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Are 21 days a tad bit short to fall in love?

After a recent breakup, Major decides to forget everything and goes on an island adventure he thought was long overdue. While on vacation, a booking mix-up happens making him live together with a foreigner, named Del.

He's a night owl, she's a morning person.  He likes people, she doesn't. He's a local, she isn't. Their worlds turn upside down overnight. With cultures clashing, multilingual cussing and a return flight due, will 21 days of being together redefine their definition of "home"?

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He and she fell in Love amid their different culture, different country and different language.

He couldn't speak her language and she couldn't speak his .

They say communication is one of the foundation of Love but what will they do when they couldn't speak each other language

Aurora and Qei Liam were two indivual living there life , carrying the pain caused by the love of their Life.

She was crying miles away from him, listening to the scorns and humiliation of the Society , when her childhood fiance ran off on the last day of their wedding.

He was living a machine life , with no emotions and smile , when she left him on the wedding Altar during the last seconds of their long- waited marriage. 

A Talented and god-gifted culinary expert met The CEO of Liam Conglomerate , when she left in the search for her fiance for a closure.

But when find her fiance , she had already gotten the closure.

How ?......

Lets find Out....

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In a faraway wilderness, a mound of corpse can be seen, these corpse was hacked in different places like an animal delivered to a crazy butcher. Standing on top of the mound was a lady almost 18 years of age holding a blade on both hands looking at the sky. Her long blonde hair flows down like a liquid gold, her face was like a goddess looking coldly to every mortals. She wore a golden armor looking like the queen of all Valkyries. Her coldness can freeze an entire ocean that every man who looks at her will shiver.
"Emilia, in 5 months your training will end and you will be sent to the borders to join a special unit dedicated to special missions at the border. Your brother will also enter the training camp in 5 months and will choose an academy inside the training camp. Seems like you will not have a chance to meet your brother at the training camp." An Old man with long white hair and long white beard appeared beside Emilia, looking like a scholar.
"Elder Sky, I will only disrupt my brother's study if I showed myself to him. He needs to focus on how to get stronger as fast as he can, the demons doesn't stay what they are, they are also improving and I guessed it is also the reason why the borders needed us special trainees to go there a year earlier than expected." Emilia looked at the old man with a serious face and a bit of worry.
"You are really smart Emilia, we only told the others that they will be sent earlier than usual due to new discoveries in the Demon Territory and needed additional man power to explore it." Even though the Elder praised the lady he still have the air of a scholar in him.
"Elder Sky, I know that there is really a new territory discovered by the last expedition team at the east side of the borders, reports said that it has new species of Flora and Fauna and abundant source of minerals that are rare in the alliance. But focus on the expedition team who they sent, their leader Chris Hemsworth a White Soldier Realm who can defeat one two ranks above him be defeated by an ordinary White Soldier Rank 2 Demon in a one-on-one fight. Isn't there something fishy?" Emilia questioned Elder Sky about the recent news at the borders.
"I cannot say much about it to you, the authorities are still discussing the possible situation the Demons are in. The only thing I can say to you is to improve your strength faster, in this way you will have lots of ways to solve any problems you may face" a serious look appeared on the elder's face.
" Yes, I will" Emilia said it with determination in her heart.
....
At an isolated corner of the market district there is an old store with only wood as its walls, but it still stands for centuries.
"Why does the Old man Ling doesn't have any signboards, people will think that this is not a store but a house of a poor family. If not for being placed here on the market district we would not have known that there is a store here that sells some weird stuffs." Peter said while walking with shivering legs.
Arthur looked at his friend's legs and smiled " The Old man is really weird, I once asked him that question, you know what he told me?" "what?" Peter replied. " He told me that he's too lazy to cater too many customers hahahah." Arthur laughed as he replied to Peter.
" What a weird old man he should just retire if he is lazy."
The two entered the store together. As they enter they can hear the creaking of the door sign that no one is putting oil on its hinges for years. As the two friends walk in, they saw rows of shelves filled with items known and unknown to them, some unwanted things are placed inside a big box at the corner of the store, some are rusty and some are destroyed. The two walked together at the counter, opposite the counter was an old man with a messy hair and beard was sleeping with his cat on his big belly.
"Arthur, do we need to wake up the old man? I don't want to the old man to see me" Peter said almost crying
"No need, I told him in advance that we will be buying that book today, so he told me that he will place it beside the mixed toys box. We can just scan our holowatch to pay." Arthur said as he walked near the toy box.
Arthur took the manual and paid 10,000 credits. But before he walk away, at the corner of his eyes he saw a strange round object inside the toy box. He walked near the box and picked the thing up.
"eh!?" Peter was shocked by what he saw

A race that has the power to create everything they wanted created a thing that they should never created. A thing that almost destroyed their race.

"Sister, I will do everything to protect you even death will not stop me from doing what I needed to do"

" Arthur, what are you thinking? You might die with that thing in your hand. Think again Arthur."

" What is this place? Seems like there is something deep in my soul telling me that there is something important in this place"

A universe where different races are united to stop the schemes of the demons, A universe that needs it ORIGINS.

