Shivers came down my spine as if I had just watched a horror flick.

Meeting someone you first met in the future in the present was really a strange feeling. How should I describe it? It was sort of like seeing someone pop out of a TV.

"Mr. Manager is Jung…"

"Ah, I'm Jung Sunwoo. My business cards haven't come out yet, so I don't have anything I could hand you."

"Looks like it hasn't been long since you've started working?"

"Today's my second day at work."

Park Yoojeong was surprised.

Compared to the dignified Director Park who seemed to have been through a lot, the twenty-something-year-old Park Yoojeong was a bit clumsy and wasn't good at controlling her expressions.

For this woman in her twenties who is in the bottom of the food chain to become a strong director in twenty years.

You really couldn't tell how one would change in the future.

"I'm the same as you. I'm a new recruit as well."

"Really?"

"It hasn't been long since I've started. Though it does feel like I've worked here for a long time…"

Yoojeong's expression looked complicated and tired. Well, to get dismissed by her senior in front of people, if I was Park Yoojeong, I probably would be in a corner talking to myself 'I'm going to succeed in this dirty world, fuck, fuck'.

"I look forward to working with you in the future, Miss Reporter. You'll be the first person I hand my business card to once they come out."

"In the future…"

Yoojeong hesitated before saying.

"I'm not going to continue being a reporter."

"Sorry?"

"I want to quit. I can't deal with it anymore. I don't think it matches me either."

"…Really? To me, it looks like you'll be successful as a reporter."

Really.

She laughed out loud when she heard my words.

"Ehahahaha! …Cough, cough. Even if they are empty words, thank you."

"They aren't. I'm serious. If I could, I would even bet on it…"

"You know."

She suddenly came closer.

"…Since I am going to quit anyways, I'll let you in on something."

Her voice quieted down to a whisper.

"Senior Hwang, Report Hwang Junggu. He's complete trash."

"Pardon?"

"He's the type where if you tell him one thing, he'll write ten things about it. And Lazy who was interviewed before you wasn't late because he was sick. It became late because Reporter Hwang Junggu gave him the wrong time. When I told him that we had to do Neptune's interview, he said that Lazy was more important than some new unknown group and to tell them to leave. I was only able to barely convince him by saying they were appearing on Next K-Star and that there was a lot to talk about. For him to push his way in even though he didn't even know who Neptune was just a while ago, it's obvious. He's going to involve Lemon Girls and Next K-Star and write an exclusive article with a bunch of MSG."

I blankly stared at her. It looked like she was completely relieved that get that off her chest.

So… She's saying Reporter Hwang Junggu is trash?

"Since W&U is a large company, the PR team will be able to bring the article down as soon it's up. However, it only takes a moment for Urakkai articles to flood the internet and if that happens, even if your PR team could fly, they wouldn't be able to handle it. Search Reporter Hwang Junggu and girl group Happy Candy."

I took out my phone and looked it up like she said. An article Reporter Hwang Junggu wrote not too long ago popped up. Even the headline made me gasp.

[New girl group 'Happy Candy' unhappy being known as the 2nd Seraphic]Happy Candy was a girl group I had never seen before while Seraphic was a well-known top girl group with 10 years of experience. For them to be known as the 2nd Seraphic would have brought criticism, but to feel unhappy… Just what were they thinking saying that?

As expected, the comment section exploded with insults. When I searched the girl group without Reporter Hwang Junggu's name, several articles came up with only slight deviations to the original content.

"Did they really say that during the interview?"

"No. When he asked them, 'You must not feel good being constantly compared to top seniors like Seraphic,' they replied, 'Yes.'"

The nuance was completely different!

"When the article was released, their manager came and pleaded him to change the headline, but he was ignored. Their company was small. And this wasn't the only time."

Just where did this trashy guy come from?

Was this the incident that made the girls receive a lot of insults?

Considering the influence of an article, it definitely could be possible… Anyways, the girls should be trying their best in the interview right now without knowing anything, I needed to talk to Hyunjo about this and find a countermeasure.

Ah, I need to thank Report Yoojeong first.

"Miss Reporter, thank you for the information."

"No problem. I am really sorry about the office pantry."

"I told you that it was fine. Then let's meet again next time. Ah, also, I almost forgot…"

I thought about it before saying.

"Would I be able to contact you if anything newsworthy comes up?"

For example, if that Lemon Girls' manager held a grudge and came swinging his fists at me?

"Of course. You can just call m… No, I'm telling you I'm going to quit."

She gave me a skeptical glance. I smiled and without any more words, ran towards the interview room.

Inside the interview room, the interview was still going on. When I entered, Seoyoung was explaining every detail of their album concept.

"Chief, one moment please."

"Hmm?"

I made the most serious expression I could. Hyunjo stopped the interview momentarily and came out. I closed the door and told him exactly what Yoonjeong said a few steps away from the interview room. Hyunjo's face instantly distorted.

"You sure? How did you know?"

I guess it was best to keep it anonymous?

"I heard it from an insider. This as well."

I showed him the article I searched a while ago. Hyunjo who read the article in an instant glared at the interview room.

"Ugh, that trash reporting bastard really…!"

"Although it might not be the case, this time, isn't it best to be prepared?"

"Of course. It's too late if we wait until the article is released. I'm going to call PR team leader Park so you go and talk about nonsense and buy some time."

I faithfully followed Hyunjo's orders. When I went back inside, I talked about how the scent of the soap in the washroom was to my preference for 3 minutes.

Soon after, Hyunjo returned and the interview resumed. I didn't know what he talked about with Team Leader Park, but he definitely was more careful with the answers. Every little detail about their current condition was answered by Hyunjo.

Eventually, Reporter Hwang Junggu concluded the interview.

"Thank you for your hard work. Now let's go to the studio to take some pictures."

"Mr. Reporter has worked hard as well. Please take good care of the article."

"Yes, well…"

We went to the studio that was inside the building and took individual and group pictures that would go up with the article. Afterwards, the interview had completely ended.

As Hyunjo explained everything on our way back, the van became rowdy.

"We really could have been in big trouble! I was wondering why this oppa kept talking about the washroom."

Seoyoung frowned as she grumbled.

"That reporter, his questions did seem a bit strange. Does he have some sort of grudge against us?"

"It's nothing like that. He's just trying to write a more provocative article to get more clicks. He doesn't care what happens to you."

"Scary, really."

"But will we really be fine? Won't the article be all weird?"

As LJ worried, Hyunjo nodded his head as if telling her to relax.

"Team Leader Park says she's on friendly terms with their Entertainment Director. She said not to worry as it will be handled without any hiccups."

"Really?"

"If that trash reporter hands in a strange article, they are going to reject him and tell him to write it all over again. He's not the director or anything so what can he do when his superiors reject his article?"

It was like I was seeing an aspect of a huge food chain.

"We will remember that reporter's name and keep as far away from him as possible from now on, so don't worry. But, Sunwoo."

I was fixing my tangled seat belt when I turned my head.

"Yes?"

"Are you just incredibly lucky or is it something else?"

Of course, it was something else. Well, of course, this time, I really was lucky as well.

"You've been bringing good stuff since yesterday. How did you meet an insider on your way to the washroom?"

Seoyoung poked her head out as she seconded.

"Huh? Didn't you meet Producer Joontae on your way to the washroom yesterday too?"

"Oh, that's true."

"Wow, wow! It looks like this oppa has a good aura. Let's stick closely with this oppa. Oppa, just pack your bags and come live with us!"

My face was hot.

I mean, it wasn't like I was the one who said I wanted to, but why were their stares…

"Seoyoung, it's time for your medicine. Stop talking nonsense and just sleep if you're sick."

LJ kicked Seoyoung's seat.

"It's not nonsense, there some truth behind it!"

"Truth?"

"My mom went to a skilled shaman not too long ago and asked when we would be successful. The fairy said that we would be very lucky at the end of this year. She said a snake will bring luck and to tightly grab hold of it to not lose it."

Although Seoyoung made a fuss, the members had no reaction. Seoyoung quickly became glum and mumbled.

"It's true… She said we need to grab the snake…"

But, I did have an idea about the snake…

"Aren't you born on the year of the Snake?"

The traitor who was driving abruptly asked.

"I was born then. And since we're both the same age… Right?"

"Yeah."

Hyunjo laughed in the back.

"Stop it. Why are you guys joking around so much?"

"It's not a joke."

"What?! Then you both were really born on the year of the Snake?"

"Yes. 1989, the year of the Snake."

"Oh my god."

The back was silent for a few seconds before becoming noisy.

"Euah, creeeeepy…!"

