What happens when a man gets transported into a foreign world filled with magic?... more>>

Will his knowledge in hardware technology help him out after he discovers its correlation to the words of power?

How will he fit in with the other noble houses as the lowly 4th son?

How will his story play out in a world where stats and skills equal power and status?

Come and find out as we embark on his journey.

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Cover art done by : https://www.artstation.com/artwork/4b3PNq <<less

Alastair Carter is a 27-year-old marketing and management teacher like many others around the world. Well... maybe besides the fact that he teaches some of that world's prodigies, but it's just a small detail. Even though he loves fantasy novels, he has never expected getting sucked into a fantasy world himself. I mean, who does? ... more>>

Follow Alastair and find out how he will deal with this predicament. Will he be nominated as a hero? Will he save the world in crisis or focus on looking for a way back to Earth? Or perhaps, will he settle down and live peacefully? This is the beginning of a great tale...

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Full-sized cover can be found in the glossary.

Chapter Ero-meter:
❤ - A bit of explicit content
❤❤ - Around half a chapter of lewds
❤❤❤ - WAIT?! IT'S ALL F***ING LEWDS?!

Main release day:
Monday.

What to expect:
Some light management, a status system in the background, wholesome lewding centered around the MC, a slice of life story with some adventuring and lots of lovely monster girls.

What NOT to expect:
Depictions of rape, mindbreak or abusive mind control, heavy sexual abuse, NTR and other heavy stuff.
The title is not a "bait", but please don't expect fully devoted "hot" chapters every other release. It all depends on the flow of the story (which is still a Slice of Life) and might come to a moment where stuff may happen often, but not all the time.

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My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Saileri <<less

The Guild Master of Dewhurst has had a rough life. After many years of failure he rises to face his destiny and transform his decrepit Adventurer's Guild into the greatest Guild in all the realms. How? By filling it up with cute female adventurers who get powered up from making love to him, of course.... more>>

Using nothing but his massive intellect, a sharp sense for business, a pair of magic eyes and a dick blessed by the Goddess herself, he'll transform a growing harem of misfits warriors into a team strong enough to defeat the Demon Lord... If the over the top town of Dewhurst doesn't kill them first, that is. <<less

From collecting to haphazard experimentation, Alexander Creed briefly peeked at the secrets of existence in an incident involving chaos. Having been given the chance to relive his life, Alexander decides to move out of his reclusive comfort zone and test how far his methods would change the world.... more>>

From this, he becomes a Chaos Butterfly whose wingspan encompasses everything from comic books, toys, animation, tv shows, video games, movies, music, even beauties... and MORE.

More often than he'd like to admit, Alexander Creed's re-life was clearly inspired by a Hollywood Creed.

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This is a semi-Hollywood story if that's what you're wondering.

This is a work of fiction and a lot of unresearched topics so don't bash my trashy work too much.

Also, this is just a fictionalization of things for entertainment and just sharing for free. Hope I don't get into much trouble for it and hope I don't get sued or whatever.

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After dying in the zombie apocalypse, Ren Xiyang inexplicably transmigrates into the body of a villainess in a het romantic fantasy novel.... more>>

Ren Xiyang: “……” Following the villainess’s script? Sorry-not-sorry, he has more important things to do ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

After dying from the plague-curse, the Crown Prince Rian Azure learns that he’s a side character in a romantic fantasy novel. When he wakes up before it all happens…

Rian Azure: “!!!” Letting the plague-curse devastate his kingdom again? Don’t be ridiculous, he has more important work to do (⌒▽⌒)☆

Forget the original novel, this is a farming and fief-building BL now!

Updates: Wednesday & Sunday <<less

Hedone is a young woman who put her all into running throughout her school life. However she was never the best and after graduating highschool she felt a lack of motivation. Not only that but her perfect mother has always made her feel inferior. In the end she becomes a shut in like her sister for a year only going out to run in the morning every day. As she wallows in stagnation she finds adult art and revels in women being humiliated imagining that those who seem to have their lives together being brought down.... more>>

However Hedone can't even sink in the temptations of lust as her body rejects all sexual pleasure. Hedone's mother worrying about her daughters shut in ways decides to move out to a small town surrounded by forests. After exploring the forest near their new home Hedone find's a dungeon seed. Her envy and desires activate the seed opening up a new world to the young woman. Not only that she finds out about gods, other worlds, and even that she was cursed.

