Ashen was going to college at the prestigious Golden Hall University. He lived a normal modest life, and with the semester nearing its conclusion he was preparing to head home to the mainland. But on May 11th he received a phone in the mail. Opening the phone would change his life forever, thrusting him into a world of darkness that hides in the shadows of common society. Exodus, the hidden society of Crocus will lead Ashen on a path of discovery. What he will find remains to be seen, but will he be swept away by Exodus or will he find a way to remain grounded in his form of normalcy?

Two years quickly passed.
It was the Year 10015 of the Divine Prefecture Calendar. Ye Futian came to the Nine State College to train again after three years passed.
Ye Futian first paid a visit to Saint Li when he arrived at the college. Saint Li greeted him personally this time and both sides talked for quite a while. It was said that the conversations were joyous for both of them. Saint Li then issued an order, allowing Ye Futian to come and go from the College's library as he pleased.
The Nine State College had a long history, and all sorts of books and classics were found within the library, making it a treasure chest of sorts. There were even parts of the library which were restricted to the students of the College, yet it was all open for Ye Futian of the Holy Zhi Palace. It t became the talk of the College, and many felt displeased at the privileged treatment he received.
While there was no doubt that Ye Futian's talents were exceptional, others deemed it to be senseless to open parts that were even restricted for them, students of the college itself, to an outsider. While the order spoke volume of Saint Li's generosity, it was seen to be rather unfair to the students of the college.
Many grew to resent Ye Futian more, seeing him entering the Herb Garden to train again. That fellow has indeed made the Nine State College his personal training ground.
Many came to be jealous and envious at how Saint Li and Saint Jiang, the towering figures of the college, actively helped him in his training. Many cursed at Ye Futian deep down, resenting him for being so adept at using other people's resources to further his own ends.
There were also those who recalled the scandal involving him and Goddess Die several years ago and mocked him as a shameless playboy for daring to show up again. But then again, there were also those who were impressed at Ye Futian's prowess at wooing people, wondering how he had tricked Saint Li, Saint Jiang, and Goddess Die.
Ye Futian turned a blind eye to all the noise outside. Excellent people always drew the ire of others after all. At the moment, Ye Futian was chatting away with Goddess Die, who many from the Nine State College came to admire.
"Is it going to be more dangerous this time?" Ye Futian asked.
Little Butterfly rolled her eyes and said, "Of course. I haven't even got the required herbs together yet. It will take some time. You know how terrifying those medicines will be. You should've come later, or maybe you wouldn't need to show up at all. My teacher can't go all the way to the Barren State and kidnap you." She sounded rather resentful with her words. The medicine tests those years ago, which lasted for 81 days, had her living in fright all the time. I don't get it. Your teacher has already become a saint. What the hell would you show up here to get tortured for?
"I promised Saint Jiang to go through the tests and I intend to keep my word." Ye Futian added, "Besides, while the tests look rather frightening, I kind of look forward to it at the same time."
The rounds of tests years ago made him understand that Saint Jiang was not looking for medical testing candidates for destruction. Instead, Saint Jiang had wanted to make breakthroughs in expanding the limitations of training. The last rounds of medicine tests yielded fantastic results, which was why he showed up at his own will now. If he were to be able to go through all three rounds of medical tests, his defense would grow exponentially.
"Right, look forward to it all you want then. Brother said that he will be the one supervising your baths this time. What do you think of that?" Little Butterfly glared at Ye Futian. She had been worried sick for him the last time he went through the test, and he had the gall to claim that he enjoyed it. To her, those tests were hell.
"Please, no." Ye Futian recalled Xu Chehan's bone-chillingly cold face. It would be torturous to have someone like that watching him. 
"Little Butterfly, you know well that your brother doesn't get along with me. I'd rather have you around. Being stared at by a man will make me feel antsy." Ye Futian rubbed his nose and felt rather embarrassed.
"So you're saying you're fine with me watching you instead?" Little Butterfly said exasperatedly to Ye Futian. Just what kind of excuse is this? But she quickly blushed as soon as she finished, feeling that her words had come out all wrong.
"Well, you've seen everything, and I've gotten used to it," Ye Futian said rather meekly. Little Butterfly got even more embarrassed before turning around and saying, "I'll get the herbs ready. And by the way, that's how brother is. Don't take it to heart."
"Little Butterfly," Ye Futian called, "I'm thinking of going to the library tomorrow. I've got permission from senior Saint Li but I don't know where it is. Lead the way, will you?"
"Nice." Little Butterfly stopped walking and turned around, then said, "Let's go then."
Ye Futian came beside her and said, "As for your brother, I won't be petty with him. Speaking of which, your brother is rather nice to you." Xu Chehan came all the way to warn him before, and he had done so for Little Butterfly. While Ye Futian felt rather irked at the treatment he received, he saw no reason to take it to heart.
"Yeah, he has always been nice to me." Little Butterfly nodded slightly and both of them chatted while walking quite a distance, heading towards the library.
The Nine State College was a huge place, and the sight of Ye Futian walking with Goddess Die in their place students' hearts' ache even more. It was, after all, Goddess Die, the prettiest girl found in the college. The b*stard is already married and he dares to come here to woo and trick our kind, pure Goddess Die. He is lower than an animal.
Many discussed ganging up on him and beating him to a pulp. Yet, they quickly realized that they were probably no match for him.
The library in the Nine State College was huge and it contained up to a million books covering all aspects of training, including introductions to professions and Life Spirits seen before, as well as powers of rules. Needless to say, the place did not lack books regarding training methods and spells. It had everything from low planes to high planes and there were even experiences left behind by seniors of the college, carved into jade scrolls.
Ye Futian entered the library and was immediately lost at where to begin. He had made great strides in his training for the past two years or so but had encountered some problems nonetheless. Other than to ask for guidance from figures of higher planes and spar with them, looking into books was another sensible option. As such, he came all the way to the Nine State College and asked Saint Li if he was permitted to enter the library. The saint agreed without hesitation, and Ye Futian felt very grateful.
"Introduction to Saint Rankings and the saints." Ye Futian caught sight of a book by chance and stopped. He had done his share of research back in the Barren State but the details had been lacking.
The Village Chief and teacher should be on the Saint Ranking of the Nine State's Sage and Saint Ranking, eh?
Ye Futian took the book and flipped to the first page. There were but several words on it.
First Place of the Saint Rankings: The Great Shaman.
There were no names and no further titles; there were only three words to describe the person who was number one.
"Who is this Great Shaman guy?" Ye Futian asked quietly.
"My teacher says that the Great Shaman is a very old and powerful saint. He was of the same era as the Sword Saint of the Void." Little Butterfly then added, "I'm guessing that he is no longer in the Nine States, but somehow, his name is retained in the Saint Rankings."
Ye Futian nodded slightly and continued flipping through the pages.
Second Place of the Saint Rankings: Ji Yuan, also known as the Reaper.
There were some introductions of the person below. Ji Yuan the Reaper trained in the Great Path of Death and it was extremely gruesome, so much so that he had invoked Emperor Xia's ire, and the emperor, in turn, ordered someone to destroy his holy land, the Abyss of Death, forbidding him from carving out his divine path in the Nine States. However, the emperor spared him due to knowing that Ji Yuan's training had been arduous. But after that, news regarding Ji Yuan the Reaper was seldom heard. There were rumors about him having left quite a while ago, and there were also rumors about him training in seclusion.
The two who were ranked at the top two places of the Saint Rankings were extremely frightening people. As for Saint Xia, who was ranked third, he was comparatively weaker. However, due to the first two having practically disappeared, Saint Xia came to become the number one in the Nine States in a way. It was due to such circumstances that he enjoyed an extremely prestigious status throughout the Nine States.
Ye Futian continued flipping the pages and, as expected, he found the Village Chief's and his teacher's names on the Saint Rankings. The Village Chief was ranked 30th, as he was probably the only one who was able to fight the Sacred King and bolt unscathed at his level. At the first plane of the Saint Plane, there seemed to be no one who ranked higher than the Village Chief, so the ranking was hardly surprising.
As for his teacher, he had never achieved any gleaming success as a saint, and the last battle with the Sacred King had him completely overpowered. As such, he was at the bottom of the Saint Rankings—73rd.
The Saint Rankings had 72 people on it, but with the Chess Saint dead and the Village Chief appearing out of nowhere, the numbers were made even. Then, his teacher became a saint, which made the ranking consist of 73 people in total.
Ye Futian was done flipping the pages and put the book back to its place, before finding another book right beside it, with the title reading, Divine Implements of the Nine States Rankings.
"There is a ranking like this?" Ye Futian sported a peculiar expression and took the book out of curiosity. 
Every single holy land found in the Nine States had a handful of divine implements. However, due to there being many holy lands throughout the Nine States and some top forces having divine implements of their own, the total number of divine implements in existence was actually quite a huge sum. But then again, there were only 36 listed in the rankings, which presumably were the most renowned ones to be found.
The number one divine implement on the rankings was called the Scepter of Control, which was the divine implement used by the Great Shaman, the number one on the Saint Rankings.
The divine implement ranked second was the Eye of the Abyss, a spiritual type of devastating divine implement, which, coincidentally, was used by Ji Yuan, second on the Saint Rankings.
The most powerful being wielding the most powerful divine implement seemed to fit the rules of the cultivators. It was quite common to see divine implements being fought over and taken. However, the third divine implement on the ranking was no longer one controlled by the third-ranked saint on the Saint Rankings. It was the Halberd of Time and Space named "Nothingness." According to the records, it was currently lost in the Endless Ocean of the Ocean State and did not have an owner.
Ye Futian continued to flip the pages and read about the Divine Implement Rankings. A lot of powerful divine implements were recorded, and it deepened Ye Futian's understanding about the Nine States!


