It happened on a completely ordinary day, one of those where you wake up, argue with your neighbors, get ready, -put on makeup-, and head out to go about your daily routine.

I was on my way to the shopping mall. It was time to do the shopping, and knowing my mother, I don't think she'll end up doing it. So, I was calmly on my way when suddenly...

I was in one of the hallways on the second floor of the shopping mall. There weren’t many people around; it seemed somewhat lonely. Maybe it's because it's still the early hours of the morning? Whatever the case...

"Uh, excuse me?"

Once I turned toward the voice, I found myself facing a student. I deduced this from her uniform; she seemed... embarrassed?

“Can you help me get a box down? I can't reach it, hehe.”

She seemed to be avoiding eye contact. Do I really look that bad? Or maybe it's my beauty!

I proceeded to nod repeatedly, which seemed to confuse her a bit.

"Sure, which one do you need?"

In any case, I don't lose much by helping her. Who knows, maybe I'll improve my image while I'm at it, haha...

"Great! It's over here, let's go."

She seemed happy when I agreed to help. I hope I don't end up dead in some alley... Cases like this have been increasing lately,

-I wonder why?-

After I picked up my shopping bag and finished putting away what I had in my hand, I found myself following her.

She seemed to be humming a song as I followed; she looked cute, maybe a bit innocent? Certainly, there aren’t many people like her these days.

It didn’t take long. After wandering through a few aisles, I found myself in a deeper part of the store. The girl pointed to what seemed to be... cat litter? In any case, once I got the litter down—which wasn’t hard, not that I’m bragging, haha.

“I don’t understand why they put it so high up, thank you!”

She seemed pretty happy once I handed her the cat litter. I wonder how long she had been here trying to get it down, not to mention there’s what appears to be a bit of litter spilled on the floor... suspicious.

"Don’t worry, it was nothing."

I said it with my best smile. I don’t want her to think she owes me anything, especially someone like me.

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"Anyway, goodbye, thanks again!"

After saying that, she went on her way. Now that I think about it... why was she wearing a uniform? Today is Sunday, there shouldn’t be any classes, right? Either way, it’s not my problem.

Anyway, I should get going. I have everything I need, not to mention my mother will be home soon. It’s amazing how one can get through the week with so little.

Is this my special ability? If so, I want a refund! I can’t accept a skill like this—what would my friends think of... me? Anyway...

“!Woooh, woooh!”

Huh? Are those sirens? Is there an accident or something nearby? Now that I think about it, there’s no one in the mall, or is it... Alright! It’s decided, time to leave.

I proceed to give myself a few pats on the knees and run as if my life depended on it. I head towards one of the side exits of the store; I know this area, and I know that there’s an emergency exit ladder by one of the windows.

-!Watch out!-

“BOOM!”... Has someone turned off the lights? !Because I certainly don’t like it!

-It hurts- a lot…

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“ALRIGHT! I’m awake!”

Once I jumped up, I found myself in... a prison? An armory? Or did I get kidnapped by the mafia?

The place where I found myself definitely looked like a prison; it seemed to measure about 20x20 meters, which is really odd! Usually, the ceiling wouldn’t be this high, you know!?

“HEEEELLO!”

“PSSSS”

HEY! What was that? It sounded like some kind of whistle or something, and it's coming from... mmm, over there!... whoa! What is that!? A part of the wall opened up like sliding doors, but like a futuristic version or something.

-It looks like something interesting is about to happen.-

“PSSS”

Once the... door? opened, I could see a human silhouette, a bit taller than me. Considering I’m 1.75 meters tall, it might be around 1.80 meters.

“Tap, tap, tap”

It can’t be! That’s an ELF! Although, why is it blue?

What came out of the door seems to be an elf about 1.80 meters tall, with long white hair and navy blue skin. It looks like it's wearing leather armor, except that parts like its torso, calves, and maybe its back are protected with metal plates. Not to mention it’s wearing metal gloves and parts of its arms are also protected with metal.

Hmm, now that I think about it, this reminds me of some manhwa about a guy who likes to level up.

“*******”

Wow! The elf just spoke, though I didn’t understand anything... I guess it’s elf language or something. Wait a second, there aren’t elves on Earth, right?

“Uh, excuse me, can you understand me?”

Alright, alright! I’m panicking, one moment I was at the mall and now I’m in an unknown place with an elf speaking elf language. This can’t be happening! Where am I? What’s going on? Not to mention I haven’t finished my things on Earth yet—I STILL HAVE A LOT TO DO! THIS CAN’T END LIKE THIS! Did I die? Is this some kind of reincarnation or something?

What do you call this? I stopped reading stories and playing video games when I was 12.

“************”

Alright, calm down! You know very well that if you don’t control yourself, things aren’t going to go well. They never do. The elf spoke again and seems to be... smiling? Wait a second... I recognize that smile.

-MOVE!-

I turn my head to the side to see that behind me there’s a...

-dagger.-

Am I crying? No... I’m bleeding.

“************”

Are you laughing?

-“Oohh…”-