Chelsy Holmes and Nathan Sharles have been next door neighbours since they were toddlers. He is best friends with her brother Max Holmes so she is stucked with seeing him everyday despite how much she hates his guts! But what happens when Chelsy starts growing up and they are past sand-building and swing rides stage? What happens when feelings arise and Chelsy is coming of age?
Will she still see Nathan as just a guy next door who annoys her or will she just realise that feelings for him are starting to surface?
Find out in this sweet tooth novel!!❤❤

WARNING: Book contains Language and Mature Sexual Content. Read at your own risk ;-)

She fell in love trying to get revenge for her other love... Read to find out more!
(Collaboration story with @nalubae)
-Next story with @nalubae coming up soon!
(Title: Revenge is sweet but he’s sweeter)

The same relaxing and fresh scent of lavender welcomed Niah after she entered her room that made her take a deep deep breath just to inhale and feel the calming atmosphere around while looking around the room that does not have any changes since her last visit but noticeably clean and neat

She took off her snickers, put down her luggage bag aside and walk towards the window to open it.

The calm and fresh wind touched her skin as the scenery of the clear lake reflecting the moon and the stars above greeted her.

She can't help thinking that this place was truly a best place to unwine and find serenity not just because of the silence that it can offer but also because of its touch of mother natures gift and the best example for that is the lake infront of Niah's window which was located at the backyard of Villa Lucida

While enjoying the calming ambiance, Niah remembered her Grandma Lora's request about her favorite book, so she sat in her bed and fixed her messy hair into a bun and started to look for the book in the cabinet beside it. 
The first and second drawer box were empty so she sat on the carpet to comfortably searched in the remaining drawers.
She realized she never seen her Grandma read and never seen a book inside the mansion since her first visit thats why its quite new to be able to find a book inside the rest house.

Finally after opening the third one, she discovered a lot of used bond paper and crayons in a mess. Out of curiosity, Niah took one and saw a drawing of a crown decorated with ice blue colored gem. Obviously it was a kiddie drawing and with a signature at its left lower side 
She saw the initials of

N.M.V or Niah Mireille Villadarez

with a sign above the letters that actually was her childhood signature that means that her drawing was hers. While looking at the remaining other bondpapers with drawings of random objects she remembered her forgotten passion for arts. 

Way back in her childhood she was so inclined in drawings, music and literature but sadly it suddenly stopped and she chose to study a pre-med course in college hoping to be a Doctor someday. 

Assuring that there were no left at the back part of the drawer she extended her arm and reached it from left to right, surprisingly she felt and hard amd thick object by her fingertips. 

"Battle of Fires and Roses" undusting the book as she read the title 
The cover of looks like an old leather book with a golden border with a cursive title that made it look more vintage and gothic. Who would have thought grandma love reading fantasy romance books even though she's single and never have been married. She got up and sat on her bed after putting the  book beside her lampshade.

"Niah.." she looked around after hearing the voice and shook her head thinking that it came from the entering wind coming from the open window so she stood up and walk to pick up her bag but in less than a minute she heard that voice again

"W-who's there?!" she fearfully asked knowing that none of her Grandma Lora and Yaya Doris talked like how that voice talked and sounds like.

"Niah.." she heard the voice again and suddenly a strong winds entered her room made the scented candle blew out its flames and  made the book turn its own pages. Fearing that some leaves from nearby trees would enter her room, Niah ran toward the window and immediately locked it to stop and prevent the strong wind from entering the room. 

After locking it, she motioned to continue picking up her luggage to finally arrange it inside the closet when she heard faint voices again and now coming from the open book on her small cabinet, which was the same book she found earlier by her Grandma Lora's request. 

"Find her! Make sure to kill the Princess before they arrived in the Mainland Chief Kingdom! Take every life along with their travel group and make sure to get the gold offering that they bring, including jewelries so we can earn more!" said by the
voices coming from the opened book that made her more enchanted so she drew closer

" Am I hallucinating?!! fvck last time I checked Im just broken-hearted and not a neurotic paranoid girl! " to prove that she was just hallucinating, she walked closer amd closer to have a gaze on the book where she heard those faint voices coming from.

Shockingly, she saw and witnessed the glowing page of that book where there was a moving illustration of people running from something out of fear, planning to fearfully close the book, she suddenly felt strong magnetic force like energy coming out from the book 

"W-what the hell is happening!?" she exclaimed after she felt a strong force of  the sucking blue energy from the pages of the book.

"Granma Lora!! Yayaaaaaa!! help!" trying to ask for rescue when the sucking energy strengthen to the point it made her dizzy and her vision's blurry

"Sht, what the hell is happening!" her mind was still shouting but cluelessly her mouth cannot move anymore.

"Yaya!! Grandma Loraaaaaa!!! Help me!!" hoping it may be voiced out but sadly her mouth didnt obey her mind
Bit by bit Niah felt a sudden feeling of sleepyness

"Grandmaaaaa.." she weakly uttered before losing consciousness


NIAH'S POV

I felt a drop of liquid running down from my head as eye open my eyes
Ugh! my head, it was so damn painful!
I touched my forehead and looked around 
Where am I? I asked to myself while looking to the tall trees and bushes around me
What happened? 
While trying to remember things up I heard footsteps and talks of men 
 
"Find her! We cannot let them join the royal  competition as what our boss tasked to us!" said by the nearby manly voice 
Nervously, I tried to move closer to the bush where I was lying so I can hide easily if they passed by when I felt another shot of pain and now its coming from my left ankle. 

"Sh*t" I uttered as I grunt in pain 
"Where the hell am I? w-wait.. what!? "  realizing what I am a wearing right now. A shiny soft Pink silk sophisticated dress with a lot of golden ornaments and jewelries from head to toes as I also felt some above my head.
I was still figuring things around me about where and how did I came here I felt a motion behind my back and a blade of a blade at my peripheral vision point at my left cheek.
" There you are!" I looked up and saw a bearded one-eyed man like a pirate smiling creepily while looking down at me. 

" Come here, and Ill let you follow your maids on their death" he said while grabbing my hair harshly so I would stand up

"N-No, please Im not from here! I came from Villa Lucida! I am Lora Villadarez' granddaughter! I just came here for vacation! " hoping it will save me from this man's blade

" Stop talking btch and let us have our reward money!" he said as he raised his machete and positioned it near my neck
"No please.." I pleaded while crying cluelessly due to my fear 
"Hahaha! Goodbye your highness!" 
"NOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

- - -
What really happened to Niah?
Where and How did she went there?
and Who are those men trying to kill her?

After a devastating break up from her long time boyfriend, Niah decided to unwine and take a vacation to her aunt-grandma Lora's rest house. While enjoying her vacation and reminiscing all the good times she had in that rest house, she found her first novel work written in a special blank book that her aunt-grandma gave her, while scanning the book a sudden magical force made her dizzy and as she woke up she found herself inside a completely different world, a world that she had written her first novel. As founding a way to get out she was mistakenly identified as a princess joining the competition for beauty, intelligence and skills to  be the leading candidate for queen's crown and bride for the winning crown prince among the 8 Princes of Higher Kingdom leaving her trapped between the competition while preventing the struggles and challenges she had written in every chapter of her own book and saving all the casualities that may have died in it
Is there any way she can prevent those happenings in every chapter she had written in it? or
Will Niah ever found her way back out of the book?

[You've acquired Old Shield]

[You've acquired 1 basic health potion]


Basic Health Potion

Grade: Common

Type: Potion

■Drinking will recover 5% of your health for 10 seconds.


'Huh..Health Potion?!'


Kim Shin was shocked by the drop of Health Potion because this type of Item is not available yet in the System Shop until the end of the tutorial. 


After a surprise drop from the Bone Knight, the fight continued. 

Two arrow come above of Kim Shin, not giving a time to look for the stats of the shield he hurriedly equipped it and used it to defend himself from the arrows. 

*Tak*Tak*

The arrows accurately hit the shield of Kim Shin and the flurry attack followed up by bash skill of the Bone Knight which surprise him, He hurriedly braced himself for the impact. 

*BAM!*

The impact forced Kim Shin to take three steps backward and his left hand got numb by the force. The Bone Knight stopped for a second and followed up a slash attack to Kim Shin.

'Argh..I couldn't believe that I'm being pushed by this trash monsters..'

Kim Shin felt bitter by the situation. He dodge the following attacks of the bone monsters. 

'I can't keep this speed my stamina won't last if I continue this' 

Kim Shin didn't know that this dungeon is for 5 or more person dungeon. 

'Am I being too reckless?..No! I need to do this by myself to overcome myself and to overcome everyone!.'

