Three black werecat orphan brothers are trying their best to find a home when they are finally adopted. Everything goes great with their new family until tragedy strikes and they are left with an unexpected guardian.

This story is about an average high school boy with an average lifestyle who likes to read novels especially fantasy ones and was transferred to another world along with his classmates from his school.

As they were transferred our protagonist, John Kaiser, was the sole student among his classmates who were left behind, leaving him all alone in their classroom.

As he was wondering what happened to the others, he remembered one of the novels he had read. It was a story of a fantasy world, where a king of a human kingdom summons heroes from another world to save their world from the demon king, a typical Isekai (Another World)  fantasy novel.

Our protagonist, John Kaiser, started to contemplate and question 'why?' why was he the only one not summoned?

And as his questions go crazy, a light emerges from the place where he was sitting.

Is this the start of our protagonist's fantasy adventure as a hero? Or will he live the same life again as an average person even in another world?

Stephen found the girl that captured his heart but how can he tell her that he likes her when he himself don't know how to express his feelings. He grew up having no interest on the word 'love'. With a mistrust issue, it was difficult for him to show his emotion. Adding to his dilemma, Aya the girl he likes tend to avoid him whenever they cross paths and have her own issue.

After arriving at the home Ruhi totally forgot to charge her phone. At the school, she put her phone into the charger. When the break occurred, she saw that there is 68 miscall from the psycho. She wondered after seen her phone. 
"68 miss call. Why he calls this much. OMG. what should I confess now?"
After seen the miss call, she seemed like she is passing to unconscious. She couldn't indeed consider what to go on next. She struggles to analyse response to the issue. 
"Is that trouble in the project? OMG, how can I call for him now?"
Ruhi couldn't analyse what's the reason for his call. While speculating about this dilemma she went through into another world. Her best friends Chathuri and Kaushi noticed she is assuming something seriously.
"Ruhi... what's wrong with you."
Kaushi shakes her hand and asked. Chathuri hugs her from her backside. Ruhi startles for her companions' replies. 
"Nothing."
"Nothing... don't lie."
"Did you abuse our hero?"
"OMG yes, I am."
First time for the whole day Ruhi laugh. She was in pressure since seen those miss call from Ranaweera. After discovering her friends jokes, she entirely forgot her headaches. 
"Oh, no that innocent person. How he leading to deal with the world."
"How he going to marry now."
Kaushi and Chathuri made her emotion into a laugh. Ruhi couldn't even speculate about them. 
"I will kill you both of them. I didn't do anything go and marry him. Oh, I forgot to mention you. You guys are extremely late to marry him."
"Why?"
"Because my dear friends he already has a girlfriend, and she mentioned he is her future partner."
"Oh no,"
"Oh.. yes."
Ruhi explains the matter that how she found the famous actress Rohini at Ranaweera's house. They couldn't even believe Mr Ranaweera's girlfriend is a famous actress. Both of them admit to their friend's story. They felt so miserable about him. Their hero took a girlfriend.
"I dreamed I could be his girlfriend."
while changing her face into sad Kaushi said. Ruhi and Chathuri laugh a lot after hearing their friend's ultimate arrangement. 
"In your daydreams."
Worries became despaired thereafter conversation with colleagues. Ruhi felts she is actually glad to have these kinds of two idiots as a friend. Every time they talk nonsense and craps. They never talk about something appropriate. However, Ruhi felt she is the happiest girl in the world to having these two classmates. 
"Hey, for now, forgot about Ranaweera for a little, not for the whole life. What you thinking about that before we arrived here. Do you expect to combine sun and moon?"
Suddenly, Chathuri asked that they forgot to ask from her since the beginning. While picking up a heavy breath Ruhi starts to explain her issue.
"Yesterday after arriving from Ranaweera's home I went to sleep because in the evening raining and I forgot to charge my phone also and now I charge the phone. I saw there are 68 miss calls. Do you know from whom?"
"Who?"
Later hearing 68 miss call both felt shocked because who is going to call 68 times. 
"Maybe your father or sister."
Kaushi said without thinking. She figured out that's the reason for Ruhi's stress.
"Your wrong. The calls arrived from your hero and my psycho Mr Ranaweera."
"What?"
"Why?"
"That's the problem. I don't know why he called me. Oh gosh. He will kill me."
Her trouble started again. She couldn't forget about the headache and her colleagues even couldn't cooperate. They also struggle to determine an explanation.
"Wait, I think Jayaweera will know the reason for his call."
"Who is he?"
"He is the assistant of that psycho."
Finally, Ruhi got a minor explanation. After finding out that her colleagues also support her to clear up the issue immediately. There was an issue they must not use the phone at the school. They have to determine how to do that. Still, the lunch break didn't wind up. Three of them went to the washroom. Ruhi took her handphone and enter into a restroom. 
She immediately made a call to Jayaweera, because she wished to discover a quick fix to her headache. Jayaweera was startled after obtaining a call from Ruhi. He knew today she considers being in the school. 
"Why, you didn't go to school."
Without even greeting Jayaweera respond to the call that received from Ruhi. Those words brought a smile to her face. 
"I didn't cut any school today. I'm in school."
"You can't use the phone at school. Don't lie."
Jayaweera knew she is working out some secret mission at the school, but he didn't respond that. 
"I'm calling you secretly. If my teachers caught me, they will hang me on the ceiling."
Jayaweera stop her laugh very hard.
"Why you're in a rush. What you need to know in a hurry?"
"Yesterday your boss called me, but I couldn't answer the call, because now I charge my phone. Do you know the reason for his call? Is there a problem with the project?"
After finding out the reason behind her call Jayaweera confused because still, he didn't know about that Mr Ranaweera called her and also there isn't any issue in the project. He tries to determine is there anything he misses out. But there isn't. 
"I don't know the reason for his call, but there isn't any complication with the project."
"So why he called me. Can you please request from him? Please..."
Ruhi begs from him because she felt that Jayaweera knows everything about him. So why he doesn't know about yesterday called. Ruhi confused everything.
"Okay. I'll ask him."
"Thank you thank you so much."
She was absolutely glad when he claimed he will help her. 
"I hang up the phone before someone noticed. Okay bye. I'll grab a toffee for you."
Ruhi closes the phone. Jayaweera repeats the word toffee. He laughs alone memorising Ruhi's stupidity. However, he couldn't figure out why his boss called Ruhi. 
After calling to Jayaweera she came out from the restroom and explained everything that he said to her friends. There is another question cropped up. 
"Maybe there isn't a serious issue. If there is definitely his assistant should notice. But he doesn't know."
"Yes,"
Ruhi agrees with her colleagues, but her feeling said there is a question that she couldn't figure out. 
"Maybe there isn't any trouble, but I felt something isn't normal."
Handling with all these issues, the first time both saw their friends tears on her eyes. She never cried for any loss that happened to her, but today her whole mind break down. Those tears came from Ruhi break their heart. They realized how terrible life she is living.
"Don't worry everything will be okay."
Both hug her and said and those small tears break her restrained and bound outside quickly, before Ruhi stop.
"Thank you for so much. Thank you for everything. Thank you for hanging with me. In this life, I will never ever pay your kindness."
"Hey, fool you don't need to thanks us."
"If you told that nonsense thanks again I'll kill you."
Chathuri and Kaushi said those words to inspire her. They planned to become a supporter in her life at least to consulate her by a single word. They experienced one word could transform everything. So it maybe helps to Ruhi also.

