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.

several steps

"Let's talk about this…"

***

Crunch—!

Throwing the apple in her hand and catching it again, Priscilla soon

"…"

Jin who was meditating not so far from

Crunch—!

nth time,

his eyes and cast her

supposed to be

"I am."

of the

you're busy, then why are you

"Can't I be?"

Crunch—!

apple was rather

doing this on

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

a

"Huh."

had to take

had arrived on this planet, and the one thing he deeply regretted doing was giving the Duchess her first taste

day, she hadn't stopped

came for just the cigarettes, but lately… it seemed like she just likes to

sighed when he thought that

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

Well, whatever patience he had since

"Want an apple?"

Jin to wave

"I'm good."

afraid I

"Yes."

"How rude."

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

couple of

finally thought of a

"Again with that?"

from his spot and covered his face with

come to earth. If not, be on

his body and prepared

"You're leaving?"

My time here

nodded, feeling a bit relieved that the trip over here was finally

Especially with the demonic energy lingering in his body, which increased his perception

wanted it out

bit too much for

only now that I

didn't seem to take the news of his

each other for the past four months, I

"Did you, now?"

could recall was her bothering him for the past

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

looking forward to

last look,

we don't see each other

that,

"This… t,this…"

very hard against each other as

"Ungrateful bastard."

idea

after helping him

her, he would've never been able to

was the main reason he had

I see you

her head, she caught a glimpse of

you have

up to it and picked it

It was rather light.

for the

She stopped halfway.

"…"

she realized