Route 1: Seems To Be A Distant Past (2)

Scarlett Mila



The auction has finally started and right now we are bidding for the fifth item already— wait let me rephrase that – they are the only ones who are bidding for the item because it has actually no use to me so why would I bid for it.

What is the item? The woman who is dressed and has changed her voice into a man said that it is a necklace that is covered with magical runes that will protect the wearer from getting smelled or detected by lesser to mid-level monsters. Well, it is true that the necklace has magical runes, however in my opinion it is not strong enough to completely hide the scent and presence of the wearer from mid-level monsters.

The magical runes engraved on it can only be useful to lesser level monsters. Why? Because monsters that lurks during the night became stronger, if they are oblivious to that fact, then they are surely not going to survive one night out in the woods.

“The bidding price will start with a hundred gold coins” – the woman said and as if on cue the noblemen and ladies who want to get the said item instantly raised their numbers and they said out loud their bid.

I heard a hundred and ten gold first and the next bid increased by fifteen gold, it kept increasing until it reached two hundred and twenty gold coins.

“Sold for two hundred and twenty gold coins, the item will be delivered to your seat immediately” – she said and she snapped her fingers and the necklace that has been sold instantly disappeared from the center podium and I saw it in my vision that it instantly landed on the lap of the one who successfully got the item.

A noble lady was able to win the item with two hundred and twenty gold coins. Well, her money has been clearly wasted on a nonsensical item, but anyways, I cannot really blame her for that because human beings will really desire to get something that will increase their chances of survival if there is going to be situation that will surely endanger their lives.

It is part of their instincts – wait why am I excluding myself in the first place when I am a human being as well. I also did that; I acquired the thing that I should not have in the first place to be able to increase my chances of not being killed and framed as the person who is controlling the monsters to wreak havoc and create chaos around the world. What did I acquire? The guardians, Aesir and Alarick. Well, my target in the first place is only either of them because I did not know that there were two guardians in the first place because in the story line, the female lead has only one familiar and that familiar is the guardian of the spirit realm.

In other words, I stole both of them from the female lead but to funny thing is, I am not feeling guilty for doing it. Why? Because that female lead is nothing but a toxic character. F-ck and it is also partially my fault in my past life that I was not able to check the character build of the female lead which depends on every choice the person playing choose. Because as I have said before this world, I am reincarnated in is supposed to be a game I and my employees newly developed, it is a choice-based game where the player will choose from the three given options how she would like to respond to certain circumstances, and the choices she made will define her personality and the outcome of the route she chose.

If only I knew that each route is problematic in one way or another, I could have asked the whole team to revise the whole algorithm and just announce a memorandum to the public that the game’s released will be postponed for a week because of some difficulties.

I am not still changing my mind and wanting to make that woman’s life a living hell. I am going to make sure that she will not get the happy ending that she is supposed to have. Of course, if I am going to be the villainess then I should definitely not just make her suffer then later let her have her own way. No—a real villainess will just make the heroine suffer until the she will wish that she was never been born in the first place. Why? Because if I will not do it, I will be the one who will surely be at stake. Well, it is not like I cannot handle if the original storyline will happen. I can always use my powers to wipe them all out if I want to but that’s not going to be exciting than being able to see the depressed look on the female lead’s face.

I let out a soft yawn because the sixth item is on the roll again. Damn, how long do I actually have to wait to see the thing that gave us that ominous feeling a while ago.

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It has been already twenty minutes since the auction started and I am already stopping myself from creating a scene or from sneaking out and directly look for that thing and steal it because they would actually never know that I am the one who did so because I will be in stealth mode and no one will ever find my presence. Technically, I am going to be invisible.

“Now, for one of our main events, we are present to you a prospect for your slave collection, your army or just someone to be of display!” – She said and as if on cue, a huge box covered with black cloth is being pushed by four people who are wearing their masks and tuxedos.

The four people are men, I know because I also used my senses just like how I did to that woman on the center stage. If there are men in their organization, then why do they let a woman do the talking? Well, it is not like I am looking down on the woman who does all the talking but it is quite suspicious because in this world women are disregarded, they are not treated as co-equal to men. Well, unless that woman is the head of this auction thing then of course men will immediately follow what their boss wants them to do.

And also based from my knowledge of auctions, the one presiding or the one who does all the talking is usually the one who is behind the auction, the head.