He is the wealthiest man in the state. He personally has 4 of the leading ranked hotels and a casino. To Ruhi, Ranaweera is a little handsome, but for others, he is the most lovely gentleman. However, Ruhi heard some rumors that he is carrying some mafia activities secretly and usually he is a playboy. Because he doesn’t prefer one woman. He has relationships with bunches of women that no one counts. These are the rumors that Ruhi heard. 
She didn’t concentrate on the out. She took the headset and build up the volume, because near the library everyone shouting extremely noisily. 
: 1st Novel - Secret in the Mountain ( Writing)

Chief Editor Yao would have never expected Lu Zhou to submit such a major mathematical problem to a newly-established journal.
Even though at Lu Zhou's level, the reputation of the journal didn't matter anymore, this was still…
"… Um, I think you should think carefully for a submission like Riemann's hypothesis. I think submitting it here…"
Lu Zhou looked at Chief Editor Yao and smiled.
"You think submitting Riemann's hypothesis to Future is a bit unconventional?" 
Chief Editor Yao didn't say anything, but his expression was obvious.
"At the International Congress of Mathematicians, Professor Holden privately told me that he wanted me to submit the paper to Inventiones Mathematicae.
"A trivial research result wouldn't flourish just because it is in Nature or Science, while a non-trivial research result would flourish even if it was published on arXiv.
"Remember, the reputation and honor of a journal or an award come from the contributors and researchers, not the other way around.
"You got this," Lu Zhou said as he patted Chief Editor Yao on the back. He smiled and said, "If you think only top journals like Nature and Science are worthy of Riemann's hypothesis, then let's make Future worthy as well!"
…
Many major events happened in academia recently.
First, Academician Lu's paper was withdrawn by IEEE, and the legitimacy of the carbon-based and the authority of IEEE were both questioned. Then, many academic scholars gossiped about the creation of the Future journal.
With the arrival of the end of the month, the first issue of Future finally appeared in people's hands. 
The second this first issue came out, people were stunned.
There was only one reason.
The first issue of this journal was a 30-page long special issue?!
And the publication was on the proof of Riemann's hypothesis.
Even Science, which was funded by Edison, had never received such an honor during its first few issues. For a journal to publish a world-class mathematics problem as its first issue, this was unprecedented. 
The aura of Lu Zhou himself, combined with the reputation of Riemann's hypothesis that was the crown jewel of mathematics, shocked everyone in the mathematics community, including the likes of Faltings.
Lu Zhou didn't publish his research on Inventiones Mathematicae like Holden had suggested. However, he never promised Holden anything since he said he would only consider it.
In addition to the thirty-page proof of Riemann's hypothesis, the carbon-based chip technology was also published in one of Future's sub-journals.
Many people found out that this was the same paper that was withdrawn by IEEE.
In fact, it was a word for word copy.
This might as well be a public insult to IEEE.
Things suddenly became interesting.
A cafeteria in a Chinese university.
Two noob researchers were eating noodles together, talking loudly to one another.
"Haha, Professor Lu is nutty! This is the first time I've seen someone create their own journal after being withdrawn."
"My supervisor has been keeping up with this, even he was stunned."
"Do you think people will submit to Future?"
"Do you really think this is a problem for Academician Lu, with his influence in the academic community? I don't think the problem is having enough people submit to Future. The problem is passing its review process."
"You're right…"
After all, this is Professor Lu.
Forget about his influence outside of academia, his control over the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study alone was enough to make him the most authoritative figure in the Chinese academic community. 
This noob researcher was in the field of materials science, and he remembered his supervisor talking about how the materials science researchers at the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study were miles ahead of everyone else.
No university or research institute had ever been able to attract so many foreign Chinese scholars to return to China. No research institute had ever had more research funding. Apparently, Lu Zhou invested almost half of Star Sky Technology's annual profits into the institute.
It was like the papers and research that came out of the institute were from another planet… 
While the academic community was talking about the newly established Future journal, as well as the feud between Academician Lu and the IEEE, a CTO was boiling with rage.
In fact, Intel, Qualcomm, AMD, and even Samsung formed an alliance to counter this crisis. Mayberry proposed for IEEE to withdraw the paper, claiming that it could exclude the technology from the semiconductor industry. Mayberry already considered various scenarios that would arise from his plan.
He thought of what would happen if Lu Zhou posted his paper on arXiv instead, or posted it on Science, Nature, or another Chinese journal. He didn't expect this guy to actually start his own journal.
This was almost like the referee began playing on the court himself!
Actually, it was worse than that!
It was almost like the player was upset by a yellow card, so the player decided to become a referee himself!
Not to mention that this journal began to receive some traction, and many people thought it would be on par with the likes of Science and Nature.
Mayberry didn't know what to do.
What could he do?
It wasn't like he could lobby the legislators to ban the journal in the United States, right?
Theoretically, he could do this. After all, the influence of the semiconductor industry was quite powerful.
However…
What would that accomplish?
Other than making others think he was a fool.
Not to mention the whole "academic freedom" thing.
He heard a knock outside his door, followed by his assistant walking in.
"Sir."
"What?!"
The assistant gulped at Mayberry and spoke.
"HiSilicon sent us an invitation letter… to the product launch of the Dragon One chip."
Mayberry's eyelids began to twitch, and he quickly asked, "Where?"
"Shanghai."
Mayberry asked, "They only invited me?"
The assistant said, "No, and Mr. Swan… If you don't want to go, I can—"
"No, who said I'm not going!" Mayberry clenched his teeth and said, "Buy me a ticket right now!"


