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There were few customers in the pet shop in the morning. After cleaning up the shop, playing hide-and-seek with Galaxy, and training Zhan Tian on the green field, Zhang Zian had been reading posts on the forum. Time always passed very fast when he surfed the internet. Nearly an hour had passed after he had browsed the posts on the first and second page of the forum.
The Spring Festival was approaching. Now was the busiest period before the Spring Festival. Students were taking the final exams. The office workers were fighting for the annual bonus, secretly planning whether they should hop to another company after the Lunar New Year. There were few pedestrians on the road. Some elderly people were happily pushing carts to buy groceries for the Lunar New Year because when the Spring Festival arrived, many businesses would close their shops. After running their shops diligently for a year, the business owners also needed to take a rest during the festival. 
Zhang Zian did not need to visit friends and relatives during the Chinese New Year, so he would not need to go shopping for groceries. During the Spring Festival, his pet shop would operate as usual, and he would strive to sell more pets to children since they would receive lucky money from their parents and relatives. He looked at the time and was thinking of going upstairs to remind Pi to rest for a while. At that moment, a car stopped in front of the entrance to his shop.
This was a brand-new BMW sedan with a bright, shiny body. It seemed that it was a vehicle that was registered not long ago. Zhang Zian had never seen this car before. 
Through the window glass, he saw two stylishly dressed girls sitting in the car. Normally, Zhang Zian would look at these attractive girls for a little bit longer. But since he knew these two girls, he could not do that. Speaking of the devil. He was just talking about them. He whispered to himself. 
The two stylish girls were Zhao Qi and Shi Shi. Liu Sanlang was responsible for driving. In addition to the three of them, there was a medium-sized Labrador sitting in the back seat. It was the one that Liu Sanlang bought from Zhang Zian's pet shop. It's funny that this Labrador was wearing a red sweater, which made it look awkward.
Zhang Zian knew that the three of them worked for the same company, and that Liu Sanlang was courting Shi Shi on a regular basis. Why did they come to the pet shop together during this work day?
Liu Sanlang got out of the car and enthusiastically opened the car door for Shi Shi in the back seat. Shi Shi looked at her cell phone from time to time and did not get out of the car. Zhao Qi, who was sitting on the other side of the back seat, got out of the car with her own pet carrier.

Anyhow, they were Zhang Zian's acquaintances. Zhang Zian put his cell phone back into his pocket and walked out of the pet shop to greet them.
"Hey, Sanlang, is this your new car? Not bad."
Liu Sanlang carefully closed the door to the driver's seat. He smiled proudly and said, "Yes, the car was just delivered to me before New Year's Day. It only has a few hundred kilometers on it."
Zhang Zian approached and looked at the car. He was a complete amateur to the car industry and asked, "How much was this car?"
Liu Sanlang's face twitched momentarily. He quietly extended his three fingers, and said in pain, "It cost me nearly 300,000 Yuan in total. I borrowed some money and applied for a loan..."
Unlike houses, cars were not a rigid demand. Zhang Zian felt it was unworthy to borrow money to buy a car, so he asked, "Why not buy a car cheaper than this?"
"Well..." Liu Sanlang said with bitterness and whispered, "Actually, I did not intend to buy a car. After all, unlike such big cities as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, it was quite convenient to take a taxi or get a ride in Binhai City. Besides, when the air quality is poor, the city only allows vehicles on the streets with even-numbered license plates to alternate with odd-numbered vehicles. But currently, I am pursuing Shi Shi, hoping that she will become my girlfriend. It is more convenient to have a car of my own, so I can take her to many places. At first, I wanted to buy a domestic brand car, which was relatively affordable. Nowadays, the domestically produced cars are not as bad as they were before. But then I wondered if she would look down on me if I bought a domestically produced car. In the end, I firmly made up my mind and bought this imported car..."
Zhang Zian was rather speechless. He thought to himself. You have gone too far beyond your means to impress her. If your girlfriend despises you because you drive a domestically produced car, does she like you or does she like your money?
However, Zhang Zian was not that close to Liu Sanlang. Since Liu Sanlang had already bought the car, Zhang Zian was in no position to judge him. All Zhang Zian could say to Liu Sanlang was that, he should make good use of the car. Even if Liu Sanlang could not develop a romantic relationship with Shi Shi, at least he could impress another girl with this car…


Liu Sanlang whispered as if defending himself, "Shi Shi did not tell me her preference explicitly, but I noticed that she had been reading those online novels such as The Overbearing CEO Fell in Love with Me…so..."
Well, that's how it happened. Zhang Zian could somewhat understand Liu Sanlang's concern. Love was unreasonable. Liu Sanlang liked Shi Shi, who liked those types of guys that were rich and bossy. What could Liu Sanlang do? Although Liu Sanlang could not become a CEO in the foreseeable future, buying an imported car to please the girl he liked had proven his economic capabilities.
"What Overbearing CEO Fell in Love with Me?" Shi Shi, although in the car, seemed to have heard the last sentence they were talking about. She looked at her mobile phone and said, "Who would read that old-fashioned book? I was clearly reading the book called You are Better than the Billionaire CEO's!"
Zhang Zian would normally dismiss the topic with a smile. But today, he glanced at the phone of Shi Shi and found that she was also using the app of Qidian to read web novels.  
"You are reading books on Qidian?" he asked curiously.
"Of course! I am a senior VIP on Qidian and I have been a bookworm of the web novels for a decade!" Shi Shi got out of the car very proudly and the Labrador followed her and got out of the car too. 
"Wow!" Zhang Zian looked at her with admiration.
He learned from the Wang Haige Forum that the readers on Qidian were classified hierarchically. Those who read few books and spent little money on the website were ordinary members. As the users read more books and spent more money, they would become the senior members, and then the primary VIPs, and the top ranking title would be the senior VIPs. On the Zhihu Forum, the most pretentious forum in China, there was a discussion thread called "How did I feel when I became a senior VIP at Qidian", and as the comments in that discussion thread described, the status of the senior VIP at Qidian was as fancy as the King of Diamonds at QQ. 
"Humph!" Shi Shi felt so proud that her chin was almost lifted to the sky. 
"She really is a senior VIP at Qidian, but I have to remind you, that she gained that status by reading all kinds of romantic novels involving the overbearing CEOs..." Zhao Qi came to them with the air box in her hand. Her cat, Lan Lan was gazing at Zhang Zian in the air box.


