Return To Begin A Career As Viking - Chapter 6 Problems Of Perception

Heikko remembered what this building meant, it was not very difficult to remember because the presence of the Holy Bright Church House religion was quite present in the area.

‘I see, so it was with them that Svnakjt wanted to accuse me of demonic possession … now that I remember it well that guy never taught me anything good that was productive, he is trash!’

Heikko resented Svnakjt, on the one hand, he was grateful to him, because if it were not for Svnakjt the original Heikko would not have disappeared that night, but on the other hand he did not thank him, because from now on he would have to deal with him, that would be his own problem.

Seeing that religion did not seem to be a place for free thought, he preferred to take go back, on the Island of Frozland the cult of the Holy Bright Church House was quite widespread, but this did not enjoy much fame more than to give writing classes and reading, so there was not much devotion as in other places.

even when the pact was signed for the religious change about 450 years ago the cult of the ancient gods had been preserved, beyond that he did not have much information.

‘It seems that if I want to know more about the religions in this world I will have to investigate on my own’

Heikko left the place without having to go through here, but he also had another reason why he did not want to go through here.

” HEIK … ko! ”

A couple of screams could be heard but he rushed up to the inner walls, he did not have to deal with the pair of little imps that were his cousins.

by the time he reached the inner walls he was panting and next to him was Thurm with a slight smile.

” ek, they were my cousins, is not that Thurm? ”

” That’s right, Young Master Heikko, they were quite worried after they found out that you had gone out to the sea. ”

” ah? You could say that they got bored while I was not there and they did not have anyone to bother … ”

” … ”

Thurm just smiled, thanks to the leather mask Heikko could not see the smile of this but still could see that Thurm had fun at his expense, there was nothing he could do but let it go.

…

On that afternoon, he got another scolding from Ivenka, because of the blisters on his hands besides that he had a bit of a cold from exercising, it was still spring and the temperature could drop from one moment to the next.

he could only hear Ivenka’s scolding and give her the reason, even though she did not have the heart to punish him when she saw him so tired and gave him a body massage to relieve his fatigue, although it was not what he had in mind precisely.

” Ahhg !! ”

” hehe, calm Heikko, if it does not hurt then the body massage, is not effective, pain is a sign that fatigue is coming out of your body! ”

” seriously? … AHHH! ”

Heikko was beginning to believe her a bit but another wave of pain ran through the vertebra, Ivenka’s hands were powerful as a bear’s grip, even when it was effective the pain was more than palpable.

”of course! It had a lot that you would not let me give you one of my therapeutic massages! It seems that you have matured a bit, right? ”

Heikko now remembered why Ivenka’s body massages were so feared, now he could only blame his idiocy for trusting that she would be as kind to the body massage as when she fixed his hair.

” uk … ”

Heikko could only clench his teeth and endure the heavy hand of Ivenka, the pain more than anything came from his tired legs and his delicate waist, because of the pain that ran through his body he even forgot that Ivenka saw him without clothes.

” haha it’s ready, you’ll be better tomorrow if you have any pain again come with me and I’ll take care of you! ”

Ivenka left the room with a big smile, behind her was a numb Heikko who could only struggle to rejoin to be able to go down to eat something and finish this difficult first day in a new world.

…

Heikko that night slept like a log, by the time he woke up, it was already morning at least 5 or 6 in the morning.

‘Uh, I sleep so comfortably? I thought I would have some kind of dream about that night, or at least I would have some dream about my life on earth … ‘

Heikko was a little disappointed to have a normal night like any other, he had read enough books to know that the traumatic episodes would repeat themselves and give him problems in the future, but this was not the case in this night.

” Ugh, I guess I’ll have to get used to a routine in this … ”

Heikko got up from the bed and scratched his back, but stopped talking to himself when he felt that his body was completely reposed.

he did not have the least sense of muscular flabbiness that accompanies the overexertion of the tension of a day of work.

” ah? Maybe it was Ivenka’s therapeutic massage effective like that ?! ”

the herbs of the ointment that Ivenka had used had magical properties, the root of Firn was one of the plants that even though they did not have a great Magical quality this was near in quite a good number on the island, even so, to be able to obtain some of these.

They had to enter the forest or the wasteland zones and fight with the demonic beasts of the region or the Sub-Races that lived here.

races like the Goblins and Trolls were a problem almost anywhere they were in the globe of this world, they reproduce fast, they were violent and adaptable to almost any change in the situation and weather.

” I hope and do not have to resort to her again for this … ”

Heikko lamented that the appeal of the effectiveness of Ivenka’s body massage was so great that he had to ignore the pain it caused.

Without losing more time he began to exercise in the dark of the morning, he could remember that he had a sphere of magic light but he did not use it.

only when his father was the one who could induce magic in the different magic tools was that it was on, he remembered that his father’s gift had several magic stones but he could not waste them that way because he still did not have the ways to enter the forest and get some of them.

when the sun came out in the morning he was covered with sweat on his forehead, had to do rounds of exercise and rest to not get tired so much, even though he was of Taiwanese origin and with Chinese roots was a pity that they did not have any hidden martial art or something like that in his family.

” my protagonist’s aura goes down… in short, I remember leaving my chest of money in a fake brick ”

Without engaging more in it, he taps a brick that sounded different from the others, a smile is drawn on his face and with some effort, he gets the brick out of the wall.

” let’s see what we have here … 300 copper coins not bad, 55 silver go pretty good! 103 magical stones of awful quality … ugh 7 of poor quality, oh! 3 gold coins! ”

even when I knew what I had saved was different to see it in front of him.

the rate of change on the island of Frozland was a little more disparate than in the continent because the resources were more scarce and every day the island was more populated.

