Emilia has a strange obsession of a creature that is said to be just myth. However, after being caught sneaking in the Elder's Library and reading things she should not have, she is banished from her land. Unsure of what to do next, she sets out and follows an ancient map. What she found was beyond what she could ever imagine.

Leanunya walked along a dirt packed road headed for the capital city. She knew she was close and subconsciously picked up pace. She wanted to arrive before dark if not sooner. 
She walked swiftly soon arriving before the city gates. They were huge and dominaniring steel gates unlike the wooden city gates other cities had. After she paid the entrance fee she walked through the gates. 
The gates were several feet thick built for resisting against sieges. There were also several notches in the walls for archers. The capital city was built to be easy to defend but hard to attack. That also included the fact it was built on the edge of a cliff on the far end of the city. 
She looked around as she walked into the city going through the thick crowds of people. The place was packed with people and stores truly showing the city's wealth.  Leanunya counted the number of guards she could see in the city discreetly. She didn't like the numbers she could see around and knew there would be more in the castle. She was unsure if she should attempt to try killing the king this year or later. 
While she was here though she figured to go to the capital library and see if she can find any maps on the castle and capital city layout. She headed off for the library walking swiftly even as the suns set. She would gather as much information as she could before making her move. The last time she had gotten away due to pure luck. 
Leanunya wouldn't leave her life up to fates luck. She was going to use her research and skills to get in and out. She wasn't going to let herself die just because she had been foolish and believed in her own luck. 
Leanunya made it to the library and went in. She was extremely glad the library had few people moving about in it. She went deeper into the large library with thousands of selves filled with books on just about anything one could hope to find. 
She started to look for the history of the capital city figuring that was where she could find the maps for the castle and city. She walked through the library looking through the books on the ground level but even after several hours of looking she still had no luck. 
She sighed and went over to a librarian who was repairing the binding of an old looking book. She had already spent several hours in the library but had not yet even covered the entire first floor of the library as she looked. She only had the option to ask someone who knew where she could find the books she wanted. 
"Excuse me could you tell me where the capital city's history is?" The librarian looked up at her and spoke "It's on the second floor on the east side wall" She nodded, "Thank you." 
Leanunya headed upstairs to the second floor and headed to the east wall. She reached the wall and found the section of books about the history of the capital city. She started to look through the books glad the library had lumps all about the library making it easy to see what she was looking at. Though it did help she had very good eyesight so even if there was minimal light she could still see everything around her but would have some trouble reading. 
She looked through the books on the shelves looking for a map on the capital city and the castle. She doubted she would find anything about the castle but anything she found would be more than what she has currently. 
Leanunya spent the night in the library looking for any maps but still hadn't found what she was looking for and when sunlight shone through a nearby window she left to get some food. She went to a nearby food stand and bought a bowl of rice and meat. She would have swiped it but there were far too many guards nearby and so she just bought it and ate silently. 
She finished her food and left the clay bowl before going back to the library to continue her search. There were hundreds of books on the capital city and going through them all was taking quite some time to find any maps. 
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Leanunya continued her search throughout the day and back into the night. It was close to the middle of the night when she finally discovered a book with a map with the layout of the city excluding the castle. She smiled and started to study the map sitting on the floor near a lamp. 
She suddenly sensed danger and without thinking rolled to the side dropping the book. She looked up to where she had been sitting and saw Wolferan. She bounced to her feet and ran for the nearest exit which was the window. She heard a curse from behind her even as she jumped through the window. 
She landed hard outside but didn't bother to look back as she rolled to her feet and ran. She could sense danger close by even as she ran as swiftly as she could. She had never been so close to being caught as that back in the library. A split second later and she would have been caught. She was thanking the heavens for her fast reflexes. 
Leanunya ran swiftly ducking in and out of alleys. She finally stopped running panting, needing to rest a moment as she looked around still sensing danger. She needed to get out of here. 
She looked around panting to catch her breath back. She felt a strong sense of danger and tried to jump to the side but was a moment too slow and was hit in the back bringing her to the ground. She heard a snap and felt unbearable pain in her right wing and on her chest and was unable to tell what had snapped. 
She yelped from the pain before she gritted her teeth and rolled away the weight on her back. She stood unsteadily and glared at the culprit, Wolferan. She growled pinning her ears at him barring with the pain. 
"Give it up. You are not getting away this time Silver-eyed demon." Leanunya spat out, "Go to hell!"
She drew her dagger facing him. She knew she had no chance to win but that was not her goal. Her goal was to try to injure him and have a better chance of escaping. She had to give it her all to escape if she didn't she would be caught and that'd be the end of it.

In the world of Huskarian the king has banned all hybrid peoples. Leanunya is of such hybrid people but few know her to be. She is known as the most dangerous woman in the world with a bounty on her head and others after that bounty make her life difficult. She would rather be left alone and live in one place rather then be forced to move town to town without any rest.

My name is Azrael Gideon, a young unwanted child. I am living alone in a great library found in a forest in between two cities. I used to live with my mother but she died when I was 15. She taught me how to read, and all my life, I've been reading the books in this library. The books found in this library are ancient magics protected by my mom which was the sage of this forest. Aside from a little education, my mom also taught me magic. And the rest of the magics I know is because of reading these books. My mom is a Tome Maven, that is what she said. She said she used to live in a Maven City, a city full of Mavens, Swords Maven, Magic Maven, Art Maven, Guns Maven and the such, but was assigned to protect this library. While protecting this library, she found my father in Zelda City, the neighboring city of the forest. But because of some family issues, my dad was forced to marry another girl, leaving me and my mom alone in the forest. My dad is secretly supporting me and my mom, so we live with no hassle.

Since my mom died, I decided to protect this forest. I know how to create barriers and enhance them. I actually prefer Enhancing Magic over anything else but I've learned other magics. Every morning, I enhance the barrier so strangers can't get inside the library.

I placed a Sensory Magic at the entrance of the forest and the animals in the forest served as surveillance. I can watch over the entire forest wherever I am. 

After enhancing the security for the great library, I decided to go to Zelda City and take a walk. The people in there knows me so I'm not really afraid of being a suspected stranger.

