A man named Marcus Koch, a journalist from a New York City news publisher, was interviewing patients for his latest article when he hears an absurd story from one of them.

As a result of this interview, Marcus' life would forever change. He and the world would never be the same.

No titles need between us
What ever you are
You will be always in my heart
Together we make our own pace

"No titles need between us"
Ever time you say it
it makes me happy
and makes me feel sad...

Nottingham Forest winning the EFL Championships was a big deal in Nottingham. Even though their archenemy was still in the same city, the Nottingham Forest fans escorted the Nottingham Forest coach bus all the way from Cardiff back to Nottingham.
This was considered a very grand welcome ceremony. It had to be known that in the past, this scene had happened only when Nottingham Forest had won the UEFA Europa League; the fans had spontaneously assembled outside of Derby County's airport, and later drove their cars behind the team's coach bus.
Now, the weakened Nottingham Forest had long forgotten the feeling of attaining a championship title, and even the past glory of being the UEFA Europa League champions had been gradually forgotten. Right then, Tang En was making them relive that classic moment. How could the fans not go wild? Therefore, although it was the most lightweight championship title among the three English championship titles, the Nottinghamians still showed ample enthusiasm.
Championship titles! No matter what they are, we only want championship titles! The Nottinghamians have had enough not having any championship titles!
On that same afternoon, Pearce Bruce had published a passionate article on the extra edition of Nottingham Evening Post. In the article, this was what he wrote: "...Only championship titles could make us remember once again that we were once the king of Europe! We were once glorious! But the only difference is that the current us no longer needs to indulge ourselves in past glories. We have a new symbol of pride: Tony Twain and his Nottingham Forest!"
Almost all of the local Nottingham media (except for the ones which supported Derby County) reported Nottingham Forest's spectacular feat on their front pages. For Nottingham Forest, which had been on the brink of relegation during the first half of the match season, the fans could be said to have gotten on an exciting roller coaster ride. They had had their ups and downs, experiencing both agony and joy, the two extremes of the spectrum.
Because Nottingham Forest had clinched the first championship title in England this season, other media, not limited to Nottingham's local media, also gave significant coverage on their victory. Miss Barbara was so busy that she could not maintain that professional smile of hers. Nottingham Forest Football Club had received requests from a total of fifty-six different media companies within a span of two days, and there were a few overseas ones among them.
If these media companies were to line up for their interviews one by one, they might have to wait all the way until the current season ended. Moreover, if the time allocated for such celebratory activities was too long, it would severely affect the team's preparation. After Tang En discussed it with Allan Adams, they decided to hold a press conference instead to satisfy all the requests in one go.
The press conference had a very positive effect, and Nottingham Forest's image was improved. The young and capable manager and the American-styled boss were focal points, not to mention the legendary feats of Nottingham Forest this season. For a period of time in England, "The rising Nottingham Forest" became the conversation topic of many people during their free time.
Of course, not everything that Tang En and Evan heard was nice.
The football commentator who posted a review article on the ESPN official website, Mr. Jon Carter, was an example. In his post-match review, he complained about the unfairness of the match towards Middlesbrough. He felt that Nottingham Forest won the championships using a very ugly method. They had not shown any signs of initiative during the match, and played very conservative, slow-paced football. In spite of this, they actually won the championships. That was the blot of the EFL Cup finals. At the end, he ridiculed Nottingham Forest's ranking in League One:
"Can anyone imagine a team not in their home country's top league representing that country in the UEFA Europa League? If we let Nottingham Forest participate in the UEFA Europa League, how will the people from other countries see us? They will laugh at England for being unable to produce a more competent team! Don't believe me? Just wait and see!"
In addition, Mark Lawrenson, who was not optimistic about Tang En from the previous season, once again spoke about Nottingham Forest's prospects on the Match Of The Day program. He still did not think that the team would be able to be successfully promoted to the Premier League by the end of the season. The reason appeared to be ample and convincing: because Nottingham Forest spent too much effort in the EFL Cup, a smart manager would definitely give up the league. After all, they had already gotten the qualifications to participate in next season's UEFA Europa Cup. The UEFA had never said that a team belonging to the country's second division league could not participate in the Europa Cup.
Tang En had never heard of Jon Carter prior to this. He rarely appeared on the ESPN websites, and the traditional media did not have his name either. Tang En felt extremely displeased that he, the "Champion Manager," had been scolded by a nameless grunt. As a result, he asked Bruce Pearce, "Where did this bastard come from?"
Bruce told him the answer.
Jon Carter did not have much fame to speak of in the English Football commentary circle. This was perhaps also his first time commenting on actual football; the articles that he had been previously publishing on the ESPN webpage were about various football video games, such as what FIFA07 could do in order to surpass Pro Evolution Soccer, which game was more fun to play between the Championship Manager series and the Football Manager series, and other articles of the sort.
His understanding of reality football and his severely outdated arguments were perhaps all based on information that he had gotten from playing football-related games, and he published these arguments soon after basing them on these assumptions.
Tang En may have been a loyal player of various football games, but that did not mean that he would feel any sense of familiarity with a stranger whom he had never even seen. Now that Tang En had garnered quite a bit of fame, he suddenly felt like venting all of his pent-up frustration towards the media on that pitiful Carter. So he wrote a "China style" open letter, which English people were new to and did not have much of an understanding of. It was a satire that was filled with cold humor and exaggeration, and Tang En let Bruce publish it in the Nottingham Evening Post. This was Tang En's one-time retaliation towards that guy, who knew nothing but still spouted nonsense, spitting on anything that did not conform to his own thinking. He gave Mr. Carter the nickname "spouter."
Jon Carter, after being mocked by Tang En, was naturally unwilling to be humiliated that way. So, he retaliated by publishing another article on ESPN. But Tang En was in no hurry to reply; if he did, it would seem as though he was urgently looking forward to bickering with him. He waited for a few days before throwing another short article that was a few hundred words long on the Evening Post, continuing to mock and ridicule Mr. "spouter," who claimed that Nottingham Forest was playing football that was behind the world football scene by an entire century.
The real reason behind the two men's battle of words in the media was pretty lame. Tang En had said himself that the debate between offensive football that was nice to watch and utilitarian football that could bring championship titles "had already been debated non-stop for half a century," and there was no need to continue discussing it. But Tang En's replies were full of rhetoric and humor, which was quite a treat for readers. Hence, this became another focal point of the English Football scene for a period of time.
People who played football generally tended to be less well-educated, and there were even many people who were unable to speak fluent, standard English. So a manager like Tang En, who could write an article in such a sharp-tongued manner, and at the same time utilize various rhetorical devices, received the support of many people.
For instance, England's Plain English Campaign announced that the people in the English Football scene could learn from Tony Twain, because his analogies were often used aptly, and left a deep impression on readers. This was because they were always complaining that the Football scene had many people who could not speak in a comprehensive manner: "The 'philosophy' of the people in the Football scene has always brought a great amount of obstruction to our goal to advocate proper English. They are too used to speaking before they think."
Amidst the commotion between both parties' bickering, the president of Nottingham Evening Post saw an opportunity that he could make use of. So, he borrowed Bruce Pearce's voice to extend their invitation to Tang En, offering him a special column in their newspapers. There was no fixed format, no fixed word count, no fixed time. Whenever Tang En wanted to express his personal opinion on certain things or a certain person, he could publish an article in his own special column. The company would pay him a fee according to the word count, and should the contract expire, both parties could continue to renew the contract if they felt that they could continue the partnership.
Tang En thought that this was a great idea; he had been earnestly hoping for a platform through which he could express his views. Holding a press conference for every small thing was very inefficient.
After coming to terms with the contract, they immediately signed the agreement. This would be the first time in Tang En's life that he would have a special column belonging to him, and he could even get draft fees from it.
After receiving the support of Nottingham Evening Post, Tony Twain went all-out in the argument, and Jon Carter lost very quickly. Therefore, this battle of words, which had a very lame reason and only served to one-sidedly showcase Tang En's proficiency at mocking, officially came to an end. Just like on the field, Tang En won his battle in the media.
Jon Carter was not a prominent figure, and his words held little influence. As for his other critic, Mark Lawrenson, Tang En had to use another method to deal with him. He did not criticize Mark Lawrenson's opinion towards his football team, but he spoke to Mark Lawrenson very clearly in his article:
"…Just like how many people once said that it was impossible for Nottingham Forest to obtain the EFL Cup championship title, and just like how many people asserted with certainty that Nottingham Forest was bound to be relegated a few months ago, now there are people jumping out to say that it's impossible for Nottingham Forest to be promoted. I usually ignore these kinds of comments, but I don't want my players to think that my silence is affirming these groundless statements. Therefore, I am very serious and sincere in inviting Mr. Mark Lawrenson to make a bet with me: I bet that my team will appear in the English Premier League matches in the next season. If I win…do you still remember what Mr. Lawrenson said in the previous season? I am very willing to see him shave his beard. And if I lose, I will shave my entire head!"


