Parallax Lantern

At dawn. The light of dawn lingered, hesitant to arrive, while the remnants of the setting sun had long faded into darkness. Within the city shrouded in thin mist, the hidden churches in the shadows, veins clinging to the cracks in walls, the gnawing sounds echoing from the sewers, and the murmuring shadows... A lantern bearer strolled forward.

After arriving in Japan, I became a high school student named Kamiyagawa. Looking around— Hanako crouched in the bathroom, waiting for someone to knock on the door; the Split-Mouth Woman wandered the streets with scissors in hand; Miss Mary's deathly calls echoed incessantly; the wails and barks in Inunaki Village never ceased; the Ubume searched for her long-dead child; the Aoandon smiled, enticing passersby to play with the lanterns of a hundred demons… In a crumbling world rampant with sinister tales and malevolent spirits, Kamiyagawa set a small goal for himself: "Defeat all the demons and monsters, and become the supreme ruler of ghosts and deities."

In the peaceful days before the world falls into chaos, two boys-Antares Dracula and Kai Knox -live ordinary lives, unaware of the destiny awaiting them. But when they turn 15, they are visited by strange dreams, haunting visions of a future filled with destruction, monsters, and unimaginable powers. Unknown to them, these visions are a message from their future selves-two of the strongest humans who are fighting to protect Earth from devastating otherworldly invasions. The future is a bleak wasteland, and the only way to change it is to prepare now. Granted a mysterious System that activates as they reach 16, they are thrust into a world of evolving powers and mounting threats. The boys must harness their newfound abilities, even as they struggle to comprehend the magnitude of the war they are destined to fight. But are they truly ready to face the future? Or will the secrets of their powers lead them down a path darker than the one they were meant to change?

Horror stories written by Joseph Kohtz The Ghoulish Haunted Mansion: On Halloween, a group of kids decides to go inside an old abandoned mansion to see if it's haunted and end up getting scared out of their minds by all sorts of monsters and ghosts. While inside, the kids meet up with a talking cat and jack-o-lantern who try to protect them from the spirits and try to convince one of them to read a spell from a book to get rid of the ghosts. Return to The Ghoulish Haunted Mansion: On a field trip, Susan Piper takes her class to The Wellington Mansion and tells them how it was haunted before she got rid of the ghosts a decade ago on Halloween with her friends' help. She also told her class how to re-haunt the house and warned them not to do so. The next day, on Halloween, six of Susan's students enter the mansion, bring the ghosts and monsters back, and get scared out of their wits. Jack, the jack-o-lantern who knew their teacher, protects them with help from Alvin, the ghost puppy, and tries to convince Victoria to read the same spell Susan read when she was in the mansion to get rid of the ghosts. The Spooky Halloween Sleepover in The Haunted Woods: After a few of their friends go missing, a group of kids investigates The Dead Woods to find them. While there, they run into monsters and ghosts that pick them off. Since their friends are disappearing, they decide to have a sleepover in the haunted woods until they find their friends, but they soon all go missing after the hauntings get worse. Fear Itself: After being told a ghost story around the campfire, a group of kids who go to a camp gets scared to death while ghosts and monsters haunt the camp and forest. They get scared, but some think it's all a prank by one of the counselors at first, even when the campers and the counselors start to get picked off one by one. Even though things look bad, some campers still think it's a fraud, at least until things get worse. Because the longer they stay and ignore the ghosts' warnings, the worse the hauntings get. Then they become convinced and start to get scared out of their wits.

