a book where you can shamefully promote yours or others novels.....I'm just someone who likes to read and am open to suggestions no judgment I will read bout anything and also hope to spread the love of reading by doing this....so basically this will be a 1ch book with 1 Tag per line and basically just suggest novels that include that tag that you've read that's it....

The automatic robots did the heavy lifting, carrying and setting materials at appropriate places and then human use tools to connect them. The day started with the automatic robots placing the appropriate steel poles onto the correct place for the workers to mend the poles into place. This cycle repeats for most of the day.
Prince Hue Chi had been working remotely for the last several days at the cruise ship. He got a lot of works done for not having to travel back and forth between the Royal Palace and Aires Royal Corporate Square. Long Kue had been busy preparing and coordinating the next business travel trip for the Royal Prince.
Hue Chi had sent Dao Txu to go on a few days errand run to meet up with another shadow guard currently away for a mission. Therefore, Dao Txu was not around to bother anyone while PengXu stayed behind to guard the Prince as usual.
The foundation frame will take about one week to finish, and that will be right before when Prince Hue Chi will leave for his trip.
Yu Sha has been avoiding night strolls to avoid meeting Hue Chi. She usually spent her time idling on her balcony if she could not sleep. The cycle repeats itself and before long, a week has gone by.
One morning, Prince Hue Chi asked Long Kue to email Jake and Su Na that he would go out to inspect the site on behalf of Ether the next day. He wanted to give them the one day notice to give everyone time to prepare themselves.
Later that afternoon, Dao Txu came back from his few days errand run for his Lord. When he arrived back at the cruise, he brought a bag full of books, looking merrily as ever after. The first thing he did was went to the Prince's suite. When he noticed that everyone was busy doing their own thing, with the Prince in his office, Long Kue sitting on the dining table working on his laptop, while Butler Zeu ironing the Prince's clothes. Dao Txu walked right over to the living room and sat the bag by the big comfy couch before sitting down.
Dao Txu then casually took out a book titled, "Dating 101 For Men" and pretended to read the book. After ten minutes, he set the book down on the small table on top of a couple of magazines, grabbed another book and headed for the balcony. He found himself a chair next to the table and started reading the book called, "Dos and Don'ts Guide to Romance."
About five minutes into the book, Dao Txu casually left the book on the balcony table, walked back inside by the couch, and grabbed another book. Once he had the book in his hand, he casually walked to the kitchen, opened the fridge, and took out some leftover food. He heated the leftover food and went to sit on the dining table to eat while reading the book, "How To Impress Your Woman." After ten minutes, he casually left the book on the dining table.
Long Kue glanced at Dao Txu, 'this guy here does not read and why is he reading today?' When he looked at the book title, he knew that this guy was up to no good again. How in the world does he have time and energy to come up with such things?
Dao Txu's next target was the office and bedroom, but that would be too obvious so he opted for the bathroom. He went back to the couch and grabbed another book from the bag before heading to the bathroom. Dao Txu went to sit on the toilet flipping a couple of page of the book titled, "How To Attract Women." After five minutes, he flushed the toilet and left the magazine on a towel shelf before walking out.
His lord sometimes sits on the dining table in the kitchen and or balcony while reading the news and sipping coffee every morning. The chance of his lord seeing the book on the dining table and balcony is higher than the living room or bathroom. But as long as he could pique his lord's interest into just glancing any of the books longer than two seconds, he would've won the battle already.
After hanging up the ironed clothes, Butler Zeu went to restock the towels in the bathroom and noticed the book title. He automatically knew what Dao Txu was up to. Since he felt the same way as Dao Txu, he allowed Dao Txu to litter the place with dating books. Hopefully, his prince would pick up some dating tactics.
Butler Zeu walked over to the prince and convinced him to have his meal out on the deck as it was not good to stay coop up in the suite day after day to which the Prince agreed. Butler Zeu then happily called the kitchen staff to coordinate dinner for the young men to eat dinner out on the deck.
The day ended and the construction crew wrapped up their work. Yu Sha and Su Na had reduced their working hours. Everyone usually went back to their rooms, showers and changed before coming out to have dinner. Sometimes, not everyone eat their dinner out in the deck but most people go out to the deck since the kitchen there always had ready to eat food around breakfast, lunch and dinner time.
PengXu surveyed the surrounding and there seemed to be no suspicious activities. If there was no suspicious activity or person, he can openly join the group for dinner up on the deck. Prince Hue Chi and his confidants made their way to the deck. When they arrived on the third floor of the deck, the server had just finished setting their foods on the table.
Everyone found a spot to sit on the table on the third floor. It usually was rare for them to dine on the same table together at the same time with their big Boss, the Prince. Dao Txu looked forward to this dinner the most, as he knew the daily routine of the construction crew. Most of the time, everyone came out to eat on the deck for its convenience.


Genre: Modern Fantasy Romance, Super Natural, Multiple Lives, Action, Comedy, Mystery

Yu Sha was born prematurely and her heart wasn’t fully closed. The first several years of her life, were often spent in the hospital undergoing procedures. But she did not let her condition defined who she is. She worked hard and excelled in sports and PE class. 

Su Na’s mother had gone through a traumatic experience which caused her to be frequently hospitalized. As long as she could remember, she never had a father. It wasn’t until later she learned the ugly truth and make it her life long mission to build her own empire in order to crush the person who made her mother suffered. 

The hospital was where they met and became good friends. They attended the same classes and schools. Upon graduating early, they embarked on a journey to stardom to build Su Na’s empire. 


Hue Chi, Prince of Aires, had everything anyone could dream of but carried an illness to himself. The woman that haunted him in his sleep, who was she? How was she able to control his emotions, waking him up in the middle of the night, sometimes, in terror, in pain, and sometimes in happiness? The emotions she elicits locked his heart cold, unable to like any other woman, thus distancing himself from others. People are scared to approach him due to the distant and icy auras around him. 

Just as the universe planned it, Yu Sha and Su Na won their bid on a project in Aires, which will require them to live in Aires for at least half a year. As Prince of an entire continent, he felt unsettled of two young female prodigies. Do they come with hidden motives? Not sure if they have anything to do with the secret organization he has been after, he ordered them to fly into Aires for a meet and greet with the investors and other companies involved in the project. 

Unforeseen in his calculation, his eyes drifted towards her anytime she was nearby. He reasoned with himself that he just wanted to make sure of her status and purpose, but somewhere in his heart, he couldn’t gravitate away. The way she talked, her behaviors, her voice, and demeanor elicited the same emotions of the woman that haunted him in his dreams. 

Some may think destiny is cruel and some may think that destiny is kind for playing with people’s heart, as it seemed the world was not small enough to allow them to be lovers, but not wide enough so their path will never cross.

