It's my first time ever entering the portal of the soul. Before entering, I didn't have a chance to get access to much information about this world. If my memory serves correctly, the landscape of this world of the soul and the earth is the same. The change of the landscape due to natural causes on the earth will also change that in this soul world but the changes on the earth due to humans won't do a thing to this world. Besides, we can't easily destroy the landscape of this soul world as well. It's like a mysterious power is guarding this world from us, the travelers.

Yes, the people who entered this soul world from earth are called travelers.

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All I can see are the clothing shops. I guess there are more than 20 shops just near the portal

alone. Through the glasses of these shops, I can see the clothes. Almost all of them have one thing in common. Brown. Yes, almost all of them are brown. Shorts, Trousers, T-shirts, sport-shirts, even capes are brown. Some clothes with different coloring are placed separately.

After all, I've been informed I would see them. Still, seeing this surprises me a little bit. I've

heard that the clothes from the earth the early travelers wore disintegrate into particles after some distances away from the portal. Not only clothes, everything except their naked bodies disintegrated.

That's the reason the famous saying "The earlier, the clearer and so do the ignorant" came into existence on traveler's circle. I dare not imagine being naked in front of female travelers.

The case of the thing of thissoul world is more severe. Just after exiting the portal to the earth side, every material from soul world would disintegrate and absorbed back into soul world.

Travelers and locals alike are walking to and fro. The sound of speaking, advertising, quarreling and so on are heard. Many people wears the brown clothes. And I also found some wearing black ones but I don't find other colors.

I entered the nearest shop to buy some clothes to wear. Going to the counter "Hello, I want to buy three sets of clothes and a backpack for the soul world." A little boy about 12 years old comes from the counter and smiles. Showing me the brown clothes, "Hey uncle, these clothes are your type. They would suit you." I was surprised to see a young boy in a place like this. I know there are guards patrolling around the portal's safe zone but the little boy doesn't seem able to defend himself if anything dangerous happens. So, I can't help asking "Hey boy, are you the shopkeeper?" The boy answer "No, My grandpa is. I'm helping him in my holidays. It's boring on earth. Sometimes, grandpa would take me out of the safe zone and go for hunting." Oh, he has his own guardian after all.

"I will take these two sets of brown clothes. Do you have any clothes with different colors?" I asked. Looking at me, the boy answered "Yes, uncle we do have. They are a bit more expensive. But grandpa told me not to sell anything other than brown clothes to newcomers. Are you a newcomer? I haven't seen you around." I think this shop is a bit strange. Why not sell more expensive clothes when they can make more money. I really don't want to wear brown clothes all the time. I said some dishonest words, "No, I'm not a newbie. I've been a traveler for quite some time." The boy

smiled and show the place where clothes with other colors are placed. "Here Uncle, they are twice the price of the brown ones you've bought".

I bought a green shirt and a black short. After all, I don't need luxurious clothing. I'm not going to sit and feel the comfy in this world. I came to become a soul master, and to do a favor to my family.

After changing the clothes, I set forth to begin my very interesting, exciting, wonderful, money-making, treasure-searching, and etc.......adventure.

To keep the privacy of the traveler, the governing body only records their departure and arrival. No other information such as what benefits they get from the soul world. So, after registering my departure, I exits the wall of the safe zone eagerly. And I've finally become a true traveler.

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I think I've not reached even 500 meters. Suddenly, a big mosquito-mok (moks are the monster of this soul world) rises from the bush near me while buzzing. That was too sudden so I was frightened. I tried to run away. I tried to run back to the safe zone.

Unfortunately, I slipped and fell, hit my head with a hard rock. I feel dizzy and my head hurts.

Because of the mosquito-mok's buzzing, my headache becomes more severe. I think I would faint at any moment and never wake up again. I am rolling on the ground like mad.

At that certain moment, I felt someone is taking my clothes off. I can't care much about that

because of the extreme headache. Then, that person ran away. "Shit, can't they even afford the clothes? It's not even the luxurious clothing the rich wear. Ahh! My headache". After some moments

that person ran away, I no longer hear the buzzing sounds and my head feels better. I immediately

take a brown set out from my backpack and wear it as I don't want to be naked. "Fu*k, that damn

cheap thief" I cursed aloud.

"Who are you calling cheap thief?" a female voice is heard clearly. "You ignorant, worthless, pathetic, shameless, ungrateful idiot. I should have left you die. This way, the world no longer has to

carry an idiot anymore".

What the hell? Why is this woman cursing me that much? I don't even know you, forty￾something woman. I was cursing that cheap thief. What is that supposed to do with her?

"Why are you cursing me? I was not calling you a thief. I was calling to that damn thief who stole my clothing while I was attacked by the mosquitoes. I'm sorry if you think I was cursing you. By the way, did you see someone with stolen clothes on your way here?"

Glaring at me, she shouted "You are the damn thief. You are the incompetence. You are the ignorant small stick."

"What do you mean by small stick? Ahh! Were you peeping what happened here? That's why you think I curse you? You shameless peeping tom"

"You, you, I shouldn't have saved you from those mosquito. You ungrateful moron" she pouted.

Hearing that I was a little startled. "What do you mean by You saved me from the mosquito".

"Yes, you truly are negligent. That's why you dare to wear other colors than brown while being a beginner. You are lucky that I was suspecting you are a young veteran when I see you wear green

shirt and black short. That's why I follow you. And when the mosquitoes came out and you were rolling, I knew you are one of those ignorant newbies. That's why I took of your clothes and threw them somewhere far away. If I haven't done that you would have died from extreme headache".

Hearing that, I was too conflicted whether to apologize her or run away as far as possible from her. Lowering my face, I said "I'm sorry, I… I was ignorant".

"Yes, you are. The earlier, the clearer and so do the ignorant. You are one of those ignorant. Well, you are an ignorant newbie and you didn't mean to say those words to your savior. Let by gone be by gone.

Don't be ignorant again. I'm going", looking at my face then, down at a slow pace, "you little stick".