Two lovers meet once again after 10 years. What seems like fate may just be chance after one is forced to marry someone else.

*NOT SET IN A SPECIFIC COUNTRY*

Lilac Beckett is the daughter of the Dictator. However, her identity is well hidden to ensure her safety. 

Adler Rebal is the second son of W.R Corporation, the richest company in the country. He is known for being a playboy.

Weston Tault is the young C.E.O. of Sunnie, a  recently failing designer brand. 

Is this love really fate or is their reunion just a coincidence?

"Hey Shir Ali, cook me some food!" shouted his tired father.
"Again? Beef broth "? The son reluctantly answered.
"Yes, again, again and again, and so on for 3 months!" father began to get angry.
"I have an ulcer, I need to eat the right, dietary food! You understand that!"
"Yeah, well, all go to your place, I'll be ready in three hours!" Shir Ali was not surprised, a stay in the desert ruined his father's stomach, he could not restrain himself from pain and often screamed. This is not him, but his pain.
But the constant cooking of the broth was very tiring. Since father, he had to drink only the second broth, cooked from meat. The first had to be poured. These were the requirements of doctors.
Therefore, every day it took at least 3 hours to cook the broth. This drove ShirAli out of the schedule of study and work.
Until one day he saw interesting lifehacks on YouTube. There you could cook broths in 10 minutes.
This inspired ShirAli very much. You can use the knowledge of the 21st century for cooking and make your life easier. And the father will not suffer from hunger.
Everything is elementary simple!
Shir Ali took a large steel pan, Turkish company "Kurkmass" in 15 liters, but the meat - bonfire, the best and most expensive part of beef. 4 kg of meat, a little potato, onions, carrots, turnips red and yellow, garlic. Filled with cold, filtered water 14 liters. Put on a big fire.
Brought to a boil. Put on a small fire. He stood nearby and took off with a spoon the grayish foam that appeared. This process took him 2 hours.
If you do not remove the foam, then the broth will turn cloudy and bitter. According to the cook, the foam appears during cooking, it releases all carcinogens.
Shir Ali removed the foam, so the broth became transparent. Bold circles floated on its surface and shone pleasantly.
He turned off the fire, took out vegetables and meat with a slotted spoon. Then, taking a large ladle, he began to cast the broth. So far, no broth has remained at the bottom. Throwing away was not good at the first broth. It was considered a sin to throw away food. Therefore, ShirAli put two more pots on the stove, where he transferred the vegetables, and poured the remaining broth. Crushing greens. It was a broth that ShirAli then distributed to neighbors.
And ShirAli poured cold water into the vacated large pan, put boiled pieces of beef, vegetables a new portion.
He put it on the stove again, repeated the previous procedures.
"ShirAli ..." was heard the voice of his father, "when it is ready, I want to eat!"
"After 1 hour, in the meantime, you can eat boiled beets with butter," ShirAli answered right away.
"You're so slow, why do you need such a big pan? We won't eat so much! Fool! Idiot! Why are you wasting so many products!"
"Okay, okay, go eat before it's cool!" in reference to the son.
"Fool"! father took chopped beets, a piece of butter, cursing under his breath, left with a plate on the balcony.
Well, what can you do ?! A disease spoils a person, his character. This must be understood and not be angry.
An hour later, a second diet broth appeared.
Done? an angry roar was heard again.
"Yes, everything is on the table!"
After the father finished eating, his son asked, "how was it delicious?"
"No! Not tasty! You cooked for a long time, idiot, broth without salt!" father left.
"Yes, it's not very motivating to cook, but I liked the broth!"
"And salt with an ulcer is impossible, but you could add any greens to your father in the soup, it gives the broth a taste and slightly replaces the salt!" with a certain annoyance in his voice, his son expressed his thoughts aloud.
When there was nobody in the kitchen, you could do some cooking. Taking out a large number of plastic food containers. A young chef, the son of his father, ShirAli, began to pour the broth into containers. There were about fifteen of them. Leaving to cool near the window.
Shir Ali took beef from the upper shelf of the refrigerator, began to pass it through a meat grinder. Adding zucchini to the stuffing. This was done in order to replace the protein that caused his father an allergy. The minced meat he mixed with oatmeal. He formed small meatballs. He laid them out in a container, twelve in one. It turned out about nine containers.

When the broth and minced meat cooled down, ShirAli put it out in the freezer. There he put fresh greens in bags. Dill, herring, parsley, green garlic.
Now, when his father came home from work, his son prepared him a broth with vegetables, herbs, and meat - meatballs in 20 minutes.
At first, the father was surprised, but then when he saw how his son was cooking, he was at first indignant, then got used to it, and after that, he got used to it at all.
Simple, easy, convenient, fast.
Meanwhile, frozen meat could be stored in the freezer for up to two to three months, while the broth for one month and frozen greens for about six months.
Shir Ali would be a supporter of a new direction in cooking - fast recipes for a healthy diet. It was cooking, steaming, stewing.

A gourmet novel that tasted great, he learned imperial cuisine and the ordinary cuisine of a nomad and an outcast. He managed to use his talent to withstand the difficulties of the path, to find his path of enlightenment and will strive for success. On his path of life, there have been ups and downs. He was able to understand the essence of the world.
Once, an entertaining story happened to him, since then, he got the opportunity to travel back to the past and learn the now-forgotten recipes.

The main character is called ShirAli.
This is a spin-off, the novel is associated with other works, where the main character is his cousin Dara. In total, there are 4 other novels.

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Around a 300-chapter novel is 250,000 words.

