A Kingdom at War.
A Ragtag trio put together by order of the King,
A Trio of an Assassin, a Bandit, and an Archer.
All criminals made into a group to infiltrate and assassinate enemy’s behind the battle lines, 
Aided by a mysterious figure.
Recognized by one.
Their reason to help a kingdom that imprisoned and threatened them? 
Money, money and freedom.

In the underworld is where angels are demon's enemy and in the upper world is where demons are angel's enemy. Hitomi is a demon student who apparently found an angel living in her dorm, and promises her to not tell anyone, will she be able to keep it a secret? And for how long? We'll hope to hear!

For the fifth, sixth, and seventh days, Su Yang continued his experiment. He ambushed Old Sixth Liu for a little over a week, and finally, the older man finally gave in!
He had to since he could not find Su Yang on his own. Whenever he had men with him, Su Yang never appeared. However, whenever he was alone or left with a few of his men, Su Yang would jump out and beat him up.
He could not defeat Su Yang or hide from him for some reason. After being beaten up for over a week, Old Sixth Liu was injured all over.
He was a gangster that everyone stayed away from, but now, with his injuries all over, anyone who saw him would pity him. Those who heard of his encounter would even shed a tear.
Su Yang also gained a reputation for himself in the neighborhood.
Everyone knew that he was a fierce university student who could locate his target every time and take revenge for the slightest grievance.
Under such circumstances, Old Sixth Liu had to swallow his misery. He found someone to act as a peacemaker and even invited Su Yang to dinner besides giving him a red envelope of 888 yuan as a token of apology.
After giving the token of apology and inviting Su Yang to dinner, Old Sixth Liu completely gave in and acknowledged his mistake.
On the other hand, after beating Old Sixth Liu up for so many days and not even triggering a mission, Su Yang was discouraged. Since he got the money and had already vented his emotions at the poor man, he did not want to get tangled up with Old Sixth Liu anymore.
After all, his priority should be completing the system's mission to acquire points and continue developing himself.
As for Old Sixth Liu, if the man learned his lesson, Su Yang would simply let him go. However, if Old Sixth Liu caused any more trouble in the future, he would come back and beat him up again. Maybe then, he could trigger another mission.
Su Yang also needed an opportunity to change his life for the better. Other than getting the [Fruit-loving Pen] from his point-adding experiment, he also got a gold bank card which could be sold for a lot of money.
However, he had been doing research for the past week and had yet to find a reliable gold buyer. He needed a relatively safe place to convert the piece of gold bank card into cash, but before he could, Chu Xia came calling.
In the past week, Chu Xia had been messaging Su Yang via WeChat to urge him to go to class, but he knew that Old Sixth Liu was waiting for him at the campus entrance, so he forced himself to stay back.
This time, Chu Xia called him directly and told him not to skip class anymore. She had been covering for him for a week and could barely do it anymore. If Su Yang continued to be absent, he would be in big trouble.
Therefore, after skipping classes for a week, given Chu Xia's urgent reminder, Su Yang finally went back to campus.
The first class of the new week was Modern History Essentials of Huaxia, the class that Su Yang had skipped last week. The lecturer of this class was Mr. Zhou, and all the students called him Old Zhou behind his back.
Old Zhou was a middle-aged man nearing his 50s. He had the patience of an old man and a serious bearing apart from a balding hairstyle.
Su Yang reached the lecture five minutes before the class started, but Old Zhou was already there. 
When Old Zhou saw Su Yang walking in, he signed the young man to stop. "You're Su Yang, aren't you?"
Su Yang paused and greeted his lecturer, "Sir."
Old Zhou grunted in acknowledgment and nodded. He picked up his thermal flask, softly blew it, and took a sip before asking, "I didn't see you in my last class."
Su Yang was stunned. 'Did Old Zhou take attendance in the last class? I didn't hear anything from Chu Xia.'
With that in mind, he switched his gaze to Chu Xia, who was already in class, but before she could respond, Old Zhou beat her to it. He covered his thermal flask and said, "No need to look at her. I didn't take attendance during my last class. I just simply noticed you."
Goosebumps exploded all over Su Yang's body. Being noticed by a middle-aged man was not exactly a pleasant feeling.
Old Zhou slightly pushed his glasses up and said, "I remember that you didn't bring your textbook for a few classes, am I right?"
After he heard what Old Zhou said, Su Yang could not help but think of the textbook, the Modern History Essentials of Huaxia, which had grown in size due to his failed attempt at adding points. It was currently in his room as decoration. 
He scratched his head and said, "Mr. Zhou, I can't take it out."
Old Zhou grunted. "Did your textbook fly away or grow legs and run away? How can you not bring it out?"
A quick thought later, Su Yang decided to be honest since no one would believe him. "It grew in size. It's almost as tall as me and a meter wide, so I really can't bring it out." He even extended his arms to show how big the book was.
Their conversation at the podium attracted some attention from the other students.
After they heard Su Yang's excuse, the students could not help but giggle with their hands covering their mouths. Everyone took pleasure in Su Yang's misfortune and thought that he was giving the lamest excuse possible.
Old Zhou placed his thermal flask on the table as he heaved a heavy breath that made his beard flutter slightly while he widened his eyes at Su Yang. "Your book has grown in size? Why don't you make your d*ck grow too?"
Su Yang awkwardly cleared his throat. He criticized in his heart, 'If I could make mine bigger, I would have. No man would complain about his own d*ck being bigger...'
Old Zhou thought that Su Yang realized his mistake after the young man kept quiet. He looked at his watch and it was almost time for class, so he waved at Su Yang and said, "Okay, I'm not asking a lot from you. You just need to take down all the lecture notes from that class and hand it to me tomorrow. Otherwise, I assure you that you will fail this subject this semester."
"Sir…" Su Yang looked bitter. He was in university. Who took notes down in a lecture without any reason? Even if someone did, it would not be the notes of the Modern History Essentials of Huaxia since the semester test was an open-book test.
"Don't 'sir' me. Remember to find me tomorrow and bring your textbook to the next class." After that, Old Zhou picked up his lecture notes and looked at the rest of the class, "Class starts now!"
Su Yang helplessly sat down in an empty seat as the class began.
This was an unexpected disaster! Was this karma for beating Old Sixth Liu too hard?
Should he beat the man up again to even out the number since two negatives made a positive?!
As the class carried on, Su Yang quietly asked several of his classmates for lecture notes to copy while Old Zhou was busy writing on the blackboard, but he did not get any.
It was not because of his poor connection, but no one had taken notes of the lecture.
In the end, after the class ended, Su Yang finally got some help from a straight-A student outside the classroom.
He held that thick notebook in his hand as mixed feelings rumbled in his heart. 
'As expected of a straight-A student! He took down so many notes for an open-book test! If it were other subjects, would his notes be thicker than the textbook itself?!'
After he got the notes that he sought, Su Yang hoisted his bag and headed home.
As he walked home, he could not help but ponder about the research he had done on the gold buyers in the past few days. There were actually several ways to find a trustworthy gold buyer.
The easiest and safest way was to sell the gold at some famous jewelry chain store such as Gong Tai Fook or Gong Sang Sang[1], but the famous jewelry chain stores would only buy back their own gold jewelry and they required a receipt and a complete proof of purchase. Su Yang could never sell his gold bank card there.
The gold buyers who did not need proof of purchase would be the typical pawn shops, private goldsmiths, house-to-house buyers, or internet buyers. However, after much research, he realized that all the house-to-house buyers and internet buyers were all scams whereby he might even lose his safety and gold together.
As for the private buyers and typical pawn shops, there were many hidden costs and tricks involved. If there was no trustworthy recommendation, he would probably lose a big portion of his earnings.
He was not a local in the capital, so of course, he did not have access to such channels which put him in a difficult situation.
Just when he was troubled by his thoughts, he looked up and saw a familiar figure ahead of him.
Upon a closer look, he realized it was Chu Xia, the secretary of the class committee.
'Isn't Chu Xia living in the campus dorm? Why is she out here?'
While he was wondering, Chu Xia turned into a shop. Su Yang looked up at the shop signage: 'Fine Living Convenience Store'.
A convenience store?
There was one on the campus and another beside the campus, so why would Chu Xia come all the way here to a convenience store in Su Yang's neighborhood?
[1] Gong Tai Fook, Gong Sang Sang are names that are actually derived from real-life jewellery chain stores.


