CHAPTER 23: The start of a new beginning

Congratulations on becoming an adventurer!

You are now able to use dimensional bag and skill window command. To use your dimensional bag says the 'item bag' command. As you progress throughout your journey and level up, you will gain new skills that will help you fight the evil lord Luro! Have fun and don't die too fast!

I read the notification as best as I can yet some of the words were hard for me to even pronounce.

“Ok now little sister, say show class description…” My brother says as he looks at me trying hard not to laugh.

“Show class description!” I happily say it and another notification appeared in front of me.

Class Description

Footwork - A dancing class. You are on a path to master all types of dancing moves. Be better than a professional. You are above those who are gifted with dancing abilities. They will revere you like the dancing god/goddess. Advance this class to the maximum capacity and achieve master footwork status! Don't fight; let your moves captivate your enemy to death!

"A d-da- a dancer? What’s a dancer brother?” I ask my brother, but he didn't answer and just laughed a bit. By looking at it, I remember dancers that I used to watch on TV. A lot of them tend to move their feet and somehow move at the same time with other people or with another person hugging. But I never really knew what they meant or why they do it. “I-I-Is this a strong class brother?”

“Yes, it is! It is the best of the best!” He said as he burst out laughing falling to the ground. Even though I don’t get it, I feel a little bit happy he’s not mad at me anymore. I thought about it, now that I’m able to do something, my brother will probably stop saying I’m useless anymore. While I was busy re-reading the words to try and understand it fully, another window opened up.

The class has been set.

Materialize the starter kit?

Accept

Decline

“Oh! Accept!” I say out loud. The notification disappeared, and something started materializing in front of me. It quickly dropped to the ground and as I crouch to see what it is, my brother pushed me back before I even got close and I tripped on my own foot making me fall on my ass. My brother started inspecting the items as if it was his own.

“Ohhhh, a shoe and a hat! I needed some shoes!” He says as he tries it on. We were taken inside our living room which we usually don't wear shoes or slippers inside. I never had any slipper or shoes since I never left the house, so my brother never bought me anything except the clothes I’m wearing. When we woke up to this world, we woke up wearing the clothes we had on. I can see some of them earlier are in pajamas and some have hospital gown or their high school uniform. We died barefoot and woke up the same condition. Now that I noticed, my feet have a few cuts that are starting to sting.

“Aish! Fucking shoes are too small!” My brother screams as he tried to wear the shoes, but they don’t fit him. He then gave up and threw the shoes aside, but he wore the hat before he moved back to his position looking at a notification I can’t see. I was tempted to run towards the shoe and try them out but I didn’t want to get beat by my brother again, so I just stayed in the dark corner staring at the shoe from a distance. My brother sat around the torches and started looking at his dimensional bag. After a couple of minutes, I heard him say, 'ready' and ‘guardian'. After a few minutes, he said 'accept' and two things materialized in front of him.

"Oh! Ha!" My brother laughed proudly as he holds a sword with one hand and a shield with another. It seems like he Cleary chose a 'tanking' class. "Yes! I can survive with this! I'll be the best of the best and make that Kana girl fall in love with me!"

I kept staring at him and I didn’t notice I stared too long as he glared at me making me avert my gaze. Since he picked a tanking class, he probably has his health boosted. I might be stupid in all cases of reality but when it comes to games, I have spent enough time playing them when my brother is not home. I probably know more than him, but he just doesn't know. I want to tell him, but I know I will just get beat up again, so I just stay quiet. If I remember, he only plays games to play with a few people he met but I never see him enjoy or take a real interest in it. He will play a free online game but then lose interest and would rather go out and drink.

While he’s out working or drinking, I would play games on his computer all the time. He caught me in the beginning and has gotten a harsh beating because of it. But since then, I made sure to keep the volume on mute and would exit the game whenever I hear him trying to fit the keys in the door. I’ve also learned how to hide folders in his computer to hide the games I play. His drinking habits come in handy at times. He always has a difficult time trying to even put the key. The best times are when he's out drinking on the weekends. Sometimes he will come home the next evening which gives me a full day and night of playing games non-stop without worrying about getting caught.