Foxy had never felt so happy since she was separated from Bu Fang. She hadn't shot like this for a long time. She missed the days when she could shoot without worries… Now, the familiar days had returned once again.
It was so lonely roaming with Lord Dog in the relics. She wanted to shoot, but she was worried that after her meatballs were finished, she would be caught by someone and had her skin and fur flayed. After all, a large group of people was chasing her, and meatballs were her only means of self-defense.
The nine phoenix feathers blotted out the sky and seemed to turn into a sea of flames. Nine phoenixes were flying through it at high speed, but under them were countless… bloody meatballs! Yes, meatballs, steaming meatballs.
It was a bizarre sight, but after witnessing the terrible power of the meatball's explosion, the crowd was stunned.
Those heads of the aristocratic families felt fortunate again. Luckily, after hearing about the Heavengod's blood, they didn't lose their heads and do anything crazy. Otherwise, it would be them who were facing all these meatballs containing the energy of the Heavengod's blood now. They didn't have the protection of the Heavenly Phoenix Plumes, and they would most likely be blown to pieces under the explosion of these meatballs. 
Although this little fox only had the standard of a low-grade God, it… contained the blood of a Heavengod, which was more than enough to improve its fighting strength by many levels. In short, the little fox containing the Heavengod's blood was equivalent to a God who comprehended two supreme Laws of the Universe.
Of course, the Heavengod's blood only provided energy, but if one comprehended two supreme Laws of the Universe, it would be the real talent. It was always better to have superior talent, for with talent, one could create unlimited possibilities!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Explosions broke out in an instant. A terrible rumble swept through heaven and earth, rolling up monstrous waves. The phoenix feathers exploded and collided with the meatballs, producing a shocking rumble that made the whole capital shake. 
At this moment, all the warships and dragon-horse chariots in the capital stopped flying. How dared they fly? The shockwaves from the battle were so terrifying that their hearts almost stopped beating.
The phoenix feathers were burning. The Heavenly Phoenix Plumes was, after all, the divine artifact of the dynasty, so its power was extremely fearsome. Although it was suppressed by countless cannonballs, both sides actually came to a stalemate for a moment. 
The Imperial Concubine spared no effort to control the nine phoenix feathers. She dared not relax even for a bit, for she feared that if she did, she would be devoured by all the meatballs…
"I hate meatballs!"
At this moment, the Imperial Concubine's hatred of meatballs went deep into her bones. If anyone in the imperial kitchen dared to cook meatballs for her, she would certainly kill the chef without mercy! 
Rumble!
A deafening phoenix cry echoed throughout the sky, causing everyone's hair to stand on end. The crowd couldn't believe that the fox could fight the Imperial Concubine with the Heavenly Phoenix Plumes to this extent. It seemed that the fox really had the blood of a Heavengod flowing in its body.
In the distance, the two patriarchs, Black and White, had also noticed the sudden change. Their cloudy eyes opened and seemed to burst with dazzling light. The fight on the other side was too intense, and they couldn't help but pay attention to it.
The Imperial Concubine was suppressed by a fox…
The scene made the two old men exchanged a glance, and they both saw the shock in each other's eyes. They, too, had heard the news about the Heavengod's blood. Looking at the little fox, their eyes flashed.
They had lived for too long. After all those years, their cultivation bases had basically been difficult to improve anymore. And now, there was this blood of the Heavengod in front of them. If they could drink it, their withered bodies could be rejuvenated, and their cultivation bases could break through again!
At the thought of that, the two patriarchs became a little excited. However, they didn't make a move. They just watched from across the distance. They wanted to find out the fox's limit.
The Heavengod's blood could work miracles, and they dared not underestimate it. Of course, they were also afraid that the fox would escape. With the blood of a Heavengod in it, the fox could not be restricted by their pressure, and it could tear the void and flee at any time. So they must be extra cautious.
They promised the Imperial Concubine that they would pin down Summer. However, when their personal interests were involved, they naturally didn't want to waste their time with Summer anymore. 
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The void exploded again and again. Finally, Foxy's head stopped nodding. The color of her bloody fur slowly faded away, turning back to milky white, while wisps of bloody smoke rose from her mouth. She was probably a little tired from all the nodding, so she lay on Bu Fang's shoulder and narrowed her eyes slightly.
Although the Heavengod's blood gave her power, it consumed her energy whenever she used it, making her feel tired. Also, whenever her tail exploded and recovered, it consumed a significant amount of her mental force. 
In the sky, the energy gradually dissipated, revealing the Imperial Concubine. She was panting. Nine phoenixes were wheeling around her to protect her. Her eyes were narrowed, and her ample bosom heaved violently. Her red lips were slightly parted as she breathed rapidly through her mouth.
She almost failed to block the attack. Fortunately, the fox had reached its limit. Otherwise, if she allowed it to continue shooting, she would most likely be overwhelmed. However, she managed to block it, and the fox had reached its limit. So now… It was time for her to strike.
The Imperial Concubine's eyes were shot with blood. Overusing the Heavenly Phoenix Plumes had caused a tremendous strain on her spirit sea. However, if she could catch the fox and kill Bu Fang, everything would be worthwhile.
With a roar, the nine phoenixes around her wheeled up again. Then, they seemed to turn into nine scorching suns and kept smashing down from the sky.
Rumble!
Suddenly, the Imperial Concubine's pupils constricted as she saw the little fox, who was lying listlessly on Bu Fang's shoulder, open its eyes.
Foxy opened her mouth and bared her teeth at the Imperial Concubine.
That startled the Imperial Concubine and made her stair stand on end. It was the side effect of being bombarded with countless meatballs. The nine phoenixes flew back, turned into the Heavenly Phoenix Plumes, and guarded at her side. She looked warily at the little fox and Bu Fang down below.
The surrounding people didn't know whether to cry or laugh. Did the Imperial Concubine develop a phobia after being attacked?
Foxy opened her mouth and belched. Then, she lay back down and glanced at the Imperial Concubine from the corners of her eyes. She seemed to be sneering.
The Imperial Concubine regained her composure, and she flew into a rage with shame. She couldn't believe that she was being humiliated by a fox. Even then, two figures appeared in front of her in a flash.
"Your Highness… Give this fox to us. We'll let Your Highness handle little princess…"
A powerful aura spread from them. The Imperial Concubine was shocked, and she looked at the two old men blocking in front of her. 'Are they tempted by the fox as well?' She was not stupid, so she could easily guess their motive.
She could not blame them. A fox with the blood of a Heavengod was indeed attractive, especially to these old things who could no longer make any progress in their cultivation bases.
The Imperial Concubine, who had developed a phobia after being attacked, didn't reject them. She was reluctant because she could not kill Bu Fang with her own hands, but if she could witness Bu Fang's death, it would be enough. Her figure flickered, and then she appeared in front of Summer.
Wrapped in a hazy mist, Summer's face was indifferent, and her eyes were cold. "Get lost!" she growled at the Imperial Concubine. She was the princess, and yet this bitch still looked down on her.
The Law of Space spread, and the void around Summer began to break as if it was being cut by a sharp knife. Her mastery of the Law of Space was unmatched.
The Imperial Concubine dared not underestimate Summer, so she unleashed the Heavenly Phoenix Plumes and blocked the attack. The fighting strength of the princess, who had comprehended the Law of Space, was about the same as the Imperial Concubine using the Heavenly Phoenix Plumes. Therefore, she was able to stop her.
Seeing that the two patriarchs were tempted, the expressions of the surrounding experts changed. 
The fact that these two old men were still alive was already not good news to these aristocratic families, and it would be a disaster to them if Black and White acquired the Heavengod's blood and made a breakthrough.
However, they lacked the courage to stop these two patriarchs.
The hair of the black-robed old man was also black. Although he looked old, he was beaming with energy. As for the white-robed old man, his hair was white. He appeared to be skinny and tall, and his aura was powerful. Both of them were equally fearsome. 
They stood in midair, and their auras pressed down. After exchanging a glance, they reached out their hands without saying anything. Each of them reached out one hand, and the two hands slapped out at the same time.
However, there was only one palm appearing in the void. It was a black-and-white palm—half of it was black, and the other half white.
Rumble!
The void collapsed. The two patriarchs had made a move, and the power of this blow was comparable to that of a high-grade God King. It was so strong that even the Imperial Concubine couldn't resist.
All the people were trembling with fear. Such a level of power no longer existed in the capital. The high-grade God Kings had all left the city and gone to the ancient Heavengod's relics. So Black and White were absolutely invincible here!
With the move, they wanted to suppress Bu Fang in a flash, giving him and Foxy no chance to fight back. Of course, in their eyes, they didn't care about Bu Fang. They only cared about the little fox, who had the Heavengod's blood flowing in its body. 
The black-and-white palm was extremely powerful. As it slapped down, the ground immediately caved in, and the whole area that was the Divine Chef Temple seemed to turn into a complete ruin at this moment.
In the distance, Mo Pao's eyes burst into dazzling light, and his body suddenly tensed up. Just like Black and White, he also knew that this was an opportunity. As long as he seized the opportunity, he would be able to capture the little fox and acquire the Heavengod's blood.
His body bent forward slightly. Then, his eyes flashed as he stared at the black-and-white palm like a hunting dog, waiting for his opportunity.
Bu Fang focused his eyes. With a thought in his mind, a Perishing Pot fell into his hand. He rubbed Foxy's head and asked her to eat the pot.
In the past, Foxy was too weak, so he dared not let her eat it. But now, it was different… The present Foxy could definitely withstand the Perishing Pot's power!
Foxy couldn't wait to eat it. She had been hoping to change her food for a very long time. Looking at the Perishing Pot, she opened her mouth without hesitation and devoured everything, including the pot. Her neck bulged, and her eyes widened. Then, with a gulp, the Perishing Pot went into her stomach.
In a flash, Foxy's fur turned bloody, and her weak aura became vigorous once again. She opened her mouth, and terrifying power began to keep gathering in it!
Bu Fang's eyes flickered as if there were tiny stars in them. He was looking forward to witnessing what kind of attack Foxy could unleash after devouring the Perishing Pot!
Foxy opened her mouth, inhaling deeply. The next moment, she had drawn in all the air she could possibly inhale, and her belly bulged to its maximum capacity!
"Fire!" Bu Fang cried out, clenching his fists.
Foxy rolled her eyes. Her bloody fur bristled, giving her a ferocious look, and then two of her tails exploded! Suddenly, a blood mist spurted out of her mouth, filling the air with a hissing sound, then a golden energy ball shot out of her mouth. It flew slowly at first, but its speed was picking up rapidly, accompanied by a thick blood mist!
Rumble!
With a loud noise, a terrible counterforce erupted. Foxy howled and flew backward instantly, bouncing across the ground. Bu Fang was holding her, and he, too, was knocked flying far away by the counterforce.
The power was… incredible! Bu Fang looked up at the energy ball, which shot into the sky like the bright sun…
In the distance, Mo Pao's eyes focused suddenly. Then, a wild and excited look came over his face! His body bent abruptly and shot forward in an instant, kicking up a gust of strong wind and powerful waves as he sped toward Bu Fang and Foxy.
Foxy and Bu Fang had not regained their balance from the counterforce, and they didn't expect that Mo Pao, who only had the strength of a low-grade God King, would make a move…
Bu Fang's expression changed slightly at that moment. Foxy, with two of her tails exploded, had already exhausted all her energy, so she curled up in a ball in Bu Fang's arms without moving, her mouth spitting bloody smoke.
"Hahahaha!" Mo Pao roared with laughter like a madman as he approached with a strong wind. Staring at Bu Fang and Foxy, he felt a sense of pleasure. The Heavengod's blood would soon be his!
In the sky, Black and White were shocked and angry. They never expected Mo Pao to make a move at this moment. However, they were somewhat afraid of the energy cannonball shot out by the little fox… The boost of the Heavengod's blood on the attack was indeed horrible!
As the crowd watched intently, the Perishing Pot shot out by Foxy and the black-and-white palm of the two patriarchs collided.
On the ground, Mo Pao widened his eyes and struck out in a flash. He wanted to suppress Bu Fang and capture Foxy!
Bu Fang focused his eyes. In his spirit sea, Nicholas the Handsome Dragon was ready to come out. However, just when the Divine Dragon was about to possess his body, a puzzled look came into Bu Fang's eyes, for he saw the void in front of him break apart slowly…
Inside that cracked void was an exquisite dog paw holding a glinting white leg bone. The leg bone reached out from the rift and lightly smashed at Mo Pao, whose face was full of horror.


