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[Year 1847]

When the Lord took a step forward, she took a step back. Taking a gulp she said, "You know, what you're doing can be considered as terrorizing."

"Well, I call it persuading."

"I believe you aren't using the right wordbook, milord."

"You didn't answer my question," the Lord was too persistent, thought Heidi to herself. It didn't look like he would let it go.

The year 1847

Heidi was an adopted child, where one of the Duke had been generous enough to take her in.  A girl, who when grew up had no idea that she would be the political bridge between the two empires. A marriage with the East Lord's relative.

Lord Nicholas with his gentle appearance and behaviour made him the White King of the Empire. A man who was the kindest to the souls around him, with only a few who knew what laid beneath that beautiful mask. What happens when a girl is responsible for bringing out the worst and the best out of him? Especially when it's his cousin's fiancee.

Finally Lu Shu had a chance to visit the central area of the town. Although the floor was muddy and the ground tiles were laid in a haphazard arrangement, at least the environment looked more civilized.
In the countryside where Zhang Weiyu lived, Lu Shu could hardly see anyone else. Most of the people there had yielded to the pressures of life and sold their farms, their land and even themselves in exchange for a better life and Zhang Weiyu was among the few exceptions. Over time, Tiangeng Town had become the landlords' farmland.
There were not many food stalls along the streets. Most of them were business ones. Inside, the workers had marks on their body - a knife for the Yu family's, a gold ingot for the Lin's, and a fish for the Zhang's. The aristocrats had an even more complicated symbol which consisted of two criss crossing swords.
Major landlords were only allowed to have one symbol, but the aristocrats could have two. The hierarchy was apparent in every detail of their daily life.
However, it was said that the original symbol for the Lin's was not the gold ingot. They had changed it because Wen Zaifou, the South Lord of Heaven, gifted the Lin's with a gold ingot after he stayed at their backyard during his land inspection.
From this story, Lu Shu learned that the family symbol was not permanent. Thus, it required a fair bit of art skills to design a good family logo…
Moreover, the Lin's was pretty good at toadying up to powerful people.
Yu Die invited Lu Shu for a horse-ride, but was rejected. As a result, she walked the horse together with Lu Shu. It was then that Lu Shu suddenly realized that Yu Die was only 3-4cm shorter than him. She had attractive curves as well.
In this world, ability was the only thing that mattered. Despite the landlords' high social status, their luxurious gowns were tight-fitting and specially designed for combat effectiveness.
As she walked, Yu Die tended to lean towards Lu Shu subconsciously, almost forcing him off the road…
All of the workers in the roadside stalls sized them up secretly as they walked past the town.
After a few days, the entire Tiangeng town knew that the landlord of the Yu family was interested in a commoner and that no one was allowed to mess with him.
Furthermore, the Yu landlord sent him presents everyday and rumor had it that he was rather handsome.
In fact, stories like this had happened before among the landlords. They liked to exploit every means possible to get the commoner woman or man they wanted and they would even trade with other landlords for their slaves.
However, in those cases, the landlords would usually force the commoners to obey them and leave them with little or no room for negotiation. But this one sounded more like a romance story…
Yet, Lu Shu found it similar to a typical romance story plot where a powerful figure fell in love with a small fry.
There was discrimination among the slaves as well. The more powerful ones looked down on the weaker ones, and those who received cultivation techniques from their landlords despised those who could only do the chores in their family business. Those in the business despised the farmers and the farmers despised the commoners.
Logically the slaves had a lower social standing than the commoners, but they disagreed. They disliked the commoners' dignity and pride as they believed that they were equally incapable of earning a decent living.
People like Zhang Weiyu, who would rather struggle in their miserable lifestyle than to give up their freedom to someone else, was like a stark contrast to the lack of character of the slaves.
In fact, all of the slaves in Tiangeng Town regarded Zhang Weiyu as a pain in their ass. That was how this society worked.
As a matter of fact, the hefty taxes was not the only reason that contributed to Zhang Weiyu's difficult lifestyle. He would have led a better life if only that were the case, given that he was free from the burdens of family.
Nevertheless, many slaves liked to destroy his farmland when they happened to walk past.
Lu Shu had learned about it from Yu Die, who admired Zhang Weiyu for his perseverance and positive attitude towards life even when his crops were destroyed by the slaves. In the worst case scenario, he would not mind eating tree roots to keep himself alive.
When Yu Die told Lu Shu about that, his impression of Zhang Weiyu had changed as well. His stories were reminiscent of Lu Shu's childhood, when he refused to steal like the other kids from the orphanage even when he was about to be starved to death in the outside world.
The Yu family had a spacious backyard. When Lu Shu followed Yu Die inside, the slaves guarding the mansion studied him curiously. There was a faint look of disapproval on their face.
In their impression, Lu Shu was merely a weak, incapable boy with a pretty face that attracted their landlord… Now that they saw him in person, they realized that his skin was indeed very fair[1].
As Lu Shu walked in, he asked, "Can you tell me more about the old King of Gods?"
Yu Die shook her head and said, "The old King was a mysterious man and all of our knowledge about him is from unofficial historical documents. It's said that someone had once advised the old King to set up a department specially dedicated to documenting his daily life and his history, but the old King refused. He said that his life needed neither comments nor records and he did not want to be documented in any written form or whatsoever because words and books are insufficient as tools of expression. As a result, a profession has formed just to study the poems left by the old King, in an attempt to peek into his life and his philosophies. Those people are called experts of the King's teachings…"
"Oh well." Lu Shu was amused. "Experts of the King's teachings"? It would truly be absurd if they could figure anything out from those poems! By the time they finally reached a conclusion, they would realize that either the old King or the experts themselves had gone mad!
At that moment, Lu Shu felt that the old King was a bully who teased the Luniverse folks for their ignorance. He would have been condemned and reprimanded if he were on Earth.
Yu Die diverted the topic. "How do you find my yard? The Lord of Heaven demanded that no landlords' yards could be bigger than seven acres. I've put in much effort and thoughts just to ensure that my yard does not exceed that limit. Take a look here. All the flat stones on the ground bear a story. This is how much thinking I invested in my yard. As for the Lin's and the Zhang's, they disobeyed the rules set by the Lord and recklessly expanded their yard. Who knows when the Lord will slaughter their entire families!"
"So serious?" Lu Shu gasped in shock. He had not expected the hierarchy system to be so insanely strict in the Luniverse. They had rules over the size of their own yards and the landlords' lives depended on someone else's moods as well.
However, he felt like doubting the intelligence of the people here when he saw the whole collection of poems in the study.
There were over 30 volumes of "300 Poems from the King", over 40 pieces of "Complete Collection of the King's Poems" and over 20 "Complete Collection of the King's Articles", together with many other books and files…
Yu Die sighed in deep emotions. "The King was fabulously imaginative. Some of the places he mentioned in his works are not from the Luniverse. Thus, we speculate that there must have been a beautiful land of the Gods in the old King's mind!"
"Yes. Sure. Absolutely," said Lu Shu. He was having serious thoughts over the sanity of the people of this world.
"There's another argument that the old King of Gods was actually from another world, and he was missing his hometown when he wrote those lines," said Yu Die, "Some people believe that the King was very lonely."
Lu Shu was stunned. This theory was actually possible. Could the old King be an earthling? How else could it explain the fact that the Puppet Masters had gone to Earth?
This world was rich in Spirit Qi, yet it was called the Exiled Land. Honestly speaking, Lu Shu felt that the name was more apt for Earth!
[1] In Chinese, a "weak, incapable boy with a pretty face" is literally called "one with a fair face"