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Lila Hayes has always found peace and inspiration in her coastal town, where she creates beautiful lanterns that light up the annual Lantern Festival. Her lanterns are not only a local tradition but also a symbol of hope and renewal. Despite her success, Lila feels a sense of loneliness and longs for a deeper connection. Ethan Lawson, a historian and writer, returns to the town where he grew up after spending years researching and writing about various historical events. He arrives just in time for the Lantern Festival, drawn by its enchanting reputation and the town’s rich history. Ethan is particularly interested in a local legend about a hidden romance tied to the festival. When Ethan visits Lila’s art studio, he is captivated by her lanterns and the stories behind them. Intrigued by the legend, he convinces Lila to help him uncover the truth behind the old tale, believing it could provide the perfect inspiration for his book. As they delve into the town’s history and the legend of a lost romance, Lila and Ethan begin to spend more time together. Their research leads them to uncover hidden places and old secrets, and their collaboration gradually turns into a deep and meaningful connection. Their journey is filled with charming town festivals, late-night lantern crafting sessions, and moments of introspection. Lila and Ethan discover that their own stories are intertwined with the legend they are unraveling, leading to unexpected revelations about their own desires and dreams. As the Lantern Festival approaches, Lila and Ethan face their fears and insecurities. Ethan grapples with the possibility of returning to his life away from the town, while Lila contemplates opening her heart to someone new. Together, they must confront their pasts and make a choice about their future. In the end, “Whispers among the lanterns” is a heartwarming story about love, history, and the magic that happens when we allow ourselves to be vulnerable and open to new possibilities.

WSA 2025 Entry What can one do against inevitability? Fate? Circumstances out of one’s control? The answer to that, for a human, is not all that much. We toil under the designs of other, pawns in their sick games, moved around while we dance under the illusion of freedom. I had resigned myself to this reality, that it was just how life went, despite my yearning to do more, be more, be above my mortal constraints, above my humanity. Emphasis on had. Fate had now become all but a footnote. ……..………………………… I am writing this book for the sole purpose of sending myself to uni.

Tyren lantern has awoken with the knowledge of his world as a game. in said game he is seen as failure by his family and becomes a boss. believing this to be a dream he gets out of bed to unknowingly face the worst day of his young life. Uploads usually happen on the weekend

The stars are singing, who can hear them? Light is lost from the world, hope must be reignited, the spark that will lead to the drums of war sounding. One man holds the last lantern that separates humanity from chaos.

As the Spring Festival approaches, lanterns are hung on both sides of the streets, and every household is busy cleaning and preparing for the New Year, creating a strong festive atmosphere. After Zhang Zhengqi sees off the Municipal Party Secretary Li Fengshu at the train station, he receives a phone call informing him that someone has jumped off the building at the Municipal Government Building. He rushes to the scene and finds the deceased to be a woman from an unknown organization. The police have reported to 110 and 120, and the preliminary judgment is suicide triggered by marital emotional issues. Zhang Zhengqi decides not to immediately report to Li Fengshu, but to handle the aftermath first.After Li Fengshu took office, he consulted a classmate who was good at feng shui. The classmate believed that the feng shui of the municipal government building was not good and suggested building an artificial hill to block the negative energy from the south. The city government adopted the suggestion and invested millions in the renovation. Unexpectedly, shortly after the relocation of the municipal government agencies, a cadre died suddenly, and now there has been a suicide by jumping off the building, prompting speculation about whether it is related to feng shui.

Waking up from a nightmare several hours before dawn, Belle fetched a drink of water. She paused in front of her kitchen's window when she noticed a lit lantern in front of her mansion's garden. Her butler stood there, shovel in hand. This was no hour to be gardening. Curious, she made her way outside, but when she had gotten close enough to see a large and hollow pit next to her eternally-stoic and polite butler, she saw him pick up a rotten body. A DEAD BODY! Her eyes widened fearfully when she saw her handsome butler drop the rotting body into the fresh hole. She asked in horror, "What are you doing?!" Surprised to see his young miss awake at this hour, he stared at her with the same expression he had been keeping up for all these years. He had made sure she was asleep before coming here. "Gardening." "And the body?!" she looked at him in disbelief. "Fertilizer," he answered her before picking up the shovel that was on the ground. Belle was now certain something had possessed her butler. Who gardened dead bodies?! She then heard him ask her, "Want to help me in planting it, Miss Adams?" he gave her a sweet smile. Note: If you enjoy a book of comedy with light-hearted romance and a gothic background. This book is for you~

