The next three days were pretty much the same. Ziv woke up in his two bodies. Ate breakfast with Rai and then left for school. At school he would go through the lessons and do what he was supposed to quickly and efficiently. He didn't care about hiding who he was out of fear that people would look at the girls differently. He would just spend all of his free time drawing and reading. He distracted himself from anything that might make him feel negative emotions.
 
Well during the breaks Korral came back over to Ziv, during the break. At first she started drawing in the seat next to Yyella not talking, just coloring and taking peeks at what Yyella did. The next day she asked Illen's name and Yyella wrote it down for her to read it. Korral found it difficult to pronounce Illen's name compared to Yyella for whatever reason. Though as Ziv thinks back, the teacher did say Yyella's name a few times. But at the end of that day when Rai came to pick the girls up, she overheard Illen's name. So she was able to speak it clearly the next day. Korral is a fast learner or is just observant.
 
Then Friday rolled around.
 
"Illen do you want to do something with Yyella on Sunday?"
 
Rai asked Illen for her opinion. To which Illen and Yyella have proven the other day at the behest of their teacher proving Ziv's knowledge of the written language. Thankfully that made Rai less worried now that the girls were able to communicate. Yyella already had a notebook for drawing, so another, smaller, notebook was bought for Illen. It would allow her to write out answers.
 
Now Illen and Yyella were separated, within range, so Jalin also asked Yyella the same thing. Why they asked Ziv with the girls separated confused him, but he answered the same with both girls.
 
[Park]
 
Honestly he wanted to go out and walk around nature. Relax and read in the fresh warm air outside.
 
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Sunday arrived after a day of lazing around watching more Sparkling Gate with the adults. Bern was much more subdued yesterday from work, but today that wasn't the case.
 
Ziv woke up that morning to three individuals standing in his room. Rai, Jalin and Bern all jumping around singing happy birthday. Bern made his presence more noticeable than ever as he started dancing. Everyone just stared at him.
 
"Happy birthday girls!"
 
Their beds had been pushed together since Ziv's crisis so he wouldn't be away from his bodies. So at the end of their beds the adults stood. Jalin was carrying two boxes, one in each hand. In the middle between Bern and Jalin stood Rai holding a cake with candles and a big five on top in pink and white frosting.
 
Ziv actually had never seen a cake before, but he read about it many times. It was something he was looking forward to and today was that day! So Ziv had Yyella express her excitement in a similar manner to Bern, while Illen was more subdued as Ziv was when it was his birthday with his family.
 
Rai lowered the cake and gestured for the girls to crawl to the edge of the bed.
 
"Illen and Yyella, how about you two blow out the candles at the same time?"
 
Ziv nodded excitedly and moved over to the edge of the bed. At the same time both girls blew out the candles. Ziv wished Illen and Yyella a happy birthday wherever they were. He also said a thank you and goodbye to his mom and dad. At the same time wishing that Rai's parents were doing well. Regardless of where they were, whoever was connected to him, he gave them a big smile in hopes to make them proud.
 
Bern grabbed a few chairs and brought them in for the adults to sit on. Rai cut and plated the cake and handed them out to everyone. Jalin, in the meantime, handed a box to each girl. Getting the ok, Ziv opened each one.
 
Yyella got a set of glitter markers, sketchbooks, more colored pencils, and a coloring book. Ziv was actually happy about this. He was slowly getting better at drawing and he enjoyed coloring at the school. It's a gift that was given with care for Yyella and Ziv acknowledged their efforts with a hug.
 
Illen opened her box to find a 'tech pad'. It wasn't actually a tech pad, but it was similar to the smart phones they used but a bit bigger. Ziv wasn't entirely happy to find out the reason for this gift was that books were expensive to buy physical copies, but he was aware how expensive they were. When he researched the technology over the past few days, this wasn't something you would buy for a kid, but they must have seen how engrossed he was in books that they got him one anyway. Without hesitation he ran over and hugged the adults.
 
They ate their cake and then started to leave the house.
 
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It wasn't the type of park that Ziv imagined. The place they went had an area of sand and slides. Kids were swinging on the playground. Laughing and yelling consumed any relaxation that Ziv wanted. But looking at his family and seeing their smiles, he decided to go with it and enjoy it.
 
The first thing Ziv tried were the slides. The feeling of letting gravity take him down in a controlled spiral on the plastic tubing, was exhilarating. After a few rounds of that on different slides, Ziv found his way over to Rai and Jalin. Jalin was on the swing as Rai pushed her on the swing softly. Jalin quickly jumped off after seeing the twins.
 
"There are my two muffins! Aunty Jalin and your big brother will push you on the swings!"
 
She made a big scene that was quickly drowned out by the continuous laughter and yelling of the children that roamed around.
 
There was a bit of fear that Ziv felt being pushed on the swing. The height and speed increased, but Jalin and Rai must have noticed so they slowed down. It was enjoyable, but Ziv made sure to hang on as best he could.
 
Eventually, lunch time arrived. The girls were led over to Bern. He was at some cooking site with a table. He was grilling different meats and veggies. They took their time eating and enjoying the food. They thanked Bern at the end.
 
 
"Girls come over here and let me put some sunscreen on."
 
That was a new term for Ziv. Regardless he went over to Jalin and she put a cream on the girl's skin. Ziv was questioning what it was as Jalin answered that it was to protect from the sun. He did notice that the sun was shining much brighter now, as the clouds were covering it earlier.
 
Then they played with a frisbee. Passing it to each other out in the field near the park. It was great and Ziv was having a blast. It was the best birthday he ever had, even if it wasn't 'his' own.
 
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On their way home for the day, Ziv was out like a light. Rai was driving, Bern next to him and Jalin and the girls in the back. They had a quiet conversation as they drove.
 
"You think they had fun?"
 
Bern wasn't playing around earlier as he was cooking. Sure they played around, but he was still curious as to what the other two noticed.
 
"Of course they had fun. They must be so tired from all the running around."
 
Hugging them close, Jalin answered back. She was pretty tired herself, so she was nodding off.
 
"They really needed that. Going outside and having fun like a normal kid. I think they… are doing better."
 
Even though Rai was driving, he took a moment to look at his sisters in the back. He noticed that they had been trying to help him rather than asking for help themselves. He wanted to do something for them and their birthday was the perfect excuse to take a day off work and have fun.
 
"I won't be staying the night. I'm going to head home."
 
Bern knew he had a long day of work ahead of him so he thought it was best to leave early for the night. Sure he would have liked to help clean up and take care of Illen and Yyella, but the other two would be alright.
 
"Rai, I'll get them cleaned up and in bed. I got tomorrow off, so I can stay over."
 
"Thank you Jalin. I clean up and head to bed. And Bern, thank you for coming along with us! Your ability to grill still amazes me, thanks man."
 
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Monday came around and three girls sat at a table in a sea of hectic children drawing and reading. Today Korral became more talkative. No, that isn't right. She just stopped being quiet.
 
"…and my mom stopped me from eating more. I'm not dumb."
 
Ziv looked at the girl with both twins this time. At first she talked about her favorite color then she talked about what she did over the weekend, then about the cookies her mother made and now she says she's not dumb.
 
He had been listening, praising multitasking of two brains, to the little girl. The thing that bothered him were the incomplete thoughts and changing the subject at what seemed like random. Not a lot fit, but he tried his best to understand as the people around him were his best sources for everyday information.
 
So he just nodded with Yyella and then Korral continued while looking at Yyella.
 
"I know you said you didn't want to be my friend, but I think you are my friend."
 
'Oh.'
 
Actually Ziv had thought about that this morning. She had been hanging out with the twins and was nice enough to respect his inability to speak. The other kids around had asked a few times this past week, but Korral never did. That was something Ziv didn't realize that he cared about, and now he did.
 
Yyella turned to her and nodded with a nice smile.
 
"That is super duper cool. Um… Illen do you want to be my friend too?"
 
Illen put her book down to give a nod before going back to the book.
 
Ziv has fleshed out the twins and their personalities as to who they should be. Being Illen allows him to somewhat aloof and quiet, so he can read in peace and quiet. Being Yyella allows him to interact with the others and keep them away from Illen. Working together he is able to enjoy what he likes even if he gains attention.
 
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The end of the day arrived and Korral's mother came over to pick her up. The twins were standing next to Korral outside with their backpacks on.
 
'Backpacks are so cool. The outward cosmetic design isn't something I care about, but folding over my shoulder to carry a greater weight than my body is just so useful.'
 
Though at the mention of the twins' names, he looked over to Korral.
 
"Mom can Illen and Yyella come with us to the park on Saturday?"
 