Accepting to become the Mistress of the dungeon Hedone's life is now tied to the success and continuation of the dungeon! Why was she cursed? What will she do with her power? How will she manage the dungeon? Please read on to see the answers to these questions! <<less

"Welcome to the Hero Hub! Are you ready to embark on the greatest undertaking of all time? We are all that stands between the Imaginal Realms and utter destruction! It's up to us to find the Heroes who were cut short of their potential and give them a second chance! This is the Hero Hub: The Place Where Heroes Can Rest And Ready Themselves To Fight Another Day! How did that sound, Fainn?"
"Svilran, stop posing in front of the mirror and help me find these Heroes. Oh? Hmm... She looks like one. Let's summon her quickly."... more>>

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This series will be appearing on Royal Road once approved.

The Hero Hub is just getting started. Join apocalypse survivor, Fainn, and apocalypse-survivor-kidnapper, Svilran, as they run the hero-raising facility, the Hero Hub, in this town-building, hero-dispatching LitRPG.

Here's what to expect:
Two Chapters (or 3000 words) a Week. Maybe more if a cliff hanger is too painful)
Character Management
Hero Hub (Town) Management
Complex Systems
Slice-of-Life
Monster Girls
Some Lewd Scenes
And Special Bonus Art Pieces... What kind of Art? Well, we'll find out. <<less

What would it be like to be a punny, black and yellow, honey-making insect in a world dominated by humans? In his first life, Enno wouldn’t be able to answer that question. His second life is a different story.... more>>

Reborn as a psychic bee in a tumultuous new world, Enno may or may not go on to create a fervent bee family obsessed with turning the entire world into their hive. Humanity is fighting to stay dominant, monsters are becoming restless, and the gods are NOT happy. If Enno wants to succeed, he’ll have to contend with giant killer birds, angry humans, and even the voice in his own head.

Because his body’s previous owner never vacated the premises.

What to expect:

An ever-expanding world.

Quite powerful protagonist.

A magic system based on psychic/mental powers

Interpersonal and internal conflicts

Hive-mind shenanigans

Undermining a god-made gamelike system.

And puns. Lots of 'em. Maybee too many.

A story inspired by series like Overlord by Kugane Maruyama and So I'm a Spider, So What? by Okina Baba, as well as the plethora of indie litrpg stories.

Includes swearing and some degree of gore, potentially traumatic content.

Updates: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday

Now with Discord: Join the Hive! https://discord.gg/G2Mt4cWS4Y

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Lee Hyun, the man once known as the 'Midas of music'. He got thrown out of his agency and his wife betrayed him. ... more>>

He lost everything and there was no hope left for him, but life gave him another chance to redeem himself.

He found himself in 2010.

The time when the entertainment industry has just started to get popular all over the world.

With his knowledge of the future and his composing skills, Lee Hyun decided to make a mark in the entertainment industry.

This time, he would become the 'God of Entertainment'.

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*This novel is based in Korea. So, the names of the characters would be in Korean.

If you like K-pop, then you would like this novel. If you can, please share it.

Join the discord server: https://discord.gg/F9xfJWv

Contact me on discord: Killerbee#4748

Note: This story is also posted on Royal road.com <<less

“Do you want to know what it feels like to have players at your beck and call?”... more>>

Victor Asteriscus is just like any other acolyte treading on the Magus path until his comrades betray him for a broken artifact. In a moment of desperation, he accidentally stumbles upon an abandoned academy and receives a System that can summon… players?

One thing is for sure, these “players” from his old world will help him embark on a quest to develop the academy, complete various missions, and harness the power of magic. Let them kill magical beasts so that he can be promoted further? That’s too simple!

With an army of fearless, immortal players and a sassy assistant fairy under him, what’s there to fear in this world full of endless dangers and mysteries?

