Hide and Seek is the first book of the Snow in August trilogy. This novel is centered around cancer and first love of a seemingly unrequited nature. Each of the books in the Snow in August trilogy have childish titles and adult themes.

A new girl, Elise, is transferring to a small town of Ravenswood. She will meet different people with different stories. She will discover the truth behind each other's secrets. She is there to solve the untold mystery that she has been dealing with when she was young, from her parents' death. Was it really an accident or being murdered? Then, who killed them? Who among them is saying the truth? Who among them is hiding a secret? Her searching is like a game called HIDE AND SEEK, hiding secrets and seeking truths. Now, is she ready to play the game HIDE AND SEEK? Will she find true love in her world of agonies? Will she give her trust to someone? Find out.

In the middle of a field, you could see a young man floating within the middle of a field with pieces of rocks floating around the man in a sphere
[For example, look at Rey's meditation in the rise of skywalker.]
A week has passed since I started learning about the force. The outpost has developed wonderfully, we have been using the gold we have stockpiled to buy supplies we did not have, we built a few houses as well as a wall to protect the outpost. I have forbidden the citizens from entering the dungeon due to how dangerous it is.
The commandoes have reached level 20 and can be called supersoldiers when compared to their older selves.
Due to the dungeon, we won't ever have a food problem and there was a river a few miles away so we won't have any problems with water either.
I spent the next week in the dungeon with Kir and the Commandos to grind some levels and improve my mastery of the force.
Now that a week has passed and we all leveled I learned some new things about the dungeon, the dungeon's inhabitants cant leave their respective floors. We also found out that the bosses we killed before respawned and they repeated appeared to be furious at Kir and me due to killing them before. 
For the entire week, we killed the 10th-floor boss 28 times, and the 20th-floor boss 4 times.
From the boss's chests, we got: 16 Earrings of Flame, 8 Long Swords of Flame, 3 Salamander's Breath of Fire skill books, and we got a couple of new items in the chest.
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Name: Long Bow of Fire
Type: Weapon
Rarity: Uncommon
Description: This Bow was forged inside a volcano with Fire Steel and Fire String as its material. Upon attacking the arrow will release a flame on the target. Can form arrows with the user's mana.
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The bow was similar to the Long Sword of Fire, but It could form its own arrows with the user's mana which can be very useful.
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Name: Salamander's Hide
Type: Skill Book
Rarity: Rare
Description: Upon using the Skill book the user will gain the spell Salmanander's Hide. The spell costs 100 mana and will summon scales over the user's body which will grant the user a stronger defense and a 10% Immunity to fire.
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This was a good skill for any melee fighters or even pyromancers.
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Name: Summon Salamander
Type: Skill Book
Rarity: Rare
Description: Upon using the Skill book the user will gain the spell Summon Salamander. The spell costs 200 mana and will summon an Adult Salamander to help the user in a fight.
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We found 1 Summon Salmander Skill Book,  8 Salmander's Hide, and 6 Long Bows of Fire.
I learned the Summon Salmander Skill book, gave everyone with me a Salmander's Hide skill book, and I placed the Long Bows of Fire into my storage ring.
The commandos have reached level 50, while Kir and I reached level 70.
I learned that I could summon as many salamanders as I wanted from the skill book and I also learned that the current level of Salamander's Hide is equivalent to a baby Salmander's Hide.
We returned to the surface and Kir and I spared to test our new strength and something happened...I finally won in a duel against him!
'Congratulations on completing the mission, Training! You have gotten a new random skill, 5 random draws of your choosing, and 50,000 Exp. You have leveled up!'
[Make sure to Comment Down below for any suggestions on the eras of the draws!]

A Star wars enthusiast is reincarnated into a world of magic with a system.

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Note: Those that have come here for the evil Mc, understand that our Mc comes from a modern viewpoint so he will not be evil immediately, as all characters he WILL develop to become evil later on in the story.