In a time when the Divine Prefectures of the East Sea were in great disarray, Emperor Ye Qing and Donghuang the Great appeared to save the day. Under their rule, the prefectures united and all nations as well as  their kings have been controlled. However, the legend of these two great heroes becomes altered when Emperor Ye Qing's name is wiped from the history books after his sudden death. All statues and images of him were destroyed and his name a taboo. Only the legend of Donghuang the Great shall live on.                            

Fifteen years later, a young man by the name of Ye Futian begins his journey in search for his true identity. The legend of Futian was going to be one for the history books.

Once back at her cave Adria went up to the entrance and shifted back once more into her human side. She knew this was the last shift for the day as she was really aching now from so many shifts so close together. She went to her pile of clothes and grabbed an outfit quickly and got redressed. She then gathered the few items she had in her cave, the bag of books and her clothing items. Looking around at what had been home for the last week or so she exited the cave. Timothy, still in grizzly form, was waiting at the bottom of the mountain face for her. The he made a low sound and swung his head in a follow me motion and they began the trip to his cabin.  

It surprisingly wasn't that far from where Adria had been living already. It was basically just around the corner, if that corner was about 6 miles long. Adria could tell from the smells that they were much closer to the city than they had been previously, but it was still very secluded. They approached a log cabin from the back and when they came around to the front Adria gasped lightly. It really wasn't a cabin at all. The "cabin" she had seen from the back was the guest house as is was much smaller than the main home. However, the main home was massive. It stood at 2 stories high but was incredibly large. It appeared to her to look to be the size of an Alpha's home, or a mansion. 

Timothy saw her looking at the home and his bear's mouth pulled open in what was probably supposed to be a grin. He lumbered over to a barrel and using his snout knocked the lid off. Standing up on his hind legs he quickly shifted back and reached in the barrel. Out of it he grabbed a tee shirt and a pair of jeans. He quickly dressed and then turned to Adria. 

"First tip, once you have a home make sure you set something like this up. That way you can shift and change clothes right away. And you have a safe place to put your clothes before you shift."

Adria smiled at him, "That's smart," she said, "Your home is beautiful! How did you find this? And with so much land?" Looking around Adria saw that the property sat on several open acres of land. There was a long partially paved and partially graveled driveway that led out to the main road. She could see it was close to a mile long for the driveway alone. 

"I built this. The land was owned by my family for years and I grew up in what is now the guesthouse. It was too small for all of us. There was my parents, and all my siblings. I had 3 older brothers and a younger sister. As they got older though they all eventually moved away. My brothers went away to college and actually found their mates while there. They settled down with them somewhere else. My sister traveled overseas and met her mate in Germany. She elected to stay there with him. By this point I was plenty old enough to take care of this property myself and my parents were ready to retire. They asked if I wanted to take over the care of this land and home and I accepted. I hadn't wanted to go to college. I was happiest here working with my hands. They decided to travel as well. They had lived here taking care of all of us for so long that they wanted to get out and see the world. Last I heard from them they were going backpacking up Everest. I lived in the cabin there for awhile but I knew that once I found my mate and we started having children that I did not want to be as cramped as I was growing up. Can you imagine 7 bears all trying to fit in that little cabin? It became very overcrowded very fast. My parents did the best they could but I had the capability of making a bigger home so I did. I hadn't planned for something on this scale," he said with a wave of his hand towards the massive main home, "but once I started building I couldn't stop. I just kept thinking of other things I wanted to add."

Adria smiled at his story. She could imagine all the antics he and his brothers got up to and could just imagine the mess the small house was in, "Your poor mother."

Timothy threw his head back and laughed, "She knew what she was getting into. Besides, she had my father to help. All he had to do was give us a look. That was enough to make us smarten up."

Adria laughed lightly imagining the noise and trouble all those kids probably got up to, "What made you stay here? All your siblings decided to move out into the world, and you said they all have mates?" at Timothy's nod she continued, "So why did you remain here?"

He smiled softly, "It is hard to describe. It is just a feeling that I have that I belong here. That whoever my mate is will show up here. My brothers and sister said that the feeling that they had was like a pull telling them where they needed to go. Each of my brothers went to a different college. Before they felt that urge they had not had any plans to attend college. Then one morning, my oldest brother woke up and told my mother he wanted to go to college. The rest of that day they started searching for schools. Then it came to him that he wanted to attend Rosemont College in Tennessee somewhere. No one in the family had ever heard of the school. We asked him why and all he could say was I have to go there. That's where I need to be. It wasn't even 3 months after he started attending that he found his mate. In the next 5 years the rest of my siblings all felt that pull taking them somewhere else as well. I never did. I just have this pull telling me that I need to stay here. I believe that the pull was fate telling my family members to go find their mates. My pull is telling me she is coming to me."

"That's really romantic," Adria said, "I am assuming this pull happens later in the life of a shifter. I cannot remember anyone in the old pack talking about that pull though. The majority of the pack, if they didn't find their mate within it would claim a mate instead"

"What does that mean?"

"Well basically it meant that they didn't want to be at the bottom of the pecking order. Two shifters that had not found their mate either within our pack or in the closest surrounding packs would choose each other to make a family with. They would settle down and live as mates in every sense of the word, except for it having been fate chosen. The only way the claimed mates would part though would be if their fated mates showed up."

Timothy's face had an incredulous look of disbelief on it as he replied, "You mean in your old pack shifters would accept someone that wasn't their mate? I...I don't see how that is even possible."

"Well it makes sense because of pack order. No one wants to be an unmated, unclaimed, or god forbid an unshifter. That usually means something is wrong with you."

Timothy took an involuntary step back and seemed completely flabbergasted, "What do your animals say about that?"

"Oh they told me there was no way they would settle for anything less than a fated mate. But if we do join another pack and I do not find my mate then they may have to accept it. I lived on the bottom of the barrel so to speak for too long. I cannot go back there again. Pack life is hard."

Timothy implored Adria to explain more about the pack she came from and their ways. Adria and he talked for hours. She started from the beginning when she was found and concluded with her miraculous shift and escape her final night on their land. She told him how her panther told her that in order to protect her she had held back from shifting for half a dozen years so that a 12 year old wasn't kicked out into the world with no one to protect her. She explained how the ceremonies worked, and school, and even told him about how she was jumped by pack members younger than her and how she had to 'help' them with their school work or face being hurt like that again.

At the end of her story Timothy appeared to almost be fighting back tears on her behalf, "I swear to you Adria, it is not like that everywhere. That is not the way a pack should work. I will take you to my friend's pack in a few months after you are more settled here so you can compare the differences. We are both going to have a learning curve here. I will need to try to destroy 15 years of incorrect thought processes and beliefs. There is no reason a child needed to grow up in that kind of fear. I am so very sorry Adria."

Adria tried to believe him when he said it wasn't like that everywhere. That maybe Alpha Gregory was in the wrong. But he was a bear, and bears lived alone. What did he know about pack life? She really hoped that he was right though. As much as life had sucked for her so far she didn't want anyone else suffering that way. And if all packs didn't follow the same rules that Gregory's did it could mean she could be happy in a pack again. She could tell her animals had been listening intently as well to what Timothy had said. They all desperately wanted to believe that maybe there was a pack they could be happy in out there. Even though her panther would always need her space she recognized the need for her wolf to have companionship. Together they would figure out the best compromise. 

Timothy could see Adria was struggling to accept what he had just told her. He knew he could always revisit that conversation later, especially if he took her to see his friend's pack. He hoped there she would see Gregory for what he was, a power hungry, egotistical, wolf that should never have been an Alpha. No alpha should allow any member of their pack to be treated the way Adria had been. Trying to take her mind off of it he asked Adria if she would like a tour of the guest house and she readily agreed. 

He motioned her to go ahead of him and the two entered the smaller cabin. Once inside Adria saw it was very cozy. The main room they entered was the living room. There was a L-shaped couch against one wall facing the large wood burning fireplace. Above the fireplace there was a TV and DVD player. The open space also had an area that was designated as the dining room area with a massive wooden table surrounded by 8 chairs. Adria laid her bag of books and her stack of clothing down on the couch and followed Timothy through the house as he explained where everything was.

