Not in that he was slow, though he was definitely somewhat naive when it came to matters of the world. Nor was he entirely average in appearance- a handsome young man, of lean build, slightly above average high, and slightly above average "length" (though he hadn't had much occasion to share that fact.) No, what was simple was Jack's life, the life of a simple commoner in one of the small villages out on the long stretches of nothing that characterized human-inhabited Nuderia. The village had the fixings of any simple settlement- farmers, butchers, medicine man, and all the others in between. In a village of about 120, everyone knew everyone else in at least some capacity.
Jack was bored with all of it. The most exciting thing about the village was the forest out to the West, which would occasionally churn out a rowdy bunch of goblins, a gaggle of pesky fairies, a handful of simple-minded slimes, or some other low-threat but notable diversion. But even that hadn't happened for weeks; Jack was beginning to feel complete boredom set in, stuck in the rut of simple peasant's life as he was.
But little could he guess the excitement that was in store for him on that day of days, as he would be spending most of it....
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