This is a story of 3 girls, who battle through the hardships of their personal lives, in order to keep, their friendship, lives, and value. Living life normally, until they each meet another set of 3 boys. Will they find love? And if they do, can they keep it? These 3 girls have a secret. How long until it affects these other boy's lives? Who will win? Who will lose? Who will live? Who won't? Who will love? Who will hate? The answers to these questions, lie in between the pages of this book. Finding true love is hard. Keeping it, is even harder. How far will they all go to save each other? Being a friend, has its consequences. Being a lover, has a cost. I give you, A Lover's Cost.

Leon Ainhardt. A name that struck fear into the hearts of his enemies. A name that brought pride to all humankind. A name cursed by those he couldnt save. A name forgotten forever, when the last living being on Marien died.

What if you could go back? What if you could try again from the start and save all those you failed?

"Im alive?" I say, staring into the mirror at my child self.

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Han Sen licked his lips complementing on how he would cut the cougar up as he wanted to start cooking it as he was almost salivating at the thought of how delicious it would be.

He realized he would want it cut into decent sized pieces so that it would be faster to clean and cook the meat. So he took out the second dadao he had in his inventory and did the same thing he had done to the first. Apply haki and channel darkflame lightning into it. Seeing his preparation was done he made his move. 

<Soru> 

He appeared in front of the injured creature. His leg spread into a balanced stance, with swords on his left side, tips pointing at the ground. He wanted to make the cut as precise as possible so he decided to use "that move". 

He had discovered that darkflame lighting did no damage to him when he channeled it through he body, so he tried channeling it into his head to see if the lightning would stimulate his brain in anyway special. 

And his effort wasn't for naught, as he got something out of it. 

<Suspended World> 

His skull turned translucent as his the darkflame lightning entered his head illuminating his skull. His perception of the world around him slowed down to the point it seemed time slowed down. He could see the cougars muscles in its back legs tense in slow-mo as it tried to react in time.  

But like everything else so far in this battle it all led to its inevitable death, to be only a good soup in a pot filled with seasoning and cut vegetables. 

<Kamisori>

He seemed to momentarily flicker out of reality before reappearing behind the cougar. The creature itself seemed to be frozen stuck. It was only after a few seconds passed that it's body started to fall apart. 

Before any of the falling cubes of meat could hit the ground Han Sen hands blurred as he made sure to put it all into his inventory before any of it could hit the ground, as that would mean more work. 

Seeing nothing left to put up he took to the skies again. 

<Sky Shave> 

He traveled in the general direction of the Steel Forge Shelter. He didn't want to be disturbed while he was cooking, and he knew the smell of the food would attract a ton of creatures as he would have still been in the Jade Dragon Mountains.

————— 

I while later he was falling from the sky, landing lightly on the ground with a small thud. He was only a few minutes away from the Steel Forge Shelter if he used Sky Shave. He didn't go back to his room as he wouldn't had enough room to cook. 

The room was just too small and cramped. So he found a small clearing near the shelter to decide to cook. The clearing itself was surrounded by trees and underbrush. Which he quickly cut down with a few swings of his dadaos. 

He put the cut down underbrush aside to be used as kindle and cut some of the trees he fell into logs to make a fire. And he used the rest to make a makeshift table to clean and cut the meat, along with the vegetables he had in his inventory. 

After the table was made he pulled out a set of knives all made out of Z-alloy. Ranging from a carving knife, a cleaver, and a few others. 

If others saw this they would most likely go insane on how wasteful it was to craft them out of Z-steel. But he would beg to differ as they cost him nothing. 

Before his dad faked his death he owned a company that produced Z-steel. So he had made of few things from Z-steel before his father disappeared. His swords, his kitchen knives, pots, pans and a few small things here and there just because he didn't have to pay for any of it.

He took out all the meat he had. From the cubes of the previous sacred-blooded creature, to the ordinary and primitive creatures he ended up murdering on his walk in the mountains.

He originally thought to take a pot out to put it all in but seeing how much meat he had to cook he threw that idea out his head. So he pulled out a cauldron instead and set it aside. 

He started making a large fire pit. He dug into the ground and placed rocks at the bottom. Next was the underbrush to work as the kindle. Then he stacked the logs against each other. 

<Finger Gun: Darkflame Lightning> 

He shot a bullet infused with his special flame into the pit, instantly igniting the the kindle ablaze. Making the  dark fire slowly spread to the logs. He waiting a moment until the fire was fully alit and then put the cauldron on top of the hole, leaving only a little room for air to come in. 

He took out a few big containers of waters and poured it all in the cauldron and didn't add anything until the water started to broil. He then began dumping everything he had and dumped it into the boiling water and left it alone. 

He then dragged another log he downed and used it as a sit. Pulled out a pack of Schwarzwald cigarettes, took one out and lit up with flame channeled through its finger. 

After it was lit, he took a deep of cigarette and began to relax as he waited for the food to finish. 

————— 

While Han Sen was having a cigarette break, a group of people could be seen making their way back to the shelter. In the lead was a young woman who had a strict air around her that seemed to demand respect. 

She had smooth pale skin, with amber eyes  and brunette hair. She would be considered beautiful to any man to look at her but few would have the balls to say it to her face. 