I silently rubbed my shoulders as well.

Perhaps this foresight ability was more common than I thought?

We met with the staff of Next K-Star at night.

Since it was an expensive beef restaurant, I thought the staff had a large budget, but it turned out the first bill would be paid by W&U. I heard it was incredibly high quality, but because of constantly pouring and drinking alcohol, I didn't get the chance to truly savor it.

Fortunately, the atmosphere was very good the whole time. It looked like the members left a good impression on the staff. And they seemed to have shown off their unique personalities.

The meeting that started at the beef restaurant continued on to the second and third place and we finally ended past 3 a.m. After seeing off the completely drunk producers and writers, we once again got on the van.

The traitor who protected his liver while Hyunjo and I were constantly receiving drinks took the driver's seat. After we dropped off the yawning girls at their residence, there were three people remaining like yesterday.

Wow, that was yesterday… It felt like a month.

Now that the long day was over, all that was left was to rest at home.

"You guys worked hard today as well. Tired, right?"

Hyunjo talked with a slur.

"Quickly go home and sleep and eat something good in the morning."

Was this déjà vu?

"Come to work by 7. We have a lot to do tomorrow."

I didn't make the same stupid mistake of repeating his words. Only…

"Chief. Could I just sleep at the company?"

"Me too…"

"Really? I'm going to sleep there too. Then let's go together! The sleeping quarters at the company are pretty good."

I laughed as I followed Hyunjo.

Damn, I need to escape from here as soon as possible.

Jung Sunwoo was an average man. He had just taken his first job at W&U, a celebrity management company, as a manager. He could finally achieve his dream of being the manager of a world-famous actor or actress. On his way to work, he fell into what appeared to be a lucid dream about his future. As he went on with his day, he realized it may not have simply been a lucid dream.
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http://novel.munpia.com/47247

Victoria stopped him right in the middle of his statement by giving him a dirty look. She knew what was about to come from his mouth, and maybe he was right about what he was going to say.  
That didn't mean it was okay to say it out.  
"I'm warning you, Elliot. Watch how you phrase your next sentence," she warned in a deadly voice.  
Her hands trembled, and the face filled with red, he knew that it wasn't the good kind. The vein bulging from her forehead was enough evidence to back up the very obvious fact.  
The snake man was more than tempted to interfere in their argument, but that bounty hunter friend of Elliot's kept a tight grip on his arm.  
He believed that it was for the best, think about it. It would give him some time to analyze the situation and maybe get something good to work with.  
He just hopes that nothing goes wrong during his time writing this article. He had grown fond of their company, and it would be a misfortune if he were to lose it because of one article.  
Not that he would throw away the article because of their friendship.  
It's just a tough situation where he could do nothing about it but watch and see how the events unfold.  
Would it be just to use their kindness for his success? He believed that those two have already made it somewhere in life, while he has somewhat made it.  
It was not enough though; he knew they would not do anything wrong to him. This is because they went by this stupid phrase, 'holding a grudge is like a stone in your heart.'
He wasn't entirely a believer in that saying, but it had gotten him out of situations like these before.  
"Are you sure they're going to be alright?" questioned the snake man as he threw a side glance at the bounty hunter.  
"No," she answered immediately, her voice void of emotion.  
He had to raise his brows at her bluntness.  
'I don't want to be around her.'
"Couldn't you have said it a bit… Erm, nicer?" asked the snake man, wincing internally at how stupid his question sounded.  
"About what? That they're both fucking childish and need to stop their childishness?" asked the bounty hunter sarcastically.  
Of course, the snake man knew nothing of her sarcasm and gave a response.  
"Yeah, I think you've got it all covered. Kindness is the best policy."
The bounty hunter gave him a dumbfounded look before shaking her head, her hair framing her face with every moment she made.  
"I think you meant honesty is the best policy," she muttered, crossing her hands as she did.  
"Nope, my mouth, so my saying. And my mouth says its kindness is the best policy."
His chest was pushed out, but it was not because of his pride. Terror tired of sleeping inside of his shirt and made her way out of his shirt. Wrapping herself around the snake man's neck, hissing at the bounty hunter as she did.  
"T-That's a very miserable snake," voiced the bounty hunter as she eyed Terror from the corner of her eye.  
The snake man paused as he stared at the scene before voicing somewhat unsurely.  
"Terror is not miserable… She's just, complicated."
The bounty hunter raised her brow as she turned to look at him with her head cocked to the side.  
"Why hesitate?'
That simple question turned gears in his brain, causing his mind to think of things he shouldn't even think of.  
'Is she talking about what I think she is?'
"W-Why hesitate to what?" the confusion in his voice was prominent than anything she has ever heard.  
She nodded towards the snake around his neck with a small smile.  
"If she's all that you say she is, then why did you hesitate?" she asked, giving a soft chuckle as she did.  
"Because she's-" he began.
"-Complicated," finished the two as they stared at each other, staying like that for a while.  
The feeling of familiarity came over the two the longer they stared at each other. It felt like they've known each other for eternity rather than a minute.  
Before he knew it, the bounty hunter's eyes wandered around his face restlessly. She then gritted her teeth before smiling at him nervously, rocking on her heels as she did.  
"So aren't you going to stop now?"
He frowned in confusion but continued to stare at her.  
'Stop? With what?'
This awkward stare-off continued for about a few minutes before the bounty hunter shook her head, breaking the eye contact as she did.  
The snake man took a step back in embarrassment as he gave her a somewhat nervous smile, His hands then slowly went up to the back of his head, before he ran his fingers throughout his hair.  
"Erm… I-I, so how are you?" asked the snake man, his voice cracking as he did.
'… Wow.'
"Don't you think you've made the situation awkward enough to ask me that?" asked the bounty hunter with raised brows.  
The snake man looked at her as if she was speaking another language.  
"Uh… No."
"You know any other guy would've-" she began only to be interrupted by the snake guy.  
"I'm not like other guys."
The bounty hunter held back a laugh as she stared at him in amusement.  
"I can see that. No need to tell me. Not every guy walks around with a snake's head peeping out of his shirt and calls her Terror."
His face heated red at her observant details, before he opened his mouth, cough at her observant skills.  
"-You remember her name?" he asked shyly.  
"Of course, who wouldn't," asked the bounty hunter in an incredulous tone with her hair tilted back, and her brows arched.  
"Erm… You? I-I mean, you didn't remember at first," he stated with a nervous smile.  
"I mean, I didn't see you as someone worth remembering," she voiced.  
"So am I worth remembering now?"
"No, you're just weird."


Had just recently turned twenty - one, Victoria Jamespell finds herself in a life of misery and deceit. Betrayed by her step-sister and her boyfriend, she tries to move forward with her life only to find out that she now has the responsibility of a new life.

Victoria now has a series of trials to complete so she and her unborn child can be safe from all the hatred enclosing her.

And to help her with that is the president's son... Or so she thinks.

