[Prologue]
MC: "My name is Gray. I'm a retail worker that works a 12/5 on your average gas station at the local street. I had dreams of one day becoming a hero worth everyone's eyes and attentions, but here I am in this retail store. working for the rest of my life-"
(A giant object suddenly crashed and broke into one of the retail's windows and stopped at the rear shelves. It was a person, and they were clearly thrown there by some force of sorts. Gray rushed towards the one who was thrown there.)
Gray: "Woah- Hey, buddy! You alright?!"
Unknown Person, laying down: "Hah... Give me a break."
(Then, something came inside the store; It was a giant spherically-shaped creature made up of pure dark goo and eyes from what Gray could tell. The unknown person then stood up and manifested a sword from their right hand. A sword made of pure blue-looking energy and nothing else from what Gray could also tell.)
Unknown Person: "Hey... you can see this?" (The person asked Gray.)
Gray: "W-well, yeah-"
Unknown Person: "Well, that complicates things... Say, why don't you quit your job here and just pretend like none of this happened?"
Gray: "I think I can't just forget this scene in my mind..."
Unknown Person: "Say, your life is done for now. So I'll make a quick deal."
Gray: "Why so?"
Unknown Person: "I'll explain later.. but do you agree to what I'll say later?"
Gray: "Sure..."
Unknown Person: "Deal's a deal, now that that's over with..."
(The person dashed towards the creature and slashed at it. The creature tanked this, however, and then tried to grab the person with its hands. The person dodged it and attacked at the creature again, this time with multiple fast and precise strikes towards the creature. The creature was then split into multiple pieces and dissappeared into the air like ashes. As if it were never there.)
Gray: "Who... are you?" (Gray questioned the person.)
(The person smirked and looked towards Gray.)
Unknown Person/Staff: "Call me Staff."
MC/Gray: "Well, thanks, Mr. Staff."
Staff: "Thanks for the compliment. Now about that thing I mentioned earlier.."
MC/Gray: "About what again?"
Staff: "You need to join the job I'm in right now. Otherwise you'll be in even more danger than whatever just happened to you here right now."
MC/Gray: "What danger?"
Staff: "The danger of you being killed by our very own association due to witnessing what just happened."
(Gray paused, panicking on the inside.)
Gray: "But.. why?"
Staff: "Our job means to also maintain secrecy within the time frame in which we kill a monster. If someone sees us killing one? We have no other reason to let them live, really. It's how this job works, you'll get demoted or even fired if you let the person get away."
Gray: "Then... how do I live now?"
Staff: "Two choices: you don't, or you join our association as mentioned earlier. There's really no other choice here other than getting a job on our association for it to use you to kill monsters."
Gray: "I really have no other choice, huh..."
Staff: "You indeed, have no other choice left. So quit whining and sign this contract I'm about to give you." (He said, as he pulled out a piece of paper and a ballpen.) "Now then, all you need to do is sign it."
(Seeing as there really was no other way, Gray signed the contract and simply hoped for the best.)
Staff: "Great, now all you have to do is pass the initial examinations and then you'll be good to go."
(Staff handed Gray a letter. A letter for the current examination's date and location.)
Staff: "Ah, and for the last thing I'll need to tell you."
Gray: "What is it?"
Staff: "Don't tell anybody of what happened today during the timeframe of the preparations for the examinations. Self-explanatory, really."
(Staff then left the retail store. Leaving only Gray there with his thoughts... and the aforementioned letter of course.)
Notes:
I actually just took this story from an old story that I made in my notepad on a few months ago. My writing was better than my current writing back then in my opinion.
So yeah, I might actually release the other parts of this story. Ask to be pinged?
