Kiara's  usually a good girl ( except the piano app which changed her life). But what happens when the stranger that she thought to be a bad boy gets  strangled with her destiny. And wouldn't take 'no' as an answer.

"My teacher said I was better at playing the piano than the violin, so she suggested focusing on the piano," the girl answered. 
"..." Xia Yu started to think. 
Her piano-playing was better than her violin-playing?
She was terrifyingly talented. 
Did other people have this level of talent?
No. If Xu Youxiang had this level of talent, a big company would have arranged a caretaker and a wheelchair for her, helping her go to work every day, and she'd never worry about money.
With money, she would be happier and not as suicidal.
An Siyao was just an exception.
Maybe this was a game perk for his first body-swap.
Speaking of Xu Youxiang, if he wanted her to work with him, he'd need money. But where could he get the money?
Xia Yu was worried.
He spent an hour learning "White Wolf," at eight times the efficiency. Then he started to learn "Triss."
Compared to masculine songs like "White Wolf,""Triss" was a lot softer.
After learning an equally difficult song, "The Inn at St. Gregory's Bridge," Xia Yu stopped his violin practice and went to the piano room.
Playing the violin required him to prop the violin at his neck, and his left hand had to constantly control the strings. It was not as comfortable as playing the piano, nor did it look as elegant.
"What do you want to learn?" An Siyao asked. "Classical or pop?"
Xia Yu thought about it and answered, "Pop."
"'The Ninth Son's Talisman?''Art Gallery of the Changeling?''Thin Snow?''The Cicada?'" An Siyao mentioned a few other hard songs. 
Xia Yu didn't say no this time. After he learned these songs' style, he chose "Art Gallery of the Changeling."
"Look up the score for this song first..." An Siyao began teaching.
Even with eight times the efficiency, Xia Yu learned with some difficulty. It wasn't until the end of the game that he succeeded.
When there was only 15 minutes left, he stopped playing.
He came over around midnight, and it was now 7:45 a.m. It was almost time for school.
To save An Siyao from being late to school, Xia Yu began to wash up for her.
When he came to the restroom, An Siyao asked suddenly, "Did that woman create a big problem?"
"How did you know?" He looked up and saw An Siyao's teeth in the mirror. They were white and neat, and the incisors weren't sharp.
"Emotions could be found in the music. I could hear your worries," An Siyao answered.
Wow! Xia Yu was surprised.
He took out a toothbrush, squeezed out some toothpaste, wet the toothbrush and put it in his mouth.
The toothpaste had a strong taste. He didn't know the brand. It made a lot of foam.
As he brushed, he considered. Ten seconds later, he asked An Siyao, "What's a fast way to make money?"
An Siyao pondered carefully, then she replied, "Log onto the body of a high-level banking executive, send money to an overseas account, wash the money and send it back?"
What a crazy plan!
It even used body swap!
Never mind how the money could be washed. Just borrowing bank assets was not something Xia Yu could do.
There were a lot of uses to the body swap game. With time, he could be a top-level billionaire. He shouldn't jeopardize his chances for some temporary benefit.
An Siyao wasn't the good girl he had assumed her to be, if she could think of this kind of plan.
"I follow laws and rules." Xia Yu turned down An Siyao's idea.
An Siyao was silent for a bit. After Xia Yu finished brushing his teeth, she said carefully, "I could ask my dad or my grandfather for money. How much do you need?"
Use An Siyao's money?
At first, Xia Yu was resistant to the idea, but come to think of it, if he wired money to Xu Youxiang, he'd expose his identity. Yet if An Siyao did it, there would be no issues.
"How much can you get? Just a normal amount, without you sacrificing anything," Xia Yu said.
"Maybe 40, 50 million?" An Siyao sounded unsure.
"..."
I should have thought of this!
"No. I just need around 100 thousand yuan," Xia Yu replied.
Xu Youxiang's price for using her body was 100 thousand yuan.
"Just 100 thousand? My allowance would be enough." An Siyao was happy.
　　
Xia Yu couldn't resist being curious, so he asked, "How much is your allowance?"
"My dad and my grandfather gave me around six million, plus some stocks, some are from Lengliegu Co. Ltd., and..."
"OK, OK, I understand." Stopping An Siyao, Xia Yu thought of his measly 1700 yuan balance. He felt sad.
Why didn't I reincarnate to a rich family?
It didn't have to be as rich as the An family, an ordinary rich family would be great too!
Sighing deeply, Xia Yu washed his face and went back to the bedroom. He wrote down an account number for An Siyao to wire 100 thousand yuan.
The number was for Xu Youxiang's bank card. Xia Yu didn't want any connection with this money.
He wasn't worried about Xu Youxiang not keeping her word after getting the money. She could change her mind, but she couldn't change her body.
Xia Yu could log onto her body at any time.
At eight a.m., after Xia Yu left, An Siyao looked at the bank card number and thought to herself:
This was the first time "he" had left any information.
If "he" didn't say she couldn't investigate it, then she could do something with it, right?
...
Meanwhile, Xia Yu was on his way to school.
He noticed a new piano in his classroom.
The class leader smiled and said, "The wind ensemble club didn't need the piano anymore, so we brought it over. You can play the piano and the violin too. I'll buy you dinner!"
One piano song. One violin song. That sounded doable.
In the teachers' lounge on the fourth floor, two people were playing ping-pong. One of them was the principal.
The principal, who was older, was no match for the middle-aged Chinese teacher. The score was seven to zero.
The Chinese teacher chuckled, "Sir, you need to watch out!"
The principal smiled, "I'm old, I'm old, I can't keep up with you young people anymore."
The principal thought to himself, 'Why won't you cut me a break here! So don't even think that I will give you a break with this year's evaluation, hah!'
"C'mon, let's keep going." The Chinese teacher wanted to play more.
"I'm done. I'm no match for the young ones. Let's go see our kids. See how their day is going." The principal didn't want to lose again.
"Right, my class is doing a violin performance. Are you interested?" The Chinese teacher used the chance to promote his class.
"Violin? What good is that?" The principal sounded jaded. "I heard the wind ensemble got a piano. Let's go hear some piano."
The two men reached the wind ensemble department, only to learn the piano had been returned.
Disappointed, the principal arrived outside Xia Yu's classroom.
He could hear the music before he went inside.
Was this a piano?
He couldn't help stopping.
The song was "Art Gallery of the Changeling."
He was lucky that the song had just started when he arrived.
The smooth preamble made the principal stop and lean on the wall, taking time to appreciate the music. 
The Changeling was supposedly the son of a God who didn't die. The gallery was where he lived, it was isolated from the rest of the world.
In the myth, it was in the middle of wartime. There was bloodshed and turmoil outside, but the gallery was still serene.
Sitting in the corridor of the gallery, looking at the giant maple trees in the yard... As the wind rustled and the bell tolled, blocking out life, death, victories, and defeat, there was a quiet sense of beauty and enlightenment of the soul.
As the last note was played, Xia Yu rested his fingers, preparing to play the violin. A voice came—
"Fantastic!"