The battle between Lewre and Soocher was very vigorous. Their speed was terrifyingly fast. Not to mention about the commoner among the audience, where even the experienced adventurers couldn't see their movements clearly. Their attacks possessed powerful strength, and every time their axe and arrow clashed, it would give out thundering sounds and sparks of lighting. If it wasn't because of the strong divine power protection around the battle ring, the aftermath of their battle might cause injuries among the audience.
Dealing with such a fierce battle, the golden haired commentator that was wearing sunglasses didn't know what to do. He could see the fight clearly, but he wasn't the lightning speaker like Wang Yuyan from Jin Yong's novel. The speed of him speaking would be impossible to follow the speed of them fighting. Even if he managed to, it would be useless, as the audience wouldn't be able to hear such high speed language.
Among the battle earlier, he encountered such a situation before. Then, he would choose to comment on the parts which were breathtaking and interesting. It could be dealt with then. But in the battle between the two, there was not one instance that wasn't interesting, and not one move that wasn't breathtaking. He couldn't select any exact part to explain about.
After some thinking, Sui Xiong's troublemaking habit broke up. He might as well ignore the battle and started to recite a piece from Chu Shi Biao (included the reasons for the Northern Expeditions, as well as Zhuge Liang's personal advice to Liu Shan on how to govern and rule the state.)
"Late emperor had yet to make a history but collapsed and died halfway, today the country splits into three, Yizhou was weary and at disadvantage, this is at the edge of danger..."
"Huh? What is he talking about?"
The audience was in discussion. They didn't understand why the commentator that liked to bullshit but was sometimes reliable, suddenly spoke in an unknown language.
There were some mage that cast "good at knowledge" to try to understand what Sui Xiong said. But that magic could only make them understand what Sui Xiong meant, but every story and background of the article in Chu Shi Biao wouldn't be able to be obtained from the magic. So, they were confused and lost.
People tried to ask the mages next to them, but they could only answer "I have no idea too".
"Language that good at language skill, but still one couldn't understand? Would it be some magic language that was profound?"
"No... It couldn't be understood, but the meaning is hard to comprehend." A young mage explained to his friends next to him, "He said an old king in a country died, a young new king was not reliable. The country was currently at a terrible state. The consul wanted to lead the army for expedition and fight against the powerful enemy. It seemed that there was some sort of background story to it, but I didn't understand... Then, the consul was reminiscing about the past, when he knew the old king. He said that "back then I was only a commoner and the king promoted me, so I worked very hard". Not sure what happened exactly, I couldn't understand. 'From then till now, it has already been twenty one years'."
"... How does it relate to martial arts competition?" his friend complained.
"Maybe because of my limited magic, I interpreted it wrongly," the young mage said, as he wasn't confident.
Similar conversations happened in each corner of the audience seats. Many were upset that they didn't understand what the commentator was doing.
Chu Shi Biao wasn't long. Even Sui Xiong  that transformed into a commentator tried to recite it slowly in rhythmic tone, and managed to finish it in a short while.
Then, Lewre and Soocher's battle was still going on vigorously. Their speed didn't slow down by one bit, and the level of interesting and breathtaking moves didn't change by one bit.
The commentator thought and sighed. He then started to recite The Former Ode on the Red Cliffs (describing a trip that Su Shi took with his friends on the Yangtze River, which took them past the purported site of the Battle of Red Cliffs.)
"In the autumn of the fifty ninth year of the sixty years cycle, in July, Su and his friends went boating to the red wall. The breeze blew and the ripple spread across..."
"What is he talking about this time?"
"He is describing a scenery, a beautiful scenery."
"Is he a bard?"
"... Thinking about it, he should be."
"But how does scenery relate to martial arts?"
"... The consul wants to go for an expedition, would that be related to martial arts?"
In the sky, "Boy of Ceremony", Javier that knew the commentator's true identity, couldn't help but ask curiously, "What are you talking about? The previous one had a heroic epic style, the latter one was classic in the way he described scenery... but such language, I have never heard of it before."
Sui Xiong laughed drily and explained himself.
When everyone knew that he simply couldn't comment on the battle, and so he figured he might as well recite a few articles, they couldn't help but laugh. After laughing, Javier asked about the origins of the article and wanted to obtain more of such articles.
Although He wasn't the god of art and culture, His divine power league includes art and culture. He was passionate towards art and culture, so when he came across such interesting articles and classical produce, there was no way he would let them go.
Sui Xiong thought and told him, "These articles are from another civilization in a different world. It is very complicated to explain in specifics... I really have no way to explain in detail."
"Then... can you teach me those languages?" Javier took a step back, "It sounded like a beautiful rhythmical image, I think it's worth learning."
Sui Xiong didn't mind, so he taught Javier all his knowledge about pinyin.
As god, Javier possessed a strong strength and wisdom. He only spent two hours to fully understand and master pinyin. But He still couldn't understand the article that Sui Xiong was reciting.
Oh, after The Former Ode on the Red Cliffs, Sui Xiong was then reciting The Snake Catcher Said.
There was a very unusual kind of snake in the outskirts of Yongzhou. It was black with white stripes. Grass and shrubs would die if they got in contact with the snake. If a man was bitten by it, he would surely die, as there was no cure..."
"Auscar, my friend, things that you taught me, are not helping me to understand the article that you are reciting," Javier complained, "I still don't understand."
"How could it be? My mandarin is quite accurate..." Sui Xiong said.
"I could hear every word, but I can't understand the meaning of every word!" Javier smiled bitterly, and I know I am able to recite the article like you. But to me, they were still words that implied ambiguous meaning. My recitation was just like wiping ink in the slab stone and chopping it onto a piece of white paper. Although the content was the same, in actual fact, it didn't help me to understand."
Sui Xiong looked around and hesitated. In the end, he told Him embarrassedly, regarding the detailed explanation and concrete context of those articles, it involved too much knowledge and many personal privacies, so it was inconvenient to share with him as a whole. Javier wasn't stubborn, but still sighed heavily.
"Then, can I ask you the stories behind these articles?" He asked, "You can tell me whatever that you find okay to, and those that are not okay, of course you don't have to tell me."
Sui Xiong immediately patted his chest and agreed. Then, he explained to Him about The Snake Catcher Said.
"This article was actually used to criticize tyranny." He said, "The most crucial sentence was 'Alas, to think that taxation can prove more dire than a poisonous snake'..."
"Friend, I can understand the article was criticizing despotic regime." Javier said, "I can understand."
"... What do you want to ask then?"
Javier sighed, he slowly inquired about the allusion and background stories that he couldn't understand.
On the battle ring…
The commentator that finished reciting The Snake Catcher Said, hesitated and started reciting The Old Charcoal Seller...
Sui Xiong was definitely not a good student back then. Although he learned many classical poems and prose, the moment he wanted to recite, there were barely a few that he could recite completely.
He was then a little bothered. If Lewre and Soocher were to fight for too long, and he finished reciting all that he could remember, what should he do?
Unless he really wanted to learn from a chapter from the film Love On Delivery (A mild-mannered food-delivery boy takes fighting lessons to overcome an enemy and impress a pretty judo student) he needed to pick a few books randomly to read.
Then, it would be very embarrassing! Even if he was thick-skinned, he would feel awkward! Luckily, it didn't develop to that stage, as an accident cut him off from his commentating.
About the part where he was reciting "Two riders canter up. Alas! Who can they be? Two palace heralds in the yellow jackets dressed...", a strong aura suddenly surged from the south of main dimension and turned into gorgeous five-coloured rays before it soared into the high sky.
Then, it was followed by the jumping and shouting with joy of the root power of the world, and it was agitated unbridledly.
"Someone is promoting to god!" That instance, various gods from Thousand Worlds could sense it, many Gods were screaming out all of the sudden.
Commoners promoting to God was not something common. On average, only one in a few hundred years would this occur. With two succeeded to promote to God in a hundred years, this was considered a lot. But... from the previous time, when commoners promoted into God and the birth of the god of knowledge, it wasn't even ten years yet!
"Unless... Has it come to the age where fate whirled and rapidly changed?" Some experienced Gods couldn't help but feel afraid.
Although it was uncertain where the person originated from, from the level of the power source vibrating, it could be told that the person was unique! Even if that person had yet to promote to God, he would be an extremely terrifying expert!
Such a vibration and strange sight naturally affected the commoners, including the two that were in fierce battle on the ring. Every commoner couldn't help but stop and look to the south suspiciously.
Then, a mage of the higher order from Mifata Federation suddenly woke up and cheered loudly. "It's master Ymirjar le-Peyroux! He finally promoted to be God!"
"Corresponding with the cheer, an old but deep voice was heard. Along the agitated power of source, it reverberated in the Thousand Worlds.
"I am Ymirjar le-Peyroux, the creator and guardian of Mifata Federation, the follower of mysterious spell, the highest and strongest spellcaster. I am all spellcasters' protector and guidance. I protect the Essenes of mysterious spell, protect the inheritance of magic, and protect the great wisdom."
Hearing that, Wor's facial expression suddenly changed.


In the world, there were gods who obeyed the rules, whether good or evil. But there were also evil gods who defied the rules. 
When a traverser was confronted by the rules that he could never conform to, the resulting collision marks the beginning of the story of an evil god…
This is the story of a good man who transformed into a great jellyfish, then traversed his world to arrive at a world of swords and magic. His journey of searching and exploring eventually led to him remaking nature and changing the world. 

