The boy finally collapses and falls into the snow.
The two guards were already running towards him at that moment, but they didn't arrive in time to stop his fall.
“Hey boy! Everything is fine?" (Guard 2)
“Wake up boy! Wake up!" (Guard 1)
"Can you hear us boy!?" (Guard 2)
The boy's eyes begin to open slowly.
[Hmm? Where I am? I was walking non-stop towards the City gate until then..] (Boy)
“Oh, did you wake up?” (Voice of Unknown)
The boy turns his head to the side.
"Who are you? Where I am?" (Boy)
“I'm one of the doctors who works here, and well, you're at the City Post Office where the Deliverers work. (Doctor)
“Post Office? How did I get here?" (Boy)
“One of the Gate Guards came running bringing you here, they said you passed out while walking towards the City Gate, if it wasn’t for them acting fast to bring you here you would have died of hypothermia in a few more hours. You can be very grateful to them, after contracting hypothermia you don't start treating the problem, usually the person dies in a maximum of 5 hours, by their symptoms it should have been 2 to 3 hours since then. You really were very lucky.” (Doctor)
"Eh? Really, I must thank them properly afterwards.” (Boy)
"Well don't worry about it now, your treatment is going to be a bit long, you were in a horrible state, I treated your broken arm and other injuries to your body as well as your head." (Doctor)
"But I can't pay for the treatment, I don't have money." (Boy)
"Don't worry about it now, I'll take care of the expenses for now, and then we can talk about payment when you're better." (Doctor)
“I see, thank you very much for your help.” (Boy)
“It's nothing, that's what Doctors do. By the way, my name is Jace and what is yours?” (Dr. Jace)
"My name? I… Actually, I don't remember my name..” (Boy)
“Can't remember your name?” (Dr. Jace)
“Not just my name.. I don't remember anything at all, how I ended up in that snow, where I came from, what I was doing, family, friends… I don't remember anything about myself or my past , I have no memory of anything.” (Boy)
“Don't remember anything, have you lost all your memories? Before, I've seen cases where people forget something after an accident, but nothing like yours where the person forgets everything completely. I don't know what to do in such a case.” (Dr. Jace)
"I understand. If neither Dr. Jace knows something, it’s impossible for me.” (Boy)
The doctor puts his hand on his chin with a thoughtful expression.
"It could be that..." (Dr. Jace)
"Which?" (Boy)
"I think I've seen something about this kind of case in some book, maybe I still have it in my house." (Dr. Jace)
"Serious?" (Boy)
“I'll look for him when I get there, rest for today, we'll talk about when I find him.” (Dr. Jace)
“Thank you so much again Dr. Jace.”
“For nothing, now just rest.” (Dr. Jace)
“Okay, thanks.” (Boy)
A few days later, the Doctor returns, and the boy was already able to get up from the bed where he was.
“It took a while, but I found the book” (Dr. Jace)
"Serious?" (Boy)
"Yea." (Dr. Jace)
The doctor sits beside the bed, and opens the book.
"According to the book, this particular case is called amnesia" (Dr. Jace)
"Amnesia?" (Boy)
"Yes, that's right, but don't worry, I read in the book that there are ways you can slowly remember some things and get your memories back." (Dr. Jace)
The boy is happy to hear this and his countenance instantly changes.
"Serious?" (Boy)
"Yeah, but... There's a problem with that..." (Dr. Jace)
"Problem? Which?" (Boy)
"Well, it's said in the book that just by seeing things you've seen or visiting places you've been, that you could remember something and end up having some memory back." (Dr. Jace)
"I see... As I woke up in the snow outside of town, and I'm not a local, the chances of me seeing anything familiar here are slim to none." (Boy)
“Precisely.” (Dr. Jace)
"And to make matters worse as I woke up in the middle of snow in the middle of nowhere, there's no way to know where I was coming from." (Boy)
"I'm sorry, unfortunately this is your current situation, I'm sorry I can't be of more help." (Dr. Jace)
“No, you have already helped me much more than you should, I really am very grateful.” (Boy)
“I'm glad I was able to help you even a little bit.” (Dr. Jace)
“Well, what about the payment? You said you would talk about it with me when I was better.” (Boy)
“Oh, about that, I was in need of an assistant, these last few weeks I've been very busy attending to several Deliverers who arrive injured from their travels.” (Dr. Jace)
“Is being a Deliverer really that dangerous?” (Boy)
“Of course, there are a lot of monsters out there, and during your travels from one city to another you almost always encounter one, it is possible to avoid them sometimes and sometimes not, which is why many end up injured or killed.” (Dr. Jace)
“Monsters in? I see, I will do my best to help you as an assistant until I have paid my debt." (Boy)
“Thank you, I look forward to having your assistance.” (Dr. Jace)
“What day do I start?” (Boy)
“You can start tomorrow. My assistants and I provide care right here at the Postal Headquarters.” (Dr. Jace)
"Right." (Boy)
The Doctor nods and gets up, preparing to leave. And the boy raises his hand towards him.
“Dr. Jace..." (boy)
“Um, what happened?” (Dr. Jace)
"If it's not a problem, could you lend me this book so I can read it?"
“Oh? Of course, no problem, you can return it to me when you finish reading it" (Dr. Jace)
"Thank you very much." (Boy)
And right after the doctor left, the boy then started to read the book, and so the days went by, the boy helps the doctor as an assistant during the day and at night he reads the book again.
On one of these nights while reading the book the boy comes across something that catches his attention.
“So even if you don't see a familiar place or you've been, as mentioned before, there is still another method, even though the chance of recovery is drastically lower, there have been few reports of recovery by this method, but it's still a method valid. This method is through triggers.” (Boy)
The boy's eyes widen as he keeps a fixed gaze on the pages of the book.
“Triggers?” (Boy)
“Triggers unlike the traditional method where it needed to be something that belonged to you, or where you've been, triggers work even on small objects, and it's not necessary for them to be something that was yours or somewhere you lived, that is, as long as you see something. object or some place that is at least somewhat similar to something that was part of your past, it can serve as a trigger to recall your memories, and the more important that place or object was in your past, the greater the chance that this trigger will work. .” (Boy)
“A trigger on?” (Boy)
The boy closes the book, and looks with a serious look towards the book and with his right hand presses his shirt towards his heart.
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