Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

"We want you to rescue someone—a person very close to us—from somewhere," the green giant, staring into Alex's eyes, spoke earnestly.

But that was all the giant, who was called Greeny by the fairy, stopped after saying those words, as that was all he wanted to say, making Alex frown.

"And?" he questioned, expecting something more, and Greeny, after being confused for a while, had its eyes brightened in realization.

"And, of course, we will reward you." Greeny smiled at Alex, nodding his head, but Alex just frowned harder.

"What I want to know is more about whom I have to save and where they are," Alex spoke up while feeling a bit speechless because...

"Hehehehehe," the little fairy had somehow rightfully taken his shoulder as her resting spot, waving her legs, giggling, and humming without a care of the world, but in reality, she was listening to the conversation with focus.

"Oh, but I cannot tell you much about it, as that can change the future," Greeny replied, shaking his head in regret, as although he could come here under the system's nose by pulling some strings, he couldn't mess with time.

As for the little fairy's actions, he ignored them because that was the thing he thought was the best course of action at that moment.

"And you expect me to just accept your request?" Alex, with an incredulous look on his face, shot back. Like, how can someone accept something when they don't even know anything about it? He, as an assassin, never took a mission without formulating a plan and making sure that it was a doable mission.

He knew he couldn't plan things ahead of time, but that didn't mean he would just say yes without knowing even anything. That was just not possible for him, and Greeny could somehow tell that, making a complicated look come up to his face.

"But..." he was still hesitating. His mother had clearly just sent him to give a good impression on this anomaly, whose future even she couldn't see, nor could she tell what kind of person he was.

But the task they had could only be completed by such a person, and that was why they needed Alex, but he was never supposed to tell him anything about the task and her...

"Just say it, Greeny. Why do you think I am here?" The little fairy's voice, as if coming in rescue, spoke at that exact moment of uncertainty, making Greeny have his eyes go wide.

'How could I forget who she was?!' Greeny exclaimed inwardly and realized that the problem he was thinking so hard about wasn't even a problem with the certain god's manifestation present among them.

"As you wish, little fairy." He just nodded his head gratefully to her before he turned to look at Alex, whose eyes had never left him.

"The one we want you to save is the youngest member of our family—" Greeny began, only to have his words cut short by the fairy, "Wait, what! When did that happen? When did you guys get a new member?!"

She exclaimed in stupefaction as she almost fell off Alex's shoulder. How was she not made aware of this until now?! Didn't it, like, take a hundred or more years for a child to be born among them??

The sheer amount of disbelief in the fairy's voice was palpable, as she really was surprised by the news. And her words just made Greeny smile as he replied to her question, "Mother was planning to surprise you as she knew that you loved to play with small children."

His smile turned gentle as he mentioned the small child, but as if remembering something, anger, regret, and depression covered his face.

"But that was until those envious of our family stole her away during the time Mother was recovering her energy..." he muttered, his fists clenched hard, but he wasn't the only one feeling it.

"Who dares to do it?!" The fairy, unlike her cheery demeanor, suddenly exploded, her silky soft hair glowing furiously and her wings starting to change shape, but before she could burn the whole place in anger, Greeny hurriedly spoke.

"You shouldn't do anything, my lady. It was the system that took her away, my little sister. When questioned, the system said that our sister was a dangerous entity, someone who would break the balance."

As soon as his words made their way to the fairy's ears, her anger started to calm down, only leaving a frown and an annoyed look.

"It's this damn system again, doing whatever it wants, claiming it to be for the balance..." she grumbled as she flailed her arms and legs, going back to sit on Alex's shoulder, finding it calming.

"So, what did you guys do? You guys wouldn't just let one of your family members die, would you?" But then she turned toward Greeny and questioned, her brows still creased, making Greeny answer without a moment's delay, "Of course not. Our friends and family are the ones we care about the most."

"So?" The fairy, listening to his words, nodded her head and questioned back, making Greeny let out a hum as he replied.

"We woke Mother up, and with all of us together, we came to the system. Our stance was clear: Give our sister back, or there will be war."

As soon as the word 'war' was spoken, a wide grin made its way to the fairy's lips, only to vanish in an instant, as Greeny continued, "But the system stayed adamant on not letting our system go. However, just when we were about to attack the system, she proposed a deal."

Greeny paused with those words, gritting his teeth, not really having a good memory of that incident, but he still went on.

"It wanted us to stay in our places and not make hasty decisions as our sister's survival was fully dependent on her luck." Greeny took a pause, observing both Alex and Fairy's expressions as he continued, "She said that it was the best she could do, and if we wanted our sister to survive, then we should just sit back and wish our sister luck."

"Did the system say that she was putting your sister in one of the scenarios? Is that why you are trying to approach him?" The fairy questioned, leaning on Alex's head with a contemplative frown after listening to Greeny's words.

"Yes. Mother looked through everyone in the current game, but only he, among them, was someone she couldn't predict. He is an anomaly—that's what mother said.

An anomaly, something no one could predict, was what we needed since we were sure the system would in every way try to kill our sister, and she would be using the game to kill her, so we needed someone inside the game."

Greeny, nodding to the fairy's words, spoke, making his intentions clear. Lying was the last thing he wanted to do right now. He really meant when he said that Alex might become their family's friend, and transparency is what's needed the most in any friendship.

"And you don't know which scenario she's going to put your sister in, right?" The fairy questioned again, and Alex, who, at first was a bit speechless at the fairy's action, was now seriously listening to her words.

He did take her words seriously when she said that he would need her help in order to make the best use of this opportunity, but he didn't think her presence would make things this easy.

"Mother does, and she did tell me, but we are someone who can't interfere with the events, so us knowing it is fine, but Alex, who is supposed to be able to affect the scenario, can't know anything about it." Greeny shook his head at Fairy's question, making her raise a brow before her eyes brightened in realization.

"Ah, she had that ability..." The fairy muttered with a look of reminiscence as she nodded her head repeatedly, "Hm! Hm!"

"That must have solved almost all of your doubts, right, Alex?" The fairy then patted Alex's head, making Alex nod his head.

A lot of his doubts did get cleared, leaving him with not many things to ask, and even if he did have some things to ask, they were probably not going to be answered—he could conclude that much after hearing the last line from Greeny.

Greeny kept calling him an anomaly, and he didn't ask for much justification or anything about it as he knew that it was probably related to the AI he had. Discussing it would just make things worse, as they might end up asking him about it, and if any of them had a lie-detection skill, then he wouldn't even be able to lie.

But that didn't mean all of his doubts were clarified; he still had some doubts left.

"But you must've some doubts left, right?" The fairy question, at that exact moment, as if she knew just what he must be thinking, grinning ear to ear.

Alex, however, just nodded after a moment, sighing as it was really hard to stay calm and calculative among people who could just kill him.

For now, it was all about trust. He was putting his faith in them, for now.

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