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.'

to a stop in front

people walking around

the scene she was seeing would

would take place within the next two days, the sirens would be activated, and everyone would in turn be

her stunning eyes and face. Then, without giving

situation with my

stepped foot inside the building, virtually everyone's attention was drawn to her, and an

she sensed that everyone

everyone forgotten how I

of their daze,

"The Guildmaster is back."

"The Guildmaster!"

first floor; the majority of those

unable to hide their displeasure, and despite the fact that they did their best to hide their reactions, Ivana noticed

could escape her

"Guildmaster! You're finally back!"

accumulated on his forehead. He stopped and looked at her as if he had

shambles since your departure, and everyone has been wondering

name of the plump man was Chris, and he held the position of Vice-guild Leader of the Red Cross guild, which was the guild that

tt wasn't out of the ordinary for her to vanish for more than a couple of months to pursue her own interests, leaving Chris to be responsible for all of the

absence wasn't typically that

been missing for

that contributed to the

already planned to resign the following month, but after finally seeing the guild master return, all of those thoughts vanished and he started

things were going

"Stop complaining."

her ear and looking around the place. Crossing her arms together, she tapped on

my hunt, where I was able to acquire numerous valuable items. During my absence, it seems that the guild has

gazed at Chris while

won't be leaving any

sentence abruptly as a white letter materialized in front of her,

"What's this?"

brows furrowed the moment she saw the letter, and as she reached out to grab it, a curious expression

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

"Interesting."

hand, and the letter caught fire in

her spot. Not before saying

back; I'll be

"Wait..what, no!"

in front of where she previously stood. His countenance was etched with a

resignation letter…where

***

Starlight Guild, Jin's office.

seated at his usual desk, compiling the

his return from Immorra, which came about as a result of him wanting to run away from his grandfather's blind date arrangements, he had been

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

room, and his eyes began to wander across the

when he noticed