Devin Thomas was just laying down for bed after binge reading light novels on his favorite app when...

LONER AND JULIET: CHAPTER 8 – FEELINGS
Posted by kuraiaku | Apr 16, 2017 | Loner and Juliet | 29  |     
Chapter 8 – Feelings
TL: Cryarc
Editor: Puissansa, Krrizis, Mysterious Editor No.3
 
 
Somehow, by riding on the momentum, I'm going to buy a light novel for Asakura-san. Should I casually ask about what book she might want? (Andou)
 
「Asakura-san, do you have any light novels you've wanted to buy or maybe a title you're interested in?」
 
「Hmmm, they haven't released the book I wanted to buy yet. It's the one with serialization for it being decided recently – 『Other World Cheat Swindler (Conman) 』*. Currently I don't have anything else I'm interested in...
Ah right! Andou-kun, what books are you reading now?」
 
I might as well use this opportunity to ask what light novel Andou-kun likes. If he doesn't mind, I'll ask him to buy it for me. If I do that, after I've finished reading the book we can naturally exchange impressions about it! See, I'm a genius! (Asakura)
 
「M-me? Currently I'm reading this.」
「Which one... eh, 『Saint of Greed』*? This is, if I'm not mistaken it's a novel from Narou which has a female protagonist, right?」
「Yep, even though this is about a female protagonist, this is quite interesting. Because she didn't have any greed, her life was short and she died while regretting that she couldn't stop conflicts in the world. This time, to erase conflicts from the world she is reincarnated as a demon lord who takes everything from the world for herself and forcefully makes people happy, it's that kind of story.」
 
「Hee, it seems surprisingly interesting from the synopsis... Ne! Is there anything else?」
「Uuh... ah, umm…..」
 
Eh? Andou-kun is suddenly panicking, I wonder why? (Asakura)
 
C-crap... I unintentionally became nervous because Asakura-san suddenly smiled at me. Loners have weak resistance against pretty girls who treats them nicely – at this rate I will fall in love with her... Even if fall for her, it's pretty much impossible for the most beautiful girl in school to be willing to date someone like me... Right now I have to maintain my composure by thinking that it's impossible!
 
Fuh, calm down, me... She is not a pretty girl. Right, she is a gremlin. Gremlin, gremlin, she's a gremlin... Alright! (Andou)
 
「I know right. Next one, even though I've only read this recently, it's interesting.」
 
Hmm? Andou-kun is returning to his usual self. I wonder what happened just now? (Asakura)
 
 
「What is it? 『The Villainess Trains the Prince from Enemy Country』* what is this... isn't this a porn book...? 」
「It's not that kind of book! 」
「Sorry sorry, but the title is... 」
「Well… I admit that the title is misleading. But, considering that this is for all ages, there is no scene like that at all...  This is a rom-com story about the protagonist who got reincarnated as a villainess inside an otome-game world. To avoid bad ends, she needed to rehabilitate the evil prince from the enemy country with whips, aiming for happy end.」
「Hee, after hearing about the content it seems interesting. But, it looks like Andou-kun reads stories aimed at girls, isn't that embarrassing? 」
「Embarrassing? 」
「Andou-kun seems unashamed though... Look, isn't it awkward to read these kinds of light novels at school?  It's a different matter if it's just normal light novel, but among the books Andou-kun reads at school there are also those light novels which are definitely aimed at girls based from the cover, with shoujo manga style illustrations inside of it too, right? I mean, it's embarrassing being seen by other people while reading that kind of stuff... isn't it? 」
 
I've been curious about that even from way back then... Rather, that's the reason why I'm interested in Andou-kun in the first place. I'm too embarrassed to admit that I'm a light novel otaku so at school I'm hiding my hobby of reading light novels. But the first time I saw Andou-kun, he was boldly reading a light novel with the title 『Little Sister Will Marry Big Brother!』* in a transparent vinyl cover in class alone.
 
At that moment, looking at him like that shocked me, as if I was struck by thunder 『Eh, if you're putting a cover on it why are you not hiding the illustration!? 』『Rather, isn't that embarrassing? 』 and so on. That's why I wanted to know why he could boldly read light novels in class like that. (Asakura)
 
Even though Asakura-san's question seems like a mockery... Most likely, she didn't mean it that way.  I know that by looking at her eyes. The way she looks at me when I'm reading light novels for girls is not the sneering glare used by rotten normies. Instead... She looks like she's envious of me who reads it.
So I have to answer this earnestly. (Andou)
 
「No.  I don��t think it's embarrassing at all. 」
「...」
 
I've said it clearly. (Andou)
 
「Why is it like that? 」
「For example――Asakura-san reads 『Hachinan Tensei』* right? Was that interesting? 」
「Y-yes.」
「Then, if a stranger said 『Hachinan Tensei is so lame-』, how would you feel? 」
「Beat them to death. 」
「...…」
 
Even though I asked 『How would you feel?』, she answered from the question of 『what will you do』. As expected of a gremlin. (Andou)
 
「Ahaha... But I'm also the same.」
「Eh.」
「If a stranger is laughing at my favorite light novel, I think I will go 『Don't fuck with meee! 』 I mean, those guys don't know how interesting that light novel is, right? I like light novels. Therefore, I think the authors who wrote light novels are 『Awesome』and I never thought reading it is 『Embarrassing』. 」
「...」
 
「After all, the one who knows how interesting that light novel is, is us who read it, so if we thought that it's 『Embarrassing』 then that means we're being rude to the author, right? So I'm reading light novels boldly. Resolutely conveying 『The light novels I'm reading are very interesting, you know! It's not something to be ashamed of! 』like that. 」
「... I see, you're right. 」
 
I wonder how embarrassing I must be. It's just like what Andou-kun said. Up until now, for the sake of protecting my own pride, I've been hiding that I like light novels.  As a result of prioritizing such a small pride, I never admitted to Andou-kun that I liked light novels. However, I chose to be ignorant of it and instead indulged in selfishness by thinking things like 『Why is he not noticing me? 』 or 『Talk to me! 』... (Asakura)
 
「Ah! Of course, this is only for my own self-satisfaction, it's not like I'm denying people who hides that they like light novels! After all, we have different circumstances, such as status and how much we attract people's attention... You see, because I'm a 『loner』, what people think about me isn't that important.」
「Andou-kun, it's fine. 」
「Eh...? 」
「I've decided.  I won't hide it anymore... I will confess my real feelings only with you. 」
「A, Asakura... san」
 
Right, I will say it clearly to Andou-kun that 『I like light novels.』 So I can be in the same position as him... Properly straighten up and confidently say 『I like light novels! 』
It's fine... I can say it. I've been practicing this line every night before sleeping because I'm sure I have to say it in the future... 『I really like light novels, as much as Andou-kun!』 Excellent. (Asakura)
 
「Andou-kun.」
「Ah, yes.」
 
A-alright! S-s-s-s-say it... 『I really like light novels, as much as Andou-kun!』『I  really like light novels, as much as Andou-kun!』『I really like light novels, as much as Andou-kun!』 (Asakura)
What is this! Suddenly it's turning into something dramatic, what will she say to me!? (Andou)
 
 
「I really like Andou-kun! 」
「...Eh?」
「...Nn?」
 
Huh, just now... What was that? (Asakura & Andou)
 