This is a story about the pursuit of victory.

— "I subscribe only to the theory of victory. I only pursue victory. As long as I am able to obtain victory, I don’t care if it’s total football or counterattack. What is the ultimate goal of professional soccer? In my opinion, it is victory, and the pinnacle of victory is to become the champions. I am a manager. If I don’t wish to lose my job or be forgotten by the people, there’s only one path for me to take, and that is to lead the team in obtaining victories, in obtaining championship titles!”

The main character was not well-liked by people.

— “⋯We conducted a survey which had been deemed by Manager Tony Twain as extremely meaningless. In a random street survey conducted, ninety-three percent of those surveyed chose the option ‘I hate Tony Twain’, while only seven percent chose the option ‘This person is rather decent, I like him’. It is worth noting that nobody chose the option ‘Who is Tony Twain? I don’t know him’. Mark, do you know why Manager Twain felt that our survey was very meaningless?” Parker, a reporter from <The Daily Telegraph> laughed loudly and said when he was being interviewed by BBC.

But there were also people who were madly in love with him.

— “⋯ Became the spokesperson of world-wide famous clothing brands, shot advertisements, frequented the fashion industry’s award ceremonies, endorsed electronic games, has a supermodel girlfriend. His earnings from advertisements exceed his club salary by seventeen times, owns a special column in various print medias, publishing his autobiography (in progress), and is even said that he is planning to shoot an inspirational film based off his own person experiences! Who can tell me which part of his life experiences is worthy of being called ‘inspirational’? Hold on⋯. Are you all thinking that I’m referring to David Beckham? You’re sorely mistaken! I’m talking about Manager Tony Twain⋯.”

He was very knowledgeable about Chinese soccer.

— “⋯ I’ve heard about it, that Bora gifted four books to his manager Mr. Zhu before your country’s national team’s warm up match. After which, the team lost 1:3 to a nameless American team from Major League Soccer. The new excuse that Mr. Zhu gave for losing the match, was that Bora gifted “books” (‘books’ and ‘lose’ are homophones in the Chinese language). Here, I recommend that you guys find out what that one specific book is. Which book? Of course the one that caused you all to score a goal. After that, tell me the title of the book. Before every match, I will gift ten copies of that same book to you. In that case, won’t you all be able to get a triumphant 10:0 win over your opponents every time?” An excerpt taken from Tony Twain’s special column in a certain famous Chinese sports newspaper.

What is a title? The title is the core of your book, it gives it a definition. What is the use of the title? The title is the first thing people see when exploring books. Having that perfect catchy title will help you hook up more readers.

Now how to make this Catchy Title? Well here are a few tips in creating a fitting title for your fiction. Number One,  Brainstorm ideas. Write down every word that comes to mind about your story. Include keywords about the topic, character names, phrases you love, and anything else that comes to mind. Arrange these in different combinations to see if anything speaks to you.