After suffering from a heat stroke while working under the scorching heat of summer, Lu Zhou, a hardworking but poor university student, somehow becomes the owner of an advanced technological system. With the cheat given by the system, his university life changes overnight. 
  
A Master's degree? Easy. 
  
PhD? Not a problem.   
  
From a nobody, he quickly becomes a huge celebrity in the world of science. With the missions given by the system, he is on his way to winning a Nobel Prize.   

"System, can points be exchanged for money?"
  
"No."
  
"F**k, what use are you then!?"
  
"This system will make you the ultimate scholar, the kind that lords over all of humanity. What use will money be to you?"

"I must admit.. I'm quite blown away by this..", stated Kaishin after reading through the full translated text of Gamekh's ancient stone slabs presented to him by Atarashi Kyouka in his office. "I do not know if the other nations have some knowledge of it.. but that simply says we have just unearthed the first written piece of history from the Blank Century.."

Standing in attention behind their quirky cherry blossom-headed teacher, Seijurou, Chizuru and Jax shot chiming glances at each other as if they just fulfilled a very important mission for the country, which they actually did. 

Hayama Akira, who was leaning against the wall cross-armed behind the shogun's desk, nodded with a faint smirk at his students to commend them for their recent actions.

However, even if his face was fully concealed by his glinting golden kabuto, the way Kaishin exhaled through his mask simply indicated that there was still much to be done regarding the issue at hand. 

"The facts stated by the ancient text may have solved a number of issues in relation to our government's treatment of the Orcs. Not to mention.. this piece of history is a reason for us Jihonians to be proud of, being the first to uncover a Blank Century written document..", remarked the shogun with some fatigue in his voice. 

"However..", Kaishin continued, trying to keep his voice as calm as possible. "I still don't see the reason how this is related to the quest I've given you, little Seijurou. If I remember it correctly.. I sent you to retrieve the 'Log Panel'. Where is it?"

Seijurou looked at Chizuru, who smiled worriedly but reassuringly at him, before taking a step forward to state his case. He then placed a document with his and Kyouka's scribbles on it on the nation's leader's table.

"With all due respect, shogun-sama. Our team had to deal with a number of issues during the quest before arriving at a conclusion..", Seijurou began his explanation as he gestured at the writing he just presented. "And.. as this document states.. we still have to deal with more issues before we arrive at that same conclusion. The 'Log Panel' isn't there, sir.. only another clue of its whereabouts like in Minami.."

Kaishin held the piece of paper up and began reading to comprehend more of what the boy was trying to present to him. "I see.. and it seems this 'Log Panel' quest only leads us to another location that points to another.. but I believe this is a little bit more precise than the one in Minami. So.. care to explain?"

"As you can see, shogun-sama.. I've encircled this word, which seems to repeat itself throughout the entire text..", interrupted Kyouka suddenly as she pointed what she was pertaining to with a finger. 

'She really is a quirky one.. the shogun was asking Seijurou..', thought Chizuru with an awkward smile before glancing at Jax, who was staring at Kyouka's behind with a bashful expression. 'And this one really is a closet pervert..'

"It's the word 'blessing'..", continued Kyouka. "In fact.. it was the key word we got from the Blade of Erymanthos' enchantment's incantation text, which allowed me to interpret the entire text."

"And what of this word, Atarashi Kyouka-sensei?..", inquired Kaishin.

"The characters used to make this word in this form of ancient writing also translate to two other words.. 'Grace' and 'Fire'.."

"Based on the findings of your study..", uttered the shogun. "You're telling me that the first century Elves were hell bent on passing this 'fire' but only to the worthy? How? And why?"

