I awoke an noticed I was alone.. no.. not alone.

"Hakiki~ human- girl~" the goblin I fought earlier was drooling as it kicked across my thigh.

I quickly sat up an looked around for aenning whom I'm suppose to be traveling with.

Gone.

Why did he leave?

"Girl~ girl~ girl~ girl~ come with us!" Cackling for no reason it kept calling me and grabbed my ankle and started dragging me.

I kicked at it hard an it winced an grabbed where I kicked.

-

Alice got up again and a fierce light in her eyes as she went for the white dagger. She smiled a bit as it was lighter than usual it was like she wasn't even holding it.

Suddenly the goblin hissed.

"Wheres the dagger~ she reached for it! Gone!"

It said an vanished.

"Stop!" Alice shouted an while it was slightly seeable before it could activate it's invisibility all the way it seemed as if it's time stopped an it didn't move or speak an it remainder semi invisible.

Curious she stared at it for a moment.

'thats odd.. why did it stop..'

Thinking for a moment she remembered her mysterious companion an smiled a bit before remembering she ordered it to stop.

"So that's how it is aenning!"

"I'm still kicking your ass when I see you!"

'so that's how it is.. I never had this ability before. But let me just test it.'

She stabbed the goblin in the head an it was pierced easily with the dagger.

'its sharper than before~'

'aenning you big dummy~-

"Ok.." Alice said an clapped with a grin.

Time started again an the semi invisible goblin turned invisible but became visible as it later on the floor dead.

"So I feel that isn't it yet thought." Alice said an walked up to the corpse.

Suddenly a parchment drifted down from nowhere and she gently caught Ian her hair was turning black if not darker. She looked at her bangs an ignored it, she loved her hair but the color wasn't bad.

On to the note it read:

You are now Time~ that is all.

Just kidding.

You have multiple abilities the most basic is moving through time last present or future(1)

You can control something's else time(2)

You can look into something's else time(3)

As you are time is your vessel do as you see fit.

Also another perk you can't die(4)

Note from your best friend Aenning.-

That completed the letter.

After reading it she then fast forwarded the time on the letter by her own will until it was nothing left.

'if I fast forward the time then rewind does that count as a storing ability I wonder?'

She thought this an rewinded the time thinking of the letter which again appeared in her hand. She smiled as her thoery worked. She no longer has to carry anything as long as it was within her mind she could make it appear.

She noted that after trying a few times she could do an instant appearance or not one an slowly make it appear or disappear when she was done experimenting the letter was gone.

She didn't know where aenning went but Alice wanted to complete an leave this place to carry out her mission so she went deeper into the cave along with the dagger when she thought,

'cant I just make this disappear to? It's an incoveince to carry like this.'

Trying she went to age it first but that was unsuccessful she could feel no matter how far it went in time it wouldn't perish so she tried rewinding an she noted that it didn't work at all as if it had no past.

She thought for sure rewinding it's time would work becauss it was an ordinary dagger before he touched it.

"Guess he's more powerfull than I thought."

She walked a bit an thought of where to put the dagger.

"If so he could have saved me that's more frustrating." She said with a frown an finally she stopped an smiles at the blade with a amused smile she took the tip of the blade an aimed at her abdomen pretty easy as she only wore bra armor an shorts along with boots.

"Let's see how true those words!" She shouted with a forced smile as she readied her self for pain.

Just when she was about to stab her self she stopped.

"Yea right I'm not crazy.. but I am curious."

She said.

Instead of a stab she poked her self with the tip but instead of causing a wound she noticed it instead went straight through her as if it wasn't there.

She stood straight an frowned at the blade.

"Aenning just what is the meaning ..?" She asked but received no answer.

She felt it had nothing to do with time but the dagger it self therefore aenning.

"Just what did he do by touching my dagger."

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She said an kept walking again.

As she went on the cave was high but never the less confusing. She got stuck on a few turns but decided to follow her nose which was pretty keen as a beast man.

She finally found the wettest place of the cave an most pungent.

