Ch 1 - Jumping Over the Wall

As the warm light trickled in through the window, the girl on the bed flipped the covers open. It was getting hot.

Trucks picking up trash outside began to beep, and she turned over in frustration, trying to cover her ears... wait trash?

Immediately, despite the slight vertigo, Reah was sat up and alert.

She was late!

Ah... the cliche of a late, messy female lead to add some charm to any story.

Reah stumbled out of bed, toothpaste foam not completely wiped from the corner of her mouth, hair brushed in the fastest time known to man on Earth (yet still messy), and shirt buttoned in the wrong order, was out of the door like the flash at dawn.

And of course, she lives in the city, and not the school dorm, otherwise, she wouldn't be so late.

Coincidentally, she has no one to remind her to get up.

And of course, while she has enough money to rent an apartment on her own, apparently, she still can't afford a vehicle to get her to and fro.

What a delicious combination.

And so, as she runs through back alleys to get to the right places on time, in another place...

"Shut up."

Damien swung his sword one last time, taking a good look at the blood on the ground.

To make matters worse, a translucent red window floated in front of his vision, constantly spitting text and blocking him at just the wrong moments.

Not all of the blood dripping from his sleeve belonged to his opponents.

"Are you sure you don't want to upgrade this lovely assistant sir? You now have 30,000 merit points, and all I need is 3,000."

"Get lost!"

"Answer is not a no, commencing automated upgrade ( ˶ˆᗜˆ˵ ) "

"I didn't allow this upgrade!"

"Too late."

As he looked at the text on the window, Damien's blood froze.

Reah, blocked at the open gate, tried climbing over the wall... but the vines tore, letting her fall backward to her seemingly...

"... demise."

He then shut his eyes.

Upgrade Completed!

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Jingling, Jingling

A sound of deep and large bells filled Damien's ears, his head then separated from his neck.