A friend gave me two things: a blank book and a wish for me to find happiness. I decided to write my thoughts upon the former as I go on my way to search for the latter.

John has a girlfriend. They're already 4 years and still holding on. But she realized that how can she get her happiness if her happiness is to have him?

How?

How can she steal him from his girlfriend if she's the bestfriend of his girlfriend?

Will she still do it?

Scenes like these were everywhere. These were the memories of the dead during their dying moments as they were remembering their lives and their feelings.
The memories were overfilling, so much so that the second Heavens was fully packed with them. Since the birth of the cosmos, there were countless living beings that lived and countless of them dead. This has caused the burial ground to be filled with their memories.
It was impossible to avoid all of them while traveling through the second Heavens. For example, Zhong Yue himself accidentally touched a scene himself and he suddenly found himself becoming a little baby. Then, he experienced the baby's life as 'he' grew into a child, a young man, an adult, and finally die of age.
The life of the memory owner was compressed into a few moments and forced into Zhong Yue's mind and made him experience the memory owner's life in just seconds.
Zhong Yue and Hundun Yu didn't converse. They were quietly walking while occasionally experiencing the lives of others in the scenes. One must say, it was an incredibly bizarre experience.
However, there were far too many feelings in these scenes and memories, so much that their own hearts were affected by the memories of the dead. Thus, the duo tried to avoid touching the scenes as much as possible.
The second Heavens of the Reincarnation Burial Ground was filled with memories of the dead. It was easy for one to lose himself in here.
Krong, krong.
Then, there were rumblings that came from in front of then. Zhong Yue and Hundun Yu looked forward and saw a huge creature looming in the scenes. Wherever it goes, its long tongue would lick over the scenes.
The huge creature has many faces all over its body, those faces were all smiling happily.
"Careful, it's the Happiness Demonic Eater!"
Suddenly, a voice said. It was the Diling Clan's Ling Zishou. Zhong Yue and Hundun Yu were shocked as they heard the voice. Clearly, Feng Wuji and the others were just closeby now.
Whereas Ling Zishou was still introducing, "The Happiness Demonic Eater can devour the happy memories in the souls. Once it licked you, all the happy memories in you will be robbed from you and your memories left with only sadness and sorrow! We'll take a detour from it!"
"Not good, there are many of them in front!"
Clamors could be heard and Zhong Yue frowned softly. He opened his divine third eye and glanced around. Sure enough, he could see many Happiness Demonic Eater hovering in midair, sticking out their tongues and licked through the scenes, turning the happy memories in the scenes into their energies.
He looked around and saw a huge pack of then. Countless Happiness Demonic Eaters were roaming the land!
Zhong Yue's scalp suddenly tingled. It was not easy to sneak through the Happiness Demonic Eaters unnoticed. These creatures were huge and had many faces all over their bodies. They had eyes everywhere and could literally see every single spot around them.
They would definitely notice anything that passed by them!
All of a sudden, Feng Wuji and the experts were noticed and the Happiness Demonic Eaters swarmed toward them. The faces on their bodies opened their mouths and shouted happily, "Come, come! Let's have fun together! This is the land of extreme happiness! We will share our happiness together!"
"Senior Martial Brother Zishou, take control over the Qing He Skiff!"
Feng Wuji and the others boarded the Qing He Skiff and Ling Zishouw quickly sailed the skiff. The skiff slipped past the many Happiness Demonic Eaters while the Imperial Emperors and innate gods on the skiff cast their weapons and skills out to push back the incoming creatures.
Countless Happiness Demonic Eaters were attracted by the commotion and gave chase.
"Careful, there are the shepherds here!" Ling Zishou said, "These shepherds are called Old Bliss Demons. The Happiness Demonic Eaters would absorb the happy memories and serve these memories to the Old Bliss Demons! These Old Bliss Demons are extremely powerful, we need to get past this field quickly!"
The Qing He Skiff sailed faster and attracted even more Happiness Demonic Eaters along its way. Zhong Yue was looking with his Three Eyes Heavenly Pupils and saw a cleared pathway, he was overjoyed and quickly said, "Senior Martial Brother Yu, let's go, quickly!"
The two sprinted forward but due to their incredible speed, they were unable to avoid the scenes in front of them. Thus, they rammed through these scenes and experienced the memories of the countless lives of the dead. As a result, their own memories were starting to get blurry and mixed up with the dead's memories!
This was, in fact, the greatest danger of this place!
The gods were also Qi Practitioners and cultivated their Dao hearts. The more experienced one was, the longer one lived, the easier it was for his Dao heart to be clouded by worldly affairs. Only by washing away the dirts from the worldly affairs could one maintain a clear and pure Dao heart and excel in their cultivation.
As the duo traveled in the scenes and experienced the lives of the dead, their Dao hearts were slowly turning astray from its original state!
A scene could be roughly estimated as 50 years of life. With their speed, they have traveled through tens of thousands of scenes in just the blink of an eye, equivalent to more than five million years of time. Time has taken a heavy toll on their Dao hearts!
However, this could also be seen as a tribulation to their Dao hearts. If they were able to still retain the integrity of their Dao hearts after, their Dao hearts would grow into an unimaginable stage!
Hundun Yu was casting his Hundun Dao Heart while Zhong Yue cast the [Ancient Time Unmoving Seal] to resist the affections on his Dao heart.
The Hundun Clan's Hundun Dao Heart was best suited at times like this. Every affections and influence on the Dao heart was reverted into the state of Chaos and diminished away into nothingness. The Hundun Clan's cultivation heritage sure was amazing here.
Whereas the [Ancient Time Unmoving Seal] imparted to Zhong Yue by Crown Prince Fu Shang was also very useful. Even after seasoned by the memories of the dead's lives, the [Ancient Time Unmoving Seal] only strengthened his Dao heart further!
The duo's speed grew faster and suddenly, just before they were exiting the field packed with the herd of Happiness Demonic Eaters, Zhong Yue's heart shuddered and he abruptly stopped before a scene.
Hundun Yu quickly stopped beside. He hurried, "Mister Yi, don't stop! Those Happiness Demonic Eaters will notice us after the Qing He Skiff outsped them!"
But Zhong Yue remained standing before the scene, dazzled by the memories in it.
The scene showed the life of a short-living young lady. She came from the Great Wilderness, Swords Gate's Shui Tu Clan, a young girl from a noble clan.
It was Shui Qingyan's memories.
Zhong Yue saw himself becoming Shui Qingyan, experiencing her life. She was just a pure and naive young girl, heading toward Swords Gate while accompanied by her clansmen.
On their way, she was met with a sudden rampage of beasts in the forest. Many young clansmen of her age died in the rampage while she was lost from the others. 
A rampaging beast found her and right before she was about to die in the beast's claws, a young man rushed out and pushed back the beast, saving her from death.
Zhong Yue 'saw' the young man protecting her with his life in the midst of chaos, he could felt a strange feeling filling 'his' heart, an affectionate that warmed her soul.
The young man that saved Shui Qingyan, was Zhong Yue himself.
"Senior martial brother." 
Her eyes never left the young man since, even in Swords Gate.
Those were the happiest moments of her life. Her little thoughts were swaying like mini river, with ups and downs and many other changes.
But all of these, stopped right after Tian Myriad Mother's rebirth.
"Mister Yi, let's go!" Hundun Yu was shouting in his ears anxiously. Meanwhile, the Happiness Demonic Eaters in midair have already given up chasing after the Qing He Skiff and on their way back to the field.
"Junior Martial Sister Shui, haven't you reincarnate yet?" Zhong Yue murmured, "No… you haven't… There was never any real reincarnation in this cosmos, was there…"
Hundun Yu grabbed Zhong Yue's wrist and pulled him forward, he said even more anxiously, "We must go now! They will notice us soon!"
But he couldn't even make Zhong Yue flinch, not even by an inch. Hundun Yu was filled with horror as he shouted, "Mister Yi, your Dao heart is clouded! After the years of experiences, have your Dao heart collapsed in the seasoning of time? Has it rotten away!?"
"No." Zhong Yue walked out from the scenes of Shui Qingyan's short-living life and looked at the young girl's memories. He shook and said, "I haven't. I was just thinking, there was never any reincarnation in this cosmos. She is still here. I suddenly understood, what Dao Venerate Fu Min is trying to achieve."
"We must go, now!" Hundun Yu looked up at the descending Happiness Demonic Eaters, he shouted in anger, "If we don't, we will be trapped and die here!"
Zhong Yue reached his hand out and caressed the lady's face in the scenes, he whispered softly, "She shouldn't have the happiness in her memories taken away from her, they shouldn't…"
Hundun Yu was filled with anger, he cast out the Fusang branch, turned it into a towering tree and swung it to push away the incoming Happiness Demonic Eaters. He shouted, "The dead is dead, their souls are gone, what can you do? Once their souls are dead, they will never come back to live anymore! This is the Reincarnation Burial Ground, this is where all dead souls end up in, this is where they belong. The dead's souls are already diminished by this place!"
Zhong Yue was startled, he murmured, "Is there no other way to bring them back to life?"
"No!" Hundun Yu was repelling the creatures and shouted, "Their souls are already broken, even if you can piece it back together, she wouldn't be her anymore!"
Zhong Yue's eyelids thumped while many Happiness Demonic Eaters have broken through Hundun Yu's defenses and lunged toward him.
"Don't come close to her!" 
Zhong Yue suddenly flared in anger. The [Innate Eight Trigrams] burst out from his forehead and the divine sabers shone brightly in rays, slashing forward and killed the incoming Happiness Demonic Eaters!
"Get away!"
Seven revolving light wheels emerged behind his head and grew bigger, covering a greater area and sucking the Happiness Demonic Eaters into his Seven Paths Reincarnation. The creatures were killed and diminished into broken pieces of souls in his Yuan Shen secret realms.
Hundun Yu was stunned, he looked around and saw a field of a thousand miles around them cleared from the Happiness Demonic Creatures, leaving only the scenes of the dead's memories.
"Don't come close her, don't come close…"
Zhong Yue was murmuring, he wanted to keep the scene, but could never grab it in his hands.
Faraway, there were even more Happiness Demonic Eaters swarming toward them concomitant with a deep rumble of noise. Something in the second Heavens was alerted of the situation and was heading toward them.
Hundun Yu quickly pulled on Zhong Yue and rushed forward, he shouted, "There is nothing you can. Quickly, we must leave now!"
Zhong Yue turned his head around and raised his hand. An [Innate Eight Trigram] was cast out and sheltered Shui Qingyan's memory in it. He said softly, "I can still protect her memory. Maybe, one day, she will return…"
Then, he glanced over the endless field. Somewhere in here, there were the memories of his parents, his clansmen, and his ancestors. But does he has the necessary prowess to protect the memories of the dead? 