I could see that she felt bad for saying something rude to me, because knowing my circumstances, these words may hurt my feelings. She is a nice girl with a kind heart.
"Nothing to ask forgiveness for." I smiled at her.
"I..."
"I know you said it without bad intentions, so no need to worry about it! Anyway, how do you feel about school so far."
She visibly relaxed after my words and we started talking about school and she told me interesting things she read. I, being an old wise man, was smart enough to be a good listener, so I got a huge ton of information for free. 
Of course, we talked not only about Hogwarts and magic, I asked her where she is from and about her family. Apparently, her family was normal people without magic, or how they call it here - muggles. Her parents were dentists and were living in London. I knew the muggles part but did not know her parents were dentists. They were very accepting of her identity as a witch. 
Mostly, she was talking. I was never an active part of the dialog. At some point, I caught myself on the thought that she is really open with a stranger, but then I understood that it is probably a speech buff that makes me look like a very good friend, who she can speak with. It is a great opportunity to actually become her friend!
We spoke for approximately 15 minutes when other people started coming in. When people, started converging, I remembered the problem of the schedule, so I asked Hermione about it. 
"Do you know when will we receive the schedule for lessons? Or did I somehow miss it?"
"No, Percy said that Professor McGonagall will distribute it at the breakfast. Which lesson do you want to attend the most?"
"Honestly, all of them. New knowledge is always great, especially this type of knowledge."
'And new skills are even better!'
"I am the same." She answered.
"Since I never knew of this world before coming here, I am very fascinated by every little thing in this school! This is why I enjoy talking with you so much because you told me so many interesting things!"
She reddened a little bit and smiled.
"You are always welcome to talk."
"The first day and already got a friend. I am so happy! When do you think, will we go to the great hall?"
She seemed especially happy when I said about a friend. 
I can't stop being fascinated with the power of the very high speech. What will it be like when speech will reach 90 or even 100? Just by saying something casual I will be able to control people around me, huh? 
Let's stop dreaming! After all, Hermione is still a kid, so maybe speech works better on her. Can't be sure. 
'System, how much more time will buff be in effect?'
[Buff was provided for 24 hours.]
So, it will expend tonight, huh? Well, shouldn't be too greedy here.
"I think after all will be here. Then prefect will lead us there."
"Prefect?"
"Yeah, Percy is a prefect."
"Really? Didn't know about that."
'Who the heck are prefects? Anyway, doesn't matter.'
"First-years! Please come here. Are all first-years here?" 
At that moment I heard Percy's shout. Apparently, we will be going out.
We stood up and together went after Percy in line. Once more road till the great hall was confusing, always changing and fascinating.
After some walking, going up and down the stairs, our group has reached the hall and taken a seat at the Gryffindor table. Because I and Granger walked close to each other, we sat together. 
Like last time, food magically appeared at the table in a few minutes, but this time I was able to witness it with my own eyes and honestly, I was fascinated, but the matter still remained a mystery to me. Food just appeared on the table. No mystic lights or special sounds. No special effects at all.
Students of older years started converging as well. We had a good breakfast and I have finished my food very fast.
Soon, Professor McGonagall came to give us the schedule of lessons and a map of Hogwarts. The first lesson will be history. After asking the time from nearby people and checking with the schedule I had 3 hours until the first lesson. 
I really wanted to go to the library to read some books and check them with the inventory. Maybe just reading them will give some skills or maybe there are some interesting books. Like books of spells or something of a similar sort. Plus, I can read my own books in peace and quiet. 
I decided to ask Granger if she wants to go with me and she agreed. To save us time I did something, some kids would consider embarrassing, but to me with adult mentality it was nothing. 
I came to senior students and said:
"Hello, my name is Magnus. I am in the first year and want to go to the library, right now. Is anyone of you going to go there, so that we can tag along."
'Show me da way!'
"Well, I am not going there, but one of my lessons will be not far from there, so I can lead you there."
"Thank you very much."
"Name's Oliver Wood, by the way."
"Happy to meet you. I will wait till you finish breakfast and then we can go."
"No need, I will go to the bathroom on our way to quickly go wash my hands."
"That's great cause I also needed to wash my hands."
'And brush my teeth. I mean how can those people eat so much and then just go do some stuff. I always brush my teeth after food. Am I strange here or am I strange overall? Well, whatever.'
** 30 minutes later ** 
"Thank you very much for leading us here!"
"No problems. See you and have a nice first day."
"Have a nice day as well. See you"
Now I know the approximate road from the hall to the bathroom and then to the library. Why approximate? Because this school changes itself like mad! Stairs move, paintings change, armor walks away, some roads may even disappear! Nothing is certain when it comes to the path in this school. 
Anyway, the library was magnificent and had thousands of various books. I picked the first book on the first shelf. It was about wand making. Then I found a place to sit and started reading. Hermione was still looking for something interesting to read and after finding a book she liked she sat near and delved into reading as well. 
I read and read. I did not really try hard to understand everything that was written, but I wasn't rushing to finish it either. I was just reading it for the sake of reading and of course as an experiment if reading gives anything. 
I did not want to experiment with putting a book into the inventory and checking if I can 'Use' it for now. Who knows what charms put onto the books... Hopefully, later.
I have no idea how much time I spent reading, but soon I heard notification and saw the next message.
『 Studying 15 ➔ 16 』
That is the skill? I will check it in the evening, now it can be a bit risky to stand dazed, looking at skills. I mean, I don't know how I will look at that moment, in the eyes of others. Therefore, I just continued reading. 
After reading approximately 70 pages in the book, I decided to check what time it is. I asked my companion if she has a way to check the time.
"I heard 2 bell chimes, so it should be around one hour or a bit more since we have entered the library. Plus, half-an-hour we spent getting here, hour and a half left till the lesson."
Bells! Crap, I did not even pay attention to those sounds going off in distance. My mind does not even consider them useful. After all, as a person who came from an age when time is literally written on everything around you, you become unaccustomed to these old ways of tracking time. Now I need to pay more attention to that. 
Anyway, we can read until one more bell chime, then we need to get to the lesson, using the map. Knowing how hard it is to navigate here, we better get earlier, than rush and get lost.
"Then after next bell chime, we can start going to the next lesson. After all, I am unsure of navigating through this school. What do you think?"
"Yeah, I agree. One hour should be enough to get there. Actually, can we borrow books?"
"It is a library, so I think we can. But I will ask, don't worry"
I went and asked the librarian and after many promises, a note and usage of the high speech she permitted borrowing, but we have to return it till vacation. I agreed with that, told Hermione about this and continued reading.
This time I heard, when the bell ringed and told about it to Hermione. Then, we stood up and took books to borrow. She took one book, while I took 3 books out of here. I pick books in order anyway and don't really care about what information they contain.
** 50 minutes later ** 
Finally, we reached this place and that is only thanks to my companion. Without her, I would have been lost till night probably. Does she have a compass or something?
In any case, history was boring. Plus, ghost teacher for history? And he is still so boring, having all that time behind his shoulders? However, I attentively listened to everything, but mostly we were just memorizing dates, names, and places.
After the lesson, I returned to the library to continue reading with my new friend. She was enchanted by all the lessons it seems, no matter how boring they are. As long as it brings knowledge. She is amazing, indeed.
** In the evening **
『 Wand Making 15 ➔ 16 』
『 Level Up 』 
After finishing the first book, I received those 2 notifications. Honestly, this level up was earlier than I expected, but I think I got a new level up so soon because I raised speech so often. So, it seems the higher the skill raises, the more experience it gives out, which makes sense. Harder to get, better the prize.
In any case, I put the book back at its place. And picked my 2 other chosen books with me, before going to the dormitory. Granger decided to finish her studies for today as well, so we both went to rest.
As soon as I got to my room, I locked the door, lied on the bed and said 2 words, I was waiting to say for so long.
'Skills progress'

Seems like the time has come for another party to begin. Let's hope this one will be a success. World - Potterian. Person - random.
***
Met truck-kun. Obviously died. Nobody survives after fateful meeting with him.
Afterwards, I was reborn in the different world with the system from my favorite game! However, there was a catch - I had negligible amount of knowledge about this universe. 
***
I open my eyes and see [You were caught during unauthorized entrance into a magic academy!] 
"Oh cmon... System, do you really need do this every time? Now... what will I do?" 
[Pick a race]
"..."

