"Hey big brother, save me from this inhuman Elf. She's going to eat me alive."
Shin's yell shocked not only Elior but also alerted the young lady in orange.
"Elf?" Elior carefully gazed at the young lady in orange and noticed the rather pointy ear. A frown appeared on Elior's brows. Elves weren't allowed to take part in the trials, they had their own inheritances. These trials were mostly for humans, and lower world humans at that. 'She might be one of the halfbreed,' mused Elior inside.
While the elf was also staring at him with a frosty glare, as thin, invisible string appeared in her palms. Moreover, it was infused with mana.
"I mean no harm," Elior said instantly while infusing the spear with mana.
It was always good to show your capability before it escalated to a fight. It would be a terrible decision to fight this Elf in his current situation. He may be able to win after a long struggle, but it was not worth it. Besides, Shin may be the cause of the problem here. As Elior had known, his good brother could not control himself well in front of beautiful women.
"Big Brother save me," yet Shin, who was seeing Elior for the first time, found his big brother in Elior. "As a human, you should help a fellow human in need."
"Shut up," said the elf. The gorgeous looking elf turned towards Elior and asked. "What do you want?"
Before even Elior could open his mouth, Shin yelled again. "He wants to save this poor little brother here. Be quick brother or else I might be a soup a few minutes later." Shin wiggled in his upside-down position, yelling. "This elf is going to eat me alive."
"No, she will not," Elior said. His hands were still gripping the spear. He looked at the elf in question. "Are you?"
The Elf gave Elior a peculiar gaze, then shook her head, pointing towards a small animal that appeared to have been a rabbit.
"See?" Elior said to the upside-down Shin—who sighed in relief as well.
"You haven't told me what you want?" the elf repeated her question.
"Nothing," Elior said, pointing to the two dead rabbits on his back. "I wanted to have a meal as well."
And his stomach agreed as well, growling.
"How about I join you guys for breakfast," Elior asked.
"No," the elf denied instantly, with no thinking.
"What if I say pretty please?" Elior pushed.
"No." This time more resolute than before.
"Big brother, this elf is cold," said the hanging Shin. It looked like he didn't mind hanging as long as he was alive. "How about we make our meal? I may not look like it but I am an excellent cook."
That was quite true. Shin was great at cooking.
"As much as I wanted that, I am afraid we needed the lady's permission for that," Elior said, resting the rabbits down. He glanced at the elf. "Miss . . . Can we?"
The Elf contemplated over a brief moment and looked at the hanging Shin.
"Please, Big sister Elf, all I said was a mistake," Shin pleaded, with no tears in his eyes. "I will never say that again."
"Fine, but you have to pay for it."
"But I don't have any money," Shin said.
"She was not talking about money," Elior said. "If I'm not wrong, she wants the trial tokens."
"That? I don't have those as well," Shin said. "But I can earn it after I am free. Is that alright?"
Elior gazed at the elf as well, waiting for her terms.
The young lady in orange nodded. "You will give me every single token after you get your hundreds."
That was a totally unreasonable deal. It was totally disadvantageous towards Shin. But then again, how could the elf know Shin could manage more than a hundred tokens? He may even have failed to do that. On that thought, the young elf was kinder inside with that cold front. It was not easy to be a half-breed, even for an elf.
"And if you could not even manage a hundred, then all the token is mine."
Now it was entirely disadvantageous towards Shin. Elior was about to propose another deal but it seemed Shin couldn't wait anymore.
"Deal. Bring me down quickly." Shin said.
Elior could only shake his head.
The Elf motioned her palms as the string loosened. Shin could not control his body, fell to the ground. After a couple of seconds, he stood up, lunging.
"Now I am alright," Shin said, shaking his head a few times heavily. "All that hanging made my stomach empty. Let's make our meal shall we?"
. . .
It did not take long for shin to complete the roasting, as both of the boys sat beside each each other to satisfy their stomach.
"Thanks for the food," Shin said before gobbling up a sizeable chunk of meat inside.
