Princess Devon of Asteria must set on a journey to find the cure that will save the kingdom from a curse brought upon by a powerful witch.

"I…" Tie Cheng stammered, no additional words coming out of his mouth. With Meng Fuyao turning away from him, he eventually admitted defeat. "I'll go, I'll go… fine, I'll go!"
The more he said the angrier he became, resulting in another broken tree.
Princess Lotus kept her smile all the way while giving thanks. "You must be a man of ability. Are you, Sir, an official in Wuji? Could you tell me your name? I will have the prince thank you personally in time."
'Have Zhangsun Wuji thank me?' Meng Fuyao wanted to laugh but couldn't. 
At this time the servant girl cut in, "Which rank do you hold? Want a promotion? If the prince learns of your heroic act he will definitely thank you with anything you want."
Meng Fuyao looked at her before smirking. "Oh yeah? That's great. I'd like to become the emperor of Wuji. Can I?"
Ming Ruo's face turned pale. With trembling lips, she uttered, "You, you… rebel…" 
Princess Lotus's gaze shrank but quickly transformed into a smile. "He is making a joke. Why are you taking it so seriously?" she chided softly.
Meng Fuyao glanced over at the princess, albeit not wanting any more eye contact. Extending a hand, she expressed, "There aren't many bandits within Wuji region. You were just unlucky. With my guards, you'll have no problem getting to your destination safely. I'll take my leave, then."
"Thank you again, dear Sir," Princess Lotus bowed. Meng Fuyao, upon taking a few steps forward, turned around once more. "Is it going to be a big wedding? With your honorable status, shouldn't there be members from Zhongzhou court to receive you? How did you end up in this state?"
"It is embarrassing, Sir," Princess Lotus lowered her head, abashed, like a gentle lotus flower. "I have been brought up to follow Buddhism. Honor and glory do not matter, and I have sworn to travel to every mountain and old Buddhist temple. I had planned to visit Mingguang Temple, in Xuan Yuan, but while passing by Wuji Nation, I had the sudden thought to… to see an old friend," she explained, biting her lips as her face turned red.
"My princess is the reincarnation of a sacred being and was born with a lotus flower in her mouth. She is the most pious lady in the whole of Five Region Continent, and hence the name Buddha Lotus. Many would beg to catch a glimpse of her, so it really is your lucky day today," the servant girl informed proudly, looking askance.
"I think so too," Meng Fuyao agreed forthrightly. "It's the blessing of three lifetimes, and this trip has been made worthwhile."
Then, she bowed slightly before turning to leave.
'Pious? Sacred? Someone who could sit and chant her sutra so calmly while her guards shed blood outside… yeah, how god d*mn pious indeed. She was someone who could continue chanting before a severed arm that belonged to one of her guards… how god d*mn sacred indeed.' 
Meng Fuyao lifted her head and shot Buddha Lotus's reddened cheeks a quick glance. 'Aish, the shyness she expressed when talking about a man, was really all shades of flirtatious.'
She walked between the jade-green forest, inwardly thinking, 'Reincarnation of Buddha Lotus… lotus flower in mouth… the lotus flower on Zhangsun Wuji's palm…'
'So that was the secret he had been unwilling to reveal. It was this pious, sacred Buddha Lotus, whose mouth contained a flower at birth and who was living deep in the palace that he had been trying to hide.'
He kept that flower on the hollow of his palm, not willing to bring it up to anyone or to allow anyone to touch it. He probably valued it as the most sacred treasure and wanted to protect it from all contamination of the world.
'Aye, a lotus born on a palm, another lotus born in a mouth. Aren't they just a perfect pair?'
Meng Fuyao proceeded down the mountain and upon locating her horse she readied herself, and the horse galloped further and further away from Buddha Lotus.
Meng Fuyao whipped her horse with much urgency, causing it to emit anxious neighs as if being chased by tens of thousands of soldiers.
Amid the rush, there seemed to be a vague singing voice that trailed along with the horse's movement.
"One's spiritual, and the other a flawless jade. One's the moon in a mirror, and the other a flower in the water…"
The sky darkened and layers of clouds accumulated to dim the moonlight. They appeared like frosted glass or a worn-out cloth, ironing itself over the metallic black sky.
Meng Fuyao looked up and around somewhat vacantly…'Where am I?'
It seemed she had already exited Wuji's border.
After a long thought, Meng Fuyao had a faint memory of herself being on the road for a whole day and night. She rushed past Qingzhou, Wuji and Heaven Demon border, and was now in this thick forest that should be sandwiched between both nations.
Meng Fuyao studied the sky color. It was likely to rain, but since she had already passed the lodging area, she had no choice but to find a cave to stay the night. Meng Fuyao rested her horse on the foot of a mountain before making her way up. Fortunately, there was a thatched hut with a courtyard, which she found midway. It was rather old and tattered, and the animal hide hanging on the wall was already rotting. It appeared to be a house previously owned by a hunter family.
Meng Fuyao tidied the place a little and started a fire. It was when she finally sat down that she recalled about Lord Yuan Bao, who had been quiet this whole journey. She hurriedly undid her sleeve button, and upon pulling the little fellow out she saw that his eyes were exceptionally corrugated – the journey had been too stuffy and he had passed out.
Half a day later Lord Yuan Bao woke up, still dizzy. However, upon regaining clarity, he launched into intense verbal action. Unable to get herself to listen to his scolding, Meng Fuyao's mind turned to the fallen pine fruits she had seen on the way here. She could pick some of those to shut him up, she thought.
As she stood up and left, Lord Yuan Bao followed her to the door, not once closing his mouth. After a few more hurls he stopped abruptly. His whiskers shook a little, and he looked toward the sky in suspicion before turning around and taking a sniff. He jumped.
He squeaked loudly but could no longer spot Meng Fuyao's silhouette. Despite his continuous squeaks, it was quiet all around. While wanting to look for her, his owner had ordered him not to stray too far away from her side. The mountain was massive, and it wouldn't be good for them to lose each other, and they shared no telepathic connection.
As such, he could only find a corner to draw his circles while waiting for her return.
Meng Fuyao had actually heard him, but to her, his squeaks were no different from when he was reprimanding her. She proceeded forward, where a steep cliff resided on the opposite side, which she had descended to get here. The rugged terrain on the tip of the cliff appeared like an umbrella, and the escarpment was glossy and almost standing at a right angle. Overall it was wide at the top but narrow at the bottom. Steadying herself, she studied the ravine and remembered the path –'the eye tooth ravine,' they called it – at which Zhangsun Wuji had "died." She wondered if it looked similar to what she was seeing.
When Meng Fuyao thought of him, her mind zoomed right into the lotus. Her head, or perhaps her heart, seared in pain. She gave herself a tight slap. 'Is it not something good? Didn't you wish so badly to distance yourself from him? Now you have a rightful reason to reject, and the next time he dares to make any vows I'll bless him with a burning slap. "I've seen your wife, you married man. Eating from your bowl but looking into the pot? I'll destroy you on behalf of all mistresses!" That's what I'll say.'
Fantasizing about it refreshed her mind. She let out a soundless laugh. Halfway through the curl on her lips withered and she hugged her tummy, slowly crouching down.
'But… but… why lie to me…'
Meng Fuyao remained squatted in that ugly position as if trying to free something. Nevertheless, that something had already infiltrated her lungs without warning, making it impossible to do.
Wind rose from the horizon, causing the clouds to gather and scatter. Soon, rain started falling, gently at first but quickly escalating into a downpour. Blisters formed on the ground as she squatted in the rain, lifting her head and slowly wiping the raindrops from her face in a child-like manner.
While doing so, Meng Fuyao suddenly noticed something amiss on the opposite cliff, as if something had moved.
It wasn't a movement caused by rain hitting down on the trees. In fact, the cliff was practically bald. It was the outline of a person!
Meng Fuyao's gaze shrank. She eyed the cliff up and now, finally noticing that the whole cliff was filled with hidden soldiers.
Those black rocks were humans, and the contours of the cliffs were humans too. The big blocks that resembled rocks were probably wicker baskets that contained heavy stone weapons, and there was reflective light coming from the hands of those men in black. They were probably holding onto blades, arrows, or other sharp weapons. It was a skillful army, lying in ambush and persevering through the wind and rain at night, in anticipation of a blood hunt.
Who were they waiting for?
They were located in the common boundary shared between Heaven Demon and Wuji. On the west seated Heaven Demon land and on the eastern side was land that belonged to Wuji, so anyone who died there would likely cause a verbal tug of war.
Meng Fuyao smiled, entirely not in the mood to poke her nose into this matter. She stood up to leave, only to stop a second later. 
'Let me see who it is first.'
Meng Fuyao jolted, like a night bird extending its body, and leaped onto an escarpment. She looked at the intensifying rain colliding with the rocks all over and rumbling.
In the darkness before her a black, handsome horse emerged, it's hooves seemingly flying. The rider was dressed in black as well, his sleeves fluttering in the wind. She could vaguely spot flashes of red on them.
Behind the black horse appeared a cloud-like layer of a black army, the soldiers' faces equally grave and their horses equally in sync. They barged through the rain, and while they were still a distance away, she could clearly feel their deadly aura sweeping over. 
Zhan Beiye and Dark Wind Horses!
Meng Fuyao's heart thumped. 
They were after Zhan Beiye! 