Next to the dining area there was a small doorway that led into the kitchen. There were stainless steel appliances in the kitchen area as well as a small breakfast table with two chairs. That was set up in front of a large bay window that looked out into the woods behind the house. Next to the kitchen was a full bathroom. The hallway leading away from the living room area was where the 3 bedrooms were. Timothy said that the master bedroom used to be two rooms when he and all his siblings lived here but he had made it into one room with an ensuite bathroom. He told her she was more than welcome to make that her bedroom as no one else was using this property currently. 

Adria walked into the room and her jaw dropped. It was tastefully decorated in a pale green color. The large four poster, canopied, king sized bed was in the middle of two massive windows that let in a lot of natural light. The dressers, armoires, and nightstands appeared to be made from solid oak. The adjoining ensuite bathroom housed a stand up walk-in shower in the one corner, a stand alone pedestal sink, commode, and a whirlpool jetted bathtub that looked large enough for 5 people. Timothy told her to make herself at home and that he was going to call Barry to let him know she was ok and getting settled here. She asked him to apologize on her behalf for now and stated that she would talk to him tomorrow about her disappearance. 

Timothy assured her that Barry would understand and be ok with everything. He excused himself and left Adria alone to finish exploring the house. She peeked in the other two bedrooms and saw they were also decorated in bright colors that really helped bring in the natural light. Walking back out to the living room she twirled in a circle and the biggest smile she had worn in years lit up her face. She was so happy to have lucked out with this home. While obviously much smaller than the main house that Timothy had built, it was perfect for her. She could live here safe and securely while she saved up. Even though he had told her there was no need to pay rent, she definitely intended to find someway of repaying Timothy for his generosity once she started getting some money. 

Adria's animals seemed calm too and that was the main reason she felt like she belonged here. Locating a small bookcase she started to place the books she had gathered from Barry's store on the shelves. She wanted to try to make this her place as much as possible so that she could feel settled. After the books were put away on the shelves she took all the clothes back to the main bedroom and put the pants and tee shirts into the drawers and the dresses into the closet. Looking around the cozy room she sat down on the bed and looked out the window that was facing the long driveway. She could see the sun starting to sink down over the horizon and knew that it was going to be beautiful sunset. She was excited to get to watch the sun paint the sky in reds and oranges before making way for the darker twilight purples that would soon arrive. She had an inkling she would be here for a long while. It was like she was being pulled to stay here, call it a feeling...

The old man didn't know what to say.
All words failed him. Feng Wu had really memorized everything, like she said, and she was reciting the text so fluently. She didn't stop once to try and recall a word.
Chaoge wasn't all that surprised. Growing up with Feng Wu, she had gotten used to such wonders at an early age.
A belief took root in her mind when she was little, and it could now no longer be shaken. That belief was: Feng Wu was omnipotent.
But Grand Secretary Fang didn't know that. He was astonished by how exceptionally retentive Feng Wu's memory was.
As the general secretary of the empire, and working in a place like Imperial College where all kinds of talented people showed up all the time, he had seen his fair share of genius. 
However —
He didn't want to give in yet. Was it possible that the first book in the stack was the one she had memorized the best?
Grand Secretary Fang picked a random book from the stack, opened it, and chose a random paragraph. "Kunlun is located in the northwest, where the empire's temporal palace stands."
Feng Wu's eyes lit up.
The previous one was the "Book of Changes" and this one was the "Classic of Mountains and Rivers."
Feng Wu searched her memory and the sentences after that flowed out. "… Kunlun has a circumference of 800 li and is very high and steep. A tree grows on it, which is over 13m tall and so thick that five people can just get their arms around it. Nine wells are…"
Feng Wu's recitation was rhythmic and fluent.
It was impeccable.
Grand Secretary Fang chose several other books and tested Feng Wu on every single one of them. Only then was he forced to admit that Feng Wu had indeed memorized everything well!
"You…" Grand Secretary Fang's lips quivered a little. "You really haven't read any of these books before?"
Feng Wu shrugged. "In the paper yesterday was the sentence 'When all eight musical instruments are in harmony and the right order, gods and humans alike will be in harmony as well.' If I had read those books before, I would have been able to answer those questions."
Feng Wu had never read books on these subjects before, and everything she knew was related to cultivation. There was a blank in her knowledge and she was just starting to fill it in.
Grand Secretary Fang agreed.
"You really are an amazing kid." Grand Secretary Fang, who had always been stingy with his compliments, couldn't help but be amazed now.
He then asked Feng Wu if she had any paragraph that she didn't understand, which he then explained, making sure that she had a thorough understanding of it.
While the old man and the teenage girl were absorbed in learning, Chaoge was yawning in boredom.
Feng Wu didn't know what to do. She took out a manual called "Chaoge Sword" and gave it to her friend. "There, try this."
She had created this manual last night, which was the most suitable for Chaoge at her current cultivation level.
"Wait, let me see that —" Grand Secretary Fang reached out with his hand.
And the booklet ended up in his hand.
Grand Secretary Fang began to flip through it. He only nodded appreciatively in the beginning, but soon, his eyes widened and he looked up at Feng Wu. "Where did you get this?"
Chaoge moved closer. "Why, it's called Chaoge Sword, so it had to have been customized for me. Mm, it's my own and I'm going to learn it!"
Feng Wu said grumpily, "I made it for you last night after I finished reciting the books. Of course it's specially made for you. I even named it after you."
"Wow, Xiao Wu, you're the best! I love you so much!" Chaoge threw her arms around Feng Wu and wouldn't let go.
Feng Wu patted her on the shoulder. "Shouldn't you be practicing now?"
"Yes! Of course!" Chaoge snatched the manual back from Grand Secretary Fang and ran off.
The old man didn't know what to say.


She is a genius girl abandoned by her family in the 21st century.

He is an arrogant, black-bellied crown prince of an empire. A lofty existence that can cause the world to enter turmoil in his rage.

She plays dumb and takes advantage of him, tricking him, tormenting him, agitating him, running away after every successful attempt at flirting—an act no man can tolerate!

Helpless, he can only hunt her, drown her in love, seduce her to be his, but by a strange twist of fate, he is the one who falls for her first.

This is a story of a powerful youth and beautiful girl being on opposite side of an equally-matched game of romance.

