Dream 1

It took us a few hours just to finish cleaning up the whole room. And after that, I decided to invite Sophia for dinner, which she accepted after thinking for some time.

"What would you like to eat?" I asked, tying the black-apron from my waist. It didn't take long for her to answer as she replied, "I'm not a picky eater. I'm fine with whatever you choose."

"Okay then... I'll make a steak and some soup for dinner." With that, I began cooking us some meal to eat. Although I didn't became a chef in my past life, I can still assure that my cooking skills are on par with five-star chefs.

It was also because if my cooking skills that I survived my three years inside that forest. If it wasn't for it, I would've have to eat tasteless foods, or the worst case scenario, starved myself to death.

"It's surprisingly delicious..." Said Sophia, making me take a side glance in her direction. She was currently savoring every bite of the strike I cooked.

"Thanks I guess..." I replied as I took a sip of my soup before placing the bowl down. I didn't know what to say to her next because this is the first time I received such as compliment in my cooking skills.

It didn't take long for us to finish eating and when we did, Sophia thanked me for the meal before she left the room.

After she left my room, I went ahead and took a quick shower before falling to my bed. "What a long day..." Muttering that, I placed my arm beneath my neck before closing my eyes to sleep.

***

"Where am I...?" When I worked up, I found myself in a dark place. I quickly stood up and surveyed the whole surroundings. After a few seconds, I pinched the middle of my brows in contempt.

"Where is this place? Am I... dreaming?" I sighed, "I guess considering where I am now, I'm probably just dreaming as I'll wake up after a few minutes, or hours..."

While I was walking, I suddenly heard a sound of a chain being dragged from my back. I decided to turn around and when I did, I saw a boy seemed to be much younger than me, being dragged around with chains.

Dark circles formed under his eyes, as it were devoid from any emotions. His greyish long hair swayed under the cause of the gust of wind passed by.

"You filthy trash, what do you think your doing in this place." One of the people from the crowds spoke, while some of them was throwing rocks to the boy.

"Just die already!" The guards on the boy's left stabbed his sword into his abdomen. It later spilled so much blood as the boy from earlier fell on his knees.

With his hands painfully covering the large wound from his left, the boy forcefully walked through without wearing anything under his foot.

"That!?" I unconsciously spoke up. No one else seemed to have heard me, as the crowds all stared at the boy with great fear and anger in their eyes.

The large wound from earlier suddenly healed up. I didn't sense any mana, so how he did it was still unknown.

"Filthy immortal!! We don't need you here." The guy picked up a large rock on the ground and threw it towards the boy.

The rock was about to reach his head when suddenly, a woman who was dressed up like a nun rushed forward to protect him.

"Stop!" She said, as blood slowly poured out from her forehead. With her arms outstretched, she spoked, "We still don't have any definite proof that he was the one who started the epidemic."

She was about to fall of from her knees because of earlier when the boy caught her, and supported her body using his own.

"We cannot also use the word 'curse, immortal, filthy, bad luck' as an excuse to everything bad that happened to this town." Coughing a couple of times, she finally accepted the boy's help, as she placed her arm onto his shoulder.

When I saw them like this, I suddenly felt a tingly pain down into my chest. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨...? I thought. Before I knew it, my chest tightened like the first time I had recalled some of my bad memories from my past lives

The boy who was deemed as curse finally for the first time smiled... Smiled in genuine happiness.

But....

That happiness didn't last long. Soon the world around me turned dark, as I was suddenly teleported on to someplace I didn't know.

𝘞𝘩𝘺...? His voice rang through my ear. While looking at the machine attached to the valve of his hips, the boy wondered.

𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘦?

He remembers the day when it was attached a few years ago. After he and the Nun lady reached the church, he was later then led to an underground laboratory-like place.

There he was experimented like lab rats, being injected with some types of poison, acid, and many kind of harmful substances.

Right now, he was currently laid in a metal table, which was the place where he was being experimented as.

Many people who are dressed up in lab coat once again injected something to his body. "This should be it..." The man spoke while injecting something.

The moment he did that, the boy's body began shaking abnormally before both of his hands and arm exploded into pieces, covering the whole place in his blood.

𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴...

He wanted to say something but he couldn't open his mouth. By then, his body's broken pieces that flew began moving back to where it came from. Slowly, they all came back in instant and repaired every damage, not even leaving any traces of scars from his body behind.

𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦... 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦?

Suddenly, the blood that was left and haven't came back yet glowed red.

𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦? Monster? 𝘐𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭? 𝘐𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯....

The man who was panicking on his right was about to leave when the boy reached out his hands to grab his wrist.

I̶'L̶L̶ D̶O̶ I̶T̶.

Not long after his hands reached the man's wrist, he sucked every life force of his body, making the man fall over his knees in pain. It didn't take long for him to suck him dry and when he did, the man's body was left looking similar to a skeleton wearing a skin as costumes.

Forcefully raising his arm, the boy's amount of strength has increased drastically after earlier. He then ripped the chains from his body before standing up from his sit.

"Who else would like to go next?" The boy asked. The other people who was wearing lab coat and the guards that was guarding him was now desperately trying to open the huge metal door from their front.

"It seems like no one wants to include me for the fun... Ouch, that hurt my feelings, ya'know?" The boy then laughed maniacally. Raising his arms up, the blood that was left from the surroundings thanks to the explosion, began gathering up in the air slowly turning into sharp needles.

"Why don't we let you guys taste your own medicines." Then, the blood needle above his hands came flying through the people, not leaving anyone else alive.

He once again laughed maniacally after seeing the people who made him suffer through his life time slowly dying from his sight. Suddenly, a tear of blood came out from his eyes without him noticing.

𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴... 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴... 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴...!! 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴...!! 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴...!!!

His thoughts became clouded in pain. Although he had the ability to neglect pain from his body, it seemed like that his mentality was not.

Stepping onto the bodies of the fallen soldiers, he sat down.

-Clang!

-Clang!

BAAANG-!!!!

While the boy was trying to take a rest, the huge iron door came flying inside revealing a reddish-brown hair boy outside while holding a broadsword.

"It seems like we're too late..." The red-headed boy came inside as his eyes surveyed the surroundings. Soon after the dust cleared up, it finally revealed nine of the boy's companion who also came inside.

"What are you all gonna do? Use the power of friendship? How... embarrassing." The boy who's eyes turned blood red, looked at them in aloof, more likely with a bored expression. "Shall we begin?" He sighed.

Readying their stance, all of them replied.

"Yes!"

After hearing that, my vision suddenly blacked-out.