A girl named Audrey who is forced to marry her best friends boyfriend.

Two days later.
It's been two days since I last talked with Mister Creep. He didn't call and I didn't call either. 
I'm meeting wit Anna tonight at my place. Apparently she has something to tell me and it's urgent.
Not long after I got home from work Anna arrived at my place, to be more precise she stormed into my apartment just like a tornado, leaving her shoes , purse and jacket all over my house. Yep...just like a tornado. With just a few items on the floor everything looks just like a mess. 
Sigh....luckily she's my best friend or else I would have kicked her out by now.
We both sit on the couch with ice cream between us and a spoon in our mouths, stuffing ourselves and having a very serious conversation.
"I can't believe my mom. She's at it again." Anna says angrily and shoves a spoon full of ice cream in her mouth.
I try my best to not laugh at her antics. I already know where this is going.
"I went home for dinner yesterday night and guess what I found sitting at the dinning table with my parents." She says  pointing the spoon at me.
" What did you find?" I asked trying to entertain her a little and not to laugh at the same time.
" A barrel." she says with eyes open wide.
" A what..." I asked feeling confused.
" A living barrel. In my parents house, eating at our table, stuffing his mouth with food like there's no tomorrow." She says exasperated and throws her hands in the air .
"Pfffft...hahhahahha" I star laughing not being able to stop myself anymore. 
Yep...this is Anna. A real drama queen right trough the bone. But I still love her .
Anna  is the same age as me, a few months older to be exact. We are best friends since high school, since the day she pulled my hair and called me a bitch because apparently she doesn't like people with my type of brown hair. She said it doesn't go well with the color of the walls in our class. Of course I called her crazy and laughed in her face , then the next thing I know we were pulling our ponytails, we were at war. That until the teacher came and pulled us apart and we got detention for a few hours. That was the best day of high school for us. After that we became best friends and are inseparable.
Anyway, back to the present. 
Anna is telling me about  yet another failed attempt as how her parents are trying to matchmake her and marrie her off because apparently at 23 she is too old to be picky. 
I'm laughing my ass out here at her explanation. 
"I'm serious" she says, the fire apparent in her green eyes. " The guy was like a mountain. I literally saw myself being squashed to death and he was definitely in his late 30". 
I let her vent all she wants and by the time she's finished with her explanation an hour passed and our bucket of ice cream is empty.
" You should make a blog or vlog or both about you experiences in matchmaking" I say to her still laughing. 
"What's with your parents and matchmaking. Good thing I didn't get the short end of the stick with this matter with my parents." I say still amused.
" Yeah you're right. Uncle Mack would not let you date even when you're fifty not to mention marrying." Anna says and we both end up laughing.
Not long after Anna goes home and I debate if I should watch a movie or not. In the end I find myself watching some fantasy movie and romance and  i'm so hooked on it. 
Through the middle of the film my phone starts ringing. I pick it up without looking and answer the phone.
" Hellooo.." I say, my eyes still glued on the tv.
"Hy there miss Big Ego. What are you doing?"
I freeze at the voice that's familiar but can't exactly place it. I look at the phone and see the caller id 'Mister Creep'.
"Oh..it's you Mister Creep. I'm watching a movie. What are you doing?"  I say but still keep my eyes on the screen.
"What movie are you watching?" He askes not bothering to answer my question. 
" It's called XX. It's a fantasy with a lot of adventure in it and some romance. It's interesting.Have you heard of it?"
"Yes I heard of it but didn't watch it yet. It's a movie made based on a book. One of my favorite authors wrote it to be exact." He says full of pride in his voice. 
I chuckle softly at his explanation.
"So you like books over movies." I say with a little provocation in my tone.
"Yes I do." He says curt and in a firm voice. "Books are better than movies."And then he starts a very long monologue on why books are better than movies.
"Uhuh..." I say not quit paying attention. At the same time watching the fight scene in front of me and drooling at the abs of the male lead. I love it when they star to show some skin, all shiny and stuff.
" And then there was a pig with a horn on it's head and calling your name from under the bed" I heard him say and my eyes loose focus.
"Wha..what what....what are you talking about. What pig, what bed?" I ask looking under the couch. I admit i'm a little scared. Horror movies are not my forte.
Mister Creep laughs and then says " You're not paying attention."
"That's not true. I was listening...ish." I lie a little, just a little bit.
Then the next thing I know we were talking about the movie and making comparisons with the book. As it turns out the book looks more promising , although the movie was great. 
And then from movies we got to pancakes. Don't ask me how. I have no idea. I'm pretty sure I wasn't hungry since I ate that bucket of ice cream with Anna earlier.
"You can't put cheese on pancakes." I said indignant at the preposterous idea. "You're ruining the taste and the whole idea of pancakes." 
" You never tried it. How do you know it's not good?" He says calm like a lake while I was fuming at the blasphemy that was coming out of his mouth.
Yup..we were in a full blown argument about pancakes. Well ... I was the one exploding while he was still like  nothing could move him. I think his calmness and the fact that I couldn't win one over him was making me more angry than the idea in itself.
Then the weirdest thing happened. He  was laughing at me cause I lost and apparently i'm poor at winning arguments when I couldn't take it anymore and I said " Arghh...you know what BITE ME!" I yelled in the phone not quite catching on the double meaning of what I said.
Mister Creep starts laughing "I don't mind. You sure you're up for it?" He says still laughing with no intention of stoping any time soon.
"...." 
Speechless ..that's what I was. I turn bright red after the realisation of my words hit me.
'Arghh..stupid stupid . I'm so stupid. This is the second time i'm embarrassing myself while talking with this guy.
"Shameless" i whisper just enough for him to hear.
He stops laughing and clears his trout to calm himself. I hear him trying not to laugh again.
"Are you done?" I ask annoyed with a voice void of emotions. 
"Ah...yes. Sorry about that." He says and I swear I could imagine him smile at the other end of the phone.
" I went a little overboard. Sorry. But I bet you looked cute all embarrassed after that." He says shamelessly .
Of course, I turned another shade of red at his words. ' Is this guy flirting with me?' I tought to myself feeling a little giddy without me realising it. 
"Well...I need to go to sleep. I have work tomorrow." I say quickly trying to change the subject.
"Ok. Good night ." 
"Good nigh....wait what's your name?" I ask him realizing I don't know his name and we've been talking on the phone for almost an hour.
"I'll tell you next time...maybe." He says on the other side his lips slightly curving upwards.
"Look at you all mysterious know. Okay.. fine. If you don't want to tell me then I won't force you Mister Mysterious."  I say back and than after another round of 'good night'  I hang up the phone and prepare for sleep. Drifting into lala land and dreaming about my mysterious guy with a smile on my face.

