"I climb the western tower in silence, the moon like a sickle. Clear autumn is locked deep courtyard, where a wutong tree stands lonely. Sorrowful parting has cut, but not severed our ties; my mind is still wild. Separation is just like a taste in head and heart."

The poem was called "I Climb the Western Tower in Silence" written by Li Yu.

The night was cold as usual and some people had left to take a rest. In the middle of the night, a man stood there on his ground. A person dressed in black looked at his pocket. He had gotten a word from someone.

[Let's meet up tomorrow, don't be late. The light will be there.

- Red Witch]

He turned his pocket into invisible mode before he left to take the rest. This time, he had decide to take a rest for awhile before leaving tomorrow.

- Two Slayer Candidates -

Nox was a man with long brown hair tied in ponytail while wearing white mask descended down the stairs. He was wearing black robes and then entered the bar.

Inside the bar, he was greeted by a warm hug that came from a youth with long brown hair tied in ponytail just like his. The bangs covered his eyes and he didn't talk much. He let his hug told him how much he missed Nox and Nox knew that this youth must have missed him. And Nox also missed him so he hugged him back.

"You've come, Nox" Ha Jinsung said. He was a middle-aged man. "We are going to Viole's house, do you want to come with us?"

Next to him, there was a red haired lady who wore an eye patch to cover one of her eyes. Her name was Hwaryun.

And on the floor, there was a black haired lady who wore the crest of the Yeon Family.

Yeon Family was known for a matriarchal family and the females have tendency to look down on the males. They were also known for producing strong female flame users. Their crest was in a pink color flower that was quite rare, Zigena Flower.

To say that Nox was surprised because of there was a lady from the 10 Great Families, he was more surprised seeing her laying on the ground unconsciously. There didn't seem to be any kind of fighting since there was no traces of burning or fire.

The man with brown hair broke the hug while Nox answered, "Of course."

"Then let's go!" Ha Jinsung happily said and walked first. Hwaryun followed him from behind while Nox and Viole were thinking about how to move this lady from Yeon Family. After all, they can't just drag her around right?

Jue Viole Grace and Nox were two slayer candidates from FUG.

FUG is the most dangerous and secretive syndicate in the tower. The official members wore the "Mark of the Slayer". Compared to Wolhaiksong, FUG was more like a religious organization as they only one belief which was to kill Zahard and the 10 Great Families.

Jue Viole Grace was a famous slayer candidate since he was said to fought and even tied with a ranker. And it was because that he was famous that there were lots of rumors around him and sometime, the rumors could be quite ridiculous. But at the end, since the rumors and truths have all mixed up, it was hard to discern which one was real or wrong.

Although he wasn't as famous as Viole, Nox was well-known for having the white smiling mask. Since he would always wear mask no matter where he goes, some people assumed that his face might be quite ugly or scary that he decided to hid it. But there were also some people who said the opposite. They believed that it was because his face was pretty that he covered it with a mask. Otherwise, he wouldn't appear to be fearless.

In short, the two of them were just like mysteries. No one knew where they came from or why would they join such a dangerous organization like FUG. They just know that they were raised in FUG and the enemy of the people who were loyal to Zahard and the 10 Great Families.

For these two slayer candidates, people treated them with various kinds of attitudes. Some treated them with respect, fear or even hatred. The same thing happened on Viole's new teammates.

Wangnan was a blonde haired man with yellow eyes with a mole under his eyes. Miseng and Going were siblings where Miseng was a little child with short brown hair and Goseng who was older wore glasses. Akraptor was someone with close-cropped silver hair with golden earring on his right ear. Horyang was a big man with black hair while Prince, he was a boy who was around Miseng's age or maybe older. The last one was the Lady from Yeon Family who they brought back, Ehwa.

Due to this unexpected and unwanted visit, things got really awkward. Wangnan was sweating coldly. Miseng can't take her eyes off from them. Goseng, she was trembling that she didn't realize that she hurt her own finger while cutting the apple.

"Why do you look at us like that?" Ha Jinsung asked. "I may be from FUG, but I am not a bad person!"

Wangnan laughed nervously and scratched the back of his head, "Ah, I understand! You are from FUG but you are not a bad guy! I see!"

While Ha Jinsung was bragging about his students, Jue Viole Grace took Nox around and showed him around before he brought him to the rooftop to enjoy the wind.

"7 years have passed and now you have new friends" Nox said and sat down on the edge of the rooftop. He took of his white smiling mask, revealing the adorable and innocent face that was very similar with Viole with a pair of golden eyes. "These regulars are interesting."

"Yeah......" Viole agreed. "Ah, you shouldn't sit there. What if you fall down?"

"It's fine" Nox answered. "But brother, do you miss the others?"

Viole heard his question and froze. He pressed his lips tightly as he was unable to answer.

Nox noticed it and smiled, "Brother, it's fine. I am good in keeping secrets."

"...... I......want to see them......"

He lowered his head after he said those words. Nox looked at him without showing any expression. He had long know how much Viole missed his old friends. He looked at the sky and thought about what they have been through for all these years.