I'm at the market planning to buy some scraps for some inventing that I do for a hobby. I was looking over some scraps when I heard two woman chatting.

"Are you sending your child to Zeul Academy?" The word Zeul caught my attention.

"Yes, he wanted to become a Sword Maven just like his father." Again, the word Maven caught my attention.

"Oh that would be great..." I wasn't able to listen the next words for they have left the position they were once talking.

"I will get this." I hurriedly said pointing out the scraps I chose.

"Up for your inventions again Azrael?" Mr. Voltaire, the vendor asked.

"Yes Mr. Voltaire, I've got bored in the forest so I think of inventing again, for tighter security. " I said.

"That's great, but aren't you going to enroll in that school too?" Mr. Voltaire asked.

"School? " I asked.

"I saw you got interested to that Zeul Academy the two women earlier talked about, so I was thinking if you want to enroll in there. " Mr. Voltaire explained.

"What is that school anyway Mr. Voltaire?" I asked.

"It's a School City, a boarding school for aspiring Mavens. You know Mavens right? Since your mom is one. " he asked. I nodded.

"Is it okay for me to enroll? I mean I don't have any educational background. " I asked.

"Of course! Anyone is welcome as long you can pass the entrance exam. And in your case, that's a hundred percent probability that you'll pass since you are the current sage of the Great Library. You're also aiming to be a Tome Maven like your mom right?" he asked.

"Yes Mr. Voltaire, thank you for the information. I shall now return to the forest. " I said.

"Silly, its not classified information anyway. Good luck in enrolling. " he said waving at me.

I walked on the way back to the forest, but suddenly I felt some disturbing presence. I saw five strangers walking towards the forest. I hurriedly hide behind a bush near in the forest's entrance. 

I concealed my presence and watched as they entered the forest. My orb flashed a red light serving as an alarm. I saw a rabbit beside me, I called its attention and since I am friends with the forest, it jumped towards me. I enhanced the rabbit, and carried it. I walked toward the strangers.

"Halt, You shall not pass beyond this point." I shouted as I reached in front of them. There are five of them, two bringing a sword, one with a staff, one with a shield, and one with a bow.

"Oh! A pest." The stranger with a sword grinned.

"What d'you think you're doing boy?" The stranger with a dual sword asked while swinging his swords.

"This is no place to play kid, go to your mom." The stranger one with a shield nagged.

"Sorry but I ain't going nowhere. Instead, you shall tell me why shall I let you pass! After hearing you out, I might let you pass." I asked, rubbing my hand on the rabbit's fur.

"Oh just tell him, he's just a kid. We can't waste our time. " the stranger with a bow said.

"We are going to get the egg in the great library. So now can you move aside?" The stranger with a staff said.

That hit a nerve, my mom said that the egg is the library's treasure. It has been protected by sages for centuries. And my mom died protecting that egg, I can't just ignore that.

"Oh, I said if I'll hear your reason, I might let you pass. But unfortunately, your reason didn't satisfy me. So now, I'll give you a chance. Get out of the forest at once and never come back or try passing here and regret. " I stood firm.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, you make me laugh kid. You're the one regretting this. Get him. " says the staff wielding stranger. I saw him chanted some enhancing magics, hmm a weak one. I smiled because of that.

The archer pulled an invisible string of his bow, modern magic. It flashed a blue light arrow and released the invisible string. The arrows divided into a rain of arrows.

I raised my hands and blocked the arrows with weak wind force. That's enough for that weak attack.

I saw the archer gritted his teeth. The swordsmen took action. One ran on my left and the other on my right. I saw them enhanced some sword skills. Now, a pincer attack.

I raised my left hand, holding the rabbit on the right. I casted another weak wind magic. It made the swordsmen flew back to their formation.

To put that shielder of them some use, I chanted some attack. I pointed my finger on them. The shielder ran fast in front and enhanced his shield. Winds gather around my finger and then I casted them unto the strangers. It broke the shield and also broke their formation.

"Is that everything you've got. I can't even have a single sweat on this fight. " They stood up and grit their teeth.

"Let me show how the word strong is defined. " I put the rabbit on the ground.

"A rabbit? Hahaha don't make me laugh boy. You just got lucky earlier." The mage said.

I casted some enhancing magic on the rabbit again, enhancing its speed and adding up some damage.

"Check it for your self. " the rabbit ran towards them. The shielder tried blocking it with an invisible shield. The rabbit jumped behind the shielder, the shielder can't catch up with the rabbit. The rabbit kicked the shielder from behind. The shielder flew towards me. I pulled the wind down and smashed the shielder on the ground.

The long sword wielder ran and tried slashing the rabbit but the rabbit managed to dodge it. The rabbit jumped on the swordsman's head and applied a force that brought the swordsman down. 

The dual sword wielder tried to fire some swords skill on the rabbit but again, the rabbit managed to dodge it. The swordsman tried a consecutive skill. The  rabbit managed to dodge every attack and kicked the swordsman's feet. The swordsman lost his balance, the rabbit used that opportunity and kicked the swordsman towards the mage.

The archer fired its arrow, he's been aiming the rabbit since its battling the swordsman. The rabbit almost got hit but still managed to dodge it. It climbed on the trees' branches. The archer kept on shooting the rabbit but the rabbit is way faster. While busy shooting the rabbit, I fired a wind attack at the archer. It made him fall. The mage fired some fireballs at me, I dodge it.

The rabbit kicked the mage from behind.

"You'll regret this. Mystical Beast, Cerberus. " the mage summoned a Cerberus. It caught me off guard. The Cerberus hastily ran past behind me, carrying the mage with it. I hurriedly faced behind me but gone was trace of them. I chanted some magic and tied the 4 strangers, and for additional security, I asked the rabbit to be on guard.

I casted a wind magic and flew fast towards the great library. On the entrance, I saw the Cerberus. It isn't strong enough to pass behind the force field I placed. Maybe that Cerberus is of a Tier 3 magic.

"You can't destroy my force field with that magic of yours." I said as I landed.

"You brat. Cerberus get him. " he commanded.

"Not so fast." I said as I summoned three elemental wisp.  The first wisp stopped the Cerberus' moves. The second weakens it. And the last silenced the mage.

