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—!

flowed down her chin. Throwing the apple in her hand and catching it again, Priscilla soon took

"…"

was meditating not so far from the tree branch she

Crunch—!

the crunch for the nth time, Jin's

eyes and cast her a

supposed to be

"I am."

another bite of the apple and further

you're busy, then why are you still

"Can't I be?"

Crunch—!

apple was

this

started to change. Lowering his head,

a dozen

"Huh."

had to take

the one thing he deeply regretted doing was giving the Duchess

that day, she

it seemed like she just likes to make his life

when he thought that

I don't know for how

was running thin. Well, whatever patience he had since he couldn't even beat her to begin

"Want an apple?"

only for Jin to wave his

"I'm good."

afraid I

"Yes."

"How rude."

hopped off the tree branch and moved toward Jin. Her every movement exuded boundless charm, but it

stopped a couple of

finally thought of

"Again with that?"

and covered his face

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

and prepared to leave,

"You're leaving?"

My time here

relieved that the trip over here

Especially with the demonic energy lingering in his

as it was, he wanted it out

too much for him to

is it only now that I learn

to take the news of his sudden departure

past four months, I think I deserve to

"Did you, now?"

bothering him for the past four

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

was really looking

look, he waved

hope we don't see

disappeared after that, leaving Priscilla utterly

"This… t,this…"

teeth clenching very hard against each other as she muttered

"Ungrateful bastard."

his idea of

heartless human. Especially after helping him so much

never been able to control his demonic energy as well as he

the main reason he had improved so

I see

her sentence. Turning her head, she caught a glimpse of a small box, and her mouth

looks like you

to it and

It was rather light.

the shy type. He's kind

She stopped halfway.

"…"

realized there