Who's he?
Misaki was still sitting on the ground with a bleeding ankle,
She heard footsteps running towards her
"MISAKI! God iam so sorry for leaving you behind, are you okay?! "
Svan's voice was shaking as held Misaki's body supporting her to stand up,
She was leaning her body on his shoulder,
D..did he just ignore that suspicious boy and that dead snake just to help me?
"I,,Iam ok, you can stop worrying. "
Misaki didn't feel comfortable to speak, she felt the white haired boy piercing them with his gaze,
Is he judging us or what?
That boy didn't last long standing at the top of that snake, in an instant he got down from the snake landing into the ground.
" who are you!?" Svan said in a demanding tone, trying to hide his nervousness
The white haired boy kept walking towards them, and didn't utter a single word
W,,why is he heading towards us? Is he planning to finish all of us next after finishing that snake?!
To their surprise the boy only walked beside them then disappeared without a trace, he didn't even bother looking at them
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..huh?
"..did he just teleport? "
"Is that what you are concerned about the most? " Misaki sighed
They both heard footsteps rushing towards them,
"Omg are you ok?"
"Does your ankle hurt? "
"Iam glad that weird boy didn't do anything! "
All the ascenders were showing their concern to Misaki and Svan
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However all that only caused Misaki a more pain in the neck,
Those fake people..when I almost died none of them dared to even think to help me, but now that I survived all of them are suddenly angels!?
What I nuisance!
Svan noticed Misaki's lack of comfort and tried to push some of them away, but as he was doing that one of the people among the crowd managed to get throught them hugging Misaki tightly,
"Misaki iam glad you are ok!! " The voice was familiar
"S,,Sarena!! Where were you?! I was scared to death that something might have happened to you, you brat! "
Tears were pouring heavily from Sarena's eyes," Iam so so so sorry!! I swear i was running next to you, but I got carried away from you with the amount of people running! "
Well..what she is saying is very logical..I can't blame her..
Misaki sighed and patted Sarena's back, " ok it's alright it's alright stop crying, I believe you. "
"Y- you really do? "
"And why would I not? "
It's not everyday that I make friends who are willing to cry for me!..wait, she is not even my friend yet..
Svan patted the heads of the two girls smiling, "ok ok now is not the time for the emotional talk you two, there are a lot of things we have to worry about! "
In an instant All the Ascenders gathered their things and were getting ready to continue walking. Nevertheless the noticed something on shining on the ground,
Sarena approached it curious, "what is tha-"
[ Greetings our dear Ascenders!! ]
Sarena was startled by the sudden appearance of the screen, "Woah!! Why did you come?! "
Misaki rolled her eyes,
God..what kind of crazy shit they added this time..
[ What you are seeing now is a querl!
We know you will ask what a querl is.
Querls are one of the power enhancing gems,
They are D-Rank ]
Misaki's lips parted, "what are their important? "
[...]
Svan sighted and asked, "and what do these "querls" fo exactly? "
[ Replying to your question...]
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They really really love me, I see..
[ In short querls have the ability to exchange souls between two persons for a limited period of time of their choice. ]
"Well that looks coo- "
[ BUT if the two individuals didn't meet again in 24 hours after the time ending in the SAME place where they used the gem, Nothing will be waiting for them except a brutal ending in the way the feared the most. Moreover, if they used it, the exchanged souls won't return to their original body until the end of time. ]
..really when did anything good come out of this freaky place?
Misaki spoke, "No, thank you you can take it back.This thing looks like a curse instead. "
One of the present Ascenders spoke, "What will happen if one of the two died? "
[ They will both die. ]
..." thank you for introducing us to the one of the best double suicide device. Now please take it back! "
"Hey! Your name was Misaki wasn't it? Why do you want it to be taken so bad!? "
Misaki frowned, "Guys please you all wasted your breath for nothing, even if it was this useful we can't use it! "
We can't use anything they give to us in this trial !
Svan spoke, "What Misaki saying is right ! Moreover, what will we gain from exchanging our souls? None of us are that strong. "
"And did you forget the white haired boy that disappeared earlier?! Was that creature always with us! "
"No I don't think so. "He replied
" ok guys stop! We should get going and complete this trial quickly. " Misaki said grabbing Sarena's hand and going out of the cave
"W-Wait Misaki! "Svan followed them along with the other Ascender
For some reason Talking about that boy gave Misaki a strange feeling,
She didn't know if it was discomfort or so much comfort to the point it was suffocating...
"..I probably will never meet him again, and will have nothing to do with him in the future either..I should stop overthinking things.. "