A few more days had passes since then and me and my mystery guy are talking on the phone every night. We talk mostly about books and movies. I'm a movie lover and he obviously loves books.
So here I am , on a Saturday afternoon, in a library looking for a book about unsolved misteries and crimes, something like Sherlock Holmes but mixed with fantasy. 
When I told him what movie genres I love he suggested me a few books in the same genres. Of course , me being me, I refused to believe him that it's more fun reading. I actually replied to him "I prefer to spend 2 hours to watch a movie then an entire day to read a novel. I'm wasting too much time I don't have." I sad  to which he chuckled softly and than started to tell me about the plot and characters. I quickly interrupted him saying " What are you doing? No spoilers!!!!  You're killing all the excitement and fun like that!" I yelled in the phone annoyed at him.
"I taught you said you weren't interested." He said clearly amused.
"I'm not!" I replied shortly and then changed the subject because I knew I was gonna lose to him ...again.
After a short search in the Mystery/ Crime section of the library I found the book he told me about. Apparently it's a series consisting of 3 volumes , almost 600 pages each. My eyes wide and full of curiosity , I was debating if I should buy just one or all 3 of them. 
After a few minutes I acted on impulse and bought the whole series. 
I went to the cashier and paid for the books, put them in a bag and went home.
'Here goes my new pair of shoes.' I. cried silent tears on the way back doubting myself if I made a good or bad choice.
'Books over shoes. Shoes over books.....arghhh whatever. If I don't like them i'm gonna ask for a refund from that jerk!' 
I arrived home, put on my slippers, I made myself a cup of tea and sat on my sofa with one of the books in my right hand.  I started reading it and before I knew it I was hooked on it so bad that I didn't even realise that it was already late at night. My tea on the coffee table was barely touched and now cold. 
My stomach started to scream at me for not feeding myself for half a day so I got up went straight to the kitchen and made a sandwich with ham, cheese, a few slices of tomato and a little bit of mayonnaise. I sat on the stool at the dining table and started eating the sandwich. All throughout eating I was thinking abot the mystery novel and couldn't wait to go back and read some more.  By the time I was ready with the first volume it was already 3 am in the morning so I put it aside , and yawned all the way to the bedroom. 
The next day I did the same...nothing but reading late into the night hooked on the second and third volume, only stoping to eat twice when my stomach started swearing at me for not feeding myself properly.
Monday morning I woke up as usual at 7:30  barely able to open my eyes. I rushed into the bathroom to prepare myself for work but when I looked into the mirror I scared myself. Guess what? Yupp...panda eyes!  a little red and swollen like I haven't slept in ages.
Arghhh... I was so ready to put the blame on that jerk for my panda eyes. I wanted tot text him 'some' words but I stopped myself before touching the phone. 
'Don't be a crazy bitch.' I told myself. So I started preparing for work, got out of the apartment with my bag in my hand and a slice of toast bread in my mouth and headed to work..as usual.
Upon arrival I said 'hi' and waved at some colleagues. I got some odd and curious glances from them but I ignored it and went straight to my desk and prepared for work. 
3 minutes before 8. Hah...a new record. I smiled to myself happily.
As usual, Ryan places a cup of coffee in front of my face. 
'Ahh....sweet heaven.' I think to myself at the smell of coffe. I lift my head and prepare myself to give him my best smile as gratitude for bringing me coffee.
"Woooaa...." He exclaims, eyes open wide and takes two steps back.
" What happened to you?" He asks me staring straight into my eyes and examining them more than it's normal.
"Ahaha..." I give him a small smile and try to hide my eyes , suddenly feeling conscious of how I look.
'I knew I should've put on some make up before I left home.' I sigh to myself.
"That bad?" I ask instead of answering him.
"Uhm..." Ryan scratches the back of his head trying to find the right words. "Not that bad?" he answers more like a question.
'Look at him all flustered...pfftt.'
" Rough monday morning. You know i'm not fond of mondays."  I give him a slick smile not wanting to debate on it anymore.
Ryan quickly catches on and stopes asking questions.
"Okay... have a nice day." Waves and says 'bye' going back to his department.
By the time is lunch time i'm so tired that I barely keep my eyes open. I  go to the bathroom, splash some water on my face and stare in the mirror for a few second. I grab my phone and take a picture of my eyes, crop it so only my panda eyes are visible and sent it to my Mystery Guy along with a text : "this is all your fault." and put an angry emoji at the end.
Got no response so after having a big lunch I continue working like a zombie for the rest of the day until it's time to go home.
I'm barely trough the door when my phone starts ringing.
Ring ring ring.....

What happens when a wrong phone call leads you to meet your forever after?

Meet the story of Krista a young office worker and Andrew a young handsome man with a passion for books that changes her boring life into one full of love and excitement.

I closed my eyes and started thinking of a bonfire with its crackling blue flames produced by the oxygen molecules that comes in contact with nitrogen and carbon dioxide. Slowly this would shift the hottest blue flames into slightly milder orange flames graduated from red.  I gathered the tingling feeling of molecules inside my hand and pushed it outwards.

When I opened my eyes, I saw the surprised faces of Christopher and Luke. The room that used to be never ending turned into a medium twenty metered square room with white walls and floors. Their faces looked like their jaws would drop to the floor and they kept on staring at me for a few minutes. Maybe this was the result of the unlimited MP that I got from God? Even though I never actually saw the flame, maybe the result of the flame destroyed the never-ending room. 

To break the awkward silence, I asked, "So how many points did we end up getting?"

Christopher quickly regained his composure and replied, "10 000 points."
-------------------------------------------------------

After that big event, nothing eventful happened afterwards for the remaining subjects. In the end, Luke and I got 20 000 points. Sigh. It looks like we still have a long way to go. 

When we got back to our medieval like room, we saw a tablet on the floor. I grabbed the tablet and looked at the screen, which displayed: Would you like to upgrade your room?

I pressed 'yes' almost immediately as the screen changed soon afterwards. There was quite a few options in the upgrades. It first asked if we would want to move to the upper floors, or if we wanted to stay in the basement. It cost 15 000 points to move to the second floor, where we would get a decent bathroom that resembled mine from my previous world. After I pressed 'yes', the tablet starting shining and on top of the tablet was a room key that wasn't previously there. 

I grabbed all my stuff (which was only my school bag and uniforms) and made Luke carry his own and went to the second floor using the modern looking stairs dragging Luke along the way.

