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Abby went through the next year in a blur. She forced herself to keep studying because it was the only thing that kept her going. She stopped spending time with her friends and spent way too much time looking through old memories of her sister. 
Photo albums. Home videos. Katie's diaries and social media accounts. It was impossible to accept that she was truly gone even though Abby didn't get her daily random texts anymore. 
Graduation was especially hard. A few of her aunts and uncles had come out for the occasion but it wasn't the same. Her parents should have been there. Katie should have been there. 
Losing her parents had been horrible but at least she had Katie to hold her together. Who was supposed to hold her together now that she had lost her best friend? 
Abby got a well-paid graphic design job right off the bat and buried herself in her work. But when she wasn't able to do that, she decided to finally get to the list of things Katie had always bugged her about watching and reading that she never had time for. 
Comics. Novels. TV shows. She spent several months consuming all that media and frequenting stopping to sob as she wondered which parts her sister had wanted her to see the most. She only recommended things she was certain Abby would like. 
 Once that list was complete, Abby felt like she had lost her sister all over again. There was nothing left that Katie was telling her to do. 
That was how she ended up desperately checking her sister's old Goodreads account for every book she had ever bothered to post a review for, both good and bad. She found herself frequently agreeing with the reviews Katie had left behind. 
Even though not all of the books were her cup of tea, Abby felt a little closer to her sister again. She was a bit confused when she got to From Pastry Chef to Princess though. For the first time, she didn't agree with Katie's review. 
'If you're looking for a cute, cliché fantasy love story with 2-D characters and minimal world-building this is the book for you. (I literally only read it because someone left it behind at the doctor's office and I was stuck waiting for three hours)'
What about these characters was 2-D in her mind? Sure, Prince Alpheus had been pretty boring at first but Catherine du Pont was a riot. Watching him fall for her had actually been pretty fun even though she was frustratingly resistant to him. 
The book was in his point of view, which didn't make a lot of sense. It seemed more like Catherine, who preferred to be called Katie, was the main character. But the synopsis on the back of the novel had clearly indicated this book was about Marcy. 
Abby's heart ached as she read because this Katie reminded her so much of her own. Tears ran down her face as she laughed at some of the things this girl said and did. It was a fantasy novel but she didn't act like she belonged in it at all. 
She was surprised that things like pizza and doughnuts were included in the book, especially since none of the other characters seemed to know anything about them. There were a lot of inconsistencies like that. 
The book's Katie was a know-it-all bookworm with a weird sense of humor just like her sister. And she seemed oddly like one of those transmigrated characters in the comics from the list Katie gave her even though everyone else truly believed she was Catherine du Pont. 
Abby became more and more confused as the story went on. The only reason she hadn't stopped reading at all was because she felt oddly drawn to this character and what she was dealing with. 
More than halfway through the book, she read something so shocking that she dropped it slipped right through her fingers and onto the ground.  
"My name was Katrina Pullman but I had gone by Katie my entire life. I am not from Annalaias or any of the surrounding nations. I am from another world in a place called Arizona. Everything I ever said was from the country…was actually from my home.
"All of my knowledge came from things I learned back home. Jellyfish…politics…card games…hat looms….I want to be a librarian because that was my job before. I died in a carriage accident and somehow woke up in Catherine du Pont's body."
All of the odd things about Katie finally fit together in her husband's mind as she continued to speak but Abby felt like she might pass out after checking the next several pages multiple times to be sure she wasn't hallucinating. 
Was this some kind of sick joke? How would this author have even known that Katrina Pullman died in a car accident? Let alone that she had lived in Arizona and had a sister named Abby? 
There were too many specific details from Katie's life in this book. The author had to have known her but that didn't make sense either. Katie had been such a private person. She spent all of her free time alone or video chatting with her little sister when Abby wasn't swamped with homework or had other plans. 
She frantically flipped the book over to check who the author was. Janine Everett. Abby had never heard of her. She wanted to angrily demand how her sister had ended up inside this author's story—was there no respect for the dead anymore?—but she was compelled to finish it first to see if there were any more weird facts about Katie in there. 
Abby ended up rereading the entire book twice, skipping over unimportant parts that didn't specifically mention anything weird or different about Katie. She wrote down every single instance in a notebook, with page and paragraph numbers for reference. 
The next thing she did was track that author down. She had a website—apparently this wasn't the only book she had ever published—and on it was an email address for fans to contact her through. 
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"Huh..."
"..."
Karen and Evlin were sitting together during lunch time enjoying the view of the garden of the school while they waited for the next period to start.
"So... Huh..."
"..."
Evlin was starting to get a little unconfortable with Karen's presence for some reason.
"Can I... Help you or something...?"
"Help...?"
"Yeah, you... Kinda have been following me around for a while..."
"Oh... Oh! I'm sorry, I didn't meant to... I just, well... I mean..."
"I... I..."
Evlin stared at Karen as she tried her best to remember how to speak. After realizing that this girl might be more trouble than its worth, Evlin tried to quietly ditch her.
"Well... I better get back to class and continue to review our book so... Bye!"
"Ah! Wait!!"
"Y- Yes...?"
Karen was desperately trying not to mess this up. Evlin was the best chance she had right now to make a new friend. If she lost her, who knows how she would manage to approach someone else?
"I..."
"...?"
The problem was that Karen was trying so hard not to lose this chance that she was starting to sacre Evlin away.
"I... Would like to help you with your review!"
"... Really?"
"Yeah!! I would love to!!"
"... Because...?"
"Because..."
"..."
"Because I need to work on my review as well, so i thought I could take inspiration from you!"
"Huh... Are you... trying to steal my work...?"
"What!? No, no, of course not! I just thought you looked like someone who knew what you were doing and might help me find out what I'm doing wrong."
"... R- Really?"
Evlin showed she was charmed by that comment, which was all Karen needed to know to make her plan proceed smoothly.
"Of course! While everyone was busy just chatting in the class, you looked so focused and dedicated!"
"Really?"
Evlin started to blush a little bit. Karen realized she was a little weak to compliments.
"Well... If you say so... Then sure! I would love it if you would accompany me!"
"Great!"
The two proceeded to return to class and opened their books to help each other with their reviews. Karen noticed that Evlin seemed really excited about that. She must have been really happy with the early compliments.
Karen decided to push her luck and tried to see if she could improve her mood even further.
"By the way, I really liked your hair Evlin!"
"... Huh... Thanks...?"
But all she received was a confused look from the black-haired girl. Karen was confused. Her strategy was working so well before. What did she do wrong?
"I think your hair is nice too... It looks very vivid."
This time Evlin was the one who praised Karen. The girl with wild red hair was very happy to hear someone praise her most distinct visual feature. Karen would usually get bullied for having such strange hair on top of being such an awkward person, so Evlin's comment felt really refreshing.
"T- Thanks..."
"So anyway... About the review... I think I was intrigued by the way the king used some of his servants as bait to lure hie enemies into a trap and captured them to use as exchanging coin against the enemy country. What did you think about that?"
"Eh...?"
King? Servants? Country? Karen had no idea what Evlin was talking about. She said she would help her with her history review but the truth was that she hadn't even touched the first page yet.
"I... I..."
She tried to stare at the pages that Ashley was showing to try and see if she could make a quick scam so she could contribute with the conversation, but she realized she was having trouble understanding what was being said.
"I think... The author could have used easier words..."
"Easier words...?"
"Yeah... I don't understand any of these terms... And it's really hard to remember the time periods..."
"I see..."
Karen was afraid she had just lost Evlin by showing she was completely clueless with the subject. She imagined that Evlin now saw her as some idiot who was even lucky enough to not hold her book upsidedown. She was afraid of lifting her eyes from her book and seeing Evlin's expression.
"..."
"Eh...?"
However, when she finally did look at her, she was caught by surprise by Evlin's reaction. She was smiling from ear to ear as if someone had just given her a birthday present.
"Evlin...? Is there something in my face...?"
"Huh!? Oh sorry... It's just... Never mind..."
"Ok..."
She returned back to her regular expression, but there was no denying what Karen saw. She was happy. Not just happy, but extremely happy. Karen didn't know what she did but she had somehow managed to raise her points with Evlin. All she needed now was to find out how.
"Yeah, I agree... The author of the book does use quite a few difficult terms and makes it hard to understand. I had a lot of trouble when I first read it as well."
Karen just got a new clue. Evlin was excited after hearing about her issues with reading the history book. All she needed now was to consider the possible reasons as to why.
She was trying her best to act as one of the characters from a detective show she liked, a small re-imaging of the famous character Sherlock Holmes if he was in space and if he was a girl called "Sharla away from home!".
She had her facts, it was time to consider the possibilities.
Number 1, Evlin was happy because she was able to read the book and make a proper review while Karen could not. In other words, she was trying to brag.
Karen didn't want to believe in that. Evlin didn't look like the kind of girl that liked to show off. t
At least based on the very little Karen knew about her so it wasn't a completely impossible possibility.
Number 2, Evlin was actually having a hard time reading that book just like Karen, so that smile was her showing sympathy for a fellow bad reader.
That also didn't seem like the case. Not only was she able to make a proper review of the text, she was smiling waaay too much just for finding someone who was as bad as her.
Number 3,...
Karen was out of ideas already. Mr. George was right, she really was bad at understanding people. She simply had no idea what was passing through that girl's head.
She decided to simply risk it all and ask her directly.
"Hey, Evlin...?"
"Huh...? Yes?"
"What was that smile from a while ago...?"
"Huh!!?? Smile?? W- What smile??"
"..."
"Huh... The thing is..."
"..."
"I want to be a teacher when I grow up... So when I saw that you were having trouble with the text while I was not... I thought..."
"...?"
"That maybe I could practice with you...?"
"... Oh! You want to use me to find out if you could be a good teacher?"
"... Yes...? Is that weird...?"
"But... When I came earlier and asked for help you were acting a little cold towards me..."
"That's because I thought you just wanted to copy my homework..."
"...Oh..."
"But you still kept following me the whole day! So you must really need some help! And you must really trust me, right?"
"Huh..."
This time it was Karen's turn to be afraid. It seemed like she would have an easier time with Evlin than she imagined. All she had to do was act as her test-subject to practice her teaching methods, no big deal.
"Sure...?"
"Ah!!!"
That said, Evlin was looking at Karen with the biggest eyes she had ever seen. It didn't look like she wanted to take Karen as a student, it looked like she wanted to eat her head.
However, Karen didn't have many other options and simply surrendered to the goodwill of this small wide-eyes creature.
After that, she spent the rest of the day stuck with Evlin while she lectured her about all the topics of the history book that she was pretending to have read. Karen would often try to shake her head up and down as if signaling "Yes, yes, I understand!" all for the sake of making her happy and trying to end her lesson faster. She already had to deal with a bunch of real teachers on a daily basis, she didn't need to deal with a fake one as well.
"I guess we can stop here for now!"
"... Sure..."
Karen was honestly relieved to be free from Evlin and wanted to thank the heavens right now, but she managed to keep it to herself. She couldn't wait to get home, talk about the success of her mission to her parents, and return to her life with Nate.
"Same time tomorrow then?"
"Eh...?"
"Tomorrow! We will reunite again right?"
"Eh...?? But... We just reviewed the lesson!"
"What are you talking about? That was just chapter one..."
That was chapter one? That girl spent this whole time talking about a single chapter?
"H- How many chapters are there again?"
"Five chapters! Inst that great? This way we can go into great detail about every single one every day!"
"Eh...??"
"Ah!! I better get home soon to revise my notes to prepare your lesson for tomorrow!!"
"Ah... Wait..."
"See you tomorrow Karen!!"
Evlin proceeded to storm out of the room with her bag still open and running with a smile on her face.
Karen fell on her chair after realizing she would have to endure that girl for the rest of the week. She started to wonder if she would be able to endure that experience four more times in a row and was almost about to quit and find another target.
"Ughhhhhh..."
She then suddenly heard a voice coming from the door.
"Oh! I almost forgot!"
"Huh...?"
Karen turned her face and saw Evlin at the door.
"I had a lot of fun today Karen!! Thanks a lot!!"
"..."
She then waved her hand and left again. Karen started to wonder if she even had the guts to disappoint Evlin after seeing such an innocent and honest smile.
"... Eh... How hard can it be...?"

