Chapter 43 It’s Me, Rika!

Anno heard Hikaru introduce himself, but she still looked at him warily. However, when facing Hikaru, Anno seemed to be much calmer. Her face showed a seriousness that made it hard for Vuni and Saraya to believe their eyes.

Hikaru wasn't too surprised because he heard Anno once said she was the best student in the royal academy. Although he didn't know what royal academy she was talking about, he knew that Anno wasn't normal.

Besides, Anno was the daughter of the Dark Elf Queen. She must have learned some things about etiquette, politics, and how to converse with people. Therefore, Hikaru did not think that Anno was stupid.

Anno said to Hikaru confidently: "I am Anno, the only princess of the Dark Elf kingdom. As a princess, I ask that you treat me... "

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Heh?!"

Anno was talking when Hikaru interrupted her. She frowned at Hikaru with annoyance: "Please respect me. Interrupting other people's words is an act...huh?

Once again, Anno's words were interrupted. However, now Anno looked at Hikaru with fear in her eyes.

"A rat that wants to sneak into my domain is asking for respect."

Hikaru's eyes were filled with disdain as he looked at Anno like she was a rat. Anno had never felt such contempt in her life, but she dared not refute Hikaru.

Anno wasn't stupid. Someone who could become Vuni and Saraya's master was probably not weaker than they were.

"I did not..."

Hikaru's gaze suddenly became so penetrating that it made Anno tremble in fear. Although Hikaru's level was quite low, his stats were enough to turn Anno into ashes. However, Hikaru also wanted to test a theory out.

Yes, Anno's Hidden Buff would prevent her from being harmed. However, Hikaru didn't intend to harm her either. He just wanted to scare her a little.

Just as Hikaru thought, Anno's Hidden Buff didn't work; nothing happened to him.

Anno, who was being stared at by Hikaru, was scared. Anno felt that as she was standing in front of Hikaru, she was facing a bloodthirsty and terrifying monster.

"Lock her up in her room."

Hikaru heard Hikaru's orders and sent Anno away. Saraya then followed Vuni.

[Why did you do that?]

Rika suddenly spoke up.

Hikaru sighed and said, "I'm just making a bet."

[A Bet?]

"That's right. Surely Anno possesses a way to contact her mother or someone in the Dark Elf Kingdom. "

'',

[So, you mean by impersonating Sherwin. You're using this opportunity to make Anno contact her mother for help, so that she will go after Sherwin instead of you.]

It's just an experiment. First, I will gain the ability to navigate the mist and be able to find other races in Misty World. Secondly, if I accidentally get killed by Sherwin, I can at least give him a headache with Anno's mother. "

[Do you think your plan will succeed?]

Hikaru shook his head and said, "It's just an experiment. Nothing is certain. Maybe Anno's mother won't be fooled by this childish trick. "

Suddenly, both of them fell silent. After a long while, Rika suddenly asked: [Have you ever wondered what your purpose for existing in this world is?]

"My purpose for existing? Aren't we supposed to survive in this world? "

[No, survival is unavoidable regardless of the world we live in]. But do you have any goals of your own?

Rika's question silenced Hikaru. He suddenly realizes that he doesn't have any purpose, so was this any different from his life on Earth?

In the past, he was an ordinary office worker trying to earn money for a better life. And Hikaru never had a chance to enjoy life.

Many people told him that if he works and he receives money, he will be able to experience and enjoy life. but things don't seem to be as people said.

When will we have enough money?

That is a question that no one can answer. Human greed has no limits. When you have 1 dollar, you want 10 dollars, then 100, then 1,000, and so on.

Hikaru once believed that when he had money he would enjoy life. He worked as if he was born to work. However, things were not as he imagined.

His father died when he was 13 years old in an accident. When he was 15 years old, Hikaru's mother remarried Hikaru's father's younger brother. Later, Hikaru realizes his father's accident was no accident.

