Zitao never thought his mother's life would be so costly - and he certainly never thought the only job around that paid what he needed would require something like this.

Rumor has it that an elementally-powerful demon inhabits the forest separating his kingdom from the west, and Zitao is fully willing to discover, for himself, just how demonic a refugeed mage could possibly be.

Everybody makes mistakes, but not everybody makes mistakes that alter their day-to-day life, and for Zitao, one mistake proves to be one too many, for he finally learns just what it means to be careful what you wish for.

Yifan isn't quite sure how he's managed to fall for someone who is not all the way human, but he's not exactly complaining. After all, he is the only one who can see them.

Yifan's never been one to believe in mythology, nor things that he himself cannot prove by seeing - but when he finds himself entranced by something singing down by the rocks on the beach, he's a little more inclined to believe in the unexpected.