"Checkmate!" Zhuo Hua excitedly slammed the chessboard. It immediately shattered as wood shavings were scattered all over.
Ren Baqian's general and Zhuo Hua's horse were reduced to dust. Part of the chessboard was also destroyed.
"See? I won, right? Teacher, you said before that you would pay for a month's worth of meat if I won, right?" Looking full of emotion, Zhuo Hua held the chessboard with both hands and stared at Ren Baqian.
"Where are the chess pieces?" Ren Baqian remained calm in the middle of her excitement.
"Even though the pieces are gone, I checkmated you!"
"If we don't even have the pieces, how are we to judge whether you have won or lost?" Ren Baqian laughed as he swept the pieces on the board to one side.
"Ah? Teacher, you are refusing to acknowledge that you lost!" Zhuo Hua's eyes were wide open, and she looked infuriated.
"Remember, the closer you are to success, the more you have to keep your composure. Otherwise, you will very easily fail due to the lack of final effort!" Ren Baqian smiled charitably at Zhuo Hua, stood up, and left.
Ren Baqian stretched as he walked away and thought to himself that he had to find someone else to play chess with next time.
After having only played two matches with him, Zhuo Hua won a match just like that. She didn't think during the match and made all her moves based only on intuition…
He hated playing against players like this the most. 
"Principal!" Qing Lian caught up to him.
"What?" Ren Baqian turned around and questioned.
Qing Lian threw an object at him that was wrapped in silk and said, "As promised!"
Ren Baqian stretched out his arm and knew that it was an animal hide scroll as soon as he caught it. He stuffed it into his coat, turned around, and waved his hand as he left.
Back at Pingle Park, he saw Tiantian and Gungun lying on the ground in a deep sleep. The ling ting monkey was lying on top of Gungun's head and was seemingly digging something out from its fur.
Ren Baqian originally thought that it was picking lice. However, he didn't expect that it actually dug out a few dried fruits and stuffed them into its mouth. It even tossed one over to Ren Baqian and winked at him.
"So the witness has a share?" Ren Baqian took a whiff of that fruit as he held it in his fist. He thought that it would be best if he didn't eat since he saw hair growing on it.
Ren Baqian casually tapped the ling ting's head and went back to his room. He took out the scroll and unwrapped the silk packaging, revealing an unadorned book. It was made out of animal hide, but he didn't know which animal it came from. 
The animal hide book gave him a very familiar feeling. It was simply too familiar…
This was because he had already been reading an identical animal hide book for a year…
He could remember every word, picture, and detail in that book. He was quite familiar with the feel of the animal hide, and it was to the extent that he could recognize it the moment he touched it.
Regardless of whoever it was, a person would definitely be familiar with the feel of it if he had been in contact with it for the past year.
"This can't be?" Ren Baqian's heart skipped a beat.
The [Ruyi Visualization] that he possessed only entailed the practice methods up to the Earth Embryo Realm. There wasn't any information about the transition from the Earth Embryo Realm to the Spirit Wheel level, let alone information about levels above that.
It was because of this that he placed his hopes on Earth. He wanted to first impart to them the basic martial arts manuals before giving them the intermediate ones. Under the circumstances of having enough test specimens, he hoped that he could one day deduce the later portions of the [Ruyi Visualization] with the help of supercomputers.
Qing Lian previously mentioned that this animal hide book was the second volume of the [Ancient Scroll of Methods]. It contained the methods of mental cultivation, which was also extremely useful in attaining the Spirit Wheel level through the Celestial Path. 
This book couldn't be part of an integral whole with his [Ruyi Visualization] and have the same fundamentals, origin, and sets of martial arts, could it?
At the thought of this, Ren Baqian immediately opened up the animal hide book. The first thing he saw was a sentence that said, "The existence or destruction of this book can make a tremendous difference in this world."
The characters were very imposing and full of the flavor of perfection. Ren Baqian had his eyes glued to those words for a long time and couldn't return to his senses. The characters kept breaking apart as new characters were constantly born from the ashes. This creation and destruction went on an endless loop.
Ren Baqian's eyes were attracted to that page. Over and over again, he watched as the countless imposing characters were obliterated and recreated. Not knowing how long it had been, Ren Baqian felt lethargic and dived straight into his bed.
At that moment, the metal chain and golden spear sprang out from his mind. The metal chain crawled along his body like a snake, coiling around him and tying him up tightly. It was as if it was taking revenge on him for having emerged out of his consciousness. 
Exactly four hours later, Ren Baqian slowly opened his eyes and felt dizzy.
"What happened?"
Ren Baqian wanted to get up, but found that he had been tied up tightly and that he wasn't able to move at all.
He lowered his head to take a closer look and realized that it was actually the metal chain that had wrapped him up like a dumpling.
"Let go!" When Ren Baqian lashed out, the metal chain reluctantly loosened up. As if his head was hollow, the chain dived straight back in and vanished completely, 
Ren Baqian sat up and touched the animal hide book that he had been holding the whole time. If he guessed correctly, he had probably over exhausted himself just now?
This book was indeed a little scary. He was already immersed in it after only looking at the first page. He was completely unable to break free from it and eventually even ended up passing out.
One wouldn't even be able to read it if he or she wasn't strong enough.
It seemed like he had to attain the Earth Wheel level before he could start reading this book.
One thing that he was very mindful about were the characters written on the first page of the book. The handwriting was very similar to that of the [Ruyi Visualization], and they both probably originated from the same author.
Unfortunately, Ren Baqian had seen too little of its contents and wasn't sure if it was what he imagined. The [Ruyi Visualization] contained the methods of cultivating the fundamentals, whereas this book contained more advanced methods.
As for the name [Ancient Scroll of Methods], it probably originated from the sentence in the book.
"Sir Ren, Her Majesty is calling for you." Qing Yuan knocked on his door.
"Got it. Give me a moment," Ren Baqian yelled back in response as he dug out the [Ruyi Visualization] from his room. He held both books and was prepared to show them to the empress.
After Ren Baqian stepped out of his room, Qing Yuan asked when she saw his face, "Are you okay? You don't look so good, Sir Ren." 
"It's nothing much." Ren Baqian smiled. At the moment, he still felt a little tired, but he was already feeling much better after sleeping. 
"Her Majesty asked about you twice this afternoon!" Qing Yuan laughed as she covered her mouth.
Ren Baqian followed Qing Yuan to the empress's quarters and saw her sitting there in a state of boredom as soon as he entered the room. In front of her was a table that was occupied by a boiling hot pot as well as meat, vegetables, and fruits that were all already cut up.
"Your Majesty," Ren Baqian stepped forward and greeted.
"What are you holding? I heard that you went straight into your room after you returned and haven't stepped out. Why do you look so tired?" The empress felt a little suspicious when she looked at his face.
"Look, Your Majesty—is this book the second volume of the [Ruyi Visualization]? I took a peak at it and ended up passing out." Ren Baqian forced out a smile after handing over both books to her.
As the empress flipped through the books, she asked, "Oh? Where did you get this?" 
Ren Baqian explained its origins to her.
The empress first flipped through the [Ruyi Visualization] before opening the other animal hide book. As soon as she saw the first page, she said, "The author of this book must be extremely incredible. Even though I don't know much about calligraphy, I have seen some people infusing their writing with the thoughts of their weapon. Those people can't hold a candle to this author."
After that, the empress stopped talking and concentrated on reading the contents of the book. After some time, she put it down, looked up, and said, "You are indeed lucky to have gotten this book so easily. You are correct. This book and the [Ruyi Visualization] are an integral whole. One contains methods of physical cultivation, whereas the other involves spiritual cultivation. This set of martial arts is far more superior than I thought it was. After you have mastered the [Ruyi Visualization] and have attained the Earth Wheel level, you can try to practice according to this book. Eventually, you will be able to transcend to the Celestial Path and enter into the Spirit Wheel level. When the conditions are right, success will follow naturally without obstacles. Furthermore, the power of this set of martial arts will only emerge after attaining the Spirit Wheel level. It's extremely superior."
When speaking of this, the empress began to smile.
Since Ren Baqian had obtained this set of manuals, she wouldn't have to worry about his future cultivation anymore. 
"How superior is it?" Ren Baqian was immediately in good spirits.
The empress's words made him feel like the concerns he had always had were now completely gone.
"Extremely superior—like a tall building!" The empress winked at Ren Baqian and actually revealed a mischievous look.
Ren Baqian was stunned. "Your Majesty, there's something on your eyelashes…"
"What?" The empress touched her eyelashes, lifted her head, and asked, "Are you lying to me?" 
"Let me do it." Ren Baqian extended his finger toward the empress's eyes.
Her eyelashes shook slightly as she allowed his fingers to touch them. 
"When you winked just now, my heart got stuck in your eyes!" Ren Baqian said as he quickly touched her eyelids.


In a world where its inhabitants can destroy a city wall single-handedly, the empress has a kirin as her pet, and the imperial palace of Great Xia has a pool containing a dragon. There is also a Sword Mountain where spirit swords occasionally leave in search of a master .

Bootlicking the empress, Ren Baqian ascended to the apex of life.　　

After finding the mysterious book Ryuusei rushed home, when he arrived at the house he asked where he was from.   

   "I was traveling and getting some air."   
 
Ryuusei lied to his sister because he did not want his sister to know that he had found a mysterious book after all, he wanted to keep the book for himself.   