In a fantasy world where martial artists can split mountains and creeks with a wave of their hand and break rivers with a kick, there exists a little restaurant like this.
The restaurant isn't large, but it is a place where countless apex existences will rush into.
There, you can taste egg-fried rice made from phoenix eggs and dragon blood rice.
There, you can drink strong wine brewed from vermillion fruit and water from the fountain of life.
There, you can taste the barbecued meat of a ninth grade supreme beast sprinkled with black pepper.
What? You want to abduct the chef? That's not going to happen, because there's a tenth grade divine beast, the Hellhound, lying at the entrance.
Oh, that chef also has a robotic assistant that killed a ninth grade supreme being with a single hand and a group of crazy women whose stomachs were conquered.
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Releasing: Mon, Thu, Fri, and Weekends

It is quite a dangerous job to enter and safely get eaten by the queen. If I go there too early I would be reborn as an inferior product, so I had to be in right time when she is eating to birth a King. 

And one such time was shown in the anime, thanks to all favorite character, the legend himself, Pokkle. If you don't remember that guy it's okay, he was that lucky that got Hunters License by the sheer luck. I dare even say that Leorio is far stronger than Pokkle. 

Before the main cast entered NGL. One more team entered it and was destroyed by the Zazans (Hot Chimera Ant with big ti##) Team. That team was Pokkle's team. Possibly May 25th, 2000 they arrived at the NGL, just few hours before  Kite, Gon and Killua arrived. Then they were annihilated but a member of a team, Ponzu(The girl with bees), escaped and send out bees to the person with highest Aura. She was later killed and eaten. The bees found Kite and relayed the message to him.

Pokkle wasn't killed at that moment but was captured. After 3 days Pitou was born. She then tortured Pokkle to know more about Nen. After that she fed Pokkle to the queen. First part of my plan is to follow Pokkle and his team. Till then I would keep practicing.

Time Skip

Now I'm standing inside of NGL, waiting for a Pokkle's team. Neo-Green Life (NGL) was a self-governed country and part of the Mitene Union. It used to impose a neo-luddite culture, and it was populated by 2.17 million civilians prior to its decimation. The people of NGL rejected any form of modern technology and prevent anything created from synthetic materials from entering their country. Any smuggling of technological goods, modern medicine, or weapons was dealt with through imprisonment or death sentence. Their main form of correspondence was through use of letters while the primary mode of transport was by horse. In order to enter the country, one had to go through an extensive full-body examination, x-ray scan, and ultrasound. The NGL movement was first established by Gyro at the age of 21 and fully became a nation nine years later. Gyro is also founder of the NGL's underworld; he used the isolationist policy to his advantage and created narcotics and weapons factories. He created and distributed the popular drug D².

Today Pokkle's team had to arrive. I waited for a few hours and they finally came. I followed them without alarming them. Shortly their team was annihilated by the Pike(pedo-spider). And Pokkle was captured. My plan started now. I followed them closely and because right now no Ant has awakened Nen my job was easier. Following them I arrived at their hideout and found their kitchen.

Second a part of my plan started there. It was a simple plan. I would posses a Pig. Controlling him didn't take too much lifespan. He is chief that makes meatballs for the queen. Before coming here I made sure to learn how to make meatballs. I've already made meatballs a long time ago, from the corpses of Yeti and Uvogin. Before I turned their meat into meatballs I made sure to get rid of their brain. I don't want Yeti and Uvogin to remember their past lives. It was shown that for a person to remember their past life's Queen has to consume the brain. I also don't want my plan to get screwed. Also what if Yeti's soul was far stronger than mine? My soul would not be destroyed but I may turn into something like second personality. I'm that good of a person to let other people into my body.

To not make anything suspicious, I would mix my special meatballs to normal ones. So to cover the taste of "Special Humans". After I possessed a Pig. I was finally in my last stages of my plan. And that is my death. 

As the death is ultimate limitation I couldn't and wouldn't let this chance run away. I made a condition"If I get killed by a Chimera Ant my ability gets stronger, and if that ant is Pig I would receive further boost." I also made one more condition as today was Thursday, that condition stated "If I get killed Thursday, May 25th, 2000 my Nen gets stronger." Just like that I made bunch of conditions. 

After that I used Zetsu and controlled Pig and made him stab my heart. I was killed right away. But my soul still lived on. Even thought I can't control my body I could hear everything around me. Controlling Pig I made him turn my body into a meatball. 

I kept feeding queen with high quality meat. First I fed her Yetis body. It was long dead so it had long lost its life energy so his meat was not that different than a normal persons or animals. But still it carried great genes of Yeti tribe. After that I fed her Uvogins body. It was in far better condition than the Yeti's body. And lastly I fed her my body.

During the time I controlled the Pig. Story progressed normally. After 3 days of Pokkle's capture Pitou was born. Few days later Shaiapouf was born. Time passed and slowly many squadrons were eliminated. But remaining squadrons kept getting stronger with Nen. Also Menthuthuyoupi was born. After that queen ate last meatball made from my body. Pigs job was over and I made him self destruct.

Slowly I started to lose my consciousness. I felt asleep this made me excited as this was it, I was being Reborn!

Guy gets killed by truck-kun.
Could travel between fictional worlds.
And all the possible cliches are here.


