When Seungmin was out of sight, Byungho couldn't help, but lightly frown in worry for his younger half brother. The timing of his problematic condition was really awful and it was even worse that Lilith, the queen of hell and mother to all demons, had no clue how to help him.

Byungho glanced at Wonpil and saw that the older was basically staring at the bathroom door in worry before his gaze shifted onto Byungho. Wonpil showed a deep amount of concern in his dark eyes, which reflected the way Byungho was feeling at the moment. Still, a part of the brunette knew that his older brother he was probably more worried about Seungmin's wellbeing than him. After all, Wonpil was a demon and couldn't understand what their younger brother was going through.

The brunette couldn't help but think back to the moment Seungmin started to behave like he wasn't able to understand what was going on around him and how he just fainted mere seconds after seconds after that. Byungho had barely been able to catch him before he would have hit the ground.

"Should we get Woosu and Samuel?", Wonpil asked quietly like he was talking to himself. The demon's gaze adverted Byungho's and focused at nowhere in particular. For a moment, Byungho wasn't even sure if Wonpil was talking to him. The faint sound of a running shower was the only sound that was audible in the room right now.

Woosu and Samuel knew that something had happened to Seungmin but they weren't given any further information because of Lilith, who basically gave Rana the order to keep them away. Why she tolerated Byungho and Wonpil near Seungmin was still a bit unclear, but the last thing Byungho wanted to do was thinking about Lilith's motives. After all, she was a complicated and unreadable woman.

"I guess they should know that Seungmin is awake now", Byungho answered after a long pause. Wonpil turned around to look at Byungho and his worried, dark eyes were enough for the brunette to know that he should be the one to get them. At some point, Byungho really asked himself if he and Wonpil had always understood each other without words.

"I will be back in a few minutes", Byungho said, showing his older brother a small smile before heading to the door. Before the brunette left he heard Wonpil say a quiet "Thank you".

Byungho let a sigh escape his lips when he had walked a few steps away from the door of Seungmin's room. He slowly started to hate the gods for their stupid fate. Why did all of this need to happen? Why couldn't everybody just live in peace?

Byungho lightly shook his head, since he wasn't sure if everything that was happening right now was really fate's or the gods' doing, especially when it came to him and his family. After all, Adam had said ... no. No, no, no. The brunette once again shook his head to get those thoughts about this certain angel out of his head. There was no way he would start to think about this particular angel. He didn't want to think about any angels if he was honest.

"Where are you heading, Byungho?", the voice of his father echoed through the corridor. Byungho was ripped out his thoughts by that voice and halted before he turned around only to see his father, dressed in a black suit with his signature grin on his face, standing at the end of the corridor.

Just seeing the devil made Byungho feel conflicted. He didn't know whenever to hate him or not, to accept him or not. He was used to hating his father but recent events revealed that there was more to Lucifer than he had seen as long as he could remember.

"Samuel's room", Byungho answered his father's question simply. He wasn't really fond of the idea of talking to his father right now. The only thing he wanted was getting to Samuel's room to tell Samuel and Woosu, who had been staying with the siren for the night, about Seungmin being awake now. 
Lucifer hummed as a response to his son's answer and walked up to Byungho, still having a smile on his face that seemed casual but still amused. Byungho wasn't really fond of this smile either, since it was both difficult to interpret and irritating.

"Is Seungmin doing okay? Lilith seemed a bit stressed when she walked to her office, which is unlike her", the devil casually asked, like he was having a normal conversation with Byungho. The brunette didn't know why his father wanted to know how Seungmin was doing, since he was pretty sure that he already knew. That Lilith was stressed didn't really surprise him, because despite being hard to read that woman made it fairly obvious that she hated not knowing things or being unaware of something. She also hated things she couldn't predict, which was one of the reasons why she hated Eve with a passion. She couldn't predict her actions and never provoke her.

"He is awake", Byungho continued to answer with a few words in hopes of his father just going his merry way if he refused to really talk to him. Lucifer nodded and his smiled widened a bit, but it wasn't an amused or teasing one. No, it almost seemed like Lucifer was glad to hear Seungmin was okay, which confused Byungho a little bit. Had he seen this in his father's expression before?

