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—!

her hand and catching it again, Priscilla soon took another

"…"

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

Crunch—!

for the nth

and cast

supposed

"I am."

of

why

"Can't I be?"

Crunch—!

was

this

change. Lowering his head,

over a

"Huh."

had to take a

he had arrived on this planet, and the one thing he deeply regretted doing

she hadn't stopped

the cigarettes, but lately… it seemed

when he thought that

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

patience he had since he couldn't even beat

"Want an apple?"

Duchess offered only for Jin to

"I'm good."

I poisoned

"Yes."

"How rude."

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

couple of inches

finally thought of a

"Again with that?"

and covered his

not selling anything. If you want some, come to earth. If not,

patted his body and prepared

"You're leaving?"

time here

nodded, feeling a bit relieved that the trip over here

improved quite a lot here. Especially with the demonic energy lingering in his body, which

wanted it out of

a bit too much for him to

it only now that I learn that

to take the news of

known each other for the past four months, I

"Did you, now?"

could recall was her bothering him for the

constant nagging about selling her the cigarettes,

really looking

one last look, he waved

don't see

that, leaving

"This… t,this…"

teeth clenching very hard against each

"Ungrateful bastard."

this his idea

him so much over

able to control his demonic energy as well

main reason

I see

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

you

up to it and picked it

It was rather light.

take him for the shy type.

She stopped halfway.

"…"

box, she realized there