P.S: Cover not mine. It is scene from anime HunterxHunter

Lu Li sat on a tree trunk and watched as the players battled each other in the distance. 
Some were fighting against the Spider Queen, while others were fighting against the players from Gale Legion. They were determined to kill anything that stood in their way. 
"Brother Midnight Ghost, lead a group of people and hold then off for a bit while the rest of us finish the boss off," Bitter Longing said decisively. "You can take all the drops and loot, as long as we make it onto TV." 
In Wild maps where the First Clear had yet to be taken, the most valuable things were the drops and being able to appear on TV. 
Gale Legion wanted to choose the glory of appearing on World Channel, leaving the drops to Peacetime Dynasty. 
Midnight Ghost thought about it and agreed to his proposal. 
He had to make a decision quickly, otherwise all of these crazy players would swarm over them. 
The most unpredictable factor in the Wild was that there were too many players contending for the same boss. Even if there was a large group of players from a major guild, it wasn’t guaranteed that they would get the final kill. The only sure-fire way was to somehow defeat every player that wasn’t involved with their guild. 
Midnight Ghost led the players from his guild as well as some players from Gale Legion to intercept the blood-thirsty crowd, leaving the remainder of Gale Legion to finish off the boss. 
Spider Queen Silith was close to being defeated, so the few remaining players from Gale Legion would be more than enough to finish her off. 
The casual players would take quite a long time to break through the defence of more than 100 Elites from a major guild. Bitter Longing could finally focus on defeating the Spider Queen. 
Lu Li squinted his eyes, believing that he had a chance at taking the kill. 
He quietly jumped down from the tree and slowly approached the battlefield in Stealth. 
As long as he got the final hit on the Boss, he would receive 20% of the EXP. Additionally, he could also share the drops with Gale Legion. 
Lu Li was very greedy and wanted everything. 
However, he knew that the chances of him dealing the final blow with so many players around would be very low. 
Life would be boring without a little hope; Lu Li believed in himself and betted against the odds. 
The Barrenlands were currently the most populated Horde map in the game. Therefore, there were many players that were trying to break through, hoping to deal the final blow to the boss. 
The Spider Queen’s HP continued to drop under the pressure of the group of Elites. She would be defeated in a couple more minutes. 
Lu Li held his breath and watched her HP bar very closely. He was ready to activate all of his special effects in order to deal a heavy blow at the right time. 
"Stop! Bitter Longing commanded." 
The team of Elites were very well-trained and all stopped simultaneously. 
Lu Li stopped dead in his tracks; he had activated all of his special effects already. 
Goddammit, what is he trying to do. 
At this very moment, the star player from Gale Legion, Cloudy Leaf, stepped forward and began casting Frost Bolt. 
-264HP! 
This was insane damage, as expected from their top Mage. 
However, the Spider Queen unexpectedly healed herself and survived with a slither of HP. 
Cloudy Leaf smiled because he knew that the next spell would finish off the Wild boss and quickly casted Ice Lance to secure the kill. 
Ice Lance was an instant cast skill and had a very fast projectile travel speed. However, it wasn’t fast enough, as a Thief appeared from Stealth and tanked the damage. 
-179! 
The level 25 Cloudy Leaf dealt a considerable amount of damage to this unexpected guest. 
"Kill him! No, wait! Attack the boss!" Bitter Longing screamed. 
The indecisiveness of Bitter Longing’s command was enough to throw off Gale Legion’s team of Elites. The split-second confusion delayed enough time for the Thief to stab the Spider Queen with his dagger. 
Cloudy Leaf’s reaction was much faster and he quickly casted another Ice Lance towards the boss. 
Ice Lance was an extremely fast travelling projectile, however, Lu Li was too close to the Boss… 
System: Lu Li, of Ruling Sword, is the first to defeat the level 30 Wild Boss Spider Queen Silith. 
Lu Li! 	
He bent over and began picking up the loot, but before he could even touch another item, he was instantly drowned by a sea of instant cast skills. 
Lu Li immediately activated the special effect on his shoes and escaped. He disappeared on the spot and reappeared about 10 yards away from the battlefield. 
As soon as he appeared, he had received a lot of damage. 
This was not because he was slow, but because there were multiple AOE skills that had had already been casted in the area he was teleported to.
Since Gale Legion had to cover a large area, there was only an overlap of a few skills where Lu Li had teleported. Although Lu Li suffered damage continuously, it wasn’t enough to be kill him. 
Even Cloudy Leaf’s Frost Nova had missed him completely. 
All debuffs were removed from Lu Li when he casted Gale Steps. He hastily transformed into a cougar and dashed off into the bushes. 
"Don’t bother chasing." Bitter Longing held back Cloudy Leaf and the others that wanted to go after him. He shook his head and sighed, "There’s no point in chasing." 
It was very difficult to kill a Thief in the Wild and it would be a waste of time to even attempt to chase an elite Thief such as Lu Li. 
Lu Li had the time to grab an item and left behind two equips and a skill book. 
Bitter Longing was a man of his word and he had to uphold the reputation of Gale Legion. As such, the three items were distributed to Midnight Ghost. Without the rare material, Midnight Ghost was quite dissatisfied, but he didn’t dare to complain in front of them. 
The biggest loser today was Gale Legion. 
They had sacrificed so many players just for a sliver of EXP. 
"Why was Lu Li here?" Midnight Ghost scratched his head. 
"Who knows." Bitter Longing’s face became pale as he said angrily, "There must have been an undercover player in the guild giving information to Ruling Sword. Just like what you guys did." 
 "I doubt it," Midnight laughed awkwardly. "They’ve just recently started their guild and probably wouldn’t have the time to send an inside player. Maybe he followed us on our way here?" 
"Maybe he was levelling up around here," Cloudy Leaf interrupted. 
"Level 30 monsters are really hard to kill." That was what most solo players would say. 
"The monsters here have low defence, low HP and good EXP. It wouldn’t be too hard since Lu Li is already level 28." Expert players like Cloudy Leaf tended to analyse every detail of their opponents, even the monsters that they were training on. 
He wasn’t displaying any signs of anger or frustration, which was a trait that Lu Li respected. 
Lu Li was the best Thief he had ever seen. Quiet yet agile, silent yet deadly – who knew how long Lu Li had been lurking around the area? Rather than competing for the final blow against Cloudy Leaf, he had decisively blocked his skill, then went for the easy kill secure. Before everyone had realised what had happened, it was already too late. Cloudy Leaf was impressed with how calm yet clever Lu Li was. 
If it were anyone else that had the opportunity to take the loot from a level 30 boss, they would have stayed and gotten killed because of their greed. However, Lu Li decided to look at the bigger picture and escaped with Gale Steps. 
In reality, Lu Li regretted taking only one item and would have grabbed all of it if he had the chance. 
"The ship has sunk. We’ll get him back next time," Bitter Longing said angrily. He led his army away and massacred all of the casual players along the way to calm his anger. 


He had never invested in shares or bought a lottery ticket, and neither did he have any experience in the general business industry. Lu Li found that the only thing he could do was play games. 

Luckily he had experienced rebirth, and was one step ahead of everyone else. Luckily, games had been developing extremely quickly, and there were many people who had become rich through playing games. 

In his ‘past life’, he had spent countless nights awake, in grief and anguish. However, although all of this had been washed away, so what…? This life, he was determined make a fierce counterattack against fate and stand at the very top!

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Release Rate: 5 Chapters/Week; will be released on Mon, Wed, Fri and Weekend; 

(On the college ground)

Ryan sat on the bench and stretched out his muscular arm. He gasped and chilled the breezy air. He looked around for Maliah "Why is she late? We attend the class together and it's already over." he looked at his watch. "Why she is not arrive yet!" he hissed and put on a boring face.

Maliah looked around for Ryan and she saw Ryan chilling under the tree. 'Kraack! Kraacckk!' the cloudy sky made a sound as the rains were about to drip down on the ground. Maliah looked up the sky and murmured, "Not only my life, the sky is also not good at this moment. I want something blissful." She ran after Ryan and stretched out the tiffin-box with one hand. "Here is it. It's your." she stated. She gave the tiffin-box without any regret as she had brought another tiffin-box for her too.

Ryan stared at the tiffin-box and then, looked at her broadly. "Oh! It is.. Open it and kept here." he stated and fold his hand with sliding eyes on the bench. His stubbornness wear a false mask with not empathy and stated a line DO WHATEVER I SAY mode.

"What!" Maliah yelled. Instead of keeping on the bench, she wanted to split it on Ryan's head. She dream how will it be if she thrown into his head and yelled at him as he should be gentle on her. She giggled herself with drooling face.

Ryan watched her and shook his head for her clumsy pose. He pinned his finger on her forehead harshly and wake her up from her dream, "What are you drooling at this moment? I am hungry." He catch-up his icy cold eyes with her. 

'Hmmph! If my mind transit into real life and everythings will be over at her.' Maliah claimed in her thoughts. She puts the tiffin-box on the bench and open for him. "Here is for Master Ivy." she snorted and crash his icy eyes back with her coldness. She swiped her hand inside her pocket and pull out a chocolate. "Crack!" she slashed the cover upto half and take a full of mouth.

Ryan dropped his jaw and grab the sandwich from her tiffin-box. He eat a mouthful and chew rashly with a gazed.  The wat between eye to eye bolt down like the sky.

A month flew like the wind, Maliah gave up her tiffin-box everyday. She sat with Ryan on the playground bench and mend up her hungry stomach with chocolate everyday. 

(Maliah's kitchen) 

Maliah ran into the kitchen. She saw her mom is making something delicious. So, she rushed into her and hugged her from the back. "Mmmmh! Smell delicious! What is today's breakfast, mom?" she asked.

