Tang Xinyi and Xi Liuxian were childhood friends and lovers. 
They loved each other or so she thought. 

One day he disappeared leaving behind her. He came back years later inviting her and her family to his wedding.

What will happen to them both? What is he hiding?

"Yes… Raina I think I need to tell you a secret. A big girl secret, a Princess Secret. Do you think you can keep it?" Kyera asked her seriously. Raina perked up when she heard secret. 

She knew the other kids kept secrets all the time. Even the grown ups kept them between each other and sometimes betrayed each other with them. Yet, Raina never had been entrusted with a secret of her own. Oh she heard things she shouldn't have and kept those secrets close to her heart, but no one ever gave her secrets. 

Raina nodded, her cute little face becoming serious. "Yes, I am good at keeping secrets." Raina replied honestly. No one knew half thing little things she did. 

"Alright. Princess Raina, the reason I must go home is because, I am a Princess too." Kyera told her calmly. Raina's mouth fill into a awed little O shape. 

"Your a Princess!" Raina asked her eyes wide. She never dreamed she would be given such a special secret about her teacher. 

"Yes, but it's a secret. You see the forest had its own King and Queen, and their descendants are the Princes and Princesses of the forest." Kyera explained with a naughty smile. Raina seemed to ponder this for a moment. 

"But Grandfather is the Emperor of the forest…shouldn't he know who you are?" Raina asked realizing it wasn't a very good secret if others already knew it. Kyera shook her head slowly. 

"No because we are a secret royal line. You see we are royalty that has a very secret mission." Kyera continued, still speaking softly so no onlookers could hear. "You see the Prince and Princesses of my people dedicate themselves to protecting the law and peace. We don't own land, we own our destinies. My duty is to protect the people of this land from harm." she explains trying to simplify the oath of the Shifter to a child. It was not the easiest thing in the world when they didn't grow up with it's principles. Yet Raina seemed to be getting it. 

"Oh so your like a Princess Warrior?" Raina tried to make sense of how these two roles fit together. Yet she was fairly sure if anyone fit that type of description it was her teacher. Kyera thought for a moment and decided that was actually a good way of explaining it.

"Exactly, and it is my job to take care of you and defend the royal family because that is the only way to keep the peace." Kyera explained, once again straightening the Princess' hair. 

"Is that why you saved me from those bad men?" Raina asked curiously. Kyera froze for a moment, letting herself recall the incident.

"No. That was more out of instinct, Princess. I wanted to protect you and you were lost. You see our laws say that a child should not pay the debt of the father unwillingly." Kyera explained but at the confusion on Raina's face she felt it best to elaborate. "In this case they wanted to punish your family because of what your Great Grandfather did to our people." 

"Oh… they were shifters?" Raina asked and, unable to hide the truth Kyera nodded. The men were dead so it didn't break shifter law. "So they wanted to kill me because my Great grandpa killed a lot of them?" she asked and Kyera shook her head. 

"Most likely they would have taken you away and sold you to a slaver clan." Kyera replied, as chilling as the truth was, she didn't want to hide it from her. Raina may be young, but there was little chance of her survival if she wasn't prepared for the harsher truths. 

Raina seemed to consider this silently for a while. Her head resting lightly on Kyera's shoulder as she shifted to sit on the older woman's lap. Kyera let her sit there, gently running a hand through her hair to sooth her. "Why do the shifter's hide? I thought we made peace?" Raina asked softly looking up at Kyera. "Why do they want to hurt us?"

In a world left with scars from a great war, the humans rejoice in their victory, but also weep at the cost. Unaware of the blind hatred that led to the slaughter, an entire race was nearly erased from the face of their lands. They believed they had wiped the shifters from the face of the planet, little did they know very few lived on in the very forests they visited, and in the villages they traded with. Forced into hiding, the shifters built a new clan, and lived by the old rules, hiding from humanity. 

Kyera Shade of the Moon is a Shapeshifter who takes the form of a White tigress with silver stripes. Alone in the world, and carrying the weight of her clan on her shoulders, she attempts to uphold the law she was born to, and protect the remaining of her kind. Her heart decimated by the deaths of her brothers and the absence of her mother, she finds herself caught in a net and unable to break free. In her moment of desperation, a hand reaches out and catches her. A man who threatens to steal her heart away, but can she learn to forgive herself? Can she find love and salvation in another's arms after the betrayals of so many? 

Clovis of the Dancing Rain is the fourth Prince of the Forest Kingdom. He is a clever man, but had no wish to be king. Perfectly happy to raise is Daughter in peace now that his young wife had passed. There was darkness and secrets in his past, but there was no place for revenge in his future. Not until they took it too far. Pushing his bottom line a need to take the crown lit in his heart. However, he needed one thing more than anything else... the right woman by his side. As if the answer to a prayer, a woman appeared. Beautiful and trustworthy who loved his daughter as much as he did, if not more. Yet her heart was broken, her world surrounded by secrets and shadows, perhaps she was best left alone. However, would he be able to live without her?

"A liar, a deceiver, and a murderer all polluting the same space, and a small boy with big dreams he thinks he can accomplish… No matter how I look at it… seems like a waste of time."