Her name was Qin Xuan and beside her was Yang Manli. Who was her right hand woman. She could be considered extremely beautiful but just like her boss, the cold demeanor she had scared off most that tried to get too close. 

They were coming back from a successful expedition. It was a group of two-tailed monkeys that consisted ordinary, primitive, and a few mutant creatures. And though it was successful it was still a tiring endeavor to to so. 

The monkeys were at an advantage as they were always able to retreat into the trees to fall back. It took them to tank the attack while guarding the archers trying to pick them off. 

Qin Xuan herself had to take on half of the mutant two-tailed monkeys as the rest of her squad couldn't do it alone. But opted to overwhelm the other half of the mutant two-tailed monkeys with archers at range and besieging them up close at the same time. 

So while it was a victory, the whole group was still somewhat exhausted to an extent, still on edge in case any attacks from random creatures on the way back. 

And with it slowly getting darker they were naturally startled when they heard loud booms in the distance.

After explaining the things about the land of Dark Souls to the Hokage, the Hokage decided to give him refuge in the village. He didn't tell them the reason why he was here though, he just told them that he fell unconscious for some reason and the next thing he knew, he was here.

Fortunately, the Hokage didn't ask for his personal information, maybe because he is a child? 

The Hokage also told him if he wanted to join the Academy and he said he will think about it. After Kakashi brought him to his small flat, he gave him 3000 Ryo for him to live a few weeks on it. By the estimation he did, 1 Ryo equals to 10 yen in modern Japan, this would mean he has around 30,000 yen in his hands. He has to make this money last for a few weeks and find a job because Kakashi told him they wouldn't give him money anymore.

Fortunately for him, he doesn't need to eat because he is undead. 

Now, he just needs to figure out how the Dark Souls System works, it still hasn't activated yet for some reason.

Hikaru sat on his tatami floor near his small table as he thinks about what to do. 

The Dark Souls System hasn't activated yet, and he has to figure out how to. Because this would be his only hope of surviving in this world.

As he thought about the Dark Souls System, a transparent screen appeared in front of him.

It said: [I apologize for the delay, some technical difficulties happened but don't worry, it has been solved. Now, I won't explain the functions because I really don't have time, but to call out the Dark Souls System, thee will have to say "Praise the sun" for it to show up. Okay, goodbye]

The message ended there and Hikaru was left bamboozled by this message. 

He did as the message told him and said enthusiastically, "Praise the sun, " while also doing the 'V' pose that Solaire did after being summoned.

A blue transparent screen appeared in front of him after he said that. 

[Functions:
-Level Up-
-Stats-
-Challenge-
-Souls Shop-
-Upgrade Equipment-
-Repair Equipment-
-Kindle-
-Reverse Hollowing-

Estus Flask - 10
Souls - 0

!Starter Gift!]

The only thing Hikaru doesn't recognize there is the -Challenge Option- and the -Souls Shop-, maybe they are new functions? 

"Let's see, ooh! A starter gift, wonder what's inside it, " Hikaru said while looking at the screen.

He pressed the !Starter Gift! and one small gift box appeared in the ground with a puff of smoke. 

Hikaru knelt down on one knee to open the box. Once he opened the gift box, he saw three items inside it.

A dagger, 5 golden pine resins, and 10 Humanity. 

"Wow, that's some starting items, " Hikaru said amazed. I mean, 10 humanities at the start? How awesome is that? And 5 golden pine resins? He could use it to increase his weapon's attack for a few minutes. But the dagger... meh.

He picks up the three items but he wondered where he would put them because, from the functions of the system, he doesn't have an inventory.

As he thought about it, he suddenly got an idea. What if he could sell stuff in the Souls Shop?

He pressed the Souls Shop on the screen and it showed him another screen just on the left of the main screen.

[Buy - Sell]

He was overjoyed when he saw that he could sell his items, because, from the game, humanities cost around 5000 souls and if his calculations are right, he could sell 1 humanity for 500 - 2500 souls.

He immediately pressed sell, and his items showed from the screen, even though they were in his hands. 

And he was right, humanities could be sold for 2000 souls. He decided to sell 5 of them and kept the rest for rainy days. Once he pressed -Sell-, 5 humanities on his hand were gone and only the other five remained.

And on the main screen, his soul bar rose up and his souls are now 10,000. This means he could finally level up a few times and buy something good in the store.

First, he leveled up 8 times and it all cost 5869 souls. He put all his stat points in strength before he bought the Drake Sword for 4000 souls in the shop for a good starter weapon. He now only has 131 souls. He became rich for just a few moments and lost it all just seconds ago.

This is now his Stats:

[Stats:
Endurance - 10
Attunement - 10
Strength - 18
Dex - 10
Int - 10
Faith - 10
Resistance - (Pfft, yeah right)

Hikaru Hiroaki, a big fan of Dark Souls. Even though he only played the first one, he still loved the entire trilogy because of the lore that Vaatividya kindly explained in his videos.

But Hikaru's future was not bright, his mother works 2 jobs a day just to feed him and his 2 siblings. His father works at a construction site to pay their rent. That's why Hikaru didn't have enough time to play around, he works to save up for his college tuition. He is currently at the end of his high school life and he would enter college soon.