   Seeing his brother's strange attitude, Chiro also felt surprised as if his brother was hiding him.   

   "Is there something you hide from me?        "N-n-n-no, I have nothing to hide anyway, I was walking in the village."      

  Hearing the answer from his brother Chiro did not believe it, and the next day he saw Ryuusei reading a book, Chiro wondered what book Ryuusei was reading. 
 

    "What book did he read? ... I've never seen him read a book before".     
    "Maybe I'm too suspicious ... After all it was just a book, maybe he bought the book yesterday when he was out in the village".

  And because he felt that the book was a book that Ryuusei bought when he was out in the village, he didn't need to suspect his brother anymore.    

  And the night arrived Ryuusei was sleeping in his room at midnight the mysterious book suddenly turned into a figure of a black shadow and because there was someone standing in front of him Ryuusei woke up and he was surprised to see that black shadow.    .     

   "W-w-who are you? Why are you here?"  Then the shadow answered.  

   "I am the figure in the book if, now you are the owner of this book and I will give you strength, only on one condition".   

  Then Ryuusei also asked what conditions he had to fulfill      
    "What conditions should I fulfill?"      

     "You have to look for a rock that shines, it's called a Lifestone, it's in the forest, you can look for it around where you found this book.

Ryuusei and Chiro are brothers who have opposing characteristics. when they were hunting Ryuusei accidentally found a mysterious book when he took the book, suddenly a black aura entered his body which made him a cruel person and intended to rule the world.

Alex keeps sliding through the page in the book and it seems this is the manual that the Devil Leviathan who is the epitome of Envy used on his life, but it didn't say why the book was here though and if the devil who owns it is still alive.

"Are you planning on using this book?." Sistine asked she was a bit skeptical on letting Alex use the book because it is from the devils.
"Yeah, it wouldn't hurt that much trying this." Alex said reading the pages in the book rapidly because of his eidetic memory he is almost like he was just glancing the pages before turning to the next one
"Dear that is a devil book though." Sistine said, she was really worried about him using a devils book
"What's the problem of a devil book though?." Alex asked Sistine while keep turning the pages 
"I think it's bad, and I'm worried about you using it dear." Sistine said with a worried voice
"Bad? you don't have to worry about it, not all devils are bad, there are some good ones too, they are just the same as gods some of it is bad and some of it is evil although the devil is mostly evil but there is still some who is a good devil." Alex said still turning the pages in the book
"Fine, I'm here for you anyway if something happens." Sistine gave up because she sees she can't stop Alex and he is already almost finished reading the book and imprenting it in his memory
"Done." Alex said and closed the book, he was finally done reading

*Shwososh* Alex after reading the book, his book suddenly omitted a dark aura around him while black air is swirling all around his body
"This is Evil Infant Realm first step?." Alex feels his devilish aura that is surrounding him, while his eyes turned red after achieving the realm
"What is that Alex? are you okay? no side effects?." Sistine asked a barraged of question
"Hahaha, calm down- calm down okay, I am fine." Alex laugh at Sistine's reaction
"Then what are you feeling now?." Sistine asked worriedly
"I'm feeling a bit more stronger right now, though only a little bit I'm still at the first step out of the ten steps in the Evil Infant realm." Alex said after feeling the little increase in his strength
"Strange I don't think I've heard a realm called Evil Infant according to some informations of the Ruler God the Devil also has the same practices as the other people." Sistine said while feeling weird
"Really? maybe this is another method then." Alex said he didn't think much about it
"How many realms are there?." Sistine asked
"There are four for now I've still not yet read all of the back because it was blank it will be unlock if I reach the last realm, currently the four realms are the Evil Infant, Evil Essence, Evil Incarnation, and lastly the Blood lust real, each of the realms needs 10 steps to proceed the next realm." Alex explained all of the four realms he knew of
"I see, then is the cultivation slow?." Sistine asked
"It is slow for now I guess, but I think if I find the other books the speed of the cultivation will multiply more." Alex said, he needed the other book to complete the seven deadly sins book
"I see, then did you gain anything more?." Sistine asked
"Yes as Leviathan is a serpent, I have gained two traits of a serpent first is the skin, a serpent can shed their skin, but me although I can't shed my skin like a serpent I can shed all of the impurities in my body, the second trait I gain is about the serpents poison, I am immune to any poison while I can also heal any poison but I can't poison like the serpents do." Alex said and explained what he gained
"It seems you have gained so many things from coming here." Sistine said happily
"Yeah, it is really worth it coming here maybe that's why they needed a barrier to protect it." Alex said, he found it worth it for a barrier to protect a legendary book like this
"Yes dear, they can't have getting stolen that's why they have more extreme measure to hide it." Sistine agreed
"I'm curious though why don't they use the book already, why did they have to hide it?." Alex asked, he didn't understand why they didn't use the book when it was already in their grasp
'Maybe they don't know the worth of the book? No scratch that if they really don't know they wouldn't have put extreme measure to put a barrier all around it just to hide it, so the only possible thing is they can't use it? but why can't they use it? maybe because they had connections with a god and as it is a devil book it won't accept them? but how about me I have a god's bloodline so it should not accept me even more so why did it accept me? because of my spear though I think that spear only called it out for me but I have learned it's cultivation method how can I learn it when the others can't?." Alex thought
"I've got the answer of you curiosity." Sistine said she have some knowledge about because she witness it herself how Alex was using the book and reading it
"How?." Alex asked he didn't know how Sistine could possibly know
"It's because of your dark element." Sistine said this what she sees all around Alex
"My dark element?." Alex was surprised and found it plausible too
"Yes dear, your dark element as the book has dark aura all around it, and you having an affinity with the dark element it quickly flew towards you and recognize you dark element, Dark element being one of the higher elements above the other five elements only a few have it so that's why the one who know of this book didn't have the capability to learn it." Sistine explained

There are Three Strongest power in the Universe The Chaos, The Nihility and The Infinite

Two Ruler of the Gods and Devils hold the power of Nihility and Chaos

The God has the power of Nihility while the Devil holds the Chaos

The God couldn't defeat the mastery of Chaos from the Devil who was at the summit while he is only at the peak, The God sacrificed some of his lifespan to bought some time to create The Unrivaled System

Finally after millions of years the God created the Unrivaled System but he was still not confident in defeating the Devil because he believes only the holder of the Infinite can

In the end the God sees a wandering soul in the void of his Nihility and betted on him that he will hold the Infinite, The God gave the Unrivaled System to the soul and the Power of Nihility and sacrifice his life to buy sometime to make the soul get stronger.
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Now let us see the adventure of the Soul which who will hold the power of Infinite and Nihility while having the Unrivaled System to guide him and destroy the Chaos and be Unrivaled in the Universe

