​"Everything that I am is a gift as well as a curse."

Rumors about an infamous Mage-sprout - Azalea "The Bewitched"- had been circling around the Hunter's Council. Such rumors tend to attract the attention of various organizations. It's easy to tell with the uncanny similarities the men enquiring often possess. These malicious gossips had produced troublesome situations for Azalea's demon hunting job. Most hunters are afraid to team-up with her and some people are reluctant to make a hunting request with her involved.

During her solo hunt in Dimatagpuan Region, four students from the renowned school, AB Academy, appeared before her with an odd offer. This academy's Headmaster had grown a sudden interest in her skills as a Mage and he wants her to enroll as one of his scholars. It is the most unexpected offer which might as well bring the greatest change in her current lifestyle. Is she prepared to leave behind her normal daily life of hunting and fighting, to turn it around into an unusual daily life of socializing and schooling? How will she respond to her new environment as she learns more about who she really is?

Defiant

Fifteen minutes after two o’clock in the afternoon 


AB Academy grounds, Second Watch Tower area 


“I could easily recognize the man standing before me,” one of the intruders evaluates his opponent. “He looks like your regular salary man however,” he surveys the area with his eyes. 


Sean and Shin Tenett are twin Ki Masters that this mysterious organization has trained to become their private soldiers. For as long as they can remember, they have been in the organization following a set daily routine of training. All they know is to follow the organization’s orders like mindless puppets. 


Counter 12: Bottomless Whirlpool (part 1)