Whenever he felt that something was too heavy for him, then he would always remember of Viole who he believed to suffer the most. No matter what, it was his decision to be a slayer candidate to accompany him, he had no right to complain and he should endure everything.

Even if there was someone to blame, then he would blame that roach and FUG for kidnapping people selfishly and making them into slayer candidates.

"I heard that you fought with a ranker" Nox said. "Well, how does it feel to fight with a ranker?"

Viole lowered his head and looked at his palm. Fighting with a ranker?

Before he met his seven new friends, he was following a test about the room that can't be trusted. He fought with ranker who has been hating FUG for all these years and used "the slayer candidate is too arrogant that he refused to follow the rules and to choose teammates" as a reason to challenge and fought him.

Viole did it well but at the end, he was deceived by Wangnan and stuck in the same team with them. He was also willing though.

"Oh? Something like that happened?" Nox asked and leaned closer to Viole. "That Wangnan is quite daring enough to fool my brother huh?"

"Don't hurt him" Viole said.

"Brother, I don't dare to hurt your friends."

"Don't mess with them" he said again.

"It's hard to tell then" Nox said.

Viole gave him the disapproval look. Nox chuckled, "It has been awhile since I see that kind of expression of yours."

"Don't pull tricks on them" Viole said. "And don't try to bully them."

Nox pouted and then waved his hand, "Alright, alright, I will restrain myself." He looked again at Viole and said, "Anyway, since you fought with a ranker, then you must have learn something new right?"

Viole nodded his head.

"Then can you teach me about it? Please?"

Viole thought that there would be no harm in teaching him some new movements so he agreed.

"Then since you have promised me, you can't take back your words, okay?"

"I won't" he said and patted his head. "It's just that I wonder whether you could master it in short time or not."

"Then should I take that as a challenge?"

Viole was about to respond when someone opened the door and greeted the two of them. The person who disturb their talk was Ha Jinsung.

Seeing him coming, Nox reached out for his white smiling mask and then wore it again.

"Your new teammates are fun, Viole" he said to Viole. "Congratulations."

[Living Room]

On the other hand, Wangnan who heard about what Hwaryun has just said was shocked.

"You.....what did you say?" He asked her.

"Didn't you ask us about how we are going to make our dream comes true?" Hwaryun repeated his questions.

FUG, no matter how threatening they were, they can't do anything to Zahard and the 10 Great Families. The head of the 10 Great Families and Zahard had made the contract with the administrator to be an immortal. The regulars and FUG won't be able to harm them as long as the comtract existed.

But what if there were someone who weren't bounded by those rules? The people who weren't tied with those rules were irregulars who didn't come from the tower, who opened the tower on their own.

"Nox and Viole..... Charlotte and the 25th Bam....the two of them were the irregulars who were trained to make our dream come true."

[Rooftop]

Ha Jinsung congratulated Jue Viole Grace to be able to have new friends.

"I will talk to Mirchea" Ha Jinsung said and leaned against the fence of the rooftop next to Nox. "Although there might be some complaints, but they won't do anything ahout it. It might sound weird, but I have wished for the two of you to be happy again for all these seven years."

Viole looked at the sky and Nox looked at the floor.

Happiness, huh?

Their happiness was snatched by someone else, they were used by someone else, they lived to manifest the dream of someone else. They were nothing but puppets used by FUG. They were treated coldly in FUG yet the people in FUG wanted them to be their Gods and they wanted them to achieve their dreams.

Nox unconsciously clenched his fists.

The two of them didn't have any grudge with the 10 Great Families. They even be friends with the descendants from the 10 Great Families and Zahard Princesses. But because of others' ambitions and greed, they were dragged into this mess.

But even though the people in FUG harsh toward them, Ha Jinsung was different. At least he treated them idly and friendly. Hwaryun wasn't that bad either. But they wanted to look for their old friends, they wanted to go to the past.

It has been seven years since Nox saw his old friends. He didn't know what they were doing and how they have been improving.

"I don't know what you think of me saying that...considering that I am the one who forced the two of you to live a life that you don't want" Ha Jinsung said. "But be happy.....as Viole and Nox."

Nox felt that his words were sincere and earnest. After all, Ha Jinsung had done a lot for them. But still, he wasn't satisfied. He wasn't satisfied. Whenever he saw the shadow of his friends, whenever he saw them on his memories, he wanted to run and then hold them. He has been suppressing the desire to forget everything and run back to his friends.

Ah, he really wanted to reverse the time. But if he reversed the time, then the tragedy would happen again. It was the best to move forward.

Their old friends believed that they had died without knowing that they had became ghosts who wondered around in night just for them. Their obsession was what stopping them from looking their friends, from meeting them and even lived as someone else.

But Nox had promised Viole, Charlotte had promised to Bam, that no matter what happens, he would find a way to bring him to the others. He would be giving him the reunion that he had dreamed for a long time.

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Character Info:

For those who didn't know who is the person on above, he is , a character from or written by

Nox's clothes design was based on him. His white smiling mask and black attire was the same with Wu Ming.

Nox's name means night. I thought that it would suit him since Jue Viole Grace or 25th Bam is the light or sun for lots of people. The day is followed by night, the night exists because of the day.

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