Come join Victor in building the greatest academy the world has ever seen and conquer the entire universe!

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Contains: LitRPG, Fantasy, Power Fantasy, Comedy(?), Western Cultivation, Settlement (Academy)/Kingdom Building, Magitech, Dungeon Diving, Crafting, Strong to Stronger MC, and much more.

Author is a great fan of WMW; however, the story has a totally different setting, magic system, and characters. This one is definitely not as grimdark as that. Other than that, this story is also based on a lot of other novels with similar setting of summoning players.

The story is a bit slow pace at the start, but it will pick up once the setting is established.

Disclaimers: Real company, website, and software names are used fictitiously and not intended to depict actual companies.

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Also being crossposted on RR

Releasing 3 chapters per week on Saturday and Sunday with at least 2000+ words. <<less

Suddenly waking up without explanation in the body of a cultivation sect leader, 23-year-old student Aki ends up in quite the bind. Luckily he has one special skill: The ability to bullshit his way through anything. His confident and mysterious smile manages to convince everyone of his sagely wisdom, so no one suspects a thing!... more>>

Aki however faces a big issue – no one in this sect knows how to relax! They all believe in ironclad discipline, ascetic ways and casting off all mortal comforts in the singular pursuit of cultivation. How can Aki convince them to relax and try the joys of life?

What to expect from this novel:

-A light-hearted take on cultivation, featuring a lot of making up silly techniques.
-Sect development/economics will be treated more seriously.
-There will eventually be some romance in this, but it will take some time to get there.
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The edges of time and space met in a single place, Earth. Soon, terror and chaos reign on the whole world as new gates opened followed by a flood of beasts and monsters. The gates rattled the whole world, letting it taste massive destruction. ... more>>

The world map as everyone now it was not more. The once-great nations fell one by one. Like dominoes, they all stumbled. Great was the fall!

But the skies and heavens hadn't abandoned men. Along with destruction rose new creations. The humans were blessed with the Gifts of the earth. They wielded the power to twist logic and magic.

The myth became realities in the hands of the wielders.

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Author's Note: A total rewrite because I don't like how it turned out. Currently, Patreon exclusive until I rewrite everything. <<less

Logan isn’t sure which part of his reincarnation is hardest to digest: that he’s been transported to a fantasy world and made the avatar of a nascent dungeon, that the dungeon doesn’t seem interested in fighting its delvers as much as it does fucking them, or that the body he’s been granted is nothing like the one he knew back home. ... more>>

Transformed into a six-foot-six incubus and tasked with keeping his dungeon core alive and thriving, Logan struggles with more things than he can keep tabs on. And while there’s a steady stream of aspirant adventurers fascinated with the core’s behavior—and preferred methods of ‘fighting’—controlling a growing cast of perverted dungeon staff and adventurers alike is quickly feeling like a task in futility.

Not to mention the external dangers. Other dungeons vying for territory, the Guild’s disgust over his core’s existence—and its popularity with young women—and finally, looming political maneuverings, being situated on the border of three major nations, each wanting to control, or failing that, destroy him to deny the others.

It’ll take effort to make it through his first week, month, year, that’s for sure. But Logan’s up to the task. He’s got dungeon staff, and a growing harem, to protect.

And, uh, himself. One mysterious reincarnation is pushing his luck. He doubts he gets another. <<less

The tensions are rising between the nations of England and France by the year 1334. A war was incoming or should one say, 'wars', a series of destructive wars, separated by tense intervals of truce and by dishonest and impermanent treaties of peace. This war successively drew its neighboring nations of Scotland, Germany, Italy, and Spain into itself. The Hundred Years War, a legend in itself, began in the 1330s and ended only with the expulsion of the English from the French Mainland in the mid-fifteenth century. The French Victory laid the foundations of France's national consciousness, even while destroying the prosperity and pre-eminence that the nation had once enjoyed. Whereas in England, it brought... more>> intense effort and suffering, a powerful tide of patriotism, a great fortune only to be succeeded by bankruptcy, disintegration, and an utter defeat.