I used the room key to get inside to see a ten metered square room that was absolutely empty and a bathroom that was shown in the tablet. 

I forgot about the bedding and only thought about the room! At this rate, it wasn't that much better than the basement except for the modern bathroom. I glanced at Luke for help and passed him the tablet to make the decision of what we should do for the remaining points. 

Sitting beside Luke while putting our stuff on the wooden floor, Luke went over all the options of how we could use the 5000 points. It cost 10 000 points to buy one bed with the framing, pillows, blanket with a mattress that was the standard size for one person. However, it cost only 4950 points to buy the mattress (with the mattress cover included) of a king sized bed.  So we ended up buying the mattress, so that we didn't have to sleep on the floor. Sigh. 

The room was absolutely empty except for the mattress that suddenly appeared in the middle of the room after the tablet started shining again. I swore to myself that I would study harder to get a decent bed and apologized to Luke within my heart that I wasn't as capable as him. Sigh. 

Fortunately, this empty room had two closets, but it was also absolutely empty. I pick up the stuff I had on floor and placed them inside the closet. I started to get ready to take a bath, but I realized the only clothes I had was my uniforms. Sigh. We still had 50 points left, so I ended up using 25 points to buy one cheap piece of underwear and pyjamas and gave the rest of the points to Luke. It seemed like Luke decided to buy the same things and we ended up using all the 20 000 points in one day.

There was one week until our next examination so that the school can see how well we've adapted after a week. Until then, we would have to survive on these bare conditions. This was the first time, I was thankful for exams! 

At least I got to sleep in for tomorrow because it was the weekend starting from tomorrow like my previous life. After taking a blissful shower, I flopped onto the bed and fell asleep. 

Well at least that was the situation that I was planning to do, but I couldn't sleep. I was too anxious about getting enough points that I caught Luke after his shower and dragged him into the library study room. After making Luke sit down with passing his backpack in front of the table, I went out of the room to pull out some books from the dimensional library based on the content on the exams that we had today and went back inside the study room to slam a huge pile of books on the table. Eventually, the pile of books resembled Luke's height. Fortunately, Luke looked way to tired to ask where I got these books from and just grabbed a book to start reading.

I soon chose a book from the pile while sitting down and took a sheet of paper and a pencil out of my backpack. The study room fell into a silent atmosphere for the next twelve hours, until I fell asleep while reading and the world around me faded into black.

I was captured and put onto a stake to be lit on fire as part of the ongoing witch hunt conducted throughout the land. I had to do something. But, this life really sucked. 

This all started when I was accidentally killed by God. 

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to kill you. It was just that I was overworked lately by my superior and I just wanted some time to relax and vent my stress out," he confessed.

"So, while I was snacking, I accidently dropped one potato chip into the human realm where the child tripped over the potato chip onto a den of steep stairs." God guilty admitted.

So I reincarnated into the most adorable girl with the largest orange-speckled eyes that contrasted her pale white skin void of any imperfections.

'How could someone look this pretty?' I thought as I admired my new appearance.

I was nowhere close to this pretty in my previous life. Did God put me into this new vessel as an apology?

But some things were too good to be true.
***
"We can do this the nice way or the hard way," My fiancé’s brother started off.
"The nice way is where you willingly come with us back to the first district and the hard way is where we forcibly take you back, which would be hard for all of us," Lucius gave me a warning.
Why was my life so depressing? He practically meant I didn’t have a choice! 
***
Few months later, I was at a party that I planned to escape from my fiancé’s family.
"I still get to continue with my naps on the weekends?" I tried to confirm with them.
No one answered as I almost cried from giving up my rare nap times from the mess I got involved with. This life was too bothersome!