"Through a trial..", it was Seijurou's turn to interrupt. "We believe it was their way to know who was worthy to receive their blessing, grace or fire, shogun-sama. The author of this text is saying that they were desperately trying to set a trial up for the generations to come."

Jax shook his head in awe after seeing his teammate take action. 'I don't know if he's socially awkward or not.. but that otaku's got guts for speaking to the shogun like that..'

"What trial did they make?..", asked Kaishin. "And for what purpose?"

Seijurou glanced at his best friend with a smile before he answered. "They unleashed a destructively magical beast called Erymanthos.. and whoever slays him.. receives the blessing.. one of the many needed to reach the 'Log Panel'.."

The great leader of the Jihonian Shogunate suddenly found himself sitting upright upon being astounded by the boy's words. "I'll be damned.. very well said. So.. the 'Log Panel' requires more of these tests? It must be one overly powerful artifact to say the least. Does it say where to go next?"

"The 'Elder Folk' tend to speak in riddles to test the strength of the mind of those who undergo the trial..", stated Kyouka as she began referring to her scribbles again. "The last time there were specific coordinates hidden from plain view.. but this one.. requires some wordplay.."

The incantations specialist began to write different ancient characters on a piece of paper. Using doodles and arrows, she showed the shogun the different combinations of words that make up almost the same meaning.

"The second most prevalent word is 'trial'..", uttered Kyouka while pointing to the written version. "Using ancient text.. it can also mean 'baptism'. If we utilize another combination.. 'Trial to gain the Blessing'.. also literally means, 'Baptism by way of Fire'. With that.. I firmly believe where the next lead is."

"The church..", said the shogun as he smiled under his mask. 

Kyouka stood up straight with a smug look on her face. "Precisely.."

Hayama suddenly stepped forward to face his superior. "The 'Holy Pontiff' isn't going to be pleased with this one especially that the government has an ongoing moral dispute with the church, Kaishin-shogun.. but maybe we can go through the bishop first. Your orders?"

"It certainly pleases me that we don't have to go through another tumultuous military conflict just to get our hands on the 'Log Panel' though..", stated Kaishin as he stood up loomingly over his subordinates. "However.. I advise you to take caution on this one. This is a very sensitive issue. Take your time to assess and prepare for this quest. I leave it in your hands now.. all of you. That's all. You are dismissed."

With one voice, all the members of Hayama's unit, along with Kyouka, acknowledged the shogun. "Hai! Shogun-sama!"


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It usually is the same old story. And, having a typical geek as a protagonist should be a breeze since he probably had it figured out, living in a world of warriors, mages, rangers, and stealth fighters where leveling up is all about. 

Quite simple to say the least in truth, do not deplete health points, avoid draining stamina points, and use magic points wisely. 

However, Erida Seijurou is a geek born in this kind of world, meaning he plays video games, reads light novels and manga, and watches anime series in this same world. His willingness to put himself on the line to improve battle skills, cast magical spells, and form parties, like the ones in role playing games, is close to none. 

Thinking of himself as an irrelevant speck to everything, and thinking of everything as irrelevant to his illusory high and mighty self, what could Seijurou possibly do if the truth of the world he lives in begins to become more relevant and threatens the very lives of the ones closest to him? 

"That was one long sentence..", Seijurou thought as he realized how much of a drag just to read through it.

His trials will even be longer..

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A sluggish female voice came out:

"I'm finally awak----"

"Wait!"

Gu Qing Shan immediately shouted.

"Hm? What is it? Is there an enemy?" Luo Bing Li asked.

Gu Qing Shan spoke: "Luo Bing Li, I have an earnest question I need to ask you, you need to give me a straight answer"

"Go ahead"

"Tell me, what is your biggest dream?"

Luo Bing Li answered without hesitation: "My dream? Of course, it would be that I don't need to sleep"

Gu Qing Shan paused.

He readjusted his expression to make his smile even more sincere.

Then started speaking in a very sincere and warm tone: "…Please think about it more carefully, with infinite worlds, there are so many places that are more interesting than the Primordial Heaven Realm. Surely, there are other things that you wish to do?"

Luo Bing Li ruminated about it before she replied: "That's true, with billions of worlds, there are surely countless interesting things to do. I want to go strolling around, to go window-shopping as much as I can"

Gu Qing Shan clapped his hands and asked in an enthusiastic manner: "Why do you want to go strolling?"

Luo Bing Li was swept by his enthusiasm and replied: "Of course, it's to go shopping------- for those beautiful clothes, interesting toys, as well as those yummy food"

Gu Qing Shan's expression turned a bit gloomy and put up one finger: "However, right at this moment, we've run into a very serious issue"

"What kind of issue? Do we need to fight?"

"No, quite simply, I don't have enough money"

"Ah… I still have a lot of spirit stones with me…"

"Spirit stones aren't usable, among the infinite worlds, they require a more common type of currency"

Luo Bing Li hesitated, then muttered: "Then…"

Gu Qing Shan continued: "To resolve this issue, I specifically took on a certain mission"

Luo Bing Li asked in surprise: "What kind of mission?"

"Look ahead, there's a wandering soul right in front of us. She's the queen regent of this world, holding peerlessly huge wealth in her possession. She is able to grant us an immeasurable amount of common currency that will ensure you will never run out of money whenever you go on your shopping trips from now on"

"That's so good? Gu Qing Shan, I can't believe you've managed to find such great backing!"