While excavating tombs, an archaeologist, the “red-haired witch,” causes too great a disturbance, becoming a martyr as a result of the grave chamber’s collapse. Seventeen years later, she finds herself transmigrated into the Five Regions Continent as the delinquent, Meng Fuyao, who struggles to survive in the lowest rungs of society. 

As a tsundere, crafty, loyal, vengeful, bold, and sharp-tongued woman, she has a unique charm that draws people around her.

Follow the funny Fuyao as she defies fate and ascends to supremacy! 

The Eleventh Prince smiled slightly. He was a handsome man and once he smiled like this, he looked even more gentle and tender. If Ji Feng were compared to the sun, then the Eleventh Prince could be compared to a stove in winter.

"Princess Jinghua is really clever. Indeed, I came here for a reason. I heard that the Hua's Mansion was attacked by an evil beast last night. is this true?"

Hua Qiyue paused for a moment. She spread the news on purpose because she wanted the Emperor to know that someone was aiming to harm to the Hua's Mansion, so that the Changlong Emperor would be more alert.


 

After all, a country had to depend on Qi Artists. If they all died, this country would be on the verge of extinction.

"Yes, it is. Perhaps, Your Highness may know about the inside story, right?"

Hua Qiyue said calmly and poured tea for Huangfu Shenglin.

Although Huangfu Shenglin just took Tianci out incidentally, if he didn't mean well, Tianci would have been killed by him.


 

It had been said that the Eleventh Prince, whose real mother was Consort Mei, was smart, righteous and popular, but nobody knew the reason why he couldn't be enthroned to be First Prince.

"Was the evil beast a strange black bird with two heads?"

Huangfu Shenglin asked in a low voice.

Hua Qiyue nodded. The black bird came here last night had two heads, but the bird retracted its smaller head, so, generally, few people could see it.


 

"The bird is a Double-headed Bird. It's an evil beast at the fifth stage and is owned by Shui Qianruo's subordinates," Eleventh Prince said calmly, "My subordinates told me about this. It's said that the Poisoner College, which was established by Shui Qianruo, lost an evil beast at the third stage for no reason."

An evil beast at the third stage! Hearing this, Hua Qiyue looked cold. If she had been absent, many people would have been killed. Although Tianci could protect himself by using the strange light ball, Youshui and others were ordinary people who had nothing to protect themselves.

But Shui Qianruo should've known about Hua Qiyue's level and the evil beast at the third stage couldn't hurt her. What he actually wanted was Tianci, or he wanted to probe the light ball in Tianci's body?

"It turned out to be her subordinate," Hua Qiyue said in a cold voice, yet having a calm expression.

Huangfu Shenglin of course knew who "she" was and paused, finally saying, "I came here because I want you to cooperate with me to deal with that person."

Hua Qiyue was surprised and said, "You want the position?"


 

The position was actually the position of First Prince.

Huangfu Shenglin shook his head with a glum and cold look in his eyes, saying, "For the royal family, the Liu's is a hidden problem. The members of the Liu's form cliques in secret and crazily educate Qi Artists because they want to destroy my father's career."

Hua Qiyue was inwardly surprised. She had never thought that Huangfu Shenglin would be honest with her. Generally, such royal privacy shouldn't be disclosed to others.

It seemed that Huangfu Shenglin was very determined.

"Besides… my sister, Princess Huiya, who fell into the Queen's trap, married humble Shui Qianruo who looked like a mummy! Nowadays, Princess Huiya has become a puppet in their hands, and she goes to my mother's palace everyday and makes trouble. However, she obeys Shui Qianruo and the Queen without question…"

Huangfu Shenglin said angrily. Hua Qiyue remembered that when she saw Princess Huiya last night, she felt that the princess seemed to have changed, not even knowing who she was.

So, the Queen must have lured Princess Huiya to marry Shui Qianruo in order to ingratiate herself with this great poisoner.

"Princess Jinghua, the Huangfu family will reward you handsomely as long as you can help us extinguish those traitors and evil gangs!"


 

Huangfu Shenglin said seriously, "Besides, the Queen has planned to kill you. The Liu's have great power and the Queen has many trump cards. So, if you cooperate with me, we'll definitely have a fifty percent chance of winning!"

The Queen's trumps?

Hua Qiyue paused; she knew that one of the Queen's trumps was the great poisoner Shui Qianruo who was relatively difficult to deal with. Last time, if it weren't for Yun Shimo's help, she would have probably been killed by Chongxiao.

A man, no matter how powerful he was, must have weaknesses.

"You don't need to answer me immediately. I'll give you seven days to think about it. No matter what answer I'll get, I'm still willing to be friends with you."

What Huangfu Shenglin said sounded very sincere and his facial expression was really honest.

"The Eleventh Prince is very righteous. I'll respond His Highness in seven days," Hua Qiyue said and poured tea into the empty teacup again.

Huangfu Shenglin smiled slightly and nodded. At the same time, a doorman came and reported that the First Prince had paid a visit and asked Hua Qiyue to welcome him.

Hua Qiyue paused. While Huangfu Shenglin smiled slightly and said, "Don't panic. The First Prince loves comparing himself with others and messing things up, but he won't hurt you. So, I'll leave now."

When Hua Qiyue ushered him to the door, First Prince Huangfu Changyu happened to get off his luxurious carriage and was protected by six or seven senior Qi Artists.

When Huangfu Shenglin got off the carriage calmly, Huangfu Changyu looked at him with a cold look.

"It's my honor to meet Your Highness."

Huangfu Shenglin said politely to the First Prince, but unexpectedly, the First Prince strode to greet Hua Qiyue as if he didn't see Huangfu Shenglin, saying, "Princess Jinghua, long time no see. I must praise your beauty!"


 

Huangfu Shenglin bowed down slightly, which was the deserved etiquette when meeting with the First Prince. However, the First Prince didn't respond, which annoyed the two Qi Artists standing beside Huangfu Shenglin, and they really wanted to rip off the First Prince's hypocritical face.

Huangfu Shenglin waved his hands and implied that they should calm down.

At the same time, Old Madame Hua, Hua Liting and others also came to greet the First Prince. The First Prince's visit made everyone in Hua's Mansion excited.

For civilians, the First Prince's visit to their home would be a great honor. But this happened in the Hua's Mansion just because Hua Qiyue was a member of the Hua's family.

Hua Mengshi and others stood aside deferentially, lowering their eyes to show their reverence to the First Prince.

"It's our honor to greet Your Highness!"

Everyone said at the same time, which attracted the nearby neighbors to see what happened. All the people looked at Hua Qiyue with a jealous look.

The First Prince hadn't married officially. If Hua Qiyue or any lady in the Hua's Mansion became the First Prince's wife, the Hua's family status would be promoted.

Excepting the First Prince, Prince Nan, the Eleventh Prince, the medicine saint and other noble people were all friends with Hua Qiyue.

Of course, those ordinary people or the families which had a similar position to the Hua's family were jealous of what happened in the Hua's Mansion.

Hua Qiyue also bowed down and greeted, saying, "It's my honor to meet Your Highness."

"Be casual, be casual!" Huangfu Changyu smiled and said. He leisurely entered the Hua's Mansion and everyone paid attention to him.


 
Huangfu Shenglin straightened and looked at the crowd going far away, shaking his head slightly.

While Huangfu Changyu threw that attitude in Huangfu Shenglin's face, he didn't realize that his behavior wasn't gentlemanly in the public eye.

Perhaps, Huangfu Changyu didn't care about what others thought of him at all. He was definitely the First Prince, so, he wouldn't be replaced no matter how strong others were.