Karen finally managed to find a solution to the problem that has been bothering her for the last couple of years. She had everything set up and ready to go, but when the time finally came to go forth with it, fate decided to conspire against her.

The room had a large table with ten chairs, three were empty. My dad looked around with a worried look on his face. 

"James come over here,"it was Ace, my dad ran over and sat down next to him.

Two plates were already empty. My dad seem to calm down. Everyone  else had bowls in front of them, is it cereal?

I was right Ace poured some cheap looking cereal into dad's bowl. Then a scene you would only see in a nightmare happened. He poured water into the bowl. 

He passed the jug of water to the next person and they did the samething.I looked on in horror. 

"Soup?" said my dad to Ace.

"It's cereal" replied Ace.

The other kid had already started eating. My dad just looked at the food.
"You should eat the cereal, it taste better than it looks." Ace was encouraging dad to eat that thing.

My dad ate the cereal and asked for another bowl. This time he stoped Ace from putting water in it.  

"Brother," said my dad while looking straight at me.Then he slowly passed them one piece at a time to me.

After we finished eating Ace washed all the bowls. Then all the older children left on a school bus. Not before Ace helped my dad brush his teeth and all that other stuff. Dad likes hot water.

It was a Monday in May, dad's birthday was coming up soon.

their was only two girls left and my dad was the only other boy if you don't include me.

The lady who this orphanage belonged to, walked down the stairs. Their was a little girl holding her hand. She had blue eyes just like me.

Dad started to tremble as soon as he saw the girl. I couldn't understand what he thought was scary about her. She even looked a little cute.

Dad hide behind me, but the little girl could see right through me.

"I hate you!" shouted the little two year old looking girl. 

"Be friends," that was all the lady said, how useless. Then she started to teach the children numbers and words. My dad stayed silent even when, he knew the answer to her questions. The mean little two year old was the only one that answered the quetions.

"My little Emily is the best," she gave he daughter a big hug.After that she went upstairs.

Her daughter stayed down stairs, She walked to my dad and pushed him. I looked for the other two girls but they had already ran away.

