A long time ago,

A story begins where the hero and his army travel to a castle to rescue one person. The princess, the beautiful princess, was kidnapped and held in the castle by the evil dragon. As soon as the hero approached the evil dragon, they fought each other in a fierce battle. Eventually, the evil dragon is defeated, and the hero successfully rescues the princess and is brought back to her royal palace.

But one day, it was too sudden because the hero and the princess were going to marry each other in a wedding ceremony. After her royal parents allowed the hero to marry the princess as a glorious reward. When the hero and the princess were about to kiss their lips together, the wedding bell rang, and they all celebrated in the end. What a happy ending for the hero and the princess, right?

But then, it is all accorded to the fairy tale book you were told.

What happened between them had led to the downhill.

The hero who rescued the princess was not the hero we knew. Instead, he thirsted for women who wanted the beautiful princess as part of his collection. The princess who the evil dragon held was a runaway child who fled from her home because she knew and feared being sold to the ‘hero’ from the beginning.

After the ‘evil’ dragon had been defeated, The princess fled to her hideout while the hero was looking for her. But because of impatient of his, he set the castle on fire, waiting for her to come out instead. The princess did not come out nor remain in the castle. Her last whereabouts are unknown to the hero.

Nevertheless, who knows what happened to her. Everyone soon forgets her existence.

What a sad, tragic girl. Poor her.

Oh, I am sorry? Did I go too far? Then how about I’ll tell another story which I am sure you will be pleased to hear, right?

Alright then, on day one. In the morning, when sunshine rose in the sky, the atmosphere felt fresh, the birds sang in the forest, and the wild animals just woke up with silly noises.

What a pleasant day to enjoy nature. Better than a dark fairy tale book, yeah?

Oh, who am I kidding? This isn't the outcome I was hoping for; instead, it was more horrendous than that dark fairy tale.

On day two at night, a building was under attack, leaving the place on fire; when the people tried to evacuate, they ended up in disaster. What happened back there was to protect the building from them, but it didn't last more than half an hour when they reached the limit.

When the time passed, I just woke up where I was laid down on the ground, struggling to stand up where the collapsed building behind me was.

So, how did this all happen? Long story short, it was all quiet till someone decided to screw us over with an army; by an army, I meant an army of… bloody Frankenstein cannibalism! It's like they’re from horror movies! Just who created them?! Germans?!”

"Hey, someone... please help us!"

Someone called for help... I couldn't help but run my emotion to get carried away, but now, their shout-out had snapped back to my senses. And therefore, I stood up still despite how much pain I felt, having my weapon on my side just in case. And then I moved forward to see what was ahead of me.

Before I continue, let’s go back to where we started. What I told everything from my universe was the aftermath we had been dealing with.

My name is Hugo, an 18 years old British mercenary. My hobby is prying on others and collecting data information. Yes, that is my actual hobby. You should be worried when your privacy's leaking to me. With my hacking skills as my speciality, I can do whatever I want as part of my hobby.

But aside from that, I’ll be your storytelling for now.

Oh, and if you are wondering why I haven’t mentioned my last name till now was because… I don’t want to remind you about my family separation when a family affair happened. So I unofficially made up my last name to shield myself from seeing my family again.

And also to make matters for us. Almost all of us have fake IDs, and some may keep their real ID as legal immigrants. We need to protect our identity no matter what such threat, like the police, the government, the society, or pretty much everyone else. If not, then our future retirement will be put at risk, meaning our lives will be more difficult when retiring.

It won't be pretty when we get caught by them...