Kim Shin stepped back and made a distance. 

'Bloodlust' 

Kim Shin silently activate his special traits. 

[Bloodlust is ineffective to monster that doesn't have their own will]

'Wha-..It's not working? why?..they don't have their own will...AH!'

Shocked by the result of his skill that does not working on this monster, He almost got hit by the arrows, fortunately he reacted on time and got only a scratch on his left cheek and right shoulder. 

"If they doesn't have their own will.. that means someone is controlling them?.."

Kim Shin could think a few monster that have a controlling skill and summoner skill. But he's uncertain, which kind of monster is behind them. 

'Aish.. it's no use thinking for something that's not happening yet. I should focus all my attention to this monsters'

'Focus..focus...'

Kim Shin decided to focus more on the situation. He closed his eyes and breathe slowly. 

Arrows raining again on Kim Shin, However, when the arrows about to hit him. He suddenly opened his eyes and the world around him instantly slowed. He saw all the arrows above slowly coming and the moving like snail paced Bone Knight and Bone Swordsman behind it.


[You've successfully learned Speed Acceleration]

■ Speed Acceleration (Active)

Grade: Unique

●Upon activation your speed will increase by +100% 
●Duration: 5 minutes
●MP Cost: 100 
●Cooldown: 15 minutes


[You are the First Human learned a skill without a help from the system or skill book]

[You've received a skill book 'Over Limit']

[You've received a title 'Chosen One']


[Chosen One]

●Additional Attack Damage +40%

●Additional Magic Damage +40%

●Additional +10 to all stats


■rewarded for successfully learned a skill without a help from skill book.

■can be equipped at the same time with your primary title


Dumbfounded by the result of his full mind focus. He hurriedly equip his new title with his explorer title.

[Name: Kim Shin]       [Age:19]

[Level: 6]    

[Title: Explorer | Chosen One]

[Job: n/a]                


HP: 2650/2650

MP: 1500/1500


Strength: 26 + (10)

Dexterity: 15 + (10)

Agility: 24 + (10)

Constitution: 15 + (10)

Intelligence: 10 + (10)


Free allocation Points: 0


SKILLS: 

Swordmanship LV.5 (passive)

Grade: Common

(+50% damage while using sword)


Martial Arts LV.4 (passive)

Grade: Common

(+40% damage while doing hand to hand combat)


Speed Acceleration LV.1 (active)

Grade: Unique

 (Upon activation your speed will increase +100% for 5 minutes)<Mp cost:100> (cooldown: 15 mins)


SPECIAL TRAITS:

Bloodlust - Focusing your killing intent to your opponent to stun them for 3 sec.


(100% chance to stun the enemy if low-level than the user)

(75% chance to stun the enemy if on the same level)

(50% chance to stun the enemy if the enemy is two level higher than the user)

(30% chance to stun the enemy if the enemy is five level higher than the user)


Kim Shin did a zigzag run to dodge the arrows and rushed straight to the Bone Archer at the left side. 

'You annoying b*tch!'

As he passed the Bone Knight and Bone Swordsman. Kim Shin quickly smashed the old round shield at the face of the Bone Archer that trying to shoot an arrow again. The Bone Archer face skull was cracked because of the attack and Kim Shin didn't waste more time as he grabbed the face of the Bone Archer by his right hand and slam it to the ground.

*Bang* 


The ground vibrate because of the impact, the back of the skull of the pitiful Bone Archer was damaged but Kim Shin didn't stop his attack, he used the shield to smash the Bone Archer again and again that made the ground tremble. 

If anyone saw how Kim Shin killing this monster they would surely thought if the Bone Archer is really a monster or Kim Shin is the real monster. 

[You've defeated the Bone Archer]

The Bone Archer died just by sheer strength of Kim Shin.

Kim Shin looked to the last Bone Archer which only 2 meters away from him. Not wasting his acceleration time left, he pounce to the Bone Archer with just a blink of an eye he's already at the front of the monster. A flying kick from Kim Shin hit the Bone Monster that made it flew few meters away and crashed to the ground. 

[You've defeated Bone Archer]

With the addition stats of his Martial arts skill and Chosen One title he successfully one hitted the Bone Archer.

 'Woah..it really flew away'

Kim Shin was amazed with what happen. He really felt incredible because he doesn't experience beating a monster to pulp with a same level or one level above him before. He felt intoxicated by his current power. 

'No.. no.. I can't be arrogant.. I can't underestimate anyone with this little achievement of mine..'


Kim Shin remind himself not to be arrogant because he knew that there still those like Arthur Rothschild a genius. 

Kim Shin put his mind again to the fight. He looked at the Bone Knight and Swordsman whose still at slowed pace. With a quick dash he rushed to the Bone Swordsman and give it a full circle kick to its head that made the skull of the bone monster flew away. With another dash he got at the front of Bone Knight, he kicked the Shield of the Bone Knight and gave an uppercut to the jaw of the monster that made it cracked and burst to pieces. 

[You've defeated the Bone Swordsman]

[You've defeated the Bone Knight]

'Oops.. I think I overdid the last one'

Now that Kim Shin successfully killed those bone monsters, he quickly look at the skill book he got, because of the situation he doesn't have enough time to look at its information. 

[Over Limit]

Type: Skill

Grade: Legendary

  (Additional + 100 to all stats for 30 minutes) <Mp cost: 500> (cooldown: 40 minutes)

 - Awarded for the first human to learn a skill without a help of skill book.

(You want to learn this skill book)

[Yes/No]


'WHAT?!..L-Legendaryyyy grade?'

Kim Shin was so shocked, because in his past life he never have a legendary skill book. 

In Yggdrasil World there are 6 grade for Items and Skills. Common, Rare, Unique, Legendary, Myth and Divine. In his past life he only heard that the owner of a Divine Grade Skill is the Yggdrasil God. There's a lot of speculation that you can't found a Skill Book with Divine grade and you need to acquire or learn it by yourself, but until he die no human got a chance to learn a Divine Skill. 

But there a few who have Legendary and Myth Grade Skill and all of them is a top-notch, some of them are head of their own clan or family. 

Looking at the system window that floating and asking if he want to learn the Over Limit skill, Kim Shin thought that the system is idiot. Why would he not going to learn this skill?

'Of course, Yes!'

Kim Shin quickly clicked the [Yes] button.

[You've learn Over Limit]

Kim Shin felt excited by the situation. 

'Hooh.. relax.. don't be so happy yet.. one step at a time.. continue with my plan.. but I'm more than one step ahead to those so-called geniuses HAHAHA..'

Kim Shin can't stop himself for laughing evilly.

While Kim Shin is laughing, another wave of bone monster coming to him. Seeing that new wave is coming he stop laughing and smile. 

"Heh..Another wave of bones?.. Well let's continue what were doing." Kim Shin smirked and dash to the group of bones. The massacre continue for a few hours.


•~•~•~•


[You've leveled up!]

[You've leveled up!]

After Kim Shin finished the last wave of bone monsters, He stopped at level 8.

*Plop* 

Kim Shin drop to the ground panting and gasping for air. He pushed his self too much. 

'Haaa.. my stamina got depleted'

After a few minutes of rest he seat on the ground and look for food in his inventory. 

'It's already late.. I should eat first before continue raiding this damn dungeon!'

[Dried Food]

Cost: 50 points

(Eat to recovered from hunger)

[Bottled Water]

Cost: 50 points

(Drink to recover from thirst)


Few minutes later Kim Shin was already fully recovered.

'Okay..Let's continue' Kim Shin mumbled.

Kim Shin just walked forward because of the mist hindering his sight he just walked forward. And after a half hour of walking, Kim Shin realized that the mist is slowly fading until he found himself at the front of a Big Door a 5 meter tall door. 

'Is this a boss room or what?'

Kim Shin doesn't know what's inside this Big door but he braced himself and slowly pushed the Door but the door didn't budge even just a little. 

'What the heck?!'

Kim Shin got irritated and use his all strength and try to pushed the door again. His veins in his arm, neck and head bulged.

[System Alert]

(Your level is not enough to open this door)

'Err-?!!!'

Kim Shin was taken aback because of the system alert. 

'It's that mean this is really the boss room?'


Kim Shin was hundred percent sure that this room is the way to the boss room. 


'I don't have any choice I guess.. Much better to explore the other pathways.'


Kim Shin decided to go back out of this place.

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A Third-rate swordsman who's living a normal life with his wife when the heaven's suddenly turned his world upside down. 

His wife got kidnapped by his mortal enemy and he was killed by his both sworn brother. 

However, when he thought that it's already his end. 

An unprecedented thing happened. 

