Dev(pov)
When the test ended I couldn't help but get worried for my brother
In a square white space, I met a small green bouncing slime which is harder to kill than I thought it would.
First, it is almost impossible to catch, without any weapon all I could do is run around in circles following the slime that use the walls as trampolines.
After minutes of playing tag, I luckily catches the slime and ended its life when I accidentally touch its inside.
It was cold and slimy which grossed me out.
After that, I was transported to a court and my eyes wander until I saw Kevin, my brother.
He looked at me and I try saying hello but was startled when he started slamming the invisible wall keeping all the people like us in place.
His fist bleed but he keeps on flailing concerned I tried doing the same wanting to ask him immediately
'What's wrong?'
But whatever I do I couldn't see signs of the walls collapsing, it's invisible so if it cracks would the damage be something the naked eye couldn't see.
I stop what I was doing when a voice echoed I couldn't hear much as I was at the very back and all I could see is a stage.
But I try to listen attentively
I regretted stopping.
When I met my brother again, He changed.
We still talk with each other but he wouldn't let me meet his eyes,
When we talk, his eyes would always wander away as if he was hiding something.
He would always work on his sword training not giving time for anything else.
I have ten points which were one of the highest in our group but it was reduced to two when I try buying gifts for him.
I bought a sword which isn't made of wood by the way.
A belt of some sort where you can rest your blade.
I even bought vitamins for him, but they never close the gap, his eye still wander every time we talk, and he never make time for me.
He's the only one I know here but he...
I snap,
when he was training alone, everyone was eating in the cafeteria and only the two of us were left at the training ground.
He was swinging the wooden sword as if his life depended on it, I was right beside him but he never bother glancing
"I'm your sister!" I yelled and he must have been surprised, he accidentally dropped the stick he was swinging and looked at me,
Drenched in sweat, his height was something he was insecure about, his bulging muscle glistened from the sweat, and the white t-shirt he was wearing show the curved of his hard worked abs.
He worked hard that's for sure, who would get this buff in a matter of weeks.
"Yes sis"
"Can you take a break?" I asked politely and he turned his head.
"sorry I'm bu-
"can you take a break?" I asked again trying to control myself not to hit him when he refuses.
As if he gets the message Kevin kicks the wooden sword away and jogs toward the door.
"let's go sis"
'At least he listens to me,' I thought following him from behind
'He's forgetting to take care of himself as a sister it's my responsibility to do this" I clench my fist and made it a mission to keep my brother healthy.
a
a month later someone entered our training room, it was our instructor sir drew and he was with someone
The one being accompanied by sir drew has brown muffin hair, a face that looks pale as a ghost, he wore glasses that hide the black under his eyes, a Scrawny body, and a hollow left sleeve.
It's Allen.
"He's Allen , and some of you meet him already"
Sir drew glance toward me and brother before continuing
"and...he's gonna join you guys, be nice"
After minutes of swinging allen collapsed, I wondered why cause the sword isn't heavy at all, it's made of wood.
Seeing it sir drew approached him
"did you listen to my advice?" He asked
"I tried it " Allen answered
"Try harder" After sir drew said those words Allen glared at him.
"Anything to say?" Sir drew said moving away as Allen yell "Old prick!!"
As if yelling those words was a magic spell, Allen stood up his inability to stand up was like an act, he whispered some words before continuing to swing his sword.
"If your gonna insult someone look at the mirror" Sir drew said, his voice echoed in the room and the person it was directed to gather everyone's attention,
I look at Allen who is swinging his sword the more people looked at him the faster his swing gets.
I thought brother was the only person that I know here but, I think Allen still recognize me.
Let's invite him to eat later, maybe he could even knock some sense into my brother,
When I heard a loud 'ting' sound coming from the corridors I quickly put the sword I was using back in its place.
Wiping my sweat with a towel I said to my brother.
"Your not gonna continue, are you?"
"No!" Kevin yelped putting the sword back in the corner
"let's go dev"
'dev?, ah there's still a person here'
I thought brother was obsessed with training but I can't believe Allen was the same.
"Kid it's already that time" Sir drew said to him while arranging the swords we used.
"Sh*t!, I'm gonna get a beating!, thanks teach" Allen charged through the door he was so fast when I was about to say what I wanted to, he was already out the door.
"That was allen right sis" Kevin asked.
"You didn't hear teacher introduce him?" I asked but didn't get the response I wanted.
"He changed?" Kevin respond opening the door for his sister.
"your saying that?"
We ate and chatted with the others, It was normal considering the life I and my brother lived before this, can't believe I found something ordinary in this place.