Su Yang was an average university student in Shanghai when he received a system that allowed him to add points to things. The point system provided him with missions and by clearing them, he would gain points. 
Add a point into an object, the object will receive a special ability; add a point into a plant, the plant will come alive; add points on himself, he will get talents or superpowers.
With the mysterious point system in hand, Su Yang aimed to become rich and alter his fate. On his path towards success, he encountered many interesting matters and people, including famous actresses and business tycoons. Fueled by determination, Su Yang set his sight on adding points into all things to help him achieve his goal. 


After Cecil found his and Lucia numbers, they immediately made their way towards the academy district's gate.

When they arrived the two showed their examination numbers to the student staffs who were at the gate.

The staffs were astonished to see that the two top examinees had arrived together. They didn't want to create any commotion so after Cecil and Lucia's numbers were verified, they quietly let them in through the gate.

The staff at the gate had even assigned someone to escort them to the dorms.

When they arrived at the academy's dorm complex, Lucia was sulking a bit. Cecil immediately asked her what was wrong.

"What's up Lulu?"

"...we're going to be separated..."

"..."

Cecil facepalmed and said wryly.

"Hey, you make it look like we're separating for life. When school starts, we'll probably be in the same class, so cheer up."

"...Fine."

They arrived at the female's dorm first. Cecil took a look at the building and thought that it was like a 5 star hotel. It was awfully luxurious, the lobby's interior was also really spacious and decorated in a high class fashion. There was even a restaurant and convenient store on the first floor!

The convenient stores in Alterna weren't quite like the ones back on Earth. Although there were still some similarities, such as having snacks, some groceries, bathing essentials and such, there were also the added magical items, potions, simple alchemy ingredients and other items unique to Alterna.

When Cecil handed Lucia luggage to her, the staff escort turned towards him and asked.

"Shall I lead you to the male's dormitory now?"

"Oh... sure. See you in class Lulu."

"Y-yeah... bye-bye Cel~"

Lucia had perked up a little, so Cecil thought it was fine to leave her now. 

Of course, that was impossible. Inside Lucia was agonizing whether or not she should detain him right there and then, or even ask the staff that brought them here whether there was a mixed dorm.

But, in the end, Lucia restrained herself. 

Since the academy had already assigned their dormitory rooms, she didn't want to cause Cecil any problems. So she watched him walk off towards the male's dormitory and only until he left her sight did Lucia finally walk into the building behind her. 

Lucia looked around and found that it wasn't as crowded as she thought it would be. She then walked to the reception desk and checked her name in.

"Examinee No. 1560, Lucia."

"Okay, one moment please..." 

The female receptionist inputted her name onto the plate that she was holding. Cecil had always wanted to point this out, but wasn't the plate similar to the tablets from Earth?

The receptionist quickly found Lucia's name.

"Ah! So it was our top ranking student! Pleased to meet you, let me get your dorm key!"

The receptionist turned around and waved her staff, it wasn't long before a card flew out of the small openings that were on the wall behind the reception desk.

"Here you are, Lucia. You will be in building S01, room number 101."

Lucia took the card and thanked the receptionist. On the card there was some sort of serial number.

"S01101, huh."

Lucia was about to ask where the building was, but then a map suddenly formed on the small card. It indicated where she was currently at and where her room was.

"Well, that's convenient!"

Lucia then followed the directions on the map. It was a surprise to her since her room wasn't in the building she was currently at. 

Actually the building that acted as the lobby and check in area was the dorm's administration building, on the card's map it was marked AF01. 

When Lucia walked out of the AF01 building, she found herself staring at a large building complex that surrounded a park that was situated in the middle.

"Woah..."

Lucia was somewhat surprised, but she kind of expected this. The building she just came out of was large, but it's not like it could house all the female students of the academy that numbered in the thousands.

From what she saw from where she was standing, Lucia counted at least 10 buildings that had similar sizes to building AF01.

"Okay... where's mine?"

She thought that since it was building S01 it should be close by, but the map only indicated for her to walk further and further into the complex. 