He found himself back on his little apartment on earth eight years ago before the Transmigration of the Humans to the new world. 

Now, with his Knowledge about the new world join Kim Shin how he planned to use it to achieve his goals. 

Would he be able to kill his sworn brother after he found their real reasons?

or

Would he be able to easily kill his sworn enemy to achieve his dream vengeance?






(Expect that there will be a lot error. I'm not a pro writer. I just make this for some bored person like me. Okay, don't expect this to be something perfect. 

This cover photo is not mine.



Kindly pm me if do you want me to take it down)

Natsu was at the Kenjutsu Club Room as he had a bandage on his cheek from his duel against Kyria a few days back
The man cracks his neck around as he rubs his neck before going back to his reading
"geez, I still can't believe that you were holding back the whole time" Mira said eating her lunch as the result of Natsu's battle against Kyria ended in his victory and Kyria losing her title as an Empress "do you ever go full out?"
"if I did, the school and everyone in it would be melted and burned to the ground" Natsu said as he reads his book before closing it and sigh "and besides, who would go out on a mere hatchling?"
"I see your point there" Erza said holding a cup of tea
"but that battle style of yours. Do you have a specific battle style?" Kagura asked
"I don't" Natsu replied as he drinks his cup of tea before being poured more by Ikaruga "I go with the flow; swords, firearms, magic, anything that can be use as a weapon I can use"
"a force to be reckon" Éclair said smiling
"seems so" Ikaruga added in
"now that Kyria lost her title as an Empress, things at school been peaceful for some reason" Ultear said with a smile "I guess Kyria's defeat inflicted a positive impact"
"um" Lucy voiced out as she had been quiet in the conversation until now "it's good and all that you won against Kyria-senpai, but…."
Lucy looks quite frantic as she wore some sort of highly ranked military uniform on "why did you pick me as the new Empress?!"
"there were no one else" Natsu said closing his left eye "Éclair is not one fit for battle if she got challenged as an Empress, and I don't know anyone else who should become an Empress"
"so are you saying that I'm the last choice?" Lucy said as Natsu nodded
"something like that" Natsu replied as Lucy cried in tears
"why did I even ask?" Lucy whined
"just deal with it, being an Empress isn't hard at all" Mira said taking a sip of her tea "all you have to do is just be the leader of your club and that's all"
"that is just your thinking" Kagura stated "being an Empress and a leader of a club is no easy task"
"that's how I do it every single day" Mira said taking a bite of her rice
"and that's why only a few Empress always goes to the meeting" Erza said sighing
"what meeting?" Natsu asked curious
"well, if there are any School Events, or anything related to the school, the Seven Empress will always hold a meeting for it" Ultear explained to him "in this case, for the coming Cultural Festival"
"the only members that comes to the meeting are me, Kagura, Minerva, Ikaruga, and Ultear. Mira and Kyria always never comes" Erza said sighing before rubbing her forehead "this is why there is so much paperwork because of them"
"we expect you to come, Lucy. You're a new Empress so you have to take full responsibility of your new title" Kagura said as she had a serious stare "or you'll regret ever becoming one"
"y-Yes!" Lucy exclaimed with a salute while inside she was crying "but I never wanted to become one!"
"speaking of festival, what's this about Class Projects? I heard something of Maid, Game or something" Natsu asked as he sips his tea before sighing "some sort of tradition"
"nearly the same" Mira said "each time there is a Cultural Festival, each class have to held up any type of event they want, this also helps you gain a rank up in the Final Advancement Exam"
"hmmm" Natsu hummed in amusement as he sips his tea
"didn't we already told you the last time?" Lucy asked
Natsu hummed as he rubs his chin trying to remember but the only thing that he remembered was reading his book
"guess I forgot" Natsu said as Lucy sighs
"in note to your forgetfulness, everyone in class had already decided the theme event" Lucy said as Natsu looks to her and raised an eyebrow "it's going to be a Maid Café"
"why does it sound like there is more to it?" Ultear asked as Lucy nodded
"it was set for the Maid Café, but since I got picked as the head of the preparation and I'm now a Empress, it's going to be a hard task for me to do both" Lucy said crossing her hands and sigh "it's already hard being the head of the class preparation but there's still going to be the meeting of the Empresses"
"then how about leave it to me?" Natsu said as everyone looks to him "I'll take care of the Empress Meeting. you just take care of the Class Cultural Preparation"
"I don't think you can do that, it's called an 'Empress' Meeting, that means it's only members of the Seven Empress" Mira said
"forgot who I am?" Natsu asked with a small smirk
"Dragon Emperor, Salamander" Ultear said smiling
"correct" Natsu said "I don't give a damn of the rules, rules are meant to be broken in the first place"
"right about that" Mira said with a grin
 
School was soon over as some students went home while some stayed behind to prepare for the coming Cultural Festival
Natsu's copies were helping the class and the clubs while the original was in a meeting with the Empress
 
In a grand room where there are seven seats around as all current members of the Empress took their seat with the exceptions of one that is Natsu
"what is the meaning of this?" Minerva said sitting on her seat and had her arms and legs crossed in a superior like stance "why is this man here?"
"I have a name" Natsu said, sitting in his seat while reading his book with a cup of tea on a table beside him "and that is the Dragon Emperor, Salamander"
"you, you dare to show yourselves here?" Minerva asked as her eyes keen at Natsu
"I could ask the same to you" Natsu said closing his book with his eyes closed before opening "miss. Cooking Club Leader"
"you! Why do you!?" Minerva exclaimed while her cheeks were a bit red
"how do I know? It's simply because I'm also a member of your club, Minerva Orland" Natsu said "being absent of your own club can cause some mistrust with your members, you know?"
Minerva gritted her teeth as she glared at Natsu
"enough" Erza said as she sat in her seat "we are here to discuss the coming Cultural Festival, not bicker against one another"
"you took his side, Scarlet? I guess a weak dog sticks to their master" Minerva said smirking
"say what you want" Erza said closing her eyes "I stick with those who truly cherish friendship, unlike you"
"ho?" Minerva said in amusement
"ahem! now that we are all acquainted with each other, let's begin the meeting" Kagura said as she wore some glasses on
"don't those look nice on you?" Natsu complimented her with a smile
"r-really?" Kagura said blushing a bit to the compliment
"yes, it brings more charm to you" Natsu said smiling a bit
"i-I see!" Kagura said as Erza and Mira's eyebrows twitched a bit
Papers floated around as a few pages floated in front of them all
"just like the last meeting; security division, and field Maintenance division are still empty slots" Erza said wearing some glasses on
"what are the divisions that are already taken?" Natsu asked as he looks at the pages
"budgeting, accounting, and Hospitality" Mira answered while wearing some glasses
"since when you were glasses?" Erza said seeing Mira with glasses
"my eyesight is getting bad these days" Mira answered as Erza squinted her eyes
"I'm guessing that Erza took the Budgeting, Kagura on the accounting, the Hospitality?" Natsu said before looking to either Minerva, Ikaruga, Ultear, and Mira "who?"
"me" Ikaruga said with a hand raise
"why am I not surprised?" Natsu said with a chuckle as he looks at the pages and his eyes scanned the content "I'll take them all"
"excuse me?" Minerva said "you? Take all the leftover divisions? How gloating"
"you'll be surprised on how he divides himself during the festival, Minerva" Ultear said with a smile as Minerva squinted her eyes at Ultear
"appreciate on the self-Volunteering, but are you sure you can handle this much?" Kagura asked "even for you, this might be a stressful job"
"I'll help on the Security Division" Mira said "having more hands is better"
"thanks" Natsu said while looking at the pages
"then I'll help on the Maintenance Division" Ultear said volunteering to help Natsu
"ok, but just for a few hours at the most. We have a scheduled performance for the swimming club after all" Natsu said as he took off his glasses and cleans them a bit
"I'm amazed that you remembered the entire schedule," Ikaruga said as Natsu drinks his cup of tea which was brewed by her
"goes to show that he's an Emperor after all" Mira said grinning
 
Night soon came as the school was still filled with some students who are staying behind to prepare for the coming festival
Natsu was at the school track field as he watched some clubs preparing for a play or something on the built stage
"a play, huh?" Natsu said as he crossed his arms while watching some students doing a rehearsal act on the stage
Demonic Natsu soon appeared as he floats around in the air
"bored?" Natsu said sensing his other self's appearance
"in a way" Demonic Natsu said floating around, minding his own business
"you've been rather dormant ever since I defeated Kyria a few days back, why?" Natsu asked as he took a glance at his Demonic Self who floats around before disappearing
"not talkative like usual, huh?" Natsu thought before he started walking away
 
