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—!

Throwing the apple in her hand and catching it

"…"

meditating not so

Crunch—!

the crunch for the nth time,

his eyes and cast her a

you supposed to

"I am."

taking another bite of the apple and further irritating

then why are

"Can't I be?"

Crunch—!

apple was

doing this on

Lowering his head, he glanced at the

had over a

"Huh."

to take

had arrived on this planet, and the one thing

day, she

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

sighed when he thought that

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

whatever patience he had since he

"Want an apple?"

Jin to wave his hand and

"I'm good."

afraid I

"Yes."

"How rude."

toward Jin. Her every movement exuded boundless charm,

a couple of

finally thought of a

"Again with that?"

up from his spot and covered his

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

his body and prepared

"You're leaving?"

My time here

that the trip over here was

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

was, he wanted it out of his system

too much for him to

that I learn that

Duchess didn't seem to take the news of his sudden departure very

other for the past four months, I think

"Did you, now?"

recall was her bothering him for the past

wasn't the annoying sound of apples being bitten or the constant nagging about selling her the cigarettes, she'd find a new way to find trouble for

really looking

one last look,

don't see

disappeared after that, leaving

"This… t,this…"

each other

"Ungrateful bastard."

idea

after helping him so much over

been for her, he would've never been able to control his demonic energy as

the main reason he had improved

I see

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

like you

moved up to it

It was rather light.

take him for the

She stopped halfway.

"…"

she realized there was nothing