"I will not keep you from getting to your younger brothers then. Besides, you will have to train later today, right?", Lucifer mused and started walking, unfortunately in the direction of Samuel's room. Byungho slowly followed his father, not saying anything for now.

The brunette knew that his father was well aware of everything that was happening at the moment, but it still was a bit creepy to be made aware that he even knew NCT's plans and schedules for the rescue mission. The days Byungho hadn't realized the power and knowledge of his father were really a bliss, but that reminded him Seungmin's problem with his moral compass. Could Lucifer know a way to fix it?

"Father, do you know a way to help Seungmin with his moral compass?", Byungho asked very directly, not wasting any time or words. He looked at the back of his father's head, waiting for some sort of response.

Lucifer slowed down his steps and halted to let Byungho catch up the little distance that was between them before faced the brunette. It surprised Byungho a bit when he noticed that he was of the same height as his father and therefore eye to eye with him. In Lucifer's dark eyes the brunette also saw all his brothers and himself.

Byungho tried to read in his father's eyes if the devil knew something, but he was just met with a bit of sorrow and guilt. So, even the devil didn't know how to fix a confused moral compass.

"I don't have a solution Seungmin hasn't come up with on his own at this point. After all, I was just as baffled about the condition of his moral compass as Lilith. There has never been a demon that felt so morally conflicted like Seungmin", Lucifer said and adverted his gaze a little bit. Byungho could get a glimpse of something that was similar to parental concern in the devil's eyes.

"I guess even my pure blood children are exceptional. I should have noticed that a lot earlier, but times passes by way to quickly for me", he went on and sounded a bit amused, but his voice had an bitter undertone Byungho was barely able to pick up. The devil looked out of the window to his left, which lightened up the corridor, while he played a little with the golden ring on his right ring finger. It was his wedding ring.

Byungho looked down to his right hand where he was still wearing his mother's wedding ring on his pinky. He had almost forgot about the little piece of jewelry, since it fitted him too perfectly for him to really feel it. Just gazing at the ring let this bitter sweetness and sadness he had tried to shut out, take over him. He missed his mother.

"You should get to your brothers before Wonpil and Seungmin get worried", Lucifer commented after silence had fallen over them. Byungho looked up to his father, noticing that he was still looking out of the window. He looked unusual calm, but at this point Byungho had given up on trying to read his father. The brunette just nodded, walked past Lucifer and towards Samuel's room while not looking back to his father.

When Byungho reached Samuel's door he took a breath before knocking, trying to process the little talk with his father. When he did knock, Samuel opened the door like he had heard the other coming. "Is Seungmin-hyung okay?", the young siren immediately asked. The younger looked up at Byungho with his big eyes, which shimmered with worry.

Samuel's honest concern about someone was still one of the most heartwarming things in the world in the opinion of his brothers. The siren overall was just so pure and innocent he simply deserved the world. Or at least the peaceful part of it.

"He's awake and at least seems fine", Byungho replied. Samuel let a breath escape him as well as his shoulders slump in relief. He must have been beyond worried about Seungmin, but as far as Byungho knew the siren still didn't know what was really up with the redhead.

"I'm glad he is okay", a voice behind Samuel spoke up. Byungho raised his gaze and looked past Samuel, spotting Woosu, who was walking closer to his two brothers. The white-haired warlock showed relief and Byungho was glad he seemed more like himself again.

Woosu showed a tiny smile, but it didn't meet his eyes at all. The warlock's big, round eyes were normally glowing when the other even showed a tiny smile, but right now they seemed like a storm was swirling in them. The young warlock had something on his heart, which made Byungho remember what his father had said yesterday. Maybe Woosu the thing, that troubled the warlock was what he had already wanted to talk about yesterday.

Without much further talk, the three brothers returned to Seungmin's room. Samuel was basically running ahead while Woosu and Byungho walked in a normal pace. At some point, Samuel began dragging his two older brothers towards the room because he was very impatient.

When they arrived at Seungmin's room, Samuel was the first one to wrap Seungmin, who had just finished his shower judging by his dripping hair, up in a hug. The young redhead was a bit taken off guard by the sudden hug of his youngest brother, but he didn't complain and laid his arms around the siren, accepting the embrace.