With a wave of tremble, the Wuling Hong Guang drove up to the sidewalk and stopped in front of the pet shop.
The door opened and Zhang Zian got off the car.　　
The chic ladies glanced at him while they passed by, then covered their noses in disgust and kept a distance from his car.　　
Despite the fact that he didn't specialize in the seafood business, he drove to the beach each day, and often took rare marine creatures, such as fish, shrimp, and crabs, back. He could not wash the containers in the car everyday, so after some time, the car inevitably smelled like fish.　　
Wang Qian and Li Kun greeted him, and carried the new marine creatures into the aquarium. They sorted them and put them into different quarantine tanks so that they could adapt to the new environment.　　
Zhang Zian walked into the shop. The cleaning job was almost done, so he didn't have much to do. He took the underwater loudspeaker battery upstairs to charge.　　
He met Old Time Tea on the stairs. He hinted Old Time Tea and asked gently, "How is it?"　　
Old Time Tea smiled gently. "Everything is under your expectations."　　
The man and the cat looked at each other and smiled.　　
"Quack! What are you talking about in secret? What are you hiding from me?" Richard had sharply sensed the unusual atmosphere while it flew by. 　　
"Right. We are discussing you behind your back––specifically plucking your feather and making you into a stew," Zhang Zian threatened. "After you become stew, the world will be quiet."　　
"Quack! My meat is old and dry––it wouldn't taste good in a stew. I suggest you pick another bird!" Richard flew away quickly.　　
Old Time Tea walked downstairs slowly for the television, while Zhang Zian headed upstairs to wash his hands. They carried a fishy smell after they were soaked in the sea. He could still feel some fine, sea salt granules after his hands were dry. 　　
As soon as he entered the bathroom, he saw Sihwa hide something in a hurry.　　
He pretended not to see it. After turning on the tap, he asked, "Why aren't you broadcasting today?"　　
Sihwa was angry and humiliated after hearing his question. "Today… I'm not in the mood today! I don't want to broadcast!"　　
"Okay. It's nice to take a day off sometimes." Zhang Zian wiped his hands, then left the bathroom.　　
"Wait a moment!" Sihwa shouted behind him.　　
"What is it?" Zhang Zian stopped.　　
"Emm… This… Emm… That…" she stuttered. Her pale face turned red because she needed his help. After stammering for a long time, she took out a book from under a towel. "I can't read. What can I do?" she asked, troubled. "I know a few Korean words, but not any Chinese words…"　　
She could play with the phone, as the phone functions were simple––as long as she remembered the icons. She could make guesses on others, or ask Zhang Zian if it was too hard to guess. However, reading a book full of Chinese characters was mission impossible to her.　　
In fact, she had learned a few Chinese words since she had arrived in China. But she had learned them mechanically; she didn't have any formal, systemic teaching.
"You must be laughing at me, aren't you? You absolutely are!" She pointed at his face in fury before Zhang Zian had even said anything. She was almost embarrassed to tears.
"I'm not laughing at you. It's normal to be illiterate. Nobody is born literate." Zhang Zian shrugged. "Otherwise, they'd be a freak."　　
After hearing his words, Sihwa's mood calmed down a little.　　
"Well… Is there anything you can do to make me literate?" she asked, lowering her head.　　
"Yes. Lend me your phone for a moment." Zhang Zian took her phone and downloaded a few early childhood education apps from the app store. They were all basic-level, but entertaining word learning apps nonetheless; he started with Pinyin, which had real people's voices. The apps were already quite developed, and the functions were complete.　　
He compared a few quickly, then left the most user-friendly one and deleted the rest.　
"Here you are. Follow this. You'll learn them soon." He gave the phone back to her.　　
"Wow! So childish!" She complained as soon as she saw the interface for young kids. "Are there any long-legged Oppas or big-boobed girls teaching the lessons?"　　
"Save it. I'd love to learn if these teachings existed!" Zhang Zian took up her book and flipped through it. The book from Old Time Tea was not suitable.　　
He returned the book to Pi, then found a few fairy tale books with pictures from his childhood book collection. Each character was marked with a Pinyin illustration.　　
"After you learn Pinyin, you can read these books. Just learn the words while reading the stories." He piled the books on the bathroom closet. "Oh, right––books are not waterproof. Dry your hands before you read them. These are books from my childhood. Most of them can't even be found these days."　　
"Books from your childhood?" Sihwa seemed skeptical. "Could there be… Any dirty content in them?"　　
"These are all fairy tales, okay?" Zhang Zian said with frustration. "What kind of person do you think I am? These are the books I read at the age of five or six. What kind of dirty content can there be?"　　
"Fairy tale books? I'm not interested… too childish." She shook her hands. "Let's get something dirty!"　　
Did this fish get contaminated by that bird? What was in her head all day?　　
"You are wrong. In fact, fairy tales are not necessarily childish," Zhang Zian said. "Even adults could interpret content differently sometimes."　　
"What do you mean? I don't understand." Sihwa grew slightly interested.　　
Zhang Zian thought about it, then made an example she could understand. "In fairy tales, you often read stories of Cinderella meeting the prince…"　　
"I know this! It happens a lot in Korean dramas, too!" Sihwa suddenly turned excited, as if she finally found someone with the same interests as her.　　
"Yes, right. That's why people often call Korean dramas 'fairy tales for adults.'" Zhang Zian suddenly changed his tone. "But have you ever given thought to the fact that, in the end of fairy tales and Korean dramas, the story stops where Cinderella marries the prince?"　　
She nodded in agreement.　　
"What about the story after?" Zhang Zian continued to ask.　　
"What story after? It's over!" She didn't understand.　　
"I mean, two people from completely different worlds… Are they really happy after marriage? The prince and Cinderella had completely different educations, family backgrounds, and growing experiences. After marrying the prince, Cinderella must have faced a truckload of royal relatives. Did they really respect and accept her? Did love really defeat all the challenges? Even if it did for a while, what happens after the passion dies out?"　　
Zhang Zian's series of questions made Sihwa astonished.　　
"The boring, everyday life of the world after marriage is never mentioned in fairy tales, nor in Korean dramas. They always end with the line that Cinderella and the prince lived happily ever after. Although they didn't mention this, you can try to imagine, then tell your audience about your thoughts in the live broadcast. Isn't this great?"　　
Sihwa was drawn in gradually. In the past, she had never used her brain to watch dramas. She either laughed or cried as the story went along. She had never thought about the questions Zhang Zian had brought up.　　
"Would the audience like to hear this?" she asked.　　
"Of course," Zhang Zian said in certainty. "You can also try to make up sequels to fairy tales and tell everyone. You have such lovely voice. I'm sure people will like it."　　
"Really? I have lovely voice?" Her confidence was already shaken from one blow after another. She was no longer as arrogant as before. 　　
"It's absolutely lovely. I'm not joking. If you don't believe me, ask the other elfins," he said, suddenly feeling that his words might have been too mean in the past. 　　
"Oh… okay. But don't lie to me…" she mumbled gently as she picked up the fairy tale books.　　
"What are these?" She browsed through the covers one by one.　　
"They are all classic fairy tales written by great writers all over the world, such as fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, Aesop's Fables, One Thousand and One Nights, Zhang Yuanjie's Fairy Tale Collection, etc. They'll last quite a while," Zhang Zian said, introducing them one by one.　　
"Oh." Her eyes glided through the colorful and entertaining covers. She saw a prince with a sword on a white horse, a grey wolf wearing a pajama hat, a little girl with a match stick in a snowy night, a tin man with big belly, a little duckling staring at the sky, a fox with a broken tail, an ugly toad, a mouse driving a tank… She also saw a little mermaid sitting on a rock, overlooking the sea. 　　
For some reason, the figure seemed so lonely.　　
Under an unrecognizable impulse, she opened up one of the books, even though she didn't know a single character in it.　　
"I can't read it…" she said in disappointment.　　
"It's fine. You'll understand it once you learn the characters." Zhang Zian encouraged her. "Be patient! These fairy tales may seem childish, but in fact, you can find non-childish stuff in it. As long as you read them with your whole heart, you'll surely discover something different… Then, you can share your thoughts boldly with your broadcast audience."　　
"Okay. Let me try." Sihwa looked at the fairy tale covers again. She was more eager to learn now than ever before.　　
She wanted to be able to read the fairy tales. She wanted to do what Zhang Zian described––to write sequels for the finished fairy tales. She was the only one who could do it, and who was qualified to do it.　　
She picked up her phone and entered the child education app, imitating the mouth and sound movements against the image on the screen.　　
"A… A… Bo… Bo… Ci… Ci… De… De…" she read off while peeping at Zhang Zian's facial expressions; she wanted to confirm that he was not laughing at her. She then continued reading boldly.　　
"It's fine. You can read loudly. Raise your head and straighten your back. Read every word boldly," Zhang Zian encouraged her.　　
"A… A… Bo… Bo… Ci… Ci… De… De…" she read even louder, like a baby learning to talk.　　


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

Hi I am Grace a tall girl with curly dark hair that likes to read,and when I say read I mean to read ALOT. "Grace you must stop reading those books!"Hollered Susan."we are going to be late!"
"Susan!" I groaned. That's my friend Susan.She's been my friend since kindergarten,and as you 
can see she does not like to be late. I walked up to the shelf to put the book away.Then,I walked to
 Susan.
"Come on we are late."
"But-"
"No buts"
We walked to the classroom.It turns out we were not late (like always). Well , after a few minutes class started. I didn't feel good. I felt itchy. I raised my hand. "Can I go to the bathroom?" I said.
The teacher nodded.I walked to the bathroom and looked at the mirror. I had blue dots all over my body.No wonder it was itching. It was like blue chickenpox. I have read every book in the library. Well almost all the books. There was one dusty book that I couldn't read because the "late monitor" said we were late.But I do know that if you itch yourself when you have chickenpox you will get a permanent scar.I couldn't help It ,so I just scratched. "Ow!" I looked at the mirror. I just found a scar my hand.

The ringing of bells outside my window hastily delivers me back to the land of the awake. Looking around at the unfamiliar room, it takes me a moment to recognize it as my new dorm room. 

I've consistently been an early riser, but there's not even a hint of sunrise yet! The first day of school should start in two hours. Plenty of time to get ready and make my way over to the dining hall.

As I move down the hall to the communal bathroom, I ignore all the grumbling from my recently acquired classmates. Judging by the ages of the other boys on this floor, it appears these walking zombies will be my new classmates. 

While going through my morning routine, I thought back on the day before. After eleven hours in the Institute Library, I was able to absorb just over 30,000 books. I won't be capable of repeating that feat now that classes have started, but that's still a tenth completed. 

