Meeting 'Cupidity'

Marcus and I bravely exited the shelter. I almost gagged in disgust by the scenario outside the shelter.

Blood splattered everywhere, remains are scattered in the ground. No hint of life can be seen... aside from these creatures grinning at us.

First, there are attacked by those poisonous humanoid-frogs, then now, they are being attacked by goblins? What's with this village? Is this like an easy target for those creatures?

The goblins seem to communicate in an unusual language that neither of us understand. So, we just agreed on attacking them.

When I stepped towards them, four of them immediately attacked me. All of them drew their spears, aiming at my head. Claws slowly grew in my finger and in an instant the four of them are sliced in half, their bodies thrown on the ground.

While waiting for them to attack, I heard a hiss from somewhere... and as I was searching for it, something grabbed both of my legs from the ground then the goblins immediately threw their spears at me. Luckily, the barrier appeared which deflected the spears. I forcefully pulled the creature under the ground and threw its body upwards and before it even hit the ground, I threw a punch at it, leaving a big hole in its chest. I groaned as the body got stuck on my hand. When I pulled it out a sticky, blood-like liquid remained on my hand making me groan even more. I tried to wipe it off, but it's just too sticky. 'Tsk. Didn't sign up for this shit.'

"Tasha!" I quickly turned to Marcus but what caught my attention are the goblins that are sneaking behind me, ready to pierce me with their spear. My eyes widen and my body tensed up. 'Shit. I was caught off guard.'

I felt their spear slowly pierced through my body. They giggled as my blood splattered at them. At that moment, the time felt slower. I feel the heat rush throughout my body. 'Is this anger? Am I getting furious?'

In a blink of an eye, the goblins flew into the air. I slowly pulled the spear on my arm and walked towards them. I didn't care if my own blood gushed and dripped downwards.

'They're all unconscious? Good. Just a piece of cake. This is supposed to be a celebration for me and they're here to ruin it.'

I harshly stabbed them with the spear over and over again until blood spilled everywhere. I felt as if rage took over me.

"H-hey! You can stop now. They're dead..." a man approached me and grabbed my hand.

"Noah?" I asked, still out of breathe.

"Bingo!" the he wink as he snapped his finger in my face, "I was invited to a gathering in this town, I was expecting to see people having fun, not this bloody mess. But I'll let it pass, I'm already satisfied with the blood lust that I sensed from you." then he moved closer, making me a little uncomfortable.

Wait.. .wait... I'm extremely confused. Why is he here? Where is Marcus? So, is my assumption correct? Am I going to meet the other four that I killed? Holy shit! I thought that I'm going to have a much better life in here with Leonard.

"Didn't know that you're going to grow into an absolute, fine lady. Like, maaan. Look at those curves!" then he slowly caressed my thigh with his other hand. I struggled but his gripped on my hand just tightened.

"Awww... Am I late for the party? Where's the food?" another man asked as he walked towards us.

My eyes widened as I realized who he is. His arrival seemed to caught Noah off guard so I used this opportunity to escape from his grip. He chuckled as threw him a glare.

"Can't you see? It's a mess in here!" he shouted to the confused man, "Anyway, where's Marcus?" then he turned to me with a smug look in his face. I quickly avoided his gaze and pretended to look for Marcus. 'Where is that man? Why did he left me?'

I felt Noah's presence beside me so I decided to avoid him again. But this time, instead of harassing me or something, he wrapped a cloth around my injured arm.

"Oh! Hey! My guests have finally arrived! I'm glad that you made it!" Marcus exclaimed as he walk towards us.

"Why did you leave me?" I asked.

"Disappointed?

"Very." I whispered. Seems like the Marcus from the 'parallel word' is the same as the Marcus in this world.

"Don't be! I just gathered the treasures that the goblins stole! See?" then he raised his hand, showing off a sac of what seems the be full of coins or something.

I just stared at him. They really are the same. The Marcus from the parallel world left me for his career and to be with a rich woman, so I did what I have to do, I killed him together with his current girlfriend at that time to make it look like they had an argument or something.

"Maybe you should change your clothes? Don't worry. I'll take you to your cabin." then Noah once again moved closer to me and tried to hold my arm but I just nudged it. He smirked and forcefully grabbed my arm, "You look really hot in that bloodied dress. I can't focus properly." he whispered before letting go of my arm. I winced as I realized that I was stabbed in my arm.

"I think it's best that you do that." Marcus said, "you should also treat that wound, I'll take care of this greedy one. Let's save the introduction for later." he continued and patted the head of the frowning man beside him.

Well, I really wanna go to treat my wounds, but being around this guy is making me very uncomfortable. 'Just like what he used to make me feel in the other world.'

I sighed and nodded. I don't have a choice, hm?

Noah and I began to walk towards my cabin while Marcus and the 'man' walked towards the shelter. While we're walking, he slowly moved closer to me and put his hand on my shoulder. I winced as he "accidentally" touched my injured arm.

"Cute." he whispered and chuckled. I furiously removed his arm on my shoulder but he just laughed.

"Arousing..." then he grinned. His comment made me really mad and I kinda lost control of my actions and before I know it, he's now holding his swollen cheek. That seem to trigger him but instead of shouting at me he just maniacally laughed. At that moment, I felt my knees trembled but I gathered my strength to start running.

I ran towards our cabin and decided to not to look back. When I arrived, I banged the door and shouted.

"L-Leonard! Where are you? Open the door!" I kept on banging the door and luckily he opened the door. When he saw me his eyes immediately widened.

"What happened to you!?"