On her way, she came across some of the other female students who were either her upperclassmen or freshman just like her.

Some greeted her and other's just walked passed. 

Lucia was focused on her map, so when she got deeper and deeper into the complex, she didn't take notice of the shocked and envious gazes of the other students.

She finally arrived at building S01.

"Tsk, it's building 01, but why is it so far from the entrance!"

Lucia was annoyed with how far she had to walk from the administration building all the way to her dorm.

"A-anoooo... excuse mi-igh!"

Lucia turned around when she heard someone call out to her. Behind her was a girl with similar height as her who seemed to have just bitten her tongue. She had tears in her eyes with one of her hands clasped over her mouth.

Lucia took another look at the girl and thought that she was pretty. The small girl had long, wavy aqua blue hair reaching her buttocks. Her eyes were a bright emerald color. She seemed to be about Lucia's age too, but the most astonishing thing would have to be her body.

The girl and Lucia sported almost the same height and figure, only Lucia was a little bit taller, but the difference between their chest sizes was astonishing. 

Lucia wondered how a girl that should be the same age as her grew up to be that... well, big!

Even as a 14 year old, Lucia's chest was pretty well developed and she would probably have some huge knockers when she grew into an adult. But, even Lucia had to admit defeat before the girl in front of her.

Lucia started worrying since Cecil's eyes would sometimes wander onto a woman's chest whenever they met one with huge assets. The prime examples would be when they first met the guild receptionists in any city or town they stopped by.

At first, Lucia had to stab Cecil's eyes with her fingers just so that he wouldn't let his eyes wander, but Cecil soon learned his lesson after numerous eye-blinding assaults. 

From then on, Cecil made sure that his eyes would never gaze at ANY girl they met for prolong periods of time, in fear of Lucia poking his oculus uterque out. 

'Uwaahh... she's dangerous...' Thought Lucia. 'Better keep her away from Cel.'

The blue haired girl grew worried when all Lucia did after she turned around was glare at her. She opened her mouth and asked worriedly.

"I-is there something wrong?"

Lucia snapped out of her train of thoughts and greeted the girl.

"Haha, nothing, nothing~ my name's Lucia. I'm a first year, nice to meet you!"

The girl was surprised at Lucia's abrupt change, but she quickly reacted and greeted her back.

"N-nice to meet you! My name's Aquafina Oceania Neftersea. Like you, I'm also a first year!"

Even when she was just glared at, Aquafina only smiled back and introduced herself happily. Lucia grinned seeing the cheerful personality of the girl. 

"So~ Fina~ I can call you that right? Fina? Aquafina is pretty long! You can call me Lulu, all my friends call me that!"

"O-okay! L-Lulu!"

Aquafina giggled, she was very happy since someone who she just met actually wanted to be friends with her and even gave her, her first ever nickname. 

"Fina... Fina~ uhehehehe~" Fina was giggling and had a sloppy grin on her face.

'Woah, this girl sure has a lot of expressions~' Lucia thought. 

Just a second ago, the girl in front of her just had a tearful expression from biting her tongue, a fearful one from Lucia glaring at her, then a cheerful expression from having their introductions done and finally the current sloppy, over-the-moon blissful expression from calling out her own nickname.

She was cute... goddamn she was too cute. Even Lucia couldn't help but want to hug, pet, and spoil this adorable little thing.

"WAAAAAH MOOOEEEEE~"

Lucia shouted and dashed up to hug the cute little thing in front of her.

"Eh? L-Lulu?!"

Fina was surprised at the unfamiliar term that Lucia just spouted, not to mention that she was also abruptly embraced by the beautiful fox girl who she just made friends with.

Lucia started rubbing her cheeks on Fina's and laughed.

"Nahahaha~ I wouldn't mind Cel being friend's with you since you're soooo cute and adorable~"

Lucia would normally limit Cecil's interactions with girls who were 'threatening' in her eyes, but she made an exception for Fina since she was just too precious.

"Uh o-okay? Uhehehe~" Fina was a bit bothered at first by the unfamiliar and unexpected skin ship, but she started giggling happily soon after.

"Okay, so since you're here too Fina, does that mean you're also going to be living in building S01?"

"Yup! My room number is 101! So come visit me if you have time!"

"Eh? 101?"

"Yup!"

"What a coincidence! Mine is 101 too!"

Fina, upon hearing this was simply overjoyed. Her first friend also happened to be her roommate.
 
"Yay! Let's go up to our room then!"

The two walked arm in arm into the building, they checked in with the receptionist and quickly made their way to their room on the second floor while chattering about.

It was the year 2023 on Earth, on the afternoon of a normal day, the Earth was suddenly enveloped by an unknown light that mysteriously transferred the human population into another world.

This story begins with a pitiful boy who was reluctantly forced into accepting his family's martial inheritance after his siblings turned it down. Who would have thought that this very inheritance would be extremely useful in the world he would be transported to.

Separated from his family, he was thrown into a forest of an unknown world alongside his friend and pet, Silver. This is the story about the adventures of the boy, Cecil, and his pet wolf, Silver, in the world of Alterna.

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Once we had finally snapped Mike back to his senses I wonder back into aces dorm and curl up on the bed since we can't leave the dorms as classes end in 2 hours and if we are caught we'll be up to our necks with homework for the professors who don't take missing class lightly. I wake up about an hour after curling up to find myself being cradled by ace on the sofa with Mike sleeping on the floor next to the kotatsu table futon set in front of the tv. As I try to stand up, ace unconsciously grabs my waist and cuddles me while still being fast asleep. So I give up struggling to break free of his grasp and nuzzle my head in his chest to fall asleep. Next thing I know I'm awake again but this time I'm on the bed but ace and mike are no where in the dorm. Then the sudden realisation of voices outside the door half reassure and half terrify me as I now know there's people here but it doesn't saond like ace or Mike. I get up off the bed my body stiff from sleeping in a weird position and shuffle my way to the door of the dorm to see who is outside but when I look there is no one outside of aces dorm but outside of mine! I rush out the door to see why the person is now half screaming at who evers in my doorway, and to my surprise is my cousin layla screaming at a confused and not caring ace who has some of my clothes and some essentials from my apartment in his arms. I yell at the top of my lungs to allow them both to hear me over laylas screechy voice, once they have quit their bickering I turn to ace and ask him why he has some of my stuff and he responds with " well I thought since you were asleep you'd probably want to take a shower and change out of my hoodie when you woke up as Im fine with you staying the night", shocked, confused and half relieved I say OK and then turn to layla who shouldnt be in Japan as she was ment to be in America on tour. Then she replies with what I really hoped wasn't the case...

