This is the story of a girl who has two lovers within one person... 

Everything started at the death of her best friend. After his funeral, a man named Yeon Jun comes to tell her that she is only his! More importantly, he looked exactly like her best friend Yu Yuan! After they get along, what happens when Yu Yuan reincarnates in the body of the healthy man Yeon Jun? What happens when two souls stuck at one body fighting for the love of one girl Yang Chin Sun?

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A look into lives of young adults to adulthood.

Hikaru Akiyama, the heir of the Akiyama family, one of the greatest and most influential families in the world has been enrolled on The Advanced Nurturing Highschool.
An elite school under the government's tutelage that trains its students using the most cutting-edge techniques, in terms of both physique and mentality and whose alumni have left their mark in society since time immemorial.
And if this wasn't enough, Hikaru doesn't seem to have any talent for magic and seems to be a normal human, but how could the heir of the Akiyama not possess any magic?
 Eh..? What did you say?
The First HighSchool had also finished its enrollment quota?
The 1'st year representative is an extremely beautiful woman? She was called Miyuki Shiba?
Eh? A Rental-Girlfriend company is taking over Tokyo!?
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Gravis thought about the best method to come clean with them. Was he attracted to them? He was a teenager, so of course, there was some attraction to the opposite sex, but that was not the issue. He knew that he wouldn't remain in this lower world for long, and creating any kind of romantic relationship would be troublesome. He was not interested in some short-term ecstasy if he knew that it wouldn't last.
Gravis sighed and wanted to say something, but his back shivered as a soft hand touched him and traveled down. "Why are you not saying anything?" he heard Lena say. "Am I not beautiful?" she asked with a sad voice that would elicit pity in any man's heart.
And just like that, all the plans and words, that Gravis had, went out the window. This whole thing had thrown all his plans to the wind. He turned around and tried to remove the hand, but then froze when he saw the still naked Lena. Like this, he froze again.
The two women giggled again. "So, you actually are interested," Lena said while walking closer. Gravis took a deep breath and took a step back.
Gravis closed his eyes to regain his bearings. "Yes, you are beautiful," he said, eliciting a smile from the two women, "but I'm not interested."
The two women furrowed their brows. This was not what they had expected.
Before they could answer, Gravis continued. "I am only interested in power for now." Gravis took another deep breath. "Yes, I am attracted to you, but, and this might sound rude, it's only physically," Gravis said directly without hiding anything. Being direct and honest was the best option in his mind.
"Listen," Gravis said, now opening his eyes and looking into Lena's eyes. His eyes were focused, not swaying downward. He had managed to regain his bearings. "I'm not interested in any romantic relationship at the moment. My goal is the peak, and a romantic relationship would keep me bound to this world. You guys know that I am from a higher world. Anything that keeps me from reaching my goal is not something that I want. Sadly, that includes romantic relationships. So, I'm really sorry, but I can't accept this."
Lena and Lory lifted an eyebrow and looked at each other. Then they turned to Gravis at the same time and spoke simultaneously. "So?"
Now, Gravis' plans were thrown into disarray again. He quickly shook his head. "What do you mean with, so?" he asked.
Lena crossed her arms, pushing her sizable chest upwards. "This was never intended to be romantic," she said with a smile.
Now, Gravis was confused again. "Then why all this?" he said, widely gesturing to his surroundings.
This time, it was Lory that spoke up. "We also don't want a romantic relationship," she said, walking closer. "Just consider this… a trade. You make us feel good, and in exchange," Lory walked closer again and moved a finger down Gravis' chest, "we make you feel good."
Now, Gravis understood. "So, this is all just about sex?" he asked with a lifted eyebrow.
Lena ruffled her hair in frustration. "You really make it hard to keep the mood going," she groaned. "Yes, this is all just about sex! We are all adults here. Not every flick needs romance," she said in frustration.
Gravis looked unamused at her. "I'm 17, you know?" he said directly.
The eyes of the twins widened in shock. "How are you 17?" Lena asked in shock. Gravis was pretty strong and had a powerful body. His white hair and strange eyes also added some mystery to him. They had expected him to be in his 20's, at least. It was hard to tell the age of cultivators since their bodies aged way slower. Someone that looked like 20 could be in their 50's.
Gravis looked with confusion at them. "What's so strange about that? How old are you?" he asked.
The brows of Lena and Lory furrowed. "Don't you know it's rude to ask women their age?" Lory said.
