The episode starts in the city Mangalore at 4:30am. Nandini is shown to be tiptoeing into a room to meet her friend sujata. 
Nandini then tells Sujata to come with her, and drags her outside the house with her. 
Afterwards nandini  asks sujata if she got an entry in the gunniess world record. 
Sujata says why would i get an entry in the Genniuss world record. 
Nandini says of course you will get an entry , you have had so many make up and break up with the same guy, so you will get an entry.
Sujatta says vinni sent you here didnt he, tell him that i am not interested in him. 
 
Nandini tells sujata to forgive him, but sujata says she wont forgive him. so nandini to get sujata to forgive her boyfriend tricks her into coming with her into a forest where sujata's boyfriend is. there nadini make both of them makeup, and just then nandini gets excited as fireflies surround her in the forest. She captures some fo the fireflies and but them in a large jar. 

Scene skip to nandini, sujata and her bf outside the forest
Nandini then tell sujata and her boyfriend that her mum told her once that when there is true love there are fireflies in the air. 
Just then a shooting star also appears.
sujata tells nandini to make a wish, however nandini says that making a wish upon a shooting star is a myth and starts going on about the scientific facts about a shooting star.

Scene shift to Mumbai
A guy in a red jacket who is Manik is shown to be holding a girl's hand, and just then a shooting star passes by. The girl tell's manik to make a wish, but manik says that his wish has already being completed since he has a buddy. 

Sxcene is shifted to Dhruv's house, where it is shown that dhruv is breaking eveyrhting in his room, while his mother is telling him to open his room door and is getting worried. So Dhruv's mother calls manik and tells him to come over ASAP. Manik rushes to dhruv's house and tries to get dhruv to open his door, however dhruv doesnt open the door. Dhruv's mother then says to manik that horrible night ruined her and her family's whole life. However Manik says that night was not horrible but a blessing, because if all that stuff didn't happen that night then he would never have met dhruv. He then tell dhruv's mother to go and that he will handle dhruv.

Scene shift to Mangalore
Just then a woman is shown  whom i think is nandini's amma maa, to be shown looking for nandini, Amma maa walks into a room where a boy called rishabh is having a nightmare, amma maa calms him down and tells him to relax and sleep peacefully, she then says to herself why did god make these kids (referring to rishab and nandini i think) see that horrific night, which took everything from them.

Scene shift to Mumbai
Manik to make dhruv feel better play a song on his guitar, and says to dhruv, i know that night scares you, but you should not be scared be happy.  look at me i am happy about that night since i found you that night. Flashback of 3 kids playing is shown. Manik then says do you remember our promise
Flashback back to three kids and them saying form now we are a band of brothers:)

Scene shift to Mangalore
Nandini's Chacha is arguing about the price of flowers. Nandini also enters the house and goes to amma maa and calls her amms . 
Amma maa says what amms, dont call me amms call me amma maa.
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Nandini says, Amma maa is for old people, and you are hot and young so amms suits you.
Amma maa says fine  whatever. Amma maa then gives nandini a gift which happens to her appa's pen. 

Amma Maa and nadini then get emotional about nandini moving to Mumbai. Nandini then tells her amma maa not to worry as she will find the best doctor for rishabh (her brother) and that she will attend the best college in mumbai

Scene shift to Mangalore Airport
Nandini, her brother and chacha and chachi are at the airport getting ready to go to mumbai. But the guards at the airport dont allow nandini to take her fireflies on board the plane. Because of this reason all 4 of them end up having to catch the bus to mumbai, since nandini didn't want to give up her fireflies. 

Scene - Bus
Chachi trys to cheerup Murti chacha, since he is upset about the loss of the money that were put into the airplane tickets. They both worry about how they will take care of nandini and rishabh, however murti chacha says not to worry since kids are god's gift and that all will be well, chachi then says  if thats the case then we dont need to worry about the money either since god will provide us with enough money as well. They both then have a good laugh.
Suddenly rishabh goes back into flashback of a car accident happening, this causes him to feel unwell. Chachi gets worried and asks nandini what happened to him. nandini says he is just remembering about the accident that happened in USA, the time when rishabh and me got stuck in the river and there wa sno one to save us, not even mum and dad cause they died, she says then all of a sudden a big light appeared and then the next thing i know we were both in a hospital, after that incident rishabh has not even said one word. chachi says dont worry our rishabh will talk for sure, trust me. Nandini says i hope so thats the whoel reason why we are going to mumbai to get rishabh all well again. Nnadini then says i also hope that we both are not a burden on you. Chachi tells her to stop talking nonsense, you know for eight years murtiji and i we both you to pray to have a child, and look now our prayers have being answered and we got you two as our kids.
Afterwards nandini and chachi start talking about the huge cruhs chachi has on shah rukh khan.

Just then the bus gets hit by a jeep which has 5 youngsters (fab 5) in it.
Nandini and her family and others in the bus get off to see who hit the bus. However the five people ignore them and just get their stuff from the jeep and carry on their way. Just then onw of the fab 5 guy (whom i reckon is manik) bumps into nandini and catched her jar of fireflies from being destroyed. He gives the jar back to nandini and carry's on his way with the other fab 5 people. 

Episode Ends.