With 50,000 yen I had significantly more options. However, I earmark a significant portion of that money for rent. There was a dorm/hostel near the outskirts of the city that was super cheap, but I had written off any places I would have to pay too much for. It's popular with students who move here for school specifically UA. Kids will move here months before the UA test then leave. Either because they didn't make it and no longer need to be here. Or because they did make it in and therefore can afford a better apartment. This means outside of summer it sees very little business. It's right next to the train station if I get a train pass or I can continue to run everywhere. But I should be able to get a room there for 30,000 a month. In the morning I have some free time before meeting back at Kawaguchi's office. I think I'll go rent a room there at least for this month.

My night is incredibly unproductive as I don't know what I can productively do. I head the dump/beach looking around for anything cool, but it is just a dump and without some serious digging I couldn't find anything. I spend most of the night just relaxing by the ocean. Thinking about what I've done so far. What I will be doing.

There's nothing forcing me to be a hero, but I'm not going to be a villain especially with the power structure that the league of villains has. Also, they're basically just anarchists with no real goal besides overthrowing hero society. Not that I think it's perfect or even good. Just thinking about Endeavor makes me furious, but the solution isn't to replace a bad system with no system or an even worse system. With Villain eliminated as an option that leaves Hero, Civilian, and Vigilante. Vigilante is out because it's like being a hero, but with none of the legal, financial, or training support just worse than being a hero in every way. I guess you're hypothetically more free with methods, but heroes are already pretty free to do whatever they want. As long as someone poses a clear and imminent danger a hero can kill or maim them with no real legal repercussions. They don't for a moral reason and because it makes them look bad for the public. But the fact that heroes can do that means there are very few of any benefits of being a Vigilante. Then the final alternative is being a civilian. Which poses 2 problems first I'm only marginally safer. I'm still pretty likely to run into villains during their attacks, however, now they'll be taking me by surprise. I won't have any information and my most legal recourse is to run away. I'll only be switching chasing danger as a hero for danger finding me as a civilian. That's not to mention hiding away as a civilian might cause me more forced drawbacks for my next jump.  The 10 years of being significantly disadvantaged are enough for me. I know with all of my physical and mental abilities I have abilities equal to or greater than most quirks, but I have nothing truly exceptional at the moment. I'll have to handle people with moderately strong quirks intelligently working around their specific weaknesses. Then there are people with truly strong quirks like All for One or One for All. I need to figure out some way to compete with powers at that scale or at the very least find a way to reliably run away from them.

As the sun starts to rise I go on a bit of a shopping spree. I go to a pharmacy/corner store and buy essentials like toothpaste, toothbrush, deodorant, etc. Then I go to a cell phone carrier and try to purchase a plan for a flip phone with texts and calls only. That kind of plan was cheap back in the early 2000s but now that plan doesn't even exist. Cellular data is so ubiquitous I can't even find a plan without it. For 3,000 yen a month, about what I was expecting to pay for the flip phone with only texts and calls, I got an older model smartphone with 20gb of data a month. Happy with my phone plan I set out towards the out of prefecture student housing. Its run by a surprisingly nice old couple renting the building after their kids moved out. This time of year is usually their slowest time and this year is especially bad. As in no renters at all bad. The new school year just started, so the kids who were accepted to nearby schools moved into nicer and closer buildings. The kids who weren't accepted just moved out and back home. I look around and the only thing really wrong with it is the location. The room I'd be renting is kind of small. Just enough room for a bed, desk, closet, and dresser. However, even though it's small it is an individual room. Plus it has communal amenities. Large shared living room, bathroom, laundry room, and kitchen. I need a place to stay and this place isn't bad so I pay for a 30,000 for the month. My room technically isn't safe from being rented to someone else next month or even to me but at an increased price, but I've got a couple of months before that starts becoming an actual concern. And when my money situation becomes a bit more stable I'll sign an actual lease.

After filling out some paperwork I drop off my stuff in my room get a quick shower before heading back to the offices for day two.

A jumpchain multiverse exploration story. Where the main character will be travelling world to world across different popular media.

This is my first foray into fiction writing. Especially long form story telling, so I apologize for the quality and hopefully I'll get better.

Before the camera flashes,
before the light is upon you along with those eyes,
Hold up the glamorous perfect curtain of yours,
the real you is someone you would barely want to show off.




Y/N's P.O.V-







'First, our new SM group will make their debut on stage. We and our forces are joining to cheer you up. Give us your best performance. Please look forward to them and here we go!'



The backstage then was flooded with people. Staffs were running around hurriedly carrying things, working, spending their last drop of sweat to present the idols all polished and glamorous. The incoming roars were gradually getting louder and louder, the audience space filled up from bit to bit by numerous devoted fans. The lightsticks in their hands shone brightly to declare their support for those, who in no time, were about to bring in their show tonight.

'Aishee, joesonghabnida!' I bowed slightly at the apologizing person getting over the abrupt collision and continued my speed walk. Pushing through the curtains, I entered the boys' dressing room. A mild admonishment was running inside at the moment.

'Those buttons are totally broken and falling off. We can't afford to send the boys with their torso all naked in front of the audience, can we? Where's the designer and his team?'

'Eonnie called, they have already arrived and are fixing the outfits. Don't worry.'

'They have got them done.' Seeing me bringing out forward all the fixed outfits cast a delightful look on her face. 'Thank you for bringing them to us.' The stylist quickly took them from my hand proceeding for the last check before handing over to the respective males.

I took a seat beside the manager and led my eyes around the room, focusing on the boys who were sitting before the wide full mirror while the stylists worked on their bare faces to hide the littlest imperfections. It was the night, for their last show to bring on. Also, it was the night, for their possibly last vice to accomplish.