A long-forgotten servant has been loyal for countless years doing his mandated daily activities. Before his masters were destroyed, he served. After they were annihilated, he served. Until the very object of his assignment was destroyed he felt free and became free. Zamright was left with no path, no goals and he was never a child with lofty ambition. In the countless years he performed his assignment he had dampened his emotions to the lowest level. However, as he returned to his motherland, he was met with a multitude of choices: should he leave it to be destroyed, or should he save it? With no grand desire to be a ruler, one thing led to another and before he realized what had happened he was sitting on the highest throne of the Great Lantern, commanding absolute power and authority! Reigning over ancient monsters, beasts and old souls of the forgotten past and mundane people. Contending against the whole world, clashing with conceptual monsters and winning! However, he was blinded to the true nature of the ancient land—the Great Lantern. The whole world is terrified of that cursed land, and the only way to save it is to rip it up from the crust and flip it back to Earth! By the schemes of the hidden hands, by the countless hax from the shadows, by the monstrous intention of the darksides, by the strange abilities of Source Wilders, Zamright was controlled, swayed in matters of Nation wealth and many hid behind him silently for their desire to be fulfilled. But with every passing day, he grew stronger and broke from the shackles, gleaned through their insidious nature and countered in the most silent way conceivable, until his Sovereignty was absolute! But the layers of the schemes are older than the stars themselves! ***** Peace Dreamers are waiting for their Messiah. The Ancient Titan Moon was disdestroyed. The arrival of the Messiah. Throne Relic has chosen a new master. Seed of Hope was planted in everyone. "These are the signs of another Great War" Cardinal Of Knowledge sighed, "can we survive again?" even as a knowledge devourer he doesn't have the answer.

With each mile that he passed with his car his anger turned from fury to a blinding fire to a pitch black pit of chaos. And yet the pitch black chaos was too small a word as further ahead he went, until there he stood in front of ‘Manerium Somniorum’ The manor of dreams. Standing at the gates his anger dissipated to a form of fear and melancholy. Christian knew it like he knew the back of his hand that these emotions were his. Whatever he was feeling was an aftermath of what the manor was listening in on. The walls were screaming the story that unfolded between their bricks as the windows tried to leap open, over powered by the yearning need for some kind of a void. An escape from what unfolded. The gate of the manor seemed barred from reality. Acutely preoccupied by the nightmare. Participating and escaping every word the manor screamed. Time did not exist beyond these gates. No what was left behind was simply the shadow of broken hearts. With each second that passed Christian watched a darkness descend upon the manor as thick mists of clouds and shadows formed. Untouched was the reality outside the gate but inside Manerium Somniorum dreamed. Dreamed of a heartbroken man. Echoed of an unquenchable thirst. Begged for her return. Pulling every reality into it in its desperation, whispering and moaning Christian or anyone that dared to watch to enter. Enter their dream. Dream their love. And bathe in their despair as a symphony lulled Christian into a heavy sleep. With each ticking minute the manor seemed to draw further and further away, without even realizing his eyes had closed and his body was mesmerized by her. By them. It played out again like a song, starting with a verse. A look. A pair of eyes. A shadow. As translucent darkness shone brightly around a man and interlaced with his soul. And there she stood. It was her form and her face and yet her eyes betrayed who she was. A conscious thought metaphored into her existence, standing right there under the soft glow of his lantern. Christian was the prince and the prince was chaos as their fell in love for the first time. As their skin felt the fleeting graze of her smile and their ears heard the soft whisper of her gown tease the ground. There all three souls stood as one falling in love with the same form and yet a different woman. "We were never meant for tomorrow ..." She said with a trembling voice as her hand reached out for his, so close and yet much like their fates all there was between them were dreams.