Natsu walks around in the school as he yawned form the fact that it was night and some students were going to sleep in for the night
Tomorrow is Saturday, so there is no school. A perfect opportunity to practice hard for the coming Cultural Festival
"Happy should be asleep by now" Natsu said thinking of what his pet cat might be doing at the time
As Natsu walks around, he bumps into Minerva as he was about to run the corner
"you, huh?" Natsu said as Minerva's eyes keened on him "staying tonight, Tigress?"
"why do you want to know?" Minerva retorted in a harsh tone before turning to leave
As Minerva walks away, Natsu noticed that she had a pink towel wrapped up with strings in her hand
"nice apron, just went out of the Cooking club?" Natsu said as Minerva stops in her tracks, and Natsu could tell that she had an embarrassed blush on her face "making a late-night snack? Or simply something else?"
"s-silence!" Minerva exclaimed as she walked off away
Natsu chuckled as he looks amused by her reaction
"I'm starting to act like him" Natsu said as he walks to the corner hallway
 
Natsu went to the library as it was quiet and no one other than him was in there
He leans against his chair as he holds up his book above him while he reads
"peace and quiet" Natsu muttered out as he reads his book while flipping a page
An hour in the library, Natsu closed his book as he had finished reading it to the whole pages
"I need to get a new book after the festival" Natsu said rubbing the bridge of his nose before yawning
Natsu closed his eyes as he looks to what his copies were doing, and sure enough, everyone with them had went home or sleep in the school
"the Dance Club will have some people, better go to the Kenjutsu Club where there's only Ikaruga there" Natsu said as he stood up from his seat and stretched his hands up before to the side
He walked out of his seat as he was going to head to the Kenjutsu Club room
As Natsu was about to reach the door, he sensed a presence
He took a glance behind as he saw a shadow in the corner of his eyes
"who is here?" Natsu spoke out turning towards the shadow as it runs to the corner
Natsu looks at where the shadow was as he went to investigate
Going to the corner of the library, Natsu stealthily went to check
He quickly turns as he finds Happy scratching the wooden shelves
"you" Natsu said sighing as he grabs Happy and carries him up before scratching its head "you got out again, huh?"
Happy meowed as the feline purred to Natsu's scratches
"it's already night and by the time we get back home, it's going to be morning" Natsu said as Happy climbed up to his shoulder "let's go and get some sleep, alright?"
Happy meowed in response as Natsu went out of the library without knowing that he was being watched in the shadow
Two glowing red eyes appeared in the shadows before it disappeared
"….Natsu…sama…."

a young teenager in a famous all Girl school that had just gone coed. surrounded by thousands of beautiful girls while trying to live peacefully, with a dark past and entity living in himself. find out...what he truly is

Elliot glared at Ducis who in return lowered his eyes, and bowed his head in dejection.
"Elliot….," he called him in a soft voice. After pausing for a few seconds, he looked straight to Elliot's eyes and answered him. "Yes, there are indeed some things I have not told you yet. And that is simply because the time has not come yet. I know that this may sound unreasonable, but please, I need you to trust me on this. I mean no harm to you."
"How can I trust you when you've been hiding things from me all along?" Elliot's voice raised as he grew furious with Ducis' answer. 
"Elliot, I - ," Ducis tried to tap his shoulder but he shoved his hands away in disgust. If there's anything Elliot didn't like, that would be lying in his face and Ducis knew that more than anyone else.
"Yes, we WILL trust you," Rania interrupted as she tapped Elliot's shoulder. She looked straight into his eyes and smiled, then turned to Ducis to affirm him. 
Elliot felt conflicted again. He couldn't understand why Rania would choose to trust a liar. He wanted to refute her but he couldn't. Not with those eyes that looked straight into his soul. He could only look away from her gaze and nod. But Rania touched his cheeks and pulled his gaze back to her.
"Elliot," she called unto him. "Trust….is no trust at all if it's conditional. You need to have a little faith. If your faith fails you, then let it be broken once it's broken. Only then can you decide if you're willing to give more or not. But for now, just simply trust in him. Whatever it is, I believe he has his own reasons for not telling you."
As if Rania's spirit is passing unto him, Elliot got convinced and thus, he nodded and agreed to her advice. 
"Ducis," he called him, "....if it's broken, then it's broken. I will only give my trust once. Remember that."
Ducis smiled bitterly, "Yes, I understand."
Afterwards, Elliot used his magic to open up the trap door. With his forefinger, he shot a thin beam of light unto it and the trapdoor exploded into pieces. Beyond the trapdoor lies a very long and dark stairway filled with webs and dusts. Elliot told Rania not to come along but she refused. So they all agreed to enter it together, along with the other sprites, and threaded carefully inside since the stairs looked too old and cracked that it might break any moment.
Without anything happening, they reached the very bottom where they saw an enormous door made of stones with large engravings of alphabets that were too ancient to be read, on every corner. It was dilapidated as well to the point that some of the letters were barely recognizable. As soon as they got near it, the door automatically opened to reveal a pathway made of thick, luminous glass that illuminated the rather dark room inside. And at the end of the pathway was a gigantic book that hovered in the air and transmitted a dark aura. Beneath it, a magic circle was drawn on the air as well and a symbol of an hourglass could be found in the middle of it. Even the pillars that surrounded the floating book were all but giant hourglasses if you look at it closely.
Elliot, Rania and Ducis entered the door and walked on the luminous pathway. Just a few steps inside and the door behind them shut close. This alarmed some of the sprites and terrified, they fled to Rania's back and hid themselves. Elliot couldn't care less for it since he thought he could just blow it up after, so he just continued walking the path faster than the others. He was curious and desperate for answers while the others were worried that they're trapped inside.
However, as soon as he reached the platform where the gigantic book hovered in the air, he couldn't proceed any longer. The magic circle beneath the book entrapped it in a barrier. And so, Elliot tried to destroy the barrier. He used a tiny bit of his spiritual energy to throw a thick beam of red light enough to pass through the barrier. 
But, it wasn't enough. Elliot, feeling a bit challenged, raised his left eyebrow and tried it again, this time with a bit more spiritual energy. He was careful not to put too much lest he destroy the whole place. But then again, it was of no use. This time, he tried to gather a concentrated ball of light on his hands, determined to break it at last.
"Don't, it's useless," Ducis stopped him. They finally caught up to him. Ducis slowed down to assist Rania and make sure she didn't fall into the abyss below which Elliot didn't notice due to his haste - that beneath the glass floor they walked on, was a very deep pit which you could see no end.
Elliot, noticing what he has done, breathed heavily to calm himself.
"I'm sorry," he apologized to Rania.
"It's okay. I'm the one who insisted on coming along anyways." 
Elliot nodded. Then looking back at the barrier, he told them, "It has a barrier and I can't break it. If I use too much magic, this whole place will collapse."
"You said it's useless, dragon. Why is that?," Luna turned to Ducis and asked him.
"Rania….. Only you can pass the barrier," he confessed.
"Me?" Rania was surprised. "Why me?"
"Is it because she's a human?" Elliot asked.
Ducis turned silent. "...Something like that".
Rania did as told. She approached the barrier, and slowly reached out her hand towards the floating book. To her surprise, her hands just passed through the barrier without anything happening. Not even a gust of wind on her hand or a cold or warm feeling like when you pass unto something. Using two hands now, she grabbed the book and pulled it outside the barrier. The book was heavy so Elliot helped her lift it up as soon as she took it out.
The book's dark aura dissipated as soon as Rania touched it. And as she continuously held on it, the vines that covered the book, slowly shrank itself into the back cover, letting them open it. None of them understood what was going on, except maybe, for Ducis. 
The book was beautiful and had many unreadable engravings like the door they walked into. It had a large black gem that looked like an onyx at the middle of the front cover. It wasn't there at first but when the vines were out of sight, it revealed itself.
"Hmmm....another puzzle,huh?" Rania pondered. "Can you all read it?"
Everyone shook their heads in unison. The language was too ancient to comprehend.
"What are you all saying? It's so easy to read!", Luna exclaimed after she finished her turn into looking at the book. The sprites were swarming over her so she was the last one to look at it. 
The others were surprised with what she said. 
"Then, what does it say?" the other sprite asked.
"Well it says a lot of things," Luna confidently answered as she put a smug look on her cute little face. "But the title mostly says it all".
"Title?" another sprite asked and they all flew around the book.
"Actually, let me take that back. The title is quite weird".
"Oh for goodness' sake! Just tell us what it is!" the short-tempered sprite yelled at Luna. Her face fumed pink in her anger.
"Okay! Okay!," Luna felt scared. "It says….it says….. Key"
"Key?" everyone chorused.
"That's it? Key?" Elliot asked.
"Well, is there a key inside?" Rania seconded.
The sprites looked but there were none. They flipped the covers and everything but couldn't find any.
Rania took the book and faced it backwards. She checked if the vines were covering something, but there was none as well. Then she thought of a weird idea.
"What if…." Then, reaching out her hands, she touched the black onyx gem and to her surprise, her hands went through! 
Rania felt her hand entering a body of water. She continued reaching out until her elbows were inside, though she couldn't see what exactly it was she's reaching out to. 
Until finally, something cold and felt like metal touched her fingers. 
She quickly took it and pulled it out again of the large gem.
And there it was…..a black key made of translucent glass with drops of golden dusts inside its surface.
And at its handle was a symbol of an hourglass….
Confused, they didn't know what the key was for. There were no more doors except the one they went from.
Unless…..