Wonpil, on the other hand, seemed more occupied with mustering Woosu a bit. The warlock was nervously shifting his weigh from one foot to the other. It was more than obvious that Woosu wanted to say something, but didn't for some reason.

"Everything alright, Woosu?", Wonpil asked, slowly walking over to the warlock. Woosu nodded and showed Wonpil a smile that probably should have been reassuring, but just showed a bit more that the warlock needed to tell them something. Maybe he just needed a bit of coaxing.

"You know you can talk to us about everything, right?", Byungho asked, looking at the warlock. Woosu raised his gaze to look at Byungho. The dark eyes of the warlock showed that he was still debating whenever or not to talk now. 

"I know right now is a bad timing ...", he began, fiddling with the sleeves of his sweatshirt. Byungho just laid a hand onto the warlock's shoulder, giving it a reassuring and gently squeeze. Woosu glanced at Byungho for a short moment before taking a breath. Seungmin and Samuel's attention was focused onto the warlock too.

"I need to talk to you about something I have thought about", Woosu finally said, letting his gaze flicker to each of his brothers. Byungho noted that Samuel didn't seem surprised at all. Maybe he knew what was coming.

"Go ahead", Seungmin encouraged the warlock. Woosu nodded and took a breath again before he continued. He seemed like he had thought about what he was going to say next for some time now.

"Our father came to talk to me not long after the incident with Zendala. I was still out of it and didn't know what I wanted, so he just sat beside me and told me about what he knew from my mother's life. Where she grew up and what she did before she met him. Of course he didn't fail to mention that my mother used to be close with Zendala which was a bit of new information for even him", Woosu started and dug his finger into the fabric of his sleeves.

Byungho was sure that there was no denying that a part of the young warlock was angry knowing that his mother was murdered by someone she had been friends. This anger was like a flame burning in the warlock's eyes.

"I asked father if there was any way I could help to stop Zendala and then he told me about NCT and all the other groups, including StrayKids and Day6, that planned on rescuing the creatures that were captured by Zendala and the hunters she works with", Woosu went on, looking at his brothers once more. Byungho could see that he was determined, which made it clear what had been on his mind on the warlock's mind. He wanted to participate in the rescue mission.

"I want to help the creatures Zendala is holding captive. My mother didn't teach me magic for nothing", the warlock ended. Byungho knew from his brother's tone alone that he wasn't taking "No" for an answer.

"Are you sure about this?", Wonpil asked carefully, looking at the young male with the white hair. Woosu nodded with determination glimmering in his dark eyes. Wonpil nodded but Byungho knew the older wasn't really happy with this.

Samuel, who was still hugging Seungmin, wasn't any better than Wonpil. The young siren looked back and forth between his brothers with a bit of fear and worry. He was probably afraid of what was going to happen next, despite having been aware of Woosu's plan. After all, to him Zendala was a very dangerous person that had managed to break into the mansion of the devil and attempted to take Byungho, Wonpil and Seungmin with her by threatening to kill Dowoon.

Just seeing Samuel scared and worried, reminded Byungho of the fact that he was even younger than Jeongin and hadn't lived in the mansion for too long. He had officially joined the Kim family not even a year ago and already had to witness things that would have given a normal person permanent nightmares.

"We will be fine, Samuel", Seungmin reassured the young siren before Byungho could even open his mouth. The redhead patted the siren's back in a comforting manner and Samuel relaxed a little bit but his eyes still showed his worry.

Seungmin looked up from Samuel to Woosu. He seemed to quickly think something over before he continued to talk. You could see it in the redhead's eyes when he was thinking something through.

"I think having another warlock would be quite beneficial for the rescue mission. Ever learned to create portals?", the redhead asked. Woosu showed a little smile, which made his eyes glow a little bit. Apparently he did know the portal spell.

"Mastered it when I was twelve", the warlock answered, slowly regaining his sunshine-like smile.

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Jeongin was slowly woken up by a rather deep but pleasant sound that reminded him of a cat purring. The more he was coaxed out of his slumber, the more present became the deep purring along with a comforting warmth behind him. There was also this barely noticeable vibration on his back, which he kind of enjoyed.