What happens when a wrong phone call leads you to meet your forever after?

Meet the story of Krista a young office worker and Andrew a young handsome man with a passion for books that changes her boring life into one full of love and excitement.

Life is boring. Always having to work, with little breaks on the weekend. We always, have something we need to do in order to live a 'comfortable' life. And in order to live that 'comfortable' life, we need  to work those boring jobs that end up chipping away at our happiness. We need to go to school to learn those useless equations. We need to do the responsible thing, but that is the reason why life is so dull.
However we do have something to ease the dullness. Movies, anime, cartoons, and especially games. These are gateways to different realities. We can be superheroes, badass ninjas, and even a spy that gets every girl. In the end, to get rid of the feeling of boredom, we created things we could escape reality with. Movies, anime and cartoons are good in that way but what really takes the prize are games. In games, we can control our avatar and make decisions that we choose and not the creator.
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"He's hell, hit 130"
In a small apartment, a boy at the age of 15 was playing a game on his computer in his dimly lit room. The boy had short black hair, brown eyes, and was a quite skinny. Over all the boy looked average. The teen playing the game sat back and spectated as he watched his teammate kill the opponent that was under  something he called 'hell'.
"Good shit, gg's"
[GG's everyone, good shit boys]
After the game was done, the screen had changed and what transpired was the boy ranking up. The red star had changed into a weird diamond shaped icon. Seeing this icon, the boy smiled widely as he stretched his arms out and yawned.
"Finally. Its about time I reached radiant on this account"
The game he was playing was a popular fps game called 'Valorant'. The rank he got was the highest one could get, yet he didn't seem overjoyed. The reason for that was because it was one of many alt accounts he has that have reached that rank.
"Sammy, dinners ready"
A women's voice reached the boy now known as Sammy. Without hesitating he exited the game and shut his pc off before walking out of his room and walking to the dining table that was down the hall and a couple meters to the left.
Sitting down at the dining table, Sammy greeted his parents. His mother was on the older side at the age of forty while his father was younger by three years. His mother, Carla, had long black hair and his father, Paul, had short brown hair. The two had worn their blue plain matching pajamas, while Sammy wore comfortable sweats and a black long sleeve.
After they started to eat his mother asked him a question that made Sammy form a frown. He knew what was coming and he couldn't be more fed up.
"So you were ranked 15 this during the tests right?"
Sammy quietly sighed and responded to his mother, though hesitantly.
"Yes, mom"
"You could've done better. We have a tutor for that reason Sammy. I expect you to be in the top ten at least"
"Mom, its only fi-"
"No its not. Five ranks can determine a lot. Sweetie I'm saying this for your sake. Instead of playing those games, try studying harder"
"Dear, you know he's doing his best. Let him do what he wants on his free time"
"Paul, you know as well as I do that universities are hard to get accepted into. What if he won't get into the one he wants to"
"I know honey, but lets talk about this later and enjoy our dinner first"
After the short yet tiring conversation, Sammy started eating once again. After the quick dinner Sammy walked back into his room and shut the door before laying on his bed. Sighing he grabbed his phone that was beside him on a drawer.
Opening his phone he went on twitter and saw that he had been tagged in a post.
[Lucifer reaches rank 3 on Valorant. NA]
Lucifer was Sammy's gamer tag. Thought its a bit cringy and edgy, the name has been with him since his Call Of Duty days. Not only that but this name was known quite well among the gaming community, especially among those who follow fps games.
Sammy, though being only 15, was already seen as one of the best fps gamers in NA. Many pro teams have tried to sign him but upon learning his age, they helplessly sighed and took back their offers. That however didn't stop Sammy from competing in small tournaments with many famous pros and many scrimmages against pro teams.
Moral of the story is that Sammy is incredibly gifted in gaming and is certainly among the best of the best. He proves this by getting different accounts to the top rank every single time, whether it being CS:GO, Apex, Valorant and even Rocket League.
After scrolling through the thread, Sammy scrolled down until he found the post he's been waiting for. [New full immersive VR coming Wednesday. Pre Orders will arrive on Monday as well as its very first game]. After reading throughout the thread he turned off his phone with a smile. How couldn't he? The VR coming out is game changing and he even knows the game that will come with it is something to behold.
The game that was said to come with it was a magic/shooter game. It was a 5v5, similar to Valorant and CS: GO. That however was self explanatory since the companies that made almost every game came together and created this one. The best of the best programmers had come together and created this shooter type game. Why this genre and not a fantasy type, world exploring world? The answer was because it would be boring. Not at first but after a while, the grinding would turn into a chore and start to make people turn away from it. Not only that but the amount of effort needed into making a adventure world game with fantasy elements and making sure that there were new spells for mages and different buffs was immense.
That is why they decided to go with a fantasy type shooter. Though its simple, fps games are highly rated and competitive. Also,  with the VR being fully immersive the game will surely be different from what anyone believed it would be like. Since the game and the VR system's creators hadn't had a beta test, everyone would surely be at the same level, except the ones who preordered it, but they wouldn't be too far ahead. Sammy for one was excited about that. Who wouldn't want to start a brand new game and reach the top when you know no one had an advantage over you?
After many thoughts went through his head he finally got up from his bed and turned on his computer. While the computer was turning on he messaged his friends if they wanted to play Valorant or CS:GO, and they happily accepted the invitation.
Sammy then logged into his lowest account for Valorant- Ranked Plat- and invited his friends to his party. Once they joined, one of the two friends he was playing with called on discord. Sammy accepted and queued up for a match.
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AN: Hope you liked the intro to his life and a sneak peak of his family.
- This story will have a ton of game play and slice of life so be warned. No real world super powers, no harem and maybe some romance. Hope you guys enjoyed and come back for coming chapters.

In 2021 the world had finally achieved fully immersive virtual reality.  Along with this came its very first game. A game that would mark itself as one of the best even in the future.

A young boy who used games as a way to escape reality, had found his skill in games. Valorant, CSGO, Apex, what ever it was, he was always among the best. 

Read as he tries to follow his dream  and tries to become the best.

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There will be games mentioned in this novel such as Valorant, CS, etc. I do not own any of these. This goes for movies, Animes and cartoons.

*The photo for the novel is not mine. I got it off of google.