Her mother turns towards Ziv. She looks at him like him with a big smile.
 
"Twins? Look at how cute you two are. My little Korral," She looks back over to her daughter with a motherly look. That is something that Ziv misses. His mother and father…"she's always been a talker. Well, do you two want to come with us?" Ziv nodded with the twins, but more distinctly with each girl. "Once your parents come to pick you up, I'll talk to them about it."
 
'Parents… mom… dad… Hopeless…'
 
"Yyella! Illen! There you two are. Oh, who are you?"
 
Rai looked at Korral's mother.
 
"My name is Heryan and this here is my daughter Korral. Are you the father of these girls?"
 
"…No. I'm their brother. Is there a problem?"
 
"Not at all. My daughter and you sisters have become friends. We were planning to go to the park this weekend and play around. My daughter invited them to come along."
 
"I see."
 
"They are free to join us. I'm sure you're a busy man and we are too." Heryan takes a piece of paper and pen and writes something down. "This is my number. Please pass it along to your parents." She turns towards the twins and her daughter who are a few steps away watching their interaction. "Come on Korral, we have to go pick your brother up now. It was a pleasure to meet you all today."
 
Ziv watched Rai stand there. His hands were tightly balled into fists. His face just showed how much he cared for his parents. For his family.
 
Ziv thought to himself. Maybe it was too early to accept the loss of those around him. He shouldn't be here and he is just an imposter. Someone who doesn't belong and stole the future of the people around him.
 
'Hopeless. Hopeless. Hope…'
 
Rai picked up the girls in a big hug. Ziv noticed that there were tears falling down his face, but he didn't cry. Rai had tears building up in his eyes.
 
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Ziv had distracted himself. He believed that he accepted it and those feelings of doubt would disappear. They stayed. Those feelings never left. He just ran away from them, hoping it would get better.
 
He looked at Rai, as he drove home. Perhaps they were the same. Hiding their feelings and compressing it, until it burst. It was just a leak in the air filtration system and if he didn't find it, the whole thing would have been destroyed. Ziv would have broken again.
 
"I'm sorry."
 
The car came to a quick stop in the road. There were horns blaring behind them. He looked at Rai who just looked back at Ziv with a caring smile. One of a caring family.

The story is about Ziv. You learn about his life and his tragedy. The first story that you read will be his back story and complete. 

The Volumes after the first will be different stories including Ziv. I have a few ideas. One is a multiverse type option where I throw this new character Ziv inside my past stories. So one for 'Exploring My World' and 'Language of Happiness' and whenever I finish (or work on the main story I wish to write). Well I have a few other starter ideas. 

My writing style is cemented now, but words to describe things and how characters interact with one another still needs a lot of work. Though that is much more difficult. I hope you all like it. 

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The first Divergent Story will be in the Language of Happiness story. It will take place after the events of the story. No matter how good or bad you think that story is, you won't have to read it to understand what I am writing here. This is about Ziv and his story, he just happens to be in that world.

As I run past the man I feel his arms take hold of me pinning me to him as he picks me up.

"Let go of me! My father will kill you!" I scream. I kick at him but he holds me tightly. "He's the Alpha!"

The man kneels down and I feel my feet touch earth. He continues to hold me tight. Eventually he loosens his grip not enough to free me just enough that he can look me in the eye.

"Your father is gone." The man tells me.

"No!" I yell at him. I swing as hard as I can punching the man in the chest. "I don't believe you!" I didn't see Daddy but he is a strong wolf! An Alpha! No way he is dead! 

I feel the tears run down my face as I look around. Fire, rubble, and death... everyone is gone. I fall into the man sobbing. I can't fight any more. My pack is dead. The man picks me up again carrying me to his car. 

"What's your name little guy?" He asks. I have a hard time making words through my tears.

"B... Bray... Brayden." I stammer gripping his shirt.

"Hello Brayden... I'm Alpha Aaron... I'm gonna take care of you." He says.

I just cry. I can't say anything. He tries to put me in the back seat of his car but I pull myself up so my arms are around his neck.

"No! Don't leave me! Please Alpha!" I don't know why... maybe because he is Alpha... or because he promised to care for me but I trust him. I'm scared. He can't leave me alone. What if they come back?

"Shhhh buddy... you're gonna be okay. I won't let anyone hurt you." He hugs me patting my back.

"Don't leave me!" I beg holding him tightly.

"Ok. Ok... I won't leave you... I have more to do here tho. Can you walk on your own Bray?" I nod and he sets me down. I grip his hand tightly. "Gather the elders and the adults." He says to the other man. We walk to the field on the south end of our land. A few of the adults were gathered. I recognize them but the only one I know by name is Mr. Richard.

"Evening." The Alpha says to the group. "I would like to discuss the future of your pack." I am hidden behind him. He pulls me in front of him with his hands on my shoulders. I hear my pack gasp when they see me.

"Brayden! Come here boy!" Mr. Richard calls. I look up to the Alpha. He may be an elder in my pack but the Alpha is now the ranking wolf. "Now boy!" His tone scars me and I subconsciously back into the Alpha. He squats down to eye level with me.

"Go ahead Brayden.. they want to make sure you're ok." The Alpha says.

"But you said you won't leave me! You'd take care of me! Please Alpha!" I'm drawn to him. Probably because he's Alpha. Daddy said the pups are drawn to him because he is.. was Alpha.

The Alpha sighs and stands up.

"You have three options. One you move south and join my pack." I see the adults are not fond of that option. A few of them even growl. "Two I can leave you to fend for yourselves. Without an Alpha you will become Rouge. Or I can send a few of my pack to protect you and help you rebuild. I will protect your pack until Brayden comes of age. I will raise him and teach him to be a strong Alpha. When he turns twenty I will return him to you as your Alpha."

"Why would you do that? No Alpha takes in another Alphas pup! How do we know you won't just kill him so he can't challenge your pups?" One of them asks.

"I have no mate... no pups... he will be returned to you before that becomes an issue. If I wanted to kill the boy I would have by now. It is your choice but I won't leave him to die with you should you refuse my help." The Alpha says.

The adults talk to each other a while. I feel myself getting tired. I am dizzy. I guess I haven't fully recovered from the attack. I stumble backwards and the Alpha catches me picking me up. I rest my head on his shoulder.

"We accept your terms... Brayden is our Alpha... train him will." Mr. Richard says.

"I plan to." The Alpha responds. I fall asleep as he carries me away.

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I wake up in a big bed. I sink into the middle. I sit up and look around. Where am I? Daddy? Momma?... Oh... I remember what happened and start to cry.

"Hay hay hay... come here pup." The Alpha runs in pulling me into his arms. "Shhh Bray... you're safe... I got you."

"Alpha?" I look up to him.

"Yea Bray I'm here." He responds.

"Is momma dead too?" I ask.

"Yea pup... the only adults left are the ones you saw yesterday." He tells me.

"Bellas gone too... I'm all alone." I cry as he holds me rocking back and forth.

"You know... my family's gone too... we can a be family if you want... the Alpha orphans." Family he wants to be my family. I hug my new Alpha. "You can call me Aaron if that helps." He says hugging me back.

"Ari." I say. He laughs.

"Alright pup... just to you I'll be Ari." He pulls away and tosules my hair. "Come on... they're serving breakfast at the pack house."

I jump up and take his hand as he leads me to the pack house. This place is massive. Houses line a street ending at a mansion Ari calls the pack house. Woods surround the houses. Wolves walk around casually. The pack house is full of people.

"How big is your pack?" I ask amazed by the number of people here.

"A little over 600... this is the largest pack in north America... possibly the world." My jaw drops. Ari is the most powerful Alpha in the world and he took me in!

"Wow!" I gasp.

"Yea." He laughs. "I guess that can be a little overwhelming... eat up pup."

Ari loads a plate for himself and me. We sit at the table and I feel all eyes on me.

"Everyone is staring." I whisper.

"Yea... they always stare at me." He says. I'm not sure its him they are staring at.

"Why?" I ask. He is there Alpha... if it is him they are looking at they should respect him but it looks more like they are sizing him up.

"I'm 19... you don't prove yourself a true Alpha until your 20... they are trying to figure out if I am really Alpha." He explains.

"But you are!" I can feel his power. It is like Daddy but stronger. He is an Alpha.

"Yea... I know... the pack however demands proof." He sighs. "In a few months there will be no doubt."

"Sooo... what do I do now?" I ask. I know he's Alpha and probably has alot of work to do.

"Loads of pups around... you can go play." He says.

"But... I don't know them." I whisper. Ari lowers his face to mine.

"You can't get to know them hanging around me." He whispers. I look around. I don't want to leave him. Ari laughs as he stands up. "Come on pup let's go."