They waited for it. I waited for it. The department, the enlisted operatives selected for the howling mission of the night, waited for it.
And each one for their own purpose.

A trophy awaiting their sinful hands to get held by. And, a pair of menaces to embrace those wrists for the darkest things they ever did before.

The question was, what would they get? Both? Or just one? Or none?





. . . . . . . . . . 



'Ah, I can hold that for you. Do your thing.' I took the hairdryer from the stylist woman's hand holding it before the male's brown-blonde hair locks. 'Thank you Y/N-ssi.' Gifting a sweet grateful smile, she continued drawing with thin liners on his eyelids. I observed his reflection in the mirror.

'How are you feeling Taehyung?' He gave a relaxed smile trying to picture a strong confident look through his appearance. 'I am feeling good. We are all fit for the performance. But-' he paused for a second, then continued,

'my voice hasn't been great lately when I practiced. That's why I am kinda anxious right now.' He licked his lips. Besides what he said, there was something else playing shadows on his face.

'Don't worry.' I put my hand on his shoulder, 'Worrying will only get it worse. Your voice is all perfect right now. Take some water. But don't drink too much.' He smiled a bit and nodded. On the last corner of the room, my eyes caught the maknae, standing with the leader talking over something.

'Hyung, I am still not sure about my part of...' The only words from the maknae my ears could faintly catch, unable to hear what the other said. Namjoon spoke something in a low voice, patting the youngest's back in assurance. I twitched my eyebrow a bit, wondering what they were talking about.

The girl took back the dryer from my hand finishing her work. 'Keep on. Hwaiting!' I took steps forward to finish the last supervision on others.





'After this small break, next up we have, yes what you all have been waiting for, presenting to you our most popular group of seven boys, BTS, coming up on stage with the special performance of their hit track--'

'Namjoon, Hoseok, everybody line up, wait, where's Jimin?' Everybody looked around for the male who was absent amongst all. 'I think I saw hyung going to the washroom a minute ago.' Jungkook replied. This boy...! I huffed and scampered towards the opposite direction.

'Jimin-ah?' There was no presence of any living creature all around in the dimly lighted room. The styling tools, numerous bags, and other essentials were lying here and there, announcing themselves as the undivided rulers of the whole place. I was about to sigh and go out looking at other places, but then, a shuffling sound from a dark corner made me look back. I peeked my head in again to take a further look.

'Jimin?' My voice as the only source of sound echoed loud to reach his eardrums even defeating those earbuds plugged in. 'Oh Y/N...' He mumbled, pulling the white wires to take them off.

'Why are you sitting over there hiding like that? There's no time to play around. It's your performance next, everybody's looking for you,' I stood and observed his curled figure, 'Is anything wrong?'

'Y/N...' He became silent in the midst, then cleared his throat, 'I am scared...'

'Why are you scared? I saw how you practiced so well. There is not a chance for you screwing up on there. Just be focused and cool.'

'It's not about the perf-' The sentence stood unfinished. His voice became lower than before, 'What do you do when you are scared?'

I was about to push him up with all my force, but his sudden question left me still on my position in thoughts. In the faintly illuminated atmosphere, I could neither see nor discern what his face had been presenting about his inner mind. It was like a veil to curtain that man on his inside, who was voicing in his head, shoving in all the negative thoughts he could ever receive.

He was a deadly criminal. He has done so many things, still there the words 'fear' and 'scared' about anything is applicable for him?

'Well,' I yet spoke softly, 'I think of all the good things I had gone through, all the good times, the persons who I can relate to and who make me feel better about myself even if with their littlest presence doing nothing at all.' All the words gush out of my mouth in a second so quick, as if they were ready inside to be expelled right after they were permitted. Even I, was surprised at myself.

'That works...?' He dilemmatic spoke. I shrugged in reply. Whether I personally in real do that all the time or not, advising him something that I know will work was in no way a crime.

'Remember Liza? She is the person who inspired teaching me that. She has a locket worn all the time. She says her Eonnie gave it to her, and it's the source of all her optimism. Know what? Even for one day, I never saw her positivity go down, whether it's due to the power of that thing or not. She believes in it, and it's the undying belief that works here.'

'So, carrying something of someone who gives me strength, thinking about the person who makes me feel good? Hmm...' He asked himself as if going through his head to find out the right ones. I replied, trying to help to truncate the search, 'Like your hyungs, you know? They are your peers, they are always there for you, they are who make you you... think about them.'

Piercing through the soft shade of darkness, his eyes looked at me, oddly. His, were immobile, unblinking, leaving mine as the same. The dark chocolate hues protected under the pair of those blue contact lenses, still the intensity and hypnotic effect of them was, never-fading and never replaceable. A white smile glazed out on his lips in genuine form, 'Thanks Y/N, for the advice. I will do that. I feel better now.'

'You do?' An alike smile shimmered on my face, 'Good.'

'Now, get your freaking ass up, we are hellaty hell late PARK JIMIN!!!' I towed his arm darting out of the room in my fastest speed, and nudged him on his hyungs with a push. All seven of them slowly climbed up on the stage. The lights taking a shot all around finally centered upon their figures alike to Greek gods. And the music,



Finally began.



. . . . . . . . . .



'BTS!! BTS!! BTS!!'



The beat dropped, the music resonating the whole surrounding finally met its specific end. The claps all around wrecked the stage. The entrance to backstage was made space through, the boys tiredly walked in. The last one to enter, was a pouting maknae.

'My toe hurts like hell!' He briskly complained. His cheeks ballooned featuring him as a bunny, 'Namjoon hyung stepped on my feet on the stage. I feel like it got fractured.'

'I am sorry, Kookie. I apologized already.' The accused male rolled his eyes, although his face was painted with partial guilt.

'Open your shoe. Lemme see, where does it hurt?'

'No no, it's fine.' He protectively shielded his shoes to block me from them. 'I will manage.' There was a slight flash of pinkness on his neck.

'Namjoon.' With the male I looked back too, finding Yoongi standing with a stern face. The aura from him hit me instantly, taken aback by an extensive realization and slight arousal of the heartbeat.



It's time.