Title: Rise of Humanity, 人道至尊
Author:  宅猪 (Zai Zhu)
Status: 1490 Chapters (completed) 
Translator: RisingDawn 
Editor: GemVoo
Chapter Release Rate: 1 chapter a day
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Tags: Legends, Mythology, Demons, Gods, Dragons, Monsters, Clever  Protagonist, Romance 
Synopsis
In the world birthed by Pangu, the Three Sovereigns lit the spark of humanity that the Five Emperors would later fan into a blazing fire, eternally branding humanity as the leaders of the world….
This was a time where twilight had descended on the reign of the Human Sovereign and the Five Emperors had yet to emerge – humanity was merely one of the myriad races wandering about the vast cosmos.
This was a desolate and barren era. The monsters, devils, heavenly gods, and deities of all races stood aloft; with the demons, heavenly souls, and spirits dancing freely around the world.
The humans were still a feeble and burgeoning race at the mercy of the pantheon of races that ruled the world together from within the great wilderness.
This was not the era of the Foreworld, but the barbaric and untamed era of uncivilization!
Let us rewind back to China’s ancient and classical mythology and recount the legendary tale of how a single figure led humanity out of an epoch of darkness and into a new dawn.
“Why do I seem like a monster? It’s not that my heart longs for blood, but the indifferent reality, and the harsh truth ... that drives me to kill.”
— Zhong Yue 
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Things You Should Know
Honestly, judging from the title itself, one’s initial impression would be that the story is simply another boring and cliche cultivation novel. Or at least, that was what I thought at first when I was first introduced to this novel by a friend. But to my surprise, and most likely to yours, (if you read it, that is ...) you will soon come to realize that the plot gets very interesting, involving many characters from the ancient and primeval eras of Chinese mythology.
Every story has their own charms, and every character has their own tale to tell. And this, is the tale of a young man fighting not for himself, but for the betterment of humanity. The plot starts to get really good at around chapter 50-ish, and that’s when the roller coaster starts to rise higher and higher to never come down again (literally, it ended in a climax).

Wenren Chuchu bitterly smiled and said, "Master, if I didn't choose to follow you, if my father didn't believe I belong to the upper realm, I wouldn't be able to get rid of my fate as a princess. How would I regret?"

"Even if I will be cut into pieces in this world after living solitarily for my whole life…" She decisively said, "I wouldn't even think of going back to be a princess! That is why I have always been working so hard in cultivation."

Bing Xinyue was utterly wordless at the moment.

She just asked a random question to keep Wenren Chuchu talking, so that she wouldn't think of killing herself. However, the long speech of the life of a princess was unexpected.

If the rulers in Land of Han-Yang heard what Wenren Chuchu just said, they would all feel disdainful and indifferent. Even the citizens who had clear minds wouldn't agree with her theory. Since a princess was born with wealth, she was bound to pay for what she was granted. When a princess married a man in another country, it might be the mistreatment of the princess herself but was a blessing to the entire county. Sacrificing a prince exchanged the peace for all the people. A princess was born with the wealth and power that nobody else could have. If she also had freedom and all other pleasant things, it would be so unfair! Nobody got all the best things in the world!

However, Bing Xinyue was Wenren Chuchu's master and was also a woman. That was why she was shocked and touched!

"I never regret. I never have." Wenren Chuchu smiled and confirmedly said, "After the day I was free from the invisible chain of being a princess, I finally started my own life… I can…"

She paused and bravely said, "I can love whoever I love. I can do whatever I can for the people I love, I care, with all my heart. Maybe he doesn't know. Perhaps he doesn't want me to. Maybe he doesn't love me back…

"But I do it for my own life. I do things for the people I love to approach the happiness that I long for.

"That is the perfect path of a woman's life. I always do."

She bravely looked into Bing Xinyue's eyes and said in a low but clear voice, "Master, what do you think?"

Bing Xinyue embarrassedly turned over her head. After a while, she answered, "I don't know."

