"FOOOOOOOD!" I ran towards the counter and slammed my hands on the table. "one ham omelet. Pronto!" I cheered, my face lighting up at the thought of the salty taste of omlete mixed with ham. "slow down (y/n). Gee, you're fast for food." Khun walked towards me with hands in his pockets and his signature grin. "one bibimbap and one ham omelet." he ordered.

"I'm also fast on picking out cute guys." I added, smiling innocently. Khun looked at me with a raised eyebrow. "yep~"

"here's your meal. Enjoy!" the chef pushes out four bowls towards the counter. Four?

I looked to my left and saw Endorsi. "oh, hey." I greeted. She greeted me back, and walked towards the table.

"hey you three! Here's your seat!" Hoh called out mentioning us.

~

The table was filled with chattering and gossiping. "so who's the victim?" Khun asked me. I pointed towards the black haired swordsman with my eyes. "him? Really?" Khun pouted. "he said Hara Kiri is manly!"

I went bursting out laughing, but ended up choking on egg instead. "stop bringing that up! You couldn't stop pestering me about it yesterday!" I took a big gulp of water.

"um, Ms. Endorsi, why don't you be Friends with Hatz?" Bam chirped up. "with him? Are you putting us together~?" Endorsi gave Hatz a flirtatious gaze which Hatz avoided by looking away. "well, not bad."

"yeah! And he's got a good body!"

Omg Bam no-

"sorry~ I'm sorry but no~" she declined. "why? He'll show you some sword tricks if you want!"

I giggled. That's not up for you to decided though, Right?

"I'm not allowed to date." she answered sadly. "hah. Sucks to be you." I took another big bite from my omelet. "really? That's one dismal household."

They were chatting back and forth. But a thought came to my head. "then get married immediately. You don't have to date them." the chattering seized. I said something embarrassing didn't I.

"what? That's not how that works!" Shibisu speaks up. "yeah. What kind of life did you live in (y/n)?" Hoh asked

A fancy one that's for sure.

"don't be like that you guys~ she's just stupid." Khun wrapped his arms around my shoulders. "oh yeah! I heard that you and (y/n) are going out together~ congrats!" Hoh added. "what- what! No! No I'm not!"

"flustered (y/n) is a cute (y/n). Right Hatz?" Shibisu nudges Hatz's side, which he replied with a nod.

"oh? oh! I see what going on here! A love triangle!"

"old hag please shut up." I covered my already beat red face with my hands. The taste of ham is the only thing keeping me sane.

And the fact that Khun hasn't pulled back his hand didn't help.

~

"welcome to the stage For those of you who are in the fisherman class. Today we will be having a test rather then a lecture." the fisherman's teacher announced, floating high up in the sky.

We stood on large, tall and white circular pillars. "The aim of the test is to be the last one standing. You get it? From now on, you should jump from the bars and make others fall down until the total number on the pillar is eight."

One fall from here would break your leg.

"lets start."

~

I sat on the pillar, not moving an inch, staring at the bright sky and watching the clouds move. I heard a boom behind me. Probably Endorsi and Anaak again.

But the foot tapping was closer then I thought-

"hey~" I jumped up, grabbing my needle and got into a fighting position. "what do you want. Bitch."

"wow! I gave you my name but you still call me a bitch. Hurtful." she faked a sad tone and grabbed onto her heart, wrinkling the black fabric.

"you smell like onions. What did you eat?" I waved a hand in front of my nose. "hah. Comedic ." she charged her needle towards me. I blocked it with mine.

"I know. I got it from your dead grandpa." I kicked her stomach and she stumbled back.

She went in to punch me. I moved my head to the left and dodged her fist. I grabbed onto her wrist and twisted it, pulling it down and sending her face to my knee. She rubbed her nose and stumbling back a bit.

I went in for a choke hold and didn't let her go. She clawed at my arm, coughing. "sorry, but you're going to have to leave!" I threw her over to the side. Making her roll over.

