Once Elena turned 25, she had been having a series of dreams. She couldn’t understand why and what’s the meaning behind them. Until she, started to work for the richest man in their country.

This tall, honey-colored and handsome as hell man is full of mystery. As Elena interacts with Martin del Necis, strange things are happening around her.

*Note*

Some characters are based on real story but the story line itself is purely fictitious.

The gunners also had pronounced weaknesses. When it came to their reaction, speed, and strength, they would always be inferior to ability users and ancient warriors. 
"No! There's no way he can do it!"
What she was about to witness would leave her shocked.
Just like the arrows, Qin Feng triggered the assault cannon, pelting the Neapolitan Mastiff with a hail of bullets.
Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow!
When the smoke and gunpowder cleared, the Neapolitan Mastiff was clearly maimed by the relentless shelling.
"Aaaoooouuuuuu!" The Neapolitan Mastiff howled as it was sent flying into the air.
Unlike Lu Meng, Qin Feng did not keep his finger on the trigger unremittingly. It was always twisting the nozzle with a click, raising it a little, and then a steady pull.
With no mercy whatsoever, another shower of bullets flooded the Neapolitan Mastiff, piercing the most vulnerable part of its body, its abdomen, and punching holes into its vital organs.
Just like that, with two attacks, the Neapolitan Mastiff was severely wounded.
"Aooouuuuuuu!" The Neapolitan Mastiff fell from the sky, howling soulfully as if its end was near.
Although the injuries inflicted on him were not deadly for now, if the fight were to continue, it would surely die.
So, it called out, signaling for its pack.
One by one, pairs of glowing red eyes began to flicker in the dense forest.
Red-eyed jackals!
When the Neapolitan Mastiff was hunting its prey, they were watching by the side, not participating left the beast general might think that they were going for its food.
Now that they were allowed to join the hunt, their crimson eyes were practically dripping with blood, mouths drooling to the ground as they glared at Qin Feng, eager to tear into him.
"Come on then!" Qin Feng deftly grabbed onto the assault tower.
It would seem the assault cannon had a spirit of its own, as it mimicked his movements and ferociously shredded the jackals into pieces.
Qin Feng noticed a pair of red eyes before one of the jackals even made a move, and pulled the trigger!
In a blink of an eye, the jackal was pattered with over twenty bullets.
"Aaaaooouuuuu!"
The smell of blood set off the pack of jackals, with three of them charging directly towards their assailant! Qin Feng shifted the assault tower and sent bullets flying everywhere again.
Fight them off!!!
Fight them off again!
"Come and help me reload the canon if you are still breathing!" Qin Feng's icy tone muddled between the deafening shots.
Lu Meng suddenly snapped out of her daze and crawled to Qin Feng while trying to bear the pain.
Li Yaoyao quickly ran to her friend and tended to her wound. But her eyes were glued on Qin Feng. That young man looked so calm, and besides, there was a charm about him.
Swoosh!
Rows of ammunition were being loaded into the weapon. Lu Meng watched Qin Feng's antics in amusement – that precision, that skill; it was mesmerizing.
Qin Feng finished shooting one last round and then stopped.
When Lu Meng saw that he had ceased fire, she panicked. "What is it? Why did you stop? You ran out of ammo?"
Qin Feng turned to look Lu Meng in the eye. "They're all dead. We'll split the loot between us. The Neapolitan Mastiff is mine!"
Lu Meng looked around and saw the lifeless red-eyed jackals scattered all over the field. The nightmare that was pursuing them was now already dead.
"They're all dead!" Lu Meng's eyes widened.
Qin Feng ignored the naïve little girl and was already standing over the corpses, absorbing the energy into his body, which was supposed to strengthen him and increase his speed.
When as he walked up to the Neapolitan Mastiff, a massive wave of energy shocked him!
Buzz!
Qin Feng felt his surroundings tremble, and his strength got a substantial unexpected boost.
G2 tier!
If he told anyone, at all, that on the second day of his awakening, he had risen to two tiers without any potions, their jaws would have fallen to their feet!
That was Qin Feng's ability, however.
This ability that awakened only a minute after the injection could potentially reach S tier.
Right now, however, Qin Feng still had not mastered this special ability, having not honed himself to exploit it to its fullest.
Qin Feng suppressed his newly acquired as a measure for discretion and began to collect his loot.
The red-eyed jackal's fur and sharp claws were materials that could be sold. 
Ultimately, to make the exchange with Chengbei colony's officials, he needed to cut out the ears of the red-eyed jackals.
But forty over red-eyed jackals could definitely not compare to one Neapolitan Mastiff.
That. Now that was a beast general!
Qin Feng carved into the Neapolitan Mastiff's body with his dagger, expertly removing its pelt, teeth, and claws.
The most important part was actually located at the center of the creature's chest, near the heart.
Squirt!
Fresh blood splattered as the muscles were quickly sliced. After the ribs were removed, what looked like a spherical red bead was revealed.
Neapolitan Mastiffs were categorized as beast generals because of this energy core in its body, the source of energy for its awakened speed and strength. Most of these were located next to the heart.
This red bead could be used directly to enhance its physique and was many times stronger than G-tier strengthening potions.
Qin Feng pocketed the bead then squeezed the remainder of the materials into his backpack. That was only one Neapolitan Mastiff's worth, and yet his backpack was now fully stuffed!
On the other side of the field, Lu Meng and Li Mengmeng looked as pale as ghosts. When Lu Meng saw the insides of the sliced corpse, she nearly threw up the meal she had last night.
"If it weren't for you, I would've been dead. I still haven't thanked you yet. Please take all of these with you!" Lu Meng protested.
She was never one to stand the sight of blood from dissecting corpses.
Qin Feng glanced at Lu Meng and answered, unreserved, "Sure!"
He was, in fact, about to give the rest to her to minimize her losses, but it seemed like she did not care anyway.
Materials from these red-eyed jackals were not even worth nearly as much as the bullets used tonight!
Right now, Qin Feng needed to create some fortune. After all, he had just been reborn. While he might not have been very successful in his previous life, he was at least a valiant mercenary who had fought hundreds of battles, and one who did not lack money either. 
Currently, he was poor as a pauper and needed a lot of resources to support his training.
He dragged all the red-eyed jackals to a pile and then removed their nails and ears. As their coats were too tattered, he did not collect them.
After a few minutes, Qin Feng had bagged all the materials gathered into his sleeping bag. That thing was nothing very valuable anyway. Even if there were bloodstains on it, he could just replace it with a new one.
Once he was done, he turned around and saw the frightened Lu Meng and Li Yaoyao shuddering on the ground, looking very lost and exhausted.
The sun was rising, and the skies were bright. This meant that the vehicles would start making rounds soon, and they could finally return home!
Qin Feng tied up his sleeping bag and looked around to determine the direction they should head.
"Come with me, let's get back to the colony!" Qin Feng said, dragging the sleeping back behind him.
"Thank you! Thank you!" Li Yaoyao quickly said. She was truly grateful that Qin Feng had helped them and, for the most part, kept them alive to see another day.


The age of darkness has arrived. 
When the rift to an unknown plane suddenly appeared on Earth, monsters invaded, beasts mutated while humans, the once-dominant species fell to the bottom of the food chain. 
A hundred years later, three of the greatest classes evolve amongst humans: ability users, ancient warriors, and gunslingers. 
Qin Feng, an orphan of this dark age was tormented just as he awakened his pinnacle level of special ability, barely surviving for ten years in the post-apocalyptic world. 
Hence, he was reborn...


Lucien did not panic. Instead, a series of thoughts came to his mind: 
 
“Did the church find out it was me?
 
“…No, it can’t be. If the church had found this out, they wouldn’t have waited until now. I was involved in the witch’s trouble before… I must be on their list of suspects, but not on the top.”
 
Lucien paused a bit and answered, “I stood up late to complete the last part of my music work, then I felt very sick in the morning, so I asked for a leave. Now I’m feeling much better. That’s it.”
 
“Did you see a doctor? What was wrong with you? Can anyone prove it?” Corella questioned closely.
 
“No one. I was not sick… I was just really tired,” Lucien answered calmly.
 
“I can prove for him, sir.” Victor took a step forward, “Every time when I finished composing, I felt the same tiredness.”
 
“You are…?” Corella glanced at him.
 
“Mr. Victor is Lucien’s music teacher, a musician.” Elena introduced, feeling very surprised that Lucien could somehow compose a piece of music so quickly.
 
