《Blood Control》ch 4 Surreal Dream 4
Advertisement
Wow, I started to feel hungry. I supposed I need to eat something soon. I looked at Sena and she is smiling again but this time she is also holding my hand. It’s best to let it be. I didn’t press Sena into giving me more details about her situation because I’m sure she doesn’t want to say any more than that. When the time is right, she can take her time to open up. Sena is quite mature for her age. Perhaps the other younger girls are like that as well? A hard life does make one mature faster after all.
“ Let’s grab something to eat, I wonder what kind of food the maids know how to make”
“ Yes let’s eat!” cheered Sena.
Wait a minute… hunger? I know that this dream is realistic. Perhaps too realistic. I started to think that this is reality itself. Hm… only an idiot would think being transported into another world is real. I wondered if I’m having this dream to help me escape the reality of my situation. The sadness of losing someone who I might have been able to love.
The smell of the cooking food drafted into my nose, making me hungrier than normal. I sat at the dining hall waiting with Sena. It seems that Azure was one of the 2 maids that were cooking. Azure sure does know how to do everything here. I am blessed to have her. If only she didn’t see me as scum. I realized I can change that. If the people around me can change like myself and Sena, why not Azure too?
Come to think of it, Azure still didn’t exactly respond to my confession for her yet. I hope she doesn’t make the food taste bad, or worse, poison it. Now I’m getting nervous again.
Advertisement
“ Medium rare steak, herbed mashed potatoes, carrot soup, and red wine has been prepared for you Lord Crow,” said Azure.
She doesn’t seem fazed at all by my sudden confession earlier. I did have a crush on her but I don’t want to act on it or have any expectations anymore. I guess I will forget about it happening too.
“ Just to make sure, the food hasn’t been poisoned right?”
“ Why would they be poisoned?” questioned Azure.
Answering a question with a question? That was a little different from before, usually, she gives a straightforward answer.
Sena warned, “ Azure If you poisoned my future husband, I will have you executed.”
It was nice for Sena to stand up for me but it seems like she is not fully mature yet. And wait, future husband? I better correct that misunderstanding fast.
“ Sena please do not say you will execute anyone.”
“ But we are nobles, err I mean you are a royal Lord Crow. And Azure is a commoner. It’s a crime for a commoner to kill a noble and especially a royal,” explained Sena.
Wait I’m a royal? It does explain some things and I thought I was just regular nobility. Does this society use outdated punishment like death for any killers?
“ Now now Sena, I don’t think it’s poisoned at all.”
I took a bite of the mashed potatoes and the flavors melted in my mouth. It was the best that I ever had.
“ This is really good. Thank you Azure and Tarra. You two should also join us to eat.”
Azure replied, “ We both have already eaten but if you insist for us to eat more then...”
“ Oh is that so? Then feel free to have some free time, we will clean up after we are done”
Advertisement
The maids looked at each other, probably thinking why the lord is acting so weird. They both soon left.
“ Sena I must tell you that I do not intend to marry you or the other two girls.”
“ Why Lord Crow? Are you going to send me back after all? Am I not young enou.h….” apologized Sena.
I stopped her before saying anything more.
“ That’s not it Sena, I will let you girls stay here for as long as you like. Forcing underage girls like yourself to get married is wrong. If I had to marry someone. She has to be at least 18 years or older and loves me back.”
“ Then… when I am 18, will you marry me?” asked Sena.
I did not see that coming at all. Sena even though you are only 10 years old, you are very sly.
“ You do not have to choose me you know, you should love someone you actually love. And who knows maybe you will find that special someone growing up.”
“ But… you are my special someone,” pleaded Sena.
“ You can’t Sena… its…”
“ Why can’t I choose you Lord Crow?” said Sena.
“ I see you as my little sister.”
“ But we are not related by blood at all?”
“ It’s….”
I didn’t know how to further refute Sena. I’m not exactly a relationship expert but I always have gotten along with people in my life. Should I just leave it to fate then? Maybe Sena would change her mind as time passes.
I told the same thing to the other 2 girls Tuuli and Kaida. At least they both understood and thanked me for being so kind to them. I’m starting to have hope again. You know what… maybe life can indeed get better. When I return to the real world. Perhaps I will go to more social outings instead of being introverted all the time. Maybe I will find a special someone.
I was quite mentally exhausted from the day. It appears that night has fallen. I entered my spacious bath. It was big enough for 10 people. I felt the heat permeating my entire body, creating a strong sense of relaxation. A hot water bath is the best! It sure beats the tub at home. The bath itself seems to be made of smooth white stone inside a nicely lit high ceiling room. The dream still wasn’t over yet. Thank you dream, even if it was a nightmare from the start. I was able to face my dream head-on. I will do the same back in real life, facing it head-on.
I heard the sound of the bathroom door unlocking.
Advertisement
Daoist Master of Qing Xuan
What is a Daoist Master? One that is imageless in ten directions and vanishes in the six paths; unrestrained by the three realms and the five elements. After a day at the clinic, Dr. Li Feng met with an accident on his way home. When he regained consciousness, Li Feng found himself in the body of a weak teenage boy who was born out of wedlock, Shen Lian. Who was the father? The mother would not tell. A scripture he found among his mother’s remnants was the only thing he knew about his father. The mother came from a wealthy and well known family. When Shen Lian was recalled back to the Shen family, he was entitled for part of the grandfather’s inheritance and businesses. Despite the grand value, Shen Lian did not take a cent with him when he decided to leave the family. Why would he leave this comfortable life behind? His journey with this new identity brought him into this new world as he travelled between realms in search of knowledge to improve his Daoist skills. As he conquered trial after trial, would he become the chosen one? Will he succeed in becoming the Daoist Master? Only time will tell.
