The Maverick(Sword Art Online X Male Reader)

Ch.59 Underworld

March 19, year 378 in the time of the realm of humanity

I got up from the ground holding my head. The hell man...I feel like I'm fresh off a hangover.....actually....where am I? I surveyed my surroundings and found myself in a forest of some sorts. Let's see....I met with Sinon at Agil's place and I decided to walk her home.....after that, it's all hazy... Wait, what am I wearing? Hm, I tried logging out as if it was a VR game but no luck. I inspected the nearby tree...it looked real enough...is this a VR game? Or perhaps it's.... wait, could it be the Underworld? That can't be right, if that were the case then I wouldn't remember anything.....

Maverick: Hey uh Kikuoka? Higa? If you can hear me, can you log me out?

No response....wait, could it be? Was I hit by truck-kun and got isekaied?! Haha.....ah who am I kidding...i'm not that lucky. Well...might as well walk through this forest until I find civilization....hopefully. After five or so minutes I came across a river. I took a drink and washed my face. I stared into my reflection seeing a younger me. So my avatar is a younger version of me.....god aging is scary. That's when something seemed to flash into my mind....two people, a boy and girl around the age range of maybe seven to eleven? Hm, what was that? It felt oddly familiar. Perhaps these might be my memories from when I was in the Underworld? I decided to keep walking down this trail. I swear, if I don't find any civilization, I'm gonna start doing some Minecraft and begin building a house. Shouldn't be too hard....probably. I kept walking until I saw what seems to be a clearing and that's when I saw this big ass tree. I wonder if it's a redwood or something. I walked towards the tree and seized it up before noticing something out of the corner of my eye. I looked at it and it was a person. The person must have heard my footsteps as he turned his head towards me and stood up. It was a boy with short blonde hair and green eyes and european look to him and was about my age albeit shorter than me.

Boy: Who are you? Where did you come from?

Maverick: That's a good question. I don't know where I came from.

Boy: What town did you come from?

Maverick: That's the thing. I don't remember. I woke up in the forest and made my way out. Here we are.

The boy tilted his head in slight awe.

Boy: I can't believe it. I've heard the stories, but I've never seen one before. A lost child of Vecta.

Maverick: Now you're making me sound like some exotic animal. Who's Vecta?

Boy: Huh? Isn't that what they're called in your homeland?

Maverick: I just told you that I don't remember where I'm from. I just woke up in a forest.

Boy: Right...my apologies. People who suddenly vanish without a trace or suddenly show up in the forest or in a field, these are lost children of Vecta. Vecta is a dark god who likes to prank humans by spiriting them away, stealing their memories, and leaving them somewhere far away.

Maverick: Sounds like an asshole.

Boy: A what?

Maverick: Forget it. Guess that's what I am. Anywho, you gotta place I could crash?

Boy: A place you could crash? Do you vandalize buildings or something?

Maverick: No that's not what I-*sigh* I wanted to know if there's a place I could stay in town.

Boy: Oh! That's the first time I've heard that phrase. Hm....my village is to the north. We don't get any travelers so there isn't an inn. But if we explain the situation, maybe Sister Azalia at the church will help you.