'Grut! Zippp!' Mrs.Maria shut the tiffin-box and zipped the cover. She passed the tiffin-box to Maliah and stated, "Here is your tiffin-box, it's fried rice with your favourite chicken meat balls. You always eat it all, so I added up extra." She took her bag and put it inside. 

Maliah stared at her breakfast and hissed inside her head 'Poor Maliah you gonna eat only 3 meatballs and the rest are for that brat, Max! Mmmh!' She cried inside and grabbed the spoon from the table. She hold up a meatball and put into her mouth "Mmmmh!" she mumbled. But inside her head, 'My mom's home made meatballs are the best in our town. Now, I'm going to give up all to a punk!' she cried. She stared at her bag and think for the moment Ryan's put all the meatballs in his mouth. She eat up all of her breakfast and swiped at her bag. "Maliah! Just gave up this one for the sake of your good life." she uttered pitifully.

(At the College gate)

'Sniff! Sniff!' Sean took out a boutique of red roses and taste the sweet scents of it. "She will definitely like it." he whispered to the flowers. Sean's instinct deeply felt that the bouquet are the perfect to asked Maliah's hand. He mind was totally cleared up for Maliah. His present state was he will change himself with her only 'YES'. 

"She must have somethings magical power. I have never seen him like this to others." Evan tapped on Tim's shoulder and wondering how could Maliah changed Sean without her in his friend's life. Sean obsessive toward Maliah wasn't happened in other girls. They always understand that he was grew up as playboy from the day, his crushed rejected her.

"Didn't you remembered abour Rati from the PCM Tutorial? It's not long ago, he got rejected. But we don't what will happened this time.." Tim remind.

"Yeah, it was in 2014." Evan continued and looked at Sean.

Suddenly, Maliah walked in with a long face. She felt disappointed as she would not have a bite of her tiffin and everything will be poured into Ryan's mouth. She could not for the taste from her breakfast. "Am I really gonna give up on Max?" she wiped her bag and move like a snail. 

But the sweet scents of red roses turned her on. She looked from the hand untill her eyes reached the face of the presenter. "Sean!" she split out his name out of blue. 

"How! I don't even know your name but you've already know me. May be God created us for match-heaven, divinely guided..." Sean hissed and shuttered his charisma.

Maliah came with disappointment and grudge. She went out with a seal but the seal was not powerful as others. She knew she accidentally split out Sean's name but forgot her mistake. She clinched her fist and kicked off on the Sean's chest with her grudge holding on. Everything was blast with one action. "What! Who guide us divinely? I don't wanna go to hell again." she grunted at him and move gutsy in the campus.

Ryan watched them everyday but today's action fluttered his mind. "That girl is interesting!" he sneered.

(At the college ground)

"Here!" Maliah wiped the tiffin-box cover and stretched out it. She hold it tightly as she did not want to put it down nor give it to Ryan. She stared at the tiffin-box without a blink. 'Am I going to give it to him? And I'm not gonna have a single bite of the meatball. Mmmmh! It is my favourite.' she cried inside her head. 

Ryan fold his hands and looked at her acts, it was unexpected. He never thought that she would hold it so tightly. He noticed that she would not place it down nor give it to him. His intention is to grabbed the tiffin-box from her hand. 'Snap!' he snatched it from her and opened with full of curiosity. As he expectation, his mouth were watery with the meatballs. He hold the spoon and crazily comes his appetite back.

Maliah looked at him blindly but her eyes were focusing on the meatballs. The fried rice steam bursting in the air and flew through her.

Ryan hold up a scoop of fried rice with a meatball on the top. The spoon move towards his mouth. But Maliah could not embraced her  hungrier mouth. She rushed her mouth to the spoon before it reached to Ryan's mouth. Everything was happened in a blink unexpectedly...

Maliah is 21 years old countryside girls. She was usually a good girl but after she met her first love Sean, she has changed a lots. She met him at the college fresher festival of her graduation. Sean was also from the same hometown but he loves to travel around and he met new peoples from different areas. He is so extroverted which was definitely opposite to Maliah. From the first meeting, Sean always flirty around her and became his girlfriend. He changed her behaviour and made Maliah worried about a lots. It made Maliah clingy and anxious person. After they finished their graduation, Sean send the breakup text and hide from her. It was the first disaster for her life. She drop her grade and couldn't get into her dream university for Post-graduate. Every things turned into turn into despair and she became numb. She felt herself as a trash. She realised and regret her time spending unnecessarily on him after the breakup. 

 One day she pray to God that if the God gave him the chance to go back at the past, she would definitely be in a relationship with another guy who would treat her better because she deserved better. Suddenly, she wake up in her 17 years old body. It was like a dream and god granted her prayer. At this moment, she tried to skipped the chance to Sean but she met Ryan at the torment incident. He save her. From that moment, Maliah want to be friend with him and gave him his kindness act again as he was the her savior. But she was transferred to another college by her parent. Luckily, Ryan was her classmate and they become friends day by day. But, Maliah didn't knew that Ryan was spy and to collect the data record by the Higher authority as the college was listed in the corruption list.

 Everything was successful happened in the past, before Maliah came to the past but she didn't get full information about the incident as she wasn't transferred to that college in the past. But Ryan was caught and framed as a fruad by the hired authority i.e. the government. 

Now, Maliah was the girl from future and Ryan was with him. As Maliah always tried to closed to Ryan, what will be the fate for Ryan as well as Maliah at this time...

*ALL THE CHARACTERS AND INCIDENTS WERE FICTIONAL AND FANTASY. THEY ARE NOT RELATED WITH HISTORICAL NOR PRESENT INCIDENTS.*

"All done now. There's nobody here now, so you can gather at ease."
"Yep, okay!"
After killing a couple of large lv 120 yetis, Ian let Bbookbbook down from his back.
There was no large-scale battle, but as they had been moving constantly without rest, they were quite exhausted.
"Bbookbbook, shall we also rest a bit?"
Bboobbook-!
As Ian let him down on the ground, Bbookbbook, who had come out of his shell, ran around before he began moving towards some place.
Different from an exhausted Ian, it looked as if Bbookbbook, who had been in his shell the whole time, was full of energy.
Harin, who saw that, wore a worried expression as she asked Ian.
"Jinsung, is it alright for Bbookbbook to run around freely like that? Won't it be dangerous?"
At her words, Ian shook his head and smiled.
"No, it's not dangerous at all. Even if he gets hit all day by monsters here, only half of his Vitality will probably be gone."
"Huuuh? How?"
"Bbookbbook's stats are all piled up on his Defensive Power. It's hard to deal even 10 damage with a decent attack."
"I see, Bbookbbook is amazing."
It seemed he had heard Harin's words saying he was amazing, as Bbookbbook let out an energetic, witty reply.
Bbook- Bboobbook-!
While seeing that, Ian burst out laughing.
"Bbookbbook, if you find a monster while playing around, just go hide well like you usually do. Understood?"
Bbook-!
After Bbookbbook nodded his head energetically, he disappeared off to somewhere.
During break time while hunting, etc., Ian let Bbookbbook run free like this.
Whether Bbookbbook's sense of smell was amazing or if he had some sort of special secret, either way, he had a special ability that allowed him to find rare gathering ingredients, minerals, etc.
Because of that, Ian positively encouraged his slacking(?).
If Bbookbbook was to meet a monster while energetically running around and received damage, a system message would alert Ian, so he just needed to move to find him then.
Harin, who was watching Bbookbbook's form that was getting farther away momentarily, turned her attention towards Jinsung and opened her mouth.
"But Jinsung."
"Yeah?"
"I'm just curious, but why do you not give Bbookbbook a lot of meatballs? Is there a specific reason?"
Whenever she saw cute Bbookbbook's sullen face because he couldn't eat more meatballs, Harin's heart hurt, so she was really curious of Ian's intentions.
"That…"
As Ian momentarily hesitated, Harin pressed him on.
"What is it, tell me. Or by any chance…?"
"By any chance what?"
"It's not because you have no reason except that it's fun to bother Bbookbbook or something like that, right?"
At those words, Ian slightly flinched.
'That isn't the reason, but for some reason, it stings a little…'
Because it was the truth that his mood brightened whenever he saw Bbookbbook act cutely in order to eat one more meatball.
However, the true reason was different.
"No way. Do you know how much I like Bbookbbook for me to do such a thing?"
"That's right, right?"
Harin, who was relieved(?) that Ian didn't have a personality disorder, asked again with an expression as if she was truly curious.
"Then why are you like that?"
"That… At first, since I couldn't get meatballs from you often, so it was to save them…"
Ian, who paused for a moment to take a breath, continued.
"But as this one ate a lot of meatballs, Bbookbbook slowly started to gain weight."
At the unexpected response, Harin wore a slightly sour expression.
"Huh? Then, were you doing that because you were really worried that Bbookbbook would become an obese turtle? I think that even if Bbookbbook was to gain a little weight, he would be come a little rounder and cuter."
Ian shook his head.
"No, it's not that. Since he gained a little weight, he was too heavy to go around with him on my back…"
"…"
While looking at Ian, who responded embarrassedly, Harin became speechless.
Ian's excuses continued.
"Bbookbbook needs to be light in order for me to be able to move a little more quickly even in battle. It's not like Bbookbbook's weight is related to his Defensive Power anyways…"
Harin, who found out about the truth anyways, wore an awkward smile as she nodded her head.
"If it's for that reason, then, well, there's nothing we can do about that."
Harin, for some odd reason, felt more pitiful towards Bbookbbook.
'Because he met a hunting-addicted owner, our poor Bbookbbook can't even eat a lot of meatballs…'
Harin, who solved her curiosity anyways, stood up from her spot and began to gather all of the cooking ingredients that were in the vicinity.
It definitely seemed because it was a high-level hunting ground that only top-level users could hunt at, as she was able to gather a lot of high-class cooking ingredients, so she wore a satisfied expression.
Had about 20 minutes passed like that?
Ian, who sat on top of a rock, suddenly stood up and called Harin.
"Harin. Are you done gathering?"
"No, there's still a little left."
"Hmm… Just leave the ones remaining for now and let's move."
At Ian's words, Harin, who wondered if monsters had at least appeared and looked around, wore a confused expression.
This was because she couldn't see anything nearby.
"Why? Did something urgent suddenly come up?"
Ian scratched the back of his head as he responded.
"It's not really something urgent, but it seems that Bbookbbook met some monsters. I wanted to go over there and help him."
At those words, Harin flung away the ingredients she was gathering and immediately stood up.
"Ah, then we must go."
Ian, who thought that somehow, Harin instead cherished Bbookbbook more than he, the owner, did, wore an awkward expression and moved his feet.
He even slightly felt the pangs of his conscience.
 
