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 The walk back to the west building was much more light-hearted than Kel's encounter with the emperor, thanks to Thane's chatter. The knight had appeared conveniently in time to prevent Kel from asking any further questions about the book, and he had kindly offered to escort her back.
 "How long have you known His Majesty?" Kel blurted out during one of the rare lulls in Thane's conversation.
 "Hmm," Thane stopped and rubbed his chin, "you could say we grew up together, I guess."
 "So you're childhood friends?" Kel inquired. It was too odd to even picture the Dragon Emperor as a child.
 "That's right," Thane nodded. "All three of us, Ira too."
 "The secr- I mean the man in the office before?"
 Thane smiled as Kel corrected herself.. "He's really not all that bad, just a little stiff sometimes."
 Perhaps Thane had a different view of Ira since they'd known each other for so long, but Kel couldn't possibly describe the man's erratic outbursts as 'a little stiff.'
 Quickly moving on before Thane went off any more about the grumpy not-a-secretary, Kel asked the question that'd been on her mind since earlier.
 "Do you know who the emperor's teacher is then?"
 Thane stopped again. This time he wasn't pondering the question; he was glancing around apprehensively.
 "Please don't bring this matter up again," he said rigidly.
 "I-I won't then.." Kel faltered.
 Immediately, Thane returned to his usual bubbly chatter, though Kel noticed for the first time that none of it involved anything about the emperor or his kingdom.
 As they neared the familiar secluded building, Kel caught a glimpse of long black hair between the garden shrubs. When the figure turned her direction, they met each other's eyes, and a surge of happiness rushed through Kel.
 "Barclay!" she called, waving ecstatically.
 Instead of returning her excitement, the burly man simply nodded and turned his back to her once again.
 Kel slowly lowered her hand back down to her side. Of course, in order to prevent the hostages conspiring together, they were restricted in their interactions with each other. The maids had informed her of this earlier when she asked to go visit her comrade.
 Noticing Kel's disappointment, Thane piped up. "Sir Barclay is recovering from his injuries quite well."
 "Thank you for letting me know," Kel responded absently, watching as Barclay followed his own escort knight back into the building. It should have been more than enough to know he was safe and healthy, but she selfishly wished to be able to confide in her commander.
 She could almost imagine the gentle hand patting her head as she told Barclay of Dash, Adriell, and everyone's betrayal. He would have already known of course, but he would listen anyway, comforting her silently.
 Kel shook off the greedy desire almost as soon as it crossed her mind. Barclay had at least as many troubles as she did.
 I need to be strong, Kel told herself, I only have myself now. Breathing out resolutely, she turned away from where Barclay had disappeared and continued after Thane.
 When the two reached the entrance on the opposite side of the building, a maid with short choppy hair and freckled cheeks stood waiting.
 "I'll take the princess from here," she remarked, curtseying somewhat awkwardly. Kel smiled a little at the girl's clumsiness. She looked like she was still in her early teens and had a shy but bright demeanor.
 "I'll leave her to you then," Thane grinned. He bowed elegantly toward Kel, adding his usual, "Princess," before striding away.
 "Please follow me, ma'am," the girl squeaked.
 When they reached Kel's room, the young maid held the door for Kel to go through. Unlike the other maids, however, she followed Kel into the room and closed the door tightly behind them.
 Before Kel could open her mouth, the girl was down on one knee with her fist crossing her chest. It was the same gesture Thane had greeted the emperor with earlier.
 "Princess," the girl said softly, holding out a simple flower with a large golden center surrounded by several long pale-yellow petals.
 "What's this?" Kel asked, gingerly taking the bloom from the girl.
 "An invitation," the maid answered. Her earlier aura of an innocent and warm youngster had disappeared. The person kneeling before Kel now resembled a well-trained soldier.
 "What invitation?" Kel questioned, inspecting the flower. There was no sort of message attached that she could discern.
 "The Seven Lions Inn in three days' time at sundown," the girl recited before swiftly retreating out of the room.
 "Wait!" Kel ran after her, but the hallway was completely desolate.
 For the next several minutes, Kel paced across her floor, trying to make sense of the strange encounter. Where was the Seven Lions Inn? And why had she been invited there? How would she be able to get out of the palace to accept the invitation in the first place?