Even though I know it's not real, I feel like I'm the characters I play and the freedom of adventuring and doing a quest every time gives me joy in the tiny apartment my brother owns. Now, the very idea of adventuring and doing a quest in real life made me happy and excited. My brother got back to trying to say random commands and I started whispering to figure out how the system works. A lot of our interactions with these notifications are through voice but I can say them low enough for me to hear and it still would work.

"Status Window," I whisper to myself. Knowing that I can't see his notifications, he probably can't see mine.

Status Window

Name:

Park Su-Yeon

Class:

FOOTWORK

Level:

1

Guild:

none

Skills:

Skill level:

Jump

1

Passive Skills:

Passive skill description:

Dancer's Soul

Gives you a dancer's natural abilities.

Ossium

Your bones are far stronger than the average.

Sixth Sense

You can detect the slightest movement around you.

Jump? I wonder what this skill is. I say in my mind.

"Skill description," I whisper to myself, but nothing happened. I guess it is a bit different. “Jump Skill Description?”

Ah, there it is.

Skill Name:

Skill Level:

Skill Type:

Skill experience:

Jump

1

movement

0%

This skill will let you jump.

But I already know how to jump… I say in my mind. I stare at my status window some more and study the passive skills. I tried so many commands, but nothing shows more detail on the passive skills.

"I guess whatever is written there is it," I whisper in a low voice.

I wonder what’s the dancer natural abilities… I whisper in my mind trying not to alert my brother.I'm going to experience a lot of things I only dreamed of when looking at the computer screen. Leveling, grinding, forming parties and creating guilds, I hope this is all possible for me to do. If my brother lets me. Hmmm, I wonder what this place is.

So many things ran through my mind and I tried to focus on figuring out where we are.

"location," I whisper but nothing happened. I look at my brother to see if he heard me but now, I see him lying down. "I guess he's sleeping..."

I decided to try a few more commands. "Dungeon Information. Dungeon Location. Location information."

The dungeon of the beginning V2

Location:

Unknown

Conquered:

Yes

Conqueror’s name:

Yasu

A place where your dreams or nightmare wakes up in.

"There it is!" I scream with excitement and I quickly cover my mouth holding my breath. I looked at my brother but he hasn't moved an inch, so I decided to breathe again.

That was close.

"Ohhh, someone finished this dungeon? Yasu? Isn’t that Kana and Daikichi’s friend?" I whisper remembering them mention his name when Luro appeared earlier. I slowly lay on my side facing the wall and continued to read the notification.

"T-this dungeon h-has been c-c-c-cnquwred by an adventurer. This dungeon will have no monster in it and it's safe to explore. Huh.....I guess there will be no monster here." I whisper to myself.

A dungeon huh…I wonder what the outside looks like.I say in my mind. I continued to daydream about the outside world and the adventures I’ll have and I daydream for the day my brother stops hitting me and I keep daydreaming until I fall asleep.

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“Wake up!” my brother shouted as he lodges his foot on my stomach taking the air out of me.

“Ack!” I let out a small yelp as I try to regain my breathing. After getting my breath to normal, I quickly scramble up still disoriented on what’s going on by being woken up too fast. I didn’t know where I was, and it took me a minute to figure out and remember everything.

“Hurry up! We need to go! That damn Daikichi bastard came and woke me up. Fucking asking all these questions why you’re in the dark. Had to tell him you like the darkness so when they ask, tell them the same got it?!” My brother says, and I quickly nod without saying a word. He then started walking towards the door and I follow behind him. Before I left, I noticed the shoes in the ground he threw to the side last night was still there.

“B-b-brother…” I call out to him and he turns around looking straight at me. I wanted to say nothing and just leave the shoe, but I wanted them.

“What?!” My brother shouts at me and it made me flinch a bit.

“C-c-can......c-can I have those shoes?” I ask pointing at the shoes. I never had a shoe before and I always dreamed of having one.

Please say yes…Please say yes…Please…I repeat in my mind over and over again waiting for my brother to reply.

“Hmmm…......If I let you have them, that damn fucking Daikichi will probably stop suspecting me and asking those annoying questions, Kana might feel bad about me not having shoes also. Ok, keep them." My brother says, and I was filled with joy and happiness.

“Thank you, brother! Thank you!” I say happily to him.