* * *
 
The place that the two people had arrived at was a snowy field where Bbookbbook, who had cast Shell Expansion, was in the middle of it, and surrounding him, a couple of giant yetis were roaming around.
"Over there, there's Bbookbbook. But a really dangerous situation isn't happening."
At Harin's words, Ian nodded his head.
"I told you. That there would be no reason for Bbookbbook to be in danger."
Far from a dangerous situation, Bbookbbook didn't even grab the attention of the monsters.
Bbookbbook was basically receiving the same treatment as a geographic feature.
The reason for that was none other than because of the 'Shell Expansion' skill.
It was because of one of the additional effects of the Shell Expansion skill,
 
** For the duration of Shell Expansion, you will be recognized as an inanimate object.
 
That the monsters didn't recognize him as an opponent.
That was one of the reasons why Bbookbbook was able to properly take on the role of a reconnaissance agent.
Ian, who had checked all of the levels of the yetis, momentarily thought of an effective strategy in order to fight properly.
"Hmm… If it's about four of them, it's a little dangerous to gather them all at once and hunt them."
Firstly, Ian firmly warned Harin to be careful.
"Harin, I'll say it again, but use all of your buffs and heals just on yourself, alright?"
Harin had already allowed herself to be properly hit by a yeti.
After seeing over half of her max Vitality disappear from one hit, she was already well-aware.
"Yep, got it. Don't worry. I'll keep my shield up constantly, so I won't be able to die easily. I don't know what you take me for, but I am a Priest."
Ian grinned as he responded.
"Yeah, alright. Be careful."
Ian, who finished speaking, moved towards the yeti with his Familiars.
And he slowly started to catch the ones that were the most isolated from the rest first.
Because yetis had outrageously high Health, outstanding Offensive Power, as well as a Health regeneration skill, although it wasn't as good as a troll's, they were amongst the fussy monsters to hunt.
They were monsters that instantly recovered the Vitality that you've  cut down with difficulty if your hands and feet were momentarily tied and you hesitated, allowing them time to recover.
On top of that, as they were over an outrageous lv 120, the danger burden was too big for Ian to do group hunting, which was even his forte.
Ian's strategy for hunting yetis was to use Smash, the Inherent Ability of Halli, whose reflexes were maximized, and with short, single hits, he stuns them and focuses damage as much as possible for that duration to kill them one by one.
Because his Griffin, which was now over lv 100, was beginning to reveal an appearance that was expected of a Legendary-rank Familiar, Ian's party boasted an incredible firepower.
Thud-.
 
•	You have killed the 'Glacial Yeti'. You have obtained 128,500 EXP.
•	You have obtained 3845 gold from the 'Glacial Yeti'.
•	You have obtained the 'Thick Yeti's Pelt'.
 
The reward that was obtained from an over lv 120 yeti was quite savoury as well.
Ian wore a pleased expression as he mumbled inwardly.
'The current market price for gold isn't as high as before, but it's still about 5 thousand Won[1] for each yeti.'
As Ian had put all his focus on raising his level and played accordingly up until now, he always spent his money lavishly on the highest-grade equipment.
It seemed because of that, compared to the money he earned, there wasn't much he had saved up.
'I need to slowly start saving up money again as well.'
Ian diligently hunted the yetis with the thought that he could make enough money for a day's worth of meals if he killed all of the yetis in front of him.
On top of that, there was something he wanted to buy recently as well.
'Once this term is over, I should also change my capsule to a new model.'
His heart was sold on the new capsule that was recently released from LB Corporations that he saw on an advertisement on TV while eating.
Of course, it was possible to control the temperature inside of the capsule even if you didn't turn on the AC or the heater in the room, and as you could even control the humidity and create the most optimal gaming environment, the new capsule was the dream for Kailan users.
On top of that, they said that they had succeeded in increasing the synchronization of the VR aspect by a whopping 2%, it was impossible for Ian to not want it.
2% Synchronization may not be considered much in other people's eyes, but for Ian, who obsessed over each and every numerical value, he felt he was at a loss for some odd reason.
It somehow felt like his leveling-up speed would be 2% slower than users that used the new capsule.
"Whew, I caught all of them."
It had been a while since he had such miscellaneous thoughts, but still, Ian had wiped the yetis and succeeded in rescuing Bbookbbook, and had approached Bbookbbook, who still had no intentions of coming out of his shell.
Knock-knock-.
"Is Mr. Bbookbbook here by any chance?"
At Ian's knock Bbookbbook poked out his head from his shell.
Bbookbbook-!
And Ian turned his back towards Bbookbbook.
"Alright, get on my back now. So we can hunt those guys down there as well."
However, for some reason, Bbookbbook shook his head and started to walk towards somewhere.
Bbook- Bbookbbook-!
"Hmm…?"
And because Bbookbbook always discovered something whenever he moved like this, Ian began to follow Bbookbbook with anticipation.
"Harin, you come this way, too."
Harin, who was hiding herself in a slightly more secluded spot, quickly stood next to Ian, and followed behind Bbookbbook.
"Jinsung, where is he going right now?"
At Harin's question, Ian shrugged his shoulders.
"That I don't know either."
"Then why are we following him?"
"Bbookbbook sometimes finds rare medicinal herbs or stuff like items. I think he's found something right now as well, so I'm just following him."
"Ah…"
Had they had moved like that for about 5 minutes?
The place that Bbookbbook had stopped and stood in a valley where an incredibly high and grand cliff that was endless was spread in front of them.
And in the middle of that cliff, Ian discovered something.
"Oh, there's a cave there. Bbookbbook, is that where you want to go?"
At Ian's question, Bbookbbook nodded his head without hesitation.
Bbook-!
Even at a glance, it looked like a cave that had something to it.
And Ian's sixth sense was telling him that he would be able to find something special inside there.
However, there was a problem.
"But, how do we get up there?"
Just like Harin's question, the cave was kind of in the middle of the high cliff. It was a height that couldn't be reached by just a normal method.
However, there was a way for Ian.
"We just need to ride Pin and go up. Wait one moment."
Firstly, after calling Pin, Ian slowly got onto his back.
The upper half of Pin was an eagle, but his body had the form of a lion.
Because of that, if they were to move carefully, it was possible enough to ride Pin and move.
Of course, Ian couldn't ride Pin as he pleased like he could with Ly yet, but a short distance like this wasn't hard.
Ian, who had gotten on Pin, called for Harin.
"Harin, you come here, too."
"Huh? You want me to get on with you?"
"Yeah."
Harin asked again carefully.
"Wo, won't it be too heavy?"
This time, instead of Ian, Pin nodded his head and responded.
Kku-ruk- Kku-ruk-.
He meant for her to have no worries.
Harin, who had received Pin's consent, carefully sat in front of Ian, and Ian's arm wrapped around her waist as he hugged her. Taken aback for a moment, Harin's pale face had flushed a bright red.
'Huh, huh?'
This was because she had no idea that her relationship with Ian, whom she hadn't even held hands with yet, would progress(?) so suddenly like this.
However, on the other hand, Ian wore an expression that showed little thought.
"Pin, take us there slowly."
Kku-ru-ruk-!
Pin, who had Harin and Ian on his back, slowly flew up towards the cave in the cliff with careful wing movements.
And as Pin's wings started to flap, Harin grasped tightly onto Ian's hand before she even realized it.
Shortly after, Harin, who had become familiar with holding her balance, laughed as she slightly turned her head and looked at Ian.
'Hehe, this is actually quite nice. I should ask him to give me a ride again next time.'
Of course, she had no intentions of being able to ride(?) him alone, it was always with Ian.
Meanwhile, Ian closely studied Pin's movements as he contemplated internally.
'I should also practice riding Pin a bit more… If I could definitely ride him freely like with Ly, it will truly be of help in battle.'
After Pin reached over lv 80, Ian tried riding on Pin's back every now and then.
This was because, starting from lv 80, he had grown to a size big enough to carry around Ian. However, as expected, in comparison to Ly, a ground monster, it took much longer to adjust.
Before long, Pin arrived at the destination, the cave of the cliff.
Kku-ruk-!
"Harin, get off slowly."
As they arrived in front of the cave, Ian held onto Harin's hand so she could get off easily.
"Heave-ho."
And the two people, who had gotten off Pin's back, slowly started heading towards the inside of the cave.
As they did so, as if it was waiting, a system message rang out.
Ring-
 