Following that, Jin Jiatong grabbed Little Sun's hand even more agitatedly as he exclaimed, "No, Sister, can you see it?"
Little Sun grinned and shouted, "I see it! Brother, I see it! I see the fireflies in front of me! Aiya, Brother, look! There's another one there!"
"Where is it?" Jin Jiatong asked despite knowing the answer.
Little Sun said smugly, "Brother, you're so stupid. I'm the best! Look, he's flying over there at the tree. Wow…"
The cries of Little Sun seemed to awaken the entire forest. The grass swayed in the wind, and then a little green spot rose up. It was like a dream-like world!
Little Sun circled on the spot as she looked around. She shouted, "Brother! Look, there are so many fireflies!"
Jin Jiatong was also stunned by the group of fireflies. He nodded in joy…
The fireflies flew into the air, surrounding the two children and creating a dreamy childhood.
Little Sun was extremely excited. Jin Jiatong wanted to grab one but was stopped by Little Sun. "Don't catch them."
Jin Jiatong said, "Sister, since you like them so much, I'll take two back and keep them in the bottle for you. Wouldn't you be seeing fireflies every day in the future?"
Little Sun shook her little head and said, "No… Brother, look at how beautiful they dance in this forest. They fly freely and are so beautiful. If they are sealed in a small bottle, they will be unhappy. They won't fly or glow."
Jin Jiatong listened to her childish words and pursed his lips. "Do you think fireflies are human beings? Do you think they have so many thoughts?"
"Amitabha. Patron, everything in the world has sentience. Let's not talk about fireflies. Even when it comes to plants, if you bring them home and do not fulfill their requirements, they will also die. Fireflies are more precious than plants. Once the environment changes, they will die. Are you sure you want to take a few back?" Fangzheng finally spoke.
When Jin Jiatong heard that the fireflies would die, he hurriedly shook his head and said, "Forget it. Let them stay here. When we have time in the future, we will come again to see them."
"That's good! Brother, in the future, we'll come to see fireflies every once in a while, alright?" Little Sun said excitedly.
"Alright. As long as you want to see it, I'll bring you here," said Jin Jiatong.
Fangzheng looked at the siblings who had such a deep, strong relationship and smiled. He said gently, "A wind is stirring. Look up at the sky."
The two children didn't understand what was happening. They looked up and saw the tree rustling its leaves under the wind. Following that, green fireflies flew out from behind the leaves and transformed into a green river of fireflies. They danced in the air… Following that, the river descended as Fangzheng brought the two children to make it seem like they were in the Milky Way!
The green light illuminated the grass and trees. The crisscrossing shadows were like dancers that did the dance of nature.
The entire world was so beautiful…
Even Fangzheng, who had created this dreamscape, was dumbfounded. He muttered to himself, "Nature has created so much beauty for this world. Unfortunately, many of them are being destroyed. This is childhood. It's also a dream…"
As he spoke, Fangzheng closed his eyes. When he opened them again, the dreamscape was gone. At the very least, Fangzheng could not see it. However, the siblings were still immersed in it. They lay on the ground, having beautiful dreams. They seemed to be having fun.
Fangzheng smiled when he saw how happy the siblings were. He walked over and began treating Little Sun. Little Sun's illness was mainly divided into two parts: eyes and legs.
Her eyes suffered from severe myopia. She couldn't see anything that was slightly further away. Her legs were born this way. One of her nerves had been severed, making her control of her legs while walking to be very difficult.
However, this wasn't a problem for Fangzheng. He adjusted the distance of the retina and connected it to the nerves. Everything happened naturally. At the same time, he used Buddhistic medicine Spirit Qi to nourish the nerves and retina, wiping away all possible latent problems…
After settling everything, Fangzheng slowly stood up. Just as he was about to say something, he saw the distant elephant suddenly stand up and warily look down the mountain.
Fangzheng jumped onto the elephant's back and looked down. There was fire at the foot of the mountain!
Tens of torches passed through the woods, and he could vaguely hear someone shouting, "Jiatong, Little Sun! Where are you?"
Fangzheng knew that the elders of the two children had come to find them. It made sense. Although they had grown up in the village, in this relatively primitive forest with wild elephants who might flare up or other fierce creatures, even adults would be in danger if they lost themselves in the forest at night, much less two children.
Now that the two children had not returned at night, how could they not be anxious?
Fangzheng thought for a moment and patted the elephant's head. "It looks like I'll have to trouble you this time. Send these two kids to the humans. Remember, if you can see them from afar, they can also see you. When that happens, you can put the children down. Then, quickly leave. Don't stay."
Fangzheng was also unsure if the villagers had any powerful weapons. He did not wish to cause the elephant to be injured because of a misunderstanding.
Fangzheng carried the children up the elephant's back with one in each hand. The elephant trumpeted and ran down the mountain.
"Teacher Jin, did you hear that? It sounds like a wild elephant!" someone exclaimed.
A short-haired man with fair skin had a dark look flash in his eyes as he said, "That's indeed the sound of a wild elephant. Let's approach it. Stay safe! Don't get into a conflict with the elephant!"
"Alright…" The man left after saying that.
A woman said worriedly, "I hope those two kids don't run into the elephant."
"Don't say that. You are making me panic," someone complained.
The short-haired man was Jin Jiatong's father, Jin Chang. When he finished teaching for the day, he realized that his children weren't at home. He didn't think much of it at first. However, he started to get anxious when they didn't return home despite it getting dark. He searched the entire village but couldn't find the siblings. This made him even more anxious.
When the others in the village heard that the siblings were missing, they also became anxious and asked around.
Grandpa Zhang guessed that the two children might have gone up the mountain to look for fireflies, so all the adults in the village came to this mountain to look for the siblings.
Although they were searching for the siblings, there was a whispering voice in the crowd: "There are wild elephants here. Those two children are probably doomed."
"That's right. Wild elephants are brutal. They don't care if they are children when killing people."
Upon hearing these words, Jin Chang's expression turned increasingly nasty, but he didn't say anything. He only quickened his pace and shouted out even louder, hoping that a miracle would happen—seeing the two children appear before him when he walked around a tree.
Unfortunately, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Looking behind the countless trees, he did not see his two children…


In the rural northeastern mountainous regions stands a tiny Buddhist temple, named One Finger Temple. It isn't a large one but it is extremely miraculous.

The temple has rice that emanates an aromatic fragrance.

The temple has sweet and refreshing water that rivals ambrosia.

The temple has Buddhas that grant wishes to the sincere.

The temple isn't large but it has everything. The temple isn't large but it has flourishing incense offerings that far exceed all temples. The temple isn't large but it attracts both citizens and foreigners that line up overnight…

The temple has a bald but handsome monk. Every day, he would bawl, "I want to renounce asceticism! I want to marry a chick that's not too pretty, have a cute baby, and lead a stable life!"

This book is a casual novel that introduces various Chinese traditional customs, as well as Buddhist ones. It strives to be a positive book, allowing people to reflect on how they should live their lives and treat others.

