"The King would like to offer you a job as the Kingdom's sole merchant."

"Not interested."

"The King ordered you to offer your services as a merchant."

"He doesn't hold any power within this territory."

"The King is willing to pay any amount of money you want.

"I'm priceless."

"The King will give you anything you want."

"I can get anything I want myself."

"The King offered you me, the Crown Prince."

"Hoh... I'm listening."

The final interview for the accounting staff position had begun.
Gun-Ho asked all three candidates to come to the meeting room altogether. Three job applicants seemed to be quite nervous. They sat at the table facing Gun-Ho.
"I've reviewed your applications. You are all highly qualified, and I am in a very difficult position because I have to select only one of you."
Gun-Ho tried to make the applicants feel comfortable and ease their tension. He didn't even ask about their certificates or academics degree because those things were already shown in their resumes.
"How long have you worked for your previous employer?"
"What was the nature of your job?"
Gun-Ho asked the candidates mostly about their work experience. Since the job posting required work experience to be able to apply for the position, the applicants with work experience were not very young people.
 
After the interview was over, Manager Kang handed out an envelope to each interviewee with 50,000 won in it to help with their transportation expense. This was their final interview. After the first interview was done, they were given an envelope with 30,000 won in it.
A lady applicant in a black two-piece business suit said,
"The president is very young. He seems to be easygoing as well."
Manager Kang smiled in response to her comment.
 
Another final interview ensued for the secretary position. Three lady candidates entered the interview room. They were all younger and prettier than the ones for the accounting staff position. Gun-Ho began to talk with a smile,
"All of you have a high score in TOEIC; they were exceeding 950. Two of you graduated at Daewon Foreign Language High School and studied further abroad. One of you went to high school in another country. I am in a very difficult position to select only one of you since you are all highly qualified people."
The three candidates looked at Gun-Ho's face; they all looked nervous and anxious.
"Can each of you say this in English? 'Our company is manufacturing extruded products with urethane synthetic rubber.'"
Each candidate spoke the same sentence that Gun-Ho gave in English. They all had a nice voice.
Gun-Ho looked at each of the candidates to see who had a positive facial expression when they spoke in English.
"Thank you for coming today. I hope I can see you soon."
Gun-Ho said with a smile. The ladies gave him a 90-degree bow before leaving the office. Manager Seong-Il Kang distributed the envelope with 50,000 won in it to these interviewees as well.
 
Gun-Ho asked for Manager Seong-Il Kang.
"I've made my decision. Please send the job offer letter to them."
"Who did you select, sir?"
"For the accounting staff position, we will offer the job to the second candidate who had a six-year work experience at an electronics company and who also had a tax accountant license."
"You made an excellent choice, sir. I think that person will fit the position as well."
"For the secretary position, we will hire the first candidate who graduated from Daewon Foreign Language High School and who studied abroad. She is living in the Hyundai condo in Apgujeong Town, which is close to our company. I like her voice; it's very sweet."
"Yes, sir. I will send out the offer letter to those two people."
"Today is Wednesday, right? Ask them to start working next Monday. Give the accounting staff a manager position. That person has six years of work experience with a tax accountant license, and his position with his previous employer was a manager as well."
"Yes, sir. Do you think this will bother Ms. Ji-Young Jeong? She might think it's not fair if we give the manager position to the new employee?"
"She should be fine. The new employee is four years older than her. Moreover, that person has a tax accountant license. She will understand."
"Okay, sir. I will proceed as you instructed."
 
Gun-Ho had lunch with Manager Kang, Ms. Ji-Young Jeong, and Team Leader Jeong-Soo Nam that day.
"I was told that you have two children, Mr. Jeong-Soo Nam."
"That's right. I have two daughters. My first kid is in junior high, and the second is a sixth-grader in elementary school."
"They are three years apart? They probably get along fine then."
"Well, not really. They fight all the time. It's their routine."
"What about your spouse? Is she working as well?"
"She used to. Since my second child was injured, she stays at home now and spends more time with her."
"Oh, sorry to hear that. Was it serious?"
"She fell while playing somewhere high. It took several months to completely heal. My wife used to work at an insurance company, and she didn't like her job. She said she doesn't have the right aptitude for it. She is now actively participating in our residential community. She is working as a managing member of the community."
"Managing member of the community?"
Manager Kang responded to Gun-Ho's surprise instead.
"Many women now take the position as a managing member of their residential community these days. It is sort of competitive to get the position."
"Really? I thought a senior male member of the community usually takes that kind of position."
"It used to be, but not anymore."
"Oh, by the way, how is Manager Jong-Suk Park doing?"
"He is doing great. He has a girlfriend now. He is very busy."
"Oh, I see. What is his girlfriend doing for a living?"
Ms. Ji-Young Jeong asked; she looked curious.
"She is working at a research center in an electronics company in Cheonan City. They met at the Polytechnics College. They are both taking evening classes provided to working adults."
Team Leader Jeong said,
"Manager Park is manly and easygoing. When I was doing military service at Army Special Warfare Command, I had never lost to anybody in an arm wrestling, but Manager Park beat me. I've never seen a man with that strong arm, not to mention his skills."
"That's why he is the manager of the technical department."
"Oh, that's why… hahaha."
 
After lunch and after he came back to his office, Gun-Ho had the coffee that Ms. Ji-Young Jeong prepared for him. He was dozing off in his office when he heard someone knocking on the door.
"Umm, sir. Someone is here to see you."
"Who is it?"
"He said he is from BM Entertainment Management."
"Oh, that's right. Please let him through."
 