Two men sat side by side in a dark room illuminated by a single candle. One man wearing a mask stood over the other with impatience clenching his fist, while the other patiently sat in a chair.
"Master this is foolishness! Let's end the dream here and now! Why are we waiting we should intervene now while we still can…" The masked man said
"You know very well why we can't do that… If word gets out that we've been spying on that island things… won't go well for us with the humans…" The man in the chair said
"So what is the plan? We'll just sit idly by as his world falls to ruin?"
"Precisely..." That... Is all we can do...?" The man in the chair replied
"I don't get it... With all the things happening in the world, why are we paying close attention to a remote island and this boy's dream of joining the SPA? This must be the most inconsequential thing in our state of the world."
"Watch closely… one of the world's best kept secrets is about to be unveiled. We are watching because we do not have the current capabilities to unveil it ourselves."
"And the boy?"
"We are after him for the same reason Taliyah is after him, that is all I can tell you, Raiden."
"How long… How long must I wait to learn the truth about this boy! You have kept me waiting 2 months now!" Raiden yelled
"I… I am not sure…But our meeting with him is inevitable I have asked Jagr Greenhawk to hand him over once the Raven situation is dealt with. The secret of that boys light must not be revealed to the world."
"The Raven situation? I grow tired of these circumstances they seem to have no end in sight! And still you have yet to explain a thing!" The masked man said walking away
"Where are you going?" The man in the chair asked
"If you won't tell me I'm going to find out what this light of the father is myself."
"Fight me" The man said standing up from his chair. "If you win I will tell you all the secrets, they are written on this card" The man held up a card that read Axel on it.
"I'm glad you wrote that on a card" Raiden said "It would be a shame if I killed you and didn't learn any secrets."

In the 21st century, an event known as the Great Shift of 2030 destroyed 90% of life on earth. A new race known as the Shifters emerged.

200 years later, countless wars divided what was left of civilization into two areas: The city-states controlled by the crime fighting SPA, and the badlands controlled by lawless bandits.

Axel, a powerless Shifter in 2230, has vivid dreams of future events that never seem to come true. He has dreams of Joining the SPA academy and becoming an agent, but he is unable to deal with a bully at his local school. As Axel progresses and becomes stronger he begins to wonder, if his dreams are just dreams, or are they warnings from the future of a destiny he cannot escape?

“1352 times I’ve been shoved in lockers, drowned in toilets, and beaten to a pulp...And yet, everyday I come back here, patiently waiting for that day....” Axel thought


“You're trash! I kick your butt every morning but you never seem to get the message! Why don't you go back to where you came from? Why don't you quit this school you powerless loser!” Pb yelled into his face

“Because… I believe in my dreams.” Axel began

"I'm going to beat those dreams out of you!" Pb yelled kicking him in the stomach.


Axel spat out a wad of blood, and looked Pb directly in his eyes. “I’ll never stop dreaming. You can beat me up as much as you like, but as long as my heart still beats, as long as my mind still thinks, I will continue to dream! No one can come between a man and his dream! The only person who can stop a man from dreaming is that man himself!”

“Tomorrow is the day all this changes! Tomorrow is the day my dreams become Reality!”



This novel was originally posted on Royal Road, and now I am bringing a rewritten version here. I am the original author.

This story occasionally features images and manga panels. You can see the images by clicking the links at the end of each chapter. They are not necessary but they provide a better viewing experience.