"Fireflies…?" Ethan said it in confusion as he bit a straw from his juice.
The four of them, once again, end up in the canteen when lunch break and were sitting on their usual seat.
While beside Ethan, Ian yawned widely and rested his head on the table, using his arms as a pillow with his eyes slightly closed.
Hope felt a little bit guilty because of the commotion that she had caused this early morning. That stupid nightmare had woken up the whole house and made Sterling became a full version of overprotective the head of family.
Sterling actually turned into his beast and scoured the area near the house, despite Hope had told him it was only a bad dream, the terrible one.
"There is this ancient story," Ethan continued to speak when Rossie comeback with a tray full of her lunch. "This telling about fireflies."
"Were you reading a weird book again?" Rossie sat down next to Ethan and nudged Ian head so he could wake up and ate his lunch.
��This is knowledge about our kind, you should read it sometime," Ethan retorted. "What do you mean weird book." He knocked his sister head lightly and this reminded Hope of Kace, the way he always joked around with her and treated her the way Hope had never been treated before.
The feeling that Hope would only get from him.
"So, what this about with the fireflies." Hope just told the sibling about the detail of her nightmare while Sterling and Sophia only knew that she had a very bad dream.
It was awkward to tell them that she was dreaming about Kace, for some reason, Hope felt embarrassed. She felt like a love- sick girl, who couldn't bear to part with her boyfriend.
"Firefly is a symbol of spirit." Ethan told them, trying to remember an ancient story that he had read before.
"What do you mean with spirit? There are a lot of thing about spirit." Ian chimed in as he gobbled up his lunch sleepily and Rossie could only furrow her eyebrow in disagreement.
���Firefly is a symbol of the soul of the dead," Ethan explained. "In some folklore they believed if someone dies their souls will turn into fireflies."
"Then…" Ian drawled. "What do you mean with your theory? Do you want to say Hope was in cemetery when she was dreaming about Kace?"
Ethan frowned. "No, that is not what I meant. The main focus here is the fact Kace's beast turned into fireflies and faded away."
"What? Do you want to say that Kace's spirit is dead?" Ian's jaw dropped as he stared at his twins with wide eyes.
Sometime Hope forgot if they were twins as they had very different personalities.
However, there was another important matter which caught Hope's attention. Maybe Ian just mentioned it casually, but what if it was true?
Hope remembered what Lana had told her, she said Kace's spirit was wounded too. Did that mean Kace was…
She shook her head, didn't want to think something bad about him. She was afraid it would jinx him and Lana.
Kace would come back, that was what he had promised her and Lana was with him. Both of them would be fine.
After all, it was just a dream. A dream, which felt almost very real.
Yet, Hope couldn't concentrate with the rest of their conversation as her mind lingered around her terrible nightmare last night
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Some malnourished kids run around dusty street and disappear into a hut. Beneath, it was a massive sea of rocks and gravel instead of smooth ground. This place was almost like a dessert.
"Are you sure this is the entrance?" Kace furrowed his eyebrows when he saw high wall overgrown with tall grass near the horizon, it meant, whatever place that they were heading now was still so faraway than Kace expected.
"Yes," Lana nodded curtly, her eyes didn't wander around to see the poor environment surrounded her while Kace couldn't help, but grimace every time there was a kid, who stared at him with their pleading gaze as if they needed his help.
"These kids…" Kace stole another glance at the kids, who was standing not too far from him.
"Don't look at them and more importantly, don't talk to them." Lana warned Kace again. Her expression was devoid from any emotions.
The further they walked, the more people they met.
Kace and Lana passed a circle of people smoking something out of a pipe, their eyes gazed to nothingness, as though if there was mayhem right before their eyes, they would only resume what they were doing right now, without even care to give their surrounding a glance.
"What is this place?" Kace couldn't help his curiosity as he narrowed his eyes at the people there.
Despite the fact that they went to this realm through a pines forest, the world behind those green habitation was this almost dying place.
"The border between two worlds," Lana answered Kace curiosity.
This was the first time for this lycan to cross the border and everything here was something that he had never seen or expected.
"It is common here to leave those people starved like that?" Kace had seen the aftermath of war and this kind of sight wasn't something that he missed to see in his entire eternity ever again.
"The witches and vampires here don't think them as people," Lana glanced briefly at Kace before they continued to walk toward the high wall. "These people here are their guinea pig."
Kace whipped his head toward Lana. He didn't say anything, but his eyes conveyed his disgust to the idea.
Well, he wouldn't feel this way centuries ago, the days before they were cursed or the war with the devils.
However, their casual discussion didn't last for long time when a man stood tall a few meter away from Lana and Kace, yet all of sudden he hunched over on all fours.


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A year ago Raine was discharged from mental institution and had to live in the orphanage. It wasn't the best place. At least not for someone like her.

Until one faithful night she met him.

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He stopped the car.

The clutched on the blanket tightened as Raine wonder if she did something wrong. She could feel it when Torak reached out his hand at her.

Will he hit me? Raine shivered with that thought.

Torak pulled back the hoodie off her head and gently tucked her hair behind her ear.

"Don't." He said firmly, "I want to see you, don't hide yourself…"

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“The spirit of the guardian angel will breathe new life into human child. Three guardian angels will be born into terrestrial world once again and the three of you will be their protectors.”

“Protectors!!?” Jedrek snapped. In the end, he stopped walking and turned his back to look at the moon goddess from far distance away, his eyes glistening red with anger. His wolf was livid. 

“Why do you think we will help?” Kace asked while narrowing his black obsidian eyes, his wolf took control of him. He was the youngest among the three and the less temperamental among them.

The three of them were cursed by Selene because of their ferocious action to gain supreme power and authority. 

The moon goddess didn’t bless them with a mate as a punishment of their atrocious way and forced them to involve in this deadly war with the demons.

“You will turn us into a slave for those sickly creatures!?” Torak asked incredulously. “Aren’t you afraid that we will snap them into two?”

The guardian angel was so fragile and they as lycanthropes didn’t appreciate the weaknesses.

“No, you will not.” Selene said patiently. “You will not be their slave nor hurt them, you will cherish them in every way possible.”

Jedrek laughed menacingly upon hearing this, they didn’t care about the resurrected of the beast, once they crossed their territory, with or without the guardian angel he would tear their body apart. “I will be the last person they will see, once I find them.” He was referring to both the guardian angel and the demon.

But, the next voice from Selene was laced with mirth when she spoke.

“You will not hurt your mate.”

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Session 1 (chapter 1 - 394) : Torak Donovan - Raine (completed).
Session 2 (chapter 395) : Kace Donovan - Hope (on going)

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This is a werewolf story and of course a fantasy! Since everybody has their own version of the way supernatural life, here I am trying to write mine.

If you have read other werewolf stories, you will be aware there are similarities and differences.

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**PURPLE DAWN TILL DUSK: dearest through the time
**THE STORY OF DUSK