Would the tale remain the same if an insignificant sickly Plantagenet boy, residing in Norwich Castle, suddenly awakens healthy the next morning from his own deathbed?

The release schedule for "Scion of The Plantagenets" includes releases every two days for the first 20 chapters, followed by twice-weekly updates, all at 21:00 IST.

Chapter Length: 1800-2300 words.

Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/AidenAgnor

Discord: https://discord.gg/ddCUghQCPk

Contact: [email protected] <<less

The Chosen Ones are an evil organization of psychics plotting to take over the world. From their secret headquarters in an ancient temple, they send out armies of criminals and monsters to wreak havoc. They enslave the masses with drugs, abduct children to convert into soldiers, and perform gruesome experiments in their underground labs. They're ruthless, cunning, and closer to world domination than ever before.... more>>

But the Chosen Ones have a big problem... they squabble and fight among themselves constantly! Leaderless and disorganized, the Elders languish in their temple like five-year-olds snatching toys from one another. They can't seem to agree on how to use their armies or carry out the next step in their evil plan. In desperation, the aging Elders have brought in an efficiency expert to organize their operations and help them get back on track. Her name is Miss Planner.

A mysterious girl with blonde hair that flows like a waterfall, perfect skin, and an incredible intellect, Miss Planner is a young lady of many talents with a plan for everything. She's organized, hard-working, and beautiful, and she knows exactly what to do to make the Chosen Ones the most efficient criminal organization in history. With Miss Planner's help, they'll stomp out all resistance in their path to world domination and usher in a new era of evil!

"Plans within plans! It's time to put the Chosen Ones to work!" <<less

Our character, who lost his life due to cancer, finds himself in another world, in another body.... more>>

Moreover, his new body is the 3rd prince of the Asina kingdom. Ethan does not understand why he came to this world, but he aims to make better use of his second chance and become a king who will go down in history. But it wouldn't be that easy. He would fight to achieve his goal in this world of magic and all kinds of mysteries.

Let's see if our character Ethan can get to the top.
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"This is my first attempt, so there may be mistakes."
"The focus is not on sexuality."
"The R18 scenes will start after the first 50-60 episodes." <<less

The metaverse is an expansive place that can sate even the wildest man's dreams if you know where to look. And in this magical expanse there are spellmen, ultimate innate masters of magic; and blackzones, dungeon-like places of high risk and reward that would consume entire worlds if not properly trimmed. Almost everyone wishes to become a pinnacle of mages like a spellman or legacy or phantasma user, or at least become race advanced to make greater use of magic and the Five Powers. And Robert Fayn got just that, in a very round about way.... more>>

25 years old, living in a metropolitan city, this foodie has little prospects outside of his job as a museum educator. But all that changed one day when he was assigned-slash-kidnapped to be the blackzone manager of a newly born Enigma! Now Robert must figure out how to survive as a blackzone manager and rule over a newly born dungeon-like distortion in space. All while having to adhere to a dessert theme!?

Discord: https://discord.gg/vT7H6wn
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MetaverseWriting <<less

There's always a shadow behind a light. ... more>>

That's how the saying went. I once too wanted to be a light. Someone that shined brightly.

Someone that stood at the top of the world and was admired by everyone.

It was a distant dream of mine.

One that inevitably I couldn't achieve.

Or so I thought.

That was when I thought of something.

If something shines bright enough, will there still be a shadow?

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In a world where dungeons had evolved into sources of entertainment and ratings were all that mattered, Liam found himself giving up on his long-cherished aspiration of becoming a Star Chaser. Instead, he made a bold choice to join a guild as a trainee manager. Recognizing that he couldn't fulfill his dream through conventional means, Liam resolved to achieve it through an alternate path. That is by molding a top Star with his very own hands.