Magical energy has come to this world; Lu Shu could only stare as one powerhouse after another appear.

Looking at his own peculiar ability, he exhaled a breath of cold air.

Dog balls!

...

This is a story of how Lu Shu used poisonous chicken soup to become the Demon King

Translator Synopsis:

This is the story of an orphan, Lu Shu. He is not any regular orphan, but a metahuman experiencing the changes in himself, his country and the world during the dawn of the magical era. Watch as Lu Shu embarks on a journey to hone his peculiar abilities together with his sister, the adorable and charismatic Lu Xiaoyu. Along the way, they’ll encounter supernatural events, obstacles and even the most powerful people in their country. How will Lu Shu make the best of his abilities and oust his never-ending list of rivals and opponents?

Not having the slightest clue what to do,she started to holler for her mother out of fun. 

"Mom, mom, mama, mama, mommy, mommy, ma, ma." 
"What's the matter with you so early so early child, don't you think its time i get the well deserved rest, leave me be?" Slamming her room door shut Ms Vivian went back to lay-down.

Having no other choice heaving a breath of sigh, Sara went back to her room also. Laying down on her bed, taking out her earphones and pulling her laptop to her lap she wanted to relieve her boredom. 

 A fan of drama and other cultures, she clicked her drama app to see what was new/ interesting to watch. Finding a Romance/Action&Adventure/ Historical drama with one of her favorite actor alongside one of her favorite actress she settled on it even though it was 58 episodes long she was dead set on watching it.

Not many individual will sit that long to watch one series but with the story line this particular drama had its bound to be worth while. Princess Agents was the name, it was already catchy from the cover profile and the name and then reading the plot pulled you on another journey into the historical side of Chinese stories.

With a smile she indulged into her solo world of drama addiction as one would call it. Without endless callings or some unwanted distraction nothing can break her concentration from watching. 

Our to leads being occupied by their own addiction which is a good kind of addiction, didn't pay any attention to their silenced phones. So Sebastian did not know that he had gotten a reply from the recipient he was waiting so dearly for. 

Time seems to move so fast when you're not on the clock at work, but in actual facts moved slow as a slug on this particular day for some unknown reason but these two young adults paid time no attention because their time was used on doing something each enjoyed in spare time.

In reality girls and boys are a big fan of Idols both boys and girls just the same. 

Each fan always have some crazy fantasies about their favorite idol. 

But when that fantasy becomes reality, what would you do?

It's about how a 20 year old woman ends up in an arranged marriage with her favorite idol, who actually turned out to be her mother's friend only son. 

We have never heard of mothers being the instigators of arranged marriages, it's normally a father's business settlement plan.

Two friends from childhood decides to make things a little interesting in their children's lives.

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Unbeknownst to the young woman how her life will turn out with her dream so far out of reach. 

Marriage that she knew nothing about. [The ML was given the heads up and didn't refuse]

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Our darling ML is bound to rules set by his contracted agency.

When it involves his love life and happiness, he consults his dear mother for advice.

Whatever the two agree upon can not be changed even if the agency does not totally agree.

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Will things go as how the adults want them to be or will it just be a cover for the two to ensure their loving parents are happy.

Let's start the journey with her to find out.