Xia Ling was a superstar for two lives and knew how to carry herself in front of the cameras. Her every move had the aura of a Diva. Seeing her in action tended to make people forget that she wasn't the prettiest in the industry. The charm that she exuded and the electrifying gaze that she gave made people hold their breaths and bask in her presence.
Anywhere that she went was her showground.
"Ye Xingling! I love you!"
"Ye Xingling! I love you!"
Her fans started to shout loudly in unison.
She kept a smile on her face and naturally turned to address fans in all directions. As her gaze swept across the crowds, everyone felt like she was addressing them directly.
A new round of screams rang out like a tsunami.
"I brought the kids here to see Ye Xingling live." There weren't only fans and reporters present, but also training camp mentors. The mentor that commented continued, "Her stage presence is the best out of all the female stars in recent years. Letting the kids see how she carries herself live is more effective than teaching this a hundred times in class."
"Exactly." The other mentor added. "If these kids can just learn a fraction of what Ye Xingling has, I'll be satisfied."
"Look over there. Tan Ying has arrived as well."
Tan Ying was standing amidst the crowd a distance away with the boys and girls from the Skyart training camp. As he watched Xia Ling come down the red carpet, he was also lecturing the trainees standing around him.
"Wasn't General Manager Tan appointed to become Boss Li's special assistant?" Gossip tended to travel fast in this circle. "Why does he still have to bring these kids here personally?"
"Don't you know? Today is Ye Xingling's first concert, Boss Li would definitely come to attend! Tan Ying has two roles today: one, to bring the kids around, and two, to address any concerns that his Boss has."
"Oh…" Everyone around reacted in realization.
Someone else piped up. "So is Ye Xingling and Boss Li dating now?" The "wife selection" ceremony that was held recently was not public news, and few outside the wealthy circles knew about it. They all merely thought that it was a charity dinner.
"They should be dating, right?" Another person responded in an uncertain tone.
"Who knows… it's really messy in this circle anyway. It's normal to see them get together and break up quickly."
"If I can get together with a stud like Boss Li, I wouldn't care even if I get dumped in a few months!" Someone joked. "Didn't you see that Ye Xingling's jewelry has all become rose diamonds?"
If Xia Ling were to hear their discussions, she would have cried from frustration. Those rose diamonds weren't given to her by Li Lei. She had bought them when she went out shopping with her brother.
Boohoohoo, why didn't anyone believe that she was beautiful, fair and rich even without Li Lei?
Under the spotlight, Xia Ling switched up her poses for the cameras, allowing the reporters to pick and choose the best angles. Reporters loved it when artistes were so cooperative like her, as they could snap good photos even without trying too hard, making their work much easier.
Their favorable feelings towards Xia Ling rose a notch immediately.
With her photos taken, she started to walk quicker down the red carpet. She recalled the pain she felt in her legs after having to walk down such a long stretch and was mildly put out for having to suffer through an even longer distance this time.
She tried to cheer herself up and, suddenly, saw a carriage slowly coming down the road in the distance.
That carriage was being pulled along by four handsome snow-white stallions. They all looked like pure-breeds, with shiny black eyes and well-proportioned, muscular limbs. The mane on the horses' backs was long and silky, and they looked elegant and arrogant. The carriage that they were pulling was decorated excessively with white roses and tulips, as well as dozens of glass bottles filled with fireflies. It looked as if it had come straight out of a fairytale.
The carriage stopped in front of Xia Ling.
The driver, decked in a clean, white uniform, walked down from the driver's seat and gave a deep bow. His clear voice was transmitted to everyone in the area through a mini microphone that was clipped on. "The beautiful and respectful Miss Ye Xingling, would you honor me by taking this carriage that was prepared just for you?"
The cheers all around permeated the night sky.
Oh my God, it was a real carriage! Such beautiful horses! They were alive!
For normal people, seeing such a fine-looking horse up close was a first. The only access they had to horses typically was the horse riding clubs' half-hour experiential ride in the park. The only horses they would see or touch were mixed-blood and less premium horses that were old, sickly, weak or dirty.
To see horses this tall and fancy was a first and likely only chance for many of them.
"Quick, look it up! What horses are these?" One of the excited fans started to take photos of the horses and post the picture online, waiting for more well-informed netizens to respond.
A reporter was standing next to her.
The reporter had received the memos from the organizing team, and seeing how excited this fan girl was, he couldn't resist telling her. "They are pure-bred Arabian horses that have been raised together with ceremonial horses since they were young. They are a rare sight."
"Wow, amazing!" Even though she had no idea what Arabian horses were, the mere sound of the word "pure-bred" made the young fan even more excited. Their Xiao Ling was outstanding, and even the horses pulling her carriage had to be the best.
"Xiao Ling, Xiao Ling, we love you!" The concert hadn't started yet, and many of her fans had already shouted till they were hoarse.
A sweet smile spread on Xia Ling's face. So Li Lei had considered that it would be painful for her to have to walk the full kilometer and had prepared this beautiful carriage for her.
He remembered that she loved horses.
Her mind subconsciously went to Valiant Song, who was still being reared in the Nanshan Riding Club. She hadn't seen her in two years. Since her relationship with Pei Ziheng was now more harmonious, perhaps she would discuss buying Valiant Song back from him after the concert.
This thought flashed across her mind.
She elegantly and confidently boarded the carriage.
She held onto the side of the carriage, the white roses and tulips enveloping her, and the fireflies dancing in the bottles around her. She looked like a princess out of the scene in a dream, so beautiful that she looked unreal.
In the VIP suite, Old Master Li and his team had already settled in and were watching the live stream on the big screen.
Seeing Xia Ling's smile in the screen, Su Tang felt a sharp pain in her heart. That woman was given the chance to shine in such a grand and luxurious setting under the care of the perfect and handsome Li Lei, receiving all the flowers and cheers. This was all just because she was an artiste.
And she, Su Tang, was a mere assistant.
She knew that the Young Master would never prepare such an event for her.
Xia Ling had a concert. Nangong Qingya had a charity dinner.
And she, Su Tang, what did she have?
She was not satisfied!


She died in her prime as the Queen of Song.

After being reincarnated, she becomes a simple trainee. 

Losing her former glory? It doesn't matter—no one can compete with her voice as a beautiful singer.

Mocked by her lowly birth? It doesn't matter—her true identity is enough to make the whole world tremble. 

She owes huge debts? It doesn't matter... 

A powerful boss once whispered to her, "Your debt will disappear if you become my woman." 

But the proud her would reply, "I'm sorry. I would sell my art, but not myself." 
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This is the story of the Queen of Song, return to the peak... and an overbearing chairman.

You might have read the comic, but here's the novel that it was adapted from!