But unfortunately, as he traverses through the road while the traffic lights were still red, a drunk driver riding a lamborghini ignored the red lights and hits him directly.

He died instantly.

He woke up in a place covered in white fogs, and an old voice spoke to him.

"I shall give thou the power of Dark Souls, please use it wisely."

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Alright, I didn't plan this fanfic at all. I just daydream everyday and write what's inside my head. You may see some paragraphs that you are not able to understand and that's fine. Just report it to me and I'll fix it. 

Plot holes and plot armor, yeah, I have many of those in my fanfic. If you don't like plot holes and such, please don't read this. I don't like people just messing my ratings just because they don't like plot holes. Also, don't read this fanfic if you don't know Dark Souls, I promise you, you won't understand a thing about this fanfic.

Don't write a review if you don't know what you are talking about, it's seriously messing up my rating and I'll have to delete it if it's really bad. Just criticize it in the review, write something that's asking the author to write better. Honestly, reviews that are trying to put the author down are just downright bad. Many people out there gave up writing just because of those reviews, please don't do that to other fanfics or novels out there. I feel sorry for the author.

Anyway, thank you for giving your time in reading this. Enjoy the fanfic.

Also, I accept people criticizing my fanfic since it helps me grow as a writer. You can do that.

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Bang!
The ground trembled. Su Ping soared to the sky like an eagle.
As he freed himself from the pit he was in, the effect of Space Confinement was quickly reduced. When he was at about four hundred meters off the ground, the effect was so minimal that it could be ignored altogether.
Su Ping didn't stop there. He flew up for another two hundred meters in case the Otherworld Heavenly King had faked the range of its Space Confinement ability.
"Please stop…"
 Not far away, Mu Beihai was still begging and crying. He knelt in the air with astral powers supporting him. He had a face of despair and pain.
On the ground, the dark flames were still burning.
Each sparkle was fueled by the Flaming Dark Phoenix's body and soul.
When the fire died out, nothing of the Flaming Dark Phoenix would remain!
Mu Beihai could not pull himself together because of his pain, which stunned Su Ping. He could not have imagined that he would ever see such an expression on the man in charge of the Mu family, a man who was always quite composed.
Su Ping felt his blood was burning with anger as he gazed at the Heavenly King in the distance!
Right then, more people cried out in pain.
Su Ping quickly turned around. He would never forget that.
There was a mass of blood mist in the distance!
The titled battle pet warriors who had hurried over to help him, as well as their battle pets, were whipped into a mist of blood by the two thick limbs of the Heavenly King!
They did not stand a chance!
The two limbs could confine space with greater strength than the red vines on the ground. The titled battle pet warriors were frozen in the air, depriving them of any chances to get away!
Seeing the titled battle pet warriors be slaughtered one after another, Su Ping clenched his fists and bit his teeth so hard that they almost cracked. He was dying to go over and help them out, but he was fully aware that doing so would mean he would be once again grabbed by the Heavenly King.
Once that happened, he would no longer be able to lure the Heavenly King to his store's domain.
"Mr. Su, don't go there!"
That was Mu Beihai. The death of so many titled battle pet warriors made him realize that he had to take his mind off his deceased pet. He suppressed his feelings of sorrow, but not his determination. "You're the last hope there is for the Longjiang Base City. Mr, Su, do you have any plans? Every one of the Mu family members is here at your service. We will go to any lengths, even at the cost of our lives!"
Su Ping gazed at Mu Beihai with complex emotions.
He had so many words to say but was unable to speak.
He had no plan.
If he were at the titled rank, he might have been able to deal with the problem, and drive away the Heavenly King without paying a heavy cost.
But the fact remained that his rank was low!
He had two options.
First, to lure the Heavenly King to the store and let the system kill it.
Second…
He could make himself perish together with the Heavenly King!
He could do this. He really could!
He just had to give up a life, his life.
He could undo all of the Dark Dragon Hound's seals!
All nine of them!
That way, the Dark Dragon Hound would be able to reach the peak of the Fate State, infinitely close to the Star Rank!
However, that would mean that his mind would be burst open!
Before that happened, he could command the Dark Dragon Hound to go and kill the Otherworld Heavenly King. Yet, upon his death, his contract with the Dark Dragon Hound would be rendered void. He wasn't sure if the Dark Dragon Hound would turn around and strike the Longjiang Base City.