 As she pondered, there was a knock at the door, and Lucy entered the room.
 "The head maid will be here soon to- My Lady!" Lucy gasped as she caught sight of Kel's hands.
 "What's wrong?" Kel cocked her head to the side, puzzled by her maid's shocked reaction.
 "W-where did you get that?" she whispered through trembling lips, hesitantly pointing to the flower Kel was holding.
 "Oh this?" Kel twirled the dainty yellow flower a few times. "Some maid gave it to me just now along with a strange message."
 The color drained from Lucy's face as Kel spoke. Still shaking as if she'd seen a ghost, the woman slowly closed the distance between them.
 "Give that to me," she hissed, holding out a hand.
 Reluctantly, Kel handed over the flower, beginning to feel unnerved at Lucy's strange behavior.
 Lucy curved her fingers over the flower like a cage and hurried over to the lamp next to Kel's bed. She carefully lifted the top off, and dipped the yellow petals into the pool of oil in the base. When the bloom had been thoroughly doused, she threw it into the small firebox in the corner of the room.
 Kel watched in uneasiness as Lucy lit a thin wooden switch and set fire to the flower. They both observed the small orange flames in silence until the maid was satisfied that every last petal had been reduced to ashes.
 "Why…" Kel trailed off. She wanted to understand what had just happened, but had no idea what to ask.
 "Never speak of this again," Lucy said quietly. Then, turning to Kel she added, "If you ever see this sort of flower in the future, don't go near it."
 "What do you mean?" The usually light-hearted woman's ominous warning made Kel shudder as if a cold breeze was rushing through her body.
 "Just this much is enough to make both of us lose our heads."
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 The Dragon's Kiss novel is a popular light novel covering Comedy, Fantasy and Romance genres. Written by the Author Currer.
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 Jian Shiwu was reborn. In the previous life, relying on his family background, he forced the male protagonist Shen Cheng to get engaged to him.
 Only after his death did he realize that Shen Cheng was terrifying.
 The man’s power was overwhelming, and he retaliates against everyone by means of brutality, and single-handedly built a business empire.
 This taciturn man in everyone’s eyes has never been a soft persimmon, but a dormantly waiting wolf.
 After the rebirth, Jian Shiwu decided to stay away from Shen Cheng to keep his peace
 At the beginning:
 Parents: “I heard that you like Shen Cheng, do you want to get engaged to him?”
 Jian Shiwu: “I’m afraid you want me to die!”
 Friends: “I heard you still like Shen Cheng?”
 Jian Shiwu was shocked: “It’s fake, don’t believe in rumors, don’t spread rumors!!”
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 At the age of 15, He Jin found himself a “husband” in an online game, their love was filled with loving affection and sweetness. However, because his study was being interfered with, his parent cut off the internet, he didn’t even have a chance to say goodbye and had to disappear from the game.
 8 years later, the online game in the past was about to come out with a revised edition and turned into a virtual reality game. He Jin decided to login again and unexpectedly discovered that his “husband” had become a powerful player and ranked number one in the whole server, moreover, he had not divorced him!
 However, the husband that was abandoned by He Jin for eight years, his initial impression of him was that of a pure boy, but now he seemed to somehow have become…….a little evil?
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 She was the most dazzling actress in the entertainment industry, but she was sadly framed by her scum boyfriend and killed in an explosion.
 Opening her eyes again, she became an 18-year-old wallflower student in a media college. More importantly, she surprisingly discovers there’s an ugly human skin mask on her face hiding her true features.
 She kept wearing the human mask and endured the vicious remarks and bullying of all sides.
 But once she made her mind, she removed the disguise amidst a wave of surprise, stepped on her enemies with 10cm heels and became an untouchable gem dazzling the world, loved by men and hated by women.
 When her unyielding soul took over that small and frail body, she vowed to stand on the Oscar podium and become a superstar in the film industry!
 After three years of disguise in the industry, she removed her silver mask at a concert and shocked the world with her unmatched beauty.
 …
 Once she got back into the entertainment circle, she started investigating the cause of her death in her previous body, while enduring the stalking of a very persistent yet caring fellow.
 When a scandal involving her broke out, he blocked the bad gossip for her.
 When she was framed, he domineeringly declared “She’s my woman, let’s see who has the courage to touch her!”