"She's not waking up." Ai puts his index fingers together and looks at Ari's face, blinking his eyes anxiously. She should have woken up by now. Then, this is the first time when he brought a human here. He pokes her nose with his finger. He softly murmurs to her, "Pretty Sister, wake up."
She frowns when she feels something poking her face. When she opens her eyes, she sees the same boy's face right above her. Looking into the boy's eyes, she wonders why is so lucky. This boy is ever cuter than Kyo. "Did you call me Sister?"
"I don't know your name." The boy scrutinizes her expression. This is the reincarnation of the Renasir. She's different from what he imagined. Belan told him that the last renasir was also the one who gave that name to him. Earlier, he heard that it wasn't the case. "Pretty Sister, were you or were you not the one who gave me the name Ai?"
Ai? She sits up abruptly and looks around. It seems like she's sitting in a dark empty space with fireflies of different colours of different colour floating around. There's no sky or ground. "Where is this place?"
"It's my home." Ai stands up and grabs one of the fireflies. "I don't know where is this place."
Ari winces when she hears screaming and sees flashes of a man writhing in pain on the floor. She gasps, not able to understand what's going on. Just then, Ai lets go of the firefly with expression. 
"Pretty Sister, no matter what I do, I can't kill people here."
Why does he even want to kill people? He's just a kid. Ari lets out a sigh. She's always meeting kids who don't act like kids. "Ai, I am going to help you. We will find your name together. Don't think about killing people okay."
He looks at her, listening to her quietly. It doesn't feel like she's forcing herself to speak like that to him. She doesn't seem scared. He can't sense any animosity from her. Though she knows what he is, she hasn't tried to hurt him. 
"Killing people is bad." Ari tells him slowly, "You should focus on playing."
"Nobody wants to play with me." Ai squats down and wraps his arms around his knees. "The spirits are scared of me. They won't come near me at all. When I go near people, they can't see me anymore. I lost my name a long time ago. I kept looking for it everywhere. I heard that a Renasir can give me a name."
But the renasirs don't exist anymore. She was the last Renasir. Her heart aches for the boy when she sees him sighing. Why is he still small? He looks like he's only three or four years old. It's been such a long time since she was born in this world. Is his lack of growth related to the loss of the name? "I will help you receive a new name."
He doesn't believe her though. Ai stares at her and asks her, "Are you the one who gave me the name Ai?"
For some reasons, she feels like the name suits the child. What was Kresi thinking when she gave that name to this boy? Did she truly give this name to him because she wanted to punish Belan? The boy also got hurt in the end. "I am not her, but I am sure that she had reasons for doing that to you."
"Belan told me that I was her punishment." Ai takes a deep breath. "Belan hated me because she loved me. She hated me every day. She couldn't hurt me. So, she would hurt herself. I never hated Belan. I didn't want to hurt her. I wanted to help her. She begged me every day to release her. I didn't know how to do it. She told me then. After I did what she wanted me to do, she wasn't there anymore. I kept looking for her on the continent until I realized that she was truly gone."
Big drops of tears fall and become lost in the emptiness. "I didn't know. I only did what she told me to. Since then, the spirits started to listen to me. They told me that I had taken Belan's life away and took her place."
When he hears sniffling, he looks up. Surprised to see her crying along with him, he forgets about crying. "Why are you crying, Pretty Sister?"
"Ai, come here." She spreads her arms. "Nothing bad will happen to you anymore."
He doesn't understand what she was trying to do. But he's not afraid of her. Ai takes hesitant steps toward her until he's only half of an arm-length away. She grabs his hand and pulls him in her embrace, tightening her arm around his little body and stroking his head. "You have me from now on. I will protect you from bad things."
Her voice is loud, but it's filled with affection that he has never known. The boy could hear the sound of her heartbeats. He wonders why she's sad. Is she sad for him? 
"That Belan!" Ari clicks her tongue and puts him on her lap "Ai, it wasn't your fault. Belan tricked you." 
Belan scared of the prophecy that Kresi made. Instead of waiting for death, she manipulated Ai. In the end, the prophecy came true. 
Belan died. He took her place. Then, he shouldn't have become like this. Something else must have happened. Ari places her hand on his cheek. "What happened to you after I died?"
"Nobody could see me anymore." He puts his head on her shoulder. Sitting like this feels comfortable to him. Pretty Sister is good. She's nicer than everyone he has met. "The spirits couldn't see me either. I felt sick all the times. Something was missing inside me, Pretty Sister. I didn't know what to do. My name didn't feel like my name anymore. Whenever someone calls me Ai, I feel sick."
So, he felt sick when she called him Ai. "I won't call you that again."
"It's fine if you call me that." He smiles at her, looking at her brightly. "Pretty Sister, I don't mind feeling a little sick if you want to call me by that name."
He reminds her of Kyo. Even Adira is like him sometimes. Why did this boy have to suffer like that? All kids are born innocent. They are shaped by the experiences that they have. Somehow, it feels like the boy hasn't been growing at all. He's different from Kyo who was Adira's innocence. She fell for Adira's innocence first. Then, it was his wickedness that grasped her love. She runs her fingers in Ai's hair, untangling his hair slowly. "You shouldn't be like that, Child. You shouldn't sacrifice yourself this way to make someone feel happy. We will find your name and then, I will call you by that name."
Seeing him watching her in silence, she stops fixing his hair, "Do you feel sick when I call you, Child?"
He shakes her head. "Belan used to call me that sometimes."
"..." That's awkward. To be honest, Ari feels like Belan is the worst spirit in the world. Surely, she was also in Belan's position once. Kyo was supposed to kill her. But she had never treated Kyo like that. How could that spirit be this cruel to this adorable child? Honestly, this kid's birth mother wasn't a saint either. Then, there was Kresi. This child had to meet such crazy personalities. "I am not like Belan. I will never trick you or hurt you. Child, I will make sure that you find your place in the world again. You will receive the love that you deserve. "
After all, that was the name Kresi gave this child once. Despite everything, Ari believes that Kresi would not give that name to a child if she wanted to give only pain to Ai. 


(Completed) Explore the story of a reborn woman who unleashes the Dark God and hilariously tries to tame him into her younger brother. 

A modern woman is transmigrated to a young girl's body in the world of magic. Due to the circumstances going out of her control, she releases the dark god who is only 11 years old boy with no memory?

To keep herself alive, she has decided to make him love her as his older sister. With a spirit beast who likes to eat his problems and a seer who seeks her spirit beast, she traverses through realms while the dark god wonders how to get his heart back.


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Author's Note: It is not easy to tame a god. The story is supposed to be an easy read. Throw away logic while reading this.

