“Seems like we’ll go to another mission tomorrow,” Arisa said after checking her phone. Since Arisa told their master that he was with her, Viktor only sent the message to her and asked her to relay it to him.She insisted to give Kane a ride home and she invited herself inside Kane’s apartment despite the man’s stern refusal.She looked around the apartment and realized that it was so like him to keep his living space neat and clean. Aside from the fact that he was living alone, he was always outside so he would not need to clean all the time.“Where are we going? Did Master give additional instructions?”Kane who just came from the kitchen put down a pitcher of juice on the center table and gave her a glass. Then he went back to the kitchen to get the cookies that they bought before they went home.Before he settled down across Arisa, he put the cookies down on the center table first and get a glass of juice for himself.Arisa shrugged. She already told him the content of the messag

“We’ll never know unless we give it a try,” Arisa shrugged when she heard Kane’s mumbling.Kane nodded his head when he realized that Arisa must have misunderstood him. But either way, he would still need to wipe out that monster’s nest before he could try looking for the reason it manifested.While walking, a woman came running outside her house towards them.“Sir, please… help us!” the woman tried to hold Kane but Viktor pulled him away and the woman fell to the ground.“Master!” Arisa was about to help the woman to stand up again but her master stopped her.“Please… help me.” The woman sobbed as her shoulders shook violently. “I don’t want to die.”Arisa’s heart broke while watching the woman cry. She wanted to help them. She wanted to do everything to help them, but how? Their only way to help them was to kill the monster that put the curse on them.“Lilia! I told you to stop acting so pathetic!” A man came out of the house where the woman came from and ran towards her. He glared

The party composed of Gavin, Mila, Cyrus, and Arisa started fighting with the curse monster. They let Kane stay beside Viktor to just watch them for a while and recover his mana. He had been recklessly spending his mana earlier and he did not even notice what he was doing.Just because he had a monstrous pool did not mean that he could be reckless. If Gavin had been late in taking him away, he would either died from the monster’s curse or from devouring.It was Cyrus who led the attack with his ax followed by Arisa. Gavin was the one who was constantly distracting the monster while Mila was carefully supporting the three with her water magic. Even though their attacks were synchronized, just like how Kane did, they could not even manage to damage it.Kane could still feel his frustration while watching the party fight. They needed to think of a way to kill that monster. He could not even tell how many people died while they were fighting that monster. How many more deaths would it nee

Kane noticed that the attention had been shifted to him as soon as he entered the administration building. He went to the information desk to ask where his scheduled interview and the lady in charge of the desk told him the directions. He immediately left the building; not minding the people whose eyes were sneaking glances at him. “Aren’t you such an eye-catcher? Look at those ladies gawking at you,” Arisa chuckled as soon as she started walking beside Kane. Kane looked at her before he started walking fast past her. The moment he saw her face, he remembered what happened inside the dungeon yesterday. He was surprised by what he did, but he was bewildered when he realized why he did what he did. He was expecting that his plan would not work, but he still did. That was so not him. The moment he realized that Arisa was in danger, his body just moved as if by reflex. Why was he so keen on protecting her? She was supposed to be just an acquaintance. She should be nothing more than that

The sound of the crackling fire had woken the five-year-old kid. The smoke was already thick and his surroundings were bright red-orange. The boy covered his mouth as he coughed. The smoke made it hard for him to breathe.He heard his mother called for him so he dragged his tiny body out of the bed. The room was so hot and the smoke burned his eyes, yet he still continued to move outside his room and go to his worried mother.He followed the direction of the voice and found his mother's room. Despite the burning pain, he turned the knob.He saw his mother lying on the floor, some of her skin was burned but what brought terror to him was the dagger pierced in his mother's body."Mother!""Dio!"Dio immediately opened his eyes and saw his grandfather's worried expression."Gramps, mother is. . ." Dio hugged his grandfather.Archie caressed his grandson's back as the boy cried while calling for his mother. It was one of Dio's frequent nightmares which usually kept the both of them awake