“What are you waiting for?! Hurry up and get them!!” My brother shouts and I quickly run towards the shoe and grab both of them hugging it tightly with both my arms towards my chest. I run back towards him with a smile on my face, but I quickly averted his gaze as he glared at me. We proceeded towards the room where the statue is. I followed behind my brother happy and we both walked through the hallway without saying a word. As we got there, I see Daikichi and Kana already in the circular room near the big door. There are also some other people with them including Mr. Goro-sensei, Ms. Miki-sensei. Kana notices me as we slowly approach them and runs towards me.

“There you are!” She says as she gives me a tight hug and then she lets go to take a quick look around my face. Her face is so close that it made me feel nervous and my face started feeling warm. She kept looking around my face like I have something on it and I was confused so I used my hands to see if I have a dirt on my face. “Looking as pretty as ever! I was waiting for you so we both can wash up!”

I didn’t know how to respond so I look at my brother but Daikichi has him preoccupied with a conversation.

“Come now. I need someone to help me wash~” Kana says as she pulls me towards the door where she helps me wash my wounds yesterday. “Hey Jung, I’ll be borrowing your little sister for a bit~”

My brother turns to look at her and then me. “Oh...uh..uh sure. Where are you guys going?”

My brother asked, and I can see a worried look in his face. Is he worried about me?

“We’re going to wash up. So, no one goes inside that room okay~" Kana says as she points towards the room we entered yesterday, and she continued to pull me towards the dark hallway.

“Oh, ok.” My brother says and then he continues to talk with Daikichi. But as I enter the room, I can see him glancing at me.

“Oh, let me come with you! I need to wash up also!” Ms. Miki-sensei says, and she follows us into the hallway. “Mr. Goro-sensei, if you may and thank you~”

I can see Mr. Goro-sensei starting to close the door behind us until a small line of light is seen. But then it was blocked by something on the other side. The only light we have now is the torch Kana is holding on and I silently followed her to the room. Once we arrived, I can see the room was well lit with a few torches cover all side of the room’s dark corners.

“Come come." Ms. Miki-sensei grabs my shoulders and guided me toward the water. I can see Ms. Miki-sensei and Kana sit by the small water pond and they put me in the middle between them.

“Ok suyeon, how was your sleep?” Kana asked me, and I just nod. I guess they understood that it means okay. But then Kana started asking more questions. “How did you get those injuries yesterday?”

"I-I fell," I tell her which, I wasn't really lying about. I did fall down when my brother pushed me.

“You can tell me anything ok?” Kana asked as she grabs my shoulders tight but not like when my brother does to the point it brings pain to my arm. Her hands felt warm. But I can't say anything. If I do, my brother might hit me afterward or worse, they might take my brother away from me. The only family I have left. I can't let them do that. So I just nod. I was hoping for them to get mad at me back but they didn’t say anything and kana never let go of her hands on my shoulder.

“What are you guys doing?” I look up and I see Lisa standing by the entrance and she came rushing towards me. "There you are~!"

Lisa hugs me tight and I wince in pain as I get the shoe pushed against me when I have it around in my stomach. I guess the punch earlier left a bruise. Ms. Miki-sensei noticed me in pain and gently pulled us apart.

"Are you alright?" Ms. Miki-sensei asked me, and I nod. I don't want them to know about the bruise or see it. Lisa sees the shoes I'm hugging and looked at it with curiosity.

“What's that?” Lisa asked noticing the pair of shoes I'm hugging very tightly.

“I-it’s my s-shoes! My brother gave to me~!” I say out loud with a happy expression. "Doesn't look awesome! My brother let me have it~!"

I can see them look at each other. Did I say something wrong?

Kana game me a warm smile. "Cool! Let's clean up and we will help you put your shoes on!"

She then told me to clean my foot first and used what seems to be like a shirt to dry my feet. Then like those princess movies I always watch on TV, Kana and Lisa helped me put on my shoes and even tied the laces for me. The shoe itself is a brown cloth that has a tough rubber material underneath. Wearing the shoes have made me smile over and over again that for a brief moment, I forgot about the girls in the room with me and it was just me and my shoes.

“hahaha, you look so happy! It’s like this is your first time wearing a shoe!” Lisa says as she smiles at me not knowing that this is actually my first time wearing and even owning a pair of shoes. I watch Lisa wash up and seeing the water made me want to go to the bathroom. Kana noticed and ushered Lisa to hurry up, so we can go. I have only been here for a day and I don't know if there is a bathroom in this place. I quietly followed them out of the room and each step I made felt different. I have been barefoot for so long that even wearing the shoe makes it as I stepped into a new world. We move towards back to the circle room. Some of the guys were waiting outside I guess to wash up. I see my brother standing by the big door still talking with Daikichi and they were joined by Amaguchi.