Here is an example of an Array of words: Hero, Ryan, Magical, Fantasy, Swords, Adventure.

Example of a Bad Title: The Hero Ryan's Magical Adventure in a Fantasy World

Compared to this Catchy Title: A Hero's Journey or Ryan's Magical Adventure.

or you can make it shorter: The Unsung Hero or Child's Dream

Second, Study titles in your genre. Look for stories or books that are popular with your target audience. Readers may be drawn to your work because it reminds them of something they already like.

For example, many young adult fantasy novels hinge on one or two intriguing words: Twilight, Bitten, Cinder, The Selection.

There is something called the Internet where you can search for different examples of Titles for the same genre.

Examples of Video Game fiction titles: The Legend of Zelda, Game Consoles, Moonlight Sculptor, Trapped in a Video Game.

Examples of Fantasy fiction titles: Harry Potter, Is it wrong to pick up girls in the dungeon? , Alice in Wonderland, Percy Jackson

These titles have one thing in common they are all related to the main character or the main story. It reveals information to the people but not too much.

Third, Make the title exciting. Dull or generic titles won't catch the reader's eye. Titles such as "The Tree" or "The Train" might name the subject or a symbol in the story, but it doesn't excite the reader.

Try adding a more descriptive word to the basic title. Successful titles using the above words include The Giving Tree, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, The Mystery of the Blue Train, and The Orphan Train.

Utilizing the keywords you've brainstorm you can create amazing titles by bending and twisting the words.

Example of an Array: Weird, Male, Friendly Monster, Room

You can Create: My (Weird) Unusual Friend or The Mysterious Friendly Monster

Using the Synonyms and Antonyms of the words you have in your list making them more appealing and attractive.

Fourth, Make the title easy to remember. Titles are not only supposed to catch the reader's attention but also spread the word about your work. Something too difficult to remember won't appeal to editors or agents, and your reader won't remember and be able to tell someone else the title. You want to come up with an exciting, yet catchy and easy to remember, title.

Read your title out loud. Does it roll off the tongue? Is it exciting? Does it sound boring? Would you check out this title? The answers to these questions can help you revise the title.

Example, What would you likely remember after an hour? The Murder on Wzcyiubjekistan Express or Murder n the Orient Express. Surely it would be the latter.

Fifth, Pay attention to the wording. A title should be appropriate for the story, but it doesn't need to confuse your potential readers. Make sure that your wording doesn't depict the story as something it is not. Your title shouldn't sound like a science fiction story if it's a romance.

Example if your title is Hacking System the first thing that comes into your reader's mind is "This Story is a Sci-Fi story with a system as Hack literally means to use a computer to gain unauthorized access to data in a system.

Sixth, Use strong, vivid language. A title needs to stand out. Strong action words, vivid adjectives, or intriguing nouns can all make your title compelling. Look at the words in your potential title. Are there synonyms that are more descriptive or unique? Can you choose a word that has a less general meaning? Some words are so common their meaning doesn't impact readers in the same way.

For example, the use of the word desire in Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms is far more interesting than Love Under the Elms.

It's like choosing the word war over battle because war gives that strong bloodshed feel. Example World Battle I or World War I, do you see my point here?

Also, don't use common words like System this, Cheats that, and so on and so forth. The reason is simple, your story will become a needle in a haystack becoming covered up.

Seventh, Seek inspiration. Book titles often derive from established great works, such as the Bible, Shakespeare, song lyrics, or other sources. Write down phrases that are meaningful, beautiful, or intriguing to you.

Examples of this type of title include The Grapes of Wrath; Absalom, Absalom; Gaudy Night, The Fault in Our Stars.

This is quotes or phrases that give a deeper meaning just like the Japanese manga titles. Is it wrong to pick up girls in the dungeon?, Problem Children Are Coming From Another World, Aren't They?

Eight, Read your own work. Titles are often memorable lines from the book or story itself. Readers may enjoy the moment when they realize why a story has a particular title.

Examples of this type of title include To Kill a Mockingbird, Catch-22, and Catcher in the Rye.

This types of titles can be the most repeated quote your protagonist or antagonist uses like. Maybe Someday... or I am Supreme. sleek and chill titles.

Ninth, Write down your inspirations when they come. Often, good writing ideas come to you when you least expect it. You may forget these, so keep a paper and pencil handy to jot down ideas that come to you whenever inspiration may strike.

Like The Railroad above the highway, The Barks Next Door, The Flickering Night Light, or The Sudden Flood.

You can find these stuff literally everywhere example ask the people around you or look at the news headline. the places around you. the usual daily things you see with imagination.

Tenth, Add Emotions. This is what you need. Putting your heart is always better than just doing your best. make your title feel personal like it is a part of you.

Eleventh, Know your audience. Keep your audience in mind when drafting a headline. The world's most shocking title may contain the words "harem," "sex," "lies," and "videotape," but it could be a complete turn-off to an audience of monks.

Twelveth, SEO optimize. Include a "focus keyword" to help your writing to get discovered in search engines. Build the headline around the most important keyword in your written text and ensure that it is fewer than 70 characters. Additional words are considered too long for Google to index. 

This will help your story appear at the top of Google searches on the front page

Thirteenth, Create a knowledge vacuum. A headline that leaves the reader wanting more has done its job. Take this one for example: "These Pieces Of Advice Found On Instagram Could Change Your Life." Does it make you want more? Does it intrigue you? Your readers will probably look for more information in the rest of your article.

Fourteenth, Solve a problem. After reading a headline, readers may wonder, "Why should I read on?" Many decide to do so because they believe from the title of the post that you, the author, can solve their problem. Consider the headline of this post; perhaps you are reading with the hope it will solve your headline-writing problem?!

Fifteenth, Use numbers. People love numbers, especially in headlines. Numbers are something we know and feel comfortable with; they give us a sense of familiarity and advise our brains on how long an article may take to read. With numbers, we can justify the exchange of information for our time – especially with numbers that describe how many points will be covered. For example: "10 Ways to cook eggs that your mother never told you about."