The dandy looking man—the manager of BM Entertainment Management—came into Gun-Ho's office. He was not alone, but he was with a man who looked like he was in his late 20s, and he had his hair dyed in yellow. The new guy was tall, and he was wearing an earring on his left ear.
"Hello, it's really good to see you again, sir, since we met in Shanghai."
"Please have a seat. What brought you here to see me?"
"Oh, this man here is the leader of the popular group, Bomb. His name is Seong-Hoon."
BM Entertainment's manager introduced the man with yellow hair to Gun-Ho.
"Oh, I see."
Gun-Ho looked at this Seong-Hoon person. He seemed that he was wearing a subtle make-up. He had a very pretty face like a girl, but he was not Gun-Ho's type.
'That sh*tty man is wearing a makeup.'

This is the story of a poor young man whose poverty even shreds apart their family willing to climb his way through society and into the top. A very realistic novel that moves away from fantasy and sci-fi and focuses solely on the issues of society and life.

In Twilight City, the fellas from Quan Zhen Sect were already calm. After claiming the entire main city, the fresh adrenaline died down and they went back to do whatever they were doing before. In fact, the new City Lord, Wang Yu, was even running around without any restraint. Currently, there was yet another uprising on the game's forum.
City Lord!!
At this moment, there was no fixed authority to each district yet someone already snatched the title of a City Lord. This was simply outrageous.
"Iron Bull… That Iron Bull again… The one from Quan Zhen Sect, right?"
Ever since the game opened its server, Wang Yu had been on numerous system announcement. Those who had better memories would know the guild he was from.
Quan Zhen Sect had always been the notorious guild in the game. They were more famous for committing the small crimes which everyone couldn't be too bothered with.
It would be logical if a big name guild like Sanguine Alliance took the position of City Lord. Even if everyone knew that Wang Yu was a top expert, it was still unbelievable how a player from such a small guild managed to claim the title of City Lord.
After all, treasuring a jade ring becomes a crime especially for an ordinary man. 
It was true that the weak are prey to the strong in this game. If a small guild dared to be the City Lord, aren't they inviting trouble for themselves?
Therefore, there were all sorts of opinions on the forum. Some were saying how the Quan Zhen Sect had their own backing while others mentioned that the Quan Zhen Sect was simply ignorant. Some of the more arrogant players even expressed their intention to head over to Twilight City to bring down Quan Zhen Sect.
Of course, those who commented something like that were all keyboard warriors… Those with actual abilities would never go around announcing such things.
On the forum, everybody already started treating Twilight City as their imaginary enemy while the City Lord, Wang Yu, was still strolling outside the blacksmith shop.
While the Quan Zhen Sect might be some small guild in the eyes of the other guilds from other cities, the Quan Zhen Sect was a true gang leader in the eyes of the guilds here.
Not too long ago, everyone knew about how the Quan Zhen Sect pulled Choba 345 into their sect. Therefore, the blacksmith job in Twilight City grew extremely popular.
The business at the blacksmith shop also improved tremendously as the entire blacksmith shop was filled with people who all wanted to stand out as an ordinary blacksmith.
One must know that Wang Yu was the number one figure in the entire Twilight City, especially in the blacksmith shop. These commoners were more familiar with Wang Yu than anyone else.
Seeing the arrival of Wang Yu, everyone opened up a path for him to walk through.
"Brother Bull is here again… Are you here to forge another God-grade equipment? You can use my stall! I can support you… Does your Quan Zhen Sect still lack another blacksmith?" A series of questions could be heard as everyone wanted to be a part of the Quan Zhen Sect. 
However, they didn't know that Wang Yu looked up to Choba 345 mainly because he had exceedingly outstanding skills and abilities.
Wang Yu rejected the offer politely as he said, "Thank you, everyone, for your offer but I am not forging anything today. I'm here to complete a quest."
"What quest? We can help you!"
Experts would always be welcomed everywhere they went. This was especially true for down-to-earth experts like Wang Yu. Sensing the good temper of Wang Yu, everyone expressed their willingness to help him with his quest.
"There is no need for that!" Wang Yu wiped his sweat nervously.
Bad news rides fast while good news baits later. This quest involved the family scandal of the previous City Lord so why would Wang Yu go around telling other people about it? 
After squeezing through the crowd, Wang Yu finally arrived in front of Simba.
Simba looked like his usual half-dead self. 
"Hey, teacher," Wang Yu greeted Simba. 
Simba lifted his weary eyes and realised that Wang Yu was the one standing in front of him. He asked, "It's you? What wine did you bring for me?"
Wang Yu was slightly taken aback at how the system NPC would demand bribes now. It seemed like many youngsters were not thoughtful enough that it forced the NPC's IQ to increase to a level as such. Indeed, times are really improving.
"Hehe, I didn't bring any wine this time. However, you have to treat me to some wine," Wang Yu replied pridefully.
Simba didn't even look at Wang Yu as he replied, "Quit the nonsense! You don't have any wine… Eh? Isn't this the letter I gave Ally? Why is it with you?"
Before Simba could finish his sentence, Wang Yu took out the letter Ally gave him to wave it in front of him. Simba cried out moments after noticing the letter.
Oh! To think that this letter was actually a love letter given by Simba to the City Lord's wife. Looking at the degree of flirtatious behaviour in the letter, it seemed like this old blacksmith was a rather passionate lover.
Wang Yu chuckled as he replied, "Hehe! I've exacted revenge for you and I've thrown your love rival off the throne. Don't you think I deserve some kind of reward?"
Simba scratched his beard as he replied, "Rubbish! Why has this got to do with me?"
"Since this is the case, I shall head back first!" Wang Yu kept the letter as he pretended to leave.
Seeing how Wang Yu was about to walk away, Simba held onto Wang Yu's legs before saying, "Eh, eh, eh, don't leave yet. Say, what do you want as a reward?"
Wang Yu smiled as he answered, "How about upgrading my [Magical Refining] to the peak grade? This should be within your capabilities right?"
[Magical Refining] was a hidden secondary job skill. Besides the quests given out by mentors, one had to find ancient notes left behind or something like that before it could be upgraded. Such plaything could only be discovered but not sought. If he didn't make use of this opportunity to request for a reward like this, it might take donkey years for him to upgrade it to peak grade. 
"This… There are restrictions in the system which stops me from giving it out easily."
"Then I shall leave now…" Wang Yu, once again, attempted to leave.
Simba hurriedly called him back, "Don't leave! Don't worry, as long as there is a quest, I will be able to give you the reward that you want."
For intelligent NPCs, the rewards in their hands were all up to them to give it out.
Wang Yu also knew the logic that while humans (NPCs) were acting, the heavens (system) were watching. Some things could not be forced, no matter how one tried. Therefore, Wang Yu was naturally not going to continue acting tough after hearing what Simba said. 
"Alright, I shall accept this simply because of the good relationship we had in the past." Wang Yu smiled happily as he handed the letter to Simba.
"Little brat! Just you wait!" After receiving the letter, Simba's expression changed completely as he glared furiously into Wang Yu's eyes. After that, he took a close look at Ally's letter.
Who knew that as he read the letter, Simba's eyelids grew red as tears started rolling down his cheeks.
"Is this the tears of happiness?" Wang Yu sighed.
However, Simba's expression remained malevolent as both his hands were trembling. He did not look happy at all which made Wang Yu curious about the content of the letter. 
Just when wild thoughts were going through Wang Yu's head, Simba finally finished reading the letter. Infuriated, he crushed the letter into a ball and wanted to throw it out. However, he couldn't bear to do so in the end.
"What was written on it?" Wang Yu could no longer contain his curiosity so he asked.
Simba handed the letter back to Wang Yu before saying, "Take a look at it for yourself!"
"Ohh."
Wang Yu opened the letter hurriedly.
"En, oh!"
After staring at it for a few seconds, Wang Yu said, "I don't recognise these words…"
"…" Simba stared at Wang Yu without saying anything before waving his huge hand over the letter. The weird words on the letter turned into Chinese words.