Serefina was being generous enough to change Raine's bandage and bath her personally, even though Sapphire and Belinda would be more than willing to do it for her, coupled with the witch lame excused to chase Torak out of the room was enough reason to question her true intention.
There was a fleeting surprise passed her eyes before she resumed her brilliance smile and sat down on the bed beside Raine.
"I want to know how do you manage to recover?" It wasn't a baseless question, Serefina had her own speculation about how Raine could recover so fast, but she needed to ask a few questions to confirm it.
"I did it." Raine hissed when Serefina started to taking off the bandage from her neck. She gritted her teeth when the witch cleaned the dry blood from her opened wound.
Serefina slightly raised her brows when she watched that the blood was no longer gushing out like how it was yesterday. The bleeding had stopped and left bruises on Raine's pale skin.
"Explain." Serefina said curtly and helped Raine to take off her yellow pajamas.
"When Torak bit me…" Raine cringed with the memory when the beast had bitten her, the pain was unbearable and for a moment she thought she would die right there and then that the beast would bit her head off as well. "I returned to the time where we had left off."
"I see…" Serefina nodded in understanding, apparently this was just like what she had predicted. "Continue."
Serefina threw Raine's top on the floor and started to wipe her body with a wet towel that she had prepared before.
"I met your father…"
"Mr. Alizon." Serefina emphasized as she helped Raine to unhook her bra.
"Hey!" Raine protested and hurriedly covered her naked body, but she moved her neck abruptly in the process. "Auch!"
"Stop being shy and all! I am a woman too!" Serefina swatted Raine's hand from covering her chest.
"But, it doesn't mean I will be comfortable to be naked in front of you!" Raine retorted. She had never been naked in front of anyone before.
Serefina grumbled and grabbed Raine's arm as she wiped her slightly hard. "Continued." She said sternly.
Raine felt Serefina was going to skin her alive, fortunately the towel was soft enough so it wouldn't add more wound on her skin.
"We are going to the sacred place, just like our initial plan." Raine frowned when Serefina added a little bit pressure.
"And then?" She prodded. Her eyes focused on Raine's arm that she was wiping.
"Your father…" Raine started, but Serefina interrupted her with a glare. "Mr. Alizon." She corrected the way she addressed Serefina's father.
Apparently, the way her father left her with her mother because of the mate bond between him and a female werewolf, leaving a deep scar in her heart that led to her sinister attitude whenever she watched her and Torak together.
Raine then continued her story about how she could reach the sacred place where the grimoire of the pure blood Witch had been kept for long time.
At first, Raine and Fabian had a problem to open the gate, because it required Serefina to help them. However, the moment they reached that place, the book appeared before Raine's eyes.
"The grimoire was like a puppy being called by its master and came while wagging its tail." Raine recalled the moment she got the grimoire. "I did nothing and the book suddenly appeared out of the blue."
Serefina was annoyed when Raine made comparison between her family grimoire with a puppy.
"And then!?" She put more pressure when she wiped her back, Raine was so skinny, added that she had nothing to eat for a week, her body was literally very weak now.
"Aw!" Raine complained, wriggled her body from Serefina's assault.
"Stay! You are dirty!" Serefina held Raine's shoulder so she could stop moving.
"I am not!" Raine kept wiggling until Serefina lessened her strength on her bony back. "The book is like a historical romance."
"Historical romance?" Serefina frowned. "What do you mean?"
"It told me a story about how a guardian angel, who could control the time, met the first Lycan." Raine explained. "It was sad story."
"Continue." Serefina said.
"The first guardian angel traveled back to the time and met with the first Lycan, long story short, they fell in love, but for some reason the Moon Goddess told the guardian angel to return to her current time, because she supposed to be not allowed been there, it would cause disaster for the realm. And because the Lycan has long life span, the guardian angel agreed. But…" Raine's voice became smaller.
"When the guardian angel returned to her current time, the Lycan had been died for years."
Serefina listened to her story attentively.
"The guardian angel was devastated, at that time, she met the pure blood witch and stored her power inside the grimoire. She hoped one day she could meet with her mate once again, and then she disappeared after stored her power."
Serefina's eyes dimmed. "How about the grimoire?" She asked.
"That story was playing in my head, like I was watching a movie, and when I reached the end of it, the grimoire also disappeared from my hand, it turned to be thousands of fireflies." Raine smiled when she remembered how beautiful it was.
"So, that is how the grimoire disappeared…" Serefina mumbled in understanding, because no one knew how it disappeared, her father had never had a chance to tell her about that.
No, they had never talked with each other ever since he had little Belinda.
Silence ensued until Raine turned her body and looked at Serefina's lime green eyes.
"I think Mr. Alizon knows about your true identity… he looked disappointed when it was only me, who came to meet him alone." Raine told Serefina, but the later only scoffed.
"That meant nothing." Serefina said nonchalantly.
"He told me to tell you this…" Raine ignored the witch displeased expression. "'I proud to see how well she is.'" Raine told Serefina word by word.


Snippet:

A year ago Raine was discharged from mental institution and had to live in the orphanage. It wasn't the best place. At least not for someone like her.

Until one faithful night she met him.

***

He stopped the car.

The clutched on the blanket tightened as Raine wonder if she did something wrong. She could feel it when Torak reached out his hand at her.

Will he hit me? Raine shivered with that thought.

Torak pulled back the hoodie off her head and gently tucked her hair behind her ear.

"Don't." He said firmly, "I want to see you, don't hide yourself…"

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“The spirit of the guardian angel will breathe new life into human child. Three guardian angels will be born into terrestrial world once again and the three of you will be their protectors.”

“Protectors!!?” Jedrek snapped. In the end, he stopped walking and turned his back to look at the moon goddess from far distance away, his eyes glistening red with anger. His wolf was livid. 

“Why do you think we will help?” Kace asked while narrowing his black obsidian eyes, his wolf took control of him. He was the youngest among the three and the less temperamental among them.

The three of them were cursed by Selene because of their ferocious action to gain supreme power and authority. 

The moon goddess didn’t bless them with a mate as a punishment of their atrocious way and forced them to involve in this deadly war with the demons.

“You will turn us into a slave for those sickly creatures!?” Torak asked incredulously. “Aren’t you afraid that we will snap them into two?”

The guardian angel was so fragile and they as lycanthropes didn’t appreciate the weaknesses.

“No, you will not.” Selene said patiently. “You will not be their slave nor hurt them, you will cherish them in every way possible.”

Jedrek laughed menacingly upon hearing this, they didn’t care about the resurrected of the beast, once they crossed their territory, with or without the guardian angel he would tear their body apart. “I will be the last person they will see, once I find them.” He was referring to both the guardian angel and the demon.

But, the next voice from Selene was laced with mirth when she spoke.

“You will not hurt your mate.”

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Session 1 (chapter 1 - 394) : Torak Donovan - Raine (completed).
Session 2 (chapter 395) : Kace Donovan - Hope (on going)

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This is a werewolf story and of course a fantasy! Since everybody has their own version of the way supernatural life, here I am trying to write mine.

If you have read other werewolf stories, you will be aware there are similarities and differences.

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**PURPLE DAWN TILL DUSK: dearest through the time
**THE STORY OF DUSK

While cleaning up this game i had yet to test.I wish the person made these games would edit it there selves.but instead i'm at the office working over time trying to finish or else to tomorrow i will have a pile of work to finish.And again i'm the only one left i the office."i really don't want to be here the forecast on my phone said there was supposed to be thunder and lightning today.I really don't wants to deal with all of this stuff today i barley can keep my eyes open i may have to spend the night the night at the office to night.[why is my computer glitching i don't have time for this]and out  nowhere it all went blank.All i could see was black.[i wonder what happened, did the computer electrocute me and then i passed out] [well what ever i need sleep anyway guess i'm going to have a lot of work to do tomorrow.]That was one weird way to go to sleep by getting electrocuted anyway i need to get back to work i have a lot to do and a lot of bills to pay.{gets up , opens eyes} wait where am i where the hell am i.[wait this looks like the historical mmorpg i was editing but how] {walks around}.what the hell i still cant believe this happened.[what do i do, i ave no money with me and i'm in these clothes that don't even go with this mmorpg.][aghh...man what the hell you got to be kidding me.]why do i have to come here there is no point of coming here to this historical,romance game.[i need to find a place to go most of all i meed money$.] Of all the people at the company  
why did i have to get sucked into a mmo aghh... this is so frustrating.i'm going to go as some one for help since i cant get out of this hell hole.{that is what she thought it was until she met the love of her life Dong-soo.}
           {as she was walking saw this old looking paper that she new a few word on but could not read to the rest.} it said[maid job open...come to the palace.]at that moment i knew what i had to do i had to get that job,but how do i get to the palace.{walks to someone near.}" umm...excuse me do you know how to get to the palace."i asked."上山"{up the hill}The man said."謝謝"{thank you.} Good thing i studied Chinese in high school.