What should I do in that type of situation? My dad said to never hurt people younger then me. He said to never hurt people. I grabbed her hand when she tried to hit my dad, and placed it at her side. 

Then I picked up my dad and ran away too. Just like the other two girls. I didn't want to deal with anything that she was dishing out. She started crying but I ignored her.

When we arrived at the boys room my dad check his book, that was under his pillow. He hugged the book then put it back under his pillow. So she the one who destroyed dad's book. Not really much of a Mystery. What Should I do for pay back?

"hmmm" what should I do?

"Brother, wants to play?"  said my dad like it was a question. I locked the door after dad said that. We played games until my dad got hungry again.

When my dad went down stairs the lady was cooking tomato soup. My dad pointed at his stomach but the lady wasn't looking at him.

"Food," The lady turned around annoyed after my dad said that.

"Wait five minutes," said the lady. 

I took my dad to a clock trying to teach him what five minutes was.

"When this line goes around the clock five time it been five minutes." My dad watched the clock. When five minutes had passed he ran towards the lady. She wasn't finished cooking.

"Let just wait until she's tells us she finished," my dad waited five more minutes.

The Lady pulled out a pizza from the overn and placed two pieces on a plate for herself and her daughter. 

She poured the soup in three bowls then called everyone down for lunch.
I didn't want any of that soup. The pizza looked nice. I kind of don't like pizza any more. I never liked soup. 

The girls appeared of nowhere and quickly ate their soup. My dad did too, this time he didn't save me any soup. I told him I didn't want any soup.

My dad hurried upstairs, that girl ran downstairs. She stoped runing when she saw my dad.
 
"What are you?" 

It was like she was talking to me, but I know she can't see me. I don't know what I am. My dad ran right past her, I followed him.

My dad took out the destroyed book carefully, and asked me to read it for him. He fell asleep after I read it for the fifth time. I fell asleep too.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" What was that sound? I opened my eyes to my dad screaming.

The girl had climbed on my dad's bed. what was going on?

"Are you a human or are you a fairy?"

My dad had a confused expression on his face. He didn't get to answer the quetions because, Ace walked into the room.

"What going on?" Ace was asking the right kind of questions. I couldn't really understand, why this was happening in real life.

"He not a normal boy," said the girl with a confident expression on her little face.

"Whats a normal boy?" Ace answered with a question. The girl looked confused. She couldn't answer his question.

"He flys up the stairs," she thought of something abnormal but, no one would believe that. Even with all the imagination in the world. My dad told me I couldn't fly. I didn't believe him and jumped off of a table. I also put blankets and towels on my back, they never helped me fly. My prayers of flying and my wishes were fulfilled after I died though. I think I died?

When I stoped thinking the girl had already left the room. Even Ace was gone. My dad hid the book back under his pillow.

The twins entered the room. They had backpacks on their backs and they were both smiling.

"James guess what happened at school, we both got all the answers right on our test.°
My dad just smiled at them. I didn't know if he understood or, if he was just happy because they were happy. Toddlers change their emotions a lot.

"Let's play together," said John he was wearing a red t-shirt today.

My dad played with them and I fell asleep. I was never a kid that like toys review videos. I don't like to watch other people playing, especially when I'm in the same room. I'm alone by myself and my dad, didn't notice my lonlyness.

I went back asleep and dreamed of dad but his face was burnt and I wasn't their. A fire was raging, my dad looked scared and not curious of the fire. My dad looked more lonely then I was now.

I woke up just in time for dinner, my dad had already left the room. Why was my dad lonely if John, Joshua and Ace existed? 

Dinner was soup again this time it was potato soup why so much soup. I don't want soup! There has has to be some real food some where in this place.

I went back upstairs to sleep again because, I just didn't have the energy for anything.

I woke up in the middle of the night. Ace was awake he was just staring at a wall weird and scary. 

The orphanage looked very scary at night, even I didn't want to tour this place  alone at night. So I went back to sleep. I kept on waking up every few hours. Untill the daytime finally came.

My dad was looking at me when I woke up. Should I tell my dad that it's not nice to stare at people?

Breadfast was toast today. Ace help my dad get ready for the day. All the clothes he put on him looked super old. They were also a bit big.
My dad needs some new clothes, but there is no one who can buy them for him. Why did grandma have to kill grandpa?

My dad use to get me new stuff all the time. l made a discovery. I thought there was no WiFi in this house. Until I saw the lady with a phone.

I followed her to her room after her short lessons and saw a tv. She was watching the some old looking show. The  tv was so small I thought it was a computer.

When I got to the boy's room. The girl was standing in front of my dad with his  precious book in his hands.

"Make me fly or I will brake book," my dad was crying. What was wrong with this girl? Why couldn't she just leave the book alone? I had to do something.

A young boy who goes into the past to right a wrong, by protecting and raising his father. The boy wants his father to have a happy and long life, and will do what ever it takes to make that happen. Even if he has to become someones worse nightmare.

