The Author's POV

Rustle—!

Kevin pushed the sheets to the side of the bed before slowly getting out of bed and putting on his clothes. During the time that he spent changing his clothes, he could make out the sound of Emma's faint breathing behind him.

After donning his pants and shirt, he made his way slowly towards the window of the room and stared out at the clear sky.

It was still very early in the morning, and the sun was just beginning its ascent over the horizon; an orange tint covering the lower ends of the world.

All sorts of complicated thoughts flashed across Kevin's mind as he gazed at the sky.

The world…

It was filled with an utter sense of tranquillity and silence.

'If only this can last for longer...'

Kevin was aware that this state of calm wouldn't last for very long and that the world would once again descend into anarchy in a matter of time.

"I guess I should get started."

Taking his eyes away from the horizon, he quickly turned his attention back to Emma and sat down on her desk. Taking out a pen, he began writing on the paper before folding it neatly and placing it in a small envelope that vanished at the flick of his finger.

"That's one done."

The moment the envelope left, he wrote a new one and repeated the same process.

Kevin kept doing the same thing over and over, and it wasn't until he heard Emma's voice that he finally stopped.

"What are you doing?"

Kevin broke into a smile when he felt someone or something gently embrace him from behind.

"I'm only working on a few things. It won't take me long to complete. Just give me an hour."

"Mhm, sure…"

Emma let go of Kevin and headed out of the room.

Crack—!

The instant that she left the room, Kevin's smile vanished, and the pen that he was holding snapped in half.

"…I fucked up."

***

[Day 4]

The streets of Ashton city were bustling with activity as the sun blazed brilliantly in the sky above. Ivana was out and about in the city when her appearance attracted the attention of pedestrians near her.

She was currently concealing her face with a pair of large sunglasses, but the fact that she had long red hair and was tall was not something she could hide. As a result, those who were walking next to her were naturally drawn to her appearance.

'I wonder how long this sight will last.'

came to a stop in front of a massive building that rose

of people walking around the city without any clue about what was

the scene she was seeing would

which would take place within the next two days, the sirens would

stunning eyes and face. Then, without giving it a second thought, she went ahead and entered

the situation with

everyone's attention was drawn to her, and an eerie silence

her eyebrows when she sensed that everyone in the building was staring

everyone forgotten how I

of their daze,

"The Guildmaster is back."

"The Guildmaster!"

individuals on the building's first floor; the majority of those individuals displayed a sense of pleasant surprise as their

despite the fact that they did their best to hide their reactions, Ivana noticed them and made a mental note of them

could escape her

"Guildmaster! You're finally back!"

his forehead. He stopped and looked at her as if he had just seen the saviour

God you're back! The guild has been in shambles since your departure, and

plump man was Chris, and he held the position of Vice-guild

for more than a couple of months to pursue her

of her absence wasn't typically that

missing for over two

over two years! Two fucking years, and it was this absence that contributed to the general chaos that prevailed there as result of her absence. Even though he was

his bones! He had already planned to resign the following month, but after finally seeing the guild master return, all of those

just maybe things were

"Stop complaining."

brushing her hair behind her ear and looking around the place. Crossing her arms together, she tapped on the upper side of her

it seems that the guild has not been doing so

her head and gazed at Chris while reassuring

be leaving any time

cut off her sentence abruptly as a white letter materialized in front of her, floating before her eyes, startling

"What's this?"

and as she reached out to grab it, a curious

and reading through its contents, she suddenly raised both of her eyebrows, and it wasn't long before a dangerous

"Interesting."

her hand, and the letter

vanished from her spot. Not before saying a couple

it back; I'll

"Wait..what, no!"

down on the ground in front of where she previously stood. His countenance was etched with a look of utter despondency as he tapped

resignation letter…where

***

Starlight Guild, Jin's office.

was seated at his usual desk, compiling the documents that his grandfather had assigned to

him wanting to run away from his grandfather's blind date arrangements, he had been blindsided by a truckload

advanced to the S rank. His grandfather's anger was then channelled toward his father, who, unfortunately, ended

sound of Jin's pen scribbling echoed in the room, and his eyes began to wander across the many papers that were in front of

let out a long sigh when he noticed the stack of papers