"You've met my niece," the woman with the same black hair introduced the boy to Alicia while smiling demurely. "This boy needed to have a vacation, so I brought him here in Pella. At the least, in here, I have a pretty large garden he could play with."
The silver-haired girl glanced at the boy beside the woman. The dark-haired child noticed her gaze and as a reply raised one of his eyebrow as he lazily tilted his head. 
Ingrid felt her current predicament was laughable. She was older than she appeared to be and yet she bickered with a child. 
To be fair, the boy he argued with acted maturely that she almost forgot she was debating with a child. His arguments were hard to destroy and finding loopholes were nigh impossible. 
The Astor girl remembered how the dark-haired boy mocked her and promised herself that she wouldn't get out of their mansion if she doesn't have a front tooth ever again. She would rather hide than be called out for it along with the lisping it causes. Combing her silver hair at the back of her head, she thought of what happened when she found the boy earlier.
They both decided to insult each other and surprisingly, the boy did not lose. The child even decided to drop some suggestions on how to hide herself inside her home and never come out again. Unfortunately, she could not reply since Alicia and her friend interrupted and that was what brought then to the current situation.
Alicia's eyes were filled with mirth as she carefully scrutinized the boy. Realization showed in her eyes as she covered her mouth in surprise. "This is the child of 'that' brother?"
The black-haired woman with soft features rolled her eyes. "Yes, 'that' brother I told you about, 'that' brother that would drag his boy in his shenanigans. My sister-in-law couldn't even say no so I had to take it upon myself to give this boy a break." She patted the boy's shoulder as she gaze at it with gentleness.
Ingrid was curious about the specifics of this 'shenanigans', however before she could pry further, her mother and the unknown woman herded the both of them inside the large villa. Throwing her curiosity at the back of her mind, she glanced around the villa to observe. The place was as homey  as it could get and from what she could see, they only needed to turn on the fire place and drink a cup of hot chocolate to make it perfect.
The Astor girl narrowed her eyes as she looked up at her mother. "Are they the ones you told me before that you've met on Acre?" She obediently sat on the sofa while the dark-haired boy sat beside her, wearing an indifferent expression on his face.
"Yes, they are," Alicia hurried replied as she patted her head and whispered closely. "Stay here, we won't take long."
Acre was the largest country in this world and in terms of strength and economy, it had long surpassed the other nations. It was the stronghold that kept the neighboring places wage war with each other. Additionally, its citizens were the ones that built the foundation of technology and education.
These informations were not discussed deeply in the game "Rise of Greed", although it was mentioned once in a while. The in-game characters would talk about the largest country in every place that even the Ingrid, the villainess who was clueless about everything, had a deep impression about the place. War filled these lands hundred years ago — people of power could not seem to get enough of the luxury and authority that they decided to conquer other fertile lands and claim its resources for their selves. Human greed knows no bounds and it even crossed the barrier of time and space creating havoc in each world. Acre's technology was one of a kind and from what she heard, its advancement was what made it possible for the countries to fear them and sign a treaty of peace. 
The silver-haired girl then realized how this world resembled her past one. She wondered if Earth had already gone to the third world war or if they were still in harmony.
Narrowing her eyes, she tried to remember if there would be any relatives affected if it ever happened.
As usual, she could not recall it.
"You're staring at nothing again." The boy casually remarked as he gazed at her with his black eyes. "Do you do that often?"
The girl blinked, surprised at his question. "Perhaps," she did not elaborate and comfortably sat on the sofa with her legs crossed.
Silence once again loomed and it gave her a chance to study the boy's facial features. White skin, tall narrow nose, large black eyes and long lashes; if not for his stoic face, Ingrid would wonder if he was even alive.
The girl remembered that Elizabeth said that she had a stoic face also and pondered if she also had these particularly cold features. 
Ingrid rarely looked at herself in the mirror since the first time she tried to, the girl in the reflection felt foreign and cold.
"My aunt never liked talking to people and seeing her being open to another person was a relief," the unknown boy casually remarked as he crossed his arms.
Ingrid nonchalantly shrugged her shoulders when the child opened another topic. "My mother told me your aunt is her long time friend. I guess they go long way back." The Astor's lilac eyes gazed at the door where the two women disappeared. She then glanced at the boy on her side and said, "They must have missed each other to catch up this long."
"I guess." The child remarked, amusement evident in his voice. "Anyway, to let you know, you need the practice saying 'th', 's' and 'z' so that you won't lisp as much."
The silver-haired girl had this urge to throttle this boy with all her might.
• • •
It was a surprise to find out that this "otome" world does not only revolve around high society and romance.
Mafia existed in this version of "Rise of Greed" and surprisingly its foothold in Pella was very stable.
The silver-haired girl felt it was to be expected though. This world was not the same 2D game she played before and it doesn't have the same lousy world building at all. What astounded her was how it was not evident in her family that they have this large organization behind them acting as a support. 
'Or maybe it was obvious, and I was not looking carefully at all,' she thought as she remembered her mother's gun collection.
Well, she thought Alicia have weapons because she was part of a military family, therefore, she did not further inquired why. Also, she had yet to see her father holding a rifle or even a pistol to confirm her conjuncture. 
Imagining Ralph holding a gun made her feel awkward, his image on Ingrid's mind was that of a noble man after all.
Nevertheless, it does not mean her family was not part of the Mafia because inside of their library held tons of books concerning her family history. The Astor family does not only date back on their noble days but it also involved their dealings in the past.  
The girl also realized that they were not the only family that had this sort of history. Unknown to many people, the dignified and gracious people of before had utilized all dirty means to stay in their position. It included slavery, illegal trading and especially, creating an organization that would not only protect their lives but if necessary, eradicate the lives of their enemy.
It could not be denied that these illustrious people had been overly anxious that they did something disagreeable. Nevertheless, Ingrid still thought that powerful people needed ways to protect their selves and their loved ones. What amused the little girl though was how, as time had gone by, these "dark" squads had become an independent organization of their own.
It became a wide scale organization that eventually attained the name 'Mafia'.
"Mafia, huh," Ingrid mumbled to herself as she slowly walked between the aisles of their library. 
The silver-haired girl was currently searching for history books or if possible, historical records of the Astor Family. Luckily, she found one that dated back from hundred years ago. From what she could gather, there were no written accounts on how they formed their mafia however, she did found the names of the founders at the end of the book. It was written in small incomprehensible letters that she did not recognize.
The books discussed that apart from an individual squad that specializes on tactics, there was another group that had practiced and performed assassination exclusively. At first, it came as a shock since it was the first time she encountered such occurrence, she was a normal citizen in her past life after all. Things that were confidential in her past life were kept from the citizens to make them feel secure. 
Right now, the tradition on who will succeed the position as the head of the organization depended on the previous leaders. It had been an ongoing practice where the families that were part of the Mafia in this world would slowly gather support to the next heir. This was to create familiarity and bond that would tie them until death. Betrayal was not unheard of; however, it helped decrease the risk of someone stabbing you on the back. Usually the parents and elders would help their children choose so that they could make sure of the stable position of their family.