Slowly did the kitsune open his eyes, adjusting to the light that was filtering through the curtains of the room. At first, Jeongin noticed that he wasn't in his usual room, but he realized in just a second where he really was, mainly because he saw Jisung and Minho cuddled up on the bed opposite of the one he was laying in.

The fox spirit couldn't help but smile a little when he recalled who the one purring behind him must be. Slowly and carefully did Jeongin turn around in order to not wake Felix or accidentally make him stop purring.

When the kitsune was face to face with the sleeping ginger his smile widened a bit more. Felix hadn't woken up yet and continued to purr like a little kitten. Jeongin knew what of the meaning a cat purring, so he assumed that the same applied to cat hybrids, therefore Felix must be feeling very comfortable and safe right now.

Jeongin had to refer from cooing at the cute ginger, who just looked extremely peaceful and cute while he sleeping. His ginger hair was a bit messy and a few strains were falling into his face. Being so close to the cat hybrid made Jeongin notice that even though Felix had ginger hair, cat ears and cat tail his eyelashes had a blackish color. It was a minor detail compared to the fact that  being close up to Felix made you realize that he had a lot more freckles than you could see at first glance. It was like he had a little galaxy of stars painted all over his face.

"My mate is simply beautiful", Jeongin thought to himself, slowly bringing up his hand, so he could brush the strains of orange hair out of Felix's face. Just before the kitsune's hand came into contact with the cat hybrid's hair, the ginger stirred and slowly opened his eyes, blinking a few times to get the tiredness away.

Jeongin had the feeling someone knocked the air out of his lungs when Felix's clear brown orbs looked directly into his eyes. They were warm, comforting and made Jeongin's heart speed up in an instant.

"Morning", Felix greeted in his deep morning voice while he smiled tiredly. Still, the ginger's eyes shone like the sun behind the room's curtains. Jeongin didn't get out a reply, instead he internally wished he could travel back in time and tell his younger self to confess his feelings to Felix as soon as he got his crush verified by Hyunjin.

The kitsune got ripped out of his thoughts when Felix pressed his forehead against Jeongin's hand, closing his eyes in the process while his purring continued. For some reason Jeongin felt his whole face burning up. He couldn't explain why but just seeing Felix being this cute made every facade he tried to hide behind crumble into little pieces. The fox spirit had no idea the other could do that by just being adorable.

A sudden knocking on the door made Jeongin sit up straight and bump his head onto the upper bunk bed. He groaned in pain as the pain shot through his head. He raised his hand to press his palm onto the aching spot in hopes of easing the pain away.

"Are you okay?", Felix asked beside him, slowly sitting up too. He was smart enough to not hit his head. "Yeah. I'm fine. Don't worry", the kitsune quickly replied and rubbed the aching spot. It would probably give the kitsune a not so pretty bruise directly on his forehead. Felix looked at the blond with a bit worried but said nothing. Still, Jeongin could practically feel Felix's gaze quickly scan his head. The kitsune silently appreciated the cat hybrid's concern and mentally told his quick heartbeat to calm down.

"Just come in", Changbin yelled from the upper bunk bed Jeongin had hit his head on. He sounded like he had just woken up as well. The door to the room was opened by Hyunjin and Chan, who were fully dressed in sports cloths.

"We were send to wake you up", Hyunjin declared, grinning enthusiastically. Jeongin would have scoffed at his cousin if his head wouldn't hurt so much. There was a bit of rumbling from the upper bunk bed and the next thing you know Changbin was standing on the ground. Sometimes the speed of the vampire surprised even the kitsune.

"Are Seungmin and Byungho-hyung already here?", the vampire asked, trying to sound normal, but Jeongin picked up on the barely noticeable worry in the vampire's tone. It made him questioned if something had happened when Changbin, Hyunjin and Chan bid goodbye to the two Kim brothers, but when the kitsune looked to the wolf hybrid and the siren he couldn't see anything that would indicate such a thing. Maybe Changbin was worried for a different reason?

"No, not yet but I called Byungho not long ago. They will be here soon", Chan answered. Changbin relaxed a bit after hearing that and seemed a bit relieved, but Jeongin couldn't understand why. Was there are reason to be worried about them? Goodness what had he missed yesterday?