She was just ready to turn around an would have if not for the mission.

Reluctantly she made one more step forward.

Suddenly with that step her sight went black an she couldn't see ahead. The lights were gone from the cave an restricted by her new ablities she forgot to sense for magic gobins an when she turned on her sense she sensed two of them.

The rest she would have to hear or sense out but could make out atleast fifty goblins an humans were few but she would need light to get an exact number.

Casually she carried another foot forward an two magic goblins became bone and then nothing.

The lights were back on an she could see.

She stood at the entrance an nearly vomited.

She usually doesn't take goblin missions but money was tight an it was the last one left. But now she telling her self she will never take another goblin mission again. In fact she was tempted to drive them extinct.

"Pu-" soon as she opened her mouth a meal was emptied on the stone floor.

"Phew disgusting!" She said after recovering.

"Human!" A goblin pointed at her with a finger wearing a tribal cloth.

Her guess was correct in their number an there were 10 humans tied or bound while being toyed with.

Obviously women.

This was suppose to be a training excercise  for her as well but she changed her mind an one more step cleaned the floor an the goblins became nothing.

All that was left were humans.

"I think I making a habit of using this ability to much." She commented but grinned as the smell finally gone.

Still holding the dagger she waved it around.

"You're all free to go~."

One last thing she needed to do was let them out in town or wherever they wanted to go.

With a thought the binds were fast forwarded on an they were weak enough to be broken with the prisoners strength.

"Thank you!~" one shouted greatfully.

"Could have been sooner!"

"Why were you so late?"

The responses were more ungreatful besides the first one as Alice blankly watched them stand up slowly. The first speaker stood up easily an walked over to Alice with quick steps.

"Wait.. if this is a request from the guild who requested a save?" Alice asked ignoring the girls who grunted an stood while leaning against the wall.

"I did! But I was captured.." the girl next to her answered. Her head down cast as she became tearful.

Alice empathized an pet th e girl's head casually.

"There there." Alice attempted to comfort.

The girl was already feeling better when she looked back to see the nine women approach them.

"Well.. I guess we can finally get the hell outta here!" Alice said cheerfully and took her hand off the girls head.

Turning heel she began walking the way she came an lead them out of the Cave but it was pretty slow as the girls took their time.

She could figure why they were like that an didn't say anything.

Behind one of the girls shouted out.

"Hey!"

"Whatis it?"

"Well there is more to this cave than you think.. I think an adventurer like you're self may need to know that an army of goblins left just before you got here."

With that news Alice eyes went wide. Goblins were known to seige an destroy towns or villages when mass in number.

However she raised an eyebrow when thinking she just came from town so it could be a set up.

"I just came from Yusenieth my self."

"In fact that's where I received the request."

Alice said denying the possiblity of an army. She didn't doubt whole heartedly but the goblins could scale what sizes army they would need atleast she wanted to know what place they could possibly attack.

"Yusenieth?" Said the girl next to her in question who seemed unharmed by the goblins.

"So that's where my request made it to.."

The way the girl said it was off putting as if she wasn't from there her self. There were 10 major empires a around the world and yuseneith was nearest but there was another which it wasnt on good terms with an that one was.

"Are you from relizweith?" Alice asked.

That was another empire an the other nearest one which was smaller. An actually the two empires had bad blood an were heading a war if things stayed as they were but of course relizweith wasnt a match for yusenieth but they were stubborn.

"Yes.. I am." The girl said hesitantly an backed away she was an adult almost but as she was aware of the terms there country were in she knew there was a chance wmshe could be eliminated but unexpectedly she was embraces to the astonishment of the 9 other woman.

"No need to act scared. You were honest so cheer up!" Alice said with a playful grin but the girl was near tears again.

Alice whiped the tears an the girl recovered slowly while the nine could stand aside silently no longer 

"Wait! Don't stand there kill her!" A woman shouted.

The girl near Alice flinched an in fear stepped back.

'great..' she thought. The girl was a cry baby an even though she didn't dislike the girl she hates cry babies they need alot of care an she was the self caring type.