Catching arrows, running up walls, crushing boulders and bending metal, these are but petty parlour tricks in the eyes of a true martial artist. But where can a martial artist stand in an era of material pursuit?

Join Wang Yu, the greatest martial genius the world has ever seen, as he takes on the gaming world of <<REBIRTH>>, where dragons, demons and immortals are more than just legends.

As I got walked into my room I saw a stack of presents with Shy perched on top of the stack. Shy makes a small sound as he sees me enter the room and flys off the stack onto the wardrobe. 

The stack has a few wrapped gifts and letters attached to them sitting next to the stack is some candy and notes, from Dean, Seamus, and Daphne Greengrass. I didn't get Daphne anything since I didn't expect her to get me anything now I feel a bit bad. I suppose it's a thank you for helping her out in potions a few times.

I pick up the first present as I pick it up I can tell it's just a wrapped book but I still read the letter attached first.

From Professor Minerva McGonagall

Dear Soren Black,

It has been brought to my attention by Headmaster Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, that I have been partial toward you. This was brought about by my priorly held biases held towards your late father which have as of recently, have been proven misinformed. That is why through this letter I wish to extend my sincerest apology and would like to offer a book that will better help you advance in my class. I hope you study well and have a joyous Christmas with your family.

Sincerely, Professor Minerva McGonagall

I am happy she apologized for being partial towards me, but this is a bit impersonal isn't it? I sigh as I wonder what she thinks I'm lacking in transfiguration as I open the wrapping.

THE STUDY OF THE TRANSFIGURATION ALPHABET 

… The transfiguration alphabet? I'll admit I don't have it memorized but is that really a reason to drop my grade from an O to an E? Hell, not even Hermione has it memorized yet… 

From what I can gather the "Transfiguration Alphabet" is just ancient runes simplified into a pseudo-language from having similar transformative properties. The books in Sid's lab often mentioned the ancient runes… not that I understand them.

I set down the book on my desk and move on to the next present, it's from Hermione. Surprise, surprise it's another book. The card on top is just a normal Christmas card so I just unwrap the book.

HOGWARTS: A HISTORY

I smile at the gift as it is exactly what I would expect of Hermione, then again I got her a book as well so what does that say? I set that book on my desk as well, winter break is long so I have more than enough time to skim through them both. With how much I read at Sid's lab I have gotten REALLY good at going through a book fast… even if I don't retain everything.

Next was from a name I didn't recognize, Molly Weasley is that Ron's mother?. The package was soft so I assume it is probably some sort of fabric, but first, there is a letter attached.

From Molly Weasley

Dear Soren Black,

I know we have not met yet but I hope that will change in the future. My son has sent many letters discussing you, not all of them the kindest. But I would like to thank you for keeping him out of trouble and being his friend. Currently, I am away on vacation but I hope next break you can come to visit with Harry Potter. I have known the Tonks for quite a few years and we don't live that far away so feel free to pop in.

Best wishes, Molly Weasley

.... WHAT THE HECK

She seems like such a nice lady, how in the hell did the twins and Ron end up so… wrong. Nothing against them but Ron is pretty ignorant and the twins are just pranksters.

I unwrap the gift to see it's a black jumper with a golden embroidered B on it… it's hand-knitted. I'm baffled, how did such a sweet woman have such mischievous kids? 

I look at the last present and am surprised by what I see, a letter and the name on it is Narcissa Malfoy. This is more surprising than getting something from Ron's mother.

From Narcissa Malfoy

I hope you choose the right side of the family nephew.

Regards, Your loving Aunt

As I finish reading it, it goes up in flames and turns to ash almost immediately. I don't really know what to think about this… is it supposed to be a threat?

I open the small gift and notice it is actually a small book, about the size of a small notebook.

CURSES, HEXES, AND JINXES 

The book itself was pure black except for the golden lettering on the front. I wonder if it is supposed to be a bribe, I guess it doesn't matter. No way I will take her up on her offer, pure-blood elitists should all just die out.

I wonder if she knows what I did to my 'Cousin' at Hogwarts? Probably not, that mama's boy probably can't stand to talk about being pushed around by a 'half-blood'. 