Corella took out his quill and quickly wrote something down on his notebook, “I’m sorry, Mr. Victor. You’re Lucien’s teacher, so your testimony cannot be fully trusted. I wonder if there is anyone else who can prove for him, or I have to take him back to the church to do a physical examination, just in case.”
 
Lucien’s face did not show any different, but his mind was being busy with finding possible excuses. For a few seconds, he did not say anything.
 
“I can also prove for this young man. I’m the director of the association, Baron, Othello.” Hearing the noise, Othello came out of his office, “Lucien just finished his first music work. It was great. He must have devoted all his soul and strength to it.”
 
Although Othello disliked this young man’s music style, he still admitted Lucien’s talent and effort. Besides, the upcoming concert, and also the association, needed Lucien.
 
Corella nodded, and wrote a line of words on the notebook again.
 
“With your words, Mr. Baron, I believe it’s time for me to leave now.” 
 
Actually, Corella himself did not believe that Lucien would be the the one under the wanted-notice either. According to the information from the inquisition, they were looking for a sorcerer at least of the third circle. There was no way that an ordinary young man who was a nobody three months before could turn into an evil and powerful sorcerer so quickly.
 
The cardinals of the inquisition did not put Lucien’s name on the list in the first round either.
 
Now there was a Baron speaking for Lucien. Pissing off a noble was the last thing he wanted to do before he became a real knight.
 
Watching Corella leaving, Lucien breathed a sigh of relief.
 
“Don’t let this bother you two. I’m gonna be very demanding.” Othello nodded to them and went back in his office.
 
“Oh my god, Lucien, Mr. Othello said you composed your own musical work? Holy…” Elena looked Lucien up and down as if he suddenly became a stranger.
 
Lucien just nodded with a smile.
 
“What is going on here? Why are you here, Victor?” It was Wolf, who was walking downstairs.
 
“Nothing.” Victor shook his head, “I just talked to Mr. Othello about a change in one of the pieces of symphony on the list.”
 
Victor knew that Wolf would know this sooner or later anyway, so he did not really care.
 
Wolf’s face suddenly darkened, “You got a new piece of work? It’s impossible. You were that desperate several hours before…Wait, how could Mr. Othello allow you to change the list? Did he allow you to?”
 
With a series of questions, Wolf couldn’t wait to figure out what was going on there.
 
“Since we met Mr. Othello’s expectation.” Victor shrugged his shoulder pleasantly.
 
“What requirement? Within several hours, you suddenly can meet Mr. Othello’s requirement? It’s ridiculous…!”
 
“Well…” Victor blinked, “If the fact pisses you off, that’s too bad. By the way, it was not my work, but my student’s work. You said a pauper cannot become a musician. Lucien proved that you’re wrong.”
 
Pointing at Lucien, who was standing aside, Wolf laughed as if he heard a rather funny joke, “Are you kidding me, Victor? This poor guy just started to learn music three months ago, and now you’re saying that he composed a piece of music work that is qualified to be played in the Psalm Hall? If it’s true, I’ll fulfill my promise… I will never compose again but only do music criticism. But if it’s not, you really have to apologize to me for lying.”
 
“If I were you, I wouldn’t say this too soon, Wolf.” Victor looked very serious, “You can laugh. But you will see on the concert. And then you will see Lucien’s work in the library.” 
 
Wolf stopped laughing. He took a glance at Lucien and cursed, “You guys are just lunatic. I’ll wait and see how you’re going to shame yourself. We’ll see if you can make my words come true.” Before he left, Wolf glared at Lucien and added fiercely.
 
Watching Wolf leaving, Victor commented, “Arrogance brings prejudice, and prejudice makes a person an idiot. Lucien, take a rest today and let’s get started tomorrow. I’ll talk to Mr. Hank and tell him I have to borrow you from him for a while.” Victor smiled.
 
Still feeling tired, Lucien nodded and said his farewell to Mr. Victor.
 
After grabbing his umbrella, Lucien walked toward the gate together with Elena.
 
“Why are you looking at me like that, Elena?” Lucien was feeling a bit bothered with Elena’s continuous gaze. 
 
“Honestly, I feel like you’re not the Lucien I knew before… I always knew that you’re talented, but I still can’t believe you can compose such a great music work on your own which is appreciated by both Mr. Victor and Mr. Othello.”
 
Lucien slightly waved his hands, “I guess I just got inspired somehow. Maybe my inspiration came from my past experiences.”
 
Elena had no idea of how long it often took a musician to compose a piece of music. She slightly tilted her head and smiled, “Maybe you’re really a genius. I always trusted you, Lucien. Don’t forget me as a friend when you become a really great musician.”
 
“Of course I won’t.” Lucien also smiled to her and then left the association.
 
Watching Lucien leave, Elena stood there for a long time and murmured to herself, “Why he’s so talented…?”
 
…………
 
Seeing Lucien’s nice suit, Joel joked with Lucien a bit over dinner for suddenly turning into a gentleman. Then, Lucien went back to his place and fell asleep directly. He did not wake up until nine in the night.
 
When Lucien woke up, he felt much better. Although he really wanted to start making Revenant Dust right now, Lucien knew he should not act too hastily, or it would be too risky.
 
Taking another tube of Storm, Lucien felt more energized. Tonight he decided to refine his spiritual power using the power of the star. Hopefully he could become a real magic apprentice tonight.
 
After becoming a junior apprentice, Lucien would be able to cast one more apprentice spell. The recovery speed of Lucien’s spiritual power would be increased by a bit, and the ability to withstand Mind Magic would also be improved.
 


"A falling star has brought the chaos. The throne of fate has lost its master. The nonbeliever who walks in light and darkness will make his debut."
In this magic world, knowledge is power.

Death was never something I thought about and certainly not it was something I expected, in my life, I was always a fan of the fantasy genre and always wanted to be a witch like Harry Potter, imagine having all the power of magic in your hands

when I died I was 25 years old, and I was starting my professional career in a good company and with a good salary, then one night, my apartment caught fire

when I died, I didn't become a ghost or went to heaven, hell, Hellhen, Valhalla, underworld (hades) or anybody put death all that happened was a white light and a lot of giants were watching me, (what the hell is happening?)

"Isn't she beautiful?" One of the giants said seriously, why are these giants looking at me?

"Yes, of course, she is, after all, she is my daughter" the giant woman speaks in a proud tone, what is the problem with this giant? And who is whose daughter?
"What will her name be?" The older giant says and something clicked in my mind no, can't it be reborn?

"Her name will be bonnie, bonnie Bennett" the giant woman that I believe to be my mother, says what my name will be and again something clicks in my mind, I've heard that name before, but it's not possible I can't have reborn on a TV show. Right?

Skip the time 5 years

after a long time, I finally accepted that I was reborn and that I was bonnie Bennett from tvd, but the background story is a little different from the original, my mother still abandoned me with my grandmother, so I believe it is because of her sealing Mikael

but my father went with her, and they travel the country working on I don't know what, now, and then they come back and take me out and spend time with them, but the person I liked most was without a doubt, my grandmother

but the old woman didn't tell me anything about magic and locked the cellar with what I believe to be magic, because every time I go to the cellar, I lose consciousness and wake up in my room

at first, I believed I was simply dreaming of going to the basement, but after 5 attempts I concluded it was not a dream

I also met the protagonists of the series and became friends with Elena, Caroline, Vicky and the others although I didn't like Elena very much in the series, this Elena is still not as selfish as the one in the series

but the person I have the most friendship with is Caroline the girl may be a human barb, but she is fantastic all this animation, kindness and innocence, always being compared to Elena and always being the second option has done her a lot of harm

but when she became a vampire in the series, she was the character that most evolved as a person it is an injustice that she was not the protagonist or that she won a spin-off just for her

 So she will absolutely become a vampire, she was not made to be a simple human, she was made to be extraordinary

and I need to keep Stefan on the rabbit diet, because the ripper is an idiot that the world doesn't need, and he and if it works out maybe I can share Caroline's attention with him just a little if Klaus or someone more dignified doesn't choose him first, because it is too good to be the second option

now all I had to do is manipulate the events so that everything ends up right in the end and I survive to be able to enjoy the magic

skip the time a few months

On an ordinary day my parents came to spend the week with me in a luxury hotel, how did they get the money to pay that week in the luxury hotel we are rich?