Damn ... what beautiful fool moon. As I thought while listening to a nightcore Hellsing Ultimate AMV - This is Deutsch I always liked that kind of style nightcore I exhaled the smoke from a cigarette that I was smoking and took a gulp of beer from the bottle I was drinking. How it comes to this I thought while savoring the taste of beer.
My name is Dracula, of course, that's not my real name it's just that I am fascinated by vampires and I really wanted to be one with superhuman and supernatural powers being immortal and having eternal youth for some reason this always fascinated me and I always yearned for it but sadly there's no magic in this world or at least I'm unaware that there is and at least right now it's impossible to achieve this concept of a vampire with current technology but maybe in the future, it would be possible sadly I will be nothing but dust in my grave by the time it's possible as for why I named my self Dracula well it's just so happened that I kinda started calling myself that and it just kinda stuck to me.
Since young I always felt atracted to the military way of life I joined the army as soon as I finished my studies at that time i was 19 yers old almost 20 at first I went through 9 months of basic after that I found that i really enjoid being in the military so after I spent all of my money which i got from basics on enjeyoing my freedom I signed up as a profesional soldier and ive been in the military for almost 10 years i did manage to achieve a rank of second lieutenant and led a platoon consisting of soldiers from 15 to 45 even though i spent 10 years in the army i actually never got got deployed on the batlefield and never killed someone I mean sure ive been in a few fist fights there and there but basically from always training I didnt do anything note worthy well I gues one of the reasons is that even though my country is in the NATO and UN my country is quite small and weak compared to major nations in NATO and UN though my nation did send soldiers under a NATO into such places as afghanistan but the ones they sent were best of the best and sadly I wasnt good enough to be sent as I said erlier im not some kind of space marine from warhammer 40k or force user from star wars or a spartan from halo im just youre evryday average joe preety much in evrything actually.
Well apart from being an average joe at everything in my life I'm what you can call an otaku I love listening to nightcore gaming watching all kinds of tv shows movies serials reading all kind of novels scrolling through manga watching anime but the ones I especially like are the ones about mc going to the fantasy world of magic and swords were mc brings his knowledge from the earth and builds his own kingom and then conquers the world under the iron hoofs of tanks.
Mmm, it never gets old then I think of tanks going against medieval eras cavalry that's basically the same as what happened to Poland when nazis invaded it well the only difference is that Poland had anti-tank weapons but in fantasy worlds they have magic.
Also speaking about nazis I actually can be considered a nazi my self I'm a fan of military dictatorship I love nazis world war 2 technology I'm fascinated by their collectivism of course I'm totally against the Hitlers genocide and his views on other ethnic groups, in my opinion, it's completely stupid and waste of human resources.
Mhmm, what else can I say about myself I guess I'm quite an anti-social person I like to just close myself and be left alone while immersing myself in novels sometimes for as long as 1 month.
I mean sure I got some friends back from my 1 grade in school but I never really reach out to them first.
They always the first one to reach out to me then they do most of the time it's to celebrate our birthdays so we do we drink eat barbequed meat smoke its always good times when we do but after were done celebrating our birthdays I always shut myself and distance myself from people. 
Again most likely because of my personality I'm still a virgin and I never had a girlfriend sure I tried a few times to get myself a girlfriend but it always ended in failure for some reason I just don't have the chemistry with women, of course, I don't swing the other way I mean I do love 2d girls and hentai is the best for me porn really doesn't interest me at all after I discovered the thing called hentai.
Mmm actually that I think about it maybe hentai is the reason I don't have any chemistry with real women oh well I guess it's no point using my brain cells to think about such a thing anymore.
That's pretty much it about what kind of person I am. And now for the reason I'm smoking and drinking in the middle of the night while listening to a nightcore Hellsing Ultimate AMV - This is Deutsch and watching at a full moon. 
The reason for it is that for some reason all of my sells one day decided to go haywire and because of that I got diagnosed with the latest stage of cancer the way I look and my current body condition is the same as Deadpool's. 
Basically, my body became one giant cancer so the doctors gave a bunch of pills which only stop me from feeling any pain and told all I got left 1 week at the worst-case scenario and 1 month at best case scenario.
Also, they kept pestering me that after I die I willingly give them my body to let them disacte me they said it's for the good of humanity and all other bunch filosofical stuff of how with my noble and noteworthy sacrifice I can help save people and progress medical knowledge.
Well, I guess what they're saying is true because my cancer case is first in the world as far as I know but at that time I didn't want to hear anything about it so I swallowed a bunch of the pills they gave me and left without saying anything.
Well I mean can you blame me think about what would you do if you suddenly got told that you got 1 moth tops left to live and besides I wasn't too keen on the idea of letting a bunch of unknown people doing anything they want with my body I've seen enough of movies especially of the umbrella corporation I don't want for some evil corporation buying my body and making me into a mindless zombie to start a zombie apocalypse.
So after I left the hospital already high on frugs which they gave me I decided what to do with what's left of my time.
First I went to the store-bought alcohol food cigarettes after I packed my car full of what I bought I sat in my car and started downloading all the latest nightcores games tv-shows movies serials novels manga anime hentai into my USB through my phone.
After I was done doing that and my USB was almost full I opened my cars door walked to the trashcan and threw my phone into it.
Then I drove to my cabin in the woods I destroyed everything that can connect me to the outside world inserted my USB into my stationary computer started my nigtcore playlist opened alcohol light my self a cigarette and started living in full mode otaku while munching on food and chugging down drugs at this point I can pretty much be considered a bonafide drug addict.
I only slept then my body would shut down by itself from overextension I actually am still officially serving in the army and didn't report to the military nor anyone else close to me because really what do I care if the military charges me with desertion what's the worst they cand do to me I'm the last stage cancer patient whos got 1 month tops.
I mean sure they can find me easily if they want to but frankly, I don't give a fuck and most likely what they'd do is just discharge me dishonorably and throw me out to the streets there's no way in hell they are going to bother with a lost cause as me as for my friends I don't feel any need for them to know that I'm gonna be dead soon.
So it's been exactly 1 week since I got the death notice from the doctors and actually, today is my birthday I'm 29 years old and most likely today is the day then ill kick the bucket I don't know why but for some reason I know that today is the day.
So I'm having my last super as you would call it only for me its alcohol and nicotine while listening to my favorite nightcore Hellsing Ultimate AMV - This is Deutsch.
Now you might think that I'm not scared of dying at all but the truth is I'm scared as fuck from the day I understood that one-day il die so the fear of death became my paranoia I never want to die because I am afraid of my existence ending that's why I guess subcionsasly I always wanted to be a vampire who can live for eternity and also because of that I am an atheist I completely reject religion and can't accept that God made me a mortal.
I stared into the full moon and I can't help but wish that I would be like those mc in novels who after death get to go to another world and have a second chance at life and achieve something in life.
I took another breath of the cigarette I am smoking breathed out the smoke and sighed.
What am I thinking there's no such thing as a ticket to another world well even if there was I sure as hell won't be the lucky one to get selected.
I mean I'm an average joe in everything even though I spent 10 years in the military I never killed anyone and I might not even be able to as for my otaku knowledge well I can boast that I have at least some more fantasy knowledge than normal people which could help in a fantasy world at least I would be able to recognize a goblin then I see one.
But there's no fucking way I'm some kinda hidden genius who can make an airplane from scratch well at least for most primitive gunpowder and at least the earliest hot weapons with a few advanced modifications I could make that but if someone could truly bring someone from another world then magic in that world must be scary as fuck and muskets and cannonballs won't be able to compete with magic at all.
So if someones gonna take someone from this world to a fantasy world they're sure as hell not gonna pick me whos walking cancer without super fast regeneration whos one leg in a grave they're either gonna pick a superman or doctor stone if they want to defeat a demon king or something.
As I finished that thought suddenly I started losing my vision and I could feel my body starting fall to the ground. So this is it I thought. As I was gradually losing my consciousness I heard a voice in my head.
If you could get your wish fulfilled what would you give in exchange for it?
Everything.
Even your soul?
Yes.