The Academy would hold a competition every winter between all the majors according to tradition. The victor would gain rich rewards, and this was used to spur the students to study even harder.
This was when the Academy was bustling the most as the majors competed not only for rewards, but also for the face of their major and teachers. Even the future of their teachers were closely tied to these battles.
Therefore, all the majors would send out their strongest students at this time every year to take part in the fighting. This was both for the students' own benefit, and for the face and future status of the teachers within the Academy.
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The dark major and light major had always been hated rivals. Open conflict and veiled struggles between the two majors had waged on for many years. The battle between the dark and light major was to determine who would win the title of the strongest major. This was why it'd attracted so many observers.
An enormous magic shield had enclosed the entire square, allowing combatants to battle to their hearts contents without causing injury to anyone. There were five participants from both the dark and light majors, and a fine show was being put on the stage.
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Han Shuo's gaze wandered around, finally resting on Fanny, who was sitting in the back corner of the row of teachers sitting at the front stage. Their section was raised, and the teachers from all majors were sitting there. The dean was also sitting there quite primly. It looked like everyone was placing great importance on this time's demonstration.
"Is anyone from our necromancy major part of the team?" Han Shuo started after Lisa had explained the situation for him, and opened his mouth to ask her.
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Shaking her head, Lisa said, "Our necromancy major is an offshoot of the dark major. The dark major teachers and students were awfully afraid that we'd be a burden to them, so they didn't count us in for this time's demonstration at all. Therefore, it's only students from the dark major being involved from beginning to end, and there's nothing to do with our necromancy major."
"So that's the case. Who do you think will win between the light and dark major this time?" Han Shuo stared at the two groups within the square and asked carelessly.
"Not sure. The dark and light major have always been the two strongest majors within the Academy. After all these years, the two majors have been trading the title of strongest major back and forth. No major has been able to win consecutively. The dark major won last year, but the captain that led the team last year has already graduated, whereas the light major's is still here. I think the dark major is in some trouble this time." Lisa fixed her gaze on the situation within the square and explained for Han Shuo.
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"Ai, too bad there's nothing to do with our necromancy major. After all these years, the dark major has always directly counted us out. Although Master Fanny and Gene try quite hard, because of this, their standing within the Academy keeps decreasing. See, Master Fanny can only sit in the last row, and Master Gene doesn't even dare show his face because he's afraid that people will laugh at him. Our necromancy major is truly a failure." Amy shook her head and spoke dejectedly with a woebegone expression.
"This can't be helped either. The creatures that our necromancy major students can summon are innately weak to light magic. Without the help from our summoned creatures, it's very difficult for necromancy magics to obtain the upper hand against light magic attacks. This is why Master Fanny can only resign herself to accepting the arrangements from the dark major and not have us join in the battle. If we did so, we'd only be making life more difficult for ourselves." Athena was also similarly dejected as she followed up on Amy's words.
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It wasn't smooth and without obstacles within the square, but all sorts of artificial mountains and fake trees had been placed, as well as numerous moats that were jagged and uneven. The school authorities wanted the students to become used to real environmental situations, and thus had made the battleground quite complicated.
At this moment, the five students from their respective majors were making use of the fake trees and grotesque rocks to conceal their bodies within the square. They would pop out and attack each other every now and then, then make use of the terrain to back off or regroup with their teammates. The enormous magical shield protecting the square also made the light hazy and dim. It looked like this had been a conscious decision to create this effect, to make it easier for teams to cooperate.
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The two sides were probing each other when one of the members from the dark major suddenly clutched his stomach and fell down. Cold sweat beaded his forehead as his face was drained of all color.
Dark major archmage Deo's facial expression changed drastically when he saw the situation develop and he immediately spoke to Dean Emma, "Dean, Phillide seems to be feeling unwell. I'd like to halt the battle and see what's going on."
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Space grand magus Emma was also looking at the fallen Phillide with some surprise. She seemed to be puzzled as to why he'd suddenly fallen down when the real fight had yet to take place. When she heard Deo's words, she nodded and said, "Halt, let's see what's wrong with Phillide?"
Emma then waved her hand and the enormous magic shield suddenly lit up. The other dark major students helped the anguished Phillide to Deo. Dark major archmage Deo and several other dark major teachers examined Phillide, with Deo finally speaking to Emma with a darkened face, "Dean, Phillide's eaten some food that he shouldn't have eaten. I don't think he can participate this time."
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"Oh, my gosh! What's going on? Phillide is almost graduating and is someone who's about to become an adept mage within the dark major. He's also the current team leader and the strongest. If he suddenly can't participate, then the dark major has even less chance this time." Athena spoke with some worry as she looked at the pale Phillide.
Sara nodded and spoke, "Indeed. Keelung from the light major on the other side was captain of the light major team last year. It's said that he already has the strength of an adept mage, but purposefully delayed the timing of his advancement due to this year's competition. With Phillide present, they would've been evenly matched, but now that this has happened, it looks like the dark major is completely without hope."
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Han Shuo, with his sensitive hearing, could clearly hear Emma and Deo's conversation. Because of Phllide's health issues, Deo was attempting to convince Emma to delay this year's battle for a few days, but Emma rejected Deo's request on the basis of Academy's rules. She only agreed to allow Deo to swap out for another dark major student on Phillide's behalf.
Deo had a face full of fury as he argued shrilly with Emma, saying that this was a conspiracy and he demanded for Emma to change the day of the demonstration.
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It was pity that archmage Deo was just a dark major teacher in the end, and naturally wasn't more important than the Academy's rules.
Unable to convince Emma, Deo said furiously, "Since this is the case, then we're not competing. Allow others to say what they will this time!"
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"Master Deo, please remember your status. Although an accident has occurred, I hope you don't think of changing the Academy's traditions. Please find a substitute for this year's demonstration and let's see it through." Emma, usually benevolent and kind, was obviously a bit annoyed as she spoke gravely to Deo.
Apart from being a space grand magus, Emma also had a sense of unquestionable authority since she'd established her position as dean of the Academy. When such a severe warning was issued from her mouth, Deo was immediately dumbfounded.
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Thinking for a bit with a darkened face, Deo turned to look at Fanny, who sat in the corner and spoke, "Master Fanny, the necromancy major has never been a part of the combat after so many years. I think it's high time that the necromancy major sent out someone. Please find someone to fill in Phillide's position so that the combat may continue."
Originally sitting in the back row expressionlessly watching everything, Fanny suddenly started when she heard Deo's words. She immediately recollected herself as rage filled her face, "Master Deo, what do you mean by this?"
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Anyone could see that Deo had purposefully spoken to Fanny when he knew that he had no way to win after Phillide bowed out.
Even if they lost, those in the know could tell that Deo's actions were completely as a result of his bad temper. After all, the necromancy major was known for being weak. Deo could've asked anyone other than the necromancy major to fill in the spot. His actions were a noticeable jab at the necromancy major, and could even be construed as humiliation for the major.
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"Master Fanny, as a member of the dark major, you still need to make an effort sometimes, wouldn't you say?" Another dark major teacher, off to the side, naturally understood Deo's intentions and spoke up after thinking for a moment.
The teachers next to Fanny were watching her with an expression of delighting in her miseries, with some also displaying expressions of pity. However, the necromancy major was well known for being weak, and no one expressed anything. Expressions of watching a good show prevailed more than not.
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"When do you usually ever think of our necromancy major? You think of us when you need someone to act as a scapegoat, I think not!" Fanny had already lacked face with no necromancy students participating, and she'd only hoped for the battle to be over as soon as possible, so as to not suffer through the mockery and sympathetic gazes of others. Who would've known that she'd be so humiliated by Deo at the very end? This immediately roused her ire.
Fanny was someone who was soft on the outside and tough on the inside, of this Han Shou was well aware of. Under normal circumstances, Fanny always greeted others with a smiling face and wouldn't cause conflict with others, but once someone stepped over her bottom line, Fanny would also fight back with all her strength. It was obvious that Deo had stepped over Fanny's bottom line this time.
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The conversations of the teachers on stage couldn't make it over here, so Lisa and the others were standing there with looks of bafflement, not knowing why Fanny had suddenly stood up. When Han Shuo relayed what was happening with a darkened face, they were all incredibly angry as they cursed at Deo's despicableness.
A strong body was useful in moments like this. He pushed everyone blocking the way aside, and walked towards the main stage amidst a flurry of student curses. He suddenly raised his voice, "Master Fanny, I would like to battle on behalf of Phillide. I hope you approve."
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Han Shuo could no longer contain the anger within him when he saw Fanny being humiliated. He cried out loudly with a look of seriousness, his voice ringing out clear as a bell and traveled a great distance to the stage.
The square was immediately silent without a sound as large hubbub immediately exploded after. Everyone's gaze was focused on Han Shuo and they were all full of excitement and curiosity, all wanting to know what was going on.
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"Who is that kid? He's got some guts!"
"Huh, such overconfidence. Even Phillide knew that he was no match for our major and pretended to be ill and backed out. To think there are those who invite humiliation!"
"Eh, isn't that our major's Bryan? When did he return?"
An uproar instantly suffused the scene as all the students and teachers patrolled curious gazes over Han Shuo's body. They even started asking those around them what Han Shuo's background was.
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Fanny was dumbfounded to see Han Shuo appear. Her clear eyes sparkled as a hint of a sweet smile blossomed on her angry face. She spoke tenderly to Han Shuo, "Forget it… can't you see that someone's purposefully using us as a scapegoat?"
Nodding his head, Han Shuo looked at Deo, who was busily pretending that nothing was out of the ordinary. He spoke to Fanny, "I know, but I still want to try. Our necromancy major has been quiet for so long that it's time we took our spot in the limelight again."
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This demonstration would affect the standing of all the teachers in the future. As a necromancy teacher, Fanny was being set up by someone like Deo. Han Shuo would naturally not allow something like this to continue to happen.
Some sort of message seem to be conveyed from Han Shuo's resolute gaze. Fanny stared dumbly at him for quite a few seconds before finally nodding. She spoke to Deo, "Alright, I agree to your request. He will act as a substitute for Phillide."
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Han Shuo's identity was quickly revealed from the mouths of the necromancy students. His life as an errand slave to his experiences within the Dark Forest quickly made their ways to the ears of all the teachers and students present.
When the tidbit of the old witch Camilla seeing Fanny and Han Shuo spending the night together and Han Shuo on Fanny's bed came out, this filled the minds of everyone present with endless imagination. This caused the voices of discussion to be louder and louder as people's gazes sharpened and grew with enthusiasm.
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"Then it's settled, he'll substitute for Phillide and immediately join the battle against the light major. Mm, he's just taking the stage for show. It'll be over quickly and won't waste much time." Deo nodded and said to Fanny.