 When she went abroad to film, he left his business to follow after her and decided to be the leading actor.
 Song Chumo: “…” Can this man just not cause trouble everywhere?
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 Of the ancient gods only one remained in the world. This god lived alone for thousands of years and no longer had any desires. Legend had it that during the great war between the worlds he used his powers to turn the tide managing to seal the cataclysmic rift bringing order back into the three realms. Time flew by and hundreds of years passed in the blink of an eye.
 In this time Shen Li was born into the demon world. Known as the Azure Sky King she was used to living a bright and dazzling life full of successes. Little did she know that her 1000th birthday would bring misfortune to her doorstep – a politically arranged marriage with her name on it. The Azure Sky King would henceforth marry the thirty-third grandson of the Heavenly Emperor, Fu Rongjun. This arranged marriage was meant to unite the Heavenly realm with the Demonic Realm, bringing the two together. Most would consider it good fortune to be related to the Emperor.
 Unfortunately Fu Rongjun was infamous throughout the two realms for his Casanova personality. As the King who called the shots in the Demonic Realm, she had the ability to quell uprisings and end wars with a swing of her silver spear – there was absolutely no way she would marry such a flirtatious idiot. She had to escape from this marriage somehow even if it meant death!
 In her escape Shen Li, never expected to meet a man that didn’t belong to any of the three realms. This oddball was truly strange!
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 The first time that she saw him, she was crouched down on the ground and drawing with charcoal. Her face was covered with charcoal as she blew him, a Wangye, away with an explosion. The next time, she demolished his residence, destroyed his bedroom, and was prepared to attack him, giving him a headache.
 She takes his Chiyou Sword as her experimental subject and twists it with a few moves, making him want to spit out blood. She turns his name into fireworks that light up the night sky on New Year’s Eve so that he is able to ascend to the throne as a divine oracle.
 She is disobedient. What’s so great about the Emperor? If I want to, he won’t be able to sit on his throne! She is strong and overbearing: “Xuanyuan Yao, you better love only me. If you dare to have three palaces, six courtyards, and seventy-two consorts, I will use explosives to send you to heaven!”
 She speaks arrogantly and wildly: “If you dare to bully someone whom I want to protect, then you are looking for trouble!”
 It’s unknown when the feelings started, but they become deeper and deeper.
 Just as their hearts became closer, her soul unexpectedly returns to modern times. His doting and love become a distant dream.
 After waking up, she cried and cried. His figure was inside and outside her dreams.
 In order to forget her, he hands the country over to others and leads his troops in battle to seek death…
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 Aizawa was detected as a personality at the age of four, the space department. 
 It’s rare, but it doesn’t seem to fit the personality of a hero. 
 however– 
 “Give me the money, or I will kill him!” An ordinary prisoner who failed to break through the empty door to take a hostage. 
 The quality is empty: “…………” 
 * 
 “Those heroes are really annoying, kill someone to warn them.” 
 Aizawa was attacked inexplicably while walking on the road: “…” 
 ———— 
 It seems that since the age of four, prisoners and enemies have emerged every day. 
 Sora Aizawa felt that perhaps his personality was diagnosed wrongly. It was not the space system, but 100% of the enemy came to the door, that is, the so-called Conan physique? 
 Of course, there are also benefits. 
 For example, even the one in his family who doesn’t go to the office every day can catch all kinds of criminals, and the arrest rate ranks No.1 among all heroes…
 Current progress—— 
 Volume 1: Weak, poor and helpless (primary school, mainly pupils of death) √ 
 Paper 2: The weak and innocent want to save themselves (junior high school, mainly with baby teacher and UA episode one, two and three)√ 
 Volume 3: Slim body, soft and special ability (high school, UA period) in progress… 
 Volume 4: The hero who is always held hostage (career, to be determined, not necessarily written)
 CP has been identified as Kajiang. The early stage plot is the main story, and the emotional line will be far, far, far later…
 PS: Everything in the novel serves the development of the plot. Don’t fall into reality, don’t fall into reality, don’t fall into reality!