Genre: Fantasy/Adventure/Romance/Comedy/NSFW/R+/Mature

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Roman was coming from his college when he saw a girl hanging on a tree in one of the park way to his home.She was like a little kid as she was hanging up and down. Surprisingly he came closer to where the girl was. There were few kids but no one was as her age.She jumped down from the tree but bang with Roman.Roman turn around and walk hurriedly to home.Since then every day he used to stop there to see her.She never messed with anybody nor play with anyone.Sometimes with cycle or sometimes with hanging or sometimes books. But one day he was shocked to see her in the city library with a book of psychology.She was reading so attentively to notice someone staring her.He went to the last table for making some important notes.But he was smart enough to look over her.She went out from the library after long 3 hours.He made his notes and went to the librarian and came to know that she was in her Junior high school.He smiled and thanked the librarian before coming out. It was his final tarm exams. After the exams he has to go to abroad for heigher Education. 
Two years leter he came back as a professor of victoriya collage. He went to the city library for check the reports and review of her. He was satisfied to see the reading list because all of the books was medical science and technology. But the latest books was about myths fays and supernatural creatures that make him laugh.He often went to the park but she never show up their.Then one day he went to her address that he collected from the library. It was evening and he was standing aside the road when she came out with a glass jar.She opened the cap of the jar to release some fireflies. Her long hair was flying lightly in the air and she was smiling. The fireflies were flying there. After some moment she went inside and he came back home.He often went to her address. Sometimes see her and sometime came back without seeing her.she has changed a lot in these years.Time passed like that until he saw Anna in his collage after one year.She was attended the admission test.
The result was to be published when roman saw that Anna's name was not there only because she was not from a royal family.Roman went to the principal and asked him to put his name in her file's granter.Roman's grandfather was one of the successor of the great victoriya so the principal did not dare to put his word aside.Until  now he was the one who fall onesided but now she is going to.  He want to ask her,tell her about last 4 years of his waiting. 
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"Roman! you went too far but alone.It is not good for one to go such a way alone.You should ask her about it or you would be the one to suffer most"Mr Shen said to Roman worriedly.

"I will"Roman replied with a sad smile.

" Professor  Roman!You'r here!I-I was searching for you."Anna said nervously

"Don't you have classes? "

"I do,but I want to say something "

"Ok.Wait for me at school gate after school " saying that Roman went to the classes. 

After school they went to a cafe near to the school. 

"Anna you looks very happy.You are going then? "

"A--h yes.I am. Thank you.I  know it was who you helped me to get this."

Roman narrowed his eyes but put a smile and refused her.

"It was not me.You are over thinking. What will you take? A coffee or....?

" No thank you . I have to go.I'm greatfull for your time"Anna went out of the cafe  while pick the roadside path and walk alone. 

"He refused me for nothing. It was him who arranged everything . Why he need to lied to me.Its strange. I will go to China after the final examination. I don't know when I could came back.His eyes were deep, deep like mysterious ocean . I have never noticed him so closely. His long messy hair shine brightly in sunlight. His thin lips hide words behind his smile. He want to tell me something but he resist himself.Why??Everything is mysterious! Why he is so handsome? Why am I thinking about him?"

She came back with so many questions in her head.But it was time to celebrations. Uve came to her home and her mother is preparing for the dinner. Some of her relatives will come for dinner as well as congrats Anna.It was a great dinner. Anna's parents were proud and happy.After dinner she was studying in her room. It was past 11 when she got a massage. 
She was afraid because it was Roman!

"*Come to your backyard in 5 minute. "*Roman

" Oh no I am dreaming. It's a nightmare. Lets pinch ----ehhh!it's hurt....he is here . Why is he here?What should I do now?Is he angry  for not having a coffee?  would he be mad at me??Ohh goooodddd help plz!!!"

She was stareing at the roses  that he forwarded.Three roses of three different colours.In the roadside sodium lights they were more starnge. She felt something had dropped on her cheeks that was nothing but a drop of tear.She stood up and took the roses.A sad smile appeared  on her face when he took her hand in his saying .''i won't let your hand go ever..you will find me in every drop of rains whenever  you touch them.'and she pull him into a light hug which was tighten with a feathery kiss on her forehead.

Qin Guan's lips formed an O. There was an excited expression in his eyes. Okay, but you asked for this. If the photoshoot goes bad, it's not my responsibility.
Qu Xuemei finished her introduction and shouted at Richard, "Hey, the show is about to begin. All idlers get out! Want to have a try? You are old, but still vigorous… Please get out quickly then!"
Hey! I’m not old! I’m only turning 32 this year. You are the older one here, okay?
Richard was angry, but he could do nothing but retreat before Qu. Only the staff members and the two models were left in the greenhouse.
Chad had also been warned to do his best. After Richard left, he cast a sympathetic look at Qin Guan.
That Asian model must have offended the chief editor of VOGUE. Now I have to take him out! If I use my full ability, I will destroy his future. He may even start doubting the purpose of his own life.
As he thought of that, Chad smiled at Qin Guan mercifully and followed the assistant to his fitting room.
Qin Guan was confused by his smile. Did my father die or something? Why did he look at me that way?
The fragrance of flowers was floating in the air. The people in the greenhouse calmed down enough to enjoy the peace of the elegant environment.
Meanwhile, outside the greenhouse, there was a riot of colors. At the joint invitation of the top five fashion magazines, brand businessmen had gotten together on the roof.
The roof had become their temporary office. Sitting on post-modern style chairs, they enjoyed their cocktails and talked about their plans for the latest collection. They were clear about the purpose of the party. It was another promotional event of the fashion circle. It was a win-win situation. Magazines needed their investment, while they focused on media publicity. A model of high commercial value would benefit both sides.
The sun set slowly as the atmosphere of the party became active. After the initial greetings, everyone seated themselves, waiting for the surprise arranged by the top magazines.
The organizers had really put a lot of thought into the party. Even the chairs looked interesting.
"Wow!"
Several people screamed as the chairs in the back rose higher and the front ones descended a little. LED lights of different colors lit up under the chairs. Different areas were divided by different colors.
Brands that sold advanced ready-to-wear apparel were a mysterious silver color, and jewellery brands were represented by blue. Make-up and cosmetics were red, while leather products were yellow. Green stood for watches and other accessories.
The audience members smiled at each other like naughty kids finding new toys. They felt relaxed in that beautiful environment. This was a good chance to let loose and express their whimsical thoughts.
The two models had no idea what was going on outside. One of them was confident, and the other was excited. They stood shoulder to shoulder on the path between the flowers.
Chad cast another merciful glance at Qin Guan and stretched his hand out to him like a king presenting his hand to a peasant for a kiss.
"Chad."
"Qin Guan. I’ve heard a lot about you."
Qin Guan shook his hand with a shy smile.
If Sister Xue or Qu had seen his smile, they would have known that Qin Guan was about to play some kind of trick again.
The assistant gave them the final instructions. "You two walk on the site together and separate at the end. Chad goes first and Qin Guan follows. Understand? We’ll start now."
They both nodded. Suddenly, music started playing.
The lights on the ground were turned on. They looked like fireflies in the dark as the strong lights on the ceiling were extinguished one by one. The greenhouse looked mysterious, yet elegant.
Every cell in Qin Guan's body was shouting, "Go! Go! Go! Blossom on the stage!" That’s what Qin Guan did. His refined leather shoes started stomping on the fireflies without hesitation.
Chad realized that things were getting out of control as he walked along with Qin Guan. The show was not in his hands anymore. The Asian model next to him was not an underdog he could easily crush.
Despite his poker face, Chad was shouting silently in his mind. This is not an absolute massacre! It’s a fair game!
Wearing a beige trench coat and a pair of pants of the same color, Qin Guan expressed his feelings freely. Armani’s style was self-liberation after all. Every piece of clothing on his body was shouting at the audience, "Not like this. This is comfortable!"
 Qin Guan followed his heart.


