The image of a young elf with glittering silver hair appeared in front of Fei. In contrast to her hair, she wore black leather armor and shining red gauntlets. Despite the unfamiliar equipment, Fei recognized that person... It was herself.

She stood on an open field with rocks scattered all around. The figure of 'Fei' was accompanied by several people. All of them seemed to be human and not elves.

Together, they were facing off against... something. A gigantic monster emanating dark aura towered over them. It was almost in a shape of an egg, if it weren't for the spikes covering its entire body and two ominous arms protruding at its base. Its ghastly face stretched all across one side of the whole body. It had two empty eye sockets and giant mouth in a constant expression of horror.

"Regroup! We can still do this!"

'Fei' yelled at her allies to encourage them, but their response was weak. They didn't want to keep going. And that wasn't surprising. Everyone, including 'Fei', was visibly worn down and many suffered some injuries. But more importantly, half of their forces have already been wiped out and the monster still hasn't shown any signs of weakening.

"Gh! Then, I'll go by myself!"

Ignoring the yells of her allies telling her to stop, 'Fei' charged at the mass of darkness. The monster attacked by swiping its arm, but Fei skillfully jumped over it while extending her arm toward the monster. Two seconds later, a lightning struck the monster's other arm. But the creature didn't even flinch. Instead, it used the time Fei needed to recover and vomited black ooze out of its gaping mouth. Her vision filled with darkness and-

"Guaaah!!!" Fei woke up in an instant. Sweat covering her entire body. She held her forehead and hyperventilated. Her heartbeat didn't show any signs of slowing down.

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A bad dream. Just a bad dream. That's all it was, right...?

No...

Fei remembered what she did before going to sleep. There's no mistake. That was her future. She is going to die fighting a horrific monster from hell.

Realizing this, her body shivered.

After calming down, she crawled out of her bed and set out to find help. Even though she felt completely drained because of the magic she just used, she still managed to limp her way to her father's room and told him everything. She didn't even care about admitting she stole an important document few years back. This was serious.

But...

"So, you stole something important and now you are making excuses? Looks like you will need another lecture."

Having been tricked by other 'serious' stuff, Fei's father learned to not believe whatever she says. Especially when it sounds just straight up ridiculous.

"N-no! I'm serious father!"

But her helpless cries were in vain. He merely lectured her as usual and then ignored her.

Realizing it was pointless, she went outside and asked others for help. The neighbors, the teachers, the elders... But nobody took her seriously. Not the adults nor the younger elves. For the first time in her life, Fei realized just how alone she was. Even if she is doomed, nobody will help her.

Why? Even though her life was in danger, why doesn't anyone care?

From that day on, Fei ceased to prank people. She stayed in bed, thinking about her inevitable demise. She was scared.

But even then, nobody took notice of her unusual behavior. Some ignored her and others thought it was just another elaborate prank of hers. Nobody wanted to help her.