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

"…"

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

Crunch—!

the crunch for the nth time, Jin's

his eyes and cast

you supposed to

"I am."

said, taking another bite of

then why

"Can't I be?"

Crunch—!

apple was

doing this

Lowering his head, he glanced

over a dozen

"Huh."

had to take a

and the one thing he deeply regretted doing was giving the Duchess her first taste of a

she hadn't stopped

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

he

If not, I don't

was running thin. Well, whatever patience he had since he couldn't even beat

"Want an apple?"

Jin

"I'm good."

I poisoned

"Yes."

"How rude."

Duchess hopped off the tree branch and moved toward Jin. Her every movement exuded

of inches away

you finally thought of a

"Again with that?"

his spot and

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

patted his body and prepared

"You're leaving?"

My time here

feeling a bit relieved that the

the demonic energy

good as it was, he wanted it out of his

a bit too

is it only now that I learn that you're

take the news of his sudden departure

for the past four months, I think

"Did you, now?"

bothering him

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

really looking forward to

one last look, he

we don't see each

disappeared after that, leaving Priscilla utterly

"This… t,this…"

her teeth clenching very hard against each other as

"Ungrateful bastard."

idea of

Especially after helping him so much

able

was the main reason he

I see you

stopped halfway through her sentence. Turning her head, she caught a

like you have some

up to it

It was rather light.

him for the shy type. He's kind of

She stopped halfway.

"…"

realized there was nothing