The cover should look like the Goddess which is the God's daughter


Zhang Zian was used to seeing Wang Qian, Li Kun and Lu Yiyun come to work each morning, it was a bit weird not seeing any of them come in. He had to do everything himself. It was easy for a poor man to live a rich man's life, but very hard for a rich man to live a poor man's life. 
After a lot of coaxing, Fina was finally persuaded to visit the retired police dog home with the other elfins. If Fina ever found out that it had been lied to, it wouldn't be pretty.
Many companies had closed for the holidays yesterday, so there weren't as many migrant workers in Binhai City as the other major cities. There were usually long lines outside Li's Supreme Snack Bar for Cat Fanciers, but today, only two or three people were waiting outside. 　　
As there were no customers, Zhang Zian didn't open the shop. He was sweeping the floor, and Pi, following his example, picked up a cloth to clean the table.　　 
"Thank you, Pi, but I'll take care of it. Just go and play. You deserve a day off." He grabbed the cloth from its hands.　　 
Pi scratched its head and looked around it nervously.　　 
Ever since it arrived at the pet shop, it barely left the second floor. The first floor was a strange new world, it didn't know what to do. Each elfin seemed like it had its own space, which made it feel uneasy and like it didn't belong.　　 
"Go watch TV," Zhang Zian said, after detecting its confusion.　　 
Pi moved closer to the TV, keeping a distance from Old Time Tea, then sat on the floor and stared at the screen.　　 
As per tradition, the TV was airing a special program about the transportation during the Spring Festival, in which crowds of people were wandering train stations and airport terminals. The host was currently talking about highway traffic conditions, and it made Old Time Tea and Pi visualize how many people there were in China.　　 
Old Time Tea moved to the side, closer to the TV.　　 
Pi moved a little bit closer, too. It was much more comfortable to watch TV that way.　　 
The TV reporter walked into the lobby of the train station, it was full of travelers carrying bags. Most of them were playing with their phones.　　 
The reporter interviewed a few random people. The questions were routine, ranging from "Are the tickets expensive?" to "Do you miss home?"　
"Is that man reading your novel?" Old Time Tea pointed at a young man in the corner of the screen.　　 
The man was in the background while the reporter interviewed someone else. He sat in a chair, gazing at his phone attentively, which was open to the Qidian app. The cover of Pi's novel was visible.　　 
"Eek!" Pi shouted excitedly. Even though the man only added the book to his library, it was still something to feel happy about.　　
The camera was only on him for a few seconds before the reporter went to interview someone else.
Pi watched more attentively now, with its neck stretched out.　　 
However, it didn't catch any more glimpses of its novel. It was lucky enough to stumble upon it once, it couldn't hope for more. This also meant that more and more people were reading online novels.　　
Pi sighed, slightly disappointed.　　
"Meow! Pi, want to play hide-and-seek?"　　
Pi turned to see Galaxy sitting behind it, gazing at it with anticipation.　　 
Pi covered its head out of fear. The pain from the last time it played hide-and-seek was still fresh.　　 
Zhang Zian laughed. "Pi, don't worry. Just be careful, and don't be so easily coaxed out by Famous and the others."　　 
"No. You play hide-and-seek. Don't get me involved." Famous declined flatly.　　 
"Famous, you admit that you're scared?" Zhang Zian teased.　　
Famous snapped. "Scared? No, I'm not scared. I just don't want to kill someone playing hide-and-seek!"　　 
"You don't have to make excuses, just admit that you're scared." Zhang Zian waved his hand.　
Famous continued. "You really think I'm afraid? Fine. I'll play."　　 
"Great. Who's going to be the seeker? Let's play rock-paper-scissors to decide." Zhang Zian was thrilled, as Famous was playing right into his trap.　　 
Famous looked Galaxy's paws as well as its own, then at Zhang Zian and Pi's hands. It knew that it would definitely lose if they played rock-paper-scissors. 　　 
"No way! Let's flip a coin," Famous replied loudly.　　 
Zhang Zian put the broom down and searched his pockets. "I don't have a coin with me. Wait a second."　　 
He ran upstairs and came back with a coin.　　 
"Okay. Who's calling it?" he asked. He tossed the coin in the air and caught it firmly between his palms. 　　 
"Meow! Galaxy will go first!" Galaxy said joyfully.　　 
Famous was quiet because it knew that it couldn't beat Galaxy.　　 
"Nobody's going against Galaxy?" Zhang Zian looked at them. "Okay. Famous and Pi will go, and whoever loses goes against me. How's that?"　　 
"That seems fair." Famous agreed, and looked at Pi. "You can go first."　　
Zhang Zian asked, "Pi, you've never done this before, have you?" Pi shook its head. "You just have to guess which side is facing upward, the side with numbers or the side with flowers."　　 
Pi blinked, and gestured for them to wait. It went upstairs, and came back with its book. After it flipped the book open, it stretched one finger out as if to say "one."　 
Famous snapped. "You're cheating! We agreed that we couldn't use our superpowers."
"We agreed that superpowers couldn't be used during hide-and-seek. We're just flipping the coin." Zhang Zian corrected. "Famous, you can use your power if you want."
"Fine, I lose." Famous admitted unwillingly. Pi's book had everything in it, including how the coin landed. Famous couldn't beat it if it had the book.　　
"Eek!" Pi smiled joyfully.　　
"Now it's just you and me," Zhang Zian said seriously. "I'll give you a chance to back out."　　 
"I'm not backing out," Famous replied. "I'll let you go first."　　 
"Okay."　　
Zhang Zian threw the coin in the air. The coin whizzed through the air before he caught it between his palms again. 
He stared at his hands, as if he could see through them.　　 
"Stop acting weird, you don't have a superpower," Famous complained. "You think I was born yesterday?"　　 
Zhang Zian didn't move. His eyes didn't look up when he said, "The number side is up."
"Then I guess that the flower side is up. Stop stalling. Move your palm so we can see."
Zhang Zian moved his palm, and the number side of the coin came into view. He won.　
Famous grumbled about bad luck, then closed its eyes. "I'll start counting. Now go and hide! 1, 2, 3, 4…"　　 
"Meow!"　　
"Eek!"　　
"Haha! Famous, don't peek!"　　 
Three distinct footsteps ran in different directions, while Famous counted. When it got to 100, it opened its eyes.
It searched the entire first floor, but didn't find anybody, so they all had to be on the second floor.　　 
After landing on the second floor, it tried the oldest trick in the book and shouted at the top of its lungs, "Stop hiding, I can see you!"　　 