“If I don’t die… I swear I will act on all my evil thoughts..”
Not exactly everyone’s typical thought when they’re about to die. What will a cowardly young man do when reincarnated with the evil powers to redefine his destiny? Can the natural kindness of human nature triumph over evil? Will he become the cold-blooded demon king of legend, or will he forge his own path and rain down another kind of terror?


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Three days later.
Seiji finished his vacation… er, his recovery and left the hospital. After returning home with Shika, he went out again before long. They headed to the bookstore together.
They immediately headed for the light novel section and soon found what they were looking for...
"Brother Monogatari"!
The cover art seemed both romantic and mystical. A beautiful black-haired girl who wore mystical attire in the Sakura Island style was holding a vicious demon's mask in her hand and turning back and smiling brilliantly at the readers. Her scarlet eyes seemed especially beautiful, as if they were shining and possessed something mysterious within.
Standing in front of her was a white-haired boy who wore a collared jacket. He was sticking both his hands in his pants' pockets, and he was also turning to look behind him. Only half of his handsome face and sharp gaze could be seen. It appeared like he was either looking at something behind him or gazing at the girl.
The cover art seemed professionally done and was quite appealing. The art was of obviously higher quality than the other light novels next to it in the new arrivals area. Any layman could tell the difference.
Seiji was quite excited as he reached out and took a copy.
Shika also picked up a copy of "Brother Monogatari". Something flashed in her eyes as she looked at the cover.
Then, both of them exchanged glances with each other and smiled. Their smiles contained the feeling of bliss.
Another customer in the bookstore, a man wearing a round hat, paused in surprise upon seeing such a scene. He felt like this was just like a scene straight out of a movie.
'Who are these kids? This handsome boy and beautiful girl, are they idols or models?'
His attention drawn to them, he wondered about their identities. His gaze was then drawn to the light novel they had both picked up a copy of.
"Brother Monogatari"… this seemed like a strange book title to him.
The cover art was quite beautiful… and he felt that the beautiful girl drawn on the cover greatly resembled this girl in front of him?
The man was quite surprised at this resemblance.
He hid his emotions and picked up a copy of "Brother Monogatari" as well. He began to read the story.
He was instantly drawn into the story right from the very start.
This novel had a unique style and excellent readability. Reading it would naturally cause the reader to be able to imagine what was happening, as if the reader was watching an exquisitely drawn anime!
The insert art's quality was quite high as well. It beautifully complemented the story's contents, helping the readers insert themselves into the story's world.
The man unknowingly lost himself in reading the story. He got addicted to reading and didn't even notice that the handsome boy and beautiful girl had left long ago.
"Dear customer, please don't stand here reading for too long," a bookstore employee spoke to him, but the round-hat-wearing man didn't even notice.
"Dear customer!" The book store employee increased his voice's volume.
The round-hat-wearing man was furious to have been interrupted while reading. When he turned to see that it was a book store employee, his anger dissipated, replaced by embarrassment.
"I apologize…" He closed the "Brother Monogatari" book. "I'd like to purchase this light novel."
"Thank you for your purchase." After ringing the man's purchase up, the employee gave him a glare of "don't just read books without purchasing them" before leaving him alone.
The round-hat-wearing man looked around him but didn't see the boy and girl anywhere.
"'Brother Monogatari'… Idle Dimension by the Shore…"
He looked at the book in his hands and muttered the author's name to himself as he left the bookstore.
Seiji and Shika both purchased three copies each of "Brother Monogatari's" first volume. One copy would be for personal reading, one for collecting, and one for loaning out to friends.
They were both quite confident in the quality of their own light novel. Still, it remained to be seen how well the book would sell.
Seiji received a phone call some time after he returned home.
The call was from Hisashi.
"Seigo, are you out of the hospital yet?"
"Yes, I've left already."
"That's good, then." Hisashi paused for a moment. "This humble one has already purchased and started reading a copy of Milord's novel that was published today."
"What did you think?"
"It's excellent, as expected of something personally written by Milord!" Hisashi gave him passionate praise. "I would really like to finish reading it in one go. It's such a pity that I have other things to do today. I can only wait until I have some free time. Just the part that I've read so far makes me believe that this will become a famous bestseller! Many people will become Milord's fervent believers in the future!"
"Thanks for your kind words. It would be nice if that really came true." Seiji smiled.
"Of course it will come true! Milord's light shall illuminate the world!"
"No need to exaggerate things so much. This is only a light novel."
"No, this isn't merely a light novel, it's the beginning to Milord's legend! As the First Knight under your command, I'm quite honored to follow your cause. I shall support you to my fullest!" Hisashi spoke quite seriously.
"Thank you for your support. We are quite lucky to have such a loyal retainer like you." Seiji chuckled and responded using the royal pronoun "we".
Seiji treated all of this as a joke. He didn't actually understand the true meaning of Hisashi's "full support".
After they ended their conversation, Hisashi placed his cell phone on his computer desk and contacted someone on the internet.
"What is it, Sweet Pig-dono?"
"I would like for you to help me advertise a light novel that was just published today, Tea Brewer-kun. You can charge me as much as you think is necessary."
"What a joke, how could I possibly charge Sweet Pig-dono any money? You merely have to ask. What's the name of the light novel you want to help advertise for?"
"'Brother Monogatari'. It's a new story published by Thunderbolt Literature."
Hisashi then contacted various other online contacts and had similar conversations with them.
He then adjusted his eyeglasses and smiled satisfactorily as he gazed at all the numerous conversation windows on his computer screen.
"My 'support' doesn't mean that I'll simply buy a few of your books, Seiji-kun."
Later that night, Mika, Chiaki, and Kaede all arrived at Seiji's apartment. All three had a copy of "Brother Monogatari" with them. They all sat down by the kotatsu and started reading together as if this place was hosting a book club.
Seiji read "Brother Monogatari" together with them as well. Although he was intimately familiar with the story, he still wanted to read it again.
He kept receiving phone calls or text messages from all his friends. They all wanted to tell him their opinions of "Brother Monogatari".
"Excellent story. The insert art is beautiful as well. Overall, you've done a great job, Shore-sensei." — from Natsuya.
"Your story that you wrote together with Kagura-san seems pretty good. I give you 9.5 points out of 10." — from Mai.
"This is a wonderful story! I really like the main character; I think he's quite similar to Senpai." — from Hoshi.
"Hey, I haven't seen you in a while. I recalled when you first showed your story to me a while back… Heh heh, I was your first reader ever." — from Rika Amami.
"Your novel is even better than I imagined, and you even did all the art for it as well! It's truly amazing… I'm feeling a little like I can't compare as an artist." — from Yukari.
"Your novel was excellent. It helped to give us inspiration for writing new music." — from Rion and Kotomi.
"Nice story. The insert art was great as well. I'm really looking forward to seeing if you'll draw manga in the future." — from Mayuzumi.
"The current reaction seems to be quite good. The sales numbers should be pretty good as well." — from Saki.
"It feels just like I'm watching an anime with how detailed your scenes' descriptions are. This is the best light novel I've ever read." — from Kaho.
"'Brother Monogatari' is amazing! I can't even put it down! I'm not going to go to sleep tonight until I finish reading!" — from Kanna Fujihara.
"Your novel is quite something. I can feel your spirit within it." — from Ryuuno Izawa.
Apart from his friends, Seiji also received messages from his fellow authors.
"Although I already knew that your light novel is the true deserving recipient of the Gold Award from the previous award ceremony, your story still exceeded my expectations when I read it. I can only admit defeat." — from Koushi Nomura.
"'Brother Monogatari' is excellent. It's so good that I don't want it to end." — from Miyabi Ishihara.
"Just as Nomura-san said before, your story is truly amazing. I'm astonished that you even personally drew such beautiful artwork for your story. Or was that your adopted younger sister's artwork? At any rate, it's a truly wonderful story. Most ordinary light novels can't even compare." — from Yuuko Hashimoto.
"'Brother Monogatari' is a wonderful story. Your writing and artwork are both top level. You're a true genius." — from Shousei Maishi.
"I really enjoyed reading 'Brother Monogatari'. Good luck on becoming a bestseller." — from Imai Yoshida.
"Even the main character of a novel that a handsome guy like you writes is also a handsome guy. Sheesh. It's also quite enraging how interesting you've managed to make your story. The insert art you did is ridiculously beautiful as well. It's certain to become a bestseller… remember to invite me to a barbeque after you receive your paycheck! It's best if you can bring your cute sister Kagura-san together as well." — from Tsuyoshi Matsutani.
Seiji was delighted to receive so many excellent reviews and well wishes.
Seiji looked towards Shika who was next to him.
Shika looked at him as well.
The two adopted siblings exchanged glances and smiled blissfully yet again.