Tristan and Layla tried their best to make their presence as small as possible. Alas, their hopes were crushed the moment they heard someone shout towards them.

"Halt, you there!"

Tristan deliberately acted as if he didn't hear the call and kept nudging Layla to walk forward, ignoring everything around them. Unfortunately, they were quickly stopped by a person clad in armor.

"Who are you and what business do you have here at the border town of Erantell?"

Tristan lifted his head and was about to answer the question when he realized that the guard was actually placing his attention at Layla.

His sister, on the other hand, could only show a stupefied expression to the fierce guard. She slowly leaned her head toward Tristan and whispered, "Tris, I have no idea what he's saying. The language is so strange!"

Tristan was startled when he heard his sister's words. Then, he was confused. Previously, she was able to understand what Cursaac said perfectly, but how come she could not understand this guard's words?

Throwing the problem to the back of his mind, Tristan decided to solve his sister's dilemma first. Luckily, he could completely understand and talk to the guard. As to how he did it, it probably one of the features from the system that was implanted in him.

Tristan slowly pulled Layla to the back so he was the one who faced the guard. Unfortunately, the pause and confusion on Layla's face already made the guard suspicious and restless. Hence, he began to call more people.

"What is going on here?" said a man with a slightly different armor compared to the guard in front of Tristan.

Tristan turned his head towards the source of the sound and spotted the man. Noticing the better, more luxurious armor the man wore, he quickly assumed that the man was the leader of the guards.

Seeing his captain was coming, the guard who stopped Tristan and Layla quickly spoke, "Captain, this girl is wearing very suspicious clothes. I suspect she is an outlander."

Tristan immediately looked at his sister, and it was true. Layla was wearing a white shirt that was covered with dirt and specks of red blood as well as dark blue jeans that were already tattered.

"What the hell are you looking at? Why are you all looking at me like that?!" Layla exploded as she noticed the guards around them casting their gazes on her. Receiving several pairs of eyes directly on her was definitely not a pleasant feeling for a young girl such as her.

Listening to the words Layla blurted out, the expression on the captain's face changed immediately, "You are not from around here, are you?! Tell us, where are you from?!" said the captain in response to Layla's remark.

Much to Tristan's surprise, it appeared that the guards could understand what Layla was saying, but not the other way around.

Tristan quickly stepped forward, trying to mediate the situation. Alas, instead of resolving the matter, his attempt backfired. All the guards drew their weapon out and brandished them. Several swords and spears were pointing their tip at Tristan and Layla.

"You too! Remove your cloak!!" the captain snarled at Tristan who draped a piece of clothes over his body, covering his entirety and only letting his eyes seen to the outside.

"Now, this could probably become a problem.." Tristan thought in his mind.

Tristan did hear from the poor Desmond before, about the war between humans and elves. His current appearance, which was of an elf, could bring trouble from these people if they were on the side of humans.

Sighing inwardly, Tristan could only comply for the moment. There was no way he would do a massacre without any reason here with his sister around. It was clear that Tristan just had to bet on this situation, to see what kind of reaction these people had when they saw an elf directly.

Tristan slowly lifted the clothes covering his face while readied his other hand to grab the sword.

The captain and the guards kept their stern expression as they looked at Tristan revealing his face. But unexpectedly, when the captain and the others saw his face and pointy ears, they suddenly let out a respectful attitude.

"Aah… I am sorry, sir elf. I didn't know"

The captain immediately sheathed his sword and all the guards quickly followed him, storing their weapons aside. Tristan noticed a sliver of fear in the captain's eyes, which made his brain quickly go into overdrive and acted the way an elf should do.

"Your apology is accepted. Am I allowed to come in now? Or do you need more time to check me again?"

"Of course not, sir elf. You are welcome to come to the town, but the girl here… She…"

"She's with me. Is there a problem?" asked Tristan with a serious face.

Noticing the look on Tristan's face, the captain quickly waved his hand, "No, sir elf. Of course not. But I still need to report this to the mayor."

"Sure. Do what you have to do. There's no benefit for me to prohibit you from doing your job."

Seeing the impatient gesture from Tristan, the captain immediately ordered his men, "Let them in!" The guards immediately made way for Tristan and Layla to walk.

Tristan quickly grabbed Layla, and walked through the massive gate entering the border town.

While glancing at the nervous guards, Layla said, "Wow, brother… You are so cool! They all immediately turned polite when they saw you."

Upon hearing his sister's words, Tristan could only smile.

It seems the elves had more authority on this planet, or at least, in this border town. Tristan thought of asking for more information from the captain, but he was worried that would make them suspicious of him. Hence, he decided to find another place for the information he needed.

The two walked through the Erantell Town.

The town was filled with hundreds of small, rustic houses made with a combination of wood and stones.

Tristan and Layla also spotted at least two dozen humans doing their activities around the street before them. Some of them chatted with each other, some were shouting their merchandise, while others stared at Tristan and Layla with weird gazes.

After all, it was rare for an esteemed elf to appear in this small town on the border.

Tristan ignored the gazes he received, and continued to observe around. He saw that most of the people here were human. But then, Tristan noticed two short figures with heads too big to belong to a child, a dwarf that books and movies depicted. There was also a furry-looking figure that he couldn't recognize.

At the moment, Tristan and Layla both truly felt as if they went in one of the fantasy movies and books they read on Earth.