"Qi Qi! You betrayed me again!" Shi Shi was so angry that she blushed, "Are you still my good friend or not?"
"Was I not talking about the fact?" Zhao Qi continued. "Let me figure it out. Suppose that your claim of being a bookworm for a decade is true. You are 25 years old this year, which means that you have been reading those romantic novels involving the overbearing CEO's from the age of 15! I do hope that a bossy CEO would appear from nowhere and make you his girlfriend so that you would not waste your time daydreaming anymore. Of course, it would be the best if that CEO would love you at the beginning and abandon you in the end. Otherwise, I would not be able to remain calm..."
"My…my birthday has not arrived this year. I am currently 24 years old, all right?!" Shi Shi was very unruly in front of Liu Sanlang, but in the face of her bestie Zhao Qi, she would never truly lose her temper. 
"Besides, I only read those romantic novels about the overbearing CEO's occasionally. I read ordinary novels most of the time, and I also read the foreign novels in paperback…" Lacking confidence, Shi Shi justified herself to Zhang Zian. 
"Come on, stop the pretense!" Zhao Qi scorned. "The so-called foreign novels in paperback that you read are Fifty Shades of Grey, aren't they? They are nothing more than the darker versions of those novels about the overbearing CEO's written in English!"
"Hey! Qi Qi, you said too much!" Shi Shi was upset. 
Zhang Zian did not care about the genres that Shi Shi liked. What he cared about was the preference of the readers on Qidian. And as a bookworm for a decade on Qidian, Shi Shi should have some understanding of the preferences of the readers of web novels. So, he tentatively asked, "Shi Shi, as a reader, are you interested in reading a web novel about a pet shop?"
"What? Pet shop?" Shi Shi stared at Zhang Zian incredulously like she was looking at a fool. "Are you crazy? Who will read a web novel about a pet shop? What's to write about a pet shop? Cleaning the feces of pets all day long? If people want to raise cats or dogs, they need to cleanse the feces of their pets. Why would they read about the situations in a pet shop? Am I right, Xiao La?"
Xiao La barked a few times, as if responding to her.
Although what you said makes sense, why am I so unhappy? Zhang Zian said to himself. 

"Because restricted by some objective conditions, some people who want to raise dogs or cats can't raise pets in real life. If I remember correctly, this Labrador is not yours, it was bought by Sanlang." Zhang Zian pointed out this fact.
Yes, he remembered that Liu Sanlang bought this Labrador to attract Shi Shi's attention, and Liu Sanlang really succeeded because Shi Shi quite liked the puppy. But the apartment Shi Shi rented did not allow her to raise pets. 
Due to the limitations of certain conditions and the doubts that they could take care of the pets till death set them apart, a lot of people had chosen to watch cats or dogs on the internet by appreciating the photos and videos of cats and dogs uploaded by others on forums and Weibo every day. Zhang Zian was in favor of the cautious attitude of these people. Watching cats or dogs on the internet was far better than those people who bought pets recklessly and sent away or deserted the pets when they realized that they were unfit to raise pets. Could those people who appreciated pets on the internet turn into pet novel readers? Even if only one of ten thousandths of those people became readers, that would be enough. 
"Well..." Shi Shi stuttered suddenly, but then she said stubbornly, "What you said may be true, but how can you let these people who raise pets on the internet know about this novel?"
Zhang Zian admitted that she was right. This was the most crucial issue.
"Yes, which novel is this? Tell me the title. As a bookworm for a decade, I can identify whether there is a future for this novel." Shi Shi boasted boldly. 
Zhao Qi also asked curiously, "Zhang Zian, are you writing a novel about a pet shop?"
"No, I'm not." Zhang Zian replied. That's not a lie. It was Pi who was writing a novel. 
"Actually, I think you can write a novel. Anyway, you have nothing to do in your pet shop, right?!" said Zhao Qi, "What if it becomes a popular novel?"
Zhang Zian quickly waved his hands to change the topic, "Forget it, I know myself, I don't have what it takes to become a writer… By the way, why are you here?"


1. Download a suspicious game
2. Catch a few magical pets as partners
3. Go through interesting daily routines and lead the pet shop to a whole new level

This beautiful line was probably done by Miss Margaret. It seemed the note was never sent out, so this Augustin did not know that Margaret loved him too. The unspoken love was buried here forever, never to see light again.
An image appeared in Angor's mind. Two lovers, who adored each other, could not express their love for some reason. In the end, a disaster came and separated them forever, leaving no fruit, but a wilted and priceless sentiment behind.
These notes told the brief but romantic story of two secret lovers. Unfortunately, the story did not have a happy ending.
Angor commented "how destinies fool people around" and put the notes back.
Angor was an outsider. The Nether City[1] was discovered tens of thousands of years ago, so the lovers' story had to come from that age as well, if not earlier. There was no point minding the grand finale of such an old story.
Nothing else worth noting in these letters. He needed to search the other places.
Angor checked around Margaret's room again. He did not find anything, but he had a question about some details in the room.
Ever since he walked the stairs and explored the rooms, most objects rotted away or decayed over time, apart from some special items.
However, he did not find anything like that in this room. The surface of the desk was bright and clean like new, and the silk blanket on the bed was smooth and comforting to the touch, which still released a mild fragrance. Even the more fragile items like clothing and make-up powders were in good condition as if Margaret was caring for herself just a moment ago.
Did time show mercy here? Or did the Nightmare Realm "projected" the place like this? He would never figure these out now.
Angor left Margaret's room and entered the other bedroom. Telling from the decorations, this belonged to the original owner of the "house".
Angor searched the room for quite a while without finding anything. Being someone who lived in a noble family for many years, he believed the bedroom of a big family should have somewhere to hide things. His deceased father had such a secret section in his bedroom to place valuables.
This was why Angor did not stop looking despite not finding anything in his first attempt.
In the end, he did find a secret passage.
It was located under the bed, hidden under a square cover. A deep and dark tunnel.
Angor crouched into the tunnel and reached a concealed place soon. It was narrow, about three or four square meters. There were a bookshelf and some unknown items inside.
This had to be a "hidden stash" of the owner. With a bit of excitement, Angor went to the bookshelf first.
There were three levels on the bookshelf, full of books. Angor picked up a random one called Comments on How to Extract Valuable Materials (1).
"An alchemy book… Teacher didn't have this one," Angor thought to himself and read several pages. There was deep alchemy knowledge in the book, intended for experienced wizards.
Angor took out some more books, which were all alchemy ones. Most of them were valuable, unique copies which could not be found in Sunders' collection.
He was filled with joy. Now, this was an unexpected treasure!
After recording all of the books, Angor realized they were more valuable than he thought. Some of the alchemy theories were only applicable to legendary wizards or someone in higher ranks. He was sure these books were beyond priceless. Whoever could have collected these?
After finishing the books, Angor walked to the other items with a happy mood. He did not know what these were before, but after seeing some of the alchemy information in the books, he recognized that these things were mostly related to alchemy applications. High-quality ones.
It was a pity that he could not take them away. For one, they might just disappear like all the other previous items. Besides, they were pretty large, he could not possibly carry them with him.
So he had to give up in the end. He was still happy about acquiring valuable books.
Leaving the bedroom, Angor stepped into the last room on the second floor.
The room was to the left. Angor knew that nobles tended to regard "left" as "important", so he was most interested in this room.
The first thing that came into his view in the room was a large bookcase.
Angor's eyes shined. The last room was a study!
The design was simple. One bookcase, one desk, several oil paintings on the wall. Angor rushed to the bookcase and opened its cover doors. However, he was disappointed after checking some of the books.
There were a lot of books. But… most of them were official files about the Nether City, such as construction approval documents, gardening files, books about the arrangement of main traffic roads, and city defense structures. These occupied the entire bookcase.
Angor sighed and returned the books. At least he now knew that this place was called the "Nether City", not the Garden of Labyrinth. At least that was something.
As for the owner of this place, Angor had an idea that he was a high officer of some sort since he took care of such important files. He might even be a core manager of Nether City.
These were unimportant though. Nether City was a bunch of ruins now.
Angor closed the glass doors of the bookcase and slowly moved to the desk. He saw an opened book and a quill placed in an ink bottle when he entered the room. Seemed like someone was writing on the desk.
Angor sat on the chair and read the book.
It was a notebook. The current page was half-finished. Its owner had probably left it here for some reason.
Angor flipped to the first page to check what was written.
The first line on the front page of the book surprised Angor for good.
Singularity Dispersive Meditation.
This was a meditation book?! And the first of its kind Angor ever saw in the Nightmare Realm. This was the center of the underground maze, so could it be the special channeling method book Sunders mentioned?
Angor became excited. If so, he would begin his path of wizardry with the help of this book!
He wanted to read on. However, his teacher's words reminded him that even if he memorized the book down to every single word in the Nightmare Realm, he would forget everything upon returning to the wizarding world.
Angor calmed down, and carefully photographed every page of the book with his hologram tablet. Once this was done, he finally sat down to read it.
[1] The author mentioned the name of this place for the first time here. Maybe he thought he already did in previous chapters?