Qin Guan was reborn and sent back to his final semester in High School 18 years ago. Getting a second chance at life, he works hard to turn things around and eventually become a Prince Charming. What will his life be like the second time around? What will he have to go through? How will he succeed in turning from a loser into a Prince Charming? Read this story carefully and find out!

Later that night Duan Cai could not help but have the urge to get some air so he climbed up from his bed. Not wanting to wake up the others in the house he slid his window open and climbed outside. With a soft thud he landed on the ground and walked off. At night the city lights were always beautiful and bright, but in the neighborhood his family lived it was still dark and dreary to look at. It took him a while to reach the more well lit streets. 

"Duan Cai, what are you doing out so late?" a soft and shy voice suddenly echoed from behind him. 

As Duan Cai turned to see who it was he caught a glimpse of a shy and blushing Shea. She was outside in a soft pink hoodie that had fur trimming around its hood and cuffs while she wore a pair of tightly fit jeans below it. The usual pink flower pin in her hair was clipped to hold her bangs back from her face. It was obvious at a glance that the girl was embarrassed to run into him on the street. 

"I'm taking a walk.. Why are you out so late in the night? I believe for a girl this situation is worse." Duan Cai sighed and reached out his hand to flick her on the forehead with his finger. 

Shea blushed deeply and held her hands over her forehead as she glared at him for flicking her forehead. Puffing her cheeks she stared at him for a moment in silence as she tried to collect her flustered thoughts. 

"I live around here you know!" She huffed. 

"Right.. I remember that." He replied with a cough to try and cover the fact that he did not recall that from his memories right away.

"Sure you did. ~" Shea teased him slightly with her words. 

Duan Cai was not sure what to say to the girl in front of him. He had simply wanted a bit of fresh air from the stress of the emotions he was feeling from being near his family all day. After coming outside for a walk he was not expecting to run into Shea of all people on the street at the same time.

Shea could easily see on Duan Cai's face that something was bothering him. It was not as obvious to himself because he was not adapt to human emotions, but to her she could see it clear as day because she grew up with Duan Cai. If he showed the slightest emotion she could easily tell when something was on his mind. A sudden thought came to her and she quickly grabbed hold of Duan Cai's wrist and started pulling him along with her pace til they were both walking. 

"What? What are you doing?" Duan Cai slightly startled at her suddenly pulling him with her. It was something he was not use to personally. From his memories he knew that it was not something new for the old Duan Cai and her to run around together, but for him it was something completely new. 

"Shh.. It's a secret!" She put her finger over her lips with a smile and kept on pulling him along. 

"This girl.." He sighed to himself almost feeling embarrassed by her actions towards him. Inside he knew he had to tolerate it, however, for the sake of the body he was in when it came to the close friends and family so he kept quiet and just endured her pulling him by his hand. Normally he would not like to be pulled by his hand from another person, but for some reason at the moment he did not mind it so much when it was Shea. 

After a while of walking they ended up at a local park. There was nobody out because of how late it was, but in the air you could see the faint lights of fireflies every so often lighting up the park from all around. Shea ended up pulling Duan Cai over to a swing and pushing him to sit down on it. She quickly moved and sat on the one next to him and smiled at him as if her plan was working. The little actions she was doing almost made him want to laugh at her. He could truly tell how pure and childish she was, but at the same time he did not mind it. 

Shea did not say anything to Duan Cai. She could read by his expression that his stress had already let up a bit from just looking at him so she remained quiet and just enjoyed the fresh air. It was one of her favorite places to sneak off to at night in the city because she enjoyed the quiet and watching the night fireflies. There was not many places in a large city where you could view something so simple yet beautiful and it was something she cherished. Even when they were little she would often drag Duan Cai around by the hand when she would find him in a fit and eventually they had found this place together during one of their little walks as kids. She knew he might not recall such a thing, but to her it had become an important memory in her mind. 

Duan Cai watched the girl silently for a while as she reached out and allowed a firefly to land on her hand. Her face was lit up with a happy expression as she was enjoying her surroundings. A strange warmth welled up in his chest at the sight. 

"You enjoy the lights?" He asked curiously. The memories after all were not his of the girl so remembering everything was difficult for him and even if he had there was still areas that were unclear to him or simple things the old Duan Cai had been too unaware of to notice or ask people about. 

"Yes, they're very beautiful." She smiled up at him causing him to wonder if she was happy because he simply asked a small question about her.

"Hm.. Wanna see a magic trick?" Duan Cai asked after a long moment of silence between the two of them. 

He could see the puzzled expression on her face, but he felt he would have no reason to not show her something better than fireflies. At the moment he was certain she would never do something to try and harm him in the future so he felt there was no reason to not take a moment to do something simple for someone else. Mortals to him felt easy to please and he was certain she would love to see something that only he could do for her. 

He slowly closed his eyes as his body was enveloped in a bright golden light. The aura slowly started to sparked out from his body and shot into the sky before breaking apart as if it was shattering like glass in the air. As he opened his eyes they were glowing gold. The shattered aura slowly raining down from the sky above like it was raining golden stars from above. Little golden lights that would suddenly dissipate the second they landed. 

For Duan Cai it was a simple trick with his gold aura, but to Shea it was one of the most beautiful things she had seen in her life as she watched the night sky rain gold. It was like the heavens was pouring down on her.

Duan Cai watched Shea as she stared at the lights with a blushing smile on her face. He could tell she was enjoying the view by her reaction. When it was all finished he could only imagine how many questions she would probably have towards how he was able to do something like that. It was not that he could not answer her questions, but simply that he had no desire to tell her about it so while she was admiring the last of the falling golden lights he quickly and quietly had vanished from her side without her noticing.

From a roof top far away he had his sight zoned in on her location to watch her leave. After using his aura to such an extent he simply wanted to ensure that she left safely. If he had accidentally triggered a near by cultivator on his presence to attack he would have put her in danger to not make sure she left safely before leaving himself. There was no way Duan Cai would have someone else take the fall for him over something so trivial as a play with lights from his aura. That would be like a self insult to his pride as a deity.

BL WARNING ((Just incase your someone who's sensitive to reading those topics))~!!~

Duan Cai was a deity from another world who fell to earth and took over the body of a boy the moment he had passed away. Now being a mortal while still holding his deity power he quickly rose to power among society, but life isn't always simple. There are those who respect Duan Cai for taking over the underworld society and creating his own sect to control the gangs of the underworld of society, but that very strength and title he's gained has also caused many to want him dead. Now in a mortal body death is something that Duan Cai must avoid bringing to himself, but having once been an emotionless god from another world his old habits can be hard to break as he tends to lack fear and even managed to gain the rage of one of the top sects for killing the patriarch's son. 

