Alice rarely feels exhausted. At least, it was rare that she admitted to herself that she was exhausted. She dropped her things on the bedside table and collapsed on the bed."Will I really die?" She asked the dumbest question she could ask while staring at the ceiling of her room. When she was younger, her mother placed glowing stars and a crescent moon in the ceilings of her room, hoping that it would help her not have any nightmares again, but it wasn’t really as simple as that.It’s not like she wanted to die. Alice refuses to believe that anyone truly wanted to. Life just simply sucks most of the time, but that doesn’t mean that they wouldn’t have any regrets about dying in vain.She was starting to lose hope. Alice thought she was prepared to face the vampire, that she was ready to fight, and that whether she lived or died was up to fate.But it was way different when death was already knocking at her door. Alice wanted to be courageous, but she doesn’t know how or if it was ev
He was an aspiring writer, a man who was slowly making a name for himself when everyone chose not to believe in him. His work doesn’t seem to fit the norm. When everyone was seeking love through poems and novels, he was writing about fantastical worlds of the unknown. Most people around him that had read his work believes that it fits as tales told to children.Van doesn’t really mind, but he begged to disagree that it was only for children. A world different from theirs doesn’t mean that it was for children. As so he still believes that there is much more to the world.. A whole new world that humans don’t know about, creatures that may or may not look like normal humans but surely interact with humans.After all, such tales should have come from somewhere? Right?"Greetings." Van beamed as the person opened the door. He took out two of the books he was selling, one of his work and the other one he had been commissioned to sell."I was hoping I could interest you with the books I’m s
"Why are you carrying a luggage... Do you agree to go with going with Johan?" Clarisse's question made Alice frown even more. She was here earlier than intended, and she wasn't expecting that Black Lotus would be here this early too. She was on her way to the quarters when she happened to pass by Clarisse, who was holding a cup of coffee and looked stressed as hell."Do you live here?" Alice exclaimed instead of answering her question.Clarisse heaved an exhausted sigh, "I've been busy. Shall I call Johan? He'll need to go back in a week too."She rolled her eyes. Clarisse would never give up, isn’t she?"I'm not going anywhere. I'm going to stay in the quarters for the meantime." The organization has ready quarters for trainees and hunters who wish to stay or who are far from home or do not have one. Whatever the reason, as long as they were part of the organization, they were allowed to stay. Most of the people occupying the quarters were trainees, while most hunters stay in their o
"He bit me, and I really thought that it was my end. But then I awoke with no wounds on my neck, and he even took the time to clean up, Oh, and I believe he stole a book from me. The one I used to hit his head while he tried to bite me. And that's the reason why I’m staying here." Clarisse couldn’t answer or properly react. The pureblood’s actions kept on surprising her.He is so unpredictable!Alice’s sarcastic expression turned into a defeated look."I was really thinking of running away, just like what you planned. Maybe it would give me more time to stay alive and to find a way to stop this unending cycle of rebirth and death." She paused and smiled, "But I know his pattern. Once he found me, he could already know where I am, no matter where I go. He easily caught up to me in the past, and it he is now a flight away from me. If I ran, I’d have to run forever. I can’t, I just can’t do that again." She was starting to remember more lives that she had had in the past, but it was all
"Now, do you still want to help me?" Alice asked the question, knowing that his answer would change.She smiled. She doesn’t feel bad or anything. Leaving wasn’t really her first option anyway. Using anyone to protect herself wasn’t part of her plan either. By the time she finishes her last mission, she will also leave the quarters, and whatever happens next will be her problem.Johan couldn’t answer. With Alice’s situation, there was nothing much they could do to help her. He doesn’t even know if anyone else would be willing to help her after the incident with their group. Clarisse became famous for being the only survivor in that massacre, but she wasn’t really proud of it, while Johan still regrets that he wasn’t there for his comrades."Don’t worry. I didn’t tell you my deepest secret to drag you into my mess. I simply told you so you wouldn’t bother me anymore, although it was on goodwill and I appreciate that still." She went out after thanking both of them and went back to the
"Fine. I will gather some men to search the forest. But still think it was a wolf that tried attacking you. You’re lucky you managed to survive."Van’s eyes widened. He remembered that man saying that he was lucky because it wasn’t his time yet.True to the hunter’s word, he gathered men, and they quickly searched in the whole forest while Van stayed in one of the hunter’s houses."Here, eat some soup to warm your body up. You’re pale as a ghost." It was the wife of the hunter who found him. She put down a tray containing a bowl of soup and a slice of bread and two eggs. He gladly accepted the food as he could already hear his stomach rumbling since earlier.Van gave her a warm smile, "Thank you so much." he said before devouring his food.The woman’s eyes widened, "Slow down, it’s hot."Van felt the heat in his mouth but still smiled and swallowed the food, "It’s very delicious. Thank you for the food." He forced to speak and maintain his smile. He was really grateful for the hospita
"Where is that woman?" Karina exclaimed. She knows that Alice clearly told her that she wanted a change in leadership for unknown reasons, but Alice said it would be after this mission. Alice is almost never late either. Something bad definitely happened to her. Arianne looked at Karina, "Sorry, I still can’t reach her." "Let’s ask the other department to track her. Something bad might have happened to her." Carl suggested as they perfectly knew that Alice wouldn’t just abandon her work without solid reasons. They’ve been waiting for half an hour already. Art, who was out for a while, finally came back. He was heaving, but he was trying to get everyone's attention. He learned something while he was walking back to the office. "I heard trainees talking earlier about Alice. I asked them, and they said they saw her at the quarters. Of course I was confused, so I asked around, and she really moved into the quarters early in the morning." They looked at each other with confused faces.
“You look sad. Did something bad happen?” One of the children playing around suddenly approached her with curiosity. Her doe eyes were looking right at her, wondering what she was going to say.Alice flinched, on the other hand. She doesn’t have a lot of interaction with children and she isn’t fond of things… people that most regard as cute.“None of your business. Shoo.” She motioned for the girl in clean pigtails to go away from her. She definitely chose a wrong place to run to.The girl pouted instead of going away, “I’m not a dog. Don’t shoo me away.” She casually ran and skipped beside Alice. She moved away from the kid until she reached the hand rest of the bench as if she was scalded by the girl’s mere presence. “I said to go away, not sit beside me.” Alice doesn’t know why she was taking time talking to the girl than simply going away. She had more place she could be, she had to go back soon too.The small girl heaved a heavy sigh, “Are all adults like this? If so, I don’t w