I suppose even if I don't like her I don't mind reading a bit of the book. After going through all of Sid's books my line between good and bad magic is literally non-existent. I can see how 'Dark Magic' would be perceived as such but in actuality, the only bad thing about it is that you have to imagine them in pain to use it properly. But Reducto is easily the most brutal spell I can think of literally disintegrating the enemy and it isn't considered Dark Magic.

Avada Kedavra, the killing curse, really isn't that bad in hindsight. Yes, its only purpose is to kill, and yes you have to truly want them dead. But is it really that bad to want someone dead? There are many atrocities in this world worse than death… I would know.

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After Christmas day the break was still pretty eventful, Uncle Ted got a job at the Ministry of Magic. It's just a low-level job in the Department of Mysteries but still really good for a Muggle-Born wizard in this day and age. 

Sis Dora graduated from Aurors basic training and got chosen to be apprenticed to someone named Alistar Moody, also known as Mad-Eye Moody. I haven't gotten to meet him yet, but I hope I get to during the summer since I don't trust his reputation. 

The book about Hogwarts was really interesting, I learned Dueling used to be a trained standard at Hogwarts. Nowadays it is only taught at the discretion of the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, usually in your 4th or 5th year.

I'm tempted to try and get Dumbledore to consider re-adding it to the curriculum as an elective, it would be a fun class to take next year. I'm sure if I use Harry as leverage I can get him to add it to the curriculum. 

…. Maybe blackmailing the most powerful wizard alive isn't a good idea…. Nah, I think it will be fine…

Dementors are personified depression, soul-devouring creatures with little intelligence. What would you do if you woke up in the body of one?

2 chapters a week Monday and Thursday

Nie Chang led Su Yan out of the subway. They had never before taken this way together so he actually didn't know where they would have to deliver the letter of resignation to. He looked at Su Yan and lifted his brows.
"I'll do it alone. I wouldn't want to have those rumors spread to my boss. Even if I don't work here anymore. It's bad enough as it is."
"Alright. But it wouldn't be a problem if I accompanied you until the door, would it?"
Su Yan shook his head. "No, it probably wouldn't but … Let's just be safe, alright? Who knows who'd be seeing us together?"
Nie Chang leaned against the wall next to them and smiled teasingly. "That sounds like a clandestine love affair."
"Hah? That has nothing to do with it!"
"Of course! It's some kind of relationship you can't expose to the world because you're afraid of how everyone will react. Ah, the society isn't ready to accept a love such as ours …" He sighed deeply as if they really were lovers that had to keep their relationship hidden from the world.
Su Yan blushed. This wasn't what this was about! How could Nie Chang say something like this?! And with such a straight face, too … "I'll go alone!" He turned around and ran off.
Nie Chang coughed to mask his laughter. He waited a bit, then he followed Su Yan. Tch, as if he would wait and let him go alone when there was some guy running around who was after the one he loved!
Su Yan reached the office of his boss without any problems, though. He stood in front of the door and looked down at the letter of resignation in his hands. Luckily, Nie Chang hadn't included his real reason for resigning. He could just tell his boss that he had gotten another job offer and felt like he would do better there.
He knocked on the door and the good-humored voice of his boss answered him.
"Boss …" Su Yan entered with a nervous expression.
As he had told Nie Chang, his boss was already in his fifties and happily married with three children. He was normally unhurried and friendly to all his employees. Working for him was nice, just that there weren't many promotion prospects. Su Yan's aspirations had never been high, though. Having a job with a normal pay was already enough for him. He had always thought that he would just work there at the railroad station for some years and then look for something different if he didn't like it anymore. Well, it might have been different if he found a girlfriend until then. Now, he was actually going to resign because of a male co-worker. It felt weird.
"Ah, Su Yan, come in, come in." His boss waved and actually put a cup of coffee in front of him. "Now, tell me. Did it work out?"
"Hah? What?" Su Yan didn't understand. What was his boss talking about? Had he gotten some assignment that he forgot? Was there some promotion the passengers were supposed to ask about?
His boss smiled even brighter. "Ah, you don't have to pretend. Zhi Bao Yu already told me everything. So, what did Li Ming say?"
Su Yan's expression derailed. Fuck! His co-workers had actually told his boss he was gay?! "Boss …"
"What? That guy rejected you?! How can that be? The girls told me he ran after you after work! Shouldn't he have asked you out?" His boss actually looked worried about him. Su Yan felt even worse.
"I … I'm sorry. I'm here to resign." Su Yan put his letter of resignation on the table. Then, he stood up and bowed. "I know it is sudden and I'm really sorry but if it's possible I would like to leave work today already."
His boss was shocked. He took the letter and read but Nie Chang had written nothing on his reasons since he knew that Su Yan would be embarrassed if his boss knew. "This … Is this because of Li Ming? Are you afraid you'll get into trouble if you're going out with one of your co-workers?"
"No. I … I'm not into men."
His boss sighed. "Su Yan, it's alright. I understand. Come on, sit down."
Su Yan hesitated but, after all, this was his boss. He sat down again and folded his hands in his lap. God, he just wanted to get out of here …
"Su Yan, I know, society isn't always nice in regards to such relationships. But you can rest assured that no one will make things difficult here for you. Your co-workers are all supporting the two of you. And, you know, actually, my youngest son is also gay. So there is no need to pretend in front of me."
Su Yan's face was black when his boss got to the last part. So many people had told him that he didn't need to pretend in front of them because they understood and were so open-minded. But he wasn't even pretending! He really wasn't gay! Damn it, he couldn't even imagine doing anything like kissing or … well, things, with another man! Alright, he also couldn't imagine doing such things with a woman since he didn't have any experience but he was sure he'd like that more!
"Boss, I'm not. I really don't like men. I definitely don't like Li Ming. In fact …" He gritted his teeth. He hadn't wanted to say it but since his boss had already heard of those things and even believed them, he would just get it out. "In fact, I'm resigning because of that. I don't want to work at a place where people say those things about me and where I have to be afraid of being harassed by a male co-worker because of such rumors. So, please, let me go."
His boss was stunned. "You … Are you serious?"
"I am. Please let me resign today. I know it's a bad time for that but I just can't work here anymore. I'm actually afraid of seeing Li Ming again."
His boss put the letter down and examined his face. Su Yan knew he probably didn't look good at the moment. Yesterday had been such a stressful day and that after he hadn't slept much. This night had been better but … his nerves were still high-strung. What he just told his boss wasn't wrong: He really was afraid of meeting Li Ming again. What would he say? What would he do? He didn't want to find out. No, it was better to resign and take Nie Chang up on his offer.
"Alright." His boss finally nodded. "Do you know where you'll go after this?"
Su Yan nodded. "A friend of mine has a small repair shop. He's searching for someone at the moment."
His boss nodded again. "Alright. Then, you can just go. Do you have something at the counter?"
Su Yan shook his head. "No. Nothing."
"Well, I'm sorry to see you go. But if it's like this …" He felt bad inside. He had always believed Su Yan to be gay. After all, the boy was quite similar to his own son and he had known for years that his boy was gay, even though he had never said anything. Now, this employee of his was actually resigning because of the rumors about him. He felt like he was partly responsible, though he had never spoken about his assumption until the other employees had told him about Su Yan and Li Ming yesterday.
Su Yan nodded, stood up and bowed again. "Thank you for the years I was allowed to work here." Then, he hurried out of the room and ran down the corridor. Just as he took a turn, he collided with a wide chest.