Gravis sighed in exasperation. "Yeah, sorry. I forgot," he said.
Yet, surprisingly, the two giggled. "We're just messing with you," said Lena with a cute smile. "We're both 35. Though I have to say, you are way younger than we thought. You have reached such strength while only being 17. We didn't even consider that."
Gravis didn't try to understand the situation. The mood of the two women jumped around. First, they were playful, then frustrated, then playful again, then angry, and now playful again.
"Anyway," Gravis said after a while. "I'm also not interested in a momentary flick," Gravis said.
Both raised an eyebrow at the same time. Sure enough, they were twins, and even their facial expressions were synchronized. "Why not?" Lory asked.
Gravis looked into her eyes. "Because if I give in to my urges, I build a connection with my current situation," he said, confusing the two. "If I indulge too much, I run the risk of becoming happy with my current situation. This could have an impact on my drive forward. While I still have not achieved my goal, I can't risk becoming complacent."
Before the two could answer, Gravis continued. "I have not indulged in something like this, so I have no idea how I will act in such a situation. Yes, one quick flick won't damage my will, but as soon as I do it once, the threshold of acceptance gets lowered. One time could create a second time, and a second time could easily create a third time. Indulging in my current situation could be a slippery slope."
Gravis sighed again. "Maybe I am too careful about this, but I don't want to risk losing the focus on my goal. Yes, I am attracted to you, but my goal is more important to me." Gravis slightly nodded his head in apology. "I hope you understand."
The two twins looked at each other.
Whoosh!
A robe appeared around Lena. Yet, instead of answering, they still looked at each other unsurely. Gravis watched them in silence, not sure why they were looking at each other like that. There probably was something that he didn't know about.
"Were we wrong?" Lena asked Lory.
Lory was also unsure and looked at the ground. "I don't know."
After a while, Lory turned to Gravis. "Gravis, I have a question," she said, sounding normal again. There was no more huskiness, playfulness, or frustration in her voice anymore.
Gravis nodded. "Ask," he said.
"Why are you so hellbent on achieving your goal, even if it means giving up happiness?" she asked.
Gravis looked at her. "Because I know that if I become complacent in my current situation, I might be happy, but I will have regrets. I want to achieve true freedom, and I can't do that without sufficient power. If I find a lover or even create a family, I would be happy, but in the back of my mind, I would regret giving up on my goal. As soon as I stop on my path forward, I run the risk of falling behind. One of my brothers fell victim to this."
Lory and Lena looked at each other again, and both sighed. "Is that the reason why it is so difficult for us to progress? Are we too preoccupied with momentary happiness?" Lory asked Lena.
Gravis lifted an eyebrow. "Why? You are both still young and are even a stage higher than me."
Lena sighed. "Yes, we are still kind of young, but we have actually reached the Seed Stage over seven years ago, and we didn't make much progress in that time. We always remained stuck in that realm. We know that it's because of our Will-Auras."
Gravis lifted an eyebrow in confusion. "So? Just go temper your will," he said.
Lory and Lena groaned in frustration. "We know that!" Lory said, slight anger in her voice. "We always plan on tempering our wills, but every time we plan on leaving for a fight, we kind of don't go through with it. We have lots of time, so why do it right now? Tomorrow is another day." Lory looked at the sky. "That's how it's been for seven years."
Gravis now also sighed. This was precisely the situation that he wanted to avoid. If he procrastinated once, he would run the danger of procrastinating again. As soon as he did it once, the second time would become even easier.
Though one shouldn't forget that both twins had a Will-Aura. Their wills were incredibly powerful, but it was still difficult to jump into a situation that had a real possibility of death. As Gravis looked at them, he got the thought that they were probably not afraid of dying but afraid of the other person dying.
Maybe it was their desire to protect each other, which made it hard for them to seek danger. Gravis couldn't imagine how close their bond was. The only sibling he ever got to know was Orpheus, and they hadn't grown up together. Losing someone that always stayed at one's side was a harrowing thought.
"Gravis, I'm sorry, but could you leave us?" asked Lory carefully. "Lena and I need to talk. I'm sorry for bringing you into this situation."
Gravis nodded solemnly. "No problem. Take care," he said and then left for the campsite.
Lena and Lory looked at each other with uncertainty and a little bit of guilt. They stayed silent for a while.
"What have we been doing for the last seven years?" Lena asked Lory.
Lory was unsure and looked at the ground.
They had a lot to talk and think about.