"Since the heaven has taken pity on me and allowed me to be reborn, I will kill my way through this terminally ill world in this life!" Mysteries are resurrected, demons and monsters are everywhere, mountains of corpses and seas of blood are wailing all over the land. Only the divine pattern master is the only light in this diseased world. As long as there are patterns on the body, there is a chance of becoming a divine pattern master. Someone suffers from leukemia and transforms into a white-winged angel to punish all directions. Someone with eczema became the master of the river and feasted on it. Someone has a black dragon tattoo on his shoulder, his arms are covered with dragon scales, and he can shake a mountain with one punch! ...The day before Qin Jue returned to the mysterious world. Born into a righteous family, he made a decision that went against his ancestors. The front chest is covered with Naihe Bridge. This one, with a bull's head and a horse's face, drives the souls of the dead. On the other side, black and white impermanence waits with a lantern. The judge of the underworld, Yama of the Ten Palaces, Emperor Fengdu, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva... There are four angels standing on the back, holy and flawless, with kind eyes. Underworld on the front, heaven on the back, full of taboos! ... He is burdened with taboos and is as good as the gods! Show your butcher knife to this sick world! "In this life, I am the taboo!"

Three thousand years ago, Fu ling (Moon Fairy) saved Shang Chen (Phoenix Lord) from death and fell in love with him. Due to conspiracies by Fu ling's brother and sister, Shang Chen married Fu ling's sister, and Fu ling was imprisoned for destroying her clan. In the depths of the dungeon, she met Chang Lin (Dragon Lord). Chang Lin fell in love with Fu ling. Fu ling was poisoned by her sister. Chang Lin escaped from prison with Fu Ling and killed her brother. When Shang Chen tried to kill Fu ling, the Moon Lantern caught his Phoenix Blood, and Shang Chen's spirit wandered. In order to separate her destiny from Shang Chen's, she cut the destiny stone in half. Chang Lin accepted the fate stone punishment instead of Fu ling and his body was destroyed. Fu ling, poisoned by her sister, lost control of the Moon Lantern, and the mortal world fell into chaos. To make up for this incident, she sacrificed herself. Two thousand years later, Fu ling's soul entered the mortal body and met Shang Chen and Chang Lin again. A complex relationship of love, hate and sacrifice.

Jiang Hao traveled to a world where everyone can awaken their own planet. In this world, everyone can have the opportunity to awaken the planet, and transform the extraordinary energy to create civilization of cultivation, magic, technology, warrior... However, the gravity of Jiang Hao's awakened planet is actually ten times that of a normal planet, and no known civilization can survive in this planet, so it is regarded as a waste star by everyone. But Jiang Hao knew a civilization from the anime world. In his previous life, there was a horrifying and terrifying civilization——Saiyan civilization. Saiyan, Super Saiyan—restricted, mutant, second-order, third-order, full power, demonization, possession, runaway, flash explosion, divine energy, super power, sword of hope... As time goes by, the powerful Saiyans shine in different worlds one by one, turning into a terrifying and terrifying civilization. ······ Even, not just Saiyan civilization! Krypton civilization, Apocalypse civilization, Cree civilization, Green Lantern civilization... I'm not the Author of this book. I found it in MTL & chose to post it here. It is written by a Chinese Author, so there might be Face slapping. I'll try to minimize it, So enjoy.

Arelins....a new world right.? Somewhere in this world,there exists the beautiful celestial body named Arelins... This story is of a whole new concept. Believe me.!Not like those CEOs type...first love revenge...bff betrayal or anything like those same concept mangas and manhwas you have read till now. I myself am I manga and manhwa reader. I have always seen in comment section readers saying..."Argh...again with the same concept...can't they make a new one.?" I thought so also. That's why I make this story of a whole new adventure...love...and all the things you haven't explored till now for you all only.!