A young traveler who receives enlightenment from another civilization is on a mission to save his beloved mentor. In his journey to seek the ultimate truth, he travels extensively and along the way, he experiences some unpredictable encounters. Will he be able to save his mentor or will his path be derailed?

Salted ocean could be smelled and voices of the sailors could be heard in the harbor. When Leon arrived here, he looked for a ship that was going to Stain island. Stain island was very far from the mainland and Hermes couldn't go there without any stop, so it was the only solution for Leon, but for days he waited here, he didn't hear any ship that had the same destination with him.

While he was here, he stayed in an inn and waited for a ship to show up, so he could go to the island. The inn that he was staying, had a restaurant on the first floor, so Leon would sit there and listened the tales that the sailors were telling. He learned too much about the sea and the dangers in it. Leon didn't think there would be anything that could endanger him in the sea, but hearing these stories made him calm. 

In his previous life, he read books to pass his time, he wasn't an avid reader, but he still read and that made him calm and stay away from the daily stress of the work. After he reincarnated, he read books, but the most of them was about magic, so that could be counted as professional education. He didn't have time to read books to calm himself spiritually. In this world or Aroan world, there weren't any game or movies, most of the residents were going to the taverns and establishments like that to pass their time, but that wasn't a really good choice for Leon.

Aside from the books which was about getting stronger type books, there wasn't really any book to pass time in both worlds. There were that kind of books, but they were mostly romantic books, and Leon wasn't into that. So hearing tales of sailors and occasionally listening their songs, calmed Leon's mind. Leon wasn't under stress, but after learning that somebody did something to his soul, he couldn't calm himself. When he killed the monsters to relieve his anger, it didn't solve it. It just calmed him a bit, but hearing tales and songs, Leon realized that he couldn't do anything about it at the moment, so he shouldn't be burdened by it, he should focus what he could do.

While he didn't have anything to do, Leon focused on scanning his eyes over and over again, and compare them to the known eyes in the books that he collected. He noticed that, his eyes were very different from all the eyes that was in the books. But that didn't mean that he was clueless about how to improve them, basically all eyes have the same function, so his eyes weren't that out of the norm. But he didn't want to blind himself, so he planned to gather as much data as possible before he started to cultivate an eye technique. Even without taking the rest of the techniques that Theo was collecting, he could create an eye technique, but he didn't want to just see the things that he couldn't at the moment. Leon also wanted to create illusions with them, he thought it would be a waste if he didn't fully unleash potential of his eyes.

In the restaurant, Leon was sitting on a chair and closed his eyes, his head was facing above him. No one in the restaurant bothered him, because they could see Hermes, who was laying on the ground. At first The inn didn't want to allow Hermes to enter, but Leon said that Hermes liked the cooked meat and he wouldn't create troubles. Of course, no one would allow with that, but Leon also gave them gold five times over the regular. Money was the easiest way to solve problems. He also told the innkeeper to open his ears about any ship that was going to Stain island. 

The dungeons in the system world wouldn't be a secret, so everyone could know about them. But the dungeon in Stain island was far from the mainland and it wasn't worth to effort to enter. Leon also knew that there was a primordial well was inside of the dungeon from his clearance level. So he was going to finish the both jobs at once when he cleared the dungeon.

"Mister, There is a ship which was going to sail to Stain island."

As soon as Leon heard that he opened his eyes and saw that there was a waiter who was standing three meters in front of him who was shaking.

"Show me the way." said Leon. The waiter timidly nodded and started to walk, Leon also followed him. They passed through damp streets and arrived at the harbor in ten minutes or so, they didn't talk while they were walking and Leon could see that the waiter was afraid of Hermes.

When they came to stop at the side of a ship that was slim from the side, but longer in length, it was a yellow ship with its paint became darker at the bottom. It had white sails and sailors were cleaning the deck. After coming here the waiter pointed the ship and left like somebody was chasing him. Leon looked at the ship and stepped on the deck.

Presence of Leon and Hermes drew the attentions of the sailors and they looked at them. But none of them asked why they came to the ship, they saw that Leon was walking with a griffon, so they thought he was a second generation young master of an aristocratic family. Leon also didn't talk with sailors, he was looking for the captain or someone with a rank to talk.

"This young master, why did you come to our humble ship?" a strong voice asked. 

Leon looked where the voice coming, and saw a breaded, and a bit gray-haired guy was talking to him. He was clearly the captain from his uniform, so Leon didn't beat around the bush and directly told him.

"I want to go to Stain island and I heard that this ship was going there."

"Aye, that's true. So young master wants to go to Stain island? Is your pet docile?" asked the captain. Leon nodded as a response. Leon also paid some gold and get himself a room in the ship, of course, he paid extra for Hermes to board the ship. The ship was going to sail about two hours, so Leon didn't leave the ship and entered his room with Hermes. He just laid on his bed and closed his eyes. He started to read about the magic and books about researches.

He read about two hours and noticed that the ship started to move. Leon left the room and got the deck of the ship to see the sea. The salty smell of the sea and waving of the ship like a cradle, was giving Leon a peace of mind. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then he opened his eyes and went to the side of the mast, he leaned and sat down, closed his eyes and listened the sounds of the waves and working sailors. 

He knew that the voyage would take some time, so he might as well enjoy it.

Leon who drowned and died didn't sleep in nothingness but he dragged through time and space to find himself in a forest filled with ghosts. There was nothing aside from ghosts and corpses in the forest including himself. Without a body he could only look around and try to find out more about the place that he was in. 

Learning the magic existed in this world and he could make a body from a ruins of a school. He made a body for himself but he wasn't a human anymore, he was a titan and he was inspired to become a magus who wield magic. 

But the resources was finite in the world, only solution was to travel through the worlds and collect them to grow stronger and live longer.

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(Sorry for grammar mistakes and bad English. English isn't my native language and if you point out my mistakes, I'd gladly correct them. Thanks for Reading)

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She received her first paycheck from Ardor and knew exactly where she wanted to spend it. Nathan took her to the bookstore where she met Kelsey for the first time. She took a cart, knowing she will be buying more than a few books.

