The Author's POV

Thump—!

A silver steak tore through the air and directly pierced through one of the targets that were located some distance away.

"…One more."

If one looked closely, one'd notice that next to the arrow, were several other arrows.

They were all distance just about the same distance from each other and covered each one of the rings above the bull's eyes mark.

The only spot left was the bullseye.

So long as she got that, she'd get the perfect score…

Khhhh—!

Amanda drew her bow.

It was a big bow. Significantly heavier than any bow she had ever used before in her life. It was also a great deal more powerful than the majority of them, with the exception of her current bow.

A gentle breeze flew past the area around her, bending the grass ever so slightly.

She didn't pay attention to her surroundings.

Her sole focus was the target in front of her. More specifically, the bullseye. The only area that she didn't fill yet.

…Her OCD was flaring up. She needed to hit the target and fill the empty spot.

She couldn't afford to miss.

"Huuuh."

She inhaled deeply and focused on bringing calm to her mind. As time passed, everything that was once moving around her became completely still, and the only thing that she could see was the target.

The wind blew once more, scattering her hair lightly.

She paid it no mind.

She was waiting for the breeze to subside.

The wait didn't last for long. The surrounding turned still, and her fingers raised.

The arrow was about to leave the string. It was just an inch away…

Clank—!

"Amanda are you here?"

Someone suddenly entered, and Amanda's concentration broke.

Thump—!

A whistling sound arose.

The arrow flew through the air at a tremendous speed and struck the target dead on.

Only that…

It didn't hit the bullseye.

Amanda blankly stared at her bow before looking back at the target.

"Oh, it looks like you're training."

Ren, who had just walked in, turned his attention to the target, totally oblivious to what he had just done. A storm was brewing.

"Looks like you've improved a lot."

He was rather impressed.

"Anyways, I'm here to tell you that we're about to leave soon. We need to leave in a couple of hours since it'll take us a while to get to the right plac—"

Bang—!

Amanda abruptly smashed her bow against the ground.

"Damn it! Fuck!"

She let out a string of curses before turning her gaze to Ren, who looked at her with a combination of utter dread and horrified fascination.

took several

"Let's talk about this…"

***

Crunch—!

Throwing the apple in her hand and catching it again,

"…"

Jin who was meditating not so far from the tree branch she

Crunch—!

nth time, Jin's left eye

his eyes and cast her

you supposed to

"I am."

another bite of the

busy, then why are you

"Can't I be?"

Crunch—!

was

this

to change. Lowering his head, he glanced at the area

had over a

"Huh."

had to take a

roughly five months since he had arrived on this planet, and the one thing he deeply regretted doing was giving the Duchess her first taste of a

day, she

just the cigarettes, but lately… it seemed like she

he

don't know

Well, whatever patience he had since he couldn't

"Want an apple?"

for Jin

"I'm good."

afraid I

"Yes."

"How rude."

moved toward Jin. Her every movement exuded boundless charm, but it had no effect on him

a couple of inches away from

finally thought of a

"Again with that?"

spot and covered

you, I'm not selling anything. If you want some, come to earth. If not, be on your way; I'm going to go back

prepared to leave, surprising

"You're leaving?"

time

relieved that the trip over here

lot here. Especially with the demonic energy lingering in his body, which increased his perception over his

it out of

a bit too much for

is it only now that I

didn't seem to take the news of his sudden

known each other for the past four months, I think I

"Did you, now?"

bothering him for the past

it wasn't the annoying sound of apples being bitten or the constant nagging about selling her the cigarettes, she'd find a

really looking

her one last look, he

don't see

after that, leaving Priscilla

"This… t,this…"

clenching very hard against each other as

"Ungrateful bastard."

his idea of a

heartless human. Especially after helping him so

able to control his demonic energy

main reason he had improved so

I see

halfway through her sentence. Turning her head, she caught a

like you have

she moved up to it

It was rather light.

him for the shy type. He's

She stopped halfway.

"…"

the box, she realized there