Su Yan always wanted to be an author. Being moved by his determination (Well, in fact, she was just an avid reader of his fan-fictions and wanted him to write full time …) official Shen Lu grants the aspiring author a system: The Lovely Writing System!
Finding a strange app on his beloved notebook, Su Yan is sure he has fallen prey to a hacker. But why is this strange app issuing tasks related to his favorite hobby? Wait … What? He is supposed to write BL?! And what is this shitty task about experiencing story immersion?! No! He’d rather not become an author if that means he also has to become a shou!

Follow Su Yan on his path to becoming the world’s greatest BL author … and to reluctantly becoming a beloved shou thanks to a shitty Lovely Writing System!

Release schedule: The story is finished.

As Justin was leaving his house, he felt a little sad. He didn't expect that one day he will fall out with his parents but he did not regret his decision. At the very least, he did it for himself. He left and went to Adrian's house.

As his close friend, Adrian knows well that although everything goes according to his plans, he has nothing left with him. He gave up on his parents and the women he loves left him thus it will be hard for him to go back to the cheerful and ignorant Justin anymore.

"Ah, I am homeless, penniless and jobless now. Adrian are you going to support me from now on." Justin cracks a small joke with Adrian.

"Don't spout nonsense, I have prepared an apartment for you as it might be inconvenient for you to continue staying here. You can move into it straight away. Our company is hiring a new marketing director to replace Gina, you can go apply for the job. I know you used to be a CEO but this is the most I can offer you now. I tell you in advance, I never will use personal ties in employing people so you have to get the job on your own, but I believe you have the capability. And here is a sum of money, enough for you to survive the month. I do not intend to give you this money, return it when you get your first pay." Adrian had settled everything for Justin but he knows Justin will not easily accept his kindness if it was all given to him so he could only give him these reasons for him to accept.

"Thanks, my best brother of a lifetime. You have already done too much for me." Justin was touched by how much help Adrian has offered him even though they are not blood-related.

"Adrian...." Justin suddenly thought of another matter but he doesn't know how he should ask him.

"Don't worry, I am monitoring the Fang's action. I am backing up the Xia corporation. It will not get destroyed or fall into the hand of the Fangs. Furthermore, you have already brought Xia corporation back from the crisis before you left so it will not fall so easily. I promise I will step in to help if things went out of control." Adrian knew what Justin wanted to ask by looking at his expression.

"Thank you, Adrian. I will get going first."  Justin took the keys for the apartment and prepare to leave.

"Ok, I will send you the address later. And also, come back often. Our house will always have an extra pair of chopsticks for you. Don't always eat takeout food." Adrian was worried for Justin as he was so used to being a spoilt rich kid and he was afraid that Justin could not cope with his life alone.

"Yes, naggy grandpa."  Justin chuckled as he left Adrian's house.

Justin went to the apartment prepared for him and he found the route familiar when he was on his way. After he reached the apartment, he was surprised to see that his new house used to belong to Gina. He did not know Adrian would give Gina's house to him. He was very grateful as there are many memories of him and Gina in that house. He quickly settles in and starts planning for his future.
...
Country F, 
Gina has arrived at country F and was settling into her new house in country F. She started unpacking her luggage. After finish unpacking, she was fishing for her phone in her bag when she took out a piece of paper. It was the letter Adrian had given her before she left, she had just randomly chucked it in her bag as she left. She opened up the letter.

"My beloved, I know that you might hate me for being a useless boyfriend. I did not give you protection and security and this made me leave me. I know the harsh words you say when you want a breakup, you don't actually mean it. It doesn't matter what is the actual reason you want to leave my side but I just want to tell you I will give you time. I will wait for you and improve myself to be the man worthy of your love. No matter how long you take, I will wait for you even if it takes more than 10 years. I will not stop loving you and you will be my one and only love forever. The one who loves you deeply, Justin."

As she was reading the letter, she could not control her emotion and start wailing. She also loves Justin deeply but she couldn't be with him. She could not even open social media to read the news of Justin and Megan Fang. She was afraid she might get a heartbreak once again once she read the news.

"That freaking b*stard, why does he have to do this...When I want to forget him and remove him from my life, he makes me unable to do it...Why does he have to be so cruel, I could not hate him or forget him..."