In Ingrid's case, she had this gut feeling Ralph and Alicia were letting her do what she ever wanted to do. Although, that was under the impression that they would first introduce their candidates before letting her make a final decision. On the other hand, the silver-haired girl had no problem with it; she was fine as long as she got to choose the people she would be with. 
Sighing to herself, the Astor felt the tiredness after a long day of staring at words and searching  through piles of historical books.
Flipping through the records that she sneaked at the corner of the library, a yawn came out from her mouth as she silently cursed at her own body. Since she was still growing, she could be sleepy from time to time and given that she was going through records for the past hour, it was bound to happen.
Ingrid lightly rubbed her eyelids as she carefully closed the book. Dust spread in an instant, and the musty smell of the books invaded her nostrils. The girl frowned and covered her nose using her little hands. It seems that she could not finish her research in one day, it would be better if she would rest first.
The Astor girl remembered that she should remind her friend Elizabeth to bring her family's historical accounts the next time they meet, it would help her plan in the future. The blonde, for whatever reason, had decided to stick to her for the better or for the worst. Although the girl did not say it verbally, she understood her subtle show of support. The Bellay family did not express their disagreement with their girl tagging along with her so she guessed it was safe for her to assume their consent.
Clicking her tongue, she made her way across the room to the large door, her little feet with shiny red shoes created a ticking sound in every step she made. A yawn escaped her lips and her long lashes fluttered. 
Her research could wait, she thought and rubbed the lids of her eyes when it became watery.
Ingrid needed to sleep before anything else.
• • •
"As I told you, at that time we only wanted to visit the Astor's heir."  The child with golden hair offered a friendly smile as he shrugged his shoulders and leaned on his chair.
The boy with striking blue eyes nodded in aggreement. "We heard that you were the pearl on your parent's hand so we got interested." The boy jabbed the other child beside him as if telling him to agree.
"Hmm," the boy with brunette hair nonchalantly agreed as he carefully munched a cookie.
Elizabeth rolled her eyes at their antics and glanced to look at her friend's reaction... which was still indifferent. The girl mentally cursed and asked herself why she even bothered to think that Ingrid would have another reaction rather than a stoic face. "If you were going to visit, why would it take a freaking month then?!"
"Hey! What's up with the bad reception, Liz," the golden-haired boy laughed, carefree, as he replied. "We are cousins after all, don't be like that."
The five children were seated in the garden of the Astor family. It was afternoon and they were having tea and eating some pastries. Elizabeth was irritated at how the three boys was being shameless. It was a common etiquette to wait for others to invite you before you go barging in someone's home and yet the three children decided to invite themselves. 
The blonde girl had given up questioning the three boys and waved her hand tiredly. "I don't care anymore. Just don't visit here every day I don't want to see your ugly face, Lucien."
Ingrid closed her eyes in between their retorts and wondered what had brought them to this point. The three children, for whatever reason, decided to bother them for a whole month now. If it was not rude to chase out visitors she would have already done so. Sadly, the boys must have realized something after the first week of being incessant nuisances and thought that they might as well be permanent pests. 
Opening her right eye, the silver-haired girl glanced at the Lucien, the 'always-smiling-for-whatever-reason' boy. His trait that made her remember him was not his hair nor was it because he was Elizabeth's cousin.
It was because he was the brother of Alexander Evroux, one of the capture targets in the otome game.
Lucien was a side character in the game and counting all those times she had seen him, it could only be counted in one hand. Perhaps it was because the boy was only Alexander's half brother and the developers thought it would be better if he would have a shorter screen time since creating him was just for making a background history for the capture target.
The two Evroux children do not really get along well and they rarely interacted from what she could recall. Alexander was the son of the first wife which had died after giving birth to him. Then the head of the family married a few years later and the second wife then bore Lucien. 
Nonetheless, they decided to still make Alexander the heir since he was the first born and more capable that his half-brother.
The game's story line tagged Lucien as a good-for-nothing. It was not even discussed what happened to him at the end of the game.
Which brought her to the subject at hand. Ingrid was a little suspicious because from what she could observe for the last month, the golden haired boy was very skilled— gifted even. Under the guise of being carefree, he knew how to interact with others and play with his cards. The silver-haired girl could perfectly see that Lucien was far from a weak little boy and instead he was a wolf hiding under a sheep's skin.
Ingrid closed her right eye again and crossed her legs. If it was possible, she do not want to entangle herself with this kind of person. It would only result to a waste of her energy. Unfortunately, it seemed that being with him was inevitable since Elizabeth and him were closely related.
The good thing was although Lucien was the blonde's cousin, it doesn't mean that Elizabeth was also related to the Alexander Evroux. The blonde's mother was the sister of Lucien's mother therefore making them cousins.
"It seems that your cousin does not want us here, Lucien," the blue-eyed boy sarcastically remarked. "Although I think that was a little rude since it was not her house in the first place and yet she was trying to chase us out."
A snort was heard from the Elizabeth's side. "Yes I want to chase you out, Kyoya. Was it that obvious? Oh my, how rude of me to show my apparent dislike for you. I want to offer my deepest apologies, it was only because you look like dogs in the first place so I have the urge to chase you out." Elizabeth ran a hand through her hair and irritatingly rolled her eyes.
The silver-haired girl was amused at how Elizabeth easily lied through her teeth. The boy did not look ugly at all and what made everyone take a second look at him were his clear blue eyes. Ingrid was a little baffled at how this child came to because he had features from Asian descent and yet his eyes were a great contrast to the rest of his face. 
Kyoya Kondō was a child from a wealthy family that deals with food. His families have restaurants all around the world and they also built culinary schools to supply manpower to their business. At first, everyone would have an impression that he was a calm child but under his innocent facade he has quite a venomous mouth for a young boy.
"But we visited this place because we wanted to, it would be a shame if we were to leave," the brunette boy beside Kyoya expressed in between bites. "Lucien, Kyoya and I heard that you were quite ugly so because we were curious, we went here to see if it was true." The boy glanced at Ingrid and stealthily took the plate of cookies in front of her.
 "Were you satisfied?" Ingrid for the first time in the whole conversation spoke coldly. "I hope I met your expectations because I'd feel horrible if I didn't." Her nonchalant voice appeared extremely distant as if she was a celestial being being apathetic to worldly affairs.
"Well... I thought about it and I realized you were actually quite beautiful," the boy answered truthfully as he blinked and reached for a pastry on the table. "Also, you have tasty cookies."
"Carvell, you glutton." Kyoya rolled his blue-eyes and crossed his arms. Lucien, which was beside him only shook his head and smiled.
Carvell Forbin came from a wealthy family. They were traders in the past and successfuly built a corporation in just a few years. It was an extreme feat and to maintain their position despite having powerful rivals, it means something.
Ingrid clicked her tongue as she stared at the sky.
She still have to finish her research and yet she was still here in the garden, entertaining unwelcomed guests.
Ingrid tiredly closed both of her eyes again and decided she would do it later that day.