With a father as strong as the highest heavens themselves, Gravis wasn't required to step into the cold and ruthless world of cultivation.

But when Heaven used him in a scheme to get back at his father, Gravis realized that he needed strength to gain true freedom.

As long as he remained his weak self, he would always remain beneath Heaven’s oppression. Only true power brings true freedom.

To gain strength, Gravis ventured into the lower worlds to start his cultivation under true life and death tempering. 

Only a strong will, which had been forged in striving for every resource available, would allow him to reach the peak.

Heaven’s strongest weapon was Lightning of Divine Punishment, and only if he made this weapon his, would he have a chance.

So, to overthrow Heaven,

Lightning Is the Only Way!

Yet, the path to power is painful. 

Not everyone reaches the peak.

But Gravis will!

No matter how much pain he feels along the way!

-- There will be 2 chapters a day --

Thanks go to Noel, Raikyodeus and Chaotic_Luck for Proofreading!

Cover by: digitalrowye

I was trying to think of how many different ways a (romantic) love relationship in a story can be packaged, and what was most commonly seen in stories. Though I know there are more than five approaches (I found a blog post that listed 13, though some overlap with my list), here are five that came to my mind:

1. Young Love


Peeta-and-Katniss
This is an affection that starts when the characters are young, like Peeta was five when he first noticed Katniss,  or like Rudy's care for Liesel in The Book Thief. I don't think a real, devoted love can actually start when one is five, but then again, I don't know what the magic age would be. However, I still find this premise very cute in general.

"Well Peeta, we know, from our days in the cave, that it was love at first sight for you from what, age five?" Caesar says.

"From the moment I laid eyes on her," says Peeta. (The Hunger Games)

2. Friendship That Turns Into Love


emma&knightley
I also love it when two friends in a story, especially if they're best friends or childhood friends (again going somewhat with the idea of young love) fall in love. I think a classic example of this is Emma and Knightley in Emma. They've known each other for most all their lives, but it takes time for both of them to both fall in love and to realize it.

It darted through her with the speed of an arrow that Mr. Knightley must marry no one but herself! (Emma)

3. Resistant Love


DarcyLizzy

Jane Austen also made this a classic love relationship found in stories with Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice, as well as with Marianne and Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility. I also enjoy this type of story because it creates such great tension. I was going to call this "antagonistic love," but sometimes you can be friends with someone and still resist the thought of being with them for one reason or another.

"From the very beginning— from the first moment, I may almost say— of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish disdain of the feelings of others, were such as to form the groundwork of disapprobation on which succeeding events have built so immovable a dislike; and I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry." (Elizabeth, Pride and Prejudice)

4. Insta-Love (AKA Love at First Sight)


Film Review Les Miserables

Generally, this one frustrates me. I guess it may sound hypocritical to like young love stories of Peeta vying for Katniss at five and not love at first sight stories that take place years later, but at least as a child has several years to make up their mind if they actually love the person. So for teens and adults I tend to not find these insta-love situations not realistic or enjoyable, but for some reason I had next to no problem with Marius and Cosette and the 2012 Les Miserables film. Now, I will acknowledge that I have heard that in the book they have more of a relationship, but I have actually not read the book. I did, however, see the 1998 film, which doesn't include as much of the story as the 2012 film, but somehow better develops Marius and Cosette's relationship, so maybe that helped me not be as prejudiced towards it. Who knows, maybe it's because they sing the entire movie and I just accept everything because it was so beautifully done. I can't think of any good examples from books where I really accepted it. Does anyone else have one?


marius

5. Unrequited Love


jo&laurie

Laurie for Jo, Gale for Katniss, Rudy for Liesel, Harriet for Mr. Elton, Eponine for Marius, the list goes on… these are the stingers, when someone loves somebody and they just don't love them back. It makes our soul ache, especially when we would have loved to see them as a couple. Or sometimes you know they wouldn't be a good couple and you're relieved! But you still probably feel at least a little bad. There are also a couple of great and tragic examples of this from the show Babylon 5 that I really want to share, but I don't want to spoil the show, so just go watch all five seasons and then we'll chat about it. Instead, I leave you with a quote from the show…

"All love is unrequited, Stephen. All of it

Pride and Prejudice, romantic novel by Jane Austen, published anonymously in three volumes in 1813. A classic of English literature, written with incisive wit and superb character delineation, it centres on the turbulent relationship between Elizabeth Bennet, the daughter of a country gentleman, and Fitzwilliam Darcy, a rich aristocratic landowner

The kingdom of the Reach is truly the most fertile .
And the booming population is working everywhere to grow the crops fruit and veggies.



And by pure luck I'm now traveling with the Tyrell contingent. 

I wanted travel the areas that border the stromland,  but  the oaf lord won't have It .
And I know that refusing a Lord who ever it is, won't be good for me.



The preparation for the wedding has already begun and just waiting for the bride and groom. Not just the wedding but they have a tourney and other competition too .


This people's are very efficient for this stuffs ,

And unlike other kingdoms they don't have to waist tons of  money .
And the best part is the winners are get a very good titles, And the winner could marry the woman who he crowned his queen of love and beauty. with there families approval ofcourse.
 
 
The place where people seduce the ladies with romantic wordplay and some martial skills.


But my current situation is not going better because I'm entertaining the young lord willas
and his Aunt Janna .
we're riding with rest of the party and for some reason young willas wanted ride with me .        


And poor Stromwind have to carry a extra energetic young man.

we're riding on the rose road , we passed Appleton town yesterday. But I also made a incident by defeating every knights that Mace Tyrell employ.


 And my squire's have also did very nice job by defeating every other squires .  

And i know that it will bring some resentment towered me .

so I deed not boast about my victory and told them that I fought few wars in the free city's and because of experience I could defeated them Five vs One. hah
but not all of them did believe what I said .

And ser Jon fossoway  one those man who is also  trailing behind us.  
  
hm maybe this guy has a crush on Janna .