And like in such stories, Tristan could roughly guess the best place to get more information of this town and the world in general.

The tavern.
 
Noticing the look on Tristan's face, the captain quickly waved his hand, "No, sir elf. Of course not. But I still need to report this to the mayor."
 
"Sure. Do what you have to do. There's no benefit for me to prohibit you from doing your job."
 
Seeing the impatient gesture from Tristan, the captain immediately ordered his men, "Let them in!" The guards immediately made way for Tristan and Layla to walk.
 
Tristan quickly grabbed Layla, and walked through the massive gate entering the border town.
 
While glancing at the nervous guards, Layla said, "Wow, brother… You are so cool! They all immediately turned polite when they saw you."
 
Upon hearing his sister's words, Tristan could only smile.
 
It seems the elves had more authority on this planet, or at least, in this border town. Tristan thought of asking for more information from the captain, but he was worried that would make them suspicious of him. Hence, he decided to find another place for the information he needed.
 
The two walked through the Erantell Town.
 
The town was filled with hundreds of small, rustic houses made with a combination of wood and stones.
 
Tristan and Layla also spotted at least two dozen humans doing their activities around the street before them. Some of them chatted with each other, some were shouting their merchandise, while others stared at Tristan and Layla with weird gazes.
 
After all, it was rare for an esteemed elf to appear in this small town on the border.
 
Tristan ignored the gazes he received, and continued to observe around. He saw that most of the people here were human. But then, Tristan noticed two short figures with heads too big to belong to a child, a dwarf that books and movies depicted. There was also a furry-looking figure that he couldn't recognize.
 
At the moment, Tristan and Layla both truly felt as if they went in one of the fantasy movies and books they read on Earth.
 
And like in such stories, Tristan could roughly guess the best place to get more information of this town and the world in general.
 
The tavern.

Abandoned since birth, mistreated, exploited, betrayed, and hurt. This was all society had offered to Tristan. 

The day of his release from prison, he was transmigrated to the world of orcs and elves and forced to become the Legendary elves champion. The Blood Elf.

[Blood Elf Monarch Innate Ability Activated]
[Stage One Skill - Blood Extraction]
[5000 Mix of low qualities blood cells found]
[Extract Blood Cells]
[2000 Blood Essence Extracted]
[Battle power increase exponentially]

Being the Undying Ancient Blood Elf during the war between races of humans and elves, will Tristan renounce his people to be part of the Elves, or will he follow his own resolve?

Follow The Adventure of Tristan as he becomes the leading Monarch of the Universe

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Here are some of the things you will find here
MC: smart but with questionable morals. Start OP but still have a deep of weak - strong growth  
World: Imagine Lord of the Ring with guns and spaceships
System: There is a system but it will not be the focus of the story
Harem: Yes, but I love romance, so there will be love interests and drama, not all about p3nus

*The Monarch characteristic will not really show until volume 3, the MC will have some flaws at early chapters its part of his growth

This is my third novel, my first novel was in the top 50, and my second novel is now Top 15 trending in webnovel, so hopefully, this third one will be even better.

ASTRID picked up the juice in front of him and drank a bit. They were now inside a private box of a much more expensive restaurant. It was where Mr. Rogers took them after he said that they should go to somewhere more private to talk. 
He was not afraid that he was just scamming them and about to bring them to some dangerous place. After all, Reas was with him. With the two of them working together, there's hardly any danger they couldn't overcome.
So, while they were following Mr. Rogers' car with their rented one, Astrid took the time to check [Starnet] information about the man. It's one of the reasons why he decided to give Mr. Rogers a chance to speak with them more properly instead of just turning him over to the police. Because he didn't hesitate to show them his ID and even told him to search him on the [Starnet]. 
When he was looking at his Terminal while in their rented car, he realized that he made the right decision. It didn't take long for him to find the information about Mr. Rogers. Although the picture of him on [Starnet] was a more formal and much cleaner version and not the unkempt version that they saw in person, it's true that he didn't lie about his identity. 
Mr. Rogers was indeed who he said he was – a casting director. The movies listed under his name were all big productions and almost all of it had huge blockbuster turn-out. He even watched some of it.
Astrid looked at the man sitting in front of him and his brother. He looked like someone who hadn't rested and hadn't taken a proper bath for a few days. He wondered if he looked like this in normal times and he only cleaned up whenever there's a formal occasion. Anyhow, they should probably proceed to the much more important discussion.
"Mr. Rogers, you said that you wanted to cast me in a movie, am I right?" he asked first.
"Yes, yes. You really fit the role. Even the director agreed with me when I send him the clip of you that trended three days ago. He told me to immediately look for you and offer you an audition. If you succeed on the audition, we would immediately give you the role," Mr. Rogers answered.
"Does that mean that Mr. Rogers had been looking for me for three days?" Astrid thought of asking. 
Mark scratched the back of his head and laughed awkwardly. "Haha… yes. I only managed to find you because someone in that restaurant posted a picture of you on [Cyberspace]."
Astrid nodded. Could it be the other looked so unkempt because he was looking for him? If that's true, then wouldn't that be kind of… pitiful?
"May I ask who the director is?" he just asked instead.
"It's Director Trevane. I don't know if you've heard of him but he's a really famous director. You wouldn't regret being part of his movie!" Mark said, starting to praise the director.
Astrid was quite surprised. Of course, he had heard of Director Trevane. He was one of the most popular fantasy movie directors in the Empire. All of his movies were high budget films that always had a high box office return. He watched some of his movies and they were all very properly directed. Even if the plot was quite simple, the director managed to make it very exciting and fun. 
And now, he suddenly had an opportunity to play in the movie of Director Trevane.
It's like a pie just fell from the sky without him doing anything. Oh, wait- he and his brother did encounter a hostage taker/bomber and they also met two members of the Grimaldi family all of a sudden. Those were the reasons why he trended. Maybe this was destiny's way of compensating him?
He smiled inside. Then, he'd gladly take it. But before that, he had to ask some things first.
"What was the movie about?"
Mark secretly let out a sigh of relief seeing the interest in the teenager's eyes. "It's a fantasy/adventure movie set in a magical continent where one god rules all. But a century ago, the god suddenly went into slumber for no reason. Because of that the continent was plagued with demons. A group of heroes will go on an adventure to wake up the sleeping god to save the whole continent from the demon lord. That's really all I can tell you. At least for now."
Astrid understood. Since it's still not certain if he would take whatever role Mr. Roger was offering, it wasn't ideal to tell him the rest of the story. But despite that, he still got the gist of the story. 
It was a pretty cliched trope. A group of friends adventuring to find the thing that could defeat their enemy. 
He wondered what role Mr. Rogers were planning to offer him. If this was his last life, then he wouldn't even be considered an 18th line actor. At most he probably could only get at most three minutes of screen time. But would a casting director spend three days to look for him just for an extra role? 
He guessed it's probably better to just ask Mr. Rogers directly. "May I ask what role will I be playing if I managed to pass the audition?"
"If you pass Director Trevane's audition, then you'll get the role of the 'god'."
Astrid became silent for a moment. He didn't know how to react for a second.
Reas, who had been siting quietly beside Astrid, noticed his brother's speechlessness. He must be really surprised. Although Reas didn't know anything about movies, based on what he heard earlier about the movie this Mr. Rogers was a part of, wasn't the role of 'god' pretty big?
Astrid quickly recovered from his shocked. And then excitement rushed through his body. Just like what Reas thought, this role was indeed big. Even if at some chance this 'god' only appeared at the end of the movie, it wouldn't matter. For someone like him who's a total 'newcomer', this was probably the best way for him to enter the entertainment industry.
He smiled brightly. "Mr. Rogers, I will take that audition."