It was a long time ago, but she knew she had this ridiculous name that when she was young, made everyone laugh. Recalling it vaguely, it had been years since it popped at the back of her mind— now all she could remember was how the Astor name causes her stress every once in a while.
She was now Ingrid Astor, a bona fide noble in the land of the rising sun— or was it (uh, maybe it's the name of a country in her previous life?) –she couldn't remember anymore. 
It was a blurry and a cloudy mess inside her mind. 
There is only one thing she is sure though, she is inside an otome game she played a long time ago.

•

Ingrid Astor, a member of a prestigious family, a true noble woman, found herself in a weird situation. She was now a villian inside an otome game she played when she was a teenager, "Rise of Greed". There were a few routes which she would find herself into and none of them were good— it was composed of dying easily and dying tragically.
Instead of dwelling with the problem, she nonchalantly threw it at the back of her mind. 
Easy peasy.
Dealing with brats? She could do that.

Keeley ended up splashing around in the water and tried boogeyboarding with her sons. Violet did it exactly once before giving up because she biffed it and got water up her nose. Aaron, surprisingly, was the best out of everyone at it.
"Wow, Dad! Show me how you did that!" Oliver said excitedly after Aaron managed to ride a wave all the way to shore.
"Honestly, I'm not sure how I did it but I can give it another shot," he replied with a shrug. 
It definitely wasn't a fluke because he managed to do it four more times in a row. After that all three of the boys looked at him with something akin to awe. They begged him to help them go all the way too.
At that point Keeley rejoined her daughter on the sand. She was sipping an alcohol-free pina colada and was back to her book.
"I've only ever seen you read mystery novels," Violet said after a while. "Do you not like romance?"
She nearly snorted. She hadn't touched a romance novel since was she originally eighteen years old. First it was because she didn't have time and then because she was too disappointed in how her own love had turned out.
Even after her love life was flowing smoothly following her remarriage and re-falling in love with Aaron she still couldn't stomach them. They were so unrealistic and gave people unfair hopes. Real love didn't work like it did in novels.
A wry half-smile appeared on her face. "I had my heart broken a long time ago. That kind of turned me off from romance novels and chick flicks forever."
Violet appeared intrigued. Her mother had never talked about any previous boyfriends before. "Who was it?"
Well that was one question she couldn't answer honestly. She wasn't about to ruin her daughter's opinion of her father.
"A boy I met in high school. He had a rough home life and didn't know how to be in a relationship so in the end it didn't work out. I was bitter about it for a long time. That was probably way it took your dad a while to win me over," Keeley said with a touch of irony.
It took him so long to win her over because she wasn't sure she could trust him again. After that it was fear about Lacy Knighton and Alistair Hale that kept her heart closed off even once he was her best friend again. It took the woman getting murdered for Keeley to realize what she should have months before: that she was still hopelessly in love with her husband.
"I had no idea it took Dad time to win your heart. You guys are so perfect together I figured it must  have always been that way," Violet said before taking another slurp from her straw.
Keeley shook her head, feeling a bit sheepish.
"No, it took us a while. I met him during the last half of my senior year of high school and wasn't open to love at all because of what happened before. We were apart for five and a half years before meeting up again. Even then he still had to work pretty hard to convince me to give him a chance."
Violet laughed. "Someone should make a romance novel out of your love story. I bet people would eat it up."
Ah, if only she knew. There was already a telenovela about it. But nobody knew that except for her. It was a secret she managed to keep from Aaron somehow after all these years. She didn't see the point in bringing it up and hurting his feelings unnecessarily.
"People do tend to like a persistent male lead, don't they?" Keeley asked lightly. "Your father is probably the most patient person I've ever met. He wanted only me and did everything imaginable to make that happen."
"I wish someone would love me that much." Her daughter sighed dreamily before continuing. 
"The book I'm reading is kind of like that too. The characters were apart for more than ten years because she accidentally gave him the wrong phone number. It was one digit off. But he never stopped loving her and ended up finding her again as she was engaged to a jerk."
That sounded like a classic romance novel to Keeley. She didn't think Violet was sentimental enough to enjoy that sort of thing though. She was normally so studious.
When she was younger she read a lot of historical fiction and fantasy novels. This romance novel phase was definitely a more recent development. Well, she was at a very romantic age.
Keeley had to wonder though. Violet said she wanted someone to love her as much as Aaron loved Keeley. Did she not realize Noah's feelings?
It was fairly obvious to both the Hale and Singleton parents that Noah's childish obsession with Violet as a playmate had evolved into an actual crush as he got older. The type of love she was talking about what mushy, sentimental, and supportive. A best friend relationship.
Aside from the mushiness…didn't she already have that with Noah? The boy went to every recital or concert she ever had and always showed up with flowers. How had she not realized her best friend liked her?
"Vi, I don't mean to pry into your business…but do you like Noah?" Keeley asked gently. 
The shock on her daughter's face was genuine. "Are you crazy?! Liking Noah is basically the same thing as liking Kaleb!"
Ah, the poor kid. He was going to get his hopes crushed. Keeley and Jennica had talked about it before. It was completely obvious he liked Violet as more than a friend.
For his sake, she hoped it passed soon and he was able to find someone who liked him back but at the same time…what would happen to her innocent 'I only need one person' daughter when Noah eventually fell in love with someone else?
"He's my best friend," Violet continued. "You don't fall in love with your best friend."
She sounded so certain and yet…it was a large part of the reason she was alive right now. Discounting all of the reincarnation stuff that came later, Keeley never would have married Aaron the first time if they hadn't already been best friends.
She couldn't say that now though since she had already told her daughter that it took time for him to win her over. After all this time, keeping her lies straight about who knew what from which lifetime was still confusing.
The only person who know the whole truth, oddly enough, was Aiden. Aaron had told her how he figured it out on his own the day Oliver was born. That had been shocking to say the least
Although he didn't know everything Aaron did because he had been too embarrassed to share how badly he screwed up with the woman he loved. But he was the only other person alive who knew about their double reincarnation.


