Veronica yawned widely. Her eyes were swollen, and she was pretty sure that if she looked at herself in the mirror, she would find her face all messed up. She could even imagine seeing herself with dark circles under her eyes and a pale face.She stretched her body which felt stiff from sitting too long, then looked at the figure of her best friend, Erna, who was sleeping with her head resting on the table and scattered books. She then took a look around the room where she was currently seated, Nora's reading room.There were so many ancient books whose age is unknown, they still look as new as if they were bought yesterday. Perhaps it was because Nora had cast a spell over every book in this place that could prevent them from being damaged by age, she did not have the real reason behind it.From the physical conditions and also the different types of fonts of the books, it seemed to her that most of these books were published before Johannes Gutenberg succeeded in creating his invent
Erna woke up from her sleep when she heard the sound of a cello playing that echoed throughout the room. The cello sounded sad, but be that as it may, she could feel a strong feeling from the person playing the cello in the room at this moment.She opened her eyes which still felt heavy from the drowsiness that hit her due to not sleeping for almost two full days, provoked to find the source of the sound. She knew the bitter fact that she was not someone who understood much about classical music, but she found herself that she was interested in the music which was still playing in this room. Which was managed to tickle a small part inside her.Long ago, long ago, when she was little, she used to face the same life as children born to Asian parents. Since childhood, she was introduced not only by books, but her parents also signed her up to attend various classes such as music classes and dance classes.From piano, then moving on to violin, flute...From ballet, and tango, to traditiona
"I don't know if it's a compliment or an insult, but I don't like hearing it," Erna clenched her fists, ready to throw her fists at Bianca before she finally discouraged herself from doing so when she saw Veronica's sharp gaze asking her to stop. "But I just found out you can play the cello."Bianca did not answer her question in an instant, or even respond to her sincere compliment until it managed to make her a little bit annoyed by that. The woman instead looked back at her cello with a gentle gaze she had never seen before, making her feel enchanted by it.Compared to Bianca, whom she always knew, always flirting with any woman she found attractive, he liked the other side of Bianca, which she just found out about now.“It's Felix Mendelssohn.”Her eyes blinked in confusion as soon as she heard Bianca's words just now, to the extent that she failed to catch any of the names Bianca just mentioned to her."Yes?"“He was the composer of the music I played with my cello earlier. From w
Karl wiped the sweat off his forehead, looking intently at the wooden doll imbued with magic incantations to move and use as his training partner.He did not want to admit it, but Nora had certainly managed to recover quite well from the effects of Sean's dragon sword. All he had to do now was focus his entire attention on rehabilitation so that his body could move as freely as before.As a result of resting too long in his room, he felt his body stiffen. So today, he decided to train his body in an empty room in Nora's mansion. The empty room that Nora had lent was rarely used, so there was very little stuff in it.He managed to get a wooden dummy and a wooden stick with which he could train his body after he begged Nora, and he was satisfied.At least he was not stuck in his room doing nothing. He felt really guilty on the grounds that if he compared to everyone else who was busy preparing their next move to face Schneider, only he did not do anything as a result of his body's condit
“Ban Jian Kueh!?” Karl drew closer to Stephen. "Wow, what a coincidence! I haven't eaten this food in a long time." Saying this, Karl took a slice of Ban Jian Kueh and stuffed it happily into his mouth. “Ban Jian Kueh?” Stephen repeated in a tone of astonishment. "But as far as I know, his name is Terang Bulan." “That's another name for this food in Indonesia,” Karl tried to take another slice of Ban Jian Kueh, but Stephen slapped him on the back of the hand before he managed to do so. “Ouch!” “I haven't even had time to eat it and you have already eaten it. You crazy…” grumbled Stephen. “It's still fortunate that I forgave you because of your condition that is still in the recovery period…” “I'm much better now,” Karl puffed out his cheeks in annoyance. "Ouch, I'm hungry! How could you!" "I'm guessing you definitely didn't have breakfast and went straight to this room to practice," Stephen chuckled softly in response to Karl's words. “You are always like this. Always skip meals
"That's how it is. From the reports made by Gavin and Febrina, all the corpses had the same monster compound in them. Their guess is, Schneider is trying to create an army of monsters."Karl's eyes widened instantly. "What did you say just now? Monster army…?""Yes." Stephen looked reluctantly at his lunch box. "I feel that sooner or later, we will face a difficult situation if we don't act. Schneider's organisation is getting stronger.""Well…" Karl pursed his lips in response to Stephen. The Ban Jian Kuih he was eating no longer appealed to his appetite. "Even though I have had enough headaches dealing with racist issues in my clan. Do you still remember Professor Mark?""Yes, yes, I still remember him. How is everything going for him now? I still can't stop thanking him for saving Toni and Theo.""He is fine now. But when rumours about that ancient poison spread to my clan, I sent him there to help me produce the antidote in large quantities. Not only for my clan alone but also for
"Karl? I heard from Nora that you were in this room…" Both he and Stephen gasped when they saw Veronica's figure walking into the room they were currently in. The young woman was all around the room in amazement before her attention fell on him. "Eh? Stephen? You are also here?" Veronica spoke in a halting tone when she noticed Stephen's presence. The relieved expression that had just appeared on Veronica's face changed to an expression of utter annoyance, making him shake his head slowly while looking at Stephen, who looked nervous when he saw Veronica. This time, what had Stephen done during his absence until he managed to make Veronica so angry? Karl raised an eyebrow, looking alternately at Veronica and also at Stephen. But instead, he found that they were silent, exchanging glances so that it made him even more unable to understand the situation that was happening. I'd better leave them alone for the time being, muttered Karl as he rose from his seat. He picked up the wooden
Febrina had just finished removing the apple pie from the oven when she heard her smartphone's ringtone. She put down the tin of food, which was still steaming hot, then took off her gloves and jogged to the dining table, finding that Karl was the one who was calling her right now.Did that mean her little sister had told Karl about the party?Her right index finger immediately hit the 'Accept' button, and she pressed the "speaker mode" button while she returned to the kitchen, putting her gloves back on to remove the sponge cake beside her homemade apple pie from the cake pan."Hello, Febrina? Is there something I want to confirm with you…"She raised an eyebrow in confusion as soon as she noticed that Karl's tone did not meet her expectations. It sounded so serious to the extent that it made her, who was about to continue her work to decorate the freshly cooked sponge cake, cancelled it, and returned to her smartphone."Wait a moment, Karl," she said once she managed to remove her ov
“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