Trust

Chapter 1 (Trust)

Part 1 | The Man

The time had reached 8:00 p.m. My watch rang and it awakened my excitement. I hurriedly finished my work. After that, I paced back to my home, and began preparing my luggage to go on a vacation tomorrow. After that, I slept peacefully, knowing that I would be able to go on a blissfully vacation, after suffering from this harsh job.

I woke up, filled with excitement, and showered. I wore a sleek and casual shirt, and began my journey to the airport.

As I strolled leisurely down a road, I noticed that there was a shady guy dressing in a black hood. So I followed him thinking he was up to no good and he noticed me. He asked me for the reason I was following him. Nervously, I replied back by saying that I had no intention of doing so.

He cautiously looked at my body, and observed me, as if I'm a test subject. He nodded and whispered creepily "This is the perfect person for this." He slowly walked towards me.

Terrified, I back step away from him, as he approached me. He grasped my shoulder, and mystical power started surging from below my feet, encapsulating me, and in an instant, I was transported to this other world fill with mysteries.

Part 2 | The Forest

Perplexed by what had happened, I gathered my bearing and surveyed my surrounding. Unexpectedly, I was flabbergasted by the scenery in front of my eyes. The sky was painted with streaks of pink and blue, which created a breathtaking scene.

After a few minute of appreciating the scenery, I started to get back on my legs and searched for a way out. By an unfortunate circumstance, I accidently stumbled upon an eerie forrest.

The forest had the creepy vibes to it. The fact that the leaves were rustling with a rythemic pattern, and combined with the oddly shaped trees, it makes the forest even more scary. I inhaled and exhaled a little bit, and took a step forward into the haunted forest.

While I walked through the forest, I heard a noise, coming from my left ear. Reflexively, I spun my head towards the direction of the sound, and I saw a bush that were vibrating and making the noise. Intrigued by it, I cautiously walked up to it to investigated the source of it. Suddenly, a manly figure jumped out if the bush, and choked me with his bare hand. I tried to struggled my way out of it, but I failed and passed out.

Part 3 | The Dungeon

I woke up, and I noticed that I was kept in a dungeon. I tried to move, but my left hand was shackled to the wall. The wall of the dungeon have a medieval design to it and it is very unkept. The floor of the dungeon is even worse that the walls. It was very grimy and bloodied. It's as if this dungeon wasn't meant to be used for normal usage.

After trying to come up with a solution to this problem, I gave up, realizing that I didn't have the capabilities to do so. As if that wasn't hard enough, I was starving, and that demotivated me. Overwhelmed by hopelessness, I fell asleep.

While sleeping, I heard a few words whispered into my ears which woke me up, but I continued to acted like I'm asleep. When I heard those words, I got goosebump throughout my body. It is so memorable, that I can still remember those words to this day. After listening to it, I was fuming with anger. It's as if my whole life had been a lie.

After that, the enigmatic figure left the dungeon with a message to me, "Use the key, if you seek the truth." It's as if they know that I was awake. Shaken with disbelief, I grabbed the key with my right hand and unlocked the shackle.

Part 4 | The Mansion

As I freed myself from the shackle, I left the dungeon. After that, I saw a flight of stairs in front of me, and because of my hunger, I was discouraged by it. But, as if powered by anger, I kept moving on.

At the top of the stairs, I saw a door with a lock. I tried to think of a few solution but most of it required strength, which I have none of. Desperately, I tried to opened the lock with the key that was given by the enigmatic figure, and it worked! Apparently, the door lock is the same as the shackle lock.

It made me wonder whether that was by design or not. Confused by that, I continued with my mission. I opened the door expecting the outside, but it wasn't. It was the interior of a large mansion. The mansion was very luxurious and sophisticated. It was well kept, it's as if this mansion was built for the higher-ups of this world.

Cautiously, I surveyed the nearby area in case of an enemies. Luckily, there wasn't anybody near the door leading to the dungeon, so I continued to explored the surroundings, and, as if I was being led to somewhere, I stumbled upon a grand door, with very glamorous design. With anxious feelings, I opened the door expecting the worse.

Part 5|The Contract

Behind those elegant door, there lies a man sitting on a magnificent throne meant for the kings. After witnessing the throne, it immediately answered my question that had been lingering in my mind since the start. It confirmed to me that this world is in the medieval era. After that, I looked up and stare at the man sitting on the throne. Before I could utter a word, I was forced by a mysterious power to bow down to him as if he was majestic.

I forcefully bowed down to him as if I was of low status, and it made me even more frustrated by this situation. As if getting thrown into this world and being strangled until unconscious wasn't enough, I was humiliated by having to bowed down towards an unknown man.

After that, the mysterious power that forced me to bowed down disappeared and it allowed me to stand up. Angrily, I vented my frustration towards the man, letting my anger fuel my words, and he smirked. After that, I was filled to the brim with anger.

He then proudly stood up, and announced to the other observers. "You are now my property, you cannot disobey me and you don't have any power." And then he ordered his servant to forced me into signing on a document, which I assumed is a contract. After a worthless struggled, I was forced into imprinting my finger onto the contract. After that, he dropped a few of his blood onto the paper and it glowed, as if the contract had been successfully initiated.

Following the flow, he ordered me to go to the house prepared by him. I tried to disobeyed him but a mysterious power hurts me if I do that. It's as if I was a slave to him. Saddened by that, I slowly walked to the house.

- End of Chapter 1 -