Many of the chapters of "Murder The Dream Guy" got locked.
There was an email from from the platform's editorial department, asking her to modify those chapters.
Reason for being locked: violence, gore, involving rated content.
This was the first time that Xiang Wan encountered such a matter as an author all these years.
Locked for rated content? Her female and male lead in "Murder The Dream Guy" had not even kissed. What exactly happened?
What was more dreadful was that a "war" had started at the review and comments page.
There were readers questioning about the lock. The mild mannered ones were asking for reasons, while those with poor attitude directly slammed the author and the website as they had paid money to read the chapters. Consequently, there were suddenly someone who claimed to know what happened—they said that the book contained violent, gory as well as sexually explicit content. That was why the book got reported.
A tossed stone raises a thousand ripples.
Everyone was in an uproar, and the discussion was vigorous.
The readers' viewpoints could never be unanimous.
Hence, there was a heated debate if the book actually contained inappropriate content.
At that moment, the book review and comments section were crowded like the market as everyone had their own opinions with regards to the topic.
…
Xiang Wan eyeballed the IDs who thought her book were full of gore and contained sexually explicit content and noticed that these IDs looked really unfamiliar. They had never appeared in her review and comments section of "Murder The Dream Guy" before.
Well, she was able to notice that as she only had a small base of readers, which was perhaps the only benefit of not having a lot of readers. As long as these readers had left a comment or a review, she would remember their ID.
And those who were defending her books were exactly her base of readers, with Yuan Qianqian as the representative of her pool of readers since long time ago.
The Supporters of the Ban:
"The crime scene description of the case makes readers feel nauseous, disgusted, and uncomfortable. It will be a bad influence for the young. The emotional details and body movements as well as dialogues are too direct and crude. It simply means that the author is not cultured at all…"
The Defenders:
"This is called realism, thank you! Those readers who want to read pure, innocent romance with fanciful poetic words that even the author doesn't know, much less readers like us, please leave this page and read other books. It is alright to not like this book, but resorting to such dirty tricks is uncalled for…"
Neutral:
"I'm only concerned if there will be an update today. Dear author, no matter if it's sexually explicit content or gory murders, do you dare to up the level? If you dare, I'll manage and deliver your meals in the 'prison'!"
More dramas:
"A trashy author will be supported by trashy readers. Pardon me, but people who read this book are the older women, losers with low IQ…"
"To the one above, pardon me for saying this, your pair of noble eyes are only suited to read dictionaries!"
"Hurhur, it's no use trying to put up a defense. When the website locked the chapters, it already clearly showed that there IS a problem with the chapters. This is called official verdict, understand? For having sexually explicit content, violence, and gory murders, this is a piece of trashy work that is not suitable for youngsters to read. Hurry and delete this book, don't be a disgrace!"
"…"
There was a surge of bad reviews.
The review and comments page was quite a healthy and harmonious environment until these people came along. They were like the monsoon waves that hit the book review and comments page. Everything was thrown off balance.
In addition, these people possessed "high combat power" for they seemed organized with a purpose and aim.
Xiang Wan read through the page for a long time when she suddenly gulped.
"Fang Yuanyuan, you come in right now!"
The door was opened and Fang Yuanyuan stood aside obediently.
"You're the one who asked me to go out."
Xiang Wan stared at her and noticed that she was avoiding to look at her in the eye.
At that moment, Xiang Wan suddenly realized something.
Originally, she had thought Fang Yuanyuan did all these things to appease her because of them moving here…
But it was actually because of the locked chapters!
"My dear editor, since when did my story become violent and gory? Fine, I can attribute that as too realistic to the actual case. But what is this sexually explicit content about? My dear, both my male and female leads are still virgins…"
"Even if they are virgins, there's still rated scenes!" Fang Yuanyuan answered weakly. "Who told you to write flirting scenes all the time whenever they meet? Do you know that they captured two sentences as screenshots to prove your 'crime'…"
"Fang Yuanyuan!" Xiang Wan stared at her with eyes wide-opened. She wished she could strangle her to death. "Try saying it again one more time? If my book is so full of rated content and gory scenes, then the bulk of books in the whole platform should have been removed?"
Xiang Wan's gaze were like piercing knives. Fang Yuanyuan pulled a stool and sat beside her dejectedly.
"Can't you see the problem?" She went straight to the point. "This is not the fundamental problem at all."
"Then tell me, what is the fundamental problem?" Xiang Wan glared at her fiercely, as if she was going to eat her up.
"Sis, don't look at me like that… Sigh, darling, I'm only an editor without power." Fang Yuanyuan said rather feebly. "A large number of readers from various means of communication channels reported you today. Someone even directly reported you to the Bureau of Cultural Affairs as well as sent an email complaining to the Mayor directly… The bosses wanted the chapters to be modified, what do you expect the editorial department to do?"
"But this is not true at all?"
"What is true and what is not? You tell me that there's no violence and gory as well as rated content, but this is totally up to the individual, and everyone has different views to it. This is not a simple math equation of one plus one equals to two, my dear sis…"
"There's no standard measure to this, but we can provide a reference? The famous writers directly wrote about the human reproductive organs, but no one reported them for writing about sexually explicit content?"
"Then wait till you've become a famous writer first!" Fang Yuanyuan pulled a long face, but her gaze was conflicted and stern at the same time. "Sis, give a dog a bad name and hang him, you get it?"
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
Xiang Wan felt as if her heart was being torn apart, and it took a long time before she could give a response.
"Got it."
If only one person reported her, it was easy to handle.
When a group of people reported her, it became something serious.
Nobody would scrutinize her book, let alone determine whether the book was a positive read to readers…
Just saliva alone could drown someone.
Huang He was still inside the detention center. Even the police was unable to withstand the pressure of controversy, let alone she who was just a web novelist without any backing?
"So, just modify them!" Fang Yuanyuan furrowed her brows and massaged Xiang Wan's shoulders.
"Hur." Xiang Wan held her head with two hands. The feeling was similar to knowing that her kid was being bullied at school by those school bullies and she was helpless and heartbroken. "I really don't know how to modify them…"
Fang Yuanyuan took a glimpse at her. "Or, I'll help you edit the content?"
"No need." Xiang Wan did not lift her head. "I don't like others to touch my child."
"…"
"You're too stubborn!" Fang Yuanyuan puffed a helpless sigh, then gave it a thought. "It's just a web novel. Who would be concerned how the content is like? If they want you to modify, just change some words and phrases will do?"
"No!"
The inferno within Xiang Wan continued to spread, and she had an urge to smash her laptop.
"I want to look for the director to appeal, I want to appeal!"
When Fang Yuanyuan heard that, the words that she had been holding in her throat finally gushed out.
"It's no use. We had a meeting and discussed this for a long time… The fact that only certain chapters are being locked is the best outcome that I have fought for you."
Fang Yuanyuan peered at her in a worried manner and tried to make her tone sound gentler so as not to make Xiang Wan so hurt. "According to the director, this book did not rake in much earnings anyway, so we should just directly delete the entire book to avoid trouble…"
She's right!
Trouble.
Everyone is afraid of trouble.
Hence, that is why when people stand high enough, they can do whatever they want.
A strange chill crept into Xiang Wan's body as her mind went blank. She looked at her laptop that accompanied her day and night.
Was she hardworking enough? Yes!
Was she persistent enough? Yes!
However, the heavens played such a joke on her, was that an indication that she was not suitable for this line of work?
"Why not… let's give up this book?" Fang Yuanyuan furrowed her brows as she helped her to analyze the possibilities. "Modification of content could be most frustrating. The amount of time taken might as well be used to write a new book instead. If I were you, I'll directly delete the book, open another new account, and restart all over again. Then, I'll write a book that the market would embrace and accept. Even if that book might not be able to become very popular, the end result should not be worse than the current situation…"
A book that the market would embrace and accept?
The way she put it was really tactful.
To boot, wasn't that riding on the coattails of other successful authors?
Xiang Wan was fuming so much that she felt pain in her heart, but she still put on a faint smile.
Actually, the world is never evil, it's the people who's evil.
Since they didn't want her to write, all the more she should persist on!
"Fine." Xiang Wan narrowed her eyes slowly and tried to say something, but no words came out. She lowered her head then looked up. This action got repeated several times before she finally uttered the words, as if shouldering a really heavy burden, "I'll modify them!"
With that, she seemed drained of energy and closed her eyes helplessly.
Fang Yuanyuan looked at her with concern; she felt bad to see her in such a state as well.
"Sis, I know you've invested a lot of emotions inside this book. But…"
"You may go now." Xiang Wan turned her chair as well as her back away from Fang Yuanyuan. "I need all the time I have to modify my work. I'll do it right away!"
"…"
Fang Yuanyuan got up slowly, took two steps, and turned around to look at her.
"Sis, there's nothing wrong with insisting on your own thinking, but neither of us are the ones making the rules. We're the weak. What we can do is simply to change ourselves to accept all the unfairness and get used to all these unfairness."
"Hm," Xiang Wan replied coldly.
Throughout their conversation, she never asked who was the mastermind behind this incident.
Well, Fang Yuanyuan would not be able to give an answer anyway.
…
The night was deep, and everything was quiet.
In the study, there was a lamp as well as a shadow.
In the lonely sky, there was no end to the darkness whilst the stars blinked with all their might, wanting to see through everything clearly…
When the new day began, the stars had left, but the lamp inside the study had been left switched on the whole night.
…
Xiang Wan did not know when Fang Yuanyuan had left for work.
She was so focused that she did not even hear the door's closing sounds.
When she came out to the bathroom, she found breakfast on the dining table.
It was not bought from outside but made by Fang Yuanyuan herself.
There were two fried eggs lying piteously on a plate. They didn't look too good, but it was the first time Xiang Wan ever saw Fang Yuanyuan's culinary skills.
Xiang Wan gave a yawn and laughed.
This girl! My dearest cousin… No, my dearest younger sister!
While she was having breakfast, Xiang Wan was checking her mobile phone.
There were no updates from "The White List", as usual.
Well, this is our Second Young Master Mu, thought Xiang Wan.
He likes to do things his way, no matter what happens. If he doesn't feel like updating, he won't update and never bothered to give any explanation!
Nonetheless, there were news of Second Young Master Mu's novel in the internet.
In the day's list of top searched news, she saw the news of Ye Lun where fans rallied to support him acting as the antagonist, which was also the third male leading character in "The Grey List".
Ever since the announcement of the list of celebrities who would be casted in the "The Grey List", the internet had mixed responses for Ye Lun to be starred in the drama. No matter if they were in favor or not, it was a huge boost to his popularity. It could be said that the current popularity made him at the height of his acting career.
"Frankly, although Qin Shu is the bad guy in the story, he is the second male lead in my heart. He's so bad that it makes people feel pity for him. My little Qin Shu! I don't want Ye Lun to cast as him…"
"Hehehehe, hear my awkward but polite laughter? Bring your digital Qin Shou[1] away from here, as far as you can. Our Lunzi doesn't give a bleep about such roles…"
"… It's Qin Shu, not Qin Shou. Do you have brains? It's not that we look down on Ye Lun. I'll just ask a question—does he have acting skills?"
"Of course. This is answered by the mighty condor from the 'Legend of the Condor Heroes'."
"Is it fun to criticize Ye Lun like this? Did no one realize that Ye Lun himself is really suited to the character, Qin Shu, in the story? Look at his appearance, somewhat devilish and bad boy…"
"Well, taking drugs; goes whoring; having a sugar mama… Tch, tch, it's totally stress free for him to act as the 'beast' in the drama. It's exactly him, alright?"
"…"
All these netizens were chatting and arguing with each other intensely.
Sentence after sentence of amazing rebuttals kept appearing like nobody's business. It made people feel that "experts" hide in the internet.
They're really fantastic!
As Xiang Wan stayed up all night, she was overwhelmed by all these comments in no time…
Nevertheless, there was one point that she concurred with the netizens.
In her opinion, Ye Lun was suited for the role of Qin Shu, the antagonist in the story. At the very least, she found him very suitable in terms of appearance…
Suddenly, in her head, she thought of that night when she saw him at "The Palace".
Tsk! He's indeed a young and dashing celebrity. A hot young stud!
She was also curious if he and Sun Shangli's relationship were really as what most people rumored to be…
Xiang Wan yawned again and finished the fried eggs before her. Next, she sent a message to Bai Muchuan and asked him that question.
Now, she was much at ease and found it easier to talk to Bai Muchuan. She totally did not feel that she would interrupt him at work.
However, it seemed as if Bai Muchuan was still in a poor mood. Every word in his reply seemed to have explosives hidden in them.
"Teacher Xiang, I'm not interested in matters like who's on the bed of these hot, young celebrities. If you really want to know, you should change your profession to being a paparazzi!"
"…" This sharp-tongued guy!
Xiang Wan was so angry that she almost fell dead to the ground.
He's crazy!
She did not reply to Bai Muchuan but thought of how she should explain about Huang He's problem to Fang Yuanyuan, on account of her fried eggs…
It's such a headache. Is keeping a secret so much more tougher than being pregnant?
As she thought about that, half a day had gone.
When Fang Yuanyuan got back from work, she still had not found a solution and had fallen asleep instead.
"Xiang, Wan!"
Fang Yuanyuan barged into her bedroom furiously. Her face was black as thunder, and her eyes were red. She seemed as if she was going to eat her up out of anger.
"Get up now and make things clear to me!"
…
[1] Qin Shou (禽兽) - which means beast. As the name of the antagonist of "The Grey List" is called Qin Shu (秦述), the fans created a pun of calling Qin Shu as Qin Shou(Beast).