"Mr. Goro-sensei, you can go wash up. The girls need to go to the restroom, I'll go watch the door for them." Ms. Miki-sensei says. He nods and enters the room along with some of the boys. Kana then led us to another room on the far end. I noticed the door is completely closed. "Ok Girls, go do your business and I will wait here and guard the door."

As we get in, I can see the hallway is quite dark. I guess most of the torch is taken from this room. Kana is holding on a torch and was leading us. Right when we got into the end, the other door is also kept closed. Once Kana opened it, a smell of piss and feces has exited, and it made me cover my nose and mouth.

"Ackp! I never get used to this!" Lisa says in a muffled voice. She covers her nose and mouth with her hands and even I felt uncomfortable with the smell. As we enter the room, I can see a few torches lighting up the place enough to see one side. But there is this dark section that I guess is where they dump all their feces because I can smell a strong odor coming from it.

"Ok, you can....uhhh....pee in any wall just not in that dark area. If you do decide to do a number two, make sure you do it in that plate over there and then dump it in the dark section."

Kana says and points towards a metal plate that’s on the ground near the dark corner. I nod and ran towards a wall and crouched down and peed. After I was done, there's in no toilet paper to wipe myself with so I had to just bring my underwear up. Kana was next, and Lisa couldn't hold it anymore, so they peed side by side. I was given the torch to hold while they did their business. Once they were done, I hand the torch back to Kana and she led us back out.

Once we got out, we went back to the water room and clean our hands and back out again we went to the statue room. Daikichi handed us breakfast and everyone talked about the different type of class while I silently eat my food. We all huddled around the big door since we all think the statue might move any minute.

“So, did you pick a class? I picked mine already!” Lisa says, and she calls out her dimensional bag and pulls out a staff and a robe.

“JaJaaaan! I picked a mage!” She then puts on the rope and spins around with it. She’s quite beautiful so she looks good in anything.

“Oh yeah. Me and Daikichi picked a class last night. He picked Dual and I picked a Healer. So, I can heal him and prevent him from dying. He's as reckless as a wild animal!” Kana says as she also pulls out a robe from her bag and a small wand.

“You’re a healer?! I’m also a healer!” Ms. Miki-sensei says and pulls out the same item.

“How about you Suyeon? Did you pick anything yet?” Amaguchi asked and I nod my head.

Right when I was about to say, my brother spoke out of turn. "What?! Suyeon you picked a class?! I told you not to!"

My brother looks at me like he’s worried which got me confused since he's the one that told me to pick the class.

"W-w-wha...I-I-" I started stuttering and getting nervous.

Everyone was at me and it’s making me feel uncomfortable. Did I say something wrong?

"Suyeon, what did you pick?" Lisa asked placing her hand on my shoulder making me feel a bit comfortable to talk.

"F-f-footwork," I say nervously, and everyone stayed silent.

"Footwork? That sounds like a martial artist." Mr. Goro-sensei says but no one said anything.

Did I say something wrong again?I asked in my mind as everyone's expression was a mixture of pity, while I saw some people laughed a bit. Kana, Lisa, Daikichi, and Amaguchi all had a grim expression making me worried.

"How come everyone looks so grim?" Mr. Goro-sensei asked what was on my mind.

"S-sensei...That class...it's not a fighting class.." Amaguchi says and my eyes go wide.

But my brother said it was the best class for me! I look at my brother and when our eyes met, he gave me a quick smirk.

"Oh no...Suyeon! I told you not to pick a class without me!" My brother says as he comes and grabs my shoulders.

I'm still at shock and my breathing started getting heavy.

"Suyeon, are you okay?" I can hear someone say but I couldn't tell who. I just stared at nothing. I can hear everyone calling my name over and over again, but it’s muffled until the world became silent.

Not a fighting class? What about my adventure? What about the stuff I dreamed off? I repeat this question in my mind over and over and over again until I was overwhelmed, and I pass out. I slowly come to the darkness of my room.