So the story I'm telling has ended and the young Lord starts ask questions after questions.

"So ser Luke Skywalker destroyed the flying Evil castle with the help from his smuggler friend and rewarded with medals from the princess . But who did she married ?"asked the young Lord .

"Yes ser Winters I also believe that's not the proper ending for the story " spoke Jenna .

why do the princess always have get married?

ahg  this Tyrells are too smart for there own good.  my other audiences don't ask questions but story it self was enough.


" That is a story for a another day my lord and lady ." and they both just pouted ..and all I could say is cute.

" oh please my lady you don't actually interested in this foreigners murmurs ?
and the story itself is absurd and that the castle doesn't fly only people that can fly is on dragons back." loudly spoke our other companion ser Fossoway.

"That is why it's called story  not history ser  ." she calmly replied " And the foreigner you are calling also have a name " she coldly added.

and ser Jon just apologized for his rudeness,

and left.

but that did not helped me it made it worse .

so one of the Tyrell guard spoke to me that he won't forget this and might do something.
And warned me . I took his advice .

but lady Janna told me that he will do no such thing but he might challenge me to a duel in jousting match.

I can work with it but this woman sometime asked me too many personal questions.
like where was I born lived and trained and under whom ? and I had to take some to think before answering her questions.

and unlike other she didn't believe a single word I told her. And I can see from her expression like she's saying 'ya sure'.

then she asked me with a little disappointed manner " So you like visiting brothels ser?"
and who gave her that idea ?

"No my lady I do not and the incident on Tumbleton was a drunken mistake".
I told her and I eyed willas, the boy is just acting confused about what is the adults talking.


"And this accidents often happen to you ser ? or that's a another excuse?". she questioned me again.

and I think I don't need to answer her every question.

"please my lady you don't have to worry about my accidents I'm sure I can handle them with best of my ability" . I think this will stop her.But I was wrong. 

" hm but ser if this kind accident often happen 
one day you will find your self dead in the morning. Not all places have that luxury of being tolerate , And you did provided us with your wander full songs and tale's . And I liked to know more of it." she answered.

So all she cares about is my knowledge ? and not my martial prowess and looks .oh  that that hurt me little.


" Your words my lady , oh they doth grievously wound me"..

she laughed and spoke  "so now is your murmurs self is speaking."


Truly she is a daughter  of Ollena Tyrell  alright.

and I'm almost scared to meet the older women.

Then when castle of highgarden came to my

I can tell my breath has taken away by the beauty and the size of it.

it must have shown in my face so lady Janna

proudly declared " Welcome to highgarden to the seat of house Tyrell built by Garth Greenhand. we also have tons story and history ser but most people can't tell the difference." 




Then the wedding came with normal bedding .
 hah who am I kidding . but one thing that I can say is my squires are both become popular . and having hard time with the girls here.
but maybe they'll make man out of them.

this world maybe truly bad , but this place is just awesome.


The protagonist fell asleep while playing an online game( For honor). However, he awoke in a strange world(Asoiaf) with his game character’s appearance. In a state of shock, he noticed that he was equipped with nothing but his strongest weapon and armor. To make matters worse, our hero’s appearance was changed by the special avatar skin 『Warden』 when he enter this new world. The protagonist wanted to live without drawing attention.
But ultimately everything goes out of his control.


(AN)I don't own anything. English is not my native language and I'm writing this from my phone. thus lots and lots of grammatical mistakes are included in the story.

If you don't like it then just leave ,you don't need to write your comment . I'm warning the story is horrible .

"A day that is young and a night that is dark, the two are opposites but no matter what, they'll always be connected", predicted the young prodigy.

The night was young and all Rosetta could think about was what this prophecy was about. She couldn't help but feel disappointed in herself, after all she has beaten many powerful royals and prodigies in order to become the best magician in twenty-five kingdoms, yet there she was spending hours trying to figure out a prophecy.

Frustrated she moved to sit near the windowsill of her tall tower and gazed at the stars, as the moonlight shone on her soft, pale and delicate looking face. She remembered when she first told people how she wanted to become a prodigy in magic and how they just laughed while thinking it was impossible for a delicate looking beauty like her to become a strong and powerful person. Ever since then she disguised herself and made a strong backing so that way she wouldn't have to tell anyone her true identity, which is the daughter of a prestigious, duke family which would definitely effect how people might think of her. The only people who know of her true identity are her parents, a butler, the King of the Kingdom she resides in and the Roses'. The Roses' are friends and members of The Rose Group. They are people she trained to become some of the most powerful wizards to exist, but the ones who stood out the most are the Five Roses', the most powerful people in her group besides herself of course. 

The Five Roses' consisted of three boys and two girls, the innocent Yellow Rose, Jack, the romantic Red Rose, Adrian, the energetic Orange Rose, Peter, the wise White Rose, Selena and the sweet Pink Rose, Ariana. They were the only ones who publicly revealed their identities while the others (including her) stayed hidden. She smiled thinking of how much she and her friends have already achieved. She started rising by gaining her magical powers at eight and in the span of six years she is already the best of the best. While smiling happily she headed back to work, thinking of next her next project, completely forgetting about that prophecy.

