Nicholas gasped, finding themselves speechless the moment they heard the words Alec Berthold had just said to them. If there was an appropriate expression to describe what a young human with the grace of immortality from the goddess Morrigan–Alec Berthold–looked like to them, then they would say that Alec was the dumbest person they had ever met in their lives. What they meant was, how could anyone be willing to sacrifice anything, be willing to do anything, and even be willing to give up everything just to protect them? Protecting a creature that would not even bring the life of an immortal young human any luck other than misery? William Schneider—a person who they once had a feeling to the man, to the point where they would give anything for the werewolf man in exchange for the attention William gave them, did not even want to stay around them for long. The person they had only realised when the man had intended to kill them three days ago had approached them, not out of sympathy,
Bianca got out of bed in slow motion, making sure that her half-brother, who was sleeping on the side of the bed remained asleep. After nearly three hours of lying in bed and pretending to sleep so that her stepbrother fell asleep, she breathed a sigh of relief."Then I have an interesting offer for you, Bianca. Would you like us to lead the Pedrosa clan together?”The offer that her stepbrother had just made after she expressed her seriousness about granting his older half-brother's long-standing wish to him (actually she only did it for the reason that she did not want to make her older half-brother worry about her) managed to make her gasp at a loss for words to say at her older stepbrother.Both she and Erick looked at each other at the moment, showing the same surprise mixed with a sense of amazement at her older stepbrother's strange suggestion just now.That was, well, everything did move according to her hidden desires. Since a long time ago, when she was a child, she wanted n
With help from Stephen, who immediately ran out of the car and opened the door for her, Veronica walked out of Stephen's car as soon as they arrived at the port. Precisely, on the dock, which was one of the hearts of the export-import economy of Waterford city and also one of the Laurent family's other livelihoods apart from the theatre. Well, at least that's what Stephen said which he could summarize from his short tour while on the road. He couldn't deny the fact that a strange feeling shrouded his heart. It felt like he was in one of the scenes that often appear in dramas or action-themed films, only this is real. His heart was pounding, racing with a little euphoria inside him that he was trying to keep from rising to the surface due to a new experience that he had never felt before he got to know the world of supernatural beings. "Thanks, Stephen." "Don't mention it," Stephen replied with a wink as he closed his car door. As he always saw in fiction, the cargo dock looked bus
She did not know how long she had closed her eyes and held the hand of the woman named Arabella. All she knew was the growling sound of the monster that had appeared before her and the sounds of things being crushed around her at the moment, along with Karl's aura getting stronger and stronger. "A little bit ... A little more ..." "Miss Nora… if you push yourself too hard to heal the wound, you will get hurt." “I do not care! As long as Arabella is fine …,” Nora yelled in frustration. “Dang it! Why didn’t work!?” Her brow furrowed in an instant as she heard the voices of two small children trying to give Nora a pleading tone, half pleading. Until Nora walked up to her and asked her to stay by Arabella's side while the petite warlock nursed Arabella's wound, she had not noticed the presence of the two children around her. What was more surprising for her, the two children sounded very worried about Nora's condition, rekindling her curiosity, which had faded when Karl asked her not t
She looked at Nora, who was galloping towards Stephen first. The woman's body was indeed small, but the movement of the woman's body was very agile, assisted by the appearance of transportation called by the woman just now, whose shape reminds her of a surfboard out of nowhere, but with colours that remind her of the colour of the aurora sky in the Scandinavian region. The woman jumped onto the surfboard, launching a magical fireball attack like it was shooting a bullet in rapid motion–barely caught by her eyes to the enemies. "Nora..." Her attention was diverted from Nora, who managed to approach Stephen towards Arabella. The woman's voice was hoarse, with her eyes slowly opening, looking confused. The woman's eyes shifted alternately to Nora's minions summoned by Nora, then to her, and finally to the magic barricades that enveloped them like transparent domes. "Miss Darren..." With great difficulty due to her still not fully recovered body condition, the woman tried to change her
Karl snorted in annoyance as he continued to grumble in his mind, cursing the presence of the monster that was beyond his will until he was forced to take out his true form due to being overwhelmed with dealing with the monster using his human form. He could not use his sword as a result of having already used it as payment for the petite warlock woman named Nora when she had to save Nikki, who was kidnapped by William Schneider at that time, so he could not have any choice but to rely on his true form to defeat the monster. Really fucking annoying... He continued to attack the monster that had almost attacked his girlfriend if Stephen had not noticed the monster's existence in a shadow and given him a signal to help Nikki first, while his best friend immediately took care of Schneider's men, who were apparently in the area where they were currently. The monster's physical strength was so strong, as well as the resistance of the monster that he did not know for sure its gender, to su
