[You have no skill copied.]
I frowned, as ice started to set on my frigid skin. Due to the ti limit, I knew my copied skill had disappeared long ago, but I still tried, hoping for a miracle. The stars in my eyes started to dim, as I slowly got closer and closer to the stairs of hell.
I wished I could say I belonged to the world above, but it had been my choice, and it now looks to like it had the wrong answer to the system’s question.
If I could go back, I would have chosen to send my dearest person down below and to heaven, but there was nothing like going back, if there was, I would have used it already.
My skills were useless in this situation, not only because they didn’t do anything to help, but because they weren’t allowed. Nothing for to hold on to for dear life. Only my pride kept alive. If I let go now, I would admit defeat to one of the heroes for the second ti now. And that was not sothing I was going to do.
So I pushed through, staring at the cabin, which was now just a blurry image. Not because of the mist, but because I was losing my sight.
How many tis was it now, that I was losing my senses to this scenario? The first was my ability to talk, taken for to not interfere in the last round of the ga. And now, my sight and many more to the cold weather. The only difference was this was my own doing.
And due to it, I now had to wait in the cold for every team to make their stupid decision. I tried heating my body up by doing exercises, but my muscles were all numb to even do anything, so I failed.
So I gave up, just letting nature take its course. I would say that I felt regret bottled up inside from the decision I made, but I really couldn’t feel anything, not even my own touch.
This made wonder what other bad decisions I had made until now. What if I had let my relationship with Dusk go, it would have turned out better. After all, he was just another chain binding to my humanity.
If I had just forgotten him, maybe I wouldn’t have rushed this decision, and I wouldn’t have had to wait in these conditions, and instead in the warm cabin that was so far away.
But I should be proud right? I had sacrificed myself for another, even if it was a human, I had finally done sothing selfless. People say that is the best feeling... so why did I want to tear myself apart?
Was it because I hadn’t truly sacrificed myself? When I made this decision, did I really think about Anri, did I choose this for her, or had I only done it to win against that human? It wasn’t selflessness that drove to that decision, but my competitive nature, that’s why I was feeling like this.
It made sick, that a lowly human could make think so irrationally. But I do wonder how he’s doing. Maybe he was also making a bad decision because of .
[...]
I seed confused looking at the rules of the system. They seed vivid enough, leaving no room for interpretations, just a clear ssage. But there was sothing so strange with it, though I couldn’t figure it out.
What I knew was this seed a little... too easy. I looked over at Eclipse, and I instantly understood by his gaze that he didn’t notice what I had. It looked like I had to play the bad guy if I wanted to use this plan.
I waited for when he wasn’t paying attention to , and crossed the bridge. This was what I ant by easy. You just had to cross, and you saved both you and your teammate. I didn’t even consider this a loophole, it was too obvious to be sothing like that.
You could say it broke our trust, but really, I didn’t care in the slightest. Even in this cold weather, that guy would survive, he didn’t spend his whole childhood in the coldest country for nothing.
So that was why I didn’t feel any guilt leaving him behind, and by his look, he didn’t really care too much for my supposed betrayal. Like I said, this ga was for children. Maybe you could overthink it, but really, it isn’t anything like stabbing your teammate in the back like you would think.
Even if we weren’t the first, there was no way there would only be one winner for the elimination ga, if that was the case there would be no way for us to reach the sixth ga.
So with no regret, I left Eclipse in the snow while I entered the cabin.
[Welco Dusk! To the luxurious Cabin of Winners.]
"Oh please system, don’t overestimate yourself, this is just a normal cabin, nothing luxurious," I said mockingly to the system. Throughout my life, I have seen many different resorts, and by the age of five, I owned one more expensive than this. So maybe only to my standards was this diocre, but I an, I was a noble.
[The system scoffs at your comnt, clearly angered by your attitude. It now wishes for yourdownfall.]
Never in my life have I seen a system more childish. Did I really hit a nerve by insulting this pathetic cabin? I can only sigh at this unbelievable turn of events.
Done with the system, I turned to look around, trying to see who else had finished, but... maybe I was just blind but there was no one.
[...]
[Congrats contestant Moon, you have placed second!]
Cold? Who was cold? Not ... my blood was absolutely boiling. I had lost? But how, I let go of myself to make a reckless decision and get it done, even if I got it wrong, which I did? So how, and who had beat ?... Not, I already knew who did. The copy can’t beat the original huh?
’ntal gas were supposed to be mine, so how did you do it Dusk.’ I punched the snow, as I curled up in a ball, trying to hold myself together. ’If I really lost to him here, how am I supposed to win whenever the gas get physical?’ There weren’t even skills, which was your strong point, and yet you still managed to defeat .
I let out a psychotic laugh. ’I hope you chose the cabin, so the snow won’t kill you. The death of The Fourh will not be caused by anything like the snow.’
[...]
[Congrats contestant Dusk, you have placed first!]
With my mouth full of food I tried speaking, but after the first word ca out, I just gave up and finished the food in my mouth. "As expected."
Truly, I already knew the mont I saw the empty cabin. And this theory only beca more true when I saw Moon’s teammate co inside. Which, was a surprise to , that Moon would really sacrifice himself. Or did he, or was he betrayed by this child?
It was amusing seeing her heart skip a beat whenever she saw stuffing food inside my body. Maybe because she thought they had done it first, or maybe because I was trying to eat a whole chicken.
Of course, I wasn’t doing this without a reason. The food in the house wasn’t really that great, plus, we could only eat at set tis, so there was no way I wouldn’t take the opportunity to feed myself for all that I lost back in the house waiting for the gas to start.
Too bad you weren’t here, at least I would have had soone to compete with. Because I’m sure you would have done the sa, which was one of the reasons why I started eating right away, to not leave you any. But I guess I was wrong about you, Moon.
You’re more of a scumbag than I thought. This is only a trick isn’t it, to make lower my guard, and to gain the trust of your teammate. Well, it isn’t going to work.
But I do wonder, what are you doing right now? Is the snow cold? I hope it is, you deserve the worst in this world. You are the worst of the worst, soone who doesn’t care for others even for a second, soone who likes playing king and thinks of others as pawns. Well, if you really think of yourself as this pure white king, then I’ll be the black king.
And don’t you dare think of dying, you don’t deserve such a peaceful end. No, no, you won’t be killed by the snow.
[...]
’You will die by my hand, Dusk.’
"I’ll be the one to end you, Moon."
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