I once again went through my routine, I woke up, washed up and went to the dining hall to have some breakfast. Today I was stared at quite a lot, and no one sat beside me, not that they usually did that but this time they were actively avoiding me.
'Well, it's not like I'm not used to this.'
I noticed someone else's gaze while I was eating, whoever they were, they were interrupting my meal. And sort of pissed me off, I 'looked' around and found that it was a boy who seemed to be a bit older than me. The boy walked over towards me and sat down beside me.
"Are you looking for a fight?"
I 'looked' the boy in his eyes with an expressionless face, well I was always expressionless anyways so this didn't really make a difference.
"No, I'm not looking for a fight, I was just curious. There's been rumours of... a monster. A white haired haired monster who was able to take down an Amazon warrior with a single swing of his sword. Looking at you, you look no older than 14, so you should be around the same age as me."
I took a look at the boy, he black hair and dark brown eyes, he had a slightly smaller build than my own but it was powerful. He had muscles that had been built from years and years of fighting and killing, I could tell that they weren't from things as simple as training. His hands were covered in calluses, his muscles weren't big but they were about as dense as my own.
"Actually, I'm a bit curious now, how old are you?"
I raised my head slightly and spoke.
'Now that I think about it, I don't really know what my birthday is-'
"I am around... 9 years old."
The boy's jaw looked as if it were about to touch the table with how much it dropped.
"You're telling me you're 9? And were able to take down an Amazon in a single attack? And on top of that, you're only slightly short than I am even though there's 4 years between us? And you're telling me you have a physique as powerful as that at your age? In terms of muscle density, yours are about as dense as my own but even then, your build is a bit bigger than mine. You're really quite impressive."
"Is that so?"
I didn't need some random kid to tell me i was strong, I was well aware of that.
"Yep, in all my time in this place I've never once met someone like you, someone like myself."
"Someone like you?"
I genuinely didn't know what he meant by that, nor did I really care.
"Yes, another 'monster.' You see, ever since I was born, I've had a 'monster' with me, it's telling me that you're just like me."
"Is that right."
Right now, I didn't really care about what this guy had to say. Its been a around 20 odd months since my Reincarnation. And in that time, I still haven't fully awakened all my combat skills from my old world. My martial arts, my innate ability to copy techniques, my instincts and even my over all intelligence isn't close to what it used to be like.
And those visions from before... I obviously don't suffer from them anymore due to me being blind but I feel like they'll return soon enough.
Honestly the visions aren't a major issue, but if they were to take place in the middle of a fight, It'd cost me my life again.
I went to take another bite of my meal, but my hand dropped my fork and stiffened up for a bit. I was a bit confused but soon after I was able to pick my fork back up and I went back to eating.
'I have no clue as to what the fuck just happened.'
Moving on from my issues, today I finally recalled what country this was. I was in Britannia. In this country, there's a certain item that I must acquire no matter what. With that thing, I'll be able to have some reliable allies. But first I'll need to escape from here.
This Gladiator Arena was actually in the novel, this place is destroyed in another 6 years by an assault from the Sword Saint and some elite soldiers.
6 years... It'd be a huge waste of time, but if those 6 years resulted In me getting 'that.' I don't think I'd really mind.
***
An hour later I was called for a battle, as usual I was knocked out and I fought. This time, I decided not to grab a weapon and to end the fight immediately, I used flash step to close the distance between us instantly and I then decapitated my opponent with a swift kick.
I looked down and saw that what I killed was a little girl who was around 8? Around Iris' age- Or how old Iris would have been had she not died. Well whatever, I didn't particularly care about her, she wasn't anything of interest. Someone who's only ability is to elevate others is quite useless to me.
I brought my foot to the girls face and crushed her skull, blood and and bones seeped out. I could hear the crowd get a bit uncomfortable, they didn't care who fought who but even they didn't like the idea of little girls being one sidedly pummeled into the ground and having their bodies crushed.
'But it's not like that's my problem.'
I headed back to my end of the arena, a gas was released into the room and I passed out. I woke up in my room. I got up and tried to look around. But I couldn't see anything.
My spacial mapping wasn't working, I turned around and saw a figure enshrouded in darkness watching me from the cell directly opposite mine. It was a fair bit taller than I was and had no noticeable facial features. I walked out of my cell and closed the foor before looking for it again. When I looked at where it was before, it wasn't there.
I then looked up, and saw the figure standing on the roof, how was he standing on the roof, I have no fucking clue.