After spending time with them, but in 2 days at the hotel they had to leave apparently there was an urgent job, and they left me at the door of a bar and said they would come and pick me up in a week and when I entered I found glory with the witch and that it is very convenient now I understand, the old woman must have forbidden my mother to teach me magic, but if she is not the one who taught me all right? There is

it looks like this is my lucky day, and so I went in and sat on the bench and watched her until she took action

"Hello little girl, what do you want to ask that is not alcoholic? Why don't I sell alcohol to children" Gloria speaks with a gentle smile on her face as she examines me and I smiled back

"hello Gloria, I want you to teach me magic, let me introduce myself I'm bonnie Bennett," I say making it very clear that I'm a Bennett after all in the series Bennett family is well respected in the supernatural community

"Why did you come to me, if you are a Bennett your family should teach you, right?" Gloria asks confused, and she's right unfortunately my grandma doesn't want me to learn magic

"my mother left me here at the door of her bar, and I believe my grandmother forbade her to teach me magic, because the basement of the house is locked and when I learned to open locks in an internet tutorial and I opened it I saw many things from the occult and suddenly I fell asleep and had difficulty remembering what I saw exactly and now every time I go near the basement I wake up in my bed without remembering anything just that I went to the basement "I explain To glory my situation, and she makes a face of disbelief and horror and murmurs "a spell with the effect similar to compulsion, and can be used as a barrier, brilliant" Gloria starts to murmur and then looks at me

"Girl, if your grandmother has a spell of that caliber, obviously she has others because she doesn't teach you? How to do magic? WHAT?" Gloria speaks and touches my arm while she is talking and screams

"What happened?" I ask in panic what could have made her scream? Did I do something?

"A type of seal, its magic is sealed, and it is a very powerful seal, the most powerful I have ever seen in my life, and I am over 100 years old, come here" I almost jumped when she spoke, my magic is sealed? Did the old woman seal my magic?

I went to glory, and she put her hand on my head
"your mom probably left you at my bar, because she knew your grandma sealed her magic and probably forbade your mom to remove the seal, and then she sent you to me, that I'm a witch and I don't know your grandma, and she doesn't know me if I take the seal it won't be her mother's fault that's what I can assume "Gloria closed her eyes and started to concentrate

and after a few seconds a big dark blue pentagram with a bunch of strange runes that look like it was written around the pentagram and with the letter B written in the middle, appeared between us and sent glory flying for several meters and then the pentagram disappeared

What the hell was that? Seriously a pentagram appeared from the swim and threw glory away, and pentagrams did not appear in the world of the series something is wrong

Gloria soon stood up and looked scared at me
"I was kicked out of his mind, this pentagram I have no idea what it is, but it is powerful there were myths that witches used pentagrams to increase their spells and write their spells so as not to need Grimoire, but I thought it was a legend and this pentagram was placed inside you, I believe it is a family heirloom, but changing the subject I found out about the seal "Gloria speaks with the voice and face of someone who just discovered about a new toy

and this pentagram was placed inside me, a pentagram that works like a magic pen drive, and then I had my magic sealed this is not fair, I could now be studying the pentagram and learning a lot of spells from my ancestors, but some genius had the idea to seal my magic, thanks grandma

"Girl, the bad news is that I can't undo the seal, only that he put it on you can" when Gloria said that, despair entered my soul "but the good news is that he is weakening little by little, your grandmother probably programmed it to break up when you became a teenager "Gloria spoke and the despair that invaded my soul started to disappear and I started to wonder why the old woman did it?

"Your grandmother probably wanted you to have a normal childhood, but your mother must not have taken it well so your grandmother forbade you to teach you and sealed your magic, and your mother sent you here, in the hope that I if the seal, this is my opinion on the subject, I can teach you the spells, but you will only be able to use them when the seal breaks "Gloria spoke and I started to regret accusing my grandmother she just wanted me to go a normal child

 third person

"Are you sure this is right? Leave bonnie with that which" leaning against a car rudy asks abby about her decision to leave bonnie with abby

"yes darling is the best and it is impossible for a normal witch like glory to break the seal that my mother put on bonnie, and bonnie is a smart girl she already knows that she is a witch, and look at me, all my life I knew that I was a witch, but that was all my mother didn't tell me about the supernatural world and I spent most of my life thinking that there were only three factions and after 30 I found out about the executioners and the ways of the witches and that most of them of the members of our lineage were executors or leaders of (noble) territories "abby speaks with a fire in the eyes

"and the worst thing is that my mother is the (noble) leader of a territory and small even though she was already a class S executor she could have taken a big city like New York or even a state, she is a legend among the executors modern, and being her daughter, it is not my duty to follow her path for the honor of the family, and she denied me that and I will not let her deny bonnie this opportunity also now we go, we have a magical terrorist group to arrest "abby speaks and starts walking towards a big building and rudy goes after her

a young boy, dies and reincarnates in a very complicated world as an original vampire.

I decided to remake the story instead of making MC reincarnate as a mikaelson, but rather, alecsviel helason, a young man who reenacted, a vampire updated original

Chapter 4.5

EARLIER…

Adam sighed and said, "Fine, I will tell you. Come here..."

While blushing, she complied
"Finally. Yes. Oh God yes...", she thought with a pounding heart, "...Took your sweet time"
She closed her eyes and licked her lips. She didn't want her lips to be rough the first time he kissed her. "Wait, he's too tall...", She stood on her tippy toes and thought, "No excuses now. The mood is perfect".

Half a second later, "I have waited long enough, come on and.... aaaAHHHH", she thought.

The feeling associated with her abrupt yelling-
First it was slimy, like being enveloped by a viscous mucus. 
Then it was itchy, like walking through an ethereal pine needle forest where the needles don't just brush against your skin, but dig into the flesh and bones. 
Next, there is an unbearable heat, like boiling alive in a vat of lava but being able to feel the marrow as it liquifies and distorts under the boiling temperatures.
The feeling washes over your body in waves, shifting just under the skin until it rests in the stomach. 
And finally, just when the feeling fades away, everything from a sense of self to a perception of the surroundings become similar to shattering glass. 
For what feels like years, the mind is cast adrift in a fragmented wasteland of nothing until bang, just like a newborn, a glacial cold freezes everything in place until scattered thoughts are returned and the surrounds stabilize.
And just like a miracle, the sights are completely different.

She hated this feeling and would usually do anything to avoid it even though she was used to it.
It's not exactly teleportation but it is rather close. Time is still a factor even though it is infinately close to being an instant transfer.

Elena didn't reflect upon her hatred of the method of transport because she was occupied with other thoughts. "Chance...", she held onto Adam's body like a koala for support. "Hahaha, you will carry me you bastard. Playing me like a fool... not likley", she thought. 
She even tried to use her cutest and pseudo angry voice to reprimand but...
"What the hell Adam, you know that I...Urgh...", she actually got sick this time. A common problem for modern day people, like air sickness in planes or  car sickness. She was used to the sickness but was incapable of stopping the illness that came with another biological process...

She ran Into the bathroom and sat on the toilet, "For all of the advances in science, no has been able to stop this bi- monthly nonsense".

 Women of ages past would have been coughed mouthfuls of blood if they heard that the longest standing biological process was reduced to once every two months. How was it possible, these women of the past will never know.

She freshened up and held a note in her hand.
"Congratulations, I don't know if your going to need these but the makeup is in the back. Love you. ~Eve". 
Elena shook her head and said, "This girl. She planned for us to be alone". She tore the paper up and smiled before she flushed it down the toilet. "Thank you babe, I need all of the chances I can get"
She pulled out a personally made makeup kit and said, "This is...", she teared up and held her heart, "Thank you...".

Meanwhile, in the Li residence. 
Evelynn was sitting down on a floaty in a pool 6 times the size of an Olympic swimming pool. She sneezed while Li massaged her feet with one hand and used another to hold an umbrella to protect her delicate skin from the sun. They were in a shallow part of the pool, a center area that has dry land like an island.
He did not even spare his face as he used his nose to increase the pools temperature until is steamed with his watch. Eve just looked at him in annoyance.
She sipped on her drink and then used her free hand to moisten her body with some water, starting with her chest. 
Li stared at her like a bloodthirsty hyena for a brief second before returning to his gentlemanly smile of servitude.

Getting over her emotions a second later, Elena started to put the makeup on.  She heard Adam ask her if she was ok and she was about to answer when she grabbed the things Evelynn left for her. She turned it on and said, "I am....". 
She was starting to stress about her incomplete makeup but smiled right after she heard the throw up sounds. She rolled with the tape and continued to apply her flawless and blessed makeup.
"...Not fine", she said.