Sixteenth, Cheat. Yes, you heard right. Don't be afraid to look for inspiration wherever you can. If you write for a publication, review older copies and look for examples that you know would work with your audience and tweak them. ViralNova.com, a website that repackages content that is already available, does a great job of writing compelling headlines. Tim Ferris created multiple titles for his book, The 4 Hour Work Week, before settling on the mega-hit. He ran a series of Google ads and looked at the click-through rates, simply choosing the one with the highest.

Seventeenth, Use technology. There is a tool called Portent's Content Idea Generator, and it is a piece of brilliance. Plug in your topic or focus keyword into the little text box hit a button, and bam – out pops a catchy headline in less time than one minute and seven seconds. At the very least, it could
trigger ideas.

Overall, a catchy headline should speak directly to the part of the brain that subconsciously cares. However, a catchy headline is nothing without quality, thoughtful, engaging content that is shared and admired. Remember: that's the reason we wanted the catchy headline in the first place. And until we start reading from the bottom up, catchy headlines are here to stay.

Basically, these are randomizers in the internet. Search things like Fantasy fiction title randomizer. This will give you titles like White Willow Sunset, Brisking Adventure, and so on.

If you manage the title you like integrate or simply change some of the words in the title with the words that you've brainstormed.

That is all for now see you soon on how to write a synopsis.

These are some tips and tricks to help begginer authors just like me to improve their fictiom better

More reviews and pictures criticizing the company flooded all their pages. Be it their social media, company website, any retail stores and malls they were in… it was everywhere.  
As she scrolled through the comments, something became relatively clear to her. Shi Yuhan wasn't working alone to get the favor of the company. She was doing this because she had been asked to create trouble.  
Sophie's Secret was buying commenters and creating an army of criticizers who oppress any comments that came to the defense of Venus.  
She sometimes saw a comment here or there about how shady Shi Yuhan's attitude was in the video. But the dislikes, the violent comments, and retorts shut down any rational commenter everywhere.  
Everyone congregated in the meeting room.
"What's the current situation?" Qian Meng asked, looking around the room.
Ma Qui was the first to speak up. He had a hint of a smile on his face. "Boss, I spoke to Sales and they saw a huge spike in orders placed. Online stores are being flooded by people. The amount of new people who are ordering in despite the high prices is mind-boggling," he said.  
Qian Meng looked at him curiously. "Obviously you know why they are buying the products. Why do you look so happy?" she asked.  
"Your revenue went up."
Xiong Fen cleared her throat. "The media coverage of the trend is really driving the point home. If we look at the top 5 news outlets and the articles they published about the incident, you will get a clear view of the narrative being presented."
Li Min pulled up the article on the big screen in the conference room.  
It read:  
[People in Shanghai are destroying their Venus products to protest the company's ill-treatment of customers. Despite the company saying that they are looking into the matter, the people are fired up.]
The article explained what had happened and how the livestream had taken the internet by storm, going viral within minutes.
[The backlash from people escalated when screenshots of a high-ranking employee from Venus contacting the celebrity involved in the controversy.]
"They are having a field day with this, aren't they?" Qian Meng spoke. "But the tone is not critical or negative. Even the titles aren't that outlandish as last night. Are the journalists losing traction or have the talks to change titles helped?"
Xiong Fen took the lead in this. "We have contacted most of the journalists who have been publishing articles. We have talked the journalists into changing the harsh titles and reducing mentions of Venus. We have also convinced the journalists to put in some good points from our previous campaigns and how our employees are treated humanely."
Qian Meng twirled her pen in her hand. "Thank you for taking the initiative for that. The clickbait titles were bothering me." Actually, a lot of things happened in the background, things that her employees did very well that she didn't need to worry about or ask them to do. They knew how to do that. Qian Meng was only concerned with how to handle the people in the scandal. The handling of the media and public opinion? She could leave that in the capable hands of her employees.  
"Just doing my work, Boss. I'll submit a thorough report later on," Xiong Fen said.  
"Any advance in getting information about Shi Yuhan?" she asked.  
Xiong Fen looked up apologetically. "Yes, we got confirmation about who is backing her. It's both a corporation and a person."
"Both?" This surprised Qian Meng. "Who and which company?"
She knew which company, but she needed to be sure.  
"Sophie's Secret. The third son of the current CEO is having an affair with Shi Yuhan," Xiong Fen said.  
"Look at that, so much scandalous content to put out into the public," Ma Qui snickered.  
Qian Meng frowned. "It's not like we can use that information to get back at her. We only need to know her motivation to bring her down. If this is a personal attack on the company on behalf of her boyfriend's family business… then I don't think I have to hold back," Qian Meng acknowledged. "But how did you get the information about this relationship?"
Xiong Fen looked even more guilty. "No one in the industry seemed to know a thing about it. They must have been really discreet about all of it to keep it hidden for so long." She paused and looked around the room. "I received a message a while ago with only pictures."
She pulled out her phone and turned it to show Qian Meng.  
They were selfies of Shi Yuhan with the third son. Qian Meng snorted.  
"Whose number is that?" she asked.  
"Restricted number. Do you want me to look into it?" Xiong Fen asked.
"There was nothing written on it?" Qian Meng questioned. Once she got confirmation, she didn't bother thinking too deeply into it. "Don't worry about it. I already know who it is."  
The man took his words really seriously. Hacking into phones and posting apologies. At least he didn't post any apology from Shi Yuhan's accounts. That was a boon in itself.  
This much, she could let him slide.  
"You know who it is?" Ma Qui squeaked. "Let's employ them. Such a great resource."
Qian Meng broke into laughter. "Enjoy the free service. You can't afford to pay for it," she joked.  
The room grew silent, people somewhat understanding what it meant. No one acknowledged what they knew. Their Boss's husband was truly powerful. Hacking into phones like nothing was the matter and not even taking credit for it.  
To the few who didn't realize the truth, much was to be said about them ignoring the outright PDA of the boss couple.
"Okay, let's continue. I want to see what the narrative for destroying the products is. I don't like it as a trend," she sighed.  
Li Min scrolled and the room read through the caption of the videos posted.  
[@Venus, due to your lack of support for the people, I as a non-rich person can no longer support your company.]


