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.'

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

faces, the large crowds of people walking around the city without any clue about what

was aware that the scene she was seeing would not be

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

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

out the situation with my

virtually everyone's attention was drawn to her, and an eerie silence spread throughout the

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

everyone forgotten how

of their daze,

"The Guildmaster is back."

"The Guildmaster!"

building elicited a range of responses from the individuals on the building's first floor; the majority of

people who were unable to hide their displeasure, and despite the fact that they did their best to hide their reactions, Ivana noticed them and made a mental

escape

"Guildmaster! You're finally back!"

to her and wiped the sweat that had accumulated on his forehead. He stopped and looked at her

in shambles since your departure, and everyone has been wondering

the position of Vice-guild Leader of the Red Cross guild, which was the guild that

for her to vanish for more than a couple of months to pursue her own interests, leaving Chris to be responsible

absence

had been missing for

been absent from the guild for 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

had already planned to resign the following month, but after finally seeing the

maybe things were going to

"Stop complaining."

behind her ear and looking around the

back from my hunt, where I was able to acquire numerous valuable items. During my absence, it seems that the guild has not been doing so well. I'm a little disappointed, but I

head and gazed at Chris

I won't be leaving any

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

"What's this?"

the letter, and as she reached out to grab it, a curious

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

"Interesting."

a motion with her hand, and the letter

vanished from her spot. Not before saying a couple of more

it back; I'll be

"Wait..what, no!"

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

resignation letter…where is

***

Starlight Guild, Jin's office.

the documents that

blind date arrangements, he had been blindsided by a truckload of

had been able to appease his grandfather's wrath was the news that he had advanced to the S rank. His grandfather's anger was then channelled

and his eyes began to wander across

long sigh when he