Join Arthur as he unveils the mysteries of the ORIGINS


P.S. Just to remind you that I will not be posting chapters on weekends. I will also try my best to keep the chapters per week up to 5 chapters as I also have to cope up with my classes. Thank you for reading my First work. Good Luck everyone

When Ben saw he could expect the current store's employees to all return to work for him the corners of his mouth turned up as he spoke to them.

"Excellent, then I have nothing to worry about with such an experienced and capable staff of employees working for me! I guess that should do it then for this impromptu meeting, now that the store is officially closed all of you can head home and enjoy your time off! If anyone has any questions please feel free to ask away!

When Ben finished speaking the girls were all beside themselves with excitement. 

Their new boss seemed different from other kingdom nobles. He was easy to talk to and did not look down on them because they had a lower status.

Not only that but he gave them a paid vacation! They were all a unsure of what a vacation was and assumed it was a term used from where he had originated from. 

What they did understand was he was paying them to stay home and relax until the store was once again reopened! Who did things like this in this city, paying their employees on down times? The answer is nobody!

If you were sent home on a downtime you had to make what money you had last until you came back to work or find another job! There wasn't a single merchant, craftsman, or business owner willing to pay employees when they were not working for them.

After the girls finished hopping around in excitement he answered a few questions they had and let them and Baynard head home for their two-week break. 

Now that Ben was alone in his new store, he wanted to look around. He had just bought a property and had only had a glimpse of the first floor so far.

But before, he could set off and tour the place, he opened the flashing notification once again.

"What happened this time? I couldn't have learned a skill from walking back from the palace and talking to the employees right?" Ben whispered curiously.

[Notice] [You have created a build zone outpost! The king of Aregard has recognized your ownership of a section of land within his borders! You are now able to build as high or as low as you wish within the borders of this outpost!]

[Would you like to name this outpost?] [YES]  [NO]

'I seem to have made an some type of a outpost from purchasing this property?'

"System, Can you explain this notice to me? It says I can build as high or low as I wish. If I am reading this right does this mean I can build a two hundred foot tower here or dig down into the ground and create a multi-level basement as long as I do not try to build outside of the property lines?" Ben asked to verify the notice he was reading.

*Ding!* [The host is correct, it is possible to build any stable structure within the outpost borders. The host should keep in mind that this property is still within the borders of another kingdom and may have certain building restrictions or codes that need to be followed.]

"That is true if I went and built a skyscraper or some large ugly structure here it may end up causing me problems with the kingdom. I don't want to build anything that will make me stand out that much anyway. If I show off by building a towering store the king might ask me to build something for him and how would I explain I cannot do it unless I actually own the land? They would think I'm trying to scam them for sure!" Ben contemplated for a moment. 

Ben took a minute to rename the property to Goldcrest Spirit Store and closed the notice. He looked around and decided to walk over to the staircase that went upstairs. 

The store's second floor was just like the first floor. It was just one huge open room with plain bare walls and a few supporting pillars. 

Taking out his hammer, Ben smacked at the wall lightly a few times and small chunks of some type of plaster fell away to reveal rough chiseled stone blocks. The blocks were of all various sizes and had their joints mortared with a sandy looking yellow colored plaster.

'For the era, this is a well-constructed building. It seems Remi spent a good amount of gold coins to build it, but compared to the system's modern techniques, it is inferior.'

When Ben went to the third floor he found yet another huge open room. Not interested in looking at Remi's furnishing Ben went back to the first floor. He now noticed the first floor wasn't as deep as the upper floors and the offices were too small to use up so much space.

Along the first floor's back wall were four closed doors. He knew that the one door went Remi's old office and the one to the left of it was Baynard's office. So what was behind the other two doors?

Ben crossed the room to open the third door to the right of Remi's office and found what looked like two wooden chests that had a flat lid that lifted up. When you lifted the lid there was a smooth flat surface with a circular hole. Inside the chest under this hole was a large glazed clay bowl.

Ben figured out that these were chamber pot toilets like the one he had in his inn room. The person could sit down and relieve themselves and a servant would come by later to remove the pot from inside the chest. They would dump the waste somewhere clean the pot and put it back inside the wooden chest.

The inside of this indoor primitive bathroom smelled like the portable outhouses they had to use on the construction sites. It wasn't a pleasant odor and it forced you to quickly do your business and get back out into the fresh air.

He left the bathroom with a wrinkled nose from the smell and went to open the last far right door. 

Behind the last door was a hallway as long as the offices that opened up into a storage room used to hold additional furniture.

The back storage room was a decent place to store extra merchandise out of the way. This way if you sold, let's say a table you could pull out another just like it from the storage room so that you would not have to wait weeks for the next one to be delivered and possibly lose a sale.

Now that Ben had finished checking out the store, he was eager to make some money to pay back the 500g he borrowed from the palace. 

Ben crossed the city square in front of his store and went inside the City Hall where he talked with the receptionist and rented three vendor stalls all next to one another in a row on the same aisle.

He paid the girl and gave her a small tip again as he went out into the square in search of his rented stalls. 

