As the sun sets, the streetlights of Estelle City turned on showcasing how beautiful the city becomes at night.

  Despite how beautiful the surroundings there's Kiyan who looks troubled walking his way home and his hands holding his head.

  Kiyan's head is still aching because of what happened on the park. When he reached the intersection he saw a figure of a woman wearing a black cloak.

  While the cars passed through the intersection, the figure of a woman remained standing on the other side of the road. She was facing Kiyan while her face hidden beneath a cloak.

  Dumbfounded, Kiyan blinks a few times and the traffic light turned green after that the figure of the woman dissapeared without a trace.

  "Strange... What was that, Am I hallucinating?" Said by the troubled Kiyan.

  Kiyan continued to walk across the road and headed home.

  Meanwhile at the café, Mari and Claire is sitting on the chair. It seems like they're discussing about what happened earlier.

  "Any suggestions you have Mari?"

  "Honestly this occurrence is new to me. I don't really know what to say" Mari Replied

  "Hmmm... I guess that's all for today. Let's continue our observation on his next training session. "

  "Thanks for your help today Mari"

  Claire stands up and walk towards the door of the café. She left the café and while she's walking past the dark alley she sensed something strange.

  Claire began investigating the area, but she found no one there.

  "Hmm Is that a— Magic crystals?"

  Claire picked up the three magic crystals on the ground emitting a faint glow of light.

  "How did these things end up here? You can only extract magic crystals from monsters"

  'No! This is a Trap!'

  Claire quickly turned her head behind.

  "As expected from our renowned teacher, Ms. Claire" A figure of a young man hiding in the shadows of the alley.

  "We've met before... You're the repeater, Azriel Crowford" Claire's eyes becomes fierce while staring at Azriel.

  "Call me whatever you want, I don't care. There's no need to be cautious around me. I bear no harm at all, I just wanted to talk" Azriel walks confronting Claire under the moonlight.

  "What is it? And what are you doing in place like this?"

  "I'll go straight to the point we're running out of time. It's about the monsters who dwells in our world"

  Claire becomes more skeptical upon hearing his statement.

  "You see I'm aware of those occurrences and I'm clearing them out when I got a chance. "

  "We share the same goals so I'm asking you if we can team up with your companions in this matter?"

  'If he's telling the truth we can accept his offer but I can't agree to his conditions just yet' Claire's blabbering on her mind.

  "I can't decide this on my own— I need my companions opinions. I'd like to propose an idea to you, Mr. Azriel."

  "Hmmm? What is it?"

  "I'd like to ask you some questions and you should answer them truthfully. You might gain my trust if you would agree"

  "Do as you please, I'll answer them with honesty" Azriel replied

  Claire's eyes glimmers and started the questioning Azriel.

  "Who sent you here? And why do you know so much about this ?"

  "Straightforward as always, no one sent me here I just wanted to meet you myself. Why I know so much? There's no need for me to explain about it" Azriel replied and crossed his arms.

  'His statements are true... But why? I need more'

  "I see, why do you fight this monsters, What's your goal?"

  "Easy, I just wanted to destroy this foul creatures and to put an end on this madness"

  'is my ability getting blocked? No, there's no way if so I would feel it' Claires seems curious

  " Uhm– could you stop using that? It kinda annoys me"

  "So you knew?"

  "Yes from the start of this interrogation you used your ability or spell. I told you before, that you can trust me"

  Claire paused for a moment and she closed her eyes. After that she stared at Azriel's eyes.

  "Last question– who are you, really?"

  "I'm Azriel, a normal student from a wealthy family... That's all I can say"

  "Oh right, I already mentioned my request to one of your companions."

  "What do you mean?" Claire replied

  "I talked to KIYAN earlier and he said the same thing that you've said, I admire your relationship to each other"

  "What did you do to Kiyan?!" She gritted her teeth.

  "Don't worry, I didn't harm him or anything. All I can say is he's a very interesting person " Azriel Smiled

  "I'll be going now. Once you've made your decision, just ask Kiyan to meet me—he knows what to do."

  "One more thing be prepared on what's to come. Well then, see you." Azriel disappeared into the shadows of the alley.

  Claire let out a deep sigh after Azriel left the alley.

  "I need discuss things with Kiyan, I should hurry" Claire left the dark alley and rushed to go home.

  Kiyan is lying on his bed with his eyes closed.

  "It still bugging me ugh– I hate this feeling" Kiyan stood up and went downstairs.

  In the kitchen Kiyan goes to the fridge he grabbed a Cola and Chocolate bar. Atter that someone's footsteps can be heared outside as the door opens Claire just arrived home.

  "What's the hurry ?" Kiyan asked and Claire comes closer on Kiyan

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  "What happened with you and Azriel?" She said while catching her breath

  "How did you know that?"

  Claire explained to Kiyan on what happened to the alley...

