The Art Of Sword

*Back to Sunz and Grace finding their way out of where they were*

Grace: You know which way we came from?

Sunz: I don’t know. I instinctively found this area while dragging you.

Grace: Hmm… we can ask the Officer from before for direction… or we could wander our way out.

Sunz:… You prefer the second option, don’t you.

Grace: Oh, so you want to let the group wait! Fine, I’ll spoil you some more.

Sunz *brain crash* (WHAT!?)……………………………..

“Yeah, let go with that.”

Different voice: Sorry for interrupting you two’s moment. Are you perhaps lost?

*It was the Officer from before*

Sunz and Grace:…

Officer:… So you two are lost. Strange, this area is restricted, one of the security guards must have left their post. And you two must have “mistakenly” wandered in here.

Grace: Are we in trouble, Officer? This is my fault, he has nothing to do with it.

Sunz (This is my Fault!)

Officer: Call me Silver, and no need to point finger. This couple thing happened more often than we expected.

Grace: If you can give us the direction, then we will be out of here in no time.

Officer Silver: As much as I want you two to leave this area, I can’t allow that to happen. For now, you two just have to stay in this spot.

Grace: Did something bad happen?

Officer Silver:… Yes, right now, the building is under attack. And we need the civilians to stay put while waiting for rescue. Can you two do that?

Grace steps behind Sunz and places both of her hands on his shoulders: We can! Plus, I have him keeping me company.

Officer Silver: That is good to hear. So stay safe. I have to go now.

He turns away and says to himself, (It's my fault!) then runs in the opposite direction of Sunz and Grace.

Sunz felt Grace’s hands leave his shoulders (Well, he's gone.) Then a pair of glasses got put on his face.

Sunz: Wait, what are you doing?

Grace: Don’t wiggle around. It’s just glasses.

Sunz turns around to see that Grace has put her glasses back on.

Sunz: Woah!

Grace: No time to admire my beauty. You want to know what is going on?

Sunz*slaps his own face to snap out*: Yeah, I do, but we aren’t allowed to move.

Then a bug flew out of Grace’s glasses and hovered between the two.

Grace: This will be our eyes and ears.

Sunz: This is cool.

Grace: I know!

Grace gestured for the bug to follow Silver. It flies at extreme speed and manages to sew itself onto Silver’s outfit shoulder without him notice.

The glasses on Sunz and Grace’s face start changing lenses to reflect what the bug is seeing and hearing.

Sunz: This thing has great image stabilization.

Grace *messing with Sunz*: What that’s?

Sunz: Never mind that.

Silver is running straight at the window “Open!” then leap out while the window shaping itself. “Close!”. In the middle of this, he put on a glove that allowed him to stick and slide down the side of the building at a fast speed.

In the middle of getting to the bottom floor, he sees many swords flying up toward him and passing him like a flock of birds.

Silver spoke into the communication device: ALL UNITS PREPARE TO BATTLE! THEY ARE GOING FOR SPECIFIC FLOOR!

…

At the moment when a hundred swords fly past Silver, Sunz immediately threw his glasses away, breaking it. His whole body feels extremely fatigued, and his mind feels like it's about to explode while his arms hold on to his head, making sure the brain doesn’t pop out.

Grace wanted to check on Sunz, but he stopped her and told her, “You need to stop those things from killing us.”

*Shatter glass sound*

Grace steps in front to protect Sunz. She summoned an ice rapier in her right hand… “I just want a break” … and a few more identical ice rapiers around her.

*Back to Jihu, Yama, and No Name*

Yama: They have been gone for quite a while...

Jihu: I can go look for them.

No Name: Just let them alone, they only have a little time left to spend with each other.

Yama:…

Jihu:…

No Name:…

-These three don’t mix well together-

Out of the corner of Yama’s eye, a familiar peguin appear, waving at him, then running away.

Yama: Sorry guy, I need to go to the bathroom. Be right back.

Yama instantly got out of their sight.

*Only Jihu and No Name sitting at the table with their phones.*

Jihu: You saw that, right?

No Name: Lonely boy finally falls... I did. Let hope she is a decent person.

Jihu: So you have any love advice for someone like me?

No Name:… You look good enough, girls will flock to you in no time.