'Please forget me, You deserve someone who can always love you forever. ' Adrian wang teared while listening to what Violet Song said in his dreams after the death of Violet song


"Never will i forget you, you are my one and only love" Adrian Wang said with tears in his eyes as he look toward little candy.

After Violet Song's death, Adrian wang became more vicious at workplace but caring and heartwarming daddy at home with little candy. 

Adrian wang suffers a huge blow after Violet Song's death and keep his heart close to any other romance until his new secretary, Angel Xu appears by his side.





(Any similarity in story plot is all pure coincedence, never took references from other novel)

•Arius
Sephra mountain was a few kilometers away from Lorelai, I took my bike till the start of the mountain forest and parked it by the wire fence.
There was a warning sign on the fence stating;
'Warning: The place is filled with reptiles and wild animals and it's easy to get lost.'
No doubt the warning was right. Sephra mountain was huge and the forest was thick, thick enough that it blocked off a lot of light. The trees were tall, their competition for sunlight was tough.
The surface was rocky and uneven, on top of that you could hear the rustling of the bushes and trees everytime something passed by.
With the hope that I was going in the right direction I kept on moving.
I should have brought some water with me because it was really humid here and constantly climbing the mountain was tiring.
I'm not an unfit person, rather I'm in perfect health and still I'm tired and getting paranoid of this place.
All I know is that to reach the skull spiders one has to reach a certain wooden wall or shrine.
Their living base can't be found out that easily and honestly considering how strange this mountain is I don't think anyone would come across it.
After about three hours of climbing and searching when I was getting anxious, I came across a shrine.
It was nothing more than two large pillars in a clearing with a roof and talisman attached to it but at least it was something.
I walked and stood directly under it, after taking a look around I sat down on my knees, placed my hands on my thighs and closed my eyes.
"I'm Arius Alucard, here to meet the skull spider's head." I paused, "I sent a letter before hand. I just came here to talk."
I kept my eyes closed and stayed still until the point I heard some movement and finally felt a presence directly behind me.
I opened my eyes and stood up.
"Arius Alucard." Someone called out to me.
I turned and looked at the man in black tight clothing, "Yes." I answered.
"Follow me. The master awaits you."
I nodded and started following him. 
It took a few minutes of walking in strange patterns but soon enough we arrived at a temple. It was in the middle of a large clearing, and got a decent amount of light. One would think it was the top but it wasn't, clearly their residence was well hidden.
Although I knew their whole clan was there, I barely felt their presence. If I wasn't trained and was an ordinary person I would have never been able to tell.
I was taken to a room where a middle aged man sat on his knees, a few centimeters apart with his hands on his knees. There was a table directly in front of him.
He turned his face towards me and gestured me to sit on the other side of the table.
I did as I was told and sat in the same position as him.
"You made a wise decision of coming here alone." He stated.
"Thank you." I bowed slightly.
"If you had sent a representative or had brought a comrade, it would have been the end for you and them." I know. That's why I made sure all of my companions remained asleep, even Caesar.
"I'm well aware. This is why I came alone. I had to have this discussion with you." Coming here as the head meant I offer them the proper respect.
"Tea?" He asked.
"No sir, I'm fine. I'm here to-"
"I know why you're here boy." He cut my words as he raised his hand, "Tea?"
"..." I nodded, "Yes please."
He gave me a smile,  "You killed three of my men."
"They were there to kill me and my men." I tried my best to keep my emotions in check and talk in a proper tone, "They killed the person dearest to me on wrong grounds."
"Was it not you who asked for the first one?"
"No." I denied it firmly, "Why would I hire an assassin to kill my own slaves? I'm far more capable of doing it myself."
He narrowed his eyes but didn't seem the least bit suspicious.
"Then who was it?"
"The letter was sent under my name and surely the seal was mine but it was stolen and used. I already have the traitor in my custody."
"Is that so?" He seemed unamused.
"Are you not convinced?"
"Words alone are never enough but it does make sense, why would you hire an assassin just to kill him?"
I was glad that he understood.
"I hope the misunderstanding does not go any further than this."
"I never planned to attack you boy." He knew what I was here for, "Rest assured. The fault lies in the men I trained. They were not trained for revenge plus the first one took the job without my knowledge."
"You did not allow him?"
"He took the job without my knowledge." He closed his eyes when he paused then opened them again to continue, "The three you killed, they deserved it." There was no remorse on his face and I was sure he didn't feel anything either.
"Why do you think they deserved it? Because they acted out of order?"
"Yes. Those three." His eyes travelled back to some distant memories, "I picked them up as teenage children. They had run away from the slums and somehow managed to find this temple."
"I thought the skull spiders took in toddlers only."
He lowered his eyes in shame, "It was a mistake. Perhaps a few moments of softness." His expressions were hard to read, they remained monotonous, "Perhaps that is why they went against the rules and in the end, when you disrupt order you meet your end."
…
It made a lot of sense. The thing just didn't sit in my mind about how the skull spiders would just give an assassin that easily. They were not there for a simple hire but now the mystery was solved and I knew that never again were they going to make a mistake of taking in children older than seven. That was their law after all.
"So who was it that hired him?"
"Ryan Black."
"Hmm." He just gave me a simple nod.
The sliding door opened and a man, exceptionally beautiful, with pale white skin, white hair and delicate features entered the room. He wore the shrine attire and had blue eyes with thin lips. If I didn't know better I would have thought that he was a woman.
He came in with a cup of tea and placed it in front of me, then quietly left.
I picked up the cup and brought it to my lips when the Master spoke.
"Before you drink," I stopped, "I have an offer."
I placed the cup back on the table.
"Yes?" I asked.
"The tea you're going to drink has a special drug in it." I listened without making any expressions, "Since it was three of my kids who caused you harm I will make this offer." I guessed that he called all the men under him his kids, maybe because the master is the one who raises and trains them, "If you drink this and survive the skull spiders will be at your call three times throughout your generation."
"In simpler terms, if I drink this and at some part need your help, you will send your men?" He nodded, "And throughout my generation means that if I only get to use it once or none at all, the offer passes to my next generation?"
"Only to your blood." The offer no doubt tempting, it didn't end with me. If I use it once in my time, the next generation will still have two calls left. 
That was a different matter that the next generation might not even be there.
"What are the chances of survival?" I asked.
"Zero." His answer made me frown but I composed myself immediately.
"Zero? And you expect me to survive?"
"Oh yes child. I do. Your body is poison trained so you should be able to endure it until you reach your castle." I saw the smirk appear on his face, "Hopefully."
"If I do survive until I reach the castle, then what?"
"Someone will be there with the antidote." He smirked again, "And he will stay there to confirm whether you lived or died." I looked at the tea in front of me, light steam was puffing out of it, "Your call boy."
I placed my hand on the cup, "Add another thing in." I looked at him, "None of the assassins will ever try to kill or harm the Alucard members and men."
He smiled, "You have my word."
I picked up the cup. 'For my clan' I mentally cheered and drank it whole in one go. Then placed the cup down quietly. 
"I shall take my leave." I stood up and the master nodded.
"I hope to see you again boy." He closed his eyes to meditate, "If possible."