[Welcome to the Body Swap Game]
[Here are some important directions:]
[This product is limited to body-swapping with some bodies of the same type.]
[You can one-sidedly forbid someone from entering your body and have the system control your body.]
[The obsession-prevention policy allows a maximum of eight hours of playing a day.]
[Due to an unavoidable bug, you might swap bodies with other species, including but not limited to: cat, fish, roach, etc. Please do not be alarmed, simply wait for the eight hours to end.]
[After a successful swap, you will receive an addition from the system.]
 　　
[The game maker might issue some testing tasks which you could choose to accept.]
[Have fun playing]


So Fa Re, La So Re…
After playing those notes, Feng Bujue jumped back several steps, paying close attention to the changes to his surroundings. Several seconds later, two extremely pale, slender arms reached out from inside the piano lid at an incredibly awkward angle.
There was a Chinese idiom called memorizing everything backward. Perhaps someone might be able to do that in real life, but in any case, Feng Bujue had not witnessed that before and did not even realize what the point of reciting something backward was. However, he was about to bear witness to playing everything backward.
Before the hands started playing, they crossed their fingers and stretched outward. Feng Bujue reacted instantly; this might appear to be an insignificant action, but he understood that it was the 'reaction time' that the game had given the player. If the player was not scared away, now was the time for them to do something.
The piano cries the mournful tune. Do not listen, do not listen… but do clap after the performance. Feng Bujue went over the relevant lyric in his mind, and he got it immediately. He ran to the first row of tables and sat down. He placed the phone next to him, squeezed the flashlight between his knees, and turned to look at the piano.
By then, the hands were ready. They wiggled agilely over the keys before pressing down on the notes. Then, the recital began… The hands danced over the keys, and the arms were twisted at impossible angles. The joints at the elbows were strangely contorted while the fingers felt like they were supercharged with life as they glided and leaped over the keys.
Visually, when the two arms were playing, it was neither beautiful nor fast. If Feng Bujue had to describe it, it was more like ten worms strung onto two hooks, five worms on each, and then the worms were wiggling their bodies, trying to slither away from the hooks.
Whether the song was presentable or not, Feng Bujue had no idea. Even though straggling notes entered his ears, for the most part, he had no idea what the song sounded like. This was because since the arms started playing the first note, Feng Bujue had covered his ears with his hands while rocking his head from side to side, humming loudly to himself, "La la la! La la la! Twinkle twinkle little star…"
After going over the Twinkle Twinkle Little Star song, he sang the Christmas Song at double the speed. In any case, as long as the arms kept playing, he decided to sing these two songs on loop.
About five minutes later, when Feng Bujue was about to sing the children's lullaby for the third time, the two arms stopped playing. The ghost claws floated away from the keys and stopped moving.
Without waiting for a break, Feng Bujue clapped like his life depended on it. He was even shameless enough to cheer and request for an encore.
The owner of the ghost arms appeared to be shocked. The hands that dangled in midair froze for thirty seconds before they reacted. The right hand curled into a fist and waved it around twice like it was expressing some kind of displeasure. Then, the left hand held the lid, while the right hand removed the stand that supported the lid, and finally both hands held the lid as they slowly retreated into the piano, closing the lid as they went in. Overall, it looked like they were bowing down as the curtain fell.
"Main quest progress updated. Explore Ye Jie Elite Academy to resolve the seven supernatural phenomena. Current progress, 2/7"
Hmm… From the looks of it, not all seven of the supernatural phenomenon are lethal. Feng Bujue took his things and stood up. Or perhaps I would have died if I listen to the whole song earlier? Hmm… In a way, I feel like this whole scenario is trying to express the concept that, even among ghosts, there are kind and harmless spirits.
He glanced at the time; it was 00:35:18. About five minutes later, it would be his turn to make the call. He wondered how Passing Rain was doing. Since the system did not announce it, it meant that she was trapped inside the dimension of the thirteenth step. Thankfully, the system did not announce that she was dead either.
This kind of situation where he knew that the girl was in danger but had no idea how she was hanging on influenced Feng Bujue to a certain degree. He opened the game menu to confirm that she was still alive from the 'living' status next to her game ID, even though he knew that the action was pointless.
However, after he opened the menu, there was a surprise find waiting for him. After glancing at the team status, he glanced at the mastery tab and noticed that new masteries had been unlocked. The shadowy area that had appeared after the start of the open beta had half been unlocked. The new mastery was called 'Sorcery', and Feng Bujue currently had it at level F.
Of the two new masteries, Feng Bujue had already unlocked one, but from the name, he knew that it was going to be hard to level up this mastery.
The six masteries during closed beta—general ability, workmanship, sleuthing, fighting, medic, and marksmanship—all looked like more common settings, but this 'sorcery' and the yet to be unlocked mastery were most likely ability related to the supernatural.
Feng Bujue had no idea whether he had unlocked this sorcery mastery when he was dealing with this piano ghost or when he carried the ghost out of the well, but since he had already unlocked it, he could not help but wonder about other things related to it. Would the randomized skill card that he obtained from clearing this scenario be related to sorcery? The mastery sounded like it was specialized against ghosts and spirits, so did that mean it would be useless when facing other monsters and players? Also, would the skills under this school of mastery be effective against things in the physical world?
He stood there thinking for so long that he soon received the warning from the system. If he stayed there any longer, he would be marked as AFKing, so he had no choice but to continue his exploration.
It was soon time for the next call, but the system still had not announced that Passing Rain had passed her quest. Feng Bujue started to get anxious. With one minute left, he started to hesitate over whether to make the call or not.
Passing Rain had to be in a harsh situation. Of all the ghost stories, the story of the 'extra step on the staircase' could be said to be the more popular one and thus probably the most difficult. The lyrics "One two three, four five six… Count your steps going up the stairs, turn around, turn around… before you reach the thirteenth step" were rather meaningless. From the sound of it, by taking the thirteenth step, a fatal event would be triggered.
But earlier, when Passing Rain was talking with Feng Bujue, she had also been counting the steps. Perhaps she had been distracted by him and taken the thirteenth step without realizing it. She also did not expect that, in a building with seven floors, she would come across this staircase with thirteen steps so soon on the second floor.
At the time, Feng Bujue's concern was, if Passing Rain was caught in a tough spot, then there was a high chance she would not be able to answer the call, and that would mark her as the responsible party. Then, she would be dropped into greater trouble for the next fifteen minutes, adding insult to injury.
So, if I don't make this call, I'll become the responsible party and suffer the haunting of the ghosts. But in that case, at least additional danger won't be shouldered by Passing Rain. She will be spared.
Just as he was hesitating, time was up.
 


This is a game beyond dimension–the pursuit of truth. 
The unknown seal, the gambit between gods and demons… 
The defiance against data, the retribution of human… 
In a virtual world connected with reality, consciousness dictates us, consciousness chooses us, and consciousness dictates our consciousness. 
Now, throw away you fear. 
Throw away your selfish interest, question, and disbelief… Free your thought. 
Welcome to Thriller Paradise. 
Feng Bujue lost his ability to fear because of an unknown psychological disorder. Through a virtual reality game designed for players to experience fright and despair, he began his search for his lost fear. Could he finally regain his ability to fear? Could he outwit the scenarios presented to him? Could he finally uncover the truth hidden inside Thriller Paradise?  


After cleaning up his Mic Gear, and ZCube, Daniel then returned to his seat, he then programmed the stream to show the computer again.

"What should I play next?" Daniel smiled at the camera.

Daniel read the comments.

"Oh?" Daniel said. "League of Legends? Are you sure?" Daniel asked.

Almost all of them said yes.

"As you wish." Daniel said to the camera.

He then launched LoL.

"What position should I play?"

The comments were divided, ADR (Attack Damage Ranged), Top, Mid, Jungle, even Support.

"I guess I'll play mid then." Daniel said as he decided.

"Wait, what server should I play?" Daniel asked. 

There were many League of Legends server in the current generation, numbering 25 because of the over billion players it had now. League of Legends became more popular because of Daniel's videos, and now had over a billion players, getting one of the top spots of the S-Ranked games, and the Global Game Rankings.

"1st Server? Okay then." Daniel said. "It's probably the only server I can play right now..."

The servers were now according to the difficulty, the 1st Server is also known as the Server of the Gods, where all the top ranked players play. After the 15.1 update, when League of Legends already had over a billion players, the Server Rankings were created.

All the Bronze-Ranked players last season started on the 25th to 23rd Server. All the Silver-Ranked players started on the 22nd to 19th Server. All the Gold-Ranked players started on the 18th to 15th server, while the Platinum-Ranked players started on the 15th, 14th, and 13th server.

The Diamond-Ranked started on the 12th server, the Master-Ranked players started on the 11th server, while the Challenger-Ranked players, which were increased from 100 to 500 places in the 13th season, started on the 10th server.