~ END OF VOLUME 1 ~

Coming Up Next: Volume 2
Night Arc: When The Night Falls...    
Rania found her strength and decided to move forward. But now, she's trapped in the Forbidden Chamber. How will she get out? And Elliot....who exactly is he? The secrets of the Forbidden Chamber awaits...

"Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny"

Rania just lost her fiance. And now, she's captured by an unknown race called "Magi" to be a consort to their king. The world turned to chaos. How will she survive in this world full of enemies? Where is hope? Where is freedom? Where is salvation? The king, the dragon, and the masked man awaits ...
Come and join her as she unfolds history ...
And uncover the secrets within …
Even if everything is not what it seems …

[WARNING: Some chapters of this book contain mature R-18 content]

Excerpts:

"I can still clearly remember the day it all started.
The memory of it ... still so vivid.
With all my might I tried to forget ... I want to forget! ... but I just can't.
How did it become like this? What did we do to deserve this?"
- Rania
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"When the chosen one
Who is not one of us
Unveils the hidden Truth
The barrier shall be broken
And the path to the unknown shall open

But take heed and be weary
For in the unknown lies trials untold
The pits may be fiery
But take heart!
For history is about to unfold!"
- the Prophecy
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I open my eyes and see darkness, I immediately think 'oh shit, did I fall asleep in the school bathroom' I pull myself up from the floor, head aching. I feel disoriented and then I notice a faint glow coming from beside me. Then I remember what I did, besides sleep in the bathroom that is, I killed a ma...., No not a man I killed something, though. I peer down and see the glow again it is a white glow coming from something on it's hand. I, for God knows what reason, choose to reach down and touch it like electricity it travels through me making me feel rejuvenated. I large blue screen suddenly pops up in front of me. 

I jump in surprise and almost fall in the pool of blood. Wait, pool of blood!? I peer down at my clothes and they are all red and immediately I'm annoyed due to my bloody clothes. 'Whatever' I think and get back to the blue screen.
[Congratulations you have killed a rank 1 blood zombie!	You have earned the title; First blood!
You have leveled up you are now rank 0 level 1!	You have earned 215 exp ]

[Alan Kirn	Title: First Blood
Class: None	Level: 1  115/150
Rank: 0	 Status: Normal
Strength: 1.2	Endurance: 1.1
Dexterity: 0.9	Agility: 1.1
Intelligence: 1.5	 Wisdom: 1.0
Fame: 10	Extra points: 0.5
Skills: None]	
I play games quite often so I was easily able to tell what this was 'A Status Screen' I select the title 'first blood' 
[First Blood	
First to kill a monster in the new world	
+10 fame 	+0.1 Str/Dex/Int/Wis/End/Agi]
Okay, so I'm going to assume that the base stat for a adult male is 1. And as for skills how do you earn those? 

[Skills-	Earned by repeating an action or skill]
	
Well that answers my question, so what are my health, mana, and stamina?
[Health -120/120	11/hr
Stamina- 84/90	11/hr
Mana-150/150	13/hr]

Okay how do I use mana then?
[Mana can be used by spells and skills]
	
Fine how do I get spells, though?
[Spells can be obtained from level-ups or loot]
	
I glance at the corpse beside me and after a mental conflict I choose to search it. I don't find a spell book or a skill book but I find a simple dagger much better that the kitchen knife I was using. As well as 3 copper looking coins I pocketed them and grabbed the dagger. After searching a little bit more I found a sheath for my dagger. I loop it onto my belt and sheath the dagger. Remembering to ask the system for the daggers stats 
[Dagger        Rarity: common
+9-24 damage	Element: none
Requirements	
Level:1	Str: 0.5]

(((Rarity	
Unranked< Common<Uncommon< Rare< Epic<Unique< Legend)))
I think about using my stat point but choose not to.  I proceed to the restroom door and crack it open and peer out. It's pitch black, I hear some stumbling steps, though. I immediately remember the blood zombie corpse behind me. I glance back and forth and decide to attract it so maybe I can get the jump on it instead the other way around.  I pull a pencil out of my pocket and throw it in the hall making a faint click. I wait as I hear the stumbling grow louder and I can tell it's growing closer. I unsheathe the dagger and prepare to lunge and stab it. I hear the footsteps stop and then hear some growls and faint sniffs. I then see her in the darkness, it was the same one as our in the parking lot! She launches herself at me and I get knocked down by her small frame. Using my superior strength, I throw her off me, and stab her with my dagger. Even with the dagger in her abdomen she lunges at me with her claws. I quickly stab her again aiming for the head, I miss and nearly get scratched. I swing again and hit her right in the temple and then felt a sickening crunch and a squish. I pull my dagger out as she falls to the floor. 
[Congratulations! 	You killed a rank 1 blood zombie!
You leveled up!	Earned 215 exp
Alan Kirn	Title: First Blood
Class: None	Level: 2 (180/225)
Rank: 0	Status: Normal
Strength: 1.2	Endurance: 1.1
Dexterity: 0.9	Agility: 1.1
Intelligence: 1.5	Wisdom: 1.3
Fame: 10	Extra points: 1
Skills: 	
Active:	

Passive:
	Knife Mastery
Knife Mastery	Level 2/ Rank Basic
+5%. Damage with knives	7/150 exp
Skill rank	Basic< Intermediate< Expert< Master]
	
Now that I think of it, it must of been my bloody clothes that gave me away. I really need to change, I should get to the locker room. I pull out my phone and then I realize the time is only 4 o'clock, so others must still be at the school. I still need to prioritize, I'll go to the locker room first before looking for others. 

I walk down the hallway towards the commons and then I see the creatures in the commons. They are large dog-like creatures with a scaled spine and the face of a dragon. I can tell by the look of them, I am not their match. I turn and run when I realized they've spotted me too.

I was never a regular kid, but never did I expect for my life to change as it did.

I’m open to suggestions, this is my first novel so please take it easy I’ll release when I can!

"Hello, again. I see you're going to stay here for the night again?" The landlord asks Venture the moment he enters the building, where the landlord is sweeping the floor with a broom.

"Yes, Miss Cope." Venture response.

Cope is a short blonde-haired middle-aged woman, with brown eyes. Someone who is quiet, but at the same time strict when needed. Also, based on her name; Venture wonder what kind of [Skill] and [Title] she possesses to have a name like that.

All Venture knows is that Cope is someone who doesn't ask many questions unrelated to renting a room in the apartment.

"Would you like to pay now or after you leave?" Cope asks Venture, as she stops sweeping for a moment.

"I'll pay now." Venture hand over 15 bronze coins over to Cope, who just put it in her right pocket before giving Venture a nod before completely ignoring him afterward and resume sweeping the floor.

Venture didn't find this offensive and just walk up the stairs. While thinking about that after finding a stable job and a good salary. Venture will for sure find a better place to live in because this apartment doesn't come with locks. So anyone could just come in and out of other people's rooms. However, Venture just thinks that Cope has some sort of [Skill] and [Title] that prevent people from coming here to live for free and prevent others from sneak in other's rooms. But, this also means Cope can also allow people to come in.

Since on the first night here; Venture wasn't given a key to the room, he was staying and there was no luck on the door to the room. However, Venture noticed that some of the rooms were locked somehow, even though there was no lock or anything, that prevent others from entering the room without permission. Of course, there were some rooms that were unlocked, with no one inside. This means these rooms were for anyone to take for themselves, either by paying the rent fee before or after staying.

Venture didn't want to find out what happens if someone doesn't pay the rent fee after staying for the night. Plus, Venture learned from Cope, that there no option of staying more than a night and anyone comes in first, gets the room first while those that came late have to find some other place to stay. So yeah, Venture is convinced that Cope has a [Skill] and [Title] related to owning this apartment, to know when rooms are available and when it is not, including among other things.