"This is what magic looks like." I casted a tornado on the Cerberus, I used Tier 3 magic so it is enough to defeat the Cerberus.

"It's game over for you mage. " I said and casted a sleeping magic. The mage fell. I caught the mage and carry him back to his team.

"Thanks rabbit." I said and removed the enhancement. The rabbit jumped towards the deeper part of the forest.

"Now, this will be heavy." I casted a levitation magic and made the strangers flew. I walked towards Zelda City.

I arrived at the City's castle. The guard recognized me.

"Another group who tried?" He asked. I just nodded.

"Alright, I shall now take you to Knight Master Azeroth. " I followed the guard .

"Thank you sire. " we reached the headquarters of the knights. We waited for the knight master. The knight master arrived. He nodded on the guard and the guard left. Now it's just me and the knight master.

"My son." He said.

End of  Chapter One

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Definition of Terms

•Tier- Level of Magic
•Cerberus- a 3-headed dog that in Greek mythology guards the entrance to Hades
•Wisp - thin streak of smoke, mist
•Strangers- uneducated and self-claimed Mavens who uses Magic falsely

Azrael Gideon, a young unwanted child lived his whole life alone in a great library for eighteen years. Living there made him close to books, and craves for tomes. 

One day, when he decided to take a walk in a city, he heard a rumor about parents sending their children to a School City, named Zeul Academy, the school of Mavens. 

It is said that everyone at least eighteen is welcome even not having any educational background, if he can pass the entrance exam. 

Pushing his luck at best, Azrael decided to enroll at the academy and reach for his dream to be a Tome Maven. What will happen to Azrael at Zeul Academy? Will he reach his dream or regret going to that School Jail?

Lina followed the maid's instruction and walked towards the direction. She needed to go to the library to know more about this place. The more she knows, the more she finds her way back. When she saw a silver twisted stairs, climb up and reached the front brown doors. My palms brushed the holder and turned the doorknob to open it, as expected it was locked. She's not sure if lock picking does work in this world, unless if she tries. She grabbed a hairpin from her hair and slipped it through the hole, receiving a soft 'click' from it. 

Lina made a surprised gasp from her lips and grinned widely like a kid receive Cookies and Cream ice cream which is her favorite flavor.  Luckily, she watched a Youtube tutorial on how to pick locks.

Turning the doorknob as the door make a creaking sound, finally, she entered the library. The library was a lot smaller than she thought it would be. Lina felt a little disappointment and awe at the same time. The room had one fireplace and in front of it sat a table with two plain couches on either side and a chair; all covered in layers of dust. There are dozens of shelves of books surrounding the sitting area, all were covered in dust and some even had the beginnings of cobwebs in the corners.

Its appearance made the library feel like it'd been a hundred ages that give an impression where she was trespassing. Back home, in her world, she used to take care library with so much care especially, the books than this place. 

Lina walked over to the other side of the room to one of the windows to pull away from the closed curtains. The pieces of black, thick fabric were grime that her handprints, dark and distinctive, were left behind where she touched them. Furthermore, when the job was done she take a glimpse at the outdoors where she noticed the garden earlier. Setting the curtains aside widely, leaving a soft light that eliminates the whole room.

When she reached at the book of shelves, a sudden tickle her nose that had her sneeze, blaming the dust laying on its corner. Through watery eyes, while sniffling, she began zigzagging and between the shelves and scanning the book's spines to find something, anything that could find her answers. But none caught her eye, the brown leather of many books starting to blur together until she reached the very back of the library, where it was the darkest and smelled the most pungent.

The floorboard creaked beneath her feet just once, making Lina cringed at the sound of it, fearing she falls out within it, its sharpness of the woods which is like a dagger digging through flesh, in the silent room where she kept walking.

Then, finally, she saw it. Way back in the farthest corner, stacked lopsidedly between the above it and the books holding it up, was a book that immediately caught her eye. There was nothing really special about it at first glance, however, her curiosity encouraged her to peek at whatever was inside and chose to listen to it.

Lina got in her toes and raised her body, stretching her arms as far as they would go, which terribly wasn't enough to reach it. Damn this shortness. Lina set her mouth into an adorable moue, biting her lips in dissatisfaction. While attempting to jump to raise it, after three failed attempts, her palms made a contact to the book and pull it out from its selves. 

Yes! Lina leaped in joy.

When holding it, she noticed that whatever its cover had been made from wasn't like the polished leather ones that the other books shared.

It was fragile as thin leaves that might crush when it gripped hardly. Its roughness is almost like scales.

When she brought it down to examine it, she noticed it looked like tiny black scales that reminded her of some sort of lizard or other reptiles. The book was as thick as the width of my hand and its pages were brown with age. It looked really ancient.

The cover was covered in dust, making her blow it softly which the dust went to her face that made her sneeze again terribly. Lina waved the air and finally, take a look at the cover that was written something. She traced the title sewn into the front with soft brush strokes on her fingertips, furrowing her eyebrows together as she mouthed the foreign world aloud.

"Das Verloren Winsfleir..." Lina whispered, or at least she tried to. The word sounded almost correct on her tongue strangely and with the accent quite suiting it. Though, she didn't attempt to read it again out of embarrassment of accidentally saying it insultingly to where the language derived from. 

She couldn't understand what it says. 

Her fingers started to flip the pages and odd sensations coming through on her fingertips but she ignored it, thinking absolutely nothing of it.

There are various words and languages, making her harder to comprehend its words. While holding the book, Lina looked around only once more before she hurried back to the sitting area and plopped herself down on the, from what her eyes could perceive, least dirtiest seat. The blue couch was surprisingly comfortable and soft as she leaned the plush armrest whilst her legs crossed over one another and one foot on the floor.

The book's spine groaned in protest as she pried it open as gently as she could to peek at what was waiting inside to the next pages. Lina made sure to be extra careful with it, knowing just how fragile old books such as that one could be.

There was a long, somber introduction from the author which she quit reading after the first paragraph. Mostly, she couldn't understand those strange words. She skipped through most of it until she came upon a map, a very old looking and crinkled map that had marks all over it and faded scribbles I could hardly read. There was a prominent dent in the corner.

Her eyes shifted their way to the bottom and widened in surprise at the familiar name below it. Isharislynkia. This is the place where she was now. 

