System [1]

Almost a month had pass. Students of class A did nothing but study and master an ability appointed by their teacher, on how to control and grasp on it, for they will need to perform it next week. In addition, students aren't allowed to say their assigned Magic to each other.

Luna couldn't exactly focus on mastering the ability appointed to her. One, the fundamentals of this magic was quite complicated. It needed alot of mana and stamina to achieve its full form.

Poof!

A smoke came out after Lucy attempted the magic, but failed. Her brows furrowed as she frowned and leaned tiwrqds the wall behind her. Sighing in exhaustion.

'Your concentration is lacking. You'll never be able to master it if you always lose focus.' Remarked Aella who was sitting on Luna's bed with a bag of chips together with Agapius.

Aella has been getting along with Luna after she did her a favor. It was nothing complicated, really. All Aella asked was for her to experience a normal human life.

Luna and Agapius, of course, went out together with her on the weekends. Except only Aella stayed in her humaniod form, while Agapius insisted to stay as he was—a beast. Eventually, when they met familiar faces along, Luna panicked and just introduced Aella as her big sister who came back from a trip.

"Ugh, this is exhausting. Why did Professor Marvin assigned me this, it's literally hell!" Luna whined.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

Luna gaze at the door as she heard a knock, she pushed herself to stood up, her legs feeling like noodle as she walk up to the door to open it.

With the door slightly swung open, Luna peeked outside to see Rinalyn waving at her smiling.

"We're gonna go to the usual spot, wanna come?"

Exhausted as she is, Luna was tempted. A fresh air would help her to soothe her cluttered mind and perhaps relax too.

"Sure."

On their way to the cherry tree, Rinalyn asked for a quick bathroom break. Luna who was outside the bathroom leaning against the wall as she wait for her companion, converse with agapius for a while.

'You should really make your move to the love interest soon.' He remarked, which made Luna to have a sour expression plastered on to her face. 'And to find the other male interest, too.' He added.

'Yeah, yeah. Just one more left right? I get it.' Luna answered nonchalantly.

'One? No, you must be mistaken. You still have to find two male interest.'

Luna almost felt like choking by his statement. Two? No, it can't be. For she know for sure she had already encountered all six interest, making it only one to find. But two, all of a sudden?

Agapius seem to have seen her bewildered expression as screen of profiles of the male interest was shown. They're were lined up, and to her surprised three of the profile was nothing but a silhouette.

In addition, the only person whom she thought were also an interest wasn't there.

(Shiki Drust)

Likability rate: 27%

Affection rate: 0%

(Remus Weinberg)

Likability rate: 34%

Affection rate: 4%

Austin

Likability rate: -10%

Affection rate: -3%

(Arlo Kimiko)

Likability rate: 65%

Affection rate: 6%

(Xavier Lester Valencia)

Likability rate: 20%

Affection rate: 6%

(?????)

Likability rate: —

Affection rate: —

(?????)

Likability rate: —

Affection rate: —

'What the...? He isn't one of the love interest?'

Luna bowed as she tried to recall the profiles she had read before coming in. It wasn't vivid as it used to be, making it harder for her to remember all the men imprinted on the DVD. But she was sure there was three men with dark hair— Remus and Xavier are the other two.

"Luna? What's wrong? Are you feeling sick?"

Her head immediately whish up to the familiar voice. There Luna saw Rinalyn wiping her wet hand, looking down at her worriedly.

Luna then stood up trying to get herself together, "I'm fine." She answered.

"But...you look pale, are you sure your alright?"

"Yes, I just need some fresh air."

She started walking first leaving the three behind.

Yeah, a fresh air would ease her mind, perhaps there just might be an error, or agapius hasn't unlocked it unconsciously.

'Yeah...that must be it.'

***

Two certain figure hiding within the forest of illusion, talking as they were nothing but a black dust of light.

"Even if we kill that vessel, there's no doubt he'll just go back from a certain checkpoint." Said the black dust.

"That's true, however, there should be a limit on how many times he could return from one checkpoint to another and back to the very start. If there's really is a certain limit, then perhaps after going back from the start for numerous times, he may even unable to occupy that damn puppet." Remarked by the other.

"Oh! Great thinking!" The first black dust said amused. "So what do we need to do to that?"

"Calm down, it's too early for that. Let's wait for an opportunity to strike, for now, let's head back and report. We've been here long enough, that man would be furious if we stay here any longer."

"Well, alright. That man do like thrills."

The two black dusts flew in the air for a meanwhile, but then suddenly transformed into humans.

One has a dark short hair with a horn on the center of her forehead and was wearing a certain clothing similar to a kimono. While the other one transformed into a man with a grayish dark hair with horns on the side of his head like of a goat', and was wearing a white shirt overlayed with a dark suit.

"You're still handsome as ever!" Enthusiastically praised by the girl with a centered horn as she clings onto the man beside her.

The man however aggressively pushed her away. He received numerous curses from the girl.

As they went deeper at the darker side of the forest, where it cannot be reached by the sun's light...

The two silhouette vanished to thin air.

***

Whoosh!

Agapius' ears perks out of the blue while laying down on the grassy ground. For some reason he felt an ominous feeling as the wind passed by.

"You also felt that, right?" Aella who was also became alert affirmed.

He looked at the Deity disguised as a fox beside him and nodded in affirmation. "The surrounding has been off since lately, too."

The two turn towards Luna who seem to be often dozes off, for she always kept on flinching whenever they call her as if she got back from her deep train of thoughts. Smiling awkwardly as she receives the food given to her.

"Weird." Agapius murmured.

"I know right," Aella said in a singsong manner. "Do you know what's up?"

"Nope, but he seemed to be taken aback from the information I had made him look into earlier."

"Perhaps he doesn't like them. I mean, he's a man, how can he not turn pale after seeing their affection rate."

"... I'm pretty it's not about that,"

"Are you saying he is into guys?!" Aella sarcastically gasp in shock.

"Will you shut up, and let me finish?!" Agapius hissed.

Aella pouted as she gave agapius a frustrated 'hmph' as she then glared at him.

Despite them being friends, Agapius, in fact cannot stand being together with Aella. Perhaps it was because they hadn't met one another for many years.

Shrugging off. Agapius glance towards Luna with an uneasy feeling. He doesn't know what his host is thinking that made him be pale and bothered.

Even he is feeling some kind of casualties from the system as of late, rather...after Luna went unconscious.

'Something's really off...'