Matthew and the team were now temporarily staying at the mansion belonging to the Noble House of Crystal. Though they wanted to refuse the offer, they finally agreed when they were being pressed by the Noble couple. However, their timing of stay was not so good.
In a meeting room within the mansion of the Southern Region Noble, the House of Stone, a meeting was held between the Nobles of all regions with the exception of the Capital of course. Out of all the Nobles that were invited, only three came to the meeting so far, excluding the owner of the mansion. Gustav was one of the three that were waiting.
The meeting room only had a large round table with ten seats around it. There was nothing else other than the table and chairs aside from the giant portrait of Lord Stone which was placed behind an especially fancier chair than the others. Gustav was sitting on the third chair to the left of the fancy chair. While the other two currently pres
The Hunters who took up the offer from the Lord of the House of Crystal, Yuki and Rose were walking on the streets of the bustling city including the daughter of Lord Crystal, Cecilia Crystal. The three of them only wore casual clothing fitting for the currently hot temperature.As for the reason why there were only three of them…"Matt already went out to take a stroll.""What? He went by himself?" Cecilia was very surprised."Well it's not like he's a kid, at least not physically." Rose glanced to the side.Cecilia sighed. "Hah… There goes the original plan.""I mean, he never did agree to go out with us in the first place," said Yuki."I just thought that maybe I could repay all of you personally with this shopping trip, but if he's not gonna accept it…" Cecilia fidgeted as she floated in her imagination in worry.
Meanwhile the girls were having fun on their shopping trip, Matthew had a little fun of his own.Matthew went out early that morning to have a stroll around the city. He only wore normal casual clothes with blue black being the main colour.The morning street was not yet crowded with people. In fact, the stalls were just about to open. The sun was only slightly above the hills.The birds perched on the buildings chirped harmonically. Clatters of cooking utensils from the kitchens of people making breakfast. Random "good morning" from the people Matthew came across."This is peaceful." Matthew took a deep breath of fresh morning air. "Mmm~ people said that morning is when the air is freshest."Matthew kept walking down the reddish granite road. He was not really thinking of anything. Just enjoying the view.He then stopped and sat on a bench by the street. He
In the alley where a girl took refuge to catch her breath, she encountered a group of boys that suddenly approached her.These boys were not someone she was not familiar with, she stood guard. “What do you want Hind?”“You just punched me in front of the whole school, you know what I want!” Hind barked.“You deserved it and I can give you another one!” The girl put up a fist.“Think so? Boys, hold her.”Without warning, the girl was immediately grabbed by her hands by the two other boys. She struggled to get out.“Let me go!”“No no, not until I’m satisfied.” Hind walked closer while cracking his knuckles.“Let me go! Coward!” The girl struggled with all her might however against two boys holding her, she could not pull herself o
Matthew just had a long and quite fascinating day today. Many more questions piled up in his head where he had not yet solved many others.“What was that dream? Vision? Memory? Who was that girl? Familiar? A coincidence?” All of it seemed to be related but how, and why? What did have to do with Matthew?“Remember who you are…” Remember what? What did he have to remember? How can he remember? Who or what was that shadow? So many questions jumbled up in Matthew’s mind that it confuses him. His head was still slightly aching as he walked back to the mansion.“Maybe I should tell the others?” Matthew asked himself which he also denied himself. “No, this is just about me. No need to tell anyone else. But still, thinking about it makes me exhausted.” Matthew stretched his arms up high as he yawned.After a few more minutes of walking, Matthew fin
Night. After dinner.Matthew and Yuki were together on one of the balconies on the second floor. Rose immediately left to her room after she was done, Cecilia was quieter than usual, even her appetite was off; Gustav had already left in the evening and Emilia was not back yet since afternoon.That leaves Matthew and Yuki to have a sudden meeting here. Gustav and Emilia aside, Rose and Cecilia were acting a bit weird."So what's the plan here?" Yuki asked Matthew as she bent over the railing."I already have an idea for why Rose is like that. She probably has been waiting for me all this while." Matthew had his arms crossed as he spoke."You know her that we
Matthew had set off to meet Rose. Yuki had made a deal with him to find out why Cecilia was acting strange. It was also out of her own curiosity.She arrived in front of Cecilia's room. Yuki knocked but there was no answer. She knocked again, still none. Yuki tried the doorknob next. It clicked open.‘Not locked?’Yuki gently opened the door while peeking inside. “Cecilia? Are you in here?” There was no answer as well. Yuki proceeded to enter the room.The room was dark. No one was there. However Yuki did take the time to admire the room. “Phew~ her room is big. And fancy. Where is she?”Yuki walked around the gloomy room. There were no signs of Cecilia anywhere in the room. Yuki cupped her chin, thinking where Cecilia could be. She stopped by the window, perhaps hoping to find her in the yard.It was too dark for Yuki to s
A little girl walked down the street. Alone. She was just on her way back home from playing with her friends. Her home was not far, but in this bustling city, it was still pretty hard to find a way back. She could always manage to find a way back home by remembering the landmarks.She just had to look for Cassie's Bakery, then head left, then look for the grocery store, then her house should be within view. She could make it home if she can find those two buildings, but this time she can't.The bakery had been moved to another location, so the girl could not find the way back. She got lost. She became sad and she cried.After a few minutes of crying, a group of people came to her. The group consists of two men and a woman.The men wore luxurious suits of black. The woman wore what seemed to be business attire.The woman kneeled down in front of the girl, then tried to comfort her
The sun had made its way to a quarter of the sky. Only a few hours left until noon. The clouds only slightly covered the sun from casting its blazing heat onto the creatures below.Beefaloes roamed the field, grazing on grass in their herd. A nearby river flowed gently from the mountain tops all the way down hill.Suddenly, an arrow pierced the ground. As soon as a beefalo noticed it, it immediately made a run for it. Seeing their herd member running, the others soon followed behind without reason.They all ran downhill in panic without thinking about anything else. In the distance beyond what the beasts could see, two small figures wiggled about on the ground. The two figures then pulled out a rope that was tied with a stick on both ends and they stabbed it into the ground, creating a tripwire.The figures immediately retreated back to the sides. It was only a matter of moments until the beefa