Chapter 1 Opening
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Who doesn't have their own hobbies, right?
But in order to enjoy their hobbies, people must have a stable and successful life so that they can fully enjoy their hobbies. At least that's my opinion.
Me too, I also have a hobby. That is, I really like reading novels.
But I was just a parasite on my parents until I was 25 years old without doing anything useful for this life, let alone showing filial piety to my parents.
I was not successful, my life was not stable, a parasite and useless. My academic performance was not that good, my physical condition was weak because I was too lazy to do exercises. In general, to describe my life and myself, there are only 2 words: Failure.
Let's skip my life. Let me introduce myself.
My name is Dang Minh Nhat. I am a 25-year-old loser who depended on my parents... sounds pathetic, right? Just ignore it!
As I said above, I am a lazy person, so my body is very weak. I have many minor illnesses. I will even be out of breath just by climbing 2 floors. Because I don't move much, my legs are very weak.
About my family, my family consists of my parents and a younger sister who is 7 years younger than me. It is a well-off but happy and harmonious family.
Since I was little, I have been passionate about anime, manga of all kinds. Growing up, it gradually turned into a passion for online novels, especially fantasy novels.
More than a year ago, I accidentally found a novel. Its name was "The Mage of Destiny". At first, it was quite boring, but because the main character was quite new to me, I decided to continue reading it. As time passed, I loved this novel more and more, to the point that I only thought about it all day. It's not wrong to call me a crazy fan.
The novel tells the story of the main character Karen Alethea's journey to the pinnacle of magic. She is a genius mage with immeasurable talent. She goes through thousands of hardships to conquer the end of magic in a world full of dangers. Together with her companions, she sweeps away all obstacles.
It's a typical story about a genius, the darling of the world. A motif that is so familiar that it couldn't be more familiar. But with the author's golden hand, it has been vividly portrayed to the point of reaching the top 1 on the platform continuously for a long time. Because of the captivating writing style, we call that author Sir.
I used to think that a story with a female main character would be difficult to attract readers. But I was wrong, very wrong in fact. It is a big difference compared to other novels with the same theme.
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[Vietnam. 18:59]
Today is the release date of the new chapter of "The Mage of Destiny". The novel is at its climax, when the Demon king and his army have just landed in the main character's world.
I was so excited that I couldn't sleep. I was counting every minute and every second waiting for Sir to post a new chapter.
"Hurry up... it's almost 7pm. Just a little more..." I mumbled as I sat on the chair, my hands clasped together to support my chin and my legs kept shaking. My eyes were staring on the laptop screen on the table.
"10...9...8..." I counted down impatiently.
Don't ask me why I'm counting every second like that. The author can post a chapter at any time, what if they post it later?
There's no way! Sir's never missed the announced time. It's accurate to the second!
"7...6...5...hurry up!" I stared at the screen, my right hand already on the mouse. Moving the mouse pointer to the refresh button, I was ready to press the button when the time came.
My eyes were glued to the clock and counted "4...3...2...and 1!"
As soon as I finished, I quickly clicked the refresh button. The screen started to reload.
"Fuck! The internet is suck like a d*ck!" I screamed because my internet was so laggy.
10 seconds had passed and it was still loading.
*Bang*
I lost my patience, stood up and slammed my hand on the table loudly.
"Damn it! I have to deal with you tomorrow! Damn wifi" I screamed, I was determined to replace the wifi tomorrow, let the current one retire.
Suddenly the screen stopped loading, I quickly bent over, holding the mouse and quickly scrolling to find a new chapter.
My eyes widened, my mouth couldn't close. I stared at the laptop screen.
"No...no way...He posted late?!!!!!"
I couldn't accept the truth. I kept refreshing the page and the result was still the same, continuously for more than 5 minutes.
"Calm down, there must be a problem with my home network. He can't post late" I tried to calm myself down.
Taking a deep breath, I closed the laptop, left the room and restarted the wifi. Despite the unpleasant feeling, I waited for the wifi to work again.