"ugh.." I moan as my head feels heavy.

"So you have finally come to?" I hear a voice and when I look up I see my brother looking down at me.

"You stupid bitch.” My brother says and with all his strength he grabbed me by my hair and tried to pick me up. I tried screaming as the pain of my hair being pulled but my brother put his other hand on my mouth covering it and blocking the sounds from exiting. All I can do now is create muffled screams.

"Mmmmm!!!!!" I tried to scream as the pain intensifies.

I tried standing to ease the pressure, but my legs feel weak and even how hard I tried I kept on stumbling. I couldn't turn around because my brother is holding onto my head firmly, I grab him by the wrist and I tried myself to ease the pain on my head by picking myself up, but my arms are too weak. All I can do is cry muffled screams and look my brother in the eyes and hope my tears will help him forgive me.

"You almost snitched on me!! What were you about to say huh?! That I made you choose that class?" He tells me in a low tone and I tried shaking my head but the pain on my head was too much that the slightest movement would make me cry more and more.

"Mhgmisroyygmgmmmmhh!!!!!" I tried apologizing, but my voice won’t come out as he covered my mouth. He then let’s go of my hair and kicks me in the gut taking all the air out of my lungs. I curl up from the pain as he kicked me right where he punched me last, so it hurt more than usual. I wanted to scream and cry but I couldn’t as I gasp for air. I see my brother take out his sword and lodge it down in front of me.

"kill yourself." He says.

"Cough* Coughb-b-brother I’m sorry!Cough*I'm sorry please forgive me!" I tried to apologize but all he did is stare at me.

Did he really want me to kill myself? I look at the sword and it's right in front of me.I don't want to die.

"I-I-I can't brother! I'm sorry!" I say it again.

"Must I do everything for you?!" He says as he grabs one of my hands and places it down the ground with my palm facing up.

"I'm sorry! Brother, I'm sorry!" I pleaded with him again and again but then stomps of my hand and the pain of having my fingers stepped on have mixed with the pain in my stomach was too much that I almost passed out. Using the tip of his sword, he cut my wrist and blood started pouring out. I tried screaming but he muffled my mouth again preventing my voice from coming out. I stared at my wrist that got cut open and blood flowed out non-stop. I started to feel dizzy and my eyes become heavy as I notice my brother come close to my face.

"Don't worry little sis, this won't be in vain." He says and I lose consciousness.

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Suyeon. I faintly hear someone’s voice calling out my name over and over again. The longer it got, the louder the voice gets as if it was getting closer and closer.

"Suyeon!!" I briefly wake up to someone’s screaming as I slightly open my eyes. I can barely see Kana looking down at me crying. “Suyeon! Hang in there! Don’t die on me!”

Ah....it feels warm.I whisper in my mind thinking it’s a dream. I glance towards my wrist which my brother cut earlier, and I can see Kana's hands on top of the wound with a green light surrounding the area. I can see my brother crying in the back. He's on his knees holding on to his hand and I can see blood coming out of his palm.

"I-I-I decided to leave my sword and shield out just in case and I woke up and I see her holding my sword and she cut her wrist! I tried to stop her, but she ended up cutting me! Please! Please! Save my sister!" I can barely hear him talk but I felt so tired that I decided to close my eyes and go back to sleep.

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I slowly come to a couple of voices around me having a conversation. I keep my eyes closed since I feel like it was harder to keep them open.

"How is she?" I hear Mr. Goro-sensei says.

"She's fine. We got there in time. If her brother didn’t wake us up, she would have been dead by now." Daikichi says.

"How is he?" Ms. Miki-sensei asked.

"He's looking pretty shaken up. I had him move with some of the guys and they all are sleeping in one room. Amaguchi is there." Mr. Goro-sensei says

"Tell Amaguchi to keep an eye on him," Kana says, and I can feel anger in her voice.

"Sure......Why did you want Suyeon here and not her brother? Shouldn't they be not separated? Especially after what she did to herself. Wouldn't she would want to wake up to her brother’s presence?" Mr. Goro-sensei says.

What did I do to myself? I don't remember.

"I know, but I just have a bad feeling about this," Kana says and the room fell silent.

"Well, she was abused by her mother, she might have suicidal thoughts more than we know. We just need to keep an eye on her." Ms. Miki-sensei says.

