That moment when you forgot to put the others' classes. Damson.
Aisha - Void Princess
Rena - Wind Sneaker
Raven - Blade Master
Chung - Deadly Chaser
Ara - Asura
Lu/Ciel - Chiliarch/Dreadlord
Rose - Crimson Rose
It would be great if we can find someone's secret easily. Like, really.
I trust people easily, but when they act like they're hiding something, I just want to know. For fun.
Sigh… I wish I have a Game Shark for this world.
The next morning, Eve wakes Els and Add up. "I demand an explanation," she said with threatening tone.
"We were curious about girls' body," Els answered honestly. There's no point in lying in front of her anyway. She can detect their lies easily.
"Those vases suddenly fell right on our heads and we were unconscious," Add sighed as he looked at the broken vases. "This is why I don't like your idea to put vases on top of shelf!"
"Ah, I see," Eve nodded.
Even though that is not actually what happened. It's cool that Add can lie to the Queen of Nasods, right? Hail the Nasod technology!
What? I'm not going to tell you the truth just like that. Just keep reading.
Eve crosses her arms. "You know what, I hate our author."
Add takes one of the potions on his desk. He gives it to Els. "I've made the cure."
Els smiles, "Thank you." She drinks the cure. Slowly, she's turning back to her real form.
No hype for naked boy. Skip.
They arrive at Altera, the El Gang's quarter. The alarm turns on again. Many kinds of weapon appear and ready to attack Els.
"Intruder! Intruder!"
"B-B-But! We introduce him to Cortana yesterday!" Rena shouted in panic.
"We introduced HER yesterday!" Eve corrected. "Someone! Turn off the alarm!"
No one hears her.
Eve flies quickly to the top floor. The weapons are already attacking Els and Add just stands there, watching him suffers.
Eve opens the door. Raven is there, disassembling a machine gun. Eve has so many questions on her head (including where did Raven get that machine gun), but she has no time for that. She turns off the alarm.
"You look worse than a trash, man," Add commented.
Els coughs blood. "I-I know."
Eve comes back. "What the hell are you doing, Add?! We need to help him!"
Congratulations! Els is now the second mummy. The first? It's Add!
"Looks like the author loves watching you suffer," Add said.
"More like MAKING me suffer," Els sighed.
"I-I'm sorry! I know I should have stayed here!" Rena apologized over and over.
Els looks at Raven. "Why does he like to disassemble things?"
"We don't know either," Eve replied. "We asked him once, but he didn't answer."
Add pokes Raven. "Hey." Raven turns his face to Add. "Why do you love to disassemble things?"
Els tilts his head. "Isn't he deaf?"
"Yes, but he can tell what you're saying," Eve replied.
Raven answers with sign language. "He said he's curious," Add informed.
"Did he learn to be poker-faced from you, Eve?" Els asked.
Eve sighs and smiles. "No, Els. He used to be a crybaby."
"Just like you," Add continued as he chuckled.
Someone enters the room.
Aisha points her finger at Els. "Go away, evil spirit!"
"I'm still alive!" Els protested.
"Maybe you have death people's aura," Add cackled.
"I wonder why I can't possess you while I'm alive," Els chuckled.
Aisha blinks her eyes a few times. "Did someone just become Add's friend?"
Eve sighs. "Looks like it."
A few minutes later, the others are arrived.
"What are you doing, useless trash?" Elesis asked as she crossed her arms.
"I'm here to bring curse to everyone. I can do whatever I want," Els smirked.
Rose puts her arm around Add's shoulder. "Yo, Add!"
"Ah, it's you." Add doesn't look happy (he's joking, of course). "So you came to me because you can't solve some case?"
"Many cases," Rose corrected. "It's just too many cases that I can't solve all of it in one day!"
"Excuses."
"It's not an excuse!"
"Because there's more than one excuse."
They will continue arguing until the author wants them to stop. Rena giggles while looking at them. "They're cute, aren't they?"
Els turns to Eve. "You seem upset."
"I'm not!" Eve denied immediately, which is clear that she's upset.
"Alright. I have job to do. See you later!" Ara shouted as she sprinted outside. Everyone is going out one by one until Els and Eve are alone.
"You're upset," Els said as he looked at Eve worriedly.
"It's just..." Eve pauses, trying to analyze the unknown data inside her. "I don't get it. I can feel my freedom when Add decided to stop trying to steal my core, but my system is telling me that I'm wrong. What's wrong with me?"
Els thinks about it until he reaches a conclusion. "You like him?"
Eve blushes. "Are you saying I like that pervert? Don't joke with me."
Els grabs a piece of broken mirror near him. He shows Eve her face. "Even Nasod can't lie on that."
Eve sees the reflection of herself on the mirror. "I am... blushing?"
Els just smiles as he stands up. "You have job to do, right?"
Eve nods. "But... where are you going?"
"A place that I called my real home," Els smiled.
Add and Rose are still arguing until they see Els passes by.
"Where is he going?" Rose asked.
"Are you curious?" Add asked back.