We end up in a kind of game room full of toys and games and TVs. 

"I gotta work Bray... you can stay here or pick something to take to my office." Ari says watching me. I look around the room. "Really?" He asks as I come back to him with a stack of Doctor Seuss and coloring books. I nod. "Alright let's go." He takes my stack and some crayons. I grab his free hand as he leads me to his office.

I set up a nest in front of the couch in the office. A few pillows and a blanket wound up fitting me perfectly. I drop my books in the nest and settle in. Ari is sitting at his desk. I open up one of the books and begin flipping pages. After a while Ari stops working.

"Can you read pup?" He asks looking up from his papers.

"Yea... well... kinda... Daddy taught me lots of words." Ari laughs

"Read one to me." He says.

"This one my favorite... it makes you sound funny." I open the book. "F..o..x so..ks (it comes out more like soaks.) B..o..x K..n..o..x (the K was not silent in the reading.)" I begin to read. Ari smiles.

"You know you can't read Suess without a proper fort." He stands up and walks over to me. He pulls the cousins off the sofa making a fort with them and draping a blanket over it. "Now!" He says crawling in. "Give me that book." I jump in after him. Culing up to his side I hand him the book.

"Fox socks box Knox. Knox in box. Fox in socks. Knox on fox in socks in box." He continues to read the book as fast as he can never stumbling over the tongue twiters. "Fox in socks, our game is done, sir. Thank you for a lot of fun, sir."

I hear clapping from outside our fort.

"So Little Aaron can read!" A man's voice says. Ari climbs out of the fort. "Guess you just can't read reports on your pack. You limited to kids books boy?"

"No Beta James. I can read just fine... and its Alpha." Ari says.

"I know what you are Aaron... I'm trying to help you boy. Alot of people question your leadership. You need to earn the title of Alpha. Do it before you turn twenty. Earn the respect of your people now and they will love you forever." The man puts a hand on the back of Ari's neck. "I love you boy... you are ten times the Alpha your father was... but you are young and will be challenged until the day you prove yourself... these next few months will be trying. You don't have time for stories with pups!" Ari looks down at me.

"Sorry Ari." I say looking at my shoes. 

"No! Don't be sorry pup." He kneels in front of me. "I'm not... I want to be an Alpha that cares fore people. One who leads well, with love. One who knows his people. One who is respected and loved... not feared!" I think he was talking more to the man than me. He stands up and faces the man pulling me to his side. 

"I took this pup on. He is my responsibility. Mine to raise. My work will be done. I know what's going on in the pack! I know the people question me! I know near by packs are poised to attack! I know we are in danger! There will be war soon! But panicking and reading files won't change that! It won't prepare me for what is to come!" Ari turns away running a hand through his hair.

"I can't control what they do James... they are a few days out and we will be ready. I've pulled everyone back close to home. Patrols are set double. Pups are kept in the pack house. Warriors are on the ready. I will lead them. I will protect our home. I AM Alpha! Soon enough the pack will see that." Ari leads me out the door.

"Goodnight Alpha." the man says as we leave.

Ari leads me to the stairs and we ascend the staircase. He takes me down a hallway and stops in front of a door.

"I need you to stay here in the pack house, Brayden... Mrs. Jones is just down the hall if you need anything." He says.

"But Ari..."

"Don't question me pup!" He cuts me off. I flinch away from him. He drops to one knee. "Hay... I'm sorry Bray... I'm trying to protect you." He puts a hand to the back of my neck dipping his head down so our foreheads meet. "I'll be here if you need me. Just get Mrs. Jones and I'll be here in minutes. I'm not leaving you Bray."

He opens the door and puts me in the bed. He tucks me in and bids me goodnight.

"Thank you, Ari... Night." He pauses at my doorway a moment as I say this then he leaves closing the door.

Pack destroyed. Father dead, mother dead, sister dead. Little Brayden is left alone. If it weren't for the teenage Alpha that finds him and takes him in.

Story excerpt 

As I run past the man I feel his arms take hold of me pinning me to him as he picks me up.

"Let go of me! My father will kill you!" I scream. I kick at him but he holds me tightly. "He's the Alpha!"

The man kneels down and I feel my feet touch earth. He continues to hold me tight. Eventually he loosens his grip not enough to free me just enough that he can look me in the eye.

"Your father is gone." The man tells me.

"No!" I yell at him. I swing as hard as I can punching the man in the chest. "I don't believe you!" I didn't see Daddy but he is a strong wolf! An Alpha! No way he is dead! 

I feel the tears run down my face as I look around. Fire, rubble, and death... everyone is gone. I fall into the man sobbing. I can't fight any more. My pack is dead. The man picks me up again carrying me to his car. 

"What's your name little guy?" He asks. I have a hard time making words through my tears.

"B... Bray... Brayden." I stammer gripping his shirt.

"Hello Brayden... I'm Alpha Aaron... I'm gonna take care of you." He says.





This is backstory for Brayden from my book Alpha Lilly. This story runs from before Alpha Lilly until part way through Orphan Wolf so spoilers are certain for those books. I'd suggest reading them first but you don't have to.

Tiana stuck her hands out, "Big brother, lift out Tiana, please."
Luke picked up Tiana and helped her into the car. He did up her seat belt and smiled at her. "I hope that you can find a few toys while we are out but remember we won't be able to get toys all the time. So choose well right now. Tiana do you know when your birthday is?"
Cindy started placing the bags in the back then took the slippers from Luke and placed them in the trunk. "From what I have seen some are not too bad but those two seem to be the types that would gossip. Do not pay such people any mind." Cindy closed the trunk, smiled and got into the car. 
"Tiana isn't sure when her birthday is but it wasn't soon. Cake is only for birthdays that is what daddy would say. Tiana only got a cupcake on her birthday but it was so tasty!" She started at Luke with her big round eyes. 
Kitty walked to the other side of the car and got in. "That is okay, Tiana. We will figure out your birthday and if we can not figure it out we will give you a birthday. Carlos makes an amazing cake. Oh, and after dinner, you will be able to have a dessert."
Stella climbing in the front seat and sat down she placed the bag at her feet. "I hope that one day you will not be as scared of me."
Luke climbed into the car last and did up his seatbelt, "I am sure she will warm up to you eventually. In the meantime Stella I will be your friend. I trust that you will not do something to hurt my family and if Ketan says that you are under his command then I will trust that bond between you two."
"Okay, so the toy store first and then dinner?" Cindy looked back at Kitty. 
"Yes, please. Hopefully, the place we go to sells a booster seat so that we do not need to go somewhere else." Kitty relaxed her head against the door.
"Dessert? Tiana will be allowed dessert? Tiana is even luckier." She dramatically places her hands on her cheeks and slightly opens her mouth.
Luke takes out his phone and takes a picture of Tiana. "Yes, you will get a dessert if you eat all your dinner. That is what Leo always would say to me. Do you like ice cream?"
Cindy drove them to the toy store and swiftly parked the car. "Okay, we are here. I will take Stella to find a booster seat. Kitty and Luke can take Tiana to fun some toys and such."
Kitty got out of the car and stretched a little bit. "I will go along with this plan."
Luke undid Tiana's belt and then got out of the car. "I agree this will make it easier."
"Big brother, Tiana Likes ice cream." Tiana freed from the belt climbed out and latched herself on Kitty's leg. "Mommy, Tiana is so excited!"
Kitty held out her hand and lead Tiana into the store. "Do you know how to read Tiana? We will pick up some storybooks to read. If you don't know Luke and I will teach you how to read." She walked towards the books first.
"Tiana, would like to learn to read. Tiana knows a few words but not enough for a book, mommy." She skips towards the books. 
Luke followed behind the two and grabbed a cart. He pushed the cart listening to their conversation. "I will help teach you to read and write. They are skills that you will need in the future. There is nothing wrong with learning them now." He looked at the learn to write books and picked out two of them. One was a book about numbers and the other was the alphabet.
Tiana looked at the books in fascination. She reached her little arms to try and pull a book down but couldn't reach it. "Tiana is too short, Mommy can you help me please?" 
Kitty saw that book and picked it and handed it to her. "Here you are, dear. This is the one you were looking at right?" She started to look for more books like that and found out that it was a book series that had a box set. "Tiana, how about mommy buys you this instead? This has a whole collection of princess stories including the one you are holding." 
Tiana looks at the book collection in awe. "Can Tiana have all those books, Mommy? I would like all of them." She looks up in anticipation. 
Luke chuckled and looked at the baby books he found a set and added it to the cart. "If Mother offers it to you that means she wants to get it for you if that is what you want."
"Tiana wants, please. So many princess books. Tiana is so happy." She handed the lone book back to Kitty and watched what she would do.
Kitty placed the book set in the cart and placed the single book back. "Let's see what coloring books there are for you to color in." The walked down the aisle and went to the coloring books. "Tiana you can pick out five coloring books that you would like, okay. So think long and hard which ones you would like. Then we will get you a crayon set of 152 pieces that you can use."
Tiana looks up at Kitty and has some tears in her eyes, "Tiana feels like she is dreaming five brand new books and a huge set of colors just for Tiana. Tiana will choose well." She looks at all the coloring books and spots a unicorn one. "The first one for Tiana is the unicorn one!!" She rushes the book to Luke. 
Luke took the book. "Good job you still have four more to choose." He got down and wiped the tears away," once she was out of earshot he whispered, "she is going to be so attached and not want to leave. I do hope that she will not get jealous of the baby. Tiana is a good girl and we are blessed that she is taking this easily."