'Jin hyung, pick up your bags.' Namjoon put off the glittery jacket replacing it with a simple black one and pulled out the sunglasses. The manager helped them, 'PD nim agreed on it too that it's important for you to get some rest. As he's letting you all leave early for next day schedule, be sure to take full of it.'

'The car is waiting outside.' Both shared a secret eloquent gaze. That only they could understand, including another third person, which was me.

'Let me escort them out.' I intentionally blocked the manager's way to get in charge of the work and led the boys out to back door through the busy hallway. The drops of weariness were officially withdrawn from their body, the face mask of jolliness flawlessly portrayed their fake held emotions. It was no longer the music and the show which would give them happiness.

My sweet deadly enemies...How bad I will miss them after tonight...







'Sleep well. Let's meet again tomorrow. Jal-ga!' I waved my hands. 'Thank you.' Hoseok threw a rainbow smile as he got himself in along with others. My eyes steadily followed the car's movement. The wheels gradually increased their circular motions, the back horn blinked for once before it went out of sight. My protruded lips turned down instant gaining the sternness. This was my perfect time.

I fished out my phone from the pocket.

'Operative 47, they have gone out just now, heading for the dorm.'

'Get yourself out there now too, Y/N.' The bold woman voice whispered, proving its owner to be Momo, 'You will need time to prepare.'

'Yes.' I disconnected the call. With no acquaintance or staff member around, I could easily now get myself out. And I was a pretty good liar to make up an excuse later on if got asked.

I climbed down the single flight of step and had taken two steps ahead. The moment, a curious feminine voice called me back.



'Y/N ssi?'





I facepalmed.

Can two enemies ever fall for each other? No? Then you're wrong.

Agent 47 was sent to perform a small task of a mission that was assigned to one of her co-agents, which later decided to take a turn in her life getting her assigned as a lead of the whole case.

This time its max's turn!
Alex~"Oh yeah we get dorms!?" "First I need to ask my parents!"*calls mom*(Ten minutes later)" She said yes!" Max~"Great! " Teacher~"Class dismissed! " Alex~"Byee!" Max~"by!"*gets up and runs out of classroom* "Alex bring your friend and let's go shopping!" Alex~"OK!" Max~*walks with Alex and Lila* Lila~aren't You M...Max?!" Max~"Yes, what's your name?"           Lila~"My name is Lila." Max~"Cool" Alex~"Here's your hoodie back." Max~"Keep it I've got plenty!" Alex~"Really, thanks Max" *ties hoodie around waist" Max~"No prob!" "Now let's get a dorm...for 3!" Alex and lila~ "What!?" Max~"Yeah since were all friends now and WE already made the deal." Thinks~she's so cute when she's embarrassed. Wait What am I thinking she'll never like me. P~¶  Max~"So its perfect!" *Walks to office with Lila and Alex* Alex~"Dorm for 3 pls!" Office Lady~"here's the keys." Alex~"Thank you" Max~"Yay!"*follows Alex to dorm with Lila* Alex"Here we are" *opens door* Dorm: white walls, brown carpet floor,big living room, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, polished kitchen, and walk in closets for each room! Bedroom 1: Almost white pink walls with little hearts on the rim, Queen sized bed, black carpet floor, medium TV, and walk in closet. Bedroom 2: black walls with stars, brown carpet, queen size bed, medium size TV. bedroom 3: sky blue walls with clouds, white carpet , queen size bed, medium TV , walk in closet. Alex~"I call the room with the stars!" Max~"I call the sky room!" Lila~"I call the heart room!" All~"Yes!" Alex, max, and Lila/All~*Runs to room* "yes."*flops on bed* " ahhhh." *gets up and walks to living room* Max~"Let's go to the mall!" : 3 All~*gets on a bus*