[Warning: Mature Content] "In this lifetime and every other, I promise to only be loyal to you. Even if I have to crawl back from Hell, I will do so gladly." "Wow, you just broke all the cold CEO fantasies."

Like every romance novel, Yun Qian Meng faced the evil stepmother and negligent father. On top of that, she was arranged to marry a scum man who manipulated her, stole from her, and finally... killed her. 

When she woke up, she found herself back at the top of the world. It was all a dream, she told herself and moved on... until the scum fiancé made an appearance. 

Who was she? Yun Qian Meng. Twenty-five. Founder and CEO of a company worth billions of dollars. The world was at her feet. How dare this scum man think he was worth her?

'My fiancé wants to usurp my company? I'll bury him alive.'

'My father wants to marry me off for his gain? I'll find a husband he will never approve of.'

'Of course... He needs to meet my conditions first.'

Who would have known that her arch-nemesis, Mo Qingchen, would present himself in front of her as a potential suitor. 

'Lunatic! I wouldn't marry him even if he were the last man on Earth!' 

Ants surrounded Mo Qingchen. He was twice as powerful as her. Twice as wealthy. And the conditions he was offering were top notch. He'd lit the fire and she swarmed to him like a moth to a flame.

'Well, a contract marriage never hurt anyone.'

She was looking for financial and social gain but she ended up on a path to finding herself and things she never knew she wanted. 

The curtain rose. Shots were fired. The play began. The broken girl started her journey towards the woman she was destined to be. 

All the world's a stage. And a play is only entertaining when chaos ensues.

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Read my other works: 
1. Autopsy of a Mind - Complete
2. Alter Ego: His Sultry Lover - Complete 
3. The Story of Blood and Roses - Complete
4. Phoenix in the Moonlight - Hiatus

Note: This is an original story by me (SunScar9).

Story Discord: https://discord.gg/bG7YsaRRbs

Author Instagram: @sunscar9

Clifford was on his way to the CEO's office together with Gary, his personal assistant, when he saw Ingrid walking out from the elevator. But what struck him was the child she was holding.

"Sir, today's schedule will be the following: at one o'clock you'll be meeting with Miss Vanessa Reiley at the Guinevere Hotel and in the evening, you have a business dinner with Mr. Carlson regarding his proposal to invest in Veanco." The assistant continued his pace and did not notice that his boss stood still and was staring at two people.

'Is that Clark?' 

He was so confused why the child is with Ingrid. His urging to go over them and ask Ingrid about their relationship slowly builds up. The boy was so adorable in his outfit and Ingrid is stunning as ever, whether she wore formal dress, an evening gown or just a laid back clothes. Everything she wears is just so right for her. She could pass for a model.

"Ahh Mr. Briggs?" his personal assistant caught his attention.

"What did you say?" he asked without looking his direction and lingered on the woman who passed by not far away from them.

"I informed about your meeting with Miss Vanessa Reiley at one o' clock at Guinevere Hotel." Gary reiterated and thought what makes his boss so distracted.

For how many years he's been working with him, he never witnessed even a second that he became so distracted until now. He was so curious to the reason that caught his attention. Gary looked at where he stared at.

He was caught in surprise when he saw a woman and a child. The woman seems familiar to him and he was thinking where she saw her. She was so sophisticated in the way she carry herself and the child with her was so adorable that he has an urged to squeeze his chubby cheeks.

The woman has a gentle expression every time she look to the child.

"Ahh, excuse me sir, are we still going to the office? Or should I go after the woman and the child?"

His boss came to his senses. He cleared his throat.

"We go as we have planned." Then they go directly to the CEO's office.

His boss was noticeably in deep thought that even he would ask him anything he would just nod without saying anything. Gary urged to ask his boss who the woman and the child is. So he devised on how to catch his boss attention. Even he resolved that he will secretly investigate the woman and the child.

"The woman was seems so familiar. I just forgot where I've seen her." Gary muttered to himself.

"She's Ingrid Howard, the EVP." His boss nonchalantly answered. His jaw dropped upon hearing the name.

"You mean the lady who is lucky enough to dance with you last night, sir?" Clifford furrowed his brows.

"What do you mean by that?" 

"Haven't you heard the news sir? You are in the headlines, also trending in the internet. Here take a look." Gary showed him the articles and the pictures that involved him and the woman. 

He saw how intimate they were in the picture last night, the photographer zoomed the part where he looked at the woman capturing the warmth in his eyes. Another picture showed the moment where Ingrid wriggled from him and also captured where he caught her again and the surprise in her eyes was perfectly captured as if they shoot for a picture for a movie.

Different titles of the article where scattered in the internet. He read the some of its titles such as 'Is love blossoming with the CEO and the EVP?' another article entitled 'Is she the future Madam of Briggs Group of Companies?'

Most of the time if his boss would be linked to some random ladies, he would automatically order it to be removed and file a case to the people involved in the article. However,

"What should we do about it, sir? Should I call our team to remove and file a case against them?" his boss just ignored his question.

"It's the least of our concern for now. Let's get back to work." But Clifford's thoughts still lingered on the woman and the child. He could take his thought off them.

'What relationship do Ingrid and the child have? Are they related to each other? A friend's child perhaps?' he was in deep thought that he could not understand what he was reading.

Ingrid is a tough, committed, and loyal young woman. Contented with the way her career unfolds: a secure position in a Briggs Group of companies, influential in the business world, and does not need a man. However, emptiness overwhelms her that she longs to have a baby. She decided to go to a fertility clinic and go through a process and became pregnant.