Because he had Queen Liu and the Liu's to rely on; that was why others couldn't make any moves on him.

"Master… shall we teach him a lesson in secret?" After Huangfu Shenglin got on his luxurious carriage, his Qi Artist asked him in a low voice.

"Not necessary. If a man is narrow-minded, will he succeed?" Huangfu Shenglin said calmly. He had already gotten used to it, when he was faced with humiliation and neglect.

Since Huangfu Changyu was enthroned to be the First Prince, Huangfu Shenglin, who had been the candidate First Prince, was suddenly mocked and humiliated by many people. Everything he had experienced wouldn't beat him; on the contrary, it would only encourage him to be strong and mature.

At least, he was stronger than Huangfu Changyu in mentality.

The two Qi Artists looked at each other and shut up reluctantly. Actually, it was no big deal for Huangfu Shenglin.

——————


 
In the main hall of the Hua's Mansion.

The Old Madame secretly appointed Hua Qiyue to serve tea to Huangfu Changyu. Hua Qiyue had no choice but to do so. Of course, she could refuse to obey Old Madame over and over again, but she really didn't want Old Madame to be worried about her.

"Your Highness, please enjoy your tea," Hua Qiyue said calmly after pouring the tea for the First Prince.

Huangfu Changyu looked at Hua Qiyue up and down.

Every time when he saw her, he would be fascinated by her beauty. Now, he thought that she was as pretty as the moon and was of unrivalled beauty. Besides, her black and watery eyes were very attractive.

Although Hua Mengshi was very beautiful, her beauty was feminine. While Hua Qiyue's was of confidence and of modesty, noble and dignified.

On the whole, Hua Qiyue was the kind of girl who would look more beautiful than the last time you saw her, while Hua Mengshi would be more ordinary. Perhaps, it had something to do with temperament.

"Since Your Highness seldom comes to our mansion, would Your Highness please enjoy lunch with us? We'll prepare it meticulously," Old Madame said with a smile. There were three ladies in the Hua's Mansion who were still unmarried. So, the Old Madame would be very happy if any of them would marry the First Prince.

"It's not necessary. I came here to visit Princess Jinghua," the First Prince smiled and said. He then continued, "Princess Jinghua, you've beaten the Childe of the Liu's and became famous nationwide. Such a talented girl like you should be known by everyone. Therefore, I came here to invite you to participate in the Flower Fair by the Wangyue River three days later. This fair is held by the royal family aiming at sharing happiness with civilians."

The Flower Fair?


 
Hua Qiyue paused. Was this fair held for the first time this year? She had never heard of this fair before.

"The Flower Fair? Is it a simple Flower Fair?" Hua Qiyue asked.

Hua Mengshi suddenly felt disappointed. She didn't expected that the First Prince would come to invite Hua Qiyue himself. It seemed that Hua Qiyue gained much attention from the royal family.

As for the First Prince, he seemed to like Hua Qiyue very much. His look obviously showed his affection toward Hua Qiyue.

"Of course not. There will be many activities such as boat racing, dancing, singing and so on. Princess Jinghua, you can apply for these activities if you're interested. I believe that what would attract you the most is the fact that the Four Great Families will also take part in the Flower Fair."

The First Prince took a sip of tea. Hua Qiyue gracefully stood beside the First Prince and her figure attracted everyone's eyes.

"The activity held by the Four Great Families is a Qi Art Contest. Each family will appoint two representatives and whoever beats all Qi Artists will be rewarded with a Magic Core by the Emperor. More importantly, if the Four Great Families produces a winner, others will have a chance to challenge the winner if they dissent from the result. All kinds of skills of Qi Art will be shown at the Flower Fair. So, Princess Jinghua, you can't miss participating in the Flower Fair, can you?"

The First Prince said gently; he liked Hua Qiyue more and more every time he looked at her.

Although he looked at her very gently, she still kept modest and calm. No wonder she was the most suitable lady for becoming the First Prince's wife!

More importantly, Hua Qiyue was a gifted Qi Artist!

"I won't miss it. It's my pleasure to be invited. Thanks for Your Highness' invitation. I'll participate in this fair three days later," Hua Qiyue said calmly.

In her previous life, the woman that her husband cheated on dug out her beautiful eyes, told her that her child was not her husband’s and then tortured her to death. Her six year old son, Tiantian, was harmed by the adulterer while her parents were brutally murdered…

Hua Qiyue woke up again and found out that she was now in the body of a famous general’s daughter, who shared the same first name as her. However, she discovered that the body was a useless one as her Qi veins were blocked! Since the heaven did give her another chance of life, she promised herself to destroy the life of her cheating husband, torture the home wrecker, seek revenge and save her son!

By accident, she discovered a handsome devil inside her jade gourd and was forced to acknowledge him as her master. What troubled her more was that her first appearance in the public caused her to be surrounded by numerous handsome men such as the cool and mysterious Prince Nan, her cruel but strong master Tianpi, and the kind and graceful Medical Saint…

Tianyuan continent was the continent of Qi Art and Spirit Summoning Art… Watch how Hua Qiyue master the two Arts, defeat her rivals and solve one mystery after another…

Completed: 338 chapters

Right after he heard the nanny's answer, Bipaan headed for the North Palace. Nobody could stop him. 
Would he have acted differently around Kyosul if he had noticed the nanny's nervous expression? Maybe it would have been better for him if he had not. 
Bipaan hurried to the North Palace. As he got closer, he felt nauseous. He was confused as to whether his heart was beating or not. 
"Crown Princess…"
Discovering her presence there, Bipaan was about to call her but stopped.
She was standing at the end of the road to the North Palace. He saw her beautiful figure that he had been missing so much, but he could not call her. 
She was not alone but with Ruhae. 
"Long live the Crown Princess!  I'm honored to see you."
"Yuuljin!" 
She was calling his name, helping him as he staggered. The moment he heard her pathetic voice, Bipaan felt something was broken and cut in his heart.
Standing still, he looked at her blankly. He was touched by their eyes looking at each other, their expression and tears. 
'How long they have been meeting like that?'
He couldn't cut in. It was too late. 
He emptied himself of the fleeting excitement that had carried him away for a moment.
He felt Providence had not sided with him. 
"Perhaps… she is a better match for Ruhae than me. At least…he could treat her warmly."
Above all, he couldn't stop Kyosul's affectionate glance at Ruhae. And she already gave her heart to Ruhae. And he couldn't force her to stop loving Ruhae.
He was afraid again.
"I just wish you happiness."
In fact, he had forgotten emotional words like happiness or love a long time ago while he was seeking to succeed the throne. So, it was a kind of luxury for him that he was greedy for her love. 
It was only Kyosul who made Bipaan weak.

***
"Is the Crown Princess sick in bed?"
While turning the pages of a book, Bipaan sprang to his feet and asked the eunuch.
Soon after he let the eunuch out, Bipaan could no longer focus on the book and wandered in the office. He was worried, so he wanted to go and see her, but he felt he shouldn't. He thought that he shouldn't cross the line any longer.
After so long a time he didn't want to give her a hard time by stirring her heart. 
After hearing that she was sick, he couldn't concentrate on anything. One week later, however, he finally decided to visit her. 
The court ladies assigned to her were so exhausted from taking care of her day and night for one week that they were sleeping, curled up, when he arrived there. Some of them fell asleep around the bed, and others slept against the door. It seemed that the whole Dongbi Palace lost its vigor and fell asleep.
In the darkness of night he opened the door himself, entered the chamber, and approached her. The nanny, who slept lightly, woke up and looked up at him. She was so surprised that she couldn't shut her mouth. He put his finger on his lips and said, "Shush! Don't tell anyone that I've been here."
The nanny nodded then left the room. 
Now, he and Kyosul were left alone in the room. Distressed by fever, she moaned faintly. 
He said, "Don't be sick."
He put the back of his hand on her cheeks. As if she liked his warm hands touching her hot face, she slightly tilted her head between being asleep and awake.
"…I just hope you can be happy as you wish. I really wish you could fill what's lacking in me.. "
Tears flowed from her eyes. He was not sure if she shed tears because of her fever or heartache. 
He wiped her tears and left. Surprised by his unexpected visit, the nanny looked at the door blankly. 

