei stood up and stretched his body, then saw the savage pointing at his mouth and imitating the shape of his mouth as he spoke just now.

Hmm? Is he trying to learn how to talk?

Kohei felt very strange. After many psychological struggles, he finally brought the savage back home. Although it was a very dangerous decision, looking at the pitiful naked appearance of the young man, Kohei couldn't bear to leave him here.

So he took off his cloak and tied it around the wild man, and took him back to his strong house on the outskirts of the forest.

The savage entered the house, observed it with great curiosity, and then sat down like an Oriental.

Gengping was very surprised. This savage, who had been like a wild beast before, had now learned to sit.

Is it because of my memory? Can he read minds?

Gengping circled around the savage three times, looking left and right. The other person's eyes were always on him. Gengping scratched his head and thought about it, and decided to eat first.

"Hey! What do you want to eat?" Gengping asked tentatively.

".......Noodles......" the savage began to speak in the Eastern language, his pronunciation was unclear and incorrect, and Kouhei didn't know what he was mumbling.

However, the young man quickly made the movements of eating noodles. Gengping understood it now, but was surprised again. He could even do this?

Could he really be the kind of person who lost his memory and wandered in the mountains? Judging from his physique, he is probably a noble. How could an ordinary family have such a strong body?

It seems that he can read minds and can learn things quickly by looking at other people's memories. As for the fact that his own memory is being read, Gengping feels no disgust at all. He does not have any unspeakable secrets in his life, nor any ups and downs. There is only plainness and dullness, so it is nothing to be read.

After a while, a big bowl of steaming udon noodles was brought up, and Kohei even added some meat to the savage's bowl.

The young man ate voraciously, not afraid of the heat, and ate with great enthusiasm.

The savage ate the whole bowl of noodles without even eating a single strand, then raised the bowl to indicate that he wanted more.

Gengping's eyes twitched a few times. My goodness, he had picked up a starving ghost!

Grandma!

I'm a freeloader, right?

盛！

If he wants to eat, serve him!

We don't lack this little bit of noodles!

After eating more than ten bowls, the young man was finally full. The plowed surface was bitter. The savage had eaten all his flour. It seemed that he had to pull the cart to the nearby village tomorrow.

Buy some flour from the mill.

".....Thanks....."

The wild man thanked Kouhei clearly in the Eastern language.

"Can you speak?"

"......"

"It seems that this still doesn't work." Kouhei looked at the sun that was about to set and said, "How about this, it's getting dark and I have nothing to do, so I'll teach you how to talk?"

The savage nodded, and Kohei began to teach him to speak. However, Kohei was not suitable to be a teacher. Even he himself felt that he was a bad teacher. But surprisingly, the young man learned very quickly and soon could communicate normally with Kohei.

"Where are you from? From the nearby mobile city?"

"I don't know. I was in the woods when I woke up."

"You killed all those beasts?"

"They tried to bite me, so I broke their necks."

Kou Ping sucked in a breath of cold air. How strong must this savage be to be able to break the neck of the Originium beast?

It’s not very good to just call him a savage.

"Can you still remember your name?"

"do not remember."

"Hmm..." Kouhei thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll call you Iori, how about that?"

"Okay." Iori nodded.

"Okay, Iori, you come with me to the village tomorrow. My clothes are too small for a big guy like you. Also, you are so strong, you have to help me pull the cart. You ate up all my flour, so we have to go buy some."

"Uh... okay."

When it was daybreak, Kohei and Iori drove their cart to a village a few kilometers away.

Kouhei sat on the cart. He didn't want to sigh anymore. Iori was really strong. He pulled him all the way to the village without even taking a breath.

Iori must have been a samurai before, right? He is so tall and strong, and he seems to have Originium memories. Maybe someone will come to find him soon.

"Hey! Kouhei! I haven't seen you for a long time?! Are you confused from hunting? Who is that behind you? Why have I never seen him before? Could he be your illegitimate child?!" asked a big man selling meat.

"Go to hell! This person is me..." Kouhei looked at Iori, his eyes were now confused.

"I picked up this silly boy!" said Gengping.

"Oh! Isn't that your son? He's so strong! Why don't you send him to the city to be a samurai? You know, there's a war going on now and there's a shortage of people everywhere. If he becomes a samurai, he'll be paid a lot of money!"

"It's because of the war that I don't want to send him to be a samurai! Nowadays, it's very hard for samurai to fight monsters and demons, not to mention this stupid boy who doesn't know anything."

Kohei hurriedly pulled Iori towards the tailor shop.

The butcher muttered, "Still as weird as before."

Iori looked around. His tall stature, strong physique and handsome face attracted the attention of many young women. The owner of the tailor shop looked at this tall little giant with an embarrassed expression. He stood on a small stool and measured again and again until he finally measured it.

The tailor shop owner said: "I can only make clothes for you with linen, you know..."

"I know, I know. The shogunate is now at war with monsters and they lack everything. Just make a few sets of clothes for Iori to cover his body. It's not such a high requirement." Kouhei said.