Suicide? I never thought of killing myself.

"Not only on her but her brother. There's something weird about him." Kana says, and no one said anything. I felt exhausted still and I went back to sleep. I woke up with everyone sleeping and I tried my best to slowly sit up without waking them up. I can hear Mr. Goro-sensei snoring along with the breathing of Kana right next to me. A lot of questions ran through my mind as I placed my head down on my knee.

What did I do so wrong? Did my brother really wanted to kill me? Am I better off dead? So many different questions ran through my mind and the thought of my brother trying to kill me brought tears to my eyes. I admit he beats me up, but he gave me a place to sleep and stay and he never forcibly threw me out of the house even though he wishes I was never born or dead. But this is the first time he actually acted on it.

This is the first that I felt like he wanted to really erase my existence. The thought of it brought tears and I cried silently. I can feel an arm go over me and pulls me closer. As I look up, I can see Ms. Miki-sensei looking at me.

"It's ok. Let it all out Suyeon. It's ok." She told me as she puts me in the back. It’s the first time someone actually did it and I felt calm, but my crying wouldn't stop, and I lodged my face in her chest to drown out the sound, so no one will hear me. For the first time, I cried on someone that night till I fell back to sleep.

I slowly wake up to rustling sounds around me. I see someone crouched down over me, but my vision is still blurry. The minute I rub my eyes and get my vision clear, I see Lisa looking over me with tears building up in her eyes.

"Suyeon! Uwaaaah!!!!" She started crying fully as she gives me a tight hug. "Never do that! Please don't kill yourself!"

Kill myself? When did I-

"Your brother told us you tried to kill yourself! He even told us you did it back at earth and he had to save you every time!" She says as she continues to hug me.

Does it every time? Not once I ever attempted or even think about it. I say in my mind confused.

Lisa then let’s go but holds my shoulders firmly. "Listen ok? No matter how hard it gets, don’t give up!”

Amaguchi had to help her up and bring her out of the room as Lisa cried nonstop. I see Ms. Miki-sensei come over near me and gave me a warm smile.

"How are you feeling? Are you okay?" She asked, and I silently nod. I tried to stand but I feel like I lost all my strength on my legs.

"Whoa there tiger. Chillout for a while. You lost a ton of blood so just stay here and rest up okay?" Daikichi says as he catches me falling and then guides me back to sit down on the ground. I see Kana walk back in the room along with Lisa and Amaguchi and they are all holding a dried meat I ate when I first met them. Goro-sensei walks in after them already eating his portion.

"Mr. Goro-sensei! Can't you be more dignified when you eat?!" Ms. Miki-sensei says and Mr. Goro-sensei just shrugs.

Then right behind him, I see my brother. "Suyeon? Are you okay?"

The minute he comes near, even though I feel light headed, I quickly stumble to the darkest part of the room.

"S-suyeon?! What's going on! Big brother is here! Are you okay-" My brother tried to come near but as he got close, Goro-sensei stopped him. He whispered a couple of things to my brother and they both started walking out as my brother steal glances my way. I covered my ears and curled up in the dark corner. I don’t want to hear anything. I don’t want to see anything. I felt someone shaking it and it startled me that I wanted to scream. Once I see Kana in-front of me, I broke down in tears and hug her and I just cried. Cried without saying a word. I just cried, and my wails filled the room. I was used to it. I apologized to stop him from beating me. Even though I never go against him, I didn't fear him because he is family. The only family I have. But that was the first time. I’m scared of him. I’m scared that he will take his sword out. I’m scared that he will try to kill me again. I….I feared my brother.

I finally calmed down, but I didn't want to talk to anyone. I thought I have been through worse, but I guess it wasn't. I see Kana trying to talk to me and Lisa also tried.

Why would they do this?I asked my mind as I see them really trying to get me to talk. Some of my brother friends went to my house and found me with bruises. Before they left, they told me that it would get better than they would try to change my brother and just wait. But nothing. I waited, and nothing happened. But this is a bit different, they seem like they really do care.

Was it like this in the outside world?I had a lot of questions in my mind and I'm trying to figure out the answers. I am not used to anybody else’s company except my brothers, I didn't know how to respond to their kindness but to avert their gaze.