She finished her makeup and grabbed the last of the three things she was given. A tiny capsule with a cartoon picture of a human head with its mouth open in a comical way. A waterfall of throw up was aimed at the cap on the capsule. 
She hid the recording device then threw the capsule and the degradable makeup kit into the toilet and flushed. The capsule simulated the stench of real throw up, like a stinkbomb.
 
She cracked the door open and finally let herself absorb what Adam had said to her. For a brief moment, she was able to calmly accept his words, "I understand, don't try to remember that...", but against her better judgement, she imagined it. She shuddered and said, "I wouldn't wish that upon my greatest enemies"
"Elena..."
"Adam..."

She tried to keep her mind off of it but, she kept on imagining Li, slowly and with trembling fingers, undress Adam. Eyes and hands, scanning over every nook and cranny as he, like a frightened bunny, caressed Adam's skin. She imagined Li, doing this and that to Adam and she felt disgusted, not at them but at herself because she liked the imaginary scenario...They were both handsome, almost beautiful men so...
She would talk to Eve about it, in the meantime...
She ran into the bathroom to throw up for real, which was actually her response to the fake throw up smell that bombarded her nose.

After cleaning up, she gently opened the door just in case Adam was standing there again. She looked to the left, then to the right and froze at what she saw.

Adam was standing at Evelyn's door and showed a face that she had never seen, happy, truly happy, and more than anything, content. She could not see or feel anything fake or simulated in his expression. She knew and has always known, but that and believing are two completely different things. The latter filled her with sorrow while the former filled with hope.

At most, she could only let him have his moment, so she closed the door as she returned to the bathroom. She pressed her back to the bathroom door and slid to the floor. Like a series of whispers, she cried and hiccuped after a few seconds of thoughtlessness. 
She did not get caught up in the moment and before anything else, she scrambled to the hidden recorder and pressed play on it. She wept to the sound of a recording of someone throwing up. She could only hope that she managed to recollect herself before Adam heard her, she knew that his hearing was dozens of times better than a normal humans.
Even with her precaution and knowledge on Adam, she sobbed even harder.. 

[How would respond to someone who is crying over you, knowing full well that neither of you can be together?
-I chose to selfishly ignore it at the time]

Elena recovered herself and washed her face. She pinched her cheeks and smiled into the mirror, the brightest she has ever had made in her life.
She walked out of the bathroom with a hop in her step and entered Adam's hall. She heard the water running and froze in front of the door. Her false expression broke down and she reached towards the handle with clear eyes. 
"What am I doing?"

She laughed at herself and forced herself away. 
"Hello Nyro, will you open up for me?", she said cutely. As soon as her sentence ended, the door opened. 
She saw endless sands and blue sky and cried even than when she was in the bathroom. 
"How long has he kept it like this?", she said aloud. A semi-computerized voice replied, "Nine years 12 minutes and 56 seconds and counting".

She laughed, wiped her tears, and said, "Thank you Nyro"
She took her shoes off and walked into the room. After walking around for a bit, the voice asked, "Would you like to sit Mistress".
She laughed and said, "Mistress?"
The computer voice called Nyro said, "I may be a basic self learning program master made when he was but a child, but even I have been able to learn how much master doted upon mistress."

Elena laughed and said, "Listen Nyro, things between me and Adam are...more complicated than that. I hope one day you never learn but knowing your capabilities, it probably won't take too long to figure out. If you haven't already"

"I understand Mistress. Now, about my question?"
"Yes. I would love to sit, thank you Nyro. Soo....um...when is... you know..."
"Master is entering the room in three, two..."

The door opened soudlessly and Adam walked in...

She just stared....And stared harder.... And stared.....Stared....

Chapter 4.5 Pt 2


When Adam stepped into the room he touched his middle finger and thumb together and rotated his hand so that his closed palm faced the roof. His fingers separated and two lines projected out of his writes, generating a rather large screen. The skin around his wrist glittered like diamonds as a vibrant keyboard with an odd amount of keys popped up

He wrote in a string of commands on the 96-key keyboard. Similar to black glass, the platform then dispensed two slabs of something. Seconds later, the two blocks chiseled, colored, and re-textured themselves.

A minute and a half later, a maroon waistcoat and checkered tie (Diagonally separated  by the top and bottom. Maroon by his throat, black and white squares along the bottom) The button down shirt was a crisp and void like black. The pants were a similar color but checkered suspenders hung at his sides like twin tails. The outfit was completed by a pair of white and black dress shoes that matched the checkered patterns spread throughout his outfit. His silver eyes matched the metallic color of the silver buckles (on the back of the vest and on the suspenders), cufflinks, and shoe buttons.

He stepped out from behind the makeshift wall while fixing his tie. Then he grabbed the second set of clothes he received and brought then to Elena.

"Put this on, we have to test the project"
They stared into each others eyes so intently that he could see her...perverted gaze...
"...Here...", he managed to say with some difficulty.
"...Thank you..."

Elena started to undress right in front of him. 
"..."
He just started at her like how a parent would stare at their young child who did something stupid, angry and helpless at their innocence. Only, both parties were adults and neither was as innocent as they pretended to be. 
Elena just decided that no matter where she went while in the room, she would not be able to avoid his eyes so…
She stripped into her underwear and wore the clothes, with some difficulty.

"This is cute. Did you make it?"
Adam was currently typing on his keyboard and periodically dragged something on the screen somewhere else. Everything looked like alien text and pictures to her but it was also extremely familiar. She knew that it was a language he invented to make things easier for himself.

She however, was talking about the dress she was currently wearing. It was mostly made of black lace and frills that fit, most appropriately, on Victorian porcelain doll. She wore: A wide brimmed and sharp tipped hat that had a maroon ribbon; silk like gloves that exaggerated the size of her wrists while large white cuffs and silver cufflinks; Checkered tights that were the same void like black and snow white as the ones on Adam's clothing. Her feet were encased in glass like, black, heels that fit the Victorian aesthetic with similarly exaggerated decoration white cuffs. 

"..."
"Hey. I said, 'did you'..."
"Miss Elena, Master spent 5 months, at least 2 hours a day, attending to the quality each and every thread."
"Oh... um. Thank you Nyro."
"I did not make that out Nyro. That's a pre generated outfit, so I did not have any hand in the creation of what you are wearing", he said dismissively. 
Elena mouthed, "Did he design it?", which prompted a virtual emoji face, that popped out of thin air,  to nod its head and wink while smiling.

"Enough, Nyro. Make sure that the connection is stable"
"Yes...", the robotic voice said somewhat "cheerfully?"
The room around her seemed to change and distort every one of her senses.

"Oh..."
She started to hear a series of erratic beeping and slow and hypnotic droning sound
 
"...are we playing a game?..."
She looks down to see and feel the endless sands below her feet as it, interestingly enough, hardens to stone.
"...Is that why I'm dressed up?..."

Her sense of taste and smell interacted with an artificial dampness that had no place being in such a well insulated and clean environment; 
"...Wait…"

And with a spin, she can see the walls darkening and see constellations of lights glittering on their sufaces.
"...Did you make a custom simulation?..."
Elena focused on Adam, who was putting the finishing touches on whatever he was doing. 

He smirked at Elena and said, "Sound...", and in that instant, no matter what happened, Elena lost the ability to hear anything.
Oddly enough, she could continues to hear him when he said the names that could be associated with her others senses. One by one he got rid of her senses and ended it with her sight.

She was stuck in endless darkness, disoriented, to the fullest extent of the word. That was, until she heard a voice slither into her ears and chase away any negative feelings in her heart.

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(Shit)-Background:
Humanity is bound to make an irreparable mistake when given enough time.
The 2**0's proved to be a periodd of time where such a mistake was infintesmally close to being reached. 
There are only known 3 known pieces information that we can be sure of now and 2 others that were gathered by the survivors of that time.
1) Nuclear weapons were used
2) The (objectively) best and brightest minds and bodies of the world were herded like cattle to one nation
3) It is the best near death experience any species, known to mankind, has ever had.

1) Approximately 70% of all habitable land became uninhabitable within the first few months and increased to as much as 97% by the end of the era
2) The survivors were all chosen, regardless of race or creed, by the worth of their skill. The worlds most influential leaders, the just and corrupt; The most intelligent scientists and mathematicians, moral or unethical; The most innovative and inspiring artists, modern, traditional, contemporary, parody...etc; Ths most knowledgeable historians; farmers; every other occupation that can be statistically analyzed for the best result under the best and worst conditions.

These people used every means necessary to not only survive, but thrive under a deadly environment. 