While he was looking for them it was strange now to see his new store from where ever he was in the central square area. 

The front of his new store looked out across the gigantic city square where thousands of people walked here and there between shops and stalls looking for their daily needs.

When Ben found his stalls he pulled them all together making a forty-five-foot-long display counter. Once, again he laid out red cloth on the wooden countertops to make his display more presentable.

Using the blankets from the beds he originally bought for the slaves he hung them from the top of the stalls to hide what he was doing behind the vendor stalls from the passing shoppers.

When he was hidden from sight, Ben removed the sign he made before even though, he knew now that most of the people could not read. Even so, he believed they would still remember what it looked like and associate it with him.

On one of the stalls, Ben began to display Cuts of beef, pork, fish, and chicken along with chicken eggs that he put in a small wooden crate. The meat was laid out in stacks on small cut wood plank boards.

He used his carpentry and furniture making skill to make a simple bread rack that stood six feet tall and he filled each wooden baskets hanging from the rack with white, wheat, French, and Italian bread loaves. Ben placed the bread rack next to the end stall so people could look at the different loaves of bread as they walked by.

On the next stall, he displayed fresh fruit and vegetables from both Earth and Victus. Now that the word was spreading that he was a cultivator from a foreign land it would not be strange to continue introducing new exotic foods no one had seen before.

Also next to the fruits and vegetables he stacked up cans that had a picture design and a product name of what it contained stamped into the front of each metal can.

He displayed cans of vegetables, fruits, raw fish, raw beef, raw chicken, raw pork, beef stew, chicken stew, pork stew, apples, strawberries, blueberries, and pineapples, Next to the neatly stacked canned goods he placed a small wood slat basket and filled it with can openers.

On the last stall, Ben started displaying his new Bakery goods. He put out lemon curd pastry, pineapple curd pastry banana curd pastry, apple cinnamon pastry candied fruit cookies, vanilla cookies, apple pie, strawberry pie, blueberry pie, lemon pie, banana pie, and mulberry pie.

Right beside the baked goods, Ben arranged the pot, pans, skillets, forks, spoons, plates, bowls, cups, knives, ladles, spatulas, whisks, and strainers all made by the blacksmith.

Now that he had his vendor stalls filled with goods, Ben still had a couple other products he would like to sell. Opening the System Store he made a few purchases. He still had his 200+ gold coins and now that he owned a store and had plenty of food he did not need to rent a room or pay for meals.

From the System Store, he bought a jewelry display cabinet, six dress display stands, eight poseable mannequins, and a wooden weapons rack. He tried to keep the price down and spent 55g total for everything. 

On the opposite end of the bread rack. Ben placed the jewelry cabinet it was around seven feet high and two feet wide and had clear plexiglass to view the items inside. On the back of the cabinet, there was a tall locking door to remove and displayed the items inside and keep thieves from pocketing them.

Inside the cabinet, Ben displayed necklaces, rings, brooches, bracelets, earrings, and tiaras all made from gold and silver. Each of these pieces also had an option to buy them with or without the gems which were produced by the Gemstone Mine. 

Each piece of displayed jewelry was beautiful, even the silver pieces without gems were all intricate and decorative copies of jewelry worn by kings, queens, and modern celebrities from Earth.

Moving on from the displayed jewelry the dress display stands and poseable mannequins were placed behind the vendor stalls. The stunning new Renaissance royalty dresses were all carefully hung on the display stands and marked for sale.

As for the poseable mannequins, Ben displayed the new Victorian-era men's formal wear along with reinforced cloth and leather armor.

After he had placed the poseable mannequins in different action poses, Ben finished off his display with the weapons rack. He put on display the earlier made steel longsword, steel hollow shaft spears, steel shortsword, black steel daggers, wooden recurve bow, and steel recurve bows. These were all the weapons that he had made before he had upgraded the weaponsmith so the bonuses were not all that impressive.

These weapons were steel weapons which had not been introduced to this world yet. They were also not made with a hammer and anvil so there was not a single hammer or tool mark on them. Every blade is smooth and polished with a mirror finish.

Not only are his blades groundbreaking the recurve bow was as well. With the thicker curved limbs on the recurve bow, it was much harder to torque the limbs to the side when pulling the string back. The unique shape of the recurve bow also provides it with more power allowing the arrow to move faster, fly further, and penetrate deeper.

Ben now had just about everything put out for display that he was currently producing. He picked up his Spirit Food sign and attached it to the top of the center vendor stall and removed the blankets which were hiding his displays.

The sudden unveiling instantly drew the attention of everyone walking by. Not because he was known as the spirit food cultivator, but due to the assortment of foreign goods and the way these products were placed on display.

These people had never seen a plexiglass display case, mannequins, or canned food before. Merchants, tailors, and seamstress would lay clothing out on tables or fold them and stack them on shelves. It made it difficult to know what an outfit would look like until it was tried on. When they looked at the mannequins or dress stands it was like seeing a person already wearing it and they knew exactly what they would look like with it on.

While the surrounding people began to stop and look over his goods, Ben came up with another idea. He purchased a small propane camp stove and a few small bottles of propane and began to fry up diced cuts of beef, chicken, and pork. Ben placed these small cuts of cooked meat out on a plate as samples for the curious customers.