8 1048Dimensional Descent
The Third Dimension is collapsing. The Fourth Dimension is descending.
8 616Death Smith
Thirteen years ago, large Rifts occurred in our world, connecting us with something beyond our understanding. Survivors of these Rifts came back with strange and unique abilities that set them apart from the rest of humanity. When an unsuspecting young man finds his life turned upside down after surviving a Rift and suffering betrayal, he vows to take revenge on those who betrayed him and to battle the nature of the Rifts, no matter the cost. Sadly, the cost for him would mean to put aside everything he used to think was right and wrong, and to accept his new fate; A Death Smith.
8 159Cyber Mage
Veiss is the heir to a cult hacker group despite not being a believer himself. He eagerly awaits the day he can take his rightful place on the throne. (Perhaps too eagerly to wait.) What seemed like another simple undercover assignment to root out dirty cops, takes Grieselda into the darkest pits of Gau City's corruption. Ray Dawn leads his cybercrime unit on a relentless chase against a notorious hacker but his motives for catching the outlaw aren't as pure as he would have his colleagues believe. The Collective are a simple entity. They want freedom. They want vengeance. And they'll risk any amount of their members for just one of them to attain their goals because they are many in one and one in many. Follow our "heroes" as their lives intertwine and they clash as each pursues their own goals. But most of all, observe how each perceives their dystopian world within their own biases.
8 62YAOS 1 - Limitless Adventures - Yet Another OP Story Book 1
December 23rd 2018: Book 1 is now up at Smashwords and at Amazon. December 30th 2018: V1.1.2 of YAOS Book 1 is out, some content additions, fixed typos. Amazon's enhanced typesetting now displays tables properly. YAOS is shown through the eyes of some genius athlete getting OP inside a VR, ah wait, Full Immersion game, ?F.I.O?. Not a Hero, not a Nerd, just a driven individual paying for mistakes made, biding time until he can return to the Real World. He isn't defined like you'd normally do it, you can pick his looks and name all on your own, just like you do in video games. Believe it or not, keeping his looks undefined is harder than you think. His backstory isn't expounded in detail, but it drives his choices. Book 1 isn't about depressing sob stories but about fun and rushing forward, pursuing new horizons. Oh, and you'll end on a cliffhanger! Well, most serials do, so you will probably expect that without being told explicitly. But it isn't that bad, there's a lot of reveals and more to come once this book, that is the first in a planned three-part series, is finally ready for release on amazon et al. The published version will have: 1.) Godawful speaker tags, I hate them, they make you stop thinking and speed up editing so much. In hindsight they should have been in to begin with. But I stand by my goals proclaimed earlier. You guys should think while reading, that is the whole point of the exercise. Apply the knowledge and ideas, improve yourself, get creative! 2.) Pretty colored tables, the damned blue boxes, a lot of work, 69 in one book. Finally fixed amazon's centering issue. Can't say I liked the hours needed to debug that. 3.) The promised Mitara chapters. 4.) A cover! 5.) And lastly, updated polished versions of several chapters. MC shares more of his past, some terrible chapters (esp. 32) finally work. Some new scenes, minor rewrites in parts. Text flow and other issues. The current challenge is to maintain essential ambiguity while satisfying people wanting to know more without thinking three steps ahead. Balancing one with the other is tough. The smut which was in remains, but the story told is not to be superseded by it. A 15+ rating for the first book is also important, not to mention, YAOS wasn't meant to contain any smut to begin with. If the Author can turn to writing full time his output should increase, so please support YAOS #1 once it does finally release. ~Thank You~ No maps so far, that should be in, but is really hard to get done right. Again, tips are appreciated. Update September 2017: Stubbed chapters, sorry guys, currently don't have time to upload them elsewhere, polishing book 1 and 2, writing 3, takes precedence. Book 1 is in heavy editing, too much to keep synced and continuing editing. I'd need a site which offers JS-free rapid managing of chapters and comments. Coding one myself or setting a premade up is out of scope until I'm done with the books. RRL-old offered that, nuff said. This is only here because the author believes in fairies, nobody reads this, most likely. October to December 2017: Life threw some curveballs. February 2018: Book 2 draft 1 completed, at ~150K words. Book 2 is fairly epic in scope, requires 1 rewritten chapter, some editing. Tables and miscellanea are in, but needs at least a grammar pass. March 2018: Book 3 at 28k words, first arc, rest needs serious planning for spin-off and satisfying conclusion. July 2018: Yet another proofing/editing session of books 1-3, 101+ chapters, ~300k words. B3 at 48k, starts out great, but no ETA, no wordcount limit, in flux. But prioritizing my writing cannot be done, I hate the delays as much as you, but you will prefer the whole released in a timely fashion rather than wait. Knowing myself how excruciating waiting can be, at least you'll get significantly polished versions and an ETA on book 2 by release of book 1. December 23rd 2018: Book 1 is now up at Smashwords and in the process at Amazon et. al.. . To all who wait patiently, offered feedback, thanks again!
8 141Land Before Love.
Aleenia is forced into an arranged marriage. It wasn't uncommon for her not to know the man she is going to wed. But it would seem nobody knows who her soon to be husband is. As no-one goes and no-one talks about the people from the Southern lands. At least, not positive talk. In a deal to save her people, she is thrown into an ancient tribe. Their clothes, food, customs' and language foreign to her. And her husband becomes the greatest mystery to her of all. There are different creatures lurking in the woods. Ageless tales of their people that have her questioning everything. And something is closing in on the horizon that can bring down all that she has ever believed and cared about. Aleenia must tread carefully. As she must make a decision. Land before Love?.-.-.-.-.-.-.( #2 Historical Fiction August 19th 2018)( #355 in Romance August 14th 2018)(#152 in Werewolf December 9th 2017)
8 130