***
On the way back from the cabinet meeting, Bipaan stopped by the flower garden for a minute.
He had words with Ruhae, who was chasing him at the moment. 
"Have you visited the Crown Princess while she is sick?"
Bipaan couldn't reply honestly to his sharp question.
Facing him, Bipaan was heartbroken as he naturally recalled their glances at each other.
Although he had already visited her secretly, he could not tell him honestly about it.
In fact, he couldn't tell anybody about it. If Ruhae found out his affection for her, he would back out voluntarily. In that case, she would be heartbroken. 
He didn't want her to be heartbroken. He just wished she were happy as much as she wished. 
"Why don't you just hug her?"
Bipann's heart sunk at his suggestion. Of course, he thought about that before. Every night he hugged her in his heart thousands of times. But how could he give her a hug now when she would fear him rather than laugh with him like she did in the past?
"I'm not going to hug any woman."
Bipaan had no choice but to say so. Instead of fearing him, Ruhae challenged him, upset about his poor treatment of Kyosul. 
But Bipaan was relieved by Ruhae's attitude. He felt that a guy like Ruhae, who could confront him on behalf of a woman he loved, would be a good match for her. Although there were obviously lots of difficulties in the days ahead, he thought he could send her off to Ruhae.
"From now on, I will not call you my brother, Crown Prince."
With his clenched fists trembling, he turned away and disappeared out of the garden. Bipaan turned his head, suppressing heartache.
Even though nobody watched it, the garden was full of beautiful summer flowers showing off their colorful petals. 
Bipaan reached out, touched one of the most colorful and beautiful flowers, and suddenly tightened his grip to crush it. 
Like this flower, Kyosul was a frail woman. If she was standing by him, who grew up in the heartless Imperial palace, she would surely crumble like this flower.
'Good for her. I feel relieved now. '
Ruhae would approach her without hesitation and stand by her.
'Okay. Just go, Ruhae. Keep up the spirit of confronting me and run to her and hug her. 
Wrap her in your arms warmly hundreds of times, thousands of times on my behalf. Hug her more warmly and kindly in my stead... '
He grabbed the torn petals and brought them to his mouth. The soft petals touched his lips. He wanted to embrace her and love her as much as he could. The fresh scent of the petals tickled his nose. Then, he threw the petals on the ground and left out of the garden.
At dawn one day Bipaan secretly visited the Dongbi Palace. He sneaked into the back of the Dongbi Palace and approached the window of her room next to the bed.
He stared at the window for a moment. He recalled a fine woman who was still asleep beyond the window.
He stood still there shortly, but time passed quickly and the sun shone upon him. Surprised, he placed a flower he cherished on the window sill.
It was a blue flower with dark purple edges, with its petals smaller than nails clustered around each other and wrapped the flower. He tied a small piece of paper to the stalk.
He tried to write something on it all night, but in vain.
He just couldn't convey his heart to her for the life of him.
Leaving a gift that could not show its owner, he looked back at the window for a long time and turned around when he heard she raised her head. 
He escaped from her place lonely. 

***

Bipaan decided to focus on his duty. As for love, he was so unfamiliar with it by nature. 
As he never wanted it in the first place, he could easily give it up, but that was his misunderstanding. 
"Why are the books that I want always on the high bookshelf?"
While he was sitting in the library of the East Palace, he heard a woman's murmuring.
He quickly got up from his seat and went looking for the voice.
'What the heck am I doing now?'
He was about to turn around after scolding himself when he saw Kyosul stepping on a footrest dangerously and staggering. Even standing on the footrest, she couldn't reach out for the book she wanted. 
He burst into laughter at her little figure. He was already captivated by her. Hiding himself between the bookshelves, he watched her.
Stretching her hand and standing on her tiptoes, she suddenly hopped up to get it.
"Ugh?"
At that moment, her hand hit the bookshelf partition. As a result, she was going to fall after losing her balance. The moment she lost her balance, he quickly moved right up to her and caught her in his arms. 
The short ladder-shaped wooden footrest fell down. He barely caught her in time. The sweet scent of this young woman tickled his nose. His heart sunk all of a sudden.
"Have you found out only now that there is a library in the East Palace?"
As he tried to hide the pounding of his heartbeat, he spoke rather coldly. He could feel that she was tense.

The princess of a small kingdom is engaged to the Crown Prince of the empire but is in love with another. This is a three way love story between the delicate princess, the cold crown prince who only aims for the crown and the ever so kindhearted third prince.

    After few months:
    One day the King returned to palace found his Queen Bellona on ground holding her stomach crying for help. She fell off the stairs and the babies were hurting. The king called for the emergency and called his team of doctors to treat his Queen. The Queen Bellona was crying in pain. It was unbearable for her to take it. The doctors were trying there best but nothing was working. "Your Majesty, the Queen is not responding to any of our treatments. We tried our best but nothing's in return. Now we're out of the treatments." the Chief doctor was answering in very displeased voice. "No! We aren't totally out of the treatment." the holy Magician made his way towards the king. "Your Majesty, I am Xacka, the Ancient Magician. I can help with the crisis. Am I allowed to check?" he asked with the proper introduction. "Anything you can, please." the King Derrek plead for help. The Magician examined the Queen's situation. "Your Majesty, Queen's health is so terrible. Its impossible for her to give birth." hearing this the kings heart sank. "No! That's not possible. She has to give birth to our Princess. She has to do it. The ocean enchantress said we're having the future Queen of Drayceland, who'll be saving this land from crisis. She has to wake up." the King yelled his heart out. He was trembling that he sat down helplessly. "Well... Your Majesty there is one way. We can get help from the nature enchanters." the Magician suggested and the King saw a little light of hope. And suddenly he remembered the words of ocean enchantress. "Yes! The pearl from the ocean enchantress can help." while saying this he took out the piece of the enchanting pearl and handed towards the Magician. "This is the pearl given by ocean enchantress, probably this can help." the Magician looked at the pearl and said "this won't work its broken. We need something else." hurriedly the Magician took out his wand and murmered few chants. Suddenly a picture came into everyone's eyes. "This, we need this. A moon flower. This will help. Quickly send some men to bring it we've no time." the King showed that flower to his men and ordered them to bring it. "Don't forget to bring the piece of the stone on which the flower is stood" the Magician added. 
    Imediately the royal men went to find the flower. The queen's health was worsening every second. Soon the men returned with whatever they were asked and the Magician started with his magic. He started working with the chants and prepared a potion with the flower and the pearl. "Your Majesty, take this. This potion will help our Queen." he handed the potion to the King and imediately the King rushed towards the Queen. The helpers made her drink the potion and suddenly the pain started to grow in the Queen's stomach. Soon the doctors started to treat her in the labour procedure. After the critical labour Queen gave birth to a beautiful princess. She was mesmerizingly cute little phoenix. Everyone was celebrating when suddenly the pain started grew again to queen and doctors found that there was one more baby who was coming out but this time Queen's condition worsed. After alot more difficulty the second baby princess came to life, but that caused the Queen to sacrifice her own life. 
    Everyone including the King Derrek was happy for the birth of the Princesses but the good news was followed by the bad one. The King Derrek was equally happy and sad for everything that happened. He appointed few nannies for his Princesses and hosted a short naming ceremony for them. Everyone of his kingdom was excited to see the Princesses. After the funeral of the Queen Bellona, the ceremony was decided. Everyone was preparing for the ceremony and the Princesses were getting ready for the first time out in front of everyone. It was the time and the King got out in the great balcony of the palace, accompanied by two little phoenix under the guidance there nannies. This ceremony was held under the blessings of holy gods of nature. "Good evening everyone. I, Derrek, the son of the great former King Arthur and Queen Grace and the King of Drayceland, I have two announcements to do. Firstly, our lovely Queen Bellona had took her last breath last night due to an unfortunate accident. She was very brave that she fought with all her might for the protection of our kingdom. She was one of the most beautiful and efficient Queens of Drayceland from over the centuries and we all really regret to lose her. But the good news is that, our Queen Bellona had given birth to two most beautiful princesses of Drayceland, and I am very happy to introduce my two precious gems. Please welcome Princess Alora and Princess Eva of Drayceland." with that announcement everyone present there cheered for both the princesses in sync. Everyone was equally happy to welcome the two gems of the kingdom but, the king was happy for something else. He was happy to know that he was having not only one but two Queens for the the demon. 
    After the ceremony the King carried his two Princesses to there rooms. "Hey little warriors, your two are so beautiful. I'm really glad that your going to be the future of our kingdom, Drayceland. I know, you've lost your Queen Mother but, I am here for you little fellows. I won't let you feel emptiness for the motherhood. I give you everything that you need, but you've to promise me one thing, you're going to be the best protector of our land." with this he kissed the foreheads of both the Princesses and they returned it with beautiful smiles on there faces. Seeing his two precious gems shining so bright he smiled widely and placed them on there respective cribs. But suddenly Princess Alora started chuckling loudly while Princess Eva was sleeping soundly. The King turned to see his daughter and saw that Princess Alora was glowing brightly and unusually under the moon light. His whole body trembled and panickingly called the Royal Magician Xacka.

