That night, 2 boys’s silhouette can be seen walking in the dark alley. 

“Can you move yet, Sera”

“Barely. Man, you really were ruthless, Reus, firing to the crowd like that. And even worse, you left me to deal with the consequences all by myself.”

“Eh, hehe. About that, sorry. The blood get over my head when I was being hit.So, how did it go”

“Terrible, just terrible. I got scolded for 10 minutes and has to clean up all the mess we, no, you created”

“Again, really sorry about that. As an apology, I will lend you a hand”

“Like what?”

“Well, I will distract her, and you go in for the kill”

“But, you will get involved in this too. I don’t want you die with me,Reus”

“We are brothers,Sera. Even if we have to die, we die together”

“Reussss” Sera seem pretty touched by my speech as his voice is trembling. Well, part of the reason is I felt guilty for leaving him to deal with the mess this morning. But in truth, I just want to see this event with my own eyes.

“Don’t sweat it,bro. Now, let’s do it together.”

Before long, we found ourselves before target’s house.

“Okay, here is the plan. I will call her over the front door and buying time. When you hear the door open, that’s the signal for you to enter. Remember, operation’s time limit is 10 minutes. Got it?”

“Got’cha,bro. May our goddess watch over us”

“Umm, I’d prefer she doesn’t watch us doing this”

After seeing Sera off, I muster all my courage and knock on the door.

“Coming”

Not waiting long, a voice can be heard from other side of the door. Welcoming me is a muscular woman in her thirties .Having a face with well-refined features which make you think twice before approaching her. The most distinct feature from her is her skin, unlike normal Kalik which have gray or dark skin, she has a strong tan skin, the result when she was a gladiator.

She is miss Shadya, our martial instructor, the one who is famous with nick name “ 30-years old wizard”.

“Oh,you,the troublemaker. What bring you here” Her voice is as cold as ice. Well, it can’t be helped. With me being a problem child which rarely show up in her class and the event this morning. I can’t say I didn’t expect this kind of treatment, however, I can not back down now, at least, not yet.

“Instructor Shadya, I’m very sorry for my misbehaviour in the morning. I come here to apologize for that” I lowered my head as low as I could.

A long pause of silent.

Out of curiosity, I look up. She is giving me a strange look, like I’m some kind of monster.

“Instructor? You are still angry”

She shake her head while still giving me that strange look.

“It’s not like that. It just … you coming here to apologize kind of putting me off guard. I had thought that you are the kind to run away when troublesome things happened and return when everyone forget about that”

She nailed it.

That’s what I‘d do given the normal circumstances.

How can she understand me so much?

Could it be, she is … a secret admirer of mine.

This is … bad.

Me going here by myself is like a rabbit going to the wolf’s den.

Even worse, if Sera found something strange in her room, like a portrait of mine, I could die.

No, I will surely die out of embarrassment .

I want to get out of here. But I can’t just abandon Sera, especially after that speech.

“Okay,I don’t fully understand but I accept your apologize. Do you want to have dinner with me” The instructor interrupted my thought.

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“D..d..di..dinner? With you? “ My voice is trembling with anxiety “I…I’m so sorry but I just have dinner. Maybe next time. Yeah, next time will be good”

“Why don’t you have tea with me then? We haven’t chat with each other for a long time” She smile while approaching me.

Now that I take a closer look, her face doesn’t look half bad, and she has a well-rounded butt with a big …

STOP

What the heck am I thinking?

She is 30, 30 years old. I don’t have any interest in some old hag who have lived double the life time of mine.

And she is taller than me, and has more muscle than me.

There is no way I’m doing that with her.

I take a step back.

“I’m very grateful for your generous offer, however, I …”

“Don’t be shy. I can’t let you leave like that now that you have come all the way over here, can i? You can even sleep in my house if you want.”She gripped my arm.

She caught me.

Oh shit! Oh shit! OH SHIT.

This can’t be happening to me.

How did it come from dinner to this?

No, I was a fool.

There is no “dinner” in this house.

I’m the “dinner”.

And she’s going to eat me.

I’m done for.

While we approaching her house, my leg’s shaking with fear.

Is my “first time” going to end like this?

Sis Tia, I’m sorry. I can’t wait for you anymore.

As I resign myself, a familiar voice can be heard.

“Reus, what are you doing here?”

Lina.

What’s she doing here?

“Hi, Lina. How’s it going?”

“I’m fine, miss Shadya. Everything proceeding smoothly. Thank for lending me this book” Lina hand over a book with a title of “ 101 ways of …” . I can’t see it.

“Fufu, I’m glad I can be of used. You know you can come to me for advice anytime”

“I’m indebted to you, miss Shadya. By the way, what is this burning smell from your house”

“Burning? Oh no, my dinner”

Instructor Shadya quickly release me and dash to her house.

Dinner? So she DID have a dinner.

No, more importantly, I’m saved.

“So, what are you doing here,Reus” Lina give me a suspicious look.

Overwhelming with relief, I subconsciously hug her with tears in my eye.

“Uwahh , Lina , I love you. I love you to death”

“I..idiot. This is not the place to say that”

“I don’t care, I love you Lina. I nearly kill myself back then”

“What are you talking about? Miss Shadya is really gentle and thoughtful. She even helped me with some problems”

“Problems? Now that you mention it, I think I forget something important”

Suddenly, a shriek resound in the pitch black night like it come from Tartarus.

“YOU! What are you doing here?”

Oh crap! I forgot Sera.

“Lis..listen Instructor. This is a misunderstanding” (Sera’s trembling voice)

“Misunderstanding? Then, what is it you are holding?”

“Th..this? I swear, this is all Reus’s idea”

Damn you Sera, you sold me so fast.

“Lina” I grab to her hand “Let’s run”

“Wait, I don’t understand. Is that Sera’s voice”

“Doesn’t matter. If we are caught, we are dead for sure”

That night, I run like a horde of ghost is chasing me.

Rest in peace Sera, though you betrayed me in the end, may ancestors smile upon you.

(Author’s note: No, I’m pretty sure his ancestors will kill him again. The reason will be explained in side story)