Pi didn't fall for its bluff this time.　　
Famous didn't give up. There were only a few places to hide up here, so it would find them sooner or later.　　
Remembering last time, it ran straight to the kitchen and opened the fridge. However, this time, it only found fresh vegetables and fruits.　　 
Could Zhang Zian actually be in the freezer?　　
"Are you inside the freezer? I'll only fall for that trick once. If you're there, you better come out, or I'll seal the freezer with tape!"　　
There was still no sound from the freezer.　　 
Was Zhang Zian not inside, or was he calling its bluff? Famous hesitated, then opened the freezer.　　 
Cold air spilled out, but there was nobody in the freezer, which was perfectly normal. It'd be horrific to find somebody inside. 
Famous was somewhat relieved. It seemed that Zhang Zian hadn't lost his mind.　
Just in case, Famous opened all the cabinets one by one and searched inside. It also jumped onto the stove and looked into the ventilation hood. Zhang Zian was nowhere to be found.　　 
Famous considered Zhang Zian as the easiest target. After Zhang Zian read Pi's novel yesterday, it knew Galaxy was good at hide-and-seek. Pi was very competitive and had a magical book, so it was pretty good at hiding, too.　　 
Besides, both Galaxy and Pi were small, so they had many places to hide. Zhang Zian, on the other hand, was much bigger. Famous continued to search for Zhang Zian.　　
Famous had finished searching the kitchen, and moved onto the bedroom and living room. It searched anywhere big enough to accommodate a large person, such as the closet, under the bed, etc. It didn't find anyone.　　
Famous was stunned. The storage room was the only place left it hadn't checked. They couldn't all be hiding in the storage room, right? 　　 
Either way, it opened the door to the storage room with one last hope.　　 
The storage room was cluttered with a lot of stuff, but none of it was what Famous was looking for. 　　 
Famous wasn't willing to admit defeat, especially not to Zhang Zian. It searched the first and second floor again, and still couldn't find them.　　 
When it finished its second search, it asked, "Old Time Tea, did they go outdoors?"　　
"Nope." Old Time Tea smiled.　　
Famous knew Old Time Tea would never lie, but it was weird that it couldn't find anyone.
It even lifted its head to look up Fina's cat tree, and thankfully, Zhang Zian wasn't there. If Famous had found Zhang Zian there, it wouldn't know what to think. 　　 
Famous searched the house one more time. This time, it went through everything, even the garbage can in the kitchen. No one was found.　　 
It remembered how it bragged before the game started, and its face burned as if it was on fire.　 
"Come out! I give up!" Famous shouted.　　 
"Meow! Galaxy has won!" Galaxy ran out of the bedroom as it cheered.　　
Famous was prepared for Galaxy's elusiveness. "Galaxy, did you see the others?"　　 
"Meow!" Galaxy shook its head. 　　 
Before Famous had time to ask more, it heard faint noises coming from the bedroom.　
That's weird. How were both of them hiding in the bedroom?　　
Famous ran into the bedroom. "Pi, where are you?"　　
"Eek."　　
Following the sound, Famous stopped next to the air purifier, and it was vibrating.　　
Famous remembered how it saw the filter of the air purifier in the storage room earlier, and thought it was a bit odd, but didn't think anything else of it.　
"Pi, are you in the air purifier?" Famous asked.　　
"Eek." Pi's voice was muffled.　　
Binhai City's air quality was bad sometimes, so most families owned air purifiers. The second floor of the pet shop was bigger—and since the bedroom and living room were connected—so theirs was in the bedroom. The air purifier was bulky, it wasn't big enough to hide a person, but apparently, it was spacious enough for a young monkey.　
Famous spoke to the air purifier, "Did Zhang Zian put you in there? Then, let him be the one to take you out. By the way, where is he?"　
There was a knock on the bedroom window. 
The window that was on the second floor.　　
"Hurry, pull me in. I'm falling off." Zhang Zian's voice came outside the window.
Famous stood up, and looked outside. Zhang Zian was hanging onto the edge of the windowsill. His entire body was hanging in the air, his legs kicking wildly.　
"Famous, help me." Zhang Zian smiled innoently.　　
Famous smiled back mischievously.　　
Old Time Tea didn't lie per se. Zhang Zian wasn't outdoors, he went outside the window, hanging onto the windowsill. No wonder he was nowhere to be found.　　
The building was tall. As he was hanging, his feet were about two to three meters above the ground. The fall wouldn't have killed him, but it might've hurt his ankles. 　　
There was a quiet alley outside the window. Nobody was walking in the alley, otherwise, someone might have called the police.　　
"Hurry, Famous. Don't just watch. Give me a hand. My fingers are cramping. I can't hold on anymore," Zhang Zian grumbled.　　
Famous simply replied, "When you decided to do this, didn't it occur to you that your fingers may cramp up?"　　
This time, Zhang Zian smiled out of embarrassment. "I didn't think about it."　
Suddenly, Galaxy jumped onto the windowsill. "Meow! Zhang Zian, there you are. Hiding outside the window again?"　　
Famous tried to hide its shock, and failed. "You've done this before?"　　
"No!" Zhang Zian quickly clarified. "When I played before with Galaxy, I usually just laid on the windowsill since Galaxy is short. You're tall, so I figured that you'd see me if I squatted on the windowsill. That's how I came up with this bad idea." 　　
"You're unbelievable!" Famous complained. "You knew it was a bad idea, and you did it anyway? What the heck were you thinking?" 
"I know, it was stupid. Just pull me in," Zhang Zian begged.　　
Famous was once again convinced that the hide-and-seek that Zhang Zian and Galaxy played wasn't the same hide-and-seek that normal people played. It went to the storage room to find a strong rope. It tied one end to the bedroom door knob and threw the other end out the window. Zhang Zian caught it and climbed back into the room.　　
"Famous, did you give up?" He spoke proudly with one hand on his waist, back to his old self.
A silver coin rolled out of his pocket, onto the floor, and landed by Famous' paw.　　
It lowered its head to look at one side, which was the number side. Then it looked at the other side, which was still the number side.　　
"What kind of coin is this? Why are there numbers on both sides?" Famous asked.　
Seeing his trick discovered, Zhang Zian coughed and said, "It's a magical coin that I bought."　　
Famous was too tired to complain. "Please, I'm begging you. Next time, don't ask me to play hide-and-seek."　　
Zhang Zian took Pi out of the air purifier. He cleared his throat, obviously satisfied with the turn of events. "This was a successful game of hide-and-seek, a mind-blowing game of hide-and-seek. Well, it's breakfast time." 　　 