What's so interesting about a naive and crybaby person, you ask? When they blacken, they become the abyss itself. *** Xie Ai, an IT genius and an A-level cultivator, was suddenly sucked into a strange world full of horror and mysteries. The worse thing was he didn't have his specks when he transmigrated. So when everyone was passing the instances, collecting the evidence, and running away from the monsters, Xie Ai was practically useless. Jumping off a cliff, bumping into a pole, or serving himself to the ghosts and monsters had become his routine. As he managed to somehow live through the hurdles, he realized one tragic NPC in every world would stick to him like glue. Be it a human, a ghost, a merman, a dragon…. But when he saw the NPC's face, he was shocked, saying, "It's you?!" *** A little boy with emerald eyes suddenly appeared inside the blanket. Xie Ai, who was trying to sleep peacefully, trembled in fear. "You… what do you want?" "I came to accompany you. Didn't you say you'd sleep with me?" Xie Ai: "...." I misjudged. Later… A certain man with sharp emerald eyes pushed Xie Ai against a tree. “Then… Do you want me to prove how I feel?”   “H-How?” Xie Ai suddenly didn’t want to know. “Don’t blame me for doing this. It’s you who asked," said the man. And then, they kissed. *** Tags: Quick transmigration, QT, BL, Unlimited flow, mystery, romance, smut, yaoi, R-18, gore, lovers to enemies to lovers, villain. *** Sequel to MEWS! *** Arc 1: A Prison Ghost Arc 2: A Haunting Lantern Arc 3: A Cursed Kingdom Arc 4: Mountain Of Remorse Arc 5: The Cursed Sea *** PS: Smut starts from the second arc! Caution: MEWS readers, if you're okay with spoilers, you can read this story. Or if you're not okay with spoilers, just wait until MEWS ends. PS: Commissioned art! I thank Lia for making me such a wonderful and sm*xy cover! So don't use it indiscriminately, okay?

This was an era where everyone could experience various worlds through simulations. When everyone reached 16 years old, they would receive a Life Lantern, which would grant them two free simulations. During the free simulations, they had to break through the limits of humans in order to attain a bright future in reality. Otherwise, they would lose their Life Lanterns and they would slowly be corrupted by a black fog until they eventually died at a young age. Lin Qiye, who transmigrated to this era, failed his first simulation. During his second simulation, by chance, he acquired a permanent SSS-rank talent - the Deduction of Genesis. Lin Qiye’s first life: [When you were two, you had a sudden illness, causing you to have a deformed head and low IQ. When you were 15, your parents passed away. When you were 18, you died of an incurable disease.] Lin Qiye commanded, “The Deduction of Genesis, deduce for me a way to transcend this life.” [Congratulations for defying the heavens and successfully changing your fate. You acquired S rank in your evaluation. Your rewards are…] … His second life: [When you were 15, the spiritual aura on Earth rejuvenated. You did not awaken any talent while your childhood best friend achieved outstanding attainments with her awakened talent. When you were 16, you were killed by a stranger.] Lin Qiye summoned, “The Deduction of Genesis!” [You carefully made plans before the spiritual aura rejuvenated. Because of this, you defied the heavens and successfully changed your fate. You acquired S rank in your evaluation. Your rewards are…]

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A calm and colorless childhood, an honest boy, an indecisive teenager, failure to be content breeds discontentment. A SHIFT in personality, WHISPERS of the world, reconstruction of the soul. INNOCENCE cannot mix pure EVIL, refusal to be stuck in between. SEPARATION, DISORDER, something new created with just the simple etched in mind. '...The World Would Be Beautiful If I Wasn't Me' Nikolai is a boy that craves independence so as not to make his parents worried but things change as the inability to ask for help sends him on an incomparably rough path, what awaits, failure or death...

After becoming a mother at the age of 15, through the struggles life had to bring, Chloe bore it all and brought up the one most important to her in the entire word. Suppressing his true appearance throughout his childhood, she made sure Alex lived a normal life. Still all good things and bad things come to an end things change after Alex's first contact with a vampire. Experience the complicated story a family coming together. A naive young woman, a cunning son weaving a tale with a cold king.