The night dragged on for an eternity for Rina and Laena, both of them had too much to think about, preventing them from falling into a deep slumber. Once the sun finally rose, it penetrated the windows through the thick walls of glass that stood between the outdoors and the room. 
 Rina and Laena had no idea when they ended up falling asleep, but whenever they did, they knew it wasn't long ago. They both stood up, dragging themselves to the restrooms to see the numerous bags of fatigue under their eyes. Neither of them drank coffee on a regular basis, but they knew today was an appropriate occasion for one.
 It was early in the morning, with half the students still asleep due to there being no classes that day. The plaza was quite empty as well, only filled with the usual morning risers either eating or doing homework. 
 Rina shuffled to one of the morning beverage stands, noticing Laena approaching from the distance as well. They both noticed each other, only able to give an effortless grin to one another. They were too tired to yell out each other's name, a wave was enough for both of them to catch each others attention.
 They ended up grabbing a seat at their normal table, surprised to see Cartuja already there demolishing plates of food down his throat.
 The girls sat two seats away from Cartuja with only a cup of coffee and a piece of fruit. The seats next to him were filled with food and other plates of breakfast essentials. 
 "Yoo! You two are up early today, what's good?" Cartuja said while putting his food down.
 Neither of the girls had much energy yet, but Rina managed to at least muster a good morning in response, "Why are you up so early?" she yawned, "It's like seven, are you usually up this early?"
 "Everyday!" he started laughing while a few chunks of food were firing out of his mouth like popcorn on a hot pan.
 "Wow… Anyway, we plan to have a meeting today at noon at our table. If you see anyone else can you let them know?"
 "Yeeeee."
 Rina looked at Laena, both trying their best not to laugh at Cartuja's typical personality. He finally finished his meal while they all talked about schoolwork, notifying the girls he'll see them at noon.
 "Where are you headed off too?" Laena asked as he got up with his stomach still looking surprisingly empty.
 "No classes today, so only really two things I can do. Go to the girl's hall… Or train. Noones awake yet, so I'm off to train."
 They were both quite shocked by this statement, Cartuja was the last person out of their Guild they would expect to actually train on their own. 
 "You actually train?!"
 "Ye, usually for like a couple hours every day in the morning. I think."
 "Oh… Well, good luck I guess."
 Right before Cartuja left he turned around to ask one more question to Rina, expecting a slap in return, "Well me and you can go to my room instead. Everyone still sleeping aha-hahaha."
 Rina's face dropped its alertness, "Of course! In your dreams."
Surprised he didn't get slapped, Cartuja walked off waving goodbye with his other hand planted in his pocket.
 "Not the first time he's asked. Can't be too surprised." Rina laughed with Laena, giving them the wakeup call they needed to start the day. At around 9 am, Calvin called upon each and every member of the guild to his office, explaining the lockdown and why they are placed onto it.
 Cartuja was surprisingly the only one that got angry about this, claiming it would interfere with his "personal life." Which made Calvin question the fact he even had one. Cartuja explained it was mostly time spent with other girls, either in his room, or theirs. 
 Leo gave him a fistbump of approval while the girls just sighed in annoyance. Cartuja wasn't annoyed by their response, but took it as an opportunity to get Paris flustered,
 "Yo chill out, I'm just living life, getting some action," he laughed along with Leo, "Don't tell me you've never gotten freaky? Ahha-aha-haha."
 Paris tried to scramble the appropriate words to make a comeback but realized she took too long with everyone staring at her and bolted out of the room in embarrassment. 
 "Cartuja!" Calvin reminded him he was standing right in front of him.
 "What's good Cal?"
 "Okay how many times… Never mind. Can you go and apologize to Paris, I kind of need you all here right now."
 "Yeee."
  It took Cartuja nearly 3 seconds to catch up to paris down the hall, "Yoo, uh…" Cartuja quickly tried to remember her name, despite being friends with her and the rest of the group for months now.
 "Paris? Ye Paris."
She turned around, confused for a moment, "Did you forget my name asshole?"
 "Nah… uhh, Cal told me to a-p-o-l-o-g-i-z-e...  so my b." Within a second of finishing that sentence he was gone, back to the room saying she didn't accept the apology.
 Calvin questioned his response, "Really? She really didn't accept it or are you just saying that?"
 The door swung open before Cartuja responded, with her arms crossed Paris walked in.
 "Can we get on with the meeting?" Paris seemed less embarrassed, not letting Cartuja's childish words get under her skin.
 "Indeed we shall."
 Calvin finished any details he had remaining, making sure to specifically not let anyone else know about this. He explained all the information they managed to find on the laws, concluded by a simple theory on who is which law, and why exactly they might be the new ones. 
 Before he let everyone off, Calvin had one more thing to comment on as they prepared to leave, "I should also mention, because you are all on the lockdown until we acquire the full details on whether or not anyone of you are the actual laws, none of you are aloud to venture off onto Guild missions without me. Most require you to leave school grounds… Well, not that any of you do them anymore anyway…"
 Paris jolted up in frustration, "What are you talking about! I do them every week!"
 "Yes, you are one of the only one…"
 Everyone started to look around the room as if not trying to get called on before Calvin finally dismissed them from his office. Since everyone was together, Rina brought up their secret meeting at noon, letting everyone know to be there and not spill any information. 
 They all agreed, letting the next three hours fly by with a breeze of doing other activities. It was Saturday, no one had any classes, only homework to accomplish.
 Once the sun stood at the peak of its rotation, and all the clocks struck that 12 o'clock line, one by one everyone slowly showed up to their classic table. Once Cartuja finally showed up, Rina slammed her palms on the table, "Alright everyone. We need to talk."
 It didn't take her long to catch everyone up on the writing written on the paper, the mysterious people they met during the festival, and all the clues they've acquired about the four lines that only she was able to see.
Faibel was back to his old self, smart, but an asshole, "Based on what Laena said and whatever those words mean, it should be pretty obvious...
'Something sturrs in the depths below, 
Glass will break, so enter slow
Darkness crafts the gate of snow,
 Deep within, the walls will show,'" Blank stares reflected back at him, not a single one had any idea what he was talking about, "Come on, this could be completely wrong, but Laena said her father went to the mountains right? The only mountains that are even remotely close to Princewood that have snow are the Tetrad mountains. They have four peaks, each said to symbolize the four horsemen of the apocalypse. However, from what I've heard, no one that travels there for the night ever returns."
 Faibel had everyone's attention, waiting for someone else to hopefully provide some information that could be useful. Instead, Leo jumped from his seat, swinging his fist through the air sarcastically yelling, "Woohoo, that means it would be perfectly safe for 7 teenagers to go there with absolutely no experience or backup plan while also on a school lockdown to possibly die without finding out anything!"
 Everyone laughed except Faibel, but even he agreed that Leo had a good point. Cartuja ran to go grab a plate of food, coming back in seconds while everyone was still laughing. He sat back down and stopped everyone's laughter with his remark, "What if it's all bullshit," the laughter died down. "I mean, what if it's all a joke? Like, why would we be the new laws? It doesn't make any sense man.. We're like... no one."
 Although it seemed kind of rude and unsupporting, he wasn't wrong. Everyone fell silent, thinking about the situation in their heads.
 "Cartuja and Leo both have a valid point. For once," Faibel self-hatedly admitted, "We only have three options. The first, we do absolutely nothing and don't break the rules here at Princewood. The second, we figure out what the words mean and go to the location it's talking about. And the last, we tell Calvin everything we know and see if he would go with us."
 "Seems like the logical option is the first, but who really wants to do that, am I right?" Atlas received dominantly agreeing responses in return to his remark. Waiting for someone else to contribute to the conversation.
 Laena cleared her throat before showing her interest in the conflict, "Well, uhm, if we do decide to go. The Tetrad mountains will not have snow for at least a couple more months. That's what my father always told me before he left…"
 "She's right. It only snows through the months of December and January. If we go now we would only find dead trees and dry grass on the landscape." Faibel claimed with his intelligence once again. However, they all agreed, deceiving a plan to escape the school grounds in two months once the first flakes of snow pierced the ground.
 Every part of their escape involved a precise target to hit. From leaving directly after a lockdown meet up with Calvin, to the closest possible rift location to the Tetrad mountains. Gear was prepared, and no one else would be told. 
 