The map also showed boundary lines between kingdoms. There are six kingdoms that have various different symbols. It seemed a symbol with six elements: Fire, Water, Earth, Light, and Dark. There was the Isharislynkia Kingdom from the middle to the east coast followed by the Lyruxia Kingdom to the West, Daesyu Kingdome mostly in the north since they were better suited near the warmer environments. Off in the corner to the West which is nearly on the ocean, named Meira. A symbol of a fish tail that caught my attention. There was another one but farther than the rest below it, Her eyes drifted to the south which is circled in faded black ink with 'x's in some places. The small kingdom named, Imarnia.

The sun almost set, she kept the book and hid under on her dress, carefully not letting it fall. To avoid them finding out on her sudden disappearance she'll make sure to head back on his chamber on time. She left the library and locked it again to avoid the suspicion that she'd trespassed there. Her thoughts consumed only one thing: I needed to find a way to escape from this place.

Adelina Scarlett owns a pet shop named, The Beast Tamer which is the well-known shop for taming any pets. One day, she met a strange customer who ask her request to tame his pet and she agreed him. She was brought to a huge mansion, never in her life to able to touch something rich and luxurious. The owner of the mansion needs to her tame his pet. She expects the animal was just another misbehaving pet or maybe, it has issues to make her help him. When she mets the animal, she noticed she was brought into the underground seemingly like a prison cell, everything was dark. Once she was inside the cage, it clanged shut close not giving her time to escape. She noticed there's a tail brushed her leg makes her jump in fear and confusion.

"Show yourself!" she raised her voice.

"Scum! You dare to raise your voice at me?" the dark figure reveals itself which is shocking her more.

"You're..." she gasped looking at him with disbelieving eyes.

"Don't even fucking say it!" He roared.

She fainted.

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Warning: This book contains poorly written, unedited, and a lot grammars of mistakes. If you want flawless, perfectly written book, this book may not be for you. If you're interested in wicked imaginary adventures, feel free to open this book!

That night Heidi went to bed later than usual as Lord Nicholas had introduced her to the library in the mansion which was usually locked. It was a narrow room where the three sides of the wall was covered in a rack of books. The library was dark like the passage they had used before getting in to the library. 

The candles that were on the chandelier and the ones near the walls had melted, drops like structure solidified. Stanley, had helped in lighting the candles up. All the books that was in and out looked old. Older than her. She had later thanked the Lord for bringing her here to which he had done nothing but smile. As she had taken her time to look at all the book titles, her eyes had caught sight of a section which was encased in a glass case. Even though they were older than the others and ragged in appearance, it seemed like they were being treasured. The book titles read Feudal of rivals, Origins, Tyrany of humans and vampires, gardening witch and there were few others which were unrelated to another.

Seeing the dark ink splattered on the book she asked, "You have strange collection of books, milord. There are few with ink spilt on them," she moved forward to look at the Lord.

"That isn't ink," murmured Nicholas.

"What?" Heidi asked, who hadn't caught what he said.

"I think its rather late. You can come by another time to the library. Stanley," he called the butler, "Why don't you see Ms. Curtis to her room."

"Yes, master. Ms. Curtis," the butler asked for her and she wished him a goodnight before she left the room with the butler.

Once the butler had seen the lady to her room, he had returned back to where his master was, who was still in the dark library. His Lord was holding a book and reading it whilst he stood in front of the unlocked glass case.

"Humans are strange, aren't they," his Lord spoke, eyes still stuck on the book he had picked to read.

"Yes, milord," the butler replied promptly.

"They have such strange books that hardly makes any sense. How do you think she would react if I told her the truth about this?" he ran his fingers over the uneven book cover and then handed it to the butler

"Ms. Curtis, is honest with her opinions," the butler added as he bent down a little, to push the book back to where it was kept previously.

"Indeed she is. Knowing her she would probably have something to say," he smiled and then continued, "If she plans to visit the library again, which she will undoubtedly, make sure it is in your presence and lock this up," he said looking at the glass case.

"It has been so long since I last brought a book back here. How long has it been?" Lord Nicholas asked thoughtfully.

"Must be four years, milord," and the Lord hummed in response, "If I may add, the black witch's book is one of a quality."

"That's right. Getting the witch's books are somewhat difficult as they aren't sold in every market," the butler smiled at his master's words. 

Black witches books could never be sold, be it in the human land or the vampire land, their very existence was frowned. Any one trying to sell it in an open market would meet the same end as the black witches. But that didn't mean they were never sold anywhere, the most illegal and unethical objects could be found in the black market. Though his master had strings in the black market, the one in the library wasn't obtained from there. Like many other books that were in the glass case, they were picked from the people's house his master had killed. Few years ago times weren't as peaceful as it was now. Bloodshed in public was common and with the witches causing massacre, his master was usually out on a lookout to find the culprits who were causing disruption. It wasn't ink but spots of blood that was etched on the cover of the books. As deranged it sounded, his master was one of a kind and he was proud to be serving him.

"Milord, is it alright for Mr. Lawson to leave Ms. Curtis here for such a long time? Forgive me, but I haven't seen them spend enough time together."

"That's alright. Warren is a little slow but," Lord Nicholas paused, "Have someone follow him. He has been visiting the council and up to the north very often. Cousin or not, I wouldn't want to take risk."

"Yes, milord. Consider it to be done," Stanley bowed his head, "By the way milord," he pulled out two envelopes from his pocket and handed it to his lord.

"Who is it from?" Nicholas asked while taking them and as he read  the name on one of the envelope a smile formed on his lips, "Is it already that time..."

"You have been invited to the celebration of Hallow which is going to take place in less than three weeks." 

"Hm?" Nicholas saw the next envelope was from his friend Rhys Meyers. After reading the contents inside, he handed back the envelope to the butler and left the dark library.

The next day, Heidi sat in the carriage on her way to the Meyers mansion. Mr. Meyers had requested for her attendance at the mansion to accompany his wife only if she would like to. Meeting Mrs. Meyers at the mansion, the lady looked the same as she had seen her before. 

Her black straight hair was tied in a white ribbon. Heidi and Lettice went out to town as the lady had wished to go out shopping.