 Content tags: comprehensive comic fantasy space portable space juvenile comic 
 Search keywords: Protagonist: Sora Aizawa Supporting role: Supplementary article “The author of salted fish does not want to update” Others: UA high school, Grim Reaper pupils, baby teachers, coffee jelly is true love, super basketball, killing nets, holding associations, medicine king 
 One sentence introduction: I’m tired of being held hostage every day, so let’s change someone
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 Before the age of 20, Lu Yan was a squeamish rich second generation who was held by her father in the palm of his hand. It all ended when her father Lu Zhen was schemed against by his opponent and went bankrupt overnight. The man who ruined Lu Zhen’s life was Shen Kuo, the cold-blooded upstart who no one in Jiangcheng knew.
 This extremely cold man not only bankrupted Lu Zhen’s company, but also abducted his daughter Lu Yan away to his mansion.
 Because of an accident, Lu Yan died and was reincarnated back to her father’s youth era. She watched as her teenage father hang out with a bunch of unruly teenagers, laughing wildly and loudly. He clutched Shen Kuo’s collar and patted his face as he mocked him, “Come on, call me dad.”
 Everyone knows that there are two men in the seventh grade who can’t afford to be messed with.
 Lu Zhen, a wealthy and precious son, arrogant and domineering, wicked to the bone.
 And Shen Kuo, poor and silent, with a strong fist and muscular body.
 The two are incompatible rivals. Recently, classmates discovered that a girl was following Lu Zhen and her appearance was a 9 out of 10 like him. The little girl was so cute, always following him like a little tail. He was frustrated and threw money at her, “For the last time, don’t follow me!”
 The little girl finally stopped following him later on. He was not used to it until he saw her rival Shen Kuo pressing her against the wall, asking in a cold voice, “Do you like me?”
 She was so scared and said sobbingly, “Like… like…”
 Lu Zhen was about to explode, “Messing with my daughter? How about you call me your dad!”
 Shen Kuo, “Dad.”
 Lu Zhen, “…”
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 My past life: Ordinary. Mediocre.
 What I want in this life: Riches. Power. Influence.
 My goal: To be a prodigal son. A waste youth with riches and power. Maybe even sidekicks.
 My name is Ye Lang, I’m an alchemist, and I’m also here to squander as much money as I can.
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 Travel through time and become a member of Uchiha, 
 But Uchiha Ci didn't want to save Uchiha, he just wanted to trick him into returning home. 
 exactly, 
 It's the Third Ninja War! 
 Uchiha Ci was sent to the Country of Yu to perform a mission! 
 Uchiha Cixin thought that there should be no problem in dying in this dangerous era! 
 But soon, he frowned and realized that things were not that simple. 
 ... 
 Bishop of the Evil God Cult: What a shame, God! I have never seen an Uchiha laughing maniacally while being sacrificed on a shelf. 
 Uchiha Obito: My brother sparkled with lightning all the way, slashed through the Kannabi Bridge and rushed into the Iwagakure position, just to save me! I burst into tears! 
 Ohnoki: I led 10,000 people to surround the Raikage, what the hell is this surrounded by now? 
 Uchiha Ci: Damn, I just want to die justifiably. Is it so difficult?
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 Jiang Nian used to be an actress. One day, she died and became a quester for the Lord God. Her task is to collect aura of a female lead and prevent each world from collapsing.
 It’s just that every time there is a lot of twists and turns, however, the most troublesome thing for Jiang Nian is that once the female aura rises to 60, it won’t rise anymore! What will Jiang Nian have to do to get a breakthrough?
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 Jiang Li was accidentally bound by a system, which is the ‘All-rounded Strategy Game’, after starting, he found out that the male lead was getting angry in various ways every day.
 Jiang Li: “It’s as if I’m trying to capture a pufferfish.”
 Male Lead: “???”
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 After Wu Ruo dies, he is reborn in those dark days when he was the most useless and the fattest that he hated the most.
 And in his new life, he not only has been married with a man, but also is a useless waste who can’t cultivate. He needs other’s support when he gets up, and would pant taking a few more steps, and even would get his butt stuck by the door when he tries to get out through it. You can say he has arrived to a new level of his wasteness, and meanwhile, reached a new fat level.
 But…
 Even though he has already been this fat, he still wants him to serve him in bed???
 Damn it!
 Fine! See how I crush you in bed!
 In this life, when Wu Ruo decides to take revenge, he has erased all his past that’s even hard to tell…
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