  "Yeah, he said the same to me... It seems like he really wants to join us solving these problems"

  "But earlier at the park he did something strange"

  "Hmmm? What is it?"

  "He said he wants to talk to me in private so he took me on the place ASTRAL SPACE and if my memory serves me right he said about possession or something"

  Claire thinks for a moment before replying.

  "So you guys talked in Astral Space, generally there's nothing wrong with that but it consumes a lot of mana and energy to the user"

  "The only thing that piqued my interest is about the possession. Why did he want to posses you?"

  "I have no idea honestly" Kiyan replied

  "Before he left earlier he mentioned something strange too, he gave me a heads up on what's to come "

  "To many unknowns, let's rest for today. Are you free on monday after school Kiyan?"

  "I have an appointment with Elysia on that day, why?"

  "We need to talked about this with others so we can come up on our decision"

  "Why not we discuss it tomorrow?"

  "I'm aftaid that's impossible, I need to attend an important meeting tomorrow"

  "About what?" Kiyan sips his cola.

  "It's about Quantum Physics, there will be an presentation in front of the lecture room and all the professors are attending "

  "Wow, that's a surprise that you study this kind of stuff. I didn't know you were a student too."

  "Student you say? Hah— I'm the one who's presenting in front of the professors and you dare me call a student?" Claire grins and laugh upon hearing Kiyan's words.

  Kiyan dropped his cola on his foot still can't believe on what he just heard.

  'You really are talented HAHA, but I didn't think that it would be like this' Kiyan said on his mind.

  "You never cease to impress" Kiyan laugh

  "You should be grateful that you had a chance to live with this genius. I won't take any more of your time I'll go to my room, Goodnight Kiyan"

  "Goodnight"

  Claire went to her room and Kiyan goes back too after cleaning the spilled cola on the ground. Inside of his room he started writing something on his diary before going to bed, eventually he fell asleep.

  On the other hand Claire is looking at her computer while talking to Mari.

  "Can you browse on his information for me Mari?"

  "Sure, give me a sec"

  "There it is, it says– His name is Azriel Crowford from the family of Lustia Emetea"

  "Stop there Mari, can you send me the whole image of it?"

  "Okay Claire, I just sent it on your computer "

  「Student Name: Azriel Crowford

  Age: 22

  Gender: Male

  Family/Clan: Lustia Emetea」

  "Hmm– everything seems normal"

  "What's your plan now?"

  "I still don't know, let's finalize this someday. I'm going to be now, Goodnight Mari"

  "Goodnighty Claire~"

  Claire shutdowns her computer and goes to her bed.

  The night sky is so clear tonight that the only thing visible is the full moon gazing down upon Estelle City. Azriel is sitting on top of the water tank near the south entrance of Estelle City.

  "It's about time, they should appear now..."

  After a few moments a pack of black wolves emerges outside the South Gate. Azriel jumps to the scene confronting them.

  "This is the reason why I wanted to help them. They didn't know that the situation is getting worse overtime."

  Azriel summoned his regalia — a pair of black and white longswords, each embedded with a crystal of the opposite color at its center manifested in his hands.

  "Let's get started foul creatures"

  A wolf jumps toward Azriel and he slashed its neck with ease. He continues to slash the heads of the wolves.

  Suddenly a wolf jumps behind him leaving Azriel with a little scratch on his arm.

  "This black wolves are stronger than the white wolves, are they evolving?"

  Azriel casted a spell [Shadow Slashes]

  A barrage of purple slashes appeared hitting the wolves from afar but to his surprise the black wolves were aren't affected by it.

  "Is it immune to spells? "

  The giant black wolf appeared behind of the other wolves and roared raising the morale of the other monsters affected by it.

  "That wolf is their leader? I must finish him before I cause a commotion here"

  Azriel aimed to slash a wolf but the wolves become faster and stronger now. The other wolf scratched him on his leg causing Azriel to bleed

  "Tchhh– I had enough!"

  The white sword in his right hand began to glow, and with a sweeping strike, he purified the small wolves surrounding him, leaving only the leader behind.

  "Let's finish this..." Azriel looked at the leader his eyes are overflowing with bloodlust.

  The Big wolf rushed to him and started to attack Azriel. He parry the wolf's attack and he pushed it back using his swords.

  He took the opportunity to release a blinding light from his sword and he strike it with a cross slash on its chest causing the giant wolf to lose its balance.

  The wolf released a terrifying aura but Azriel is already chanting for his final blow. He holds his white sword with both hands concentrating his magic on the sword.

  "TAKE THIS, STARFALL STRIKE!"

  Azriel struck the giant wolf with his sword, reducing it to ashes and leaving a deep slash mark on the ground.

  "Oh shit! That was so loud I need to get out of here quickly, but I need to clear the evidences first"

  He collected all the magic crystals and left the scene immediately. After he left the police arrived at the scene investigating what happened there.

