After the invasion on Earth, AD 2948, many children and adults lost their lives of got injured. A young girl, Hazel, and her friends decided to take revenge for the many lives of Earth and to banish Saturn from returning. The fictional tale includes sci - fi, possibly romance, and a lot of fantasy. How would they take back Earth? Would they get caught? How are they going to survive? There are loads of questions to ask but, most books have a happy ending? Will this one have one too?

The moment he woke up, Eric's head felt as heavy as a mountain. He shook it a few times to get rid of the feeling, and once he had taken note of his surroundings, he smiled as he sat up. It was already past nine in the morning.
 
This was the Williams' residence second floor bedroom, the blazing summer sun rays were streaming unhindered through the south balcony's French doors. It was already August and you could feel Los Angeles' warmth way before noon.
 
It's been half a month since his rebirth, and Eric had been busy with all sorts of things. He hadn't even had the time to act as a tourist before jumping into the Hollywood circle.
 
He laid back down and looked around him.
 
The bedroom was large, more than thirty square meters. Even if you included his bed, wardrobe, desk and some random antiques, it still felt empty.
 
Ralph had wanted to divide it into two separate rooms but refrained since only their father and son duo lived there. Until death, he had never made an attempt to remarry either.
 
Eric wondered if all drinking addicts were the same, burdened by similar heartrending pasts.
 
When he got down from the second floor, it took him half an hour to tidy up the mess in the living room left behind by yesterday's party, and after taking his breakfast, he drove out.
 
He spent several hours visiting music shops and finally settled on a Strauss piano. He left behind his address to get it delivered, and purchased a thick stack of books on music arrangement from the bookstore nearby.
 
It wasn't done on a whim or because Eric wanted to become a singer, it was to prepare for future movies' soundtracks. He had so many classic movies in mind, and if he wanted to replicate them to perfection, he couldn't neglect that point. He had to at least understand arrangements to some degree or he'd be turned into a laughing stock by those music professionals.
 
Hollywood was different from China. In China, directors would often just find a musician, listen to his works, and if they liked something, they'd shake hands and be done with it.
 
But in Hollywood, original soundtracks were an integral part of movies. Let's not even mention background music, just the theme songs were enough to become classics. Like "Unchained Melody" from Ghost, "New Divide" from Transformers, "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic, "Young and Beautiful" from The Great Gatsby, "Let it Go" from Frozen, as well as Juno's entire album.
 
Carrying his new found books home, delivery men soon came and the piano was set up in the study at the west side part of the living room. Well, although it was called a study there wasn't a single bookshelf there, just a large desk and other miscellaneous stuff. It used to be Ralph's, and he never had a reading habit, so all of Eric's books were in his room upstairs.
 
After the piano was in place, he had to tune it. As Eric sat on the bench and placed his fingers on the keys, the delivery men didn't try to hide the ridicule in their eyes. He ignored them and started playing "Happy Birthday". After playing for a while, he glanced at the amazed delivery men and their necks stiffened. Even in his past life, Eric's piano skills could be considered good.
 
As a revenge for their contempt, he cut their tips by half. The several delivery men didn't notice that as the tall white one muttered to himself once they were in the car: "Strauss, ah, Strauss ! That's worth at least  20,000 US dollars…". The tone of his voice was as heartbreaking as a woman learning about her grandfather's death the eve of her marriage. If Eric had heard it, he would've probably felt ashamed at his earlier gesture. Luckily though, he hadn't.
 
...
 
"Audition ? What audition ?" Eric asked in puzzlement: "Penny, hasn't my role already been decided ?"
 
For a few days Eric studied music everyday and practiced basketball. Three days after he had gotten used to this routine, he received a phone call from Penny Marshall.
 
"Of course, Eric. What I meant was for you to be present during the auditions of other roles. After all, you're the writer, you could offer some advice, right ?"
 
Eric knew he would only be able to give his opinion and that the final decision wouldn't be his, but he still readily agreed to Penny's offer, this was a good way to earn some experience.
 
Driving to the FOX's studios, he saw Penny and James. The casting was a really important part after all, of course the director and producer had to be present. There were also several other staff members, but Eric was the youngest.
 
It was still a good ten minutes before the beginning of the auditions, so Penny Marshall took the initiative to chat with Eric about some 17 Again matters.
 
"With BIG's success, the Twentieth Century Fox has high hopes for this movie, they've given us a budget of 20 million US dollars. They'd like to release it by Thanksgiving, so we have two weeks to make all our necessary preparations and finish the filming before the end of the school holidays."
 
Eric thanked the staff member who gave him the list of auditioning actors, then said to Penny: "If everything goes smoothly, three months should be enough to wrap everything up, the movie has barely any CG, so it shouldn't take that long."
 
Penny Marshall nodded: "Indeed, but we also need to set aside some time to promote the movie."
 
"Right, Penny, for which roles are they auditioning today ?" Eric asked.
 
"We've invited Dan Aykroyd and Susan Sarandon for the adults Mike & Scarlett O'Donnell, and James recommended a friend for the role of Ned. Today it's mainly about Mike's children, as well as a number of other teenagers, so I think we should let you take a look."
 
Although Eric already knew the final decision wouldn't be his, when he heard that most of the actors had already been decided, he was somewhat depressed. Fortunately Penny told him that they kept Eric's description of the characters in mind when they chose them. As for Ned's role, James Brooks wouldn't joke around with a 20 million dollars project, so the actor he settled on shouldn't be too shabby.
 
Eric still felt a bit stifled and unwilling as he secretly vowed that he wouldn't let that happen again in the future. Being marginalized left him with a bad aftertaste.
 
He wasn't in the mood to keep chatting with Penny, but the latter didn't seem to notice his gloomy expression as she went towards James to discuss something in a low voice.
 
The auditions began, and after 7 or 8 people, Eric finally met someone he was familiar with: Brad Pitt. And he was even auditioning for the role of Alex.
 
Alex's original appearance was that of a weak and feeble guy, and Eric remembered thinking how it was hard to believe that someone like him could suddenly mysteriously shine on the court.
 
He reckoned that the only reason they chose a skinny boy instead of a tall and handsome male, was because they were worried that Zac Efron would be outshined with his 1m75 stature, as it was somewhat short for a caucasian male.
 
Brad Pitt was 25 years old right now but he could pass as a high-school student without problem. Eric pictured his tall and strong stature getting bullied, then owning everyone on the basketball court; it was at least less far-fetched than the original. Besides, Eric was convinced that his performance would not be outshined by Brad Pitt.
 