Naturally, what would a 15-year-old do? Revenge? No, Hikaru wasn't confident enough and bottled it up. Yes, he was a coward and a fool. His father's killer was in front of him, but the only thing Hikaru could do was stay silent.

At the age of 18, Hikaru lived alone. He started doing everything so as to be able to survive. In his mind, he always thought that if he didn't harm anyone, lived a normal life, obeyed the law, and worked hard, he would have a good life.

But everything was just his wishful thinking.

Hikaru's mother hatched a plan to kill his father, then took all his fortune and went to live with his father's younger brother. He was cheated on and bullied by his friends when he was in school.

Until he grew up and got a good job and a girlfriend named Naomi, he thought that his pain would finally end.

But unfortunately for him, he discovered his girlfriend had an affair with his boss. When he found out, his girlfriend did not panic, but she just asked him a question.

You want to marry me? What do you have to feed me? "

At that time, Hikaru was silent because he realized that life was not as simple as he had imagined.

Why is my life like this?

When Hikaru was a child, he often heard stories and myths about the gods. It was said that they were the creators of man and everything else. As Hikaru grew up, adversity struck, thinking that this was punishment for the sins he committed in his previous life.

He tried to do everything to please the gods. Day after day, he prayed, "Please help me". But there was no sign that God or any other god listened to his request.

'ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ N ovelBi(n)',

Hikaru wondered why he had to put up with all this. He never harmed anyone, never broke the law, and he even worked extremely hard.

"What did I do wrong?" Hikaru asked himself this question all the time.

Thinking of this, Hikaru suddenly stood up and looked into the distance. He realized that there was no god or any gods in this place. There were only the strong and the weak. There is only the ruler and the ruled.

Rika suddenly spoke: [Master, do you want to change the world?]

Hikaru laughed at himself: "Change the world? It sounds great. However, I have no such intention. I am not a hero, nor a great thinker, much less someone who wants to contribute to humanity. I just want what's best for myself. How can I change the world when I can't even change myself? "

Hikaru said in a bitter voice. The world had changed, but he still remained the same. He was still a coward and he was still weak.

[So... what do you want to do?]

Hikaru shook his head without answering.

Suddenly, the space around Hikaru changed. Suddenly, Hikaru found himself standing in a dark space. Right after that, he heard Rika's voice: [This world wasn't originally Misty World.]

Then, the space suddenly transformed into a vast land inhabited by countless races and plants.

[This world used to have lots of creatures and races that existed and inhabited the world. It was because there were many different races that war broke out between them.]

Hikaru felt that this was very plausible. On Earth, different skin color or nationality is also the reason for racism. When racism escalates, it leads to war.

[The war broke out and lasted a long time. Over thousands of years, the number of races has decreased greatly. Only the strongest races remained.]

[At that time, everyone thought that the war would last until there was only one race left in this world, and that the war would end when the fog suddenly appeared.]

[The fog covered the entire world, and there didn't seem to be any magic to make it disappear. Not only that, the mist also penetrated the bodies of the creatures of this world and turned them into undead, while the rest of the creatures mutated into terrible monsters.]

[The war between races was over. Then the war of the races against the fog and the monsters inside the fog began.]

[Master, that concludes the brief history of this world.]

Hikaru was about to ask a question when the illustrations for Rika's story suddenly disappeared. Then, he saw in front of him a little girl with a slightly eerie appearance.

The girl was about 150 cm tall. Her black hair was clumped together, maybe because she hadn't had a bath in a long time. Her skin was pale, like a dead person, and her lips were dry and cracked. She was wearing an old one-piece dress that was torn in many places, revealing her thin body. Her bare feet were covered with many wounds, which were still bleeding.

However, what was more remarkable was that where the eyes should have been, there were only two black holes left. Black blood flowed out from within the two holes continuously, bringing with it a bit of shredded meat.

"You are…"

[It's me, Rika.]

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