She went straight to the Fiction shelves. She studied the covers, picked out the most interesting titles, read the synopsis and followed her gut instinct whether to put it in the cart or put it back on the shelves. She could do that for hours, while Nathan was in the Business section because that's what he was reading lately.

She saw him reading by the store window. The sunlight penetrated the glass and made his skin looked golden. He was looking down on his book, he pouted his lips. The world around him seemed to disappear, he wasn't aware of her watching him. He was like her when he reads, she thought. She could spend hours in that store, and he wouldn't be bothered waiting for her.

She turned to the Literature aisle, looked at the top shelves where all the dead poets lined up. She already owned most of the books. She tried to reach her favorite one but it was too high. A longer arm aimed for it from behind her, a scent of Nathan's cologne followed it.

"I've never read this one before," he said standing really close to her.

"That's my favorite, I left it at home ... I'm thinking to buy another one, just in case."

He laughed, "Just in case of what? But that's a good strategy though, always have a backup ... I want to read this ... I guess I've found the culprit, this was exactly where I met Kelsey the first time, she was buying books for you, wasn't she?" he looked straight into her eyes.

She shrugged with a smile, "Guilty."

"So ... if you had come with her that summer, I would've bumped into you instead of her?" he wondered.

She pursed her lips, "That's highly likely, this is a great store ... but then you wouldn't be dating the hottest girl in Gastonburry."

He looked down, lost his smile, and let out a long exhale. "Right."

"I think I'm done here," she said.

He looked at her half full cart, "Wow, that looks awesome, are you going to read them all in one night?"

She laughed, there were close to 20 books in her cart, "That's for the whole month or maybe more 'cause I need to do my report."

He grabbed the cart and took the poetry book that was going to be his new favorite, "This will be my bonus for you, let's check-out."

"What? I can't let you pay for that ... that's a lot of books," she refused.

"You deserve a bonus for all the work you put in, anyways, these books are going on my shelves, you won't be taking them back to Gastonburry, would you?" He had a point.

"I guess not."

"Great, so that's settled ... we'll have a reading fest tonight, I'll fix a nice dinner, we'll get some wine, we'll read, and then music, and then desert ... and then we can talk about it 'til sunrise ... you know, a stay at home nerdy weekend," he sounded excited.

She laughed, it sounded like a dream. It was something she would enjoy by herself, and now there's someone that enjoys it as much as she does. She remembered him saying, 'There's nothing sexier than a girl who reads.' Dido.

**********

Home made gourmet looked so easy in Nathan's hands. She sat by the kitchen island, reading one of their new books while cooked. "Wow, I'm liking this one, it's gonna be hard to put down," a wide smile spread across her face. She was four chapters in, the story was already clutching her.

"Oh I know the kind ... I wanna read that one too, no spoilers please," he was seasoning his food, flipping his tools like a pro.

Her face was covered by the book, eyes glued to the pages. Once in awhile she made humming sounds, a chuckle or an exasperating sigh. He smiled amused, splashed some white wine to the fish, then poured some for himself and some for Julie. "It's that good, huh?" he offered a toast. She quickly finished the last line, clinked her glass with Nathan's, then marked the book and closed it.

"It's really good," she gulped her wine.

Their eyes met. He wanted to tell her how much he loves looking at her getting lost in a story, but his face said it all.

"If you like suspense thrillers ..." she tapped on the book, "This is the best I've read in years ... but I have to finish it to conclude the entirety of it, and then I'll tell you all about it."

He laughed, "I'm gonna read that right after you finish, do not attempt to spoil that for me ... I'm gonna read some romance after this, you know, to infuse a little romantic spirit into the tragic stricken love life of mine."

"Oh, come on, long distance relationships are not tragic, although, it is kind of sad to spend Friday night with a book nerd at home," she giggled.

"Trust me, it's tragic, and this is not even close to sad ... I actually prefer this than a noisy night life, and it's better with company."

They clinked glasses to that.

They started eating while discussing about books they've read, their favorite authors, movie adaptations, and everything else other than their tragic love life. After dinner, they sat in the living room area with their book of choice, and spend comfortable silence together. Commenting on what they were reading once in awhile, and went back to it right after.

He really did read a romance novel. He read only selected few, he said. But nonetheless, he was reading it. Julie never came across a guy who reads as much as she does, a romance novel especially.

Two hours into their reading session, his phone rang.

"Hey," he picked up.

She could tell from his tone, it was Kelsey.

"What?" he sounded surprised. He stood up from his reading position, and walked to the front door.

"Surprise!!" Kelsey's voice can be heard from the living room.

"Oh my God! Hi!" Nathan replied.

The silence that followed can only be assumed that they were kissing. She would've jumped to welcome her but she didn't want to interrupt their kiss.

When she finally stormed into the living room, they hugged and screamed. "I miss you so much! I thought I'd crash into your island weekend here and get a taste of that New Year's party I missed," Kelsey said with twinkles in her eyes. She looked around and saw all the books and wine bottles, "Wow ... you two are really going all the way tonight, aren't you?" she laughed.

Julie glanced at Nathan who was standing idle by the dining table, unsure of what he needed to do.

"You want some wine, Kells?"

"Oh, yeah, I could use a pre-drink, come on let's get dressed and go to that rock n' roll bar you told me about," she took the glass from Nathan's hand.

"Now?" he asked.

"Sure ... why not? I did came all this way for the weekend, Gastonburry was a bit dull ... so I thought I pay a visit to my hot boyfriend and let him take me out on an island night life," she came over to Nathan and kissed him.

"Yeah ... I think you should catch up and check out The Rockabillies ... or other bars you might like, I'm just gonna stay home and read tonight," Julie said. Nathan gave her a sharp disagreeing look.

"Yeah, babe, let's get out and have some fun, a little dancing, some island cocktails, and then we come back and catch up some more," she bit her lower lip and ran her hand under his shirt. She caught his lips and engulfed them in her kiss, Julie looked away.

"Julie, you sure you don't want to come?" he tried.

"No, you guys go ahead and have fun ... I'm just gonna finish this one and drink all your wine," she lifted her book with a grin.

"Oh don't mind her, she won't put down her book even if it's the end of the world," Kelsey pressed herself against Nathan, he couldn't possibly say 'no' to her after she took an eight hour flight just to spend the weekend with him.

"Okay ... let me change first," he took her hands out of his shirt and went to his room.

"Did Preston told you I was coming?" Kelsey threw herself by her side.

"No, I was as surprised as Nathan was."

"Good, I told him not to tell you, he said if he called you he would definitely slip up, so he wants you to call him after I get here."

"He's not out clubbing on a Friday night?"

"Nope, he's waiting for your call ... he's been brooding lately, its annoying, he's not much fun without you."

Nathan came out of his room in a long sleeve shirt pulled to the elbow. He wore his favorite washed out jeans and smelled like a Friday night. His eyes fell to Julie's, hoping she would change her mind or begged him not to go.

"Great! Let's go!" Kelsey jumped to her feet.

