"Bermil! Come out and play!"
I stick my head out the window to reply.
"Wait just a second! I just need to put on my shoes!"
My name is Bermil Uvolan! Originally it was Farry, but I died and that name does not associate with me in this current world anymore. Me, my Sister, and Mom was murdered by this creepy man back in my old life. It was scary, because he looked that of a demon, so I thought I was bound for hell. I will try to at least get back at him, but I think that comes later.
I check the mirror to see a 12 year old dark elf with grey skin, white short hair, and red eyes. 'Now that I think about it, it's been 12 years since then huh?' This is now my new body and life' I thought to myself as I start to walk out the door.
"Bermil if you take any longer, we'll start without you!"
I sneak behind up behind him to give him a little scare
"I'm here already. Can you shut up Rinwald."
"Gah! When did you get here!? Anyways can you also call remind your brother that he's joining us today."
What is in front of me is a 12 year old boy, with black spikey hair and brown skin. Dressed up in a blue shirt and brown shorts. He also has Blue eyes.
"He's already on his way out."
I also forgot to mention my new family. I have a twin brother who's full name is Grainyull, but I just call him Grain. He's a lot weaker than me, but overall, can defend himself just fine. I also have a beautiful mother who is currently on a visit to my father. I wonder what father's currently doing.
Then out comes a boy with a long white sleeve shirt covered in a vest with shorts. It's Grain!
"Eh! Your already here? I knew I should have just decided on my red vest first. Otherwise I wouldn't have wasted your time." Said Grain with a look of sadness on his face.
"Don't worry about it, we haven't started yet." Rimwald said in a relaxed manner.
"Oh yeah! Bermil. It's currently 3:40 PM." Said Grain
I responded with
"So what about it?"
"Don't tell me you forgot!" Rimwald said with a look of disappointment
Grain then jumps in
"The hero is gonna be here around 4:40 PM. Make sure that you start getting ready for the celebration at around 4:00 PM sharp."
'Oh yeah. The Hero. I do remember hearing stories of him not only Allying our village with the Kingdom of Tourk, he also saved our Village Chief when She was a young adult. I wonder just how powerful is he to do things like that! I can't wait to get a glance at him!'
"Alright, alright. I get it already. You don't have to remind me every second."
"I do it because you forget every second."
"Wait what were we talking about?"
He simply looks at me with a look of disapproval and facepalms himself.
We then head towards the middle of our village to play our favorite game of Hide and go Beat. It's not really a game, but more of training that the Village Chief proposed we practice at least 4 times a week. The seekers have to go and find the hiders and give them a small beating. The difference is that the hiders can also fight back. There are currently others also joining in with us.
One named Reina. She's around 12 almost turning 13. She's a bit of a Tomboy. She has brown skin with purple eyes and short white hair. She's pretty rough around the edges, but overall she's pretty fun to hangout with once you know her. She wears boyish outfits so I guess I don't need to give context on what they look like.
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Next is Sheya. She has black hair with green eyes and black skin. She's the youngest of us with an age of 8 so she usually hangs with Reina. She likes dresses so she wears them with a small jacket over them.
Sars is... How do I say this. He's pretty round... He has grey skin with black hair. He's around my age. He usually wear clothes you see commoners wear in Isekai.
We all meet up with each other. Since I'm the strongest out of everyone here and I'm teamed up with Rimwald, we will be seeking and add 100 seconds to the countdown. (300 seconds)
"You guys now start hiding!"
Rinwald Screamed
"Well now all we have to do is wait" I said in a lazy way
"So Bermil, what do you think the Hero is like?" Rimwald said in a cheery way
"I Don't really know, but if all the things I heard about him are true, then he must be a really nice guy." I said will fiddling with a twig I found off the ground.
"That must be true! If so, I wanna be exactly like him when I reach adulthood!" Rimwald said with a bright smile on his face.
We wait a little while and then I think to myself.
'Well I think enough time has passed.'
"Rinwald. We're splitting up. I'll check the forest, and you check the village."
"Alright. Don't wander too far other wise you might run into something dangerous."
"Got it. I'll be careful."
I jump from home to home to head towards the village gate. One of the guards at the gate asked
"Doing your drill today huh?"
"Well if you know that, then you wouldn't mind telling me if any of the others went through this gate." I said with a smirk on my face.
"I don't know. Don't ask me." She said while looking away from me
'That was exactly what I was waiting for! They were also previously candidates and were trained not to lie. Of course lying would be difficult for them.'
"I'll be back before you know it." Said as I left the village.
I start to wander around for about five minutes before deciding to use my skill. Echo! I set small vibrations in different directions to see if some bounce back in an odd manner. I stood there for about 10 minutes then!
I found someone!
They are pretty far off but I could probably find them in 5 minutes flat. I take off like a jet setting off to war.
'Found them!' I said to myself in this forest.
Then to my surprise, I find a Dwarf there walking around the area all covered in sweat.
A dwarf? What's he doing here? Is he also talking to himself?
I listen closer to only hear the words
"Alright. That took a few days, but I can finally receive my payment."
'Payment? What does he mean by that?' I thought to myself with a bewildered expression.
Snap!
'Where did that come from?'
I look down to see a grey sword sticking out of a bush.
'Isn't that Reina's? What is she doing here?'
She then makes a brake for it.
With my head focused on the competition, I accidentally give away my position.
"I won't let you get away from me Reina!"
I start to chase after her. As she is trying to flee back to the village.
"Wait Reina!"
"I don't have the time to!" She yelled.
"What do you mean!?" I asked
"That Dwarf said that an army of 800 strong will invade our Village!"
'What!? We're about to be invaded!? Why?" I start to think to myself
Then in denial I responded
"You better not be playing pranks on me!"
"We have to find the Village Chief first! If you trust me this once I'll purposely lose for the next 3 games we have!"
"How can I trust you on that! How do I know if you're tricking me!?" I started fuming.
She then stops. I land in front of her too.
"I pinky swear that I will."
'A Pinky swear! The ultimate form of a promise! It is said that those who breaks those promises will face the wrath of the gods!'
"Fine then, I accept."
We then continue to head towards the village.
'Now that I realize it, what's the time?'
"Hey Reina. Do you know what the time is?"
"I started hiding over 30 minutes ago, so it should be around 4:20 PM."
Then as we both realize it, that we only have 20 minutes until 4:40 PM, we both shout
"Oh crap! We need to also prepare for the hero!"
We both arrive at the village to see a lot of the villagers dressed up in Black suits and Dresses. Some others are in Gold.
I find Grain to my right with a look of anger on his face. Can't say I'm surprised though. Suddenly Reina says
"I need to see the Village Chief this instant!"
'I forgot that Reina had something she needed to say to the Chief.'
Rimward took a deep breath then exhaled then said to Reina
"Reina now's not the time. Hurry up and at least change into formal wear I'd say you should have less than 15 minutes le-"
"We don't have time! An Army is on their way to invade us right now! That's why I need to speak to the Chief!"
Grain Snapped.
"Listen to me Reina stop wasting your time and just go change already! You too Bermil"
"Uh- Yes!" I said in a somber way.
'I don't remember the last time I've seen Grain lash out like that since a few years ago. I guess you never know what could happen.'
As we both start to head towards my house, I see a small light sent over our wall. Well that's what I thought. Turns out it was an arrow on fire. It then landed in the head of one of the villagers. Before I knew it there were hundreds of them flying over. Chaos erupted. It all happened to something the because this is the first ever time we've been raided because we're a young village only about 100 years old.
'I don't know who the hell planned this, but whoever they are, they're gonna regret it!'
I take a step forward to protect the people behind me. It is now time for battle.