He even opened a can of beef stew to heat up so people could try a spoonful of it. He knew once they tasted the stew made at the cannery they would fall in love with the taste and want more.

Because Ben had spent most of the day at the palace and his store he only had a couple of good hours of sales. The one good thing that came out of it was, he could get the word out that he was back and had even more spirit food to choose from along with new and exciting products they were unfamiliar with.

As the sun was beginning to set, Ben helped his last few latecomers who had, heard he was back at the market and had rushed over after work. When everyone was finally gone he scooped everything up into his inventory and walked across the square to his store.

*Click*


Ben unlocked the store's front door and then locked it behind him. Now inside the store he crossed the first floor while heading toward the back storage room.

Welcome to Planet Victus! A world of kings, nobles, commoners, cultivators, magi, profound beasts, bandits, and even strange unique monsters who are naturally created through strange occurrences of Mana and Qi blending together.  Each of them all live and fight together in a time that seemed to resemble Earth’s early iron age.
 
Somehow transmigrated to this primitive world, Ben King has nothing but the clothes on his back and the Sovereignty System which speaks to him in a female monotonous voice. 
 
The Sovereignty System will provide Ben with the ability to build an impressive fortress from scratch which, he plans to make use of to secure a defendable home for himself. He is also provided with other ways to increase his strength allowing him to take on anything that this world can throw at him.
 
Will Ben use his system to only build an impenetrable fortress to keep this hostile world at arm's length, or use it for its true purpose to create a kingdom of his own and drag this world out of its stagnant primitive era?
 
 
Join Ben King as he travels through a new world while trying to make a new life for himself!