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Everyone's eyes were attracted to the shade of this girl till she disappeared. Ibro felt hot tears dripping over his cheeks.
When Oya saw these tears, she felt penetrating pain to her chest. Ibro removed these tears swiftly by his hand before he looked to everyone around him and said:
"I told you, Jognak the brutal is dead. We need to salvage anything we can get from his massive body."
"You are right Ibro. I believe we have only one day to get all we can."
Dozier was like he wasn't listening to Ruliv words as he asked:
"Who was this girl?"
He looked at Ibro as if he was accusing him.
Ibro knew that this farewell sign coupled with his previous declaration of Jognak death would make them suspect him. But there was no obligation that could force him to tell them anything.
So, he just shook his shoulders in a sign he didn't know anything and gripped Oya's hand and moved forward in a fast pace.
Dozier looked towards Ruliv and other Shonty's leaders waiting for their words and opinions. Every one of them knew there was a relation between Ibro and this girl.
Although this girl seemed to pass away, she was unknown to them. Everyone was afraid of the unknown. Ruliv decided to step in and said with decisive tone:
"Let's not dig this matter for now. Ibro is our ally and he made many great contributions to our city and our world. When he wants to tell us he will tell us.
For now let's respect his grief. As you noticed, he cried over this girl. This girl must have meant a lot to him. All we need to do is to trust him as he trusts us.
Now it's not time for us to think about these irrelevant matters. This monster is now dead and his huge body is for us to take. Now we need to organize ourselves.
This monster body has a lot of rare resources that we all need. Dozier your mission is to go back to our camp and bring all you can get from extra soldiers to guard here.
Also send a word to other camps to send guards to. Send a message back home and ask to bring all the available lifestyle players here.
Don't forget to bring all lifestyle players at the three camps here. We have a valuable chance that won't come again. So we need to use it perfectly and not waste anything from it."
Although Dozier was unsatisfied by Ruliv bias towards Ibro, he said in compliance:
"I will go now sir."
He moved fast to disappear from every one's sight. Ruliv said to the remaining people:
"We all represent Shonty's strongest players. We all had different gathering and collecting skills. We should use these skills and take everything from this monster."
"We will do it at once Mr. Governor."
They were like Dozier unhappy with Ruliv bias, but they knew the importance of this opportunity.
They already knew that this entire crimson pit was Jognak body. That meant all this huge area was a treasure trove for them.
They divided themselves at once into different groups, each headed towards different directions. Ibro was on his way running with his fastest speed towards the area of the gate remnants.
He already guessed that Jognak's head was there near these remains. Although he took nearly three hours before he came here for the first time, he didn't take half an hour to reach this area.
Oya was lying silently in his arms. She felt shock and sad at the same time. She realized that she didn't know anything about Ibro's private life.
She had deep feelings for him now, so she couldn't neglect her feelings. She also felt his love for her. If that was true, then who was this girl then?
Why did he cry for her? Although she was dead now, she didn't feel any relief. Her heart was in deep pain but she hesitated about asking Ibro about her.
Ibro wasn't a fool. Although he didn't have any love in his previous life, he could at least feel Oya's pain and change of mood. He figured out the problem and then said trying to explain:
"Don't think too much. She wasn't my girl, she was my master."
He tried to solve this problem without the need to delve deeper into the details of this matter. He wanted to keep this experience to himself alone.
All the info he got from Pnro wasn't normal info. He didn't want to make Oya feel insecure. He also couldn't predict her reaction if she knew this dark history of this world.
So he decided to keep silent about this info and never share it with anyone for the time being.
"You say she was your master? How did you know her and when?
We didn't play for so long in the game Ibro, so how did you meet her?"
Ibro knew how terrifying Oya's Intelligence was. He began to organize his thoughts rapidly and replied:
"I met her before in one of my private quests. She told me a lot about Rioneed secrets. That will explain to you how I knew a lot of Rioneed game secrets before. She was my source."
Oya didn't comment on his words. She wasn't totally convinced by Ibro's reason. Although his reason looked flawless, he knew a lot of Rioneed secrets even before the start of the game itself.
How did he then know these secrets? How did he know her? She felt Ibro was trying desperately to keep something buried deep from her.
Although she decided to know this secret in the future, but for now she decided to go on in his little play.
"Did she teach you a lot of game secrets?"
"Yes, many secrets that I told you before and many more I didn't tell you yet."
"Tell me everything you know then."
"I can't tell you anything for now.
I promised my late master to keep these secrets to me and never tell anyone until it was necessary."
He was lying. She didn't need any proof to confirm her feelings.
She was a sensitive girl to liars. Though she faked anger and said in a serious tone on anger:
"You and your love for secrets. I'm tired of your attitude Ibro!"
"Don't worry, when it's time I will tell you secrets that you need. Didn't I tell you many secrets already?"
'You only tell me the scraps of secrets' she said that in herself but didn't say it aloud.
She only gave him a serious look and kept her silence as if she was mad at him. Their arrival to the gate area saved Ibro from Oya's interrogation.
He stopped and moved slowly while he kept looking around in caution. Although he was sure of Jognak's death, he wasn't sure this area was monster free zone.
The previous shadows he had seen with Ruliv from far away were apparent to him now. He looked very small when he was standing in front of these gate broken pieces.
He imagined the original shape of this gate. It was like a giant arch in the air. He noticed the presence of unknown inscriptions on every part of this gate.
He stopped and let Oya descend from his embrace to look carefully at one of these giant pieces of stones. Oya didn't know anything so she asked in confusion:
"What are all these huge stones?"
"They were part of a huge teleportation gate. This teleportation gate enables Pnroian monsters to enter the world to destroy it."
"It looked pretty damaged to me. Who managed to destroy such a huge gate?"
Ibro leaned forward to look deeply with concentration towards one of these big stones.
He wanted to get any hint about the use of these inscriptions. He was sure these writings were words from moleecian language. He replied while he took few pictures of these strange writings:
"It was my master who destroyed it."
Oya felt surprised when she heard him. Was his master really that strong?
She didn't buy his reason before and thought he was trying to hide her true identity, but now she felt he was saying some truth in his previous claims.
She noticed Ibro left that stone and headed towards another big stone and started to check it in full concentration. She felt he was looking for something and not just curious about these stones.
"What are you looking for? I can help you if you tell me."
Ibro didn't stop his close observation of these inscriptions while he replied in a deep tone:
"The truth is I don't know. All I know is that my master managed to destroy this teleportation gate. This gate is the weapon that these Pnroian monsters use to invade any world.
I want to look for the way she used to destroy this gate. If we managed to obtain this way, we will have a strong card to defend Earth from these monsters invasion."
"You are looking for something you don't know? That's not the Ibro I knew."
She laughed loudly then an idea came to her mind so she said:
"Hold on, isn't it possible for your master to use a skill to destroy this gate? If that was true, then you won't be able to find this skill."
Ibro just shook his head in refusal. He couldn't find anything useful from this piece of stone in front of him so he moved to another stone and began observing it. He didn't lose hope at all.
"From what I knew from my master, she managed to destroy this gate using a piece of equipment. We need to look for this equipment. This equipment is very important to us and to all humans."
"I understand you. Do you know the shape of this equipment? Anything specific about it?"
Ibro shook his head again while saying:
"Unfortunately no. so we need to search for anything that looks suspicious in these stones. We might find any clue about the nature of this equipment."
Oya understood his meaning. She didn't stand still in her place but moved rapidly to observe another stone. Although she didn't understand a word from these strange inscriptions, she kept observing them.
She knew the importance of such equipment and its tremendous effect on their future safety. Their search journey took several hours from them. Every now and then Oya would look at Ibro.
He was always observing these stones with complete focus. After a long time and great effort, they didn't manage to find any clue at all.
Oya stood beside Ibro who was looking at these stones like he was trying to solve a difficult puzzle. Ibro didn't lose hope but he felt a great challenge towards this mystery.
He must decipher this and find this tool. He started to remember every single detail about this place and his journey before inside this monster skull. He retrieved all the info he got from Pnro and that huge tombstone.
He started to walk slowly in the area trying to find any clue, whatever small it was. This tool was a crucial element in his defense plan against these monsters.
He couldn't give up this equipment so easily. He squeezed his brain trying to find any hint that might accidentally appeared to him before through all these events.
Oya felt concerned about him. She felt his determination to find this tool even if he stood here forever. She tried to calm him and herself too by saying:
"Don't worry. Even if we didn't find any clue here, we might be able to find a clue inside this monster body. Shonty city governor and his top associates are now trying to salvage everything from this monster body.
Your relation with them is very good. So you can ask them if they found any strange thing in this monster's body."
Ibro's eyes flashed with bright light and he stopped his walk aimlessly and looked straight to Oya while asking with eagerness:
"Can you repeat what you just said now?"