He just became the newly-crowned movie emperor when he died a tragic (actually, very stupid) death. On his way to cross the NaiHe bridge, he managed to evade Meng Po and not drink her soup. Thus keeping the memories of the life that he just had.

But he would never have imagined that he would be reincarnated hundreds of thousands of years later. In the Interstellar era! If it happened to other guys, they would definitely want to be a mecha warrior. Don't most men dream of that at least once in their life? But sadly, that's not for him. 

There's only one goal in his mind - to be the number one star in the Interstellar era.

With the knowledge and skills he got from his past life, he would definitely achieve it.

But who was this annoying person who kept on pestering him?

A certain prince smiled in a scary and crazy way: Cook food for me or else die.

= a few months later = 

A certain prince leaned over and moved his face closer: I don't need food, I could just eat you.

A bad tempered yandere gong X a reincarnated movie emperor shou

*NaiHe bridge - a bridge that souls crossed to enter reincarnation
**Meng Po - the lady on the Naihe bridge who gives out soup that lets the souls forget their memories, thus entering the cycle of reincarnation in a clean slate.

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Being alone is not a melancholy thing for me, I enjoy the feeling of spontaneity, everyone has their own choices of living a life, The free life is what I admire and want, lavish life doesn't tickle my fancy, it's just as simple as that. 

Fee's eyes darted back and forth before coming to me, when she was assured, she went back to the kitchen and regressed with orange juice, popcorn, and hot catfish sandwiches. 

Our chefs are the best ones, they make very delicious dishes, after all, the great Watson mansion's chefs will be perfect for sure. 

"Your favorite orange juice and John prepared your favorite hot catfish sandwich, " she put the foods on the table. 

I insinuated her to sit on the sofa so did she, "thanks, Fee but orange juice isn't my favorite one, I like blackberry juice, you'll get to know more about my preferences from John but why didn't you bring anything for you?" 

She bit her lip, "Uh, I'm not feeling hungry, plus I like simple food, not exotic foods like you," and she laughed like a panda. 

As a good friend, I should know everything about her but I didn't know anything about her except her name and her attributes. 

So, I thought about doing one girly thing-gossip, I'm not experienced in this but as far as I know, people should take adventures. 

"Let's go to my room and watch a movie, what say?" 

Thank God, she forgot about Mr. Casano otherwise, I would have been explaining so many things now hence my mind was still thinking about him, the thought of knowing about him from Fee vanished as soon as she revealed her sentiment. 

"I don't think I should um, you know, I'm just a worker of your house, you wanna be friends with a girl who doesn't fit in your world, we belong to different societies, Lia. To be honest, I eternally wanted a friend in my life like you…" and Fee left the words unfinished. 

Reality hits you badly that you don't have the words to say, and no scars to hide. 

"Fee, I don't know how the rules of social work or how different we are, all I can see is the loyalty, magnanimity, and authenticity of yours. You know why I don't have friends! There is just one reason behind this, and that is their mendacity," I took her hands in mine, "friendship is something which should be as real and pure as diamond, moreover I always wished if I could have a sister but as you see, I don't have. No one likes solitude at the start but I tried to accept myself however I'm!" the tears started protruding in my eyes as the flashback of memories passed through my mind. 

In a good mannerism, I controlled on my eyes to hold back the tears, " I never deplored on being alone or not having any friends but if you won't be my friend, perhaps the bug of regret would eat my heart," I pouted and crossed my arms, "never mind, who cares?" 

Few started giggling again, "I didn't know you can be a drama-queen, too. No matter how different our world is, we are destined to be friends. If someday, I'll become a great fantasy novel writer, I would write a character of yours in my novel to show my sincerity to our friendship." 

"Hey, I never knew you wanted to be a fantasy writer, sounds cool, girl!" being a bookworm makes me excited to talk about the books, "Fee, do you believe in destiny and all? I don't believe in these silly things," I rolled my eyes, "I believe in myself only." 

Fee snorted, "oh, please! Read romance novels and you'll start believing in destiny, love, hope, coincidences, and many more things." 

I laughed like a drain, "I'm sorry! What? Romance novels?" My hands caught my stomach, "haha! Romance novels? And me? For god's sake, don't suggest such horrible things to me!" 

"Now, shall we go to my room?" I rose, stretched my hand, bowed my head a little. 

And there my funny friend again began chuckling, "sure, my love!" She got up from the sofa and gave her palm into my palm as a princess held the hand of a prince. 

Wait! What the fuck! I'm a girl, how I'm supposed to be a prince! 

I requested John to bring some more sandwiches for Fee, and blackberry juice for me, I take care of my health more than my skin and hair cause my face doesn't matter but my health matters. 

"Lia, have you ever watched any rom-com movie?" She raised her brows in query, "let me guess, you like action and marvel movies only, right?" Fee looked like a five-year-old kid who gets excited when she talks about her adventure. 

My face went cold, "Right!" 

Her face broke into a burst of horrible laughter, she was making me doubt if I did something funny but no, I didn't. 

"Now, if you are done we can decide what we should watch," I suggested, and when she stopped laughing I uttered, "So, which movie?" 

She put a finger on her head, pressed her lips to make hmm sound, "what about my best friend's wedding?" 

I was startled, didn't know this could be the title of a movie, "are you sure? Is this the title of a movie?" My eyes widened when she nodded her head in a gesture of yes. 

Holy cow! 

I could deny her proposal but I won't, it's just a movie, why make it a big issue like a drama queen! 

