I put away my Dragonfly then went down stairs to see my guests, as I slowly descended down the stairs I was greeted by a sword being held up to my neck. I knew they were there and prepared accordingly however I didn’t act rashly since it would cause problems for me in the future, I turned my head to see a muscular man in his early thirties dressed in leather armor and he had fox ears and a tail behind him swaying back and forth. Behind the man was a young woman with golden hair and nine tails behind her with similar ears as the man; beside her were two children but they were hiding behind the woman’s dress.

“Stay still human, if you try anything your head will be on the ground before you can do anything.” (Fox-Man)

“Easy no need to be violent I just came down to invite your group to my home, it’s not much but it has a warm bed and some edible food. If you decide that I can’t be trust we will go our separate ways.” (Me)

“You think we would trust a human?” (Fox-Man)

“I wouldn’t know seeing how it’s my first time meeting one of your kind, but I will say this it is very unfriendly to point a blade at someone that just saved your life.” (Me)

“He speaks the truth Vile put down your blade.” (Fox-Woman)

“Yes Chief!” (Vile)

“Thank you for that, I really didn’t want to harm you.” (Me)

   The man looked at me like I was crazy before he noticed my gun pointed at them, since I knew they weren’t a threat to me at the moment I put my pistol away and relaxed a little. The man that threatened me with his sword stepped to the back and the woman stepped forward, her crimson eyes showed in a cunning light but gave no hostility. If I had to describe this woman in one word it would be curious, she looked clean even after several weeks of this hell along with everyone else, the only thing that seemed wrong with them was that they looked tired and I could hear their stomachs growling.

“Sorry for the rude behavior; my name is Lillian but most people just call me Lili. We would happy to be invited to your home.” (Lili)

“And I’m sorry for my rude behavior as well along with my attire; it hasn’t been a very good month for me.” (Me)

“On our way mind explaining what this place is?” (Lili)

“I don’t see why not.” (Me)

  We left the building and I explained what happened in the past few weeks which shocked her but she also felt shock about our world being run by science and not by magic. She told me that her people are from a world that was run by magic and that her people have face a lot of discrimination from humans, which cause Vile to act like that. In truth I didn’t mind seeing how it wasn’t the first time I was treated like that, even my best friend tried to kill me when we first met and now he will follow me to hell.

   When we entered the warehouse there were a few separated spots for specific actions like training, eating, or sleeping. I have been OCD about this ever since I got out of training and well it brings some order to this hell, I brought them over to the rest area I set up and we began our conversation once again and this time we didn’t have to worry about being eaten by a new Big Ass Bug.

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“This building is so large, Mr. Bishop what was it used for?” (Lily)

“It was meant for storing supplies or other goods that would be sold at stores but now it might be the safest place in the city, anyway I brought you here so I could inform you about a few things. The first thing is that you shouldn’t trust anyone else this world does not take care of the innocent if you show any kind of weakness it will tear you apart.” (Me)

“Sadly we know all too well of this but don’t worry my kind has a racial trait that lets us tell either or not someone is lying along with our danger sense we can kept out of danger before we are put into danger.” (Lily)

“Well tell me then why hasn’t your sense alerted you to me?” (Me)

“Isn’t it because you don’t mean any harm towards us?” (Lily)

*Sigh* “Listen your ability will work on monsters but humans are tricky they could be friendly one minute and then hostile the next, now to the next thing I want to talk to you about. In the surrounding areas you will notice that the city is infested with bugs which is the reason I call it the Hive each direction has a different type of bug with lesser species that are maintained as food for the stronger bugs. The problem is the water; it is infested with parasites that will eat you alive from the inside out.” (Me)

“If that’s true how have you survived this place?” (Vile)

“I have water bottles and other water sources that I found around the city, now on to the final thing I wish to talk to you about. Would you be willing to trade food and water for a single spell or at least some kind of magic that I can grow from?” (Me)

“We could always kill you and take it all.” (Vile)

“Vile!!!” (Lily)

“No he’s right he could take it after killing me, if you have the confidence to survive the battle and being able to find the food and water be my guest and try.” (Me)

     I glared at him and he glared back but he just walked away after a few moments of silence, Lily sighed in relief while the kids were talking in the corner ignoring us. If you think I am some chivalrous person that gives out his food for free then you need to go learn a thing or two on how people truly are. Once things calmed down we continued on with our discussion, it turns out each spell is not completely different but instead it focusses on a person’s knowledge of the element you’re using, if a person has enough knowledge of an element and the mana you could pretty much be a god. Once Lily explained everything to me I gave her about a month’s worth of supplies which included luxury items as well for being a good teacher and for the kids.

being a good teacher and for the kids.

Title gained: Teacher

Title gained: other-world Negotiator

you teach others information and skills in a surprisingly affective way

*Skills taught are 15% easier to learn and improve

*Knowledge learned will forever be remembered

you are one of the few that has made a deal with a other-worlder and as such you are rewarded

*people from different worlds are 30% more trusting when first meeting you

*Prices are 15% off when buying and selling from non-humans

“thank you for your hospitality but once the sun rises again we will be leaving again, our clan is out there and we need to find them before anything happens.” (Lily)

“I understand and that’s why you should have this; it’s a radio an device that will let us communicate over long distances, when you wish to speak to me just push and hold the button on the side and speak. If it doesn’t work just keep it in the sun for a while and it will be ready in a few minutes.” (Me)

“Thank you again.” (Lily)

                I nodded and went to my bed, it has been a long day and I really don’t want to deal with them anymore, I have given them the best help I can offer if they live they live and if they die they die. Darkness enveloped me as my dreams began to surface, screams of the fallen scream in my head as the faces that have left this world visit me. The message is clear and it has been sent time and time again however nothing I do will change their message, I woke up only to see the group sneaking out with the food I gave them. Lily turned back to see me staring at them and only gave a small smile which I replied with a sigh and me rolling to the other side. People come and go in our lives yet nothing can withstand the insecurities on has for others.