After school, Acudan returned home with Kety who knew she was waiting in front of the gate.

“Why wait for me, you better go home first, but I'm sorry I made you wait so long,” said Acudan.

“It's okay. There's something else I want to talk to you about,” said Kety Pery, offering her a carrot cake in her bag on the way home.

“Then what do we want to talk about? By the way, this carrot cake tastes like a real carrot,” thought the Acudan, who was still chewing the food.

“Ah, I made it out of real carrots,” said Kety.

“Well, it deserves it, but it tastes a little sweet.”

“I mixed it with milk. Seeing you eat all those cakes means it tastes good, huh?”

“That's delicious. I envy you for always being perfect. Sometimes teach me to cook, yeah. It's going to be useful later on,” Acudan thought.

“Acu, you really want to be perfect, but did you ever think it was absolutely impossible?” Kety said it without further ado.

“Hmph! Who said it was impossible? I'll be perfect if I feel perfect in the future.” Acudan said while leaning out his chest.

Kety was so confused about what she wanted to respond to, even though she hoped that if she met him, she'd turn into an adult. But he still thinks like a child.

“Haha, so yeah. I get it now; yes, I got it, Acu,” said Kety with a loud laugh.

“That's right. I told you, I'll be perfect if I feel perfect,” said Acudan again.

Kety didn't understand what it meant, like Acudan when he was a kid; he said the same thing, and now there's no change in his words, point, or comma.

"Ah, I gave up."

“That's all you want to talk about?”
“Yes, I guess.” Kety replied.

Towards evening, they quickened their pace. However, someone came to block the two of them. None other than Assassin Romance.

“Hello, you two. How are you?” Ask Ash.
“What?! Who are you?” Acudan was shocked and immediately stopped Ash from getting too close to Kety.

“I know a beautiful girl beside you who will probably be my fiancee. But now I need you, Acudan the eagle-eyed,” said Ash.

Hearing the cool words hidden in the name of Acudan for a moment made Kety filled with admiration for Acudan. Acudan, who was her childhood friend, never knew the abilities of those eyes.

“What do you have to do with me, Uncle?” asked Acudan with a bit of anxiety. Hearing the word "uncle" annoyed Ash, but for his purpose, he ignored it.

“Join my team, Acudan.”

“Don't think I didn't know your uncle was a criminal.”

“It turns out Ash is a criminal, which is really unbelievable, but this uncle has helped me.” Kety muttered.

But it's clear from his nickname, Assassin Romance is indeed a crime.

“Ah, I don't care who he is; I'm going to use him for my own purpose,” Kety thought.

“I didn't believe it. Why did criminals like you work for a mercenary guild? Want to make atonement for your sins, huh?” Acudan said it with a bitch.

“I can't make atonement for such a sin, but I do this for the sake of the kingdom. So join us to stop the Dark Night. For all of us, Acudan,” said Ash.

This uncle is really different, he can even ignore all of Acu's words, which clearly hurt him.

“Don't just call me my name! I only know about you, but that doesn't mean you can call me familiar like that.”

“Then don't call me uncle! It's too old!” Ash shouted.

When Kety thought that Acudan was still like a kid, she just realized that they were either Assassins or Acudans; there was no difference.

Acu is very enthusiastic about his wish being perfect. That's so ridiculous. Then, Assassin Romance hates being called uncle, father, or something similar, even though he is old and not young anymore.

“Stop it! If you keep arguing, people will come to ask you,” said Kety, calming the argument between them.

Finally, they stopped arguing, and then the atmosphere became awkward, they were still on the side of the road, which amazed the people.

“Hey, what happened to them?” Ask a guy.
“I don't even know what happened. Maybe we are fighting over a girlfriend,” replied his friend.

“Hey, I heard it!” cried Kety to the two of them who were talking. The two men escaped as quickly as they could.

“Kety, I'm sorry I bothered you. Next time, I'll stop doing this in public,” said Acudan, because he felt guilty towards Kety.

“Acu, you don't have to apologize,” said Kety kindly, but she was thinking in her mind, "Hah? Wouldn't he say? You'll be fighting again when I'm not here."

Acudan understands the rules of the guild, where soldiers and criminals unite to destroy the cannibals, but deep down Acudan really hates criminals.

“Acu, Ash, I'm going first!” Kety said to the two of them, rushing in a hurry to get back to her village before sunset.

And now there's only Assassin Romance and the Eagle-Eye Acudan, who are still facing each other face-to-face with anger.

“What's your answer?” asked Ash.
“There's someone better than me, why should I?" asked Acudan.

“I need you,” he replied.

“You are a criminal sentenced to life in prison. You are so much stronger than famous warriors that even legendary criminals can't compare to you.” Acudan said.

“Even the King let you go just to eradicate the Dark Night in the kingdom. I know how great you are, even if you're just told,” added Acudan, who didn't dare look at him.

“Why call me so formal? I'm a criminal who shouldn't be proud.”

“That's because you saved my father's. Assassin Romance.”

“All right, as you ask. I'll join your team,” continued Acudan. Assassin's Romance is happy to hear that, the aura radiating around him seemed bright.

“Ah, thankfully—” Assassin Romance's words cut off.

“But I won't let you involve Kety!”

“It's too late. Last morning, she asked to come with me,” said Ash, folding his hands over his chest.

“What?”

“You'll know for yourself if the pretty girl is going to work in a mercenary guild alongside the school at the same school as you.”

“I know! But I intend to bury her intentions so that she won't be in danger. Kety is just an ordinary girl!”

“She's strong, you even know that. Why don't you understand too? Acudan, this is her request. Appreciate her, calm down, I'll protect Kety,” Assassin Romance said.

“You're great at everything, including attracting women. I'm sure now that your current target is Kety, I won't let you,” Acudan threatened.

“Who are you to her? You're just a childhood friend. So I could have married her, haha.” Ash laughed.

“No! Ke-Ke-Kety, Kety is my girlfriend! I won't let you touch Kety!” cried Acudan.

“I'll take it from you, hehe.” Ash laughed badly.

“No! It's not as easy as you take my girlfriend, step over my corpse first, you bastard assassin!”

This is how the two of them ended up becoming rivals in love to win Kety Pery.

***
The AKA team consists of Assassin Romance, Kety Pery, and Acudan. Though not officially listed in the mercenary guild, these three people will work together later.

Previously, Acudan was very reluctant to accept Ash's request to join his team, he was pressured because the Assassin said that this was also related to Kety, his childhood friend, so Acudan had to join.
***

The town of Dandle on a crowded Sunday. The three of them came to the mercenary guild that Ash often talked about.

The place was very big and spacious, but simple because it was made of wooden sticks, it was as if they were in a tree house in the middle of the forest. This place is fresh.

But, Acudan was gone for a while because there was something missing, and then the uncle went somewhere. In the end, Kety was left alone.

Right, Kety Pery is a teenage girl left in a strange place like this.Waiting for both of them to arrive, Kety sat on the empty bench in front of her. This natural peace makes her feel worried.

Soon, a girl came and sat on the bench next to Kety.

“Hello, sister, Are you alone?” asked the girl with a little smile.