this is just a book im reading and need the audio function! so dont waste time here im already in chapte 55 or something

The following morning.

Casmir sleepily opened his eyes to an intense white light, his eyes gradually refocused allowing him to discern the origin of this light. The morning sun was shining ever so brightly today and as it shined onto his the painted white walls of his room, the subsequent scattering of light illuminated his room in an intense brightness.

Casmir wanted to roll over, cover his eyes and re-enter his slumber, but he soon realised that would be a poor decision.

Laying peacefully on-top of him, her face softly pressing on his shoulder, her eyes shaded by her hair was Rose. 

Casmir immediately realised that he couldn't move, or risk disturbing this fierce beast. For the moment he could only acquiesce to this sleeping lioness and pass the time in quiet thought.

He took full advantage of Rose's warmth by gently wrapping his arms around the soft delicate parts of her body, silently revelling in his spoils.

A short time later Rose's hand twitched, then she let out a soft grumble as her eyes fluttered open.

Her face was lying against Casmir's shoulder looking out away from him but in her sluggish state, she didn't realise his position underneath her. 

Rose slowly stretched out her hand trying to find Casmir, only for her hand to recoil in discomfort as she felt a cold sensation from touching the empty bedsheet.

However before the chilling sensation in Rose's hand could traverse her body, a warm hand grasped hers enveloping it and bringing it into the warmth of Casmir's chest.

"Good morning Ava..." Casmir softly said to her in greeting.

Rose looked up to him for a moment with languid, watery eyes before she shyly buried her face into Casmir's chest trying to melt into his warmth.

"Hey! Hey!.. Careful there you cheeky girl.." Casmir quietly cried out as Rose brushed against his sensitive area.

Having covered her head with the duvet in an attempt to hide from Casmir, Rose teased him.

"Cheeky girl? Whatever do you mean Casmir.. I thought you enjoyed it when I played with your little brother here..?" She said rather mischievously.

Casmir shook his head, then he reached into the bedcovers grasping two large mounds before suddenly, yet gently, squeezing Rose's sensitive nipples.

Rose let out a short yet pleasant sounding squeal as she felt this sharp sensation. 

Her squeal seemed to sound off a march to battle as the couple began round after round of 'attacks' against one another, repeatedly changing positions and producing sounds of 'battle'. However a spectator would only describe the sound of this 'battle' as 'youthful' and 'energetic'.

The battle lasted for over an hour before the satisfied couple finally separated to rest.

Thankfully after their rest Rose and Casmir simply chose to talk, their lust having been fully satiated.

They both had something they wanted to speak to the other about, but Casmir brought up his desire for Rose to cultivate first.

He wanted her to become stronger, to live a better life and to experience things she never could without cultivation. However more importantly and perhaps selfishly, Casmir wanted Rose to be able to protect herself and live a longer life.

One benefit to cultivation beyond the obvious was longevity, depending on the cultivators race/cultivation system, a cultivators lifespans would be increased based on their cultivation level.
 
Qi Grade's 1 and 2, offered no such benefits to humans, but Qi Grade 3-6 increased a human's lifespan by 50 years while Qi Grade's above 6 increased one's lifespan by at least 100 years each.

While the desire for increased longevity was little to the current Rose and Casmir, Casmir had recently been thinking heavily about his future and he didn't neglect the importance of such a benefit.

Rose listened to Casmir's explanation attentively but there was still an almost reluctant expression on her face.

"Rose.. what's wrong?" Casmir asked as he saw her expression.

Rose hesitated for a second concerned about Casmir's reaction, but she eventually reassured herself that Casmir wouldn't hold anything against her.

"Casmir... do you know how expensive it is to become a cultivator?" She asked him.

Casmir was confused "Expensive..? Well I know that cultivation resource's can be expensive.."

Rose smiled as if she had expected Casmir's response before she interrupted him.

"It's not just that.. you've probably never realised this because your cultivation comes from the educational establishments, where basic resources are provided by the government or various organisations... but everything about cultivation is shockingly expensive." Rose explained.

"When I was younger and I heard about cultivation, I was amazed and intrigued. Who wouldn't want the strength to fight 10 men or create fantastic scenes with a wave or their hands, unfortunately it's not that simple."

"Think about it, just activating your Qi energy requires a high Grade Qi resource that's valuable even in a nation's eyes. After that it takes months of cultivation for hours each day just to reach the boundary of Qi Grade 2, to cross it you need to consume an expensive Qi Catalyst and that's just the beginning of cultivation."

"To someone in my position.. that was just a fairy tale.." Rose said looking quite dispirited.

Casmir understood the point that Rose was trying to make but being someone from a well off family, he still didn't understand how expensive it would be.

"Do you know how much it is..? To activate your Qi energy?" He asked.

Rose sighed with an awkward chuckle, "About 10,000 gold.. for a Grade 6 resource anyway. The Grade of resource you used at the academy was likely higher, leading to a higher chance of activation."

Casmir was shocked.

"10,000?!... but it's not like it gets used up.. all your doing is standing next to it!" Casmir said as if this was unjust.

Rose agreed with Casmir but she also pointed out the reasoning for it.

"It's a law. The governments can't allow the population of cultivators to grow too much otherwise the demand for cultivation resources would sky rocket, fuelling greed and hoarding amongst powerful organisations eventually leading to disorder."

"I can't say that I like this law, but without it, the history books give a grim picture of the events that would follow." Rose explained.

She recommended Casmir read a few books about historical nations that tried to overturn this law, they eventually always collapsed or chose to reform the law.

Rose then went on to explain a few other reasons why she hadn't become a cultivator, one which stood out most to Casmir was 'Why did I need to become a cultivator?'.

Indeed, to the average citizen cultivation was a luxury and not an essential part of their lives. Cultivators might control the power in the country but they still gave citizens the right to vote for their representatives, the right to free speech and many other fundamental rights.

Although cultivators that looked down on people existed, most of the cultivators came from the general population through the educational system. Children with good education could attend universities and gain the chance to cultivate just like Casmir, or families could save up money to give their children a chance to activate their Qi energy.