11 PM Friday night was her best time. Nathan looked down, there was no chance he was getting out of this one.

"Have fun guys! I won't wait up!" Julie waived at them.

"Thanks babe, we'll catch up tomorrow, 'kay?" Kelsey kissed her cheek.

Nathan didn't even say his goodbye, just a simple waive and a disappointed look on his face.

"Don't forget to call Preston," Kelsey added as she slipped her arm around Nathan's.

Julie caught a look from Nathan's eyes. "I won't," she said.

They stepped out and Nathan slammed the door just a little too hard.

When Fu Jiu lifted her eyebrows, she still had that smile on her face, making it impossible to guess what she was thinking. No matter what, she still remained extraordinarily handsome. 
In fact, this was also the first time Qin Mo had met someone like this young man.
He looked tricky, and he did things without care for rules and regulations.
From a psychological perspective, it was the most difficult to create a profile on this kind of person.
Therefore, it was safest to keep a scourge like this by his side.
"Which one do you want to hear first?" Fu Jiu looked at the ten novels in her hand. She was having a hard time choosing.
Qin Mo finally regained his senses and said in a pleasant, low voice, "Read your favorite first." People said that one's personality could be determined from his or her choice of books.
Qin Mo used to believe in this professional method religiously, but now… because of young man, he started to reevaluate the complexity of human nature as he looked at how this young man usually was. "He" didn't look like someone who loved reading romantic novels, but in fact, "he" was even more stupid than he had expected.
Fu Jiu didn't read this kind of book a lot. She loved detective suspense fiction novels the most, but there were still some leftover memories of these books in her head. She picked one that she thought had a funny writing style; in fact, it was a book about a rich family on campus[1]. 
The Almighty was quite polite this time, and he gave her a hand gesture to continue. With a demon-like elegance, he crossed his legs and lay on his side on her bed. His face was calm and handsome, and his right hand was still clad in a black glove. His fair wrist was exposed, making people feel that such a creature of perfection shouldn't exist in this world.
Fu Jiu had never thought that her bed was small before, but with this man on it… she felt the need to get a new bed… But it was also because this god was so tall and strong.
"This's a novel written with XXX," Fu Jiu coughed lightly, "It's a novel about rich families on campus."
Qin Mo's thin lips twitched, and he somehow exuded a mocking aura, "Domineering School Hunk, Where Are You Running Off To?" 
"Good memory, Brother Mo." Fu Jiu moved closer and blinked her beautiful eyes.
Young Master Qin reached out and lowered the young man's hat. "I asked you to read bedtime stories, not to flirt."
Fu Jiu's smile widened, and she said with her handsome face:, "Here we go: My name is Zhang Meili. I'm just an ordinary everyday girl, until one day, I transferred to a higher college named 'The Best School of the Nation, the World, and the Universe.'My dreamy journey started. That day, I fainted as I was walking through the forest. Someone showed up, and he was really handsome! And his name was 'Ouyang Moneybags'!"
Hearing this, the man couldn't bear it anymore, and his mouth curled up in cold laughter, "Ouyang Moneybags? What kind of name is that?"
"Brother Mo, just wait, there's more," Fu Jiu started to have more fun reading, "So this Ouyang Moneybags was no other than the only son of the owner of 'The Best School of the Nation, the World, and the Universe'! He knows how to build a spaceship, and there are satellites at his place. After he saw me faint, he gave me a pile of gold bricks and let me go get food with them. But kind, cute, and pure as I am, how could I take money from him! Ouyang Moneybags met a girl who rejected his money for the very first time, so he started to follow me around ever since. I even thought I'm chased by so many, so many that they could line up all the way from my classroom to the school gate, but I really couldn't say no to him, so I agreed to be his girlfriend for a couple of days…"
PA!
Qin Mo reached out his hand, pressed shut the book in Fu Jiu's hand, and said sullenly, "Buy food with gold bricks? You sure you can do that?"
"Brother Mo, this is a book about rich families on campus. Anything's possible, anything!" Fu Jiu held in her laughter, and a glowing light seemed to be emerging out from her eyes.
[1] Rich Family Campus Writing: Such writing about people from rich families and their experiences on campus; 