Will she hunt him or will he hunt her? Kitty is a demon with powers beyond belief. She goes through life alone and has suffered many losses but nothing could prepare her for falling for someone who is meant to hunt and kill her kind. Leo a hunter sworn to change the paths of the hunter association must make the choice of hunting the one whom has captured his heart or turning his back on his way of life. 

Neither of them expected that the one night they spent together would change both their lives forever. 

From attraction to the desperate desire of want, this unlikely couple will face all obstacles to fight the systems in place for centuries. The forbidden love of a hunter and his prey. Will Leo and Kitty be able to protect what is theirs or will they lose it all?

"OPEN THE SHOP!!!"
||******||**GRAND SHOP**||******||
CATEGORIES\
|ITEMS|          |SKILLS|        |ABILITIES|
|BLOODLINES|  |EQUIPEMENT|
"Yosh, let's see those items!"
|ITEMS|...FILTER...AURAS CHOICE

\\ SAO KIRITO PUPPET--2000SP
\\ OVERLORD COCYTUS PUPPET--5000SP
\\ OVERLORD AINZ OOAL GOWN PUPPET-- 10000SP
\\ KONO-SUBA KAZUMA PUPPET-- 1SP
"...Aura...what....is....this....??" I stared upon the virtual scene before my eyes guessing what these are.
{Ara, Ara here I thought you read novels}
"Stop acting like your a milf, you're a LOLI!!!"
{Hmph!!,...Press on one of them to see the description}
\\SAO KIRITO PUPPET--2000SP
^Description^- This is the puppet of Kirito from Sword art online, the black swordsman, or the beater. A puppet is a capsule of the person its name after, think of the puppet as the real person as they are almost a carbon copy of the character. These can be used as teachers or coaches for the user to learn certain skills and techniques and be warned their training is difficult...
"HUH!!" I stood completely stiff with my eyes threatening to pop out, speechless from this
(Aura... so why did you recommend this to me??)
{Hehe!, how do you think your going to learn silly}
(By books and transfer techniques of course)
{Baka!, yeah and have no experience to do any of that}
I just went silent taking in those words as all the novels I've read, the main character could easily win any fight by just getting the knowledge and training by themselves for a few days. Shaking my head in regret I scrolled through the list finding thousand of puppets, books, and some other items Aura pre-filtered for me
{Would you like to see the skills that are in the shop} Aura sounded extremely happy, possibly at my confusion and my sadness
"Sigh...I'll take a look at bloodlines first before skills" I said depressed before the screen changed over.
(let's see...)
|BLOODLINES|...FILTER...AURAS CHOICE
\\DEVIL MAY CRY HALF-DEMON--100000SP
\\NARUTO UCHIHA--20000SP
\\DRAGON BALL LEGENDARY-SAIYAN--200000SP
\\DRAGON BALL SAIYAN--80000SP
\\HIGH SCHOOL DXD SATAN-CLASS DEVIL--40000SP
\\STRIKE THE BLOOD VAMPIRE BLOODLINE--30000SP
(hmmmmm...these are pretty good, but difficult to choose)
I scrolled through hundreds of different bloodlines available, there were bloodlines for pretty much anything. I continued scrolling through a while, deciding finally on what my bloodline should be
\\POKEMON DIAMOND AND PEARL GOD OF SPACE 'PALKIA'--450000SP
^Description^ This bloodline is of 'Palkia' the Dragon god of space. The pokemon Palkia in the anime series was considered a dragon legendary type pokemon, but as the series was tone down for children, they nerfed it heavily. The bloodline you are receiving is the unbutchered, non-balance edition of 'Palkia'. WARNING AS YOU ARE NOT POWERFUL ENOUGH TO USE THE FULL POWER, THE SYSTEM WILL DISTRIBUTE THE BLOODLINE AS YOU GET STRONGER.
{WTF ALEX!!! shouldn't you chill out a bit, why are you rushing to get OP!!}
"Hahaha!! Op? I'm just building my character hahaha"
{NO, NO, NO!!}
"YES, YES, YES!!, PURCHASE"
|*****PROCESSING*******|
{NOOO!!!!}
WHOOOOOOSSHHHH!!!!
That was the last thing I heard before I got knocked out.
....Somewhere unknown
"Interesting a human dare to wield my power!. let's see who you really are?"
.....Sometime later
(Where am I, ahhhhh!!!)
Getting knocked out I woke up in a blank space, everything was white. My body, if this was my body started automatically moving in one direction fast maybe at the speed of light but I couldn't tell. I continued moving for years, decades, maybe centuries I didn't really know. I don't know, I've spend quite the time calling out to aura who was no longer there as well as the system. My mind went crazy talking to myself, playing games with myself, I couldn't do anything until I finally stopped
"Welcome human!!" A majestic voice of power spoke into my mind, as my mind felt like exploding
"You have surprised me quite a bit human, now tell me how did you get my power before you die!"
(WHO ARE YOU!!!!!) I shouted in my head, at this mystical entity that I thought was God-sama but it was not
"Me!!, HAHAHAHA!!!, there's no need for  you to know"
(wait...wait....is this PALKIA????)
"Congrats I thought you were too dumb to realize" After Palkia said that line with mockery it revealed itself before my eyes.
It was a monster, a monster like no other stood before me. light pink-grey-white coloring with linear sections on its body being purple. Its arms and shoulders are covered by large, armored plates, and each hand holds five nails. The round plates on its shoulders each have a large pearl in the center, On Palkia's back are wings, which are seemingly not used for flight, as Palkia was levitating, its height was over 4 meters
PAA!!! PAAA!!!! PAAA!!!!
Loud stomps that made a weird sound maybe due to the surface it was walking on were made as it approached me. It arrived before me with is intimidating red eyes staring deep into my soul raising its left arm towards me as the pearl on its arm glowed with a reddish-purplish hue
"Since you are so quiet ill see myself"
(AHHHH!!!!)
I screeched in pain as this god, went through all my memories without any resistance prying into my deepest secrets and events that happened through my lives, the pain was unbearable, I felt like I was exploding over again with every time I would hear EX-PLOSION!!!!!. Soon the pain stops though when Palkia finally stopped.
"Interesting, you've met the TRUE GOD, you're quite lucky as I was going to rip you limb by limb over and over again for all eternity" It said threatened  with madness but I was that scared as I've heard this line before.... in anime of course
"I have something in stored for you but considering your weak, this will continue another time. When you've unlocked 10 percent of my power you will come back here" Palkia stated kicking me out of his dimension

Alex Jarrett seemingly lived an above-average life, his life was simple in the most part of it, he lived with his family in a middle-class household. Alex had certain hobbies and activities he invested time, one of the things he most invested time was Anime, he was basically an addict towards it. 
One day seemingly, a random tragedy, he passed away leaving his family in dismay. He was taken to void where he met he True God Yezhmetoz who granted him a new life where can literally do anything he wants