'Where the logic ends, world of magic starts from right there'
(an inspiration from all fantasy fables from childhood but not an ordinary tale)
    In a dream land there was a kingdom call Drayceland, a kingdom of named after dragons. It was situated in a peaceful hemisphere of the dream world and was the most beautiful and powerful kingdom surrounded by other magical kingdoms. 
    This is the tale of an enchanted empress, Alora. She was born to be the ruler of Drayceland as she was born with unique powers. But as all knows 'uniqueness calls for its own adventure' the king Derrek locked off her powers with her all away from the world, even from her own twin sister Eva. This tale revolves around the adventure of mighty Silver Empress Alora, who comes out from her palace cage to find answers for the secrets engraved under her kingdom and make real use of her powers to protect her land.

The servant dropped Tiqa off by the door to her bed room. By her door stood a guard and another servant girl. The guard was 5'8 feet tall, wore a long sleeve white shirt, and black pants. Around his waist was a belt that held daggers and a sword. The servant girl had long red hair and light blue eyes. She wore a light grey dress that cut off just below the knee and that's sleeves cut off around her elbow. The guard bowed, the servant girl curtised, and the servant girl (who escorted Tiqa to her room) left. Tiqa looked down to the floor and the servant girl (who stood by the door) said "hello Princess Tiqa, I'm Elisabeth your personal servant." Tiqa looked up and said "hello." Elisabeth said "come Tiqa we'll get you settled into your room now." Tiqa and Elisabeth entered Tiqa's room and shut the door behind them. Tiqa's room had mint green walls with a light purple flower design painted on one wall. She had a window that had purple curtains and over looked the forest. She had a bed with mint green covers and light gray pillows. On one of her walls hung a picture of a Cross and by her bed was a white bedside table that had a Bible on it. She had a purple desk that had books, notebooks, pencils, and pens on it, and a white vanity that had purple and mint green flower designs on it. On the vanity were brushes, combs, bobby pins, flower pins (for the hair), 2 bottles of perfumes, and rubber bands. In her room she had a walk in closet that was 100 square feet. The closet had 20 pairs of shoes, 40 dresses, 30 pairs of night clothes, 30 bottles of body mists and perfumes, and 20 bottles of lotions. Her room also had a personal bathroom that was over 100 square feet. Her bathroom had white towels hanging up on the towel rack, a marble sink with a cabinet underneath that had a mirror in front of it, a walk in glass shower, a soak in tub, a white toilet, and floors that heated up. The floors were different shades of browns and were stones and the shower walls matched the floors. The walls of the bathroom were were a light beige. 

Tiqa stood by the door looking around her room. Elisabeth said "I know it must be a lot to take in. Especially since you've been in the forest for so long." Tiqa looked at Elisabeth and said "you know about the forest?"  Elisabeth chuckled and said "well of course I do Princess Tiqa. The whole castle knows about it." Tiqa asked "how did they all find out so quickly?" Elisabeth said "well when a new princess in your case princesses come to the castle to live its bound to get around." Tiqa said "good point. Now do all princesses have personal servants?" Elisabeth said "well princesses have servants but as far as a servant like me goes its more of a lady in waiting's job. King Mark put me in charge of acting like your lady in waiting until they actually find you a lady in waiting." Tiqa said "oh," and walked over to her bed. She sat down and Elisabeth asked "is it comfortable, Princess?" Tiqa laid back on the bed and answered "very." Elisabeth said "well I hope everything is to your liking. I hope your very comfortable." Tiqa said "I would be more comfortable if that guard wasn't standing outside my room. Are all your rooms armed with guards?" Elisabeth said "yes safety is big for the King and Queen." Tiqa said "oh..." Elisabeth said "well Princess Tiqa enjoy your rest. I'll see you in the morning bright and early." Tiqa said "alright goodnight." Elisabeth curtsied and said "goodnight" as she left the room closing the door behind her. 

Tiqa laid on her bed and stared at the ceiling thinking about her parents. She said "God this is a dream come true. I'm a real princess and so is Driaka. You've already given me more then I ever asked for, more then I've ever hoped. Never in a million years would I have thought I was going to be a princess. A princess who would live in the most beautiful castle in the prettiest room, wearing these beautiful clothes, its all a dream come true. I just have to say thank You, thank You so much!" She sat up,  walked over to her closet, went inside,  pulled out a some night clothes, took a shower, put on her night clothes, turned off her light, and laid in bed. She look up at the ceiling and said "God this is a Blessing, a very great Blessing You've given us. I just thank You for everything." She slowly drifted away in a deep sleep. 

8 hours pasted and there was a knock at her door. The door slowly opened and a servant holding a tray of food entered. The servant stood by Tiqa's bed and said "good morning Princess Tiqa," waking Tiqa up. Tiqa saw the servant and quickly sat up for the servant scared her. The servant said "oh I'm sorry Princess Tiqa I didn't mean to scare you." Tiqa said "no, no its okay. I guess I have to get use to someone entering my room." The servant walked over to Tiqa, gave her the tray, and said "your breakfast today is cinnamon apple french toast with powder sugar on top and to drink orange juice courtesy of the head chef Justin." Tiqa said "oh I love his cooking he made an excellent dinner last night. Please make sure to tell him I said thank you." The servant said "will do Princess Tiqa." Tiqa began to eat and the servant curtsied and left the room while Elisabeth entered the room. Elisabeth said "good morning Princess Tiqa, are you enjoying breakfast?" Tiqa said "very much. The last time I got served breakfast in bed was when I was really young." Elisabeth said "oh the last time I was served breakfast in bed was... Never 30." Tiqa laughed and said "never 30?" Elisabeth smiled and said "yes never 30. Now when your done I'll help you get dressed and then you we can start your studies." Tiqa said "my studies?" Elisabeth said "yes your studies. The King and Queen want you to learn the ropes of being a princess before they have another formal event." Tiqa said "great... So these studies do all princesses have to do this?" Elisabeth said "yes including your little sister." Tiqa said "well this is a lot to take in." Elisabeth said "I'm sure you'll catch on quickly. Now you must hurry up its not good for a princess to be late." Tiqa finished eating and Elisabeth took her tray. Elisabeth said "now I'm going to put this in the kitchen and then we can pick out a dress for you and I'll help you put it on." Tiqa said "sounds good" and Elisabeth left while saying "I'll be right back." Tiqa said "princess classes God? I've never heard of a princess class God. God please help me to adjust and face these new things head on with You in my mind." Elisabeth entered the room and said "now lets find you a dress." Elisabeth entered the closet, pulled out a rose gold floor length gown that had sleeves that cut off around the elbow, and said "how about this?" Tiqa said "its beautiful. I would love to wear it." Elisabeth said "okay now you go take a shower while I find some shoes for you." Tiqa said "okay," took a shower, and Elisabeth helped dress her in her gown. Elisabeth showed Tiqa white high heels and and said "how about these?" Tiqa said "beautiful I'll wear those." Tiqa sat on her bed and put on her shoes. Elisabeth said "now your hair. Come over to the vanity so I can do it." Tiqa and Elisabeth walked over to the vanity and Tiqa sat at the chair that was standing at the vanity. Elisabeth grabbed a brush and began to brush Tiqa's hair while saying "alright Princess Tiqa what do you want done to it?" Tiqa said "can we please leave it down? I would love for it to be down." Elisabeth said "alright Princess we'll leave it down." Elisabeth brushed through Tiqa's hair until it was untangled and the frizz was gone. Elisabeth asked "how's that?" Tiqa answered "its perfect." Tiqa picked up a white flower pin from off of her vanity and put it in her hair. Elisabeth said "now you can start your day and your right on time too." Driaka, Jenessa, and Susan entered the room yelling "Tiqa." Tiqa stood up and said "hello girls I see you guys are all dressed and ready for your day." Driaka said "a nice servant named Sue dressed me in this beautiful purple ballroom gown I have on and put my hair up into a princess bun." Tiqa smiled and said "ah your personal servant did this. What a wonderful job she did." Driaka said "Sue says that me, Susan, and Jenessa have to go to classes." Tiqa said "I heard. Well lets go to our princess classes shall we?" Elisabeth said "oh Princess Tiqa you won't be attending classes with Susan, Driaka, and Jenessa. They attend classes for younger princesses and ladies in waiting. You will be attending an older class. There's more for a princess your age to learn then there is for little ones." Susan said "Tiqa has the fun teacher and we have the strict one Ms.Sky." Jenessa said "speaking of  Ms.Sky we better go to the class now before Ms.Sky throws a fit about us being late again. Because as you know ladies in waiting are suppose to keep princesses on time." Susan said "alright lets go." Susan grabbed Driaka's and Jenessa's hand and they walked away while Driaka said "goodbye Tiqa." Tiqa said "so I attend a class by myself." Elisabeth said "only on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. On Mondays and Wednesdays you attend classes with Stephen." Tiqa's face turned red and she said "I have to attend classes with Stephen?! Doing what?!" Elisabeth said "you'll be learning how to eat dinner, ballroom dance, how to announce your title, what to do at a formal event, etc... Its a good thing you came along Stephen usually has to do this with his Monday and Wednesday teacher Mrs.Charlotte." Tiqa asked "who is Mrs.Charlotte?" Elisabeth answered "she is a lady in waiting and a teacher. She comes here from a kingdom not far from here. Now today you will be in the ballroom." Tiqa said "the ballroom?!" Elisabeth said "yes now lets get a move on. I won't have you be late now." Elisabeth grabbed Tiqa's hand and escorted her to the ballroom. In the ballroom stood Stephen, Mrs.Charlotte, and Cedar. Elisabeth curtsied, said "I'll see you later I have chores to do," and left all while Stephen stared at Tiqa. Mrs.Charlotte said "well I see we have two new students Princess Tiqa and Nobleman Cedar." Cedar said "me a new student? I would think my favorite teacher would remember her favorite student." Mrs.Charlotte said "I meant newer to the class. The last time you attended my class was 4 years ago and now your back. We've upgraded studies." Cedar said "I know its been a while." Mrs.Charlotte said "yes it has. Now we've been learning about introductions, right Stephen?" Mrs.Charlotte looked at Stephen seeing that he was staring at Tiqa. Mrs.Charlotte yelled "right Stephen." Stephen quickly looked at Mrs.Charlotte and said "the essay is due when?" Cedar chuckled and Mrs.Charlotte said "I think someone was daydreaming about his other class. Well now that your back from dreamland will you please show us how to introduce yourself." Stephen's face turned red and he said "you want me to introduce myself?" Mrs.Charlotte said "there's only one Stephen and that's you so yes. Come face the class and introduce yourself." Stephen stood in front of them, bowed, and said "hello I'm Prince Stephen Timothy August Daniel from the Blue Kingdom." Mrs.Charlotte said "good now you go practice that with Tiqa. Now Tiqa I don't expect you to know your title since your a new princess, your tutor will teach you more later. You can just let Stephen practice his introduction." Cedar said "then who am I going to practice with?" Mrs. Charlotte said "you Cedar will be practicing with me. Now you two go on the other half of the room and Stephen practice your introduction." Stephen said "I...I... I will." He put out his hand towards Tiqa and she grabbed it. He led her to the other half of the room. 