-At the Royal Palace-

The day was very stressful for the young prince of Celeste. Everyone was having a heated conversation on who was going to become the Prince's tutor for magic! 

This all started when he got his magical powers at the age where people get magical powers, the age fourteen. People who got them younger are considered powerful and if people don't get them on their fourteenth birthday meant they have a medical condition preventing them from using magic which is looked down a lot in a world where everything revolves around magic.

In the meeting room some wanted those who were retired but are still very talented and knowledgeable while some wanted those who are young and understand what this generation's magic is like and could teach him new ways to use magic.

The two parties argued over and over again until somebody said, "what about The Rose?"
Ah he knew who The Rose was, she is the best magician out there. The only things they know about her is that her fake name is Rosa and figuring out who she really is impossible.
 
She is very secretive so trying to get her as his tutor would be incredibly difficult which lead to debate. 

"How could that happen! That's impossible, she's the best magician here and doesn't pay any attention to royalty at all unless she has to! Why would she willingly choose to be a tutor for the Prince!?" Shouted a voice.
"But we could at least try, after all she has said that the royalty here is her royalty", argued another.
"That's probably because she was born here and she's known to be quite loyal", replied someone else. 
"Exactly! If she is loyal to her country then she would obviously want it to stay number one in advanced magic! And that can't happen if the King isn't good at it!"
The arguing continued and all the Josh could do was just sit there and watch. After endless bickering they decided to end the meeting and hold it on another day which relieved Josh but stressed him out for the next meeting. 

As he exited the room he decided to go to the gardens and doze of for a bit since he had nothing to do and couldn't be bothered to do something else. 

The sun shone brightly on him as he exited the building. He looked around to see people either walking with papers in their hands, chatting or just simply taking a stroll. Another peaceful day for them while he had to suffer through a bunch of adults who are considered great arguing for three hours straight.

Since he wasn't paying attention while walking to his napping tree he tripped over his own feet and landed onto the concrete path. "Ow, I'm such a idiot", said Josh annoyed. 

When he got up he saw his leg had a big cut while the other was badly bruised.
He fell back down in pain while thinking, 'this is going to be a annoying walk to the infirmary', and groaned in pain.
"Would you like some help?" Asked a sweet voice.

Josh turned around to see a cute girl with blonde hair that went to her waist, sweet pink eyes and skin that was as white as the moon. She wore a pastel pink long sleeved top which was tucked into her light pink skirt. The prince recognized who she was, it was the Pink Rose Ariana. He had seen her once before when Rosa was here receiving her title as The Rose, the Best Magician of 25 Kingdoms and at some parties since Ariana is also the daughter of a powerful family. "If you want I could heal your leg for you", said Ariana.
Josh also remembered she specialized in healing and is considered a prodigy in it. He couldn't help but feel a bit jealous of all the power she had when she was the same age as him. She was lucky to be blessed with powers at the age eight. He said, "okay", to her offer and she started healing his leg.

Ariana lifted her arm, hovered it over the bruise on his leg and suddenly a light started to appear and when it disappeared the bruise was no longer there and Josh couldn't feel any pain. She then moved onto the next leg and with a simple swipe the cut was gone. Amazed Josh thanked Ariana and she replied with, "it was no problem to help you, your highness".

He soon started to wonder why she was here and asked, "I don't want to sound rude but why are you here? Is my mother hosting a tea party?"
"Well right now I'm here on orders of The Rose", answered the girl. 
As soon as she said that he knew that he shouldn't ask anymore and the two went their separate ways. While Josh headed to his napping tree Ariana headed to the King's office to discuss the task of tutoring the prince.

This story is in a land where magic is something that can be used by almost everyone and anyone. These powers activate at 14 but those who are strong get their powers at a younger age.

In a Kingdom known for its advanced magic there lives a prince and somewhere else lives a girl who is the best magician in 25 kingdoms!

When the Prince finally gets his magical powers everyone in the royal palace starts hoping that the magical prodigy who is the girl will become the Prince’s tutor, but her information isn’t so easy to get which makes everything harder. 

One day something out of the blue happens which is definetly something many people did not expect. Another girl who hides behind an invisible mask appears and becomes the Magical Royal Tutor. Due to the life the girl lives both her and the Prince get themselves involved in many situations.

There is success and failure. 

“We should learn from our failures”, says the girl.
“Let’s work together for the sake of the galaxy”, says the Prince.

Something that sparks many emotions, something that teaches them both new things and something that changes the fates.

A magical world which is a mix of historical, modern and a hint of surprise.