•	You have become the very first discoverer of this dungeon.
•	For the next 5 days, all the EXP you obtain from the dungeon will double.
•	For the next 5 days, the chance of obtaining items from the dungeon will double.
 
It was an obvious that the corners of Ian's mouth hung from his ears.
 
[1] 5 thousand Won = ~$4.43 USD

The world’s largest scale virtual reality game, ‘Kailan’.

A well-known gamer in the virtual reality game community, Ian.

He reset his lv 93 character to obtain a hidden class… but the class he chose was the most useless class in Kailan, the summoner? On top of that, a call from his professor leads to a mental breakdown! To avoid academic probation, he must level up to the same level as his reset character in two months!

Fortunately, the street of Taoxi Road was rather spacious and the customers were tactful enough to not park their vehicles on the sides of the street. In truth, Taoxi Road was the place that gave the traffic police the least amount of trouble as the vehicles there always followed the rules.
Originally, there were a lot of vending stalls around Yuan Zhou's restaurant. But the producers had compensated them to vacate the area for the filming crew for the day.
When Li He and company thought about how they were on the verge of completing their mission, they got excited. And thus, they kept asking Dean if he needed help in their excitement.
"Today, I am making New Italian Meatballs for everyone," Dean started introducing, "Italian Meatballs is one of the most classic Italian cuisines. I won't bother talking about the origin and history of this dish, as this is not a food documentary show. I will only be giving a short introduction on why my Italian Meatballs are known as New Italian Meatballs. I have made some changes on the dish that departs from the traditional Italian Meatballs preparation method."
What Dean did alarmed all the customers in the queue. Initially, a lot of them had no idea what was going on when they saw the filming crew setting up. Only when the setting up was completed did they notice that an improvised kitchen had been erected. And when Dean started speaking about Italian Meatballs, they lost control.
"This guy is making Italian Meatballs here. Is he trying to challenge Boss Yuan?"
"Totally. What he is doing is no different than brandishing a broadsword before Guan Yu or reading before Confucius."
"I checked online. This foreigner looks like a rather popular chef overseas."
"So what if he's popular? Can he be better than our Boss Yuan just because he's popular? Boss Yuan has defeated many popular chefs before. Forget about the chefs far away, right in our country, Chu Xiao is completely convinced of Boss Yuan's ability. He would always stop by to visit Boss Yuan whenever he gets the chance."
The customers were filled with righteous indignation, let alone people in the Queuing Committee, Wu Hai, Jiang Changxi, and Ling Hong. The three were looking at Dean with hostile gazes, thinking of something unknown in their hearts. Everyone here felt compelled to protect Boss Yuan.
"This foreigner thinks he can defeat Boss Yuan just because he can speak good Chinese?"
It was unknown how did speaking a good Chinese relate to defeating Yuan Zhou. The person who made that remark was Qu Daohao, one of the few with the highest chance to eat something at Yuan Zhou's restaurant before lunchtime ended. His nickname was Mouse, yet his body was as large as a mini elephant.
"Since this foreigner is making Italian Meatballs, I need to order the Swedish Meatball to show him what real meatballs look like!" Mouse said resolutely.
"Mouse, don't blame me for not reminding you. The price of Swedish Meatball is rather harsh," reminded his colleague. "Your girlfriend's birthday is this month. Aren't you saving up to buy her a new purse? Have you thought of that?"
"If you really ordered it, I reckon this will the most expensive dish you can afford for the month," continued the colleague.
"I'm still buying her the purse, but I'm still ordering the Swedish Meatball as well. At most I won't buy any action figures this month!" Mouse declared, his eyes bloodshot.
The colleague felt that Mouse had truly gone mad. One had to know that this fellow was a guy that would feel very uncomfortable even if he stopped buying action figures for a week. Now, he was actually thinking of stopping for a month.
"How about putting the purse on hold? You can buy purses anytime you want…"
Before the colleague could complete his sentence, Mouse interrupted him, "No, my girlfriend loves that purse. In any case, I can't drag this out since it concerns my girlfriend. Stop trying to persuade me. I have already made up my mind."
After about two minutes, some customers finished their meal and left. It was Mouse and his colleague's turn to get in. When they got in, Mouse ordered a Swedish Meatball.
When Jiang Changxi and the others found out what Dean was doing, he got the customers in queue to step aside and allow Dean a clear view of Boss Yuan cooking.
They had decided to take on this challenge by Dean with no fear. When the filming crew saw this, they were pleased. And thus, the crew split into two to film the situation on both sides. A large battle was about to erupt at any moment. But to be precise, Dean was the only one who was getting overly excited from this. Yuan Zhou continued doing his own thing and only started making Swedish Meatball when he saw someone ordering it.
And with the customers stepping aside, it looked like Yuan Zhou and Dean were cooking face to face, with Yuan Zhou's body slanted to the side while Dean directly faced the restaurant's entrance.
"Dean, everything is here," the assistant spoke.
"Um," Dean nodded. Then, he arranged his briefcase before him and opened it.
Numerous knives were neatly arranged within the briefcase. With one glance, there were over 20 knives in there, all with different shapes and sizes. Some of them even had very odd shapes.
"Quick, close up," the director immediately instructed the cameraman.
"Wow, he looks like he knows what he's doing," Jiang Meisi said in astonishment.
"That is very normal. In many high-tier restaurants, the kitchen utensils they use are Western utensils. Even for basic actions such as cutting tomato and asparagus, specialized knives would be used. From this, one can see how serious the West takes their cooking," Li He explained.
"Looks like our lunch is set," Bai Guo said happily.
At this time, Dean started getting all serious as well. He took a knife out the briefcase. It was unknown whether the knife was sharp, but it did look extremely gorgeous.
The body of the knife was forged of Damascus steel while the handle was made of ebony wood. On the surface of the blade, rose markings were etched. It looked gorgeous and pretty, and it further enhanced the handsome appearance Dean had.
With his left hand, Dean picked up a cleaned beef. The beautiful white layer of fat could be clearly seen on the beef. It was clear that this was a high-quality piece of beef.
With his knife, Dean started cutting the beef. Swish! Swish! Swish! He brandished his knife in precise motions.
"I'm getting hungry," Bai Guo said as he looked at the beef slowly turning into mincemeat.
"Same here," Jiang Meisi nodded.
"Looks like this meatball dish is worth waiting for," Li He nodded in agreement.
Italian Meatballs had always been a very heavy dish. Of course, this was normal for the West. Dean's New Italian Meatballs did not stray from this characteristic. Rather, it further enhanced this characteristic.
With exquisite heat control, the heaviness of the dish could be enhanced. And when combined with the flavor of fresh tomatoes, the natural flavor of the beef could be further intensified.
For now, Dean was dealing with the beef. First, he sliced the beef into tiny pieces with his main knife. Then, he used a chopping knife to turn the pieces into mincemeat.
Then, Dean repeated the process with the pork.
When dealing with ingredients, every motion of Dean was with his own rhythm in a completely orderly fashion. And due to his good looks and slender fingers, he looked dazzling when cooking.
This was unlike Yuan Zhou whose every motion when cooking was completely smooth yet fast, without any fancy movements. In fact, one could easily forget he existed when he was cooking, with all the attention sucked into the food he was cooking. 
Both of them had completely different cooking styles.