Keeley, a simple plain Jane, hits the jackpot.  [No, she did not win the lottery!]  At least that's what she thinks when she marries the most eligible bachelor in New York City: Aaron, a wealthy cold-hearted heartthrob and Tycoon. 

She wants to show the world that she deserves her position and bends over  backward to fit into his world.

One beautiful day, Aaron hands her a document asking her to sign.  A divorce paper...

"She's pregnant, and I need to take responsibility."

That is the last thing that keeps on playing in her mind before she takes her last breath.

Keeley dies, a 'hit and run'. [End of story.  Not!]

For some unexplainable reason, she wakes up as her younger self.  A young high school girl, around the time when she first meets her cheating husband.

Remembering her life with Aaron before she died, she makes a promise to herself that she will do everything in her power to avoid him at all costs.

Will she be able to keep her promise when Aaron has his own plans as well, specifically for her?  Or will she repeat history and fall for him once more...

Why not journey with me and find out the truth behind their story.

Chapter 1213 – Great Xia Bank
Temple of heaven square.
"Nine cauldrons merge!"
Along with Ouyang Shuo's order, the nine cauldrons rose into the air in a circular formation, swiftly rotating. Above the square, a gust of wind started ruffling, and Ouyang Shuo's cape swooshed in the wind.
The nine cauldrons rotated faster and faster. In the end, one could not see anything clearly, and the only thing left was a blur.
At this moment, the Xia cauldron that was placed in the middle of the temple of heaven was pulled by a massive suction. With a 'Hong!' it rose up into the sky, turning into a black light as it appeared in the middle of the circle.
Nine cauldrons rotating around the Xia cauldron, creating a truly majestic sight.
Approximately half an hour had passed. The nine cauldrons turned into black, white, and red, yellow, purple, and other colors of the rainbow and shot toward the Xia cauldron in the middle.
Obtaining the various lights, the Xia cauldron shone brightly, stunning all four directions.
Following which, one could see the Xia cauldron change mysteriously. The hands, legs, and body of the cauldron looked more and more noble and mighty, giving off an indescribable prestige. On the body of the cauldron, mountains, trees, birds, fishes, and the like appeared, projecting into the sky like a mirage appearing in front of one's eyes.
Upon closer inspection, the mountains and animals were all animals present in Great Xia. Within that short period of time, they projected the mountains of Great Xia as well as all the animals that lived within, what a stroke of god.
When Ouyang Shuo saw that, he was awed.
Such a scene only appeared in legends and fairytales. Where would mortals be able to see such things?
In a short while, all the anomalies disappeared, and the totally different Xia cauldron once again turned into a black light and accurately stopped in the middle of the temple of heaven. It was like nothing had happened at all.
However, Ouyang Shuo knew that everything was different.
Jiuzhou King Cauldron: Country upgrading treasure, belongs solely to Great Xia, can help suppress the fate of a country, help with the creation of lands. A result of reopening the nine states, defining the new lands of the nine states.
The description was really simple, but it was really difficult to understand.
Apart from knowing that it was a country upgrading treasure, Ouyang Shuo did not understand much else. Was the meaning of 'Reopening the nine states' the opening up of a new space or reestablishing the nine states gamemode within the game world?
All of this would be found out later on.
Along with the nine cauldrons matter coming to an end, Great Xia was only one requirement away from upgrading to Emperor dynasty. They only needed to occupy a third of the land in China.
Ouyang Shuo roughly estimated that along with Hedong, Zhongyuan, Wannan, and Jiangnan Provinces belonging to Great Xia, they were already really close to one third.
As such, without needing to take down Tibet, Great Xia just needed one more province. With one more, they would be able to satisfy the conditions and smoothly upgrade to Emperor dynasty.
The path ahead of Ouyang Shuo was smooth sailing.
Ouyang Shuo did not hesitate at all, ordering the Cabinet and Honglu Temple to start preparing for the dynasty upgrading ceremony, setting the time on the 1st day of the 7th year to coincide with the festivities of the New Year.
Now was the 10th month, 6th day. Three more months of preparation time was more than enough.
...
10th month, 8th day, Shanhai City.
Ouyang Shuo rode on a Ferghana horse. Under the protection of the Divine Martial Guards, it was a rare occasion where he walked out of the imperial city. When the civilians along the way saw that, they consciously moved aside and some of them even bowed.
In the eyes of the Great Xia people, Ouyang Shuo was the greatest emperor the nation ever had, and he was really well loved.
Especially in Shanhai City, where some of the people had come over long ago when the city was in the village stages. They had witnessed the dynasty grow from the start. Now, their kids had grown up and became the 2nd generation of Shanhai City.
Shanhai City was truly their home ground.
Ouyang Shuo's trip out this time was so that he could visit the Four Seas Bank headquarters to witness a historical contract signing. The Four Seas Bank headquarters was located at the southwest corner of the imperial city. Around it, a finance street had sprung up.
Just as Ouyang Shuo arrived at the street, he saw Four Seas Bank treasurer Meng Zhida, who led his people to welcome him.
"Welcome, my king!"
Ouyang Shuo nodded, dismounting from his horse and passing the reign to a Divine Martial Guard as he asked, "Are the people all here?"
"They are all here; they are waiting in the guest room."
"Wow, they are all quite early." Ouyang Shuo smiled as he quickly entered the Four Seas Bank, entering the main hall and going past the corner. Only then did he arrive in the guest room in the back courtyard.
Appearing in the guest room were Blood Romance, Xie Siyun, and Moon Shines over the River, these few ex-guild leaders and current Imperial Palace Guards generals, Qing Sikou, the legendary figure that went from guild leader to famous merchant, and Feng Qiuhuang, Gong Chengshi, and Wufu, these ex-Lords that were now officials of Great Xia.
There was even Xunlong Dianxue, this lost soul, who sat at the corner and kept silent.
Regardless of their current and past identities, they were invited over to the Four Seas Bank headquarters today because of their common identity - shareholders.
Due to the heavy financial burden after this round of military expansion, Ouyang Shuo as the Xia King had to think of ways to increase the financial income of the dynasty.
The first thing he thought about was the Four Seas Bank.
After five years of development, the current Four Seas Bank was a worthy giant, attracting close to 300 million in savings. It was not only the top bank in China but also in the world.