Without the contract, the Dark Dragon Hound would also become a wild beast.
Also, the hound would not have any recollection of its time with Su Ping. By then, with one less Otherworld Heavenly King on the Blue Planet, there would be an addition of a horrifying beast that was the Dark Dragon Hound, a being which no one would be able to control.
"I have to lure the Heavenly King into the city!" Su Ping yelled.
Mu Beihai was speechless, not believing that was the plan. He remembered something Su Ping said. "That location you mentioned. Is it inside the base city?"
Su Ping looked at him. He didn't know that Mu Beihai still remembered that.
"Indeed."
It appalled Mu Beihai; to think the place Su Ping mentioned had the ability to kill a beast like the Otherworld Heavenly King was inside the Longjiang Base City!
He trusted that Su Ping would not lie to him at that point.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Right then, they heard something approaching.
The air had become sticky again.
Su Ping saw that it was the two thick limbs again.
All the titled battle pet warriors who went to distract the limbs had perished. The two thick limbs no longer impeded their way as they tried to trap him.
"Run!" Su Ping shouted to Mu Beihai.
He was furious but he turned around and ran away.
He was angry since he had been unable to defeat the Heavenly King in a face-to-face battle, but he would have to swallow that pain.
Mu Beihai flew to the sky at once.
The thick limbs paid no attention to Mu Beihai. The ever-extending limbs quickly reached toward Su Ping.
Noticing that the air was getting heavier and heavier, Su Ping knew that the limbs would catch up with him soon enough.
He didn't have enough time to get away!
Whoosh!
Su Ping hurled a black ring toward his back.
It was an advanced beast-catching ring!
That was part of his solution, but not an actual plan. The advanced beast-catching ring could catch a beast king, but the odds were merely 10%!
It could definitely catch anything that was not a beast king, even at the peak of the ninth rank.
Su Ping had noticed that the 10% odds would change according to the state and strength of the beast king.
If the beast king was weak, barely lingering onto its life, the odds would increase to more than ten percent.
On the other hand, if the beast king was in a normal state, then the odds would be 10% or even lower.
Will it work?
 A kindle of hope rose as he hurled out the ring; but of course, he didn't pin all of his hope on the beast-catching ring.
The ring broke and collapsed into a swirl that was about to absorb the Heavenly King.
However, the swirl disappeared as soon as it opened. The construction was not stable enough.
That kindle of hope died down. The odds were too low.
He had six more beast-catching rings left.
But that didn't mean he had a 70% chance of succeeding.
If he were unlucky enough, he could use one hundred beast-catching rings and not succeed.
In the distance—
The Otherworld  Heavenly King's eye was contracted. The coldness in its eye turned into astonishment; it was the first time it had truly shown any emotion.
Even though it was faint, the Heavenly King did smell a hint of death!
It felt that it was something it could not fend off, but that feeling disappeared in an instant.
Still, that heart skip reminded the Heavenly King that it was not an illusion.
The grand beast locked its gaze on Su Ping. Indeed, that human being carried big secrets. Maybe, the Heavenly King thought, if I could get those secret weapons, I would have the chance to best the other Heavenly Kings.
Using its two heads to ponder about that guy, the Heavenly King of Otherworld would grind its teeth if it could.
After the first beast-catching ring failed, Su Ping threw out two more without hesitation.
Bang, bang, bang!
The two advanced beast-catching rings generated swirls in the air. The first disappeared the moment it came out and the second one collapsed when it was about to take form.
All three had failed!
Su Ping made up his mind and used up the remaining four.
Four rings cracked as they struck the two thick limbs. Four swirls came out and yet, no trace of hope was left for Su Ping.
Two of the swirls vanished the moment the edge appeared and the other would disperse in the process.
None of the seven beast-catching rings worked!
Even though Su Ping didn't expect to succeed in the first place, the fact that good luck didn't favor him in that critical moment still bothered him deeply.
He was just a random guy that the system had picked up. He wasn't a blessed guy.
Run!
He had to follow his original plan. That was not the time for him to put all eggs in one basket.
While the seven beast-catching rings didn't work, they did manage to help Su Ping. The two thick limbs were quite scared of the swirls and they had to dodge to the sides. As a result, Su Ping managed to buy some distance.
Will they catch up with me?
Su Ping turned his head around to look at the Otherworld Heavenly King, only to see that the latter was still rooted on the battlefield, with no intention of moving. He became frustrated.
Were his strikes not tempting enough?
Suddenly, he heard a cold voice. "Are you waiting for me?"
Su Ping stopped in his tracks and turned back.