Thanks for reading

The character is not mine, I'm just borrowing for the time being

Fang Zhao was basically set on the house after scrutinizing it carefully without finding any major issues. All that remained was for Nanfeng to negotiate with the real estate agent and the owner.
Curly Hair was in a very good mood today and enjoyed himself thoroughly when he was let loose. After Fang Zhao called him ashore, he continued playing around in the sand. When they were finally leaving, Curly Hair stared longingly out the car window. 
Nanfeng chuckled when he saw this. "Don't worry Curly Hair, you'll be moving in the next time we come. You'll be able to play as much as you want and swim in the ocean every day. There are even small fish and aquatic creatures to play with."
Curly Hair was delighted and laid down to envisage his blessed future life.
What sort of impression did Curly Hair have of the ocean?
An image of a free seafood buffet.
His cheerful mood persisted all the way until they returned back to the advanced students' dormitory.
After Nanfeng and the other two left, Fang Zhao shut his dorm door. "Come here, Curly Hair."
Curly Hair wagged his tail and went over.
"Did you enjoy playing today?" Fang Zhao asked.
"Woof!"
"Did you have fun there?" Fang Zhao asked again.
Curly Hair leaped up and barked again. He wagged his tail vigorously.
"Speak."
"Fun!" Curly Hair replied.
He had already gotten used to switching languages already, and his pronunciation was rather smooth now.
"Mmhm." Fang Zhao nodded, then turned on the learning console.
Curly Hair: "…"
His ears shuddered and he shrank back a step.
Fang Zhao ignored Curly Hair's retreat. He turned on the learning console and opened a file for Curly Hair. Inside the file were e-books that he had purchased for Curly Hair.
"Ocean Environment Protection Law"
"Environmental Conservation Series For Young Adults"
"Protected Marine Creatures List"
"Marine Environmental Management"
"100 Facts About The Ocean That New Era People Need To Understand"
"The Ocean, My Home"
…
There was a total of twenty books. All of them were related to the ocean.
On top of that, there were twenty sets of test questions as well. 
Curly Hair: "…"
His trembling ears drooped down.
"I know you read fast. You ought to be even faster now, right? After you finish reading the twenty books in the file and get full marks for all twenty sets of test questions, I will let you out to play in the ocean. By my estimates, there are probably less than fifteen days before we can move in," Fang Zhao said.
This was all knowledge that could be memorized. Given Curly Hair's current memory and learning ability, obtaining full marks wasn't a difficult task.
Fang Zhao wasn't worried about Curly Hair's safety when he went out into the ocean. On the contrary, he was worried that Curly Hair would eat up and eradicate endangered marine creatures.
Even now, Fang Zhao didn't know exactly how big Curly Hair's stomach was. During the filming on Planet Bu, Curly Hair was secretly eating a lot of other creatures in the desert and the sea. It was only because of Fang Zhao's warning that Curly Hair didn't really go all out and eat. After all, his time in Planet Bu wasn't very long, and Fang Zhao had given him restrictions. He also had to be careful of being seen by other people on Planet Bu and hadn't been able to eat too much in secret.
However, after moving into the new place, Curly Hair would have the opportunity to go to the sea every day. No matter what restrictions were in place, this single dog would be an invasive force that would wreck the marine ecosystem in that area.
Fang Zhao had to get Curly Hair to understand certain things beforehand. It hadn't been easy for the marine life to recover to the current levels of today. It couldn't be destroyed by Curly Hair.
Forget about playing in the ocean if you don't get full marks! There'll only be the learning console for you!
On a certain day, Nanfeng came to look for Fang Zhao regarding the renovations of the new place.
Upon entering the dormitory, Nanfeng saw Curly Hair facing the wall with a drooped head. There were tear stains beneath his dog eyes.
Nanfeng paused for a moment, then looked away and went to find Fang Zhao. He had to settle the matters at hand first. Besides, this was normal behavior from Curly Hair. Nanfeng had already gotten used to it and could remain calm when seeing this.
After discussing the renovation issue, Nanfeng recalled something he had seen today and asked, "Oh, right. Boss, did you see the stuff online today?"
"What stuff?" Fang Zhao had been writing a thesis today and had set his personal terminal to "Do not disturb".
There was a lot of talk online regarding Fang Zhao. Many people were looking for him. Thus, Fang Zhao could only use the "Do not disturb" mode.
"Do you know about Will's painting?" Nanfeng asked.
"Yeah, is it regarding Will's graduation works?"
Fang Zhao had gone to see Will's graduation exhibition already. Will too had gotten a high A+ evaluation. Amongst his graduation pieces was a painting of Curly Hair titled "My Neighbor's Dog".
The exhibition had already ended two days ago. Furthermore, because Fang Zhao had been working on a thesis in his dormitory since morning, he really wasn't aware of the online news. 
Nanfeng told Fang Zhao what he knew.
It turned out that after Will's graduation exhibition had concluded, the school had displayed his art pieces on the school's website. This had garnered a lot of discussion.
Will had successfully both of his goals set last year from his advanced student plan. His short-term objective had been to paint Fang Zhao. His final objective had been to paint Fang Zhao's dog.
His short-term objective had long been completed. Back then, Will's painting of "My Neighbor" had generated quite some buzz online. There were even netizens joking that Will had painted Fang Zhao like an alien.
Following "My Neighbor", "My Neighbor's Dog" became a trending search on that day.
"My Neighbor's Dog" was the art piece that Will had spent the most time and effort on during his advanced studies period. At the same time, it was also the piece Will was most satisfied with.
This painting had a similar style to the previous "My Neighbor", but it was even more difficult to interpret. One could still make out a human form when viewing "My Neighbor", but "My Neighbor's Dog" didn't seem in any way like a dog. If not for the title of this piece, nobody would think that the dog in this painting was a little pet dog.
The vivid colors were both mysterious and imposing, They pushed the boundaries of the ordinary. But, there seemed to be something off. The longer one looked at it, the more apprehensive one would feel. 
"Is Fang Zhao's dog really that terrifying?" A HuangArt student thought back to when he had encountered that curly haired dog in the school's garden. He then went to do a quick online search of Fang Zhao's dog. Indeed, he hadn't remembered wrongly.
Over at HuangArt, those who had attended Fang Zhao's graduation concert and also viewed Will's painting up close had other thoughts.
"I must say, the feeling I get from this painting is similar to what I felt from Fang Zhao's song 'η'. It seems to surpass ordinary people's scope of comprehension."
Even industry outsiders standing before the painting and observing it silently for a few seconds felt eerie sensations. Even though they didn't understand, they still shivered. 
On the Internet, the discussions became even more intense.
"Will has really let loose after entering advanced studies. His thoughts and ideology are free-flying. It's no longer something we can understand."
"What sort of grudge does he have to actually paint Fang Zhao's dog in such a way?!"
"OP definitely hasn't seen Will's previous painting 'My Neighbor'. First go see how Will painted Fang Zhao before you try to understand it."
"Perhaps Will was bitten by a dog before and has a psychological scar. Otherwise, why would he have painted it in such a terrifying light?! A little cutie has been turned into a monster!"
"This is called art."
"Indeed, ordinary people like us aren't able to understand an artist's world."
"Objectively speaking, after staring at it for a whole five minutes, I am still unable to decipher what it is that he wants to express. However, I undoubtedly feel that is impressive despite the weird sensation."
"This probably classifies as a more abstract art which requires more meticulous viewing."
"This painting wouldn't sell well, right?"
"It can be purchased to ward off evil spirits too."
"I think it's worthwhile as an investment. This artist Will is still young."
In actuality, Will had already received some inquiries about purchasing the painting after it was displayed on the school's website.
Finally, it was a collector from Muzhou who bought "My Neighbor's Dog". His bid far exceeded HuangArt's estimated valuation.
Some people reckoned that this Muzhou collector was overly crazy about Curly Hair. After all, many Muzhou people couldn't stay calm when it came to Curly hair.
There were also some who felt that this was purely hype, whether because of Will or because of Fang Zhao's dog. The way that Muzhou people viewed dogs could be impossible to understand sometimes.
Thus, Huangzhou TV Station's painting and calligraphy channel specially dispatched someone to interview the person who had bought this painting.
During the interview, the Muzhou collector said, "Many people that buy Will's paintings invest in the artist Will and not the painting. I am different because what I look at is both the painting and the dog in the painting. I have a hunch that this painting's value will skyrocket in the future."
Little Bear was watching the interview broadcast. "Muzhou people really have a fearsome intuition towards dogs. Humans are indeed peculiar creatures."
Thus, because of Will's painting "My Neighbor's Dog", Curly Hair too became a hotly searched topic and appeared on Huangzhou's trending headlines.
After Nanfeng left, Fang Zhao browsed through the news online and said to Curly Hair, "You can forget about going out these few days. Stand for another five minutes before going back to hit the books. You only scored 62 for the morning's test. Go read through the section of protected animals twice more! Can whales be eaten?! You can't eat corals either!"


"Every time background music plays in my head, I feel like there is nothing to be afraid of." —Fang Zhao
Toward the end of the apocalyptic period, Fang Zhao lost his life. However, instead of dying, he found himself 500 years later in the body of a young and aspiring composer who shared the same name. Having received a second chance at life, Fang Zhao sets out to achieve the previous owner's dreams.
Armed with the experience of living through an apocalyptic age and his profession as a composer before that period, Fang Zhao uses his talent, wits, and knowledge to make his mark in the entertainment industry of the future.