9 large bronze coins were equivalent to 1 silver, 10 silver to 1 gold, the scarcity of resources towards the exchange of coins was more symmetrical and the most valuable products to transport to the island, although of course there was no one who dared to enter to do business from the continent to the seas of the North where it would be dangerous for them.

” As for these magical stones, I should ask the Maestre Jordian for information, I only remember that some of those who were going to clean monsters gave them to my father … ”

the ones he had with him were thanks to some of the soldiers who were going to clean the nearby areas of demonic beasts had given them.

Heikko then went down to the first floor to eat something, there were some women who helped with the house cleaning but there was nothing like Maids who served permanently in the house.

Ivenka was already awake and was still preparing the breakfast, Heikko went to wash his face and change clothes, wear the same change of clothes some days was normal, maybe it was not the most hygienic but people did not have much mania for cleaning his clothes daily as in the modern era, in this era the time should use it to ensure their livelihood and safety.

The breakfast took place normally and he thanked Ivenka for the meal before leaving to begin his lessons with Maestre Jordian, Ivenka was somewhat surprised to see him leave.

” sigh, it seems that Heikko has matured, if that trip served for it it may not have been so bad ”

what Ivenka did not know, was that Svnakjt had not told them how Heikko had fled and that he almost died in the hands of 4 unfortunates who had escaped from the village, his version had been that Young Heikko had become ill and had been found during the assault, then when he brought some slaves to the ship these had mutinied and 2 of his men had protected Heikko, dying there on the spot, even to make things more real said as Heikko being almost unconscious killed one of the unfortunates for saving Svnakjt.

he had painted himself as someone of high morals and nobility, if Ivenka knew that Heikko had to survive by his own teeth, Svnakjt would not have come out that easy, the fact that Heikko was intact was what had saved him.

…

Heikko thought that he would have time to ask several things to the Maestre Jordian but contrary to it things were not so easy, the Maestre Jordian contrary to the previous day only left him several texts to read and then he retired to do his own duties and so constantly pass the time.

” Ugh, what are these writings … ”

Heikko complained that even when he understood what they were saying, a lot of what came in the texts was decorating the information it contained, it was tedious to read and for someone with a consistent and accurate way of reading the modern era it was even more difficult to be able to understand.

” In short, from now on I’ll have to be surrounded by it so it’s best to learn to read as soon as possible … ”

the hours passed and Heikko felt the heaviness that urged him to doze, the Latin was an elegant language and full of deep knowledge, but for him, it was difficult to make the sentences make sense.

After several hours and digesting a good part of the boy’s memories, he had at least a decent handling of the language.

” do you have any doubt? ”

” … ”

Heikko had a concentration face when he heard Maestre Jordian who had come down from the top floor, Heikko’s face was unfriendly, he had doubts, but most of all, about the Maestre’s education process!.

” Maestre could teach me Geography? ”

” Oh, you want to see geography! but your handling of Latin is barely acceptable, many of the locations are identified in Latin, you will not want this old man to read each book for you, not? ”

Heikko had no answer for the old fox of the Maestre Jordian, although the maps existed, they were invaluable, if a normal person had one of them in his possession, if the guards cut off his hand it was something light, some places would look for 9 generations and would end with them, the only ones who could have a regional map were the kings and lords of the area, some merchants had the right to own them and most would have them but it would be in secret.

Heikko still did not give up he had to know if there was any similarity between the earth and this world, if his conclusions were not wrong he had a rough idea of where he was located.

” At least Frozland! you will not tell me that I will need your help to be able to read our own language, right? ”

” hehe, well if that’s what you want … I’ll explain it in good faith that it’s the first time I’ve come back at least once and you’re in your place without wanting to escape ”

Heikko had already been at least 6 hours suffering the torture of reading Latin and could only gnash his teeth and wait for the explanation of Maestre Jordian.

Maestre Jordan took a long leather scroll and put the piece of wood he had on his side in a hook on the top, then unraveled it.

Heikko smiled slightly when he saw the image in front of him, he could recognize the shape of Frozland! Things had a little more sense for him now!

It was an oval island with a fairly regular side to the east and a more rugged to the west, and the of land in the Northwest with some protrusion, it could see some definitions of the sea routes to go to the central continent, the lands of the north, towards Frozland and some more.

‘Iceland! It can only be Iceland! so that’s why some names became known to me! … wait … the dimensions of this map do not match, Iceland does not measure 50,000 square miles … is it that they were wrong with the measurement? ‘

Heikko missed this a bit but he did not remember the size of each country in the world, minus one that was not in his sphere of influence, he could remember the extensions if perhaps of the majors like China, Russia, USA, or those with those that were compared to them like Brazil or Australia, but still had a general idea and knew that at least 90 K-100 K of kilometers the island did not pass.

” Excuse Maestre Jordian, are the measures correct? ”

” ah?, Of course that they are correct! these are maps that have been made for generations and have been redrafted to reach this degree of excellence! snort who are you to judge something that you have barely seen ”

Heikko’s doubt was offensive to the Maestre who in his bad temper gave him an angry answer.

”so… ”

Here was where Heikko could not talk anymore because he realized that his mistake was much more primordial and basic, he had had a stupid mistake when comparing the logic of the distance between the 2 worlds, is that the measurement of the miles in each world It varied one from another.

the mile on the earth was 1.6km long, but in this world it was about 2 km long, that’s just to say that the island was not between 90 K-100 K km of area, but it would be a matter of almost 210,000 kilometers of area, simply this world was wider than what the earth was!

‘snort, questioning everything, you’re still too young to want to correct this Maestre’

While Heikko still recovered from this shock, the Maestre boasted of seeing his student run out of words in his mind.