I walk and the boy just kept on following. I saw the back of some of the newbies and I unintentionally walked faster. I then heard a thump and a gasp. I looked back and saw that it was my new son who tripped. I stood there that when he glanced up he met my gaze. He immediately stood and somehow tried to run to me. I waited for him and continued on our walk. He walked beside me then.

As we came into the clear, I saw how many people were going to the Hunter Exam. We were too many.

"Seems like only few people survived traps and got the requirements!" A woman with red hair said, "However, did you really get the requirements?"

Then names were called.

The newbies scattered but kept within each other's sight. Things were becoming awkward. I'm not use to having kids and not talking to them, however, in certain situations, I do not want to break th silence around us.

Our group name was then called.

The woman nods her head in approval. I was the last one to be checked. I put my things on the examination desk.

"Check,check,check,check…" she said. She stopped at the last thing.

The water bag.

"Nearly empty," she almost asked, looking at me.

"Do I need to bring it back full?" I said quietly. The woman looked at me, mesmerized… perhaps by my eyes. I just looked back at her. She then smiled shyly, almost depressed.

"Yes," she answered, "I'm sorry but we cannot let you go to the next te-"

I quickly grabbed the water bag harshly.

"Fill it?" I asked. First I get perverted, then crazy, then insane, then kind, then silent, then harsh.

The woman looked at me in surprise.

I hold the bag up to my chest and I concentrated, closing my eyes.

I opened them when I felt liquid running down my arm from my hand.

I place the bag at the desk again.

"Could you make it honey?" the red hair asked.

I just smiled, "Did I pass?"

She seems disappointed by my answer.

"Yeah, go ahead," she said.

I signal the boy to come as I saw him enchanted by the water bag.

The woman looked at us in astonishment. I guessed that she thought that the boy was my son. Well, both of us looked somehow alike and we were both good looking… well, interesting.

The group kept leaving me behind and it kinda pissed me off. Maybe that's why I turned grumpy immediately. I looked at the paper that a man gave every people who passed before letting them enter.

GOAL:

Find your designated group

Find your designated personal partner

Find the tower

Reach the tower in three days

Have the requirements:

Your partner must be alive

Both you and your partner must reach the tower in and on the given time

Must have 4 glass beads bearing 4 different elements

What the fuck? I flipped the paper. How will we know whose group we are and who our partner is?

TO FIND:

Your group:

Find a man wearing a wig

Who seems to be a gig

He is near a tree

He is not free

Answer his riddle

And he'll give you idle.

Personal Partner:

Find a girl who is in need of help

Help to answer a puzzle

Solve the puzzle and get her payment quickly and leave

For she will make you bleed.

Fucking hell… I am really, really pissed. I looked at the kid beside me and carried him. I placed him on the back of my neck and he held onto my head in reflex. I walked quickly and climb a tree. Searching, I found a girl not far away, 2 miles, give or take, near a river. Very easy to spot in my direction, though I can only see a skirt. I hurried.

Out of breath, I tried to keep my pace as I came into her view. I ran, 2 miles… Hell.

She looked at me, baffled. I placed the boy down and kneel.

"O' pretty girl who stands near a river, do tell me the person's name over," I gestured to a man near a tree.

She looked at me amazed. I saw her look brighten and glittered.

"The man is Henry, and he is not free," she replied.

"Little girl, you are like a princess, I thank thee for her kindness," after saying that, I stood and went to Henry.

"I am a player, and no riddle can I not solve," I declared.

The man looked at me, amused.

"I am strong and you lean on me. Sometimes you make holes on me. You hang things and cover me. Sometimes you recolor me. I always face a thing like me. And two sides, I only face."

Okay, his riddle sucks. Maybe he forgot the real one.

"Old man," I started, "I think that you forgot the original riddle. The answer should be wall, right?"

The old man nodded his head and gave me a pouch.

"Yes," he said, "open this when you are safe from everyone."

I went back to the little girl. I have no business regarding Henry anymore anyways.

The girl was waiting for me and said:

"I have three pitchers; the biggest one contains 7 liters of water, the second

one could hold 5 liters, the third one's 3 liters. How can you make an exact 4 liters?"

"You fill up the third pitcher first. Then transfer the water to the 5 liter one. The ratio will be 4:3:0. Then you fill the third pitcher again, leaving one liter inside the biggest pitcher. The ratio is 1:3:3. Pour the 1 liter into the 5 liter pitcher. That makes four liters in it," I explained.

She withdrew a step and threw a bag at me. I then grabbed the boy's hand and ran. I saw three people walking toward the girl. The girl ran after us. But once in the shade of the trees, she cannot seem to follow us. She looked at the sun and walked nearer to the three people. We left. I do not see anything worth watching with a child near me.

I stopped. I couldn't hear any footsteps following me. I searched m surrounding and found the boy trying to climb a tree. Then I saw it.

A glittering thing.

I quickly climb the tree, surpassing the kid and taking a bead from the tree. Going down, I pulled the kid away from the tree and put him beside me.

"Tell me anything that is significant," I said to him.

I looked at the bead and inside it is a symbol of leaf.

I could feel the boy's gaze.

"My name's Youza," he said, tugging my shirt.

I looked at him and answered, "Mine's Chihiro."

We then continued to walk.