Of course, there were disadvantages, as to move on to the next server tier (25th to 23rd as Bronze Tier, 22nd to 19th as Silver Tier, 18th to 15th as Gold Tier, 15 to 13th as Platinum Tier, 12th as the Diamond Tier, 11th Tier are the Masters Tier, 10th Tier are the Challengers Tier), one must be at least Master-Ranked in the previous servers. At first, the game was chaotic because of the number of people in the servers, but it soon became peace as each player tried their best to climb to the next Server Tier.

However, the gods of the previous version of LoL were troubled, to move on to the next server tiers, they had to get at least Master on the 9th Server up until the 1st Server. The server tiers were different from the 9th to the 1st Server, as they are called the Nine Layers of Heavens Server. The 9th Server is called the Server of the Nobles, the 8th Server was called the Server of the Royalty, the 7th Server was called the Server of Princes and Princesses, the 6th Server was called the Server of the Crowned Princes and Princesses, the 5th Server was called the Server of the Dukes and Duchesses, the 4th Server was called the Server of the Kings, the 3rd Server was called the Server of the Emperors, the 2nd Server was called the Server of the Saints, and the 1st Server, was called the Server of the Gods.

Of course, all the players of LoL can play on servers below their current server rank, but Daniel only ever played on the 1st to the 10th server as he is always on the Challenger tier before even the Server Ranking Systems began.

Then, Daniel logged into the 1st Server. He then queued up for a game, he was still the 1st place Challenger in the Server of the Gods of course.

While the game was queued, Daniel talked with the audience

"So, how was the stream so far, guys? Is it good? I'm not a bad streamer, right?" Daniel asked.

Many people replied no, he was not, there were some trolls who replied yes you are with a grinning face on the side, and there were some haters who still hated on him.

Then the topic shifted onto music. The fans were asking Daniel what kind of music he's into.

"Mhmm... Myriad Serenity's music. They're pretty popular here in the Philippines, and I like all their music. I even went to their concert yesterday, and performed onstage because of being suddenly called. I also got to meet them personally after the concert, yes, a backstage interview." Daniel laughed as he trivially said.

Then he said in Hangul, "Oh, for you Koreans out there, thanks for watching this stream even if you can't understand what I'm saying in English. Oh, no, you might misunderstand, I'm not saying that you guys are stupid, I'm just thankful that even if some of you don't understand English, you still watch this. Kansahamnida (Thank you in Hangul)."

He then said in Nihongo, "Thank you as well for the Japanese out there who are watching me, I thank you for your support even if sometimes you can't understand my English. Sigh, you might misunderstand as well, no, I'm not saying you are stupid, I'm just saying that I'm thankful for you guys that you're still watching this, even if some of you don't understand what I'm saying when I'm speaking English. I'm really thankful."

Then in Mandarin, "As for you Chinese people, thank you as well. Although our countries had some difficulties, misunderstandings, and disputes in the past, that was history. I want to thank you all Chinese people for watching this stream even if some of you don't understand what I'm saying in English. Oh, you might misunderstand as well, but no, I'm not belittling you guys that cannot speak English, it's natural to not know how to speak English because of the complicated and myriads of Chinese characters in the Mandarin language, I just wanted to thank all of you."

Daniel smiled as he continued his thanks.

In French this time, "Thank you all for the French people watching out there. Thanks for the support, I know that many of you understands English, but I know that some of you also can't understand. Thank you all of the support even if you can't understand English, and still watch."

This time, Daniel knew that his words cannot be misunderstood that's why he did not give clarification at the end.

Now, it was in German, "Hello German people, I want to thank you for the support as well as I did to other nationalities, thanks for the support, really. I know that many of you can understand English, and many of you who can't, but still watch this stream even if you can't understand English, I sincerely thank you for the support."

And now, Russian, "Hello, Russian people. As surprising as it may be, yes, a Filipino can speak Russian. Thank you for all the support, even if some of you guys can't understand the English language. I know that you guys still watch this stream even if you don't understand the things that I'm saying, that's why I'm thanking you guys in your mother tongue. I sincerely thank you."

He also said thanks in the Filipino language, as well as dialects in the Philippines.

The audience was shocked, Kyle was shocked, Vince was shocked, the members of Myriad Serenity currently watching Daniel's stream (Which all of them joined in after a while) were shocked, and the whole world was shocked.

They were all silent. Daniel was multilingual, can dance, and sing perfectly, even doing both at the same time, and he can play like a god. What in the world is this guy!?

What. The. F*ck. This is the only reactions of the over a billion people currently watching the stream.

And of course, the Koreans, Japanese, Germans, Russians, Chinese, French, and Filipinos were all shocked and couldn't react to Daniel's words in their mother tongue. This guy can speak Hangul!? The Koreans thought. This guy can speak Nihongo!? The Japanese people thought. And so on and so forth.

Meanwhile, Daniel was oblivious to these reactions, and casually played League of Legends, which was now done queuing up, and was currently in the game.

He was assigned to the mid position, and picked a champion.

"Who should I play?" Daniel asked.

Many comments were also saying many different things, some saying Veigar, some Ahri, some Zed, some says new champions that have been added, like Rigor, and Hurring.

"Let's play some Zed then." Daniel said, he did not ban anyone.

Then the game started as he played Zed, which was not banned.

...

After about 18 minutes, Daniel's creep score is already 396, while his KDA is 18/0/27. This was an extremely high record for someone who's in the 1st Server Challenger Rank! Truly worthy of the title of number one LoL player in the world. His lane was already pushed to the enemy inhibitor, and his top lane was pushed to the second tower, as the bot lane has already destroyed the inhibitor.

Then, they all proceeded to clash in the mid lane.

Of course, Daniel played gracefully. He first targeted the enemy Teemo, then the Ahri, then the Master Yi, then the Quinn, and after that, Thresh.

He actually got a Pentakill in an instant!

His KDA was now 23/0/27.

The chat in his stream, as well as in the game says GG. He was too fed, and nobody can kill nor even damage him because of his enormous lifesteal although his health was pretty low after the clash.

He played four more games, support after this game, then jungle, then top lane, then adc.

"Okay, what game are we gonna play next?" After all, all his games actually finished after 20-30 minutes, and he was only streaming for a little over three hours.

"We're gonna stream until five hours, hehehe. This is the last games we're gonna play, so choose wisely!" Daniel smiled.

Then someone actually said Guitar Hero!

"Want me to play Guitar Hero? Or Piano Champions?" Daniel asked.

However, most of the audience rejected it. Daniel already knows how to dance, sing, and speak so many language, how can he play Guitar Hero or Piano Champions?

The haters also hated on Daniel and said that he better not play Piano Champions or Real Guitar Hero because he's never gonna be able to play it.

"Oho, some haters are questioning my Piano Champions and Real Guitar Hero capabilities." Daniel smirked.

"I guess we gotta show 'em, eh?" Daniel said in a smile.

The experts said that Daniel was being too arrogant and he was biting more than he can chew. However, they also felt an impending sense of doom, like a major slapping will happen.

The die-hard fans suppressed the anti-fans and criticized them.

"Wait, let me do something..." Daniel did something on his computer, and switched the stream to a camera that can be held, which was placed on his table.

Daniel then held the camera like he's vlogging, "Can you guys see me?"

Daniel also held his phone on the right hand as he was holding the camera on his left hand. "Oh, wait, let me do this..." Daniel put down the camera and phone as he programmed the screen to show a...

Black screen?

Only Daniel knew that he connected the stream to another of his phone in his pocket.

"Okay then, let's go down..." Daniel said as he 'toured' the audience around his house.

Daniel then went down his basement, and opened a room where drums, piano, and a guitar can be seen.

"Welcome to the Musical Room! Wait, I definitely should rename that... Maybe Recording Studio, or Music Recording Studio? Meh, let's just call it Musical Room." Daniel said.

"Okay..." Daniel walked to the piano. "I'll play Piano Champions first, then Real Guitar Hero with the real guitar, and then Upbeat. Three songs each." Daniel still smiled.

He then initiated Piano Champions on his other phone that was programmed to stream, and attached it to the piano he had.

As I said, everything is possible in gaming nowadays, the Piano Champions was possible because of this technology.