　While Fang Yun was madly running in order to appease his heart, a piece of rather surprising news boarded the headlines of the local county forum.
　　Causing a lot of discussions among the local people. 
　　As a native of the poor Jiang County, Meng Ning often browsed the news of her hometown. This evening, after taking a shower, she went to her bed, as usual, picked up her phone and casually browsed through her hometown news.
　　Suddenly, a piece of news caught her attention.
　　Today, four adult men in our county went into the mountains. One of them was unfortunately bitten by a venomous snake and died at five o'clock in the afternoon.
　　Reading this article, Meng Ning was rather surprised, quickly browsing the details, interested in understanding the whole matter.
　　After completely browsing through the article, she finally understood the cause of this incident.
　　"A snake that is at least 3 or 4 meters long, which venomous snake is so long?"
　　While Meng Ning felt sympathy for the person bitten by the venomous snake, she couldn't help but wonder what snake could be so long. According to what she learned. King cobra is the only venomous snake that is that big.
　　But in the news, it was also said that the companion of the unlucky man gave him a king cobra's serum, but it didn't have the slightest effect.
　　"Haha, Xiao Ning, did you have a shower?"
　　The bedroom door was opened and a beautiful figure came in. It was Chen Meng, looking at Meng Ning in a bathrobe, she knew that she had just taken a shower, sitting next to her, she hugged her and sniffed deeply on her body.
　　"Ahh, fragrant."
　　After saying something that only a perverted man would say, ignoring Meng Ning judging eyes. Chen Meng glanced at the phone in Meng Ning's hand.
　　"Looking at the news of your hometown again, are you homesick?"
　　Chen Meng put her head on Meng Ning's shoulder, her big eyes staring straight at the screen of the mobile phone. After seeing the news that her bestie was reading, she got very surprised.
　　"Wulong Mountain, isn't that the mountain we went to last time?"
 
　　After Chen Meng snapped out of her surprise, she immediately remembered the snake they met in Wulong mountain previously.
      "Do poisonous snakes really exist there? right, now that I think about it, the snake we met previously shouldn't be poisonous, isn't it?"
　　A trace of fear couldn't help but rise in her heart;
　　Now that she thinks about it, the snake they met in their previous trip could have been poisonous, but because they were shocked by a snake and a squirrel living in the same nest, the fear in their heart mostly disappeared, all that was left is curiosity and wonder.
　　But now that she saw the news that someone was killed by a venomous snake, her fear of snakes came back. Now that she thinks about it, they were really courageous back then.
　　"The place where they went to is the deepest parts of the Wulong mountain range, the plants there are very lush, and they certainly did not bring snake powder, otherwise, they would not be so easily bitten by snakes."
　　Meng Ning gave Chen Meng her analysis.
　　In the mountains, as long as you don't actively crawl in the grass, it's hard to get bitten by snakes. Mostly because snakes flee after discovering people's presence, especially with snake powder, as snakes are very disgusted with its smell.
　　Meng Ning continued scrolling down, but when she read the comments below, she immediately became shocked, anger rising in her heart.
　　Originally, she was particularly sympathetic for this unlucky guy, feeling pity for him, but when she read the comments these emotions immediately dissipated.
　　Because the local people commented that these people did not go to Wulong mountain to enjoy the beauty of the wild, but likely went to hunt the animals there.
　　Some people commented that they know them and had seen them go multiple times to the mountains to hunt.
　　A guy even said that when these guys entered the hospital, he saw bloodstains on two companions of the bitten man. Seeing as no one was injured, he guessed that it's likely to be an animal's blood.
　　The more she read, the angrier Meng Ning felt. She couldn't help but feel that she was deceived, wasting her feelings of sympathy.
　　Chen Meng, who was sitting beside her, was also feeling angry. She is very disgusted with this kind of arbitrary hunting in the wild, This kind of behavior is not only dangerous to the animals in the mountain but also to the hunter himself.
　　She read in the news, some years ago, about two illegal hunters who had mistaken a young child, that was playing in the mountains as a rabbit, shooting and killing him. His parents that were not far from him were devastated. They didn't think that just a picnic in the mountains could end in such a tragedy.
　　In addition, arbitrarily killing animals without a care in the world is very disgusting.
　　The earth is the home of all of us, ecological protection depends on everyone.
　　Protecting the ecological environment means protecting ourselves.
　　While the two women were angrily reading the comments in their bedroom, in a remote house in southwest china, a young man wearing sunglasses and a black T-shirt walked out of the door.
　　Outside the door, his partner was waiting for him.
　　His partner was holding a mobile phone in his hand, turning the camera in the young man's direction.
　　Looking at the mobile phone screen, it's clearly a live broadcast.
 
　　Obviously, this young man is a streamer.
　　"Guys, I told you previously that I will go into the mountains to give you a science program about how to deal with King Cobras, but unfortunately, we didn't find any King Cobra in our previous trips;"
　　"This time we came to Jiang County to try our luck. I hear from a friend that he saw a King Cobra previously in this mountain."
　　"This time, I'm planning to stay in the mountains for a few days to see if I can meet with the King Cobra."
　　"Ah yes, I read the news yesterday, the local news. It said that four men went to the mountains, one of them was bitten by a venomous snake, and died. According to the description of the deceased companion, the snake that bit the man may be a King Cobra."
　　"We are going to the mountain where the man was bitten. If we meet a King Cobra, I will teach you how to deal with it, so that If you meet with that type of snake later, you wouldn't be a loss."
　　The young man in sunglasses talked to the camera. He is a well known outdoor streamer in the Tsukitake live broadcast platform. Unlike Chen Meng, a pseudo-outdoor streamer, he is a genuine outdoor streamer.
　　Most of his live broadcasts are carried in the wild.
　　And because he was born in a family that often dealt with snakes, he is very familiar with them so his live content is all about snakes, mostly venomous snakes, and pythons.
　　After Liu Wei finished his speech, on the screen of the mobile phone, various comments started to appear.
　　"I read the news that Wei brother said. A guy named Shao Qi was illegally hunting in the mountains when he was bitten by a venomous snake. I can only say that the heavens are clear, and karma clearly exists."
　　"Wei brother, you must prepare the serum, you must be careful or the cobra might complete its double kill."
　　"Hah, do you think Wei brother is that stupid illegal hunter? See how our Wei brother will play that King Cobra."
　　"Cobra King: please let me go Wei brother ~~~"
　　"Wei brother won't even need the serum, the King Cobra is nothing but a trifle."
　　The live room was very lively, everyone was in a heated discussion, with most people saying that the King Cobra is the one that is going to suffer. 
       Because Liu Wei went to several mountains but didn't find the Cobra King, they were very disappointed.
　　This time he is preparing to enter Wulong mountain, and it seems that there is a Cobra King in that mountain, so everyone is very excited and nervous.
 
　　Liu Wei looked at the comments on the mobile phone screen and couldn't help but smile.
　　Although most of his fans are joking, he knows that these funny fans are actually worried about his safety. For example, the last time he was scratched by the fangs of a cobra, most of his fans sent him a message asking about his condition, some even calling the authorities.
　　After saying goodbye to his fans, Liu Wei companion closed the live broadcast, then after making sure they didn't forget anything. they began marching toward Wulong Mountain, beginning their journey to find the Cobra King.

Fang Yun has become a snake and got a system, the system requires him to brush up to 10 million reputation values, or face eternal death. So Fang Yun began to crazily upgrade!

A beautiful outdoor streamer in the mountains, facing the camera and the live friends sending gifts but was caught by a one-meter-long python.

3,000 meters above the sea surface, Lake Logar is suspected of the appearance of water monsters, causing a large number of tourists to explore.

On the calm sea, a luxurious cruise ship is slowly moving forward. Visitors stood on the deck as the sea breeze blow. Suddenly, someone found that under the water behind their cruise ship, a black shadow hundred of meters long is following closely.

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This is not my story. I so not claim it as such and will thus not be turning on any sort of restrictions or locked chapters. 

I have tried to find the original author and translator, however I am unsure if I’ve found the right one. If they are wrong please do write it and I will change it. 

I have not found the original story and every site have different amounts of chapters so I will link the site on novel updates where you can find what I hope are the original author and translators.

Please do enjoy as this only meant to spread the story on to this platform.