Every new year, I got a new age with year old lines on my face. Age was really coping up with me, faster than usual. I could be more happier if it was my family and friends who could have time to love me more than my wrinkly cheeks. I didn't understand why, but people looked at me like a charming young girl moving around for a lover. Sometimes, it felt like that. Young handsome guys were proposing me but I was me, so never happened. I had a small bookshop of my own, where only adults were allowed to hang out with coffees and cakes. They could spend their time, as long as they could with hourly charges, no memberships, no borrowings,  only reading their desired books. For me it was enough. Single, lonely, mid age woman who was not interested in love, trying to survive with a small book shop was quite alarming caraway story on my neighbourhood, but I loved the way they representing me. It was then, when I met him. Friend of mine made the arrangement online.  He was frustrated about the rumours, people were loving to share about me for their own benefits. That's why,  he was out of sympathetic spiritual realism, he introduced me with him. At first, my virgin love had no idea what was going on, we were just chatted like a sneak peek. No one had enough time to give each other more than an hour. Both working like a dog, too experienced adults were trying first time love, at the end of time, both of us were lost interest on love the subject. He was a man with a little interest on woman, no intention to have any interest on their thinking, their career or anything. It was like a physical therapeutic conversations.  He was interested more on my physical appearance. I was feeling like a duck in a swan's land. He had a business of his own with little bit mesmerizing airy flute notes. He loved his flute selling business and loved to play it, it was his hobby. He was serious about it and I was showing passionate gestures by asking him to make a band of his own. Afterwards, we were a good at, on hiding the actual facts that both were dissatisfied and disappointed with our lives though we were smiled a lot. I was learning from him, how to become a buddha without being a Buddhist because he was a loner himself for decades and loved to stay like it. He had a small family but all were living on their own. So, like me, his friends were worried about his lonesome future death. He was literally crying when he was sharing about his childhood affairs. He made assurances that he had dated much more aged woman than me, so I had nothing to worry about the age atleast and he was not a virgin flower that needed protection. When we were first time glanced each other, it was like father and daughter watching each other because I was shyly sharing my younger version and he was at his best version. He got probably upset by my ignorance of his feelings. Moreover, I could not made my time for him. I was too busy with my work and social life. After few missed golden opportunities to get a life long lover,  he lost his patience and got frustrated over me. He thought I was not interested. So, life happened, he announced to me about his new girlfriend. It was like an earthquake on my side because I was really interested on him. I was sobbing and feeling bad about myself for being emotionally depressed when I lost him completely.

Note: Not for backstabbing people or lovers.

"Prince Bari, what do you want to do now?"
Truth be told, when Bari looked at Landon, he didn't know how to react. Afterall, this was their first meeting.. and Landon was younger than him... So.... he was very confused on how to address him.
He kept wondering whether Landon would feel threatened because he use to be a prince.
Bari was an honest man, who would never take what didn't belong to him.
When he was 'supposedly' given cities to run, his father had let the city lords deal with politics and ruling the city, while he just fought and trained hard.
As the 9th prince, he was brought up to basically never even dream of being ruler.
Because his father didn't want to give any sort of power to any of his other sons apart from the first 5, the king asked the city lords to run the cities alongside his sons.
This was the best way to spy or keep tabs on them.
They were to report if any of his sons was planning or scheming to kill or even dream about killing his self or his 5 eldest sons.
Initially, the city lords obeyed the kings orders, but when he got to know Bari, he changed his mind.
In his opinion, Bari had never even thought of the throne for a single day. So there was nothing to report about. And as he got to know Bari, he began to form a strong bond with him as well.
The queen would never allow any other child to rule the empire, other than her son. So she made sure that Bari and his other brothers were trained up as knights.
They were brought up to only serve the real heir to the throne.
That woman worked in the shadows.
If any of the other children got more land or more followers, for sure they would have to die.
With all this, as a prince, Bari was only trained with the way of the sword.
In a way, he was similar to the old Landon.
The old Landon, didn't give 2 F's about running an empire or controlling a city.
In fact, the old Landon was surprised that his father even gave him land at all. He honestly thought that when he would turned 15, he would move to a small village with his mom and Lucy, and then work as any other peasant.
The money that they had saved was enough to take care of 3 mouths for the next 15 years, if they lived as peasants.
The old Landon was also a humble, quiet and simple-minded person. He never bit off more than what he could chew.
As Bari looked at Landon, he became somewhat nervous.
If Landon didn't like him, he might be thrown out of Baymard, along with his family.. he didnt have a home anymore and was scared of rejection.
"To be honest, I want to be a knight." Bari answered nervously.
Landon looked at him and smiled.
"Hahahha, why are you so stiff? Since you are brothers with San... I mean Benjamin, then I will be your brother as well." Landon added hitting his back playfully.
"Look over there elder bro, aunty is already smiling and laughing with my mom..." Landon continued while pointing towards Bari's mother.
Bari looked and was a little stunned.
His mom would only ever laugh in front of him or his sister. No one, not even the king had seen her laugh.
A deep and warm smile formed on his face.
'It seemed I worried for nothing', he thought
Landon looked at him and sighed in relief.
He didn't want Bari to feel any discomfort towards him.
He knew that given Santa's personality, Only those who were truly honest could be friends with Santa.
Santa would never bring anyone one who wanted to harm or take his position as king to Baymard.
And even if he did, for sure... Landon would kill the threat.
"If that's the case, once you complete your training under my army, I will make you a Captain under my father to-be and your Army General.... Lucius."
Once he was done, Landon stocked 1 of Santa's ships with a lot of Feldspar and other rare mineral ores.
He also gave him more chalk and paint samples.
At the end, he had made 1,200,000 silver coins from Santa.
---------------
With 14,150 new people, Landon had more than enough workers to start his numerous projects.
Landon had all the knights help everyone sign a non-disclosure agreement stating that within the next 20 years, whatever they learn can never be shared to those out of Baymard.
He also read the rules and punishments that would follow if anyone disobeyed them. Especially the disclosure form.
The punishment was the death of the individual and his entire family. Everyone already swore in their hearts that they would keep whatever they had learnt in their hearts.
Plus, they didnt know the empire well and wasn't sure that any other nobles would care for them as Landon had promised.
They weren't about to risk it at all.
Amongst the group, 1600 people volunteered to be knights, and were moved to the barracks.
Landon decided to count Beri and his family of 3, out of the work schedule as well.
Lucky for him, there were some people who had professions while they were in Vienna.
There were 7 Doctors, 14 nurses, 6 teachers, 20 blacksmiths and carpenters, 9 Alchemists and 3 people who used to work as Government officials for the city lord of Vienna. Making a total of 59 people.
He also realised that there were 2,127 children from ages 0-14 within the group.
Presently, while the adults worked, the children would spend the entire day in one of the buildings on the school estate. They would play, eat and study sometimes.
Landon had only assigned 28 caretakers for those children. Kinda like a preschool kindergarten vibe.
They were divided according to the their ages and placed in separate rooms. He had made sure that for every age, there was someone to attend to them.
There were those who were very young and still learning how to walk. While there were others who were 14, and liked running around and playing energetically in their classrooms.
Little Momo, was also very lively in his classroom as well.
Landon had made schedules that gave the children nap times, breaks, class time, play time, lunch, dinner and breakfast as well.
And when the parents finished work, they would come over and take their children away.
Many parents appreciated this system, as It gave them time to do their own things without worrying about their kids.
With this service, the adults who were at work, especially the women, felt very free and happy.
These women felt liberated. They had always stayed at home, cooked, took care of the kids all day, while their husbands go out and come back whenever.
They had always dreamt of trying out their husbands jobs or even doing something more with their lives.
Some of them, even work alongside their husbands presently. How exciting.
Generally, the daycare opens from 8 A.M to 10 P.M.
So for those with night shifts, when they finished their jobs at 9 P.M, they would still have time to pick up their kids.
Landon was sure that if he ever stoped this daycare service, there would be riots and fights within the city.
He had also built 10 iron swings in the playground and cleared the fields for them to play in. In future, he would provide coloring books and toys for sure....
Now that 2,127 more children were added to this number, Landon decided to add 1 more building towards daycare and also add 292 more caretakers.
Making a total of 2,428 children in Baymard...So each caretaker would be in charge of about 20 kids at once, while doing rotational shifts.
Also, there were 369 elderly people who were between the age of 60 and above, who had arrived Baymard as well.
When Landon asked them what they wanted to do, all of them said that they wanted to stay at home with either their sons or daughters and look after the house while they were away.
Landon agreed to their request and told them that if they needed anything, they should just tell any of the guards that they see.
But there were also some people, who seriously surprised Landon as well.