What’s not to love about my new life after transmigrating into a Pet-centered world?
There are mighty creatures that come in all shapes and sizes. They can either be cuddly companions, helpers in your daily life, daring scouts or strong fighters. Or all of the above. Not bad, huh?
I have a family, but the fact is completely overshadowed by my younger sister. She thoroughly hates my guts, and she makes sure that I know this. Every. Single. Day.
Did I mention that she’s disgustingly talented while I am a bottom feeder? A terribly handsome one at that.
I have free rein to run the family business on my own. A small and quaint Pet Store. It should have been great if not for the fact that the previous owner of this body was born with ZERO affinity to handle Astral Pets…
It wouldn’t be a proper transmigration without a gimmick or a system to pave my road to greatness, don’t you think? I have one, but I don’t know if I would be better off without it…

Welcome to the World of Astral Pets!

Okay so the Illustration is complete I updated the book cover on royalroad.com scribblehub.com and webnovel.com, I've also updated the synopsis to what is going to be on A m a z o n.
The illustrator delivered the illustration to me around 3 or 4 hours ago., so it was completed fairly recently.
It took me mmmm 7 or 8 tries maybe 9 before I was finally able to get kdp amazon to accept the illustration. I tried 6 or 7 times of those to get it to accept the pdf. In the end, it did not accept the pdf book cover, but I was able to make a workaround and submit the image through the cover creator by uploading the image and delete all text projected over the illustration by the cover creator and wallah only took a 2nd try to get it done after that.
This was for the paperback version mind you, no problems with the ebook on that front. Keep in mind I was just about to go too sleep when the illustrator contacted me and I only recently reverse my schedule back to somewhat normal. It was then that this whole fiasco started.
Now then, the ebook has passed review and is currently publishing which means their setting it up on their sites and apps for amazon, kindle and their various national variations.
The paperback is in review. Both the ebook and paperback should be released around or within 72 hours from what I've been told. I will also get an email when the ebook is published and maybe when the paperback is published not sure.
Next, I noticed when I was reposting the amazon version of the synopsis that the paperback's synopsis was lacking any spaces between sentences which is indeed an issue.
Now I would go ahead and edit the ebook and paperback just so they're more professional, but I tried that, it won't let me edit it right now and the button to do so are greyed out.
That said I do want to edit the synopsis of the two books so they're not a mess but I will have to wait, if they even allow editing of them after they've been published anymore. I know they used too.
I may or may not release another update when they've been published and or edited but for now you seem to have all the information and anymore may just be overbearing.
Also the paperback minimum price was 42 something odd dollars with no royalties, so I raised the price of the paperback to 50 dollars USD so that I can even make a profit off royalties, even with that each purchase of the paperback only gives me 4.25 dollars. The cost of printing is 25 something odd dollars per book, I guess amazon gets the rest and or put it into shipping costs???? Crazy right?
Anyway that's it have a wonderful night or day and I hope you buy a copy.

P.S. The ebook is 2.99 USD.

I have this story on Webnovel.com Scribblehub.com Royalroad.com & Tapas.io I am on P A T R E O N, besides these websites I have this on Amazon
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Ethereal.

A Primordial Storm.

A Hyper-Sentient Being A God?

No.

But his creations seem to think so?

Whole worlds sculpted from his own body.

Countless denizens living and breathing on and within his worlds.

Immortal Powerful Overseers descended from one born in the primordial Origin.

Massive Guardians Dragons that birthed all dragon-kind.All serving you, all look up to you.

Yet you say no, you are not a God.

Because I am not.

I can be hurt.

I can be killed.

I have limits.

My Power is Finite, not Infinite.

Thus I am not a god.

I used to think It was only me in the void, but I am not alone.

"Xuiye…" Mo Lingtan sighed in relief when he found her still sitting on the bench and was completely alright. Her eyes were swollen because of crying for God knows why.
"Lingtan…" Lee Xuiye immediately threw herself in his arms and started crying badly. While the nurse had left seeing that Mo Lingtan had come.
"My...My...Why are you crying? Don't you want to give birth to our baby? Now that our baby has finally come, you are welcoming him by crying." Mo Lingtan tenderly said while securing her in his arms.
"You know it?" Lee Xuiye looked up at him. She blinked a few times to wipe her tears away and to get her vision clear.
"Dr. Si called me." Mo Lingtan replied.
"Lingtan...I am scared." Lee Xuiye said in between sobs.
"For what?" 
"This child is already two weeks old and I didn't know about it. What if I have already hurt him. I…" Before she could complete what she wanted to say, more tears started falling down from her eyes like how water fell from a faucet.
She had done horse riding, dancing, traveling around, and intense sex with him. 
What if she had hurt the child somewhere. She didn't have the guts to hear any bad news regarding this child.
She wouldn't be able to handle it.
'Two weeks'
Now Mo Lingtan understood why she was crying.
"Did you ask Dr. Si about the child's condition?" Mo Lingtan asked, to which Lee Xuiye shook her head in response.
As she didn't even have the guts to ask the child's condition.
"Then how do you know you have hurt him? Come on, we will go inside and ask Dr. Si first." Mo Lingtan gave her encouragement and helped her to stand up.
"I don't want to give up on this child at any cost." Lee Xuiye held his hand and said in determination.
"Why would you give up on this child if both of you are alright?" Mo Lingtan asked gently since they don't know the actual condition of the child so it would be useless to worry about it.
"Then what if we don't?" Lee Xuiye asked back.
"Then we will look for another option."
"No. You promise me now that we won't give up on this child at any cost." Lee Xuiye stubbornly insisted for him to promise which of course he didn't agree with.
"No. I won't promise you anything. If this child comes at the cost of your life then I don't want this child!" Mo Lingtan knew that Lee Xuiye's body was weak and that perhaps her worries were not for nothing and there would be complications in her pregnancy.
"Mo Lingtan!" Lee Xuiye shouted his name as to how could he say something like this? 
Was this child not important to him at all?!
He never showed any kind of interest to have a baby with her. Wasn't his wish to have a baby girl with her? Then what happened now?
"Enough! We will go inside and ask Dr. Si about you and this child's condition. Come on." Although Lee Xuiye was displeased with him and she may be disappointed, it didn't matter to him because she was an important person to him and he would do anything to save her and to have her with him.
" But-"
"No buts! Come on now."
Afterward, they went back to Dr. Si where she had done a few more tests and to have a complete view of Lee Xuiye and the fetus's condition.
"Of course, Lee Xuiye's body is weak..." Hearing this sentence of Dr. Si, Lee Xuiye's heart dropped as she subconsciously put a hand over her belly as if she wanted to save her child from these two evils, but…
Dr. Si had noticed Lee Xuiye nervousness and she quickly continued "... But, she is not that weak that she couldn't give birth to this child. However, Lee Xuiye, now onwards, I want you to have a complete rest and live free of worries if you want to give birth to this child successfully. Otherwise, pregnancy can bring many complications to a mother."
"I will!" Lee Xuiye promptly replied.
Afterward, Dr. Si had prescribed some medicine, the diet chart, and other activities that Lee Xuiye should do and shouldn't do.
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"Dr. Si has mentioned that if you take care of yourself properly, there wouldn't be any problem. So why are you still upset now?" Mo Lingtan asked while looking at his wife who had sullen her face in anger or nervousness, which one he didn't know.
Lee Xuiye continued to ignore him and looked outside the window.
Helplessly Mo Lingtan stopped the car on the side road.
"Xuiye!"
Ignore!
"Darling!"
Continue to ignore!
"Wifey!"
Still the same response. Ignore!
Sigh!
Left with no option, Mo Lingtan pulled her in his embrace.
"You...Leave me. Don't touch me." Lee Xuiye slapped his arms but that slap was nothing and he still pulled her to sit on his lap.
"Why? You are my wife and I don't have the right to touch my wife?"
"When you decided to give up on my child, you lost all the rights to touch me." Lee Xuiye harrumphed and looked away.
"I have decided to save my wife!" Mo Lingtan corrected her words.
"Your words don't hide the intention. I can feel that you don't want this child." Lee Xuiye said in a sharp tone while continuing to look away from him.
Mo Lingtan frowned hearing her words and asked "How could you say that I don't want my child? Alright then answer me this question, if you are put in a situation where you have to either save me or our child, who would you choose?"
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For Lee Xuiye, life had been always unfair, but it didn’t affect her determination for success. 