"Why should I?" She rolled her eyes an asked.

"Y-you because you know the state the two empires are in!? You can't just let an enemy go like that."

"I agree. As a noble of the court I order you to finish her off."

"Nobles have no authority over citizens or adventurers don't try me girly" Alice said an lifted the dagger she held in her hand the whole time, since it was light she kinda forgot she was took it.

Although she lifted it no one could see it so it looked like she held a fist up. 

She brought her arm back to her side.

"We still don't accept letting her live an if the emporer get word that this girl is the culprit of this.." the noble lady apparently.. threatened them both.

Alice knew that the emperor wasnt in agreement with relizweith but never the less that was no reason for an innocent to die.

"This girl nobely saved you two! Think about how you would be stuck here without help if she didn't send for it!" Alice said angrily.

The girl was crying but was happy at the same time to have been defended.

"Saved by back water filth? Fine I'll give my thanks." The one who said this limped over to the crying girl who stopped crying with a red face to peek at from her hands a woman with a kind smile fastly turn disgusted with anger.

The woman spat on the girl an Alice seethed with rage as the girl stood still.

"You're gonna pay for that!" Alice growled an pounced on the woman who was sent flying to a rocky wall, Alice gripped the woman's neck with a hand as the knife was in the other, remembering that she was ready to kill her.

"Stop!"

"You know you won't have any where to go back to right!?"

"She's offending a noble.."

"I've actually seen her before that's claudes wife. He won't be happy."

Hearing that the noble growled an turned an angry eye on the one who said that.

"You knew this yet pretended to not know as that filth played with us all!"

Alice frowned an tightened her grip on the woman's neck.

"What could we do?"

"W-we're just citizens.."

"Citizens? How are you citizens I don't recognize you!" The woman shouted an spat at them too.

Alice having enough broke the woman's neck an let her drop to the ground.

'great.. I need another place to lay my head tonight.'

Alice knew she couldn't go back to yuesenieth as she killed a noble an would be hunted an killed if not executed.

Someone more quiet an who hasn't spoken since the beginning eyes flickered open an shine a light gold as she wore white an had undamaged clothes, she stood up right an her hair was straight.

Alice eyes found her an she wondered why she hadn't sensed her before.

"You are forgiven." The girl said in a monotone. Suddenly memories ran through Alice mind as she locked eyes with the girl who had a blank an tired gaze.

"Wait.. youre the emperor's daughter!?" Alice screamed in surprise as she stared at the one who stayed hidden till now.

"Call me irelith.. and.. I want to leave now." The girl said in the same montone an the last bit sounded like an order.

Alice sighed an thought for a bit. 

She could either run or drop off the emperor's daughter an get executed.

However what stopped her was the girl she was a bit mysterious reminding her of aenning.

"You.. won't die"

The girl said.

And finally after having her mind read Alice decided to do it.

After about five minutes they made it out of the cave an everyone relaxed finally.

The girls excluding the hidden 11 still had spit dropping down their face an Alice lifted an eyebrow.

"Why haven't you guys gotten that off yet?" 

"Because it won't come off."

Suddenly irelith spoke.

"Their family.. is good with curses."

"Wait it's that family?!" Alice said an shuddered.

'i just really fucked up..'

Seeing Alice expression the girl who kept crying approached her.

"I'm sorry."

"No need to be." Alice said with a grin an pat her head again.

'im really gonna die!' inwardly she thought.

Between the cave an the forest was a clearing where they now stood but they could hear horse foot falls where the forest was an could see knights coming an knight with white armor an long hair was in lead and trotted to the edge of the clearing an hopped off his horse an kneeled before Irelith

She looked down on him an he shivered.

"You're late ilien." She said.

His blood ran cold an he apologized.

"I won't have it ilien." Irelith said.

He shook an knew he would die but his last task was to get irelith back to the castle.

"Understood." Ilien said.

"Kill your horses.. we will walk." Irelith ordered.

An Alice's watched as the grim knights began herd slaughter.