Wenren Chuchu smiled and weakly said, "Master… You look frosty, arrogant, isolate, but deep inside your heart, it is soft… If I am going to fight against you for something… you will probably lose."

Wenren Chuchu's dim eyes suddenly shined with a colorful glow. She powerlessly said, "Master… Sometimes you have to fight for happiness… Happiness is limited… Everybody wants it. One has to fight for it. I mean it.

"On the way to happiness… we can't waste our time in dignity and courtesy. They are obstructions that stop us from happiness… After all, you get it or you don't get it. That's the only possible ways!

"Happiness is all the same in all women's eyes… You get it, then you get happiness. I get it, then I get happiness… I am talking about the happiness that lasts for a lifetime.

"Master… you… you really need to make a change. Otherwise, no matter who you are fighting against… you won't get it…

"Happiness never drops into your hands… You have fight for it…"

Bing Xinyue stayed silent for a longer time.

Wenren Chuchu closed her eyes. It seemed she was too tired.

In her heart, she felt the bitterness and also relief.

[Master, I am sorry. I know I shouldn't have said these words to you no matter what situation it is… I… I am your disciple… I don't get to teach you anything…]

[Besides… we are rivals on this matter…]

[However, I am dying. Maybe tomorrow, we will never see each other again…]

[Master, you can survive this. Just leave me, and you will very likely be rescued. Rather than we both die in this place, I prefer you to survive and to become brave to fight for the happiness you deserve…]

[Don't hesitate. No matter who is standing in your way…]

[Otherwise, you won't get it…]

[Men's battle is full of blood and fire. Women's battle is calm and noiseless, but also full of blood!]

She closed her eyes, coughing heavily. She tried so hard to operate her spiritual power to recover herself a little. She was doing this, not to run away with Bing Xinyue, but… to be able to stay behind and fight for some time for Bing Xinyue. Even a few seconds could save her.

Wenren Chuchu felt complete for such a life!

The night was getting darker.

In the darkest moment, Bing Xinyue had a feeling that was warning herself in her heart. [Danger! Danger approaching!]

She started to have such feeling only in this escape.

She had no idea where she got such capability though. It was excellently useful, and always warned her at the right time!

During the long escape and fights, she realized her power was increasing.

Her power was boosting incredibly fast. Even though she was such an experienced cultivator, she had never heard of such a thing.

It seemed to be an accident, but she somehow felt reasonable…

It seemed a mysterious power had been hiding deep inside her body and it was waking up recently.

She took a deep breath, grabbed Wenren Chuchu, put her on the back, tied her up, and quietly flew away. She was heading in a different direction this time!

After the time of half pot of tea, three figures silently arrived at the place the two ladies had been resting in. They sneakily entered the cave-like three ghosts.

The three of them all operated their spiritual minds and withdrew them right away. Soon they waved their sleeves and flew out. "Targets are gone! They shouldn't be far… The incense was still warm. They must have left only a while ago."

"Transmit order!"

- Shoot Shoot Shoot… -

Several shooting fires rushed up to the sky. Suddenly the fireworks made a colorful sky. People within ten miles could all see it.

"Skip direction we came from. One of them is severely injured. It is impossible they will go the east since it is where we just came from. The south and the north have been occupied. They won't dare to go either. There is only one direction, West."

"Guys lets head to the west!"

"West! Seal all the tunnels! Don't miss anything!"

"Women are always the easiest to track." A slim old man showed a cruel smile and said, "No matter how they try to cover themselves, they never hide the smell of women. It is the hardest to cover the smell of nature."

"Let's go!"

The three people fleeted out.

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Ye Xiao was a superior cultivator in his previous life. The three factions of the Qing-Yun Realm killed millions of people every time they attempt to seize cultivation resources. Wealthy towns turn to wastelands in just a single night. They covered up their crime with assertion that the towns were suffering from pestilence and disasters.
They forcibly held all the resources for cultivation, monopolized all valuable practice materials, and kept outsiders from cultivating so that only their three factions could cultivate in the realm. Ye Xiao declared war against the three factions in retaliation of their actions. He fought alone and ended up dying in vain. However, he is reborn into the mortal body of a 16 year-old boy. He will use the powers he cultivated in his last life and slaughter his way back into the Qing-Yun Realm. The story begins!
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Release Rate: 14 Chapters/Week; 1 chapter from Monday to Saturday, and 8 chapters every Sunday.

The most challenging part of being a man in a relationship is to know what matters and to decide what is productive and fruitful. A successful relationship is not about grandeur, happiness, and vanity but it is about acceptance, satisfaction, and fulfillment of joy.

                        Happiness is not parallel to joy and woman happiness will never be a woman's joy. It is not identical both have a distinct magnitude. Happiness is a complex feeling that comes over when something pleasant and good happens. It is dependent on external happenings. Joy is evoked by peace and transcendence experience beyond the normal and physical level. Women wanted to have joy deep inside their hearts and soul. And a man should assess if he is bequeathing happiness or joy to his partner.

                      Giving gifts and other surprises will give happiness but understanding and care provide joy. If you are seeking for happiness in a relationship you will keep hoping that everything is enough. When your purpose as a man to your woman is to provide something that will make her happy you will later have a series of "what if" list. But if you pursue joy in your affair you will discover existential and longevity in your relationship with an authentic certainty that through rough and smooth you will still end up as a lover for life. 

                      Happiness is a process of life, for instance, you will be happy because made you a cup of coffee and disappointed when she didn't.   Joy is a way of life wherein you give your partner an assurance that your unwavering love will linger through everything. When a man has a joyful spirit his relationship will foster truth, respect, and peace.

                     Joy is closely linked to spirituality. When a man discovers his faith and evaluates his life, he will find joy. That joy will bring goodness in his relationship. And a joyful man can transform his woman into a marvelous grace who encompasses love and cheerfulness.

It takes 21 days to form a habit.

Baconery is a book that provides details on how to have emancipating power over your relationship.

Everyone aims for a rewarding and fulfilling relationship that does not dwell on physical intimacy but more on the emotional and intellectual connection.

Having a real gentleman habit, it will help transform your current relationship or your future affair into a celebration of bliss and soulful commitment. You will appreciate the gesture of participating rather than anticipating several issues that may dwell in your bond as a lover.

Baconery is a self-help book that acts as a food for every young, single, in relationship man and even married man who always overlooked the importance of a sustainable and a procreating love affair that should be vested on nurturing character.

We always thought that once we get the "Yes" of our lady we can gradually stop our sensitivity and our zest.

Women hate men who sleep in the middle of their phone conversation. Women don't like to receive snide remarks or jokes coming from you when you are with your peers. Women pretend to be okay when you are late in your appointment and will act nonchalantly. Most of the women are meticulous in your appearance each time you go on date or even in casual shopping so, never take this matter for granted.

These inappropriate behaviors of a man should be lessened and must be extinguished from his system.

This book will provide you 21 habits that will facilitate in helping you achieve an attainable and smart relationship.

Character rediscovery should be learned by heart, establish by the mind and perform by hands while building an empire of love to the woman you certainly cherish.

It is not just about love that will bring wellness in your affair but it is also about your habit that will spell good influence in your tale that you hope to live to tell.

