Today, Astasia and Kai stood in front of a contemporary house located by the shore of the beach. Ever since Astasia came back after months of missing, the two of them decided to live together in an actual house.
"Don't you think the order of our love is off? We got engaged without knowing each other, lived together before sharing a kiss, and now we're moving houses without marrying?" Astasia say as her main guardians appeared and stared at the house.
"You're complaining too much for someone who doesn't mind anything. So, Astasia, will you marry me?" Kai got on his knees in front of their house and proposed.
At this moment, she was more shocked than anyone else. She only meant to complain and joke about it, but to think that he actually proposed was shocking, "D-duh! Of course I want to marry you!" She dove in for a hug as her guardians pretended to tear up a little.
"I really thought our master would never find a man because of her temper," Jackie sobbed while smiling.
The door of their house opened as Marie and Luke appeared with bouquets in their grasp, "Congrats sis," Luke smiled while Marie ran up to her and embraced Astasia, "My daughter... You're finally getting married. I can't believe it. Kai, please take good care of my daughter."
"I will try my best."
They celebrated the whole day, enjoying the party as much as they could before going back home.
When Astasia opened the gift that her mother gave her, it was a red lingerie which totally exposed her main body parts, "Oh? Your mother has good taste. That would look good on you," Kai commented as he opened the gift from Luke.
It was a picture frame and a matching pair of bath robes, "Where the hell is he getting his ideas from?" Astasia wondered.
In this new house, the two of them happily enjoyed the night to their hearts content until the next morning came when an urgent news from the guild called for Kai.
"Asha, I'm going to work first. You can sleep more," he kisses her forehead as she smiled and went back to sleep.
Meanwhile, Kai drove to the building and was immediately welcomed by Luther, the guild master of Knights. Seeing as he personally came down himself, it must be an important matter.
Next to him stood a familiar man who doesn't belong in Knights Guild. With his golden colored hair complimenting his bright blue eyes, Kai frowned.
This is the same man who appeared in the article with Astasia, and he didn't like that. Seeing his face made him want to commit murder, but he managed to resist the urge, "You're the bastard who kissed my wife," he tells him as Luther mentally laughed at the scene.
Although not many people saw the article, there are still others who were aware of it. One of those people were Luther, who happens to stumble across an article about Astasia with another man.
As interesting as it was, there's a more important matter he needed to discuss, "Enough Kai. He's here to help us in the upcoming mission. The others are inside," Luther says while everyone calmly walked towards the meeting room.
What awaited him were other S-rank members from other guilds, waiting for the arrival of Luther, "It's good to see everyone. Let's begin," he started, "As you all know, while the head of the hunter's association is gone, I am the next one in command."
"What? Where's that old man?" someone among the crowd of high rank members questioned. He possessed a dark red hair that seemed to match his face well, despite how uncommon it was.
"His disappearance is the cause of our emergency mission. There's a human who came out of the dungeon and kidnapped the president. Our mission is to retrieve him," a picture of a dungeon was put up on the screen. Compared to the other high-rank dungeon that they have encountered, this one was rather small in size.
"Why do you need us when its just a weak ass dungeon," the red head ask.
"This dungeon is a gate. We were immediately taken into a city where humans were residing," he began to explain. It was hard to believe that humans existed inside the dungeon despite it being in another realm, since they have never seen humans come from a dungeon, much less a city.
Now, a new rumor was circulating among the hunters that dungeons could be a gate to another world, and in fact, they were right. Dungeons were the gate to travel to the world of Aether, "Kai, will you bring Astasia along in this mission? She's one of the people who has been into the world we don't know," Luther asked as everyone's eyes turned to Kai.
"Why are you assigning someone to this mission who isn't even registered as a hunter?" a woman with a hair similar to a man crossed her arms and argued with the idea of bringing Astasia.
"I agree. We don't know how capable she is and she might drag us down," a handsome man spoke, holding a gun. Out of everyone, he was the only one who possess a firearm while the others were either empty-handed or had some sort of weapon.
"I won't be discussing this any further. Kai, the mission will start in two weeks time. Make sure she comes," Luther dismissed everyone, ending the meeting bitterly. Since everyone was in a foul mood thanks to the topic of recruiting Astasia, everyone's attention was directed to Kai.
It was as if they were telling him not to bring her along.
Meanwhile, Astasia was taking off her pink apron after cleaning up in the kitchen. Then, she pats her leggings to wipe off the imaginary dirt, "Your highness, here is your phone," Jack handed him her phone that was resting at the counter. Then she dialed Kai's number.
"Hello? Is your meeting done?" Astasia questioned, placing all the lunch boxes inside a small bag.
"It is. I'm about to go home now, do you want me to buy food?"
"No. I made food already. Let's go on a picnic today, can we?"
"Sure. I have something to discuss with you anyway,"
"Perfect! Then, meet me at Imperial Beach,"
Feeling excited, Astasia put on her newly white backless dress. The front was cut into a v-line making her chest pop out more than usual, then underneath were her green swimsuit just in case she decides to swim. However, her initial goal was to seduce Kai.
"I feel relieved seeing my queen dress like that," Jackie commented on Astasia who was traveling to the beach using Irith.
Lately, Astasia has been dressing up more in a reserve manner. It was totally not her style considering how her outfits leaned more onto the sexy theme. Thankfully, to the guardians, that wasn't the case today.
At the beach, Kai was the first to arrive since his guild was closer to the beach. He waited for half an hour, just staring into the horizon, before Astasia finally showed up with her tantalizing dress.
Kai, whose mind was at peace, suddenly choked on nothing while staring at his alluring girl. She was beyond beautiful, and all he wanted to do was eat her up, "What did you bring?" he manages to resist his desire as Astasia sat down next to him.
They ate lunch together in peace while the people from the meeting watched them "Wow, pictures doesn't even do her any justice... No, I thought she was already pretty but she's even better in real life," the red head commented while making a whistle sound. He and the others couldn't help but admit how good she looks, however, it didn't mean they approved of her.
"You guys should wait until she finish her date with him or else you'll regret it," the blonde guy, who kissed Astasia, was sitting back with a smirked plastered on his face.
He knew exactly how things will end up here.