Featuring a world of different dimensions. The Writers Dimension remain the land of Authors, Poets, Script Writers and more. Jeffrey is a 13-year-old author who loves to read good books. One day with the git from a stranger he gains the ability to enter the novel he reads. Follow the adventure of the young MC as he becomes a bookkeeper and amasse enough experience to write his own book that will shock the different Dimensions.

"I came across this man, his lantern squeaked as it swung back and forth. The breeze gave him an almost majestic look, as his long flowing robes blew from side to side in a cascade....." I zoned out, glancing at you, the reader. Join me in Alganle. A world full of strange and interesting things....

In this cold world even more frigid than hell, I somehow had enough good karma to find you- my sun. Having nothing is better than feeling so deeply just to have everything torn from you. So, I will never feel again. I don't deserve to, after all, it is my fault. That was the promise I made to myself that day. The day I finally couldn't deny the blaring truth. Yet, she barged into my life- literally. How could someone be so... her? After all that has happened, shouldn't I not be able to feel anything, let alone emotional attachment to someone? Thats right, all it is is a chemical reaction' She reasoned out. 'Yet those eyes, they would be the death of her one day.' Those sinful lips matched her unholy heart. She was a coward, once bitten twice shy, they say. Maybe uncountable snake bites can leave a poison so rooted into the very marrow of your being, there is no escape. However, a hand reached out and pulled her away, eliminating the poison and shining light once more. 'Loosing both hope and direction in this internal, moonless night, you became my lantern, guiding me along a path that feels forbidden-yet I will always follow like a lost duckling. The cold walls staring at you, people mocking and sneering at you, even never ceasing nightmares may make for a cold exterior, however, Alora knew it can make the warmest person. The proof was right in front of her. This woman refused to tell her name and never asked for even that much information from her. All the woman said was "you owe me".' Yes, Alora did owe her. She owed her life to her. But with nothing to exchange it with; Somehow, it comforted her, knowing that even a small connection existed between them. This doctor of hers would click her tongue and sigh at her- yet never once laughed at her expense, even going so far as to beat anyone who did. Her stone-cold face revealed as much as the walls, yet Alora could read her like an open book. Those eyes filled with a flame hotter than her demons were so alluring. Even if she would get burnt, so be it. After all, she did owe her doctor, right? Teaser: Not being able to take it any longer, Alora pushed her doctor to the wall. She held the other woman's hand and pushed it alongside her. As Alora's hand slowly went to touch the others cheek, she saw fear. The doctor's eyes began to cloud with unshed tears, her legs began to shake give out, yet never giving a peep. All Alora ever saw was a broken version of her doctor, but never this crumbled. Shaken she let her go and turned around to walk away, possibly for good. She'd find another way to repay her. A low thump was heard, she had to get away from here. Slowly spiraling, her mind became messy. Before her mind dove deeper, an unsteady hand reached out. Alora's senses were extremely high even in a scenario like this. Taking a deep breath she sighed. How could she leave like this? This cold woman was everything to her. The hand started to tremble, but before anything could be done, a voice so tiny and fragile said something Alora never expected to hear. This is a girl's love so be warned. If you're not into it then don't take it out on the book. Honestly, I don't know the direction it will take. It may become full on fantasy, maybe have a tragic ending- I don't know. This story is about healing and protecting each other along with slowly falling in love. It may have 18+ content or just snuggles and innocence. //Trigger warning⚠️: Rape, sluercide, murder, other things. I will put another on the chapter if it's more than a mention of it Please read until chapter 10 before dropping