1. Download a suspicious game
2. Catch a few magical pets as partners
3. Go through interesting daily routines and lead the pet shop to a whole new level

In the North where the sun sets, stands the Black Gate. 
 A-33.

**

 Min didn't understand. And his first reaction was to read again, and again, until he figured it out. It was him who wrote the note. Sure, he wasn't exactly the same. And sure, it was meant to keep a secret. But he should be able to figure out the meaning. 
 A whole hour of nothing had him defeated. 
 Maybe it was in the words, he thought. North where the sun sets. He saw the map of the academy in his head. The coordinates of the academy grounds aligned with the geographical coordinates. The academy's north was the geographical north. And that meant, the sun set in the west. 
 Then, what was the Black Gate? 
 Could A-33 be referring to a locker? Or some kind of safe that he left his notes inside for safekeeping? 
 How was he to proceed when he couldn't understand his own message? 
 He folded the paper along the creases and stuffed it into his pocket. Returned the book to its shelf. And decided to continue touring the library. 
 After the second story, he went up to the third. On the third story, the sitting area was actually bigger than the area occupied by the books. The books were all advanced, with an almost equal mix of handwritten notes and journals, and printed hardbound books. Every single book on the third story was extremely important and immensely valuable. 
 He felt a longing from the third story that he didn't from the other two. He knew from a cursory glance that he spent a lot of time up here. And he knew he wouldn't profane such a sacred space. There was no clue up here. 
 Another day he would return. Grab a book. Sit. Read. Enjoy himself up there. Today, for now, he needed something else. 
 Walking down the stairs, he felt he understood himself a little better. Anyone else, searching for the same clues, would definitely lose themselves up there. Didn't it seem obvious that he would hide a clue where he was most at? 
 The thought brought him to a stop on the bottom step. Hadn't he made the same mistake? He looked where he would have, where anyone would have. But not where he should have. 
 He walked to the far end of the sitting area, and looked in at the books resting on the shelves. Separated by subject. He saw the aisle in which were the books on social clusters. His eyes slowly moved to the aisle where he found Prof Lushe's book. And then he traced the route to Prof Wuchang's book. A faint shadow of realisation had begun to form. 
 What he would have done was follow the titles. Of the books he would read. Of the authors who would interest him. Try to decipher the messages hidden in the books. 
 What he would have done was leave a lot of secret notes. Red herrings. Many would bear no meaning. Others would be distractions. Where better to hide a leaf than in a forest? 
 What he should be doing, was think like himself. Do what he wouldn't do. What no one would expect him to do. And that was to leave nothing in the library. 
 No. That was wrong. He shook his head. The goal wasn't to hide so deep the clues would never be found. The goal was to make it so only he would find the clue. And maybe, the paper in his pocket was the first clue. 
 He pulled out the paper, unfolded it against the wall, and read it again. 

**

 In the North where the sun sets, stands the Black Gate.
 A-33. 

**

 He paused. What if it wasn't the academy? What if the world was limited to the library? What if the directions were governed by the geographical coordinates? 
 He walked to the west, which was the opposite end of where he was standing. He was at the other end, among books on mythology. If this was where the sun set, then what was the north? 
 His eyes were gliding past the titles on the spines of the books, when he froze. It wasn't the north, but the North. The North wasn't referring to the cardinal direction but to a name. Of a book? 
 He was excited, as he began walking along the aisles, searching for a book with any reference of the North. He found it on the tagline to the book's title. 
 Igunati - of the giants' North. 
 It was the retelling of old folklore of the giants of the North. Igunati was the sacred custom of the giants, offering their offsprings to the gods after the first month. Blessed were those that were claimed and taken by the gods, for those babies started their journeys among the gods. 
 But why this book? He couldn't figure it out. He couldn't find the patience to walk back to the sitting area before pulling open the book. He flipped pages, searched underneath the jacket, but found nothing. Was he supposed to read the entire book? It wasn't thick, but wasn't little either. 
 A-33. 
 He remembered. Excited again, he looked at the page numbers. Sure enough, it wasn't just numbers. Every chapter had a letter, and every page of each chapter was numbered from 1 along with the letter of the chapter. A-33 was the last page of the first chapter. The first chapter spoke about the origins of the giants, about the curse of the mountain people that turned them into giants. 
 He flipped to the last page. A-33. 

**

 The prophecy spoke of the son of Midgard, who would brave the winds and the rocks and death itself as he walked up to the peak. From there, he would step off. But he wouldn't fall, for the mountains would be flipped. And he would be walking up to the abode of the gods. Appeased with his wisdom, the gods would grant him a boon. And that would be the salvation of the giants. 
 
**

 He was startled by the flash of understanding. He had to step off the end. Have faith. For the world would turn itself upside down, to save him. And then, he would find the stairs upward. 
 With trembling hands, he returned the book. Turned away. Walked down and out the library. Which was as long as he could hold himself. At the first whiff of the outside air, he set off running.

What if one morning you woke up with no memories? 

What if all you had was a video message you left for yourself, warning you that you were in grave danger? 

What if the only way to survive was in discovering what you forgot? 

And what if your biggest enemy was yourself? 

**

"There is a bug. It allows unmitigated access to the users' consciousness. You're the only one who knows. You must stop the release. You must stop them." 

That was the primal directive. Min needed time to understand, to accept. But time was the one thing he didn't have. 

He woke up with no memories. He only had the one video message he left himself to work with. The video told him he was a beta tester of Gaia, and he had discovered a bug that could very well be intentional. 

What he was asking of himself was to be a hero. But was that what he wanted? Was that really him in the video? 

If it was him, why go through all that trouble? Why did he delete all of his memories himself? 

Who were the people helping him from the shadows? Were they friends? Or, were they something else entirely? 

Who were those that were after him? Were they all related to Gaia? Or were there other secrets too? 

School was the perfect refuge. Friendless and unremarkable, he couldn't be hidden better. But with less than three months to graduation, he was running out of time...

[Good morning host] - The system greeted me as soon as I woke up - [Today is August 5th according to the main calendar of Deuros , earlier morning. You overslept 11 hours, 53 minutes, 21 seconds.] - And so every day ...


Every morning the system greets me in this way, it's certainly useful to know what day it is, but the child does not need to know! But now it doesn't bother me, yesterday, on my birthday, the system gave me the "Magic Book for Dummies" and today I intend to start learning magic!

"System, please open the" Magic Book for Dummies "" - I mentally turned to the system.

[As the Master so desires. However, I highly recommend doing magic in a quiet place where no one will see you . In this world, magic is usually studied, starting with 5 -ti years.] - warned me system. But why from 5 years?

"System, answer, why do they begin to learn magic from the age of 5?" - I asked a question that I was very interested in.

[At age 5, all children go through a ceremony called "Baptism," where they learn their magical attributes. Beyond you, a very small number of people have the [Analysis / Evaluation] skill.]