The ultimate result was a 10 year long golden age that surpassed all of humanity's previous advancements. Every renaissance or enlightenment paled in comparison to the transformations that happened in this time.
Humanity, quite literally, opened the doors to safty and Into the greater universe.

As for the bombs that drove humanity to the brink, they remain a mystery. No one knew or knows the reason for using the nuclear weapons. 
The first attack could have been a mistake or intentional. Someone in a random government could have given orders or it could have been a disgruntled leader. It could have been a terrorist group or a hacker or a simple series of, highly unlikely, technological malfunctions.

The outcome of humanity's greatest folly has however, 100 years later, has given rise to everything we have today. A universe that is just an open doors way away

"So… what do we do now?" Ashe asked as Arthur walked through the streets of Vale, not really caring where he was headed as after everything with Emerald he needed to think for a bit and not worry or think about the others.

"Depends, the next term is starting soon, and there shouldn't be much to worry about then as everything will start unravelling during the second semester" he began to explain, "My main problem will most definitely be Jacques, his butler, Cinder and Salem"

"Though, I think for now my biggest concern will be the butler and whoever Cinder sends to try and catch me"

"What about Torchwick and Neo? Think she'll send them? Or maybe Adam?" she suggested.

Taking a second to think Arthur replied, "I doubt she'd send Torchwick, he's a thief and a crook, not a kidnapper, or even strong enough to catch me, he's got the brains, so she might get him to try. Neo… she's a possibility, I don't know how her Illusions work or if Siri will even be able to see through them" he contemplated

"And Adam, he's a tricky one to predict, I don't think he would easily accept just trying to capture me, I'm not really a big figure, I may have a bit of fame but nothing that would get the White Fang to try anything to me"

"But he might still do it, because I do have a bit of fame, something like a warning, and if he learns where Blake is then the chances are much larger that he'll come out to do something, though he might still send people after me if he is tasked to do it"

"Out of all three, Neo is the most likely along with the White Fang, but there's also a possibility of there being someone else, someone I don't know, whose not in the story we know of"

Ashe sighed, "Well, we'll be back to Beacon in a few days, so we shouldn't need to worry about it too much, for now at least" she said as Arthur froze as he stepped around a corner, a feeling as if someone was watching him taking over.

Slowly looking around the relatively empty street Arthur couldn't see anyone who was staring so unceasingly at him and with such hostile intent, just as he shut his eyes to activate his soul seeing skill he felt a shiver run down his back as he quickly dodged to the side, coming just a hair breadth away from having a small dagger plunged into his back as it quickly lodged itself in the ground where he was standing.

Turning his head to see where it had come from Arthur, as he did the dagger pulled itself from the ground and flew towards the top of one of the buildings where he could see the figure of a person wearing a ninjas costume, one which had multiple stitches over the chest resembling claw marks.

"Is she…" Ashe muttered, remembering the one 'ninja' that Arthur had torn the clothing of, and who looked to be particularly angered by having her clothing torn. Ashe began to laugh, "Wow, you met her once when she tried to kidnap you and she's already following you around"

"Not now Ashe…" he said as he watched the girl jump towards one of the buildings behind her, disappearing into the rooftops of Vale, "Let's add her to the list of problems, I have a feeling we're gonna be seeing a lot of each other" he muttered to himself and shook his head, turning around he continued to walk down the street.

It wasn't long before another interesting event happened for the day, as he continued to walk, it wasn't him who noticed it, but Ashe, "Um, Arthur…" she muttered as she floated next to him, now making use of Siri's illusions to keep herself hidden so as to not attract any prying eyes.

"Isn't that her?" she said, getting him to turn where her pages were open to, which was towards a small ice-cream parlour, nothing fancy, it was clean and white with ice-cream shaped decorations on the wall, and that was about the most interesting thing about it.

But what attracted his gaze wasn't the cute little ice-cream cone mascot statue that was standing outside, but the girl who was currently in front of the elderly, shop keep who handed her a cone of ice-cream with three scoops on it, the all to famous vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice-cream mixture that made up the neapolitan.

"She's actually eating a neapolitan… does that count as cannibalism?" Ashe asked, sounding curious if it actually did.

Arthur didn't respond, instead just watching as the half pink, half brown hair girl began to pat her pockets looking for her wallet or just some spare Lien, but coming up empty as she continued to search for some Lien, the shopkeeper quickly beginning to gain a frown at her continued searching as he kept hold of the ice-cream, making sure it was out of her reach.

Sighing Ashe said, "Just do it, maybe getting on her good side will be a good thing in the future"

"You do realize she could easily just make her own money with an illusion right?" he retorted.

"Yes, but the cute chibi ice-cream flavoured girl is 'struggling' to pay for her ice-cream, which is ironically the same flavour as her" and she really was 'chibi' standing nearly 40 centimetres smaller than Arthur.

"I don't even want to respond to that…" Arthur sighed, shaking his head at Ashe's choice of wording.

"What, I can't be the only one who wants to taste her" She thought aloud

"Stop using 'taste' when you talk about a living person, you sound like Hannibal" he chuckled.

"Ew, no, I don't like fava beans or chianti" she shivered in disgust, getting a snort from Arthur as she conveniently left out the liver part of the quote, Ashe giving him a wide smile and wink.

"Now hurry up and go pay for the ice-cream, and maybe get your own, make it cookies and cream, keep the colour scheme going, I will divorce you if you don't" she threatened.

"And how would you do that?" Arthur laughed, knowing full well that unless he died or agreed they were stuck together for awhile.

"I'll stop talking to you" she crossed her arms and nodded, not being believable at all.

"That a threat or a promise?" Arthur gave her a wink of his own, seeing that Neo was still looking for her money, while the ice-cream had been placed in a holder behind the glass pane to keep it chilled until she could find her wallet.

"Here, this should be enough right?" Arthur said placing a blue lien card on the counter, one for 50 lien, "I'll have a scoop of red velvet, cookies and cream and caramel" he said, "Now give the girl her ice-cream" he gave the old shop keep a small smile.

The shop keep as well as Neo gave him a small look, but the shop keep quickly took the lien card and handed the cone to Neo before getting the scoops Arthur asked for and handing it to him, taking it from the shop keep Arthur turned to Neo who was looking up at him with a small smile.

"Really should make sure you have some money before you try to buy something" he said to her as he tasted the strange mixture of caramel, cookies and cream and red velvet ice-cream, Neo response, or lack thereof was to just look at him with squinted eyes as she slowly took a lick from her own ice-cream.

And thus they engaged in a short duel as Arthur silently stared down at her while she stared up at him, their eyes locked in an intense game of no blinking, Arthur lost, he always looses, but he did get a chance to see what she looked like, even if it did dry his eyes out after a minute.

She was short as he already knew so short that she was shorter than Ruby, even in high-heels, her hair was long pink and brown hair one half pink the other brown, the pink having a few strands of white in it, really giving her that Neapolitan look. Her eyes were the same, one pink the other brown, the pink half having a few white streaks through it, which would swap colours whenever she blinked. 

She wore a white tail jacket, the jacket part ending at the top of her belly while the tail fell over her hips with a pink interior, the jacket also had a single button buttoned at the centre of her surprisingly large for her size chest, at around a large B, maybe C cup. Which was accentuated as the jacket opened up on to, really revealing the top part of her chest while still being modest enough that it wouldn't be considered revealing.

Under her jacket she also wore a brown corset which curved in the middle and bottom showing a small part of her hips, the part that curved down entering under her pants which were also brown and long which had her boots pulled over them, these being long, knee high, high-heel white boots with numerous buttons running down the sides of them and had a black tip.

Lastly she wore numerous black pearl necklasses worn haphazardly around her neck, loosly flowing over her bust and shoulders, and black gloves finished off her outfit.

Neo seeing Arthur blinking to wet his eyes silently laughed in victory as her expression loosened to become less suspicious of him, turning around she made her way towards a table in the parlour, lightly swinging her umbrella until she unceremoniously 'plopped' down onto the bench, nodding her head to the side as she locked eyes with Arthur saying he could sit by her.

Quickly taking the seat across from her Arthur noticed that her eyes never once separated from his, even as she continued to eat her ice-cream she kept her eyes locked on his, their colours swapping every time she blinked, which was an interesting site to say the least.

An idea formed in Arthur's mind as a smile formed on his face, as he looked into Neo's eyes he quickly blinked, willing his eyes to swap their colours and invert them, something he had never done before, well, with his own thoughts as it normally happened whenever he was in a bad mood.