March 24th 2018


Mataas na at tirik ang araw sa kalangitan, and sikat nito ay nagpapahiwatig na magiging mahirap ang pananatili nang matagal sa labas. Panahon na naman ng tag init. Wala nang pasok sa eskwela at maingay na naman ang kalsada dahil sa mga bata'ng ang hilig lang ay maglaro sa labas, upang masulit ang pagsasaya ay hindi iniinda ang kasagsagan ng mainit na klima.
Para naman sa isang may edad nang radio host, na may napapanot nang bunbunan at malalalim na mga mata, ito ay panahon na naman ng pakikibaka sa mataas na temperatura at umaasang hindi ma stroke. Ang kanyang puting buhok at kulubot nang balat ay ebidensya ng mga nag daang taon na ginugol sa pang aaliw ng mga nakikinig sa kanyang radio show. Masaya ang trabahong iyon para sa kanya, higit na nakakapagpa pagaan ng loob ang abalang buhay bago pa niya malaman na oras na niya. Masinsinan niyang inaayos ang script at naghahanda para sa kanyang evening radio talk show. Masaya siya dahil sa pamoso ang bisita niya para mamayang gabi. Inayos niya ang mga papel na nakalat sa ibabaw ng kanyang mesa at itinabi sa gilid ng mesa. May kinuha siya sa loob ng drawer niya at isinalang iyon sa portable player. Tinanggal ang salamin sa mata, sandali niyang kinusot ang pagod na mga mata. Maririnig ang pagsisimula ng maikling introduction ng radio host.
Radio host: Tonight, we have a special guest who conquered Southeast Asia with her very inspiring novel. Ladies and gentlemen please all welcome, Janna Dominguez, a.k.a Scarlet Love. 
Janna: Thank you for inviting me again here on your radio show. It's been a while. The last time I was here I was pregnant with my first child then.
Radio host: Oh, well, my pleasure. You are always welcome here. For the regular listeners, you all know that she was an avid listener of mine ever since. So, how's your little girl?
Janna: She's fine. Thanks for asking. She's doing great. She's now three years old. My son is turning one this year.
Radio host: Oh yeah, you had a son. Congratulations. That's good to hear. Your children are doing well, I see. So, as you know, the reason why you are invited again is because of your successful debut novel. "Hidden Regrets". Some of the listeners, they've been bugging me nonstop, and they're really a persistent bunch, loved to hear from you. The first time you are here, you are just a newcomer who was eager to introduce your work. And now, you already have the best selling novel. How exciting was that?
Janna: (tumawa) Yeah. I felt overwhelmed with all the attention. Now I know the feeling when they say you got everyone's attention now. Of course, it was a very happy moment for me. Finally, I have something to be proud of as a writer.
Radio host: Well, it is evident with your smile tonight. Well, some of my listeners want to know a thing or two about your best-selling novel.
Janna: Well, I'm looking forward to this night. And I'm taking this opportunity to thank all the people who appreciate and loved my novel and thought that my novel inspired them. Thank you all!
Radio host: I know they really appreciate you being here and I on the other hand; I'm looking forward to meeting you again, So, tell us about this phenomenal novel of yours. Your first novel.
Janna: Yeah, my first.
Radio host. Your very first novel. So, tell me, who or what inspire you to write this kind of novel?
Janna: You know what, I can never thank you enough for letting me guest here tonight. I just want to clarify that the main character in the novel is not based on my best friend's life. No, it was not. The girl in the novel was a random individual who wished for a better life and then later regrets what she took for granted and thrown away when she thought the time to live a splendid life came along. My best friend was the one who encouraged me to put my thoughts into writing about this story, the protagonist who was Andrea Santiago was not just a fictional character but she can be anyone who
has taken the journey and fought challenges that have come along, not all struggles can end up smoothly, but rather it taught us how to learn from it.
Radio host: Very well said. I know what you mean about your main character, I also read a rumour saying that you based it off your best friend's life. It was good to hear that Andrea Santiago is just anyone of us, no one is cruel enough and no one should point a finger without knowing the whole story. Nobody's perfect. Now, before we continue on, a lot of my listeners were your new fans and wanted to know a thing or two behind your pen name Scarlet Love. Tell us something about it.
Janna: I love red. It was one of those very ordinary colours but it never goes out of style. It represents impulsiveness, danger, warning and most of all it represents love. It is a bit contradictory if I must say. It was like, you know the pain but you still go on. It's kind of being a masochist. But then we are all bound in the spell of love. Before, I was a nobody's girl... To give love and be surprised by what love can do in our daily life... You know it will hurt, you know it is dangerous but you still go and give it a try. So, basically, it was like my pen name is a sort of warning.
Radio host: (natawa). Wow. I don't know, for a bit I thought you will go on being serious on me, I was taken aback for a sec, you got me there, huh.
Maririning ang tawanan ng dalawang nag uusap sa recorder.
Radio host: Well, I see. So, moving forward. The main message of your book is not to dwell too much on regret and focus on what will make you happy. So, tell me, for you, what is Happiness?
Janna: For me, Happiness is like knowing how to smile every day. Life is hard, but you can't just stop midway, they always say that you need to live life to the fullest. Happiness is being able to give and appreciate your life every single day. Learning to love yourself and your flaws is happiness itself. If you are contented then you're happy.
Radio host: True enough, being a mother and a writer at the same time, does it make your life a bit harder now that you are famous.?
Janna: No. It is still the same. I'm still the proud momma who watched them grow and take time to write when I find some time in the evening after I put them to sleep.
Radio host: I'm glad you don't take it too much that you are now famous and you easily brag about that. You are still humble.
Janna: Thanks. Thanks.
Radio host: Let's go back to your book. The fact that your book is really fun to read. It has the element of surprise, it was not like a typical story with a twist and turn, neither a cheesy and melodramatic plot. I've read it twice now.
Janna: Wow. Well, I'm just like you with reading books. If it caught my attention I won't move on to another book, I will savour that feeling first and then wait for it to fade a little. I think there's something nostalgic whenever we reach the last page...
Radio host: I will later ask for your autograph.
Maririnig muli ang tawanan sa recorder.
Radio host: It has a very satisfying ending. Not all tragic love ends up unbearable and yours was one of those few, brilliant stories. It's so hypnotic and so dream-like yet it stuck to reality.
Janna: You know how much I love the truth about life that everything's not easy and you needed redemption from hate, vanity and all worldly kinds of stuff. Honestly, I experienced all of that. But at the end of the day, the bottom line is we know we are wrong and we asked for forgiveness.
Radio host: Ah... That was great to hear from you. Your novel taught us to learn how to accept things the way they are, that whatever you do there are consequences later on. Now, let's talk about the reviews of your book. Some of our readers compare it to Nicholas Sparks' type of novel. What do you say?
Janna: (tumikhim). Looks like I got a lot of explaining to do. I won't blame my readers if they thought that way. But believe me, it does not have any similarity. Nicholas Sparks writes a tear-jerker story. Mine tackles the consciousness of a human being who lived her life out of selfishness but find redemption at the end. And that's all that matters to her. It was not dramatic, I don't like dramatic stories...
Radio host: What was your initial reaction when after one year that you released your book it became phenomenal?
Janna: I heard my book was doing good abroad, but I never thought it will be this good, to be honest, I was not shocked. Let me tell you a story. There's this good friend of mine, her name is Sunny. And she's about to get married this weekend to my editor. Hello, editor, he's listening right now.
Radio host: Oh, wow. Good evening sir. What is your editor's name
Janna: Mark John Ignacio.
Radio host: Hello, good evening Mr Ignacio, hope you're enjoying the show.
Janna: Last, last month she went on a vacation in Singapore. She visited a bookstore and saw my book, she then later called me and told me this. I'm not shocked because the transition from books being sold outside the country is regularly reported to me by my editor, the sales and whatnot. So, I'm well informed. It's just that the media made a big fuss about it.
Sabay pang tumawa ang dalawa na parang nakakatawa ang sinabi ni Janna.
Janna: Sunny told me that everybody needs the inspiration to continue living. That's why she loved my book. As simple as that. And though it's not what everyone expects on the end they still like how it
progressed and the ending is very much expected. One of my readers wrote to me privately and said that she liked it when I stayed true to reality. Having said that, I hope that I'm still able to capture the true meaning of true love and happiness. When someone let go of the past and look ahead one day, he/she will realize; the world is still beautiful. Dreams are like a sandcastle even if you know that it will be ruined by waves you still try to give your best shot and create your own beautiful so-called fantasies. Who cares if it was done for a long time but ruined in just a second? At least, you enjoyed the time creating it. We only live once, let's just enjoy the most out of it.
Radio host: I really like your sophistry, I mean it. You are young but you understand quite well. I love the way you mould Andrea's perspective and ambitions the way most people do. It is a very rare read indeed. Very well then, I think, you have answered all the questions from your readers, and we hope that you will write more inspiring books in the future. Before we let you go, will you please be kind and leave a message to your readers? After all, you owed a message to them.
Janna: Guys, thanks for your warm support. I very much appreciated the time you spend to read my book. Know that I always think of you. You loved my book because you still believe, and will never forget that whatever happens, love will still conquer all.
Radio host: A very sincere message from Scarlet Love. Thank you for being here. I'm sure that you will do great with your future books and this will not be the second and last time you will be sitting here and talking with me. Good luck with your career and stay healthy. I wish you and your family happiness.
Janna: Thank you so very much! And also, if you want to get a glimpse of my upcoming novels just visit my website at www.scarletsummer.com.
Radio host: Wow, there's an upcoming book already? I can't wait to read your next book. Thank you for being here tonight. To all the listeners, thank you for staying up late with me. Good night everyone until next time.