  Azriel who's standing on top of the building looking at the police while holding the magic crystals. He let out a deep sigh and he patches his wounds.

  "My body is still in bad condition because of what happened earlier, but the good thing is I managed to handle those monsters."

  "This is the thing I wanted to tell them that the monsters are getting stronger not to mention they comes out around midnight or early morning now"

  "I can guarantee that they're getting stronger" Azriel looked at the magic crystals

  "These things are supposed to be color blue not red– And the one from the leader is huge..."

  After patching his wounds he jumped on the sidewalk and started walking like a normal person.

  Next day the fight of Azriel against those wolves are on the news specially the mark that he left on the ground. The scientists on the news theorizing that the origin of the mysterious mark appeared because of the movement of the tectonic plates.

  They conclude that it's the reason why they felt a sudden mild earthquake last night...

  Kiyan who's watching tv at the living room turn off the tv.

  "It's so boring to watch something like this in the morning. Since Claire isn't home It's a great idea to go outside she told me that she will come home late today"

  Kiyan changed his clothes for something more casual and left the house.

  "Come to think of it, this is my first time exploring Estelle in the morning. Where should I go? Hmmm..." Kiyan pulled out his phone to check for places, but then he noticed he had a notification.

  "It's from the chat group..."

  「Roselle: Have you heared the news?

  Shin: Yeah, what about it?

  Roselle: Wanna take a look? It's a hot topic right now

  Shin: I don't mind, sure I guess

  Roselle: @Kiyan how about you, wanna join?」

  'This is a good opportunity to explore the city' Kiyan said on his mind before replying

  「Kiyan: Sure I'll come, where to meet?

  Roselle: Great! Let's meet at the park.

  Shin: Ok

  Mari: Hi guys @_@/

  Roselle: Hello there Ms. Mari *-*/ Wanna join us?

  Mari: I want to but Claire give me urgent task T-T

  Roselle: maybe next time you can join us

  Mari: Gladly '-')b

  Kiyan: What time Rose?

  Roselle: Let's meet in 30mins, cya guys

  Kiyan: Got it 」

  "I still have a few more minutes, hmm? What's with that crowd?"

  Kiyan goes to check the crowd and he found a stall that selling limited stocks sakura mochi.

  " Give me three boxes pls" Kiyan said

  The crowd suddenly stopped and look at him. A man whispered at Kiyan.

  "Do you know how much those mochi costs?"

  "How much?" Kiyan replied

  "30,000 Estrellean bills"

  "WHAT?! Can I back out?" Kiyan was flabbergasted

  "No kid, apparently we're doing a bidding here– and so far you're the highest bidder"

  The seller is about to announce the winner of the bidding and the seller points at Kiyan.

  "Congrats Kid" the man walks away from Kiyan and the other bidders clap their hands.

  Kiyan immediately called Claire through phone but she's not answering.

  "DAMN IT! I FORGOT SHE'S IN THE MIDDLE OF PRESENTATION RIGHT NOW!"

  "I guess there goes my savings..."

  Kiyan paid the seller and walked out with three boxes of sakura mochis. The seller smiled, and Kiyan forced a smile back.

  "At this point I really need to get a part-time job. I almost spent all of my savings in one day. How's this mochi tastes?"

  Kiyan opened one box of sakura mochis, there's a bunch of little mochis inside. He took one and ate it.

  "Uhmm this is so great! Of course! It cost me 10,000 Estrellean bills per box... Kidding aside these are good. "

  After some time Shin and Rose arrived at the park they spotted Kiyan who's sitting on the bench at the park.

  "What's up Kiyan?" Shin greet Kiyan

  "I don't know what to feel right now, but here you guys can have these"

  Kiyan gave Shin a box of sakura mochis that he bought.

  "These are limited on spring only, how did you get this? Most people will pay so much for this"

  "That 'most people' you're talking about was me. I asked the seller immediately that can I have 3 boxes "

  "YOU WHAT?!" Shin and Rose Exclaimed

  "Yeah yeah I know, enjoy the food" Kiyan is still gloomy while the two enjoying the mochi.

  "You want some Kiyan?" Rose asked but when he looked at him he is staring at the blank space.

  After they finished eating Rose smiled with satisfaction.

  "I'm full, thanks for the treat Kiyan. Let's go to the south gate" Rose said

  "Oh yeah right, how many gates does Estelle City have?"

  "It has four main entrances north,east,south, and west" Shin replied

  "We're at the East side of the Estelle City this parts are well known for its stores. Because some stores here are very old preserving their traditional creations"

  "Wow Shin you look like a tour guide"

  "What do you expect? I'm not like you I would be very surprised if you're the one who's talking like this"

  'I'm starting to get addicted in banter of this two' Kiyan said on his mind.

  "That being said, our destination is the south gate right? Let's go" Kiyan said with a smile

  "Let's Go~"

  The three of them left the park and continue their detour to the south gate of Estelle City.