"Now get dressed we have to go to the training in the halls", Hyunjin urged while clapping to fully wake up Minho and Jisung. The two were still half asleep and Jeongin couldn't blame them for it, but the kitsune did question why he and Hyunjin were included in the training, even though they didn't participate in the rescue mission.

After being a bit annoyed and teased by Hyunjin, everyone was dressed in sports cloths and ready to start their training for the rescue mission. Chan walked ahead of the group, because he was seemingly the only one who knew where they were training. Felix walked beside Jeongin and had casually taken the kitsune's hand while wearing a little smile on his lips as they walked. Jeongin had nothing against the handholding, but he was more focused on Chan since he knew that the wolf hybrid still had wounds from the fight with the hunters at the moon pack houses.

"Chan-hyung?", the kitsune spoke up, trying to gain the silver-haired male's attention. "Yeah?", the older replied, glancing over his shoulder back to Jeongin.

"Are you going to be fine when you train? I mean you are technically still wounded", the kitsune asked rather frankly, but openly showed a bit of worry. Chan lightly giggled and let himself fall back a little, so he was walking beside Felix and Jeongin.

"I'll be fine. Sicheng gave me a special potion brewed by your spells and potions teacher Mr. Lee. It seemed like those two are working together when it comes down to the medical stuff", Chan explained while he tried to let the part with the "medical stuff" sound lighthearted. Jeongin silently appreciated that the older tried to be optimistic, but he knew all too well that those potions were also a preparation for rescue mission, may it be for the ones held captive or the ones that won't make it out without a wound.

Subconsciously Jeongin tightened his grip on Felix's hand, because a part of him knew that the cat hybrid as well as the other members of Stray Kids could return from the mission wounded or worse, dead.

Felix lightly bumped into Jeongin's side, making the kitsune automatically look at him. The cat hybrid showed the blond a bright, sunshine smile that told him not to worry. It was really magical how Felix could remain positive even in such a situation, but Jeongin knew that even the ginger could feel hopeless. It made it even more admirable that right now he chose to be optimistic.

"Okay you two. Spill the tea. What happened yesterday?", Jisung suddenly chimed in, popping up between the two and slinging an arm around Jeongin and Felix. It forced the two to let go of each other's hand. If Jeongin hadn't been a kitsune his face would be red by now. Only for the sake of not getting teased did the kitsune quickly build up a little facade to cover up everything that was indicating he was flustered.

The kitsune looked past Jisung to Felix to check how the ginger was reacting to this, since he had no clue what to do if he was honest with himself. He really wasn't good with crushes or relationships or whatever was related to all of that.

Felix looked back at the kitsune with a silent question in his eyes. Jeongin knew that the ginger was asking for his consent to the others what they had figured out just yesterday evening. Well, Jeongin had known for a longer period of time but Felix realized it yesterday. The kitsune had no need to think about telling the others for long, so he just gave Felix a little nod, permitting him to say it, because for the love of all gods he had no idea how to formulate it himself.

"Well, yesterday we figured out that Jeongin is my mate", Felix said like he had prepared that line, but it sounded clear and confident nonetheless. Jisung's jaw dropped in an instant. It was seemingly the last thing he had expected Felix to say.

"Wait... you kissed?!", that was Minho from behind them. He sounded like he just had a realization and didn't know whenever he should be worried, protective over his little brother or just surprised. Jeongin hoped dearly he was just surprised, because otherwise he would have to stay away from Felix for the rest of his life.

Chan along with Changbin were the calmest ones out of the whole group. They just seemed to be happy for Felix and Jeongin. Hyunjin on the other hand was obviously occupied with having the realization that he could see mate bonds with his siren ability. Funny that Jeongin figured that out before him.

At the moment, Jeongin was beyond glad to be a kitsune. Otherwise everyone would be able to see his tomato red face. Still, he wished Jisung and Minho weren't there because they surely wouldn't shut up about this for the whole day. Maybe Hyunjin will join them just for the sake of teasing Jeongin.