"I am sorry for suddenly requesting you to come. I am sorry for the inconvenience," Lady Lettice apologized when they reached the town Heidi had previously visited with Lord Nicholas and Stanley.

"Please don't apologize. I am glad that you asked for my company and I wasn't doing anything except for studying with my educator," Heidi replied with a smile on her face.

"I see," she smiled back, her face relaxed than the time  she had seen during her birthday, "How has your stay been in the Rune mansion?" 

"It has been pleasant," Heidi replied as they walked on the sides of the road, "But sometimes it does get dull. Sitting in the mansion and doing nothing. How do you spend your time Lady Lettice?"

Lady Lettice laughed softly when saw Heidi's worried look, "I understand what you mean. In the beginning, I was finding it hard myself. To have nothing to do and spend time inside the mansion but you get used to it. Used to living the elite vampire life. You can call me Lettice. We are from the same background. I don't think we need to use titles."

"Then please call me Heidi," Heidi shared a friendly smile.

[Year 1847]

When the Lord took a step forward, she took a step back. Taking a gulp she said, "You know, what you're doing can be considered as terrorizing."

"Well, I call it persuading."

"I believe you aren't using the right wordbook, milord."

"You didn't answer my question," the Lord was too persistent, thought Heidi to herself. It didn't look like he would let it go.

The year 1847

Heidi was an adopted child, where one of the Duke had been generous enough to take her in.  A girl, who when grew up had no idea that she would be the political bridge between the two empires. A marriage with the East Lord's relative.

Lord Nicholas with his gentle appearance and behaviour made him the White King of the Empire. A man who was the kindest to the souls around him, with only a few who knew what laid beneath that beautiful mask. What happens when a girl is responsible for bringing out the worst and the best out of him? Especially when it's his cousin's fiancee.

Miao Jing knew his habits and had spent some time in the army. Hence, she would always fold the blanket into a square shape resembling that of tofu.
Looking at the blanket that he had folded, Zhai Yaohui found it very displeasing.
It was folded into a square shape as well, but he just kept finding faults with it.
Maybe he had been used to the way Miao Jing folded the blanket and thus could not stand the sight of the blanket that he folded himself.
Zhai Yaohui lay down on the bed and covered himself with the blanket, thinking to himself that women were fickle-minded. Back then, Miao Jing liked Qiu Chenxi a lot and felt that she and Zhai Sheng would make a good match. It was the couple's unanimous decision to go ahead with the engagement of the two children. He was not the only one who made the decision.
Who would have thought that Miao Jing would have a sudden change of mind, saying that she was dissatisfied with Qiu Chenxi and objecting strongly to the match?
He remembered the Qiu family visited them on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year to discuss the marriage of the two children, but Miao Jing left with Zhai Sheng, leaving him with Qiu Qin and his wife. Zhai Yaohui turned gloomy at the awkwardness and exasperation that he felt then.
He did not blame Miao Jing for making the situation to be so awkward, yet she lost her temper at him and he ended up being laughed at by his son today.
Zhai Yaohui pulled the blanket in anger. He felt like going back to the room to tell Miao Jing that the room and the bed were not hers alone. He could sleep wherever he pleased!
But after thinking for a long time, Zhai Yaohui abandoned that thought and fell asleep in the study room.
Zhai Yaohui was preoccupied with his quarrel with Miao Jing. Hence, he did not pay much attention to Zhai Sheng.
Otherwise, the father should know the son best.
As long as Zhai Yaohui paid more attention to his son, he would have noticed that things were going on between Zhai Sheng and Qiao Nan. They had only been together for barely a month and would have been discovered by Zhai Yaohui.
Qiao Nan, who had her full attention on her studies, did not know that Zhai Sheng had done so much for her.
"Qiao Nan, do you want to go to the library to read books together?" A student who looked decent asked Qiao Nan to go to the library together.
Qiao Nan slanted her head and looked at him. "Sorry, I'm not going."
When he left, Qiao Nan went back to do her problem sums.
Tang Mengran sat down in Zhu Baoguo's seat quietly. "Luckily, Zhu Baoguo was called away by the teacher. Otherwise, the boy might not have been this lucky."
"What do you mean?" Qiao Nan did not understand. "Besides, I am the one who is unlucky." She had been asked by many boys to go to the library with them.
Qiao Nan did not understand why they must go to the library and not stay in the classroom to study instead. It was such a waste of time to go to the library.
If the boys were interested in going to the library, they should ask their own classmates.
She did not know any of the boys who asked her to go to the library with them.
This was what made her perplexed.
Tang Mengran cupped her face. "For goodness sake, Nan Nan, do you really not understand or are you pretending?"
"What do you mean?" Qiao Nan knitted her eyebrows.
"Oh my god, do you really think that the boys asked you to go to the library just to read the books?" Tang Mengran widened her eyes in disbelief. Who told her that Nan Nan had both high IQ and EQ? Given what she said just now, she seemed to have low emotional intelligence!
"Not for reading? That… impossible!" Qiao Nan belatedly realized what the boys' real intentions were. "The school does not allow us to be in a relationship. This is Ping Cheng High School!" It was the second best to The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China.
"Nan Nan, why are you so naive? If all the students are so obedient and always listen to what the teachers say, then the world would be much more peaceful!"
"Why do they use going to the library to read books as an excuse?" Since the boys were interested in her, why did they beat around the bush? They could not blame her for not coming to her senses.
Tang Mengran, who was sitting in Zhu Baoguo's seat, flipped his books. "That is to escape from the teachers. Even if one wants to go against the rules, one must be clever at it as well. Otherwise, if one is caught by the teachers, the consequences will be unbearable. But if both of you are reading at the library, even if the teachers catch you, they can do nothing about it. They can't possibly say that students are not allowed to interact with each other."
"Hehehe." Qiao Nan smiled. She did not know that the students at this age would use this tactic to start a relationship.
"Nan Nan, you have rejected ten boys. What kind of boys do you like then?" This was what Tang Mengran was most concerned and most interested about.
"Ten?" Qiao Nan did not have any idea how many boys had asked her to go to the library.
"There're definitely ten of them. I took note of them for you. About five of them are from the same level. Their scores are in the top fifty. There were also three second-year students and two third-year students."
Qiao Nan twitched the corners of her lips when Tang Mengran listed the boys one by one. "The second and third-year students? Are you sure you didn't make any mistake?"
"Of course not!"
"So, if they are caught by the teachers, they will simply say that they are tutoring me?"
"Hahaha, who knows?" Tang Mengran was thrilled that her roommate was the subject of interest among the boys from all levels. Apart from feeling a slight twinge of regret that she was not the one, she felt proud that she shared the same dormitory as Qiao Nan.
Fang Fang pushed her glasses and walked up to Qiao Nan. "Don't you find them a bother?"
"Of course!"
"Then, you must come up with a solution to deal with it once and for all." Fang Fang was annoyed at seeing boys from different classes and levels hanging around their class. "Otherwise, it will only go on and on."
"This is true." Zheng Lingling agreed with Fang Fang. "Nan Nan, don't be angry when you hear this. I heard that because you have rejected so many boys from first to third years, some boys are betting to see who will be the first one that can make you accept him." In other words, those who confessed to Nan Nan might not truly like her. They could be doing it for their dignity.
Qiao Nan rolled her eyes. "We are already in high school now. How could they be so ridiculous? But thank you. Now that I know about this, I know what to tell them next time."
Previously, she did not know that asking her to go to the library to read books was, in fact, a discreet confession.
If she had known it, she would have rejected them upfront.
Fortunately, it was not too late to know now. She must make sure that she made herself clear so that it would not happen again, lest it created trouble for all of them.


