Both Bianca and Erna grumbled in annoyance when they saw the combination of cards. Their shoulders slumped, and they shuffled their cards.
"I hate this game! You always win!" Erna grumbled in frustration as she threw her body backwards. "Why don't you let one of us win, anyway?" "If I let you guys win, it means I'm not playing fair. Where can I possibly do it? "It's clearly not a game anymore," Veronica said triumphantly as she extended her hand to her two best friends. "Well, I hope you do not forget with your bet to send me the money." "Yes, yes. I know. We still remember our bet, duh! There is no need for you to remind us of that," Bianca pursed her lips in a languid comment. "Even though I taught you how to play cards and I have always won from Theo before I played with you ..." Both Bianca and Erna grabbed their smartphones and then sent their money to Vero's digital account balance. “DonAs soon as the three of them arrived at the dining room, they found that everyone had already gathered in the dining room. While Bianca and Erna were already making their way towards the seats near Theo (mostly, it seemed that the reason was that Bianca wanted to sit next to Theo, and Erna just went along with it), she was still searching for the empty seat "Nikki, over here!" Veronica turned her gaze to Karl and Stephen, who had just called her name almost at the same time. It was Karl who looked the most enthusiastic about getting her attention, as the man waved his hand with his eyes moving towards the empty seat between him and Stephen. She responded with a small nod and walked towards the chairs provided by Karl and Stephen, heaving a sigh of relief that she would not have to waste time looking for another empty seat and end up sitting with a stranger he did not recognise at all. "How are you doing, Karl?" Veronica leaned towards Karl and kissed her boyfriend on both cheeks
"Then, let's start the meeting while we have breakfast."Nora's voice managed to make Veronica nervous for a moment, especially when Nora gave Veronica a piercing glare after Veronica kissed Karl. Veronica hastily distanced herself from Karl."And as my guest, I hope you will treat me as your host properly."He thought the words were directed at him, so he swallowed hard and nodded fearfully, not daring to look back at Nora.“Eh~? Is asking for a kiss from my own girlfriend to be an offense?” Karl rested his right hand on the table, resting his head on his right hand while muttering languidly. "I guess that doesn't count, though!""It doesn't count. But seeing you put on an expression like an idiot makes me want to vomit,” Nora rolled her eyes lazily at Karl's words, touching his breakfast menu. “Whatever. I'm lazy to argue with you. It's much more annoying to argue with you than with your grandfather! Hmph!”Lol? So it wasn't me Nora was referring to just now? muttered Veronica to he
Sean Laurent's breath hitched as he made it back to Schneider's headquarters. His entire body was covered in scars from his fight with his younger brother, Stephen."Put me down here, idiot…," he muttered in a hushed voice, having lost almost all his strength to one of the soldiers who had rescued him and carried him away from the shores of the lake.His hands pushed the troop's body roughly, pulling the troop's body away from him until the troop fell tumbling onto the corridor floor. In front of him, he saw the figure of Eren Whittaker, who had closed the dimensional portal magic again, looking at him with a concerned look.Seeing Eren's concerned look made him snort in annoyance. His eyes narrowed, staring intently at Eren's figure, which was still frozen in place."What's with that weird look of yours?!" he shouted curtly, before he had to stop talking because his chest felt tight. He coughed, coughing up large amounts of blood, until his blood stained the corridor floor. "Motherfuc
“You mean, a potion that can increase its user's abilities many times like a monster?” said Theo, responding to Nora's words."You know quite a lot about that, don't you?" Nora smiled with satisfaction when she heard Theo's answer, leaning towards Theo while resting her head using both hands that rested on the table. “As I thought, Vampire Pedrosa is the best. Continue your speech. So what did you manage to find besides that?”Theo blinked in confusion at Nora's response, not knowing how to respond to the warlock woman's words. Veronica wasn't sure if those words were genuine praise from Nora or sarcastic sarcasm, because she still didn't understand the personality of the eccentric warlock named Nora.“Stop teasing him, Nora,” Karl tapped his cutlery on his plate, seeming to dislike the way Nora had just spoken. Karl's hand reached for the knife, then pointed the cutlery at Nora. "Stop your nonsense before this knife lands smoothly on your face.""Is that your way of thanking the pers
Alec Berthold wiped the sweat dripping down his forehead using the back of his hand that was wearing his cloth gloves, which looked shabby and covered in stains. Looking at the two weapons he had just finished making, his thin lips curled into a satisfied smile.His hand grabbed the large and heavy sword from the surface of his workbench, dripping the surface of the sword with a small ten-millilitre vial filled with Karl's blood that he got from the dragon man himself (given by the man's personal assistant whose name he forgot) as the final touch of his sword.As his great-grandfather had said when he first started his job as a magic weapon maker for the Berthold family, the Berthold family could not make weapons haphazardly or mass-produce weapons like the weapons used by humans in general. His great-grandfather always emphasised that every magic weapon must meet the characteristics of the owner of the weapon, so the Berthold family could only make weapons based on the request of the
Everyone gasped, stunned to hear Erna's confession just now. Veronica was still having a hard time understanding the information she just heard. It was difficult enough for him to understand the world of supernatural beings, and now that he finally found out that her best friend, who had a human background, also has connections with the world of supernatural beings creating a feeling of being left out within her.The small feeling inside her told her that she had no place in this room. The black mist in her mind moved like smoke, enveloping him, causing him to muster all his energy to focus on this discussion.It was not just about herself. It was about Karl, it was about Stephen, it was about all the underworld creatures who openly rejected the presence of William Schneider and also the war between supernatural beings--which would be started any time soon."I forgot to ask since the day you came here–and I'm sorry for asking you right now, my bad," Nora played with her fingers with a
Stephen stood on the balcony of Nora's residence, facing directly the view of Waterford city. Nora's magic dome created the illusion that this place was in the middle of town for security reasons and that Schneider did not want to be tracked down, so even he also did not know where he was at this time. If it was not for Nora who had come to pick him up and carried him away from the lakeside with Veronica and Karl that time using the magic dimension portal, he would not have known what would have happened to him or this place. His hand tapped his half-remaining cigarette butt into the portable ashtray given to him by Arabelle before he left the dining room after breakfast. His gaze fell on the ashes from the cigarette he was currently smoking. He did not know how many cigarettes he had smoked, but he had no intention of quitting smoking. His mind clearly needed a cigarette to distract him from the complicated problems he was facing. The first time he set foot in this place was when h
Febrina scowled, sitting on the grey couch she and Gavin bought last week at IKEA along with other furniture to change the interior decoration of her new apartment.Her hand placed it carefully while she resisted the urge to throw the smartphone to her right side. She was no longer interested in the British drama TV series The Crown, which was playing after twenty minutes, and she and Gavin were struggling to find what film or drama they wanted to watch tonight."The food will be here in a moment."Gavin appeared in front of her carrying several bottles of canned beer that he took out of the fridge, pressing them on Febrina's right cheek."Argh!" Febrina screamed hysterically and jumped out of her chair while holding her right cheek, which now felt numb due to the cold sensation from the beer can, and facing Gavin angrily. "What the hell, Gavin?! What's your problem with me?!""Are you on your period?" instead of answering her question, Gavin muttered to himself with a serious facial e
“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