** THE NOVEL IS UNDER RECONSTRUCTION AGAIN. WILL BE EDITED AS A WHOLE AND THEN RESUMED. SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENEINCE. ** Alternate name: Rioneed: The Rise Of a Necromancer.
"A fallen hero will be a legend if he got a chance to live his life again." -Ibro.

Ibro was the hero humanity waited for... a necromancer, but he was betrayed. In a world full of demons, monsters, and gods, humans were the weakest chain. Ibro was their hero, but he -alone- wasn't enough. After Ibro's defeat, he was judged to enter reincarnation to save himself and humanity.


Without his memories, losing his powers, and being alone with no aide or friends, Ibro started his journey to rise again.  At the low Earth realm, Ibro reincarnated 4 times in a row and failed. Now, he will start his 5th and last reincarnation chance.

Follow Ibro in his epic journey to rise from ashes and reach the heavens.
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"I...want to...go...home.." 

"You are home, Clark." 

"...isn't....home..." 

"I'm here, Clark. You're already home." 

"...'s..n't...wher's...D..." 

"He is waiting for you. He's already home, he's just waiting for you to accept you're home now." 

"No..." 

"Yes, he is." 

"....." 

Music paused. "Another time, then." 

"...N-no!" 

Lights off. Door locked. 

------ 

I lick my lips, browsing to the entry where the first attachment in the journal is. It was the thirteenth entry, with a photo of an office with a lot of documents in the table and a safe opened, a box and documents, again, inside of it. 

Entry 13 

September 12, 2009 

 
 

 A normal busy day with the family is the perfect time to search for more information. 

 Lauren and Flor is busy, Papa and Mama are both having a business trip followed by a short vacation at Milan. Aaron will visit tomorrow but also busy. I still have things to do with the company...but that can wait. 

 Ending with the useless effort of reading the reports, I immediately search for answers, for proofs of what I had found. 

 Xenon lamp was the first thing I noticed. Did Mama have ulterior motive having it? Then I noticed a safe. 

 Enigma, as I always remember Mama forbidding me to touch it, I tried to remember the possible code to open the safe. 

 I remembered a four number code that Mama always wrote in one of her old notes. I tried it, and I was right, it was the right code. 

 Nightmares, things I always have suspicions of but would deny to believe, became reality as evidences were presented in my very own eyes. 

~ clg 

My eyes narrowed in confusion, rereading the entry again after reading it for Kristen and Simon. Then I look at Simon in question, who shook his head, indicating that he has no idea as well. 

"What's up with xenon lamps?" Kristen asked, breaking the silence. "His mother always has it, as long as I remember." 

"Suspicions too," I interjected. "Why take a picture of having the safe and documents when there is no photo of its contents? He never mentioned what even are his suspicions." 

Simon hummed. "So, there's more with his parents. I don't know how but it could be a reason why would he ran away and left with him." 

"Did he ran away?" Kristen sarcastically asked. "Sure, the letter said it all, but what that FBI agent said was possible too." She momentarily paused, contemplating, before continuing, "And running away because of whatever secrets his parents kept? That was out of his character. If it was really one of his reasons, then their secrets must be too severe." 

"I don't even know there were secrets except to those we knew and the experiment we experienced in that kidnapping years ago." Simon commented. "The Gutierrez family has always been a public family, as they are well-known. Secrets were kept, sure, but as long as I know, his parents' lives had always been publicly known." 

My eyes widenened, realizing the loopholes of the Gutierrez' couple' public images. "It was known publicly that Aunt Lene lost her family before she graduated college and met people that helped her reach the person she is now. She only specified Aaron as one of those people, reasoning that she didn't want to disrespect their wishes to have a private life. She even never mentioned the names of her dead family, or which cemetery they were buried. Renz never mentioned visiting relatives in his mother's side, as we always believed she is an orphan." 

Simon looks at me seriously. "Are you saying that there is more to Aunt Lene's past? That she being an orphan might had been a lie?" 

"Or a lie necessary for whatever reason," I clarified, ideas going into overdrive on all the possibilities. "Uncle Liam never specified too how he managed to save the company, always telling he just did his best and unexpectedly the results became better than he thought. Maybe there were more to it." 

"But do these secrets really related to his disappearance?" Kristen reasoned out. "He disappeared, left a note with cryptic message, which ended up with our deduction that whoever this wicked clown is the one behind it." 

"You said it, a deduction." I agreed. "But we never knew his real reason. What if he left because that man blackmailed him with whatever secrets he found out? Or maybe he offered Renz a chance to find more information about their past? We still don't have enough evidences to say that our deduction is really the truth. We need whatever leads, and this may be a far-fetched lead, but it is better than nothing. We cannot go after Renz because we all know we will just make him go away, will make him farther as he always is when cornered. We should at least understand his reasons so that we can convince him to go back and leave that man." 