I've not checked to see if I'm able to produce a Heaven's Path book yet, even after absorbing many cultivation manuals. I need to get the over-powered manuals that Nie Li will hand out soon. They're on a completely different level than what is available in Glory City. The Library of Heaven's Path may have enough to form a flawless cultivation book now, but I equate that to forming a book on a flawless jab. While a flawless jab would be of tremendous help in any fight, it's still just jab, lacking fight-ending power. 

Moving in the herd of classmates to the dining hall, I'm pleasantly surprised to see the number of students. There are hundreds around my age and dozens more that are clearly several years older. I guess that makes sense for a city of half a million people.

I eat my fill on the school's breakfast and grab a few pieces of fruit and cheese for lunch. The school may not provide lunch, but they do provide enough snacks during breakfast to tide most over until dinner.

Finding my classroom was easy. It reminds me of a miniature college classroom with stadium seating for unobstructed views from any seat. A quick count reveals enough seats for twenty students. I claim the corner seat in the back to prevent myself from being surrounded by any teenage angst. 

It doesn't take long before all the seats are filled. It looks like I won't be sharing a classroom with Nie Li and the main cast. Getting in good with the ancient weirdo will be a bit more difficult but not impossible. I will need to make contact with his followers-to-be, and manipulate them to pull me into their circle once it's formed. 

Hatching any more devious plans were interrupted by a muscular man in his early twenties entering the classroom. He's dark-haired and moves with confidence and purpose. Once he reaches the center of the teaching stage, he is slowing scanning over the students. I'm unsure if he's going for intimidation or trying to memorize the faces of his students.

Once he's satisfied with looking over the classroom, he issues his introduction. He speaks in a rough but steady tone. First introducing himself as Xia Long, a one-star silver rank demon spiritualist, and a bit about his life and family. After he's finished, he has all the students stand up one at a time and follow his example of introduction.

I'm really tempted to implement Kakashi's introduction, but instantly dismiss that idea for a more conventional and bland one. As much fun as it would be to use some of Kakashi's angst, remaining unnoticed would be much more beneficial to me.

After the last student finishes her introduction, teacher Xia explains the course criteria. The first month will cover mostly generalized course topics, like history, mathematics, reading, and writing. The second month is a continuation of the general topics but adds in the study of the meridian system. Teacher Xia stresses that no one should attempt to cultivate until they possess a thorough understanding of the meridian system. Ignorance could lead to death or even cripple your pathways. He seems to think death is a more attractive alternative to losing the ability to cultivate.

Without further delay, teach Xia dives right into teaching. 

After six hours of supposed classroom instruction, I'm at long last free of whatever that was. Giving credit where credit is due, Xia Long is a notable public speaker, and it's easy to tell he possesses a deep understanding of the basics. However, the past six hours of my life can be summed up in one word; propaganda. Every single topic was a propaganda filled campaign for the glory of Glory City!

For reading, we were instructed in the proper pronunciation of propaganda! For writing, we were coached on the proper characters of propaganda! History comprises just a collection of Glory City propaganda stories! Even our math problems were worded in propaganda examples!

I'm all about patriotism and pride in your culture, but that was borderline brainwashing! It's easy to grasp why nearly all of Glory City fought to the death in the original timeline. They can scarcely be blamed for the level of manipulation the school forces on them. It's all for the survival of humanity's last hope; Glory City and her people... Oh, they're good! 

Unfortunately, it appears that I'm not immune to the propaganda indoctrination after all. I'll have to be more mindful of situations like this in the future. 

I ignore my surroundings and concentrate on eating quickly. I eat my fill of a hearty traditional meal of meat and vegetables and fill my pockets before departing the dining hall. 

I make my way back to the institute's library with a plan to focus on absorbing books on meridians and anatomy. One thing I never considered until today, was the need to understand meridians and their pathways before cultivating. Teacher Xia briefly explained that most cultivation manuals don't explain where a particular meridian or pathway is. Merely stating the order to direct your soul force and the chant to be used.

Fortunately, the motormouth isn't nearby when I enter the institute's library, and I'm able to get directions to the bookcase for meridians and fundamental anatomy. There's a reasonably large selection already translated to choose from. I guess it's not difficult to determine what a recently discovered tome is about when it has illustrations.

Putting all other thoughts aside, I get to work on my cycle of absorbing and resting. As much as I hate admitting it, absorbing books are getting really monotonous. While every book I absorb aids me get a bit closer to my goal, it's mind-numbing.

If I don't make a change soon, I can see myself getting burned out rather quickly. I think I'll take tomorrow off from the library. Maybe try finding a hobby or even some exercise. If all else fails, I can always try socializing, but that may disrupt my plan to remain unnoticed. Well, guess we'll just have to see tomorrow then. I nonetheless have a few more hours before the library closes.

Once I'm kicked out of the library for the night, I make my way to my dorm. A brief trip to the communal bathroom and I hide back in my room. It's enjoyable to get clean, but I'm indeed starting to miss a shower.

As I lay down on my bed, the temptation of checking for any Heaven's Path books is too tempting to ignore. A momentary thought and I'm standing in the middle of a sea of elegant bookcases. Holding down my excitement, I command, "Meridians!"

An untitled book rapidly forms in front of me. I hold the newly formed book and think of its flaws. 

[A flawless book on Heaven's Path of Human Meridians. The human body...]

I'm absolutely giddy with excitement, but the more I read, the more I find it impossible to put the book down. Everything seems so resolved and logical, delivered in a concise and structured path. Each sentence is filled with profound knowledge, yet I have no problem understanding any of the concepts. It's practically like a drug, the feelings, and emotions running through me as I pore over page after page is almost addicting. 

Once I finished reading the book, I can't stop myself from turning back to the beginning and reading it again, and again. Even the third time reading through, I feel that I missed so much the first two times. After the third read-through, I stop myself from starting a fourth. I have no doubt that I will read this book many more times, and I even plan to slowly examine it once I'm capable of fully controlling myself.

Looking at the closed book in my hands, I decide on the name 'Heaven's Path of Human Meridians'. Like it was always there, the created title appears on the cover.

Riding the feeling of success and invincibility, I try my luck again. I command aloud, "Cultivation Manual!"

Another untitled book appears before me and my excitement level spikes to a new high. Taking hold of the book, I call for its flaws.

[A book created by the Library of Heaven's Path on Cultivation. There are 28 flaws...]

I stop reading after I recognize the number of flaws. The disappointment crushes the high that I've been riding. Seeing a book form convinced me that it would be flawless. Guess not. I know it's not really a setback, but it nonetheless feels that way. 

There are, however, well over 250,000 more books to absorb at the institute and possible books from the noble families, organizations, and surrounding ruins. With a bit of time, I'll achieve my goal. I'll just have to do it one step at a time or one book at a time.

A 20 year old fan of fanfiction is transmigrated into an orphaned teen in the middle of Glory City. Follow him as he's forced to deal with hidden dangers, evil villains, and the dreaded puberty. 

This is my first novel, so expect some mistakes. I'll try to make corrections when seen. Reworked the first six chapters.

