I slowly opened my eyes and then looked up at the newly rising sun through the window next to my bed.
'It's morning again.'
I muttered to myself, sighed deeply, and started getting ready for school. After I put on my school uniform, I went to the kitchen and prepared a snack.
I made myself a small toast and ate it. Then I took my phone and continued reading the web novel I was halfway through. After school time approached, I finally put down the phone and left the house.
I walked slowly through small empty streets. I greeted the cat I saw on my way to school every day. He didn't turn to look at me because he was busy rummaging through the trash. I watched the cat for a while and continued on my way. After a while, I finally came to the door of my school. Just as I was walking in, a hand in my way stopped me.
"Hey, hold on there."
I rolled my eyes and looked at the owner of the hand that blocked my path.
"What do you want Daniel?"
I asked while looking at him blankly.
"You know, it's Monday so it's time to pay off your debt."
He opened a palm while grinning disgustedly.
I looked at Daniel. He was around 1.87cm tall and was extremely fat. Every Monday, he would wait at the school entrance and take pocket money from quiet types like me. Several children tried to resist him, but each time they were beaten up by Daniel and his friends and kept quiet.
Finally, giving up, I reached for my bag and gave him the money I brought to buy lunch at school today. Daniel grimaced at the money but didn't say anything, just got out of the way.
'I managed to get into my classroom without anyone else noticing.'
I thought to myself as ı sat on my desk and waited for the teacher. Then, about two minutes later, a girl walked in and she had a big smile on her face as she came straight toward me.
"HEYYY GRAY GOOD MORNİNGGG"
I was disturbed by his shouting and warned her.
"Can you please speak a little quieter, Helen? You're disturbing people."
Helen pouted as she tried to hug me.
"You know Gray, ı'm a very sensitive girl so you shouldn't say such things to me."
I pushed Helen away from me, who was pretending to cry and started to pull out my textbooks, then I went back to Helen.
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"You have to go Helen, the teacher will come soon."
Helen glanced at the watch on her wrist and before she turned and left, she took a small bag from her purse and handed it to me.
"I think you're right, but before you go get this."
She showed me the bag.
"This one has some snacks in it. I got it for you."
Then she turned and left the classroom. I looked at the bag and smiled involuntarily.
'Thanks, Helen.'
Then the teacher came and the lesson began. It was an intense and boring class. I slept through most of the lesson and theorized about the future of the web novel I was reading.
A few lessons later, lunch break came. I ate the snacks Helen bought me because I was hungry. Then the lunch break ended and the day continued in the same way.
'I can finally go home again.'
After the last bell rang, I thought to myself. I packed my bag and walked out of the classroom and saw Helen waiting for me outside the door.
"Where have you been?"
I walked past her as if I hadn't seen her. She started following me right behind me.
"You're so hurtful, Grayyyyy"
She protested in a sweet voice. At least she tried. I turned around and looked at her.
"By the way, thanks for the snack."
I smiled slightly as I said it. Surprised for a moment, Helen quickly gathered herself and puffed up his chest.
"You don't need to thank me, I know I'm a great person."
She gave a fake laugh. It was clear from the smile on her face that she was genuinely happy.
'She was very happy even with just a small thank you.'
I looked at her for a moment, then turned around again and continued on my way. Then, just as I was descending the school stairs, I felt someone pushing me from behind. I started falling down the stairs.
As I fell down the stairs, my life began to flash before my eyes.
I had a difficult childhood. My father was an alcoholic. After all, he left us when I was seven years old. After he left, my mother started to work heavy jobs all the time. Finally, she got sick. For years I was ostracized by my environment. I've always been alone. Nobody was with me. That's why I kept quiet and stopped talking to people. And gradually the loneliness that hurt me at first became indispensable. Then I started getting beatings from these stupid bullies. They tyranny me and took my money. They just used me as they wanted because I was a quiet person. I didn't raise my voice at them because I knew it wouldn't work.
'No one will care about you if you are not strong.'
I want to be strong. I wanted to direct my own life and not let anyone use me. But it didn't. I was always crushed and kept quiet. I didn't think I was loved by anyone until I met Helen. She is the only person who truly cares about me. She stood by me and cared for me, even though I treated her like the others.
Maybe it was a mistake to treat her like the others. I should have treated her better. But it's too late now.
Eventually my body stopped falling and stopped at the end of the stairs. A small pool of blood was already starting to build up under me. My vision was gradually blurring, and I was hearing less and less of the shouting around me.
I looked at the pool of blood.
'Puahaha this is so funny. I'm dying. I will die without accomplishing anything. I feel like a freak.'
'I wish I hadn't let those damn bullies treat me the way they wanted.'
'I wish I hadn't let my mother get sick.'
'I wish I could tell Helen that I love her.'
I can no longer select anything. My vision began to darken.
'I WISH I WAS A DIFFERENT ONE.'
'MORE STRONG...'
'MORE BRAVE...'
'MORE IMPORTANT...'
A sudden jolt interrupted my thoughts. Someone was pulling me by the arm. I wanted to tell her not to do this, but I couldn't open my mouth. Then, with the last light entering my eyes, I could see who this person was.
'Helen.'
But before I could do anything, I started to feel a huge pain in my head and a robotic sound filled my ears.
[THE SUPREME SHADOW EMPEROR NOXUS HEARD YOUR REQUESTS.]
[THE SUPREME SHADOW EMPEROR NOXUS WANTS TO MEASURE YOUR SOUL POTENTIAL]
[MEASURING SOUL POTENTIAL]
[...]
[...]
[YOUR SOUL POTENTIAL HAS BEEN DETERMINED AS 'SSS']
[THE SUPREME SHADOW EMPEROR NOXUS WANTS TO START 'SOUL TRANSFORMATION']
[STARTING THE SOUL TRANSPORTATION PROCESS...]
[...]
[ERROR... ERROR... ERROR...]
[FOREİGN SOUL DETECTED...]
[SEARCHİNG SOLUTION...]
[...]
[RESOLUTION FOUND.]
[THE FOREİGN SOUL IS INSTALLED IN THE 'SOUL TRANSPORT' PROCESS.]
[STARTING AGAIN PROCESS 'SOUL TRANSPORT']
[%20...]
[%45...]
[%77...]
[100%... PROCESS SUCCESSFUL.]
[A NEW APOSTLE AROSE...]
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When the closest teacher on duty arrived at the scene, he could not believe his eyes. He stared at the corpses lying on the ground as he resisted the urge to vomit.
Two corpses lying side by side, completely dried up.
They looked like they were straight out of the worst horror movies.
It looks like he won't be able to forget what he saw for a long time.