Cliff, a cold and hardworking CEO preoccupied with work, has no time for love. All he wants is to build his empire. One day, he decided to donate his 'seed' to a fertility clinic, thinking he may use it someday.

Years have passed, their fates have crossed.
Cliff suddenly heard a child's cry on his way to his office. He furrows his brows and looks where the sound came.

"Child, why are you here?" the boy then looked up and stared at him, and he stretched his arms to be embraced by him and said,

"Daddy!"
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Callie studied the Help articles well into the night. She didn't even notice as her mother left the room, so deep was her concentration on the articles she was reading.

It was really fascinating stuff, honestly. The system articles were pretty detailed, though just about every one seemed to have some section that read Unknown Error. Obviously there was a lot of information she wasn't allowed to know yet. Hopefully, that wouldn't count against her in her mission.

The stats were broken down into Physical, IQ, EQ, and Divine Effects. Stamina, Strength, Dexterity, and Agility were all considered her Physical stats and effected her total Health. Intelligence, Wisdom, and Willpower were all considered IQ stats, which controlled how much Mana you had, once you had a mana core to produce it. Perception, Charisma, Control, and Endurance were all consider EQ stats, which controlled how well you were able to recover both your Health and Mana.  Finally, the Divine Effects were Luck and Faith. These stats were directly related with divine forces, and thus effected the general direction of your life. Faith increased magic effectiveness, cultivation speed, allowed access to holy spells, and allowed the gods to directly interfere in your destiny, while Luck increased the chances of getting the things you really need and want. All of the stats also had other, more straight-forward effects, such as Charisma effecting other's perceptions of Callie, etc.

The only part that gave her pause was Faith. Callie wasn't sure how she felt about the Faith stat, honestly. Its effects were pretty great, except Callie really didn't like the idea of allowing the gods to further interfere in her destiny. As far as she was concerned, they'd gotten to meddle around with her life quite enough already!

Then there were all the details about Skills and Abilities. Abilities were basically just passive skills that were always active, whereas Skills were things you had to consciously activate. Both of these were sold by the various System Stores, while also being available as Skill Books found in dungeons or dropped by living things when they die. Some Traits and Titles also came with Skills or Abilities. Finally, some Skills or Abilities may come with Spells, which you can only use with a mana core that has sufficient amounts of Mana stored.

Blessings and Curses were pretty straightforward. There were Spells on this planet that one could acquire to Bless and Curse others, but all of these Spells were completely dependent upon the Bless or Curse Skill. The effects of the Blessing or Curse were dependent on the Traits of the caster, as well as the Spell one had. There were many varieties of Blessing and Curse Spells to use, and the possible effects were almost limitless in capacity.

Titles were a simple matter of meeting their requirements programmed into the System. This Help page was one of the most fascinating to Callie, as it described the requirements of a few, basic Titles she could earn. None of the Titles mentioned were particularly life changing in their effects, but earning them certainly wouldn't hurt her, either.

--Teacher--

x2 Charisma stats when mentoring or teaching! +10% increase in learning new skills! Permanently produce Aura with Effect: Skill Learning Increase that gives a +10% increase in learning new skills to others within 20 ft. of you!

Requirements:
-Acquire Mentor Skill Lv. 5
-Mentor 30 students
-Max 1 Skill

--Student of Magic--

+10% power to all spells! Learn magical spells and skills 2x as fast! Mana regenerates +10% faster!

Requirements:
-Acquire 1 Magical Skill
-Acquire 1 Magical Spell
-Acquire a Mana Core
-Acquire 1 Magical Teacher/Mentor

--Cultivation Student--

Cultivate the soul 10% faster! Learn martial arts 2x as fast! Health regenerates +10% faster!

Requirements:
-Acquire 1 Cultivation Technique
-Meditate for 1 Hour Every Day for 30 Days
-Acquire Spiritual Sight Ability
-Acquire Cultivation Teacher/Mentor

--Scholar--

+20% reading speed! +50% retention when reading the subject! x2 to the Intelligence stat!

Requirements:
-Read all Help Articles in the System
-Read 100 Books in Total
-Read for 1 Hour Every Day for 30 Days

Only 4 Titles appeared on the Help Article about them, but they clearly showed that Titles were a powerful, useful tool, none the less. Even though the section was currently locked, Callie made it a personal goal to start meeting the requirements she knew about as soon as she could.

Professions were similar to Skills in that they had levels, but they also had unique Titles you could only earn through those professions. In order to get a Profession, Callie had to buy a Profession Package. They were understandably expensive, but the rewards were truly great. For instance, Callie could learn to use alchemy without purchasing an Alchemy Profession Package, but her equipment wouldn't be as good, her learning would be stunted, the potions she made wouldn't have as good of effects, and she would earn significantly less when selling her potions to the System Store. Also, there were literally thousands of recipes she couldn't get without first unlocking the Profession.

System Points was a pretty short article. Mostly, you just needed to invest points to unlock the so-called Premium Features. The amount of points needed to unlock a feature varied, however. Callie scrolled through, hoping to find a list of system unlock options, but couldn't find one, much to her disappointment.

Mission Points were also pretty simple. Earn Mission Points by doing Missions, and use them to access higher Mission Classes. You'd need increasing amounts of points to be able to access Missions of the next class, but the Tutorial-Class only needed 1 point to unlock the access to F-Class Missions. Unlocking E-Class Missions, however, cost 20 points. There were 9 Mission Classes in total, not including the Tutorial-Class, and they ranged from F-Class to Mythic-Class.

Also, you could unlock the ability to take various Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly Missions! However, these missions were special, in that you would be penalized if you failed to meet them. But the rewards were supposed to be better than regular Mission rewards, depending on their difficulty. Their difficulty varied based on your level, life stage, and evolution level. This was a great tool for gaining extra points and steady growth!

Callie was a little nervous about unlocking these special missions, though. The penalties sounded ominous!