"What's there to talk about? That's it. Let's order and eat. " Shui Shui laughed dryly.
She called the waiter over to order for them.
The room had been talking about the college entrance examination. The waiter came in and found it very interesting because the few rooms next door were also here to celebrate the good results of the college entrance examination. "Sir, would you like to order a set meal? "
"No need. We all want to order alone. The children want to eat what they like. " Teacher Hu did not really like set meals. Set meals did not suit the children's appetite, and some of the dishes tasted quite ordinary.
"Okay, can we order now? " The waiter asked.
"En, let's see what the child orders. You guys order yourselves, I won't order. " Teacher Hu rarely ate outside When she went out to eat with Shui Shui, Shui Shui would order most of the time. She knew what she liked to eat because he didn't eat much, so one or two dishes could be eaten.
Jiang Yuan and the others were the same, so they let the child order.
Mu Zilin was fine. Shui Shui Shui knew what he liked to eat. But today, she brought her girlfriend. "Shui Shui, order some food that isn't spicy. Huijing doesn't really like spicy food. "
Jiang Li and Qian Zhian looked at a menu. The two of them didn't stand on ceremony and ordered their favorite dishes.
Mu Ziyu looked at Shui Shui and didn't move. "What's wrong? "
"No, I'm looking at it right now. Please remember these dishes for me. Garlic heart, stir-fried cabbage, fish-flavored shredded pork, salted fish eggplant, and Tofu brisket. " She quickly ordered five dishes and let them order the rest. The dishes she ordered were relatively light. Anyway, she knew a little about the people she was familiar with and their eating habits.
Mu Zilin accompanied his girlfriend to the bathroom and walked out. The next room also came out. The two of them looked and saw that it was their math teacher. "Teacher Hao. "
"Why are you two kids here? " Teacher Hao was also a little surprised.
Mu Zilin touched his nose. "Today, I'm here to celebrate my good friend getting the top scorer in science. "
"So amazing. " Teacher Hao taught math in the first class of grade 12, and a few students just happened to do well in their exams. He was ready to celebrate tonight. "I remember that the top scorer in science is a girl named Qian Shuishui? "
"Yes, she's from Lingcheng High School. " Mu Zilin nodded. No matter what school Shui Shui went to, it couldn't change her abnormal learning ability.
"Yes, when I saw her, I was also shocked. I didn't expect her to be from Lingcheng high school. It's also my first time seeing her. " Lingcheng high school was a high school with ordinary knowledge.
"Yes, Lingcheng high school is a normal high school, but Shui Shui is very amazing. She got first place in the city's math and English competitions last semester. "I haven't seen her fall from first place since she was in grade 12. " Mu Zilin felt that she was improving as if she was taking a plane.
Teacher Hao was a little surprised. "I remember now. The first place was reserved by the same person. I remember that the child is only in her second year of high school. "
"Yes, Shui Shui took the college entrance exam in advance to accumulate experience. When she got the top scorer that time, she went straight to university. I'm so envious. " Mu Zilin also wanted to go to university and didn't want to go to the third year of high school. Sigh, university was so free. Seeing Shui Shui rush to her free embrace and still going to high school step by step, there was always a little imbalance in his heart. But there was nothing he could do. This was really a problem of ability.
Wen Huijing's results were not bad, but she definitely did not have the exaggerated learning ability of Qian Shuishui. Moreover, she also participated in the competition, and she did not even touch the edge of the excellence award. Mu Zilin was still slightly worse than her, but it was not considered bad. He would occasionally explode, and his ranking would be higher than hers. She saw that he was playing all day long, and occasionally he would still be diligent in his studies. At first, she thought that if her results were better than his, then she could still teach him in the future. However, with her current ranking, and his good friend's results were so good.. If she really found someone to teach her, it wouldn't be her turn. She herself wasn't so thick-skinned.
"maybe some people are born to study well, " Wen Huijing said.
Mu Zilin sighed. "That's true, but Shui Shui wasn't so amazing in the beginning. Her results were even worse than mine. However, she is very hard-working. I can't compare with her. Moreover, once she has a goal, she will work hard to achieve it. "
"I see. Actually, when we take the college entrance examination, you can find Shui Shui to help me make up for my lessons. " The college entrance examination top scorer's make-up lessons would definitely be good.
Mu Zilin shrugged. "We'll see when the time comes. "
If he really wanted to find him, he could only do it himself. Shui Shui did not like to guide others. She would just let Shui Shui teach him. Anyway, if he was lazy, he would definitely be ridiculed. Shui Shui Shui probably would not ridicule someone she was not familiar with. However, with her personality.. She probably would not be willing to teach a stranger for too long.
Although he liked Wen Huijing very much, he had known Shui Shui for a long time. In the past, his temper was bad. Now that his temper was better, it was under the condition that it did not affect her.
Wen Huijing felt a little uncomfortable. Should she wait and see What was there to wait and see Moreover, they were on such good terms that they could be considered childhood sweethearts.
"teacher, we'll go to the bathroom first. " Mu Zilin did not say much and pulled Wen Huijing to the bathroom.
Wen Huijing wanted to say a few more words, but was dragged away. "Why are you in such a hurry? "
"It's not that you're in such a hurry. It's that teacher is going in too. We'll see him tomorrow. Moreover, it's not good to go to the bathroom for too long. " He pulled Wen Huijing's small hand and came to the bathroom door. "I'll wait for you at the door. "
"Okay. " Wen Huijing walked to the bathroom and looked at herself in the mirror. When she saw Mu Zilin's friend, her sense of superiority was completely gone. She settled her physiological needs, washed her hands, and went out. Seeing that Mu Zilin was still standing there, she went forward and hugged Mu Zilin's arm. "Zi Lin, your friend is celebrating. Shouldn't you buy a gift? "
"Yes, but it's the same if my brother gave it to her. I'll give her some occasionally. We're very familiar with each other, so it's okay. ". "We can go to the amusement park together some other day. ". "I was really embarrassed before. I was only a third wheel among the two of them. I didn't realize it at first, but every time I went out, my brother stopped calling me. I only knew that my brother was looking down on me. " Mu Zilin thought of the past His brother was really bad.
"A third wheel is really an eyesore. " Wen huijing covered her mouth and snickered.
"Fortunately, I have you now. I'm not alone. " He looked at Wen huijing affectionately. He liked such an innocent girl. He only liked him purely for himself, and not for any other external conditions.
"But you said that you wanted to enter a military academy. " She looked at Mu Zilin. She did not want to go to a military academy, nor did she want to be separated from him.
Mu Zilin shook his head. "Don't worry. For you, I will go to an ordinary university. I won't go to a military academy. This is just my previous thought. "
"really? Are you sure? " She smiled happily. Mu Zilin was well-off in all aspects. His family conditions were even better, and he was very good to her. Her little sisters were envious to death. However, Mu Zilin was a little dazed. Unlike other rich boys who would give her necklaces and watches, he only bought her breakfast and gave her a book card. She actually did not really need these things, but she had always shown that she liked reading She also liked to go to the library and read books. She couldn't say it now. In fact, she only went to read books occasionally. Moreover, since she had a library, she didn't need to buy books. It was better to change the book card to something else.
Some words couldn't be refuted at the beginning because it was refuting what she had said. It was quite awkward. "..."
The two of them returned to the private room. Qian Shuishui glanced at Wen Huijing and said, "you two are indeed quite suitable to stand together. "
"Shui Shui, I finally said something Nice. " Mu Zilin nodded.
Shui Shui looked at her with a smile. This girl was quite quiet. It was normal for Zi Lin to like this type of girl.
In the past, quiet women were indeed quite popular on her side.
Everyone chatted happily. Since they were all around Shui Shui, Jiang Li and Qian Zhian felt a lot of pressure. Originally, they were only one grade older, but now they were two grades older.
Shui Shui put her arm around Qian Zhian's shoulder. "You guys work hard. "
"Sis, you're so frustrating. " Qian Zhian pouted.
"Haha, there's nothing we can do about it. Since we've already taken the exam, of course we'll do our best. ". "You two have to work hard. You're only in the first year of high school now. Although you're not in a hurry to take the college entrance exam, time will pass in the blink of an eye. At that time, you might think that the three years of high school passed very quickly. " She had already studied for the third year of high school She had experienced it deeply, but at that time, she was in a lot of pain. It was all in the past. She was doing very well now.
Qian Zhian and Jiang Li couldn't understand Shui Shui's words. In any case, they felt that it would take a long time, but there was nothing they could do. Ability was a hard injury. Shui Shui was so strong that they couldn't be jealous anymore. Because they were not on the same level, they couldn't even feel jealous.
Shui Shui knew that they would definitely understand in the future. It didn't matter if they didn't understand now, because they had to experience it before they would feel this way.
She just experienced it. It was painful and fast.
Mu Ziyu looked at Shui Shui. There were many flowers and plants in university. He wanted to get Shui Shui's class schedule first. He would often appear at school to let others know that Shui Shui had a boyfriend. This way, those men who were interested in Shui Shui would also stay away. Yes.. This was the best way.
Shui Shui had yet to start university when he started to think about what would happen next.
He wanted to kill the germinal organization as soon as possible so that fewer people would think about his Shui Shui.
Shui Shui did not know what Mu Ziyu was thinking. She sat beside Mu Ziyu and kept talking about interesting things.
"Then, what are your plans for this summer vacation? " Mu Ziyu asked. He did not know where Shui Shui wanted to go.
Shui Shui thought for a while and said, "actually, I want to go to some ancient cities this summer vacation. "
"I can drive. We can take a road trip to the places you want to go. " He felt that it was convenient to drive.
The two of them could travel around without having to worry about other people.
Shui Shui suddenly leaned forward and said, "actually, you can too. There are many places of interest around here. It is indeed much more convenient to drive by yourself, but are you allowed to do so on your own time? If you delay your work, then I won't go. "
Mu Ziyu pinched Shui Shui's cheek and said, "why would I delay my work? With you, I won't delay anything. Moreover, since you have won the top scorer, I should take you on a good trip as a reward. "
"Hehe, sure. " Shui Shui didn't refuse. She really liked to go out and play like this.
"Then let me know when your school matters are out. I'll confirm our schedule. Those high school and junior high school students haven't had their holidays yet. There won't be too many people when we drive out. We'll just wait for them to have their holidays and we'll be back. We'll avoid the rush hour. " Actually, they didn't have a good time.
Shui Shui nodded in agreement. "I think so too. Tomorrow, Uncle Jiang and I will go to school to deal with these problems. It's still alright. "
"Mm, if your parents find out that you've won the top scorer, Zi Lin will probably be arranged to attend more remedial classes. " Although that was what she said, she should still say it so that everyone would not know, but his parents did not Sometimes, there would be awkwardness.
"Hahaha, encourage him to study. After all, he will be in his third year of high school next semester. " Shui Shui knew that Aunty Mu and the others always used her to compare with their children. Moreover, many times, they would invite her to have a meal together or go shopping. Occasionally, they would talk about the problem of studying. Every time, she would say, "It's good to work hard, it's good to work hard. ".
Jiang Yuan and Shui Shui's two teachers were talking. He also wanted to send his children to strengthen their bodies. "Teacher Li, are you still taking in students? "
"I may not have the energy to teach students now. If you really want to learn some self-defense skills, I suggest that you learn taekwondo or judo, which is more suitable for boys. On My side, Zhi'an also came to learn, but he didn't persist for too long. This kind of learning, you have to persevere like Shui Shui. " He already didn't want to take in students Shui Shui alone was more than enough. He felt that it would be difficult for other students to meet his requirements. It could also be because he met Shui Shui, who was so obedient and hardworking, and also had talent.
Jiang Yuan was not sure if his child could persist "I think the atmosphere at taekwondo is good, but the children have zero foundation to learn, so they have to be with the younger ones. I'm afraid that they won't be able to lose face, and they might be too old. "
"There's no other way. But if you really want to train, I can arrange for him to go to the army for training. Because they don't usually have high-intensity training, they can only go to the recruit camp and train step by step. " They were different from Shui Shui Shui Shui had always been training according to her own method. She often jogged and her physical fitness was higher. As for the others, their physical fitness was not good. Once the training intensity was high, it was easy for problems to arise. So going to the recruit camp was the best. Training step by step was the best Because among the recruits, there were also many people whose physical fitness was not up to standard.
Jiang Yuan felt that it was okay. "Then we can let him train properly this summer vacation. Although learning is also important, the body is more important. "
"Of course. " Teacher Li was willing to help.
Jiang Yuan heaved a sigh of relief. He didn't have such a relationship, but when it came to the army, it was not up to Jiang Li. The military management of the army should be able to control his wild nature.


