It was said to defeat darkness you would need to surround yourself in the darkness to level the playing field

"Where am I?" A dull voice whispers opening his eyes 

What the voice saw was three kids who looked to be about fourteen years old

'Kids?' He thought confused seeing the beat-up kids 

Two of the kids both had red hair and the only way you could tell them apart was that one of their hairs was covering their right eyes and the other their left

You could also tell them apart from their demeanor, One had a stoic expression, while the other had an angry

"Gah," The voice says as he heard his heartbeat as memories came flooding into his mind as he clutched his head before looking at his hands

"...Why couldn't I just die?" He whispers emotionlessly looking at the ground with dull eyes

The memories that were railed into him were not his own because he remembered his own past clearly

The name of this body was the same as his, Alan Louftet and it looked the same but more malnourished as him when he was that age

'From what I could tell...this is like some medieval type, alternative reality...annoying' Alan states annoyed because he wanted to rest in peace 

'I seem to be Fourteen...plenty of time to die' Alan thought before glancing at the girl who was in between those twins 

She looked had a sad aura around her but kept a brave face, one that Alan once had

"Useless" Alan mutters and just sat back waiting to depart into the darkness where he found comfort 

But fate had a different plan for Alan as the thing that was transporting them stopped and then they heard screams

"Protect the cargo...he'll have our heads if we don't!" Someone yelled as they engaged the unknown intruders 

"Strike these filthy beasts down!!" Another yelled before they hear fighting outside 

"Crap!! We have to get out of here!" One of the red-haired ones yelled tugging at the steel cuffs that held them

"You Purple Hair!... Can you move?!" He yelled still pulling on the chains angrily 

"...Yes I can move," Alan says not opening his eyes while staying in his calm state that surprised the others 

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"Why are you not fighting?! You're just sitting there like you want to die!" He yells finally making Alan stare at him with his cold eyes

"...Because I do" Alan simply states while staring at him coldly shocking the three of them

"Only wimps want to die like that!" He screams until his brother speaks

"Martin calm down...we have to do our duty...at any cost," His brother says in a calm voice regaining his composure after seeing Alan's stare

"Tch!... You coward"  Martin then sits back down angrily doing what his brother said

The three remained quiet as the fighting was continuing outside before someone who looked scared came in

"We don't get paid enough for this...I-i-ill just use these bastards as bait...before making my escape...y-yes a full proof plan"  After mumbling to himself the guy walked over to Alan pulling him by his hair

"Get up!" Alan opened his eyes after the man screamed at him and looked annoyed making the man slap him

The three stayed quiet not wanting to be next as they watched the man pick up the kid that looked annoyed and unlocked his shackles about to walk him out 

Alan not liking this man's attitude and in a quick burst of speed and grabbed the man's sword before stabbing the man through his heart shocking him and the three others

"Disgusting" Spitting on the man's dead body with an emotionless face before grabbing the man's set of keys and passing them to the blonde girl

Alan didn't say anything else and just walked out of the carriage seeing a battle going on between people and wolves 

Looking at the battle with interest before he walked further into the woods in a bad mood because of that guy

Just then four wolves emerge from some bushes growling at Alan who didn't look too bothered and just sat down while spreading his arms to welcome the wolves to kill him

"Come and Kill me...Please" Hearing Alan try to keep his desperate tone out of his voice as the Wolves walked toward him without so much as barking and each licked him before a large howl was heard catching their attention before they ran off

"What?" Alan tries to reach out to them but they were already gone making him sit on his butt bringing his knees to his chest before putting his head down

'...I promised not to kill myself...why is it so hard...to just die,' In his thoughts, Alan stayed there all night thinking to himself not moving from his position at all just daring something or someone to attack him...but that didn't happen

'Still, nothing' Alan explored the forest not even avoiding monsters that seemed to avoid him like the plague because he couldn't find any of them making him frustrated

Hearing a grass rattle behind him Alan turned around wanting to meet a ferocious monster but to his disappointment, it was just a little slime who seemed to want to fight

'A slime...the weakest monster on the planet...but according to his memories, they have lots of potential,' Alan sat down looking at the slime not even slightly interested in it 

Not saying anything while looking at the Slime who rushed at him while Alan just gripped his sword using the blunt side because cutting doesn't affect it

Slamming his sword on the top of its head which easily knocked it down before doing it again killing it 

When the slim form lets go Alan puts a piece of it in his mouth before he gained a slight smile that wasn't noticeable

'Taste like jello' Looking at the slime before he saw a little red ball that looked like it was from the slime sliced up body

'This seems to be a monster core...because of the slime's low rank...it's not that valuable' Alan then put the ball into his pocket before he climbed a tree 

Alan sat himself up against a tree as he was feeling drowsy 

"*Yawn*" After Alan closed his eyes a few seconds later he fell asleep not caring about his surroundings of