But this is very useful! If the number of people who can test my abilities by analysis is very small, then I have nothing to fear, well, just need to somehow hide my abilities during this "Baptism", and it seems to me that it will be very difficult ...

" System, is there any way to hide my Magic Attributes during the" Baptism "? "

[ Extra Skill "Stealth" - This skill will allow its owner to hide not only his attributes, but also all his characteristics and skills and partially hide his presence.

Limitation: The lower the skill level, the less information is hidden

How to get the skill: Using the Magic of Darkness, hide your presence from people for 24 hours. If it detects you, the countdown will go first.]

24 hours to hide your presence? This is bad, they constantly watch me, if not my mother, then my sister or servant, I just physically cannot disappear from their field of view for 24 hours. Now it's not worth even thinking about it, maybe I can do it in 3 or 4 years, but not now.

" System, do you have a name?" For the "System" is very unpleasant to contact you. "

[The host can give me any name.]

    「Want to choose a name? 」

"Well, then let it be Aina."

    「The name" Aina "is set 」

[Thank you Boss.]

I solved this problem, but I, damn it, were distracted from my original goal. I wanted to study a magic book.

"Aina, please open the magic book"


[Magic for Dummies]

[Content]

[Magic Attributes and their description.

Elementary spells.

Light Magic spell.

Dark Magic Spells.]
 

I think this book justifies its price tag of 500 credits, everything is very well sorted into sections. I'll start from the very first

Magic Attributes and their description

Magic is divided into elementary attributes and the main magic of light and darkness. Elemental magic is magic that uses Magic Elements from the outside world to create spells, such as " Fireball " , " Water Wall " and the like. To control a certain element, you need to have a predisposition to it, which will transfer to the inheritance from the parents or by God himself.

Fire Element - This element allows the user to create and manipulate all types of fire. One of the five basic elements, strong against the Wind Element.

The Wind Element is a t element that allows the user to create and manipulate the wind . One of the five basic elements, strong against the Lightning Element.

The Water Element is the t element that allows users to manipulate the water element. One of the five basic elements, strong against the Element of Fire

Element of the Earth - this element allows you to control the earth itself by changing its structure . One of the five basic elements, strong against the Water Element

The Lightning Element is an element that allows the user to create and control lightning flows in his body. One of the five basic elements, strong against the Earth Element

Elementary Spells

Element of Fire - " Fireball " and " Fire Spear "

Fireball - " O flame, destroying everything in its path, appear and destroy my enemy - Fireball "
 

Fire Spear - " Fire, become an extension of my hand and defeat my enemy - Fire Spear "
 

Wind Element - " Air Blade " and " Air Shield "

Air Blade - " Wind, become a continuation of my sword and hit the enemy that dared to encroach on my life - Air Blade "
 

Air Shield - " O spirits commanding the faiths of this world, hear my call and protect me - Air Shield! "
 

Water Element - " Water Spear " and " Water Shield "

Water Spear - " Water, become an extension of my hand and defeat my enemy - Water Spear "
 

Water Shield - " Water surrounding me, hear my call and protect me from my enemy - Water Shield "
 

Element of the Earth - " Sand Shield " and " Earthen fetters "

Sand Shield - " Earth, I command you, decipher the laws of this world and protect - Sand Shield! "
 
Earthen fetters - "The earth surrounding me, hear my call and entangle my enemy - Earthen fetters. "
 
Lightning Element - None.

For each of the elements, there are 2 spells with more or less similar songs for their appeal , but why do not lightning have them? Is it really that the element of lightning is so difficult to control that for him simply no one came up with light spells? Of course, I came up with one spell of the lightning element, but it looks more like Tesla coils, small sparks jump from one fallen to another and that's all, I could not do anything more serious ...

" Aina, why aren't there lightning element spells?" "

[ The lightning element is more difficult to control than the 4 other elements, also, the owners of this element themselves are few, and this caused the lightning element itself to be studied very little, and therefore no one came up with light spells, except for you the Master. ]

Well, that doesn't bother me very much, I was already able to make fiery and water balls without the need to drink anything. Most likely, these songs are needed only so that a person can mentally imagine the image of the spell and use it. For me, as a person who has developed a large number of spells for MMORPGs, this is not a problem, I can easily imagine what the spell should look like and what it should do.

With this understood, so that we can move on to the third point - Magee I Light
 
The magic of light - Magic given to us by people, the Goddess of Light - Sinai, so that people can resist the undead armies that threaten our existence. Goddess gave the magic light of seven innocent virgins, who offered up her prayers for help during the " era of the early " . The basic principle of the work of Light Magic is to build on the chanting of prayers to the Goddess Sinai.

Basic Light Magic Spell

The Little Cleansing - " About the Goddess who is watching us from heaven, I ask you to lend me your strength in order to cleanse the young child from filth - The Little Cleansing!"

Lesser Healing - " Goddess that wags our lives, have mercy and save the life of the child of the Earth's matter - Lesser Healing!" "

Flash - " Hear and answer my call, O light that illuminates the darkness, light my path - Flash "

Arrow of Light - " O Great Goddess who rules in heaven, hear my call and smite the undead that encroached on holy life - Arrow of Light! "

Arrow of light - The magic of light that can cause damage only by a representative of the undead race, magic will have no effect on the living.

Now it's clear why there are so few owners of light magic, initially only seven maidens had it. But magic is very strong, if only with the help of magic light can kill undead, then it is very useful!

So, the magic of light turned out to be very useful, now let's take a look at what the Magic of Darkness is.

The magic of Darkness granted by the simple mortal God of Darkness - Ares. Ares, granted his gift to only one follower, that he sang it as the most powerful God on Olympus. Dark Magic is a universal magic based on the manipulation of dark energy and space; today, only 8 owners of this magic are known.

Basic Dark Magic Spells

Night Vision - Directing dark energy into the eyes.

Region of Darkness - Spread dark energy within a radius of 10 meters.

Concealment - Having enveloped your body with dark energy invisible to the human eye, hide your presence from enemies.

Shadow Army - By manipulating dark energy, create 1-3 shadow soldiers. Strength is directly proportional to the amount spent by the mage. Items.

Shadow Spear - "Darkness, hear the call of your master! I command you to decipher the laws of this world and form a spear that will hit my enemy - the Shadow Spear"

Shadow Exchange - Leaving a copy of your shadow in the shadow of another person, you can swap places with it. Limitation : The farther the copy is, the more mana will be spent.

Black Hole - By controlling dark energy, open the gates to another dimension in order to protect yourself.

Gates - By subduing dark energy, create gates that will take you to any place on Earth.
Restriction : You need to go to that place.