Sabi nila may tamang panahon sa bawat bagay. Na lahat ay mangyayari sa takdang panahon. Na bawat desisyon na gawin ng tao maging maganda man o hindi ang kahahantungan ay nangyari dahil may rason. Kung ang lahat ng bagay sa mundo ay nangyayari dahil ginusto ng Diyos, dapat ba nating ipagpasa Diyos na lang ang lahat ng bagay?


Sa bawat oras na ginugugol ng isang tao sa mundong ibabaw ito ay nakakaapekto sa mga taong nakapalibot sa kanya. Kung ang isang desisyon man ay nakasama o nakabuti ay hindi mahalaga, ang mahalaga nabuhay siya at sa mga panahong iyon ay may maiiwan siya at may makakaalala sa kanya.

My name is Derrick Vogel, the sole successor of Royal Throne Corporation in Luxembourg. The first company which boasted to have trillions worth of assets. Yes, I am the son of the CEO who dominated the world's industries. It is fate that gave me such a blissful life, the life dreamt by billions of people.
I have millions of subordinates under me and my father. I can do anything, I can do whatever I like. Even life can easily be taken in just a word of my mouth. But this kind of hobby is boring, what I want is to be happy.
I can buy anything I like. What catches my eyes will be bought by me. People always give me face whenever I buy stuff and even fawn at me, but being condenscending while buying what I like is what I don't do. I still have my own principles.
Everything that caught my eye will surely give me happiness, I don't doubt my foresight. However, everything that I get, only my happiness is short-lived, what I really want is eternal happiness.
Out of boredom, I searched happiness. In internet, outside the city, everywhere. But what I mostly see is the people I labeled poor are talking with each other while flashing their bright smiles on their faces. 
With this I wonder, why are poor people very happy? Aren't they mad, and envious that they can't buy what they want, but can only barely accommodate their needs?
 Are they contented to stay poor and always be poor? How can they get happiness if they can't even buy branded clothes, bags, and jewelries?
I thought for answers. I asked my trusted aide, my trusted confidants and my circle of friends, what is happiness? All I get are different answers that didn't make sense to me. 
My friends would laugh at my ridiculous saying. "Who even needs happiness? We have money!"
 My trusted confidants and aide gave me different answers, they were too profound to understand, talking about their wives and kids. 
Leaving me no choice, I asked my mother. She knows this stuff better than my father does. I asked her on the phone since it's impossible for us to meet in these times.
The answer surprised me though. She said. "Follow the footsteps of those people you envy, and you will find the answer you will need."
In a flash of inspiration, I managed to find what goal I should set. And to find this answer, I disguised myself and hired the best, trustworthy guards, as I journeyed from one country to another. 
There is one path I can take while finding the answer, it is to live as a poor person, and to interact with poor people.
I traveled from Luxembourg to a developing country in Asia to live for a month in order to find the answers I'm looking for.
 Then I filtered places to places as I pointed my fingers in the world map where I would live for some time.
I froze my bank account so I won't be able to cheat myself in the name of money. I have to force myself to adopt this lifestyle whether I like it or not, all for the sake of the goal. Everything will be worth it if I can endure this little bit of hardship.
 Thus, I rented a room of the worst apartment I can find near an area where countless people would flock, the park.
I always prioritize my safety over my needs, thus I made sure that there are no dirty and hidden backgrounds around and inside this city that will affect me.
My honest thoughts of the apartment I will be living from now on? I can see dust all around me, so dirty. below the cabinet is dirty, the borders of the air conditioner is dirty, even the floor is dirty. As expected of the worst apartment I can find. 
Now what should I do? There are people living in this apartment just next to my door. Maybe I'll try visiting them.
I once had the thought of calling the landlord downstairs to hire people and make them clean my room, but that would make the whole thing meaningless right? I want to find my answers myself, not to hire people to find the answers for me.
I have no problems talking with other people; may they be poor, rich, with racial differences, or cultural differences, anything. Discrimination is already wiped off my head long ago. I learned this the hard way.
As I knocked to the door that was next to mine, I already heard some feminine voice shouting. "Please wait." As I heard this, I can already tell the difference that the natives here are easier to talk to than the people I deal with in business.
I waited for ten seconds, for the door to be opened, what greets my eyes is a native aunty, I'm half a head taller than her. 
The aunty asked. "How may I help you, boy?"
Its the first time someone calling me with an honorific, "boy". Even though I am 16, no one ever dared to call me that. It may be disrespectful in business but not in here, especially in terms of seniority, I am really a kid, a boy compared to her. I always take note of these matters.
"May I borrow your broom?" I said without shame. If someone were to record this scene of me without my disguise and spread it online, everyone's mouth will widen in surprise instantly.
"It's uncommon to find kids that are independent without their parents. I'm going to get a broom so just wait, okay?." Let me clarify missus, I hate dirty things all over my place. I am forced to clean my own room, understand? But I will never invite hostility over nothing, so I refrained myself from speaking and just silently nod.
I waited for less than a minute as I stayed in place until the aunty arrived with a broom in her hand. "Here kid, remember to return the broom back after using it, okay?" Yeah, I am borrowing it. So it makes sense to return it soon enough.
As I was planning to say thanks to this good aunty, she chimed in first with a gentle tone. "Do you want to eat dinner with us? I heard you just recently moved in here, everyone in this apartment would like to know you."
"Thank you aunty, but I have already eaten an hour ago." This statement is not a lie, I already ate on my way here. I look whiter than the natives here so I'm definitely be labeled as a foreigner to them. I don't wish to be high-profile in this city.
"Gosh, it is still 10:30 a.m! But then it's okay, we can still talk later."
"Thank you for being so understanding aunty."
"Boy, stop being an outsider here, we are just neighbords next door, we live in the same apartment right? So there's no need to be formal." The aunty is right, I don't have to force it.
"I'll have to go now aunty, I have to clean in my room." I replied, ending the conversation immediately.
"Sure." The aunty gently smiled at me, but I didn't mind it at all. This ends the conversation now so I'll have to go back and spend my time for myself.
Before the aunty closed the door, she pushed it back and asked. "Oh by the way, what's your name kid?"
The moment I heard it, I stopped. Then I turned my head to the aunt, saying. "Call me Rick, aunty." Then turned back, opened the door, and went in. Of course, I like to act mysterious.
Moments after Derrick closed the door, the aunt started to laugh happily and shook her head. "Rick? Why don't you call yourself Rick Roll? You can't fool me, boy, I'm well informed in memes compared to my peers."