I'm doing this for my own personal pleasure. I have a family and a job that requires me to work most weekends. I hope to produce two chapters a week, provided life allows.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own the stories, Tales of Demons and Gods or Library of Heaven's Path. Any resemblance of any original character is purely coincidence.

Liling arrived at school around fifteen minutes past eight. She scurried to her dorm room. Her roommates were already in,, most of them were sleeping except for Richen, she was calmly reading a book. She shot her a questioning glance and Liling immediately explained herself.
"No, there was quite a traffic jam on the road today" She replied as she walked to her corner, dropped her purse on the side table and made straight for the bathroom. "So how is your mom?" Richen asked after a while. 
"She's okay now, she's been discharged " Liling replied and she entered the bathroom. She and Richen weren't that close of a buddy in comparison with the other two in the room. Richen didn't talk much, so she wasn't that much lively. Liling preferred to be with chatterbox Xin Yong, who would do all the talking, while she listens and laughs. 
After a warm bath, Liling put on a night wear with a Mickey Mouse drawing on it. She looked towards Richen who  was still in the same position, reading the same book.
Liling said a 'good night' and Richen replied with an 'Mmm' before Liling hopped onto her bed. She was not feeling sleepy so she decided to go through her phone. Stretching her hand, she reached for her purse, and searched for her phone. She brought out a lollipop candy first, and her thoughts immediately drifted to the stranger in the other car. He was quite handsome with pretty features. No, he wasn't just quite handsome, he was pretty to be exact. Such pretty face with flirtatious tongue must have a ton of girls around him. She thought as she lay back on her bed and went back to Weibo, after a while, she drifted off to sleep. 
  The next day was Saturday, somewhat busy for Liling. After doing her laundry, she cooked a ton of meals because it was her turn to prepare meals for the week. She loved cooking everything she had to cook for the week on saturday and store them in the big refrigerator in the dorm room, so she would have enough time for her books. 
  After cooking, she went to the library to read. Liling read for about two hours then took out her phone to play games when she was bored. After a while, she'll retire to her books again. 

  When it was five, Liling exited the library and headed for her dorm, she was quite hungry. On the way, she met Xin Yong who was coming out from god-knows-where, Xin Yong ran up to her and started chattering as usual. 

"I can see Liling wants to read the whole library. Liling, it seems you are going to graduate with first class honors. You know what, you are going to write my exams. I'll pretend to be sick and then you write it, kay. You are so intelligent, such brains shouldn't be wasted on only one answer script?" Xin Yong joked as they walked toward their room. Liling smiled a little as she watched Xin Yong joke around while tugging at her arm. They walked through the lonely paths that led to their dorm. Under the large flower tree, a red Range Rover was parked and a man leaned on it. From afar, he looked like a model who was posing to take a picture. He was looking straight at them. Xin Yong looked at the man afar off and wondered who he came to see. 

"Liling, do you see that man, wow, he's quite handsome, the girl he came for is especially lucky" Xin Yong commented and Liling immediately looked at the direction Xin Yong was looking at. She didn't want to believe what she saw. 'Chang Ming?, what is he doing here?' She wanted to ignore him, maybe he had a girlfriend here or a sibling, he couldn't have come for her. With that in mind, she nodded at Xin Yong and replied 
''Yeah, he's quite a handsome man'' They approached the man and made to bypass him when suddenly he called out. 
"Liling"

COMPLETED!!!! 

"Mr Liu Wei.."

 Liling paused as she took In a deep breath. "I need one million yuan... " 
Liu Wei shifted his gaze to face her. His face bore a surprised expression. 'What was she using that much money for?'

 Liling who was anxious held the helm of her gown tightly. She swallowed hard and continued courageously. "I don't think I can pay back..., but I'll give you something else" 

Her voice drained of all vigour. It was really hard to give herself away, so easily but she had no choice. Taking in a deep breath, she lifted her eyes to look at him. "My body..." ... 



‘’Jin Yue, please wait.’’ Jin Yue suddenly stopped in his tracks, he badly wanted to look back but at the end he decided against it. ‘’Speak, I’m in a hurry.’’

 ‘’Jin Yue, throug the time we spent together, did you ever, even for a split second, love me?’’ 

Jin Yue froze when he heard her question. Did he love her? From the moment he set his eyes on her, he had loved her. She had stolen his heart away that even right now, he wanted to kneel and beg her to stay with him. 

But he wouldn’t tell her that. If he wanted her to stop feeling guilty, he would not tell her. She should hate him so she would be happy with the one she loved.

 ‘’No; not even for a split second, so Miss Xin Yong, stop being delusional and scrap every memory you have of me.’’ ... 


This is a story of two couples and the hurdles they meet in their journey of love and how fate tries to bring them back together. I hope you like it. 

zhiruyi 

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Naomi turns quickly, with one of her hands behind her back.
"Alexandria! What a surprise to see you here!" she says nervously.

'I should do something'
"Hello, Naomi. I didn't expect to see you here either..."
"It's a bookstore, I come all the time! Hehe..." she lets out a nervous laugh.
...
"You didn't come to see Elin?"
"Eeeh... Yeah, that too!"

...

"And... which books do you like?" I ask to break the silence.
"Eh... well..." she starts turning everywhere.
"Come on, Alex, you should keep ordering the books" Elin grabs me by the shoulders and starts to move me in the opposite direction.

"But you're the one who works here!" I say angrily.
"Do it as a favor, yes? I'll give it back later"
"But I wanted-"
Before Naomi leaves my sight, I turn to her:
"Naomi, I would like us to... to be friends..."
Elin stops pushing me.

Both Elin and Naomi are speechless.
...

"Alexandria... Of course! But it's kind of weird that you ask for it that way" Naomi responds happily.

I can't help smiling. It's as if it removed a weight from me.

"Thank you! By the way, why do you have your hand behind your back?" I ask.
"Eeeh! It's just... my back hurts!" she grows nervous again.
"Really? It happened to me once, but Xenon's ointment makes magic-"
I stop talking.

'Oh no... I forgot that nobody knows about Xenon. But maybe she thinks it's the name of some brand-'
"Alex? You're good? You went pale in a second" Elin tells me.
'Isn't she nervous about what I said? I should try to get out of this...'

"Yes, I'm sorry. I was saying that Xenon is a very well-known brand... I tried it and it removes the pain as if it were magic... It's not that it's real magic, it's just an expression!"
"Alex, Nao knows about Xenon" Elin says.
"Sorry, I didn't want to-! What?"
"Yes, she also uses magic"

...

"Whaaaaaat! Why didn't you tell me before!"
"I forgot" Elin responds without shame.
"And I was saying all those nonsense..."
"Sorry, it took me a while to catch what you were saying. I thought you were going crazy"
"I hope not... Naomi, do you already know that I am xenon?"

"Yes, Elin told me everything"
"What a relief. What do you think about my magic?"
"Elin told me you still don't know how to use it. That's why I offered to help you"
"Seriously? I didn't know"
"Elin didn't tell you?"
"Whoops, I forgot it too"
'She has no shame! But, it seems she hasn't told her about my fusion... Why?'

"Alex, could you keep ordering the books?" this time, she asks me with a serious tone.
"Sure…"
I turn around and start to walk to the other side of the store.