"Sooo back at earth I had this guy I like but he didn't like me back...bummer. Out of all the people he wanted, it was my best friend. Well, we're not friends anymore bwahahahaa." Lisa says, and she continues on with stories from her world. I just sat in the dark and she sat in the dark with me. Night came since everyone got sleepy. Everyone decided to stay in the room even Mr. Goro-sensei is here. The only ones not here are a couple of the boys and my brother. Even Amaguchi moved to this room to keep me company. I lay down on the dark corner of the room and stayed there. I pretended to sleep, and I can hear them having a conversation again. I slowly awoke with my head on someone's lap.

"ugh..." I mumble as I tried to stand but a hand forced me back down.

"Relax. It's ok. You seem exhausted. Just take it easy." I look at whose lap I was resting, and I can’t see her face.

"H-huh, who are-" I tried asking and the next thing I know, the face of the person started warping into my brothers and the voice became distorted.

"It's ok. Go sleep. Go to sleep. Go sleep. Go to sleep. Go sleep." The distorted face of my brother says over and over, and his head started twitching nonstop.

"No! get away!” I shouted and thrashed around trying to get up. As soon as I did, I tried to run away from him but he grabbed my leg and pulled me back down.

"D-d-don’t g-g-go~" The distorted figure let out a sound that made me fear for my life as I tried my best to kick it in the face. I screamed and shouted at him and thrash around trying to break free from my nightmare and my dream with reality mixed as I woke up thrashing in place.

"Calm down Suyeon!" Amaguchi says as he holds me tight trying to limit my movement.

"Holy hell! Where she getting this strength from!" He says as he struggles to hold me down.

"Suyeon!" Kana shouts as she runs towards me and helps Amaguchi hold me down while trying to calm me. I see Lisa and Daikichi behind her and I struggle as much as I can thinking this is all part of a bad dream.

"Let me go! I need to go! I don’t want to die!" I shout struggling to break free. Right now I feel like my insides are burning and I feel like I want to scream till my throat rips open. I scream with all my might until I felt my throat scratch and the taste of blood made me stop. I struggled as much as I can to break free but now everyone is trying their best to hold me down. I imagine them all going to turn like my brother as I struggle to break free so I can run away.

"It's ok Suyeon! It's just a bad dream!" I hear Ms. Miki-sensei says but all I remember is my brother trying to kill me. I remember how he always looks at me. I’m scared. I’m scared for my life. I'm scared my brother will come and kill me. The next thing I know everything goes black and I pass out.

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I slowly woke up to the sound of water hitting itself. I kept my eyes closed scared of what I might see as I hear voices around me. I didn't want to wake up to another nightmare.

"That fucking bastard," Lisa says on a low tone.

"Let's not jump to conclusion but, what the fuck did he do to her?" Daikichi asked in a whisper.

"Some people are just born evil. They don’t deserve our sympathy. They need to die." Kana says and I can sense some anger in her voice. "I'm sorry. I'm usually not like this but, when someone gets abused. I just get really mad."

My mind is full of unwanted question and I want to wake up from this nightmare but a part of me wants this to be a dream. The same dream I always think about. Freedom with no problems and surrounded by people who will like me. This was the first time I doubted myself from trying to be happy. I slowly sat up and tried to adjust to the room.

"Suyeon!" Lisa shouts the minute she sees me and hugs me really tight. "Suyeon! You're awake! We were worried!"

I quickly looked at the ground trying to avoid eye contact but they all greeted me anyways. I felt like a zombie, I felt tired and I didn't even want to go out. If I do I will meet my brother and for sure he will kill me. I don't want to die. Everyone has been planning on how to open the door but to no avail, they can’t figure it out. I’ve been staying in the room where the water is and I was never alone. Someone is always in there with me to keep me company. Whether it's Lisa, Kana, Ms. Miki-sensei, someone is always talking to me even when I barely respond. I haven't seen my brother in a while and I'm afraid to meet him.

But today I needed to go out and pee. I told Lisa I need to go and she gladly helps me up and called for Amaguchi. The three went out towards the hallway and my heart was beating so fast it felt like it will jump out of my chest. Once we got by the door, I see Kana and Daikichi along with Ms. Miki-sensei talking and when they see me they all rushed my way.

