Choice

I can't do it... to end a life. That so cruel. I know they're scumbags, but I just can't kill him. If it was a few years ago, I'd kill him in a heartbeat. Why am I hesitating? What's wrong with me? It's kill or be killed, isn't it? If I don't kill him he'll kill me.

Damn it! I hesitated too long... this is it. The sword is only a few inches away from my neck... I can't run... why am I like this? If a guy was playing a video game like this I'd keep shouting KILL HIM, but I can't do it.

Am I...

Really

Gonna

Die?

"You disappointed me... again. You can't protect people if you're not willing to get your hands dirty" Liz said quiet enough for the others to not hear it, but loud enough for me to know that she wanted me to hear it. Liz shattered the guy's sword with her kick and pushed both of the douche-bags on to a wall.

"If you ever touch any of us again... heh... I'll slice you both slowly and sell you as a slave in the black market. Doesn't that sound fun?" She had the innocent smile of Lizzy, but the terrifying aura of a killer.

They both scattered off like cowards and shouted some cliche line like "You'll pay for this"

"Thanks" I mustered up bitterly. She could've saved me sooner...

She looked at me with a deadly gaze and changed her face to her usual one, the smirk we all know and tolerate "No problem. Anyways are you girls alright?" she shifted her attention to the ladies behind me

I walked up to them to see if there were any damages we can fix with a healing potion or not.

"Do you have any wounds?" I tried asking kindly with my school's persona, but all the sudden the white-haired girl with orange eyes slapped me right on the face

"WHAT THE HELL?!"

"I'm sorry? Did I do anything wrong?" Keep it cool. I already broke my mask way too many times here. It got too loosed.

"He was about to spill the examination for us!"

Wait! It was planned?!

"Then why did you scream?" My voice remained calm and gentle, but inside... I'm SCREAMING RIGHT NOW

"We needed to make it convincing genius" The other one had blood red hair with glowing red eyes resembling me of Liz's right eye.

I played the ignorant protagonist until they eventually calmed down. Although, they still look really bitter. The white-haired one glanced behind me to see the others, also letting the others see them.

"Hey, Scarlet and Belle. Long time no see" Liz somehow knew it was them

HOW?! Why do we keep meeting people from Earth? Why didn't they help me when they saw that I almost got killed?! These people are insane!

So many questions flew through my head in that exact moment. There's no reason I shouldn't believe her, she's been right ever since she guesses Kai and Daniel. I wish I'd know how she did it, but I'm honestly a bit scared of her. That gaze was cold, how could she be so scary with the same faces as Lizzy's?

Those two's reaction was the same as when Kai first saw us, surprised and they both apologized for being rude to me. They said they were just caught up in the moment since they've been trying so hard to know what the exam was about.

We went our separate ways and with that, it was time to go to ISTA. Now I know that we'd at least know 2 other groups of people and Ara.

We started the walk from the town right after that. About five minutes in we encountered a monster. It was a lion with wings and two horns. Its tail was a snake's. I can't use magic, but I can still use my sword. I only have to-

Liz's sword pierced through it and it collapsed. One hit kill...

Seriously? What the hell?! Why does she get all the glory?

"So slow..." she complained out loud