Original author: 香蕉气吁吁
Translator: Banana Panting

Site where I found the book and pertaining information: https://www.mtlnovel.com/all-realms-start-with-python/

After Daniella scolded all her friends except Claire , the three gave her an update on the task she gave to them.  
Sitting on the couch with her legs on the table, Daniella relaxed her back and looked up at the ceiling. A grave expression was on her face as her eyes blinked repeatedly.  
"I hacked Elise's assistant laptop and  found out that next week, she will have a meeting with her friends. Who they are, I don't know " Robert tensed his shoulders as he handed over the paper with Elise's schedule in it. His mind wondered if Daniella was bothered by the fact that her first boyfriend James Park might be getting married soon.  
Daniella took it with her lips pressed tightly together, she scanned it quickly memorizing the time and place and threw it to the coffee table next to her shoes.  
"Dexter - er... Scarlet has moved into the condominium that her manager assigned to her " Scott said, a smile tugged at his lips when Daniella smiled at him.  
"Is she having a hard time with her schedule?" asked Daniella to Scott.  
Scott shook his head "she said she's fine but when I went to her manager's office, I heard some of the models talking about her and it's kind of disturbing."  
Daniella took a sigh and looked at the photos of Scarlet from her photoshoot.  
"Talk to her manager and tell him to get the V magazine to use her as the front  cover of the month " she sighed once again. V Magazine was one of the best if not the number one best-selling magazine in the country. Only powerful politicians, famous celebrities and top models could be the cover on it.  
Scott nodded and took his phone to write down her request.  
"Tell him to make the tag line  'Trans. is Beautiful'" she said with a faint smile.  
After Scott , Daniella looked behind to see Claire handing her a jar, it has three tubes inside , two contained a venom she mixed from different species while one of the tubes had been used.  
She loved animals, especially the poisonous one. On the island she purchased, she had a mansion filled with rare and poisonous animals which she has been using to poison her victims.  
And the venom in the tube was the most special. It mixed with snake venom that could kill a person but with the twist she added , instead of dying  the person with this kind of venom in her body would not experience any pain. Instead the venom would work from the inside like a virus and destroy the person's organ slowly and once it reaches the brain, the person would start hallucinating.  
Now that she had the remaining two , she was planning to use one on Evan's mother. And up until now her mind was still wavering  , should she do it or not.  
Daniella's face tempered like steel stared at the jar. She took one of the tubes and opened it, with an imperturbable expression she shoved a finger inside the tube and stared at the liquid on the tip of her finger.  
"Can you make a small cut on my palm?" Daniella's asked Claire and the woman did it with no complaint.  
The touch of the knife against her skin affrighted her as though it was a serpent's bite , one eye squinted as the blood overflowed from her open cut.  
Daniella lay her finger with venom in the open wound and immediately the skin around her wound turned purple while the  veins in her hand popped out like an angry snake.  
The cut was small so it healed and left a small and thin scar while her skin turned normal.  
All the venom and medicine she made were used on her body , Daniella used herself as as a sample just like in the basement she was locked in. With the experience she got from the doctors that experimented on her body, Daniella used those methods to practice creating venoms or drugs on herself.  
She did not only make those venom or drugs for her enemies but also for herself, she wanted to create a drug that would work on her but after years of experimenting, she came up with nothing.  
"Did it work?" Robert asked Daniella curiously.  
She shook her head , she had been hoping that the venom would work so she could finally start creating another venom that would make her body numb , something like anesthesia .
With another failed attempt ,Daniella turned to Scott "I will need the blueprints of Ken Chu's house as well as the ex-military General so contact Peyton. Find out how many guards the Chu family has" she got up and took the jar with her "Robert , could you please pack my bag and put some smoke bomb inside."  
Robert and Scott left the house after receiving her orders while Claire and Irene stayed with her in the living room.  
The darkness on Daniella's face was suddenly replaced by a blinding smile of a fairy as she grabbed Irene and Claire to sit down on the couch with her.  
Daniella sat up straight between Irene and Claire on the couch, then folded her legs underneath her bottom as she pulled herself  up and onto her knees.  
"Ok so tell me about Camille and James " she said switching her eyes between her friends.  
Daniella might not be familiar with celebrities' faces but this certain Camille caught her attention after she remembered seeing her face in Evan's memories.
"Are you sure James is really marrying Camille?" she curiously asked.  
Like a cyclone, a look of excitement occupied Irene and Claire's faces, their minds exploded as they shared the news with Daniella.  
"It's only a rumor but she has a contract under Park Entertainment  right?" Claire stated, relaxing her arms on the armchair.  
"It might be but look " Irene showed the screen of her phone to them with the comments from the article written about Camille's rumored future fiancée "they said that he's a young tycoon " she started reading the title to them.  
"Tycoon?" Daniella repeated. As far as she can remembered , James never had an interest in handling his father's business and just like Matthew, the man loved photography that not even his father's threat of disowning him could shake him.  
"Read the whole article " Daniella hurriedly stated.  
"here it is " Irene nodded with no hesitation as she started reading the article.  
"The supermodel Camille Lee was recently spotted having a romantic time with her business tycoon boyfriend " Irene clicked the next page of the article with a photo of the model in what seemed to be a garden and next to her was a tall man.  
"Omg! They are kissing in this photo!" Irene suddenly exclaimed.  
Claire and Daniella curiously peeked at the photo , with the man's position the camera was not able to capture his face.  
"Continue to the next page" Daniella ordered, a slow thought that crept like a worm made Daniella  suspicious , she somehow felt like she had something to do with it .  
Her friends were not aware of the change in her expression as they continued reading the article.  
"Camille Male's childhood friend Evan Su of the Su Financial bank might have settled the engagement after the supermodel visited the Su Villa with her parents."  
Slowly, Irene's voice faded into the air, her finger scrolled down to the photo below the article and found a photo of Evan and Camille in the garden sitting on the wooden bench.  
When Irene and Claire turned to look at Daniella, the woman was smiling from ear to ear.  
"well… well " and Daniella got up with the same smile on her lips.  
After Daniella's figure disappeared from the living room, Claire blew out a sigh.  
"Phew! I thought she was going to smash my living room " saying that in relief, Claire got up and followed Daniella.  
Seeing Daniella with the axe in her hand, Claire and Irene's eyes widened.  
"Ah!!!" a screeching yell roared like a thunder in the parking space when Daniella started stabbing the car that Evan bought for her with the axe in her hand.  
From the side mirror to the headlights, each part of the car experienced the wrath of the axe. When the side mirrors fell to the ground, she used all her force to smash the windshield and the hood of the car.  
She gasped for air like she had just  ran a marathon, her hands trembled as it itched to strangle someone.  
She took in a few breaths to calm her nerves but she had no luck after a few tries.  
Soon Daniella dropped the axe on the ground and with heavy feet walked towards Scott's motorcycle.  
Before starting the engine she turned to Claire.  
"Get this car towed and send the bill to Mr. Su please."


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Blake's POV 

I stared at the damn magazine disbelievingly, how the fuck did they get a shot at us! 

I knew something was weird when Paisley suddenly informed me of a dinner meeting I had no idea about. But then the client Mr Liu who she claimed I had to meet was an old man who I couldn't disrespect by not going. 

Back together?  They wish. 

I was still thinking of how to resolve this joke of the century of a magazine when my mom rang me up

"Why is she back in your life? Well no Hello's then

"We are friends mom" Jasmine has been a friend of mine since kindergarten way before we got involved during our college days. Yes we ended things in a messed up way but she came back as a friend. And I couldn't ignore her hand of friendship

"Friends! How much more hurt do you want her inflicting in your life before you see her for the snake she is!" I rolled my eyes at that, mom never did like her. She always thought of her as conniving and manipulative

"Mom, she did nothing wrong here. The reporters invaded on our privacy and there is no truth in the article published. So stop worrying OK"  if mom has seen this, has she seen it too? 

She created this mess! 

"Did nothing wrong? Stop seeing the best in people son, humans are not innocent. I wouldn't be surprised if she is behind the damn article" there she goes again. Jasmine was the one who called me this morning about the article that came out.  She kept on apologizing and blaming herself over it

"She didn't mom, she actually called to inform me and apologise over it"

"And you claim she is innocent tsk tsk I didn't take you for a fool son. How can your IQ be so high and yet be dump over such trick huh" I chuckled at that, it's been a while since I heard this words. When Jasmine and I dated mom never failed to say this to me

"You have nothing to worry about mom, I'm serious. I love you but I have things to do so bye" the more we talked the more upset we both will be. 

I thought of calling the publishing company to take down the article but that will raise more questions and people will actually think there is some truth to the story so I ignored it. 

I wondered if she read it and what her opinion is about the story. Why isn't she calling to ask. 

I'm her boss and I got involved in a relationship scandal with a model, shouldn't my PA be worried and ask! 

Or is that not big enough for her to be concerned, did she believe the article? 

I spent the whole day waiting for her call but nothing came! I then busied myself with some work I took home

I got tired of staying home with all these thoughts invading my mind and glancing to my phone every minute. I picked up my keys and drove over to her place but I found Jaxon car parked next to hers.

Isn't Jax visiting the vacation home? 

I shouldn't interrupt their day together.. I drove off with a disappointed look

Why did Jax cut short his break, is she OK? 

Reminding myself to call Jax later today I stepped out of my car just to find Jasmine standing in front of my building. 

"Jasmine" I know I accepted her hand of friendship but her constant visit is beginning to irk me. 

"Blake, I'm so sorry, if I hadn't invited you for the dinner last night and if Miss Ryan hadn't helped me out this wouldn't have happened" her voice sounded so meek too meek actually. 