Translator note: Apologies to the readers. This series is currently on hiatus. We ask for your understanding!
A 30-year-old Chinese NEET is reincarnated into the body of an otaku that choked to death on instant noodles. As he comes to grips with his new life, he realizes that this world is subtly different from Earth. The denizens of this world are far better looking, and this new world also possesses futuristic technology as well as mysterious Yin Yang masters! 
After reincarnating, he realized that he was endowed with a miraculous game-like system, which enables him to increase his own stats and transcend the limits of the human body. This system even has a game-breaking ability to save and load in real life!
In this new world that’s akin to a 2-D game, he just wants to enjoy life and head for a glorious future... However, he is quickly embroiled in a complex plot. Can he unlock his true potential and utilize his system to break the shackles that confine him and discover the truth about his previous body’s circumstances? 

Holy Light illuminated my entire world as all darkness was forcibly dispelled. This was my chosen phoenix hunting ground.
The golden Lord of Thunder displayed how he was a top-level existence of both wind and light. Under all the light and shadow, he changed his form, causing his eagle-like head to become sharper as the light he emanated became physical lightning, while his feathers and lower body became distorted light.
He was now an existence who was half physical and half made of light, like no other in the world.
"Damn it, where did you go?"
The eagle of light opened up his wings and shimmered brightly before… completely disappearing.
The Lord of Thunder vanished completely right in front of me, even though I hadn't blinked.
His aura was still around. He hadn't left at all. He had simply rotated to my blind spot at an incredibly quick speed.
He wasn't above me.
He wasn't to my left.
Everything that I saw was completely dark, yet he was clearly still present. I trusted my instincts; any combat veteran would value their instincts far more than their vision.
"There's only one explanation for this… He's fast to the point where he can instantly rotate to my blind spot the instant that I turn my head to look for him."
"Hmph!"
Cold sweat ran down my spine as I heard a cold harrumph from him. I suddenly sliced the air behind me but hit nothing.
"Hmph!"
This time, the cold harrumph came from in front of me.
Sweat kept dripping down my forehead. Maybe I had bitten off more than I could chew this time. How was I supposed to deal with an enemy that I couldn't even see?
"…That's probably what you're thinking right now, Mr. fried chicken."
*Clang!*
I swung my sword seemingly randomly, but suddenly made solid contact with a loud clang.
"What!?"
The Lord of Thunder's voice was filled with incomprehension. He probably had no idea how I managed to locate him.
What made him even more confused was the fact that he was unable to see through my actions despite having clearly read my mind.
"I truly do apologize. I've already met too many enemies with the ability of mind-reading."
Phoenixes were capable of mind-reading and determining good and evil. This wasn't simply a legend, as it was also a racial talent. However, their mind-reading ability was different from the mind-reading ability of normal living beings.
Phoenixes were existences from another dimension entirely. They were information strings to begin with. Their way of mind-reading was to read the information of others.
Dealing with this type of mind-reading was actually quite simple. All I had to do was make some preparations beforehand, such as wearing some cat clone armor… Ahem, I meant that I was wearing a Harloys clone on myself to confuse his mind-reading.
Of course, I would never explain to my enemy why it was that his mind-reading had misled him. Unlike idiots who wanted to make things harder for themselves in battle, my favorite thing in battle was to watch my enemy die in confusion, with as little information as possible being leaked regarding my abilities.
All the lights in the distance disappeared as even Hell's Pillar of Holy Light turned off its light for the time being. I then became the only source of light in my personal Hell world.
This was an absolutely necessary condition for completely killing a phoenix and sealing off its indestructible trait.
My group and I all fully understood the true nature of phoenixes due to fighting with and analyzing the phoenix from back then. Phoenixes were creatures born into this world, but they didn't actually exist in this world. Thus, phoenixes possessed a large number of special abilities. For instance, a phoenix's physical body in the mortal plane was simply a type of information projection. Although this body was the phoenix's true body, it wasn't the phoenix's entire body.
If you only killed the phoenix's physical body, the phoenix would still be capable of using its information transmission method to move around in this world and then jump onto a similar creature's body, becoming reborn.
It was like deleting a banned user's game account; it would be almost impossible to stop that person from coming back with another account.
Whenever we killed the fire phoenix from back then, as long as a location nearby (the maximum range would be determined by the phoenix's strength, and even the weakest phoenix could reach a distance of several hundred kilometers) had a single flame, the phoenix would easily be able to project a new physical body and be reborn in that fire.
The reason why it had been impossible to kill the Lord of Thunder even though the Holy Light Faction Gods had hunted him down multiple times was also because light was present everywhere in the mortal plane. Even if the Lord of Thunder was slain at nighttime, he could make use of starlight to resurrect himself.
But if there was no fire/light/corresponding phoenix element nearby at all, the phoenix's information would soon be lost without a host to contain it. The phoenix would weaken rapidly and start consuming its own information in an effort to maintain its existence. This was the only method with which a phoenix could truly be killed.
Of course, this was something that could only be done in theory as the mortal plane was a plane consisting of the four elements. Since everything in the mortal plane was created as part of a natural cycle, it would normally be impossible to completely eliminate an element from such a large area.
"You're not the first weak chicken that I've killed already. Of course I know about your weakness."
The Lord of Thunder responded with only furious lightning rather than words.
There was still light in Hell, so the Lord of Thunder did his best to read and understand the fundamentals of the light here, but he discovered that he couldn't make use of the light here at all, since this wasn't the same light element that he was so familiar with.
Even the Lord of Thunder wasn't foolish enough not to try and run away after discovering that the situation was so dire for him. However…
"It's too late for you now, little chicken. I've heard that it doesn't snow in Hell, but allow me to show you snowfall in Hell regardless."
I had plenty of time to prepare already. I used my ice sword Northlands during this time to create an inescapable blizzard arena. This forced us into close proximity while also serving to exile what little light element remained here.
Hell's Pillar of Holy Light had also been assisting me in drawing all the light element away from this place. The only thing that still shone with light here was the Dawn Holy Light sword in my hand.
I took a deep breath. The gigantic lightning bird in front of me was rapidly losing its light, but I still couldn't underestimate him.
"Now, it will all depend on this to see if I get to eat meat or have soup…"
I was never someone who would do anything for the good of others for no return, nor was I the type to pick fights I didn't need to. I voluntarily challenged the Lord of Thunder to single combat because phoenixes were filled with treasures!
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While Roland took the second-last Devil Lord into his personal Hell world, the battle outside still continued despite the Lord of Thunder's disappearance. Nonetheless, panic began to spread in the devil army as the Lord of Thunder didn't reappear as time went on.
The human army was still unable to make much progress despite this advantage. The devils' temporary fortresses and defensive blockades became meat grinders that harvested endless amounts of blood from both sides.
The mages' war puppets had entered the battlefield already. However, the mages discovered to their astonishment that even the incredibly strong adamantite puppets were at disadvantage against the powerful devils.
Even though there was plenty of cannon fire as support, even though there was plenty of magical support as well, and even though the humans had clearly chosen this battlefield, the humans were still unable to advance.
"Why can't we win even with so many advantages!?"
The reason for this was quite direct and cruel. It was difference in power level.
Humans and devils had completely different power levels to begin with. Humans' high-level fighting forces and elite troop types were Gold rank, but such forces in the devil army would only be at the level of a corporal who had only a few subordinate soldiers.
According to Eich's old power level system, humans had the lowest-rank Iron Bloodline, while adult devils had the highest-level Gold Bloodline, just like demons did. Even though power level assessments weren't always accurate at determining individual ability, this was still a direct and cruel representation of the tremendous average power level difference.
Devils were capable of using an empty hand to casually grab a human warrior's heavy iron sword which was swung with full force. A spear that finally managed to strike the devil's stomach might not even be able to pierce it. Devils were also typically two or three times larger than humans, and could easily rip a human apart with their bare hands.
Auland's mercenaries and scattered forces suffered the most losses of all. They were naval forces to begin with, so they barely had any armor or magically enchanted weapons. They went with the flow to attack the organized devil army, thinking that the enemy had already imploded due to the cannon fire. They thought that this would be an easy battle, but ended up running straight into far more than they could handle.
The mercenaries from the Forest of Dreams were in far better condition as they knew a lot more about just how much the difference was between them and the devils. Thus, they hadn't tried to forcibly attack. Instead, they simply fought to keep the devils occupied. The Forest of Dreams mercenaries' many years as Contract Heroes also helped them prepare many random things for battles over the years.
Since everyone knew beforehand that this battle would be against the devils, they prepared coldsteel weapons and coldsteel armor—coldsteel was a special magical metal that was known to be effective against residents of the lower planes. Just a slightly enchanted coldsteel weapon could cause a devil to break out into boils all over its body on contact.
Despite all this, combat against the devils was still far too cruel for humans. The number of human dead was increasing at a furious pace, while more and more devils recovered from their chaotic state. The humans were now suffering more losses than the devils at a ratio of 3:1, and this gap was only worsening.
Luckily, the mages' war puppets and summoned creatures were currently acting as the main attack force. They wouldn't even have anything such as morale, nor was there a need to worry that this type of army would collapse on itself from suffering too many losses.
As the mages in the rear witnessed the combat situation, they decided against getting anywhere close to the devil army. Instead, the mages focused fully on summoning even more cannon fodder, and preparing more long-range magic attacks.
Auland's fleet also started to reload its ammunition after completing its primary mission of helping the mages land, and fired cannons in an orderly manner on the devils' defenses.
However, Auland's cannon fire could only act as support as what they could hit was limited by the great distance. Breaking through the devils' defenses would still require a sacrifice of human infantry's lives.
Finally, the archmages from the Mage Country were unable to sit back and watch any longer after more than half of Auland's land forces (which were actually naval forces) perished. Many high-circle mages stood up.
The Truth-level archmages led them in forcibly attacking the devils' defenses. However, devil reinforcements that humans would have never imagined finally arrived at a location that the humans couldn't see.
The leader of the devils' reinforcements was an old acquaintance of Roland's. Or, maybe it would be more accurate to say old enemy.