Book 2 : [ Can be read as a stand alone book ]

Getting chased by gangsters, getting kidnapped and then forced to become a slave of one of the biggest Mafian boss was Azalea's worst nightmare. 
But to make it worse the kidnapper was the man Azalea had hated all her life for depriving her of her only family

Seeing the mansion coming into view, I notice there are other carriages behind us. Those that came before of us, continued their way down the road after dropping the guests.

I decided against casting [Look M]. It could lead to unforeseen troubles. The mask is good enough for the job. The only distinguishing thing about me are the pointy ears. Which is not uncommon.

Grayfia only changed her hair and eyes colour, blonde and gold respectively. No one will be able to see through her disguise due to her ultimate-class power.

Wato stops the carriage when our door is parallel to the mansion's opened gate, guarded by two low-class devils.

He drops down from his seat and opens our door. He announces "We've arrived, lord and lady."

I, being the somewhat gentleman, exit first and offer my hand to my pseudo-wife.

Grayfia, or should I say, lady Atari, takes my hand. And gracefully steps out of the carriage.

I then offer her my right arm. She reciprocates by locking her arm to mine.

She looks at Wato, and says "Thank you."

I nod to him.

Wato bows and takes his leave. Gets on his carriage and drives away.

…
 
"You are doing good so far." She praises, smilingly.

I put my left hand on hers, that's clinging to my arm "We're just getting started, my dear wife." I smirk as I see her smile turn upside down from being called that.

We walk past the opened gate, on the paved pathway that leads to the mansion. Each step she takes, her mammaries tremble.

She quietly says "I would appreciate it if you do not call me that when we are alone."

"Can't you let a man dream?" I nudge her left tit with my right arm.

Her response is a painful pinch to my arm.

I grunt lowly "Guh. I regret nothing."

…

There are guards scattered throughout the open garden. all of them at the level of average low-class. The stronger ones, the middle-class, are guarding the restricted areas and the host.

A couple has just arrived behind us. Exiting the carriage.

-

We reached the entrance to the mansion. Two attendants wearing black shirts, orange vests and black slacks waiting by the doors. The left side of their vests have the letter N inside a circle.
Naberius and Nebiros share the same crest. Clans and their branch families do that, if they share the same initial letter.

One of them greets "Welcome, honourable guests. May we see the invitations and identifications." and both of them bow.

Grayfia hands them the two envelopes without a word. Like a true aristocrat.

The attendants validate the two documents quickly that it only last a couple of seconds.

Once the validation is done, the documents crumble into light particles.

"Thank you very much and have a wonderful evening, honourable guests." Again, they bow.

'What the. Is it to avoid recognition? Meh, that doesn't matter' I chose to ignore the bizarre outcome of the docs.

The door opens and we head inside.

-

The interior design is that of 17th century. However; there is no 'classical' touch to it. It is just....gaudy.

When we entered, another attendant appeared to guide us to the ballroom.

Now, we are walking through the long hallway of the mansion. The foul design contaminating our eyes.

There is another couple ahead of us, walking slowly. Unlike us, who are wearing 'modern' garments, they are dressed in a way that would've suited the idea of the interior design. Unfortunately for them, it makes the scene quite ludicrous due to the ugly surroundings.

We lowered our pace so as to not overtake the lady and gent. It would be rude otherwise.

Since it'll take time to reach the room, thanks to the slowpokes. I decided to lay my eyes on the wondrous scene that is, my wife's hooters.

'Up, down, up, down, up, down.'

Hypnotized, I didn't notice that she is about to pinch.

*pinch*

"ngeh~" I let out a suppressed sound to avoid attention.

Her attack backfired when she heard what I produced.

She instantaneously pulled out a hand fan from her cleavage using her right hand. And unfolded it, covering her face.

Her left hand, that's holding my arm, turned into a clutch. Her nails almost digging into my flesh.

I can see her shoulders quivering.

'It hurts, but seeing her like this is worth it.' A simper can be seen under my mask.

And she kept her face hidden behind the fan until the ballroom entrance was close, depositing her hand fan into her sacred valley.

-

We reached a wide arched entrance to the ballroom.

The room is very spacious. The ceilings are high up. Both the walls and ceilings are decorated extravagantly.

Guests are already socializing and some dancing.

We arrived not too late, nor too early. Just on time.

Most of them are wearing 'old' attire. 17th, 18th and 19th century fashion. Some, like us, are wearing relatively modern suits and dresses.

At the far sides of the room, are long catering tables. Behind the tables are attendants serving the foodies.

The dancers are going at it on the dance floor, located at the center of the room.

The gossipers are standing at the sides of the dance floor. Talking about politics and the latest scandals.

-

When we entered through the arched entrance, some eyes landed on Grayfia. 

