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 steps

"Let's talk about this…"

***

Crunch—!

apple in her hand and catching

"…"

not so far from

Crunch—!

crunch for the nth time,

opened his eyes and cast her

supposed

"I am."

of the

you're busy, then why are

"Can't I be?"

Crunch—!

apple was rather

doing this

to change. Lowering his head, he glanced at the

a dozen apple

"Huh."

to take

one thing he deeply regretted doing was giving the Duchess her first

since that day, she hadn't stopped hounding

probably came for just the cigarettes, but lately… it seemed like she just likes to make his life more

sighed when he thought

to leave. If not, I don't know for how long I'll be able

whatever patience he had since he couldn't even beat

"Want an apple?"

Jin to wave his hand

"I'm good."

I poisoned

"Yes."

"How rude."

tree branch and moved toward Jin. Her every movement exuded boundless charm, but it had no

of inches

finally thought of

"Again with that?"

from his spot and covered his

come to earth. If not,

prepared

"You're leaving?"

time here

feeling a bit relieved that the trip over here was finally

learned and improved quite a lot here. Especially with the demonic energy lingering in his

wanted it out of his system

a bit too

it only now that I learn

didn't seem to take the news of his sudden

the past four months, I think I deserve to

"Did you, now?"

was her bothering him for the past four

being bitten or the constant nagging about selling her the cigarettes, she'd find a new way to find

was really looking forward

one last look, he waved

we don't

disappeared after that,

"This… t,this…"

against each other as she muttered

"Ungrateful bastard."

idea of

after helping him so

he would've never been able to

main reason he

I see you

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

looks like you have

moved up to it and picked it

It was rather light.

for the shy type. He's kind

She stopped halfway.

"…"

realized