Seeing The Light

...SCREECHHH!!!...

"Uwarghhh!..."

...Screechh...

"You, darkness bastards!... Just give it up already and stop attacking me!"

...We will never gonna stop!...

"Ehh?... Who is talking now?"

...We will drag you back to the mountain of corpses to where you belong...

"Huh!... Don't tell me, you darkness creatures can speak this whole time?"

...We will drag you back to the darkness deep within the trench...

"And you are expecting that the darkness will scare me?"

...Everyone is scared of what they can't see. Everyone is afraid of the unknown. Everyone feared the darkness...

"Scared of what they can't see?... I already lost what I could see once! So don't you dare say something stupid about getting scared of things I didn't care about!"

...SCREECHHH!!!...

"Afraid of the unknown?... Don't make me laugh! I already lost what my future holds! So why would I be afraid of something that doesn't even exist!"

...SCREECHHH!!!...

"Everyone feared the darkness?... Do you really think that I'm a good and nice person? I cursed the world once before and hated everyone who I thought abandoned me. If you will give me a button that will kill a million people that I don't even know and care to save myself, then I will push it without a second thought!"

...SCREECHHH!!!...

"I carry the darkness within me and it is not something I feared!"

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"Arghhh!..."

"Woah!... Jeez!... If you are gonna wake up, can't you do it normally? You don't have to startle me like that."

After waking up from that dream where I probably said sad and dangerous thoughts about my lost memories, I find myself lying on a bed inside someone else house or rather a basement.

Inside this place is an old man who is currently mixing some suspicious liquids and herbs. I'm not sure if it is medicine or poison but I don't think I can trust this person.

I survey my surroundings and find the dagger and knife that I salvaged from the dead man's body placed on a chair a meter away from me.

"Arghhh!... Ouch!"

I tried to move and grab those but my body started to ache in pain.

"It would be better if you don't force your body to move for now."

"Where I am?... How did I get here?... Who are you, old man?"

I can't remember everything that happened deep within the trench. I probably passed out again and again while fighting those darkness creatures but my will to escape and survive didn't break.

Anyway, what happened is not important. All that matters is that I escaped and survived. But still, what is important now is how I got here and who is this old man.

"Hey!... I'm not that old yet! At least call me a middle-aged man... No! I'm still not at that old, just call me Mister."

"I don't care about your age! Answer my questions already!"

"Jeez!... What a SHORT-tempered kid!"

Short-tempered?... If you know what I saw and experienced after coming to this world, then being short-tempered will be a compliment to me, old man.

"...I can't just trust someone after seeing what the humans of this world are capable of..."

"Did you whisper something SHORT-tempered kid?"

"I said answer my questions, old man!"

"Sigh!... Fine. I found you lying on the ground at the entrance of that disgusting smelly trench. You are dying from blood loss and poison from the Blind-Rat so I brought you home to take care of you."

"Blind-Rat?"

"Yeah... If you went inside the trench, then you will definitely encounter a swarm of Blind-Rat."

"What I'm asking is what exactly is a Blind-Rat?"

"Ehh?... Why would you go inside that place without knowing what a Blind-Rat is?"

"I'm the one asking questions, old man!"

"You, SHORT-tempered brat... Blind-Rat is a type of Magical Beast not just a normal oversized rat. It is only Rank_F but they always gather in swarm so they are still kinda dangerous. However, they have this weird habit of attacking their prey one by one and not attacking all at once. Is that enough of an explanation, SHORT-tempered brat?"

So those darkness creatures are some kind of rats. Well, I'm kinda expecting that actually since I was able to recognize their shape after killing who knows how many of them.

Anyway, aside from the Blind-Rat and those Magic Beasts this old man is talking about, there is one thing that I still need to confirm from him.

"And why would you do that?"

"Huh?... Do what?"

"Bring me here and save me from dying."

"Well... If you saw a kid dying in front of you, would you be able to abandon him, SHORT-tempered kid?"

Damn it!... I know!... You don't have to remind me of it!

"...If I only have the strength to save her back then..."

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The suspicious old man told me that its already been there days since he found me at the entrance of the trench.

During that time, I kept on sleeping while he continued to heal my body with the medical herbs that he had gathered around this place.

I'm not really sure where exactly we are but that old man said that we are deep inside the forest 10 kilometers away from the old ruins of the Holy Kingdom.

Anyway, it is already been two days since I woke up. And finally, I was able to stand by myself and move my body as I wanted as long as I didn't make any sudden or forceful movements.

"Are you ready to see what is like outside this basement, SHORT-tempered kid?"

"Stop calling with that funny nickname, old man, and don't emphasize the word short every time."

"Pfft!... Hahaha!... So you notice?"

"Don't make fun of me, old man, or you will regret it later."

"Well, your body is quite short for a 14 or 15-year-old kid... Besides, you keep on calling me old man even though I said that I'm not that old yet. So it is fair to also call you by that funny nickname."

"Then what is your real name, old man?"

"Just call me Mister. That is enough for me. How about you, what is your real name, SHORT-tempered kid?"

"... ... ... Siel... You can call by that name, Mister."

"Hmmm... Siel... That sounds like a girl's name. You are not actually a girl, are you?... I'm sure I saw that thing in there while cleaning and healing your body..."

"Shut it, old man!!!..."

"Pfft!... That is just a joke!... Hahaha!... Anyway, are you ready to see your first light, Siel?"

"If it ends up to be actually night outside, I'm going to stab you with my dagger and knife, Mister."

"Jeez!... Just open the door and see the light by yourself."