She was a combination of a high iq scholar and a black-bellied prince charming. She was a one-on-one, two-on-one, two-on-one, absolutely refreshing, and she was welcome to jump into the pit.
She was a young and famous physicist from a future world.
He was the eldest son of a modern wealthy family.
When she was in a plane crash and became a modern-day second-generation girl, she was proficient in drinking. She was also ranked last in her studies. At home, her elder sister did not love her, her younger brother hated her, and her parents did not care.
In the circle of Friends of the rich second generation, they also looked down on this idiot.
He was noble and elegant, the idol of all women.
It was said that Qian Shuishui was a bad student, and her mind was empty every day.
It was said that Qian Shuishui was a bad girl, playing with boys'emotions
It was said that Qian Shuishui was a bad girl, and she was good at eating, drinking, and playing.
Then please tell me, who is this woman in front of me, leisurely drinking coffee, and reading the physics report in a foreign language with great interest?

"Wouldn't you have any problem manufacturing the same products once the Japanese engineer returns to his country?"
"That's why Manager Park demonstrated the product manufacturing himself. He has the recipe and skills to produce it by himself. You just saw him doing it, right?"
"Does that mean he doesn't need the Japanese engineer's help at all to manufacture the products?"
"Manager Park can produce the products with his eyes closed by himself."
 
The researchers from S Group took notes as they asked questions and had responses from Gun-Ho. Gun-Ho looked at their hands with which they were writing down something. Their hands that were holding a pen were pale like scholars who never had done labor work before in their entire lives. Gun-Ho then looked at Jong-Suk's hands. Jong-Suk had used those hands in tightening screws, coating a machine with oil, etc. for seven to eight years. They were rough, and Gun-Ho was proud of Jong-Suk's rough hands.
"Jong-Suk, I am so proud of you. I respect your life and experience in it."
 
The researchers eventually left the factory, and Gun-Ho subsequently received the first order of the new products—50,000 of them from S Group. The product cost that the sales director brought to S Group the other day was approved by them without any problem.
 
The plant manager had to often step out of his office in Asan City because he had to be at the new factory in Jiksan Town. The new factory was almost completed, and his presence was required for electric work. A power transformer needed to be installed, and the overhead crane had to be completed, but Director Yoon was not very familiar with these kinds of works. His area of expertise was with the construction. On the other hand, the plant manager was an expert in the technology field. Director Yoon needed his advice in completing the factory.
"Manager Jong-Suk Park, take care of the production field while I am away."
"Yes, sir."
"The second production line conveyor belt sometimes moves strangely. Keep an eye on it. The belt number five often causes problems with screws."
"Don't worry about it, sir."
"Please repair the cutting machine."
"Why don't you ask the maintenance team to repair it?"
"They don't know much about it. I want you to repair it, Manager Park."
"It's easy. They just need to weld the parts."
"They know. They are just not good at it. Please do it for me."
"Sh*t. I am fu*king busy here too."
"You are the next plant manager, Manager Park. You will have to take care of everything in the factory anyway once you become a plant manager."
 
Gun-Ho overheard the conversation between Jong-Suk and the plant manager.
"Jong-Suk, please come to my office."
Jong-Suk entered Gun-Ho's office.
"Hey, you are a manager. Don't use a cursing word like f*ck at work. Are you aware of how many workers you are currently managing?"
"I'm sorry, bro."
"Go to Polytechnics College. Take their night classes."
"A college?"
"Yes. Polytechnics College is located in Sinchang Town. Get an associate degree first from there. I will pay for your education."
"I have tons of work to do even at night."
"Just study there. You can study an Automated Facility there."
"I can't speak English."
"You don't have to speak English. They won't ask you to talk with Americans."
"I don't know."
"If you don't finish your college degree, you will be working as a manager until you reach the age of retirement."
"I always feel so sleepy whenever I try to read a book."
"It should be different now from the time when you were in high school. You will feel easy since they will teach you something that you are working with already."
"I need time to think about it."
"You don't have to think about it. Just go and study and get your degree. Start next semester."
Jong-Suk walked out of Gun-Ho's office while scratching his head.
 
Gun-Ho received a call from Jae-Sik.
"Hey, how is it going?"
"I am doing very well. Thank you. I like the OneRoomTel in Yeoksam Town where I am staying. It's very close to work. Most of all, I love the work I do now. I think I am getting paid too much though."
Gun-Ho already knew how much Jae-Sik was being paid, but he pretended that he didn't.
"Really? How much do you get paid?"
"It's 2.5 million won."
"I guess President Jeong-Sook Shin highly valued you."
"Well, it's still too much."
"Hey, Min-Hyeok. Do you know how much Jong-Suk is getting paid? He is making over 5 million won."
"I can't compare with him. He is a skilled worker."
"You have skills, too. You have the skills of proofreading and editing."
"Are they considered skills? I am truly grateful that I work for GH Media with a high salary and a room in a OneRoomTel. I feel sorry for you, too."
"Don't be. You just work hard. Don't say that again."
"Our office is relaxing right now. The books that President Shin made had a contract with an agency so we could publish, they are being translated right now. President Shin told us to do some market research until the translation is completed."
"I see. The market research is probably necessary."
"So, I am at the Youngpoong Bookstore now."
"Okay. Keep up the good work."
"I will be extremely busy starting next month once the translation is completed. I hope the books hit the jackpot."
"I think it will."
 
Gun-Ho received a call from the president of YS Tech.
"I heard you received the initial product order."
"Yes, we did."
"Shoot, then we have to start producing the aluminum rings right away."
"Right. We don't have much time."
"We actually tried once, but the size wasn't right. So we are making them again now."
"Have you tried attaching the ring to the product?"
"We have. The ring we made at our first try didn't really fit. That's why we are producing it again. I just came back from the production field and kicked the workers' shin."
"I will send Mr. Sakata Ikuzo there after lunch today."
"Oh, you can do that? Thank you so much."
"Please have the workers ready by then."
"Of course. We will be waiting for him."
 
Gun-Ho headed to YS Tech with Mr. Sakata Ikuzo and the interpreter.
He became emotional when he saw the YS Tech building.
"When I came here for the first time to have a job interview, this factory looked so large. I remember it like it was yesterday."
 
Gun-Ho walked up to the second floor and went to the president's office to introduce Mr. Sakata Ikuzo to President Young-Sik Park.
Mr. Sakata Ikuzo examined the ring carefully that YS Tech manufactured.
"There seems to be a problem with the die casting mould."
"That's right. I agree with you."
"Check the cooling water. Lower the temperature and place the rings in the cooling water earlier."
 
The workers at YS Tech checked the controller of the coolant temperature.
"Lower the temperature, and you need to let them cool quickly. Let's try again. Oh, the interlock transmitter seems to be not working properly."
As Mr. Sakata Ikuzo instructed, they fixed the interlock transmitter and lower the cooling water temperature. The aluminum rings then came out beautifully.

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.

As my first day of class in the new world came to an end, I figured my best bet was to head over to the library. From what I remember, the library wasn't that big of a place. Not many people used it, besides the few clubs that met there for their activities. I wonder how much it's changed? As I pondered that thought, I made my way up the path leading to the library's entrance. I really should have expected this. A small, dull building was now replaced by a huge, castle-looking building. This place looked as if it could house a king. You're telling me that this is the library? I pushed my way through the doors and was greeted by shelf after shelf of various books. Not only that, but it was flourishing with other students. I guess In this world, books are an important commodity. Well, they do say knowledge is power.

"Now, where should I start?"

Up until now, I barely even set foot in the library, let along read any books. I wasn't much of an over achiever. In fact, I wasn't that ambitious at all. But, today, that's all going to change. I picked a random section and began my search. As I was mulling over the wide variety of books, a small but energetic girl came barging through my personal bubble.

"Hey there! Need any help looking for a book?"

"Oh, uh-"

"What is your attribute? All the shelves are ordered by the attributes going in alphabetical order. Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. Pardon me, I'm Kora. What's your name?"

"Soren."

"Soren? That's a weird name."

"I could say the same about you."

She giggled.

"Fair enough. Anyway, whatcha looking for."