Qiao Nan: Crap! I am your biological daughter, yet I am treated as if I was picked up from the streets. In fact, you treat me worse than that!

Mother Qiao: Qiao Nan, you are not as pretty or smart as your elder sister. You are not as blessed as her. You have no right to study, marry, or to have your happiness!

Qiao Nan: Why am I not allowed to study, marry, or to seek my happiness? I will find a man right now and marry him!

Qiao Nan is dumbstruck upon discovering that the man right beside her is a powerful figure in the quad—the person who has the most promising prospects to be the future Chief.

Qiao Nan stares at the well-built man in front of her. He has firm abs and cold, chilling eyes. She swallows the lump in her throat as she says her greetings, "Good Morning, Chief!"

Both James and Aurora are now 10. Aurora is still weak and fragile compared to her brother. he now could defeat the strongest mages his age. while Aurora couldn't even defeat the weakest.

Her parents would not even give her a proper education so she took it on herself to learn to read and write on her own. she would spend hours or even days trying to figure out how to read. eventually she could read the most basic books.

In the following weeks she would spend all her time in the library even sleeping their when she would pass out. she would not sleep or eat for days in a row. her brother and parents would not even notice her gone. so she spent the days reading and the nights training her body.

She did this till her brother caught her reading in the library and reported her to her parents. they now forbid her from setting foot in the library. but one thing they didn't count on is the librarian giving her access to the secret room in the library.