Daniel then put his camera down facing him on the stand that was already in the Musical Room for music videos.

He then warmed up his fingers by placing it on the piano.

"Ahh, nostalgic times..." Daniel said with a smile of longing on his face. His mother was a great pianist, and always played, and even sang to him when he was a kid. He almost teared up, but this was a stream, he pulled back the tears that were threatening to get out, and suddenly played a song.

The phone that was facing him still had the interface of Piano Champions, however, he was already playing a song.

The piano playing was crude, but it still sounded like a pretty good pianist, average though.

Daniel finished warming up. "Okay, time to play the real one then..." Daniel said to the camera as he chose a piano game.

After three Piano Champions game.

The audience was stunned, in fact, everyone was stunned. Daniel can actually play the piano!

The hardest one in Piano Champions, namely, Aphrodite, was completed by Daniel with an S-Rank!

What the... It was said that Aphrodite can't even be completed by expert Pianists, and the actual number of players who completed Aphrodite with an S-Rank can be counted on one hand!

"Then, Real Guitar Hero next, eh?" Daniel smiled at the audience.

The audience was once again stunned. They were anxious, can Daniel really play Real Guitar Hero as well as he played Piano Champions?

Daniel picked up the guitar and took the camera that was with him, and went up to his recording studio. He then plugged his ZCube and connected the guitar to the ZCube. 

This guitar was bought for two purposes, for him to learn guitar, and to use for the Real Guitar Hero game. With the evolution of games, naturally, the Real Guitar Hero game also evolved, and it became an extremely good game for musicians as it simulated real guitar playing and needed a custom made Real Guitar Hero guitar, which is the guitar that Daniel is currently holding. Of course, although the custom made Real Guitar Hero guitar is expensive, it can also be used as an electric guitar, which is why it's good to have.

Daniel then played three songs, even completing the hardest one currently with a 100 percent, Iceberg.

After that Daniel also played Upbeat, and surprised the audience once again. No, actually, at this point on, they were not surprised on Daniel's capabilities anymore, they were numb to it. He also completed the hardest, Rising Darkness, which is an extremely fast song, in his musical room.

All of the streamers, and professional drummers, pianists, and guitarists who watched Daniel's stream were shocked. They played Aphrodite, Iceberg, and Rising Darkness, but cannot even complete it because it's too hard, and fast. Yet here was Daniel, playing casually, heck, he didn't even flinch while playing and casually chatted with the chat as well as commentate!

What the hell is this guy made of!?

Then, Daniel said his goodbyes.

"Goodbye guys. This was a fruitful stream." Daniel said goodbye in all the languages he knew as well.

Then he turned off his stream.

Kyle was shocked. He never knew that Daniel can play those games so well! He never truly knew, because Daniel never uploaded it, nor did he play those games in his WatchTube channel!

Vince was shocked by the growth of Daniel! When they were kids, Daniel was not this good at video games, he was good, but that was all! What the heck... He should've expected it once he heard that Daniel really was Phantom God.

The audience was also shocked! So this was the Phantom God!? The number one of the Thirteen Gaming Divinities? No! He should be called The God Of Gaming instead!

What the... Don't tell me he can also play sports if it's introduced in virtual reality...

Wait, can he!?

That was the thought of one fan, and many fans thought of the same thing, or something along those lines.

However, the one who was really, and very much shocked was the Myriad Serenity members! So this was your passion that you were saying? Gaming? You even mentioned us in your debut? What the...

You were our fanboy!? You didn't even looked excited when you met us! But they really misunderstood, Daniel never said he was their fanboy, but their music was something he's into.

Myriad Serenity's members were speechless by this development. The one they questioned, and invited to join their company was the Phantom God. THE Phantom God?

How coincidental is that? Fate is definitely playing with them.

...

After the stream, Daniel cooked food for himself as he was hungry. He haven't eaten his lunch yet, and now he was gonna eat a scrumptious feast once again. It was chicken wings, rice, and side dishes. However, the chicken wings had a recipe that Daniel created himself, and the side dishes, buttered corn and carrots, were also made by his recipe.

If a regular person were to smell Daniel's cooking, and a 5-star Michelin Restaurant's Chef after, they would say that Daniel's cooking skills are superior!

A man who can cook, can speak multiple languages, a god of gaming, independent, rich, was definitely the man of many dreams of girls. However, sadly, Daniel was...

Not yet looking for a girl. It's not that he's asexual or gay, it's just that he hasn't found a girl who made his heart beat extremely fast yet, and he never felt the feeling of love for a girl after his parents died.

He only focused on stabilizing his life, and his career!

He wanted to find a girl who can make his heart beat! Even Myriad Serenity's members, who were treated as Goddesses by their fans, never made his heart beat, and Daniel never looked at them except when he listened to their songs!

If the Myriad Serenity members knew this, they would definitely try to kill Daniel right here and then.

Daniel then proceeded what he did for a whole day every day. Gaming. Then after hours of gaming, he slept.

...

On the news, Daniel was trending, however, nobody except for those close to him, and those that met him knew his name, for example, Kyle, Vince, his relatives, and Myriad Serenity, as well as people from his school.

Of course, it wasn't hard to find out Daniel's identity once they knew his face. The media, Gaming Channel, which was controlled by the IGO, immediately reported Daniel's identity.

Well, Daniel would allow it, after all, it's the future, and sooner or later, they would find out his identity. He quietly slept as the fuss was getting larger and larger because of his actions.

His gaming skill was impeccable and truly deserving of the title The Strongest of the Thirteen Gaming Divinities!

"So this is the strongest of us, huh?" A man in a room in an unknown country said as he laughed.

The man was Thunderbird, the second of the Thirteen Gaming Divinities.

Meanwhile, Daniel was getting so many calls at his phone after he woke up. It was from his old classmates.

"How the hell did they even get my number?" Daniel was baffled by the calls. He never gave his number to anyone except Kyle, yet so many calls were coming in. Even his relatives never knew his number, what the...

Daniel was speechless. Of course, he answered all of it. His old classmates congratulated him, and also greeted him. Some invited him to dinner, while some girls tried to admit their 'true' feelings of love and affection towards Daniel.

Daniel of course calmly replied to all the calls.

Daniel Rodrigo is just your average handsome teenager shut-in hardcore gamer. Or is he? His body is slender, and his hands are as well. He had curly hair, and had black eyes. His height is very tall for a filipino, and his face is devilish. He has an introverted personality, and has no friends in real life whatsoever. 

But, under his introverted shell, his 'name' reverberates all throughout the world. He has never divulged this secret to others, and never became arrogant. He is the legendary Phantom God of many games. This name took the gaming world by storm. Red Alert, League of Legends, StarCraft, Crossfire, Arena of Valor, Fortnite: Battle Royale, Blade and Soul, Realm Royale, Mobile Legends, Overwatch, Paladins, Street Fighter V, Call of Duty, Splatoon, Monster Hunter: World, and many more. The Phantom God brings fear to those in the gaming world. Of course, no one knows who the player behind Phantom God is, as he haven't participated in any competition at all, yet.

Join Daniel Rodrigo in his path to becoming the legendary god of the gaming world.