Now, the various Points systems were where Callie found herself spending most of her time that night. The different points she could earn and the different ways to earn them was really fascinating. Starting with the Skill Points, which can be earned from Missions, killing living creatures, found in dungeons, or bought with Gold in the System Store. Various amounts of Skill Points could be needed to buy a Skill (or Ability) Book, depending on the rarity and power level of the Skill Book. Also, Skill Points were needed to Evolve and Merge Skills. These could get quite expensive.

Then, there were the Karma Points. These Points could only be earned when Callie did something that benefited others. The greater the benefit, the more points she would earn. Sometimes, they would be listed as Mission Rewards, but only if the Mission specifically benefits people other than Callie.

This explained why Callie had so many of those. While the goddess obviously got the amount of lives Callie had lived wrong, she must have been right about her sacrificing herself repeatedly. Good karma would, of course, come from sacrificing your life for others. Thus, Karma Points!

There was a store just for Karma Points called the Karma Store, and it could be found under the System Store tab. In this store, Callie could buy items, weapons, armor, Skill Books, Traits, and even a few Titles that were exclusively found in this store. Of course, you'd also have to meet the other requirements for those Titles in order to purchase them.

Divinity Points, on the other hand, were much more valuable than Karma Points. These Points could only be earned by actions that impacted the gods in some way. The greater the impact, the more points earned. Callie wasn't sure how she'd earned all of her Divinity Points, but she supposed volunteering to take Clark's punishment had impacted the gods. And since it impacted no less than 4 gods, maybe that accounted for the amount of Divinity Points she'd unlocked from her Past Lives?

The Divine Store had much rarer items, weapons, armors, Skill Books, Traits, and Titles available. The power levels of these things were supposed to be on par with the gods! Apparently, a lot of the merchandise can be greyed out even after unlocking this store with System Points, as it's sorted by level. According to the Help Article, the greyed out merchandise would kill you at your current level if you tried to learn or use them.

Her favorite, though, were the Universal Points. These could only be earned by actions that effected the entire universe! Callie couldn't imagine how she'd gotten 2 of them! Surely, nothing she remembered doing effected the entire universe. It must be part of the Unknown Error sections...

Because of the rarity of earning these Points, Universal Points were ridiculously OP. According to the Help Article, these were exclusively Skills, Traits, and Titles that were more powerful than anything wielded by gods! It said that these Skills, Traits, and Titles powered up with you, so you could only access a portion of their power dependent on your level. Otherwise, unless you were a god, Titan, or Universal Entity, all of these would kill you.

The Ally System sounded fun to Callie, who was feeling kind of lonely in her newborn body. This System allowed Callie to claim people, animals, monsters, and even plants as allies. With anything that had a sentience level above level 3, she would require their permission to claim them as her ally. Once claimed, Callie must release them from it herself, manually. They couldn't remove themselves without her permission.

The Ally System also had a Pet area. These were where any Eggs given to her by the system would go after being hatched in the Hatchery. Only creatures created by the System in this way could be considered Pets, and they were always dedicated and loyal to the Host. 

Plus, there was an entire Perk system in the Ally System, that Callie could use to purchase various Perks to share between herself and her allies and pets.

This Ally System also gave Callie access to her allies' status screens, and updated their system to match her upgrades, with the exceptions of having their own Ally System, Universal Points, and Past Life Rewards System. It also meant they shared experience for their kills, missions, and in dungeons.

In other words, Callie didn't have to solo this stuff to get power. With allies, she'd level up faster and become stronger faster.

The Past Life Reward System was the last system covered by the Status section of the System Help Articles. It detailed pretty much everything she already knew from using it, that she'd gain all the Points and such that she had earned in former lives transferred straight to this life, giving her the boost she'd need to be able to compete with the creatures like her father, who had been hoarding power in this world for, quite literally, millennia.

That was as far as Callie got that night. When her mother interrupted her just as she was about to open the first Store-related Help Article, and proceeded to feed and change her once more, Callie decided it was time to finally sleep.

First, though, she closed her eyes while her mother held her, calling the Status screen up behind her closed eyelids.

She quickly added 5 points to each skill, just to see what would happen.

As expected, the IQ and EQ stats made her head ache and made her want to fall asleep. The Physical stats made her entire body ache from head to toe, as if she'd pulled every muscle and broke every bone at once.

What surprised her were the Divine Effects. Adding points to her Luck and Faith stats made her itch uncontrollably from head to toe.

This time, when Callie cried until her mother rocked her to sleep, it wasn't a ruse.

Callie dies during a school shooting, while protecting her students’ lives. As a reward, the Goddess of Sacrifice allows Callie to choose a life she wants to reincarnate into. But, overwhelmed with guilt, Callie doesn’t want an easy life. 

Callie wants a chance to make a real difference in the world instead. She asks to take her student's punishment, which is to live on a world called Arion while cursed by the God of Cruelty. In this world, everyone has access to a system with unbelievable abilities, magic, and evolutions. However, many have used this power to subjugate and use those less fortunate. 

No one has ever chosen to reincarnate on Arion before...could this one girl change the fate of an entire hopeless world?

And what's all this about a SECOND system upgrade?

*Ding*

*Title, scientific inspiration gained*

*Scientific inspiration.

Increases all stats by +50 double for comprehension, concentration, mental understanding, bionometrics, and intelligence.*

*Humm* (MC humming)

"What a surprise. System your so good. So good."

The familiar bell sounds rang inside Lilia's head.

And just by hearing this and seeing what the ringing was, Lilia couldn't help but smile.

An all stat increase!! All stats!! 

Moreover, new stats were added.

Through her happiness and excitement, she then check her profile.

******

Name: Lilia Evergreen

Level: 4  | 378/650

Rank: Peasant, Grey

Stats:

Strength: 167 +50

Dexterity: 243 +50

Agility: 424 +50

Precision: 59 +50

Accuracy: 76 +50

Intelligence: 615.5 +100 (doubled)

Comprehension: 409 +100 (doubled)

Mental strength: 278 +50

Mental understanding (locked): +100 (doubled)

Bionometrics (locked): +100 (doubled)

Mana: 480 +50

Stamina: 780 +50

Concentration: 470 +100 (doubled)

Health: 580 +50

Other stats locked due to low level.

