"Serena, I can't fight him alone. His backup, that big animal over there, is really a nuisance!" "Figures...you did quite well surviving this long. I suppose you're Forte is quite powerful," "In this type of combat, I think it's far too useless if my aim is to win. That's why I need your help," "Sure. But first, tell me your power," That sentence made Xaviel somehow uneasy. He remembered that Hoff said revealing that you have a Forte or even saying how the power works out loud. It would be a dangerous feat. Now, however, Serena was asking that question. Contemplating on trust, Xaviel thinks back to events he had faced. He remembered that day. That fateful day where everything changed. The day he tempers with the Odin's Crow. He questioned himself. Why did he deploy them by himself? Why didn't he call one of the stage members to tell them? Or maybe record the warning message as proof. Yet the only thing he did was pursue his OWN dreams fulfilling his OWN need for self accomplishmen

“Captain Maru..” Zed calls Marlon. “What is it? Zed?” Marlon turned to face Zed, who was walking behind him. “Do you, perhaps, have a crush on Ms Serena?” “WHAT?” Marlon startled as his face reddened. “Stop saying that kind of nonsense, Zed!” He continues lightly smacking at Zed’s head. “Ouch! I only ever ask this once! What do you mean stop saying!” “Just… don’t say that again,” Marlon replied, touching his neck. “I am kind of worried, though. She’s my childhood friend after all,” he said. “Aren’t you like 30ish?” Zed said. “Well, you aren’t wrong. I will soon be 30,” Marlon closed his eyes while releasing a breath of insecurity. “Doesn’t that…?” “Doesn’t that what?” “Um… So when Ms Serena was 7 years old. You were like…19?” “Yeah…” “How does that a childhood friend? Weren’t you an adult already?” “Um…” *** Xaviel and Serena were trekking through the corridors of The Great Mylenia Labyrinth. On their way, a thought occurred in Xaviel’s head. “Hey, Serena, mind if I ask

“Trust is earned….”“Trust is earned when actions meet words..”“Basically says if you can’t fucking keep your word, you can’t be trusted. But. Faith means you trust without reservations. You know what that means, right? It means you trust something without limitations. So.. if god decided to fuck you over and you decide. Well fuck I am not going to trust god anymore. Now, wouldn’t that make you unfaithful?”A man in his 40s in a black suit sighed. He looked at the other man who had just spoken and said, “What are you trying to say here, Alfie?”.“I am trying to say… That.. you’ve become a bitch,”“Oh yeah? How so?” The black suit man calmly answered as his eyes scrolled through the newspaper he was reading, simultaneously blowing a cloud of smoke from his mouth.“Because you put faith in the King, not in honourable men like us. Who keeps our fucking word. Our promises. THEY.. those.. what you call them?”“Aristocrats”“Yeah, That. Those aristocrats or whatever… cheat, lie, and does e

DING DONG~ Serena’s doorbell suddenly rang. “Who could this be at this hour?” Serena asked. Xaviel took the initiative and opened the front door. “You?” “There you are... SCUMBAG!!” Said a green-haired man. “KUOHH!!” Xaviel’s neck was grabbed. He felt a great amount of pressure slowly crushing his throat. He tried to breathe but was suffocating from the choking pressure. Xaviel frantically moved his hand, grabbing the man’s arm and trying to set himself free. Though, this man's strength was inhummane, as if it is the strength of 10 men choking him. “Pathetic!” The man said as he threw Xaviel’s body into the air. When Xaviel became airborne, he performed a maneuver to carefully land unscathed by the ground. As he carefully lands his feet and body on the ground, it helps Xaviel regain his composure and readiness to battle. “What the hell was that for?” “You took Mika away from me! Tell me where she is!!!” Serena, hearing the ruckus, finally went outside of her house. “Y-you…!

Serena met with Zed to finally find where Mika was kept hostage. They were inside the Mylen Manor Forest. Both standing in front of a building resembling a factory. “Sorry, Zed, have you waited for too long?” “No, Lady Serena, it’s fine!” Zed said with a warm smile. “By the by, where’s Mr. Maru?” “Ah. Well…” Serena didn’t finish her sentence as she looked down. “Is there any chance of trouble?” Zed asks. “Umm, not necessarily….” PAT Not long after Serena spoke, Maru appeared behind her, patting her head. “Did you miss me?” Maru said. Serena was flabbergasted. She then dismissed the hand that was put on her and said, “Don’t startle me like that!” “Hahaha. Sorry Rena.” “MARUUU!!!!!!” Suddenly Zed feels left out of the conversation. He decided to say something in hopes of joining in, “Gosh, you both are like a married couple.” … Serena and Maru suddenly look away from each other. Zed could see that both of their faces were beet red. He then contemplates whether what he said w