Without any agreement, they decide to follow him. They're wasting their time by seeing Els getting bad luck on his way. They can't help him, right?
Slowly the sound of crowds in town fades away. They arrive in abandoned village. Add pulls Rose to the hiding spot near it. "We should stop. This place is cursed."
Rose rolls her eyes. "I know. There's a haunted castle here."
Els goes inside the castle casually.
They turn to silence. Rose breaks the silence by letting out a small laugh. "You know what? Let's go back."
Els sighs. "Why are they following me?"
The gate opens by itself. Els walks inside to be greeted by a ghost of a little girl.
"Els! Welcome home!" the girl shouted happily as she flew around him.
"What happened to you?" a ghost of a man asked.
"Lu! Ciel!" he called them with a smile. The girl is Lu and the man is Ciel. "Lots of thing happened."
He tells them what happened since the first chapter until now. They never get tired of his stories. They're ghosts anyway.
Els tries to touch them, but his hand goes through the ghosts. Lu giggles. "Hey, don't do that. I would be panic if you can touch me."
"It's hard to die, isn't it?" Els murmured.
"The author wants me to die slowly."
Yes, I decide to stop the scene there. No more information! Haha!
Rena is cleaning the room. She's done with her job, so she doesn't have anything to do until someone's coming in.
"Welcome home, Raven!" she greeted him cheerfully.
Raven waves his hand. He puts two present boxes on the table in front of Rena. They're warped with a ribbon. A name tag is attached on each one of it.
Rena smiles gently and pats Raven's head. "Good work."
"I'm back!" Aisha shouted as she entered the building. "Luckily I can still work without my crystal ball!"
The person behind her, Elesis carries lots of gold on the bag. She puts the bag on the table. "Slots are the best!"
Eve walks down the stair. She puts CDs on the table. "Done."
"Guys!" Ara ran toward them and put her bag on the table.
Chung comes in, bringing a wallet. "Ara! You dropped this!"
A few seconds later, they can hear a debate at outside. No need to guess. It's definitely Add and Rose.
"...Did any of you meet Elsword?" Eve asked worriedly.
"Let him go, Eve," Elesis said as she waved her one hand.
"We did," Add and Rose answered simultaneously. "He was going to that abandoned village," Rose continued.
"Velder?" Eve puts her hand on her chin. "What was he doing?"
"Who knows? He might dead by now. There are lots of rumor about that place," Chung replied.
"D-Dead?!" Rena starts panicking.
Let me tell you some of the rumors. The village was abandoned hundreds years ago. The place was attacked by the demons. The rumor says whoever enters the place will never come back—because they're killed by zombies or ghosts. The other rumor says whoever sees a ghost while looking at the village, they'll get possessed.
Creak...
They turn their face at the front door in surprise (except Raven, of course). The one who just enters, Els, tilts his head. "Am I interrupting something?"
"No. It's nothing," Eve replied with her monotone voice.
Els looks at Add and Rose. "I thought you two were going to enter that place as well."
"You realized we were following you?!" Rose shouted in disbelief.
Els raises his one eyebrow. "You two were pretty noisy. Of course I noticed."
"See? This is why you fail as a detective," Add said to Rose.
"What? It has nothing to do with detective thing!" Rose protested and started another argue.
"Anyway, I'm going to take a break!" Ara shouted as she ran to the top floor.
Everyone is taking a break except Eve. "What were you doing in that village?"
Els remains silent, not giving a single word.
Eve sighs. "You don't have to answer. It's fine."
Els is looking at the present boxes. "Whose birthday today?"
"It's not a birthday gift," Eve giggled. "You can open one of them, but prepare for anything."
Els absolutely prepares for anything (he has bad luck anyway). He opens one of the boxes. His eyes widen in surprise.
Someone's head.
He closes it back immediately. He wishes some things can be unseen.
"I heard something like this," Els said with slightly trembling voice. "A deadly assassin. They do their job quickly and so far they never fail. The assassin always sends a present to their client—which is the target's head. People start calling them Blade Master, even though they never found the target's body, but they assume the head is cut by a sharp blade."
Eve smiles. "And that assassin is really close to you now."
Els forces himself to laugh. "I won't tell anyone, of course."
Eve points behind Els. "Literally, I mean."
Els turns around. Raven is staring at him. "Sorry. I was surprised, but I'm sure I'll get used to it in no time!"
Even though this is a big chance for Els to get killed, he decides to not spread the secret. Is Raven afraid of Els' curse? Nobody knows.
"Anyway, you can come back here tomorrow if you're bored," Eve smiled.
Eeeeeee *table flips*
I know not many people read this, but, the next chapters would be Els spending time with everyone (because why not), so... any request? If no, I'll choose whatever I want~
Here are the choices: Aisha, Rena, Raven, Eve, Chung, Ara, Elesis, Add & Rose
Thanks for reading!
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Ra: She said you remind her of Monster Hunter
Els: What happened in that game?
Ra: She saw 0% chance to drop an item
Eve: ..Really?