When the latter would become famous, people would still talk about how he played Eric Williams' son, how awesome was that ?
 
While his lips curled into a smile, he studied the remaining list and tried to spot celebrities from his previous life.
 
He looked through the list which contained more than a dozen actresses' personal informations as he stopped at the first name on the list, and his chin almost fell off: Angelina Jolie. Ah, it looks like the whole family is in attendance today!
 
He remembered that Jolie should have just graduated from a performing arts school, and that she would start her modeling career next year, he had no idea what she was doing on Maggie's auditions' list.
 
Caucasian women mature very early, and Jolie's profile picture was that of a thirteen-year-old slim blonde-haired girl with iconic lips, who exuded a type of wild aura. Eric wasn't really looking forward to her performance as she was seriously too young, she probably only got to audition thanks to her father, Jon Voight.
 
While he kept searching, Eric found a very interesting girl.
 
"Hey, Penny," Eric turned around and asked: "What's up with Drew Barrymore ? You know, after how she's been behaving for the past couple of years… I don't think she's really suitable for a campus comedy ?"
 
Penny Marshall smiled helplessly: "Steven recommended her. That other woman shamelessly kept begging him so many times that he was tired of it, so in the end he recommended Drew. He also implied that we don't have to take his recommendation into account when she auditions."
 
"Steven Spielberg ?"
 
Penny Marshall nodded: "Yeah, he is Drew's godfather."
 
Eric sighed, the woman Penny mentioned with an undisguised tone of disgust should be Drew Barrymore's greedy mother. In those short few seconds of conversation, Eric was able to get a better understanding of Hollywood. It wasn't anything like how the media or people had described it in his past life; fair and transparent. Here, it was all about connections.
 
Penny Marshall patted Eric's shoulder and said: "Alright, Eric let's start."
 
Eric had the list of the line up in hand as he waited for the auditions to start.
 
He initially thought he would just sit down and provide additional comments, eventually even ask some symbolical questions, he didn't expect that when the first actor came in, Penny would face him with a smile and say: "Eric, you go and perform this scene with Mr. Wolfson."
 
Eric shrugged, glanced at the script, and stepped forward.
 
...
 
Once the fifth actor was out of the audition room, Eric sat back in his seat and jokingly complained: "Penny, when you called me to be a referee, I didn't think it would be on the basketball court."
 
"Ha, nice analogy! Alright don't be mad Eric, it was James' idea. He kept whining about how I canceled your acting classes, and so he thought of this method to make you practice your acting skills."
 
Eric pretended to be angry as he stared at James Brooks and said: "Why didn't you tell me about it ?"
 
"Don't you know now ?" Penny Marshall asked with a smile.
 
"… Whatever." Eric was left speechless.

An advertising director is reborn in 1988 Hollywood as an eighteen-year-old blond-haired westerner named Eric Williams.

From then on, he starts writing movie scripts and television songs, becomes skilled in directing every kind of film, wins over all kinds of female celebrities, and takes the road to become a Hollywood legend.

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ATTENTION!

This is not an original novel, all rights in this story belong to JUST DO.

The translation of most chapters is done by: Elawn, Nano4bots and Sissy That Walk.

My translation will start where they have left it, my translation may not be as good as theirs but I would like it much more people to know more about this story that I liked so much.

I WANT THAT I LIKE THIS HISTORY A LOT, BUT I DO NOT AGREE TO A LOT OF THE BEHAVIORS BOTH OF THE PROTAGONIST AND SOME CHARACTERS. IN THIS HISTORY CHARACTERS OF REAL LIFE APPEAR AND I DO NOT ASSURE THAT THE DATA PROVIDED IN THIS HISTORY WILL BE TRUE.

Five years have passed ever since Alexandra woke up in this world as a newborn baby. She can already walk and talk. She learned that this world's language and system of writing and reading was the same as the previous world she lived in, however, it was hard to learn and when Alexandra tried to write (Her handwriting was messy and she held the pencil the wrong way) and read, the maids were shocked especially, Diana. An average kid would learn how to write and read at the age of 7-8 but Alexandra already learned how to without someone teaching her.



"Who taught you how to write and read, young miss?" Hannah, one of the maids asked out of curiosity as she stared at the paper with Alexandra's messy handwriting on it. Diana stared at her, waiting for her to answer as well as the other maids. Alexandra panicked and screamed inside her mind as the palm of her hands' sweat and only thought of one thing that could be the only acceptable reason, "Books!" She wished that she didn't t do that.



"Well, that's true. I would sometimes read her a book while showing her pictures. I would sometimes leave my book in this room and maybe Alexandra learned through it." Diana stated and nodded repeatedly while she held her chin with the use of her thumb and index finger. Therese, another maid who was close with Alexandra replied while thinking, "Well that's true that she can learn through books but Diana, the books you read are confusing and have these words which I can't understand. An average kid needs someone to teach him or her" Diana just giggled and pinched Alexandra's cheeks as she looked at her and smiled sweetly.



"Well, she's no average kid. She's the daughter of an emperor, she comes from a powerful bloodline and even though she can't inherit their powerful abilities and magic, she can inherit their intelligence." Diana said which all the maids agreed in. That's where they decided to teach Alexandra some things she might need when growing up. And that's where the discussion end.



"Young Miss" A familiar voice called out to her name interrupting her while she was reading a book. Alexandra turned her head, her platinum-white hair (which was a common trait for the Everlys) swaying at the process, and met Diana's green eyes. "What are you doing here all alone?" Diana asked as she walked towards Alexandra sitting on a white chair with a round glass table and an empty chair in front of her underneath a tree which protected her from the sun's heat and UV rays. "I was reading a book!" Alexandra answered in a cheerful tone as she smiled widely at the approaching maid. "Really? What kind of book?" Diana said and stood beside her, slightly bending down to see the content of the book.



"Frederick Lowell's Ques Memorios!" Diana almost chocked when she heard that book's title. "B-But that's in Griyel language! We've only taught you Wistelia and Leenaria and besides that is a book for teens and adults" Diana, with a shocked and confused face, said. Alexandra just giggled, "Hannah and Daisy taught me how to and they recommended me to read this book to understand the language more." Alexandra was like an adult in a child's body, well that's true. Alexandra was just 18 years old when she died from that crash. (Note: Those languages and words are invented by me)



Diana just sighed and rubbed her forehead. "I see…" Was the only thing Diana could say. Diana thought that Alexandra was an amazing child, she was no doubt an Everly. Alexandra was a well-behaved and cheerful child from the start, how dare someone called her a curse when she was an angel. "You can leave me here, you still have many things to do," Alexandra said in a sweet tone and glanced up at Diana with a cute smile on her face. Diana felt a pang on her chest, it feels like an arrow just went straight to her heart. Alexandra's cuteness and smile was the maids' favorite.



