The girl had a pale face, with long white hair, having hues of pink littered all over it.
Her gleaming pink eyes drew my attention instantly, almost sucking into its vast abyss.
I felt my heart racing suddenly, not knowing why.
Even the Title effect of could not stop the overwhelming surge of emotions that I felt.
'W-who is... this girl?!'' My thoughts echoed as she gave a curious stare.
She was currently dressed in a black leather jacket, having a crop top and shorts to accentuate it, and from her choice of fashion, she seed like a tomboy.
Despite all the chaos, she also didn't seem to be panicking—unlike most of the people I began to notice around .
Instead of all that, she maintained her curious gaze at , almost as if sothing was written on my face.
"U-um, why are you staring at ...?" I finally broke the silence between us and asked.
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
Her response puzzled .
Wasn't she staring hard at just now? Yet from her response, if felt like she was trying to play dumb.
"You're also staring at , right? I didn't ask you why, did I?" Once again, she hit with another bombshell.
"W-well, that is..."
Why was I being so flustered? What in the world was going on?
Even when facing Demons with my life on the line, where every second ant certain death, I never felt so overco with unrecognizable emotions.
I never fumbled so badly.
'Is she more dangerous than those Demons? Or am I just reacting like this because...'
The girl in front of was very pretty!
"It's okay to stare, sleepyhead. Don't worry... I won't bite." She tapped my shoulder while making an empathetic smile.
'Huh? What's this? I don't understand.'
Why was she calling sleepyhead? Was it because I was closing my eyes when we all appeared here? Did she think I was sleeping or sothing?
"No, I was just—"
"It's fine." She looked at with a widening grin, her eyes narrowing on as if she would eat up that very mont.
It honestly felt strangely... oddly exhilarating.
'What am I thinking?!'
"Well, I'm off now. It's ti to go et a couple of others like you."
As she let go of my shoulder, drawing away from , I felt pulled towards her. I controlled myself, but the intense feeling almost overwheld .
I sohow didn't want her to go.
Before I realized it, I found myself blurting out words I shouldn't have uttered.
"I doubt you'll find many that are like ."
Why did I just say that? I should have just kept quiet and let her go!
The girl's face took on a facade of slight surprise, before finally morphing into a smile. Her eyes narrowed slowly, and her lips curled up widely.
It really made her seem as scary as it made her appear alluring.
"I'm well aware, sleepyhead. You're quite an interesting boy."
"What?"
"I think it'll be fun if we et again. Don't forget until then." She waved, suddenly making her way into the crowd.
"W-wait... what's your na?" I asked, my voice hushed, since I didn't want to stir up anything among the audience around , or draw too much attention to myself.
~Zzt~ A sudden sensation coursed through my head, and I felt a sharp sting pulsating through .
~I'll tell you my na next ti... Mikey.~
My eyes instantly widened, and I felt my body nearly collapse in shock.
'She knows my na?! The only one who should have been able to know that was Lisa and her friends.'
And they were all dead!
A couple of people also knew my na, thanks to the few acquaintances I had made, but I didn't recognize anyone like her.
Perhaps we t on the internet. There was one weirdo I chatted with one ti, but that person shouldn't have been able to know how I looked like.
She also called Sleepyhead.
'I initially thought it was because she thought I was sleeping, but...'
What if she saw my Status Window?!
That would an she saw my Role and Authority, and perhaps even my Skills. If she called by that nickna as a reference to that, then—
'But when? How?!'
My eyes widened as soon as I rembered how she was keenly staring at just monts earlier.
'Fuck! I ssed up!'
I was too careless! No, hold on, I wasn't particularly careless.
I was just confused.
I didn't know what was going on until it was too late.
If her ability to see Status Windows was the sa as my , then was there really anything I could have done?
'Fuck!'
The fact that she also had telepathy made it a real problem for . The sensation was different from Lisa's type, and she also didn't look like Lisa.
Besides, Lisa was most likely dead, and she wouldn't have interacted with the way this stranger just did.
'This is too confusing. It's too much.'
Right as soon as I encountered other people, my first interaction with a person turned out to be such a disaster.
A creeping fear began to grow within . I began to rember what happened the last ti soone knew so much about . It didn't end well.
'No... I don't want that!'
I couldn't afford to be eliminated so early on! After how hard I tried to survive, and after I finally resolved to survive no matter what. I couldn't go back to those desperate tis.
No way!
'I have to find her and learn how much she knows!'
If she knew too much... enough to be of detrint to , then... then... I would have no other choice but to—
~DING!~
~DING~
~DING~
Pinging sounds suddenly echoed throughout the vast field, causing many sounds of movents to reverberate around .
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and I was no different.
It ca from above.
'Haaa? What is, no... who is that?'
Flying right above everyone was soone I could only describe as an angel.
It had six wings. Two served as a veil to cover it's face, two covered its legs, and with two, it flew in the sky.
It was so glorious and magnificent that I temporarily forgot about my earlier problem and beca engrossed with its presence.
"[Greetings, Users. My na is Seraph]." It gave off a lodious voice, the most beautiful I had ever heard before.
Everyone suddenly fell quiet, and the entire space was enveloped in silence.
"[You are all currently in the Neutral Area. A precursor to the Ground Floor of the Tower Of Trials]."
I couldn't see the angel's face, but this was most likely a female. Her words sounded awfully chanical, but they were pleasing to the ears nonetheless.
"[I will be explaining a few things. So listen carefully]."
And so, in absolute silence, all of us listened to the words the angel would utter.
... Unaware of the trials and tribulations ahead.
*
*
*
[A/N]
Thanks for reading!
Who is this strange girl? What does she want with Mikey, and just how much does she know?
And finally... what sort of world awaits the survivors of the Tutorial?!
Reviews
All reviews (0)