And it looks like Venture arrived on time to rent a room, because, among the total of 5 rooms on the second floor, there was one room left. So lucky for Venture or else he has to go somewhere else, that may or may not cost more than 15 bronze coins per night.

Entering the last available room; Venture closes the door and sat on the small bed that just barely fit his size, which is the only thing in this room, other than that, there is a small window just the opposite of the door. Besides, these two things, there is nothing else.

Taking out all the money he has and Venture counted 1 silver coin and 7 bronze coins. With 15 bronze coins used to pay for the room and 10 bronze coins to buy a decent meal to eat today, that is enough to keep Venture full for the deal as long he doesn't perform any heavy physical activities.

Going by the amount Venture has currently. He can stay in this apartment for 7 days if he doesn't spend any on food at all, which is impossible. Therefore, it would be a few days, maybe 2-3 days if including purchasing food to not allow the physical fatigue to raise up too fast due to hunger.

Venture picks up one of the bronze coins, debating or not to gamble with it or just wait until he down to his last coins before having to take a big risk to gain more money.

Gritting his teeth; Venture decides to gamble, after all, why even have a [Unique Skill] if one not using it at all?

Therefore, Venture will do another coin flip, where heads he will find a stable job that solves his present solution of low on money to live in this city tomorrow in the morning and tails for not finding one tomorrow in the morning.

Flipping the coin, where it flips in midair multiple times before landing right back in Venture's hand, ending up with heads. Much to his relief, because he won't have to waste the other 6 bronze coins to boost his luck in finding a job while the one that was used to gamble disappear.

Venture let out a sigh of relief, that tomorrow's morning. He'll be able to find a stable job that would help me move out of this small apartment room and have enough money to feed himself.

With that out of the way; Venture lay down on the bed and close his eyes, to sleep. Eager to find out what kind of job he'll find in the morning.

-LIABG-

As the sunlight shines into the room, right over to Venture's closed eyes just enough to cause Venture to wake up. Venture slowly open his eyes before quickly closing it due to the sunlight almost blinding him.

The first thing Venture did upon waking up is to check his status after sitting up from the bed he slept on.

Name: Venture
Title: [Gambler of Fate] - You are fate's gambler and making the impossible possible.
Health: 100/100%
Physical Fatigue: 12/100%
Mental Fatigue: 0/100%
Unique Skill: [Everything Is A Gamble] - The user is able to use anything to gamble with fate. [Price]: The medium used will disappear afterward.

It looks like Venture will have to buy something to snack on later, while on a job hunt. While the mental fatigue is back to 0%, thanks to sleeping last night.

Stretching his muscle for a bit. Venture got off the bed and head out, whereupon heading downstairs. Cope was nowhere in sight, but that doesn't concern with Venture since he barely knows Cope nor did he want to test his luck to find out what her background is.

-LIABG-

Upon leaving the building, Venture found a nearby food stall just a couple meters on his left. That's selling hot dog for the price of 2 bronze coins, cheaper than a single apple. But, Venture won't question why a hot dog is cheaper just that it's enough for him to buy a few to satisfy his hunger.

It took 3 hot dogs before his physical fatigue went back to 0%. So, now Venture is down to 1 silver coin. As he used up all his bronze coins on the hot dogs to fill his hunger.

No regret on Venture's part, for he will get a job soon, as long the morning didn't end. Then, he'll have a higher chance of finding a decent job no matter what. If Venture doesn't meet the requirements of the job or doesn't like it. Venture will just look for somewhere else. As long the duration of today's morning isn't over, then Venture has lots of opportunities.

-LIABG-

So for almost the entire morning; Venture did his absolute best to find a job that could support him for this duration stay in this world. Yet, near the end of the time of the morning being over. Venture failed to obtain a job and he has been to many shops, but nothing. Either he didn't have the right type of [Skill] for the job or the place wasn't looking for hire at the time. Hell, Venture even tried to find labor jobs. Still nothing.

Though, Venture guesses it's because he more on the skinny side type of body, which made people not wanting to hire him for labor work.

Sitting down among the many wooden benches in the street of people selling many things outside. Venture let out a sigh of disappointment as he looks at the sky.

Venture thinking about the words he used for the gamble last night and instantly found the problem and that he used the word: Find. Instead of the word: Getting, which would for sure give Venture a job he needed. But, that's all he got this morning. Finding stable jobs, that Venture would happily take. Sadly, fate is cruel and very picky about what Venture could tell.

"Excuse me, Mister."

Venture blinks and lower his head, where he sees a little boy standing in front of him. Venture would guess the kid is around 5 or 6 years old. However, what caught his attention is the outfit the little boy is wearing.

The little boy has green hair and purple eyes; wearing a dirty brown shirt that's larger than his size and white silk pants, with brown stains from what Venture could tell, that the kid must have fallen more than once or played around. As the little boy's face is also covered in dirt as well. Making it look like the kid hasn't showered in weeks or even months.

But, Venture didn't catch a whiff of any bad smells from lack of daily body cleaning. Therefore, this made Venture's paranoia to peak up.

"You need something?" Venture asks with a hint of cautious, ready to bolt right away and leave the kid behind. For all he knows, this kid could be a midget, that is pretending to be a dirty looking little boy.

"Could you help me find my mommy?" The little boy asks, where he is close to crying.

"Do you have any idea, where your mommy would be?" Venture asks back, while many thoughts run through his head. Among them is this one of those plots, where the main character would find a child, that could belong to a very important family or is one of those special people with godlike lucks of having some kind of special talent in some way, which would save the main character later on or something.

This is a huge gamble for Venture, and just like that, Venture's mind stop.

Slowly, Venture closes his eyes before opening them. As he looks at the little boy, who did his best to explain where he from and why he need help.

"So, can you help me, mister?" The little boy looks at Venture with hopeful eyes.

"I'm sorry, child. But, I can't help you at all. I can't enter the government area without any permission, nor can I just randomly ask people nearby." This is true, Venture saw a small summary, that really points out that people from the public area are not allowed to enter the government area without permission. Doing so would lead to heavy punishment.

"B-But..." The little boy looks at Venture in shock, tears started to appear.

"Child, trust me. I'm not the best person to ask. Why don't you ask someone like a patrol guard? I'm sure they will help you find your mommy." Venture is not taking this risky gamble, where this little boy would likely push him into a position that would or would not put him in danger. "In fact, there is one now. You should hurry before they leave. If you miss the chance of reaching that patrol guard, then you'll have a harder time finding your mommy, but if you do, your chance of finding your mommy is a much easier time finding her." Venture point at the patrol guard on his right, who is ordering food.

The patrol guards are easy to be found outside the rest of the common folks. For one, the patrol guards always have a blue overcoat hanging off their shoulders. Along with a special emblem attach onto the back of the overcoat that represents their ranks.

Sadly, Venture didn't get much info on the ranks of the patrol guards, just know that these special emblems can't be replicated in any way, not because no one can't do it. But, that they are afraid of doing such a risky thing. As the punishment for using a fake emblem would lead to either the culprit, having one of their limbs chopped off or into slavery. Yeah, slavery is a thing in this world.

Once the little boy heard Venture's advice. He took off and quickly head for the patrol guard before they disappear just like what Venture warned, even if it is a small chance. However, what the little boy didn't know is that he just took a gamble and Venture has already placed down the winning and losing conditions, along with what would happen to the little boy if he wins or loses.

Venture hoped the little boy didn't mind losing a few years of his life, because that was what Venture used as the medium to activate his [Unique Skill]. After all, Venture placed very importantly on the word: Time. Therefore, time is the medium and the price for the little boy must pay. Honestly, Venture is being kind by guessing the little boy losing just a few years instead of all his lifespan, whereby the time the little boy meets his mother. He will mostly die right there and then.

Actually, Venture doesn't know if this worked or not instead of seeing a physical medium disappearing, but Venture has this gut feeling that the gamble work, and with how crazy this world is; well, this gut feeling may as well come from his [Unique Skill] as a way to tell him if his gamble worked or not.

Venture will just have to do a few more tests to see the result of his [Unique Skill] working with these types of gamble or not. However, if things work out, then Venture just got more options to gamble instead of using coin flips to gamble.

In fact, Venture starting to have more idea how to use his [Unique Skill] more to his advantage as long he words the gamble correctly. Otherwise, Venture may end up crippling or killing himself due to using the wrong words in some way.

For the time being; Venture will put these ideas at the back of his head as there a few more important things needed to be done. These ideas can be done later on.