"Blessings for the Queenilia Empire." Diana bowed and turned her heel around and walked away heading back towards the palace. Alexandra looked back at her book and heaved a sigh before she read once again.



For she sought for true love,
even when he was at her side,
shattered his heart into million pieces,
never to be fixed again.



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Alexandra was in her room, sitting on the couch while she thought of some things. For the past years, she slowly learned what kind of world she lived in and is slowly accepting the reality she is in now. This world is filled with magic and unexpected things. People are born with magic either weak or strong. However, she doesn't know how to use magic just like others, even Diana can do it. She heaved a sigh and leaned her body sideways which caused her head to fall on the soft pillow. The only thing she did was to read history books and gain knowledge about this world while she learned some things from the maids. She doesn't even know what to do and she's bored reading all of those books from the palace's library. She was still a child, a 5-year-old child, why must she go through all this.



A sudden knock at the door interrupted her train of thoughts. "It's me, Diana. I'm coming in!" And the door was gently swung open revealing Diana with a tray of food for her dinner. Alexandra met eyes with Diana who smiled sweetly at her as she placed the bowl of food down. "I made your favorite soup," Diana said and stood still while hugging the tray against her chest. "Thank you," Alexandra said and took the spoon and tasted the soup. "Delicious!" Alexandra said making Diana giggle, "I'm glad you liked it, Alexandra." The sudden call of her first name by Diana shocked her. Diana always called her 'Young Miss' but she called her this time using her first name. Diana was also shocked and she immediately blushed because of embarrassment. "I-I'm sorry, young miss! It suddenly slipped off my tongue, I just had the urge to call you by your first name!" Diana stuttered and blushed more. How could she call someone with a higher status than hers with the use of her first name?




Alexandra shook her head and replied in a sweet and happy tone, "It's fine, it's fine. You don't need to apologize and besides it's not bad to call me by my name. You can call me Alexandra if you want!" Alexandra showed her a cute smile after saying those and Diana can't help but smile. "Yes!" She answered.

When Alexandra opened her eyes, she suddenly became a princess?!


She was hit by a truck and born once again as a baby, aside from that, she can remember her previous life.


But she wasn't like the other princess who gets to be with their family. She was a princess yet to be announced and being observed. She was born in a supposedly all-males only bloodline and they think she was a curse or bad luck. Her brothers and father hated her.


Out of all things in her life, she never expected this to happen.


Watch Alexandra as she conquers the heart of her brothers and softens the stone heart of the emperor with her charm and go through the journey of her new life as she slowly uncovered and revealed everything.

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"What did I ever do wrong in my past life?!"


"Everything." He answered.


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Author is currently on a break and will return on July 13.

Year 1987, December 25th. London city nightsky was covered with clouds, and was snowing hard. The mansion named Goldstein Manor was located in London, its size is not enormous but was luxurious and a grand residence to behold with. Its walls are made up of large stone brick wall, and a golden gate with the branding of a huge 'G' in the middle that was beautifully and perfectly made. 

The wide front lawn aligned with several pine trees in main pathway are covered in snow, while several hidden magic formations are covering the entire manor, which covers the totality of the present manor. This brought a spring like weather inside, making it lovely to behold that even the muggles and wizard would find it perfect.

Inside the manor, in a warm lighted study room, a young handsome five years old was sitting in the study table quietly as he read a book. His name was Van Goldstein. While he was reading, he likes to take several notes in his booklet, pointing the main ideas in his lessons. Van was a genuine genius in different aspects. He started his studies when he was five. At a young age, he loved being immersed through learning,  and has become diligent with his studies.

"When casting a spell, it may look simple enough, but the method of controlling its power is terribly hard when the caster is not focusing his mind. With that, it is recommended to meditate before practicing." as he take his notes in his booklet, he look towards the ceiling, pondering 'I wonder why everytime I am meditating, I feel that I could gather up and condense my magic force, but it immediately disperse everytime I cast spells. Also it amplifies the intensity power of the spell I am casting, but has drawback of making me tired easily.'

As he continued reading the book and taking notes, knocking can be heard from the door. 

*Knock* *Knock* 

A manly voice said, "Are you there, Master Van? It is already time for the dinner,  Madam Anne is also looking for you in the dining hall right now." 

Van forgot that it was already time for the dinner, he hastily replied "Oh! Carlo, thanks for calling me. I will be right there in a moment!" as he cleaned the desk and rearrange the books, he puts his booklet in his pocket and ran towards the door.

As Van opens the door, he saw Carlo waiting in the hall and said "You should stop calling me Master, I feel like you are my own uncle alright? Also, let us go toward the dining hall already." Carlo quietly sighed, and nodded, and started to walk with Van towards the dining hall. 

In the large dining hall, there is this sweet melody coming from the piano, and dishes that are served in the long table are delicious and tasty. There was this lovely atmosphere enveloped in the room, in which there was the family gathering of the Goldstein's. The delightful yet warming laughs of the children in the room made the adults laugh happily and it was totally merrily for everyone. 

As Van and Carlo nearly approaches the dining hall, a young kid was running towards them. As he came in front of them, he said while tapping the shoulder of Van "Van, tag you are it! Hahaha, you are to slow!" he laughed and ran towards the dining hall quickly.

Van was smiling and shouted, "Oh Anthony! Don't let me catch you!" Van said while laughing.

Anthony, while running happily replied, "If you can catch me Van!" Antony ran towards her mother Anne, and as he came closer towards he said, "Mother, Van is here already!"

Anne looks toward Anthony, and smilingly said "Oh, how playful of you Anthony for running, you played tag with your brother Van. Am I right?"

"Hmm, I played tag with Van." Anthony honestly replied. Then suddenly someone tapped his shoulder and said "Caught you Anthony, haha!" Van happily said. Also he look towards her aunt Anne, "Mother, I'm sorry for coming late. I was too immersed with my studies."

[Van calls her aunt Anne, as mother. Because she is her mother figure ever since.]

"No worries my child, also don't over exert yourself too much. You are still young. Anyway, we will start our dinner already." Anne said towards her child. "Please lead the blessing in our food Tony." she softly said.

After Tony blessed the food in the table, everyone started to devour. Anthony and Van ate a lot and made their stomach full with various dishes and dessert. Also, Anne, Tony and their guests, had a great time of sharing. The night greatly ended well for everyone.