This is the story of a crazy lich who possesses an internal game system and brings catastrophe to the entire world.
“Let’s look at the daily quests today… it’s the damned choose one-of-two-options-type again. Destroy a town with a population of 30,000 people or above; reward: 10,000 evil points. Steal lollipops from 3 children; reward: 1 evil point. If neither of the quests is completed, then 2 points will be deducted.”
“Tsk! You think I’m stupid? If I really destroyed a town, a crusade of Myth-ranked Holy Knights would definitely come hunting me down. Even if I earned the points, there wouldn’t be any life left in me to spend them. I better just go be a kindly lollipop bandit.”
I’ve already had enough of being a notorious lich. Who says a lich can’t be a good person? I’m definitely going to beat this damned system and be an upright and dignified good man.


The fluorescent light of the computer was shining upon Pi's face, and its clip-on glasses were glowing from the metal, made of an unknown material.
It lightly pressed on the keys one after another on the keyboard, out of fear of disturbing the other's rest. Since its typing speed couldn't keep up with the speed of its thinking, the progress of its writing had inevitably been slowed down. But it had no other choice. 
In the dead of night, even the fan sound from the laptop was particularly harsh. From time to time, Pi tilted its head to look around the bedroom and see if it had disturbed Zhang Zian or the other elves.
After Zhang Zian and Snowy Lionet finished their argument, silence returned to the room. Because of its night blindness, Richard, who had always been nosey, couldn't participate in their conversation. 
Old Time Tea always slept soundly, like it could stay asleep even if Mount Tai were to collapse over its head. 
Galaxy looked at Pi once and closed its eyes again, lying in the crib safely and covered by the soft moonlight.
Pi and Fina looked each other in the eyes but quickly looked away.
Fina, who had slept enough during the day, didn't feel drowsy at all in the evening, and its majestic green eyes were glancing around the room.
Famous was still awake. Turning and tossing restlessly on its blanket, it was still looking forward to the grand premiere of the movie. A small night light at its spot provided a little dim light for it. 
After arriving at the pet shop, Pi had gradually become accustomed to such evenings. Almost every night before going to sleep, a certain elfin, usually Snowy Lionet or Richard, would make a scene, as if it were some kind of ritual before sleeping. 
Pi tried to ignore Fina's awe-inspiring gaze and focused on the screen in front of it, thinking about the following storyline of its novel. 
After a while, the lower right corner of the screen indicated that it was 11 pm.
Pi suddenly felt relieved. Firstly, it had almost finished writing that day's chapters. And secondly, Fina's gaze was finally gone.
Snowy Lionet started to smack its lips. Old Time Tea snored from time to time. Famous kicked like it was having a nightmare, but it didn't wake up. 
From this time on, the night had truly overtaken the pet shop.
As the only awake elfin on the second floor, Pi was extremely pleased.
It yawned, took off its clip-on glasses and rubbed its aching and sore eyes before putting the glasses back on its nose. The words on the screen looked the same because the glasses did not actually have any degrees. It wore the glasses just to clearly read the words in the untitled book. 
In fact, Pi didn't want to stay up late, but for some reason, in the dead of night, its thinking was always exceptionally smoother, and the plots that baffled it during the day made sense to it during the night. As a famous saying goes, inspiration was just like a ghost; they both liked haunting in the night.
When Pi yawned for the second time, it finished writing that day's chapters and uploaded them.
When uploading the new chapters, it was inevitable for Pi to see the number of people who had added the novel to their libraries. 58 people had. The excitement of being immersed in its past stories was suddenly wiped away, after seeing such a number. 
Some authors liked to write something and communicate with the readers at the end of the chapters, but Pi had never done so because it didn't know if anyone was actually reading its novel. Although 58 readers had added the novel to their libraries, Pi felt that these people hadn't really read it. The empty comment section was the most obvious proof.
It moved the mouse to the "Publish" button but didn't press it yet. As if it had suddenly thought of something, Pi wrote in the "Message from Author" section at the end of a chapter: I don't know if anyone is reading this novel. Can anyone who has read this message please say something in the comment section?
After writing the message, it pressed the "Publish" button quickly, as if it would regret its decision if it hesitated. 
Would anyone say anything tomorrow?
It didn't hold any hope for this. It felt like its heart had become a cold stone and was constantly falling into an endless void.
Pi closed the Word document, turned off the computer, removed its glasses, and placed it on the untitled book. Then, it jumped onto the hammock chair. 
Although it had tried to move as quiet as possible, the chair still squeaked lightly, and slightly swayed back and forth. That was how the chair was designed. 
Pi held its breath nervously, cocked its ears, and listened to the sounds of the room.
Old Time Tea's snoring paused a little bit and resumed, while the sleep of other elves seemed not to have been affected.
Pi felt relieved. Finally, it could go to sleep, and it wished it could at least have sweet dreams. 
However, reality was not what it expected. 
As soon as it closed its eyes, the Word document and the stories that it had written earlier appeared before its eyes. The events that took place before it arrived at the pet shop projected in its mind, one by one. 
How interesting!
Eyes still closed, it smiled. How nice if I could come here a little earlier.
After a while, about at 11:30 or so, Pi, who had not yet fallen asleep, suddenly heard some slight rubbing sounds from the bedroom.
Was Snowy Lionet teasing Zhang Zian again? No matter what, it was too late at this point. If they were too loud and woke Fina up, Fina would surely be furious.
Pi opened its eyes to look around the room. To its surprise, what it saw was not Snowy Lionet's blue eyes, but was the light from Zhang Zian's cell phone screen. 
Was he not asleep so late in the night? Or was he just looking at the time?
He did look at the time and then turned his neck as if looking to in the direction of the desk. Pi quickly leaned its head back into the hammock chair.
After a moment, it quietly stuck its head back out and saw that Zhang Zian was still holding his cell phone. His cell phone screen had become the main light source in the room, so he probably didn't notice that Pi was watching him in the darkness.
Zhang Zian had not fallen back asleep after lying down. On one hand, he was guarding himself against an attack from Snowy Lionet. On the other hand, he wanted to go to sleep only after Pi had fallen asleep. When he heard that the sound of the computer fan disappeared, he wanted to go to sleep, but his drowsiness had already vanished. After staying in bed for a while, he picked up his cell phone. 
He opened up the Qidian app and found some novels with 100,000 to 200,000 words, ones with better performance on the website, and quickly began to browse the beginning parts of those books. 
Honestly, he could barely immerse himself into the stories, ones where the storylines were too straightforward and had no logic. Maybe he'd passed the age of reading for these kinds of books, but he knew that if he wanted progress and success, he must focus on learning the merits from others rather than criticizing other people's defects. Therefore, he tried his best to keep reading the books with patience and perseverance.
The room was quiet, except for the breathing of the elves all around. This made Zhang Zian feel at ease.
His drowsiness came back while he was reading these books. Several times, he unknowingly started to fall asleep, and his hand that was holding the phone lowered down. Then, he would wake up abruptly and continue reading. 