Mana cost : 1 pts. - 10 meters.

Related Skills –Cartography / Database.

Very, very strong magic, now it is the second on my list to study! If you study even to be half of the described spells, I will already become very strong! And this Gate! This is cheating! All I need is to visit all cities, and then I can teleport anywhere! And this amount of mana will not stop me, I will increase it to unprecedented heights if necessary!

Well, now that I know the principles of magic and what it is based on, I can easily begin to study it. Perhaps I'll start with the wind element, it is the safest for me in my current state, well, I'll practice a little in managing this dark energy, I hope it will not be too difficult ...

***

And so my days passed, in the morning I had breakfast and studied with Claire, he taught me letters and their pronunciation . In the afternoon, I played with Emilia, who , like me, studied in the morning with Sylvia. And in the evening and at night I slowly trained to control the Vital Energy - the Magic of Light, and the Dark Energy - the Magic of Darkness. This continued until today.

Erwin Gryffindor, head of the research laboratory. He saves the child at the cost of his life. But having accepted his fate, instead of the expected departure to hell or heaven, he woke up in a completely white room next to a stranger. She introduced herself as the Goddess of Creation - Aria and invited him to make a choice that will affect his future fate.

It's been roughly a year or so since I've become Sophies familiar. It's been a year of hell if I'm being honest with myself. She keeps tries to sleep with me, which makes me feel like a pedophile, you would think she would stop trying after a year. Instead I have to hide once sunset comes along, which wouldn't be a problem except she keeps finding my hiding places. Now I know why I'm her only friend. She's too damn good at hide and seek. If I as an 8-year-old thought I found a really good hiding spot and was found in just 5 minutes every time I played hide and seek I would stop playing with whoever I was playing with.

    Now that i'm ranting I can't help but remember everything she's done to me. The sleep stuff isn't even scratching the surface. Every day she makes me play outside with her. Which pretty much results in me being twirled around in her arms for a couple of minutes before she gets dizzy and I find an area she can't reach me. My least favorite place for her to play is the garden, which of course is her favorite place to play. I bet it's because of my sneezing. I can't believe even as a cat my allergies have followed me. I thought if there was going to be a silver lining it would be in the allergy department. I've had allergies my entire human and cat life so it's not something that's hard to cope with. But hiding when were in the garden is impossible with my constant sneezing. It's like I'm playing Marco, Polo with myself. I wouldn't blame Sophie for my allergies except you can fix allergies here with simple healing magic! I just can't believe Sophie won't use magic to fix my allergies. It works way better than modern medicine. I only got to experience it for a couple of minutes, but those minutes felt like heaven. Then Sophie decided she missed my constant sneezing, saying it was cute. So the wizard being the pushover he is made it so my allergies affected me again.  

 Despite the hell called a garden. I do have to give credit to whoever made it. They made sure to include tons of tall places that help me get away from Sophie. I just can't sleep on any of the platforms. I made the mistake one day taking a nap on one of these "safe places" severely underestimating Sophies need to torture me with more spinning. Staying awake as a cat even though my natural instinct is telling me to take a nap does not get any easier as time goes on. Instead I get to have the privilege of staying awake, playing the floor is lava. The second I miss a platform Sophie comes out of no where and grabs me. I can't ever tell when she's climbing up to get to my platform or lurking. It's terrifying really. I would try to run away but if I get too far, it starts to feel like I'm dying. The feeling reminded me of my brief heroism at the grocery store robbery, only in that case I died. Huh, that was grim, anyways I'm pretty sure this is an effect of trying to run away as a familiar. Lucky for me the spell appears to only work on an x-axis. As long as I'm able to get to a place tall enough that this 3ft barbarian can't reach me I'm safe from playtime. Playtime is almost the worst thing invented. Almost, the absolute worst is milk. And Sophie puts milk in front of me whenever we go to the kitchen. I never would have thought that a simple beverage would continue to haunt me for an entire year. 

The only occasions where I optionally get close to Sophie is during her study time. I need information on my familiar contract. Much to both me and Sophies frustration were both disappointed with her studies so far. Everything we've learned in her books on familiar training has been useless, just for different reasons. Apparently since she cast the spell to make me her familiar, she was supposed to be able to tell me what to do. But I've been able to ignore this part of our contract. My one stroke of luck since I've been reincarnated. I on the other hand found out something amazing for Sophie that she has not done. When you create a familiar it requires a gem that is imbued with magic. This gem is used to seal your familiar inside the gem. She doesn't ever so  I'm not even sure she knows where the gem is. That's just half of the bad news too. I can't believe when she picked me up at the ally, I wasn't her familiar yet. Which makes sense thinking back on it since she didn't use any magic when we met. I assume She must have done the spell while I was sleeping. All she really did back in the ally was pick me up and force her friendship on me. If cats had animal rights, I would have filed for some sort of restraining order the first moment I could, or whatever is similar to a restraining order here.

 It's a shame this place isn't more like Egypt where they worshipped cats. You know what i'm done just being a stupid cat. i'm going to do more studying, even if i'm going ahead of Sophie. "How to train your familiar" has proven to be full of useless information I think I'll read her next book. She isn't supposed to switch her magic book until she can score an A on a test about the book she's studying, but I can't take much more playtime and dreadful hide and seek games. it's time to sacrifice Sophies integrity for the sake of my sanity. I mean she's like 8 so I'm not sure she cares about integrity yet. At worse she'll probably have a smaller birthday celebration or something. 

Let's see this one is titled "Familiar bond Strengthening". Seems like it won't help me in my search for breaking a familiar contract, but if I do the opposite of what this book says perhaps our bond will be weak enough to the point where I can run away safely. That's odd the books blank. What if I spit on it or something. I don't really like to spit, I think I'll just use the glass of water that was left on Sophies desk. I'll just take a quick peak at Sophie to make sure she's still sleeping. Alright it appears I'm in the clear, I'll just stick my paw in and out easy as pie. And I tipped over the glass. Well at least the objective was completed. The book has water on it. Still no words on it. Maybe I need more water or something. Hang on why is water the answer? Did I secretly just want to get Sophie in trouble for all the problems she's caused me this past year? Nah, doesn't seem like me, after all that's pretty immature.  And I'm the most mature person I know. Or at least the most mature cat I know. Wait, when did the room get brighter? O shit, Sophies awake. This might be the first time I've seen her angry at me. Well it had to happen eventually. I'm more surprised she isn't saying anything, she's normally pretty verbal when she's angry...or any emotion for that matter. I wonder what she's got in her hand. It's some purple gem she pulled out from her purse. That's funny the gem has a cat engraved into it that kind of looks like me.

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