He let go of her hand, bowed while she curtsied, and he said "hello my name is, Prince Stephen Timothy August Daniel from the Blue Kingdom." Tiqa said "I'm charmed to meet you and my name is Princess Tiqa Francine Brianne from the Blue Kingdom." He smiled, said "so happy to be here," and Tiqa said "its an honor to be here." He grabbed her hand, kissed it, and she smiled. He said "it seems your a natural princess." She chuckled and said "more like I have to much time on my hands. I use to pretend to be a princess when I was younger rehearsing my princess title." Stephen said "well you've done a job great... I mean great job! Because you are princess perfect... I mean perfect princess. I mean, I meant to say a natural princess he-heh-ha." His face turned red, she smiled, and said "well thank you Prince Stephen." He said "your welcome Princess Tiqa." 

Mrs.Charlotte said "if you are done practicing Stephen then will you two please join me over here." They walked over to Mrs.Charlotte and Cedar and Mrs.Charlotte said "well now that you've practiced why not show me how to introduce yourself to a princess." Stephen grabbed Tiqa's hand and they walked a few feet  away so he could present his introduction. He bowed while she curtsied and he said "hello my name is, Prince Stephen Timothy August Daniel from the Blue Kingdom." Tiqa replied "I'm charmed to meet you. My name is, Princess Tiqa Francine Brianne from the Blue Kingdom." Stephen said "so happy to be here." Tiqa said "its an honor to be here." Mrs.Charlotte said "it seems Princess Tiqa knows a little more then I thought." Stephen said "I know isn't she prefect..." Everyone in the room stared at him and Tiqa's face turned red. Stephen said "I mean, I meant, I mean a natural is what I mean." Mrs.Charlotte said "hmm I'm sure. Lets just continue to go over these titles together." 

The hours pasted as Cedar, Tiqa, and Stephen practiced their titles in front of each other. Soon class was over and Mrs.Charlotte said "alright now you are dismissed." Cedar said "great now its lunch time." Stephen chuckled and said "yeah your favorite time of the day." Cedar said "you know it!" Stephen said "Tiqa I can take you to your sister." Tiqa smiled and said "that would be lovely but..." Mrs.Charlotte interrupted saying "actually Prince Stephen I would like to have a word with you in private." Stephen said "hmm um yes sure." Elisabeth walked into the room and said "Princess Tiqa, come Princess Driaka, Princess Susan, and Lady Jenessa are all waiting in the garden for you. A tea party is set up for you and them." Tiqa said "oh how cute! Well goodbye Prince Stephen I'll see you around the castle." Elisabeth escorted Tiqa to the garden while Cedar left to the kitchen and Stephen starred at Tiqa leaving the room.

Tiqa was 11 years old when she got her little sister. She had great parents, and peaceful household, or so she thought. On her 12th birthday she was knocked out and left at an unfamiliar place with her sister by her very own parents. Now left alone in the cold Tiqa was forced to take care of herself, and her sister. The years went on with out any help from the outside world she took on the role of the parents, providing her little sister with all the love, and care she possibly could. Her sister grew to be a happy little girl, but Tiqa Prayed of a day when her knight a shining armor would come, and save them both, and soon her Prayers will be answered.