"Wait, wait," Simon said, stopping our argument. That's when I noticed him rereading the entry. "I want to know why would he wrote xenon lamp. There must be something about it. His entries are like he is telling a story, yet not telling us everything. He might had written his entries with hidden meanings. We should read between the lines." 

"Renz always do something with a reason," I said unconciously, remembering Renz's interest with codes and puzzles, even stories with deeper meaning than what it may seems. "He always like solving codes and puzzles when we were high school, right? He always has a chess game with Vice way back then in the student council's office." 

Their eyes widened, getting the meaning of what I just said. Simon reread the entry, looking at it in the new light. 

"I think he purposefully coded the entries easily, as the first letter of each paragraph formed a word in this particular entry." Simon said, eyebrows scrunching in concentration. "But it doesn't makes sense to me. It can be a name or anything, though. I don't even know if this is really the hidden message." 

"What was the word formed?" Kristen asked. 

"ALEXEIN."

“No one can escape reality, not even me.” - C. L. Gutierrez

Clarence Leigh Gutierrez is an otherworldly being you cannot believe actually exists in real life. Call him everything - genius, prodigy, talented, not to include his looks and natural talent of both academics and sports when they were still in school - and he is that. Tell him something to do, and he will surely exceed your expectations.

But Charlotte knew better.

Join Charlotte Leia Aguilar read the forbidden journal of the man who already became a part of her family, where the words of the missing prodigy unveil the reality behind the pretentious genius - the years of his recovery after the captivity of one crazy clown who kidnapped and formed an ideal team of geniuses all over the world and how, despite all these years, still hung up on the psycho - who is dangerous and safety at the same time - and find him with others desperately despite the painful picture it provides the more she got closer to Renz’s story.

Secrets were revealed, revelations that no one but the people involved only knew about are now out. A dark and twisted past of a cold genius is catching up on him, and everyone is sure no one will be left unscathed.

"Who actually is you, Clarence Leigh Gutierrez?"

The Forbidden Journal. [ This would be in the rewriting process since June 2021/ ]

"Even if you were to marry someone you may never truly know who they are."

Nona leaned back,

"I'm not interested in marriage. At all"

Her friend laughed,

"Even with the handsome Eguchi"

At that she blushed, but then rested her face on her hand.

"Marriage is… Well it's like you said. Everyone has secrets. Even if we get married i may not tell them everything and they might never tell me everything."

She played with the cake on the plate.

"That scares me."

"A psychologist named Beth easterling and some colleges researched why we keep secrets from our spouses. And they found while not everyone keeps secrets a majority do and even then it varies in severity."

Nona took a bite and swallowed,

"Okay but shouldn't we be honest with one another? I mean let's take Daigo, if it turns out he is a mental case isn't that something we should address early on?"

"While you would hope yes the truth is that there were two major reasons on why people kept secrets. The first… we don't want to hurt our spouse or the relationship. If coming out with a diagnosis makes you want to break up your partner may keep it a secret similarly if finding out you've been cheating on him hurts his feelings you might keep that a secret."

".... I'm not cheating. I'm not even in a relationship with him!"

"Regardless that is one of the major reasons"

Nona sighed,

"Okay and what's the other reason?"

Her friend smiled,

"Because society tells us to be honest"

Nona sat up,

"Wait a sec. If society tells us to be honest then shouldn't that deter secrets?"

"Society tells us to be honest, tell your spouse the truth, open your heart. So what do people do? They lie. They say of course they are being honest, truthful, this good person is who i really am and that bad person you see sometimes is not the real me."

Nona had no words. Her friend just laughed,

"And sometimes if you lie so much… it becomes the truth."

Nona Shiho gets hired in a regular office job. While there four men fall in love with her just like an otome game. The problem is they are all vying for her affection and otome games are not exactly what they seem.