Chu Yi dies in a car crash and becomes Landon Barn, the illegitimate son of king Barn, ruler of Arcadina. Because his mother was a maid and the king’s greatest disgrace, his father had always despised him. The same could be said for his half-siblings. 

When he turned 15, his father had announced that the city of Baymard would be given to him, and would no longer be under the empire's control. It was a well known fact that Baymard’s lands were barren, and poverty stricken.... For god’s sake, this was banishment.

His deadbeat father had indirectly banished him from the empire.

Chu Yi woke up in a carriage, on his way to Baymard with a system

"So what if my father hates me? So what if I’m banished?.... I will turn my territory into a modern society"

  
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Author here, thank you all for tuning in..... english is my second language... so I promise to try my best.

P.S, please dont compare my Novel to others... not all world development novels have to have the same format.



"What can I do for you, Alexandra?"
 
 
A woman in their early-30s approached Alexandra as she was in the living room. She was a fairly tall and slender woman, a quarter of her hair was tied in a half-up style and it suited her small face. The slender woman was wearing a uniform, a maid's uniform, to be exact. She was Diana's maid, Lilith.
 
 
A month has already passed by ever since she started living here. She was rather comfortable in this place, getting able to have the things that she wants and needs without going through that much trouble and such. She was also free to do whatever that she wants here and Diana wasn't restricting her to do things. If she wants to go outside, then she can go outside but she has to be with someone, obviously. It would be either Diana or Lilith who would go outside with her.
 
 
Though she doesn't go outside that much and would only head towards the park or playground where she can play with the swings or seesaw. She would also play with the sandbox where there are also a few kids, mostly younger than her playing. They would even be sometimes with someone, it could be their guardian, siblings, or parents. It's not like she's jealous or anything but those would sometimes ruin her mood and make her want to go home.
 
 
"Can you color with me?"
 
 
Alexandra told the lady who was standing in front of her. Alexandra was on the carpet with her things like crayons, pencil, notebook, and coloring books around her though the books were placed on top of the table that was being surrounded by couches.
 
 
The interior of the room was rather bright because it was still afternoon and the curtains were opened thus making the sunlight pass through and illuminate the place. In front of her was the television which was turned off, she got bored watching the shows on TV that's why she turned off and decided to color but thought that it would be boring if she did it alone that's why she asked for Lilith's presence. Diana wasn't here as she was still at her work so Alexandra and Lilith were only the one in the house.
 
 
 
"Sure, Alexandra. Which book should I color?"
 
 
Lilith smiled at her sweetly as she took a seat beside her, being careful and not accidentally sit on the crayons that were scattered on the carpet. Alexandra handed her a mandala coloring book which Diana bought for her because Alexandra requested it, thinking that the book was rather interesting and she likes it rather than those coloring books that are princesses and cartoon characters. Diana was hesitant about buying it though because mandala coloring books are supposed to be for people years older than her age.
 
 
"Oh, you have a mandala coloring book? Isn't this quite hard to color for you, Alexandra?"
 
 
"Not really, it's rather fun to color than hard."
 
 
Alexandra opened a coloring book and started doing her thing while she would be talking with Lilith, responding to her questions as she asked her and such.
 
 
"Do you know how to read, Alexandra?"
 
 
"Yes, my mother taught me to do so. She also taught me how to write. She would also teach me how to solve math problems and such when she isn't that busy. I learned almost everything a kid like me should learn how to do," Alexandra responded as she flipped the book to the next page.
 
 
Lilith was a rather polite and cheerful lady, she's also hard-working and was a maid for Diana for years just so she has something to feed to her family and buy with their daily needs. Since Lilith have a younger sibling, a few years older than Alexandra, it wasn't that hard to take care of her. Alexandra wasn't like any other kids that like to throw tantrums and loves to run around. Despite not going to school and was only inside her house her entire life, she was rather intelligent.
 
 
 
Perhaps it was because of the genes and her mother, who was also a smart woman, taught her.
 
 
"When is Diana going to come home?"
 
 
Lilith hummed before she responded. "I'm not sure with that, she only told me that she would be able to come home early. Probably an hour or two from now."
 
 
She only responded with a nod before she continued doing what she was doing. She recalled a memory which only happened a week ago about Diana asking her some things during the night while she was on the bed about to sleep.
 
 
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"Alexandra, I got something to ask you."
 
 
Diana sat down on the edge of the bed as she looked at Alexandra who was laying down on it, the blanket covering up to her shoulder. When she heard what Diana said, she was curious and it was seen on the expression of her face. She opened her mouth to speak and respond to her.
 
 
"What is it?"
 
 
"You see…"
 
 
Diana looked like she was hesitating as it took her a few seconds to continue what she was trying to say, fidgeting with her hands in the process.
 
 
"If possible, would you like to go to school or would you rather have a home tutor to teach you? I think going to school to learn is the best choice but if possible, which would you prefer?"
 
 
It was rather an unusual question to ask Alexandra who took a moment to respond to her question. She hummed as she thought before she responded to her in a low voice, "I think I would prefer to go to school rather than have a home tutor. I could interact with other kids around my age and have friends. Aside from that, I think school would be fun."
 
 
That was what she said and Diana only listened to her calmly, nodding as she spoke. Right, it's no wonder that she would choose to go to school. I mean, she didn't have that much interaction with other children around her age because her mother only kept her in their home and wasn't allowed to go out since nobody would be there to guard her, she thought to herself and nodded.
 
 
"I see, then that's good. I think going to school is the better choice."
 
 
"Yes, but why are you asking?"
 
 
Alexandra asked as she stared at her but Diana only smiled and said, "It's nothing, you should go to sleep now," She then stood up and headed towards the door where the light switch is seen so that she could turn the lights off but before she does so, she took one last look at Alexandra and smiled at her. "Good night and sweet dreams, Alexandra."
 
 
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Alexandra was bothered by that question of hers for days and she would think of why she would ask her that. Does she not know which one is better that's why she asked for my opinion? Is she planning on letting me go to school since that's the choice that I picked? I mean, that's not impossible, but thinking about it, making her go to school was rather hard. There are some requirements and for a child like her that didn't go to school for years and was only being taught by her mother, the requirements would be more than the usual.
 
 
"Alexandra? What are you thinking? Are you hungry? Would you like me to make you something? I think there are some cookies left, would you like me to get it for you?" Lilith snapped her out of her thoughts when she called out to her and asked her several things. She noticed that Alexandra was in rather deep thought and stopped coloring.
 
 
"Oh, no. It's fine. I'm just thinking about the cartoon that I watched earlier."
 
 
"I see. Should we turn on the TV? We can watch while we color."
 
 
"No, it's okay. I don't think the cartoon is still going on at this time."
 
 
Alexandra just smiled at her before she continued her task. Lilith only nodded and tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear. It was silent and the only sound heard was the scribbling of crayons on paper, Alexandra didn't mind the silence though because it was making her relax and focus on what she was coloring.
 
 
But as they were doing so, a sudden loud series of knocks coming from the front door was heard and startled them. Lilith stopped from what she was going and looked at the direction of the door with a confused face. That must be Miss Diana already but why would she knock on the door when she can just enter? Is she carrying some things? But she would open the door and carry the things one by one. I also don't remember her not bringing the keys. Aside from that, she doesn't knock that loudly and would call out to us.
 
 
Another series of knocks came again, "Open the door! I know you're inside!"
 
 
That was definitely not Diana's voice. Lilith was confused and she stood up from her seat. It could be possible that it's the neighbor but as far as she can recall, their neighbors aren't that aggressive or brave enough to knock and call out like that.
 
 
"Just a moment, Alexandra. I'll check out and see who that person is, stay here as I do so," Lilith said and Alexandra only nodded. She was also confused and curious who that person is so she went to the couch, kneeled and peeked out of the headrest, watching Lilith as she walked towards the door and opened it. She couldn't see who that person was because Lilith was blocking the view but she could hear what they were talking about thanks to the unknown lady's loud voice.
 
 
"Let me in! Where is she? Where is that damn cursed child?!"
 
 
 
"Please calm down, Miss Celine. The child is inside but you're not allowed to come in without permission, you do know that, right? Miss Diana would be angry."
 
 
"I don't care! Just let me in! I want to see her and drag her out of this place, she doesn't deserve to be here!" Then Lilith was pushed aside by the woman, causing her to hit her back against the wall and fall to the floor along with some things like the shoe rack that she bumped into thus scattering the shoes that were there.
 
 
The lady walked and roamed her eyes around the place as if she was looking for something.
 