"I don't care about the amount of damage you deal, just don't draw aggro." 
 After seeing the squad being annihilated for the third time because of this, Lu Li had no choice but to re-evaluate his tactics.
The problem was that with the Boss having about ten million HP, along with its insane healing speed, the team's Mages and damage dealers would become useless if they did not consistently deal enough damage. 
 It went without saying though that drawing aggro was dangerous, so at the very least, the team had to have a good awareness of the battle. 
 Azure Sea Breeze's sneers were easily brushed off. His Taunt wasn't unbeatable, and the other Main Tanks weren't of a high enough level to support him. As such, Lu Li could only issue constant warnings to the guy who would walk away every single time a minuscule disagreement with the team arose.
Lonesome Flower was just as guilty of this.
Despite Lonesome Flower establishing quite a name for himself, Lu Li was sure that if he were out and about, no one would even consider recruiting him into their team.
Even in the Ruling Sword, Lonesome Flower was often isolated. Not even World's Best Friend would team up with him. 
 However, in Dawn, there were quite a few Bosses that ignored the Main Tanks and would easily switch aggro, just like the Princess of the Black Dragon in front of them.
"Flower, I understand that you've created some of the finest combos for high damage output, but you probably should use something less… vigorous," Lu Li said when he saw Lonesome Flower glowering as usual, then chuckled coldly, "You know, the next time the whole team gets annihilated because of your mistakes, I'll take away—"
"Hah." 
 As a renowned top scorer in overall damage output, Lonesome Flower was indifferent to such threats.
After all, the top scorer in the Instance Dungeon would receive twice the amount of Guild points, and there was no way that Lonesome Flower could be lacking in things like this.
"I'll take away…" Lu Li continued in a panic, "I'll take away March Rain's Guild Points."
"What?" 
 March Rain had no idea how she had gotten involved in this matter.
"Lu Li, you little!" Lonesome Flower roared, wavering from his usual calm demeanour. Although his little sister did quite well in Instance Dungeons as well and was definitely not lacking in Dungeon Points, there was no way she would want to have them taken away from her. Especially not as a consequence of the stubbornness and childishness of her own brother.
"So that's decided then." 
 It was rare to see Lonesome Flower so riled up. Lu Li simply grinned, victorious in keeping his smug teammate in line.
Everyone had their weaknesses after all – Azure Sea Breeze was conceited, but butter him up a little and he would be too embarrassed to make a mistake. Wandering was too prideful and had long decided that he was too perfect to be in the wrong, while for Lonesome Flower, it was obviously his little sister. Dragging her into it gave Lu Li significant leverage.
Although Lu Li was not particularly empathetic, he was skilful in the art of manipulation. 
 March Rain could understand Lu Li's intentions and had no desire to expose him of them. After all, it was her brother who was in the wrong. Perhaps it was because he was not on par with Lu Li at anything else, so he decided that while Lu Li was acting as commander during battles, he could take advantage of this and beat him on the scoreboards. 
 "Wandering, World, the mobs are about to come," Lu Li prompted.
The Dragon Egg at the far end was showing thin beams of green light glowing from its cracks. As to why the Black Dragon Egg did so during the hatching process, such phenomenon remained a mystery. The good thing was that it did not matter. All that mattered was that the two Main Tanks on either side of Lu Li, and his current division defended well against the newly-hatched mobs.
"Help!" 
 A voice coming from World's Best Friend's division could be heard.
One member from World's team had been pulled into the Lair. As thirty or so tiny dragons scrambled out of it, along with the already-spawning dragons, the situation had immediately escalated to more than what the team could handle.
"Teams two and three, go and support World's end. Keep a clear head." 
 Lu Li was an impressive commander. He was an expert at strategic decision-making, he joined in Boss battles, and he had better control of the battlefield than those who were solely focused on observing the fight.
In some Instance Dungeons, Lu Li was able to command his team effortlessly while maintaining high damage output that was on par with Lonesome Flower.
However, this was the real deal, and Lu Li did not have nearly enough energy for that. Even so, his damage output was still ranked in the middle. 
 "Hachi, your current position is unsafe. You'll be easily knocked down, so move three steps to your left," Lu Li instructed. 
 "You're moving to your right! Don't tell me you don't know your left from your right – I know you have no sense of direction, but I didn't think it was this bad…" he continued in exasperation after remaining speechless for a moment.
"Haha, I was – I was just taking a better look at that thing on the ground over there," Hachi Chan giggled in embarrassment.
"Alright, teams two and three, return to your posts after clearing out the mobs." 
 Lu Li ignored her explanation; her sense of direction seemed to be getting worse every day. He wondered if she was like this as well in real life and couldn't help but feel bad for her mother. He suspected that she must have put Hachi on a leash every time they went shopping.
The battle continued and the Boss' HP had been dropped to about 80%. It was evident that the Princess of the Black Dragon wasn't undefeatable.
The first phase would end after the Boss' HP dropped below 60%, yet till this day, Ruling Sword was unable to overcome even the first part of the battle.
 "Be mindful of your Aggro," Lu Li said, becoming irritated. "Aggro is slowly accumulated and is delayed, so when you realise you're about to draw it, simply stopping your attacks won't be enough. Ice Block, Feign Death, Vanish, Invulnerability – even Night Elves have a Shadowmeld! Do none of you not know any of your skills?"
He used a tone that one would to scold a child, and the whole team was utterly overwhelmed by embarrassment. 
 Despite everyone being fully informed, it seemed as though the team would once again be annihilated. Lu Li thought it over; perhaps everyone should stop attacking after the Princess of the Black Dragon's health dropped to 80%. This would give Azure Sea Breeze a thirty-second time frame to accumulate Aggro.
Lu Li never realised this before. He wasn't sure if it was because the strategy guide he read didn't mention it, or if he had just been careless.
However, knowing these things was part of a commander's responsibility. It wasn't too late to realise now.
Aggro control and Tank positioning were crucial at this point of the battle. The defensive positioning only needed to prevent the Princess of the Black Dragon from hitting the rest of the team, and prevent them from being knocked back to the Dragon Eggs. As long as they didn't draw aggro, the first wave could be easily overcome.
The moment had finally arrived. After countless challenges of this Boss, Ruling Sword was finally able to witness the flight of the Princess of the Black Dragon.
 "I – arrgh! This is a cheat! She's using a cheat!" 
 Azure Sea Breeze was dumbfounded upon realising he was of zero threat to the Boss now that she was suspended in mid-air. Oh how he wanted a pair of wings as well… 
 After all, every Main Tank who had encountered a flying Boss was just a step from traumatisation. Only upon respawning did they realise that they had been completely overpowered.


He had never invested in shares or bought a lottery ticket, and neither did he have any experience in the general business industry. Lu Li found that the only thing he could do was play games. 

Luckily he had experienced rebirth, and was one step ahead of everyone else. Luckily, games had been developing extremely quickly, and there were many people who had become rich through playing games. 

In his ‘past life’, he had spent countless nights awake, in grief and anguish. However, although all of this had been washed away, so what…? This life, he was determined make a fierce counterattack against fate and stand at the very top!

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Ding! A strange electronic sound echoed throughout the dark room. The man lying on the bed shook his lashes as he forced himself to open his eyes. Dark tan eyes met with the darkness of the room, not being able to recognize anything in the first few seconds of consciousness.
Ding! There came the faint sound once again.
The patient moved in his bed, cautious in moving his arm in a thick cast. He tried to roll on his side as if looking for a certain sight.
"Ah, Jie, you're awake." A mellow and sweet voice echoed. Next to the patient was a man with rather messy hair, the strands looking layered as they formed soft downward peaks. The man had his sleeves rolled up while holding his phone down. His phone was probably the same thing that was making that noise.
Ding! He was right.
"Did I wake you up? Wait, let me turn this down." He hurriedly fiddled with his phone and muted it. After so, more messages began popping out, one after another. The man then chuckled as he put the phone down on the nightstand and went to kneel next to the bed, hand reaching out to stroke at the patient's hair. "You should sleep again and rest some more."
"Idiot, you're late. I hate this place..." Lai Mingjie reached out using his free hand, but he didn't hit the other person. He only weakly rubbed the back of his hand against the other's cheek. "I feel so hot..."
"Is it hot?" Xu Rouguang twitched. The heater was indeed on, but the room was nonetheless moderate in temperature. If he would describe it, it was comfortable. Then again, he could control the temperature of the air around him at will; he never had issues about this. He then smiled at the patient, rearranging Lai Mingjie's blanket. "Don't worry, it's just..."
"Rou... Rouguang..." The director fluttered his lashes weakly. Under the poor illumination, it was almost next to impossible to see the face he was making. However, the weak cry quickly alarmed Xu Rouguang.
His hand flew to the lamp on the nightstand, and its weak light showed him quite a nightmare. Lai Mingjie's face had grown flushed almost seconds as soon as he woke up. His eyes narrowed involuntarily as the heat coming from his own cheeks made his eyes want to close. Huffing came from the patient, hopelessly dealing with the heat.
Xu Rouguang used his hand to touch Lai Mingjie's burning forehead. His eyes widened before reassuring Lai Mingjie that everything would be okay. He then got up from the floor to press the button that called nurses for help. The general ended up spamming the button before coming back to Lai Mingjie's side.
He ran his hand over the patient, looking for anything worth a note. However, it was just his body heating up like crazy. Did Nuwa do something to him?
"Sir, what's happening?" The first nurse to arrive quickly came to see Lai Mingjie. The other nurses came to help her diagnose a problem as well. As much as Xu Rouguang could make out from their words, Lai Mingjie was running a high fever... but none knew why he was having this after two peaceful days of staying here.
Xu Rouguang had to step outside when the doctor arrived and took a look. He watched them from an open door and saw the helplessness in his Jie's eyes. Whatever happened was probably attributed to the demon king's sickly human body. Lai Mingjie was bound to be discharged later in the afternoon, and he was only taking supplements to recover his strength.
"My, my, that looks bad." Botangca showed up next to the general while he was deep in thought. She then turned to the general who was glaring in her direction. "I didn't do anything. Lai Mingjie's physical body is sickly by default. Whatever it is, it should be from his body rejecting any type of care."
"...The supplements?" Xu Rouguang asked with an unfriendly tone. Botangca behaved like it wasn't the first time it happened. He only received a nod from the woman. He then brought his eyes to his Jie, hoping that his fever would subside soon.
The night progressed to dawn as Xu Rouguang and Botangca stayed by Lai Mingjie's side. The she-demon was seated on the couch after setting up a small table and smuggling wine into the ward. She thought Lai Mingjie would be awake and pass on the night by having a little taste of heaven's wine to boost his mood. Xu Rouguang had God-Given Peaches in jars with him since it would make Lai Mingjie feel better. Both of them brought illegal items into the ward, but Lai Mingjie ended up running a fever and sleeping through the night.
"I didn't think I'd be wasting my time here tonight." Botangca chuckled as she enjoyed her bottled water—which was actually wine. "Then again, looking at the bright side, it's so serene in here." She looked around the room. "This hospital had seen so many deaths as well. I feel at home."
"You'd be a bad nurse." Xu Rouguang snorted softly. "Women wouldn't want you touching their husbands or sons."
"How could you be so two-faced?" Botangca shifted to her side, facing Xu Rouguang who had his eyes gazing at Lai Mingjie. "You lost your memories so I might as well not base you from what I knew. You act so nice and sweet towards Emodao and the humans, but you know nothing but hate towards me. The other immortals and other demons suffer from that bad gaze as well. Tell me, Xu Rouguang, which one is the real you? The man who hates everyone or the saint on earth?"
Xu Rouguang sighed. "How is this important or even relevant to you?"
The siren huffed before drinking from the bottle. "I am tasked in finding out what happened to you. If I don't know much about you, I might be missing clues."
"You only needed to see if the ritual to pull someone out of the Abyss is real and if it was feasible to be done at this age." The general didn't spare her even a glance. "Emodao values you, and so I shouldn't create a rift between us. However, I had always felt an incredible dislike of beautiful women."
"Hmm, makes sense. Especially with that stunt Poison Flower pulled." Botangca chuckled. "I bet you were so angry when she caught Emodao in a much simpler and faster way. Also, it's all because she's a gorgeous imperial princess. Hehe, Emodao wouldn't pass on that."
"Who?"
"Princess Poison Flower. She could poison any man's heart with her words and manipulate them to do her bidding." Botangca shrugged. "She's very alluring. Too bad she disappeared into the night and was never found again. Some said she was taken by some demon and eaten or played to death." She put down the bottle she just finished. "If it was me, I would eat her whole, too."
Xu Rouguang's eyes narrowed as he wanted to ask for some other things about this Princess Poison Flower. There was a chance that this maiden could have been the phantom princess. However, the light began to seep through the blinds of the ward. The general was secretly looking forward to this sun as his forty-eight-hour-deadline had come.
He only regarded Botangca once. "I'm heading out now. Make sure you don't get seen by his parents."
"Why? Are you scared of something?" She leaned against the chair after storing her bottles. Botangca then crossed her legs slowly as if mocking the general. A smile was on her face as she kept on staring at those glaring eyes.
"Secretary Xu, are you here?" Yu Shenqi's voice echoed as she entered the room. She then landed her gaze on Botangca and Xu Rouguang. Her sharp eyes only dimmed as she feigned a smile. "Oh, Miss Bo, what a surprise."