Follow Duan Cai while he struggles to adapt to being mortal in a world of cultivators with the power of once having been at the top of his previous world.

Mortal, human, feelings? After merging with a mortal body he's been gaining emotions of a mortal and he finds it frustrating.

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Verd was stirring with rumours. In the beginning it hadn't been too bad, especially as he was a first class rumour monger by merely living there. A taleweaver visiting the Taleweaver's Inn most every night was enough to have the rich and powerful coming from everywhere. First from the villages close to the capital, then from Krante and within a month all the way from Hasselden, Dagd, Partaken and in some cases from client states. The old quarters in Verd were a swirling mass of glittering colours, peculiar hairstyles and even stranger dialects as news of Arthur's prolonged stay in Verd spread in wider circles. And he loved it all.
     A year ago he'd given up on newscasting, given up on living at all, if he admitted his cravenness. Now, once again, he gloried in spinning his tales in ways he could never have done when he counted his audience in billions. That had been holo casting; this was Weaving. This was living what he told, experiencing it as if he was reliving the episodes, and bringing his audience along. A true mesh of mind and tale where every sense came alive, wonderfully alive, disturbingly alive, horribly alive, and that was the core. Alive; living it here and now.
     Arthur smirked and turned a corner on his way to Two Worlds. A late afternoon, warmer than the previous, and each new evening carried the possibility of new travellers arriving to Verd. Travellers, not necessarily traders, or so the rumours went. Something massive had made transit, several somethings, a Federation armada, thousands of merchantmen, a new alien space-faring race had been found and the diplomatic corps were frantically making first contact, an invasion of space bugs had the Federation scrambling all their ships in a desperate attempt to protect the gate before the entire solar system was overrun. That was the problem with rumours, they were each very clear about what had happened and equally unclear on from where the information really originated, and as always, if they were all true then black was white and pigs flew, hunting eagles on the ground.
     Arthur wanted to know, needed to understand exactly what kind of madness had gripped the federation and how it would impact on the world he had adopted as his new home. He walked on, following narrow alleys and crossing the intersecting boulevards, steadily heading for his hotel. Now he was once again getting used to the stench clinging to the poor quarters, but never to the shining, perpetually clean streets. That was Verd, Capital where magic was forbidden and yet imbued with that magic so much that the city would have fallen over itself and died but for it. Running water but no river. Clean streets and not a single person carrying the trash outside the city walls.
     Arthur left an alley where it abruptly ended in a wider street. One side the poor, on the other the well to do. An invisible line was drawn in the middle with the wealthier trying to avoid looking at their less fortunate neighbours and those neighbours throwing envious glances across the street whenever a coach or carriage made the staring a little less obvious.
     Arthur hardly noticed. Even the poor in Verd were wealthy by the standards he'd seen in other towns and cities. The magic that was Verd only reached out through long tentacles of everlasting highways but never into the cities they connected. Where the power of Keen no longer reached the squalid pallor was appalling.
     The horsemen made an attempt, though, he thought. And Belgera, of course. Belgera, fortress capital of Braka. First of cities to enjoy Terran technology to its fullest. Explosives, cluster grenades and needle grenades. They must have loved the wondrous gifts offered by the foreigners.
     He shook the thought aside. He was one of those foreigners, but he'd decided long since to take the side of this world. He frowned. Did that make him a renegade and a traitor? To the federation perhaps, but never to humanity, and that was what counted, he decided.
     Humanity. The thought brought a surprised laugh to his lips, and a group of inquisition soldiers in their red and black frowned at the tall stranger in their midst. Arthur didn't mind. He laughed even louder as he pushed his way through the uniformed men. Had they known his thoughts they probably wouldn't have satisfied themselves with muttered profanities about outworlder impoliteness. Humanity. It included Gring's concept of the word. But the monstrous mindwalker with her honour, needle sharp insights and, most important of all, loving humanity, was caught up in the madness that had forced him to flee. If she was alive at all. If he hadn't been stabbed. If Harbend hadn't valued the needs of a nation above friendship. If Harbend could finally believe that Arthur had already forgiven him. If, if, if.
     He reached the central square, playground and marketplace in one beautiful setting, and sat down on a bench. He had enough time to marvel at Ming Hjil de Verd, imperial castle from when Keen had ruled by an emperor. It hadn't been Keen at that time, if he recalled history correct.
     He kicked off his boots and massaged feet tired from walking. A few children approached him, and he searched for their anxious parents. Wiser now. If he saw no parents close by then a gang of children was more often than not young cut-purses.
     Ah, that has to be the mother. Are they all hers? He went through flashes of memories, running them as through an edit before final cut and shook his head. Well, there should be, yes, a friend. Two women with their children. If this had been Erkateren all the kids would all have been hers. But damn, that's a depressing thought! Six kids so that hopefully three reach adult age. What kind of life is that? They don't know how lucky they are here. Arthur glanced up at the castle. I'm an idiot! They revel in the knowledge of their luck, and supremacy. You're in Verd now, centre of the civilized world. Kids look cute, but they're brought up as arrogant as any youngster in Cairo. And am I happy to be nowhere close to that sewer, federation capital or not.
     He grimaced. No reason to become moody now. He continued his rest and drank the beauty of the living art displayed on the roof of the castle. From time to time he was pulled away from his daydreams by pigeons, passing coaches and the sound of hawkers crying out the excellency of their products. Then dusk gave way to evening and as darkness fell street lights flashed alive. First like glimmering fireflies and then flooding streets, square and façades in soft, yellow light. Arthur smiled and rose. Verd! Magic street lights He'd gotten used to take those for granted. It was easy getting used to a lot of things here. He pulled on his boots on sore feet and limped across the square.
     White marble to his right and red granite to his left he followed a boulevard to Two Worlds.
     Rumours It was time to exchange a few of those for facts, and, he admitted, to return the favour in turn. He was Arthur Wallman, the taleweaver, but he'd been Arthur Wallman the media icon. Rumours about his whereabouts were bound to come thirteen to a dozen. He'd left no information, and fifteen billion wondered what had befallen the most famous person in Terran space.

Great tales need to be told, but those that shape the world must be added to the Weave.

With the awakening of a god two taleweavers sharing two worlds meet and shape a new future for both. As they add new strands to the Weave in a way no taleweaver has ever done before ripples run through reality and the Weave begins to unravel.

Soon there are frays in the Weave.

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