"Wait if Hyunjin joins Minho and Jisung in teasing me he could tell everyone how long I had a crush on Felix!", Jeongin realized silently. He would never hear the end of this that was for sure.

"Alright everyone calm down", Chan calmed everyone down (primarily Minho and Jisung). Jeongin silently thanked his hyung for that and tried hard to get back to being normal again, so he could let his facade fall again.

The kitsune glanced to the side and saw that Felix was blushing a bit, but he also had this proud, adorable grin on his lips. It made Jeongin's heart skip a beat. Goodness gracious Felix was just overall beautiful and adorable.

"To the gods. I mean I knew you had a thing for each other but you being mates was kind of a surprise. Is that normal by the way? To have so many friends that already found their mate?", Jisung stated and looked for the last part from Minho to Chan. Both hybrids had no answer to that and carefully shook their heads.

Jeongin couldn't help but chuckle at his hyungs' cluelessness but he really asked himself what kind of luck they had that every hybrid in Stray Kids had found their mate within the group. The kitsune wasn't going to complain though, since being Lee Felix's mate was something he hadn't even dreamed of.

After that little incident, Chan ushered them to the main trainings hall since now they were officially late. In front of the trainings hall they were met with Taeyong and another man Jeongin didn't know. He had black hair, wore rather formal cloths and didn't have a special scent, which left Jeongin absolutely clueless about his species. A glance to Chan was enough to tell that at least the wolf hybrid knew the other male.

"Sorry that we are late", Chan immediately apologized, making the rest feel a bit bad because that was on all of them, but Chan still took the responsibility for it. Taeyong and the unknown male shook their head, dismissing the topic instantly.

"For the ones who don't know him this is Im Jaebum, the leader of GOT7 and a barrier mage", Taeyong quickly introduced the unknown male beside him. Jaebum showed a little, polite smile before Taeyong continued to talk, telling each member of Stray Kids where to go specifically for today.

Felix, Minho, Changbin and Chan had to go to the main trainings hall while Jeongin and Hyunjin were lead to a smaller one by Jaebum. Jisung had to follow Taeyong to another hall where all the magical creatures, who were supposed to master the portal spell, were.

Jeongin walked behind Jaebum with Hyunjin by his side. Even though he had talked about it with Felix, a part of him still felt guilty about not participating in the rescue mission. Since he was little, he was told he was a gifted magic user and an even better illusionist, but now he cowardly didn't put his talents into use for the greater good.

Hyunjin gently elbowed Jeongin, successfully ripping the kitsune out of his thoughts. The blond looked at his cousin and only saw the siren smiled cheekily, making the kitsune scoff, thinking Hyunjin wanted to annoy him. Still, he silently thanked him for wanting to cheer him up.

The hall, which Jaebum lead them to, was filled with creature, who weren't participating in the rescue mission, but that didn't mean they shouldn't be prepared. Jeongin almost immediately spotted Yedam among some children that were probably from the moon pack. The oldest of them seemed to be just around Yedam's age and the youngest probably just learned how to shift into a wolf.

While looking around a bit more, Jeongin noticed the lack of magical creatures here but well NCT could only save wolf hybrids and werewolves from the moon pack until now. Jeongin along with Ms. Hwang were probably the only "rescued" magical creatures here.

Talking about Ms. Hwang, Jeongin wasn't able to spot his aunt anywhere in the hall, but after looking around a bit more he found her. She was talking to a woman, who sat in a wheelchair, on the far end of the hall.

"Wonho and Jinyoung should be here as soon as possible then you can start training officially", Jaebum spoke up, looking at Jeongin and Hyunjin. Both teenagers nodded and thanked GOT7's leader politely before they walked further into the hall, not really knowing where to go.

"Hyungs", Yedam called and quickly ran up to them with a smile on his lips. The boy was followed by the children he was standing with earlier. Just by the scent Jeongin could confirm that all of them were wolf hybrids and werewolves from the moon pack.

"Yedam-oppa. Will they train with us?", a little girl to Yedam's right asked. She quickly glanced at Hyunjin and Jeongin with her dark eyes before looking back up to Yedam. Jeongin estimated that she must be around six years old, but she could be younger too.