Neo's eyes widened as a smirk formed on her face when she saw his eyes suddenly turn black after he blinked, taking this as a challenge she rapidly blinked two times, each time her eyes changing colour, Arthur doing the same, but instead blinking three times within a second changing their colours each time, it was actually surprisingly easy, but if he could see them himself he would notice they weren't fully black, instead becoming lightly speckled with black spots that seemed to fade away into the sclera creating small grey rings around the speckles.

They both continued this game of who could blink/change their eye colours fastest for nearly five minutes straight, once again ending in Arthur's loss as he gave up when she started turning her eyes red, purple, green blue and every other colour under the sun, and then some.

"Okay, you win, you win, I've only got that" he waved his hand in surrender, both their ice-creams having mostly disappeared leaving only a scoop of caramel for him and chocolate for her, Neo gave a small fist pump as he expression turned to one of victory.

Which quickly changed ass her scroll began to let out a small bell chime jingle, pulling it out she opened it up and saw she had gotten a message, quickly reading through it she closed her scroll and once again locked eyes with Arthur's, somehow conveying her thoughts without words.

"Gotta go?" he asked, Neo not responding or nodding as she continued looking into his eyes, "Well, before you go, want to tell me your name?" 

Neo smilled and swapped her eyes between white, brown a pink and the pointed to her ice-cream cone, "Ice-cream that is white, pink and brown, Neapolitan? Your names Neapolitan?" she locked eyes with him.

"Not Neapolitan?" she didn't respond, just blinked with a smirk on her face, "Neo? Neo Politan?" seeing he got the message she smiled and stood up, "Well, Neo, it was a pleasure meeting you"

Neo walked next to him, taking another lick from what was left of her ice-cream, as she passed him she quickly pushed her umbrella under his hand that held the ice-cream cone, pushing the cone into his nose, leaving a small part of it on the tip of his nose and a small, caramel coloured moustache.

"Oh you little-" he quickly turned to her, a false anger expression on his face that quickly turned to one of surprise as Neo leaned down, her eyes wide open as she quickly licked the ice-cream off his nose, leaving Arthur with his own eyes wide.

Giving him a wink Arthur saw her eye turn pure white with multiple black speckles in it, mimicing what she had seen from him, not even giving him enough time to say anything as her entire body shattered like glass, the shards fading into the air, leaving where Neo had been standing empty, as if she had never been there.

Behind him Arthur could hear the shop-keep say, "Where'd the Lien go?" while scratching the top of his head in confusion, he hadn't taken anything out, and yet it was all gone, and no one had robbed him yet.

"I'm really starting to feel like I've got some charm ability" Arthur muttered to himself as he wiped his caramel moustache off with his thumb and licked it off, tasting a little bit of chocolate and vanilla along with it, "I don't have like some hidden ability do I?" he asked her.

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"You look happy" Roman noted as Neo walked into the warehouse where their hideout was located, Neo locking her eyes with him, "Oh, you skim some schmuck?", she rolled her eyes, "Oh, tricked someone into getting you something" he realized as Neo also pulled out numerous lien cards from her pocket between her fingers, mostly blue and white cards.

"Good girl, always go for the register when they never expect it" he chuckled as Neo smirked, "I know its obvious…" he said, Neo's smirk persisting, "That was one time, long ago" he said trying to refute her silence.

"Fine, twice" he sighed as Neo pumped her fist, "Anyways, crazy in red wants us, or well you, to catch someone and bring them to her, apparently she can't do it herself" Roman said, moving the subject forward and dug under in his coat, pulling out a small piece of paper and throwing it towards her, it spinning with enough force that it remained in the air.

Neo easily catching it between two fingers, and flipping it over to see who she was to look for, "Arthur Fielder, 'The Angel of Vale'" Roman's coice mocking the title, "Hmm?" he said noticing Neo, continued silence as she stared at the photo, "You meet him before?" she looked up to him, "Oh, nice one, he's the one you skimmed off of, makes your job easier then"
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As time passed, the sun started coming out from his hiding. The brightness of each ray coloured the sky marking a new day with brightest possibilities. The hue of redness signifies life and new arrival.


We spent the entire night in the hospital taking turns to monitor Elena. In the beginning, Zack was not leaving her alone but after my constant persuasions, he finally rested for a few hours outside while I took care of Elena. 


It was around 6 in the morning and the sun was spreading the hope of life around when I observed Elena's eyes twitching. I rushed out to call the doctor. 

"Doctor! Doctor! Come here!!"


After I found the doctor, I rushed into the room with him. 


Zack was still sleeping in the room beside due exhaustion.

" Doctor her eyes just moved a bit! When will she wake up?"

I asked in haste, hoping to see her lively as ever.

The doctor went forward checked her pulse and injected a medicine in the drip. 

"She will wake up in an hour of nothing unexpected happens.
Call me when she will wake up or any other signs show up."


I nodded and then looked at Elena, the girl who was as lively as the butterfly was now in this state. The doctor went outside and I sat down beside Elena. 


While I was still remembering about the last time I spent with Elena and how she took care of me as a little brother, I heard a faint voice, "Alex…".


I swivelled towards Elena to find her looking towards me with eyes filled with love. She was looking at me constantly while there were tears collecting in the corner of my eyes. This was the feeling of being saved from drowning. She was an integral part of my life and now the fear of losing her was receding slowly because I can feel her care once again just through her gaze. I was elated to see the love in her eyes once again.

After a while, Elena tried to sit up while exerting all her strength. I rushed forward and supported her back then commanded her, "Lie Down!!, You need to rest more."

She smiled and nodded her head. 

That one simile to me felt like sunshine on a rainy day. This was the smile that motivated me for all these years to be happy for others who are still with me and care for me rather than being sad for someone who I even don't know how she looks now. Although she never directly told me these things Elena's life always motivated me, she helped me the most recovering from the incident I faced a few years ago.


I saw her still smiling, and I felt relief in my heart. I said softly, "You lie down and don't try to sit up. I am going to call the Doctor."

She nodded in approval and then again closed her eyes to rest. I went to the doctor's cabin to bring him here. 

Later, the doctor checked her again and told that she can be discharged by evening but she still needs to take medicines on time and rest well. I confirmed the medicines that I need to buy and then paid the money for medicine to a nurse to buy them.


After coming back once again, I remembered about Zack who was still sleeping in the room next door and I went to wake him up so that he can also feel assured after knowing Elena's condition. As I approached his door, my phone rang.

I took out the phone only to see it was mom's call,

 'Shit!!, She will kill me! I haven't told her anything about all this.' I thought.

With shaking hands due to nervousness I picked up her call, 

"Hello!" I greeted timidly. There was audible fear in my voice that can be heard from a man who was facing the greatest calamity in his life. 

"You still dare to pick up my call!! Where are you both punks?!! You didn't return home while night and now also you didn't take the initiative to call and tell me." She roared her lungs out on the phone, nearly deafening me on the phone. But still, I felt happy, isn't that the care I longed for in my childhood and now I have it.

"Mom, listen to me. Promise me that you won't scold me then only I will tell you." I spoke timidly as I still fear my mom the most.

"What have you done this time? Why would I scold you? If you don't speak now then I'll surely beat the shit out of you" She roared again.

"Ok ok, I'll tell you…" I hesitated then continued, " Ele...Elena is in the hospital, so we are there!"

"What did you say?"
A roar sounded again but her tone was slightly varying from the tone she used to scold me.

"You heard it right! She's in hospital"

On the other side, it went silent for a while then mom's tone changed completely and she asked with the care of the mother, "What happened why is she in the hospital? And how did you know that?"

"Mom listen to me! Don't take stress, she is alright now.
Yesterday she was being robbed in an alley while we were leaving the park…." Then I repeated the series of events we faced yesterday, just by cutting all the parts where her life was in danger. As to not give her more stress!


"Ok stay there!! We are coming straight to you. Take good care of her" mom instructed me.

"Hmm, even if you haven't told me I would have still taken good care of her," I said hanging up the phone. I returned to Elena's room to see how she's doing. In all this, I totally forgot about my original intention of leaving the room. The buddy and lover who stayed up the whole night to take care was totally forgotten!

The gallery where the exhibition was to be held was a new two-story building. It was recently built by one of the most famous architects, whose works were distinguished by innovation and sophistication. The first floor of the building сomprised a spacious exhibition hall, with all the necessary equipment for the expositions. Temperature and humidity sensors, which automatically regulated the conditions in the room, depending on what type of exhibition was in the hall. On the second floor, there were rooms for master classes and workrooms, the roof was decorated in the form of an open and spacious garden.