February 16, Year 30,768
Two days have passed since the tragedy happened to the Brina Kingdom's supply point. In these two days, one of the four enemy Kingdoms of Brina Kingdom already verified the information given by Del and they even decided to attack them immediately
The Brina Kingdom might not have the ability to procure the same amount of resources that they have in the supply point but they still knew that supplies are important in a war. Even just after two days, they already sent bits of resources to replenish the lost ones
Thus, the Gasho Kingdom, one of the four enemy Kingdoms of 6 Kingdoms that attacks the Larton Kingdom decided to attack them immediately
The side opposing the dark side was really outnumbered, as can be seen, that in the combined force of 6 Kingdoms, they only have 4 Kingdoms to attack it. The individual strength of these 4 are even not necessarily stronger than the individual power of each of the Six Kingdoms
However, just defending one's Kingdom won't suffice and even though they are outnumbered, there are still instances such as this one that they went on offense
As of now, Cairo, Del, Davin, and Krylle were watching the Gasho Kingdom's forces marching towards the borders of the Brina Kingdom ready to give them devastating damages
This particular border was the one receiving the resources from the city that Cairo and Del destroyed. Although this is the frontlines, they also cannot store a huge chunk of their resources directly to the borders in fear that the enemy will sneak and destroy their resources
The best place to store resources were in the inner area of ​​the Brina Kingdom but also not that far from the borders as it would be next to impossible for the enemy forced to sneak in and destroy their warehouse
However, that is only if the enemy doesn't have space mages. If they have then that is a completely different thing. Not to mention a single space mage won't suffice since they also have some Great Mages guarding the supplies
Cairo is aware of that and that is the reason why he didn't attack the supply points just by his and Del's power. His great plan works and he gave the Brina Kingdom a bit of a setback
Watching the Gasho forces approaching the Brina Kingdom, Cairo has another smirk on his face. He naturally knows the effects that destroying the supply point has and he also has a plan for the current situation
"Ready yourselves" Cairo said and the people near him nodded their heads
In Krylle's side was a mirror and through the manipulation of light reflection, the mirror assumed the appearance of a human fully clothed in a red robe
The mirror was attached with plenty of magic crystals that contained a huge amount of mana comparable to the mana that Great Mages have
Soon, the Gasho forces stop in a location not too far nor too near from the walls of the Brina Kingdom. On top of those walls were cannons that can shoot powerful attacks enough to form deep craters in the ground
The Gasho forced calculated the range of those cannons and they stop at a distance that the cannons won't be able to harm them that much. Although the supply point was cut, it doesn't mean that the Brina Kingdom becomes helpless. If they don't do something about those defenses, then they would suffer tons of consequences
Seeing that the time is right, Cairo signaled at Del that is wearing a special eyeglass. In fact, all four of them are wearing eyeglasses that enabled them to see farther than they can normally see. After all, they can't show themselves that much
After getting the signal, a spatial portal immediately appeared in front of the figure that Krylle made and he controlled it. The 3D human figure made from glass entered the portal and it exits in the location above the cannons of the Brina Kingdom
This naturally alerted the enemies and tons of attacks immediately came flying towards the human figure. The figure ignored that though and with some sort of magic, a neutral voice traveled far
"Brina Kingdom, taste my wrath!" The voice made through magic rang loudly before Cairo gave a signal to Davin
Davin immediately closes his eyes and controlled the crimson shade crystals that are in the Brina Kingdom's borders to explode
"In the name of the fire, your Kingdom and people shall burn into ashes!" The voice continued and at the same time, several powerful and loud explosions suddenly occurred
The cannons on top of the walls were loaded with crimson shade crystals as it was the source of their power. But now, those crystals actually exploded!
With the quantity of the crystals, the collective explosions they caused are more than enough to kill Great Mages in the explosion's range
A lot of Great Mages are on top of the walls. In most battles, the cannons would fire their shots at the attacking forces along with the Great Mages
As long as the attackers are still far from the defensive walls, that is the best time to lower their numbers by a huge margin. If the attackers are already at the walls then attacking them will also damage the walls protecting them
Thus, at the early stage, the Great Mages will shoot their attacks along with the cannons. After that, they will rest to recover before they will be sent to the frontlines again
In that way, a Kingdom will be able to use their Great Mages more effectively. This is a common strategy in a war but this strategy was used against them by Cairo
"Hahahaha!" Cairo laughs loudly as his plan once again succeeded. If the borders were destroyed, the Brina Kingdom will be more prone to destruction since they don't have walls to defend themselves from attackers anymore
This is just one of Cairo's revenge. This might only be a small victory but it will have great effects. After breaking the borders and entering the Brina Kingdom's territory, there are various things that the Gasho Kingdom can do and Cairo also planned on assisting them to make the best of this situation
After the explosions died down and the smoke vanishes, everyone can see that the defensive walls were almost fully destroyed
Both the debris from the walls and human bodies can be seen everywhere. Since Cairo had his forces increase the production of crimson shade crystals that Davin can control and most of them were sold to the Brina Kingdom, the effects were really great
Even if the enemies learn that a space mage was targeting them that can control the crimson shade crystals, it would still have a lot of negative effects for the Brina Kingdom that Cairo already anticipated and planned to take advantage of off
"Next move" Cairo simply muttered and a similar clothed human figure that they sent to the Brina Kingdom appeared next to Krylle
Del made a portal again and they sent the human figure made from glass in it
This time, the portal's exit was on top of the Gasho Kingdom's forces and it 'speaks' with the same neutral tone as before
"Attack them now, don't waste the chance that I gave you" the figure said before vanishing back to the portal
The Gasho Kingdom's higher-ups were not unfamiliar to that clothed figure. It looks similar to the ones that Del uses to communicate with them the only difference was that the ones he uses before are all low-level clones made by their subordinates
Cairo can't send clones to the Brina Kingdom as although their attacks might turn the clone into dust there is still no guarantee that they will not know it was a clone
As long as Krylle willed it, he can cause the glass that he himself made to vanish. As for the debris from the magic crystals? Who cares, that is a common thing use in wars too
After the human figure vanishes, the Gasho forces didn't make a move for a few seconds as they are still shocked at what happened. Both the normal troops and the higher-ups don't know that something like that will happen. Thus, they were unable to react instantly
Still, there are people that are considered as the cream of the top with them and the order to attack was soon given
The Gasho forces assumed their formation and marched forwards to the confused and angered Brina Kingdom again. With how many of their great mages die, they won't be able to defend themselves from the Gasho force until reinforcements arrive
Even with the low chance that they have a space mage, it is not like he can easily teleport tens of thousands of people in an instant
If nothing goes wrong and no miracle arrives, the defeat of the Brina Kingdom in this battle is already set in stone
"Retreat, for now, it wouldn't be good if we are discovered" Cairo ordered and they went back to the tower
They might be far from the frontlines and can only see the situation because of the eyeglasses they are wearing but it is not like the enemies don't have access to the same treasures they are wearing. Their safety is still their number 1 priority especially since they have already successfully done what they should need to do


Blood Sand Town

A place that lived up to its name with the amount of blood that was spilled on it

Cairo is a youth on the verge of death when an old man suddenly fell from the sky and gave him a second chance

A chance to become a Mage that he yearned a lot!

Coincidence or not, Cairo won't waste such an opportunity. He promised himself to become a mage as strong as he can be!

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The MC won't be a kind hearted man, if you are not fan of that, I apologize