The time passed slowly, and it was past one in the night.
He knew that he should go to sleep now, or he else he would be very sleepy during the day tomorrow. He repeatedly told himself that he would go to sleep after reading the next book. However, he kept reading one after the other.
He only browsed the first 100,000 words, which were the first 40 or 50 chapters of each novel, at a very rapid speed. He didn't need to interpret the plots of the books, he was just looking for the best parts among the choices of words and sentences. 
Compared to the text, he actually preferred reading the messages from the authors. Whether they were expressing gratitude or complaining, these messages documented the thoughts of the authors in the process of their writing. Although he had never met the authors whose novels didn't do well on the website, he particularly empathized with them. 
After reading another book, he was extremely sleepy. When he looked at the time on his mobile phone, it was already past two in the morning and he was only four hours away from getting up. He would be exhausted during the day. Should he go to sleep then?
But there was only one book left in his library. He hesitated for half a second and decided to sleep after reading this final book. It was probably his OCD causing himself trouble. 
This was an urban novel named Diplomats of the Underworld. The tags of the novel were hilarious, rebirth, and ghosts. Honestly speaking, this novel had nothing in common with the book written by Pi. But it was published half a month earlier than Pi's novel and had currently uploaded less than 200,000 words, but nearly 10,000 readers had added it into their libraries. It must have some perks making it so attractive. 
Since there was only one book left, he motivated himself to stay focused and opened the novel.
The plot of the novel was roughly about the protagonist being reborn for some reason. Not only had he been reborn, but he had also gained an extra system in his head that enabled him to communicate with ghosts. The system assigned him to kill the evil spirits and wicked people, and he would be rewarded with equipment if he fulfilled his tasks.
The novel's word choices and expressions were somewhat awkward and there were many typos, but at least it wasn't boring. He read the novel chapter by chapter, and when it was nearly three in the morning, he'd already read 50 chapters and about 100,000 words. Normally, he would have switched and read the next novel by the time he'd reached these many words. However, this was the only novel left in his library, so he decided to read ten more chapters. Besides, he hadn't found the highlights of the novel yet. If it had no great parts, how did it become successful?
If he still couldn't find any highlights after reading ten more chapters, he would go to sleep. He decided that he could stay up no longer.
When he read Chapter 57, the finger that had been swiping the screen to turn pages abruptly froze. 
At the end of Chapter 57, the author complained that he'd been writing the novel for a month, but the performance of his book wasn't good. One part among the writing had deeply touched Zhang Zian. 
I've been preparing this book for a long time. Having no sense of shame at all, I want to say that I have been hoping to rock the web novel community with this novel. I feel so upset that my novel has not gained any recognition or opportunities.
Zhang Zian could feel the author's resentment from this. Meanwhile, he still was curious. When the author wrote Chapter 57 of this novel, its performance was doing poorly, but currently, it was doing quite well. What had happened during this period?
He continued reading the book.
The answer was revealed two chapters later.
At the end of Chapter 59, the author wrote this:
I'm not sure how to say it, but my mood has been on a rollercoaster the whole day. To be exact, this began early in the morning yesterday. After talking with Morning Gorilla Star in the comment section, he included my novel in his reading list. Since he has so many friends, there are many people who follow his reading list. More readers have begun to notice my books. Thanks to those who have included my novel in their reading lists.
What was going on?
Zhang Zian had a flicker of interest. This was the second time he saw the term reading list. The first time he saw it was on the Wang Haige Forum. At that time, someone responded to a post and said that it was useless to advertise in the comment section, but it was useful to advertise in reading lists. 
The situation of the novel had gotten better after only two chapters?
He wasn't in the mood to read plots he wasn't interested in. He quickly scrolled to the later parts of the novel. In Chapter 84, he saw that 5,000 readers had put this novel into their libraries, while at Chapter 59, that number was less than 1,000.
Things had changed tremendously in only 25 chapters.
That was how it happened then. Reading lists could really turn something bad to good and make more people notice their novel. However, if the authors of novels wanted the creators of reading lists to notice their novels and include them in the reading lists, the authors must advertise their books in reading lists first. 
What exactly was a reading list and why was it so powerful?
So the person named Morning Gorilla Star was probably a creator of a reading list?
Zhang Zian's brain was weakened by extreme drowsiness. He stared at the dark ceiling and thought for a while, but he had no clue in the end. It would be better for him to think about the matter when he woke up in the morning.
Scared that he would forget about it when he woke up, he added a bookmark to Chapter 59. After that, he put his cell phone under his pillow, closed his eyes, and quickly fell asleep.
After the light of the mobile phone's screen went out, the room was once again filled with darkness. The only light source was the dim night light near Famous.
Zhang Zian had been very careful while reading the books, thinking that he'd better not make any noises to disturb the sleep of the elves. Still, some elves had woken up once and a certain elfin had never slept.
For a few hours, Pi watched him in the dark. Unlike Galaxy, Fina, Old Time Tea or Snowy Lionet, its eyes did not glow in the dark because it did not have tapetum lucidum behind its retinas. But it also wasn't as blind as Richard in the dark. No one had noticed its open eyes. 
From the side of the hammock chair, Pi exposed half of its head and saw that the glows of several pairs of eyes appeared and disappeared. Zhang Zian's brow furrowed and stretched in front of his cell phone screen, and the moonlight quietly changed its angle as time passed.
It's time to sleep. Many times, Pi wanted to remind Zhang Zian to go to sleep. You have to get up so early in the morning, and then you need to carry out the heavy cleaning work, apply for loans from the bank, discuss the decoration of the shoe store with the construction team, and deal with all kinds of difficult customers. If you don't sleep well, you'll be very sleepy.
But Pi didn't tell Zhang Zian this because it couldn't speak. Since the computer was turned off, it couldn't type either. But the most important reason that it did not remind Zhang Zian was because it needed to bite on its wrist to stop from crying out loud.
Why?
Why not just tell me to give up? Isn't that simpler?
There are so many more important things than my novel that you need to attend to. For example, Galaxy is still afraid of human beings, Fina is keeping its thoughts to itself, Old Time Tea is getting old, Snowy Lionet always likes to pull pranks on you, Richard doesn't want to love anymore, and Famous is still stuck in another world.
Why did you spend time on my novel that is bound to fail?
Why...did you spend time on me?
Pi's canine teeth had already left four deep teeth marks on its arm. It pulled back its head and pulled up the blanket to cover itself, crouching in the chair like a baby in the arms of its mother. 
As the chair slightly squeaked, several pairs of eyes opened and glowed. Then, the glows went out as the cat elves closed their eyes.
The dead of night.