The huge box like thing which is obviously a cage reached the middle of the stage and I saw the woman hold the tip of the cloth that is covering the whole thing, then she spread her left arms, as if she is acting in a theatrical play.

“Behold, the rarest elf of all, A dark elf!” – She exclaimed and as if on cue she pulled down the black cloth that is covering the whole thing and a cage appeared and it was suddenly illuminated by the spotlights.

I saw in my peripheral vision how Cain clenched his two hands but I was more focused on the cage where the dark elf is imprisoned. I cannot help but to lick my lips because that elf is obviously a hybrid that turned into a dark elf due to the miasma emitted by the monsters. However, it is obvious in the imprisoned dark elf that he has not like what Cain had described to us a while ago.

He is calm but I could also feel his hatred. He is emitting a tremendous dark aura and that’s the same thing that we felt awhile ago. However, now I have not felt any chills run down my spine, rather it feels quite normal for me.

I guess I got used to it.

“That elf is familiar” – Aesir said through our mind link and I can’t help but to let out an ‘oooh?’ expression because this is the first time that Aesir was able to recognize someone when they became my familiar. Because they are not really able to interact with the other spirits because they are quite busy in accomplishing the missions that I have assigned them to do and second, I is they are also quite busy in finding the answer to their problems.

“Is that Kenzo? The son of that old geezer? F-ck how did he actually turned into a dark elf?” – Even Alarick blurted out in our mind link, so that means that the dark elf is somewhat of a decent blood line. I heightened my senses and I can’t help but to smirk when I have already fully analyzed his whole capability.

And I will say, he is a fine dark elf indeed.

“I’ll talk to him” – I simply replied to the two and before they could even react, I immediately blocked them from my mind because I don’t want them to eavesdrop my conversation with my target.

I looked straight at the dark elf named Kenzo’s eyes and in just a second, I was able to enter his mind completely, of course with the use of my dark magic.

“Hello Kenzo” – I greeted him and I can see how he started to move his head inside the cage. It is like he is looking for who just spoke, well I am guessing that he is quite shocked. Well, it is not a guess but it is too obvious because of the sudden change in the aura he is emitting.

“Act normal, I just want to have a small conversation with you. But before I start, I want you to know who I am. I am obviously one of the bidders here and if you haven’t lost your memory because from what I have heard hybrids who turned into monsters due to poison lose their memories then I guess you will recognize the guardians of the spirit world right? Because they are actually my familiars, they became my familiars almost seven years ago” – I directly said and I could clearly see how his eyes went wide because of what I just said.

“What? How is that possible?!” – He exclaimed which instantly made me confirm that although he has turned into a somewhat evil being, he has not lost his memories just like what Cain had told us a while ago. If that’s the case then he is very special because he was able to retain his memories and based from his reactions, he was able to retain his capability to feel other emotions as well, not just the negative ones.

“Well, it is because I can wield both light and dark magic” – I simply answered his question, and once again he was in awe of what he just heard.

“So, that’s why you can communicate with me telepathically” – He concluded and I cannot help but to have a wider grin plastered on my face. Nice, he is quite fast in picking up what I am saying. Of course, if a person is able to use dark magic, he or she can communicate with beings who have dark magic affinity, mainly monsters. I can issue commands or whatsoever, but it also depends on the level of skill that I have.

“Well, since you understand it very well, then let me ask you this question” – I primarily stated and I can feel his anticipation of what I am about to say.

“Nod your head if you want me to help you get out of this place and avoid being a slave of some bastard nobility” – I continued and I can’t help but to let out a chuckle when he immediately nods his head, like he did not even think about the consequences of him agreeing to what I just said.

“I will deal with the consequences later, and since you have the guardians as your familiar, I will trust you. But if I found out that you are bluffing, I will kill you. “ – He stated and once again I cannot help but to chuckle and I could clearly hear Cain asking me why am I laughing and the moment the woman in the center said the starting price of the item I immediately raised my number.

“The starting price for this item is a thousand gold coins”

“Twenty Thousand Gold Coins” – and when I yelled that bid of mine, I can feel the people’s stares, what? They can’t believe that I just bid for such a huge amount when in the first place I wasn’t even bidding in any item presented? Oh well, I am just saving the best for last—oh wait this isn’t the last because I am still planning on buying all the hybrids here in this auction event.