"Jiang Xiying, our lives now are completely two sides of the same coin. There's no need to disturb each other. You Know Me. I like the Peaceful Paparazzi. If I get another photo, shouldn't I be famous again? " She was helpless. Many things were not her original intention.
In the dark, her position was also very good. She avoided the blind spots of the cameras. When she came out, she paid attention to not letting her face into the camera. She kept her head down all the way.
"Lin, no, Shui Shui, do we really have no chance to start? Or is it because of my current identity that you care? " He felt that his current identity made her worry.
Qian Shuishui shook her head and reached out to surrender "Don't think too much. We are really not suitable for each other anymore. I have a boyfriend, my own life, a family, and family. I cherish them very much. You are now a popular celebrity. Your life is under the light. There are Paparazzi following you at any time to expose you. As for me, I'm just a commoner. I only watch celebrities from afar and don't think too much about them. "with your involvement, my life has changed a lot. Do you understand? "
"I understand, but can you give me a chance? " "I'm afraid I really don't want this. " "I'm quitting the entertainment industry. I'm willing to quit the entertainment industry for you. I don't care what others say. ". "Once I quit the entertainment industry, it's illegal for the Paparazzi to continue chasing me. I can sue them until they don't dare to come. " He had already prepared everything.
Qian Shuishui shook her head and said firmly, "I have a boyfriend. "
"I know. "
"then you should give up if you know. I don't want to have any problems with my boyfriend because of you. Love doesn't allow a third party. I hope you can understand. Go in. Don't stay here. " She walked in front and turned her head "Wait here for a few minutes before you go in. Don't go in together. It will cause misunderstandings. "
"Okay. "
He stared at Qian Shuishui's back and waited for Qian Shuishui to leave before he left as well.
Song Weiji looked for Shui Shui. "where's Qian Shuishui? Where did she go? "
"Did she go to the bathroom? " Liu Xiaoru asked.
"does she know where the bathroom is in the Assembly Hall? Could she have gotten lost? " Song Weiji was a little worried.
"No, I don't know. She would definitely ask. " Qian Zhian felt that his sister was not that stupid.
When Qian Shuishui returned, Song Weiji revealed a worried look. "I thought you got lost and was going to look for you. "
"I'm fine. I just went out for a walk to get some fresh air, " Qian Shuishui said with a smile.
The host arranged a performance and then asked the new couple to perform. They could play musical instruments and sing. Anyway, they were improvising on the spot.
A couple's duet was full of loopholes. It was either that they couldn't follow up the lyrics or that the male and female parts sang incorrectly. There was laughter below, and the atmosphere was very good.
Soon, Song Weiji was drawn.
Song Weiji was very helpless. He looked at Qian Shuishui. "Shuishui, what should we do? We're two now. What should we do? You tell me. I know the piano, and my vocal music is not bad. Or I can recite poetry. That's easier. "
Qian Shuishui was also helpless. "Are you familiar with the piano? "
"Very. I've been in primary school. If you know other musical instruments, I can cooperate with you. Do you know it? " He looked at Qian Shuishui in surprise. She probably knew a kind of musical instrument.
Qian Shuishui was a little embarrassed. "Yes, I do. I only know Erhu and piano. I can only play little star. "
"Erhu. I don't know if they have this musical instrument. It's rather unpopular. " He was very surprised that Qian Shuishui knew such a national musical instrument. It didn't quite match her appearance. He felt that the piano was more suitable. "How about this? You play little star, and I'll play along with you. Anyway, this is just a game. "
He brought Qian Shuishui over
The host introduced, "Freshman, new student of the musical instrument department, Song Weiji. I'll have to trouble you to introduce him. "
"She's my friend, Qian Shuishui. She's from the Beijing University of Technology. She's not familiar with the piano, so I hope everyone will be more tolerant when we perform later, " Song Weiji introduced jokingly Everyone immediately had a good impression of this group.
"Qian Shuishui? " The female host suddenly looked at Qian Shuishui.
Qian Shuishui nodded and looked over. "Haha, I'm also an Erhu student. I know you. My teacher told me about you. I even saw your photo. No wonder you look so familiar. "
The others didn't understand. "What's going on? "
"Qian Shuishui is a student of a good friend of my teacher. She's an Erhu student like me. My teacher showed me a video of Shui Shui playing an Erhu Solo. It's pretty good. After all, my teacher is Hu Zhihai, a first-class Erhu student in our country. " The female host had a good impression of Qian Shuishui "I actually have an Erhu here. Do you want to try it? ''


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

It's November 15, 2018. The eve of our school's annual homecoming reunion where all the batches from past years (they must be alive and well to be there, of course) are invited. Batch 1993 are the hosts this year and we, batch 1994, are hosting the event next year. Do I want to go? Hell yeah. Do I want to be there?

When I look back with my life, I just can't imagine why I'm kinda stuck in this situation. I'm turning 41 this year and I don't have a job, no bank account, no savings, no car, no investments, heck i dont even have money on my wallet. I'm broke, I'm fat, I'm a loser... But, I also keep asking myself, am I happy?  It's almost 2pm and I'm still hesitating to go. What will I say to them? What would they say to me when if I told them what happened to me? 

"Son!", with my mom's voice echoing through our small apartment, growing even louder as the minute goes by. Its 5:30 am. "5 minutes," I say to myself. "Rob, it's already 6am! get your ass off the bed right now!" She extensively repeats calling me out of the bed while making me and my sister breakfast. Oh, my mom is the best. She's so sweet, loving, caring. She's the best cook ever, she never swears, and she's very persistent and a very hardworking person. I missed her so much. It was 1990, and I'm about to graduate from grade school. 

During those times, what I really wanted as a graduation gift is a brand new Family Computer (its a Japanese Nintendo game console) which I can play Super Mario Bros, Tetris, Super Contra, etc. I just love playing video games. I was living with my dad and grandmom from the 1st grade to the 5th grade and I never had that privilage of owning nintendo for myself. I just watched and played that with my friends and if I get lucky, I borrowed that console from my friend Don for a few days. He is such a nice friend. 

My parents separated when I was just 5 yrs old, although I can remember some snippets from that time,  I basically don't remember anything. I just remembered me and my sister were living with my Dad and during weekends, my Mom will visit us. My Grandmom forced me to learn the piano at age 6 and I really hated it. Sunday mornings are my piano lessons and my favorite TV show, Voltes V (Japanese Anime) is happening at the same time. Who doesn't love spaceships and cars merging together to form one giant robot, that has a laser sword? Anyway, I learned to play the Piano and they say I'm good at it. That's what they say, my relatives, of course. 

I have 4 uncles, my Dad's brothers, and they all sing in our local choir. I have a favorite, his name is Manuel, and he sings very well, plays the piano and the guitar, and he is just about 15yrs older than me. He's so talented and awesome. I idolized him. I hate playing the piano but everytime there were choir rehersals on our house and hears him sing and play at the same time, I fell in love with music. I wished I could be as talented as him. I just kept practicing, about an hour everyday, but my grandmom will often say, "you will not leave this house and play with your friends unless you finished playing all these piano pieces", which sucks by the way. She yells at me if I stopped for a 5 minute break. I missed granny. She's just so sweet and caring eventhough she does not show much of her emotions.