Aspiring author Xiang Wan was deemed hopeless by her family and better off married when her fourth novel still did not do well. 
Just as she started to doubt herself and wonder if she should continue to pursue her dream as an author, things take an unexpected turn when a dazzling guy appears before her and she was taken away by the police as a prime suspect of a murder case.
A murder had taken place and the details were eerily similar to her mystery novel. 
From then on, her life turned topsy-turvy.
...........
Translator Review:
This is a novel encompassed with mystery, ethics, family ties, and romance. Of course, the highlights of this book are the murder cases. 
Although it’s a modern setup where none of the characters have a system or any other cheats, the Author managed to delight me with her writing, creative plots and a good pace without dragging her story. 
I marvel at the way the Author links up the clues and plot to explain the individual cases as well as paving the way to unravel the huge conspiracy behind the individual murders. Romantic plots are light-hearted so readers could take a breather from the plots of gruesome murders.
Frequency of release:  1 chapter/daily

After being released James was made to lay in his bed for the rest of the day but he simply could not fall asleep, so he sit up right when his mother was no longer nearby to inspect his changes but what he was shocked about was the fact that the training within the soul realm was not carried over to his psychical body.

James: [Does it mean I only gained the experience and knowledge? Well if I could improve my mana control while sleeping I would have been like Yue Yang cultivating 24/7 but I can only study my knowledge while I sleep and my magic control I have to train while I am awake since magic tends to go out of control of you gather too much of it out of your control]

James could only lament over the fact he did not retain the mana he once had in the soul realm and started to train his mana control out of habit before going to sleep once again.

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It was widely spread how James fell unconscious and his mother being in a bad mood since she was worried over him, the students who lost house points over this wanted to go give James a few smacks for falling unconscious for no reason. 

James however did not put this incident to his mind and started to change the direction he was training, he could feel his indigo core was starting to give off more violet light than Indigo light which meant he found the reason where he made the mistake to cause his core to have a variant change.

James: "Seems I still have a chance to fix my core, I can feel the amount of mana is definitely more than before as well"

He could feel that his body is far better than ever before, it appears Merlin and Melinda did more than just teach him but also helped him recirculation of his mana in the correct order. James could now feel his training speed seemed to have gone up once again but not by much, since his mind was constructed by Merlin himself he felt it will be the best time to start reading the books in the library so he could review them.

????: "Hi, are you James the son of Professor Mcgonagall?"

James: "Yes I am, and you are?"

The girl standing in his view was a girl in her 1st year wearing the Gryffindor Robes, blonde curly edges hair with ocean blue eyes. James was not sure what attracted this girl towards him but the hate glares from the males increase exponentially, it was still to the point he could bare with it but it was a bit annoying as well.

Lisa: "Ah Sorry for my bad manners, My name is Lisa Ashwood. Daughter of Susan Ashwood, the writer of the book that relates to the Stonehenge you were researching about"

James: "You knew I was researching it?"