Gu Qing Shan followed up immediately: "I'm actually not interested at all in money, but considering that you need to use a lot of money, I didn't spare the efforts or long journey and specifically found this queen regent"

Luo Bing Li was a bit moved and commented: "You really shouldn't have"

"I've always taken good care of my companions, don't mention it" Gu Qing Shan replied while keeping up his thick skin.

Luo Bing Li then felt a bit doubtful and asked: "But then, why would she give us money? And also, I recall that wandering souls usually find it really tough to communicate with living people, how could she rule over a country?"

Gu Qing Shan smacked his thighs and enthusiastically told her: "Exactly, that's why this is our chance to get rich, Luo Bing Li"

"You mean that…"

"Yes, we need to revive her"

Hearing that, Luo Bing Li didn't say a single word and simply stared at him.

The enthusiastic expression on his face froze still as he continued staring at Luo Bing Li.

A long moment of silence.

Luo Bing Li asked: "You haven't prepared the next person to be revived as well, have you?"

"Absolutely not, this is only a coincidence" Gu Qing Shan guaranteed, "I swear that the next time you wake up, I won't force you to sleep again, I'll definitely let you go shopping as you wish for ten days straight"

Luo Bing Li causally questioned: "For ten days straight huh? And then what?"

Gu Qing Shan recognized a certain sense of danger in her words, so he swiftly changed his tone and spoke in a soothing manner: "We'll naturally change to another world for another ten days of shopping"

"And then what?"

"Another world, another ten more days!"

"And then, and then what?"

"We'll change to another world for ten more days! I vow that I won't ask you to sleep again for the next while!"

Hearing the word 'vow' come out of his mouth, Luo Bing Li's stern expression relaxed a bit.

Unlike other Professions, cultivators were automatically bound to their vows, with the lightest punishment of violating them being chased and beaten by the Laws of Heaven and Earth, so normally, they won't put out any vows casually.

The fact that Gu Qing Shan had actually used the word 'vow' meant that he was telling the truth.

"Hmph, sleep, sleep, sleep, all you want me to do is sleep. Don't forget your vow this time"

Gu Qing Shan pounded his chest in assurance: "Of course, after this one, I guarantee the next time you wake up, you'll get to enjoy yourselves to your heart's degree, both money and time won't be an issue, you won't need to sleep again!"

Luo Bing Li was no longer angry, but sighed: "…Hah, fine, I'll sleep for another 10 days"
…
The Heaven sword swung.

Xuan Ya opened her eyes and sat up from the ground.

"I… really did revive…"

She carefully sensed her current state to confirm this to be true.

"To be able to revive the dead, could it be, you were a Deity?"

Xuan Ya doubtfully glanced at Gu Qing Shan.

"You think too much, it's actually the power of this sword of mine" Gu Qing Shan replied and put the Heaven sword away.

The group began discussing the next step of their plan.

Gu Qing Shan said: "The first thing we need to do now is to gather the other two rings from the guardians"

"Do we need to fight?" Boss asked.

Xuan Ya replied: "No need------- I've always maintained very good relations with the other two guardians, and our stance is unified. We only need to look for them now, as long as they stand on our side, our chances of winning should be a lot greater"

Zhang Ying Hao asked: "What if they don't stand on your side?"

Xuan Ya froze, then resolutely replied: "Then I won't stop you. But you must keep in mind, their Divine Skills are considerably powerful, you must finish the battle as soon as possible"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Zhang Ying Hao glanced at the sky above and commented: "It would be mid-noon soon; we need we hurry up"

An hour later.

In a certain secluded smithery, Xuan Ya and Ye Fei Li found the guardian they were looking for.

The blacksmith stared at Xuan Ya and narrowed his eyes: "That's impossible, you're already dead"

This was the hidden guardian.

"Denu, it really is me"

Xuan Ya stepped forward and recited the codewords they had always used.

A few moments later, the blacksmith was still in disbelief as he muttered: "My god, I've never seen a person that could revive someone after death"

Xuan Ya replied: "I feel the same, but I'm not here today to discuss this matter. As you know, my son is about to be coronated"

The blacksmith said: "That's right, the coronation ceremony is about to take place, I was just preparing to enter the palace to protect him"

"Wait a bit, I have something I need to tell you now"

Xuan Ya quickly explained the situation to him, then invited him to join their cause.

The blacksmith contemplated it briefly before happily agreeing.

"That's fine, you're a guardian, and now the king's mother, so you naturally qualify as the queen regent------- it's a good thing that there is someone who can help the new king, I was actually contemplating over this matter earlier"

"Then let's be on our way, we need to find Greyhound"

Greyhound was the other guardian.

"Very well, let's go" the blacksmith called Denu agreed.

As the three of them were about to set out, Ye Fei Li who had remained silent all this time suddenly asked: "Your Excellency, would you pledge your allegiance to the queen regent from now on?"

"Naturally, Xuan Ya is our comrade, we hold the same beliefs, so she's worth our protection" the guardian sincerely replied.

"Denu…" Xuan Ya was moved.

Ye Fei Li also halted his steps and raised a thumbs up to the blacksmith.

"I truly respect people like you" Ye Fei Li praised him

The guardian smiled and was about to say something else, but felt a hand on his shoulder.

--------Lightning Thaumaturgy, [Dreamjolt]!

The guardian instantly froze.

A sword then appeared from the void of space and lightly tapped the guardian's head.

He then fell unconscious.

From the void of space, Laura appeared as he put her umbrella away.

Gu Qing Shan, Zhang Ying Hao, and Boss showed up as well.

"Why did you suddenly give the signal?" Zhang Ying Hao asked.