Standing up. Venture begins walking randomly as there are a few more minutes left before morning end. Since he still wanted to continue to test his luck that been boosted already, as the morning still hasn't ended just yet.

Just as the morning was coming to an end. Venture noticed something at the corner of his eyes, that just draw his attention.

Turning in the direction of what caught Venture's attention, to get a better look just to be sure he isn't seeing things and he wasn't. What before his eyes is a middle-aged man selling a blank book for the price of 1 silver coin; however, no one even glances at him after trying to beg people to buy it for a silver coin after explaining how he handmade the entire book from scratch.

Now, this would be a good time for this book to be something special in some way, where the main character could gain their plot armor up discovering the mystery of the book; however, Venture doesn't have anything on him to use to gamble if the book is actually some kind of treasure that requires a special method to use it. Yet, even then, Venture has no idea if this book just a scam and the middle-aged man is a scammer, who is just pretending, that he did so much hard work in this single book to be sold for a single silver coin.

After debating it for a moment; Venture decides to buy the book, not because he thinks it's some kind of a special book, but because he hasn't seen any shops that sell blank books so far, and buying would help Venture with an idea he wanted to try before, but couldn't due to lack of a blank piece of paper and anything to write with.

Ignoring the excited, middle-aged man and the people nearby looking at Venture like he did something foolish. But, the joke on these people. The middle-aged man, even gave Venture this special pen that never runs out of ink for some reason. Too bad, the middle-aged man ran off without explaining further into detail about the pen as he is afraid Venture changed his mind and wanted his money back.

So now, Venture is broke and only have a blank book and a special pen, that may or may not be really special with a never-ending ink. But, Venture already a solution to solve this by gambling for the pen to have never-ending ink.

Sometime Venture wonder if the number of his current problems in this world would be increased or decreased if he had come into this world with a different [Skill] and [Title]. Either way, now isn't the time for him to be distracted. So, Venture starts moving to a more less populated area; well, more like heading to the library since its the best place to be alone and without having people nearby noticed something weird happening around Venture. Unless they possess a special [Skill] and [Title] to detect Venture inside the library, but it is a risk he is willing to take.

It's a good thing the local library is free for anyone to use. The only thing that needed to worry about is damaging a book, which the person who caused the book to be damaged to pay a certain fee depending on what book was damaged. Also, there is no such thing as borrowing a book to bring home to read. Well, in this local library they won't allow people to borrow books. Other than that, there is nothing Venture needed to be worried about going to the library.

A man who has no idea how he came into this world, but just know that he read lots of stories related to what happened to him, but Venture knows that every day is a chance of him dying either from monsters, fellow humans or even due to bad luck. All Venture knows is that he need to find out why he here and how can he return home, if that even possible. 

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My day started like any other school had just let out and I was heading home. But along the way I got a text from my younger brother Alex telling me to hurry home. 

Hitting the gas, I make it home in record time and rush into the house worried something was wrong. Inside Alex was reading a journal. Alex was a runner for the track team so it was hard to find him not wearing running shorts and a t-shirt. He was short which was weird for a runner he was barley four and a half feet tall even though he was in the tenth grade. However, don't let his size fool you the kid can run last year he even made it to nationals in the one-hundred-meter dash.
Walking over to him I tap him on the shoulder before I ask "What are you reading?".

He must have just noticed me because he looked surprised. "You got here fast", He muttered. As he closed the book.

"You did tell me to hurry home. So, what's so important that I needed to get home so fast." I asked before I noticed on the cover of the notebook, he was reading was a purple flower a nightshade to be exact. Before our mom Tonya Harper died, she made wrote her will in a journal she wrote everything, she was leaving behind for us when she passed.

Tonya had pancreatic cancer and by the time we noticed something was wrong it was already too late. The chemo and radiation slowed down the clock and gave her about another year to live. However, the drugs and radiation soon lost their effectiveness and she passed away.

After she passed, we lost the journal and had been looking for it for the past three months without any luck and now here it was.

Alex must have noticed my expression because he said, "Yeah, it's mom's journal Evan said he found it when he was going through the storage unit."

Evan was our stepfather he married our mom about a year and a half before our mom passed away. If I'm being completely honest with you, I didn't really like the guy very much that was until Tonya was diagnosed. When our mom was diagnosed, we all expected Evan to walk out on us and he proved us wrong. After all that's what every other guy mom had dated or got married to when there was a compilation. 

While Alex and me where brothers and shared the same mom, my father had walked out on our mother before I was even born apparently, he never even wanted kids. Alex's father on the other hand died in a car crash and passed away when he was six.

Our mother closed herself off after Alex's father had passed that was until Evan came along. He was good to her and he has been taking care of us ever since Tonya had passed.

"What's in it what's it says?" I managed to ask.

"No idea it's in some kind of code and I have no idea how to crack it. Hear you look maybe you will have some luck?", He said before passing me the journal.

Taking the journal from Alex I start flipping through the pages and all I saw as a bunch of numbers and commas. Taking a closer look, I noticed that the journal was divided into sections and at the beginning of each section was the title of a book.

After a few hours of research and failed attempts we final had a break though and discovered that the journal uses a book cipher however before we can get to far on the decoding Evan walks in.
"Hey, Ash having any luck?" Evan asked me.

I let out a grin before replying, "We think that the journal is using a book cipher were testing it now? Want to help." I gesture to the chair across the table.

He looked surprised for a second before letting out a smile and taking a seat before asking, "How can I help?" 

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It took the whole weekend before we final decoded the whole journal.

As it turns out Tonya left behind a huge sum of money for all of us. Besides money though Alex got the cars, Evan got the house and I got a key. At first, I was angry I mean all I got was a key while everyone else got house or a car. But when I calmed down, I took a closer look at the key I notice an inscription and after searching around on the internet for an hour of I learned that the key goes to safety deposit box at one of the local banks. 

Excited I get up and tell Evan I'm heading to the bank only for him to break the bad news to me, "You know the bank is closed on Sundays, right?". Hearing those words was like hearing my soul shatter. 

The rest of the day was a blur I think that was mostly because the suspense of not knowing what was in the safety deposit box was killing me. At the moment I wanted nothing more than to rush to the bank to find out what my mom had left me. You know when you have something on your mind and you can't think of anything else well that's my situation right now.

I woke up tired the next day it was hard to get to any sleep I was tossing and turning the whole night I was too excited to sleep. Getting out of my bed I hurried to get ready for another day of school. After going through my morning routine, I left the house and was on my way to school.

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Ring! Ring!

Hearing the bell ring the teacher dismissed the class. As I was making my way to my car a familiar voice called out, "Hey, Ash you ok you've been out of it all day." I was surprised looking behind me I see my one and only friend Grace Kinderman. Grace was wearing her favorite grey hoodie along a pair of sweatpants and white RWBY t-shirt. She had her raven black hair pulled into a ponytail. She was waving in my direction probably trying to get my attention.

Grace had been my friend since the fourth grade when I transferred to her school. I had transferred mid semester so it was hard to make any friends. But just when I had lost all hope, I noticed during recess one day that some of the more popular girls were kicking someone one on the ground after working up my courage, I try to stop the bullies. When I got closer however, I notice that the situation was a lot worse than I had expected the popular girls had been kicking a girl with raven black hair but what worried me was that she had blood running down her forehead. Not knowing what to do I help drag her to the teacher and explain the situation and the girl was taken to the nurse's office to get looked at.

When Grace came to school the next day we started talking and before long we became fast friends so much so that it was hard to find one of us without the other around.

I never did see the girls who were bullying Grace that day again from what I head however they we all expelled for the school.

I make my way over to Grace before replying, "Yeah, I'm fine I just have some stuff on my mind."
"Are you sure you're alright?", Grace ask with a hint of concern in her voice, "You know you can tell me if something happened right."

Of course, I know she is right and to tell you the truth I needed someone to talk to. 

After explaining the situation, she offered to go with me to the bank and so after stopping by our lockers we get in my car and make out way toward the bank.

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When we got to bank the first thing, I notice was how old the building looked. If you didn't see light through the window, I probably would've thought that the building was closed.

We make our way inside and walk up to the teller at the front desk. She was a blond with clothes that made her look like she was from the 80s but what stood out the most had to be her scarlet red eyes. She didn't seem to notice us until Grace rang the little bell on the counter. When she heard the bell ring the lady looked up and a introduced herself. "Hello my names Luna, how can I help you?", Hearing here voice I was dazed and it wasn't until Grace elbowed my side that I awoke from my stupor. 

After shaking my head and collect my thoughts for a moment I asked her, "Does this key work for any of the safety deposit boxes here?" 