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

The days when they were trapped in the Gateway were considerably not too bad.
At first, the mages were terrified to see that more and more people were surrounding the Gateway. They gathered at one place and discussed whether there were any ways to escape. However, soon enough they realized that the enemy could not enter the Gateway. It also meant that they could not get out.
The entire Gateway had only three entrances. No matter which entrances they went to, they would surely be discovered out once they showed up. So, their only choice was to stay hidden in the Crusader Gateway. They must not show themselves.
However, after a few days, the mages had a change of attitude.
The people outside brought three artilleries and bombarded the Gateway for fifteen minutes in total. The entire Gateway showed no sign of damage at all. Those artillery shells hit the wall, but the force of the shells was cushioned by the sudden emerging Holy Light from the wall. They stayed inside for the entire time. Even though they could feel a slight tremor, it was nothing compared to an earthquake of 4.0 magnitude. 
The mages now realized that the people outside had no way of accessing the Gateway at all. Their fear reduced by half. 
Almost no one could threaten them if they simply stayed in this military fortress which was described as horrifying. The supplies in the Gateway were also adequate – be it clothing, lamp oil, water, food... Moreover, they had the new batch of wheat brought in by Varys. There were only slightly more than twenty people here. The supplies were enough for consumption for their whole life.
Thus, they completely set their minds at rest. For the sake of convenience, they made a little rearrangement of the rooms in the Gateway. The small church was changed to a dining hall, the praying room to the bathroom, the meeting room to the magic discussion room... There were only slightly more than twenty people here. The supplies in this Gateway would be sufficient for a living for them. 
They had been enjoying a life of an immortal the past fifteen days in the Gateway. Every day, they focused on meditating. Sometimes, they would discuss magic and their respective progress. They had been enjoying highly nutritious quality food. Aside from the lack of sunlight and satisfactory ventilation, everything else was just perfect.
More so, some of them would say that there was no good in leaving the Gateway if queried about their condition. They would rather stay here and pissed those from the Church off. 
As for Benjamin, he was not enjoying such a relaxing life.
He understood how strong the Crusader Gateway was, but... Human’s intelligence was limitless. He knew this very well. If a person had such will to resolve any difficulty, he would definitely eventually find a way to achieve it; especially when there was a group of people. Now, the Church was just attempting the standard ways of breaking through the Gateway. It would not be too long for them to use extreme methods to break in the Gateway.
Even without waiting for the Church to come to a solution, Benjamin himself could already think of a few ways here – digging a tunnel, insert poisonous gas at the ventilation holes that connect the Gateway from the outside world, set the Gateway on fire until everyone inside was burnt to death... Benjamin felt that they might already have begun digging the tunnel, linking to the inside of the Gateway.
He was not particularly worried about it. The truth was that he did not plan to stay here for a long time as well. He did not make any moves just yet because he was busy sorting out the reaped results from occupying the Gateway. 
Yes, their "trophies".
The Bishop was always quartered at the Gateway. There were also quite a few priests who used to live here as well. Thus, Benjamin found many magic tools and books about Divine Arts that belonged to them. Most of them were the crosses that were capable of protecting their lives. Benjamin took a few and divided the rest of them to the other mages. As for those books on Divine Arts, Benjamin would need to sort them out properly. 
He gathered the books and spent almost half a day to read through all of them briefly.
He had read "Introduction to Divine Arts" before so this book was of no value to him. He just briefly scanned through "The Complete Guide to Divine Arts and Incantations" to get a hang of the enemy’s skills. He guessed he could learn from "Embracing the Holy Light" since it explained the affinity to Holy Light. For "Contemplating the Spiritual Energy", he would need some time to thoroughly study it...
After sorting out around ten or more books and slightly briefing the other mages, Benjamin then gave these books to them. He would like to see if they could find some interesting things from these books. 
As for himself, he took a book named "World of the Pure Holy Light". He found a rather quiet room and began reading it.
Why did he choose this book? This was because its author was the Pope of the fourth generation. He was the leading figure who cultivated the same method in practicing magic as him. 
Actually, he thought the book was fake when he first saw the author’s signature. After all, a figure with such a status like the Pope had so much to do every day. How would he have the inspiration to write a book? After all getting a ghostwriter to help him publish a book in order to gain fame and reputation was common case among successful people. 
However, when he flipped to the first page of the book and read the first paragraph, he realized that this book might just be written by the Pope... Or to be more accurate, it might be written by someone who had opened up a Space of Consciousness. 
The first paragraph of the book was written in this way:
"While I am in the middle of a prayer, I often feel that I enter a different world. No, using the word ‘enter’ may not be accurate. It may be that the world enters me. I do not know. In short, it is a very strange place. Every time it appears, its surroundings changes. The only thing that does not change is that it is always purely white. It allows me to detect the energy that points straight towards the origin of the Holy Light."
After reading this, Benjamin immediately thought of the Pure Blue World that he entered for a few times. 
It was not as if he was absolutely sure about this, but the way the Pope of the Fourth generation described that world – his wordings, his way of expression, and the characteristics he depicted... Every hints sounded extremely familiar to Benjamin. Even though, rationally, he did not have any evidence to prove that the Pure Blue World had any connection to the strange world depicted in the book, but his intuition told him that these two must be connected in some ways. 
The Pure Blue World was undeniably important to him. He had a feeling that if he truly understood the Pure Blue World, he could decrypt the secrets behind the Magic Runes. 
Needless to say, there was a very high possibility that the entity like the System now had come from the Pure Blue World. Just in case if it grew to become a powerful being, Benjamin better understood its weakness as well. If not, it would be the System who got to order him around then. 
Therefore, he decided to find a place to properly finish reading this book.
During a wonderful afternoon after he enjoyed high-quality red wine and pasta, Benjamin sat in a quiet room that previously belonged to the Bishop, flipping through the book "World of Pure Holy Light" page by page. 
Finally, after spending around two hours, he finished reading the book. The book was not thick, so he did not feel strained after reading. Actually, only after he finished the book, he realized that this was not a book about advanced theories. It did not give him any specific answer, either. Instead, it was more like an observation diary about that world by the Pope of the fourth generation.
Most of the content in the book described how during a certain day in a certain year, he entered the world out of the blue. It also depicted what the world was like this time, how long he had been in it and the change he experienced after he completed the visit... 
These experiences were very similar to each other. Sometimes, the world was full of Runes he could neither understand nor remember; sometimes, the echoes in the world shook him out of the world; sometimes, he even felt like he was the world itself...
Reading it back and forth, Benjamin only found one rather unusual experience. 
After the Pope once again went into the Pure White World, he suddenly felt something crashed hard into his soul and a strange feeling surged through his body. Unfortunately, he was forced to leave the Pure White World very soon and the unknown feeling disappeared as well. 
However, after leaving that world, he noted rather shockingly that the Holy Light that was stored in his Zone of Prayer had suddenly become strange. 
As if it was guided by something, the Holy Light gathered in five different piles. Each pile had totally different shapes and seemed rather strange. 
The strange appearance of the Holy Light did not stay that way for long. After a minute, the Holy Light dispersed and resumed to its original appearance. But thankfully, the Pope of the fourth generation had good memory. He memorized the five shapes of the piles of Holy Light. 
After leaving the Zone of Prayer, he jotted down the shapes of the Holy Light on a piece of paper and studied them for a very long time. But, those shapes showed no pattern at all. Thus, he tried to change his mindset. Gradually, he remembered that the third and fourth pile of Holy Light seemed to have the same amount of Holy Light despite having major differences in shapes. 
So, following this train of thought, he recalled the amount of Holy Light of each pile through comparing the area of the shape of each pile. It had been quite some time since the strange happening, so his memory had faded. However, after doing some estimation, he still calculated a series of numbers that showed the differences between each pile of Holy Light. 
He also wrote down the series of numbers in the book. 
16:10:24:24:29