Cursed by the Heavens, the defeated demon king named Emodao woke up into his new life as a human child. For twenty-seven years, Lai Mingjie, as he was known, was bored to death by his human life despite the intricacies of being the next CEO of one of the biggest companies in the country. 
On one of his morning trips, he met a man with no memories, who seemed to have recognized him vaguely. No one knew him; neither was he aware of where and when he stood in the course of history. However, as if Nuwa had played games with Lai Mingjie, the man without memory was someone he would never forget. 
His executioner, General Xu Rouguang. 
Itching to exact revenge, he needed Xu Rouguang to remember who he was and what he did. Lai Mingjie was now forced to help the man who robbed him of his glorious life... and probably discover what he had taken from that man first. 
Two cursed beings, a single path of redemption. 
Are there chances of anything else blooming between the former demon king and the general... princess? 
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Rayna starts dreaming as soon as she sleeps that same dream which she had been seeing since childhood. She is in a room with only one door. The wall in front of the door has a beautiful painting, which has mountains, a waterfall and in the middle of that there is a very large five corner star shaped bunch of flowers, from which the fragrance was coming. She was losing herself in the fragrance of those flowers.
That is when she suddenly gets the sound of screaming from behind those flowers. A mother was screaming out loud, "take out my daughter, save her, get someone out, please". For a while, that painful voice comes and then calms down. "Oh! Whose voice is this that shakes even my soul. So many times I have tried to remove these flowers, but it seems as if they are sticking to something, either to this mountain or something else is behind those flowers. I want to help this lady, a mother, but don't know how. It seems like as she's calling me. I want to help her but how?" Rayna is thinking and talking to her self.
That is when she heard the loud noise of the door closing behind her and she wakes up from sleep. And when her eyes open, there was her mother Patti standing infront of her door, holding a tray on which something was placed covering with a cloth. Every morning Petti comes with a tray with morning tea on it coverd with a beautiful piece of cloth but this time it is not a tea it's something else because the shape of that cloth is different. Patti took care of Rayna as if she was a princess. 
Patti- Good morning my princess.
Rayna- Good morning mom.
Patti- How was your night?
Rayan- Not very good but fine.
Patti- Today is your 18th birthday my dear and here is a beautiful gift for you. A very different gift which you got on your previous birthdays. I hope you will going to like it.
Rayna- Wow! Thank you so much mom, thank you. What is it?
Patti- You are most welcome. Well, check it by yourself honey, this is your gift and I am going now to prepare a breakfast for you.
Rayna- Thank you mom. Love you. (Hugging Patti).
Patti- Love you too honey, now get ready and don't be late for your breakfast. You know your dad, right??
Rayna- Sure mom, I'll be there on time.
Rayna opens her gift as Patti leaves the room. There is a beautiful butterfly shaped pendant with seven rainbow colours on it, which she has never seen before in her life. 
Rayna- Amazing! It is so beautiful and different.
'Very different, seems like it belongs to somewhere out of this world.' Rayna was thinking.
She gets ready and goes downstairs where her father and mother are waiting for her for breakfast. She is wearing a pink knee line frock with flowers on it and holding a pendant in her hand which her mother gave her in the morning.
Rayna- Good morning dad.
Titan (Rayna's father)- Good morning honey. Wish you a very happy birthday.
Rayna- Thank you so much dad. 'She placed a sweet kiss on his cheeks.'
Titan and Patti both used to fight a lot but they love their daughter and used to take care of their daughter very much.
Rayna- Mom can I wear this pendant.
Titan and Patti (together)- Yes, ofcourse. It's yours.
Rayna was surprised because she saw both of them agreeing on something together for the first time. 
After having breakfast Palash and Jinisha came to pick her up for the school. But Rayna refused to go to school as she wanted to stay at home with her parents and with shadow, her beautiful white cat.
Titan- Rayna you can go to your room if you want or else you can help your mother in her house hold work. 
Rayna- Ok, dad.
(Rayna's POV)
As I have finished my work, I went up to my room. It was not a big room but it had everything that an 18 year old young girl needs. There was a study table and books rack in front of the door, a bed on its side with a net around it.The wardrobe on the side of the bed and the balcony at the backside of the wardrobe, where there is a rounded coffee table with 4 chairs.There is a window in front of the bed, a perfect place for shadow to peek out. A mirror is installed at the side of the window. For which my mother used to say that "this is my magical mirror which tells me that my daughter is the most beautiful girl in the world." 
But I do not know why today when I came in front of the mirror wearing this pendant, I felt like the wings of this butterfly are moving, but than it stoped. So I thought it was a hallucination, it's not real. 
Than the night came and after having dinner we all four of us went to sleep. And as I slept, I have started dreaming the same dream again. Me, one room with painting of mountains, waterfall, river, bunch of flowers of 5 cone star shaped. And when the sound of that lady who was screaming, "pull my daughter out, someone help please", then the pendant in my neck, the butterfly's shape started flying. And it seemed as if that butterfly wanted to go to those flowers.  There were many more flowers in that place, but this butterfly has to go to those flowers from where that voice was coming. 
I took that pendant in my hand and walked towards those flowers and as soon as I reached the bunch of flowers there was one different flower in the corner started moving. I pulled that flower out and there I was a butterfly shaped hole underneath that flower.
"Oh! This was a lock and I have a key." 
Then something soft came and touched me.  I looked at my feet, "Shadow, what are you doing here and by the way how you came here."
"I am with you and following you since you were born," said the shadow.
I was very surprised to hear shadow's answer because shadow had never given me any answer before, whereas she has been with me since my childhood.
"Open the door Princess", said the Shadow.
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