Lisa: "Of course, because that topic relates something incredibly dangerous so I suggest you stop researching it"

James: [Hmmm.... I will have to increase my manner of reading books. Oh yeah there was a spell old Man Merlin taught me on how to magically copy the books into my mind but I still have to spiritually read them within my mind as the copied books will be like locked memories that require me to open them manually]

Lisa turned and left but still turned her head to give one last look at James who was this time closing the book, a sigh of relief left her lips thinking she managed to keep another victim away from knowing of the existence of the Raven Gate. If it were to be made know then even the Magical World would be thrown into chaos.

James however did not care about any of those as he was already spreading formless transparent mana throughout the library enveloping every single book, he could feel within his mind the books he already read were now being orderly sorted in a large library room within his mind. With this he could simply close his eyes entering he the library within his mind, the only drawback was that he would not feel any connect with his physical body so if someone kicks him he will only feel the pain when he comes out of the library.

When the process was done James was breathing heavily while feeling his back was soaked wet from the overwork of his mana, he could use magic now but his reserves was still too small for something massive. But thanks to his recklessness he managed to copy the books within the library but there appear to be a magical barrier around the restricted area so he will have to come here at night. At least he knew two spells to make him invisible and make his foot steps silent, so sneaking in will be easy unless he is spotted by the old fox.

Since the process to gather all the books within his mind was now complete he could leave the library with a relaxed feeling he will not be spied on what topics he was researching, he was still going to research about the Stonehenge to understand just what had caused the Witch Hunt to truly start back then when Witches and Humans were living in such harmony.

Later than night James managed to slip into the restricted section in the library while arousing the interest of Dumbledore, but the old man was not sure what this boy was doing in the restricted section but did not stop him either. He was quite interested in this faint trace of mana he was feeling around the boy floating to the books around him, enveloping them and simply disperse leaving the section like it was before. This was baffling as he could not understand what this boy was trying to do, but since he did not do anything else he decided to simply keep an eye on him for now.

James however was completely bewildered when he came across a book that had a few words written in it, but he felt he will have to someday investigate this when he was a bit older so his mother will not be so worried about him when he goes on his adventure. The Words written on the Book was:

[Lesser Malling's Gate] 

The only place where Lesser Malling is that James knew off was close to Scotland, in Yorkshire. Seems he will have to travel a long way if he does decide to head over there, but for now he could only use the remaining time to study the books one at a time and build his knowledge foundations.

And with that several months past and James finally managed to expand and compress his Core the correct way turning the once Indigo Core into a Violet Core increasing the capacity and pureness of his mana by several folds, thanks to the sudden increase of mana he finally took a massive step towards Novice Mage Peak Level with only a small step to take in order to become a Intermediate Mage. But right now was the day he and his mother was planning to leave Hogwarts to have a Vacation in Egypt, although the vacation was planned for only two days.

Minerva: "James are you already packed? We will be using Floo Powder to go to Alexandria in Egypt"

James: "Yes mom"

They planned to stay at Alexandria for a night before heading off to Cairo where they will visit the Curio Shops and Pyramids, according to his mother she believes that Egypt houses one of the oldest history of Magic.

Minerva: "Also don't forget to pack your underwear as well!"

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Author Note:

Now then my fellow readers *bows* welcome to a world without Potters... And enemies more fearsome than Voldemort lurking in the shadows (Just not in this world just yet)... I am about to take you all on a journey where not only the Wizards will be threatened to extinction but the Mortals as well... Hope you all are patient and enjoy the book.

Constructive criticisms is welcome, but if you don't like the book then just leave.

Do not own any original written books, they all belong to their respective writers and owners!

This is a slow pace book so don't expect daily chapters!