 
Alexandra saw the unknown lady and she looked familiar. Not until she realized who it was and the realization struck upon her like a bolt of lightning.
 
 
"There you are, you damn child!"
 
 
She recalled seeing her at the funeral of her mother though it was only once as this woman only went there once to look for Diana.
 
 
"Miss Celine!"
 
 
She was Diana's aunt.
 
 
 

When Alexandra opened her eyes, she suddenly became a princess?!


She was hit by a truck and born once again as a baby, aside from that, she can remember her previous life.


But she wasn't like the other princess who gets to be with their family. She was a princess yet to be announced and being observed. She was born in a supposedly all-males only bloodline and they think she was a curse or bad luck. Her brothers and father hated her.


Out of all things in her life, she never expected this to happen.


Watch Alexandra as she conquers the heart of her brothers and softens the stone heart of the emperor with her charm and go through the journey of her new life as she slowly uncovered and revealed everything.

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"What did I ever do wrong in my past life?!"


"Everything." He answered.


"..."


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"Well, the prizes for each key will be drawn now! Also being revealed here on the spot. However, the prizes of each tier remained a mystery, only the winner of each tier can get the prize. Also, if none of the invited martial cultivators can beat the disciple of our sect, that disciple can get the prize. The disciples of our sect must win at least 10 battles. The lost martial cultivators can compete among the losers for one more chance to fight the disciples of our sect. Or they can challenge another volunteer cultivator to take his place and challenge our disciples. This is a tournament that is not aimed at anyone's death, so once the judges decide that the match is over, then the match is no use, "Hong Yu said shaking his hand and 27 chests came out of his ring, they were large and others were small that fit in the palm of the hand. 
The 27 chests were divided into three different designed ones, there were the small ones that had an intricate lock made of silver and gold, there were the large ones made of jade and there were the middle ones made of wood with a common lock.
"The chests have a key each and they are all the same size. This key is made of special material, each has a small matrix that corresponds to one of these chests. Not only are they the same size, but they also have the same color and weight. "Hong Yu said that with a smile on his handsome face, clearly, he was enjoying seeing the greedy eyes of his junior disciples and wandering cultivators. 
He placed the keys in a large closed box, so Elder Huang and Elder Bai were called on to pass the box to each of the disciples, thus showing that there was no way Hong Yu is favoring anyone.
All the disciples of the Celestial Sword sect formed a diagonal line, so the two Elders passed with the box and each disciple put his hand and took a key, of the 27 disciples only two did not get nervous. One was the extraordinarily beautiful Qi Meiying and the simple Zemin Yan, incredibly, they both didn't care about the prizes that ended up in their hands because they already had everything.
Of course, Qi Meiying is a female disciple who has the same status as Yu San and Hong Yu, she is only participating in this tournament to fill the last place since they didn't have enough numbers to separate everything right. So the prizes weren't very relevant to her, since Zemin Yan, he literally has so many items that hardly any random items from a small tournament will catch his eye.
It wasn't the same as when he was in the business district, where he was excited to know and explore everything, since it was a lively district, even though he wanted to buy something was to study the items and compare with the information he had on his jade records. It wasn't something he really coveted, but there were few things that would make him covetous.
First, Zemin Yan does not have much information about many items, as he had a lot to study. Secondly, he was 10 years old so he still didn't have a great idea about the value of the items. It is worth remembering that he grew up much of his short isolated life in a small village.
An example of his cluelessness is how he distributes or shares his stuff with his friends, especially Yi Yuga and Chu Yue, such as pills and martial arts books, which would be invaluable if put up for sale.
Probably in the future, Zemin Yan will be a little more shocked by his incredible fortune and will be much more careful with what he takes from his space ring.
"Now just put some of your spiritual energy in the key. For those who do not understand this just imagine in your mind running water, or when the water runs down your hands. Spiritual energy gives this feeling of water running down your hands or sweat…" Hong Yu's voice was kind and guided the new disciples to utilize their spiritual energy. 
Most knew they had spiritual energy, which was different from heavenly Qi, which is what cultivators absorb to strengthen the body. However, spiritual energy is something that is within the cultivators and which develops more and more as the cultivators increase the level of their cultivation and train their soul energy. This spiritual energy is used to control the elements or other forms of energy that are outside the body. Depending on the path of cultivation, spiritual energy can be used to generate power within one's own body to subdue power outside it. 
In the future, the author will talk more about spiritual energy and the wizarding system of the Continent of humanity.
Chu Yue, who had no clue about spiritual energy, but had learned a little how to manipulate the elements of light and dark, with the manual that her friend Zemin Yan had given her almost a fortnight ago, closed her eyes and followed Hong Yu's instructions. Gray energy, as if the whites of light and the darkness of darkness had merged, then its energy was the color of a metallic gray. 
Just as Hong Yu had said that energy comes out softly like water dripping from her little fingers, so the key shone and its shape changed into a small black and white key coloring the jade.
Not only did Chu Yue's key change shape and color, but everyone's key had changed, the one that most easily managed to change the key was Qi Meiying and the slowest one was Wen Jie. It should be taken into account that Wen Jie lived in a small village for all his 16 years old, so he had more difficulty controlling his spiritual energy, in fact, he had no idea what that energy was. Also, his mind was less malleable than a child with a 10-year-old who is willing to listen to everything adults have to say.


Zemin Yan is an orphan who lived on the streets, until the day that the Celestial Sword Sect makes large-scale recruitment in which even the beggars were analyzed in the Qin Empire.


      He who lived in an isolated village had managed to pass through the most difficult examination of the sect, but even so, his talent was the only medium. At best his prospect was to reach the intermediate-level Aurore Core realm. 

Zemin Yan was happy with this prospect, after all, he was just a humble mumper, over time, he learns to read and write, he even grew a little taller, but his physique was delicate and flexible, not pretending that he was a martial practitioner, thus generating mockery on the part of his colleagues even a strong bullying.


However, Zemin Yan didn't care and always went ahead with optimism, until the moment that was allocated to be assistant of the greater cultivator of the young generation of  Celestial Sword Sect.

Zhong Liang is the supreme talent of the Heavenly Sword, he is tall, handsome and powerful, he is the dream of all women and the goal of all the boys. He is loved and appreciated by all but remains with his cold character and his expressionless face.

Because of his Swordless Dao, Zhong Liang was getting colder, indifferent, and cruel, so his Master, fearful that he would turn to the demonic cultivator, decides to put three young disciples to serve him and keep him company, whether in missions outside the sect or even in as servants of this great prodigy.

The Master of Zhong Liang wanted him to develop some kind of bond that would prevent him from getting lost in the path of the Dao of the Swordless Thrill.


Unfortunately, Zhong Liang doesn't agree with his master's vision and astounds all the young disciples, only one remains he is as firm as a sword stuck in the ground, this disciple is Zemin Yan. 

"Senior Zhong, do you want grapes or apples?" Asked Zemin Yan with his typical silly smile.

Zhong Liang didn't respond and continued training with his sword, he just ignored the existence of this young disciple.

"So it's going to be grapes," Zemin Yan said without even letting his mood fall, he had already grown accustomed to the lack of response from his senior disciple.
 
When Zemin Yan came back to call Zhong Liang for dinner the grapes were far from visible, which left Zemin Yan with a silly and contented smile for the rest of the night.

NOTE:
1. R 18 (IN THE FUTURE)
2. Slow Romance
3. Romance 1x1.
4. Contest 59.
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Apparently skittles are not only safe to consume for vegetarians but also vegans. Once upon a time they contained gelatin, but it has since been removed from the ingredients list. Although they taste pretty good and are safe to consume for vegans, that doesn't make them healthy. They don't really provide any health benefits and apparently the food coloring used, for example Red 40, can actually cause some undesirable side effects like hyperactivity in children, allergies, hypersensitivity and may even lead to cancer. Another type of food coloring, yellow 5, can cause allergic reactions which may then trigger asthma. 

But too be honest pretty much anything and everthing is unhealthy in some way since that's just how life is. Even if you live in a place like Germany where the tap water is safe to consume, the pipes that bring it might just contaminate the water since it's not feasible to change them every few years. 

No matter what item you pick there is always a negative impact caused by it. If you want a pencil that pencil has to come from somewhere. If it was produced in a factory, that factory most definitely produced pollution. To get the materials for the wooden part you have to chop down a whole tree. Now that isn't quite efficient, but if you just want a single pencil, you would need to chop down a tree since I couldn't find any pencils made of bark online. Now those are just a few of the problems you'll notice at a single glance and each of those problems can and will cause a chain reaction of more problems. The chopping of a tree for example would mess up the ecosystem in numerous ways.

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