Being an illegitimate child, society always looked her down, until a man, Mu Lingtan came into her life and change her life from unfair life into a beautiful life. 

It was a love story for childhood sweethearts with a lot of romance and face slap.

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Sael's head whipped around as a small body wrapped itself around his arm.  A tiny girl with silvery hair was wrapped around his arm currently rubbing her cheek against his biceps. "Papa!"  Her skin was the same dark bronze color as Sael's and her mess of tousled silver hair made everyone turn to Nee who for a change wore just as shocked an expression as everyone else.  

"I thought you said not any time soon!"  Ara pointed at both Nee and Sael. "Liars!"

Sael's brow was knotted as he looked from the tiny girl to the mix of confused girls. "I have no idea who this is!"

"At least put some clothes on her!"  Beth growled moving from confused to annoyed.

Waving his arm around trying to get the girl to let go elicited a squeal of glee that only frustrated him more. "Come on kid. Get off!"  Turning to the group of girls he held out his arm. "Come on, stop standing there and help get this runt off me!"

Looking up the little girl pushed out her bottom lip in a pout and clung tighter to his arm making even his bones start to groan in protest. "Don't be so mean! I finally look like Papa so I don't have to stay alone anymore right?"

"Ouch Christ this kid's going to break my arm!"  Beth and Ara were trying to pull the girl off his arm without any success before Nee moved up and tickled her side making her giggle before letting go.  

Once she was free they noticed that from her shoulders down to her hands her arms were covered in silvery fur. Sael pulled a spare shirt out of his inventory and started forcing it over her head.  When her head popped out and she stuck her arms through the short sleeved shirt it went down to her ankles looking more like a gown.  Still knelt down he looked into her green eyes and something clicked. "Wait… are you Silver?"

With a squeal she lunged forward wrapping her arms around his neck in a death grip. "YAY! Papa recognized me!"  Before he could answer or manage to pry the child off him a knock at the door interrupted them.

"Um, one of you get that please."  He was currently trying to pry her arms away from his neck.  "Freaking brat is strong!" Silver pouted and clung on tighter, practically choking him.  

Beth opened the door as Silver cried out "Not brat, Silver! Stop being a meanie!  Why aren't you proud of me papa!  I wanted you to praise me!"  

"Gah it's like dealing with a second Ara!"  Sael growled spinning around making her legs fly out as she hung on for dear life.  All his efforts resulted in just a squeal of joy.  

"Sael, there is some old guy here to see you."  A grumpy Beth held open the door revealing an elderly gentleman in what looked like a formal style suit.  Sael stopped with Silver still dangling from his neck. 

"Hi… can I help you?"  He did his best to ignore Silver who was trying to swing from his neck.  

"My name is Ian. I'm in the service of Duke Kindle.  He has asked that I extend his invitation for a meeting with him to discuss some business." He gave a very sharp bow.

The tension in the room instantly spiked and he looked from one companion to the next.  They all looked suspicious.  "Why would someone important like the Duke want to meet a nobody like me?"

Ian smiled politely. "You seem to underestimate your fame.  The duke is always interested in people who have potential such as yourself.  There is no need for you to be so cautious.  We have made it an official request through the adventurer's guild.  Duke Kindle is aware that with tomorrow's match you mighty be cautious.  This way there is nothing to worry about.  I've got the written request here." He offered them a sheet of parchment that stated exactly what he said and held a fancy symbol that he'd seen on the adventurer's guild.  Ignoring Ian he huddled up with the girls while Silver still hung from around his neck.  

"Well what do you think?" 

"I don't like the fact that the request states you alone." Beth pointed out on the paper.  "How do we even know this is real?"