Nem was led to a certain corner of the room, which was truly huge, and arrived at a larger cavity, which almost looked like an office. In reality, it was just a normal room separated from the rest by a not very sturdy door.
The door was currently opened, revealing two teenagers laying messily and a large bed, seemingly lazing around. One was a girl with reddish hair, clearly not originating from here, who was reading a book upside down, her head hanging from the bed.
The other was a young man with a large build for his age, with a small tan and short black hair. The boy, Leo seemed to be absorbed in his own thoughts, simply staring at the ceiling with an absent expression.
They both looked more presentable than the other orphans, but they clearly didn't have that much money either, judging from their clothes and the items in the room.
When Nem and Tio arrived by their door, the girl, Gina, lazily looked away from her book and sat up on the bed slowly before nudging at Leo with her foot, looking a bit annoyed. The young man straightened up immediately, seemingly surprised to be pulled out of his daydreaming.
The corner of Nem's lips twitched uncontrollably.
'I didn't expect to encounter such fine specimen of teenagers in this place, or even in this world at all. It seems it didn't have anything to do with cellphones or televisions after all.'

Nem politely made the greeting gesture and introduced himself.
"Hello, I'm Nem, thanks for giving us a place to sleep, it's very generous of you."
'It's very important to be polite. After all, they are quite a bit older than me currently and they really are pretty generous for doing this.'

"Ah, uh... Yes, you're very welcome... Ouch !" Leo answered awkwardly before being hit by Gina with her book.
He looked towards her with a wronged expression and she ignored him, telling the little boy with an honest smile :
"That's so sweet of you to come here ! Normally, the other children prefer to avoid us... Not that there is anything wrong with that..." She then turned to Leo and whispered loudly enough for Nem to hear it :
"You think he is your boss or something, why are you answering like that ?"
During this exchange, Nem got a good look at the book she was reading and written on the cover was "Practicing Law in the New South-West". It was quite thick, and seemed like a real professional book, not to mention how rare it was for an orphan to possess something like that.
'That's right, there are already adults in this world, so they should be looking for real jobs or already have one. Hum... they don't look like siblings and they share a bed, so I guess there are a couple, kind of like highschool sweethearts, how romantic.'

Even thought he said that in his mind, Nem really wasn't envious or anything like that. Not even mentioning that he was now a 10 years old child, he always believed that love required complete trust in the other party, which was obviously impossible for him. Even worse, in his opinion, a relationship could only end badly, no matter what someone would get hurt. Like any normal person, Nem didn't like getting hurt, so he avoided all relationships...
Of course, this didn't really make sense at all, but it allowed him to rationalize his behavior, so that was good enough.
He decided to ask them a few questions, since they were both very friendly. To maximize the chances of getting an honest answer, Nem put on an embarrassed expression which had a lot of success with Jane Spencer.
"How did you come to do this by the way ? I mean, finding this place and everything..." Nem realized halfway he was a little bit too blunt in his way of speaking since he didn't have much chances to practice for a while, even before his reincarnation.
Thankfully, Leo didn't seem to realize anything off about it, and answered happily.
"We knew this place since we were young kids and always kept it for ourselves as a hiding spot. But when we grew up and I got a job at the factory I met a few adults in the city who helped orphans in their own ways, and we got inspired to open this place !" The young man seemed genuinely happy to tell the story.
He was cheerful and straightforward as thought he never suffered any hardships like the other orphans.
'This type of person should be quite rare here, maybe it's because he had this place and didn't need to feel as unsafe as the others... No, even then, it's quite impressive.'

It was Nem's honest thoughts. Even thought the young man seemed to be just a good natured and muscular idiot, Nem felt like he was more adult than he ever was.
'Well, maybe it's a fake persona thought, you never know.'