  After leaving the plane of the Republic of China, Jun Xiaowei returned to the virtual space, but Wen Luo still did not appear. Fortunately, for the current Jun Xiaowei, the energy to go to the mission plane is enough, and it does not need to be asked. It is just that there is no question and no main plot. However, for Jun Xiaowei, it is not bad. Anyway, I am cannon fodder, and will not have too much overlap with the male and female masters.
    This time, Jun Xiao opened his eyes slightly, and the first reaction was that he had worn the Xianxia plane again. But the memory of the original owner resolved this doubt for her. She is now in a modern world, but she is now in a holographic online game called "Fengyun Tianxia".
    According to the memory of the original owner, the original owner was a sophomore military academy, and by chance he entered the game "Fengyun Tianxia", and then met a player called Sheng Yisheng in the game. The nightmare begins here. This life is an undercover agent sent by the enemy country. I play this game because I want to hook up with the little princess of China, but there are too many knights around the princess. The identity of the original owner-the granddaughter of the founding father of China. Then he changed his mind and hooked up with the original owner.
    After that, the Jun family was revealed to have colluded with the enemy country to treason, and the acquaintance between the original owner and the whole life became evidence. The Jun family was destroyed. The original owner's wish is to find the true traitor, find out his life's worries, catch him, and become a true soldier. The original owner really loves the career of a soldier, but because of treason, he was dropped out of school in his sophomore year. Become a regret before the death of the original owner.
    After accepting the memory, Jun Xiaowei knew that this was probably the time when he had just begun to hook up with the original owner. "Wind and Cloud World" is a holographic online game that simulates the world of Xianxia. There are six races: God, Demon, Demon, Ghost, Beast, and Human. under.
    Jun Xiaowei hasn't thought of a countermeasure, and the plot develops as planned. A group of protoss appeared in front of him. The races in "Fengyun Tianxia" are relative, and ultimately they are for a certain race to unify the world. Among them, the demons and the gods have the strongest strength. Although the opportunity for the war has not yet arrived, both the gods and the demons have been adhering to the idea that one less is one, and they have already begun to tear.
    "Hey, you see there is a single Demon Race over there." A protoss girl said to herself. Then Jun Xiaowei received the fiery eyes of a group of Protoss. "Level 68, not very high." Someone said nonchalantly, "Xiao Nai, you can do it alone." ID Xiao Nai's 70-level protoss girl heard it, and immediately raised her weapon forward. Without a word, he attacked Jun Xiaowei.
    The gods were full of confidence, but they didn't see the cold light flashing in Jun Xiaowei's eyes. Hand up the knife and drop, absolutely kill in seconds. The Protoss who thought they would win easily were muted. Jun Xiaowei took out his weapon again. When she saw that it was a piano, she was stunned for a moment, just for a moment, her mind moved, and her hand stroking the piano was extremely fast. One after another big killer moves, the dazzling light burst.
    World Announcement: The Demon Race player completes the task of slaughtering five people in ten seconds with a smile and obtains the title of Killer Witch.
    World:
    Silent: I am going, who is this laughing Qingcheng? Leapfrogging and killing five people in ten seconds!
    The waves are blossoming: Isn't it the trumpet of the great god?
    A ton of sugar: The point is not this good cut! The point is the title, the title! This is the first person in this server! !
    You are a silly X: What is the use of this title?
    A ton of sugar: You don't even know this! ! Have you ever seriously understood Fengyun Tianxia!
    Bai Xiaosheng: The so-called title is the proof of becoming a king in the future. There are only three people in a race. Not surprisingly, this Smile Allure will be one of the representatives of the world united against the demons.
    You are a silly X: So cheating! !
    A ton of sugar: That's right!
    Silently: Ask weakly, who are the five protoss killed?
    I am a star: This is too embarrassing for the gods, the level is high, and there are five people who can't beat a demon. Still a spike! The future of the Protoss is worrying.
    Fisherman and peasant girl: If you have the ability, go, just talk and don't make cool words.
    ...
    Discussions in the world are in full swing, and the five Protoss who were killed in a flash have a dumbfounded look. Let me go, are they still human? Oh no, she is not a human! This demon girl is too powerful, no wonder she dared to go out alone. Pity them, they are all ashamed.

The goddess jun xiaowei travels through the three thousand worlds, fights against the heavens, fulfills the wish of the cannon fodder in order to save the sweetheart, and collects the soul of the emperor yan ge. A joke became her faith, but when he returned, she left. He didn't know the significance of her existence to him, he only knew that she was the only one left in his memory. You have teased me, how could I let you go easily.
 "There is no such thing as nothing in this world, as long as I love you." A deeper love than deep love is that even if I don’t understand love, I understand you.
 (The body and mind are clean and absolutely clean. They are each other's first love. I hope you don’t get too entangled in Chapter 1. That is foreshadowing.) 
heroine Gao Lengmeng, are you ready for the male god.
Author: Shu Jiu

(Laila's POV)


It's been 3 years since I was reincarnated in this world called Forbidden Love: Infatuation. In that short amount of time, I am ashamed to say that I underestimated may passive ability called [Growth].

{Name: Laira Fiora

Age: 3 years old

Level: 60

HP: 1,000

MP: 6,000

Magic: Air (common), Lightning (rare), Alchemy (legendary), Time (forgotten), Star (unique)

Abilities: [Growth], [Decipher], [Eidetic Memory], [Magic Sense], [Gifted Hands]

Titles: [Reincarnated], [God's Messenger], [Daughter of Fiora family], [Starling], [Prodigy], [Musician]}

{Gifted hands: passive ability that lets the person become great at everything they do using their hands such as cooking, origami, etc.}

Because of the ability gifted hands, I earned the title Musician because I learned how to play piano at the age of 2. I don't know how I earned that ability though... Maybe God heard my prayer of being able to play instruments...

Anyway, today is the day I finally turn three, and since I am already fluent in speaking, it's also my date of debut. This happened is supposed to happen later in the game when I reach the age of 5, but since I'm a reincarnated person I learn things more faster than a normal kid.

Today, my parents decided that I will play for the crowd. I decided to play Musician from D.Gray Man and Shelter Piano ver. covered by Juby Phonic. Shelter is actually dedicated to my past life's family.

In all honesty, I'm super nervous about performing, especially since some of the capture targets will be there. But this is for my family's reputation and for my previous family. I wore a light pink dress that looks like Mavis's from Fairy Tail, my hair is in pigtails tied with pink bows, and wore pink shoes.

Going out of my room, I headed towards the main room where my party is held. When mom and dad saw me, they seem to blush and hug me.

"Our daughter is so cute!" dad says.

"Boys will definitely stare at her!" mom says while laughing in a joking manner, but dad seems to take it seriously.

"No way I'm letting those hormonal boys get near my baby girl!" dad said while hugging me protectively.

"Papa! I want to get married one day just like you and mama!" I told him in amusement to his reaction towards boys and me. Papa froze and began sulking in a corner.

"My daughter wants to get married? What if that boy hurts her?" papa murmurs while poking a mushroom that somehow grew in the corner.

'Wah! It's the legendary emo corner!' I thought as I stare in amazement. Mama chuckle at the two of us. 

"Now now, let's all calm down. The guests are waiting for us." mama reminds us. Now its my turn to freeze. I didn't realize that I was this nervous till I'm in front of the door. "Are you nervous?" mama asks me gently, and I nodded.

"It's okay though, because I have you and papa with me!" I smile at them. 

We entered the room and all eyes were on us. I almost froze over again, but luckily kept my composure and we went in front of everyone.

(3rd Person's POV)

All eyes were on the Fiora family as they entered the room. They all stare in amazement at the handsome and beautiful duchess. But what caught their attention the most is the daughter, Laira Fiora. The rumored prodigy is quite cute and they can't help but stare at her innocent, angelic face. But unknown to them, underneath is a mischievous personality that can only be shown towards those close to her.

"Welcome everyone! Thank you for coming to my daughter's birthday party. I know that her debut is a bit early, but she's already almost fluent in speaking." Cenehard introduces his daughter.

"Good morning everyone! My name is Laira Fiora. Thank you very much for coming to my party, I hope that you enjoy your time here." Laira spoke and curtsied.

"Wow! She actually spoke fluently at that age."

"I guess the rumored prodigy is true after all..."

Laira blushes heavily as people kept on praising her. She wasn't really used to being praised so much due to people staying away from her in her past life. Unknown to her, 5 prodigies are watching her with interest.

"A-as thanks for your participation, I will play two songs using piano." Laira said, stuttering a bit due to her starting to feel shy. Murmurs are heard as the guests are surprised, even the prodigies haven't learned how to play intruments yet and have just finished their studies for their language.

Laira ignores the stares and went to the piano near a window. She sat down and felt sweat roll down on her back from her nervousness. She took a deep breath, calming her nerves and she began to play.

"Soshite bouya wa nemuri ni tsuita

Ikizuku hai no naka no honoo hitotsu futatsu to

ukabu fukurami itoshii yokogao

Daichi ni taruru ikusen no yume yume

 

Gin no hitomi no yuragu yoru ni

umare-ochita kagayaku omae

Ikuoku no toshitsuki ga 

ikutsu inori wo

tsuchi e kaeshitemo

 

Watashi wa inori tsuzukeru

Douka kono ko ni ai wo

Tsunaida te ni kiss wo"

 

Everyone stares in amazement as the Fiora prodigy plays and sings gracefully, her voice sounding like an angel, calming their minds.

'Such a pretty voice...'

'How calming...'

'This is... a lullaby...'

"Soshite bouya wa nemuri ni tsuita

Ikizuku hai no naka no honoo hitotsu futatsu to

ukabu fukurami itoshii yokogao

Daichi ni taruru ikusen no yume yume"

 

'What is this feeling..?'