Jihu: Any advice for other elements beyond my look?

No Name is *annoyed*: Don’t you have better topics to talk about?

Jihu is *amused*: Like personal stuff. No no no, with that name of yours, there is nothing to ask, also I don’t like to talk about myself to strangers.

No Name: Stranger, huh? I like that. Let's keep it that way. Then some facts from this stranger.

“You are Korean combined with your K-Pop frame, that means you are in a lot of girls preferences. From there, you can go two opposite routes, rich business Korean Man (based on your family condition) or manipulate Korean Emperor.”

Jihu: Those are very bad routes and very stereotyped.

No Name: You asked for love advice, I combined love = getting girls with girls your age preference to that answer.

Jihu: You are joking, right…

No Name: Don’t take any stranger's advice too seriously, and just be yourself. It worked out for those two.

Jihu: You’re right.

*Jihu remembers a fun moment in the past*

-It was during the break, and Jihu was reading his book when he heard some people talking about him.

Girl 1: OMG, he looks so handsome, just like the idol I’m crushing on.

Girl 2: Look at him, not hanging out with other boys, just sitting there and reading a book. I wonder if he is an heir to a powerful company.

Girl 3: I’m sure he is hiding his corrupt personality under all those kind and easygoing personalities. I wish he would corrupt me!

Jihu (This is getting out of hand, it’s only been the first week.) put his book away and approach Sunz, who was playing rhythm at another table, then tap him on the shoulder.

Sunz *remove headphone*: You again… What do you want?

Jihu: The class is playing soccer in the school yard right now. Want to join? It will be a waste to just sit around all day.

Sunz: Yeah, not interested.

Jihu: Come on, don’t make me have to carry you out again.

Sunz: Give me a minute, you parasite… Let’s go. You know you don’t have to do this and just ignore me like everyone else.

Girl 1-2-3 whisper to each other (Why does he always hang out with that bastard? I just want to kill him.)

Sunz and Jihu got out of class.

Jihu whispered to Sunz: The girls in class said they wanted to kill you.

Sunz: I wish I was surprised. Maybe if you stopped trying to hang out with me, then the bounty would be gone.

“So how is it adjusting to a new environment?”

Jihu: Already settled.

Sunz: Good to hear.

*Back to reality*

No Name nudges Jihu: What are those two bodyguards doing here?

Jihu: Getting lunch or changing shift. Let's hope nothing bad is happening.

…

*Yama caught up with W*

Yama: Hey, we met again.

W holds up a slip of paper *Wow! You really fast!*

Yama: I did some training.

W changes paper *Were those your friends... included the person I punched?*

Yama: Yeah, they are. There is still one more, but she is hanging out with the guy you punched.

W changes papers *Oh!* changes paper *Are they dating?* changes paper *The two at the table* changes paper *and the two that are gone*

Yama: Can’t you just string all of those on one paper?

W changes papers *I want to feel like I was talking.*

Yama: Make sense, sorry about that. Also, that information is not mine to share.

W slaps this paper on her forehead * (´•╭╮•`) * then holds up with her right hand *Are you dating one of them* and left hand *Include the males*

While her face is still neutral.

Yama:…

W heard no answer… changed her emotion, slapped * (╥ꞈ╥)◎ * on top of the other paper.

Yama: I’m not dating anyone. I’m single.

W smiles, removes the two slips on her forehead and holds up *Will you date me, despite my condition?*

Yama: Despite your condition. You are a good girl, and I would like to date you, but I would need a way to contact you first.

W slaps *…* on her forehead and holds up, then switches these slips in order.

*I will be the one to contact you*

*I hope you are ok with this*

*Please trust me*

*And don’t cheat on me*

When she held up the last slip, her hands were shaking. Her face looked down at the floor and looked like she was about to cry.

Yama quickly shut all of that emotion down by getting down on one knee and grabbing both of W’s hands.

“I promise to be loyal to you.”

W just nodded in response to what seemed like a proposal. When she looked up, she quickly pulled both of her arms back and showed Yama a new slip.

*If we are in danger, what will you do?*

Then she pointed behind Yama.

Yama turns around and sees many bodyguards fighting a bunch of floating swords.

“Your safety is my priority.”

After saying that, he swept W’s feet and carried her away.