"Well, you guys are going to the mill, right? It's just right, I can finish making the clothes you want this afternoon, take this opportunity to walk around the village more, Lao Gengping, you are already an adult, and you still don't have a mistress at home, it's useless! Look, what do you think of the one at the east end of the village that I introduced to you before? Although she is a widow, but..."

"Don't say anything. Don't arrange blind dates for me. I live in the mountains. Who wants to suffer this with me? Besides, people walking in the dark forest may be snatched away by wild beasts at any time. Don't let her become a widow for the second time."

Kohei pulled Iori out of the tailor shop.

"Hey! Kouhei! Please at least think about it! I like you! Don't leave!"

Kohei and Iori walked all the way to the mill. Iori helped Kohei move the bags of millet from the cart, and Kohei took out money to give to the miller.

"Grind this into flour for me, and then I'll buy some ready-made ones."

"Okay, sit outside and wait for a while."

Kohei and Iori just sat in the car and waited.

"Kohei," Iori said, "You never want to interact with people."

“…That’s why I stay away from people.”

"Do I need to go then?"

"If you want to go, go ahead."

Iori didn't know why, but he felt a sense of sadness from Kohei.

"Kengping, I don't want to leave yet."

"......Then you can leave after you finish this batch of flour. My little home won't let anyone stay for too long."

"Kohei..."

Iori knew why Kohei avoided the crowd. When Kohei was a child, he also lived in a village. His family had a large group of people, but they were robbed by bandits. He witnessed the whole process of his family being tortured and killed. This was the haze in his heart. He was the only one who survived. Although he was adopted by a kind-hearted person, these psychological traumas still had a great impact on his character while growing up in the mobile city, and he became very unsociable.

From then on, Kouhei left the crowd and the mobile city, and lived alone in the deep mountains and forests, acting as the village's early warning officer. When the Source Stone beasts rioted, he would run to the village to report the news. In addition to reporting the news, Kouhei came to the village to purchase things.

Kohei never trusts anyone except himself, which is one of the reasons why he is so lonely.

In the afternoon, Iori put on his newly made clothes and helped Kohei move bags of flour onto a cart. Then he let Kohei sit in the cart and he pulled the cart back to Kohei's home.

The two of them didn't say anything along the way, only the afterglow of the sunset shone on their faces.

Chapter 156 Red Winter

Heavy snow fell. The winter in the East was not much warmer than the cold winter in Ursus. People living in the mountains and forests could not stand this severe cold. Even Kouhei, who made a living by hunting, had to reduce the number of times he went up the mountain.

As early as the beginning of autumn, Kohei had prepared supplies for the winter, and Iori also came in autumn. If Iori continued to stay, those supplies would not be enough. But Kohei once said that when Iori ate up the flour he bought, he should leave. Kohei kept his word, even on this snowy day.

Early that morning, Kohei got up and started to get busy. He helped Iori pack a backpack and prepared his last meal, which was the last meal for the two of them.

"Kohei!" Iori's voice rang out from the yard: "I picked up the firewood and piled it in the yard."

"Well, put it under the tarpaulin, and then come in. I want to tell you something."

After a while, Iori came into the house. He was wearing a thick cotton coat, with his face and hands exposed. However, he did not show any signs of shivering from the cold weather, only a slight redness.

Iori saw the sumptuous breakfast on the table and knew that this would be the last time he and Kohei would have dinner together.

"Sit down." Kouhei asked Iori to sit down.

"Iori, you've been here for a long time. I've taught you everything I should have taught you. We agreed that you should leave after this batch of flour is finished. Now is our last meal before we leave.

"...Thank you, Kouhei."

"No need to thank me. You used your strength to help me work, which is enough to repay the money I spent. After this meal, we can part ways in peace."

"Um......"

Iori picked up the bowl and started eating. Kohei ate slowly and then said, "If you really don't know where to go, then go east. There is a mobile city there. It is short of manpower. With your physical condition, you can definitely get a meal. After all, these days, only the shogunate can provide you with a meal that requires thinking. If you go outside, you will be taken away by monsters without any strength."

"......"

After Iori finished eating the food on the table, Kohei stood up, and Iori also stood up. Kohei packed the prepared things for Iori one by one, and finally gave him a newly polished axe.

"Iori." Kouhei put his hand on Iori's shoulder. "There are dried meat and flatbreads in the backpack. Eat when you are hungry. There are also many other things you know. The axe is also newly made for you. As for the price, your recent labor has offset it. Now let's go."

Kouhei opened the door and gently pushed Iori out.

"Don't worry about anything. It was fate that brought us together. Now that fate has ended, we have nothing to do with each other anymore. Go away! Don't look back." After saying that, Gengping closed the door.

Iori stood in the snow and wind, looking at the house, and kept looking until he heard snoring sounds from the house.

Iori tightened his backpack, half covered his nose and took a deep breath, sighed, and walked towards the mobile city that Kohei mentioned.