"It is not Paisley's fault, she helped you out because you are a friend of mine" I defended, noticing how sad she looked I added "it's no one's fault OK but you shouldn't be here. It will just create more misunderstanding and rumors" with the article published more paparazzi will be hanging around and the last thing I want is more ridiculous article coming out. 

I don't mind if it's with her though!  

"I actually came here to apologize and also maybe have dinner with you" I was about responding her when she cut me off "you accepted me back as a friend but we hardly spend time together. Whenever I visit you at work you always have an excuse to evade me and last night you spent it all on you phone! I apologised already didn't I! Must I be made to look so desperate when all I asked for is your friendship?" Tears flowed down her cheeks and on instincts I wiped it off. 

Sighing I invited her in. 

I looked through my kitchen and decided on making chicken Parmesan. 

I'm a chicken lover, so I always have chicken at home and moreover it was easy to make and super delicious.

I started cooking while Jasmine looked around. 

In less than an hour later dinner was ready I served the chicken Parmesan with pasta. It's been a while since I cooked, I always ate at a restaurant. 

I called on Jasmine to come over and eat. During dinner she kept on moaning at how delicious the food was although she would have preferred salad instead of the pasta. 

I felt bad because I actually forgot her eating policy. She always watched what she ate because of her line of work. 

After dinner I cleared the table while she sat in the living room watching the TV. I poured the wasted pasta which she didn't eat in the bin and washed the dishes. 

"Dinner was awesome" she complimented once more as I sat on a sofa

"Thank you" I looked towards the time and realised it's just few minutes past 8. What excuse do I come up with to make her leave I wondered

"Blake, I messed up before but I won't do that again. I will be the perfect friend for you" I don't want perfect! 

"No one is perfect Jasmine, we all have flaws" I told her. Been perfect is just been fake. Our imperfections is what make us humans

"And that flaw made me loose you once, it won't happen again" her face looked determined. 

I had no comment to that so I just ignored it. I am actually happy things ended between us because if we were to be together I would have been a cheater. Miss Ryan would have made me question my loyalty as a lover! 

"Oh, I saw Miss Ryan earlier, she was at the supermarket and she looked so excited for her date" date! It must have been with Jax

"She is friends with Jax so it must have been with him" I explained 

"No it wasn't with Jax but with Caspian, you know Caspian Arlo right?" What the hell is she talking about

"Caspian and I once met in Amsterdam when I went for a shoot, we became friends since then. He actually told me about the date yesterday and today I coincidentally saw Miss Ryan at the supermarket. She said she needed to prepare some food for her date" she continued when she noticed I wasn't responding. Caspian? When did they meet?  I suddenly recalled her meeting him during the event. 

Something is off, why would Paisley talk about her private life with Jasmine? And why would Caspian talk about his date with Paisley with her? 

I hummed in response, "Jasmine, I think you should get going now, I'm actually expecting a guest and I don't want any misunderstanding" I made the first excuse that came to mind. I noticed how her eyes flashed with surprise before she smiled and left. 

Jasmine might have made something's up but she isn't stupid to speak when there is no fact to back it up. I called Jax but it went straight to his voicemail. I contemplated on calling Paisley but that will be weird. How do I ask her if she went on a date with Caspian or not? 

Monday is just a day away, I'll look for ways to get an answer then! 

***

I slept in, I always do on a Sunday. The continuous banging and ringing from my door woke me up. 

Who tf is it? 

I checked and saw Jax at my door, opening it I was met with his fist what the

"How could you, I defended you when the first article came out, there must have been a mistake, there is an explanation to this!  But what did you do? You woke the whole New Yorkers up with your face plasted on the front cover once again with that bitch. How could you Blake, why?" He angrily growled his face was red from anger. 

But what is he talking about

I picked up my phone and checked the internet and truly there were pictures from yesterday, one was from when I wiped her tears and the other was when we walked into the building. 

It was stated that she spent two hours with me before leaving. A picture of when she left was also taken with her disheveled hair that made me raise a brow 

What game are you unto Jasmine? 

"This is all a misunderstanding, I have nothing going on with her Jax" I finally voiced out but he walked over and poured himself some beer which he gulped down in one gulp. 

Before he could respond, my phone rang and the caller was my mom. I didn't pick it up because it's too early for her scolding. 

My door bell rang once again this time though it was Gavin, shouldn't he be somewhere cuddling up with Evelyn

"Why the hell is going on" another angry being walked in. He noticed Jax and they both exchanged pleasantries while I walked over to a sofa and sat. 

Glaring at me, they both sat down

"There is a big misunderstanding " I went ahead and told them how Jasmine walked in my office and apologized asking for us to be friends at least. And how Miss Ryan helped in setting up the dinner date plus the event that went on last night. 

While I was telling the story I had to mute my phone because my mom kept on calling and sending test messages! 

"Why did you accept her back at all! You should know better dammit" Gavin exclaimed

"Mom is right, she is but a fucking snake!" Jax anger was still evident in his face

I know she is conniving and all but I thought she might have changed. Humans deserve a second chance right! 

I sat still while they both took turns in blaming me. 

"Why are you both back" they glared at me in disbelief. 

"Shouldn't you be having a romantic weekend with your girlfriend and you, shouldn't you be at the vacation house" I asked Gavin and Jax respectively 

"When we saw the first article, Evelyn got worried since she couldn't reach Paisley so we left for New York" why won't she pick up

"Is Paisley OK?" I asked Jax 

"Yes.. How did you know I saw her?" He questioned 

"I was there yesterday and saw your car" I explained to which he nodded

"I couldn't reach her too so I came over to check on her" was she that affected by the article

"Was she" I swallowed my word because I didn't know how to voice it out 

"She was. Why on earth are you both still single?" He asked and Gavin also looked at me curiously

"I don't know" I stood up and poured myself a glass of water "I'm scared" I murmured and judging from their expression they heard me

"I didn't expect that" Gavin confessed

"You should be. Paisley is too beautiful and perfect for you actually!" The asshole of my brother taunted. He is right though !

"But been scared won't resolve anything. Be man enough and voice out your emotions else I'll personally set her up on a date. I'll be leaving now" he threatened and left

"I should get a DNA test done. That annoying ass can't be my brother" I told Gavin 

"I agree with him on setting her up on a date though" my glare zoned on him and he laughed uncomfortably.  Making excuses he left. 

I was left alone in my thought wondering how I will clear this mess up and ask Paisley out on an official date.

Love? "That's possible man" 

I am utterly in love with a certain curvy beauty!!! 

He is BLAKE CROSBY, the most wanted bachelor in NEW YORK CITY

Mouthwatering, powerful, Influential, very rich and have I mentioned Irresistible! Well he is literally every ladies crush! 

Blake had always believed love wasn't meant for him

Not until HER!!! 

His Sexy PA


By the time the advertisement came out, it was all over the city. Large scenes of Anita and Hiroko standing together, holding a perfume, flowers dancing around them were up on buildings and billboards. Even on park benches. 

Anita's parents were a little irked by the sudden publicity, but they didn't say anything. They even feigned happiness for her, since she got to meet her idol. 

Anita stood by the front desk next to Suika, her eyes scanning one of the magazines that featured her advertisement. She smiled and squealed, "It came out so good! What do you think, Suika-san?"

She aimed the magazine at her friend and waited, but the black haired woman seemed to be more interested in what her phone said. Anita blinked and frowned, "Suika-san?"

"What do I think?" She hummed, handing Anita her phone, "I think you want to see this..."

Anita took the phone from her and gazed at the screen, blinking in surprise. She was staring at an article made by some name she didn't recognize. It was titled, 'Youngest Princess Seen Walking Around with CEO. Forbidden Love Affair?' Below it was a picture of Anita walking on the street next to Keiko and smiling at her.

She gawked at it and shook her head, "What? This is totally false..! They think Kurayami-sama and I are lovers?!"

"Oh, I have got to tell Keiko this! She's going to flip!"

Anita frowned deeply and placed her hand over her mouth, the vision of the article still lingering in her mind even after Suika took her phone back. She could only imagine what her parents would think if they found out. And worse, what if Keiko got angry? 

Anita really hated when the spotlight was on her. She just wanted her life to be private and unbothered, but reporters were always trying to take her picture and sneak past her walls. They had succeeded with that article. 


Keiko looked down at Suika's phone and knit her brows, "What the hell is this?"

"What does it look like? You've been turned into gossip!"

"Oh, hell." Keiko scowled and massaged the bridge of her nose, "Don't worry about it. I'm sure it will be taken down by the king and queen soon. If not, I'll sue the creators of that article."