The heir of the Pure-blood Goldstein, Van "Lestrange" Goldstein, is an intellectual, and diligent type of person with a cunning personality. His father was a loyal death eater named Rabastan Lestrange. But hates his father choice of being loyal under the Dark Lord Voldemort. Her mother Vanessa Goldstein died from an unknown cause, and also Van was still a child being an heir, having a huge sum of inheritance from his Goldstein family. What kind of journey would he encounter early on his life?

Also this is just a fan-fiction of mine. I'll try my best to make it fun to read! Also, this would be my first work, so please help me grow. I always wanted to make stories, but lacks good writing skills, so please bear with my piece. Lastly, the basis of the story is J. K. Rowling, Harry Potterverse. I'm adding a bit of modifications and alterations that wouldn't change the magical experience. Thank you!

An Xiaxia was only a Year 1 primary school student and she was too young to comprehend what was happening. All she knew was that Zhou Bo was the person kindest to her in the world.
If she said no, Zhou Bo might send her back to the orphanage… 
At the thought of that dark place, An Xiaxia shivered. She then nodded without hesitation.
After that, her life turned into hell.
At first, Zhou Bo would feel guilty about hitting her and would take her to a hospital when he sobered up. However, as his state of mind deteriorated, the abuse grew worse.
When a teacher at school discovered An Xiaxia's wounds, instead of trying to intervene, she reprimanded her in front of the whole class every day. "Zhou Yueyue is an example for you, everyone. She was punished by her parents because she's a bad kid!"
That fox-faced teacher had held a grudge against An Xiaxia because her family hadn't shown respect by sending the teacher a gift. When Zhou Bo didn't buy the exercise books the teacher recommended, she hated An Xiaxia for it.
She wouldn't be able to squeeze anything out of An Xiaxia anyway, so why should she care if she lived or died?
Hence, An Xiaxia's school life was ruined by this teacher. She grew more and more taciturn, and after an incident where all the boys in her class threw stones at her, she stopped going to school altogether.
Her rationale was simple and extreme.
If the entire world was this cruel, she would rather stay at home and be beaten by Zhou Bo, instead of being hit by other children.
She couldn't remember how many days she lived in that stupefied state in that home filled with the smell of alcohol and blood. She lived like wild grass: she couldn't die, even if she didn't want to live anymore.
She lived like a walking corpse day in and day out.
Because she had no hope, she felt no despair.
Because no one had helped her, she didn't know she could cry for help.
The closet was her favorite spot. Although it was dark and stuffy inside, a drunk Zhou Bo sometimes couldn't find her when she hid there, which could save her from yet another beating.
An Xiaxia thought that her life was nice and happy, for didn't all children live like this?
She lived in this self-deceiving state for two years.
After the cat abuse incident was exposed, some animal protection activists broke into Zhou Bo's home, thinking of getting back at him. An Xiaxia crawled out of the closet and stood timidly in front of them, just looking like skin and bones. Her black eyes, however, remained clear and bright.
Everyone was shocked. They watched as the little girl, wearing ill-fitting clothes, went to drink from the tap. The skin exposed was covered in bruises and wounds… 
After drinking the water, she ignored the crowd and wanted to crawl back into the closet.
A middle-aged woman couldn't take it anymore. She stopped An Xiaxia and asked in a trembling voice, "What… what is your name?"
An Xiaxia blinked. "Zhou. Yue. Yue."
It had been a long time since she last spoke and her voice was hoarse.
"Yue" meant "happy." The name was to wish her a happy life.
However, she had had little of that. All she knew had been intolerable pain.
The woman rolled up An Xiaxia's sleeves and saw all the cuts and bruises. She couldn't help but burst into tears. "How did this happen to you? Is he your father… Poor kid… Gosh…"
An Xiaxia wiped away the woman's tears. "Auntie, did your dad hit you, too? Wow, so all dads do that, do they?"
All the adults in the room teared up. The warmhearted auntie picked her up, sobbing uncontrollably. "I'm taking you away from this place… Come with me…"
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In the ward, An Xiaxia's eyelashes fluttered. She opened her eyes and grabbed Sheng Yize's hand.
"Are you going to leave me?" She sounded unbelievably serious.


As an anti-fan of the idol group, Starry Night, An Xiaxia is happy to spend her time online slandering lead singer Sheng Yize. 

But things take an unexpected turn when An Xiaxia starts high school - the Starry Night trio somehow becomes her classmates, and even end up moving into her house. 

Also, the nation’s idol Sheng Yize seems particularly interested in An Xiaxia for some reason...

Sheng Yize: Xiaxia, if I and a chicken wing fall into the water together, which one will you save?

An Xiaxia: Hm… I can't swim, so obviously you're going to save yourself and get my chicken wing out!

Sheng Yize: I thought I was the nation’s idol???

The next few weeks was incredibly eye opening for Ron, his siblings and is friends as they saw how powerful, incredible and useful magic could be. Although Sirius, Harry and the  Weasley's were in agreement that both Sirius and Harry should move to the Burrow, the living space wasn't capable of holding two more members for long periods of time. And so, the kids witnessed their parents working together with other Wizards and Witches, Goblins and a pretty rude House Elf and turning the Burrow into a House worthy of holding one of the oldest collection of Ancient Magical Tomes, Grimoires and books of history of the Wizarding world. Honestly, Ron had never had to focus on his Occlumency so hard, just to keep in his laughter, ``I can't believe you would have these books just laying around your study! What would you do if someone were to steal them?!'' Sirius had just finished when Amos joined in and asked Arthur to explain himself, ``These books contain ancient knowledge that in the wrong hands would bring horrific results! What were you thinking?!''. Arthur looked at them and meekly said, ``Well, these books have been sitting there for a long time and honestly, we didn't even know they existed!''

This time it wasn't just Sirius and Amos, the rest of the adults present joined in and started to `give suggestions' to Molly and Arthur. Even the mild mannered Remus joined in and started to shout with the others. The only reason they stopped was that Pandora and Blaire sent Kreacher to get Molly as it was dinner time. ``Go away Kreacher! We are busy at the moment!'' Sirius shouted at Kreacher but instead of going away, he just looked at Molly with a slight fear in his eyes and almost jumped up and down in joy when she walked into the kitchen with him. ``What just happened?'' only Sirius and Remus were still in shock and standing in the living room at this point as Amos, Xenophilius and Arthur had joined their wives at the dining table. Even the kids who were listening in on their `conversation' with Molly and Arthur had taken seat at the table. Whilst Sirius and Remus were looking around with confusion in their eyes, they remembered the last time they had rejected a dinner call from their friend Lily and Ron was once again thankful for his Occlumency as he saw the two walk in and sit down like they weren't deathly afraid of the three mothers currently sat next to their husbands. But it was all for naught as the next second, Pollux Black laughed at their predicament and offered them some `friendly advice'!