Derrick Vogel is a boy who was cherished from the village, he is talented, smart, and optimistic. No one knows he had a weird ability that even he himself can't understand, he has a different type of power that is unique to this world.

He wishes to find the answer behind the powers he have, is it a curse, or a blessing? Find out as our protagonist progresses through the novel.

Chapter 116
 
Poliana focused on her hands, which were held by Lady Bika. Poliana felt the kind warmth from the lady, similar to what she felt whenever she entered the lady's quarters.
These past days have been so peaceful, it was something Poliana had never experienced before. This must've been the kind of life her stepsister, Liana, lived all her life.
The life of a noblewoman...
Poliana never felt envious of such a life. She never even tried to compare it to her own life. She didn't try to analyze their differences even as a young girl.
Poliana admitted that up until a certain point in her life, happiness was not an option for her. She knew this very well, but after she met Lucius the First, Poliana became closer to happiness.
The happiness she felt wasn't the kind that a normal lady considered true contentment, but nonetheless, Poliana was happy.
She was happy.
And she would continue to be happy.
Lucius the First visited her out of the blue with an excuse of wanting to see her. He was worried that Poliana might have been feeling down and uncertain. He wanted to reassure her. Sir Wook and Donau have been reporting to her often, but the emperor wanted to talk to her in person.
Lady Bika wasn't wrong in her reasoning behind Poliana's marriage plan. Most male soldiers considered their retirement starting at the age of 40. Poliana was weaker than men, which meant that it wasn't odd for her to think about retiring at this age.
But this usually only applied to foot soldiers and low-ranking knights. Those who were promoted to higher ranks, of course, were more of administrators and this meant they decided when they wanted to retire. They were usually not involved in physical training and fights, so they could work even at an old age.
This was what Poliana wanted. She planned to stay by Lucius the First's side as long as possible.
Lady Bika must've assumed that Poliana was going to retire sometime soon. Once a man retires from military life, they would return to their home life. Lady Bika was being kind because she knew Poliana had no home life to return to, but such kindness was useless to Poliana. Some might have even been offended by such offers, but Poliana wasn't insulted.
In fact, the peaceful warm life she experienced in Lady Bika's home was enticing.
Just a little anyway.
Poliana said to the lady, "Lady Bika, I am thankful for your kindness, but I am a knight. I do not plan to get married."
It was true that Poliana felt envious of Sir Rabi's warm family. And only a few days ago, she accepted Sir Baufallo's invitation and visited his home. Recently, it was announced that Sir Baufallo was going to retire this year, which meant that he received many guests lately.
Lady Ribo was much colder and gruffer than Lady Bika, probably because she had been working hard through receiving so many guests. But despite it, Poliana still clearly felt the peace and warmth of a family in Sir Baufallo's home.
She was envious. If she could, Poliana wanted to have it too.
But…
She didn't want it at the expense of losing her knighthood.
Losing her name.
Poliana Winter.
Her emperor said to her once that her presence beside him was what made him shine. If this was really the case, Poliana would gladly give up her life for her emperor.
Poliana explained to Lady Bika, "I am a knight, my lady. I will live for the rest of my life as a knight and die as a knight, that is my decision."
"But why would you choose such a hard life? Sir Pol, you are still young! You still have 40 years to live, and of that time, you will only be allowed to live as a knight for a few more years from now. You know this. You know how a knight's career can be so short. You also know that a woman can't be a knight!"
"The Acreian law does not specifically prohibit a woman from being a knight."
"But think about it this way, there isn't any law that specifically prohibits men from having babies."
On this continent, Acreia allowed the least amount of rights for women. Because it was so common sense for a woman not to become a knight, there were no such laws stating the obvious.
So, what if his highness rewards her accordingly but asks her to retire?
Poliana knew many people who were wondering the same thing, but she wasn't worried. She replied, "I understand that you are worried about me, Lady Bika, but despite the impossibility of it, his highness still gave me a new last name and allowed me to be an Acreian knight. I take this as the greatest honor and luck in my life. Unless his highness throws me away because he finds me useless, I cannot leave my position."
"But Sir Poliana, his highness will understand if you retire."
"I know. Of course, his highness would be very understanding of me, but Lady Bika…"
Poliana had to choose her words carefully. She usually found it easier to deal with people who were angry at her or who were trying to insult her. When she was faced with people who were trying to be kind, Poliana found it harder to respond to them. These kind-hearted people made her feel like a poor unfortunate woman. These people, who meant well, couldn't understand the kind of happiness Poliana enjoyed as a knight. They made her into an unhappy and hopeless woman who didn't even know that she led a miserable life.
Perhaps they were right, maybe Poliana really didn't know how unfortunate her life was because she was so used to it. She couldn't want what she never had. Many people have said to her that she had no ambition.
But what these people didn't know was that ambition was Poliana's middle name. She didn't have the normal womanly ambition of being a good wife and a mother, but she was greedy for power and control.
Poliana knew very well how sweet power could be. She could order the sons of the greatest families to bow down to her. In her blue uniform with the golden stripe, no one could disrespect her. Even those who used to be kings had to treat her courteously.
Oh, the sweet sweet power!
Poliana loved it.
Poliana didn't serve Lucius the First just out of loyalty. Her emperor was truly wise and rewarded his loyal knights well. As long as she did her job well and worked hard, the sky was the limit. Even if they said that a sense of greed for power could be deadly, Poliana didn't care. If she could die as a powerful woman, she would consider her life very well lived.
Just the chance of being able to climb the political ladder excited her.
Poliana said to Lady Bika, "So, I am very happy as I am."
"But!"
"Lady Bika, you are happy with your life, right? I am too. I am very content with the way things are. There are many different forms of happiness in this world, my lady. Just because my idea of happiness is different than yours, it doesn't mean I am living an unhappy life. You are correct in saying that I led a strange and traumatic life. But even I, who are ignorant of the normal life of a lady, could see how content you are. I am very certain that your life is the happiest one I have seen so far. So I perfectly understand that you want to offer me the same kind of happiness that you have, and I understand that such a life would be welcomed by any normal woman. But Lady Bika, I am telling you that I am happy with my current life."
Poliana patted Lady Bika's hands gently. The lady looked disappointed, but she had no choice but to drop the subject.