Taking the key, she looks at it for a second before she says, "Yes it does, would you like to open the box?"

"Yes ma'am." 

Luna led us to an old vault. As we got inside, when we walked in, she made her way to the far wall and grabbed one of the safety deposit boxes before walking to the wooden table in the middle of the room and using the key unlocks the box.

I make my way over but as I'm nearing the table but paused when I hear Luna speak again, "I'll wait outside call me if you need anything."

Grace is the one who answered her this time, "We will, thank for your help."

"No problem" Luna said with a smile before walking out of the room.

As soon and Luna was out of the room Grace looks and says, "You know you your drooling."
I reflexively wipe my mouth only to discover I've been had. Grace laughs into her hand before directing her attention the box. "Are you going to open it or not."

Coming to my senses I make my way to the safety deposit box and open it looking inside I see an old book, a composite journal, and a white ring. The old book bound in purple colored leather and on the cover was a title in a language I can't make out along with a silver emblem that looks like a gate. Opening the book, I notice that the text is in the same unintelligible language that the title on the cover was in. I was about to grab the journal when I heard Grace call out. "Hey Ash look at this"

She was holding the white ring. Coming over she hands over the ring to me and I take a look and upon taking an inspection I notice that it has the same engraving of a gate that the book cover had. 

"It's the same symbol the book has but why a gate does it have some special meaning?", Grace asks me.

"No ideas maybe the journal has some clues. Lay the ring back on the table I pick up the journal and open to the first page. On the page was a warning telling me only to read the journal when I'm alone. Thinking that the information is private I decided to wait until I got back home to go through the rest of the journal.

Looking in Grace's direction I ask, "Are you ready to leave?"

"Yeah, let's get out of here." 

Making our way to my car after saying goodbye to Luna we made our way back to the school so Grace would have her car tomorrow.

When we got to school it was just starting to get dark. I pulled up near Grace's car and she gets out but not before saying. 

"Let me know if you find out what anything about the book and ring." And with those words she was gone.

Leaving the school, I made my way home.

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When I get home, I make my way to my room and after locking the door to make sure I'm won't' be disturbed I pick up the journal and start reading.

The journal told me that to read the text from the book one had to be bound to the ring and the only way to bind with the ring is by dropping a drop of blood on it. Reading what the journal said at first, I was skeptical I mean I love the supernatural, magic, and all that but come on even I know all that stuff is just fiction.

As I continue reading from the journal, I learn that the book is supposedly called a grimoire. The more I read the sketchier the information got eventually I got fed up I became I mean come on this had to be all bull shit, right? After throwing everything in one of the desk drawers I make my way over to my bed, pull out my phone, and start watching anime. 

Unfortunately, the only thing I could think about was the ring and the grimoire. After about two hours I finally broke and grabbed the ring and lay it on my desk I then prick my finger and let a drop of blood fall onto the ring. When the drop hits the ring, the ring starts to change colors from white into a dark red and as the ring is changing colors, I also start to feel like something has changed kind of like my mind is clearer. 

Surprised by this feeling I grab the grimoire from my desk and try to read the title and to my surprise I discovered that I could now read the title it's reads Grimoire of Worlds. Curious I open the book only to be blinded by a bright light and forced to shut my eyes when I opened them again, I noticed that the grimoire and the ring were gone. Just before I could start panicking however, I felt excruciating pain in my head and I passed out.

What happens when you obtain a book that grants you a system and allows you to travel through different worlds?

Tang Peng grabbed the robes that was left behind by Lai Qing, and tried to feel the material. It was a purplish material that felt like silk. However, there were golden characters that was sewed onto the robes. 

Since it was worn by such a powerful cultivator, it must have some use. Tang Peng wore it on top of his original robes, since he did not want to directly wear it on his skin. After all, the person wearing it just now was a corpse. 

Next, he took the dark book and observed it. Normally, someone would die upon contact with this book, since it was loaded with thousands of Yin Toxins just on the cover alone, but Tang Peng's unique soul negated all the effects of the Yin Toxins. 

"Yin Gathering Art?" Tang Peng read the title of the book out loud. The title seemed like a promising start, so he opened the book to read more of its content. 

As he flipped to the first page, he saw a drawing of a mountain of corpses. "Death, murder, slaughter..." Upon seeing the corpses, Tang Peng was reminded of the gruesome scene he had seen. The voices in his head also started acting up again. 

He quickly flipped to the second page to avoid seeing that image. Now, there was a wall of words explaining the Yin Gathering Art on the second page. 

"Everything in the world has spirit. Spirit is the medium in which all cultivators cultivate. They absorb the spirit of the world, using it to advance the world inside of them."

"However, what happens when a cultivator or generally something with intelligence dies? This normally results in their spirit becoming part of the world, but with enough grudges and inner demons, their Qi and spirit will become Yin Qi. This is the technique I have formulated for myself, and it will help to propel me through the heavens!" 

As Tang Peng read out the preface, he had more understanding of this book. This book was clearly written by the old man which he had killed, and this was probably his cultivation method. 

He also understood the basics of the cultivation method. It was to take in the Yin Qi from dead cultivators or demonic beasts, to cultivate the same way as other cultivators does. The Qi would be stored in the head, along with the soul, where the soul would refine it into spiritual soil, or be used to unlock meridians in the body. 

Tang Peng could not help but do a double take after learning it was coming from dead creatures. He had been taught from young that violating the dead was a cruel and sacrilegious act to do. Now, this book was telling him uprightly to directly steal their essence. 

He felt conflicted inside, but upon remembering his goal of resurrecting the dead, the goal was not all that different from the cultivation method. He would violate the natural laws either way, so he hardened his heart and carried on.

"Of course, there are some limitations to this method I discovered. Mainly, the natural Yin Qi produced is not a lot. This means that in order to accelerate my cultivation, I will have to create more strife among the various factions in the Five Stars Continent, which is extremely dangerous. Not only that, I have also become increasing vulnerable to pure Yang skills."

"Still, this method of cultivation allows me to harbour lots of different Yin Toxins, which is extremely useful against Yang cultivators. As long as I take the necessary precautions, all cultivators are a piece of cake for me!" 

Tang Peng felt like the sentence at the end was a bit arrogant, but considering that the old man had really reached such a high realm that he did not even know of, he really deserved every right to be arrogant. 

Tang Peng flipped to the next few pages. He skimmed through them, and found that he needed to use the Yin Gathering Art and get a cultivation base before he even started to learn the basics of the technique that was listed on these pages. The name of the technique was called Ghost Refinement Process. It was, well, about refining ghosts. 

Tang Peng then settled down on the ground, and started to breathe in the method that was described to him. A deep breath, followed by a quick exhalation. This created a powerful rotation within his body, which drew in the thick Yin Qi that surrounded him. 

Inside the book, the old man recorded down that the perfected method he had eventually developed still had a failure rate of 90%. It was extremely hard to cultivate using this method. 

However, the moment Tang Peng did the breathing cycle, the Yin Qi flowed freely in his body, rotating frequently in a cycle. Tang Peng knew that he had an affinity with Yin Qi, but he was still shocked that he did it on the first try. 

The Yin Qi flowed into his body through all of his orifices, once he developed the cycle inside his body. Tang Peng could feel all the Yin Qi go to his head freely after they completed one cycle in his body. It seemed like the Yin Qi had a strong attraction to his soul in his head.   

Now, it was time for him to refine the Yin Qi into spiritual soil. Tang Peng drew the sigils on the ground using his fingers. As the sigils radiated with each other, Tang Peng could feel the sigils and an unknown existence imprinted onto his mind, as the sigils turned into nothing. It caused pain, but it was nothing compared to the pain he felt when everyone in his village died. 

Since the sigils were now set in place, Tang Peng closed his eyes, and started directing the cycling Yin Qi to enter his soul. There was no resistance at all, as he started to convert the Yin Qi into spiritual soil. 

However, the voices of the dead and their grudges started to ring in Tang Peng's head as soon as he started converting Yin Qi. The reddish Yin Qi showed up again, as it combined with the Yin Qi that was coming in. 

Tang Peng's body appearance started to flicker. The sigils that he had drawn flared up on his arm, and his arm was going through a significant change. Then, as the spiritual soil was processed, Tang Peng opened his eyes, revealing a chaotic aura within them.

My fellow readers, this is an announcement. I will be participating in the new WPC with this novel. There will be some touch ups and changes done to make the new novel better. Do search up Yin Formulation(Remastered) for the new version of this novel.

Just tried to remaster this and I realised there is a hell lot of plot holes. Might have to stop updating for a few days to rewrite entire chapters.

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