'She's like an angel...'

"Gin no hitomi no yuragu yoru ni

umare-ochita kagayaku omae  

Ikuoku no toshitsuki ga 

ikutsu inori wo

tsuchi e kaeshitemo

 

Watashi wa inori tsuzukeru

Douka kono ko ni ai wo

Tsunaida te ni kiss wo

 

Watashi wa inori tsuzukeru

Douka kono ko ni ai wo

Tsunaida te ni kiss wo"

 

Claps were heard and Laira blushes heavily. The 5 prodigies all laugh silently when they noticed how flustered the musician is. Laira puts her hand on the piano once again, everyone became silent, eagerly waiting for another amazing performance.   

"I could never find the right way to tell you

Have you noticed I've been gone?

(Be)'cause I left behind the home that you made me

But I will carry it along

 

And it's a long way forward, so trust in me

I'll give them shelter, like you've done for me

And I know I'm not alone, you'll be watching over us

Until you're gone"

 

As Laira sings, she thinks of her previous family. She relieves her memories as a child playing with her siblings, watching with her parents, she remembers their family bonding.

"When I'm older, I'll be silent beside you

I know words won't be enough

And they won't need to know the names or our faces

But they will carry on for us

 

And it's a long way forward, so trust in me

I'll give them shelter like you've done for me

And I know I'm not alone, you'll be watching over us

Until you're gone"

 

Laira then remembers the day she was called to the office. It was announced there that her family who was coming to pick her up was involved in an accident and died. She remembers the pain and sadness she experienced that day. But she stayed strong for them and now she has a new family, and she just wants to thank her previous family for everything they've done for her.

'Even if those memories makes me sad, I've got to go forward believing in the future. Even when I realize my loneliness and I'm about to lose all hope. Those memories makes me stronger. I'm not alone... Because of you... Thank you...'

"Yeah, it's a long way forward, trust in me

I'll give them shelter like you've done for me

And I know, I'm not alone, you'll be watching over us

Until..."

 

The guests all clap as they felt the song with so much emotion. Laira stood up and curtsied facing her guests. "Thank you for listening."

After the performance, guests began congratulating the duke and duchess for having such an amazing kid and praising Laira, making her all shy again. After a while, Laira decided to eat something so she went to where the food is served.

What she thought to be a peaceful snack time is immediately ruined when she noticed 5 familiar boys coming closer to her. 'Holy shit... 5 capture targets all at the same time? God, do you hate me or something?' Laira can't help but question the divine being that reincarnated her.

"Greetings lady Laira. I am Prince Maximus Okufayo. I must say, your performance is quite astonishing." Maximus is a young boy with pinkish white hair and red eyes. He is known to be the tsundere in the game and reminds many fans of Subaru Sakamaki from Diabolik Lovers.

"I agree. You were amazing Laira-sama! Ah! I almost forgot, I'm Kibou Loria." Kibou is a cheerful boy with red hair and red eyes. He is known for being optimistic and his cheerfulness. Although he can be serious when needed.

"I'm Carwyn Crystal." Carwyn is a blue haired boy with blue eyes known for being emotionless most of the time.

"I'm Cyrus Gaia. Pleasure to meet you, milady." Cyrus is known for being bright like his blonde hair and blue eyes. He is optimistic, mischievous, and confident.

"I'm Hotaru Flamia. Happy birthday lady Laira." Hotaru is a young boy with blonde hair and dark blue eyes. He is known for being the most gentle capture target in the game.

'Why do all 5 main capture targets have to meet me all at once?! How could this happen?' Laira panics in her head, but kept a calm facade. "It's nice to meet you all. I'm Laira Fiora, as you already know. Thank you very much for attending my party." Laira said as she curtsies.

"May I ask where did you learn those music? I have never heard of those songs before. Did you perhaps invent them?" Hotaru asks.

"I don't really know where either, but I kept on hearing them since I was a baby so when I learned how to play piano, I decided to play it." Laira gave out a half lie. 'I know where I got it, but its true that when I learned piano, I decided to play it.'

"How mysterious..." Maximus mutters.

'Please leave me alone already!' Laira screams in her head, but sadly it was not answered by the Gods and the party continued with the 5 capture targets getting close to her.

Nicole was just a simple, smart student who rarely shows any emotions due to the loss of her family and being misunderstood. And so, she shuts everyone out and turns to anime and otome games to feel alive and love. However, hen she saves a kid from being run over by the famous truck-sama, she died. Fortunately, she was given a choice to be reincarnated--

''Choice? What nonsense. God didn't give me choice, he reincarnated me without hearing my answer!"

--Or not... And what's worse is that she's reincarnated as the villainess of an otome game that she used to play called 'Forbidden Love : Infatuation]. Now that she is the villainess, she must avoid her dead endings at all cost and protect her new loving family from being ruined. But why are all the capture targets being friendly with her and not the heroinne?!

The story is slowly changing and she successfully rewrote Laira's, the villainess, story. Now, how shall the story end when everything have strayed too far from the original plot? The truth of the story is slowing being revealed and danger is approaching quickly.

"This is my life. I control it and I will change my destiny the way I want it to be."

(Author's Note: This is a story that me and my friend collaborated to make, that's why the author's name at the book cover is different. We own the plot and the otome game 'Forbidden Love : Infatuation' is just a made up game.)