Nee touched the symbol and it shimmered slightly.  "It's real but I have to agree with Beth.  Even for human nobility I've heard bad things about the Duke."

While he was thinking things over Ian cleared his throat.  "I have also been asked to give you this." He held out a thin rolled piece of paper. "It is a voucher for an advanced skill from either of the two major guilds here in Amalor.  Payment backed by the Duke.  It is an appreciation gift for taking time to meet the Duke, should you accept."  Ian took half a step back in shock as Sael seemed to appear in front of him with the small child swinging freely as he came to a sudden stop before snapping the paper out of his hand.  

"Ok sure let me just get rid of this…" He grunted some as he started prying Silver's hands from around his neck. "...pest off me and we can head out."  

"Really? Just like that?"  Beth shook her head annoyed at his ability to toss caution to the wind when something he wants is in sight. 'Wish he was that assertive chasing me before…'

"It will be fine.  Now help me get Silver off me!"  With a bit of help he was able to detach a sulking Silver.  "Good girl now stay and play with your… um… with the girls"  
Silver was chanting "Take me with you!" before yowling a sound between a cat's annoyed meow and a dogs howl.  

"Sorry, Kids right?" He said as he left with Ian under the disapproving glare of the four girls.

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Ian had arrived via a carriage and they took it back to the Duke's Manor.  Having witnessed the wealth spent on his son and from rumor's he'd heard Sael wasn't surprised that the manner was massive.  Still, most of Little Well could have fit between the front gate and the entrance of the manor.  Dozens of servants, all human men and women impeccably dressed were waiting to greet the duo as they exited the carriage.   Polished dark wood and gilded gold adorned nearly every surface in the manor.  While, thick fancy rugs padded the way and overall the manor was just the tiniest bit shy of being too gaudy to be classy. 

Sael was led to a room straight out of some fancy movie.  There were plush stuffed leather chairs sitting across from one another with small tables complete with crystal decanters of various liquids that looked to be dark alcohols.  A cheery fire burned in a fireplace while painting and tapestries decorated the walls. Had there been a desk and shelves of books he would have called it a study.  Ian instructed him to sit in one of the chairs and Sael sank into the overly stuffed seat to wait.  Leaving Ian returned shortly leading in who he guessed was the duke.  It was hard to say what he'd expected the duke to look like, still Sael felt thrown off by the man's normal apperance.  He was younger than expected probably in his late thirties or early forties at the latest.  His blond hair was cut short in what reminded Sael of a military buzz cut and a neatly trimmed van dyke style beard.  He wore an outfit that looked exactly like something a fantasy world noble would wear, complete with crushed velvet and frilly cuffs.  

Sael stood up realizing he didn't know what protocol was like in this world for noble types and wished Nee was there.  She normally gave him the heads up on things like that or perhaps Gregory.  "Sit! Sit! No need to be so formal.  You Arrived are always seem so stiff."  Duke Kindle waited for his guest to sit before reclining back in his own chair.  "I am so glad you accepted my offer.  I've been watching your matches and must say I'm impressed, very impressed." 

"Thanks."  Sael kept his tone neutral.  From what he'd seen of the Duke's Son he expected the worst but so far nothing bad had happened.

"I'm sure you are aware that part of the purpose of the Adventurer's Ball every year is to show off promising new fighters abilities.  You've definitely stolen the show and I must thank you.  I was worried my son would get a big head if he ran into no challenges."  Kindle reached over and started pouring two drinks before handing one to Sael.  

Sael took the drink and after only a moment's hesitation took a sip wondering if he was about to get another increase to his poison resistance.  It was dark and burned a bit reminding him of bourbon but no system messages of ranking up poison resistance occurred nor did he have any negative effects.

"I'm a bit shocked to hear it.  Your son doesn't seem to like me at all."  Sael responded.

Chucking the duke drank down half his glass in a gulp "I can only imagine.  He is still far too childish and thinks himself invincible.  I'm sure it is easier for him to curse your strength than to admit his own weakness.  This will be a good learning experience for him."  

Sael was a bit shocked, things weren't going anything like he expected.  "So, what is your honest opinion of my son?"

"Mmm, He has really amazing armor."  Sael decided to keep his true opinion to himself, the duke seemed friendly but he didn't want to tell him to his face his son was a douche.

Laughing the duke nodded. "It did cost a fortune.  If you like I can arrange a set for you.  Consider it a gift for when you lose."  

Laughing himself Sael replied "Ahh, so you still think your son is going to win? I think I have a pretty good chance. Do I get the armor when I win too?"

Still smiling pleasantly the duke replied. "Of Course not.  Losing is the deal."

Slowly the smile faded from Sael's face as he stared at the Duke. "Wait, you want me to throw the match?"

"Well, not for free of course.  I'll have a suit of armor delivered just as I promised.  Is that not enough? Are you worried about your bet with Gree? I'll match what winnings you would have gotten."  The Duke smiled pleasantly before sipping his drink while watching Sael with cold eyes.

'Hmm a suit of armor and my money… that is a pretty good deal right?'  Sael was thinking over the offer and considering how hard it would be to fake losing when the duke spoke up.