Yee foo's consciousness gradually awakened. but there was only darkness no matter what direction he stares at
What's going on... How is it that I have not died? I vividly remember that I self-destructed the Archive inside my body, how can I still be alive! Somehow my body is not in pain... And I do not even feel the slightest discomfort? How is this happening?
"huh! Little foo! You Finally woke up, I was about to kick your ass!"
A guy's shout was heard from his ear and the same youth appeared in his line of sight.
At a glance, the youth dressed in white looked to be fifteen to sixteen years of age. he was as fair as snow and a delicate nose. A touching look of deep surprise was expressed by eyes as clear and transparent as a pool of translucent spring water. His face exuded a dazzling Maturity and responsibility. At this young age, he already exhibited such charm, so who can possibly imagine what sort of Handsome man he would be in the future?
Staring at the nearby guy, Yee foo took a closer look and unconsciously let few words escape his lips, "the Holy tiger ancestor..."
The young lad raised his Arm and slapped Yee Foo with such strength With a joyful expression, he spoke, "huh, delightful, you actually remembered me, i thought i was with someone else protecting him all these millions of years, you nearly scared me to death. Also no longer call me that, just call me Yun"
Yee foo stared openly into space with a vacant gaze," Millions of years?? what are you saying i didn't even live a thousand year"
"huh, say whatever you want i didn't ask you to believe me. However, i have so many things to ask you! first, what's the last thing you remember?"
Yee foo stared at him and said "all i remember is me being betrayed because of the six secrets archive and then i self-destructed it inside of my body.... wait, where's the six secrets archive i still can feel its presence?!?"
"What an idiot, did you really think you can destruct such a holy Object? even if you have reached the True God power level but even the Power of a True God can't lay a scratch on it, not to mention self-destructing it while sealing your cultivation, huh..."
the Youth raised his hand and an old-looking Book appeared, it looked like it was in his hand the whole time but it wasn't at the same time, directly after that Yun's expression darkened" can you tell me what this is?"
Yee Foo stared at the Book in a Mysterious way and then opened his lips a few minutes later" I..I don't know what it is, but i feel like it is something that belongs to me..no, it's me??!?
"At least you still have some of your brain cells working huh...., did you even notice that this is the Six secrets Archive? it's not that it belongs to you or it is you. what i wanna say is that somehow you have merged with the Six Secrets Archive..."
Yee Foo suddenly stood is a scary way and kept staring at Yun's Hand, there was an Old looking book laying there, it looked like it's been  Trillions of years since that book was created, then he lifted his hand towards Yun, right after that the book flew towards Yee foo's hand as it mysteriously vanished as if there was nothing there.
"But how is this possible" Yee foo kept staring at his empty hand before he let a few words out of his lips
"This is exactly the thing I want to know. The Six Secret Archive does not accept any strange energy and rarely allows someone near it, the only ones who can really use it are you, me, and the twelve-star gods. to imagine that it would actually merge with a Human, huh... what a waste"
"now that i know what happened, can you tell me what am i doing in this void? i know that this is just a spiritual form and i no longer have a body, i can clearly talk to you and feel my surroundings so i'm not dead as well, but why you brought me here? you gotta have a reason, don't you?"
"actually there is a reason, you remember when you defeated me back then? i actually managed to stick a shard of my spirit into the Six secrets archive at the last moment, it was weak and had to heal and absorb a lot of energy before it can heal, but who could know that an idiot will break the seal of his cultivation and use that energy to self destruct the Archive. hahaha...!"
"there was no way for me to let that much of energy to go to waste so I borrowed it since you don't want it anymore to wake up and save your ass before you do something crazy. also those old crazy bastards know that you're still alive and have the Six Secrets Archive, so they should be looking for you everywhere now, that's why i had to bring you here" 
Yee foo kept staring at Yun for a few moments then made a move and hugged him so tightly" Th..Thank you very much.. Yun"
Yun was trying hard to get out of this position for a moment before he realizes at last that there were some tears coming down from Yee foo's cheeks
"hm..hm. I could just kill you all these years considering we are enemies and that you've already killed me once before, but i noticed that you have merged with the Six Secrets Archive, so if you are dead i am dead." Yun stopped talking for a moment before he starts again,"hh..hh....hhahaha, WHAT THE HELL IS THIS LUCK OF MINE"

"uhh, so what are your plans now you know everything? i suggest staying here until we both heal up and make new bodies, then we go and annihilate those old freaks. what do you think?"
Yee foo was calm for a long time, His chest heaved and it could be said that the pace at which he breathed was heavy enough to cause fear in most creatures in this world. both of his eyes were cold and calm like two cold blades, shining like the most valuable jewelry.

"we will rest here for a while, when my body was destroyed i lost all my cultivation all these years, this goes for both of us." usually when someone's body is destroyed and want to make a new one they should absorb as much Heavenly energy as they can, so when they come back to the life they will not start all over from the start." but here we have no Energy elixirs nor the energy to absorb from the air, huh... there's nothing in here, that's why they call it the void"
Yee foo kept thinking of another way when suddenly stares at Yun as if he found it and weirdly smiled at his face
"What?"
"Ahhh no no no, don't even think about it, there's no fucking way I'm gonna do what you're thinking about"
===================================
Few Minutes later Yun had blood everywhere on top of his white clothing with many open wounds on his face, if someone saw him now they won't even be able to tell if it is him or not
"This is Called Bullying the weak you crazy lad, i thought you were supposed to protect people and fight the evil to save them, to think that all of this was but a fucking lie"
"Instead of waiting here for another million years just to absorb a bit of energy, we already have enough here to enter the reincarnation wheel and be born again in a new family and live a new life, the most important thing is that you can keep your memories from your previous life, isn't that better"
"Here's a Big No no from me, there's no way i'm accepting this idea if it weren't for my life and...."Yun stopped talking because he felt a dangerous aura around him" hm..hm anyways, even if you enter the reincarnation wheel those old creatures will still notice your Aura, even if you change the body and even if you enter the reincarnation wheel you will keep the same aura"
"Actually there's a way to hide your aura perfectly that they will not know it is you even if you sleep with them, hhh...."
"Why didn't you tell me that from the start, wait i know you are thinking of something, remember if i die you die with me!"
"Don't worry, Don't Worry I'm not gonna waste my priceless life for such a freak, this brilliant idea of mine has no dust on it, just believe me we are on the same boat. now give me your hand.  with the amount of energy, i have now i can only make you enter the reincarnation wheel"
both Yee foo and Yun kneeled down and faced each other, right after that Yee foo lifted his arm and passed it to Yun, seconds after Yun grabbed Yee foo's arm, both of them started floating while shining. and while they were turning brighter and brighter Yun slowly opened his lips"Remember that once you open your eyes again I'll not be there with you, after consuming all the energy i have now I'll have to enter a coma state and will not be able to wake up until you become a king, before you reach this Step don't even think about waking me up otherwise we both gonna be heavily damaged, Also don't get too lazy and make me wait for so long. huh... well, take care and.... I hope you like my present, hahaha....!"
"Present? what present. what are you talking about? Wait why aren't you listening stop right fucki...!"
Right Before Yee foo could end his screaming. he was alone. Moreover, even before the surprising look on his face could disappear, he already began to lose his remaining consciousness and fell again into a state of hibernation.