I and brother was about to return, we finish our food late than others thanks to a certain someone being obsessed with training, when we are about to leave the cafeteria we heard a call
"Wait!"
She was huffing for air when she approach us, she lifted her head I immediately thought of the word
'beautiful'
"Yo.. you, your from sir Drew's class right?" She asked controlling her breathing.
"Yes," We both answer.
"then do you know where a man named Allen Dale we-
"Shhh, don't tell her anything" Allen was behind a post when he whispered those words
The lady looked behind her and she saw who she was looking for.
"Allen!" She ran toward the guy and I felt hurt Watching her run using high heels.
"Sis!" What happened earlier made me forget about Kevin, I was startled when he called me.
"Look where Allen's going"
Listening to Kevin's words, my eyes follow Allen I looked to the group he was assigned to and was both happy and envious of it.
He's running toward the group under the key banner without any sign of stopping.
When he stopped he sat down while the girl that was following him smacked Allen behind the head, they look close to each other.
Are they both from the key group, how nice.
The key group was a group where special people gathered, people that have an ability that was rare unique, or unknown.
Miss Anna Dillan who have the ability to bewitch others when she knows their name.
Sir Lee Bo hoja, can create a barrier capable of securing anything inside.
And the most popular person of that group, Allen Dale, he got popular cause the hunters that were teaching us like sir Drew mentioned him
he was known as a hero, weeks of training and he already predicted the explosion that could have ended the lives of many trainees like me
It's hard to believe Allen was that Allen Dale.
After seeing Allen sit beside the others under the key banner I felt something uncomfortable on my side.
I glance and my brother was gone.
I look left, right, and even to my back to see if he left for training but saw no sign of him, I was feeling a little anxious when I heard his shout.
"I'll do anything!"
I look straight and saw him beside Allen.
"What is that idiot doing!" I ran toward him anger controlling my every move.
As I was near my brother's back ready to smack the daylight out of him I heard his voice
"just let me have a spar with you"
I grab his collar and dragged him away from them,
"Idiot!"
.....
"ouch, sis it hurts" He tried standing up but his sister overpowered him and he was dragged towards the cafeteria exit.
At Allen's sit he drop the spoon he was using and looked at everyone.
"what?" He asked mouth full of food, his table have a whole roasted chicken and six bowls of salad.
"Someone asked for a spar," The Old man in their group said munching on a salad.
"Oh, grandpa let me talk to those people, fighting with an elderly, "
"If you win I'll give you an ice cream," Anna said her hair have grown longer in the past month and it reach her shoulder.
"What flavor?" Allen asked
"the secret one" Anna said dramatically.
"Sweet!, gramps do your best!" Allen cheerfully pats the oldman on the back.
"pfft-" A laugh escaped from a man at the group, he have wood brown hair and a slender physique
he wore a white shirt with a giant red heart, next to him is his girlfriend that looks exactly like him except her hair is tied to a ponytail, and she wear a shirt identical to her partner.
"Did you laugh?, Marvin!"
"Oh, sorry" The guy exclaimed while feeding his girlfriend.
"It's just the guy that approach us was asking you for a spar, not gramps"
"Oh, hold up, me!" Allen pointed to himself and Marvin nodded.
".....really?" Allen asked and everyone said yes.
"Then I'll see you guys later!" Allen waved goodbye as he left his chair.
"He left?" Marvin stated.
"He didn't even finish his meal, he wouldn't grow if he continue this" Vanessa said.
"Are you his mother?" Marvin who is beside her asked with a spoonful of soup going to her mouth.
"Open wide~"
Anna stand up from her chair
"Then I'll left you guys" She grabbed the old man's arm and whispered
"let's not disturb them"
In the room all who are in the key group stay, there is a space where a large stone in a shape of a tombstone was placed.
Words are engraved
May you rest in peace Lee.
Allen place a cooler next to the tombstone, he opened the cooler, and inside were ice creams.
"Sorry that I let you die...friend, I won't let it happen to the others"
Allen stated, he grabbed the worn out sword under his bed
"Time to train"
He got bulkier but it's not to the point where it's visible,
He gained weight, muscles were appearing around his body,
his arm felt lighter and full of vitality which made Allen hype up for training.
He did one thousand sit up.
one hundred push up.
two hundred swings of his long sword.
Sweat made the floor slippery
After doing all that training he passed out on the bed cuddling with his worn out sword.
while on a rest he dreamed of that time.
A month ago when he asked for his teacher to train him.
The day when he lost a friend.
The day his expression of drew changes for the worse
It's like time stopped because what happened in that entire month, he remembered it all vividly.