She grabbed onto the ledge a d successfully pulled herself back up. "damn it you!"

"can't beat me that easily sweetheart!" she kicked my side, making me roll over to the edge. "bye~" as she tried to kick me off, I grabbed her ankle and pulled her down.

I luckily grabbed onto the ledge, and she unsuccessfully failed on grabbing my ankle.

I pulled myself back up and dusted my shirt, laying myself down again. "bothersome..."

"AHHHH!" the screaming sounded distant so it didn't alert me. But still. What the fuck?

~

"congratulations Bam!" I clasped his hand. "you managed to pop 2 now!"

"hehe... Thanks Ms. (y/n)!" he chuckled shyly. "oh, drop the miss thing. Just call me (y/n)!"

"hey! Did you hear the news?" khun walked towards us. "what is that? Why do you sound like a gossip girl?" I laughed.

"I should go now! See you next class!" Hoh stuttered, running off.

"whats wrong with him?" khun asked, sounding sort of offended in some way. "I... Don't know." Bam shook his head. "anyways, did you hear? Endorsi and Anaak might fail the test!"

"oh snap! I forgot to tell you! Endorsi and Anaak had this big ass fight and they ended up both falling and breaking their legs!" I snapped my fingers, grinning. "they can't walk lol."

"isn't there a way to help them?" Bam looked down to his hands. "help? Why?"

"well, I just feel bad."

"Bam, I know what you're trying to say, but this is the fair result of the competition. If those two don't fail, someone else will. Do you want to help them too?" Khun sighed, explaining coldly. "well, I know but-"

"Bam, we all have to make someone fail to go up higher. You're going to keep making others fail to go up, right?" I tilted my head, "yeah.. But-"

"stop it Bam. This is not a problem that we can solve." Bam stayed silent, his grip on his drink got tired. "isn't there a way to make everybody happy?"

"well, the God who created the tower might know the answer." Khun looked up towards the blue sky. "and where's that God?"

"at least, somewhere higher then us."

~

"regulars participating in this joint test, congratulations! This joint test is for 28 of you, excluding the ones who've already failed and passed." Lero Ro announced. "and 14 of you will make a team and take the test."

The board showed up, I got team A with Khun. "hey! Were in the same team." I slapped his back."yeah! Show me your skills in this test, would you?" he grinned. A blush crept to my face. "y-yeah!"

~

"isn't this test too hard? Even though he's alone a ranker..." Shibisu sighed, his shoulders slumped.

"I'm sure it's fine." I polished my sword and placed it back into my armed inventory. "he's the weakest looking out there."

"it's true that's he's the weakest... But still..."

"Besides, we're a team with all positions," Khun added.

"not to mention, there are multiple people from the great families. It'll be fine." I did an eenie minny miney moe on my weapons, and ended up back with the sword I put in before.

~

"first, we need a bait." Khun said, after coming to the conclusion that we will catch the seeker. "I vote on Shibisu!"

Other agreed with me, since he's a scout. "fine! But I'm dragging you along with me!" he grabbed me by the wrist. "no complaints here." khun gives me a thumbs up, I looked at him flabbergasted. "are you kidding me..?

He dragged me to an area with Khuns lighthouse trailing behind. "it's dark... I feel like he can jump at us at any moment." Shibisu sighed.

"I feel like his eyes would be glowing red or something." I pulled the edge of my eyes, making it squint. a laugh followed after.

"hello?"

"AHHH!" Shibisu screamed, making me scream. "dude, be quite!" I elbowed his side. "the bastard scared me!"

"it's to bad... If we win this round, Bam would fail the test." Shibisu said. "still, we can't fail this test just because Bam is in the other team."

"cold hearted."

"thank you."

"shush. I hear something." I bent my knees, clenching my fist and pulling it out in a fighting position. Glowing red eyes approached.

"oh my God his eyes are actually glowing red!" I gasped. "hey khun, Rankers here..."