``If I was you, I wouldn't be late as next time the punishment might be higher than an empty plate. *Hahaha*'' although Sirius and Remus wanted to say something back to the old man sat at the Head Seat, they didn't dare as they looked at the three wives respectfully offering food to `Grandpa Black'. At the start of his stay at the Burrow, the place the `Heir of House' was going to stay at. Pollux was a bit stuck up and constantly talked about how much better the Black Family House was. As a reward, the adults had asked the kids to surround him each moment of the day and constantly ask him questions about Wizarding Etiquette, Old History and really anything they found interesting. Although the Weasley Kids and their friends were young, they could see that the old man was hurt and was suffering from loneliness, a little bit like Harry. So, they didn't pressure him like their parents had asked and instead slowly wore him down and convinced him that it was his job to `bring up the next generation properly'. At first, the old man was uncomfortable with the sound of `Grandpa Black'. But no one aside form cruel, heartless monsters can resist puppy dog eyes from eight kids, simultaneously. A few days after the short episode of `Precious Books should be stored in a more secure place', the renovation of the Burrow was done and it looked amazing!

Instead of looking like a large stone pigpen with extra rooms added here and there until it was several stories high and so crooked it looked as though it were held up by magic, it was an actual three story cottage that actually looked more like a mansion! Both the inside and outside was beautifully decorated but the most amazing part was that it was still somehow very welcoming and cosy and didn't at all feel flashy and ostentatious. ``*Humph* I can't believe that you are satisfied with this! This house is going to host the presence of at least four families that have possessions and relations to highly regarded figures in Wizarding History and is home to my Grandkids, Pollux Black's Grandkids!!'' honestly, none of the adults were even breathing at the moment and were just letting the old man scold them for not spending enough of his money. Finally, the kids came back from their tour of the house and the adults sighed in relief when the old man's attention shifted to the two little girls asking for a hug. Ron was very happy and satisfied with his life at this point but he knew that with the threat of Voldemort's return, he would have to step up his preparation. But he now had an extra layer of security and protection and even a new source of knowledge and an actual teacher!!

It was during the time the Weasley Ancestral Land's Wards were being renewed and empowered that while `taking a look', Ron decided to throw in a couple of High Level Runic Objects near the Ward Stones and thought nothing of it but at the last location he heard someone coming and in panic shot several spells at the person, `Incendio!' `Diffindo!' `Glacies!' `Ventus!'. In his anxiousness, he even shot a Jinx, `Flipendo!' and ony then saw the person he had cast the spells at. Before he could try to warn the person, Ron saw how easily the old man dealth with his spells and he realised, he hadn't even touched the tip of what real Wizards could do. ``Well, Well, Well! Little Ron is quite the young wizard, aren't you? Casting spells in a chain, without chanting and with accuracy not fit for your age. But none of that compares to this, a Magical Object that has Ancient Runes drawn with Magical Reagent Ink, very impressive!''