It wasn't like ordinary people didn't have a choice, it was just better for them to live a more ordinary life and enjoy themselves in their own way.

Casmir felt quite dejected as he heard her explanations, he didn't realise how much he had been squandering his opportunities.

He swore to himself not to waste his cultivation, to put it to use for those people who would never realistically have a chance to cultivate.

However after hearing Rose's explanation, Casmir was also worried that Rose didn't want to cultivate at all, even given the chance.

"Rose I.. I understand that you might not want to cultivate but I can help you, 10,000 gold is a lot, but my family can afford it." Casmir sincerely suggested.

Rose turned her head away, unwilling to look at Casmir as if she had let him down.

"Casmir.. It's not that I don't want to cultivate but I can't just take advantage of you like this.. I have some money saved up that !..." Rose tried to say with a lowered head.

"No, no, no.. That money's for the baby. I'll pay for everything trust me..." Casmir interrupted her, he wouldn't let her use up the money she had saved for their child for something he wanted.

Rose reluctantly looked into Casmir's eyes, she saw that he was unwilling to back down and she also realised that this wasn't a bad thing for her.

Rose's thoughts span around in circles before she realised something, she was isolating herself just like she had done before. She knew that Casmir was trustworthy, that was evident from how much attention and thought he had given her, he didn't try to throw money at her or restrict her but he treated her like a wife and gave her opportunities she perhaps didn't deserve.

Yet now, as he asked her to trust her, she was still reluctant.

Rose realised that if she wanted to trust someone, Casmir was someone worthy of that trust.

A small smile appeared on her face as she suddenly completely relaxed, she looked up at Casmir and said.

"Ok.. but on one condition.."

Casmir nodded happily saying "Anything!"

Rose placed both her hands on Casmir's cheeks as she spoke sincerely with a slightly nervous voice.

"L-Let's get married.."

A world full of strange creatures, beautiful scenery and vast lands. 

Home to many Nations built by a variety of strange and interesting races. Each of them developing alongside different cultures and ideals in, they live for their families, for their dreams and for their children. 

This world was pure, however it is slowly rotting away under the surface.

The people who live here are slowly walking towards their doom and all they can do is keep walking.

The Lifeless Plague has destroyed all hope for their future. 

While people continue to move on as if nothing has changed, they see no children, they hear no cries from infants and they grasp any inkling of hope.

Everyday the world inches ever closer to falling apart as Governments and Kingdom’s strive for answers, while selfishly protecting their own interests.

In this strange world full of invisible undercurrents, those who don’t understand the consequences continue to smile, play and fall in love. Innocent to the terrors that each person would be willing to commit for their own selfish goals. 

Casmir Sing is one of those people naive enough to believe there is a future, 
however with him, perhaps there is...

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Hello, I’m InvisibleDolphin.

My novel isn't special, it has potential but that has yet to be seen.

I want to hold my characters up to realistic standards, this doesn't mean that everyone is going to be cold and calculative, nor does it mean they will be overly kind.

It means that if my MC see's a beautiful woman, he will admit that she's beautiful but he's not going to chase after her like a dog.

It means that even though the MC might love a few girls, they might not be happy with sharing him.

I intend to have darker moments in this novel but my first couple volume's will be a time of innocence, it introduces people as they are even if they are naive, and as time passes they evolve.

Innocence comes from youth, experience grows character and lets you see the truth.

I hope you can see them evolve and become the best version of themselves that they can be, maybe you'll learn something from them too, who knows.

Tags: Romance, Cultivation, R-18, Harem, Action, Multiple race’s, Complicated world, Weak to strong, Dual cultivation, Slice of life.

Release rate - 3 chapters per week + Bonuses based on corrections. pointed out by readers and/or P*tr**n or gifts.

If this matter was based on looks, then...
Looking at the situation in the office, Tang Mohan and Xia Ling were the righteous side.
A middle school form teacher was throwing a Tantrum and smashing things in the office. It was really embarrassing!
"Teacher Yao? What's going on? " The Dean rushed over from the side.
Teachers of all sizes had already surrounded the office entrance.
Seeing how big the scene was, Yao Lei stroked his hair, took a deep breath, and stood still.
"Dean, it's nothing. It's just some small matters. I'll take care of it. "
"small matters? " The Dean of Education glanced at the office in front of him. It was like a storm had passed... ...
If this kind of office was still a small matter, then what kind of matter was a big matter?
Yao Lei looked at the dean of Education's black face, and only then did he regain his senses. He looked around.
In front of him, the desk had been pushed down by him. The computer, wires, books, and test papers were all in a mess in the office.
The scariest thing was the scene of him losing his temper. The Dean and many teachers had witnessed it. There was no room for him to clear his name!
"I'm sorry, Dean. My phone was stolen by a student. He even threw it downstairs in front of me. I lost control. " Taking a deep breath, Yao Lei forcefully cleared his name in front of the teachers.
His sharp gaze locked onto Tang Mohan.
On the other side, the director also looked at Tang Mohan.
As the number one student in the grade, Tang Mohan's excellence was obvious to everyone, and Tang Mohan's unruly behavior was also obvious to everyone.
They had taught for so many years, but they had never met someone like Tang Mohan, who relied on his good results to do whatever he wanted.
However, his results were really good. He didn't learn anything, and every time he took an exam, he would firmly occupy the number one spot in the age rankings. He even left the second place by dozens of points.
"Tang Mohan, what's going on! "
The Dean was holding the phone that he had picked up from the empty ground.
Yao Lei's phone was torn into pieces.
It was because he had picked up the phone that he had come upstairs. In the end, he had run into Yao Lei who had gone crazy, scolded him angrily, and smashed things!
On the side, Tang Mohan, who had been called, spoke with a calm expression.
"Dean, Su Xia and I were sleeping during the morning self-study session when teacher Yao called us over to talk. "
"Teacher Yao asked us what we thought. Su Xia told us the truth, and he flew into a rage. He wanted to call the parents, and he smashed things and smashed the computer... "
"maybe he's not in his right mind and had a seizure. Who let him out? I'm not too sure about that. "
The boy was handsome and tall. He was also the future heir of the famous Tang Corporation in City A. The teachers liked him very much.
If the school wanted to be built, it would still have to rely on the assistance of the corporation.
Therefore, the Dean usually gave face to the Tang Corporation.
Now that he heard Tang Mohan's words, he could feel that there was no connection. The Dean only frowned.
"Tang Mohan! Teacher Yao is your teacher. How can you disrespect him so much? "
Tang Mohan curled his lips.
"Is he a teacher? " Why do I feel like... ... He doesn't look like a teacher at all ? Director, the Tang Corporation has always felt that No. 1 Middle School is an excellent educational resource in City A. However, from what happened today, the existence of some teachers has seriously affected the quality of No. 1 Middle School's teaching."
"after this matter is settled, let's talk about whether we respect him or not? "