"So, you're not worried an adult will one day hear about this place and come here with a group of criminals ?"
Leo scratched his head a bit awkwardly.
"Well, that would really suck if it happened, but I don't think anyone would ever tell an adult that this place exists. Even when I contact some of them to help, I never tell them it exists..." He looked at Gina who didn't have any visible reaction and continued. "Plus, this place is safer than it looks, the worse that could happen for us two is that we have to find another place to live in. As for the other kids, they wouldn't really be in danger, but they would have to sleep on the streets again."
At this moment, Tio, who had kept silent until now, spoke to Nem.
"They won't tell you the details no matter how much you ask, since it's for everyone's safety."
Nem nodded understandably without insisting. In truth, he was pleasantly surprised by these people's seriousness and the amount of thoughts they had put into this. Still, it was hard to compliment them since it would come out as strange from a 10 years old child.
Thankfully, he was quite used to this identity by now and made an amazed expression.
"Wow, you're so smart big brother Leo !"
The young smiled proudly and was about to say something when he was hit by Gina's heavy stare. He coughed a few times and admitted in a low voice.
"Actually she thought of almost everything..."
Choosing to ignore this particular trait of character of the couple, Nem thought of another question.
"You said some adults helped us sometimes, but what do they do in reality ?"
This time it was Gina who answered directly, listing a short number of these benefactors. From giving away food to teaching small groups simple mathematics or how to read, they were all kinds of citizens of Lunhart who supported the children in their own particular ways. However, one attracted Nem's attention.
"Mr. Murray regularly brings fresh meat and clean water despite being poor himself. His wife and him own a saloon in the north of the city and they always have problems with the local drunks. I wonder where he finds these things..." The girl seemed to be very familiar with every one of those benefactors and didn't seem to mind chatting now that she got started.
"Hold on, is his wife's name Lisa ?" Nem interrupted.
"Yes ! Do you know them ?" Gina's eyes widened slightly, and she really looked like a normal girl chatting with her friends.
"Ah, uh..." Nem hesitated a bit before telling the truth. "I was passing by the saloon this morning and heard her say that her husband had disappeared somewhere in the jungle... I guess that's where he found the things he brought here..."
"Oh..." The young woman stopped herself from talking and her gaze became somewhat filled with emotions.
Leo and Tio were also silent and seemed to hold themselves back on account of Nem being here. The jungle wasn't a place people generally came back from after getting lost. After a slight hesitation, Nem acted like he didn't notice the heavy atmosphere and asked :
"Is there anything I can do to help around here ? I want to do something for the others."
Leo was the first to recover and chuckled a bit to lighten up the mood.
"Well, the principal problem here is the criminals, right ? I think if they didn't exist, we orphans would be more united and help each other to survive and learn how to read... Since we'd feel safer, you get me ?" Leo seemed to have a pretty heavy local accent sometimes. "So, unless you can beat up all those guys by yourself, I think the best thing is to become an actually good policeman or to study law like Gina !"
'Uh, so nothing...'
Although Nem didn't really agree with Leo and that he thought that the fact that had a common enemy like these criminals should make the orphans more united, he had to agree that the things he could do were limited.
'Beating them up is clearly impossible, and even manipulating them would be way to risky considering their habits of kidnapping children... Sigh... I'll just try to think of something after spying on them for a few days.'

A nameless shut-in wakes up in a grassy mountain in the body of a 10 year old.

Between dealing with his mental health and supernatural powers, he does his best to unravel the mysterious secrets of his missing memories and the strange Nartolem. 

This world, Blue, is stuck in between the interests of two powerful nations and the ever present churches in the industrialisation era. This explosive situation is also threatened by three secret organisations, each having their own goals.

The two adults were stunned by what they had just learned, they had never thought that things like that could happen to such young children. Now armed with what they had just learned they had to make a decision, they had to decide on whether or not to keep the children. 

"Ruby?" Silver asked, looking at the red-headed female.

"I-I, I don't know Silv, are we really ready for that responsibility? We're not even married yet."

"I know but think about it, these two could help us become closer and if they are too much to deal with on our own we can always ask the others for help, couldn't we?" he said, looking at her hope shining in his eyes.

"F-fine." she sighed with a look of resignation on her face, smiling lightly as Silver broke into a full grin.

"Come on, let's go tell them," he said as he rushed out and into the room where they had left the two children to their own devices. Walking into the room they were greeted with the sight of one of their friends sitting in the room on a chair, while the children were laying down in the corner of the room, the girl was laying on the little boy while he was leaning against the wall, both of them fitting on the loveseat they were on.

"What are you doing in here Jackson?" Silver asked, straightening his back and crossing his arms.

"Sorry sir, I was just walking by and I saw these two sleeping so I decided to watch them and make sure none of our more, less child-friendly members found them in here and thought they were intruding," he said standing and bowing apologetically.

"It's fine Jackson, just don't enter this room again. You know it is off-limits for you and everyone else." Ruby said walking in through the corridor.

"Ah, hi Miss Ruby, and Sir, may I ask why these two children are here?" the brunette asked, gesturing to the sleeping bodies across the room.

"We are going to be taking them in, and no I will not tell you why, it was hard enough getting them to tell us if you do get told why it will be from them telling you of their own free will, is that understood?" Silver asked as he walked in front of the sleeping kids.

"Understood sir. Would you like me to inform the rest of these two?" he asked, straightening himself.

"Yes, please do, and tell the others that they are not to be touched unless told otherwise," Ruby interjected.

"Of course, goodbye Sir, Ma'am," he said bowing once more than quickly walking out of the room and down the stairs. Leaving the two other adults two stare at the children sleeping in the corner of the room, making a split-second decision Silver walked over to the lights turning them off then closing the door and laying on the unoccupied couch in the room motioning for Ruby to join him. Shaking her head slightly she walked over and laid down next to him. The four of them slept soundly in the room for almost three hours when a knock on the door woke them up, the two children becoming rigid and wary while the two adults sighed and got up to answer the door.

"What do you need, Ryan?" Silver asked rubbing his face to wipe the sleep from his eyes.

"Ah, sorry didn't mean to wake you boss, but uh, I heard that you and the Miss, were taking in two children," he said nodding his head towards Ruby.

