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—!

her hand and catching it

"…"

not so far from the tree branch she

Crunch—!

for the nth time, Jin's left

opened his eyes and

you supposed to

"I am."

said, taking another bite of the apple

then why are

"Can't I be?"

Crunch—!

was

this

expression started to change. Lowering his head, he

a dozen apple

"Huh."

had to take

months since he had arrived on this planet, and the one thing he

day, she

came for just the cigarettes, but lately… it

when he thought

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

he had since he couldn't even beat her

"Want an apple?"

Jin

"I'm good."

I

"Yes."

"How rude."

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

of inches

you finally thought of

"Again with that?"

and

to earth. If not, be on your way;

and prepared to leave,

"You're leaving?"

time here is

a bit relieved that the

lot here. Especially with the demonic energy lingering in his body,

wanted it out

bit too much for

now that

seem to take the news of his sudden departure very

the past four months, I think I deserve

"Did you, now?"

was her bothering him for the

the constant nagging about selling her the cigarettes,

really looking forward to

look, he waved his

hope we don't see

disappeared after that, leaving Priscilla utterly

"This… t,this…"

clenching very hard against each other

"Ungrateful bastard."

his idea of a

human. Especially after helping him

would've never been able to control his demonic

was the main reason he had improved so

if I see

her head, she caught a glimpse of a small box, and her

looks like you

moved up to it and

It was rather light.

didn't take him for the shy type. He's

She stopped halfway.

"…"

the box, she realized