Xia Ling wanted to run, but no matter where she went, she could always see the devil king with a gentle and malicious look in his eyes.
"Xia Xia, where are you running to? "

[1v1, sweeter than ever ]
"..."
Text: Yan Luo Bai, "fast wear, flirt: Plan to save the fallen boss"

Douglas saw several wizards giving him funny looks and cleared his throat. "Name. Tell me his name."
"It's Mister 'Fiery Bone', sir."
"Fiery Bone" Felder, a new wizard who attained his level not long ago.
Douglas swallowed his curses back as he couldn't possibly condemn a wizard of his own organization out in the public. He knew that Felder was always a passionate researcher who would go after any interesting knowledge he could find. It was completely reasonable for Felder to make such mistakes.
"… Keep things under control. I'll go check him out."
Several wizards grew visibly stressed when they learned that a wizard had fallen. Silently, they put more effort into their protections.
"Listen, everyone, do not approach him no matter what kind of research you want to do," Douglas spoke to the others. "Our first priority is to keep the situation—"
The guard from earlier returned again and interrupted Douglas. He was almost crying for some reason. "Sir-sir! Mister Felder is unleashing his attacks everywhere! And he's too strong! There are wizards who got their protection breached and the spots had taken them!"
Douglas lost his balance and stumbled backward several steps.
As someone experienced in battles and wars, he knew that their defensive line would break apart faster and faster at this rate until all wizards were overwhelmed.
He looked at Payne, who showed a similarly grim look.
Payne considered and said in a cold tone, "Gather everyone who is not affected and send them to Monsoon Sector."
"Monsoon Sector?" Qetesh frowned. "But all critical infrastructures of Sleepless City are located there. Are we going to allow outsiders to see them?"
The "Monsoon Sector" was the core of the inner city where important facilities such as intelligence repositories, spell research halls, and resource storages were built. This forbidden zone was constantly protected by a large-scale magic array called the Curtain of Night.
"Sleepless City is not lost yet, but letting all wizards die will enrage the other organizations and bring doom to us. If someone attempts to get their hands on our resources, I'll personally kill them!"
Payne originally planned to enter the darkness so that he could compare his strength against Sunders' strength. But now, he could no longer do so since there were more pressing matters at hand.
There was another reason for his decision. As the very core of Sleepless City, Monsoon Sector had a secret passage that led toward the underground. In the worst-case scenario, he could take the wizards to safety so that Sleepless City wouldn't become the enemy of all organizations. 
He would ask Qetesh to take all the wizards away while Douglas should collect all the resources stored in Sleepless City. In the meantime, Payne would remain at the front line since he was the strongest wizard on the scene. He had to make sure that the affected wizards did not drag any more members into their ranks.
He stood at the entrance of the Monsoon Sector and gazed at the six "clownish wizards" who commanded an army of clownish apprentices.
When he entered his seclusion session one week ago, the Sleepless City was still prosperous and bright.
And it became a complete nightmare so fast…
"Mister Payne, Doctor Anglo is here." A wizard from the Tower of Hurricane approached him.
Payne looked around and saw two figures showing up from a dark street. The only street lamp and the dark ambiance in the area extended their shadows eerily long.
Anglo was still wearing that black uniform and gold-rimmed glasses while Douglas, in his city uniform, accompanied him.
"Payne, I've carried all books, scrolls, and important files into the Sorcerer's Garden," Douglas spoke through their Spirit Bond.
Payne nodded and looked at Anglo. Since time was of great essence, Payne would get straight to the point. "Is there a way to deal with the light spots?"
Anglo did not give him a straight answer. "Mister Payne, according to the strings of the world, something similar happened not long ago."
"Really?" A wizard nearby looked his way. "I never heard of it!"
Anglo adjusted his glasses and continued, "It took place at Midnight Sovereign. I don't know the details, but speaking of Midnight Sovereign… people from Brute Cavern might be able to tell us something—"
He suddenly stopped talking as he looked around in confusion. "Huh… did Mister Phantom leave?"
Several more wizards began to wonder where Sunders went.
"Mister Phantom has gone into the darkness, together with his student," said Payne.
Everyone remained silent. They believed Sunders had a good reason to do such a thing; it was probably related to the Mystery item that everybody was thinking about.
Still, no one had the courage to follow Sunders' steps.
"Yeah, perhaps we should ask Brute Cavern." 
The speaker was "Whipping Witch" Rak'sel, who had sent many of her students into the outer city so that she could seize the Mystery item before everyone. 
"If I remember correctly, we have more than one wizard from Brute Cavern here."
Following her words, the other wizards glanced at a chapel-like structure not far from them. On the balcony on the top floor, a wizard in red wizard robe was spacing out while gazing at the "Curtain of Night" barrier, which had kept them safe.
"Hey Filo, do you know what Mister Phantom is doing?" Rak'sel leaped into the air and reached Filo's side. She then gave Filo an alluring wink.
Filo did not fall for the witch's attractive aura and backed away slowly. "How should I know anything about Mister Sunders' plan? And why should he tell you about it?"
"You're quite right, Mister Filo," said Payne. "However, you should at least tell us what happened to Midnight Sovereign. This will likely determine the future of Sleepless City. Many organizations have their people as victims here, and we need to give them a reasonable answer."
Filo saw everyone staring at him and decided to comply. There were also apprentices from Brute Cavern wandering around. Helping them meant helping his organization.
"Yes, Midnight Sovereign was once invaded by something alike. But the incident was perfectly solved later. Mister Payne, you should know that the affected will not necessarily die. While the light spots controlled their bodies, when we remove them, the victims will in fact receive physical enhancements."
We can remove the spots from their bodies? The listening wizards wondered.
Filo's words were like casting sunlight to a clouded sky. Payne also felt greatly relieved. As long as people could be saved, they still had hope.
However, what Filo said next snuffed out their hope.
"I don't know how to remove them though."
"Then what's the point of telling us? Who knows how to remove the light spot?"
Filo sighed helplessly. "As far as I know, there are only two people who can do it. Mister Phantom and his student, Angor. But as Mister Payne said, both of them have gone into the darkness, so…"
People all shook their heads in distress. They couldn't possibly go look for Sunders at this moment.
But this was still better than nothing. Since an apprentice could deal with the situation, many wizards believed that they could as well.
Apart from these, Payne was wondering about another matter.
"Mister Filo, can you give us more details regarding what happened in Midnight Sovereign?"
…
Angor had been waiting in Sunders' gravity garden for a while. He was anxious to learn the situation outside, but he couldn't.
Thankfully, Sunders placed him at the "outdoor library" so that he could kill time by reading books or educational magazines. And if he didn't feel like reading, he had Toby with him.
About an hour later, he suddenly felt someone's spirit power wrapping him up.
His vision went blurry for a while. When he could see again, he found himself standing in a narrow and dark stone house. A single lit candle was placed nearby, while Sunders was leaning against a wall. 
Angor smelled blood coming from the body of his teacher.
"Are you hurt, sir?"
Sunders waved Angor off when the boy wanted to check him. "Nothing serious. It's almost healed. I called you out because I have an important question to ask."
Angor saw the gentleman's stern look and also put up his serious attitude.
"Have you ever heard the name 'Yorkshire'?"