Within the library, Lin Fan opened his eyes instantaneously. The moment they did, a bright golden light shone out across the entire world. His aura was sturdy and firm, impossible to resist at all. Lin Fan could feel some changes going on throughout his body. This change alluded from his Paradise's attainment of perfection.
"To think that I would level up just by suppressing these Book Spirits… Wow, I did not expect it to be this fast!" Lin Fan chuckled out. He was in an extremely good mood right now.
Lin Fan did not keep track of the number of Book Spirits he had suppressed. However, all of these dense pack of Book Spirits that were suppressed by him in that instant resulted in a relentless amount of notifications from the system. Lin Fan couldn't count how much experience points he had gained at that moment.
However, upon entering divine celestial level 4, Undying state, Lin Fan could feel some changes going through his physical body.
Blood Sea and Eternal God Body had undergone some changes. Not only was his physical body indestructible, his consciousness was imperishable as well.
It seemed as though every single piece of meat on his body possessed an unbridled amount of power on its own. It was endless and limitless in magnitude.
The moment the guardian of the library caught sight of Lin Fan's aura rising to a higher point than before, his face was ever more astonished. To think that this human would level up his cultivation state just through the process of reading intensively!
Something of this sort was unseen and unheard of throughout all of history!
However, he naturally did not know that Lin Fan was getting experience points through suppressing those Book Spirits.
Within this vast sea of books, the countless Book Spirits that were suppressed by Lin Fan had accorded him a significant amount of experience points. As such, leveling his cultivation state was just an easy task by then.
Right now, the library no longer possessed any use for Lin Fan. Taking a step forth, the next place he appeared at was the entrance of the library.
"Thank you for the care." Right before leaving, Lin Fan turned his body around and waved to the empty void.
'He had noticed my presence!' The moment the guardian heard these words from Lin Fan, his expression changed immediately. To think that this genius of the Human race would have discovered him! 'Incredible! This is way too incredible!'
...
"I wonder how long I've spent in the library exactly." Looking at the scenery outside, Lin Fan was a little confused.
By the time he came to his residence, his face changed entirely.
The sight that welcomed him wasn't something he had ever expected. The house he was residing in originally had vanished, and in its place was a bunch of debris.
Looking around, Lin Fan discovered some disciples who were passing by and exchanging whispers about him behind his back.
"That's Lin Fan there. Why had he vanished for such a long time?"
"Senior Brother Fang would come by here every day. And each time he did so, he would stand before the pile of debris and hurl insults for a period of time."
"I think that he must be really afraid of everything that's happening. Hence, he went into hiding."
...
The moment Lin Fan heard the topic of discussion amongst the disciples, his expression changed even further. The reason behind the destruction of his residence… Could it have been done by Fang Weifeng?
At this moment, Lin Fan was angered. Truly, he felt that he had been far too forgiving and kind. There had never been anyone who had dared to act so brazenly before him these many times.
Time and time again… By every single possible reason, he should have killed this guy.
At this moment, a killing intent was surging through Lin Fan.
"Brother Lin! You're out!" Tianyun appeared in the distance. When he caught sight of Lin Fan's figure, he headed up to talk to him hurriedly. He knew that Lin Fan had entered the library. But, he had not expected for Lin Fan to stay inside there for an entire month.
"Brother Tianyun, could you explain to me what's going on at my place?" Lin Fan's face was somewhat displeased. His tone was pretty solemn as well.
The moment Tianyun heard these words, his face turned pretty terrible. However, he still told the truth as it was.
"Brother Lin, when you entered the library, Fang Weifeng came forth to seek vengeance with the Big Senior Brother. Upon realizing that you weren't around, Big Senior Brother then destroyed your place."
Lin Fan scoffed coldly, "So, they really take me, Lin Fan, as a pushover now, eh?"
"Brother Lin, please don't be rash!" Looking at how sinisterly grim Lin Fan's face was right now, Tianyun's expression changed.
Lin Fan waved his hands, not wanting to continue with the conversation, "So, where does this Big Senior Brother stay? I hope that you can tell me."
Tianyun looked at the state Lin Fan was in right now. He knew that Lin Fan would definitely be headed over to Big Senior Brother's place for revenge right now. However, the might of Big Senior Brother was clear and evident to everyone. It wasn't that he didn't believe in Lin Fan's strength, but Big Senior Brother was simply way too strong.
In fact, even if Tianyun truly had to compare between their strength, he couldn't deny that Big Senior Brother was still way stronger than Lin Fan.
"Brother Lin, this issue…" Just as Tianyun was about to carry on with it, he was cut abrupt by Lin Fan, "Tell me... Where does Big Senior Brother stay?"
Lin Fan truly did not want to say anything more. The kind would always be bullied. He had been showing mercy all the way till now. To think that his merciful acts would be taken as an act of cowardice instead. Because of that, they were literally climbing all over his head right now.
In his entire life of traversing through the Pugilistic World, there had been no precedence to this audacious behavior.
If Lin Fan had let him off once, it was because he wasn't bothered enough to kill him.
If Lin Fan had let him off twice, it was still because he wasn't bothered to kill him.
But now, it was the third time. Whether or not he was bothered, he would definitely kill this person.
"That mountain peak is where Big Senior Brother resides." Tianyun was petrified by the ominous aura that was being given off by Lin Fan right now. He then pointed at a mountain peak in the distance and replied.
"Hmph! How dare they bully me as such? They are truly taking Lin Fan as a pushover." Lin Fan did not say anything more than that. Leaping off the ground, he flew towards the mountain peak.
"Brother Lin!" Tianyun was stunned. He knew that sh*t was going to hit the roof this time around. Without further ado, he hurried off to look for his Junior Sister Hongyun and Elder Yun He.
They must prevent this tragedy from happening. Nothing serious must happen because of this!
...
"Bloody motherfu*kers. How dare these bunch of dogsh*ts take Yours Truly as a pushover? To think that they would dare to bloody tear down the house of Yours Truly just because I wasn't around! Today, Yours Truly shall let you guys know of the sort of people you can offend, and of course, the sort of people you definitely f*cking CAN'T." Lin Fan was thoroughly incensed right now. He could no longer bear with this any longer.
Even if the entire Cloud Sect were to hunt him down after killing this bunch of dogsh*ts, he wouldn't regret this in the least bit.
So what, he would just have to fight his way out of it, wouldn't he? Bloody hell. Yours Truly had trodden through the Pugilistic World for such a long time now. Who had he not offended? So what if their cultivation states were higher than his? Yours Truly was going to cross the cultivation state gap and slay down some f*ckers today!
Lin Fan's flight to the mountain peak of Big Senior Brother was witnessed by many disciples. Of course, these disciples could sense that something big was about to happen.
As such, the news spread really quickly like wildfire.
All of the Cloud Sect disciples knew that this human, Lin Fan, whose house was destroyed by the Big Senior Brother, had finally left the library and was headed towards the mountain peak of Big Senior Brother now.
As the news was passed on mouth to mouth, eventually the entire Cloud Sect caught wind of this affair.
"That human has gone to find trouble with the Big Senior Brother! Let's go and check it out. I wonder how things will turn out."
"Liu Hen, that fella has never ever given anyone any face just because he thinks that he is really strong. However, I wonder what will happen to the human."
All of those disciples who were engaged in the political fights with Liu Hen began to discuss heatedly.
Of course, with something like this happening, they were just attracted by the spectacle. The best-case scenario was for them to bite at one another's necks.
However, all of them could tell that the human was in deep trouble this time around. After all, there were simply way too many powerful beings who were taking Liu Hen's side.
Despite that, an affair as such was still something that they were all hoping to see.


Yours Truly shall have all of you bow down to me!

Arriving in this brand-new world, Lin Fan found himself in possession of a system which allows him to level up indefinitely unbounded by the limitations of this world. Upon learning a powerful technique of Monkey Steals Peaches, Lin Fan realises that he’s poised to literally become the strongest person in this entire world. But of course, how boring would that be unless the whole world gets to know about his great name?

Shameless. Righteous. Smart. Lin Fan will let no one (or balls) stand in his way to glory!

Hilarious for all the wrong reasons and exciting for all the right ones, this novel will definitely have you roaring out in laughter and set your blood pumping all at the same time. Join us in this rollercoaster of a masterpiece with Lin Fan and his trusty sidekicks as he shows the world what it truly means to be YOURS TRULY.

There is a person, whose entire life is a legend. 
There is a person, whose extraordinariness radiates from his brows 
There is a person, his name is Lin Fan. 
Everybody: “Lin Fan, I want to have your babies.” 
A dominating life of unrestrained swag needs no explanation.

