Sacrifice: Time of Mine

Morning rose and it was Avion's second day in this world. Once the sunlight reached his eyes through the hole in the wall they call a window, he gently woke up. Floating dust could be seen inside these light rays.

Avion's eyes took it hard to open under this morning's rays. Using his hand to cover his eyes, he opened them, seeing the three who had drools on their lips while lying over each other.

In the end, he was the only one who woke up still in that position. After a while, he caught a voice from outside. It was indiscernible and it seemed that the voices were increasing, becoming crowded outside.

Curious, Avion stood up and dusted his buttocks off which was unnecessary as the dirt was removed as if it was not there a moment ago.

Besides the four walls, the ragged roof, and the hole in one of the walls, there was the crooked door. It was closed but there were holes in its thin surface that made the sunlight enter and as he saw this, he noticed shadows disrupting this refraction.

With a broken lock, Avion just pushed the door to open it and saw people outside. Just like the three he just met, they had clothes that were torn and had pieces of other clothing that was sewn, making them look shabby overall.

If compared to these people, Avion does look like that he was from a noble family, he thought.

With an open door, some people who were swarming in a part of the muddy road saw Avion as they whisper.

"Is that a noble?"

"Why is he here?"

"Are all nobles good-looking as he is?"

"But why is he here? That is the question."

Having some attention, Avion didn't care and went back into the room and woke the other three.

"Guys, wake up, something is going on outside." he tried pushing their shoulders, tugging their clothes, and pinching their cheeks until they woke up to see a beautiful face.

They rubbed their eyes to see if they were still dreaming and found out that it was just Avion. Their hearts raced to the thought that a pretty girl would wake them up which would only appear in their daydream.

"O-oh... what is it, Avion?" Naron asked as he sat up from laying over Fobo, using the little fat guy as a pillow.

Fobo who seemed used to being a pillow woke up and sat up too to ask the same question but was shadowed by Temon who was using Naron. Only Avion was left out of this mess.

"Something is going on" Avion pointed, "Outside."

"Wait..." Naron looked at the hole in the wall and found that the sunlight had already reached that one line on the wall as if it was a clock, he stood up and slapped his face.

"It's already breakfast time, you two, wake up!" he was about to slap the two but they immediately stood up as they know the importance of this time in the day. This was the only time that they got to eat a full meal and be energized for the rest of the day!

Abruptly, without even fixing their looks, they ran out with fighting spirits.

"Come on, Avion! It's everyone for themselves now!" Naron shouted as he ran with his hand at his back while he leaned forward along with the other two.

As he heard that, Avion followed and copied their way of running which felt stupid but placed a smile on his face. In a matter of seconds, they've reached the swarm of crowds and the noise got louder.

Avion began to understand what they were saying.

"Miss Tamya, thank you!"

"One please!"

"Hey, don't push!"

"I didn't push you!"

"Coward!"

"What!?"

But amidst this chaos, there was a voice, a little bit rough but feminine enough to know that it came from a girl.

"Please, be kind and let others pass through. When you get yours, exit the crowd and wait for your turn again." the voice was loud but gentle. She sounded so tired yet still having enough energy to raise her voice to let everyone hear her.

Once on the perimeter of the crowd, the three pushed and fought their way in. Even though the sweet voice had told them to be organized, the people were still in a disorderly manner.

Many had fallen to the ground while some began a fistfight. However, the others didn't care as their eyes were towards the bread and soup, if you are lucky, you may get the meat inside.

With their grumbling stomachs, the aroma that was spreading throughout that pierced through their smell, and the fear of getting late to get the meat made the people like monsters fighting for their own food more than their life.

However, those who got their meal could easily walk out as the people gave them the exit. They are fair and don't want to accidentally disturb the meal and made it spill on the ground.

That would make the one who gives the food for free angry and leave. So the poor people were still respectful towards the others who got their food.

With insufficient rest, the three had no strength in fighting against the other competitors. Naron with his muscly build kept on going until his energy was drained.

Avion, on the other hand, was getting tempted by the sweet aroma that made his stomach roar. The food that he ate last night was already digested well.

Without any hesitation, he stopped the time and made the world into a huge statue. All the people were like stone. Their saliva was all over the surrounding. As Avion touched the saliva, he found that with contact, water began moving again. It was disgusting as it was as if he was spit on.

Maybe that what was happening when he breathed. The air that surrounds him was unaffected by the stoppage of time. There must be some rule that made nature move when near him in a paused world.

As he climbed through the mass of statues, he saw that on the very end, he saw that there were fewer people, these people are obediently lining up as if it was a rule. Once you got into the line, wait for your turn.

Avion easily went to the back of the shortest line. He looked back and saw people pulling each other, not wanting others to get to that spot. When his head looked ahead, he saw a woman behind a big pot with a big smile, handing over bowls and bread to people in front of the table.