"Still not enough? No worries, I'm a businessman.  And the first rule of negotiating is to know what the other party wants." Clapping his hands, the duke watched his guest's face.  Ian immediately opened the door letting in a number of others.  There were scantily clad elves wearing so little he could easily count their prominent ribs.  Green skinned women he thought might be orcs.  A dwarf woman, he assumed they were a woman since they wore a skimpy outfit showing lots of cleavage under their big bushy beard.  Some blue skinned woman with overly large eyes as well as a bunny girl.  Complete with fluffy ears and a cotton tail.  There were even two fairies one with dull red hair and the other with platinum blonde, both looked to be nearly as scrawny as Ara had been when they first met.  Each female smiled prettily at him with eyes so blank and dead it was like staring into a doll. 

"I've noticed you have a taste for the lesser races. They do make wonderful playthings. A new set of the finest armor. All the gold you would have one.  And a few play things.  You can pick your favorite or even several.  I assure you they are perfectly obedient."

"You're offering me slaves?"  Sael's voice was surprisingly flat compared to how disgusted he felt.

"Sadly, slavery was outlawed.  But don't worry.  Each of them has signed a perfectly legal contract.  They are paid five bronze knots a day.  Of course their room and board comes to ten bronze knots a day.  An exclusivity clause in their contract prevents them from working for others while still owing you so…"  The bunny girl moved closer, her long ears drooping down as she smiled prettily.  Up close he could see she was wearing lots of makeup, but from a short distance he could still make out the discoloration of bruises.

Glancing to the Duke he found the man sitting with a pleased smile.  For a moment Sael thought the fake smile hiding an evil nature reminded him so much of the person he hated most that his heart skipped a beat in a sudden rush of fury.  'I can kill him.  I can kill him now.'  Looking at the girls he hated the dead and broken look in their eyes, the fake happiness they wore just to avoid further abuse.  'Stupid, there stupid.  You can't please someone like them.  They only want to hurt others, to feel better about themselves.'  

Looking back to the duke his heart began to pound and he felt the urge for violence start to well up.  "If you prefer I have human women as well.  You have one in your collection, correct?"

Beth's face flashed before him followed by Ara and Nee.  His heart rate began to slow and the building fury dissipated. 'Violence won't solve anything.  Even if I killed him, would it stop things like this from happening elsewhere? Or would it just endanger those I care about now.  The old me would have lashed out, but I'm not that person anymore.'

Taking a deep breath Sael gave the duke his best smile. "Sorry, I have my hands full with the girls I have now.  Plus, I kinda want to see what that spoiled brat of a son of yours will do when I put him in his place."

Sael expected the duke to get furious, to start yelling and threatening him.  Instead the Duke just kept smiling with those cold hard eyes. "It is a real shame.  I had hoped to forge a profitable relationship with you Sael.  Sadly it seems that isn't the case.  Unless there is something I can do to change your mind?"

Sael glanced to the girls who seemed to be cowering back a bit yet still smiled prettily. He considered asking for all of them.  Setting them free but even he knew that wouldn't change their lives much.  And more than anything he didn't want to give this bastard the satisfaction.  'I can't save everyone. I have to think about those already important to me.'  Again, for a moment he considered killing the Duke. Freeing the girls and being a proper hero.  But he thought too of Ara, Beth, Nee, and Silver as well as the other friends he'd made.  Even Aarun's grandmother, a big famous and powerful Guild Master hadn't been willing to go against the duke.  Were these strangers worth risking those he cared about?  Looking at them he hated himself for the answer, no. 

"Sorry Duke Kindle.  But I think I'll have to pass.  So is this where you threaten me or should I go ahead leave?"

The duke just motioned to the door which Ian opened. "Just know, if you leave all my offers expire.  Nor would I expect to win tomorrow if I were you.  I made this offer because I wanted to build a business relationship with you.  And a few inhuman whores and trinkets are a small price to pay.  If you think you've seen everything in my Son's arsenal you are mistaken."

Sael shrugged as he got up to leave. "Just so we are on the same page. You can try any trick you want in the arena.  But…" He turned to glare at the duke making several of the girls collapse to their knees under the weight of his murderous glare. "Try anything against those with me and I'll end you."  He didn't wait to see if the Duke took him seriously or not but left not sure he would be able to resist his killing urge any longer. 

Taking a sip of his drink from a hand that trembled made the duke burn with rage. "Ian, Win or lose see to it that this filth loving bastard learns his place. And get these filthy things out of here."  Ian bowed and started to lead them away before the duke spoke up. "Actually leave the Wagniri.  I have some frustration I need to take out.  Ian again nodded leaving behind the trembling bunny girl.

For Sael being pulled to another world wasn’t something he minded.  In fact, when he found out he was the only one chosen for the warrior class from those he arrived with he was thrilled.  Until he found out in order to receive all the tasty power-ups that always come with this type of situation he must battle a terrifying monster without any of said tasty powers.  Even in success things aren’t quite going the way he expected.  Still, everyone loves an underdog, including it seems the system powering those brought to this new world. 

On his journey, he will make friends with both other Arrived and the locals.  Find romance often when he isn’t looking for it.  And of course new enemies around every corner from the mindless monsters of the world to the diabolical powers behind everything.  And maybe even find time to unlock the secret of the Arrived, if he lives that long.

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