In a remote oriental country, there is a small and odd restaurant that has refused the three-star rating by the Michelin Guide several times. 
“The price is fairly expensive over there, 288RMB for a set meal of Egg Fried Rice and a bowl of soup. Ah, and an extra small plate of pickled vegetables as well. Even so, there are still a long line of people queuing up and waiting for a taste. Reservations are not accepted there, only waiting and queuing personally is allowed. 
“Numerous people fly there on their private planes just to queue up. Furthermore, parking bays and parking spots are not provided there. The service is terrible here. Customers have to clear the tableware themselves and wipe the table as well. For god’s sake, the boss is literally crazy.” 
---Michelin Guide
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I sent him a raspberry smiley. 

Want another pic? 

 Stop it, perv, I am studying. 

I giggled, my Robbie was in Spain, doing what businessmen do. 

So, talking, who knew? 

He loved me. Like the way I loved him. 

I could feel it in my bones. 

He came to Boston every month and that was only because I chewed him out for suggesting every week. 

He was flourishing as a businessman. He would not concentrate if he was with me. He would be naughty all the time. 

Robbie loved to play with my body. No... not the kinky kind. 

He would squish me to his chest, and press ridiculous amount of kisses all over me. 

Then his fingertips would gently trail a path while his eyes wide with wonder, love and care. 

Gently prodding, circling my most intimate places, writing Angel, baby, mine all over my chest, butt, thighs everywhere with his index finger. 

His arms coiled across my back gripping me closer afraid if he blinked I would disappear. 

He would not let me go even after the beast in him was sated and asleep. There was no better place in this whole world than his arms to feel safe. 

I had to beg him several times before he allowed me to get dressed. 

His eyes remained the same, filled with wonder and love. Then he would drag me to his lap and take a deep breath like he had stopped breathing when I was away from his arms for those few minutes. 

We were morphing. 

There was something deep in the way we were behaving. 

That one time I was getting thoroughly loved by him. He could not video call me for three days due to bad reception and he was stressed due to some associates not doing their homework. 

We were missing each other madly. Needing love, comfort, safety and bliss. 

Robbie was feral. 

My whole body was tight from the immense pleasure, my eyebrows were drawn together, my head rolling on the pillow because my brain was short wired... 

My neck muscles stretched away from him and taut, seeming I wanted to get away from him. 

More than once had I felt that Robbie actually got off on how I responded to him than the feeling on his stick moving rapidly in and out of me. 

I was biting my lips while mewling knowing very well that it drove my Robbie crazier, but I could not help it. 

I wanted to see him, had not seen his beautiful eyes in long, so I fought myself and opened my eyes to watch his gorgeous grey eyes and he hypnotised me. 

The pleasure vanished, along with the pain...just him. I could not feel or see anything except him! 

But he was under my spell too, because he stopped moving all together. Stopped mid stroke. His eyes locked onto mine and we just...just...did nothing except stare at each other. 

He was searching for answers in me. And I was far too gone in him. 

The love I had for him intensified to a point where he was the only person I remembered. 

My teeth lost the grip on my moist lower lip and it bounced back slightly plumper. 

His eyes left my eyes for a fraction of a second and the spell was broken. 

He came back to reality and he started to fuck me like never before. He growled on my ears sounding like he was dying and snapped his hips too fast trying to get his whole body inside of me. 

I wanted to possess him. I wanted to cease this moment. 

But why did he stop in the midst? 

What went through us then? 

Everything changed but nothing changed. 

I could never describe it the way anyone would ever understand. 

But Robbie did. Because he was there. 

We, for that eternity of time we remained still, we were one. Truly, wholly, physically, emotionally, ONE. 

There was no one else in his life. Not even his wife. 

Ohhh, the pics, Janice was uploading? Were fluke! 

I made Robbie clearly grovel for ditching me on my birthday. He begged and begged and I did something feisty. 

I made him go to Comic-Con. In costumes! 

Robbie was right. I was a little devil. 

But I had already forgiven him long before. 

He had me in stitches when he promised he would be the ‘Chicken Brent’ from ‘Cloudy with a chance of meatballs.’ 

For my forgiveness! 

My Robbie... He loved me so so so much. 

We went as Batman and Joker. I made a sad excuse of Joker but Robbie? He was magnificent. 

He was more magnificent when he took me to empty bathroom stall later on. I was sure some people heard! Embarrassing! 

Then Janice put another post in Facebook. 

Right here; Right now. Nowhere else I would rather be. With you, my husband. 

Then the pic of Janice in her flowy sundress in some islands. 

Robbie was with me, for three days. 

With me, in me, on me, in every physically possible way. 

I cried out of relief. 

Robbie was worried sick when I shook my head and kept on crying on his lap. 

But I was so happy. I was at peace. 

Robbie was only mine. 

Jason was sceptic. 

I could not explain this to Jason! He wanted me to ask Robbie to leave everything behind and choose me. 

That made no sense at all. I had everything I wanted. 

Robbie was my first real friend, my first confident, my first kiss... He was my first everything. 

No one understood. But I did. 

I knew my Robbie. And he knew me. 

But I wished I could show Jason how we were. I wished I could give him a wand and he would touch Robbie, and Jason could clearly see what Robbie was made up of... 

Because when going through unknown terrains people could not see what the other was made up of... 

Wait!!! My project!!! 

“LIIIIZZZZZZZ” I ran screaming to her room. 

“WHATTT???” She came out in her bra and underpants, scared. I did not care. I was excited. This was going to be the best final project ever. 

“Do not scare me like that. I was worried.” She mumbled and pinched my ear. 

“We are changing our project.” 

“Oh!” She was disappointed. “So, he was right. Our baby...” 

“No!!! We are making him better.” 

I took the paper and pen and ideas started flowing like never before. 

“Can you add these components?” My hands were shaking. 

“Yes. But Dave, this is more complica...” 

“Trust me. This would be the best project we can ever do.” 

Liz was getting excited too. 

“Really?” 

“Really really?” 

“Wait, where are you going?” 

To call Robbie. “I have to call someone and get some motivation.” 

I wanted him in my life. 

Jason might be right. 

He was already mine; my asking would only accelerate the inevitable. 

I should ask him to stay with me for eternity.

"I...sh... should nnn... not be he...here." I still had time. I looked at the locked door.

"You should not be anywhere but here... with me."

He dragged my body to his and felt his frenzied kisses all over me.

"Please...we shouldn't ..."

He dragged my squirming body to his bedroom and pushed me to his bed. I tried some more to make him understand but...

"Robbie... " 

Why was he not mine?

Ace Davidson Truscott
My name is Davidson and this my story.
Story of jealousy, betrayal, heartbreak and family.

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