"I love Anita, but lately she's been causing problems! The crowd looking for her outside of the building, this article! What's next?"

"It's not her fault. Just relax."

"How are you so calm? You've been accused of having an affair with the princess of Japan!"

"I'm calm because I know it isn't real! It's just petty gossip. Go and have some tea. Relax. We still have work to do."

Suika placed her hands on her hips and narrowed her eyes, "I'm sure all of the staff will be talking about this. We'll never get any work done!"

"Suika. Leave my office, please."

Suika whipped around and let out a harumph. She stalked out of the office, her heels clicking all the way. Nanami watched her go and grimaced, crossing her arms.

'I'm sure that snake is secretly enjoying this. She probably thinks it will get us more publicity...'

...

Anita walked into her home with her head down that night, her belly churning with nerves. She hoped she could slip up the stairs and into her room, but her parents were already waiting for her in the living room.

Her mother was sipping tea with a frown on her face, and her father had his hands folded behind his back.

"Anita," he said, "where are you going?"

She glanced over at them and smiled weakly, "T-To my room?"

"Come here," he said calmly, looking down with closed eyes. "We need to talk."

She awkwardly walked over to them and took a seat on the couch, feeling more than uncomfortable. She wasn't used to getting in trouble. But then again, maybe it wouldn't be about the article. Maybe it was—

"We saw the article today. I'm assuming you know what I'm talking about."

"...Oh. Yes."

"Oh, dear," lamented Izayoi, her eyes full of concern, "you must be so embarrassed. Not worry, we've already had the article taken down!"

"Yes," Osamu scowled, "you're lucky we have such authority. You need to start being more careful, young lady! Why would they think you're in a relationship with Kurayami?"

"I... I don't know!" Anita frowned, "we were just walking around town together! We were probably running errands! You aren't actually..."

She trailed off.

"Mad at me, are you?" 

"Of course we're mad!"

"Not so much at you, dear," whispered Izayoi.

"The last thing we need is rumors like that!" Osamu shouted, "You're just about to meet possible suitors! Who will want to marry you if they think you're with a woman?"

"This isn't my fault!" Anita bit, bristling. "You always blame me for everything, even things that are out of my control."

"That's because we know how rebellious and ornery you can be! That's the whole reason you're working in that studio! All we ask is that you behave and work hard for one year."

"And I'm doing that! You should be screaming at the creators of that article! They're the ones that twisted things..!"

"Honey..." Izayoi whimpered, reaching out toward her daughter.

Anita whipped around and began to stomp away. 

Her mother shot up out of her seat with eyes full of concern, "Wait! Anita, where are you going?"

"I'm leaving!"

Izayoi was ready to run after her, but her husband placed his hand on her shoulder. He shook his head and closed his eyes.

"She'll come back when she's calmed down."

Izayoi collapsed into his chest and began to cry, "I feel like I don't even know her anymore..."

"She's a good kid," he sighed, "but she's going through a phase. You need to remember that we still have to discipline her."

...

Keiko was sitting on her couch, looking at her laptop. The stars were high in the sky, twinkling brightly. She yawned and stretched her arms high above her head, shut the laptop, and got ready to go to bed.

Before she could walk up the stairs to her bedroom, someone began knocking urgently on her door. She blinked and sighed, heading over to see who it was so late at night.

She cracked the door open and peeked outside, seeing that it was just Anita. She unlocked the door and opened it completely.
"Anita?"

The princess was frowning deeply, wiping a tear off of her cheek which smudged her mascara. She sniffled and looked at Keiko with her glossy eyes. "Kurayami-sama..."

Keiko stared at her in surprise with parted lips.

"Could I stay here tonight?"


What happens when the youngest daughter from the royal family takes a job in an office building as a punishment for acting out at home? Why, a lesbian drama, that’s what!

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cover art not mine

"Finally" I muttered as I stared at the newspaper article.
'''Tragedy at Hogwarts- Death of a Mugglebornm'''
'''Myrtle Elizabeth Warren, a muggle-born witch was found dead on the second floor girl's bathroom. According to resident students, Myrtle was quite infamous for occupying that stall for a long amount of time, notorious for skipping classes, there are very conflicting emotions about her tragedy.
According to her roommates, Myrtle was a little different and didn't fit well with anyone else, not even her fellow muggle-borns, day in and day out of her snappy attitude has burned many bridges among her fellow Ravenclaw, but even her demise is sad as many of her roommates had red eyes for the past few weeks.
The cause of her death is a mystery as even the department of mysteries is involved in searching for clues. Professor Dumbeldore the transfiguration professor confessed that the matter may remain a mystery and that Hogwarts is in a dangerous place right now.'''
'uhhhh... Isn't the paper a little too liberal at dishing a recently deceased?'
I looked at the picture of a young brunette with her hair braided into two ponytails, her big round glasses and acne covered face.
'uhh...I guess now I understand a little on why she was in that toilet a lot.'
Ignoring the rising feelings of pity I started reading the next article.
'''Hogwats Closing? The tragedy of the Century'''
'''Due to the tragic demise of Myrtle Elizabeth Warren, according to headmaster Armando Dippet Hogwarts will close as the student's safety is compromised, the Hogwarts Express is scheduled to arrive in two days and all the parents who want to pick up their kids ...'''
The rest of the article just described the schedule of the train and directions to follow in order to take your kids back home. Instead, I focused on the article that finally had some information about what I wanted.
'''The Chamber of Secrets- The long Lost Legacy'''
'''It is not a well-known fact but the Hogwarts castle was a building owned by the Slytherin family and that Lord Slytherin donated the castle to create Hogwarts. Being the former owner of the castle it would not come as a surprise that Slytherin had a hidden room in it. The Chamber of Secrets is the legacy that Lord Slytherin left behind and in the past centuries, many people have tried to find its location with no success. The only reason this incident is linked to the chamber of secrets is because according to ancient records, Lord Slytherin has left behind an ancient beast whom only his heir could control. While the speculation about the identity of the beast still remains undetermined, the questionable nature of Slytherin's housing of a potentially dangerous beast remains concerning....'''
'I mean it's got to be a snake right? they would have found some clues from the corpse.'
All the articles on the day revolved around these few lines, I ignored most of the nonsense written there listed out some facts about the incident on 13th June 1943.
- Myrtle Elizabeth Warren, Fifth year, Muggleborn, died.
- Hagrid was found the culprit and was expelled?
- Somehow killing a muggleborn just resulted in expulsion?
-I don't think Hagrid was responsible
-Someone named Tom Marvolo Riddle, muggleborn, Slytherin, captured Hagrid with an Acromantula.
-There was a muggleborn in Slytherin in 1943?
'sigh...maybe blood supremacy was not present before the Dark Lords time? This seems ridiculous, But there sure isn't any pureblood family with the name Riddle...'
I continued reading the papers and an interesting article caught my attention.
'''...Myrtle who after her death remained behind as a ghost, attended the wedding of Olive's brother uninvited and apparently caused a massive scene to remind Olive that she bullied her, causing a huge mess. Olive went to the Ministry of Magic to restrain Myrtle, who was thereafter obliged to remain at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...'''
'...wait so this Myrtle is the mooning Myrtle? yeah, the second-floor girl's lavatory can't be a coincidence, should I ask her?'
I cringed at the thought of asking about the situations surrounding her death but this is the only lead I got, plus maybe I won't have to, maybe the system will give me a clue if I'm close to the entrance.
I remembered the last article I read quickly memorizing the date in case I had to come back, before exiting the library. It took me 10 minutes and just 1 dead-end to arrive in front of the abandoned toilets. The doors looked quite old and maybe the house-elf's also didn't like to clean here. I opened the doors and closed them behind me. 
'...nothing?'
I almost deflated at not getting any notification but then continued to enter the toilet. The room had stalled on both sides and in the centre was a circular construct that had multiple sinks arranged.
I examined the stalls one by one but there was no one here, maybe Myrtle was haunting someone, so I continued to the only remaining construct in the room. I examined the sink, the mirror was a little dirty but I could still see myself.
'No notification, there goes plan A... Plan B I guess'
'Observe'
I froze as soon as I thought because a simple line appeared in front of me.
[Water Tap (Entrance to the Chamber of Secrets)]
Ping!
[Quest Completed: Heir of Slytherin(I): Find the location of the Chamber of Secrets
Rewards: 1000 EXP, 5 SP]
'huh'

Alex Fawley was just another pureblood, enjoying his life anticipating about going to Hogwarts and learning about magic when this blue board-thingy messed up his whole life...