A young traveler who receives enlightenment from another civilization is on a mission to save his beloved mentor. In his journey to seek the ultimate truth, he travels extensively and along the way, he experiences some unpredictable encounters. Will he be able to save his mentor or will his path be derailed?

Dungeon Exploring and relocations of The beavers and Moles clans already done a few days ago. Paul also has been safely released from his Cursed and already making his name in Aeternum. Our profit from the dungeon was quite big, resource wise off course. T.A.S manage to archive and analyze a few magical enchantment, Magic spells tomes and more importantly he was able to pin several key locations for Dwertur precious metals mine. Sitting inside my meeting room, I finally able to launch my plans for Aeternum radio broadcasting.

"Quite a place you got here Sir….So, what work you got for me?….Sir..". (Paul)
Paul the skeleton carefully swallow his imaginary saliva as Elijah stare down at him. 

"I need you to be my Radio DJ….in here there's everything about your new job…I will also assign a special crew for you…for now all you got to do is familiarize yourself with the manual, and the devices you will be using…I will tell you when the project will be launched later…".
I passed him the 5 inch thick radio broadcasting manual for him to read and prepared. Paul obviously can read, Since T.A.S translate the manual to an Old Dwarven language for him. He needs to start learning how to be a DJ quickly, as I wanted the plan to move fast.

"Understood Sir...by the way, it's hard to picture that you really are a king....huh?..what?..".
Elijah stare at Paul as he wanted to blabber on again.

"Are you guys settling well?..".

"Thanks to your Lordship..ah, Mr. President grace, we were finally able to live to our fullest, Aeternum residence kindness also have been a great help to us…it's was shocking to see so many different races exist peacefully in one place…it's kinda feels like a dream…". (Elder Mikhail)
While Nodding and smiling, Both Matriarch Kasuma and Elder Mikhail were quite happy. After 5 days arriving at Aeternum they have been treated well and assimilating quite well with the populations.

"Great…since you all work for me, all I want you guys to do now, is study at the school…learn Aeternum language and culture as fast as you can…later on you will be assigned to your department for work…by the way, Matriarch Kasuma…I believe this manual should be useful for you clan..".
What I gave Matriarch Kasuma was a compilations of Ninja History, secret technique, cultures and a few documentations books about Shinobi/Ninja on medieval Japon. Thanks to T.A.S who download the whole wikipedia pages for it.

"...Mr. President!…this is….How?..". (Matriarch Kasuma)
Shocked with what I give her, Matriarch Kasuma was clearly ecstatic by what in front of her.


"That's is all I knew about shinobi…of course back in my time I knew a few shinobi clan..that's why I was quite shock seeing there's an existed clan out there still practicing that kind of lifestyle….I figure that manual can help you and your clan a bit…".

"Mr. President…Thank you!…We will serve you and Aeternum to our fullest!!..". (Matriarch Kasuma)
Bowing at me, Matriarch Kasuma along with Sasu express their gratitude like a ninja in the movies. This is my investment, because now I have my own deadly ninja squad working for me. 

"You're Welcome…..hmm, Elder Mikhail..I'm hoping you and your clan would be able to share with Aeternum your secret of how to handle and breed the Slimes…as you know, I'm quite fond of it….I find the slimes to be very useful..".

"Slimes?…of course, it wasn't that secretive at all..it's the same as taming other monsters…in fact slime is much easier to tame….slimes are quite fascinating…though they may looks like a puddle of moving goo…if breed with care…it can do everything..cleaning, purifying liquids..it can even be food source..we survive in the settlement, by eating meat slimes and drinking slimes purified water…amazing right?..". (Elder Mikhail)
Unlike Matriarch Kasuma, Elder Mikhail was someone who's carefree and very enthusiast about Slimes and research towards anything that seems educational.

"Thank you…you should visit our R&D department we got all kind of apparatus to help you guys further explore the potential of slimes…though we only have the Bar brothers for now…R&D department have unlimited potentials you know…".