Mentally preparing his mind may not be the right sentence to describe the actual situation he had to face at the moment. The worst part was the fact that no matter how hard his mind was trying over and over again to block those negative thoughts with positive ones, they will all bounce out of his mind which has been completely overtaken by negative thoughts. Fear was building up, creeping up and overtaking him every time he stepped closer to Nikki. As time went by, he could feel that every step of his feet began to feel heavier and heavier, until he finally stopped walking near Nikki, who was still cowering in fear in Arabella's arms. Arabella quickly noticed his presence and tried to distance herself from Nikki so he could approach her, but he asked her to stay close to Nikki while he prepared himself once again. "I am scared! I am scared! I do not want to go there!" His mind suddenly replayed memories of the past when the young woman who now became his girlfriend was only eight ye
Her whole body was shaking violently. Damn it … Even though she had promised herself that she would not be a weak person. Yet, why did she find herself feeling scared just by knowing the presence of monsters in front of her? How could she be frightened like this when it was clear that sooner or later, the war between supernatural beings would be imminent? Stupid me, she cursed herself in her mind. Come on, you could not be scared! Now, instead, she found herself crying in Arabella's arms who repeated reassuring words to her to ease her fear. And of course, all of her efforts failed to make her feel calm. Until all of a sudden, she felt someone's hand pulling her away from Arabella. Her eyes were still closed, and she squeezed them shut even more, afraid that what was tugging at her right now was one of the monsters that might have managed to escape from Nora, Stephen, or Karl’s attack. But her nose then smelled and noticed a warm familiar scent as soon as the figure pulled her int
“Montessa! Is the time spell ready?”Bianca called out to Montessa as she ran up to Montessa. He played with the glocks still in his hand, then returned them to Montessa. “Thank you for wanting to lend me your weapon.”"Yes. Already!" On Montessa's right, a dimensional portal appears that is the same as Nora's, but has a lighter colour. Montessa's eyes turned to the soldiers who were now running like crazy after stuffing the glocks into their pockets. "What's wrong with them? What did you do to them?”"It's not the important thing you should be thinking about," Bianca patted Montessa on the shoulder. "Can we go in now? I hope your spell won't throw us into the wrong timeline.”“Hey, what you said hurts you know!” Montessa defended herself. “I always succeed in casting my spells when it comes to time magic. “And yes, it is safe. We're going back to the 21st century.”"Good," he turned his head back, looking at Erna's figure standing behind him.Erna's hand gripped his hand tightly, vis
Can they say that the mission was a success or not? That question kept popping up in Bianca's mind again and again as they ran to avoid the pursuit of the royal guards. In front of her, Montessa ran along with Felicia Chen, whom they managed to release from prison. All she knew, for now, was that she couldn't let go of Erna's wrist, which was running behind her. “How much longer we should wait!?” she shouted at Montessa, who was in front of her. "What?! I didn't hear your question, Pedrosa!” Montessa called back to Bianca, then turned his gaze back to the front as he saw more and more royal troops chasing the two of them. “I'm trying to recover my magic energy! Buy some more time!” “Easy for you to say, old man!” Bianca pulled Erna into her arms when she saw one of the royal troops trying to cut Erna with his sword. She parried the sword using his leg kick and threw the sword so that it stuck into one of the trees around the forest path. “Montessa! Lend me some weapons! There are
Karl hummed happily and fell in love with the new magic sword Alec had created for him. The sword that belonged to his grandfather, which he gave to Nora in exchange for Veronica's safety (he did not regret his decision at the time), he could indeed use without the slightest problem. But in all aspects, the sword was out of character for him.First, in terms of design. He was actually not a fan of swords that had lots of carvings on them. His taste was very different from his grandfather's sword, which has that element. In terms of the magical energy that can be absorbed by the magic sword inherited from his grandfather, there was not much the sword could absorb from his energy, because the sword inherited from his grandfather tended to use the emotions of its user.When his grandfather was still alive, his grandfather was the type of person who was easily provoked by anger. That disposition of his was also justified by his life principle of glorifying the dragon race. From the pas