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Mrs. Shaynie raised her chin high.
"Your Grace, it is written in the Guide for Noble Ladies that disobedient and lazy children should be beaten. There isn't a better way to educate them."
She was trying to teach Rubica, and it angered her even more.
"Arka, god of education and wisdom, said, 'Compliment when teaching children and think at least three times before using a rod.'"
Shaynie was confused as she was teaching manners. However, even if she knew the manners, she hadn't bothered to learn Arka's teachings.
"Your Grace, Arka's teachings have nothing to do with manners."
"Arka is the god of education. I think you should keep his teachings in your mind as you are a teacher yourself."
"I did think three times."
"It doesn't mean that it is right for you to punish them so severely."
Rubica spoke firmly and Shaynie gulped hard. She thought Rubica was only a young and innocent girl, but it turned out she wasn't such an easy prey. However, there wasn't an enemy she couldn't defeat using her age and years of experience. Most people shut their mouths when she talked about her experiences.
"Your Grace, you are generous, so you may think I am too harsh on these girls. But according to my years of, no, decades of experience, children get spoiled when given too much freedom. They must be disciplined. I taught your husband, too, and he is perfect when it comes to manners. Your Grace, it is not good for their education to intervene when the teacher is disciplining students."
Oh, so you want to talk about experiences. Rubica had to resist the urge to beat her lips. She really wanted to ask if it had been Shaynie who taught that sarcastic way of talking Edgar always used. However, she couldn't dishonor the duke in front of Ann and the other relatives.
"An old lady I know taught children till the age of seventy, but she said complimenting is much better than using the rod for education."
And, of course, that old lady was Rubica herself.
Shaynie decided she couldn't back off now. Who on earth had given Rubica such wrong and useless ideas? Ann? She thought she had to save the poor brainwashed duchess.
"… but that's just the opinion of one person. Efficient ways of teaching differ from people to people. I wonder who told you such a thing."
Rubica's patience started to snap. She stopped glaring at Shaynie and turned to the trembling girls.
"Would you curtsy again?"
"Your Grace?"
"There's no need to be afraid. Just curtsy to me again."
The children were confused, but as Rubica spoke kindly to them, they found their courage and curtsied. Although they were following the instructions in the book, there were so many details that had to be fixed. Manners were not things that could be learned by reading books. That's why a teacher was required.
"Mrs. Shaynie, judging from how they curtsy, it appears your way of teaching can't be more wrong."
The girls thought Rubica was saying they were wrong. They cringed and looked down. Rubica's fairy even closed her eyes and seemed to be waiting for the severe punishment she was about to be given.
Rubica could understand how Edgar had felt when he looked at her cringe thinking he would hit her in front of the Berner Mansion.
"It's because they haven't even memorized the book yet. I was going to make them finish it first and fix their posture later."
Shaynie kept trying to evade the problem like a sly fox. Rubica simply glared at her. She meant to give her another chance if she admitted her fault, but she didn't.
"How old are they?"
"Your Grace?"
Rubica then asked warmly to the girls, "How old are you?"
The children glanced at her. They seemed to not know if it was okay to answer her question. Although they didn't know what it was for, they had already made a mistake and were afraid of being punished for that. They looked so scared and it made Rubica angry. She had to try really hard to keep the smile on her face.
Thankfully, it worked. One of the girls carefully talked first.
"I am sixteen years old, Your Grace."
"I am fifteen."
"I am seventeen."
They started to tell how old they were one by one. The fairy was the last to answer and she was seventeen years old.
"They were old enough to be introduced to society, and they can't even curtsy properly!"
"They are lazy and neglect their studies. I will teach them harder from now on."
She was going to beat their heads harder with a book? They were already old enough to know what it was to be ashamed. She was going to insult them even harder? Rubica eventually ran out of patience.
"Mrs. Shaynie, I can't stand this anymore."
"Your Grace, please don't worry about these stupid girls. Give me a month, and I will make them improve significantly."
Shaynie didn't know what Rubica couldn't stand anymore was herself. The girls being below average was rather a chance. She decided to use the chance to show how great of a teacher she was.
"There's no need for that. You're fired!"
Silence fell after that. The girls and even Ann doubted their ears for a second while Shaynie herself couldn't understand what was happening. Rubica ignored her and gave an order to Ann.
"I want you to find someone to become the new manners teacher of Claymore. I want someone who can teach children with kindness and knows what is the most important to him, not someone who comes to visit me every day to criticize my manners when she can't even educate her own pupils properly."
"Your Grace!"
Shaynie couldn't stand it anymore and yelled. She hadn't seen it coming. She hadn't known that young girl, who had just become the duchess, would do such thing to her.
"There are at least 13 problems with the way you are standing and talking right now. I only gave you rightful advice and recommended the right way of teaching as the Claymore's manners teacher. I must also say you should reflect on what you just said. It was not fit for the name of Claymore."
"Still, you are fired."
"Please don't be…"
"I don't want to quarrel with you, Mrs. Shanie. I've already given you an opportunity. Ann, as she is not the teacher anymore, she doesn't have the rights to educate them. Please send her back to her chamber."
Ann noticed Rubica was determined, so she silently warned Shaynie to not say a word anymore with her eyes. Then, she grabbed her arm to drag her out. She was heard angrily complaining outside for some time, but it soon got quiet. A maid brought some snacks, and Rubica waved her hand to make the girls sit down, but they were too afraid.
"Are you going to have me eat alone with you watching me?"
She said that as a joke, but the four girls shivered as if struck by lightning and sat down in a flash. They were afraid of Rubica.
Shaynie had been the most horrible of their tutors, and the duchess had fired that Shaynie in an instant. Even if she looked so kind that it seemed unlikely for her to kill even an ant, they feared she could change if she got mad.
"I didn't know Mrs. Shaynie had been educating you like that… it is my fault. I'm sorry."
The girls hadn't known Rubica would apologize to them. They expected her to be merciless on them as she had done with Shaynie, but she was acting quite the contrary.
"But… Your Grace."
"You don't have to apologize to us."
"It was all our fault."
"No, you haven't done anything wrong. It was us adults' fault."
Rubica took out her handkerchief and gave it to her fairy who was still crying. Her fairy was tall and thin, and she had an oval chin that resembled an egg. Her eyes were slightly small, but they were round and elegant. Her beauty shined more when she was confident.
However, she had lost her confidence because of Shaynie's harsh way of teaching and her beauty had faded as well. Cute girls look lovely even when crying, but that wasn't how the fairy looked.
The girls calmed down after eating the egg sandwiches the maid brought. Rubica didn't ask why they hadn't come to visit her. She didn't need to ask to know why. Shaynie must have not told them or said it wasn't necessary when they asked her if they should go to the duchess.
"Could you introduce yourselves to me one by one?"
Rubica's fairy wiped tears and talked.
"I am Elise Roan de Solana."
Rubica smiled at finally learning the fairy's name. Her name was beautiful just like her. The other girls then also introduced themselves.
Elise had a slightly complicated background. She was from a viscount family, so she was a noble lady. Her father failed in an investment when she was five, but a noble family's revenue and spending weren't things that could be seen instantly. Some proved to be profitable years later, and some losses could be mended with promissory notes.
"I failed this time, but it can happen sometimes."
Viscount Solana thought it wasn't a big deal. He didn't want to change his family's way of living because of one failure. His wife wanted to wear beautiful dresses fit for a viscountess and decorate herself with jewels. Moreover, the viscount didn't hesitate to spend money on his daughter's and son's education.
However, things don't always go as you want.
His account book started to be filled with bad marks, and when that happened, things were already out of his control. When he was forced to sell his domain, he couldn't stand it and killed himself. His will said he couldn't bear to live after humiliating the family's name.

How much money must I spent for you to divorce me!?

Rubika dies in a war without being able to confess her love for Arman but is instead sent back in time.

A new life, she will not live in vain

But what are these new obstacles?

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The amazingly handsome, rich and powerful Duke Claymore wants to marry her!?

[The recommended VRA of this game is 150. Users with VRA lower than 100 may experience difficulties in the gameplay.]

The first thing that appeared after he started Eternal Life was a warning message. In compliance with the new law that was made in 2024, all Dream Network contents had to put the recommended VRA, and the majority required VRAs over 80.

Considering how slightly higher VRA requirements were 100~120 until now, EL's recommended VRA requirement was considerably high. On top of that, non-adults below 18 years of age were limited access so the entry barrier to EL could only rise higher and higher.

However, later on, even people with low VRA played EL despite the risks. Since the game was very interesting, people couldn't help but play regardless of their VRA. Due to this reason, EL later recorded the highest simultaneous logins despite being an R-18 game.

It was just that amazing of a game, but in any case, a minimum VRA of 150 was required to play EL properly.
This was the reason why there was a considerable number of watching users who didn't play themselves and only watched the live broadcasts of professional gamers.
'EL is fun to play, but it is also quite fun to watch.'

To pick some reasons why EL was a success, it was because the game itself was quite addictive and the people watching could have a considerable amount of fun spectating as well.
'But at this point... EL was a failure of the game.'
Sanghyuk imagined that the related Raonsoft personnel would be crying right about now. He really had the urge to just call Raonsoft and buy their stocks, but not only did he have almost no knowledge regarding stock trading, none of their financial backers that would sell them since they weren't people who were running out of money anyway, so he didn't get greedy on that part.
While he was immersed in his thoughts, it finally came down to the character creation panel.

You require a different name to live a life of eternity. Please speak your name you wish to use in Eternal Life with a clear and loud voice.

"Immortal."
Sanghyuk chose a name that might not suit EL but wanted to use for quite a while. In his previous life, he used quite a common name, "Roaring Tempest", so he wanted to use a special nickname this time.

There are 0 people who have chosen 'Immortal' as their name until now. Since it is the first registration without an identical user name, no internal codes will be attached.