The handsome Emperor falls in love with a Knightess! Knightess Poliana loses to the Acreian Army and despite her struggles to survive in a male infested military, she is now about to die. But then, the young king of Acreia sees her efforts and tells her: "I have a dream, I wish to conquer the world and become an Emperor, would you like to join me?"

Chapter1: Prologue
My name is Winner Lorian Wilson. I am the daughter of Mr and Mr's Wilson. I have a brother- Destiny, and a sister- Dominion. To understand me the first thing you should know is I am a very closed person. I barely have friends and honestly that's just the way I like it, but just because I'm not very social doesn't mean I let myself be tussled around. I can be very bitchy, sometimes I don't even know when I do it, but I do it. The second thing you should know is I attend The Grace International HighSchool. The Grace is the most educative and prominent school in my town. I guess the international kinda sells it out. The third thing you should know about me is I have just 4friends. Well I have a lot more than that but the 4 are just the ones I truely trust. If I'm gonna be honest I trust Kat more, even though I've known Damilola a lot more. Damilola can be a loud mouth sometimes, but it's not really her fault she doesn't know when she does it, especially when she's talking to her bestfriend- Esther. Kat understands me more than the rest of my friends, she very inspiring, funny, and sometimes very annoying, and most of all she's a lover which gets her heart broken a lot. Nana is another one of the trusted few, though she's a teen she doesn't really understand the teenage life. Crazy right? Nana is very brilliant but like Damilola her friendship is more close with Esther. Peace ah peace, peace is a very dramatic, judgemental, a bit egoistic, and sometimes hypocritical, but she's annoyingly smart. She claims she doesn't want a boyfriend, but I know for sure that she has a major crush on one of our school's badboy- John. Ikoojo is funny, playful, very beautiful, but when it comes to brains she's well a tad dull. Ikooja and peace are always at it, they never see eye to eye, and the once in a blue moon they do, they gossip about each other, behind each other's back. Though Ikoojo already has a boyfriend she has this crazy crush on Salihu-John's bestfriend.
So this is my life. My life on the outside. On the inside it's something else. On a daily basis I have this heightened epiphany, and weird sightings of things that are not there, that do not exist. Growing up I have learned to shrug it, even though the feeling grew with me, I had to be strong, and pretend.
***
"Winner the bus is here!!" My mum yelled. 
I unplugged my eyepiece, and quickly shoved it and my phone inside my bag.
"Winner!" My Mum yelled once more.
I groaned. This happens every time. I rise early, prepare for school early, but yet I always almost miss the bus, sometimes I actually miss it.
I quickly raced downstairs.
My Mum preparing dominions lunchpack for school, while Destiny is sipping tea. Dominion was playing with her feet, while causing destiny trouble.
"Winner the bus" Mum snapped me out of my trance.
"Oh yea" I dashed out of the house.
I didn't run into the bus, cause most of the students hasn't made it into the bus yet.
"Good evening Winner" Blessing teased. Blessing doesn't sit where the other students do. He sits in front, with the driver. I guess his very close to the driver.
I smiled a bit. Blessing always says that. Every morning, ever since I started becoming familiar with him. I never really understood why. Maybe he was trying to make some kind of friendship between us, seeing as how I don't usually talk unless he talks to me, or I need to talk to him.
"Good Afternoon Blessing" I smiled and entered the bus.
I sat on the second to the last roll, like I usually do. Because it's further from my nightmare Happiness. Happiness has been my worst bully since the 3grade. She terrorized my life. She's humiliated me, she's insulted me, and the worst of all is every time I have a crush, she just happens to like the same boy, and boom so easily she snags them. I wish I could say I hate I,but it's the only word available for such a strong negative feeling I have for her. She makes me feel like burning everything and everyone in my path, sometimes I actually feel like I can do it, and the worst of all is all that power and fury dies anytime I face her. For some reason I let her trample on me, I don't know how to pin her down. I mean I know I am so much powerful than her, that bit has been clear to me for years. I know I could hurt her in a way she can never imagine, as a matter of fact I am fully clarified that I am capable of hurting everyone I know. Why? I'm not sure but I know that I am so much powerful, I can feel it. But when anything comes to happiness I'm powerless and let her do what she may to me.
"Good morning Winner" Daniel whispered into my ear. Daniel's made of a tradition to do that, when blessing started his.
Daniel is one of the hottest guys in school. His also in the Football team, and he has the voice of an angel. All the girls drowl over him, but guess what, his dating happiness. Which hurts me like crazy cause I have a bit of a crush on him, but he only notices me as his only female friend. God it's annoying.
I turned my head back a bit. My heart skipped a beat. His face was so close to me. I noticed him gulp,but I immediately diverted my eyes down a bit.
"Good morning Daniel" I greeted him back, and turned my head back ahead.
"Daniel give me your phone!" Happiness yelled all the way from the front roll.
All the bloody time. That's her warning code. Whenever a girl is talking with a boyfriend, she yells give me your phone, which is code for back the hell off.
"Sure. Win could you pass the phone to Yaya?" I nodded. He handed me the phone, and I tapped on Yaya's shoulder and handed him the phone.
Dorcas got sitted, before the bus door shut, and the engine roared.
"I swear Dorcas you should have seen him yesterday, I could have collapsed" Gloria shrieked. 
Dorcas handed her junior sister's bag to her eldest sister- Layah.
"Ugh Glo every guy is hot to you" dorcas snorted.
"No no this is different this guy is drop dead hot, I think he even hangs out with the hotties"
That caught my attention. The hotties. Anyone that hangs out with the hotties has to be out worldly beautiful. I mean you can search the entire globe and you will find no one as beautiful as they are. Both the girls and the guys have smooth, precious looking skin. Just the thought of your skin just grazing there's is enough to drive one mad. And the strangest part is that they keep to themselves, you'll never see them hanging out with others, or socializing, though sometimes they talk to others, but that's it. I've never being near any of the hotties, the thought of being near them just frightens me. I don't know why but that's just it. Whenever they're approaching my direction I hide or just screw it and run. If they're coming left I go right, if they're coming right I go left. I guess they're just one of those people your blood doesn't mix with.
"lie" Dorcas asked. Gloria gasped.
"I would never!"
"So how hot is he? As hot as Lycian? As hot as Jaylen? As hot as Gwen? How hot?!" 
I rolled my eyes, and pulled out my earpiece and phone from my bag. I do not want to be hearing any of this.

