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

"…"

glanced at Jin who was meditating not so far from

Crunch—!

nth

and cast her

you supposed

"I am."

bite of

then why

"Can't I be?"

Crunch—!

was rather

doing this

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

a dozen apple

"Huh."

to

this planet, and the one thing he deeply regretted

that day, she

probably came for just the cigarettes, but lately… it

when he

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

he had since he couldn't

"Want an apple?"

offered only for Jin

"I'm good."

I

"Yes."

"How rude."

moved toward Jin. Her every movement exuded

of inches

thought of a

"Again with that?"

his spot and covered his

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

his body and prepared to leave,

"You're leaving?"

My time here is

nodded, feeling a bit relieved that the trip over

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

good as it was, he wanted it

too much for him to

that I learn that

to take the news of

for the past four months,

"Did you, now?"

recall was her bothering him for

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

really looking forward to

look,

hope we don't see each other

after that, leaving Priscilla

"This… t,this…"

clenching very hard against each

"Ungrateful bastard."

idea of

human. Especially after helping him so much over

been able to control

reason he had improved so

I

she caught

looks like you have some

up to it and

It was rather light.

for the shy type. He's

She stopped halfway.

"…"

the box, she realized there