'Can't blame them. She's very alluring. Especially her you know what.'

I glance at her "I did promise you a dance, didn't I?"

Her lips curve, smiling "I was sure that you would have raided the food once we entered. It has been a couple of days since we last ate, after all."

"Oh, I can hold out much longer than mere couple of days. Also, I would rather have fun with you." I leer behind the mask.

Easily discerning my expression behind the mask, her eyes turn cold while her smile remains "If you try anything 'funny', I will put a hole in your foot. I am wearing my favourite heels."

'Empty threats. You wouldn't jeopardize the mission by causing a commotion.'

"Why, I would never. I swore to wash away the sin I've committed by having us dance the night away." I stand in front of her and bow, offering her my hand in invitation for dancing.

"Fufu. You fool, you are attracting attention." My antics did garner a few looks and laughs. Including hers.

She took my hand, accepting my invite "Very well, let us dance."

Putting her in a good mood, I escorted her to the dance floor.

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Highschool DxD harem fanfic

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It's harem

Mc is evil

Scum

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Appearance will be that of an imp

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Sexual content that will definitely put people off

Violence and unsavory acts will be brought upon characters you may or may not like

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And did I mention the mc is bi?
There will be dudes in harem 'winkwink'

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Mc never gonna be a hero. So if you like heroes, then this isn't for you

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"But you can see that that person is deliberately doing this. I don't know how he got to know but he knows. And the worst thing is we don't even know what he wants. He didn't mention any demand to keep his mouth shut. We don't know how to contact him. So how will we investigate this?"

She started to cry.

"Grandma…what if he tells Jinhai?"

She tried to calm her down.

"No No. Nothing will happen like that. If he wanted to expose us to Jinhai then he would have already done so. He is toying with us. He will say his demand eventually. And at that time, we will give him whatever he wants to not spill it."

She assured her but was a nervous wreck herself. 

Thank God my husband is not here at this time. It will not only ruin Jinhai and Huian's relationship but also mine with him. I have to end this before he comes back.

Grandpa Liu had a hobby to travel a lot. So he used to be away for long periods of time after he finally handed his CEO position to Liu Hai. Occasionally he returned in case of any special event but he couldn't do so for the anniversary.

This matter was something Grandma Liu hadn't shared with her husband. So if he comes back before it's settled, she would be in a big problem.

She thought hard.

"But with this second letter, it's confirmed that that man was at the party. And we know all the guests. We had made the guest list together. I know for sure that none of them can know about this."

Huian had to agree. It cannot be any guest.

"What if…he was among the staff? He disguised himself as one of the workers?"

"That may be possible. But our security is so tight. There is no way any worker can enter without proper identification."

"He may have forged it. Or he may have swapped with the original staff and disguised as him."

Grandma Liu was struck with an idea.

"When did he put the gift? We can know from the CCTV, right? We can see the recording when all the gifts were kept and we'll be able to see who was the person who kept that particular gift which had the first letter."

Huian finally found some hope. If they can see how he looks like then it would become much easier to investigate him.

"I will get the recording at once."

She quickly called the security head and asked for the party recording.

"Mam, is there any problem? Is there any threat?"

She quickly gave an excuse. It would be a problem if he reported this to Jinhai or Father Liu.

"Of course not. It's just…I lost my earring that I particularly like very much. And I think I lost it during the celebration. So I thought of just taking a look. The maids also still haven't found it."

"Okay, mam."

She got the recording and asked him to leave.

"Grandma! Here it is."

"Play it now.", she urged.

Huian got her laptop and started playing. She fast-forwarded it to the scene where all gifts were kept. They waited for the man to appear, but nothing happened even after that part was over. That man was nowhere to be seen.

"What? What happened? It's over but the man didn't come and neither is the gift there."

"I don't know."

She again played the footage but it was still the same. Now she was panicking.

But then she noticed something odd. That maid…why did she come again?

Wait a minute.

She again played the footage. And her eyes widened.

"Grandma. Somebody has tampered with the recording. It's showing the twenty seconds of a previous part of the footage. It's looped to play that part again where this maid comes and keep the gifts. He must have kept the gift in that time frame but altered it to hide."

Grandma Liu was stunned. 

"How can this be? He can even tamper with our security? This is bad."

Huian cried. "What now? We don't have any way to know about him. We can't contact him. We don't know what he wants. So how will we deal with him?"

---

At Natsukashi.

Nana was thinking about her new job when her phone rang.

She picked it up.

"Nanaaaaaa. I miss you so much!!"

Nana had to distance herself from her phone. She sighed.

"Serena. I miss you too. Tell me, how is your internship going on?"

"It's going great. There is a pest who is jealous of my work. She always tries to create problems with me. Hmph! But I know how to handle her. So I'm cool. But I'm having withdrawal symptoms. I need your food!"

She chuckled, "When you'll return, I will cook for you as much as you want okay?"

"That's my girl. Now I got the energy to work again. So, what's new?"

She told everything about her anniversary catering contract and the new job offer from Liu's.

"That's awesome. A second contract from the same family. And not just any family. Liu's have become your fans! Your life is set!"

She facepalmed.

"Well, work will go on forever. But what about love? How far have you gone with Chen Jianyu?"

From the outside, Nana’s life seemed simple. She had everything she had ever wanted: a cute but rascally pair of twin brothers, a best friend, and her own restaurant. Nana couldn’t ask for anything more; she was happy and content in her life.

One day by chance, Nana meets Madam Chen of the second most prestigious Chen family who instantly liked her for her son, Chen Jianyu.

But this one meeting turned Nana's simple life into a hell of a rollercoaster. Amidst all the twists, when the time came to announce Nana and Chen Jianyu's engagement in the Chen's celebration banquet, someone from the shadows planned the biggest conspiracy that woke Nana to the biggest horror of her life.

What will happen next?

One thing is for sure. Nothing is as simple as it seems to be.

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