Chapter 127 Unwanted Guests
Alissa Rosalyn.
One of my closest friends. I think I haven't introduced her properly till now. She is one of the smartest girls I have met till now. Her genius relies on her ability to see through things that others can't and tackling those things through.
Whether you are a person who had a dark past or someone at the bottom of the sea in his life, Alissa can see the problem, the solution, act on it and also provide variables too. It's a bit complicated to put into words, but let's just say that she can both make and break you within minutes without much effort if she wished to.
How did I meet her? Well, Leeway introduced me to her once or twice. He was the reason I knew about the real Alissa from the beginning, otherwise I would have been a fool around her as long as she wanted. Though, because it was her brother who asked her to trust me, she did that without batting an eye.
After the valentine incident, she flew from the Rosalyn Kingdom to here immediately to find out what happened and, just like her brother; she settled with a second identity around me. When she had found me, I told her everything from the start to the end.
'Man… it was a really… sad sight to see… such a strong person to be so shattered' I thought as I recalled that unfortunate day where I was dead from the inside and she was dying on the outside.
Though later on, she just decided to spend time around me in order to protect me and help me out.
["I can more or less handle myself, but let's help you out first. You probably had an equal amount of despair or maybe even worse."]
Those were her words before she started coming with me to the university. Helping me out before I could even break while also asking for help if she was down at times. We helped each other in almost all events. It was truly bad luck that the few days she went off on her own to do some stuff, 'that' guy got to me…
As for her 'Princess' stuff, she is more of a substitute princess than a real one. She is the adoptive daughter of Queen Rosalyn and the real princesses are the two biological daughters of Queen Rosalyn.
'I wonder how they are faring in that country,' I thought before looking back. I had seen them on the news a few times, but that's all. Leeway didn't really like to talk about his family either, nor did Alissa.
As for the Prince, other than Leeway, who was just living his life off in a different country all by himself, his elder brother Elaric, was the one who handled stuff all along.
'According to Alissa, Elaric isn't really a bad guy. Just someone who prioritizes rules and regulations over other things.
"Hmmm…" I looked down the window and a couple of people from outside were coming in the direction of this building slowly and cautiously. There were guns in their hands and observing them carefully… They were teens who were about 16 to 18 year olds.
"What happened?" Caroline asked, noticing me humming a little and Alissa simply closed her eyes for a few moments before speaking,"survivors… they have some… odd intent."
"Yeah… they seem lusty a little… and they are stronger than the usual survivors… one of them is even E-Grade," I said as I observed them using [Inspect!] Skill.
Then I turned to Alissa as I asked,"you guys discussed everything?" and Alissa answered,"more or less."
After pondering a little, I spoke,"Continue the discussion and come after settling everything. I will look at things down there."
Both of them nodded before
[Temporal Deceleration!]
[Temporal Deceleration (Copy)!]
I slowed time by 100 times again and looked at Alissa moving at normal speed along with me without much problem.
'Hmmm… I guess since she isn't an enemy, my Stats aren't really that high. Though it should be fine, at least I will have some surprise in case things go south with her… though I really wish it doesn't have to be that way,' I thought as I sighed before beginning to walk down there.
"You still can't trust me completely, huh?" she asked as she looked at me. I looked at her, moving perfectly even when the time was slowed by 100 times. I then turned to Caroline, who had activated her ability, [Accelerated Vision], and was observing Alissa and I while her body was frozen still.
"You know me," I spoke before
[Return!]
I used the ability to move down the floors directly outside the building in front of the main door. I just sighed before moving a bit ahead as I observed those kids coming towards me slowly and slowly.
Then I undid my ability as I stopped for a few moments.
I peeked a bit above the window where I saw Alissa looking at me with a dumbstruck face before I smiled and moved forward and saw those men finally appeared in front of me.
'7 of them, 4 with handguns while 2 with shotguns. One of them is carrying grenades in his hand,' I saw them standing there.
'How long before they shoot at me?' I questioned and a timer came
[4 Seconds!]
I sighed before
[Eyes of the Time Keeper (Foresight)]
I saw one of them shooting at me with a bright smirk, though I also saw William standing in front of me with an enraged expression in the future.
"It's not a girl. Shoot him down." Spoke the one who had a shotgun while one of them with the handgun took aim at me
[1 second!]
[Temporal Deceleration!]
Using this ability, I saw William running towards me but I just spoke,"Stop, you idiot. Let me handle this."
Hearing my voice, he almost stumbled before he stopped and looked at me. His expression changed from enraged to a bit dumbfounded before I spoke,"at least have some faith in me."
I sighed before turning at those men who were almost prepared to shoot me.
Then, waiting for them to shoot at me, I waited for the perfect time. Using the foresight ability, I saw where he was going to shoot and moved a bit away from there dodging it.
'How long will they attack me if I undid my ability?'
[5 Seconds!]
Looking at that, I nodded before undoing my ability and saw that bullet passed just beside me without touching me at all.
"Hey, you guys look so lost. Do you need any help?" I spoke with a bit of a smile as I moved towards them.
At first they were confused, before another one with a handgun shot at me and just like previous times, I used multiple abilities at once and dodged that bullet as well.
"You guys look so scared. Did the zombies scare you so much?" I spoke as I moved towards them and saw their expression turning a bit more horrified with each step I was taking.
-Shot!
-Shot!
-Shot!
-Shot!
All of them started shooting at me at random before I saw one of them throwing a grenade at me.
'Hmmm… how long till that grenade blasts if I use both my time slowing abilities and catch it?'
[7 minutes: 14 seconds]
I nodded before waiting for that grenade to slowly reach me and then catching it before
[Advanced Time Manipulation!]
Multiplying the time by 200
[23 hours: 54 minutes: 23 seconds!]
Then after that, I turned off the time slowing abilities, and the time turned back to about 15 minutes or fewer as I held the grenade in my hand and kept walking towards them while still dodging the bullets.
Reaching closer to the one that seemed to be the leader, I first held his shotgun in my other hand and than
-Creak!!
I bent the muzzle of the shotgun towards him as I spoke,"Done trying? My turn now," with a humble and kind smile on my face.