"She needs to pee," Lisa says and Kana nods. She then grabs my right arm and guided me. I still feel weak and its because I guess I lost a lot of blood. I heard my brother is in one of the rooms with the boys and hardly comes out now. Sometimes they don’t even let Amaguchi or Daikichi in. I quickly did my business as fast as possible. I didn't want to have a chance and meet my brother. Once I finished peeing, we headed back to the water room. We see Goro-sensei and once he noticed us, he started walking our way.

“Seems like the little missy is awake. How do you feel?” Goro-sensei says. I just nodded and he just gave me a smile and gave me a pat on the head. "Well I can't figure out a way to open it so why not just bust through? Why don’t you all help me pick a class that will do just that."

"Oh, you have not picked a class Goro-sensei?!” Miki-sensei says.

“Haha no, I haven't Miki-san," Goro-sensei says.

"Sensei! Call me Miki-Sensei!" Ms. Miki-sensei says as her face turns red. She then instructs Mr. Goro-sensei on how to see the class information.

“Ahahahaha. Ok, let's try this. Guardian information!” Goro-sensei shouts proudly and it seems like he was startled by something appearing in front of him. But all in my mind is to get back into the room and sit in the darkness.

"Hmmm…. I see. I guess I'll go with a guardian. Ready! Guardian!" Goro-sensei screamed his choice and his loud voice resonated throughout the room. “oho what is this? ACCEPT!”

The minute Goro-sensei accepted, a sword and a shield appeared in front of him.

“Aha swords and a shield. Perfect fit for me.” He says as he picks up the sword and swings it around like it’s a feather. “Ok boys! I’m ready to fight!”

Goro-sensei looks really strong even with only the shield and the sword.

“Well then, let’s see if I can slice that door open," Goro-sensei says as he walks towards the big door. Upon reaching it, we were expecting him to go wild with his weapon but he just stood there like he was reading something. I wanted to politely ask them if I can go back in but before I even had a chance to speak, Goro-sensei started laughing.

“Oi! Daikichi! Everyone! Come here!” Mr. Goro-sensei shouts happily and everyone including me started moving towards near the door. The minute we got close, a notification popped up starling me in the process.

Do you want to open this door?

Yes

No

“Does everyone see the same message?!” Daikichi asked and everyone nods.

"Wait...this never showed before. Does this means everyone just needed to pick a class?” Amaguchi says as he looks at Goro-sensei. “Sensei…”

“Hahaha sorry, kiddo. Well then, let's get out of here. Yes." Goro-sensei says as he pushes the door but it never budged. Everyone was startled when another message appeared in front of us.

To open this door, this dungeon must reset. All of its monsters and condition will revert back to normal with the addition of extra boss. You will get another shot at conquering it one more time.

Do you wish to proceed?

Yes

No

“Well, it's not like we have a choice, do we? We're running out of food and we need to get out of here to look for something to sustain all of us. I say we go." Kana says and everyone agrees.

“Ok! Here goes nothing! Yes!” Daikichi shouts as he takes out his weapon but nothing happened until a few minutes in when the room started shaking making it harder to stand in place.

“Earthquake! Get down!” Goro-Sensei says as the whole room shook violently that torches fell off the wall. Everyone got on the floor and some of them are covering the back of their head with their hands. Lisa quickly got on top of me while Amaguchi got on top of her. The shaking lasted for about a minute and it was shaking so much that it felt like the whole room was going to crumble on top of us. After the minute has passed, the shaking suddenly stopped in an instant.

Creeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaak*

The door slowly opened and the sound it made vibrated my heart making it beat faster. Once it fully opened, on the other side was another dark hallway. The darkness goes beyond what our eyes can see. We all slowly stood up and Goro-sensei who's closer to the door slowly walked out. But the minute he stepped out the door, the two torches near him lit up with a blue flame. Goro-sensei stopped moving. It’s like he’s reading something else.

“S-s-sensei. What do you see?” Miki-sensei asked but Goro-sensei didn't answer as he stared at something in mid-air.

“Goro-sensei?....what is it?” Daikichi asked as he helped Kana get up and Mr. Goro-sensei slowly turned towards him.

“Kiddo it says that I just left a safe zone." After him saying that we heard a sound that brought chills to our spine. Screams and shouts that isn't human. Footsteps that sound like an impending death march slowly got closer and closer as each and every stomp got louder and louder. And it’s coming from beyond the darkness and they’re coming towards us.