Cloud Hao knew that nobody in this world would open a side account to add their own roommate.
However, he really didn't expect to be blocked. I didn't say anything overboard, did I?
I even gave him five stars!
The next morning, there were no classes. Without saying a word, Liang Ziyuan carried his guitar on his back and left, probably off to somewhere to record his new single.
To be honest, Cloud Hao really admired this guy.
After being ridiculed for three whole years, he still insisted on making music. If this was not love, then he would never believe in love in his lifetime.
"Where is Brother Ziyuan off to? Going out with his guitar so early in the morning."
"Probably going to a nice place to entertain himself. Anyway, it's fine as long as he doesn't sing here." Zhu Kening rubbed his face with his hands and muttered, "I have a meeting in the afternoon; many school leaders will be there. I'll sleep for a little longer. You guys keep your voice down."
Zheng Xueqian was speechless.
Cloud Hao was the same.
F*ck you!
You're the noisiest one here!
If he absolutely had to choose between Brother Ziyuan's singing and Brother Kening's snoring, Cloud Hao felt that Liang Ziyuan's singing was still a bit more "pleasing".
After all, no matter how noisy the former was, they just had to tolerate it for a while, and it would pass.
Whereas for the latter, it could last the entire night without stopping…
Not long after, the sound of heavy breathing could be heard from Zhu Kening's bed.
Needless to say, the prelude to a storm was already brewing.
Zheng Xueqian glanced at Cloud Hao and asked with his eyes, 'What are you doing this morning?'
Cloud Hao looked back at him and also replied with his eyes, 'Just strolling around.'
Probably misunderstanding, Zheng Xueqian froze and responded to him with a surprised gaze that said, 'Self-study? So early?'
Cloud Hao nodded and replied with his eyes, 'What else? It's so noisy here. Can you go back to sleep?"
Barely understanding what he meant, Zheng Xueqian's gaze gradually turned resolute, and he nodded. 'OK! I'll go too!'
After exchanging gazes, Zheng Xueqian turned his body over and got out of bed. He swiftly packed his textbooks into his schoolbag and sped off like the wind, leaving a dazed Cloud Hao.
…
The snoring in the bedroom was getting louder and louder. It was just too difficult to stay inside.
Recalling the recording studio that Lin Mengmeng had told him about, Cloud Hao got out of bed and briefly washed up. He then put on his clothes and left the bedroom.
On the way to the school gate, he casually sent a WeChat message to Lin Mengmeng.
[Where is the recording studio that you mentioned?]
He thought that it would take a while for her to reply, but to his surprise, just when he was about to turn off his screen, Lin Mengmeng sent a location over.
Right after that, she sent a surprised dog sticker that looked like Yellow's son.
[Do you really want to learn music? *shocked emoji*]
Cloud Hao nonchalantly typed a reply.
[Why would I lie to you?]
Lin Mengmeng: [Ah… Alright then. All the best to you. If it's just music-related questions, you can ask me if you don't understand anything!]
Seeing this sentence and recalling the experience of being blocked, Cloud Hao felt moved.
F*ck!
Look at her!
This is how a musician should be!
Hah… How good would it be if only this girl's talent was music? Cloud Hao would immediately leave the opportunity of becoming a star to her.
He didn't want anything from her; he just wanted to feel pleased.
Unfortunately, the talent of the person who was learning music lay in acting.
Cloud Hao was beginning to wonder if there was something wrong with the stupid system.
He left the school gate and arrived at his destination after walking for a short while.
Cloud Hao had to admit Lin Mengmeng's recommendation was not bad. Whether it was the interior decoration at the entrance or the staff's attitude, they all seemed professional… Although if one asked him what was so professional about it, he might not be able to put his finger on it.
The only flaw was the price.
The music studio and recording studio were all charged by the hour. In general, the price ranged from 100 to 1,000 yuan per hour depending on the musical instrument and equipment. There was a discount after 10 o'clock in the evening, though. It felt similar to an internet cafe.
It would be relatively cheaper if one booked the entire day. Either way, the price did not seem people-friendly, or at least, it wasn't affordable for students.
As for those VIP rooms with God-knows-what professional equipment, Cloud Hao selectively ignored them.
Oh my God, what kind of instrument is so expensive? Is it embedded with diamonds!
Even if it's embedded with diamonds, it still shouldn't cost tens of thousands just for touching it, right?
Fortunately, the 2048 craze had not passed yet, and the follow-up income was not inadequate. Although this place was expensive, Cloud Hao could still afford it. He spent 5,000 yuan to become a regular member.
As Cloud Hao didn't look like a veteran, the young lady, who helped him apply for the card, immediately asked with a smile, "Sir, do you need professional guidance?"
Cloud Hao repeated, "Professional guidance?"
There's such a good thing?
The young lady smiled slightly and said, "Yes. If you're interested in piano, we have instructors with different fees that can provide one-to-one teaching…"
Damn!
There's always a fee.
Cloud Hao quickly waved his hand and declined her offer.
"There's no need. Just find me a recording studio with a piano!"
After brushing off the young lady promoting their classes, Cloud Hao locked the door. He took a deep breath, walked up to the piano in the center, and stood beside it.
Looking at the black and white keys, he couldn't help but stretch out his right hand. His index finger gently stroked the smooth keys.
Although this was probably the first time he had touched a piano in his life and the sensation was strange as expected, for some reason, he felt an odd sense of deja vu.
It was as if…
He had fiddled with this stuff before.
"Is this because the soup to forget everything was not licked clean…?"
But wasn't I a game designer in my past life?
Feeling a headache coming, Cloud Hao shook his head. Then, he pulled out the chair and sat down in front of the piano. Placing his hands on the keys and imitating the pose of pianists from movies, he pressed the first key.
mi—
The melodious piano sound echoed in the recording studio.
Humming along with the familiar melody, he pressed down on the second and third keys with inept movements.
so—xi—
At the same time, he sang in a deep voice, "The bustling sounds of life vanished with the escape into the temple, leaving the world behind…
"Dreams are cold. After the twists and turns of life, the debts of love that I owe can be written into books.
"It's as if you silently accepted…
"That you would wait, be it life or death.
"Year in and year out, you wait in vain."
The feeling was gradually coming back to him.
Like the flickering light of a firefly.
Grasping the fragments of his memory and the mysterious inspiration he had, Cloud Hao's ten fingers followed the rhythm in the depths of his soul, tapping a crude yet firm rhythm on the black and white keys.
Indeed, this was not a practice piece suitable for beginners to perform.
There also wasn't any piano textbook that would include this popular song in its first chapter.
However, there was no doubt that this was the song that suited him the most.
Reason being that this was the only piece of music that gave him such a familiar feeling amidst the foggy memory.
It was also only when he was playing this piece that he didn't need a teacher or the guidance of any reference book.
He just needed to stick to his feelings.
It was like following his instincts…
"Rain drizzles softly. In my old hometown, the grasses and trees have grown deep.
"I've heard that you still guard this lonely city."
It was as though the intuition arising from the depths of the soul was holding his hands and manipulating him like the pawn named Melody. Over and over again, faster each time…
More skilled as well!
"From the city outskirts, the sound of a shepherd's flute lands in that village in the wild.
"There, fate once planted our destiny…"
The cycle went on and on for God knew how many times.
The sun started setting outside the window.
When the last note fell, Cloud Hao let out a long breath, feeling the silence in the recording studio. Suddenly, a smile appeared on his face.
"It's like a Sharingan…"
In just one day, he had gone from being a piano novice, without any foundation, to being able to smoothly and perfectly play the piano accompaniment of "The Fleeting Fireworks". He could even play the piano version of the entire song with chords.
Thanks to this, he actually felt that if his current self were to pick up other music scores, he could also play like that.
Of course, the precondition was that the fingering was not particularly difficult.
Then again, even if it was challenging, it was not a big problem.
After he accumulated more music attribute stats, unlocked a few more Beethoven or Mozart pieces through the memory fragments, and became familiar with them, his skill proficiency would naturally go up.
"Unfortunately…
"It looks like the music attribute can only affect the music-related skills and the speed of mastering them. At most, it can make my fingers more nimble, but it will not have any impact on my vocal timbre in singing."
His voice was relatively more youthful. Although he considered it to be magnetic, he still couldn't sing with Jay Chou's charm, nor could he sing with the voice of someone who had experienced many ups and downs in life, like in Lin Zhixuan's version.
If he were to sing this song, it might be difficult for him to gain immense popularity. Still, some fame was not an issue.
After all, the writers and composers were all big shots. No matter how much the singer's timbre subtracted points, the strength of the song itself still remained.
However, these flaws were of no great matter.
Although he couldn't sing, his pawn could.
Even though Brother Ziyuan might not be able to pick up Jay Chou's strong points, at least in the aspects of pronouncing indistinctly, Brother Ziyuan had grasped it completely!
Otherwise, it wouldn't have been the case where no one understood what language this guy was singing in even after listening to him for so long.
If he could grasp the vocal timbre a bit more and sing the kind of languid voice that exuded the feeling of having gone through many ups and downs in life, it shouldn't be that big a deal!
As for himself…
Cloud Hao had never thought of becoming a singer, nor was he interested in living a life in the limelight.
If possible, he preferred to quietly make a fortune, standing behind the scenes to collect attribute points and memory fragments.
As for the troublesome matters…
With so many pawns around, why should he take care of everything himself?
"The next step is to record the piano version on its own and upload it onto the Yinke website to bait the fish."
Good wine needs no bush. He was not worried about the fish not taking the bait.
As long as this song could make it onto the new songs chart, he wasn't in the least bit worried that a certain someone wouldn't see it.
As for after that…
That was too simple.
Cloud Hao turned on the professional recording equipment next to him, stretched his back, and placed his hands on the piano keys.
Even if that idiot blocking his side account made him somewhat unhappy, too bad, all of them were like his sons.
No father would be angry with their son.


How does it feel to find out that all your dorm mates are big shots on your first day of school?

Hao Yun has the most say in this matter.

Having been chosen by the Otherworldly Expert System, he unexpectedly obtains the ability to see the future potential of others. He discovers that his roommates are all future big shots with explosive potential.

Then why should he work hard?

Wouldn't just being cozy with them solve all problems?

Normal people would think that way, and Hao Yun is no exception.

However, just when Hao Yun thinks that he can easily become a winner in life as long as he cozies up with them, she surprisingly finds these so-called big shots are quite fragile.

And these great artists, superstars, academics, and the richest people in the world, who finally reach the pinnacle of their lives with the help of "coincidences", can't help but feel lucky when they are interviewed. They are glad that they had such a hidden expert by their side…

Hao Yun: Great, after all this, I am actually your fortuitous encounter!

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