Elena looked around the room, she liked it from the very first moment, as soon as she crossed the threshold. And the exhibition, which was to be held the next day, was the first both for the girl and for this gallery. Maybe that's why she experienced a certain amount of excitement from the upcoming event.

"Mrs. Anderson, you have arrived! I already thought that I would not see you today because of yesterday's event. Congratulations, Lenali Enterprise's banquet was simply awesome!" The young woman, who seemed to be in her early thirties, flew up to Elena like a butterfly, fluttering her wings.

"Thank you, Marie. I'm glad you liked it," Elena smiled at her. Marie was the main person in charge of organizing such events, and her work experience in the best museums and halls of the world, such as the Louvre or the Hermitage, made this woman a professional with a capital P. She was in seventh heaven when Elena handed her an invitation to the banquet, but today she looked even happier.

"It seems to me, or are you shining like never before? Did something marvelous happen?" Elena asked the woman.

"Mrs. Anderson, something amazing has happened! Remember the painting that we lacked for the collection? So, the museum in Toronto finally agreed to provide it to us and it will be delivered here within an hour!" Maria exclaimed and threw her hands up like a little child waiting for the delivery of the desired toy.

"Really?! This is wonderful, Marie!" This news pleased Elena not less than her administrator. Now their collection was complete, exactly as it was exhibited only once, before all the paintings were bought by the best museums in the world.

"Oh, I'm so happy! You have no idea what it means for me, as a big fan of creativity of Liu Yang, to see her very first collection live and in full composition! And even more, to help with the organization! What a pity that she left this world so young at the very peak of her career, her work was special." The woman thought for a moment, notes of sadness slipped in her joy.

Elena smiled but said nothing. For her, this exhibition was not just an opportunity to collect works of a once-famous artist, but also a personal matter, after all, it was about her father's wife.

Liu Yang was a young girl who barely graduated from school when her work was noticed by famous critics and recognized her as the genius of her time. In her paintings, people saw some special meaning; a glance at them evoked warmth in their hearts and made them think about what they themselves did not suspect.

Her first collection, "Fragments of Time", created a huge sensation in the art world; no one has yet portrayed the transience and mundanity of a human's life. From the side, the paintings looked completely ordinary, but the aura emanating from them made the viewer dive into the world depicted on the canvas without even noticing it.

"Mrs. Anderson, the paintings are already posted in their places, except for the one that is to arrive soon. Want to take a look? You haven't seen them before, have you?" Marie asked Elena.

"No, I saw only one of them, I saw the others in the catalog, but the images were not very clear," she answered and followed the administrator to the hall.

As soon as Elena crossed the threshold of the exhibition hall, it seemed to her that she had fallen into a world centered on one person. The person, who was depicted in the paintings.

The little girl circled in an unknown dance, stepping from one canvas to another. The landscapes were changing, her outfit was changing, and with each step, she herself became more and more mature.

In the first picture she is not more than five years old, she froze in her dance under the falling petals of Japanese cherry blossoms. On the other canvas, she is already ten years old in Red Indian costume dancing on the ruins of Machu Picchu.

With each transition from painting to painting, she grew older, but all these paintings united one thing — none of them depicted her face. And now, at the very last painting, the girl was standing with her back to the viewer and looking into the distance to the white peaks of the mountains, and under her feet was a huge plain stretching for tens of kilometers.

Elena looked at the canvas and froze. She knew this place and saw this landscape in her life with her own eyes. Six years ago. 

"Cave of Spirits, Tibet," she whispered, not believing her eyes. "Marie! Come here for a second, please!" Elena turned to the woman and she hurried to her, "Marie, do you know when this picture was painted?"

"The late Mrs. Lee wrote this episode when she was still in high school in Europe. She was sixteen years old then, so these pictures are already more than thirty years old," the administrator replied.

'Sixteen years old? It turns out, even before my birth,' Elena thought to herself and an unexpected thought occurred to her, "Marie, what is depicted in the picture that you have to bring? Isn't that... the sun, by any chance? You know, big red sun?"

"No, Mrs. Anderson, there are the pyramids of Giza. Sacral places of the planet are involved in this series as an indicator of time and history. None of the paintings have such a sun that you describe," the woman replied to Elena's question and returned to her duties.

Elena continued to look at the picture, and her eyes were attracted by a new detail, she began to move from canvas to canvas and noticed something in common in all the paintings. At first, this did not catch her eye, but then, when she focused her attention, she was sure that this was exactly what she was thinking about. 

The girl took out the phone and dialed the number, "Hello, Armand? Do you have a sec to talk? ... Yes, I'm in the gallery now, you know that tomorrow is the opening of the exhibition? Can you come? I need your help... With what? You know sign language, right? Yes, that's why I need you. I want you to look at something." Elena received confirmation from her friend and hung up the phone. 

She looked at the picture again and then looked at the hands of the girl depicted in it.
From the first time, it seemed to her that she was standing in the usual posture peculiar to the national dance, depending on the landscape behind her back, but then Elena looked into her hands and saw a familiar gesture. She did not know the finger language, but this gesture was the only one she knew. And it meant "Look."

A strange idea arose in her head, and she would rather have believed that she had just seemed to see everything, but somewhere inside, she wanted to be right. In these pictures, there was something special, something that was not visible to the ordinary viewer, and when Elena saw Tibet in front of her eyes, she realized that everything was not so simple.

While the girl was looking at the pictures, another pair of eyes was following her with interest, and this interest had not the most tactful hint. The man, kept looking at her, glancing at every centimeter of the woman's body, pressure was growing inside him, and primitive desires began to appear in his head.
He straightened his back and walked toward Elena with a confident step.

"What a pleasant meeting, Mrs. Anderson. I did not expect to see you for two days in a row," he came up from behind and put his hand on the girl's waist.

Elena shuddered in surprise and took a step aside to avoid his touching, "Hello, Mr. Carter. I am glad to see you, but please, do not sneak up on me like this anymore. You scared me." 

The man grinned slyly and bowed his head in an apology, "I beg your pardon, I did not want to take you by surprise. Next time I'll be careful."

"Let's avoid anything like this next time. I have reflexes that I cannot control all the time, so now you are lucky that I did not accidentally hit you in the nose with my elbow."

The girl's warning didn't cause the reaction in the man that Elena hoped for. His desire to attract the attention of this unassailable fortress under the name of Elena Anderson aroused hunting instincts in Carter.

"Hmmm, I always assumed you were a hot woman, Elena," he narrowed his eyes and scanned the girl from head to toes. "I will be glad to see you tomorrow at the opening of the exhibition. I'm sure my picture will perfectly fit into your collection." He winked and walked away with his head held high.

Elena sighed and rolled her eyes. If it were not for this man's fame in art and media circles, she would prefer to avoid this partnership. But what to do if he was part-owner of half of the paintings hanging here? Well, in any case, it remained only to survive the exhibition time, and then they will part their ways.

"I will haunt you like a shadow, take away everything that is dear to you and you won't even notice me," his eyes were shining with the triumphant glee. 
"Go on! But when you get to the top you will see that all that you have done turned out to be meaningless!" 
"Is it a bet?" smiled the devil himself and looked with an amusing grin at the person, who kneeled in front of him. Such a disobedient toy, he thought.
"It is a bet."
"Then let the new game start."

Elena Lee, the daughter of the pharmaceutical tycoon, has been tormented by nightmares since she was six years old. In those dreams, she meets a strange man. It looks like he is trying to save her or... to kill her. But what will the girl do when the man from her dreams suddenly appears before her eyes in reality?



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Chapters 1-149 - Book 1. The Numbers: Fragments of Time.
Status: Completed. Under editing.
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Chapters 150 - .... - Book 2. The Numbers: Demon Behind the Scenes. 
Status: Ongoing.