In a World where being Weak is the Greatest Sin. A world where the strong eats the weak. "Yee foo" the strongest Human. the most Talented in medicine. alchemy and the only person who managed to reach Legendary Realms in cultivation. back to his great Palace in the Holy Dimension after defeating one of the strongest humanity's enemies. finds his most beloved ones killed and slaughtered by his own trusted Disciple what led him to lose control of his powers and destroy his phisical body and at a rage moment. then he Opens his Eyes inside the void after a long time

Race to the 
Throne
Chapter 223: Riddles (2/3)
'What could be the answer?' Hao Lei asked himself as he kept on thinking about all possibilities
'I am with everyone…. And those who have me want to share it with others… and others also want to have me…. But if I am shared… I am no longer with you'
Hao Lei kept on reciting every single word said by the turtle to see if there is any clue. As the time passed, there were many answers that came inside his head, like money… land… clothes… etc-etc but not even a single one is right
What could be the answer, Hao Lei kept on thinking
He looked around him, he looked at the sky and the water and even trees, in the hope to find an answer just like he did in previous questions but there is no clue
As Hao Lei looked around the lake and the moon, he thought about answers.
'Knowledge? Knowledge is with everyone and everyone wants more… is knowledge the answer? NO, even if you share the knowledge it won't go away from you, it remains with you but this thing won't be with you anymore ' Hao Lei thought
As he kept on thinking something, suddenly a question appeared in his head 'Wait a second… is this thing even an object or some virtues?'
He walked to the Giant Turtle and asked "Dear Sir Turtle, can you please tell me if this thing is an object or some belief? I want a small clue if possible"
The turtle opened his eyes and said "No, you won't get any clue… also, don't disturb my sleep anymore if you don't know the answer or disturb me again, you will be disqualified"
Hao Lei nodded and took his steps back, he started thinking about the answer. No doubt he is angry on the giant turtle but what can he do here? Nothing
As he pondered about the question, he asked himself 'If there is something that is with everyone, they why would they want it and why will it end when it will be given?
No, wait… Given? No…. it is shared…. AAAAAAAAA Just what the hell is the answer?'
Money is with everyone but there is no way that someone will share it with someone that it will end on his side,
As for clothes, everyone has it but still, no one shares it rather they give them away but we are looking for something that is shared…
But if there is something that is shared then how does it end?
Is it skills? Is it someone's belief? Is it someone's memories? Or just some hidden treasure? Just what is it?
As Hao Lei thought of all possible answer, he suddenly realizes something
'Wait a second…. Hidden Treasures or something like a family heirloom, both are shared…. No, it is passed down to another person… it can be the answer but it is given not shared….
NO, actually…. There is one thing!!!!'
"Secrets, yes…. IT IS SECRETS!!!!" Hao Lei said in a loud tone
Every one of us has secrets with them and we all want to share them with others and others also want us to share our secrets with them
Not only that, once the secret is shared, it is no longer a secret. It is no longer with you when it is shared
Hao Lei turned around and walked to the turtle, he said "SECRETS
Every one of us has it, we want to share it, others also want it and once it is shared, it is no longer with us
'Secret' is the answer"
"Correct answer" The turtle said in a loud tone
"Impressive, now here comes the next question-
A farmer needs to take a fox, a chicken, and a sack of grain across a river. The only way to cross the river is by a small boat, which can only carry the farmer and one of the three items.
Left unsupervised, the chicken will eat the grain and the fox will eat the chicken. However, the fox won't try to eat the grain and neither the fox nor the chicken will wander off.
How does the farmer get everything across the river?"
Another tough question and one more time, Hao Lei is confused in thinking what could be the proper answer
Actually, he knows the answer
This question was very famous when he was a kid and it was asked by a certain teacher also. It was homework given to them
And our Little Hao Lei was not so smart during his young days (when he was around 8 years old or so)
Thus he asked his mother, who knows everything, about this question
And as usual, his mother easily gave him the answer but what was the answer? He doesn't remember it
Hao lei started thinking about the answer,
Should the farmer take the chicken first and then the fox? But the fox will eat the chicken when the farmer will be away to bring the grain
Then what if the fox is brought first? But the chicken will eat the grain
Then what if he just bring the grain? No, the answer will remain the same as the fox will eat the chicken
In anger, Hao Lei said "Just what are this chicken and fox, can't they even wait for their master?" as he is not able to solve this puzzle
Finally, he started looking at his buried memories, Hao Lei is 28 years old right now so the memory he is trying to remember is around 20 years old so it is almost impossible but he can't give up
But as he tried to look at those old memories, some bitter past also became fresh, Happiness, sadness, embarrassment, anger, etc-etc, everything became fresh but the answers are nowhere to be found
"mother... what is the answer to this question?" Little Hao lei asked
"asdutgaydgyg ….. asdghadg ….ashdghgd … simple" His mother said something but he is not able to remember it
Hao Lei tried hard
"Chi…..
asdhgjhasd …
asdgas ….
Chicken
Keep the chicken with farmer…"
Hao Lei only remember to keep the chicken with the farmer until the end, but he couldn't get what else she said
!!!!!
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To be continued-


Synopsis:
"so, there is really life after death huh?"
"HAHAHHAAAAA"

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"MC" is killed by his own gang members, he thought that he is dead for good but NO...
His soul is sent inside the youngest child of the emperor, in another world

Now, what to do?

One more time he is young but his greed for power is still the same as ever

Let's see what he will do in this new world, will he live a decent life or just go straight towards the throne and one more time become the apex predator of the food chain

Or, will he be chained down by his own relatives for political gains?