Another 5 minutes passed, I returned to my room and turned on my laptop again. Seeing that the network was running smoothly, I let out a sigh of relief.
Pressing open the novel reading app, I searched for "The Mage of Destiny" and clicked on it, hoping that a new chapter would appear.
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"...Why isn't there?????" I shouted in despair.
"What's up there, Nhat?" Suddenly, my mother's voice rang out from downstairs in a worried tone.
I tried to calm down and replied to my mother "It's nothing, Mom! I'm just looking for something!"
"Oh, okay. When you're done, come downstairs and eat fruit with the family. I will peel some apples."
"Yes mom!"
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'Okay. I have to calm down. First, I have to check if everyone else can't see the new chapter, or if it's just me who can't see it'
I let out a breath, held back my emotions and clicked on the comments section.
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Ake: The new chapter is so fire, comrades!
Ru: @Ake. I agree with both hands and feet
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Khoi: Karen is the best! Sister, I love you! Trample on me!
Zit: @Khoi. This guy is beyond saving
Duong: @Zit. Really beyond saving. But Karen is so cool, it's understandable
Zit: @Duong. Yeah, it's understandable. If I met Karen, I would probably be like that guy.
KarensLover: @Zit. Bro...
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"Damn it..."
I froze and stared at the comments section. My brain stopped for a moment.
'Why am I the only one who can't see it?!' Screaming in my heart, my emotions were in turmoil, I stood up and walked around, scratching my head and thinking about what just happened.
"It must be the app's system that's broken!" I finally came to a conclusion. Immediately, I went to my laptop, selected the Report Bug section of the app and submitted a bug fix request. Not stopping there, I selected the app review section and rated it 1 star.
"The app is like shit. There's a story that can't even load new chapters..." I muttered and typed that sentence into the review section. Pressing Submit, I leaned back in my chair, staring blankly at the ceiling waiting for the app to fix the bug.
"What should I do while I wait..."
With a dejected mood, I stood up and walked to the bed, lying down.
'I'll just sleep. Hopefully I'll see a new chapter tomorrow morning...'
Before going to sleep, I glanced at my phone, opened it and looked at the lock screen, more precisely, at the time display.
"19:46 huh... still so early"
But right now, I wasn't in the mood to do anything else. I closed my eyes and slowly drifted off to sleep. Perhaps the anger from earlier had drained my spirit, I fell asleep much faster than usual.
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[Vietnam. 20:00]
On the table, the laptop that was tightly closed suddenly turned on. Its screen suddenly flashed a bright white light that covered the entire room.
"Nhat! Come down and eat some fruit!" The woman's voice rang out. After a while, no one answered. She revealed a puzzled expression and muttered.
"Normally, he's still awake at this time, right? Why isn't he answering?"
Knowing her son's habits, she knew there's no way he went to bed early. He stayed up late every day and pretended to be asleep. As a mother, she only needed to glance sideways to know that her son had lied about going to bed.
She was curious and slowly walked upstairs. Stopping in front of her son's room, she knocked on the door.
"Nhat?"
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"Strange..." she was confused and felt something was wrong. She turned the doorknob slightly, and the door opened.
"Normally, he would lock the door every time he entered the room, right?"
An uncomfortable feeling invaded her mind, she pushed the door open and looked inside. What she saw was her son's daily room with a laptop wide open, flashing and then turning off. But her son was not in the room.
"What's going on... Where are you, Nhat?"
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Author here. This is my first novel and has references from many different novels. This novel is very random and may resemble many details of other stories. Please sympathize with me.
My writing is weak, the sentences are also confusing and difficult to understand. The way the story is developed also has many problems. If you see any problems with my sentences, feel free to leave a comment and I will fix it. Especially, I used the Google Translate to translate this novel from my native language to English.
I write this series just to satisfy myself when I have motivation, so the posting schedule will be very random. If I like it, I post it, if not, I don't, maybe someday I run out of ideas and drop it. Maybe everyone's support can be a great motivation for me to continue writing?
In general, I wish everyone a happy reading. See ya!