It was over half an hour since Shin got freed from the string and it appeared he already forgot about it.
Elior ate with him as well. The meat was roasted adequately by the hand of Shin; though it lacked seasonings and other ingredients, it was still better than anything he could make out.
Where the elf was a dozen metres across from them, making her own food. White smoke condensed around her, as she still hadn't succeeded in making the fire ablaze.
"Sister Elf, are you still trying?" Shin yelled, "I don't think you could succeed today, come here, eat with us."
Shin had tried a few times to call the elf before, but they seemed taunts to her.
"Are you going to tell me what you did to that little elf?" asked Elior. He had never heard this story from Shin in his previous time. Maybe it was too embarrassing to tell, for shin who pretty much done more than enough petty embarrassing things in his previous time.
"I did nothing, Big brother," Shin said. His entire attention was on the meat he was gobbling.
"You definitely did something to that elf. I can tell a rotten apple when I see one, and that elf doesn't look like it." Elior glanced at the young elf who was in the midst of the smoke. She was really terrible at that. He continued. "And don't call me big brother."
"As you say, big brother." Shin crooked his tongue. "I mean, what should I call you?"
"Just call me Elior."
"Alright, Elior it is," Shin continued. "I'm Chains, by the way."
"Chains? I will not call you that," Elior laughed. 'Chains' was the title Shin play all the games, and he picked that name here too. "Are you not embarrassed to mention such a name?"
Shin looked a bit embarrassed after that. "My given name is Shin Olwyn. You can call me Shin." Then Shin looked at the elf and around the jungle before whispering. "By the way, Big bro . . . I mean Elior; this is all real. It is not a game or simulation, right?"
Elior knew what Shin was talking about. Unlike Elior, who got the opportunity to enter this world through gruelling tests, Shin got in through gaming. Apparently, the UN coalition didn't just select candidates from tests and exams. They created a VR game just for selecting promising guardians throughout that earth.
In the game, they purposefully research the candidate's mental ability, problem-solving capabilities, decisions, etc. Apparently, most of the fighters came through this road. And Shin was one of them.
"It is real, just like the sun and moon," said Elior.
"Shit!" cursed Shin. "They could have mentioned this before. Who abducted kids when they were playing games? I was only a few steps away from soloing the boss and it didn't even save the play log."
"That was you're worried about?" Elior asked.
"You don't know how much effort I spent in that games," Shin continued. "Besides, they could just send me a mail."
"I think they did send some message or notifications, though that was about the chance of admission to join the institute of Earth guardians. Supposedly, they were secretive about this entire business"
"Really? The Guardians?" Shin asked out in astonishment. "Am I really that special?"
"No, You're not. They definitely made a mistake." A third voice answered Shin's inquiry. It was the elf. She came in silently and sat beside Shin. It seemed she had it with making the fire. The Elf continued, "Give me."
"Women are really unreasonable," Shin said, but he gave her a few pieces of meat.
The elf grunted a 'hmmm' before gobbling the meat.
"So, what was I saying again?" Shin said. Then a frightening thought hovered in his head. "Right. So it isn't a game. I might really die if I fail!"
"No, you won't," Elior said. He could not tell the catch of the trial that they would only lose the opportunity with the memory related to the trial. He continued in a softer tone. "You won't die if you stay alert and follow the protocol well. Which you seemed to fail in the very moment."
"That was not my fault," Shin protested. He yelled out, pointing at the lady in orange. "It was her. Besides, I thought I was still playing in my VR."
"You got less than what you deserve," the elf said. "If it was someone else, they might beat the crap out of you."
"Really, Shin What did you do to her?" Elior's interest was piqued.
Shin looked a bit embarrassed now. "I only said a few pickup lines on her, nothing else."
"What did you say?"
Shin embarrassingly looked at the girl in orange—who was busy with the meat, before saying. "She would hang me again if I mention that again."
"Now you're making me even more interested," Elior said. "Say it."
"He said, by the quote: 'Girl, are you a carrot? I may not be a rabbit, but I don't mind eating you'," the Elf answered for Shin.
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