At this time, Lu Jingzhi took his cell phone back from Grandpa Lu before he went back to his bedroom to continue video calling his little descendant.
In the past, the old man would always talk about Lu Zongye's engagement to Jiang Yuning and he would always be preparing for their future marriage in front of Lu Jingzhi. Grandpa Lu was always stabbing him in the chest in the past and now, it was finally his turn to do the same to his grandfather.
"Second Brother, why do I feel as though you are in an extremely good mood today?" Jiang Yuning asked because she could see the softness and subtle happiness that Lu Jingzhi was showing on his face.
"I just sent Grandpa off," Lu Jingzhi said as he placed his cell phone on the dressing table and started undressing.
"Wow, Second Brother, it seem as though you are no longer that self-conscious nowadays."
As soon as Lu Jingzhi heard Jiang Yuning's words, he used a book to block the camera on his cell phone.
"Second Brother, what are you doing? I want to see your abs!"
"I don't want to show them to you," Lu Jingzhi rejected without any hesitation at all. "If you want to see them, I will then show them to you when you come back to me."
Jiang Yuning suddenly felt very upset because she had already been waiting the entire day just for this moment and it seemed as though Second Young Master Lu was going to deprive her of the one thing that she craved the most…
She was already so poor and now, she could not even admire his abs. Life was so difficult.
"Second Brother, you must already be feeling sick and tired of me. That is why you do not have anymore patience with me. Sigh. I understand why you are feeling this way. It is because when I have to leave for work, I always have to be gone for at least a few months. You are also a man and I know that you have needs that I am depriving you of."
If the little descendant was at home by his side right now, Lu Jingzhi would have definitely grabbed her and spank her ass really hard.
After that, Lu Jingzhi could not help but remove the book so that Jiang Yuning could see him again. He continued undressing as he asked, "Are you enjoying yourself?"
When Jiang Yuning saw Lu Jingzhi's muscular body, she started blushing and felt that she was losing her self control. "Second Brother…if you feel that you are suffocating and want me badly, you can come to the filming set and look for me, okay?"
"No thank you," Lu Jingzhi refused immediately.
"But why?"
"Because if I have to go over to you whenever I think of you and want you, I will never leave your side."
Jiang Yuning understood the meaning behind his words in an instance.
"Don't worry, it's almost the end of the month. I will be coming back to you really soon. Wait for me patiently!" After that, Jiang Yuning gave Lu Jingzhi a flying kiss through the camera. "Second Brother, I am really curious about this. How do you survive when you miss me badly while I am not by your side?"
"What do you think?"
If Lu Jingzhi could make it through twelve long years of separation, what was this short-term separation to him?
Jiang Yuning smiled and she had a very soft expression on her face because just like Lu Jingzhi, she understood how important they were to each other. They were finally together after being separated and missing out on twelve years together.
"Second Brother, I really miss your hugs."
"You will receive them when you come home."
Both of them continued chatting for a short while and Jiang Yuning shared some of the interesting events that had happened at the filming set lately. After some time, both of them reluctantly ended the video call because Jiang Yuning had to get up early the the morning to film her scene.
However, Jiang Yuning would never have expected that the comment that she left on the Internet using her other account would really be discovered by the fans of the <Yan Huasu> book.
Therefore, Jiang Yuning received a phone call from Vera early the next morning.
"Yuning, you got exposed!"
Jiang Yuning was confused.
"Go online and see for yourself."
Jiang Yuning quickly turned on her laptop and went on the Internet. At this time, she saw the topic <Jiang Yuning Exposed> trending on the hot search.
What was she exposed for? It turned out that the netizens and the fans of the book had discovered the identity of the person who left the comment under <Yan Huasu>'s book review section.
How could they be certain that it was Jiang Yuning?
Although Jiang Yuning did not remember this, she had used one of her own pictures as her avatar in the past and she did not even know that she had left a book review using the same account.
Furthermore, Jiang Yuning had also uploaded several pictures of her calligraphy writing and this was an empirical proof that it was indeed Jiang Yuning's account because the fans of the book immediately recognized her calligraphy writing. It looked exactly like the calligraphy writing done by Jiang Yuning, which had been circulating around the Internet previously.
[Hahaha, who says that Jiang Yuning did not read <Yan Huasu>? I checked her history and found out that Jiang Yuning had even purchased a monthly pass to read the novels online.]
['I created this world and then I destroyed this world with my own hands.' Hahaha. What kind of quotes did Jiang Yuning use in the past? I am laughing so much that my stomach is already hurting.]
[Eh! That quote is from another online novel. Did Jiang Yuning read that novel too?]
[No matter how emotional Chopin is, he can never compete with the sadness that I am feeling now. Oh my god. Is this Jiang Yuning's description of herself? I can't stop laughing at it. Hahaha…]
[Hahaha. She is really hilarious. I am laughing so much to the point of crying. Does Jiang Yuning's fans know that she is like this?]
[And I saw that she actually posted a comment to criticize Hou Da! Hahaha. She complained that she was releasing the chapters for the novel too slowly. Hahaha. Everything is on record…]
[When it comes to other artistes, we always find black materials on them when we look into their past. However, when it comes to Jiang Yuning, everything is simply too hilarious. My abs are hurting…]
[Jiang Yuning, are you a devil or an angel?]
[She had the same routine as a regular girl!]
[Just look at the amount of novels that she has already read…]
[Hahaha. Is this really Empress Jiang? It feels as though she was really a hardcore fan last night.]
Jiang Yuning then asked, "Is it too late for me to delete that account now?"
After reading all the comments, the young paparazzo also had a good time teasing Jiang Yuning. "Sister Yuning, it turns out that you also have this side to you. It seems as though you were not that smart or witty in the past."
"Which one of us can say that we have not been young and frivolous before?" Jiang Yuning replied as she glared at the young paparazzo. "Can't I have my rebellious stage too?"
"To be honest, I think that this is actually a good thing. It is not a bad idea to let the public and the netizens know that you are a genuine person."
At this time, Jiang Yuning leaned against the back of the sofa as she sighed, "I feel so ashamed of myself now…"
Who asked her to be so rebellious and to resort to posting all sorts of comments online in the past?
Who asked her to act that way?
At that time, Jiang Yuning had just entered the entertainment industry and she had not learned how to be patient and control her own temper yet. Moreover, she was only twenty years old then. Wasn't it normal for girls that age to act in that manner?
Jiang Yuning secretly hoped that Lu Jingzhi would not see this…
It was so embarrassing!
However, since her account was exposed, this really helped dispel concerns that the fans of the book had about her playing the role of the first female lead in the drama <Yan Huasu>. Since Jiang Yuning had been actively chasing the novel in the past, she would definitely be more than familiar with the contents and the plot of <Yan Huasu>.
[I suddenly feel that Jiang Yuning is really very adorable. Hahaha. I can't wait to see what kind of character and personality she will bring when she plays the role of the first female lead.]
[Since she is a loyal fan of the novel, then I am certain that Jiang Yuning will definitely know what we are all hoping to see!]
[Since it is already confirmed that she has read the novel before, then I suddenly have some confidence in her!]
[Empress Jiang, please make sure that you perform well and will not let us down!]
Initially, Hou Da was already having a headache as she thought about how she could get the fans to accept Jiang Yuning. In the end, Jiang Yuning had accidentally exposed herself through commenting using her second account. However, this accident turned out to be a blessing in disguise! This actually contributed to the fans giving Jiang Yuning recognition and support to play the role of the first female lead. Was Jiang Yuning some kind of deity?
Hou Da could not help herself from sending a text message to Jiang Yuning at this time. "I heard that you threw shade at me and criticized me in the past?"
After reading Hou Da's message, Jiang Yuning quickly explained herself. "Well…I was just trying to urge you to write faster."
Hou Da then replied, "So, you sure one of those negative commenters? I want to change the first female lead!"
Jiang Yuning grimaced before she replied in a bitter and sad tone, "It's too late, Hou Da. The netizens and book fans already know about this matter now. Please give me a chance and accept me. If I do not perform well or if my acting is not up to your expectations, then you can replace me any time you want."
Hou Da: "You want my forgiveness? Then, tell me how many times you have read <Yan Huasu>?"
Jiang Yuning: "If you do not count the drama script that I had just read again two days ago, then I have already read your novel thrice."
Well, since Jiang Yuning was indeed her loyal fan, she would let her off the hook this time.


“I can’t do it anymore. Stop it…I can’t take it anymore!” The second young master stopped in his tracks and raised his brows as he stared at Miss Jiang. “All you had to do was jog, so—”
…
Everyone knew that Miss Jiang was an artiste who had been defamed and blacklisted before she became famous again. When she got into trouble, she did not give up but fought persistently. Everyone knew that the second young master was the mysterious head of the enterprise. He was an extremely cold person with an exquisite taste. Moreover, the second young master had recently adopted a new hobby. He took in his younger brother’s ex-fiancée and he was extremely fond of her…


Not a moment later than when the pills had been completed did the flame licking the cauldron, the tentacles bringing both heat and life, disappear. First into the array, then into the sky when the array no longer held. Louis grabbed the two pills within the cauldron, blowing off any burnt impurity potentially remaining on it, just in case, and placing them gently into the glass container. The two Fire Qi Replenishing Pills were treasures, not quite reaching the unique grade that he so desired, but an important step in reaching it: grade 11, the epitome of great grade pills and an achievement he had long sought yet could not achieve. Today was a momentous occasion for him, but he had nary a moment to appreciate it, only just enough time to review the entire concoction and cleaning process and see just how fortune had aligned for him for such a creation.
 Louis had a thought of what he could have done right to achieve it, but no time to test it. He wrote his notes into his notebook, one that he had started writing just after his confinement. For his mind created and fermented new ideas but by the time he would come around to applying them, they would escape his mind. He had believed in his spiritual strength, his mind - the center of his memory - but he was not the alchemy emperor that could memorize books down to the letter but just a child who left his own diapers a couple years ago and only just managed to toilet train himself. This was not to say he could not remember all of these ideas, but that they would be lost among all the information he had to review and record into the alchemy book arrays he was making, partially for his apprentices that would be coming in two weeks, but mostly as a trial run so he could make a final product for Amber, when she finally reached the third realm and had time to take a break and cultivate her mind, her knowledge.
Nia was in a better position, she toiled day after day trying to compete with Amber without understanding the cataclysmic gap of cultivation between the two, yet never giving up when she lost. Her results bore fruit and she achieved a level of control and cultivation speed he did not imagine a six year old to have, even with the help of his pills. He had expected her to take five months to reach the second realm after he opened her lower dantian, but one month would be enough for her, especially with the help Melissa and Renee provided. The games were meant to be a game, a method of practice as well as a way to relax, not meant to be the most important factor in developing their skills, but he now had a newfound respect for Amber and Nia as well as his mother, Tera and Renee who humored their vigor and practiced almost fourteen hours a day with them.
Respect for their dedication was a growing sentiment throughout their first day, but as he soon began to realize its implications, only his exhaustion and regret, which had long since become a part of his daily life, remained. For every night of rest he got, he missed two more nights for the pills could not craft himself and he could not tell Amber and Nia to abandon their cultivation because he merely needed rest. He was the only alchemist among the seven people who consumed pills - Elaine and the new shrine maiden, Vanessa, also visited a week at a time to train, but they never used any pills, once out of qi they started their non-qi required lessons. He was ever so thankful for that tiny respite, for needing to craft two more people pills would have truly pushed him over the edge. 
After safely storing the two Fire Qi Replenishing Pills, Louis left into a nearby room. Here, books, half-opened and covering each other, were scattered into a room no one else would understand. He only needed to craft one successful alchemy book array before he could put away all of these books, but, before then, he required every single book here, not because he did not know the information, but because he was afraid that he would forgot to add one or add one incorrectly. That was the problem of teaching material he truly never done himself, he had theoretical knowledge but its lack of importance only kept him interested enough for him to understand the basics and widen his foundation, before he stored it in the deepest crevices of his mind, perhaps never to be accessed again.
The alchemy book array itself was the easiest part of the book. He made the first array within a couple of hours and the rest within eight, but the alchemy book had took him the better part of his sleepless nights for the last two weeks. His apprentices were coming tomorrow and he was almost done with the first book. The first book required him to place each ingredient in the right place, annotate every part of the ingredient for its uses, how they should be cared for and mark what was to be avoided. At final part of the array, he added information about how the various ingredients interacted and recipes of all the first and second star pills. All he had to do left today was check if all the information was correct, then he could spend the next three hours copying all the information into the other arrays.