Peter Hamplester's real identity was Zhang Tie, the famous Hua knight...
Zhang Tie founded Ancient God Church in Ice and Snow Wilderness...
Ockham the halos pastor of the eastern parish of Sacred Light Empire raided the Summer Palace; however, he was killed by a semi-sage knight on the back of Sacred Iceland Kingdom...
Zhang Tie abdicated...
Zhang Tie awakened a powerful, immortal Hua bloodline...
Andre, the 4-year old son of Zhang Tie and O'Laura, namely his eldest son would become the next tsar of Sacred Iceland Kingdom...
The Sacred Light Empire on Western Continent assigned a special envoy to Saint Petersburg to sue for peace...
In April of the 904th year of Black Iron Calendar, various news about Zhang Tie became the focus of the Mountain of Brightness once again.
On April 12th, a paid article "Deciphering the Legendary Life of Qianji Hermit Zhang Tie" became a hot topic in Mountain of Brightness only after it was posted for 2 days.
This article was like a legend of Peter Hamplester. As for knights, what Peter Hamplester did in Ice and Snow Wilderness was not amazing including how he saved sexy fox Olina from the conflict between Ewentra Archipelago and Demon Snake Island, how he saved over 100,000 people in the underground relics and founded Ancient God Church, how Peter Hamplester pacified the disaster of demons in Eschyle City; how he proposed the Axis Railway Plan; how he housed refugees and founded Sacred Iceland Kingdom. Many ambitious knights would establish countries and religions in poor subcontinents and regions out of specific purposes.
However, when the legends about Peter Hamplester and the legends about Zhang Tie who had long been famous in knight's world combined with each other, the result became dramatic and subversive as if a more marvelous chemical reaction happened when two marvelous elements mixed with each other, which made everybody dumbfounded for sure. 
Peter Hamplester, the former tsar of Sacred Iceland Kingdom was Zhang Tie the Hua knight who had been famous in the knight's world.
What an unbelievable fact!
...
"——Nobody in the main palace of Summer Palace could imagine that Peter Hamplester could say such words and display his body-changing bloodline in the public after standing up. This was Zhang Tie's second public display after holding his rotating chakra ceremony as an earth knight. All the people in the banquet had seen that. In the eyes of the followers of the Ancient God Church, Zhang Tie's display of body-changing ability was undoubtedly another manifestation of God's will. As a result, they further firmed their belief..."
...
"——Zhang Tie's women are undoubtedly happy at this moment. This man who incarnated into Peter Hamplester using his immortal body-changing bloodline proved who's most precious in his eyes by abdicating his throne. At this moment, Zhang Tie indeed treated the country as sh*t and ignored the sneer of powerful ones..."
...
"...However, according to the most reliable first-hand news that I received, closely after Zhang Tie recovered his original look, the halos pastor had appeared and wanted to threaten Zhang Tie by destroying the Summer Palace and Saint Petersburg. He wanted some equipment from Zhang Tie. However, the result was that Zhang Tie and the halos pastor had disappeared in front of the public before they started a fight..."
...
"——Is there really a semi-sage knight on the back of Sacred Iceland Kingdom? Do Zhang Tie, Qianji Hermit have other secret identities? Black Iron Know-All will pay attention to the relevant information constantly for you..."
...
Zhang Tie read the entire article in Mountain of Brightness.
As this was a paid article. In order to know what he looked like in others' eyes, Zhang Tie immediately paid 1,000 gold coins for this hot article after logging on the Mountain of Brightness...
When Zhang Tie was reading the article, this article had been viewed for over 30,000 times.
After knowing that guy called "Black Iron Know-All" had made over 30 million gold coins by selling his intelligence, Zhang Tie became speechless.
Black Iron Know-All was a very famous byname in Mountain of Brightness. Many hot articles in Mountain of Brightness were written with this byname. Zhang Tie didn't know whether Black Iron Know-All was a person or an organization. However, given the content of this article, Zhang Tie knew that it probably was an organization. Because the intelligence about Zhang Tie in the article was very detailed and complete. Therefore, the article was very infectious and influential.
Even Zhang Tie had not imagined that he could gain the byname of Qianji Hermit in the Mountain of Brightness. In Taixia Country, it was outstanding for a knight to gain a widely accepted byname which had nothing to do with his cultivation method. Special bynames represented the special position and a much greater influence and reputation among his peers. Zhang Tie revealed his incarnation of Cui Li on his rotating chakra ceremony; this time, he revealed his incarnation of Peter Hamplester; plus the fame of his original name, the three identities shocked the public too much. Only in a few days, through Black Iron Know-All, the byname of Qianji Hermit had spread over Mountain of Brightness and become Zhang Tie's signboard. 
"Qian" referred that Zhang Tie could change his looks whenever he wanted; "Ji" referred to the secret methods and trump cards of Zhang Tie. It seemed that Zhang Tie would not get rid of this byname in the future. 
At the bottom of this article, there were many replies.
Most of the people replied this article anonymously in Mountain of Brightness. Even someone didn't hide their bynames, nobody could identify who were they.
——With terrifying body-changing immortal bloodline, soul-forbidden method, amazing battle strength and various secret methods, Qianji Hermit hid his true identity for so many years. Qianji Hermit's enemies would have nightmares. I feel worth spending 1,000 gold coins for this article. 
——I mostly want to know who's that semi-sage knight on the back of the Sacred Iceland Kingdom and Qianji Hermit. I would like to spend 100 earth-element crystals on this news...
——I wonder whether you've found that, after reading the confession of Qianji Hermit, I speculate that Qianji Hermit might have gained a great secret item when he was young. Since then, Qianji Hermit grew more and more powerful from a common teenager in a short period.
This article was followed by many replies too.
——It's said that Qianji Hermit has been struck by a lightning bolt. After that, his potential was gradually tapped.
——I've also heard about that.
——I still stick to my opinion.
——Luck is also a part of one's power; actually, it's a very important part of one's power. I feel that Qianji Hermit is a lucky person. A lucky person would be special wherever he is.
——I'm on the Western Continent, who knows what conditions are required to be Qianji Hermit's disciples?
——It seems that Qianji Hermit should be one of the most powerful earth knights among Hua people.
——Qianji Hermit is young and dissolute; he's a good example for our Hua people. Hahahaha, by the way, I make an advertisement here. This man is handsome, tall, tender and considerate. I have a good moral standing and excel at 2-person secret method. I'm in 7 change black iron realm. I want for a foreign female knight for 2-people cultivation, regardless of race. Female Hua knight preferred. Best in above 5 change black iron realm. Female earth knight is also welcome. If you intend to be my partner, please contact me according to the following method. Sincerely...
——Ahh, over 20 years ago, I've flown over Blackhot City in Waii Subcontinent. At that moment, Qianji Hermit must be in the city below as a common teenager. 
——This is the handsome boy that I want; he's too handsome and tender...
——I'm Zhang Tie the Qianji Hermit. This is my another byname on the Western Continent. Any female knight who wants to get pregnant could come for me. I promise that you could give birth to boys. Additionally, our babies might have a chance to inherit my body-changing immortal bloodline. 20 water-element crystals for each pregnancy. Discount! 1 for 3. More discount for group purchase. I could keep you secret and never find you trouble after that...
...
There were various replies. In Mountain of Brightness, as they were all knights, they were on the equal footing. Knights might put on their airs in front of commoners. However, in Mountain of Brightness, many knights would not put on their airs. Being covered by their bynames, all the knights could talk freely in Mountain of Brightness. It was like the cyberspace before the Catastrophe. In this virtual space, many people became different than that in reality. Knights might require a place to relax themselves and release pressure...
After reading that "paid pregnancy" thing, Zhang Tie was dumbfounded.
When Zhang Tie was immersed in Mountain of Brightness, a voice sounded, "The airboat of the special envoy of Sacred Light Empire has already arrived..."


After the Catastrophe, every rule in the world was rewritten.
In the Age of Black Iron, steel, iron, steam engines and fighting force became the crux in which human beings depended on to survive.
A commoner boy by the name Zhang Tie was selected by the gods of fortune and was gifted a small tree which could constantly produce various marvelous fruits. At the same time, Zhang Tie was thrown into the flames of war, a three-hundred-year war between humans and demons on the vacant continent. Using crystals to tap into the potentials of the human body, one must cultivate to become stronger.
The thrilling legends of mysterious clans, secrets of Oriental fantasies, numerous treasures and legacies in the underground world — All in the Castle of Black Iron!
Written by Drunk Tiger, this novel is a prime example of fantasy steampunk. Let us journey through the world of limitless possibilities and inventions together!
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**Warning: This novel contains mature content**


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