Moments before commencing his first day at his new job, Liam was unexpectedly gripped by what seemed like a vision. Initially dismissing it as insignificant, he gradually became aware of its profound significance as the seconds ticked by, gradually unraveling a hidden depth he had yet to comprehend. <<less

If the World Government is going to force my entire generation to board a big-ass spaceship and colonize a far distant planet, the least they could do is let us have fun in a Virtual Reality MMORPG while getting there! Who knows how many decades it would take... Oh, they created one? Cool.... more>>

Before logging in, I was excited about the possibilities of altering my avatar. It’s been a few years since I started cross-dressing, so being able to change my appearance to that of a full-fledged woman was like a dream come true! But reality hit me harder than expected...

To change one’s body, you need gold, like a ton. Not only it’ll take me a fortune to alter my voice, face, grow hips, and boobs, but it is also an extremely slow process!

I want to become as pretty as the idols I watched on TV without having to work and fight, dammit! Could I take some shortcuts, like stealing and offering my services to those willing to pay? Hmm… Maybe getting all I want little by little could be fun after all.

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**ALSO AVAILABLE IN WEBNOVEL.COM
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*** COVER ART CREATED BY: THISANIMEDOESNTEXIST.AI <<less

We are aiming to be the number one agency in the world! Reaching high above in order to be immortalized!
That is what we tell people. But…
Right now in my bed. My agency’s talent is sleeping on my right… Her manager, too, is sleeping on my left. What a wild night it was.
Wait! What about the shoot?
What kind of agency is this? It’s a mess!... more>>

*Has Art inside spoilers!
*Focus on comedy and slice of life with a hint of spice
*No NTR
*Updates on Monday, Wednesday and Friday! <<less

When he came to his senses, Hiroshi Kishino, an ambitious highschool student, found himself in possession of the body of a game’s character. Except, said game character didn’t exactly leave.... more>>

Moreover, it was Harold Stokes, the story’s most hated character who was even given the title King of Trash by the players.
After a painful, mind-splitting lifelong process of sharing eachother’s memories, and the subsequent ripping apart and re-patching of their egos, how will the two work together to fully utilize Kishino’s knowledge aqcuired from his overly curious mind that also never stopped overthinking the realism of the various worlds he tried to write for his manga?
Oh, and maybe also avoid death using game knowledge along the way. Harold seemed particularly adamant about that one.

BTW: This is intended to be absolutely readable by itself as a stand-alone, but it is a fan rewrite of My Death Flags Show No Sign of Ending by Izumi.
My original intent was to rework (I do love the original btw) some of the stuff I didn’t like, put a small twist on a few parts, and to go deeper into some aspects of the plot and characters that I felt could have been further explored. So, mostly keeping to the source material, but as a send off point and rough guideline. So obviously, it’ll have spoilers, but if you’re not going to read My Death Flags, you don’t have to worry about that.

NOTE: I am aware that many people would like me to finish this story through to the end. But please, if you feel similar, do keep the feelings to yourself.
If you’re wondering what I’m talking about, read the reviews. <<less

Juuto Sakai was living a relatively uneventful, but content life. Freshly promoted to being the manager during the night shift at his 8-Twelve convenience store, he's gotta train a new employee. However, there's something up with her, and she's not alone either.... more>>

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Description:
An office worker is reincarnated into a world of skills, magic, and swords. Unfortunately, because of his skill, he is deemed a failure of his noble family. However, Adrian is not a failure, and his skill isn't trash. Because this skill, is the best skill Adrian could of asked for.... more>>

Synopsis:
A tired office worker, yearns for a break from the relentless demands of his job. His mundane routine takes an unexpected turn when he hears the desperate cries of a child in distress. Rushing to the scene, Adrian confronts a criminal threatening the child. Unbeknownst to him, this act of heroism leads to an unforeseen tragedy.

Gunshots ring out, and Adrian collapses, fatally wounded by the criminal. As his life slips away, a mysterious dialogue unfolds, criticizing his "trash" skill, Domain, and lamenting his birth into the prestigious Veridian Family. In a sudden twist of fate, Adrian finds himself reborn into the body of a baby with a peculiar skill.

Upon awakening in his new life, Adrian encounters a floating window displaying his status, confirming the reality of his reincarnation. As the chaos ensues in his family over his unusual skill, Adrian, now a mere infant, grapples with the challenges of his low-ranking noble status and the disdain of his mentally unstable father.