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Note- Mc goes into an old china settings world, he didn't really time traveled back to old china but sent into another world but that world has the same old china type look.

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Lisa<POV>
After the match as we left the court Sara rushed towards dorm. "Where's the fire?"I asked sarcastically. "Maybe she has a book to read at the dorm. You know her Lisa, very well and you know how much she likes to read books."Andrew said calmly, he was explaining Sara's love for books as if I didn't know.
I tried calling her but found out that I ran out of battery so I asked Jacob to pass on my message to Sara that I want to talk to her tomorrow morning, so she has to come to my hostel tomorrow by eight.
As I reached my dorm I started making notes and after an hour of so I washed up and slept.

Sara <POV>
I got up at six as I was really excited to talk to Lisa. So I quickly had my bath and had an apple. When I saw the time it was already 6:30 a.m. and I knew Lisa must be sleeping, I had already completed my notes for Psychology so I started making notes for Botany, when I noticed I had completed the notes yesterday itself.
 Then I remembered that Ms. Katherine, my teacher for Glass Painting, creative had asked us to draw the pictures of the cartoons we love, as our first assignment. So I started drawing BT21 (Cartoons drawn by BTS). After I completed drawing them I saw the time that it was already Seven, so inserted my earphones in my ears and left the dorm so I could avoid meeting Jacob, as he opened the door at the same time as I opened my door. As I reached Lisa's dorm I noticed Jacob standing behind.
"Are you following me?" I asked him.
 "No I wanted to meet Andrew" he answered calmly. I was not at all convinced but I kept quiet. I saw Lisa come towards me I immediately ran towards her and gave her hug as it would work on her whenever she would be angry.
"Don't hug me. I seriously angry with you. Yesterday you literally ran away, I had to send my message through Jacob, and Andrew went to the Gym to see something, you know that between us there are no secrets then are hiding something Sara, you are my best friend." She said in an angry yet concerned tone. 
"I got a message from Daniel about our reunion of grade ninth and my home room teacher is taking us all I was talking to him about what mam said and asked him to add me to the group as well, I couldn't tell you as I didn't have any I idea her check my phone. And most importantly there will be no secrets between us no matter what. We are Best Friends Forever. Okay?" I said in one breath, and I saw the changes on her face she was happy that I was not hiding anything from her, we were best friends since eight grade and it was already five years of our friendship, we never kept any secrets between us. She didn't check my phone as she trusted me.
 We talked till we reached the interior designing wing as she left, I noticed Andrew and Jacob were walking behind. 
"What's wrong with you guys? Why are you walking behind me?" I asked both of them, I was really angry and not with Jacob, but with Andrew he never walked behind me like this.

"What on earth are you doing here!?" I was trying to be quiet so I didn't wake up mom, but also putting irritation in my voice.

"I'm sorry Sarah, I wasn't trying to scare you. But we need to talk." I could tell he was being serious.

"Justin, it is 4 a.m. why on earth would you come into my house?"

"I need to tell you something. It's important" I could tell he was bothered by something, so I carefully got up and we went into my room where we couldn't wake mom.

"What is it?"

"I didn't want to tell you this because my family doesn't want you to know. But I can't keep this from you anymore..." 

"Okay? What is it?" I was starting to get a little scared.

"Dig deeper into your parents. There is more to them and yourself than you know. There are secrets about your family that has been kept from you. Your birth parents and your mom haven't told you everything. And neither have I. Once you figure out the secret I can tell you everything else. Just please....please dig." Before I could respond he was gone. 

(What does Justin mean? What secrets could he be talking about? Did my parents leave me because of these "secrets" or were they murdered because of them?) Now I am back to having more questions that answers. 

After tossing and turning the rest of the night I got up to my alarm and got ready for school. I didn't say much to mom before leaving for school. If what Justin had said was even partly true then I didnt even know how to being to approach this.

Once I got to class I was fully prepared to ask Justin about this morning, but when class started he never showed up. He skipped school completely.

(I cant believe he never showed up. Is he avoiding me now?) 

As I headed home I went by his house and there he was playing basketball. I never realized how good looking he actually was until now.

(No Sarah, not the time for this.) As I started to walk on he seen me.

"Sarah!?" I seen him running toward me waving.

"Oh, hey Justin. What's up?" Hoping he didn't know I was watching him.

"Not much just having some fun. Sorry I wasn't in class. My family and I had a lot to do with the house today. I do want us to talk more about this morning."

"What was all..." Before I could finish my statement I hear someone yelling his name.

"Justin! Mom and dad want you inside for dinner!" Natalia smirked and went back in.

"Look, I can come over later tonight and I'll explain more then. Just not here."

"Okay. See you then" As he goes to walk off he stops and turns back to me. 

"Oh, and by the way, I seen you watching me." I blush as he smiles staring at me.

"I..." And next thing I knew he kisses my cheek and he runs back inside.

(What was that!? H...how am I supposed to take this?) If I wasn't confused before I was now.

As I went to walk back to my house I seen Natalia watching in disbelief of what just occurred. 

Once I got home I went looking for mom, but I couldn't find her. I got to my room and found a note from her.

"Sorry Monkey. Dad and I went out shopping. Be back around 5. I'll see you soon. We love you to the moon and back." 

I loved seeing these notes when I get here. It always makes my day. But I really needed my mom right now. When I first met Justin I was kind of scared of him. Now....now I don't know what I feel. All I know is there were secrets being kept and I had to find out what they were.

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