Just like that, two months went by with typical annoyance from Trey and his group of delinquents, a growing friendship between Paris and Griffin Blood, and no participation in any Guild mission or battles in the time being.
 The two months were spent studying and learning every possible scenario of the meaning of the words, finally able to come up with a conclusion that was agreed upon by everyone. However, the only way to test their hypothesis of the situation came on the day of their escape. 
 It is now December 22nd, three days after Midterms were taken, and two weeks after the first snowfall. Everyone was either sleeping off the cold days of winter, or enjoying their weeks off on school grounds on a bright Sunday morning. The day of the week Laena's father disappeared,   and the day of the week Rina's sister went along with Calvin on a borderless mission, only to be succumbed by an unknown force by the depths of darkness.
 The group met up at one of the lounges from the dorm halls. They were all huddled around a fire, burning bright in the shadows of the room. The sun began to set, and the windows started to render the fluorescent colors of the sun sinking below the horizon. 
Everyone sat down on the scarlett sofas placed in a perfect circle around the fire roaring through a small, cobblestone vase planted in the ground. They were all ready for what's to come, geared with bags of snacks and heavy-coated jackets incase of a blizzard. 
Leo's gaze shifted from the fire onto the group, more excited than he's ever been in his life, "So… Is everyone ready or what!?"

For teen Atlas Bright, the art of magic is his entire world. Unfortunately, Atlas is facing several life challenges. He knows nothing about his absent father, has a mother who worries too much, and is shunned by his classmates when they discover he doesn’t have any magic.

As he approaches the end of high school, two options present themselves; an Alchemy school for the gifted, or a University for those who have no magical ability. While Atlas deliberates on what path his life will take, he is visited by an enigmatic stranger who convinces him to apply to Princewood Academy, the most illustrious and hardest Alchemy school to get accepted into. He decides to trust the mysterious stranger, but quickly realizes the path he chose isn’t as easy as it seems.

#WARNING: TRIGGERING TOPICS LIKE SUICIDE AND DEATH IS MENTIONED IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE YOU CAN SKIP THAT PART#
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*Preview*

Crystal: *sits in a secluded place between two stands**cries*

Jaebum: *Is something wrong with that girl... Erm... Can I ask her? *

Jaebum: * is she alone? *

Jinkook: *reaches the library*

Crystal: * dries her tears as soon as she spots Jinkook*

Jinkook: * spots her and goes to her*
                 What a surprise

Crystal: What?  * raises her eyebrow*

Jinkook: You never call me for asking for help... 

Crystal: I was feeling tired... * I want to see you for a last time *
                Do you want me to go home by a cab? *asks with frivolous glares*

Jinkook: No... Hey I didn't mean that.. *crosses his hands*

Crystal: *chuckles* Let's go *gets up*

Jinkook: Yes.. *gets up*

Jaebum: *calls Jinkook*

Jinkook: Hello hyung (elder brother..mostly used by boys to refer the ones older than them)... Are you in Library? 

Jaebum: Yes.. Who is that person with you? 

Jinkook: What?... Are you near us? 
                 *searches him*

Crystal: *spots Jaebum staring at them* *hides behind Jinkook* hyung(elder brother) why is he looking at us? 

Jinkook: Huh?  *looks at the person*
                 Hey hyung... Wanna ride home with us? 

Jaebum: Ok.... 

Crystal: Hey who is this? *to Jinkook*

Jaebum: Hi.. I am Kim Jaebum.

Crystal: Oh.. Hi i am...Um...Crystal.
*bows little*

Jinkook: Yeah don't tell your full name young madam... *mumbles*

Crystal: *glares* Don't mind him.. 

Jaebum: *oblivious of what is happening here* Lets go

Jinkook: Yes... *starts his car*

Crystal: *gets in the front*

Jinkook: Hey Crys go to the backseat and let bro to come in front. 

Jaebum: It's ok... 

Jinkook: No hyung (elder brother)  she will sit in the back... 

Jaebum: It's-

Crystal: Go to the front... I am fine sitting in the backseat... *mumbles: overbearing brother*

Jaebum: *chuckles*

Crystal: Shhh

Jinkook: What was that? 

Crystal: Nothing my lovely bro *acts cute*

Jinkook:.... 

Jinkook drives to their dorm for dropping Jaebum first... Meanwhile Crystal fell asleep in the back seat. 
Zia and Junghyun bought snacks to eat and were spending some bro-sis time in Junghyun's dorm hall. 

Jinkook reaches their dorm and Jaebum gets down... 

Jaebum: Where are you dropping her... Where is she living? 

Jinkook: I don't know.. She must wake up and tell me... *wakes her up*

Jaebum: What are you really her brother?  You don't know where she is living? 

Crystal: Yeah he is my brother. 

Jinkook: How will I know where she is living if she is not gonna tell me about it? 

Crystal: If you wanna know that bad I am living in the apartment next to this/your dorm... I moved in today... 

Jinkook: Ok... Do you want me to accompany you? 

Jaebum: I will get going bye Kook.. bye... Crystal. 

Crystal: Bye hyung

Jinkook: bye hyung

Crystal: I will get going too bye hyung *goes to her apartment room*

Jinkook: *goes to his room* *texts Crystal*
$hey did you reach your room? 

Crystal: *sees the message but doesn't reply* *looks at her parents photo and starts crying*

Jinkook: *stops walking* *in front of his room* She saw... But she didn't reply.....?Why do I feel that something is not right? 
*calls her*

Crystal: *doesn't attend*

Jinkook: No... This isn't right... *runs to her apartment* *bumps into Jaebum*
Ahh sorry hyung.. 

Jaebum: What happened? What are you running and why are you nervous? 

Jinkook: Crystal is not replying to me and not attending my calls something doesn't feel right... 

Jaebum: I will accompany you... 

Crystal: I will come to you dad and mom... 
*gets a knife* *cuts her hand*

Jinkook and Jaebum rushes to Crystal's room. 

Zia: Why are they both running like this? 

Junghyun: Don't know.. Let's accompany him... 

Zia and Junghyun followed Jinkook and Jaebum to Crystal's room. Crystal's room was locked.. So Jinkook knocked but there was no reply... So he broke the door and entered.. Everyone started searching for Crystal. Jinkook went to the kitchen to see Crystal in the floor covered with blood... He fell down immediately after seeing her like that... 

Jinkook: CRYSSSS  *Shouts* What have you done pabo (idiot)? *goes near her*

Others: what happened? *rushes to kitchen*

Jinkook: *holds her hands and ties a kerchief to the wound to stop bleeding*

Crystal: Hey hyung *in a weak voice*

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