Eight months pass, and Adrian gains awareness of his surroundings. Despite being neglected by his family and mistreated by servants, he discovers the magical nature of his world, governed by skills that determine social standing. Adrian realizes that his "unknown" Domain skill has further marred his family's already diminished reputation.

As an eight-month-old with newfound mobility, Adrian embarks on a journey to explore his run-down family mansion and ventures into the neglected library. There, he discovers a dusty book with an unfamiliar language, sparking his curiosity. The chapter concludes with Adrian's determination to decipher the contents of the book, setting the stage for a quest for knowledge in a world that has not been kind to him. <<less

In which a well-intentioned Earthling with all the idealism of a Disney princess decides to bring some much-needed civility to the cutthroat world of cultivation... with social media.... more>>

Long Synopsis: “Choose wisely, for choice is what makes the Cultivator.”

That was the one true maxim of this world where the law of the jungle reigned supreme. Where the strong flayed the weak to take what they desired. Where the heavens weaved stories on behalf of their favoured children, using all else as mere pawns for their means. For aeons unchanged did the cultivation world remain, with traditions and taboos set in stone.

But that’s ancient history.

The flickering screen showed the Red Heavens Supreme Patriarch live-streaming his Dao of the Sigma Tyrant Podcast, the Nine-tailed Celestial Vixen kickstarting the Nine-by-ninth-wave Feminism, and the Trans-cended Cisgolden Buddha hustling his Self-help pyramid scheme to his untold number of followers.

Even the Foreign Gods and Immortal Devils came down to lurk beneath the dark web 24/7, illegally trading pirated video-game mods and contraband mp4 files for the newest fad Crypto-spirit stone.

Finally, deciding enough was enough, the mortals rose up, armed in all-caps, and cancelled every cultivator online for even the slightest microaggression, triggering the conservative heavens to bend the knee, or be demonetised.

When he was but a mortal, Yung—previously Jung—a soul adrift from a far gentler world- had merely asked this innocent question: “Is such cruelty truly necessary?”

“No!” He judged; his modern sensibilities would not allow it. In a world where he could cultivate to be anything, he chose to be kind. Thus, standing upon the shoulders of all the great thinkers of Earth, and with the help of his rich foxy sweetheart, he had set out with a dream to make the heavens merciful.

But alas, lady fate was fickle after all.

Yung turned the television off with a confused, ashamed, and profoundly remorseful heart.

He had achieved his dreams. But at what cost?

Disclaimer: This fiction may contain descriptions of explicit sexual (and erotic) acts, long character arcs, philosophical discourses, irrationality over logic, partisan idealism, and other adult themes, all towards being a hopefully gratifying (fun) and emotion-packed story.

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Xia Zuoyi traversed and became a beautiful and delicate little lord in a fictional Western medieval fantasy novel. His gender was male, he loved males, and the role was cannon fodder. Under the shining halo of the Mary Sue heroine, in order to promote the development of the plot, he was constantly mentally disabled. He was, eventually, convicted and hanged to death.... more>>

After passing through, Xia Zuoyi touched his white and tender neck and thought, ‘I don’t want to be gay. I’m going to do infrastructure. It was better to do infrastructure than to fall in love! Please let me be beautiful alone! Thank you!’

Pope/Duke/Leader: Did we agree?

Here, the upper class was distinct from the lower class. The hierarchy was strict. Here, food was in short supply, medicine was backward, and city-state disputes continued. The prosperity of the nobility and the depression of the common people flourished together. Here was the romantic capital, but also the wild world.

There were rumors in the Western Continent that the Pope had the favor of God, the Grand Duke had more power than the king, and the leader of the chamber of commerce took over the wealth of the empire. However, Xia Zuoyi, in the name of Lord Rose, promoted the civilization and economic development of the whole Western Continent, unified city-states, and created a powerful industrial empire. He was the glory and the most vivid rose of the empire. Rumor had it that the Pope, the Grand Duke, and the Leader all bowed under his pants, but Lord Rose was dismissive.

Xia Zuoyi: The rumors misunderstood me. Q_Q <<less