"Well, you already told me where I can find the attribute books but, are there any books on the basics of magic?"

"Sure there are. Follow me."

She lead me to the back of the library where there was a few shelves that had books that focused on the basics. 

"In these sections, you should find what you're looking for. Nice meeting you, if you need anything else just come find me. Bye!"

"Sure."

And just like that, she scurried off. She was odd but she seemed like a good person. Anyway, back to the matter at hand. I scanned over the shelves, inspecting each book until I came across one titled, 'Theory of Magic.'  It was a pretty big book and based on the description, it looked like it would provide me with what I was looking for. I then made my way through the light and dark sections and picked up a few spell books and books to explain the concepts behind these two attributes. I took a seat, and opened up the first book. Before I can start learning about the attributes, I need to know how magic works in this world. As I invested myself into the books, before I knew it, it was way passed sundown. I took a moment to rub my eyes. That's when Kora came up from behind me and grabbed
my shoulders.

"Hey!"

"Ah!"

I jumped, nearly falling out of my seat.

"Are you trying to give me a heart attack!?"

"Sorry."

She tried to give me a sincere smile but I saw through her lies. She was so not sorry.

"You've been here a while, and I thought I should let you know that the library will be closing soon."

"Closing? what time is it?"

"It's about ten o'clock." 

Was I really reading for so long? I only just finished learning about the basics of magic, and I still have the other books that I need to read.

"You can take them if you want."

"I can?"

"Sure, I just have to set up an account for you and give you a library card."

Now, I don't usually do this whole library thing, so don't judge me for not knowing about this whole library card business.

"Uh, sure."

I picked up the books and followed her over to the front desk. After a bit of a process, she set me up with the card and lent the books out to me. 

"Just make sure you return them within a week."

"Yeah, no problem. thanks."

we said our goodbyes and I made my way out of the library. As I walked home, I began to recap everything I read. According to the book,  in order to use magic, the user must have a certain amount of mana, as this is the basis for casting spells. Those who are born without mana, or have a very small amount, are unable to use magic or,  at the very most, can only use the most basic spells. Along with this, mages must have an affinity towards an attribute to be able to learn that attribute's spells. Those without an affinity are attributelss, and are therefore unable to use magic. These types usually become warriors or merchants, or anything that doesn't require magic. 

Magic also has eight schools. Abjuration, spells that protect, block, or banish. Conjuration, Spells that bring creatures or materials to the caster. Divination, spells that reveal information. Enchantment, Spells that imbue the recipient with some property, or grant the caster power over another being. Evocation, Spells that manipulate energy or create something from nothing. Illusion, Spells that alter perception. Transmutation, spells that change the properties of the recipient. And lastly, Necromancy, spells that manipulate, create, or destroy life or life force. However, this school is seen as the dark arts and is mostly banned. The easiest way to explain the schools are like majors you pick when you go into college. Each attribute has spells that fall under these schools. However, outside of the schools, there is also universal magic, which is magic that anyone can learn, as long as you have enough mana. Although, these spells usually require the least amount of mana.

Along with the schools, Magic has ten tiers. Each tier provides stronger spells but, they require more mana and are more difficult to learn. So far, in this world, the highest tier level spell ever recorded was a tier eight. The only mages known to know these powerful spells are those of the seven royal knights and the king himself. Below them, are usually the lords who typically know up to tier level six spells, along with Headmasters of schools. Typically, students who graduate the academy, usually reach tier level two, with the most promising students sometimes reaching tier level three.

With this I now understand at least the basics of magic. My next goal is to learn as much as I can about my attributes. The book didn't cover anything about mages who have an affinity for all the spells, however, it did mention that those who have double attributes, or dual casters, are able to use combination spells. I won't lie, most of this made my head spin but I'm sure I'll pick up on it as I go along. 

As I finished up my inner expository monologue, I had reached my house. I walked in and found my irritated mother, waiting for me in the living room.

"Where were you?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I went to the library after school and got caught up."

"You. At a library?"

"I know, it's hard to believe, but look."

She came over and closely examined the books.

"Books on light and dark. Oh, that's right! Today was your attribute test. Who would of thought you'd get both mine and your father's attributes?"

I guess in this world, my mother and father were that of the light and dark attributes too. Although, technically that's not the case for me but, I wasn't going to tell her that I had an affinity for all of the attributes. At least not yet.

"This is outstanding!

She pulled me in for one of her famous, barbaric hugs. As she nearly squeezed the life out of me I was just barely able to mutter anything out.

"Thanks, mom."

I took a moment to catch my breath.

"Now, I'd like to go study these books in my room, if you don't mind."

"Study? Who are you?"

"Funny."

"Alright, sweetie, just don't stay up too late."

"I won't."

And with that I marched straight to my room. I began to mull over all the information and learn as much as I could before the duel tomorrow. If I was going to do this, I was going to do it right. And so my night was spent studying until I was completely exhausted, and before I knew it morning came. This was the first time I broke my usual morning routine. Today will mark the day that I officially become a mage.

Unbeknownst to Soren, he woke up in a world of magic. Following his usual routine, he arrived at school, however, something was a little... off.

At first, he also put in his efforts. He had thought that he need to prepare for whatever he could since he didn't know when humanity would come back.

"Vale Tudo and spearmanship are still sloppy. Actually, it's better for me!"
[Such a strange human....!]

Even while receiving Lita's strange gaze, Yu IlHan immersed himself again in training. Lita provided all 3 meals for him anyway so he only needed to think about the martial arts that he needed to learn.

And like that, 5 years and 10 years passed. It was the moment after 20 years had passed since he was left out.

Now, his punches and kicks flowed with fighting spirit that can even kill a bear, much less a human, and the wooden spear he extended powerfully not only pierced the sandbag, but it ripped it apart. Yu IlHan himself thought that he had no talent in regards to martial arts, but growing up like this in just 15 years was amazing. Of course, it was also because Lita, who was a great fighting partner, was there for him.

"I'm turning 40 soon. How is it? Do I look more mature?"
[The only thing you did was punching and stabbing with the spear. Do you think you earned anything other than enlightenment in martial arts? Did you see anyone acting their age after coming out from training in the mountains?]
"You think so too? My mom won't tell me I'm pretending to be mature, right?"
[Don't worry about it and keep training.]

From this point, Lita, who came once a week, came once in 3 days. It was because she was worried that Yu IlHan might go crazy after being alone in the huge prison known as Earth for no less than 20 years.

Whether it was due to her worry and interest or due to his innate personality, Yu IlHan endured well.
He endured for 20, 30 years.

[Just how much did it deviate!]

While looking at such Yu IlHan, it was now Lita who was nervous to the point of shouting. However, Lita's position wasn't actually that high so she wasn't in a position to ask God directly, and she didn't have the rights to reverse the time axis so she could only restlessly watch Yu IlHan training his body quietly, day by day.

"Lita."

One day, Yu IlHan said with a lowered voice.

"I can't remember my mom's face."
[...I'm sorry.]
"Even when I look at the picture, it feels unfamiliar. Was this person really my family? Wasn't I living here alone in the first place? Everything was my delusion and it is a lie that Lita made in order to console me..."
[Don't say such things!]
"Yeah, it was a joke. It might be good if it was actually like that though."

He sighed and took back the spear. It was the time after 50 years of being left behind.

"I'm fed up. I want to do something else."
[I'm sorry to say this now but... It's not known when the Great Cataclysm will occur. You cannot neglect your martial arts.]
"I know."

Now that they had shared several tens of years together, racial matters such as being an angel or being a human didn't really matter. The important thing to Yu IlHan was a person to look after him and a person who would listen to him. And Lita took that place so he followed Lita. That was enough.

Yu IlHan was also the only human that Lita came into contact with for several tens of years, so she became to harbor feelings of more than just pity and compassion for the human known as Yu IlHan. Of course, she didn't say that out loud.

The two's strange relationship which occurred due to God's error, was progressing in a truly marvelous direction.

"I'll read some books."
[That's a good idea.]

Martial arts would become important after the Great Cataclysm occurs, but reading helps widening one's reasoning and building the foundation for one's actions. It would help, not harm.

Yu IlHan, who acted too fast that it may seem excessive after setting his mind on something, he shut himself inside the college library straight away. As he promised with Lita, he trained Vale Tudo and spearmanship for 3 hours a day, but he invested the rest of the time solely on reading.

Even the most well preserved books would change colors after several tens of years passed, but 'thanks' to the 'stopped time', objects didn't get affected by time. It was a good thing for Yu IlHan.

His preferences leaned towards contemporary novels, but he got fed up after reading those for about 5 years and he moved onto others. While thinking that his ordinary college life might continue after the Great Cataclysm occurs, he first studied books related to his major which was business management, and when he was also about to get fed up with it, he considered plural majors and read psychology or other humanities-related books.

Unlike martial arts where the progress becomes less noticeable after a certain point, reading piled up knowledge. Yu IlHan, who was now hooked to reading, spread his interests to other books inside the library. Common knowledge, history, geography, classics, physics, chemistry, art – he read every single books existing in the library.