"Okay, as you say, my dear friend!" 

"Would you be my bridesmaid on my wedding day?" She surprised me with her sudden question about marriage, eww! 

"Damn, you! Are you for real? How can you talk about marriage during your teenage years? Just focus on your career, Fee!" I banged my opinion on her. 

Fee wasn't astonished, "would you be my bridesmaid or not? Just answer me," she demanded as she was my teacher. 

"Of course! I'll be." I grinned, "you are not a bimbo but you are a hopeless romantic girl, now, you wanna watch this movie or switch to any fantasy or marvel?" I smirked as a devil, and she nodded. 

Fiona is a cute and simple girl, the thought of love excites her more than any chocolate, her mesmerizing brown eyes shine whenever she giggles, yeah, she laughs a lot. According to her, laughing is what you should always do because one day if you'll be in pain, you won't be able to laugh. So, laugh and smile because, at this moment, you are not in pain. 

She is an optimistic girl who wants to have a steady relationship with someone who will love her however she is, Fiona is not waiting for her prince charming but she is waiting for the right person, a simple, loving, compatible, and caring boy. 

Her perfect curly hair makes her look more pretty and stunning, she isn't a model but she has features like one. She looks cute when the dimples appear on her round face when she smiles, if someone will take a look at her, the three words will come out from his mouth-cute, smile, and stunning. 

Everything is cute about her, her short height, not very short but a little, her straight and small nose, her thick lips. She looks a thousand times more gorgeous whenever she smiles. 

We started watching 'my best friend's wedding', I ate a sandwich, and within five minutes I drifted to sleep. 

Damn, rom-com movies! 

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Liliana, a tomboy who is brilliant nerd, her only dream is to become a doctor, nothing less or more. She has bunch of friends but no best friend, her friends always judge her for her appearance. Studious Lia has neither boyfriend nor a crush on anyone. She belongs to an affluent family but no one treats her as a princess. Liliana isn't waiting for her prince but she has a prince in her destiny who believes in fairytales. An idiosyncratic prince who breaks the stereotypes of the society will fall for the girl who doesn't give a damn about love.

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The meeting continued on, with everyone getting stunned with the last project.
The whole cathode-ray Tv project had completely made them speechless.
They blinked and wiped their eyes off with their sleeves... as if trying to make sure that they weren't dreaming.
Moving Portraits!
How was that possible?
They were so excited, that they started fidgeting and laughing sheepishly.
They wanted to run, shout and scream out loud about what was going to happen next in Baymard.
But of course, these projects were all supposed to be kept confidential until it was time for them to be made known..... so they knew that they couldn't.
To their surprise, his majesty not only wanted to do Cathode-Ray TVs.
His Majesty had also told them about something called a 'Cathode-Ray Camera' as well.
Apparently, this camera thing would be able to make portraits without requiring one to paint for hours and hours.
In their minds, they had just one word for these 2 projects: 'GENIUS'.
.
Landon looked at their overly animated expressions and smiled.
It was so funny that they were getting excited over this.... as both projects will no doubt give one of the lowest qualities of pictures and films when compared to what he was used to in the modern times.
But still, this was a milestone for Baymard, and it was also new to these people.
So either way, it was good to start off there.
"As I said, I won't go deep into production until all the resources needed for both the cathode ray TVs and Cathode-ray cameras are made available.
Also, we need to equip and install production machines and pipes within one of the massive rooms in your industry Tim.... before we start production.
But in the meantime, Tim..... like we did for the other projects, you need to hire electrical engineers, technical engineers, and all other engineers that would bring value to these projects.
I want engineers who are already working within your industry.... as well as new graduates or those looking for employment as well.
And once they get accepted, then you will be required to teach them while waiting for the production site to be completed.
But of course, the hiring process can only begin 2 weeks from now.... since I'll use this first 2 weeks to teach you and a few supervisors the basics and concepts of it all." 
"Yes, your majesty!" Tim said excitedly.
.
"Ermm.... your majesty.... if you don't mind me asking..... but what moving portraits are we going to put in the cathode-Ray TVs?" Wiggins asked curiously, and immediately..... everyone's ears perked up.
Yeah.... what was going to be placed there?
This part of the explanation had really confused them a little.
"It's a surprise," Landon said with a smile on his face.
No matter how much he would try to explain the different movie dramas, as well as the whole tv-series concept to these people.... they would still never get it, as they had never seen or watched TV in their entire lives.
So what was the point?
It was best for them to wait and see it for themselves.
At least with the introduction of the different genres in radio, the people at least now knew what he meant by genres.
One should know that on the radio, there was a channel that focused solely on children's stories... and it covered genres like fantasy, history and so on.
Hence, they already had a pretty rough idea about the genre thing.
But because they didn't know what to expect on film, they were still utterly confused about what would be in these moving portraits.
.
As for what Landon wanted to focus on first.... hehehehe.... well, he had worked the whole Tv thing like so.
With the emergence of Tv..... one needed live Tv shows like news, as well as recorded Tv shows like movies.
For live Tv shows..... Landon just wanted 6 channels for now:
▪News (both international and national)
▪Sports 
▪Kids TV
▪Fashion, Health, Tourism 
▪Movie 1: Recorded Movies of all genres.
▪Movie 2: Live plays and shows from the theatre.
Those were all the channels that would come up for now.
Of course in future, it would expand.... be it for now, he would go slowly but surely.
.
For the Kids Tv shows in particular... Landon wanted something like live shows with adults dressing up in costumes.
He wanted Sesame Street, Barney and so on.... as well as shows that taught them how to do simple math count and many more.
In truth....  from morning till noon, shows like that would commence on the channel.
But from noon upwards, other teenage focused shows would commence as well.
He would definitely record the first power rangers ever and put it on the Kids TV..... as well as kids game shows that were similar to treasure hunts like the famous 'legends of the hidden temple', that used to air in Nickelodeon back on earth.
Anyway... these were the sort of things that Landon had been aiming for.
.
And when it came to movies... only about 2/5 of the recorded movies made will be placed on Tv, as Landon wanted the people to buy most of them from the store shelves as well.
Of course one should know that the system had also given him the exact model for solar TVs as well..... so those in other empires could take these TVs away as well as those 'fat and large' movie cassette tapes and watch them from their own empires.
And when it concerned the matter of prerecorded Tv series..... Landon didn't want to do those yet, as he planned to record an entire season before airing it out.
.
Since this was already Medieval times.... for sure, Game of thrones had to be done too!
Of course, he would edit some scripts and remove the dragon part..... but still, it would still be grand.
And also, shows like the legend of the seeker, Hercules, Xena, Camelot, Spartacus and many more would be on there.
As well as Tv shows that aired Baymard's 'modern' life.... fantasy tv shows, romance and so on.
In fact, the only tv series which he could really make right now was the whole Power rangers, and kids tv series like Sabrina the teenage witch.
With these ones, he could film every 7 episodes a week prior.... and release them strategically a week later.
And when it came to animation, since he didn't have the time to properly teach people now..... then they would just have to wait.
.
All in all..... Landon had planned to release 20 movies once the cathode TVs were done.
Lile he said, 2/5 would be put on Tv, and the others had to be bought and watched from home at their own convenience.
And one shouldn't think that this was all that could be bought from the stores, as every live show that aired on Tv..... like the theatre shows with magic tricks, and even broadway plays....  would also be recorded and sold in stores a MONTH after they aired.
As for pre-recorded Tv shows, only kids shows would be done now.
And biweekly, the Tv station would release a Tv guide for everyone to know what hour each show would pop up on the screen.
This was the plan!