"Oh really?..then I guess I should make a stop there….hahahaha". (Elder Mikhail)
I supposed he probably will be one of my lead researcher in the near future, unlike the Beavers, Moles have a very high Intelligent status about 2.0 average for all moles. Beavers status parameter were quite normal, but their reflex and Strength were slightly above the average, It can go higher but i assume it's mainly due to their previous diets, as the only eat meat slimes. Still their strength were much more better than any human soldier out there.

"Alright the meeting will end for today..Matriarch Kasuma, Elder Mikhail..if you guys have any questions feel free to stop by and ask..Elijah let's go.. ".
With Elijah on tow, I leave the meeting room and head for my office on the 3rd floor.

"I supposed we can start the broadcasting program now..should I start making the Core radios now?..". (Elijah)

"did Bob already finish modifying the radios?..".

"Yes..about 2 days ago…he only finish making 5 now…but, we can ask Resource department to start mass produce it at any time…". (Elijah)
Elijah put a modified radio on the table and shows it to me. Before I left for the Catacombs I ask Bob to modified the battery powered radio so that It can be used in Fantasma.

Right now the radio on the table no longer use a battery as the power source, but instead use a small monster core, a D/E rank core to be exact. I have to make it use a monster core because the radio that will be distribute will be implanted with a fail safe, that will automatically destroyed the radio if anyone tries to open and inspect them, a battery aren't powerful enough to broke the radio completely. I can't have my technologies being stolen, beside using a monster core will make radio more accessible for everyone.

"Looks good enough…okay, just make a thousand unit for now..and send 800 unit to Merrina town for sale, the rest will be distributed in Aeternum…..is there any news from Merrina town yet?..".

"Yes..Yvone already found a distributor…here is her report and the company she recommend…". (Elijah)

".…Pegasus Wheel company?…unique name…it's own by a single person...Richard Ben Benson, 35 years old, male…not as impressive as I thought..at least he's well connected and got reach to all nations in central continent…and align with Aeternum Vision?..wow Quite a bold report from Yvone…".

"That is what I thought so Sir…for Yvone to send me a report like that, putting a great emphasis on a small company…I wonder if there's something wrong…". (Elijah)
Both of us know, Yvone is someone who is very prude and careful. She's normally would triple check everything before saying or do something, and her stating something like this it made me curious to see the man.

"Well..let's just trust her decision..it's Yvone we're talking about…give her the green light, also tell her to observe the company and monitor their performance…".

"Yes sir....". (Elijah)

"Good, also can you tell the chef to send my dinner here in the office?…I still got a few things to do here..Thanks..".
Elijah sigh as she heard I would be eating in my office but nods as she leave the room. 

"T.A.S what is Aeternum current populations now?..".

[678 people…though the amount was kinda small, but the living standard, professional workforce and educated populace were off the charts….].(T.A.S)

"It's not enough…I guess we have to start buying slaves again…plan a pick up route for the slaves in advance, I want no one to realize that Aeternum exist..at least for now..".

[Understood..should Include i your order together with the order for Yvone?..]. (T.A.S)

"Em…informed Mina and Elijah about the plan…I want at least 3000 people this time…also could you make an app using my [Identify] skill?..".
T.A.S have the capability to copy my skill and implemented them anywhere, but he can't bestows the skill to a living person or being. Since all Aeternum officer have an electronic devices, having my [Identify] skill as an app that they can use will surely help them, especially when identifying a good slaves.

[Of course I can…and done!..I already implanted them on all high ranked officer..all they had to do is take a picture of the subject and the information's will be displayed..]. (T.A.S)

"That's good..also can you to personally observe and pick any special slaves that will be brought in…though we only need numbers for now, still it wont hurt to have more Grandmaster level worker like Bob and Bar..".

[Roger that…wow you really want to make me work huh?..]. (T.A.S)

"Aren't that supposed to be your job..so stop complaining..".
If he can go around doing nothing this A.I would definitely be happy to do just that.

What will you do if you somehow were able to travel between two world?. Harem? Wealth? Power? Adventure?... Sai Mies was able to travel between two worlds Earth and Fantasma, With that ability he swore to changed his mundane life to the better. Each steps he take will bring him closer to his aim, to become the most wealthiest and powerful man in both worlds

P/s The image wasn't mine, i wil take it down if asked to. :) tq.

"You… how did you..." Qin Chu was extremely shocked by the woman in front of him.
"Hello, President Qin. Let me introduce myself. I'm the new recruit hired to help Bella. My name is Zhang Manlin. You can call me Lin."
This girl's every movement was to absolute perfection. This wasn't because she was beautiful or cute but because she resembled Huo Mian very much. Qin Chu looked at her with surprise.
She indeed looked 70% like Huo Mian.
This girl was young. She had a ponytail and resembled Huo Mian when she was still a teenager.
If it weren't for their different voices, Qin Chu would have thought human resources recruited his own wife.
"Who recruited you?" Qin Chu slightly frowned.
"Manager Ge from human resources," the girl said with a smile.
Qin Chu didn't say a word and went into his office, leaving that poor girl standing there awkwardly.
When Qin Chu went into his office, he called through the company's internal line, "Get whoever's in charge of HR in my office now!"
- Five minutes later - 
"President Qin, were you looking for me?" the female human resources manager cautiously knocked on his door and asked. 
"Did you recruit that new assistant to help Bella?" Qin Chu asked.
"Yes."
"Where did you recruit her from?"
"A lot of people sent in their resumes. After sifting through them, we decided to hire this girl. She has a good educational background and looks very reliable."
"Then do you know she looks very much like my wife?" Qin Chu asked in a cold voice.
"President Qin, I…"
"Okay. You're fired…"
"What?" The human resource manager looked back at him with a confused look.
"I said you're fired. Also, that woman outside is also fired…"
Although Qin Chu did not have a good temper, he rarely fired his employees. Him directly firing the human resource manager definitely caused a commotion within the company.
Some people said that the human resource manager's plan was to use the girl that looked like Qin Chu's wife to climb up the corporate ladder but her plan worked against her.
Others say President Qin didn't want to see a woman that looked like his wife appear before him so he fired her on her first day.
Zhang Manlin was indeed very unlucky. All she could do was carry her belongings and walk across the company, listening to people gossip about her.
However, she still looked very calm as if people weren't talking about her.
"Sis…" Zhixin had just come back from a business trip. He didn't know what was happening so when he came to work and saw a familiar figure, he almost jumped over to hug her because he thought she was Huo Mian.
However, when he got close to Zhang Manlin, he realized she was a complete stranger to him.
"Uh… Sorry. I have mistaken you for someone I know…" Zhixin immediately apologized.
"It's okay," the girl said calmly and continued on her way.
Just then, Qin Chu and Bella were also going downstairs to go somewhere. They bumped into that girl in the lobby.
The girl built up her courage to stop Qin Chu.
"President Qin, please wait."
Qin Chu stopped walking but did not turn around.
"President Qin, I heard that I look like your wife. Is that why I'm fired?"
Qin Chu turned his head slightly and glared at her with an icy look, "Who told you that you look like my wife?"