"Yes, we are. What is it to you?" Silver asked, crossing his arms.

"I, uh just wanted to meet them, Sir," Ryan said bowing his head.

"Why? What purpose does it serve you to meet children?" Ruby asked, tilting her head to the side.

"W-well you see Ma' am, I am actually thinking about having kids, or at least adopting some, and so I wanted to see how these two acted," he said rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.

"You do? Well, that's quite the twist, I remember you and your brother said that you hated kids when you first joined, I can see that both of you have changed quite a bit. I shall permit you to see them." Ruby said moving to the side allowing Ryan access to the room.

"H-hi you two, my name is Ryan, what's your name?" he asked, crouching down to their height.

"P-pine, Sir, and th-this is S-Sebastien. Y-you seem n-nice, you s-said you w-wanted k-kids ri-right?" at his nod she continued. "Y-you w-would make a g-good d-dad," she said causing Sebastien's eyes to go wide.

"Y-you mean it, Pine?!" Sebastien asked in shock.

"Y-yeah, I-I get a g-good feeling fr-from h-him," Pine said, bowing her head slightly leaving Sebastien in shock.

"Wh-what do you mean by you get a good feeling from me kid?" Ryan asked a bit perplexed by what she said. Sebastien then stood up after moving Pine off of him and looked her in the eyes.

"You truly get a good feeling from him, you're not saying that just to make him feel good right?" Sebastien demanded, looking more serious than usual. 

"Y-yes, I tr-truly have a g-good feeling ab-about him," Pine whispered, stuttering her way through the sentence. 

"You sir, have a good future with kids if Pine has a good feeling about you," Sebastien said, pointing at Ryan confusing him even more and shocking the other two adults in the room.

"Y-you accept him S-Sebastien?" the raven-haired girl asked looking up at him.

"Yes, I do. I trust you and your gut feelings with my life." the little blonde boy declared, with a trust born of years of hardship taken together.

"I-I'm assuming that i-it's a good thing then, that she t-trusts me?" Ryan asked, turning to Sebastien.

"Yes, cause if she hadn't I would have made sure that you couldn't even see her," Sebastien said, loosening up.

"Oh, o-ok. Well, thank you for what you have said, sadly I must leave. I have work to do." Ryan said standing and nodding thankfully to the children.

"Oh, a-and sir you m-might d-do b-best with a young girl," Pine said just as he was leaving.

"Th-thank you," he said.

After watching him leave the two adults then walked further into the room and closer to the children who were now back in their original position with Sebastien sitting down leaning against the wall and the back of the chair and Pine laying her head on his lap.

"So you two, we have come to a decision, but we will only do this if you accept it, ok?" Silver asked, breaking the silence that had encased the room. Once he had received nods of confirmation from both of them he continued. "We have decided to keep you if you will allow us that is." Silver said hopefully. Carefully watching the expression of the two sitting across from them.

"Sebastien?" Pine asked, looking at him.

"You've already decided," Sebastien stated looking at Pine, receiving a nod he continued. "Ok, I will go with whatever you have decided to do."

"O-ok, well th-than, in that c-case w-we a-accept you o-offer," Pine said, making the two-beam with joy.

"Y-you do!?" Ruby squealed, clapping her hands.

"Yes, because Little Pine here has a good feeling about the two of you and I trust her judgment more than I trust my own," Sebastien said nodding his head and smiling down at Pine who lay sound asleep, having passed out after telling them that she accepted their deal.

"So, I must ask what is your relationship with her?" Silver asked curiously.

"It's not romantic if that's what you're thinking, I consider her a little sister, after all, we've been through she is family," Sebastien said, running his hands through her hair. 

"Oh, ok, Thank you for telling us," Ruby said, understanding why he would feel that way.

"Anyways I think we should send you two to bed, seeing as she's asleep and you look pretty tired." SIlver said standing up.

"Yes please," Sebastien said, shaking Pine lightly to wake her.

"Hm? Y-yes?" Pine said as she rubbed her eyes.

"Come on Pine, you've got to get up, we can sleep later," Sebastien announced once he was sure that she hadn't fallen back asleep.

"O-ok, s-sorry," she said standing up.

"It's fine Pine, I just need to be able to walk," Sebastien said, looking towards the two adults for instruction on where to go.

Realizing what he wanted Silver started to walk towards the door motioning for them to follow.

"This way you two." Silver said, standing by the door, watching as the two slowly started to walk after him. After a few minutes of walking empty halls, they reached a bedroom. "This is where you can sleep," he said motioning towards the empty room.

"Th-thank y-you s-sir," Pine said, bowing her head politely in thanks, then shuffled into the room. Once in the room, she proceeded to flop onto the bed, repositioning herself once Sebastien was laying down. Once the two had finally stopped moving and were sleeping Silver lightly laughed, Sebastien was laying on his back with his head propped up on pillows while Pine was laying her head on his stomach, with her legs and arms wrapped around his legs and waist respectively.

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