Titles: 

Mission completer (+1 to all stats)
Hardworker (+20 stamina)
Swift playthrough (+50 concentration)
The craftsman's apprentice (+5% Increased success in crafting)
Scientific inspiration (Increases all stats by +50 double for comprehension, concentration, mental understanding, bionometrics, and intelligence)

Class: N/A

Subclass: Crafter

Jobs: Crafter

******

"Umumu.... The all stat increase umumu..."

"Ah? Locked?... What does that mean??"

"Hmm? Ah? My rank also turned grey. Wait... Was there a grey rank?"

With the increase and the addition of new stats. The changes were immediately noticed by Lilia.

"Sys, what does the 'locked' mean. Also my color change to grey. Why is that?"

"You're level is to low host. You also don't have the required minimum to use the said stats."

"I see... My level is to low huh. I suppose I need to grab as much experience then instead of continuously getting stats."

"Ah, wait. What do you mean required minimum?"

As Lilia was conversing with the system, the atmosphere within the auditorium immediately lowered.

With Lilia's heightened senses, she immediately felt the change and became alert.

The class on the other hand, started sweating.

"Hiss..."

"The professor..."

"It's happening again..."

Hearing the remarks of the other students, Lilia then looked at her current professor. 

As she faced her, she immediately felt chills.

"Sy-system..."

"Is...is she like me..."

"No host. This is what we call experienced intimidation."

"Wha-what is that??"

"I have no clue myself host. I just got the terminology from one of the students here."

Prof. Shella's current expression was that of, a big boss of some mafia group. The only difference is that it's female.

Smiling coldly, straight pose, looking straight at her target.

That was what her body language and expression looked like.

"Ms. Evergreen."

"It seems that you have studied well."

"So, shall we continue?"

*Gulp*

"Ye-yes..." Said Lilia who's currently sweating profusely. As that's what she thinks her current condition is.

Prof. Shella then faced the whole class.

"As modern as we are, I'm pretty sure that some of you here in class have been on Skylink (this world's internet) a lot."

"And even though I know that most of you wouldn't even care, I'm pretty sure that most of you saw an article concerning about the certain magnetic spikes happening on the world."

"Now, to those that saw this article, raise your hand."

"....."

No one raised.

"And if no one raises their hand, I'll call willingly."

A couple of students then raised their hands, their expressions seems like their crying though.

"Damn me!! Why do I have to read that article!!" Was their thoughts.

"Alright then. Seeing that there's only a couple of you that read it. Then if you could answer my questions, you'll be exempted from this week's quizzes."

After Prof. Shella said this, the ones that read the article immediately had their expressions exchange from crying to pure determination.

No quizzes for a week! 

To those that norms her class, they know that Prof. Shella loves to do exams and quizzes.

Moreover, there is one character trait that Prof. Shella is known to have. And that is that she never goes down on her word.

If she declares and promises it, she will do it!

As this happened, those that didn't read the article on the other hand, well looked regretful.

Damn me! Not being interested in the things of the world!! Was their thoughts.

Not minding the determined faces of those that raised their hands, Prof. Shella then started to talk about the article.

"On the article, it was found that magnetic spikes would appear at certain places at certain times."

"Using the compass, scanners, or readers. Researchers have found out that this magnetic spikes have been happening everywhere."

"And it was even concluded that this magnetic spikes have been happening even in history."

"Now, on the article, if you, does that raised their hands, truly read it attentively, where did they found and detected this spikes."

"Professor!" 

A group of students from the couple of students, immediately raised their hands.

Choosing one student out of the group, that student then answered.

"On the article, it was stated, that the magnetic spikes would frequently happen at the center city squares, parks, subways, countrysides, borders, oceans, military bases, and even densely populated areas."

"Good. You're now exempted from quizzes for a week. Sit down."

"Second."

"How was it known that there seems to be some disturbances in these areas?"

The second volley of raised hands the came.

After choosing one from the group, that student then answered.

"It became known that these areas had magnetic spikes due to these areas having some sort of wind compression happening on the area. The areas that are in land seems to have a horizontal tornado that doesn't have an end, or so was it described, while those in the water seemed to have mini whirlpools."

"Good. You're exempted"

That student made a victory pose.

"Third."

"For further research, experts have suggested to check the areas based on satellite imagery. Turned it up to thermal, turned up 3d scanners and some sensors, and well, they seemed to have found something interesting."

What's projected on the screen currently, was then changed into their world's map. 

The map itself had red marks, and these marks was plastered throughout the whole map.

"I know that we have stammered out of our original topic but it has some of that here."

"What you are seeing now, are the areas where these disturbances are happening."

"It has been found that these areas have more gravity than anywhere else. Basically somewhere around 0.2 to 0.8 increase."

"The thing is, is that it seems to differ to different areas. Areas that doesn't seem to have deeper increases in gravity suddenly increases and then disappear."

"They have also done the calculus for this, and well, it ended in random numbers."

"Ms. Evergreen then, do you have any suggested theories for this?"

*Gulp*

In the modern - era of 20XX. Gamers all around the world were on anticipation of the new 'realistic' MMORPG.

Astral Fantasy.

It featured tags like 'swords and magic' and 'sci-fi'. In short, on Astral Fantasy you could be anyone you want. Be it the heroes from Fantasy Novels or those Space Mercenary on the Sci-fi genre.

Now, Lilia Evergreen, a famous gaming streamer, became a beta tester for the anticipated MMORPG, which of course gained the envy of many.

On the day of its beta release however, she suddenly heard a voice in her head.

*Initiating power up* 

Amidst her confusion at the voice on her head, she suddenly noticed one thing.

"Why does the sky have Hexagons on it?"

(THIS NOVEL IS ON HOLD!!!)


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