She knew what Damien was talking about but he could have handled the situation without having to throw salt in the man's already existing wound.
"My work isn't to ease his mind. I am not his relative to do it but a councilman. He should have been shot already for saving the black witches when he could have got them caught. If it was another councilman the magistrate would be dead by now."
Penny narrowed her eyes, pausing her footsteps and turning to look at Damien, "You didn't kill him because you want to use him as a bait," she pointed out to him.
"Aren't you learning everything from your prestigious master already," Damien spoke proudly of her and she rolled her eyes, "Soon you will be able to outwit others and also understand why we do things we do here."
"Would you have done the same with me?" she asked him.
"Do what?" he asked her. 
"Saying I am dead if I were to be kidnapped by the black witches?" she stared at him, waiting for him to come up with a witty reply which he did usually. 
And she then heard him say, "Well, if you are dead I cannot say you are undead, can I?" Penny stared hard at him where he continued to say, "First of all you are with me. What makes you think I will let a flimsy black witch kidnap you. No one dares to steal or kidnap what belongs to me," he declared but that didn't suffice as an answer in Penny's eyes. Her lips pressed in a thin line, she started to walk to where they were headed. 
"It appears that you are mad at my answer," said Damien as he caught up with her, walking next to her with a grin on his face. 
Penny gave him a silent look not saying anything. She had never been involved too closely before until the time when they had gone to Wovile to know how things worked within the council. She could only hope that the magistrate's son was still alive and he hadn't been killed by the black witches. One could only hope as hope was the last thing a person held on to. 
She wondered if there was anything she could help with. One way Damien was right for what he did but at the same time, the lack of tack was something to be worried about. But then she guessed that it was what was required when it came to dealing with people. 
Reaching the bookkeeper's library, Damien shook hands with the man,
"Good morning, councilman Damien," the man was lean and slightly old. His hair on his head was completely white and glasses that settled on his nose. 
"Morning, Mr. Haltman," Damien greeted the man. 
"Good morning, milady," the bookkeeper didn't give his hand but bowed and she returned it back, bowing at him before he took them inside the library which he owned. It wasn't big but it wasn't small either, just a good size for a town's library, "I received word from Lord Alexander that you needed help in making a book with some copies," the man turned to look at them. Penny noticed how the library was empty with no one but just them in here. 
The man caught on to her gaze and he commented, "We have been having fewer customers lately," he said and Damien asked,
"Is there a new library?" 
"Oh, no, Sir. Because of Winter we usually don't have many customers coming in here. People only want to sleep when they are supposed to be reading books," he grumbled as if not understanding the youngsters and the other townspeople.
Taking a quick look around, his eyes scanning the racks, it. came to settle on the man to say, "We need new ink and a parchment book. Nothing big, just a small one with ten to eleven pages. How much time do you think it might take for completion?" he inquired. 
"Might take a few hours, Sir. I have a helper boy who does the writing. Would you want him to do it or would you like me to do it for you?" the man gave them an option to pick. 
"Whichever is faster," answered Damien for the bookkeeper to nod his head. 
Turning his head to the side, the man called, "Owen. Help the councilman in the writing. Where did you go?" he asked when the person didn't show up for the first few seconds before coming out through a door. 
A young boy appeared holding a couple of books in his hands, his brown hair messy and unkempt. He bowed at them when the bookkeeper ordered the boy, "The book is going to be eleven pages. Bring your bindings and get to writing. It needs to be given back by this evening," turning to confirm he asked Damien, "Am I right, Sir?" 
"Any chance for the work to be sped up with a few silver coins?" asked Damien and the boy's eyes turned wide and he said,
"Consider it done, Sir. Let's take a seat at the table," he raised his hand to show the way but before that Damien said,
"I will need you to close the place until our work is completed. It wouldn't be much of a problem would it?" The old man obliged Damien's words, going to the main doors and closing it shut without a word. 
Taking a seat at the table, Penny opened the book which she had been carrying with her which spoke about the moon signs. Lord Alexander had told her not to deviate too much from what was written in here to avoid suspicion by the black witches. The trick was to change the book in a way that held the same essence as the original book where they had to imprint some of the initial pages as it was. 
The boy named Owen started to write down as he was told. Starting from the first page, holding a quill and parchment of papers in his hand. When the sign of wolf appeared, Penny said,
"Are you done with it?" she asked, finishing the previous sign to see the boy nod, "Coming to the sign of the wolf. This moon sign is considered to be born under the light of the moon with good strength and territorial characteristics with the pack," Damien couldn't help but straighten his back over the good words about his sign until she said, "Due to the low light, these signed creatures are quick to fight over matters making them petty. Stingy over the money who behave like peasants when it comes to haggling..." Damien slowly turned his head with his eyes narrowed down at her. Was she still mad about calling her dead if she were dead? 
"Lady Penelope, I think you are reading the wrong line," Damien slid the book towards him as Penny's lips twisted, trying to hold back her smile, "See, you're reading wrong."
The boy didn't know why they were dictating the lines when he could just look and write but it seemed that they wanted to condense the content of the book, "Go on," the boy heard Damien and he readied his quill.
"The moon sign of wolf is the most talented sign of all the signs present. Extremely good looking with an amazing personality..."


WARNING: This book contains mature R-18 content. *Slow burn book. No major misunderstandings or rape.*
[Year 1778]

"Who touched you?" he asked, his eyes brooding down at her and when she didn't answer, his voice thundered in the room, "WHO?"

The butler who stood near the wall spoke shakily, "Sir, it was Mr. Reverale," Damien's face turned sour, his jaw ticking in anger he turned his face to the side where the butler stood behind.

"Bring the man here."

"N-now?" stuttered the butler. It was the time of night.

Damien who hadn't broken his eye contact with the girl in front of him, pushed his hand against the wall which now rested beside his beautiful girl's head. Turning his body, he first looked at his butler who had his head bowed. With great courage, the butler came to meet his Master's eyes, "Do you have any other better time? Or should it be after I wring your neck?" Damien asked calmly tilting his head. Not a second later, the butler ran out of the room to return back with Mr. Reverale after twenty minutes.

"Damien, are we having a late tea party?" Mr. Reverale came to greet but the master of the house had other plans. Spotting the knife that was stuck to the apple on the table, he reached for it to pull it out.

Just as Mr. Reverale went to exchange a handshake with him, Damien took hold of his hand to place it on the table. In one swift movement as if he were chopping onions, he chopped the four fingers of the man off his hand making him yelp and cry in pain.

"No one touches what is mine. I am sure this will remind you the next time you even think about touching her," sighed Damien as if he were tired of telling people to keep their dirty hands off his belongings.

Meet Damien Quinn, a pureblooded vampire who is a complete narcissist, brash with his words and stingy even though he is rich who haggled when he bought a slave from the black market.

On the other hand, meet Penelope who believes she is a 'guest' for a few days at the Quinn as she is intent on escaping from the odd vampire who needs therapy.

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