54. Slayer's Past

Day after day passed by, Shiro who was feeling depressed began to enjoy hunting along with 107 members of the SweetSugar alliance. Even though Shiro is a new player, he has interesting abilities and able to raise his level very quickly, making him very popular among the girls in the SweetSugar alliance.

Slayer who does not like the attitude of her members who are too familiar with Shiro told them to keep their distance from Shiro. However, some of them did not heed Slayer's warning and still kept in touch with Shiro.

One afternoon, shortly after hunting, Shiro and the SweetSugar alliance rested on the banks of a river located on the northwestern border of the Rahtawu forest.

While the other girls were busy setting up their tents, Shiro saw Slayer sitting alone by the river.

"Hey, what are you daydreaming about?" said Shiro, greeting the pensive Slayer alone.

"Didn't I tell you not to talk to me." answered Slayer sarcastically.

"Why do you not trust me so much? Do I look like a villain to you?"

"Not a villain, just trash." answered Slayer.

Sighing, Shiro then sat down next to Slayer. But Slayer rushed to push Shiro's body and draw her sword at Shiro.

"I told you never to approach me!!"

Shiro who was lying on the ground was surprised to see Slayer who looked very angry. "Tch! Why?! I just want to be friends with you." Shiro slowly tried to get up. Regardless of the sword directed at him, he walked back to Slayer.

"If you dare approach me again, I'll kill you!!" shouted Slayer, looking increasingly emotional.

Hearing Slayer's shout, the SweetSugar members who were busy doing their respective tasks, looked at Shiro and Slayer. They were surprised to see Slayer, who looked seriously pointing a sword at Shiro.

"Go away! Do you want to die!!" said Slayer with great emotion.

Shiro pursed his lips with sad eyes. Regardless of the sword in front of him, Shiro continued to walk towards Slayer and let his body to be pierced by Slayer's sword.

Those around were shocked at what was happening. Even Slayer herself had no idea that Shiro would just let his body get stabbed by her sword.

Shiro tried to bear the pain he felt. With a serious expression on his face, Shiro looked into Slayer's eyes and said, "Why? Why do you hate me so much?! Not only in the real world, even in the game world, why am I always wrong?! What exactly have I done to all of you?!!"

Seeing Shiro who looked very angry, without first pulling out her sword which is still stuck in Shiro's stomach, Slayer could only be stunned with wide eyes staring at Shiro's face.

Sofia who had just come and saw Shiro's HP drop dramatically rushed to run over to them and pull Slayer's sword from Shiro's body.

"What the hell are you doing?!" Feeling annoyed at what they both did, with her left hand still holding Slayer's sword tightly, Sofia slapped Slayer's cheek.

A few seconds Slayer was silent staring at Sofia. Without saying a word, she then let go of her sword and walked away from the two of them. A few moments later Shiro also started walking away and left Sofia alone.

While holding back her emotions, Sofia sighed and then said, "Why am I getting angry too..."

Some time later after Shiro returned to his tent, Niken came over to Shiro and immediately scolded him. "I don't know if you're that stupid! Why are you trying to kill yourself if there are still so many beautiful girls like me?!"

"Mma... Mma... Calm down Niken-san..." said Princess Cindy, who had just arrived with Yin and Nichole.

"Shiro-san... How you doing?" Nichole said, giving Shiro a health potion.

Without saying a word, Shiro seized the potion and immediately drank it.

"Forgive my sister... She's always like that. There's nothing wrong with you, it's just that she really hates all men... Because from the first, she was often hurt by them." said Nichole, who then sat next to Shiro.

"But she shouldn't go that far." said Shiro.

Nichole smiled faintly and then said, "I think what she did was normal, because she was a victim of sexual assault."

Shiro was surprised to hear Nichole's explanation. He didn't think that Slayer had a dark past just like him. "Her boyfriend?" Shiro asked softly.

"No. She never dated at all. The men I mean are our fathers and brothers."

"Fa-Father?! Brother?? W-What do you mean??" said Shiro who seemed distrusted by what he had just heard.

Nichole looked up at the sky and then said, "Alice and I are step sisters, one mother. My Dad married my Mom when Alice was 1 year old. Soon afterwards, Mom conceived a son who would later make Alice's life suffer."

Nichole stared at the necklace adorned with the Topaz stone she was wearing. "Even though from the outside we look like a normal family, but something terrible has happened in our family. Since Mom died 8 years ago, Alice began to become a sexual outlet for my father. As time went by, our brother also did the same things to her. Even though my Dad and my brother ruined her life, she still loved me as her younger sister."

Shiro just pensive to listen to Nichole's story. He was very familiar with Slayer's feelings, because they were both are victims of sexual violence caused by broken relationships in the family.

"Argh... That's not important! Why did you ignore my question earlier?? You should feel lucky because an idol like me has been worried about you! Are you stupid?! Why can you be that stupid!" Niken shouted, ruining the mood.

With a lazy expression on his face, Shiro scraped his ear which felt very itchy from listening to Niken's rant. While Niken who looked even more annoyed tried to hit Shiro, but Cindy and Yin tried to calm her down by holding Niken's body.

Over the past few days, Shiro has been very close to the members of the SweetSugar alliance, especially with some of the girls who first met him 2 weeks ago.

Shiro, who was initially shy when talking to them, is now getting used to teasing them. Especially when together with Niken and Princess Cindy, he can feel a happiness that normally people get when joking with their friend.

Rather than in the real world that seemed very dark to him, in this world, Shiro felt much more alive. Therefore, he never worried about the fact that they were currently trapped in a game world and kept trying to enjoy his new life.