Kristine

"Lesson one. Your linking ability is unknown, so your first test is to eliminate Nightmares without showing your true abilities." Kristine said with a smile and whip in hand, "You can team up with anybody or betray anybody, as long as you and your team have the highest number of Nightmare kills at the end, you'll win." After everyone has expressed their discontent, Kristine told them about the penalty for losers. "Those who exposed their abilities and those in the bottom 10 will be hanged upside down in SEED's lobby for a week!"

"Roses may be pretty, but they're not without danger. Their thorns tend to prick you when you least expected it." Vivian said, looking at the busy street. "Oh, I'm just out here for a walk, and somehow I feel like I'm being targeted." Kristine stopped walking. "Does this lady has some comments about me?" "Why would I? I just find roses very pretty." Vivian looked behind her. Kristine followed her gaze and noticed an old whip displayed behind a shop window. Thorns suddenly sprung out of the whip's handle and a brightly-colored rose bloomed. "Did you see..." Vivian was gone. Kristine lifted her eyebrows, walked into the shop, and bought that whip.

"A tool should behave like a tool. You should go and learn flower arrangement and cooking, so that you don't bring shame to the family when you're married." Her distant cousin was spilling nonsense at her. "Stop reading useless books. As a man, I'm born stronger than you." "Oh, really? In what aspect, I wonder." She punched him on his nose. Looking at the blood dripping from his nose, Kristine sneered. "In terms of delusion, I guess." She gave him a hard kick and then promptly walked away.

"I can do this. I can find the combat rule that guarantees victory." Every night, Grand Duke Carl would mumble to himself while buried in piles of parchment that were filled with all sorts of strange symbols and patterns. "There's something wrong with Grand Duke Carl's head..." His servants would whisper to each other. His son felt that this cannot continue, so he secretly looked through the parchment and discussed the contents with him. The discussion lasted till night time, and then it became two people mumbling at parchment papers at night.

"To think that there's a test in this world that can determine a person's life value." Touching the ring on her finger, Kristine looked at the angry head of the family with a sweet smile. "Since you were not accepted when you had the family ring, it means you were rejected then?"

"I followed your rules and won this ring." Kristine continued, her smile still on her face. "Now that you want the ring back, you'll have to follow my rules. How about this: anyone who can convince me gets the ring, regardless of time, age or gender. Sounds more interesting than your rules, right?"