EL allowed 100 identical names. However, the system would attach an internal code to those names to the people that created avatars with an already existing nickname and register their names in the system with those additional codes.
For example, if someone else made an avatar named 'Immortal' as Sanghyuk did, an internal code similar to 'second' would be attached and would become 'Second Immortal' within the system. They may look like the same 'Immortal' within the game, but the system would differentiate between the two.
When he created the name, a white light enveloped Sanghyuk's body, and at the same time, a whole different world spanned out in front of Sanghyuk.
Endless green plains that made him refreshed just by looking at it was quite a sentimental place for Sanghyuk.
'Endless Plains.'
This place was somewhere users of EL could only enter in their first login. EL was definitely not a friendly game towards to the users.
There was nothing like a game guide that other games provided so naturally, and they didn't even introduce any job classes or character control guides.
Every time the users complained about that to the developers, EL's creator Raonsoft repeated the same words.

'Eternal Life is a world that the users will need to create on their own. That is why everything needs to be discovered by the users. We will not prevent the users creating their own set of manuals and walkthroughs, but the developers will never create a manual.'

Naturally, the backlash from the users was very big at first, but the users could only comply when Raonsoft did not change their minds.
The place Sanghyuk was standing on right now, the Endless Plains, could be considered a tutorial area, but no one was told that this place was the tutorial, so the early players of EL were very disappointed. Not only that, it was impossible to skip so they would not know that this was the tutorial zone.
Of course, that kind of disappointment didn't last for long. The users who had become level 10 in less than one day had logged out and revealed what kind of world Eternal Life truly was, so the majority of the players later knew that these plains was the tutorial area.
Actually, there was nothing special about the endless plains. It was just a vast expanse of plains and the only special point was that monsters would rush from the surroundings every 30 minutes.
A choice of weapons would appear 5 minutes before each monster wave. 40 different types of weapons that looked like they were made from shadows protruded from the ground and once the user selected one, then they would materialize and bind itself to the user.
Weapons could be changed each wave, but once the user picked up another weapon the weapon the user picked up in the previous wave would turn into a shadow and disappear again. This basically intended for the users to try out many different types of weapons and select one that fit them the best.
And after 20 waves, 116 types of skill books with the most fundamental skills would appear from the ground before the 21st wave.
Like with the weapons, this could be swapped out every wave as well.
Skill books could be swapped out for a maximum of 40 monster waves. Normally, around 50 monster waves would naturally level the user up to 10. (T/N: 50 waves is 25 hours… how on earth did players reach level 10 in less than a day)
The monster waves themselves had a very easy difficulty so even the people with no talent in the game should be able to clear them easily.
Borrowing the expression from the users, the endless plains was the only place they could experience the cheat mode.
Users could experience weapons and skill that suited them the best within these plains and this helped them a lot in their choices when they actually entered the world of EL.
Of course, after a little bit of time, the users chose their weapons and skills according to the walkthroughs on various communities rather than through their experience in the plains, but anyhow, the experience within the plains was definitely necessary.
Tap tap. Sanghyuk tapped the top of his right ear twice and semi-translucent windows appeared in front of him. This system call gesture was applied to all games by all developers starting 5 years ago, and was a very natural course of action to the people who had experience playing virtual reality games.
Sanghyuk used two fingers to enlarge the quest window on the system window and checked the time left until the first monster wave.
'Exactly 27minutes 22 seconds left.'
The others who had logged in at the same time the server opened as Sanghyuk did might be putting their effort in to adapt to the surroundings. However, Sanghyuk knew very well what was coming, so he just stood there on the spot.
"Endless Plains... There are two things I need to get here."
Sanghyuk had already planned out his course of action while he was waiting for its release during the past year.
The two things he needed to acquire in this place weren't so easy to get, but Sanghyuk wasn't planning to leave this place before he got them.
"To be exact, I need to get a unique-grade title and a rare-grade item.'"
If someone asked Sanghyuk what the most important thing was in EL, he would reply 'titles' without a moment of hesitation. This was something that all users would say if they enjoyed EL.
Titles in EL could be used as 'prefix' titles as well as 'postfix' titles. Not only that, there were also titles that had constant effect without equipping them.
Of course, there was a limit of 30 titles that could be activated at once, but it could be seen how important titles were in this game than others.
In any case, titles were more important than any other game elements, and Sanghyuk had already picked out a select few titles he had to get here.
"First is the title 'Unrelenting Challenger!'!"
The unique-grade title, 'Unrelenting Challenger'. This was the insanely rare title that could only be acquired here in the Endless Plains.

4,444 times.
Four thousand four hundred and forty-four deaths were required in order to acquire the title 'Unrelenting Challenger'. To be exact, one needed to keep challenging despite having died that many times.
Actually, this was a title that wasn't meant to be gotten. No matter how low of a VRA a person had, anyone could crush the monsters in these Endless Plains. So, deaths of users in these plains was a very rare thing in the first place.
From that, it could be seen that dying over four thousand times in this stage didn't make any sense. Actually, it was 10 years after EL's release that the existence of this title was revealed.
To be exact, it was revealed after Raonsoft revealed the 5 deleted titles in its 10-year anniversary.
At the time, Raonsoft claimed that there were 10 titles that the users could not acquire during the past 10 years, of which 5 were deleted due to various issues in the patch, and the remaining five still stayed within the game.
The revealed titles were the deleted 5.
What Sanghyuk was aiming for right now was one of the five titles that were deleted in that patch.
It was a unique-grade too! Unique-grade meant what it literally sounded like – only one person could acquire throughout the entire game. In other words, once Sanghyuk acquired the title, no one else would be able to get it even if they died more than 4,444 times here.
Of course, dying 4,444 times in these Endless Plains wasn't something normal. However, since Sanghyuk knew the answer, he threw his body into the monster wave without any hesitation.
If he didn't know the answer, he wouldn't have even tried this.
Deaths upon deaths.
Like that, Sanghyuk died again and again while all the others left this tutorial zone with ease.

Sang Hyuk, a man nearing his 40’s, was contacted by SKY Telecom to help its team, SKY, become the best in a period of 3 years. If SKY’s team members fail, they will be disbanded. After succeeding the contract in time, he was betrayed by the company that gave him everything.

Somehow, he wakes up years in the past or you may say back to past as an 18 year old boy – a year before the release of Eternal Light (EL).

Armed with knowledge of future events that are yet to come, he embarks on a journey that no one has dared to tread before. His desire for success and for his revenge drives him to take this hard path.

He is the one and only one-man army.