Fu Jiu appears to be a normal lad in high school on the surface. But in fact, she (Yes! She!) is the hacker, Z, a villain-terminator in the online world of an alternate world. Having reincarnated into the body of a woman and being forced to disguise herself as a young man, she reigns over the game world, fights for justice, and puts a spell on all the girls around with her innate charm. However, her flirting comes across as gay to the rich Almighty Qin and his inner circle. Over time, the Almighty Qin falls for him… her. Has he turned gay for him… her? Now, that's confusing!
Keywords: Rebirth, Face-slapping, Online gaming, Pet lover, Hacking, Chocolate-flavored lollipop
Sugary Scene:
Fu Jiu said, "Almighty Qin, do you have a girlfriend?"
Qin Mo lowered his laptop. "No."
Fu Jiu lowered her voice and started flirting carelessly. "You have one now, me."
Upon hearing that, Qin Mo pounced on Fu Jiu domineeringly!
Fu Jiu was stunned. "Wait, what are you doing?"
Qin Mo replied, "Exercising my boyfriend rights."
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It was the day of the summer solstice, and again a grand fest for the people of the palace. But since it was more centered around eating and partying, Tenno spent most of the time in the kitchen, regulating temperatures.
This festival wasn't very interesting for him.
Towards the end of summer was his birthday. Bang Cheng discovered this after wondering about Tennos mood.
The thing was, Tenno didn't know when this body had been born. In his original world, his birthday was the 6th of August, and that still fit since on Everni, every month had 30 days. However, his birthday was also the day he died. How he ended up in spring on Everni was a mystery. Maybe his soul needed to travel a while before arriving...
Anyways, he was in a complicated mood. To chief Bang he explained it in a way that could explain it. His family on Everni never cared for his birthday, so while other children would celebrate with friends, it was just another day of work for him.
Bang Cheng wasn't happy as he heard this, so he made plans for a nice and cozy birthday party. 
Then, on the 6th of August, when Tenno entered the kitchen, the whole kitchen staff shouted "Happy birthday!".
He got cake, small gifts like pretty stones with carvings or candy. Whatever it was, he was incredibly happy about it. Mori gave him a floral wreath and Ichigo a new koudi, made out of bamboo instead of bone, so the tone it made was a little deeper.
Tenno was incredibly happy that this day turned out this way, with a lot of smiling faces and positive energy surrounding him like a nest. He was even allowed to just rest that day.
This way, the summer ended.
In autumn came the harvest, and everyone was pleasantly surprised by how good it was. It was like the gods had been so enchanted by Moris and Tennos dance that they had romantic feelings, giving all too much.
As it got colder, Tenno finally remembered his library pass. He was allowed to go to the library in the morning, but had to be at the kitchen at noon. He didn't mind this setup though.
He told Mori about it, who had already gone to the library in summer, since the autumn made taking care of the plants more time consuming.
Tenno didn't understand that, but it didn't really matter. Mori told him the way to the library and which areas he should keep away from to avoid an embarrassing situation because his pass' authority was too low.
The Ifrit thanked his dryad friend and went off to the library. His pass was actually for the royal library, which meant that he was allowed to enter the palace. ...Which meant that he got with the help of his system the layout of the palace. It was really too convenient! Especially since he had to act like he wasn't that accurately aware of all the hallways and rooms around him.
Ichigo found that pretending uncertainty pitiful, so he picked the boy up and walked with big strides through the palace like he owned that place. Tenno suspected that his guard wanted to act cool and impress a child, but unfortunately, that wouldn't work in this special case.
As soon as they reached the door, Tenno jumped down, showed his pass and entered like a swift breeze.
Mori had a very good memory, so he could accurately tell where which books were. Surprisingly for Ichigo, the Ifrit went directly to the myths and miscellaneous folktales.
Doing this would help him get a better understanding of the development of the beliefs of the people from Everni. A hurdle was just the way strength was classified. Tenno normally didn't bother with such systems since they were big reasons for competition, but without it, he wouldn't understand important parts.
Everni was very old, with a written history of about 100 thousand years, which meant that there had to be a lot of war, back and forth and so on. And they were still at it today! At least they could settle on an official language and most borders...
He walked along the huge shelves with dragon carvings. The library was really huge, with dark wood and golden ornaments, other elegant decorations and cozy corners for reading.
He wandered around for a while but couldn't find what he was searching for, having forgotten about half of the directions Mori had given him.
"What are you looking for?"
He turned around. In front of him stood the fourth princess, just reaching his shoulder. From so close, he could clearly see her delicate tanned skin, showing that she often went outside.
"Uh... Power system... or something like that..."
"Oh, those. Come, I know where they are."
He followed her and carefully eyed her dress. It had long sleeves, a turtleneck, a heavy, slightly frilled skirt and was of a deep, golden yellow that looked like the leaves in autumn. With her chestnut brown hair and demeanor, she perfectly fit into the library.
"Here they are." she pointed at a row of dark blue books.
As soon as Tenno saw the amount of books he would have to read, his heart sank. There was so much he would have to memorize...? How bothersome!
"Have you red them?"
The princess widened her eyes. She thought a bit. "No, but I learned it roughly from my nanny. There is the ground level, the basics which most people have. When you're weaker than average, I call it basement. Over the ground level are low, middle, high, top, clouds and divine. Warriors have a hard time making it to clouds, mages to divine... I also think that there's another stage above it, but it's so rare that most think it stops at divine."
"Oh. I think I understand now. Thank you, your highness..."
"Oh, just call me Sunset. I'm not that old yet. Is there anything else you need?"
"The continents history."
"Oh, that's right beside the languages! I was on my way there, come!"
Tenno smiled and followed her. Normally, children of her age would leap while walking after saying something like this, but she determinedly rushed to a certain shelf, a serious yet excited look on her face.
She reminded him of Mori, more mature than other kids... But on the other hand, she was a princess, couldn't that be expected? No, she was a child... But considering her father... He was kind of at a loss with this princess. Just like the maids said, Sunset Cure was an enigma.
They arrived at the shelf, in a corner that was a bit hard to see from most angles. There was a small couch with soft cushions and blankets. It would be very cozy, sitting there with a book while it rained...
"Here. We have a very long history... So this one would be best to read. But the details are missing, to keep it short... Still a lighter read than those up there." she pointed to multiple slim books. They filled almost all of the top rows.
"What are those?"
"Diaries, starting as early as writing was developed on Everni. I looked into some, seems like a very strong vampire wrote them. Lived close to 6 thousand years. Of course, there are more books, and I wouldn't recommend the diaries since they are written in the old script."
"Okay."
"What should I call you?"
"Whatever."
She looked at him and he could clearly see 'are you serious' written all over her face. 
"Tenno."
Sunset raised her dark eyebrows, then nodded. "It sounds like a word for emperor or king..."
Tenno just shrugged. She was actually right, Tenno was the title for the emperor of Japan. He was just surprised that she seemed to know that... he would have to look into the languages to find out more. But not now.
He took one of the books Sunset had recommended and sat down on the couch. He opened the book, but secretly watched the fourth princess as she looked at the book, deep in thought. She really didn't look like a child when she had that serious look on her face...
Once again, Tenno couldn't keep his eyes away from her. And he felt bad for it. He had the mentality of someone who had already graduated, how could he look like that at a child... It made him feel guilty and uncomfortable.
She decided on a book and sat down beside Tenno, acting like she didn't notice his staring. Sunset quickly flipped through the book, like a student who was used to efficient research. For an eight year old, she read pretty fast.
Tenno remembered, when he was that age, in his original world, he hated reading. He wasn't good at it and it was bothersome. It was easier and more enjoyable when his parents read for him. Now however...
He faced his book. Though Sunset said that the details were missing, Tenno found the book really informative.
When the first people of Everni started countries, the races parted ways to establish themselves. The more the races developed, the more they expanded their territory. The first wars happened, immigrants appeared, people defected and so on. Tribes from forests, plains and islands appeared, adding chaos but getting integrated into the society. Because of the many wars, places like the central-northern regions popped up. They were no mans land, belonging to no one because of the miasma storms.
Tenno felt that he knew the gist of it, so he searched for more details. He really wanted to know if there was something about the abductions...
Without him noticing, Sunset had put her book away and appeared behind him.
"What are you looking for?"
"Wah!"
He flinched and a few books fell down. Tenno froze. Between them lay a slim book in a grey envelope.
"What is that?"
The princess picked it up and flipped through it. "I'm not sure, I don't understand this language much... But judging from its appearance, it shouldn't be here but in the chamber..."
"... May I...?"
"Yeah, why not."
He took the book and looked at the writing.
"It's Italian. There dosen't seem to be any record of this on Everni... You really can read it?"
"Yes. Also, the elves have many languages. Do your research about the races, not just the countries."
"Later. The national treasures...?"
Immediately after he read those words, Sunset snatched the book away, a panicked look on her face. "You're not allowed to-! Well, not yet... If you keep it up, father will give you access, but no sooner!"
After that, she ran away. She was really fast, not minding her skirt at all...
Tenno stared blankly. Then he looked at his hands. He remembered the first sentence. 'National treasures, also known as sanctuaries, are the most important thing of every country, its heart.'
The heart of the nation, the sanctuary.
'System, did you scan it?'
"Negative."
'Why?'
"No command."
Tenno wanted to slap this system. He wasn't allowed to know more about the treasure, naturally, but why did she say that her father would give him access? Had it something to do with the vampires abducting children? He really didn't know.
"Oh yeah, the races..."
He looked at the books beside him, a bit lost. Then he pulled out a book about the elves, one about dragonkin, beastmen and so on.
The first ones to invent writing were the elves. They were in love with knowledge, and there were many of the languages from earth recorded from them.
Most races didn't get as old as the vampires, elves or dragonkin, but the demons, genetic experiments, could get even older. There was also a phenomenon where the person died but revived due to a different soul entering the body: Transmigration.
This helped develop languages, foundations of the kingdoms and the discoveries of national treasures.
Tenno had an idea. 
'System, can you scan souls?'

