[WELCOME]

When Alex passed through the door, the first thing he saw was the sun shining as if spring had come.

The sunlit lawn gave Alex a vast feeling he had never seen before. In his view, he saw an area as wide as a football field, with greenery everywhere, and in the middle of the field was an old hut that looked like it was made of reeds.

Before Alex could walk towards it, he had to stop as he heard a voice behind him.

Mereine was standing where she was, like Alex, observing her surroundings to see if there was any danger.

After all, Mereine didn't have the feeling of comfort inside like Alex did.

When Alex looked back at her, she felt safe and began to carefully walk towards Alex.

Mereine looked around and was so fascinated by the pleasant smell of the grass and its waving when the wind blew that she didn't know what to say for a while.

When Alex saw her surprised face, he smiled and said, "Isn't she pretty?"

Mereine looked at him with a slight smile, perhaps she was impressed by Alex's calmness, and said, "Yes, it is really quite nice, I wish we always lived in a place like this."

Alex looked at Mereine once before looking back at the bench. "I wish we had the chance," he said.

Alex and Meraine grew up in an orphanage, although it wasn't bad, there was no such sense of freedom there.

After the orphanage, it got worse and the room they stayed in cost them 30 copper coins a month. The 3 silver coins they earned per month were barely enough to last them the next month.

In Woldemort's continent, the currency was 100 copper coins = 1 silver coin, 100 silver coins = 1 gold coin.

Alex usually did heavy work. Mereine works in a tailor shop for 7 copper coins a day. he would actually make a little more money than Alex.

Alex held Mereine's hand as she started walking. Mereine smiled back and they started walking towards the hut.

The cabin looked quite small, even smaller than the room Alex was staying in. As we approached, to the right of the hut was a field similar in size to the size of the house. There were thigh-high hedges around the field.

Nothing was planted in the field.

The door of the hut was made of bamboo, just like the stamp. The closer Alex and Mereine got, the more confused they felt. This was because although the door was old, it still gave a certain might and noble feeling.

When they reached the door of the hut, the two looked at each other and took a deep breath. They lined up like a rope, with Alex at the front. Although Mereine did not have much strength, the determination she had accumulated over the years had blessed her with the courage to at least try.

When Alex put his 4 fingers between the door and pulled the door open, he took a step back to be alert.

He slowly gripped the kitchen knife tighter as the door slowly opened.

The door opened slowly. When Alex looked inside, he realized that the inside did not look like it did from the outside.

If from the outside the hut appeared to be 3x3 square and 2 meters high, the inside was surrounded by ceramic cylindrical columns 10x10 long and 5 meters high.

Alex and Meraine looked at each other again. Alex, who looked like he was about to say something, swallowed the lump in his throat hard and said, "Follow."

Mereine shook her head sharply and followed Alex carefully.

The moment Alex took his first step through the door, he couldn't help but glance around the room once more.

The floors are made of marble with black pieces on white, giving it a strange unbreakable appearance. There were 6 cylinder-like girths from floor to ceiling, 3 on the right and 3 on the left.

On the purple wall with gold accents opposite him was a picture of a fierce panther with purple eyes that looked as if it was about to jump on Alex at any moment.

Alex's fur stood up like a cat while looking at that picture. It became difficult for him to breathe, as if death was right above him. He was feeling nauseous, sweating, and trying to close his eyes as if he were going to die.

Mereine immediately noticed Alex's situation. He went to Alex and started shaking him anxiously.

Alex suddenly came to his senses. First he took a deep breath and let it out. He just stood there on one knee trying to calm himself down.

Mereine looked at him with concern. As he grabbed Alex's arm and prepared to take him away from here, Alex waved to him and said, "I'm fine, I just lost it a little."

When Alex was ready to stand up again, he slowly straightened his stance, but made a great effort to keep his eyes away from that picture.

After mocking himself, Alex slowly looked between the first cylinder and the second cylinder.

There was a pedestal right in the middle, on the pedestal, a wristband covered with a glass bell was swinging up and down as if it were in a zero-gravity environment, gaining a mystical appearance with its black color, the same color as the dagger

The only difference was that the bracelet was simple and unpretentious.

Alex looked between the second cylinder and the third cylinder. There was another bracelet, the same bracelet in a glass jar, on the same base. The only difference was that this bracelet had a line on it that seemed to indicate something.

When he turned his head and looked to the right, on the same base between the cylinders, there was a pair of black rings with an elegant panther carving on them with fine details.

Alex and Meraine were both amazed and confused about those rings.

On the other pedestal, there was a round purple metal coin-like shape with the outside view of the hut engraved on it.

Alex felt like his heart sank when he saw that token. He looked at me as if he had to have that thing urgently, as if it was something so valuable that I couldn't let it slip away.

Mereine's reactions were quite normal; she kept a certain distance as she paced the room, looked at a bracelet, a statute, and admired their beauty.

Alex unconsciously began to walk towards the coin, step by step. Every step he took felt like the coin was beckoning him to come closer.

Mereine noticed his situation but hesitated whether to intervene.

Meanwhile, Alex had already arrived in front of the life bowl. Even though he felt that it would not break, he still carefully lifted the glass.

When he lifted the bell jar, Alex bit his left thumb hard, which had not yet healed, as if he knew what to do.

He adjusted his thumb to rest on the coin as he let the blood flow. When the first drop of blood touched my coin, it trembled slightly and looked as if it were excited.

Mereine stared at the scene unfolding before her, her eyes wide as if she had been distracted.

When the second drop of blood touched the coin, it swayed up and down, trying to escape from the invisible shackles.

When the third drop of blood fell, there was a stillness in time, as if time had stopped and neither Alex nor Mereine nor the coin could move.

This event was immediately interrupted after a few seconds that seemed like a lifetime, until a slightly attractive and calm voice was heard, coming from nowhere.

[welcome assassin of the night, welcome warrior of the dawn, welcome healer of the sun]