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She used to be a bright child. She was just not fortunate enough to have a normal life. Ill and bed-ridden, she slowly lost affect and cut herself off from outer reality, as her only joy was to construct a complex fantasy world. And eventually, she met her demise.

Nevertheless, her story did not end here. Who is to say that Death is our last path? For her, it was just the beginning. She had been given a second chance. Reborn as a Goddess in the very own world that she created, it was now only up to her to write her own story.

‘This time, let’s try to live normally.’

"Ha..." It was the nth time that I was sighing.

I had been in my room, sitting up in bed, reading a book. There was also a pile of storybooks on the table by my bedside, all read.

After the Debutante Ball, there had been absolutely nothing to do.

A lady's duty was to hold social events, such as tea parties, and build better relations with the right families. However, for a person like me, who had no friends as of this moment, I had no one to invite. No one had invited me either.

'And the situation with Beatrice's little sister probably made people less willing to want to have anything to do with me...'

I knew it was inevitable for the situation to reach every noble's ears. High society was quick to spread any 'interesting' recent events.

The words I had spoken to a 15-year-old girl might have seemed harsh. Not to mention, after my words, Clara had run off as if she were scared.

'Ah...' I glanced at the pile of books on my bedside table.

"Let me just put the books away for now." I picked them up and made my way to the Bellona household's own library.

"Should I take up a hobby?" I muttered to myself. "But what?"

'Gardening?' I shook my head. I didn't have a green thumb. If I were to try growing my own flowers, I was sure they would wither or fly somewhere with the wind. And that would only bring trouble to the gardeners my family had hired.

'Cooking?' I shook my head again. There was no way my worry-warts of a family were going to let me near a fire. Let alone into the kitchen. We had chefs as well. Me being in the kitchen would only be disruptive to their working environment.

'Don't tell me all I can do is sit still and look pretty? Don't I have any strengths?'

I sighed again. 'Ah, I'm here.' I had reached the library.

The guards stationed by the door helped me to open the door, also asking if I needed help carrying the books. I politely declined them with a smile.

"Here and done!" I said quietly, placing the last book at the correct shelf and slot. "Ha..."

"That's quite a sigh, Young Miss." I turned to face the librarian, William. He had been picked up by Father when he was a child. After finding out about his talent in literature, Father had built a library and made him the librarian. As of now, he was 25 years old.

"Sir Librarian," I said, acknowledging his presence with a nod. 

"How were the books I recommended, Young Miss?"

"They were an interesting read, thank you very much."

He grinned, showing the dimples in his cheeks. "I'm glad you liked them. It seems that Young Miss favours romance books, hmm? Any man caught your eye?"

I rolled my eyes, smiling at him playfully. "I'm only interested in them because they're something I don't understand."

"Hmm?"

"Why would people be so stupid to fall for someone who doesn't love them back?" 

All the Romance books I read had one constant factor — a second female lead whose only role was to strengthen the bond between the male and female lead.

"Why would they lose their minds over a single person who never saw them and forget all about the people who actually cared for them?"

I was also asking myself those questions. I hated that I could relate to the feelings of the fictional characters so easily.

After been given another chance, I had spent my time reflecting on my past actions.
I still didn't understand why I had fallen for Liam so easily. 
Love at first sight? Preposterous.
Perhaps it was more accurate to call it an obsession with his pretty looks than love.

"Young Miss..." William's voice had become softer and more serious. "Who you love can't really be controlled. Your heart just wants what it wants. By the time you notice it, the person has already taken up a space in your heart."

"Even if you want nothing to do with that person?"

"Humans want the things they know they can't have the most."

"..." Silence filled the library.

"I see." I smiled.

"Since we're talking about romance, we can't forget to speak about the love you have for Michelle, can we?"

He turned red at once. "That's—"

"You two would make a cute couple."

He nervously asked, "Truly?"

'Okay, changing the topic, successful.'

I nodded. "The two of you are nice people. Furthermore, the both of you have worked in our estate since you were young."

William and Michelle had been brought into the estate since they were young. Technically, they were the most experienced workers, only losing to the old butler, Ladon. Due to that, they had also grown up together, helping each other out, and as such, they were quite close.

"What's standing in the way for you to confess to her?"

"My cowardice," he said, laughing sadly. "I'm scared of rejection."

"... I see." I averted my eyes from his face, cursing. 'Why was I so stupid to talk about this?' William looked down.

"I'm sorry." I didn't know what else to do except for apologising. William chuckled. "What are you apologising for, Young Miss? You didn't say anything wrong. In fact, it makes me happy that you think I'd look good with her."

"It's the truth," I said seriously. William smiled. "And that's why, you don't have to apologise, Young Miss."

We stayed silent for a little longer. "Then, I'll get going now," I said. I didn't know what I was going to do after this but it would be bad if I were to disturb William while he was working. "Do your job well."

He grinned. "Of course." With that, I turned and left the library.

'Ah... Should I have asked for potential hobbies?' I had completely forgotten about that.

"What should I—" 

A loud sound rang my ears. Suddenly, something dropped in front of me, piercing the ground.

A sword.

'Another step and I would have been skewered.'

I was pale as I stood frozen in place. Perhaps I had even stopped breathing for a while.

"Evin!" Elder Brother came rushing towards me in worry. His shirt was soaked in sweat. He had been practising the sword, that much was obvious. "Are you okay, Evin? I'm sorry. The sword. I shouldn't have practised here."

Before I could reply, a familiar voice filled my ears.

"Hah. This is our usual practice place. She should know better than to come near here." Aiden Gaia, Elder Brother's closest friend, was there.

"She didn't know that," Elder Brother shot back. He looked anxiously at me. I gave him a small smile.

"You still look pale. Shall I accompany you back to your room?"

I shook my head. I was trembling. In fright, as well as in excitement. I had finally found out what I wanted to try doing.

"Brother. Please teach me the sword."

**Rewritten version of I, The Villainess which I had dropped**

After the blade of the guillotine dropped, Evin Bellona found herself still alive on the day of her Debutante.

In her previous life, she had committed many mistakes. The biggest one was to fall in love with Liam Alexander Flauna, the Crown Prince, to the point of obsession.

It was only when she had lost everything — her family and her people, the only ones who had cared for her despite the terrible change in her personality — did she realise her mistakes.

That’s why, in her new life, she would do her best to change the fates of the ones who truly loved her.

She swore she would never make the same mistakes again.

— Disclaimer: Any part of my story that’s similar to another is purely coincidental. Also, the picture used for the book cover was something I found on Pinterest, so all credits go to the person who made it, whoever it may be... This is an original work, so all rights reserved.—

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