Tenno transmigrated after his fateful meeting with Tractor-san, the uncle of the trusted Truck-kun that catapults people into different dimensions and makes them reincarnate.
And where did Tenno land? In the magical world Everni. And currently, Everni is in turmoil: The vampire kingdom of Cure is abducting children. No one knows why, but there are records of this happening approximately every 10 thousand years.
Unfortunately for Tenno, he transmigrated into the body of a slave boy, just 8 years old, that was supposed to be sold to the royal family of Cure. The original died before that could happen.
Now, not remembering anything about his family, he wants to gather more information about this wondrous and dangerous place.
The data gathering system inside his inter spatial ring assists him in this, and after he meets the enigmatic vampire princess, he gets wrapped up in many mysteries surrounding the family of Cure.

Inside the car, Elaia was seated in between D and Arion. Talk about a very awkward atmosphere. 

As Elaia yawned due to exhaustion, D looked at her and said, "The journey will take about an hour. You can sleep if you want. The limousine is quite spacious."

Elaia nodded and offered D a small smile appreciating his concern. "It's okay. I'm not really that tired." 

"You can place your head on my shoulders as you sleep." D suggested.

Vainos snorted then said, "Is that how you hit on girls, Boss?" Then he continued chuckling.

D faced Vainos. "I don't hit girls. I'm a well-known gentleman." D responded.

The car went silent for a second then everyone bursted out laughing. 

Who would have thought that one of the most powerful Gods is this innocent. Akila and Vainos thought.

Akira then butted in and said, "Not literally hitting girls like punching them, D. It means like you're showing interest to the opposite sex in a romantic way."

Realization immediately hits D. He cleared his throat and then said, "I just read those lines in one of the romantic novel books of Akila."

Vainos chuckled then nodded, "I kinda already figured that one out." He then turned his attention towards Akila, "You need to stop being a hopeless romantic. Not a good influence to our boss here. It's not as if you have a girlfriend to practice those cheesy lines to begin with." 

Then Vainos gave a high-five to Akira. Applied cold water to the burnt area, Akila! 

"Well, it's not as if we're permitted to fall in love in first place." Akila mumbled.

Vainos and Akira went quiet. They know what Akila meant. Vainos and Akila, being servants of the Gods where they should commit their dedication and undying loyalty to their Masters. It means that loving someone else is totally prohibited.

At the quiet and awkward atmosphere that was starting to build up inside the limousine, Arion's phone went off. 

Arion immediately picked it up. "Doctor Arion speaking. Yes. Okay. Okay. I understand. Yes, of course. No it's fine. Okay. I'll be there."

As the call ended, Elaia asked Arion, "Work?"

Arion nodded and then asked to Akira who was driving, "If it's not a hassle for you, can you drop me at the Silver's Hotel? There's an urgent matter that I need to take care of."

Akira nodded. "Not really. Being a doctor can be a pain in the ass huh?"

"Yeah. But it's call of duty." Arion responded.

As they reached the Silver's Hotel, Arion asked Elaia, "Is it fine for you to go there first? You can come with me then let's go there together after my work if you want."

"No. I'll be fine. You should get going. I'll just wait for you in the Grand Canyon village. Stay safe." Elaia said.

Arion nodded, "I will. You too." Then he rushed inside the hotel.

Once Arion was out of sight. The journey towards the Grand Canyon resumed.

"Ahh. So tired of hiding my wing!" Vainos whined. 

"Me too." Akila said. 

Then as if on cue, a white wing popped out at the left side of Vainos' back and a black wing popped out at the right side of Akila's back. Yes. Wing. Not wings. One wing for each one of them.

Akira then giggled at Elaia's reaction that she saw through the rear view mirror, and said "Would you look at those ugly butterflies."

Elaia is a sickly woman, in her journey on figuring out the exact date of her death so that she can prepare her loved ones, she met Death himself. 

What if Death's first love is someone he doesn't want to die? Oh, the irony.

Shirley woke up with a bright smile on her face. She glanced at the clock and found that it was only 6 o'clock. Despite being early she did not feel any fatigue but energized. She realized that last night's sleep was probably the most peaceful she had this past week. No wonder she was feeling refreshed!
She quickly completed her morning routine and then sat on the bed. She looked around the room and her gaze settled on the soft rug neatly rolled up in the corner. Without giving it a second thought she went to pick it up and unfurled it near the balcony. She decided to do yoga. It's been so long since she did that.
Doing it brought back memories of happy times. Her mom was fond of yoga and this was their daily routine. She would start her morning with mom doing ridiculous poses all the while her mom correcting her posture. She cherished that time and held it close to her heart. Her mom was a surgeon and had a very busy schedule. So that early morning ritual of theirs was the only do-not-disturb time she had with her mom.
Her dad was a writer and most of the time working from home. She would sit with him after finishing her homework and for hours they would talk about plots and whatnot. He would laugh at her absurd suggestions and sometimes would use them in his books. He always told her that she was his muse, his answer to all of his problems.
But little did she know that she might be correct with the later but the former belonged to her mom. Her dad loved her mom and every romantic line he wrote in his books somehow seemed for her mom. Big brother and she would hide by the door and closely listen to them when her dad would read lines from his books to mom, especially poetry.
She was never able to hold her giggles, leading to their discovery and faux reprimanding. Then they would sit together and would recite their favorite dialogues from his books. Big bro would imitate her father and she would mimic her mom and then another round of laughter would follow at their ridiculous actions.
But all of this changed after a car accident that took away everything from her. Their little family was uprooted and nothing was the same ever again.     
Shirley realized that it has been a long time since she reminisced those days. Remembering them would always bring an acute pain to her heart and she would be lost for days thinking why this happened to her family. But now, she felt a bit different. She was not sad and neither her heart was aching. She felt a smile tug at her lips thinking about those happy times.
Looks like, the wound that always remained seeping, unwilling to scab, was finally showing some signs of recovery. It felt covered by a thin layer of skin, fragile, an angry red, that reminded people of setting sun. Her wounds that troubled her for so long were letting her take a breather from all the pain.
Shirley remained lost in her thoughts but felt her body warm-up. Instinctively, she moved and faced the rising sun, eyes closed. She felt warmth spread starting from her face all the way to her toes. If anyone looked at her right now, they would not be able to take their eyes off of her.
She was radiant, under the golden rays, in a warrior pose. Her hands were not stretched sideways but raised over her head and joined together. It was like she was offering all of her troubles up above and asking for strength. Eyes closed, a small smile on her lips and those white workout clothes that cling to her like a second skin, made her look ethereal. She opened her eyes and felt the pleasant glare of the rising sun.
Her deep amethyst eyes shone brilliantly under the golden rays. She looked ready for the day.


Shirley was in a dilemma, she has two options, first, to trust her gut feelings or second, to wait it out.

Her instincts have never betrayed her but if she followed them this time, she was sure of her defeat. She can’t live in doubt. That is not how she lives her life. She gives her all or nothing. She has given her everything to this relationship. She has turned her back on rumors. And now, all of it has come to this point. It's now or never, she has never regretted a single thing in her life and she sure not was starting with this. So she took a deep breath and took the plunge.