Regia looked around the large room. It was a huge paradox of what she was used to. It had a large vanity embroidered with silver and marble and a grand styled decor. She moved closer to the large bed in the centre of the room. Its sheets had been rolled back invitingly and it was an invite that she couldn't resist. She crawled on the bed and laid on its soft sheets, adoring its feeling against her skin. She didn't know when or how she fell asleep afterwards. A hand slowly tapped her and she fluttered her eyes open. The duke of Albania stood observing her,his hands pulled to his back. She sat up with a start and quickly got of the bed. She didn't need a soothsayer to tell her he was the man she had been waiting for. She curtsied with as much grace as she owned and greeted him. "Good afternoon sire". He frowned at her which made her breath hitch. " Good afternoon?, girl it is evening already",he remarked quite harshly. Her eyes widened and she turned to look out the window. She didn't know she had slept that long. The room was lit by an array of gorgeous lantern in the wall. She bowed slightly,tendering her apology. He let out a low scoff before asking, "Is this what you want to wear to sleep?", he asked causing her to look at her gown. She was still wearing the gown she wore after the change. She had been waiting for him so that they could go and eat together but it seemed like he wasn't interested in food at the moment. She watched him head to her bed to sit. He sat and frowned again seeing her stand in the same position. " Well,won't you change to your night gown",he said breaking into her thought. She quickly regained her composure, bowed tendering her apology, and dashed to her observatory veiled with long decorated satin curtains. She saw her night shift already folded and carefully placed on a table beside her bathtub. She quickly slipped out of the heavy clothe she was laden with and wore the white,transparent gown reserved for her. She swallowed as she observed herself in the standing mirror placed in the observatory. The clothe clung to her in all the right places and it perfectly matched her skin. She knew that whoever placed it there had an eye for beauty. She held her breath as she tried to get her thoughts composed. She muttered encouraging words to herself as she sought to return to the Duke. She had already kept him waiting for far too long. She walked in careful strides as she pulled back the curtain and walked towards the bed. The Duke was lying down on the bed now, facing the ceiling. She stopped a few inches afar and called out. "Sire, I am now changed". She waited for a response for a few seconds and on not getting any repeated her statement. He still didn't respond causing her to furrow her brows. She wondered if he fell asleep in his wait. She walked over to him and tapped him gently. He still didn't make a move and his eyes were closed. She trailed his hands to under the sheets. He was unusually quiet and she wasn't even sure she could hear him breathe. She put her hand under the sheets and drew out his hands. What she saw next caused her to shriek in fear. She saw that his hands was covered in his own blood. She pulled the sheets down completely and saw that he had been stabbed by a knife,laying in a pool of his own blood. She fell back in fear,feeling a sinking feeling rise in her chest as her breathing became uneven in panic. She wanted to ran out to call for help but her body refuses to move,reminding her if the implication of her action if she did so. She had nowhere to run or who to talk to that would believe her. She shook her head vehemently,running her hands roughly through her hair. She steeled herself with a new resolution, reminding herself that crying or panic would solve nothing. She stood up and quickly calculated her next line of action. She decided to leave the building and the town as a whole,knowing that her very life was on the line.

A love that happened in the Longvek period. A country that is always in turmoil and officials, friends, betray each other for power. PichaRa is the daughter of a senior official and her family was killed, leaving only her and her brother. Many years later, Picha Ra became an ordinary resident with a brother and a grandfather, escaping from the hunt. Picha Ra disguised himself as a man to get revenge and joined as a dancer at a big festival in the village. Athit has been her lover since she was a child and broke up after they launched the lantern. After reuniting, Athit did not remember, but every time she met him, it was understood that like love, she also thought that she fell in love with men like each other. Dance at his house. Both Athit and Kirivong fall in love with Picha Ra. For her, she loves Athit, who was her childhood sweetheart. One day, she also learned that Athit, the son of a traitor, had killed her family, and that Kirivong's family had also been involved in the murder. What problems does their love face? do they meet? How should Picha Ra take revenge on them? And which one is her true love?

Jason wake up in a lab full of notes on the emotion of pride along with a metallic gold ring and lantern on the table with barley any memories.