"Because he lied when he answered my question" Ye Fei Li replied.
He continued to explain: "Whenever a person lies, their soul would experience a very faint sense of anxiety, whenever I hear these faint fluctuations, I would know that they were lying"

Everyone nodded.

-------when they were showing each other their abilities earlier, Ye Fei Li had already displayed this power of his.

Laura curiously asked: "Would the soul of everyone appear anxious when they lie?"

"No, malicious souls would laugh happily" Ye Fei Li replied.

Gu Qing Shan spoke emotionally: "Ever since I entered the 900 million World Layers, it's always been groups of other people surrounding me with bad intentions, all of them have specialists specifically checking if I'm telling the truth or not"
"This time, it's finally my turn to have a specialist that helps me determine the truth and lie of others"

He crouched down and put his hand over the blacksmith's forehead.

---------Soul Reading, activate!


The end of all worlds approach.
The Demon King Order harvests lives from all manners of living beings.
Within this darkness full of despair, a single person bypassed Space-time and returned to before the world collapsed, determined to change the fate of the past.
But as time went by, he gradually found that the Apocalypse isn’t quite as simple as he thought…
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Translator: La0o9
Link to the WAO glossary page for possible confusing terminologies, a short character list and overall minor spoilers (I recommend not to check the page out until you reach the latest chapter): 
https://otakutl.blogspot.com/2020/02/wao-glossary.html


Jun Xiqing's heart gave a sudden jolt. His gaze was soft and warm. One could easily lose oneself in them. She took out a pen and a piece of paper and slowly wrote: I wish to leave the palace.
Lu Yeming's deep, almond-shaped eyes were mild as he read her writing. He raised his brows and the amorous energy in the room dissipated.
Twisting his lips, he said in a low voice, "Give me a reason."
You know I am under a spell. If I am around you, you will be in constant danger. This is the wisest decision.
Lu Yeming gazed upon the veil on Jun Xiqing's face and he smirked. "Qingqing, do you dare to take off your face veil? Are you afraid that I will treat you differently because of your current appearance?"
His words were sharp and instantly penetrated the unease and hesitation swirling about Jun Xiqing's heart.
After all, she was already disfigured.
He had wanted to take off her veil several times, but she had refused. She didn't want him to see her face in its current state.
I want to leave the palace. We can be together after the issue with Yuan Ming is resolved.
Suddenly, Lu Yeming got up, standing erect by the bed with one hand in the pocket. From that vantage point, he easily looked down at her. "Jun Xiqing, leave if you wish to, I won't stop you. Do you think that I am the sort of man that you can just throw aside or take back when you please?"
He turned to leave.
Lu Yeming!
Jun Xiqing hurried over and hugged his firm waist from behind. She pressed her face against his straight back and gently shook her head: Don't go!
That wasn't it! She didn't mean it like that.
Lu Yeming stopped. He gripped Jun Xiqing's slender wrists and pushed her against the wall forcefully.
Ah! It was quite painful when her back hit the wall, and tears sprang up in her eyes. She gazed up at the man in front of her. His handsome face was malevolent and held traces of cold mockery.
He was so tall that he blocked her entire view. His powerful aura was overwhelming.
Lu Yeming caressed her face. "Yuan Ming has never been an issue between us. Nothing in life is always smooth-sailing. When we encounter a problem, you and I can resolve it together. Jun Xiqing, the issue is that you don't trust me. You have been constantly wandering off from this relationship of ours."
Jun Xiqing's eyes glittered as she wrote on his palm: Lu Yeming, do you love me?
Love?
He had never said that he loved her.
Even his confession, heartfelt as it was, did not contain the word "love".
He was domineering and tyrannical, but he liked her very much. Her intelligence was peerless. In his eyes, in Sister Mo'er's eyes, and in the eyes of the entire world, she was the only woman who could match him.
But did he love her?
Love was the world's most indomitable power.
Without love, how could there be trust?
Lu Yeming's face dimmed. He drew back his hand, while his eyes were calm and placid.
"Qingqing, you are too greedy," he said slowly.
Oh.
Jun Xiqing lowered her eyes at his words. She glanced down at her own toes.
Holding her delicate little chin with his long fingers, Lu Yeming narrowed his eyes, as he said in a low voice full of affection, "I said before that I like you and am willing to give you the rest of my life. I can give you the best pampering in this world, and can even promise you that I will never have another woman apart from you. Everything I have, I can give it to you.
"The love that you seek, we might have in the future. Three years ago, I already wanted to have this possibility with you.
"But now, you are asking for returns even though you have not invested anything. Yes, I have never said the word 'love' to you before, and never promised you that either. You didn't mind it in the past, but now that I have invested all my energy and feelings in you, you start to nitpick on this?"
"Qingqing, you cannot be too greedy. Greediness makes one… tiresome."
He didn't emphasize on the word 'tiresome' but instead said it in a lackadaisical manner. It wasn't that he meant to be cold, but his words still chilled one to the bone.
The redness in Jun Xiqing's face faded away, leaving her completely pale. Yes, she had been too greedy.
He only said before that he missed her… he liked her… he had her in his heart…
He had never said the word "love" to her before.
He said that was enough.
Enough to move her heart.
Enough to make her want to be with him.
But was it? 
She was well aware of his deep feelings for Sister Mo'er. What then made her become so greedy? When had she started wanting more, expecting more from him? 
Lu Yeming once again held her face and stroked her soft flesh with his finger. He rested his forehead against her face in a very affectionate gesture.
"Qingqing, stop messing around, alright? Love… we might have that in the future. I will not scorn you just because of your current appearance. Yuan Ming is also not an issue. Come to me and stay by my side.
"I will never meet another person as moving as you. I won't have any extra time to waste on other women either. Let's spend the rest of our lives together like this. Bear me two children. I will be a good husband and a good father. You will be the most blissful woman on earth."
He hadn't changed.
Jun Xiqing knew now. He hadn't changed at all.
His confession was still powerful and moving. If she wasn't that tiny bit more greedy, if she didn't hanker after his love, she would have really been doted on by him for the rest of her days and led a blissful life.
But she also knew now, more clearly than ever before, he didn't love her yet.
He didn't love her, nor did he not love her.
"Qingqing." Lu Yeming held her soft hands as he caressed her ring finger softly. "Let's get married, okay?"
Get married…
Marry him.
That phrase kept reverberating in Jun Xiqing's heart. She slowly but firmly drew back her own hands.
No.
She rejected him.
She rejected him once again.
Lu Yeming let go of her for real this time and took a step back. "Ha." Now his chuckle was beyond frosty. 
"Jun Xiqing, I know now that you are truly, tiresomely greedy."
With that, he strode away and left the room without even giving her a second glance. He couldn't be bothered anymore.
… 
The air surrounding her ears felt clear and the entire world seemed to have gone quiet. Jun Xiqing leaned against the wall all alone. She felt very cold and so wrapped her arms around herself.
She stayed this way for a while before she descended the stairs.
A banquet was going on downstairs to welcome Leader Mu and his daughter Mu Yanyan.
Jun Xiqing immediately noticed Lu Yeming standing in the middle of all those dazzling lights. He had showered and was wearing a fresh outfit of white shirt and black pants. The handmade material was ironed smooth, accentuating his imperious aura.