Original Synopsis: 
Seven years ago, after their breakup, he disappeared without a trace.
Now, he reappeared on the eve of her wedding, sparing no means in forcing her to marry him… 
With a certificate of marriage, he bound her mercilessly to his side. 
From there, this “Cinderella” began her journey as a wife of the business empire’s heir...
Mrs Huo - composed, sharp-tongued, and freakishly smart.
Mr Qin - wife-spoiler to no end and a complete “slave” to their daughter.
Quality love story, one on one. You are welcome to get hooked on this story with us. 
Stats on QQ Reader: 102 million favorites, and was voted 8.4/10 by 41 thousand readers. 
TL's Note: Probably one of the best stories I've read, and I was very tempted to translate the title to Big D Brings Spring. Girls, I hope you enjoyed it as much as my girlfriend and my female translators who binge read 4000 chapters in about a month. 
For all the guys hesitating to give it a try, you won't regret it. It's a manly book, I swear.

After seeing how China treated Uyghurs, Youngho thought that he should draw a clear line after all refugees crossed the Kazakh border.
Since China was advocating nationalism, there was no way that Kazakhstan would be amicable to China.
Youngho was going to take a break at the end of the year, but it had become a new year already as he was busy with the Uyghur refugee problem.
Fatima and the kids, who had been excited to celebrate the New Year with Youngho were upset that they could not go on a trip because of his busy schedule. Zeynep, who returned to the royal territory to spend family time, also complained.
 
"Your Highness has ruined my winter break again! How are you going to repay me?"
 
"Grow up, little girl! How can we enjoy a family trip when the Uyghurs are risking their lives to cross the border?"
 
"Our welfare foundation has donated money to help Uyghurs. Also, we had many volunteers to go help them, but we weren't allowed because of the security problem. It's sad that they're suffering, but we have our life too!"
 
Zeynep had a point.
In the poorer countries of the Third World, there were people who starved to death because they had nothing to eat right away when some people around the world were enjoying their lives and spending money on vacations instead of helping poor people. It was unfortunate, but it also sounded unfair if people had to give up their joy in life to help poor people. If they had helped poor people with some of their money, they had done their social duty.
 
"I'm going to go on a resource sales trip to Europe in a few days. I'll take all of you there. You can enjoy your winter vacation there."
 
"Are you also going to France?"
 
"Of course. This trip is for the countries of the Mediterranean coast."
 
"Awesome. You're going to give me enough money to go shopping, right?"
 
Zeynep already knew that Youngho was planning on a resource sales trip. She pretended to be upset to get more allowance from Youngho.
 
"By the way, how much have you ripped off Yaniv, Zeynep?"
 
"What? Why do you say I ripped him off? Grandfather Yaniv voluntarily gave it to me."
 
"You didn't force him to do so?"
 
"He called me to say hello, so I just told him about our foundation."
 
"And he gave you money on his own?"
 
"Yes, but how did you know about it?"
 
"I heard he paid you because you pushed him."
 
"Oh, that grandpa is so funny. I stopped him, but he insisted to pay more."
 
"How much did he pay last time?"
 
"It's only three million dollars."
 
No matter how rich people were, it was not easy for them to pay such a huge amount for charity. Youngho was certain that Zeynep had pushed Yaniv.
 
"Make sure you include his name when you build a school or a particular building."
 
"Does he want buildings dedicated to his name?"
 
"It's just to show that his money is being spent on society. It will make him happy because Mr. Yaniv is quite regretful about his past mafia life. That's why he is being more generous to the foundation."

"Whoa, that means I can ask for some more. Should I ask Mr. Sergey to pay too?"

"Oh, please don't. They're like a family, and if you keep pushing them, they won't answer your calls anymore."
 
"I'll take care of that. Pretend that you don't know a thing."
 
Zeynep was living a stressed life because she became a member of the Kazakh royal family. She could not even enjoy the romance of college life since she was surrounded by bodyguards.
She said that her only joy was to see the money collected on her foundation. It seemed Sergey would also suffer from her joy.
Sometimes she said that her old life at Baku's farm was better. Becoming a royal family was great for the family, but it was an uncomfortable life for her.
Youngho thought that he had been too insensitive for his family that had to sacrifice their privacy as part of the royal family.
He expressed his apology for messing up Zeynep's hair as he used to in the past.
His wallet would be wide open for Fatima and Zeynep on this trip since shopping was a form of deviation and stress relief for the girls.
 
***
 
"Your Highness, I've got a message from Korea."
 
Suh Min-seok hurriedly entered Youngho's office.
It was not a surprise because the Kazakh ambassador in Korea, the Korean government, and defense companies frequently contacted the Kazakh government and the royal family.
 
"What is it that you're making a fuss?"
 
"The Korean governments asked how many Korean college graduates can the Kazakh government receive."

"Oh yeah? Does that mean that they can send any number of Korean workers if we asked?"
 
"I think that's what it means. There will be a lot of graduates and job seekers. So we informed that we don't have a quota."
 
As part of the expansion of technical manpower, Kazakhstan had decided to accept Korea's outstanding human resources and asked for the Korean government's help.
Although Youngho was being admired by young Korean people as he became the Duke of Kazakhstan as a Korean, Youngho worried that Kazakhstan was not an appealing place for Koreans. However, there were a huge number of applicants.
 