Kubei was just an ordinary pencil and button pusher working a day job, hating his boss and making horrible speeches when one day he fell asleep after pushing an all-nighter. When he woke up, he was bound to a chair, facing three creepy robed women and in a body way too young and way too weak to be his own. As he slowly came to, he realized that he was no longer in the same universe as he was before. He had teleported to the Kingdom of Helius, where an all-powerful church rules its lands and wages war against the elusive group known only as Mages. Armed with an incredibly cocky neural interface that just won’t shut up and his own sheer wit, our MC will find himself not just fighting to survive, but maybe even something bigger than himself.


When I was in middle school, a friend introduced me to anime. The first anime I watched was probably between Highschool DxD or Soul Eater, aside from the Naruto episodes I would stumble upon on Cartoon Network. 

I loved watching anime. The animation, music, voices, and the world that was built opened my mind to crazy fantasies and dreams. I never thought I'd get into manga because it didn't seem as interesting.

One day, I heard that the Bleach manga was ending and by then, I'd watched literally hundreds of anime. Bleach isn't in my top 5 but it was still an anime I enjoyed a lot, and there was still more to the story I didn't know about in the manga. So I read it...

That's when I downloaded an app to read manga. Some time in either my last few years in high school or early post high school, and boy did I have a long list.

I read so many different things like manga, manhua, and manhwa. First off, my favorite manga became Re:Monster and when I got to see stories made by Chinese and Koreans... I had so many other worlds to explore. 

Tales of Demons and Gods, Solo Leveling, Omniscient Reader and The Last Human... they enthralled me. Reading them opened my eyes, what I always wanted is to explore new worlds, and after reading tons of manga. My mind was slightly open to reading light novels, I just never thought I could keep myself entertained reading light novels.

Out of the blue, something made me down load an app for light novels. Wanting to give them a chance, I placed many on a list before deciding which to read first. My first read, was My Vampire System... it was pretty good but some places felt like they were dragging on. So once I got to chapter 50 or so. I moved on to see what else light novels had in store.

That's when I came across one of my favorites today. Fourth Prince's Debauchery, it was a drug, I couldn't stop reading it. 

That's when I really got hooked on reading Webnovels, the stories people make, the worlds that are built. I loved reading them; I'm still new to reading webnovels, so I haven't read much. Neither have I ever written a story outside of school projects... but one day, I want to write a story and build my own world for others to read and we can explore that world together.


I just wanna end this by saying, I don't really hate any series, I just love to sit back and enjoy the story of an mc as it plays out. Be it action, adventure, fantasy, slice of life, romance, ecchi, and so on. I watched it all and enjoyed most of it, there isn't many series I'd give a rating below a 6-7 on a scale of 1-10. That goes with the manga and webnovels I've read.

These are just my thoughts, so... I hope you don't read me...

Hey first of all... hi there I am the author of this novel which has been not so updated for a long time now.

Why haven't I been updating?
Many reasons really but the most frequent one that keeps popping up is motivation and being unable to get my ideas in my head onto paper/written down. Then putting it off for later and not picking it up for a long time due to procrastination on whether I should write a new chapter or not... >.<

How will the future of this novel continue if it does?
I cannot make any promises on the daily or weekly updates because that would be unfair towards the viewers if I said I would write a certain amount per week and then break that promise, plus I doubt I would be able to handle the backlash since I am weak to criticism. So.... please be understanding! :)

How has the novel progressed?
At first it began as a hobby, I started reading Zhan Long moved onto different novels on gravity tales and Wuxiaworld until I found myself here... started reading lots of '3rd miss reborn in cultivation world' like novels and quite liked them. I thought of how they all tended to become predictable after reading a few and followed the same kinda storyline. I liked the ones that gave twists the most and strayed from the cold, handsome and overpowered future husband dotes on the female lead until she grows. Although it isn't a crime for a women to rely on a man... I thought a more independent character was better so after reading lots I got the idea to write one I may enjoy as a hobby.
I came up with the idea of being reborn as a deer because... wolf, fox, dragon, Phoenix reincarnations or transformations tend to be used often and with a reincarnation novel where the fl has a lot of knowledge and experience it's best that her starting point is poor otherwise she will grow far too fast that it will ignore her personal growth along with her actions and the effects they will bring to the world around her.

Why does the fl have 2 attributes?
She was originally very talented in light attribute in her first life, her soul was formed and nurtured with light spirit energy. After her 'death' and rebirth she had residue dark attribute eroding her soul after her final release of power before falling into the mortal world as a soul. Her dormant and damaged soul fused with the unborn beast soul fusing them together producing a damaged but unique soul. The body inherited the affinity that the soul had traces of... darkness and light.
Try to think of it like this... a soul seizes a body and it must be dominant in order to erase the hosts soul or sharing a body the outer soul remains in the body to remain intact but influences the hosts soul waiting for a chance for weakness. But this wasn't the case for our fl because one was on the verge of death and the other was just beginning to form its own life so as they didn't fight for dominance but instead crashed into one another purely accidental and merged forcefully resulting in the damage. = she lives most of her earlier years living as a dumb character which relies purely on instinct to get by.

What on earth have I been doing all this time?
Binging I guess... whether it's various anime, manga, tv series I enjoy or binge reading on lots of different web novels 

Have I read the comments?
I do read on occasion and tend to find the odd comment like. 'I declare I shall stop reading if you do not update!' And all I can say is... shrug! Complaining isn't going to make me write any faster or put me in the mood to write.
As for the comments that point out the faults in my writing.... Thank you! It really helps me a lot as an author to be able to get some positive criticism back.

Finally?
Thank you all for the support old readers, the power stone donators, those that add my novel on their reading list and also to the new readers who picked up the novel recently out of curiosity despite it not being updated in so long. Also thank you to those who no longer read the novel for putting up with my infrequent updates and sticking around for as long as you could.

The beautiful and talented desciple of the sect master of the Holy Sect, famed in the immortal world falls for an enemies schemes.
She is captured and killed, her soul escapes into a spacial crack and clings to the hope of survival.

In a mortal world of the Fang Continent a blinding light illuminates the world which marks the start of a new era.
Not long after a child is born but the child is a newborn deer born into a small family of deer spirit beasts which are considered as livestock to most in the world.

“To live is to be devoured, the strongest eat the weak!" He once taunted her before killing her, but only fueled her desire for revenge and lead her down a new path.


[[[Dropped project and no longer updating, reasons for doing so is posted on final page]]]
[[[New project is called ‘A flickering fire that was not blown out by the wind]]]
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Temporary book cover art by Grimmla (Slightly edited) - Hopefully I can replace it with something custom made when I have time.
Link - https://www.deviantart.com/grimmla/art/the-white-hind-562801959

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