Warm air entered the room through the open window. The soft bed held her body in place. Her pink hair slightly swayed in front of her, itching her nose. Rose opened her eyes slowly, yet she didn’t. Her vision remained dark as if she was sleeping. What was this? She could feel only a little bit of her surroundings, but she couldn’t move her body as if it was numb. Rose struggled even more but it was to no success. Her body did not move an inch no matter how much she commanded it to. ‘Chains? Or some kind of locking spell?’ Rose thought. She couldn’t even speak or so much as make a peep. Only her brain was active. All of a sudden, she could see. She had opened her eyes. She raised from the bed and walked out the door. However, she was not in control of any of this. ‘What’s going on?’ Rose kept walking and walking

Several hours past sunset. Somewhere in the north-western forest of the Great Forest Of Cykoln. Footprints mushed into the wet soil that had just experienced some downpour. Marie, still in her maid uniform, walked through the forest. The tracks that could’ve possibly been left by her prey were already washed away by the rain. But there were still faint traces of astra left behind. It had been a few days, the traces were very thin. Marie followed it carefully, cautious that she might lose the trace. Before long, she came by a cave with wooden fences placed all around the entrance. What kind of creature could be living there? Marie shook her head. “Not that it matters.” She lifted her hand up and pointed her palm at the cave. A large amount of energy gathered into her palm and its size was growing by the second. “By any chance that you’re in there&hell

Matthew’s body was weak after taking all the hits. His left arm was clearly broken, he couldn’t even move it. His neck was being held and choked by the demon. Matthew could see her smirk through the small slit of his eyelashes. It pained his heart if it were to end like this. He barely even got to see what this world had to offer. Over the past year, he had spent his time at the academy. He hasn't started his adventure yet. It was a pity. Before he knew it, he was suddenly thrown to the ground. The impact hurt his already aching body even more. He groaned in pain. With his blurry vision, he tried to trace back what Marie was doing. He saw Yuki firing a barrage of arrows at Marie, staggering her with every hit. It was amazing to see her. But it all became grim when Yuki ran out of arrows and almost as soon as she did, Marie stabbed her with her claws. Matthew’s e

“Alright, you may be discharged as of today,” said the nurse behind the counter as she returned a Hunter tag to its owner. “Thank you,” Matthew said while retrieving his tag. He turned around and walked towards Rose and Cecilia who were waiting by the benches. “Kinda costly I gotta say.” Matthew said. “How are you feeling Matthew?” Cecilia asked in a shy manner. “I’m good. Thanks for worrying about me. Are you okay?” Matthew asked back. Cecilia nodded and shook her head. “I don’t know. I don’t really remember what happened. Last thing I saw was Phillip and me. On a couch in his mansion and then… Nothing.” Matthew felt anger welling up inside him but he quickly suppressed it. He put on a smile. “At least you’re okay now.” Cecilia flushed and looked away. 

“Welcome home, sir and misses!” Bowed the black haired maid upon the Hunters’ arrival. Matthew, Yuki, Cecilia and Rose all looked confused about the behaviour of the maid. Matthew turned to Gustav who was the one that brought them here today with a face saying, “what is the meaning of this?” without actually saying a word. Gustav chuckled seeing the Hunters’ confusion. “Lord Phillip was the single child of the Crane family. He does not have any more relatives aside from the siblings on his mother’s side and no children either. Therefore there was no one who is legal to inherit the possessions of the House. Except for one.” He explained and turned to Cecilia at the end. “Cecilia was already registered by Phillip as his wife, dreadfully. But on the other hand that means that Cecilia is the one and only person that can legally inherit the House of Crane’s pos