Till date, there was still no one who could shake the Four Seas Bank's position as the top in the world.
Along with Great Zhou getting weaker by the day, the Huitong Bank that was equal to the Four Seas Bank three years ago was not even on the same playing field.
Ouyang Shuo placed his eyes on the Four Seas Bank, but he naturally could not use the savings stored there to dish out salary for the military. That would be the typical case of drinking poison to quench thirst, and Ouyang Shuo was not stupid enough to do that.
He wanted to establish the Great Xia Bank on the foundations of the Four Seas Bank.
Each country had its own central bank, and currently, the Four Seas Bank played such a role. The problem was that the Four Seas Bank was not only the central bank, but it was also a commercial bank. It had too many roles, which made it really messy.
There were even some private people who invested, which resulted in no distinction between public and private.
Hence, after hearing Meng Zhida's suggestion, Ouyang Shuo approved it and decided to buy back all the shares of the Four Seas Bank. Subsequently, he would start a reorganization of the Four Seas Bank.
He summoned all of them to sign the share handing over agreement. As this matter was really important, Ouyang Shuo had to find time to personally head over to the Four Seas Bank headquarters to witness this historical ceremony.
From now on, the Four Seas Bank would become a thing of the past.
Three years ago, Blood Romance and the others invested in the Four Seas Bank at 200 thousand per percent of shares, and at most, they could only purchase 5%.
After three years, along with the Four Seas Bank expanding, the shares in their hands naturally thinned out and went from the highest 5% to the current 0.5%.
Even so, this bit of shares was worth a lot.
Apart from Xunlong Dianxue and Qing Sikou, the rest worked in Great Xia and were considered one of their own. Ouyang Shuo naturally would not take advantage of them, and after balancing everything, he gave them a reasonable buyback price.
As the Four Seas Bank was not listed on the market, and there was no so-called share price, Ouyang Shuo decided to set a mark. They could obtain five times the amount of whatever they paid at the start.
For example, if one had invested one million, one would be able to get five million back.
Considering the inflation during these three years as well as a logical return on investment, this number was really reasonable. One must not look at how the Great Xia income increased to a whole new stage every year. That was because the game used gold as a common currency, and the inflation rate was not really that high. As such, the value of gold remained stable.
Taking back all their investment, Blood Romance and the others earned a huge amount.
As for not wanting to sell their shares, there was no one that was that shameless.
Even Xunlong Dianxue, who Ouyang Shuo had problems with, did not dare to use his identity as a shareholder to insist on not selling. With the current prestige and authority of Great Xia, without even needing Ouyang Shuo to act, just Meng Zhida alone could make him submit.
Luckily, Xunlong Dianxue knew his place.
Along with the Sui Dynasty joining Great Xia, Xunlong Dianxue, who had been living in Quanzhou, could be considered a Great Xia civilian now.
Ouyang Shuo had long forgotten that unhappy memory. Although he was unwilling to use Xunlong Dianxue once more, he would not find problems with him and would allow him to be at ease in Great Xia.
"It would be best to forgive and forget."
At 10 AM, with Ouyang Shuo as the witness, they signed the share transfer agreement. For that, the Four Seas Bank had to take out 35 million gold in cold hard cash.
Luckily, this sum was from the Four Seas Bank. If not, the Financial Court would not be able to handle it.
After signing the agreement and obtaining a sum of cash, Blood Romance and the others said goodbye one by one. This sum of money was not their personal assets and needed to be split with their members. If not, they could be considered as tycoons.
Ouyang Shuo remained to discuss with Meng Zhida about the dividing plan.
The basic rule would be to turn the headquarters of the Four Seas Bank into the Great Xia Bank to act as the central bank of the dynasty. It would be in charge of currency dealing and would not interfere in loans, savings, and the like.
Speaking of which, Great Xia had long started printing currency, but they had not been able to push it out well. This time, Ouyang Shuo was determined to use the hand of the Great Xia Bank to make the Great Xia currency widely used.
The branches of the Four Seas Bank all over China would become Great Xia agriculture and Great Xia business banks. One would focus on commerce matters, while the other would help the agriculture development of the dynasty.
With that, he could ensure the prestige of the central bank while promoting the financial development of the dynasty, strengthening the dynasty's finances.
Due to the enormous size of the Four Seas Bank, the splitting work was really complicated. Ouyang Shuo ordered Meng Zhida to finish it all before the ceremony.
After the splitting matter was completed, Meng Zhida would be the first president of the Great Xia Bank.
Apart from that, Ouyang Shuo also ordered the Administrative Court to use this chance to recruit economic and financial experts from the player groups to work in the three banks.
China was filled with talents who were good at finance, and they should not be a lacking in that area.
Now that Great Xia had stopped the restrictions and opened its doors, there would definitely be a bunch of players who had not had a good time as adventure gamemode players who would decide to return to their original jobs in the bank.
Moreover, this would also be a landmark event, signifying that the adventure gamemode player group would split up and would not be mixed together as one.


Earth Online – a virtual MMORPG that takes place in the future year of 2190 – a game that everyone will bet their futures on. Set in a map that is ten times the size of real-world Earth, players battle for supremacy in the first game to feature personal adventure, territory construction, and grand warfare. For every death you experience in the game, your level would drop back to zero. Ouyang Shuo, an above average player, suffered the ultimate betrayal. For merely a piece of equipment, his sworn brother betrayed and backstabbed him. This time, after he reincarnated in the game, Ouyang Shuo swore to exact vengeance.

However, in an unexpected turn of events, Ouyang Shuo found himself back five years before the betrayal – right before the launch of Earth Online. This time, armed with the knowledge from his past life, Ouyang Shuo would venture upon a new path.

How to perfectly complete quests? What historical battle maps would appear? How should one build up their territory? Utilizing the experience from the predecessors of his last life, Ouyang Shuo makes his bid for the top against all odds. Follow his journey as he seeks to lord over the world!

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