Cover not mine, I can take it down if it is yours

In another grand base city in the heartland of the Subcontinent District.
There was a prosperous region where a large garden was grown. The garden's appearance resembled an old mansion.
The guards standing by the gate wore golden armor.
Standing by the guards were eighth-rank battle pets, Flame Wing Tigers. This was a kind of battle pet of the fire family that also had one-third of the demon bloodline. It was said that the most talented Flame Wing Tigers could learn some skills of the demon family.
The armor's chest plate was engraved with the mark of a golden sword in the shape of an umbrella. Everyone in the base city knew that the mark was a sign of the Ocean Umbrella, the family heirloom of the Tang Family!
The garden housed a small city.
The garden was fully equipped; it had battle stadiums, simulation halls, playgrounds for battle pets, among other amenities.
The living quarters had many buildings of antique beauty.
In the innermost depths of the garden was the most majestic building. Five people were sitting in the hall with some guards and maids standing in line.
The middle-aged man sitting in the seat of honor said coldly, "I have learned of Ruyan's whereabouts."
He sat there, elegant and poised. With big eyes and bushy eyebrows, the man had an impressive and dignified air about him.
The faces of the other four were clouded.
"Was it the doing of another family?"
"Is she alive or not?"
"I heard that the Situ Family also went to the Mysterious Realm. Was it them?"
The middle-aged man said, while squinting his eyes. "She's still alive. I can basically rule out the possibility of a plot from another family. Ruyan is currently imprisoned in a regular base city in the south. Someone has seen her many times in a pet store there. She is actually waitressing at the pet store."
"?"
The four were astounded. They had so many things to ask.
Their future family head was in a pet store, working as a waitress?
They couldn't even begin to imagine that.
If it weren't for the fact that their family head kept a straight face, they would have thought that he was making a joke.
"Are you sure?" an old man asked in surprise.
The middle-aged man shook his head. "I have pictures and I have confirmed the information. It is true. She's trapped in that store and is unable to leave!"
"I had already sent people to investigate the store before I called you over, but it didn't go well. The pet store is mysterious. It is said that a titled battle pet warrior is in the store. Besides, I learned that the store even has an Inferno Dragon!
"The people I sent over disclosed the fact they were from the Tang Family. However, the local government refused to cooperate. The mayor personally offered advice, clearly warning us not to offend the people running the store."
"A titled battle pet warrior in the store?"
"To avoid offending them?"
The four were unable to believe this.
The fact that a titled battle pet warrior was in a pet store was uncommon, but it wasn't strange. After all, some battle pet warriors had to run some business to earn money. But, what was wrong with the mayor? Why would he tell them not to provoke a pet store?
Did he tell 'them' not to do that?
Them, the Tang Family, one of the four most important families of the Subcontinent District!
Truth be told, they had the power to destroy that base city. How could the mayor tell them not to provoke a pet store?!
"I think our Tang family has been too focused on the heartland of the Subcontinent District that we have forgotten about minding the borders." An old man suddenly heaved a sigh. "Some base cities have forgotten about our name."
"I didn't realize that our influence has dropped to this level in that region." An elderly lady pulled a long face. She had basically lost all of her teeth.
"The people from that backward place are so green and inexperienced." 
"For an Inferno Dragon to scare them so… Yes, Inferno Dragons are rare but the store only has one. If it weren't for the fact that we cannot take the Ocean Umbrella away from the family estate, we would be able to show the world that the Tang family can hunt and kill battle pets of the legendary rank!"
"What a sorry bunch!"
Two people shook their heads, sneering. They felt ridiculous and disappointed at the same time. During the recent years, the Tang family had finally gained a firm foothold in the heartland of the Subcontinent District while not realizing that people no longer respected them near the borders. If Tang Ruyan would have been taken to other base cities in the heartland, they would have received a message from the very beginning.
To be exact, it would be much more than a message. The mayors would escort Tang Ruyan back in person with respect!
However, the mayor of that remote base city told them not to provoke that pet store.
What did this mean?
So, the future family head of the Tang family was supposed to stay there?
Such foolish sounding words made them laugh, but they also angered them at the same time.
"Sir, I will go and fetch Lady Ruyan." An elder man stood up. A glint of coldness glowed in his eyes. "I will also teach that base city a lesson so that they know who we are!"