"It's nice to hear that. Korean young people are quite adventurous to apply to work in this remote place."
 
"Your Highness has set up a good example for them, so it's not an adventure for them. Probably my case is close to an adventure."
 
"You sure had an adventure. You bet your life in an uncertain future. Don't you think you made a great decision?"
 
"Of course. It was the best decision in my life. I'm honored to serve you."
 
"You've gotten a lot better with your flattery these days. You want to take a vacation to go home or something?"
 
"The family members of In-hwa have also decided to settle down here soon, so I don't have to go back to Korea anymore."
 
"Did you find a house for them?"
 
"Commissioner Kim has assigned them a house near the palace."
 
These days, it was very difficult to get housing allocations because many people wanted to live in the Arirang royal territory.
Now, the state did not pay for people's houses. It only provided land and people would have to pay for the construction cost of their houses. The area near the royal palace was quite saturated already. It was because the construction of buildings is strictly restricted for security purposes. Most of the people who lived near the palace were civil servants.
 
 
"Your Highness, I'd like to suggest something about the Korean young people."
 
"What is it?"

"I was wondering if we could grant them a green card on the condition that they get a job in Kazakhstan. There is a high chance that they will go back to Korea because they won't receive any medical or educational benefits with their resident visa."
 
"Do they need educational benefits too?"
 
"I'm sure there will be a lot of people who will want to go to graduate school here. Many of them want to move to Kazakhstan because many of them can't pay for their tuitions anymore in Korea."
 
With the inauguration of the new government, Kazakhstan had been covering all tuition fees from elementary schools to universities. However, foreigners were the only exception.
Any foreigner who had obtained a permanent residency was exempted from tuition bills as it was part of an effort to resolve population shortage and induce foreign settlement.
Foreigners could easily settle down if they wanted to, but in order to receive permanent residency, people must meet certain conditions set forth by the government.
Suh Min-seok wanted to issue a special green card to encourage the settlement of young Koreans.
It was good news for Youngho to hear that many Koreans had applied to come to Kazakhstan, especially because he had been trying to attract European people during his trip to Europe for resource sales. That meant he would not have to sell resources at a lower price in exchange for workers.
 
***

A large jumbo jet took off the royal territory's airport.
Leon and Jelyan cheered as the plane soared into the air. Rena went to South Ossetia for her winter break, so she could not be together this time.
Although their dad was on his way to work, the children thought that they were on a vacation trip. Since they could not go outside the palace due to the harsh cold for a while, it was exciting just to get on an airplane.
When the plane reached its normal height, Leon and Jelyan got up from their seats and began to walk around downstairs and upstairs.
Fatima, who had been scolding them, shrugged her shoulders as she looked at Youngho to ask for help.
 
"Leave it. The attendants downstairs will take care of them."

"I don't know from whom he got that from. Were you so busy like him when you were little?"

"Why are you looking at me? He might have gotten that from you."
 
"I'm afraid that he might not grow up to be a reliable prince. I'm going to discipline him very strongly from this year, so don't even say a word."

As Youngho never scolded his kids, he was a hindrance to their discipline.
 
"Oh, he's going to calm down in time. A kid is bound to act like a kid."
 
"No, you should leave our children's discipline to me one hundred percent."
 
"Okay, okay. You're becoming scary, Fatima."
 
As the two were discussing who should take a lead to discipline the kids, Suh Min-seok came to inform Youngho that ministers were gathered at the conference room.
 
 
"Report that we have gathered in this conference room."
 
For this trip, Eriksson, Commander Kabak, the minister of energy, and the industrial technology minister, foreign affairs, trade minister Government and other officials accompanied Youngho.
Negotiations between governments would be done by working-level officials, but the negotiations with the European companies were left to the Information Agency. At the earnest request of the royal family, the Information Agency had hurriedly formed a consulting team.
There were many world-class consulting firms, but it was hard to find a trustworthy company, so Youngho asked a favor to Basten, and he readily accepted it. It was a relief to know that there was a great negotiation team that knew about Kazakhstan's situations more than any other company.

 
"Commander Kabak, please stop by the national defense company and see if you can test its weapons performance."

"I don't know if France is going to open its advanced weapons to us very easily."
 
"They should. They're the ones who can supply weapons to the country that supports terrorism if they can make money. It's their chance to get resources, so they'll open most of their technologies to us."
 
"That'll be great if they're so cooperative, but I only hope that they don't make any unreasonable demands."

"Be confident as a resource-rich country. When the waterway is expanded, we'll have a direct route to Europe. Kazakhstan is no longer a landlocked country. The royal family also has the right to manage the Volga-Baltic Waterway, so you can be as loud as possible."
 
As the first stop of their trip would be France, Youngho was educating the ministers about France. Since Kazakh ministers had little experience in negotiating with foreign countries yet, Youngho tried his best to encourage them.

Empire of the Ring is a Korean modern fantasy epic adventure novel that sets in the nations of the Caucasus mountain range which separates Europe and Asia. The nations of Caucasus are regions of many conflicts over territories, ethnicities, and religions. The story begins as Lee Youngho, a warm-hearted Korean merchandiser, takes a business trip to a disputed territory of the Caucasus nations to sell Korean unmanned security systems only to get misconstrued as a spy and caught by Armenian militia. Youngho eventually gets involved with the militia and CIA to help out people of the regions from conflicts and works toward a birth of a new empire in Caucasus.

This is an ongoing novel from Korea with more than 750 chapters as of today. The pace can feel a little bit slow in the beginning but as the story unfolds, you will be drawn into the world of Caucasus. If you are a modern fantasy/adventure lover, you will enjoy learning about different regions and cultures in Eurasia and Eastern Europe as Youngho travels around the places. Happy reading! 

*Disclaimer: The following contains depictions of religion and ethnic disputes. We do not support the author's views, we are only translating and editing the novel. This fictional novel is inspired by real-world people, places, and events — the author has taken these people, places, and events and embellished them as characters with conversations and backgrounds as done in fiction.