"I guess so", Yedam answered the little girl and patted her head. The little girl didn't react to that and turned her head to straight up stared at Jeongin. The kitsune normally really liked children, but that little girl creeped him out a little. He couldn't really read her since she was so focused on him, but he didn't comment it, internally hoping that she would just stop it on her own.

"I can't smell what they are", the little girl groaned in frustration, making Yedam as well as the other young werewolves and wolf hybrids laugh. Jeongin couldn't help but chuckle at the little girl's frustration. So that was the reason she stared at him like he had grown a second head.

Hyunjin was chuckling too, but then crouched down to be face to face with the little girl, who ruffled her hair while grumbling incomprehensibly. "Want to guess what we are?", he asked the little girl, smiling a little bit. The girl immediately got red cheeks and hid behind Yedam's leg, making Hyunjin pout. Jeongin silently laughed at his cousin for his failed attempted to befriend the little girl.

"Can I guess?", a little boy asked, raising his hand like he was in school. He seemed to be around seven years old and had messy dark brown hair that was falling into his face, almost hiding his big, dark brown eyes.

"Go ahead", Jeongin encouraged the little boy, since Hyunjin was still pouting like he was a preschooler. The little boy mustered Hyunjin and Jeongin quickly before he gave his answer.

"The tall one his a nymph and you are a warlock", the little boy guessed, looking at Jeongin with hopeful, wide eyes to see if he was correct or not. The kitsune had to give it to him that he guessed pretty well in Hyunjin's case since nymphs and sirens were pretty similar in some aspects and even Jeongin being a warlock wasn't that far from the truth.

"Almost. I'm a kitsune and my friend here is a siren", Jeongin gave the children the answer, receiving a rather mixed reaction from the little ones. Some looked at them with a fascination that you could think they were aliens and some's jaws just dropped.

"Pretty cool, huh?", Yedam commented and basically everyone nodded in agreement, making Jeongin and Hyunjin smile a little bit. That was probably one of the best reactions they got when they told a group of people what they were.

"So you can like manipulate anyone?", a girl from the back of the group asked Hyunjin with sparkling eyes. The boy beside her lightly punched her shoulder, mumbling something about her being rude. The girl immediately seemed apologetic.

"Well, I can do a lot more than that", Hyunjin mused, finally standing back up. The group of youngsters just awed at that and immediately wanted a demonstration. Hyunjin looked over to Jeongin obviously being a bit unsure if they should demonstrate their powers or wait until the training started. Before Jeongin could help his struggling cousin, he was interrupted by a female voice.

"Children the training will start soon enough, so be a bit more patient", the voice said. Jeongin turned around to his aunt, who was pushing the woman in the wheelchair towards the group. The kitsune could tell immediately that the unknown woman was a wolf hybrid by her scent.

"Yes, ma'am", the children answered, making Jeongin believe that this woman must have some authority. The woman had long brown hair, that was braided, dark brown eyes and a rather round face that made her look younger than she probably was. Her legs were covered under a blanket and she had her hands folded on her lap, but something about her posture told Jeongin that she hadn't been sitting in a wheelchair for long.

"You two took your time coming here", Ms. Hwang commented, looking at Hyunjin and Jeongin with a light frown on her face. Both boys remembered in that instant that Ms. Hwang hated it if people were too late.

"We got held up a bit", Jeongin answered, hoping that she would go easy on them. Luckily, Ms. Hwang couldn't say another word before the woman in the wheelchair chimed in.

"So those are your two boys", she said, sounding rather excited, which to an certain extent confused Jeongin. A glance at Hyunjin and the kitsune knew his cousin was just as surprised as he was.

"They are. This is my son Hyunjin and my nephew Jeongin", Ms. Hwang answered, introducing them to the woman in the wheelchair. Both boys greeted the woman in a polite manner like they were taught, making the unknown woman smile a bit.

"You must be a bit confused because of me. I apologize for that. I'm Keon Hana from the moon pack", the woman introduced herself and finally gave away why she seemed like and authority figure. She must be related to the moon pack leader Keon Yun, but the kitsune still asked himself how his aunt knew her. Before Jeongin could even think about asking about that, Wonho along with another male entered the hall, announcing that the training was going to start.