Kaen POV Manor leans down, his fangs right next to Towcs face, he suddenly lets out a breath that he was holding which broke out into laughter. Towcs was blown by Manor's laugh and was sent rolling. He hits the truck of the tree and gives Manor a wide eye look of shock. We all started laughing at his reaction. Throughout the rest of the journey, we all teased him on it. Towcs wasn't quite happy with the teasing but at least Manor carried him throughout the rest of the journey. We even had a race between me, Manor, and Terrius where Hikaru was the referee since someone had to make sure I wasn't cheating. I even had to give them a 20 minutes head start just to level the playing field but in the end..... Terrius won by an inch!! All because he was smart enough to use the vines. I was so freaking close too!! " Damn it!!" I groaned as I lay flat on my stomach, piss off that I didn't win. Hikaru was forced to stand up because of it, but he patted my head trying to console me. " An

Terrius POV " Where's the deck?" Manor asked as he stood up and looked all around his area. I looked down next to my hand where the decks were and it was gone. " It was right here..." I moved my hand to look for it, but then I felt something retraining my movements I then found my hand in Towcs's mouth. He immediately awkwardly released my hand from his mouth. " *awkward laugh*.... sorry..... Tasty thou." Towcs awkwardly laughed. There was no longer dirt on my hand, in fact, it was clean but I felt disgusted at it and flick my hand trying to get rid of the feeling. Suddenly Repeater coughs out the deck. I sigh as I toss my hand cards onto the now shuffled deck. Finding no point in lecturing them since they eat dust and dirt. " So... new game?" Manor asked as he collects all the cards and shuffles them. " Why not? I was losing anyway. " I shrugged. " * Winding sound* It's getting dark. " Repeater said in Hikaru's voice. " Ah, right. " I pull off Lux who was cl

Kaen POV " Kaen... I was wondering. ... Why are you covered in so much mud? And why were you gone for 6 hours? What happened?" Hikaru sounded like he wanted to say something but decided against it last minute and redirected the conversation. " You wouldn't believe me, but I always get like this deja vu feeling when I'm there. Like the first time, I scouted there 3 years ago, and I feel like I actually had played there before. Running around the steps of the church, going through the forest to this hill. It's just so weird. .....how I knew the whole layout of the church before I entered..... but that wasn't the weirdest part... I felt like I had lost something very important there.... but I couldn't remember what. I actually used to live there for a while looking for that thing I lost, but the more empty corners I ran into, the more lonesome I felt. By the end of the week, I felt so heartbroken and lonely that I just left. Even today when I returned, I felt the same. I actually

Manor POV " Ready?" I asked as I turned to Troublemaker. " Yes, but wait! It's not exactly 10 yet. Remember we have to wear her out as much as possible, find her link, and break it at exactly 11." Troublemaker nodded before gesturing for me to wait. " I know. " I whisper to Troublemaker as we hid in the bushes near the church waiting to strike. I could feel my heart beating rapidly in my chest as excitement builds up in me. The only person that isn't going in, is Repeater just in case we need help from Kaen and Hikaru. I'm not even sure if I'm able to soul drift out of her dimension to signal Repeater for help, but that's just a risk we're going to have to take. Whatever that lies beyond that door is going to get hell from me. " Alright now!" Troublemaker informed, we charged towards the church and smashed open the doors. Expecting something horrible to greet us but instead, it was a normal podium on a stone stage with rows of benches on both sides and a red carpet in betw

Terrius POV I coyly point out as I get up to leave but I kept my hand on his shoulder for a while before walking towards the door. As soon as my hand left his shoulder, he immediately grabbed it and pulled me into his lap. His back hugs me and rests his chin on my shoulder. " You're right, I need your help." Manor whispers to me. I turn to look at him but he squeezes me a little, letting me know he doesn't want me to see his face. " I am a replacement and replaced V4. I was invited for the first time to the inner walls of Balban Mansion where V0 desk was. Where I was prepared to take on her look of disguise and hate, but when I reached there... There, Misaki my creator, with a smile. My whole being trembled at the sight of her, she was dressed up as V0 but I knew, I knew deep down that it was her. There was no mistaking it, she wore a smile of pride when she looked at me like she was proud to call me not an outcast or a mistake ... but an Elder Version. She treated me like a