Chapter 18 Winter

(Leland's Pov)

It's been months since the invaders attack us, now the winter came there are no chances that the soldier will survive this cold blizzard.

Our supplies are good and we can survive this when the winter is gone but for now, let's hope for the best of this village.

My elder brother is there hunting animals with my students, meanwhile, this child here is just there outside and it's like that any temperature it feels means nothing to them.

They don't seem to care, and they are alright in this state, I don't even know what to say, I said to them. "Do you want to come inside?" "Sure." Replied with no trace of emotion at all, still the same thing.

I prepared anything for me, Atlin, and the child. The food in the table and as we sit down to eat the meals on the table for dinner, then my brother spoke. "Sorry, undeads cannot eat food, we can't feel hunger and thirst, not even the temperature, you know that." "Sorry forgot about that."

Silly me, of course, he's an undead, but still, I can't believe he lives like this, and the child too just ate as if nothing happens, doesn't seem to impress them quite a bit.

"So, I got a question for you child." "What is it?" Again this child has no emotion to respond to.

"Tell me, what is it like to be born?" I'll just wait for his response.

(Anti's Pov)

I recalled my past and it's still nothing, not even when I was born or anything happen there, it's just the void and it's always.

"To be exact, I might find this question to be unpleasant, even though I do not know where I came from." "To think that you might be this and that." Atlin response with a calm tone.

"Well then, here's a question for you, are you really alive?" "That would be a difficult thing to say," I responded bluntly and he said to me. "Leland, forgive me for this." "Brother what are you sa-" He took out his dagger then put a dagger on my throat. "Brother, what are yo-" "Are you afraid to die kid?"

I responded with this. "I would certainly find it hard, and it makes me almost feel disturbed?" "Alright, tell me this smartass, how do I know your not one of them?" I said to him bluntly.

"I have no side, whether if it's your side or their side, none of that matters to me, all I want to know is to see how much you species always do in every daily life as if it's normal to do." His hands are shaking and then he let go of me and before he leaves I tell him. "Where are you going?"

"Someplace to be alone." He left and then there's me and Leland. "Don't let it bother you, he's just making sure your no threat and cautious to his surroundings."

"I understand," I said to him. "Do you mind if you leave for a minute?" "Of course.

I might have found something to see that every species have a thing to like and dislike, everyone is like that but to me, I find this regretful for them to follow every direction they choose, good or bad it's not something it's rare, it's used that often, It's something that they portray themselves so that know which side they're on.

I am a thing, and I need to find out about how every stay alive in this broken reality they live in, I wanted to be alive, I wanted to remember, I wanted to have emotions, I wanted to be-

"What do we have here?" Suddenly I was teleported by some unknown place I'm in, a figure appears in the shadows. "You seemed not surprised by anything after all." "Of course I am, nothing you do will surprise me." This person, I don't who they are but, there's a familiar thing about this figure.

"I know who you are Anti, and there's no need to introduce myself, you already know anything about me, let's get straight to the point.

There's no doubt that he wanted to talk or they want to talk, they're like me.

"Of course, I would say the same thing to you, "Manoaly" that's your name isn't it?" "Of course it's my name, still this is the first time we meet don't you agree." They smiled right in front of me, wait they smiled, how did they have emotions, how is that possible.

"Though we may have the similarities, we have different motives, so is your personality and mine as well." They replied with a formal tone. "We will be enemies in the future, but right now we will work together." "Why's that?" I asked a question.

"We are facing something like a dirty and failure species, as you can see, I hunt the failures, you know why I hunt failures because these so-called "gods" never learn how to take out the trash and they pissed me the hell off." Said with an angry tone.

"I would rather teach them a lesson, and they are afraid of me, and I like it so that they won't pull those stupid stunts again and think before creating those creations without just mindlessly made for that." As they continued to explain it, they began to be annoyed.

"I see," I replied with just two words. "Are you even listening to me!" They got angry with me and they said. "Look, the reason that we two have is like we are the same as we are, a soulless being with no purpose, and to be frank, I want you to decide now, I don't care if you want to search some stupid life or some other idiotic methods you have in mind, but don't worry, once this is over we'll separate our owns ways and minding our business how's that?"

It's not a bad thing to say at least I never knew anything about them nor their origins, but all I know is that I want to know what thing they're talking about.

"Alright, I'll help you, and then we'll on our separate ways and that's that." They responded with a soft tone. "I guess you can say that we'll be a great team..." After a handshake, a portal opened, and then they said. "Now, leave before I kick you out." Said in a rude tone. As I leave the portal.

I'm back at the cabin and then I decided to go inside, I saw him sleeping, and he's drunk, I decided to leave him be, and then I looked at the window and said. "I wonder who the threat is on this Earth?"