"Haaahhhhhh... what a beautiful dark sky, oh wait I'm inside a cave right now so there is no sky here. Only a dark, low ceiling above me exists here." I sighed as I muttered. I was lying on my back.
Moving my gaze to my side, I could see a beautiful woman whose face was illuminated by the glowing moss right in front of me. Her eyes were closed and her body starts to grow cold
"You know Aliza, it surprises me that even until the end you didn't give up on me."
Even though I already know what happened, I can't stop speaking to her.
"Hey Liz, what should we do when we get back home? I remembered that last time you kept on yapping about pizza, so maybe we should go eat pizza?" As I said that my vision started to get blurry with tears and I couldn't see her face clearly so I moved my gaze upwards to the ceiling above.
"Haisshhh this is why I keep on telling you that we should just stay at home today." I keep on talking by myself while moving my hand to hug her. As my hand reached her back, I could feel the damp, wet feeling of liquid.
My hands stopped at a hollow spot on her back. At that moment, my eyes widened and I started to shout
"Damn it! Fuck you, Ken! Fuck You! Fuck your mom! Fuck your family! Fuck your ancestor!" I keep shouting at the top of my lungs when a kid's voice suddenly echoes in my head.
(Oh my, it looks like you are on the verge of going insane. Do you want to save her? You love that woman, don't you? Although I can't revive her, I can help you save her, you know.) hearing that voice, I started to shout even louder.
"Who are you?! What do you want?! If you can't revive her how are you going to help me huh?! Are you here just to mock me?!" feeling irritated, I started to shout at that voice.
A few moments later, another voice can be heard. This time, the voice didn't go straight to my head but it flowed through the air and reached my ears.
"Hahahaha! Alan! Did you go crazy?! No wonder, that stupid girl is dead after all!" A familiar voice can be heard.
"Hmph even though all she has is just her pretty face, she tried to fight all of us by herself. She even divided her attention to protecting you!"
This irritating voice, "Ken!!"
My eyes turned bloodshot as I moved my gaze to the mouth of the cave. There, I saw three people. The one in the middle has blonde hair and blue eyes, on his right and left stands a bald man and a long-haired Asian youth.
When I was about to open my mouth to shout back at him, the voice from before echoes in my head
(Here, I will show you a bit of what I'm capable of so you will believe me.) right after the voice said that,
*Snap The sound of finger-snapping can be heard. This time, it looks like Ken and his friends heard it too. After that, I can feel a power surge inside of me. It feels as if I could crush rocks and tear steel.
"Hahahaha she was stupid you say, Ken?! Did you say that?!" I said that to make sure that Ken didn't run away after he heard that snapping sound. I began to stand and put Aliza to the side carefully.
"Am I wrong though? That pretty face gave her life just to protect you! A nobody with trash class! A stupid bitch like her can just die in the ditch" Not stopping his mocking at that, Ken even added the word bitch to Aliza.
The moment I heard the word 'bitch' I snapped. *Crash I stepped so hard to the ground that it cracked. And then, the power of my step propelled my body to Ken. At this point, both I and Ken were surprised by my speed. I arrived right in front of Ken with practically no time at all.
Before Ken managed to react, I swung my right fist toward his face.
*Pop!
With an almost comical sound, Ken's head burst open as gray brain matters and blood flew everywhere.
Both of Ken's friends on his right and left didn't manage to react either. I grabbed the hair of one of his friends, the one on the left with my left hand, and swung it to make his head hit the head of the baldy on the right.
The moment both of their heads hit each other, they burst open and explode with a firework of blood and gore.
Finished with the traitors, I walked to Aliza's cold body then I started to carry her with princess carry. I can feel my body start to break down, maybe this is the consequence of using power far beyond my level. Then, I walked slowly toward the exit of the cave.
"Hey, the voice from before. Can I still take your offer from before?" I said as I moved my eyes all around me.
(Well, of course, it is. Now that you already tasted my power, surely you wouldn't doubt me right?) the voice answered with a hint of arrogance.
"Hmph, how will you help me save her if you can't revive her then? Let me tell you that turning her into a living dead or any kind of creature other than human is not saving her." I said cautiously to this suspicious voice.
After all, without those options, the only possible way is to turn back time and it's just not realistic to turn back time.
(From the look in your eyes I guess you already know that the only way to save her is by turning back the time.)
The voice paused for a while before it continued
(Although your face shows that you don't believe me, I will just tell you that I really can do that. I won't do it for free though, you have to give me something in exchange for that.)
Hearing what the voice says, my eyes went wide. While still filled with doubt I answered with a loud voice.
"You want me to give you something? Not to mention something I can even give you my everything! My soul! My life! My future!"
I paused and took a breath then said slowly "Everything you can think to take from me, I can give it to you. As long as you manage to turn back time, I will give it all."
(Hmm is that so? But I'm only interested in your 'Future Glimpses' innate ability. I couldn't even care about anything you mentioned before. So, will you take the offer or not?) the voice said as a dagger started to appear in front of me. This dagger looks like the hour hand of a clock.
"Why not? Just take it then. I don't need it. After all, that ability is the one that turns me into a failure right now." I said as I grabbed the dagger.
(Okay then, all you have to do is to stab that dagger straight through your chest. The moment that your ability is pulled out is the moment that you will be sent to the past.) the voice instructed me with a hint of expectation.
Not caring one bit about why something or someone is expecting another person to stab himself to death, I stabbed the dagger through my chest. As the dagger pierces through my chest I can feel something inside of me being pulled out.
The moment I let go of that something, Everything in my vision started to come to a halt, and then it slowly went backward. After a few moments, I lost consciousness.
*plop
The body of Alan fell to the front as blood flowed from the hole in his chest. A few moments later, a boy appeared. The boy then started to mutter
"Although I do need these abilities, it still doesn't change the fact that I spend those precious one-time use abilities."
*sigh the boy then sighed and continued "well I will give him a gift since he was brave enough to stab that dagger through his chest without hesitation." Said the boy as he shrugs.
The boy then disappears along with the body of Alan and Aliza. The only thing left is just the headless body of the three traitors at the mouth of the cave.