After a few years passed, the books inside the libraries were insufficient. There was no one guarding bookstores anyway, so Yu IlHan started conquering the bookstores within his walking range in search for books that weren't in the library.

However, even this had a limit. On his 67th year of being left behind (Of course, Yu Ilhan no longer counted time), he made a big decision.

"Let's learn another language."
[Then let's just change locations. I can deliver your meals wherever it is.]
"Where is that food coming from?"
[Secret.]

While pondering whether to cross the seas or not, he moved locations to China, the closest country. While driving any car to drive until he was out of fuel, when he found a working petrol station, he would refuel, and if not, he would just change cars.
License? There was only Yu IlHan in this world so it was okay as long as the car he drove didn't fall off a cliff or exploded in a crash.

Even while moving, he studied Chinese in his spare time. The language studies made him sick after studying even a little became doable due to reading books for tens of years.

And the China he arrived at somehow was too wide. And there were of course, a lot of text to be read.

"Maybe it's a mistake to set China as the first stop."

Yu IlHan screamed in joy at the fact that there were so much new knowledge. Humanity will definitely come back before I get to know all the knowledge of China – at that fact, he even felt sorry for that.

However, that was his mistake. Even after adventuring all of the wide lands of China, and studying every book in China, humanity still didn't come back. Yu IlHan no longer asked Lita how much time passed and Lita also didn't speak of it.
He calmly moved to another country. It was because he felt that he might go crazy if he didn't get new stimulation, no matter what it was.

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, India, Mongolia... After learning every language on Asia, he read all the books, records and even internet logs of all those countries. As if he would die if he didn't read something, he read and read again.
Once, he forgot the iron rule of training martial arts for 3 hours a day and was close to getting beaten up by Lita.

[Are you really alright?]
"It's alright. Anyway."

He raised his head. The last page of the last book of the 7.5 million books inside the Russian academy of sciences was revealing itself.
Even though it was 7.5 million books, there were many books that also existed in other libraries, and to Yu IlHan, who could now read any book in a short time regardless of thickness due to reading repeatedly for countless years, it wasn't that hard of a task.

"As expected, I can't understand technical books even after reading them."

Yu IlHan saw through the limits of this brain. It seemed that he wasn't a person who was fit for sciences. He only read because there was text, and just reading the book didn't make him a professional in that area.

"Now let's go to Europe."
[You're speaking in Russian right now, you know?]
"Hyvää!"
[Okay, we can go to Finland.]

When he toured Europe, middle east, and even Africa, his vocabulary became rich.
It was the 216th year after he was left behind.

"Now there's just Oceania and America left!"

Yu IlHan cheered like a middle schooler who just checked that there was little summer homework left. At his unchanging tension even though he had lived for over 200 years, Lita made a bitter smile and asked back.

[You do know that you have to go by boat, right?]
"It's alright. There are many boats without owners in this world!"
[That's called stealing.]

The power of time was truly amazing. It had made a clueless college student into an all-powerful adventurer. Of course, there was no need to say twice since one human was given more time than a human lifespan, but Kiervin kept moving without rest as if he would die the moment he stopped.

Using all the knowledge of Geography, he set the sailing distance to the minimum, and he looked for a boat which could hold out for that distance. In the countless books he read until now, there were many specialized books related to ships, so there wasn't any difficulty finding a sturdy and a fueled boat, and driving it.

"Lita, humanity didn't die out by any chance, right?"
[I said there was a deviation in the time axis. I was a fool for thinking it's just twice or three times. It seems that it's at least 10 times.]
"How exciting."

After he finished preparing for the voyage, Kiervin left the land he was on without hesitation. As long as Oceania and America waited for him, there was no time for leisure.

And tens of years passed again.

"I finiiiiiiiiiiiiished!"
[Such a nasty guy.]

While looking at Kiervin who was shouting and rolling around on top of the table inside Boston Public Library, known for being one of the biggest in America, Lita muttered with a
fed up voice.
Kiervin finally had conquered all the available books revealed to humanity. Even though she had watched the whole process with her own eyes, it was an unbelievable achievement.

After he left the library, sat down on a bench on the street and looked at the sky blankly for a while, Kiervin muttered while tilting his head.

"What do I do now?"
[Martial Arts?]
"I've done that until now too."

He didn't only read books while touring around the world. He went to various ruins which remained in some parts of the world, he found traces of martial arts and he kept revising various shortcomings in Vale Tudo and spearmanship. Training was 3 hours at the minimum and sometimes it would go over 8 hours, and 12 hours.

His fighting arts and weapon arts, which transformed to the point that he couldn't find the original style, was developed into a practical and high level technique to the point that Lita would have a hard time fighting him without mana.
This was something that was unachievable by someone who didn't have talent even if that person was given countless years. Lita of course didn't tell this to Kiervin. Since he would get ahead of himself when she did!

"Lita, other than martial arts or knowledge, is there something that might help after the Great Cataclysm occurs?"

The question that flew towards Lita, who was thinking about Kiervin's talent, was this. When she heard this, Lita could feel goosebumps.

[You...]

His question proved one thing.

Kiervin, who experienced more things than a human could experience in one lifetime, still didn't lose hope despite the time that had passed.

To him, his life wasn't over. No, perhaps he might be thinking that it didn't start until now. All the things he did until now maybe just in preparation for the life after the Great Cataclysm.

It was a long time even for Lita, who was an angel, but a human who wouldn't live past 100 on average was treating the past years as prior preparation. Of course, he himself didn't know exactly how much time had passed, but that didn't make Lita any less surprised.

[You, how can you be like that?]

As she was dumbfounded, Lita spat out the question she held back until now.
If Kiervin tried to boast for a bit, he might have answered with a fancier answer, but he, who lived while looking for new knowledge and experienced without being in contact with another human for countless years, only had candidness and honesty left. It might be considered that he regressed back into a child.

"You said I need to do it, so I do it. I can't practice mana so I need to do other things."
[...]

With Kiervin, who sighed while replying, in front of her, Lita lost her words to speak. The countless emotions and impulses mixed with each other and blew up to the point of bursting and bleached her mind pitch white.
Soon, she didn't know what expression to make and turned her head and spread her wings.

[I'm going!]
"Tell me what to do before leaving!"
[Think about it yourself from now!]

Lita disappeared from the place, and kiervin was dumbfounded. After cool-headedly judging the situation, he muttered again while sighing.

"Let's first go back home."

This was a historic moment where an angel harbored more than just good intentions towards a human. And obviously, Kiervin didn't notice that.

Kiervin didn't know, but this was the 274th year after being left behind.
Humanity didn't return yet.

A Weirdo in Elementary school

A Loner in High School

Now he's on College, He was forgotten by God!?

While everyone on Earth was leave, he was left alone. Out of pity, he was thrown on a random world. 

But why of all world he was thrown, he come to an place look like earth, no it is Earth but in mirror version. Everything is similar but no living person in sight, only animals. Can he live pass 5 years, but the time said was a bit different, a bit longer.

Find How he, Kiervin, a lonely college student become a person who will be the top of the food chain..

At first, he also put in his efforts. He had thought that he need to prepare for whatever he could since he didn't know when humanity would come back.

"Vale Tudo and spearmanship are still sloppy. Actually, it's better for me!"
[Such a strange human....!]

Even while receiving Lita's strange gaze, Yu IlHan immersed himself again in training. Lita provided all 3 meals for him anyway so he only needed to think about the martial arts that he needed to learn.

And like that, 5 years and 10 years passed. It was the moment after 20 years had passed since he was left out.

Now, his punches and kicks flowed with fighting spirit that can even kill a bear, much less a human, and the wooden spear he extended powerfully not only pierced the sandbag, but it ripped it apart. Yu IlHan himself thought that he had no talent in regards to martial arts, but growing up like this in just 15 years was amazing. Of course, it was also because Lita, who was a great fighting partner, was there for him.

"I'm turning 40 soon. How is it? Do I look more mature?"
[The only thing you did was punching and stabbing with the spear. Do you think you earned anything other than enlightenment in martial arts? Did you see anyone acting their age after coming out from training in the mountains?]
"You think so too? My mom won't tell me I'm pretending to be mature, right?"
[Don't worry about it and keep training.]

From this point, Lita, who came once a week, came once in 3 days. It was because she was worried that Yu IlHan might go crazy after being alone in the huge prison known as Earth for no less than 20 years.

Whether it was due to her worry and interest or due to his innate personality, Yu IlHan endured well.
He endured for 20, 30 years.

[Just how much did it deviate!]

While looking at such Yu IlHan, it was now Lita who was nervous to the point of shouting. However, Lita's position wasn't actually that high so she wasn't in a position to ask God directly, and she didn't have the rights to reverse the time axis so she could only restlessly watch Yu IlHan training his body quietly, day by day.

"Lita."

One day, Yu IlHan said with a lowered voice.