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East Cove Higher Magic Academy.
While Link was rescuing the merchant, Elena was reading a book silently in the hall. She was alone as Eliard was in the elemental pool experimenting on a Level-2 spell he newly learned. He was extremely busy these days. 　　
When magic fluctuations could be felt from the luminous green rune stone, Elena was shocked and her face immediately sunk.　　
"Have I been exposed?"　　
She held the rune stone tightly in her hand. The rune stone was originally cold to the touch. However, due to the constant information and vibrations from the magic fluctuations, it had started to become warmer.
When she covered the stone with her hands, she could prevent the magic fluctuations from being felt by anyone else. She could also determine the type of spell used from the special way the rune stone would react to different spells.　　
The current fluctuation pointed to the presence of explosive spells around the other rune stone. Whenever a spell was caste, there would be a sharp increase in magic fluctuations, allowing Elena to accurately determine the strength and frequency of the attacks.
At the start, Elena felt two extremely strong magic fluctuations back-to-back. Her heart almost skipped a beat. "This is a Level-4 spell! This Magician cast two Level-4 spells in less than two seconds! What fast spellcasting speed! Are two Magicians fighting against each other?"
In fact, it was Link who had consecutively cast the Level-4 defensive spell, Edelweiss, twice.　
Following which, the rune stone emanated a series of weak but extremely fast fluctuations. There were a total of 12 fluctuations in less than half a second. Elena was horrified. "This is the strength of a Level-1 spell. Who could have cast 12 spells in half a second? Could it be…?"
There was only one Magician in the entire academy who could cast Level-0 spells at such a frequency. That person was Link, the Magician staying in the same Mage Tower whom she had avoided the entire time.
She then felt another few instances of Level-1 and Level-0 spells. This carried on for around ten minutes before the rune became dormant.
Elena's heart sank.
"It could only be him. No one else could cast two Level-4 spells in less than two seconds. Hasn't he been in the Mage Tower all this while? How could he possibly find out?"
Elena was confused. She had already taken precautions to avoid him. To think that she would still be busted by him. However, she knew that she had no time to worry about the details. She had to think of a countermeasure before Link returned to the Mage Tower. Elena stayed calm and immediately weighed her options. From the day she entered the academy, she had been preparing for this day in case she ever got exposed.
She stood up and put away the magic books she was reading.　
The apprentice beside her was puzzled and asked, "Elena, we still have a lot of time left. Why did you stop?"　　　
"I am feeling slightly unwell and wish to rest." Elena gave a slight smile and spoke in a gentle voice. She even tried to sound weak and managed to make herself look pale.　
The apprentice was completely fooled and immediately nodded, "Please rest. After all, health is the most important."　
"Thank you." She then proceeded to the second floor and greeted a few other apprentices on the way. When she reached her room, she immediately entered the room and closed the door behind her.
The room was large by normal standards. It was made up of a common space and two bedrooms, as she was cohabitating with Eliard. She immediately peeled off her facade and her expression of pain and weakness changed into one that was cold and unmoving. She entered her bedroom and took a thick magic book from the top layer of her bookshelf, where she hid three separate scrolls in the cover compartment.
These three scrolls contained detailed blueprints of the internal structure of the six most powerful Mage Towers in the academy. The information included the Detection spells, Defensive spells, and Offensive spells used by the tower and the workings of their respective elemental pools.
If one were to plan their attack based on the information recorded, their ambush would be a lot more efficient. Furthermore, if they could point out the weakness of the Mage Tower from the blueprint, they could take down the Mage Tower in one hit!　
There were six Master Magicians in the academy, and their respective Mage Towers would be the pivotal buildings holding the fort in the case of an attack. If the Dark Elves were to destroy them, the academy's defensive strength would be reduced by at least thirty percent!
The blueprint of Bale's Mage Tower had already been taken care of. Elena was simply tasked with bringing back the blueprints of the other five central Mage Towers. She had carried out her task efficiently, already securing three of them. She did not expect to be exposed at this crucial juncture when victory was already in sight.　　
These scrolls should have been sent out a long time ago. However, after the incident in Gladstone City, the Norton Kingdom started their ruthless extermination of the Dark Elves as well as anyone who had pledged allegiance to the Dark Brotherhood and the Syndicate. This destroyed all her connections outside of the academy and left her alone on this highly dangerous mission. She could only keep these scrolls in a safe place until she received new instructions.
However, her life was at stake now.
"I have to send the blueprints out, but how? Link is rushing back right now, I don't have much time." Elena's heart was pounding as she pranced around the room. Her brain was working at top speed, thinking of a way to escape the academy safely.　　
After a while, she was suddenly struck with an idea, "That's it!"　　
It would be difficult for her to deliver the blueprints herself, but she could use Eliard's help! Eliard was Link's best friend. If she left the academy together with Eliard, Link would have to think twice before attacking her as Eliard's safety would be compromised. Furthermore, she could also use Eliard as a hostage when the time came.　　
Elena then formulated a detailed plan before she put away the scrolls into her robe. She then left her room and headed towards the elemental pool on the second floor.　
She should not be disturbing Eliard as he was experimenting with his new spell. However, time was short. Elena pinched her thighs with full force and a sharp pain shot through her body, causing her eyes to be full of tears.　　　
She then activated the runes on the door. When the runes lit up, she feebly said, "Eliard, can you come out for a moment?"
Within ten seconds, the door to the elemental pool opened. Eliard walked out with wet hair and ice residue on his hands. There were also many tears in his magic robe. He looked completely disheveled.　
He must have forcefully interrupted his experiment at the most crucial moment.
Elena felt a tinge of guilt upon seeing Eliard's pale face, but suppressed her emotions almost immediately.　
Eliard on the other hand, didn't think much about the incident. The moment he saw the pained expression on his lover's face, he gently asked, "Elena, what happened?"
Elena clutched her abdomen with her hands and beads of cold sweat could be seen on her forehead. She spoke with a pale face, "My stomach hurts and I have no idea why. The recovery potions didn't help as well…"
"How did this happen! I'll take you to the church in River Cove Town now!" Eliard scooped Elena off her feet and briskly walked towards the Mage Tower entrance.
Magic could accomplish almost anything in the World of Firuman. However, healing was something that magic had limitations in. Priests were the only ones who could cure serious injuries or illnesses. Hence, a Magician would still have to consult a priest if they fell sick.
As the East Cove Higher Magic Academy did not have priests, they would have to go to River Cove Town, which was exactly what Elena wanted.　　
Eliard ran all the way to the stables with Elena in his hands. By the time he reached, he was already sweating and panting.
Eliard immediately paid the coachman a whopping ten gold coins and shouted, "To River Cove Town, double up!"
With the monetary incentive, the coachman's actions were also unusually swift. He led the horses out of the stable, hooked them onto the carriage and with a resounding whip, the carriage sped out of the academy.
In the carriage, Eliard held Elena's hand with one hand while gently rubbing her stomach with another. He whispered, "Why did this happen. Was it because of last night…?"
"Don't say that." Elena's pale cheeks suddenly flushed with a tinge of shyness.　　　
Eliard felt extremely guilty and reprimanded himself in his heart. His expression also grew gentler by the minute. At that moment, he felt that this woman meant more to him than the world, even more than magic, which he loved so dearly.　
He could not explain the phenomenon as well.　　
In the beginning, Eliard did not feel much affection for Elena, merely noticing that she was an understanding and kind girl. However, as they spent more time with one another, he gradually grew accustomed to her companionship. He then started developing feelings for Elena. There were times when he would feel jealous when he saw her chatting and joking with other male apprentices.
When she inadvertently showed her seductive expressions, there would be a huge desire to make her his own. He still remembered the feelings of bliss when they shared their first kiss. He also remembered the ecstasy he felt when they were connected for the first time.
Now, he was already inseparable from her. If she was met with an unfortunate accident someday, Eliard had no idea how he was going to take it.
The carriage quickly sped through the gate and onto the King's Lane.　
The East Cove Higher Magic Academy's carriages had four windows, each of them made from clear crystals. One would have a clear view of their surroundings even when sitting in the carriage.
Less than half a minute later, Elena saw a familiar figure riding towards the carriage on a Wind Fenrir.
The figure seemed to have noticed the magic aura in the carriage as well. He gradually slowed down his speed and turned his Wind Fenrir sideways to block the entire King's Lane, preventing the carriage from moving any further.　　
The coachman was horrified and immediately stopped the carriage.　　
Elena then narrowed her eyes ever so slightly. She knew that this was the most crucial moment.


Link was the top Archmage in the entire server. He had just defeated the strongest boss, the Lord of The Deep, Nozama with his party. However, instead of going back to town, he was transported to a secret location with pixelated CG. 

It sort of felt like a vacuum, and within it came a glorious and commanding voice that calls himself the God of Light. 

"Link, would you be willing to be the saviour who will pull the World of Firuman out from the churning abyss?"

What a huge mission! If it was in the real world, Link would have rejected it immediately. However, he was bent on being the hero in game.

"Bring it on!" Link answered confidently.

"Then, best of luck." 

And so begin Link's journey of magic, friendship, betrayal, love and despair in the ever changing World of Firuman.

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