"Goodbye, Alexandria! Talk to you soon!" Naomi says goodbye to me.
"Yes... Good- goodbye" I say goodbye with a smile.

I get to the books and I keep ordering them.

'I didn't expect Naomi to also use magic... Was she born in Xenon? What magic does she use?'
...
'Why does she know how to use magic? Elin doesn't trust her? Aaah... so many questions...'
*ding*

'She's gone'
Elin comes to me.

"I should start taking notes..." Elin says ashamed.
"Elin... didn't you tell her about my fusion?"
"No. I don't want to involve more people in this. Not her"
"..."
'She's right. I hope it ends soon...'

"Well, I'll go to the bathroom. If someone wants to buy something, tell them to wait a little"
"What? No way! You can close for five minutes-"
"Alex. Try"

...
"Okay"

Elin goes to the bathroom and I'm left alone.

After a minute, I finish ordering the books.
'I will look for something else to read'

I look through several books and novels again.
'This could be-'
*ding*

*ba-dum* *ba-dum* *ba-dum* *ba-dum*
'Oh no, it's a girl... I hope she doesn't buy before Elin comes back...'
I keep flipping through the books, trying to look busy.

'Hurry Elin! Hey? Where is she?'
I lost the girl from my sight.

'She's gone-?'
"Excuse me-"
"Aaah!"
*ba-dum* *ba-dum* *ba-dum* *ba-dum*

'Do they want to kill me from a heart attack?'
"Sorry, I didn't want to scare you!"
"I'm fine-"
'Woah... She's really-'

"Do you work here?" she asks me.
"N- no. She will come back in a minute..."
"Oh, it's fine. Could you help me?"
"Eh?"
"It's a bit embarrassing, but I've never read a book and I want to start doing it. Could you recommend something to me?"
"Recommend you... something?"
"Yes. If it helps you, I really like fantasy, war or medieval anime. Something of romance wouldn't be bad"

'Fantasy, war, medieval, romance... I got it!'
I go to the other side of the store without saying anything.
"Hey? Should I follow you?" she asks me, but I'm very distracted in my thoughts to respond.

I reach a shelf and start looking.
'I'm sure I saw it around here...'
"Excuse me, I don't know if I should-"
"Here it is!" I shout when I find the book.

I turn around and show her the book.
"This was one of the first books I finished. It has everything you mentioned so you should like it. The first volumes are perfect to start reading and as you go they become more complicated, but they are my favorites" I say without thinking.

"..." the girl stares at me.
"Ah! I- I'm sorry, I got carried away!"
"You talked about it very excited. You must like it very much, right?"
"Y- yes..."
"I wish I had your same feeling... Well, I'll take this one"
"Really?"

We approach the counter to wait for Elin.

"What's your name?" she asks me.
"A- Alexandria..."
"Nice to meet you, Alexandria. My name is Miu"
'Miu...'

"I've never seen you around here. You are new?"
"Yes, I arrived a few days ago..."
"I see. Are you in a school?"
"No... I still don't know if I'll enter one..."
"Really? You should decide soon, the registration ends in three weeks-"
"Sorry I took so long!"

Elin comes back and goes to the counter.
"Will you buy or rent the book?" Elin asks Miu.
"She convinced me to buy it" Miu responds, referring to me.
"Very well, I just need- What? Did she convince you?"
"Yes, you can tell she loves books"
"Y-yes. Here is the book. It includes a bookmark as a gift..." Elin surprised to hear that.

"Thank you. Alexandria, I'll be back when I finish this book. I hope to see you again"
"Of- of course..."
"See you!"
"B- bye..." I say goodbye, without completely understanding what happened.

*ding*

"Elin, you took a lot. I almost died of a... Elin? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Alex. Tell me your secrets. Now"
"You're scary!"

No one else entered the bookstore during the last hour and we returned home just past noon.

*breathing* *breathing*
"We're back!" Elin shouts as she enters the house.
"Idiot, I told you to heal me!" Dai is yelling in his room.
"Dai, as friendly as always- Alex? What are you doing?"

I'm lying on the floor.
"*breathing* I am... *breathing* fine..."
"At least do it inside the house. When was the last time you exercised?"
"A week ago…"
"It's not been long... Well, come in and eat something"

I get up and go into the house. We eat something to satiate the appetite and Elin goes out to see Naomi, while I stay at home, reading Asil's books.
The afternoon passes and the sky begins to darken.

"I'm home! I bring food" Kuno shouts.
'Hm?'
*growl*
'I'm hungry!'

I run downstairs.
"Can we already eat?"
"Hm? We should wait for- "
*growl*
"Your stomach speaks for you..."

I sit at the table and Kuno puts something in the microwave.
*blip* *blip* *blip* *bliiiiip*

Kuno sits and rests his elbows on the table.
"Alex. I have to tell you something"
"Yes?"
"I have to tell you…"
"..."
"I have to tell you that…"
*drink*

"Your pancakes were delicious!"
"Eh?"
"You really know how to cook!"
"Eh... well... thanks... but I think you exaggerate crying"
"Not at all! You should-"
"Foood!" Dai is going downstairs yelling with a monstrous voice.
"Don't yell!"
'...'

"You bought something?" Dai asks Kuno.
"Yes. Ramen"
"Oh yeah!"
'Is this a déjà vu?'

*click*
Elin enters through the door.
"I'm home-! Oh, you're here-"
"Kuno bought Ramen!" Dai shouts to Elin.
"Oh yeah!"
'Definitely a déjà vu...'

We eat ramen as parasites.

"Aaah... Even if it's instant ramen, it was delicious..." Elin says, about to explode.
"Yes! Ah, since today was my turn to cook, I will wash the dishes"
"That's fine with me!" Dai says and runs off to his room.

"Very well. I have to do... doooo... something" Elin also runs upstairs.
"They can run being that full?"
"Don't worry, I'll help you" Kuno says to me.
"It's not necessary... I didn't help you..."
"This way we'll finish much faster"
"Okay…"

I pick up the dishes and put them in the sink.
I open the tap and start to wash them.
"By the way, Alex- What!"

I wash the dishes at a superhuman speed.
"Yes?"
"How- how is that...?"
"Oh, I have a lot of practice because dad always made me wash them, but it doesn't compare to your speed"

"Yes... I was going to ask you, did you practice today?"
"Eeeeh... no... But I was reading Asil's books all afternoon"
"All right. Do you have any question?"
"Actually yes"

I walk away from the sink and Kuno continues to wash them.
'Amazing!'

"I read that Energy is directly related to your physical health"
"So is"
"Is that why I get tired so easily?"
"Hm?"

"I only walked for 30 minutes and was about to faint. The book said that the more energy you want to use, the more resistance you need"
"Yes. The power of your Energy depends on your strength. And the amount depends on your resistance"
"It also said that the more magic or elements are used at the same time, the more energy you need"
"Oh! I understand what you mean. It is logical that you need a lot of Energy to use your fusion, since it uses all the elements. Also, the times you have used it have been totally out of control, it may have affected your body"
"Yes…"

"Then, tomorrow we will start with Kuno's special training!"
"Huh?"

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