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Well, now back to the synopsis....
Er-erhmm. 
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Chu Yi dies in a car crash and becomes Landon Barn, the illegitimate son of king Barn, ruler of Arcadina. Because his mother was a maid and the king’s greatest disgrace, his father had always despised him. The same could be said for his half-siblings. 

When he turned 15, his father had announced that the city of Baymard would be given to him, and would no longer be under the empire's control. It was a well known fact that Baymard’s lands were barren, and poverty stricken.... For god’s sake, this was banishment.

His deadbeat father had indirectly banished him from the empire.

Chu Yi woke up in a carriage, on his way to Baymard with a system

"So what if my father hates me? So what if I’m banished?.... I will turn my territory into a modern society"

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Author-san: the book is a bit fast paced. But it be really be worth it. so just give it a try and you might be surprised.

Karli laughed, which wasn't the reaction Cody expected her to have. "So you're feeling as intensely single as I am. That's probably the only reason you agreed to this date, right?"
"Yes," he admitted. "Though I also don't ever want to upset Claire."
"Why?"
"Because her boyfriend could kill me rather easily. We grew up together too; I know her through him."
It was nice being honest with an outsider to this extent. Normally Cody had to pretend a lot more than this. He had meant it when he said Alex could kill him easily but Karli seemed to think it was a joke.
She smiled. "So the fabled boyfriend is the scary type, huh? Interesting. He seems like such a teddy bear in the pictures she showed me."
"That would be entirely Claire's influence," he said seriously. "Anyway, this is getting off-topic. I showed up late and covered in blood. You're welcome to back out now if you want. I only came to apologize if you were still waiting."
Karli shrugged. "I don't mind having dinner if you don't. But I would totally get it if you were too upset after what happened and wanted to check on your friend."
It would have been so easy to take the way out she offered him. He could go home and try to relax and find out what actually happened with Carmen sooner but that would also mean he would have to deal with Finn fussing over her.
"Truthfully I would rather be here," Cody replied.
"Great! Then let's get a table."
Once they were seated and their orders had been taken she began her questioning anew with the basic "tell me about yourself" line. He always hated this part of meeting people because almost nothing he told them was true.
Usually he told people he was from Fitchburg and that his parents and older sister still lived there. That was the information Lenny had included with his identity and it wasn't as if he talked to the people he met enough for the lies to matter. But this time he had told a version of the truth so he couldn't use that.
"I grew up in Boston in a group home of sorts. That's where I met Alex, Finn, Carmen, Sarah, and Michael. There were more of us but I lost contact with the rest. I'm a computer science major at Boston University and I like reading, movies, and mixed martial arts. That's all there is to me really. I'm pretty boring," Cody finished with a shrug.
That's what Sarah often called him anyway since he rarely wanted to go out and do things with her and her friends from school and didn't engage in games as much as the rest did when at home. He preferred to read; was that really such a bad thing?
Karli shook her head. "I don't buy that. Anybody who shows up late to a blind date covered in blood couldn't possibly be boring. Who got hurt, Carmen or Sarah?"
"Carmen."
Cody wished he knew what was going on with her but he couldn't even ask because his phone had died. At the very least he knew Finn must be taking good care of her if she had been released from the hospital already.
"I'm sure she'll be fine," Karli said reassuringly as if she could read his mind. "Sorry for bringing it up when I'm supposed to be distracting you. I'm the youngest of three kids and the only one that dared to move away from Springfield. I wanted to be closer to Boston and ended up finding a job in Lexington.
"I have one roommate and we sort of share a dog though its technically hers. You already know I'm a pharmacy technician but if I had gone with my childhood dream I would be an actress, though that obviously doesn't pay the bills.
"I also like reading and movies but I sing and play the piano too. I would get knocked out in a fight immediately so I'm impressed by anybody that knows anything about martial arts. How did you get into that anyway?"
Cody figured he should go along with his earlier lie. "In the group home. We all learned but Alex is undeniably the best out of all of us."
Karli laughed. "So that's why you said he could easily kill you. Interesting. So what sort of books do you like?"
"Fantasy and science fiction for the most part. The less realistic the better."
"I can respect that. Fantasy is my favorite but I also love historical fiction. Reading about the way things used to be is fascinating to me for some reason. If you had to pick a favorite book, what would it be?"
He didn't have a favorite. Though he supposed he could name any random one he liked for the purposes of this question. If he wanted to keep the conversation going more easily he should choose something he knew she had read based on her Facebook profile.
"I don't have a specific favorite book…but I really like the series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin. And before you ask, no, I haven't seen the TV show for it yet. I plan to watch it eventually but none of my roommates like fantasy so I would feel weird doing it alone."
Karli pulled an exaggerated face and ran her hand down it. "Oh but it's so good! You have to watch it at some point. I know it's a lot to get through and no matter what you may have heard about how it ended I still think it's worth investing your time in."
Cody shrugged. "I'll get to it eventually. But we only have one TV and all Sarah ever wants to do is watch cooking competition shows…she's in culinary school. I think she wants to be on one of them more than anything and is studying how to win."
The conversation stopped there because the waiter came back with their drinks to take their food orders. He had been so busy talking that he hadn't looked over the menu properly. He glanced at it very quickly while she ordered and ended up choosing the first thing he saw that looked decent. It seemed that she was a better distraction than he thought.


Your typical boy meets girl love story...if the boy was a highly trained super soldier and the girl was a target he was hired to kill. Six knew there was something different about Claire Conway the moment he laid eyes on her but he never would have guessed how she would turn his entire world upside down!

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