After facing her fiancé's betrayal, things take an unexpected turn after Tang Mo’er inadvertently gets involved with the Capital’s preeminent magnate, Gu Mohan.

Fast-forwarding, Tang Mo’er clenches on a pregnancy test kit with two red lines—testing positive—and confronts him. “Young Master Gu, why did you make me pregnant?”

Gu Mohan hands a baby over into her arms. “My dearest wife, be good. That’s our second child.”

And so Tang Mo’er can only hustle and take care of her two children, but unbeknownst to her, Young Master Gu has also been coveting her love and affection…

This is a face-smacking, sweet-love novel set in the entertainment industry.


V-49-Mel
"Ms. Solle," Matriyshoka greets me as I approach her table, "it's really unexpected to see you again. I didn't think you'd ask to meet again."

"Well, it's an important issue that needed to be discussed," I reply remaining standing.

"And oh...?" Matriyshoka's green eyes take notice of Dion, "who's this handsome young man? A boyfriend?" There's a strong urge to roll my eyes.

No, a pig walking on two legs.

"Not in a decade," I remark. Dionysus raises his eyebrows nonchalantly saying not a word as he sits down in the booth next to Matriyshoka.

Not a word?

No half-witted trivial quip?

Well then, I suppose big mouth does know he can keep his mouth shut.

"Well, nice to meet you," Matriyshoka shakes Dionysus's hand, "I wasn't expecting you'd bring company." Matriyshoka looks back to me examining me.

"It wasn't planned." I toss an eye at Dionysus. He's impartial for once, not one smug aspect, merely a light smile that's always ever present on his face.

"Take a seat won't you?" Matriyshoka gestures to the seat.

Wretched booth seats again.

"Napkins," I point to the napkin container, "a lot of them." Matriyshoka hands me a stack an air of annoyance wafting off her.

"So," I take a seat, "you know what brings me here, correct?"

"Of course I do, and I'm dying to hear how you've solved your problem before I have to make you solve it."

Make me?

"Of course I'm handling the issue," I look her in the eyes, "but there's another issue. I can't have people having such delicate information they can use to threaten or blackmail me with." Matriyshoka's eyes are full of amusement.

"And? It seems like that's just something you have to deal with." Her tone borders an arrogance she wasn't so keen to show during our first meeting.

Someone's showing their real colors.

