Planetes
2.a. The Lost at Sea (1)

Earth in the 6th century BC was an alien place to the bentala. Throughout the eye, he saw a crowd of beings who were so active and energized.

Mother Mentari said, they are called 'human'— beings who inhabit planet earth and have high intelligence. He is indeed confused. Why is this place so foreign?

Plus, where is this? Neptune casts a view. It's hard to understand what people around them are saying.

Only the reverberation of their minds could he hear. However, most of them were staring strangely at him.

If you think about it now, it is indeed strange for the size of a human like him. Blue hair faded curls with pale blue at the ends, gray eyes with diamond-shaped green pupils.

Keep in mind that the Greeks in the 6th century before Christ did not know the name hair dye. So they do not think that the hair color of the bentala can be colored.

Despite all that, Neptune's appearance back then was far from clean. The indistinctly colored robes were tattered. Stains on the skin of the face and hands. At first glance it creates an impression of disgust when looking at the figure of the buana.

Besides his appearance is different from most people. Somehow there was an aura that made people feel strange side by side with him. With all of that, it must have made people think there were alien beings in their place.

It is not wrong if they think so. Neptune is not human. Yet in this place, he was defined as what?

Yoke!

A small lump of pebble greeted his forehead. First one. And then it becomes a lot.

Oh, apparently he got hit by a pebble? Did he make a mistake? Butwhat?

He does not understand their words. But slowly, he heard what they said. Not directly, but more like the clanking of bells.

This is more or less what Neptune sounds like.

「Go there! Foreigners will only bring trouble!」

The trouble? Me? Neptune was confused.

"What problem?" he tried asking.

Hopefully they understand what he is saying.

「Your arrival only brought disaster to this land! Look, your hair and eyes color is different from ours!」

「Really! You must have come to colonize our territory!」

Colonize? Wait, he is not a Mentari who wants all to submit to him. He really just wants to help the people of this earth.

But why was he treated like this? He has just set foot in Mayapada. Wait, new? It has been a while, but Neptune has lost its count.

Back to listening to the people around him. Then the pebbles came back to greet his head and body. Making red blood stain his skin, mixed with the brown color of the ground. It causes pain and pain sensations.

Slowly the wounds he was experiencing were miraculously healed. He looked at the people who had hit him.

"I never wanted to rule a territory." his voice seemed to tremble in anger.

As a consequence, the water on the land began to run amok and the weather turned bad. Ah, her mood is really not good right now.

"You will accept the consequences." that's the last time those people heard Neptune's words that disappeared somewhere.

The people who were originally crowding began to disperse in panic when they realized something was wrong. The flood came suddenly and destroyed the place immediately. Within a few hours, the place was washed away by water.

[They rejected me. They consider me a threat. Mother, what is my fault?]

As Neptune walked through the city, the thought was constantly approaching. The hood was held together, hiding the face of the bentala that was dirty due to the blood and dirt that was scattered there.

「Sick beggar!」

Byurs!

Water splashes all over Neptune's body, making it a bit of a wave. Luckily no wounds were open, so there was no pain and agonizing pain.

「Go soon!」

The man who doused him earlier. Without saying much, Neptune stepped aside before everyone else gathered and ganged back.

Hiding the blue strands on his head with a hood. Neptune hopes no one realizes that his hair is blue. A clean and deep ocean. Although it is certain that the iris of his unique eyes will invite anyone who sees.

Who will look into his eyes when he bows his head? There won't be.

By the way, ever since Neptune came to earth.... He was never asked about his name. After all, does he have to say that his name is Neptune?

The horse's neighing sound greeted the Neptune's sense of hearing and the gallant animal's steady pace stopped right in front of him. What's the matter?

The well-dressed people ducked in salute to him. Some of them even asked him to come with them.

Neptune's eyebrows cringed. They were looking for him on purpose, right?

"You guys looking for me? What's for?" neptune has no power to withstand its curiosity.

『King we want to meet you. Therefore you must come with us.』

Neptune was honestly astonished and confused. How could the higher-ups of this region want to meet him? He was not even wearing shoes, and his clothes were far from decent.

"You're not wrong people? Why would your King want to meet a dirty beggar like me?"

The soldiers were stunned. He looked at each other when he heard Neptune's question.

Come to think of it, the clothes worn by the tall man was a moustache canal whose color was unclear and stained with soil mixed with blood—as a result of the injuries he received some time ago, he said, the fabric strap wrapped around his waist— may function like a belt in the present, the headscarf covers almost most of his face so it is rather difficult to see the face of the bentala, too, and his feet were just wrapped in a bandage-like cloth. Without shoes.

Is this really the man their King is looking for? The soldiers don't know. They only obeyed the King's orders. Although the appearance of the person sought by their King was far from clean and unsightly, they still had to bring this man.

『We only obey the orders of our King, Sir. Please, come with us.』

Actually if they could, they wanted to use a rude and coercive way. However, their King had warned that the man they were about to meet was no ordinary person. A little offence or hurting him would cause havoc. That's fatal of course.

Neptune remained silent for a while. I wonder if he should go with them or not. Finally he nodded his head, hinting that he would come with them.

『Before that,』they took out a pair of shoes from the leather from the bundle of cloth they had brought and given to Neptune. 『Please you wear this, Mr.』

Neptune took the shoes with pleasure and put them on. Then the soldiers asked him to get on the stretcher. Neptune did so without saying much.

The soldiers, along with Neptune, set out for their kingdom. Perhaps if now, you know him as the Lost Civilization of Atlantis.

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