"Yes. Those country bumpkins must have thought we are like one of their shabby, impoverished small families!"
The others agreed.
The middle-aged man refrained from answering. He was still thinking.
A moment later, he said to the elderly man. "We know next to nothing about the store. But that person was able to kidnap Ruyan from the Mysterious Realm without leaving a trace. We have investigated Longtai Mountain but found no clues. The person is likely at the upper position or the peak of the titled rank!
"Besides, Ruyan is not being imprisoned; she can walk around in the store. The person must know about her identity and still dares to humiliate her in public, completely unafraid of her being seen. Either that person knows nothing about us, or he doesn't fear us.
"Judging by the current situation, I am leaning toward the second possibility. After all, a person at the upper position or the peak of the titled rank must know something about our Tang family."
Once he finished speaking, the other four dialed down their anger and began to think.
They were just mad about the warning issued by the mayor of that base city. As they refocused their minds on the store, they realized many things couldn't be explained.
Why did that person leave Tang Ruyan in the store to receive customers if he had kidnapped her?
Wasn't he afraid that people would eventually recognize her?
As for being unafraid of the Tang family… That was quite unlikely.
Not even the other three important families would dare to imprison Tang Ruyan in such an imposing manner. That would be a declaration of war!
The more they thought about it, the stranger the situation was for them.
They eventually arrived at two conclusions: either the store hid unknown powers or the store owner was extremely arrogant and stupid!
The second explanation made the most sense!
After all, there was a fair share of stupid people in the world.
While they didn't like the first conclusion, they knew they had to be prepared. Because if it did turn out that the store had some unknown powers, they would have to be ready for the possible severe consequences.
"Let me go, then," an elder man said.
"And me. As a matter of fact, the three of us will go together. I don't think we will find three at the peak of the titled rank in that one store!" the almost toothless elderly lady said. While she was a lady, her temper fuse was even shorter than those of the two old men.
The middle-aged man thought about it. He nodded. "Okay. I will have two other titled battle pet warriors go with you. Take a look first and send a message back when you find something. I'll give you some chips so that you can make cross-continent calls. We will send in reinforcements if you find anything wrong."
The three nodded but they didn't understand why their family head was making such a big fuss.
The three of them were more than enough to deal with one pet store. They would become a joke if they needed more reinforcements.
But their family head had always been prudent and cautious. They also believed that it would be too risky if one of them were to go alone.
The store might have a titled battle pet warrior at the peak. Besides, they were heading to a place they had no control over. Any one of them going alone could end up in danger. The worse outcome would be the inability to get Tang Ruyan back.
"Ruyan is just a 'mask', but the public thinks she is our future family head. Anyways, ensure her safety. That way, other families will be more convinced that she's our future family head!
"On the other hand, sacrificing Ruyan is okay if that store uses her life to threaten you and endanger your life."
The middle-aged man said to the three, "You three are the valuable assets of the Tang family. You cannot let anything happen to you."
The three of them seemed touched.
Of course, inwardly, they had different thoughts.
He could easily give up on Tang Ruyan only because she had less value than them. It wasn't because their relationship was close.
The Tang family was not built or sustained on close relationships, but interests. 
Those who were useful to the family would be valued.
Those who were useless would be abandoned, even if they were true children of the Tang family.
That seemed coldblooded but that had always been how things were done in the Tang family, and one of the reasons why the Tang family was able to remain prosperous.
Running based on relationships would have soon corrupted the Tang family, because the useless people would occupy high positions just because they were born in the immediate family while the valuable people would have to stay at the bottom.
As such, although they understood what their family head was thinking, the three still felt a bit glad.
The kind of families they were afraid of were the ones that would abandon the useful people.
Those families were the actual jerks!
"Sir, don't you worry. We will try our best to bring her back." The three promised.
The middle-aged man nodded.
"Then, we will take our leave now. Since we're going to demonstrate our powers, I put forward the request to take a Feather Army and a Tactic Army!" one of them said.
"Sure." The middle-aged man nodded.
They had to keep up appearances.