Aaron was drowning in a sea of despair. He had declared her guilty in his own warped sense of justice by jumping to the conclusion. What he had thought of her betrayal turned out to be his misunderstanding. But what could be done now? She was gone, left without a trace.

How could he ever ask for forgiveness, nonetheless, a second chance when she is not here? Even if she was here does he deserve her forgiveness?

In the end, it was he who had abandoned her without giving it a second thought.

What will happen when destiny gives him a second chance? Will he be able to grasp it with both hands or let it slip like sand between his clenched fists?

Or there will be someone else who would whisk her away?

If there was a spell to drop into the bowels of Earth and never come back out, Iris would have used it without a moment's hesitation. The situation they were currently in was simply too awkward for words. 

Although no one was paying them any attention, Iris could just feel the lovey-dovey atmosphere radiating off of everything and everyone. A waitress even came over to put a clearly handmade candle of two doves standing on a sunflower on their table and lit it up. 

"Welcome to Sunflower Garden. Here are the menus, and I hope you'll have an enjoyable time here." Right after, the waitress walked away, as if her presence could disturb the guests. 

Iris watched after the woman's disappearing feet, wondering if there was a way to call her back and say that they were planning to leave. 

Right then, Kyro bumped her knee with his own. The tables were really small, made so that the two people could easily reach other. 

Iris' head snapped up, and she looked over at Kyro. He wasn't smiling, but he didn't seem as annoyed as she'd expected. It was a good sign… Probably? 

"Did you know what kind of place this was?" 

"No!" Iris instantly answered, violently shaking her head. "Of course not!" 

"Then why are you acting so guilty? Raise your head from that table a little." His voice was calm, and Iris pondered how that was so. Was he really not angry? 

But he should have been furious! The moment she previously mentioned something about girlfriends, he stopped talking to her for half an hour. How was this different then, with reminders whenever one's gaze strayed anywhere from the table? Wait, scratch that, even the table was now a reminder. After all, there was that very obvious handmade candle of two doves between them. 

"It's just a little… embarrassing," she admitted. Then, she swiftly opened the menu, and her face fell once more. 

All the titles were cheesy stuff like Dancing Swans, Lovers' Quarrel, Two Hearts, and so on. There were even some more suggestive such as French Kiss and Wedding Night. 

Snapping the menu shut, she looked at like it was a snake in her hand. Kyro gave her an amused look, then opened his own menu. It wasn't long before his expression started to become strained. She could see him trying to keep his nonchalance, but it wasn't working. 

"You couldn't make them any cheesier if you tried, could you?" she muttered, and Kyro sent her a pained look. "Why else do you think I took a break after the first glance?" 

Upon collecting back her courage, Iris opened the menu again and looked through the pictures this time, ignoring the names. To her surprise, most of the choices were for two people straightaway. The comments near them were all about how eating from the same bowl would deepen the couple's feelings. 

'Thanks, but I think I'll live without this kind of deepening,' Iris muttered in her mind and turned a few pages for something less prone to disasters. 

"Page eight," Kyro said, and she looked up to see that his expression was quite strange. 

When she opened the page, she understood why. It was the place with all separate dishes, but their names… This was where she'd seen Lovers' Quarrel before, and all the dishes here could be divided into two categories by name: too innocent for anything and disagreeing couple. 

With a sigh, Iris looked through them all and decided on Youthful Kiss, which was in truth just simple chicken pieces with some potatoes and salad. There was nothing special about it besides the name.

Soon, the waitress came back, and they ordered. Iris managed to say the name of her dish, but Kyro didn't even bother. He just pointed at his on the menu, not saying a word. The waitress smiled brightly at them and left, saying that their orders will soon be ready. 

When she was a good distance away, Iris leaned over to Kyro. "You should have seen your face. Icebergs look warmer than you." 

"Do they?" he asked coolly, giving her a look that said she was walking on dangerous ground. '

Iris patted his hand on the table. "I'm sorry, but yes, they do."

The corners of his lips lifted up slightly. "You don't need to console me, I'll live." 

"Good, for I have to share something else as well." 

She then started to make fun of their surroundings, wondering aloud from what movie, TV series, or book they could have been taken. With her vast knowledge of romantic cliches, she had no trouble coming up with a story for every little thing around them. 

Kyro seemed amused by all the nonsense that was coming out of her mouth, and even threw in a word or two every once in a while. The awkwardness thus receded, and Iris found herself stretching her mind for sillier and sillier things to surprise Kyro. He didn't seem to have seen any romantic movies, so some of the things women supposedly liked based on them left him quite startled. 

"So you want to say that a man can be a total brute, but as long as he says 'You're mine' often enough and has a nice body, that's enough?" 

Iris laughed at his I-don't-know-if-you're-trolling-me-or-I-was-living-under-a-rock expression. "I didn't write those books," she said. "But they're surprisingly popular. I haven't yet figured out why." 

"But you've read them," he said in an accusatory voice. 

"Uhm…" That was bad… Why did he suddenly go for this point? It wasn't like she loved those books, but she had read a few of them. Sometimes because they were simply too comedic, and sometimes because she wanted to read to the end and see if the female lead was stupid enough to end up with that kind of guy. "For research!" 

"And you've learned?" 

"That overly-possessive and jealous guys should be avoided," she told him seriously. 

He shook his head, looking at her as if she had said something really stupid. "And you couldn't have figured that out by just thinking about it?" 

"Shush! You can't judge those books like that! Its—" 

Before she could finish defending the not-so-perfect romance novels, the waitress came with their order. The two dishes were arranged in a pleasing manner, and the two of them ate with little talk, both hungry and wishing to fill their stomachs first. 

Once done, Kyro quickly paid and they left. Neither of them wished to stay there for any longer than necessary. 

In the car, Iris soon felt the exhaustion of the day washing over her. They had went to sleep late last night and been woken up early by Kyro's parents. Then, the whole day was spent outside, walking everywhere. 

The moment she closed her eyes, they fell tightly shut and she soon fell asleep. It wasn't even five minutes into the drive back home that she no longer was aware of her surroundings. 

When they reached the parking lot, Kyro turned off the car. He looked to the right, thinking to tell Iris that she should leave now, but he couldn't say a word. She was half-curled up on the seat, deep asleep. 

Her light hair hid a portion of her face, but he could still see her long eyelashes and delectable little mouth. All evening it had kept moving, speaking to him, but his thoughts hadn't always been on the subject. 

With a shake of his head, he opened his door and stood up, walking over to her side of the car. When he leaned over to open her seat belt, she murmured something incomprehensible, but didn't wake up. 

For a moment, Kyro just stood by the side, watching her. Did she think he was a saint? Not only did she live in his house without any worry, she didn't even put any guard against him. 'Do you not see me as a man? Or do you think my self-control is infallible?' 

"Crazy girl," he muttered to himself and bent down to pick her up. With a kick to the car's door, he walked away and into the elevator that would bring them to his apartment.

Iris didn’t think much of her life until one day she found herself in the body of a baby fox. Before she could wrap her head around it, she was bullied by a kid and saved by a handsome stranger. It was almost like a fairy tale ending, just why is she still a fox?! Is there like a certain duration or will she need to stay like this forever? No way!

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