Li Du could understand his parents' stance on the demolition.
He believed his parents opposed the demolition because they genuinely wanted to be with their neighbors and not because they were trying to bargain for better compensation terms.
He empathized with them even more after witnessing that ugly quarrel at the park in the villa. East or west, home was best.
Another thing was that bringing his parents with him to America or Australia was unrealistic since he was rarely home himself. At their age, his parents wanted nothing but to return to their roots to settle and had absolutely no interest in picturesque scenery or riches.
On top of that, his father had accepted his role as representative for another reason — aside from his days in the production team when he was younger, he had never been head of anything and had never had the experience of being a leader.
Now that the neighbors had chosen him to take the lead, he was also riding high.
Li Du returned to the office and sat at the table after he ended the call with his parents.
The compensation terms for the demolition were on the table. Residents would get twice the value of their current living space and a hundred grand per person on top of that.
These were rather decent and honest terms for a county town demolition, but it was clear as day that the residents did not think so and wanted better terms.
Li Du did not want to be used by them, but he did not want his parents to suffer either. This put him in a difficult spot.
Initially, he had thought that getting involved with the government would put him in a bind, but he thought that it would be because he would be at a loss when it came to how much to invest or what to invest it in. He never thought he would be thinking about how to accept money from the government.
His brows were furrowed and he fell into deep thought as he looked at the community plan for the relocation area and the development plan for Cui Ji Street. The others were surrounding the secretary and clamoring for attention, crying and whining about their hardships. Their voices were so loud and noisy it was almost impossible to discern their words.
The building they were living in now was an old one and had six floors tall with no elevator. The building was big — four households to one unit. There was a large plot of empty land in front of the building that could be used as a plaza or a drying yard where families could leave their sacks of grain or miscellaneous items.
This was a sort of invisible welfare that they would lose if they moved to a new community.
The new community was a high-rise with elevators, a whole 28 stories tall. The building was surrounded by other buildings on all four sides and had no plaza or garden. It was a stifling environment to live in.
Li Du had been silent from the start until now, carefully studying the plan. The secretary could not even begin to guess what the man was thinking so he purposely asked him to share his thoughts.
This was basically setting him up to offend the bunch, and there was no way Li Du would take the bait.
However, the bunch of them were staring at him so there was no way he could reject the secretary. Thinking quickly, he put to use what he had learned from Da Mao at Hpakant. He opened his mouth and said, "Moot, moot."
"Mute?" Everyone was confused.
He had not said a single word when they were on the road, and none of them here were his neighbors. On top of that, he had not been home in a long time, so no one knew much about him.
The secretary's face hardened instantly. How insolent was it that they brought a mute person along to speak at this meeting?
They left Li Du alone after that, engrossed in discussing the compensation terms amongst themselves. It was chaotic; the bunch was going back and forth, bargaining and playing mind games.
By the time the discussion came to an end, they had not made much progress. The secretary waved his hand impatiently, calling for someone to see them out.
Li Du lingered and waited for the other anti-demolition people to leave before smiling. "Hello, Secretary Cui. Let's discuss business now."
One of the officials was puzzled. "Aren't you mute?"
Secretary Cui rolled his eyes. Were they brainless? It was obvious that Li Du had been pretending to be mute.
Li Du laid out the demolition plan. "Here, secretary. I've seen the terms offered to the households in our building, and they're not asking for much. Honestly, adding a few hundred thousand per household would suffice."
One of the secretaries retorted angrily, "This isn't much? We're just a small county town, how much can a house here cost?"
Li Du smiled. "Calm down. I see that there's an activity center in the new community? This one looks rather big, too. Why don't we do it this way — I'll invest in the activity center. This is a government project, yes?"
Secretary Cui nodded and Li Du continued, "Then I'll pay for this piece of land. You guys use the leftover money to compensate the residents of our building. Of course, all of this has to be done under the table, and I give you my word that our residents won't be running their mouths. What do you think?"
The officials were shocked. They asked, "What are you planning?"
Li Du responded, "To end this dispute as quickly as possible. Investment in this activity center will not exceed five million, right? I'll pay that amount."
"Just like that?" Secretary Cui asked suspiciously.
Li Du nodded with a smile. "Yes, just like this, with no strings attached. I'm just hoping we can resolve this issue as quickly as possible!"
Secretary Cui was instantly over the moon. He moved to shake Li Du's hand vigorously and said, "The young ones know how things work."
It was less about Li Du knowing how things worked and more about him not wanting to waste any more time on this. What worried him more was the thought of this dispute escalating and his parents being dragged into it. After all, he was about to get married soon and didn't want to get bogged down by trifling matters.
Another thing to note was that he was spending this money to save his parents' reputation. This was as good as his parents winning a dispute against the government, which would greatly improve their standing amongst the neighbors.
He signed the sponsorship agreement for the activity center with the county government, then immediately went back to briefly inform his parents. He told them that the issue had been dealt with but they had to be discreet about the project sponsorship.
This was as good a solution as it could get. To Li Du, an issue that could be settled with money was no issue at all, and spending money to improve his parent's standing with the neighbors was a perfectly reasonable thing to do.
After the Lantern Festival, Li Du took Sophie and the little ones back.
They ran into a little trouble after the plane took off, and had no choice but to wait since they were on a private jet.
They waited for two days, but the issue with the plane was still not resolved, so they switched to another one. They flew to Australia for the time being before making the detour back.
Sophie could not understand why they had to make a detour to Australia. Originally, they were to fly within the northern hemisphere but now that they flew down to the southern hemisphere, the journey had lengthened a considerable bit.
Li Du explained, "I'm not too sure, seems like the replacement plane sent here had originally been on the way to Melbourne to deal with some things, so we're basically stowaways. But just as well, we can go to visit Seagull Island."
Sophie did not mind. After they boarded the plane, she played around with the little ones.
The plane flew towards the southern half of the globe and landed in Melbourne. There, Big Ivan waited for them with a helicopter. The bunch boarded the helicopter to continue flying southeast.
After some time, Seagull Island appeared within their sight.
Seagull Island was situated in the midst of the boundless ocean, a piece of green floating in the large expanse of blue, like a green gemstone embellishing the surface of the sea.
The environment on the island was preserved very well, and there was also a port, a small airport, and several houses. There was a resort villa built on the mountain from where misty smoke wafted up, a sign that there were many hot springs.
The helicopter landed, and Li Du waited until the blades stopped spinning before he opened the door. He caught Sophie as she jumped off and when her feet touched the ground, she looked up and exclaimed in shock, "Oh, my God!"


They love gold, and they love silver. Even more so, they love gems that dazzle, like stars across the skies. 
Firearms, jewelleries, and precious metals; A collector’s world will not be complete without antiques.  
Storage auctions, old goods trade, re-estate sales and gold-digging. But the truth is, if one wants to make money, then the supreme way is through searching for the legendary treasures. 
Holding the fort, there’s an ocelot, a wolf, and an Andes condor. At the side, there’s a loyal hound, an irascible ape, and an African honey badger. Who said that you can only rely on humans when treasure hunting?! 

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