(Charlotte’s perspective.) On the top floor of the bell tower. “Where am I? What is this place?” I asked the man in the black mask. My two hands were bound with a cuff made of special material. I couldn’t use my special abilities. I tried to let myself go, but it only resulted in paining my wrist. I'd been talking and talking to him. Asking him non-stop, but he does not say anything. Is he deaf? That’s impossible. I heard him talk earlier. I shook my head left and right. We’re continuously walking in the hallway. I was thinking of going way out by running, but there were two knights on my back and the masked guy in front of me seemed terrifying. He was an executive in the inquisition. I bet he's super strong too. Now I can’t use my abilities. I’m rendered useless. I must behave myself to survive. They led me into a room. The black masked guy opened the door and pushed me inside. “Hey! Don’t just push me like a dog.” “...” While I was complaining, he ignored me and closed
Kisara is already on her way to the 28th floor by running in the hallway. Running wasn’t the right word to describe what he was doing. Currently, she is riding her scythe like a magic broom. Then, knights who decide to block her way are immediately defeated by her flames. “There she is firing arrows!!” After the order was called, knights lined up in the hallway and fired arrows. “There are no more great knights here… The night of the man on the 26th is easy to defeat. The only people left right now are these shrimps.” Kisara charges forward, enveloping her body in a sphere of flames. Flames burned down the arrows before they could touch her. Kisara countered with a fireball, shooting at each of the knights. “Get out of my way, useless… Drag will give everyone a lesson. I’ll defeat this intruder--- Guaaahhh!” Kisara leaped from her scythe and used the handle of the scythe to thrust it into the knight's stomach. His armor crumbles apart upon receiving the great impact. As he vomit
Waking up early in the morning, and a beam of sunlight entered the room from the window and directed at my face. Irritated from the light. I turned around and buried myself under the blanket. “Wake up, Charlotte… It's already morning.” “Umm~” After hearing my groaning voice. My mother walked closer and tried to manually wake me up by forcefully taking off my comfy blanket. “Wake up already!” “So cold! I don’t want to wake up yet…” I complained and pulled the blanket from my mother's hand. “What should I do with this girl? If this continues, she will become a recluse.” “I think it's fine for her to sleep until afternoon… It's her day off after all.” The one speaking was my father. “This is why your child is becoming lazy day after day. You should stop spoiling her.” “I’m not spoiling her… I thought giving her a little freedom while she is on a day off was fine. She has school and you’re taking her to photo shoots. You should compromise on what she feels sometimes.” My mother
An explosive sound echoed on the upper floor. I’m currently on my way up, running on the stairs to the 27th floor. Is that explosion from Kisara? Reaching the 27th, there were several unconscious bodies on the floor. As I glanced closely, I saw burns that were possibly from Kisara’s fire ability. Good, I don’t have to deal with them. All I have to do is run as fast as I can to the top floor. I heard rushing stomps in the corridor. I immediately hid inside one of the rooms. I learned to take a peak and saw a squad of knights in full gear. There are about 30 of them and they are all in a hurry. “There was a demon kind that entered the Bell tower. Hurry up!” There was a. demon kind in the city. They were probably after the divine gem too. Red hurry up!! Choco nags me. There was no way I would get out of my hiding spot. I can’t waste my energy fighting these goons. Avoid contact with the enemy as much as possible. I never thought that you have a cowardly side. “It’s called strate
(Yuna’s perspective.) Ever since I was little, I thought everyone was insane. Everyone around me is working. Working as if they don’t think at all. Everyone is moving by someone’s order. Moving as if there was an invisible chain wrapped around their necks. Is everyone insane to throw their freedom away? Or is it just me who thinks like this? I questioned every day. My mother and father were both normal farmers until one day our land was destroyed by a demon kind. Having no place to go, the inquisition took us and made my parents workers. Having never been paid money, we can live in the city as long as we work. Given daily with stale tasteless bread. We are forced to mine fuel coal every single day. How are they allowing this to happen? My parents and everyone. I was baffled by that realization. As someone who was born from the outside. I do have dreams. I want to go out and see the world for myself. There was a book I used to read. A book containing wonderful places around the wo
“What are they doing inside the city?!” “The city was supposed to be protected by a magical barrier, right?” “Run!” “Go to the nearest evacuation center.” The residents are immediately put into a state of panic. They escaped as fast as they could. Unfortunately, a few residences are being taken by the demon kind and killed. Exterminators immediately deployed. Mercenaries in the crowd drew their weapons and joined the fight to defend the city. “Mommy! Mommy!” The little girl gets lost in the wave of panicking people. Crying out loud, searching for her mother. Wailing loudly, she attracted a demon kind to notice her. A 5 ft tall lizard demon appeared to her. Her face was filled with terror. She tried to run away but tripped because of her haste. Falling on the floor tile with a thud. “Urg…” She turned her eyes to her knee and saw blood spilling out. The lizard opened its mouth widely and threw its long tongue. “Not on the hero’s watch!!” A saber of light cut down the lizard's
The huge ball of flames unleashed by Red’s dagger quickly rushes to Rio. The demon girl defended herself by creating a wall of thick ice. Upon the two contacts of the elements. Thick steam spread around, limiting their vision. This resulted in Red having disadvantages. Unlike Red, Rio does have sharp senses. Her ears could hear the smallest footsteps and her nose could scent specific smells from miles away. Added to her ability to detect magical presence or energy around her. The thick steam becomes a thick smokescreen. Red took advantage without thinking. Or maybe he was consumed by anger and he wasn’t able to calm himself. All he wanted to do was exterminate Rio at that very moment. Red kicks the ground and goes straight to Rio’s back. By tracking Red’s energy. She already knew where the direction he was going. Rio intercepted with an upper kick, hitting Red’s jaws. After being hit, Red ignored the pain and immediately recovered to attack again. Yet, the result was the same. Rio i
With the high priestess's order, I was freed from my chains. After a brief time of treatment and healing, I was invited to the headquarters to have a conversation with the high priestess. I had many questions on my mind. Like what does the knight of heaven even mean? Choco does say that I’m her knight, but I never further push her because it seems like a sensitive question and she is not ready to give me an answer. Kisara and Charlotte wanted to come along with me, but the high priestess insisted that she wanted to talk with me alone. Entering the headquarters chapel where she usually resides. She’s sitting on the chair commonly seen in the churches near the altar, her gaze fixed on the angelic statue. I bowed my head. “Like I said before… There is no need for formality. For starters, you could sit down here.” She tapped the seat beside her. I sat beside her awkwardly feeling a little uncomfortable. She is really nice and the one who saved my life. I was very grateful to her, bu