 When he finished and pass through the rooms, it was well into the afternoon. Screams, yells and laughter echoed through the empty halls and open doors. Louis kept his head down and feet moving fast, otherwise he could be roped into another activity besides the sleep he so sorely needed and wanted.
 Silva sat on the couch in his room, like a righteous angel who would never leave her followers behind uncared for and rested. She was seventeen years old, much younger than he had initially thought when he first met her and, most surprisingly of all, she was his cousin yet playing as his maid. It was both comforting that he had family that cared for he so but also questionable that she was a maid at all in the first place.
She had opened and started reading some of his alchemy notes, like a learned scholar, even though he very well knew she understood not a word. A warm meal placed on the coffee table with everything he wanted: a nice, big sirloin of the Four Horn Ox with white rice and a spicy vegetable soup. Silva had a giant smirk on her face as he dug right in.
 "Delicious, right? I have been practicing over the past month." Silva said, tossing the book to the seat beside him.
 Louis blinked a couple times as he slowed his chewing, savoring each and every bite. It was simply unimaginable this was the skill of someone who had just started cooking, but perhaps she had a talent for cooking like no others. He would believe it. "It's certainly good." He looked at Silva and squinted. "Are you here to hussle me for more pills? I won't have any until Nia reaches the second realm, but I will compensate after she does, like I promised."
 "Oh, no. I'm just here to look after my cute little cousin, after finally getting some time to relax." Silva said, pausing for a moment. "It isn't easy to get everything you need, after all." She winked. "Though if you want to praise me or give me a few pills under the table, I would gladly accept it."
 "Speaking of which, why are you my maid when you are the heir-apparent of Rosenburg City?" Louis said, putting down his plate. He had stopped to savor the food too late, it was already gone. "Do you not have anything to do and learn back in the city?"
 "Oh, I do, but if you want me to tell you why, you can't call me old anymore." Silva said. "I'm merely seventeen, far too young to be called something like an old lady." Silva placed her hand over head as she began to shed fake tears. "I'm only a fair maiden at seventeen, too young to be forsaken like an old rag."
 "But you always call me your cousin since I found out though." Louis said. "But sure, I accept."
 "It began on that fateful day seven years ago, when I heard my precious cousin had been born and I just had to visit the little squirt and claim my title as the first in our family's generation. Amelia, you sister, gladly handed that title to me, no questions asked, but, just as I wanted to return home, I was told to stay. You see, my mother had been too busy with work to properly look after me, so after a couple months of being looked after by maids, I decided to become a maid myself. It seemed all too interesting the conversations they always seem to hear, the gossip they had and the lives they lived. I thought I would experience a maid in the meanwhile, since I had to stay anyway and aunt always humored me, so I became a maid. Truthfully, I wanted to be a maid for another family, spice it up a bit, but mother would not let me be a maid for anyone else but aunt. Reluctantly, I agreed. I had a sweet little baby girl to look after and just a little over a year later, aunt had you, so I just had to stay. I must say you were far more interesting than I ever imagined you to be."
 "So what did you learn and was it worth it?" Louis said, seeing the sparkle in his cousin's eyes when she stopped, begging him to ask her for more.
 "Well, now that you have asked, I have met so many shopkeepers, butlers and maids that manage the pill ingredients that you always seem to be in a short supply for. I try to meet a new shopkeeper every time, but it seems I have met all of them in the past couple of months. Most of them are rather low ranked people of their noble families, at least for the stores in the inner city that I shop. They all seem to want something more, a better job, more respect, but they all seem to be fine with the money they make. Oh, except for that Eten family branch. The manager is an understanding man, but the two man childs usually running the shop are the worst, greedy for money and never offering a fair price. I was so mad I walked right out after the appraisal. They even had the gall to stop me from leaving without selling my pills and buying their overpriced things. I gave them two quick kicks and that was the end of that discussion.
 "The farmers that I buy the food from are much more fun to talk too. They are always polite, even if their speaking skills are not always up to par. They speak happy words and give me extra food, because I shop there everyday. Truly a nice group of people.
 "It is such a shame that I have to fly everywhere because I take so much time exploring. I would very much like to talk with the gondoliers, the gondola drivers, but I never seem to have any opportunity. A shame really." She smiled as she stopped. "Now that I have told you a lot, you have to tell me how you already are a three star alchemist."
 "I read a lot." Louis said, with a straight face.
 "But we both know that's not true." Silva stood up and sat right next to him, putting the book on his lap. "Come on, tell me. I won't bite."
 Louis grabbed the book and looked at her. "Good night." He ran to the bed and covered himself with the bedsheets before she could speak a word. He could hear her laugh as she pull down the blinds and left the room.

Yang Qing  was  born  as  the  third  son  in  the  greatest  empire  in  the  world:  the  Yang  Dominion.  Despite  his  cultivation  stagnating  in  the  sixth  rank,  unable  to  stand  toe  to  toe  with  the  martial  emperors  of  his  time,  he  turned  to  alchemy.  His  alchemy  earned  him  a  place  among  the  five  alchemist  emperor  giants  and  he  married  a  loving  wife  who  gave  him  two  wonderful  daughters.  He  only  died  with  one  regret:  his  weak  cultivation  that  hindered  him  both  in  martial  arts  and  alchemy. 
Little  did  he  know  that  after  he  died,  he  would  be  reborn  millions  of  years  later  as  a  half-elf,  Louis Aqua Allyn.  Armed  with  his  memories  and  knowledge,  he  begins  a  new  life,  a  new  journey.  This  time,  he  will  achieve  what  he  couldn’t  all  those  years  ago.

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