"I will pay his registration fees right now, and you can send it to his account," the old man said. Doc. Fitz snorted under her breath; she didn’t seem too happy about it. She clicked on her ’watch’ that projected a holographic screen. Aric could discern that she was accessing the Internet or whatever it was called in this place.
She clicked some buttons on the holographic screen, and after a process of 1 minute, she turned the screen to face Aric.
"Sit still. You don’t want your registration picture to come out bad, right?" Doc. Fitz said.
"Wait, I didn’t consent to anything yet," Aric couldn’t help but protest.
"Kid, you need this registration. Without it, you can’t travel to any civilization borders. I don’t know where you came out from, but you need this here. If you are from royalty, then it’s a different matter. Wait, are you from royalty?"
"Royalty? No." Aric didn’t know what royalty meant here, but he for sure wasn’t going to pretend to be some leader of humans. That would be suicidal.
"Then do it. Don’t worry, I don’t really care where you came from, and neither Doctor Fitz here would be able to come after you once you register. It is for your own safety," the old man said. Aric looked at him and could somehow feel that this man was telling the truth. He might not be quite an expert in finding out if a person was truthful or not after a few minutes of meeting, but he could tell that this man didn’t mean any harm.
"Hey, you think I will kidnap him or something?" Doc. Fitz seemed to be quite offended and protested.
"For fame and fortune? Definitely." The old man spoke outright in front of her face, making Doc. Fitz embarrassed, but she didn’t try to refute. Aric then resolutely turned and faced her watch in order for the picture to be taken.
"What is your name?"
"Aric More."
And with just the name alone, the registration seemed to be done. Aric was expecting the date of birth or the names of his parents, but nothing was needed, it seemed. Within a minute, Doc. Fitz in the holographic showed him his registration.
[
Account No. : 4213190626000701
Name : Aric More
Species : Human (male)
Age - 10.01 time units
Parents/Guardian : Not specified
Balance : 0.00
]
"Here, you are done with the registration," Doc. Fitz said, while grumbling a bit under her breath.
"Now, bring the NDA, and we will sign it too. You don’t need to pay us, just pay this kid," the old man said, eyeing the young adult on the side. He nodded his head. The annoyed doctor seemed to liven up after hearing it and immediately opened another page on the holographic watch.
She typed a few words and even recorded herself saying that she was asking for an NDA closure and also the fact that the co-signers are not allowed to speak about her research in any place of the universe, or else the corresponding civilization would have the rights to arrest them and put them in jail.
Surprisingly, Aric didn’t need to sign anywhere, and she only took a thumbprint and retina scan of him, while these two aliens had to take a picture of their right palm. Maybe that was their identification marker.
Doc. Fitz was done with the NDA and then immediately clicked some more buttons. This went on for a minute before she showed his profile again to him.
[
Account No. : 4213190626000701
Name : Aric More
Species : Human (male)
Age - 10.01 time units
Parents/Guardian : Not specified
Balance : 15,000 (Sora)
]
"There, I sent him 15k Sora credits. And I am not even charging for the universal translation. Now get out. I have other patients to attend to," Doc. Fitz said. Aric didn’t want to antagonize her anymore. He had already seen his clothes lying on the side chair. He went to the attached washroom to change himself into his normal attire and walked out.
The other two aliens seemed to be waiting for him outside. By now, he was sure that when he had fallen unconscious, these two had saved him, so he needed to be thankful to them.
"Thank you for saving my life."
"Don’t mention it. We were just passing by and saw you lying on the ground. My name is Komin Vallin, and this is my mentor and bodyguard, Diorin Kinut. It’s nice to officially meet you," Komin said.
"Hello. I am Aric More. Nice to meet you too. For how much time was I out?" Aric couldn’t help but ask because he needed to get back home, and if he was late by more than 6 hours, he would be in deep trouble. But he was also surprised that this young man had a mentor and bodyguard, which meant that these people belonged to a high level in society. Aric needed to be careful.
"Oh, we saw you falling, so you were in treatment for an hour or so. It shouldn’t have taken much time, but your body didn’t have enhancers to battle the diseases out there, and that was the reason it took time."
"Thank you again for saving my life," Aric said. He had been an idiot; he had really forgotten the part that when someone steps into very foreign soil, one would need various protections. He had just walked out naked to two foreign civilizations altogether.
"Don’t mention it. Now your body is ready to face all the diseases that are out there and can move around freely. While you were unconscious, the doctor also said that you had some bad cells which could turn into cancer. A disease that shouldn’t exist, and even I had only known of them in some ancient books. I am really intrigued," Komin said.
"Wait? She said that she cured cancer?" Aric’s eyes went wide open as he asked that. The main concern which he had been having all this time had been taken care of unknowingly?