"Why are you here again?" she asked while munching the chips. It's been exactly two hours since Jungkook stayed in the house with her and she felt like she's been missing a lot.

Jungkook grinned and munched down the chips top while watching Ironman. He was cheering for Ironman while she was about to cry.

"I miss Jimin already," she suddenly blurted out. Jungkook, on the other hand felt bullets pierced his heart when his brain processed the information.

Suddenly, he felt his mood go down. He didn't have any guts to cheer or watch the movie anymore. His appetite for the chips vanished.

"I'm going to cook some foods," she excused herself. When she got to the kitchen, she immediately slapped her face. She felt the energy of the room drained and she knew why.

It was because of the thing she suddenly said that changed everything. How could she face him now? She blinked three times before jumping up and down three times. She was cursing herself for saying such a stupid remark.

"Do you have any cold drinks?" he suddenly asked. She shrieked before she got a grip on herself.

"shit, why do you have to scare me like that? Oh yeah, there's soft drinks on the second shelf. If you want ice pops or sweets, it's in the bottom shelf," she said while pouring the flour on the bowl. She cracked three eggs and did her thing while he was watching her back.

He was feeling awful about himself. Even after hearing 'I miss Jimin' from her, he couldn't help but to admire her. He was examining her back and his thoughts went overhead. He groaned and walked towards the refrigerator. His eyes glistened when he realized that this refrigerator is full of fluids and foods.

"I must say, you're fricking organized. Did you make those popsicles and juices? You're using washable plastic glasses,"

She laughed and uttered, "what can I do? I have to save the earth,"

It was almost 3 in the afternoon when she went to the living room and brought the pancakes. She took the empty bowls and trays and dropped them on the sink and started washing.

She was eager to go to upstairs and sneaked to their library, Mark's library. Although most of the books there were about laws, business ethics and educational resources, she made sure she stocked novels and other outstanding books.

"you make the most delicious pancakes in the world" he moaned out of delight while eating the incredible pancakes. She laughed and took some and went upstairs.

"where are you going? I'm all alone here,"

She raised her eyebrow. She wanted to say, "is that my problem?" but she knew better, "I'm going to Mark's mini library,"

He thought for a while before he carried the plate and walked ahead of her. She gasped and moved him aside, "excuse me mister, I know the way,"

_____

He scanned the shelves and tried to find a book that's interesting. He was not a fan of reading but he has couple of books in his room.

"can you suggest a book to read?" he asked while looking at the educational books in front of him. He was, for sure, not going to read medical books.

She chuckled and gave it a thought. "I've read Me Before You and After You by Jojo Moyes. I literally put their genre on each shelves. Find anything that you like. There's romance, adventure, comedy, horror, crime and anything else," she said while grabbing her latest collection, Tracy Madison's books.

Her gaze was intense while she was debating on what to read first. Finally, she decided to read A Taste of Magic first. She sat down on the arm chair that looked like a bookshelf chair. Of course, this was the chair from her father and she truly treasured it.

Time passed by and it was already 6 in the evening. The sky had gone darker and the air was getting colder. She stood up and closed the windows and the curtains. She looked at Jungkook who was peacefully sleeping on the chair. After he finished reading one book, he had no energy to read another one.

He secretly took a book and covered his face and then off to sleep. It was pretty much obvious but she did nothing about it. She wouldn't force people to read books with her. As a matter of fact, she loved reading alone.

She decided to wake him up since it was late already. "Jungkook? It's already late," she softly said. Surprisingly, he woke up and looked at her in the eyes before blinking.

"what time is it?" he breathed out as he placed the books back to the shelves. She rubbed his eyes and yawned.

She chuckled and opened the door, waiting for him to go out. She switched off the light and closed the door behind her before she could answer him." It's already 6 in the evening. I can make a quick dinner. Mark will be back after an hour or so,"

She walked down the aisle and to the stairs, straight to the kitchen. Jungkook sat down on the chair beside the kitchen table and waited for her.

"is vegetable chicken salad fine for you?"

He nodded and said, "I'll eat whatever meal you cook," he wasn't the type of person to reject foods. He wasn't a picky eater. He was taught by his mom to accept the food served in front of him and finish the food on his plate, just like a good child.

After her father's tragic death, she distance herself from everyone, including her mom. She wasn't fully prepared for moving on from the event and now, her mother found another man who'll fulfill her after him.

Jungkook, a player, stone-hearted faced the same event. His mom died when he was little, leaving him and his six other brothers with their dad. He then knew that his father found another woman and would like to marry her which he was so furious about.

What they didn't know was their world was just connected. 
___
"I told you to marry that man!" her mom shouted at her, stomping her left foot.

"why would I? This wasn't part of the deal! I let you marry that old man and even let him take the role of my dad yet now, you would force me to marry someone who I don't have feelings with? I can't believe you" she yelled back. She ran away from her mom and went back to her house. 
___
"Jungkook, get ready, you're meeting your future wife" his dad said, holding his wife's hand. 

"I don't even like Lisa, let alone be paired with her forever" he hissed and walked out. 
___
5 years later. 

"c'mon you're meeting your sister. She had arrived thirty minutes ago and is probably waiting for us, together with her husband." his mom told them while taking her bag and fixed her clothes. 
___
She held her tears and looked at the night sky and said, "Jungkook, we can't. As much as I wanted to be with you, we're both married to someone who we don't give a shit."

He took her hands and let her face him and said, "that's my point. If we love each other, then we'll fight for each other, for our love", to her. He kissed her hands and they shared a passionate kiss. 
___
"if only I knew that this will happen, then I wouldn't have to do that. Shit, Lei, you make me crazy"he kneeled down, holding her bruised hand. 

"shit happens, kook" she laughed. 
___
"we're divorced". They both said at the same time. She jumped on him and he twirled her, tightly holding her waist. 

"does that mean, we have a chance?" he asked her, lost in her galaxy eyes. 

"we do have a chance, we just didn't know how to find that chance" she smiled while pecking his lips. 

"if only I met you before your mom met my dad, then we would have kids by now" 
___
"I now pronounce you, husband and wife"

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