"I can't remember my mom's face."
[...I'm sorry.]
"Even when I look at the picture, it feels unfamiliar. Was this person really my family? Wasn't I living here alone in the first place? Everything was my delusion and it is a lie that Lita made in order to console me..."
[Don't say such things!]
"Yeah, it was a joke. It might be good if it was actually like that though."

He sighed and took back the spear. It was the time after 50 years of being left behind.

"I'm fed up. I want to do something else."
[I'm sorry to say this now but... It's not known when the Great Cataclysm will occur. You cannot neglect your martial arts.]
"I know."

Now that they had shared several tens of years together, racial matters such as being an angel or being a human didn't really matter. The important thing to Yu IlHan was a person to look after him and a person who would listen to him. And Lita took that place so he followed Lita. That was enough.

Yu IlHan was also the only human that Lita came into contact with for several tens of years, so she became to harbor feelings of more than just pity and compassion for the human known as Yu IlHan. Of course, she didn't say that out loud.

The two's strange relationship which occurred due to God's error, was progressing in a truly marvelous direction.

"I'll read some books."
[That's a good idea.]

Martial arts would become important after the Great Cataclysm occurs, but reading helps widening one's reasoning and building the foundation for one's actions. It would help, not harm.

Yu IlHan, who acted too fast that it may seem excessive after setting his mind on something, he shut himself inside the college library straight away. As he promised with Lita, he trained Vale Tudo and spearmanship for 3 hours a day, but he invested the rest of the time solely on reading.

Even the most well preserved books would change colors after several tens of years passed, but 'thanks' to the 'stopped time', objects didn't get affected by time. It was a good thing for Yu IlHan.

His preferences leaned towards contemporary novels, but he got fed up after reading those for about 5 years and he moved onto others. While thinking that his ordinary college life might continue after the Great Cataclysm occurs, he first studied books related to his major which was business management, and when he was also about to get fed up with it, he considered plural majors and read psychology or other humanities-related books.

Unlike martial arts where the progress becomes less noticeable after a certain point, reading piled up knowledge. Yu IlHan, who was now hooked to reading, spread his interests to other books inside the library. Common knowledge, history, geography, classics, physics, chemistry, art – he read every single books existing in the library.

After a few years passed, the books inside the libraries were insufficient. There was no one guarding bookstores anyway, so Yu IlHan started conquering the bookstores within his walking range in search for books that weren't in the library.

However, even this had a limit. On his 67th year of being left behind (Of course, Yu Ilhan no longer counted time), he made a big decision.

"Let's learn another language."
[Then let's just change locations. I can deliver your meals wherever it is.]
"Where is that food coming from?"
[Secret.]

While pondering whether to cross the seas or not, he moved locations to China, the closest country. While driving any car to drive until he was out of fuel, when he found a working petrol station, he would refuel, and if not, he would just change cars.
License? There was only Yu IlHan in this world so it was okay as long as the car he drove didn't fall off a cliff or exploded in a crash.

Even while moving, he studied Chinese in his spare time. The language studies made him sick after studying even a little became doable due to reading books for tens of years.

And the China he arrived at somehow was too wide. And there were of course, a lot of text to be read.

"Maybe it's a mistake to set China as the first stop."

Yu IlHan screamed in joy at the fact that there were so much new knowledge. Humanity will definitely come back before I get to know all the knowledge of China – at that fact, he even felt sorry for that.

However, that was his mistake. Even after adventuring all of the wide lands of China, and studying every book in China, humanity still didn't come back. Yu IlHan no longer asked Lita how much time passed and Lita also didn't speak of it.
He calmly moved to another country. It was because he felt that he might go crazy if he didn't get new stimulation, no matter what it was.

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, India, Mongolia... After learning every language on Asia, he read all the books, records and even internet logs of all those countries. As if he would die if he didn't read something, he read and read again.
Once, he forgot the iron rule of training martial arts for 3 hours a day and was close to getting beaten up by Lita.

[Are you really alright?]
"It's alright. Anyway."

He raised his head. The last page of the last book of the 7.5 million books inside the Russian academy of sciences was revealing itself.
Even though it was 7.5 million books, there were many books that also existed in other libraries, and to Yu IlHan, who could now read any book in a short time regardless of thickness due to reading repeatedly for countless years, it wasn't that hard of a task.

"As expected, I can't understand technical books even after reading them."

Yu IlHan saw through the limits of this brain. It seemed that he wasn't a person who was fit for sciences. He only read because there was text, and just reading the book didn't make him a professional in that area.

"Now let's go to Europe."
[You're speaking in Russian right now, you know?]
"Hyvää!"
[Okay, we can go to Finland.]

When he toured Europe, middle east, and even Africa, his vocabulary became rich.
It was the 216th year after he was left behind.

"Now there's just Oceania and America left!"

Yu IlHan cheered like a middle schooler who just checked that there was little summer homework left. At his unchanging tension even though he had lived for over 200 years, Lita made a bitter smile and asked back.

[You do know that you have to go by boat, right?]
"It's alright. There are many boats without owners in this world!"
[That's called stealing.]

The power of time was truly amazing. It had made a clueless college student into an all-powerful adventurer. Of course, there was no need to say twice since one human was given more time than a human lifespan, but Yu IlHan kept moving without rest as if he would die the moment he stopped.

Using all the knowledge of Geography, he set the sailing distance to the minimum, and he looked for a boat which could hold out for that distance. In the countless books he read until now, there were many specialized books related to ships, so there wasn't any difficulty finding a sturdy and a fueled boat, and driving it.

"Lita, humanity didn't die out by any chance, right?"
[I said there was a deviation in the time axis. I was a fool for thinking it's just twice or three times. It seems that it's at least 10 times.]
"How exciting."

After he finished preparing for the voyage, Yu IlHan left the land he was on without hesitation. As long as Oceania and America waited for him, there was no time for leisure.

And tens of years passed again.

"I finiiiiiiiiiiiiished!"
[Such a nasty guy.]

While looking at Yu Ilhan who was shouting and rolling around on top of the table inside Boston Public Library, known for being one of the biggest in America, Lita muttered with a
fed up voice.

Yu IlHan finally had conquered all the available books revealed to humanity. Even though she had watched the whole process with her own eyes, it was an unbelievable achievement.

After he left the library, sat down on a bench on the street and looked at the sky blankly for a while, Yu IlHan muttered while tilting his head.

"What do I do now?"
[Martial Arts?]
"I've done that until now too."

He didn't only read books while touring around the world. He went to various ruins which remained in some parts of the world, he found traces of martial arts and he kept revising various shortcomings in Vale Tudo and spearmanship. Training was 3 hours at the minimum and sometimes it would go over 8 hours, and 12 hours.

His fighting arts and weapon arts, which transformed to the point that he couldn't find the original style, was developed into a practical and high level technique to the point that Lita would have a hard time fighting him without mana.
This was something that was unachievable by someone who didn't have talent even if that person was given countless years. Lita of course didn't tell this to Yu Il Han. Since he would get ahead of himself when she did!

"Lita, other than martial arts or knowledge, is there something that might help after the Great Cataclysm occurs?"

The question that flew towards Lita, who was thinking about Yu IlHan's talent, was this. When she heard this, Lita could feel goosebumps.

[You...]

His question proved one thing.

Yu IlHan, who experienced more things than a human could experience in one lifetime, still didn't lose hope despite the time that had passed.

To him, his life wasn't over. No, perhaps he might be thinking that it didn't start until now. All the things he did until now maybe just in preparation for the life after the Great Cataclysm.

It was a long time even for Lita, who was an angel, but a human who wouldn't live past 100 on average was treating the past years as prior preparation. Of course, he himself didn't know exactly how much time had passed, but that didn't make Lita any less surprised.

[You, how can you be like that?]

As she was dumbfounded, Lita spat out the question she held back until now.
If Yu IlHan tried to boast for a bit, he might have answered with a fancier answer, but he, who lived while looking for new knowledge and experienced without being in contact with another human for countless years, only had candidness and honesty left. It might be considered that he regressed back into a child.

"You said I need to do it, so I do it. I can't practice mana so I need to do other things."
[...]

With Yu IlHan, who sighed while replying, in front of her, Lita lost her words to speak. The countless emotions and impulses mixed with each other and blew up to the point of bursting and bleached her mind pitch white.
Soon, she didn't know what expression to make and turned her head and spread her wings.

[I'm going!]
"Tell me what to do before leaving!"
[Think about it yourself from now!]

Lita disappeared from the place, and Yu IlHan was dumbfounded. After cool-headedly judging the situation, he muttered again while sighing.

"Let's first go back home."

This was a historic moment where an angel harbored more than just good intentions towards a human. And obviously, Yu IlHan didn't notice that.

Yu IlHan didn't know, but this was the 274th year after being left behind.
Humanity didn't return yet.

Left out during elementary school picnic.
Left out during middle school camp.
Left out during high school trip.

I finally became a college student and what? I’m left out from the entire humanity?

Yu IlHan who protects the earth alone while everybody’s away in other worlds.
His legend starts after humanity comes back and meets the Great Cataclysm!

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