What’s not to love about my new life after transmigrating into a Pet-centered world?
There are mighty creatures that come in all shapes and sizes. They can either be cuddly companions, helpers in your daily life, daring scouts or strong fighters. Or all of the above. Not bad, huh?
I have a family, but the fact is completely overshadowed by my younger sister. She thoroughly hates my guts, and she makes sure that I know this. Every. Single. Day.
Did I mention that she’s disgustingly talented while I am a bottom feeder? A terribly handsome one at that.
I have free rein to run the family business on my own. A small and quaint Pet Store. It should have been great if not for the fact that the previous owner of this body was born with ZERO affinity to handle Astral Pets…
It wouldn’t be a proper transmigration without a gimmick or a system to pave my road to greatness, don’t you think? I have one, but I don’t know if I would be better off without it…

Welcome to the World of Astral Pets!

After Carla got mad at Neexz, they all rested and continued their journey towards Gliho.


"Gorg how close are we now?" Neexz asked. Gorg took a quick look at the map and back at the path. "We're about to reach their borders." Gorg replied.
As they traveled more further, they finally reached the border. Neexz stood in amazement as he saw a large wall, thousands of meters in height and hundred of miles in length.In that wall there's a small gate guarded by four guards, two in either side of the gate. When Neexz and the others was about to cross the gate, Gorg stopped them and gave a signal to stop walking.
"I'll handle this." Gorg said.
Gemma's POV
We suddenly stop before closing the gate. It's because there are so many security mesurements before going beyond the borders. So we all had to be checked. Which really is scanning our wristbands.
Our wristbands holds our location, identity and all the spells we learn and create. When it was Neexzs' turn to be scanned, I stared at them as he's rolling his sleeves up. I was waiting for the guards' reaction when they will found out that Neexz has the ability to control all aspect.
And... Huh?! It's black and white?! I still saw it yesterday! It still has the color of all the aspect! "Ehh?!" I Yelled in shock. All of them quickly stared at me before the guard spoke. "Silence! We require all of you to not mutter a single word during scanning!"
I quickly placed my hand on my mouth to signal them I'll be quiet. Minutes later, we all finished being scanned and now crossing the gate. As we got far from the gate, I suddenly spoke."Why did your wristband changed color?!" I yelled pointing at his wrist. Suddenly, Neexz rolled his sleeves on his right arm. 
"Oh" I said realizing that Neexz used his left wrist and not his right. "And the other one?" Like what he did on his right, Neexz rolled his left sleeve and revealed the black and white wristband. "I had two wristlets!" He said.
I just gave him a confused look. Until I saw it changed colors! "Wait! Not only you have two wristbands, but now you can change it's color?!" I was really shocked and amazed by this guy. "Yeah! Before we set out, Gorg gave me another one one my left! I can change it's color but it'll disappear from my right, I can also make it come back of course!" Neexz said and started to walk. 
We still have a long way until we reached Gliho. We have to go and travel two towns from here and another border, then Gliho. The only one who's really amazed to see all this is Neexz. I know he's not from this world because people like him is normal. 
Other than people getting caught in fights between the Aspects. Which happens per hundred years. When at war, the kings usually ask their aspect to help them. The aspects reply by bringing them humans from what-so-called earth to Aspectia. Mostly, they have three to five aspects. So having eight is not normal.
From time to time, I see some humans like Neexz. Rich, famous and strong! But all of them are so egocentric! They always wanna fight to know who's the strongest! But Neexz... He's different. He's energetic and lively... He's also not like the others, he's more humble and quite fun to be with.
"Heeeyyy? You still with uuusss?" A voice took me away from my thinking. "Huh? W-what?" I said in confusion. I raised my head to see Neexz in front of my face! So close!! "You were spacing out! We're here!" He said.
"O-oh! sorry, I didn't notice." I said and looked at the entrance of the town. Bo-Mou huh, the main town of Gutalan. The most rock solid soldiers are born and train here.
Neexz's POV
We made it to Bo-Mou! Gemma said this is one of the town that we have to pass through before getting to Gliho. Amazingly, this is so different from Dezach. Instead of dark colors, this place has high mountains! Tall trees and living rocks! They call them Golu. 
We arrived at an inn minutes later after passing the gate! We split on three groups: Gorg and Allie, Dexter and Carla lastly, Gem and I! Gorg said to enjoy the town a bit then meet at this place before dark.
"Come on Neexz let's go!" Gem said after grabbing my hand and dragged me to who-knows-where! 
"W-where are we going?" I asked still being dragged by her. She's running so fast! "We're here!" Gem said pointing at something you would call a marketplace. "Wh-where are we? I asked. "The most biggest marketplace you could ever find in Gutalan! The Bo-Mou market!" Gem said all happy and cheerful.
"Let's... GO!" Gem yelled as we all go store by store. I didn't have money on me so I let her do her own thing while I stay in the back and watch.
Since Gem and I met, I never see anything in her face but happiness. She's always cheerful and full of surprises! I mean, if it wasn't for her, until Carla did it. I didn't knew you could use light orbs to heal!
Sooner or later, we stumbled upon a jewelry shop. All kinds of necklace, bracelet, rings and many more! There are also a wide collection of gems! Amethyst, Topaz, Emerald, Diamond, Ruby and Sapphire!
"Wow..." I said in amazement. "This is beautiful and expensive!" I continued. Gem just looked at me and laughed. "What?" I asked in confusion. "It's funny how you're thinking it's expensive while you have the money to buy this whole Market." Gem said and laughed again. I don't have money though! How can I buy the whole market with no money?! "What do you mean?" I asked Gem. She just looked at me. Confused on what I was talking about."You really don't know?" She asked.
"Yeah!"
"Hmm... Swipe your wristlet."
I did what she said and a rectangular green screen appeared before my eyes. With an image of Diamond, Gold, Silver and Bronze. "Do you see anything?" Gem asked.
"Y-yeah! Diamond, gold, silver and bronze."
"Look beside them, there are numbers right?"
"Yes!"
"The numbers tells you how many diamond, gold, silver and bronze you have."
"Okay."
"Tell me how many of which you have."
I looked at everything one by one before saying anything. "O-okay. I have twenty bronze"
"Okay okay. Next."
"Thirty Silver..."
"Mhmm."
"Fifty Gold"
"Wow! Okay."
"And a thousand Diamond."
Silence occurred after I said the last one. I tried to look at her direction but I can't because of the rectangular green thingy on my vision. I swiped my wristlet again so it disappeared. When I saw Gem, she was just standing still with wide eyes and jaw dropped.
"Uh... Are you okay?" I asked and waved my hand. "O-oh! Yes!" Gem said snapping out of her 
shock. "I expected you only have a hundred diamonds." She said and chuckled a bit.
"What you just saw is your money points." She explained and took a deep breath. "One-hundred Bronze is equal to one silver. However one Gold consist of five-hundred silver and a thousand gold is equal to ONE Diamond." She continued.
I looked back at the jewelry shop to look at the prices of the items, and saw that they're below ten gold! I looked back at Gem and smirked. "Let's buy an Item per store!" I said which made Gem shocked.
And so, we go through store to store and bought at least one item. No wonder she was shocked. My diamonds are still one-thousand! After an hour, we went back to the inn with little as two necklace and some foods. We donated all we bought to some charity workers. The look on their faces is hilarious!
It looks like we're the first one to arrived at the inn! So Gem and I sat and waited for them.

Akihito Shinto is an extraordinary guy in japan. Apart from being an actor, he also helped hundreds of thousand children and families from financial struggle worldwide.

He had a nice family. With two daughters, a beautiful and loving wife, and a wealthy business.

One day, while he was riding on his private airplane, 8 elemental beings floating in mid air started to fight intensely, causing the plane to crash.

As everything went black, he saw the 8 elemental beings that fought. And somehow the beings started to go inside him one-by-one.

As he opened his eyes, he was in a brand new world of Aspectia.

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