Until an hour ago, they were still at Alec's house, trying out the new magic weapon Alec created.But right now, he and Karl and Stephen are busy helping Alex and Nicholas to kill the monsters that come to Alec's house.The monster was like Alec's description a while ago while visiting Pedrosa's residence. He had never come face to face with a monster created by William Schneider, so he was very surprised to see the real shape of the monster.He slashed one of the heads of the monsters that were about to attack him with their canine teeth. Their blood spurted out, hitting his body, emitting a strange hiss.There was a feeling of pity in him as he looked at the corpse of the monster in front of him. Recalling what Karl had said about the origins of the monsters, he felt some sympathy. In the past, these monsters had a quiet life.If it weren't for William Schneider, they might still be enjoying their quiet lives right now...A feeling of hatred for William Schneider welled up inside Ve
William tapped his fingers nervously on his desk. Currently he was in his office at the university where Veronica Darren studied, with an irritated and bored expression.He didn't care about the rows of work piled up on his desk. Or the list of files in his email when he turns on his computer as soon as he enters his study.Or the attention of the students who tried to approach him. Or also the fact that at work, there are so many bouquets of flowers, snacks, or gift boxes of various sizes filling the room.He didn't care about that.All he cared about was Veronica Darren's presence. But since two weeks ago, that woman has not been on campus at all, nor has she attended any of her classes. Even though the woman submitted her course work via e-mail about three days ago.Where has Veronica gone? What happened to Veronica not to show her nose on campus? Even though he had gone to great lengths to infiltrate the university as a lecturer so he could approach Veronica.Now, he felt like an
Don't do anything flashy, huh?Both Erna and Bianca looked at Montessa with deep eyes. Because of Montessa's stupidity that didn't estimate the risks that would occur if she went straight to the prison, the royal guards immediately arrested the three of them and took them to a room in the prison building.There were no windows around where they were, so all they could do was guess how long they had been there. There were only flaming torches hanging on the walls to illuminate the place.Even more annoying, the room was so damp and smelly, that it was difficult for him to feel comfortable staying in this place for a long time. He even admired the fighting spirit of the people who used to languish in this prison.Across the prison they were in, there was an old woman with a shabby appearance who kept cursing in a language she didn't understand towards the prison guards who were passing through the corridors of the prison."I didn't expect that the plan I made would end like this," Monte
Erna's eyes narrowed, looking intently at Bianca who was running excitedly along the path in the forest. Montessa suggested that they change into what people of the time they are currently in, so the man cast a spell to change their clothes.She was dressed in a duchess outfit that was so sparkling, dark blue in color and looked so beautiful that she couldn't take her eyes off of the dress she was wearing.But that wasn't what made it hard to focus on the mission this time. But because of Bianca. His girlfriend was wearing a 15th century gentleman's suit. Clothes that seemed to be created just for Bianca to wear, even though she knew that Montessa changed Bianca's clothes into men's clothes because she always forgot the fact that Bianca was a woman.Bianca didn't protest at all, of course. He knew that Bianca liked the androgynous appearance despite her always claiming to be a fully woman, so he shouldn't be surprised to see Bianca's current appearance.Yet, she found herself falling
She regretted her decision.She meant, she really regretted it.Erna looked at the environment around her with uncertain feelings. She was no longer in the 21st century with the technology and practicality offered by that century. But they were now around five centuries ago when technology and the internet were not yet available and witch hunts were still a common practice."It looks like we've come to the right time."Right now, Montessa was proudly standing to her right, using his magic to brush away the dirt and grime from his clothes. The man did not even pay attention to the fact that thanks to his goddamn time dimension magic, she and Bianca fell flat on the ground until their clothes were all dirty.Montessa did not even tell them or give any signal that they were going to land in the middle of the forest. Montessa only asked them to jump into the time dimension magic as soon as the man finished casting the spell.Yesterday he decided to agree to Montessa's offer by becoming th
Karl responded to Stephen's words with a low laugh. "Actually, there's something I don't understand." "Yes?" “Why did you make me a magic weapon? Moreover, from my knowledge, ordering magic weapons from the Berthold family is very expensive…” “In my opinion, the lives of living things are more expensive and valuable than the Berthold family's magic weapons,” Karl shoved his hands into his trouser pockets. “For me, you and Karen are the most important people in my life. I already consider you like my own family, and I know you love Karen too.” "I …" "Don't deny it, Steve. How long do you think I know you?" Karl looked up at the ceiling of the room. “Our current situation is so chaotic. War. The problem of racism in the Dragon clan. A showdown between vampire families. Somehow it feels like there are so many problems coming our way that I can't spare my spare time to go on a date with Karen. It sucks…” "I feel guilty too," Stephen said. “Last time I asked Nikki out, my brother cam