Rin Yae smiled as she looked at her (future) boyfriend's back. The way he swung his sword the way his sweat trickled down on his body...

'Stop simping and start working, moron.'

Turning to the side, a tear fell from her eye. In that moment, she could feel her surrogate older brother teasing her.

A young man dressed in casual clothes with his arms crossed. Dark hair covered his eyes as he looked at her with a smile.

Wiping the years away, the little fox smiled and moved. Deflecting the wooden blade used by her crush, she smiled as she moved, making the young man fall flat on his butt.

"Not bad, but the Crozzo swordsmanship style is designed for combat of the highest level. I might have been lenient on my part but not anymore." Tossing the sword back to Adam, Rin smiled and went to the stance her beloved older brother used. "Let's dance, Addy~,"

_-_-_-_

A beautiful young woman smiled as she looked at the magazine on her hands. "Hey, you think this will look good on me?"

A young man wearing a lab coat blinked while holding a puppy with one arm.

"Well, it's not like I can stop you with your shopping sprees," he said while a young boy with white hair and fanned skin winced. "But yes, those dresses will look good on you."

The young woman's cheek became the same color as her pink hair while the young man turned back at his project, a beautiful black box with some gears revolving inside it.

"Arf! Arf!" The puppy barked while he smiled. White hair reaching his shoulders bounced as he knelt down to lower the puppy into the ground. Gentle red eyes reflected the little pup as it rolled on the ground.

"So, do you want to go shopping with me, Huangdi?"

"Come on, you can join us big brother Hu," the boy said with a smile.

"Fine, I'll come along with you. But we have to be quick the Astral express should be visiting and I want to see it for the first time!" Huangdi said with a smile, joy reflecting off his crimson orbs.

-_-_-_-_-_-

Kiana Kaslana sighed as she sat on a beanch in a park near St. Freya. She was a teacher now... Who would have thought. Noticing some students passing by, for an instant, she saw an image of her best friend.

Short dark hair bouncing with the breeze as his lifeless dark eyes looked at the lake while his hands tore pieces from the bread and chucked it at the ducks while she ranted and complained.

Tears formed from her eyes as she held the Baguette in her hand. Rex loved eating fresh baguette but since he can't finish them all the time, he developed a habit of feeding some to the ducks.

"I knew I'd find you here," Mei said with a sad smile as she took her hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. "You know... Rex would be here or at the docks, fishing."

"Yes... He would drag Rin and they would come back with some dishes to cook..." Kiana finished.

"Or grumble all night long and be annoyed that they caught nothing." Mei continued with a sad smile as tears welled and fell from her eyes at the memory of the only male kf their ragtag group.

A sarcastic gamer girl

A kind and gentle motherly priestess

A bratty and earnest girl

And a young man too tired to stop himself from getting kidnapped or manhandled by their groups.

"Hey, you might be the Herrscher but you're still the idiot who almost killed me with food poisoning. Come back here, alright. Sort this thing however you want it but always remember my house and family is open to you no matter what,"

Those were the last words he personally told her before she left to join World Serpent.

The next time they met, she was looking at the photo of himself in his grave

Smiling sadly, she took some pieces of the baguette and threw it on the lake.