Was Kiba actually expecting every woman to be brainwashed by Theresa? The answer was plain no. He was not even expecting a single woman to actually fall for what others considered here as corrupting the innocent minds. 
Sure, everyone now was overwhelmed by Theresa's twisted logic, the change in the environment, and the mental experience of an intense climax. But that was nowhere enough for seduction, much less seduction on such a massive scale.
Then what was Kiba expecting from it? Why did he transfer the business card of Maiden's Love Circle in Shawn's chosen stone earlier?
The reason was rather simple. 
In psychology terms, it was stretching the mind to new dimensions. Or in simple words: putting a spark so that later it can be turned into a flame when conditions are right. In more simple words, it was foundation building to new thoughts.
From time unknown, this simple method has been used by politicians, religions, cults, and godmen. 
What this method did was rather very simple. It expanded the horizons of the target and made them more open-minded for a particular topic.
But open-mind to be seduced easily? Nope. Presently, everyone was psychologically overwhelmed but soon, their rationale mind would activate and find loopholes in the logic. Multiple logics would fight each other for supremacy
Furthermore, it was impossible to actually overpower the conditioning one has undergone from birth in a matter of minutes...
As for how everyone was on the beach instead of Antique Stone Garden. Well, they were still in the store. 
The current environment was an illusion cast by Kiba.
To be precise, it was Mindscape Materialisation. 
Kiba could overwhelm the six senses of others with his psyche and make them experience what he wanted.
Presently, he used Mindscape Materialisation to enhance the holographic recordings in the crystal card in order to bring out an absolute illusion. He gave life to Theresa's character based on what he knew about her.
Alongside, he used mental inducement. It could bring innate desires to the flesh just like an illusion to the reality. This was why every woman beside Ashlyn experienced a mind-numbing climax for a moment.
They wanted to experience, or at least know the orgasm Theresa spoke about and the Mindscape Materialisation gave it to them. 
A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions...
***
On the beach, everyone looked at Theresa. They were spellbound to her bizarre words no matter how outlandish they were. They have to give her credit of being creative while discussing a taboo topic.
"The men who proclaim to love us considerer as us nothing more than a hot ass. But are we not living beings? Don't we deserve equal pleasure? Or are we dolls created to serve the needs of man?"
Her eyes were on the females. With a kind smile, she decided to use the soft approach and said, "A woman on the true path to womanhood is no different from other women. If there is a difference, it is only that they are more demanding about their happiness. Surely, caring about your own happiness is no sin."
She then turned towards the men.
"Love without jealousy and you will know true happiness," Theresa said to them. "A strong relationship based on true love would allow your partner to experience all her fantasies and joys. Support her and allow her to experience the ultimate pleasure.
"Don't forget what we know about love... Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own."
Men: "......................................."
You bitch! 
What type of nonsense you are saying now?! You actually want us to encourage our women and tell them it is fine if they seek happiness elsewhere?!
Dixon was fuming. Earlier, he thought she was just targetting maidens and young women but now her words were targetted to every woman.
He saw his wife contemplating Theresa's words with a thoughtful expression.
Damn! Please focus only on young women! Don't corrupt my wife!
Dixon has never thought himself to be that bad in bed. He believed he was an attentive husband and a good lover who always took care of his wife's needs. He refused to believe his wife was in the 60% of women who have never enjoyed the true pleasures of the flesh.
Most men in a serious committed relationship thought the same. While they knew many women faked orgasms so that her companion's male ego was not hurt, they refused to believe their woman was one of them.
"I'm overthinking this!" A middle-aged man who has arrived in the forest with his wife thought. "This woman is messing with my mind! I'm good in bed!!"
Most men had confidence in their stable relationships where they trusted each other. After all, if there was no absolute trust, they wouldn't rely on each other in a dangerous land known as Desolate Blood Forest.
But Theresa's words were like seeds. This was why many of them were afraid the seeds of corruption would germinate in the future.
"Everyone knows that a male body is made to climax in the shortest time. Men with good stamina and lasting power are rare. Do you want to take chances in the probability that your boyfriend is one of those rare ones and experience a disaster first time? Is this what you want? A bad memory to last forever...
"Or perhaps, you want to evolve and be a woman you were born to be. A woman who is tired of living a life others want her to be and now live in her own ways.
"Remember, the older you get, the more you realize it is okay to live a life others don't understand."
The single women and even those who were in not committed relationships looked at Theresa with respect and awe. 
Living life like there was no tomorrow. Defy the patriarchal society and live for your own happiness...
This resonated with every woman. In their lives, at one time or another, they have faced discrimination. It could be either from their own family or society which considered them as inferior to men. They were subtly made to believe their happiness didn't deserve equal considerations.
"From centuries, society has tried to divide us women through conflicts that never mattered," Theresa explained. "But the era has changed. It is time we women unite and seek what we want. We have to awaken our female companions from the conditioning."
Theresa's eyes momentarily arrived on Amy as she continued, "And how can you help? By having an open discussion and being open-minded. Start with yourself... discuss with your own soul: Are you happy and content with things as they are?"
Amy was stunned and taken aback.
She wondered why Theresa looked at her and then thought of her fiance. She glanced at Shawn and recalled his behavior from the time they met Kiba and Ashlyn.
"Am I happy?" Amy was lost in thoughts.
The men were dumbfounded. They could neither understand Theresa's twisted mind nor catch the strange flow of conversation. At one moment, she was aggressive while another moment soft.
"So rise and become the woman you were destined to be," Theresa once again started speaking. "Rest assured, you are not alone. Maiden's Love Circle is there to help you."
"Help?" Sheena looked at her.
"Yes, to make your first and subsequent experiences so magical that you will remember them fondly," Theresa said with a smile. 
The moment she said this, waves of psychic energy swept out. Except for Ashlyn, the waves of psychic energy invaded every female's consciousness and gave them a glance to what Maiden's Love Circle has to offer.
They saw themselves in the adventures of a lifetime based on their own secret dreams...
Retreats at luxury hotels while enjoying the lush of nature. Dancing and drinking in clubs like there was no tomorrow. Swimming in large, crystal-clear pools. Having the best cuisine the money could buy.
Then there were misty peaks, gorgeous sunsets, and exotic forests. Beach hut, feasting on exotic fruits and exploring impossibly beautiful lagoons.
But that was not it. 
Every scene was accompanied by a man. His face was not visible but the rest of his body was. He was tall, lean and shirtless.
He was blessed with an awe-inspiring body that has six pack abs, powerful shoulders, sculpted arms, and a healthy glow.
In every scene, he would share adventures with the woman. They would dance, drink, dine, explore and enjoy without any worry. Every action of his was for the happiness of her. He was devoted to her needs and cared for her like she was his goddess. Between each activity, they would kiss and caress each other before stopping and giggling.
He would desire her, lust after her and worship her. A treatment every gorgeous woman deserved.
And finally, when they were alone, they would engage in an activity that made her smile in joy and scream in pleasure... 
He would explore every corner of her body in the way she craved with intent, intensity, ingenuity, and indecency.
Amy saw herself in the middle of a lush, emerald vegetation. She was under a large tree and breath in the exotic scents of vanilla, coconuts, herbs, and flowers. In this lovely environment, he would take her in the way she has wanted her first time to be.
Water droplets fell from the leaves and landed on her bare skin as they embraced each other...
"Ah!" Amy awoke with a start. 
The actual act was not carried out in the dreamy scene but she felt hot blood flushing her face and turning her cheeks into a deep shape of crimson.
"Maiden's Love Circle," Theresa said with a warm smile. "We make you feel alive and grateful for the miracle of life."


In the age of mutants and technology, everyone is after power and eternal life, but Kiba lives for his dreams of lust and vanity.

A man on a mission to live the life to the fullest. 

The tale of the legendary Wife Hunter whose very name terrifies husbands around the globe.

This is the story of the devil who does as his heart pleases, unafraid of the labels of good and evil.

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Fan synopsis:

Entangled in the schemes of two-faced government, a futuristic divided world, and a holy mission of his own, follow Kiba's journey of sins!

(Note: The starting 20 chapters are very short and slow paced. The main story starts from the 30s so please give it a try till then ^_^  You can rest assured the novel has a good plot besides the R-18 elements ^.^)

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