Tree of Aeons - Interlude 2: Alexis

Introvert!? Me!? The hell am I an introvert? I stay indoors all day because I am afraid of getting my butt kicked.Until I contract my beast, I won’t be walking freely. This is a promise I made to myself.My name is Ryder, and I am black-marked. The planet where I live is dominated by summoners. If you guessed it, then you are right—we contract beasts from the Astral Shadow Plain and summon them at will after successfully forming a contract.A mark appears on the left shoulder of every human after a period of maturity, a mark given by the beast that chooses you. There are five different types of marks—the brown, the orange, the red, the black, and lastly, the white.Of all the markings, I was marked black. I was chosen by a supreme demon monarch of the Astral Shadow Plain—the Dracogon.There was only a 0.5 percent chance for me to survive the contraction process. However, with a slight twist in the original outcome, contracting a creature from the black-marked plain was nothing compared to the catastrophe I caused shortly after—I opened a link between the beasts of the Astral Shadow Plain and the planet of humans, Terra.Everyone on my planet has been endangered because of me. The fact that no one knows when the link will trigger and cause a breach that pours mindless creatures into my world makes it all the more unsettling.Now, with no other choice, I have to find a way to resolve the mistake I made—alone, just like I caused it.

In her previous life, Gu Tong was blind to people's true natures, and died unjustly, becoming the number one venomous woman scorned by all.After her rebirth, Gu Tong tore apart her cousin with her bare hands, shattered the mistress on her chest, and stewed the scum in an iron pot, becoming the first Doctor who brought aid to the world; none who owed her could escape.Her happy and perfect new life officially began, and Gu Tong shouted her loud slogan, “Kiss, hug, lift high, husband, let's have a baby, oh yeah.”

The dead cannot speak.

It means the living can create any story they want.

Inheritance, honor and wealth can be taken away by lies.

However, what happens when a person, who was presumed to be dead, returns alive?

[All content is fictional, everything is set up, it’s imaginary, please don’t take it seriously!]Master said Jian Xi was born to make a living out of metaphysics!She has two of the five flaws and three deficiencies!Widowed, orphaned, lonely and disabled, she got orphan!That’s right, she’s an orphan who was picked up!Of the three deficiencies she got no money!That’s right, she can’t save money, nor have money!Just as Master was about to pass away, he put the Taoist temple in her name, but it went bankrupt in less than a month!Luckily she has a brother who, though not related by blood, cares for her like one… So she could only go find him first!So she decisively packed up and went down the mountain to find her brother!He Qingchen, the person in charge of the He Group, acts recklessly with an unpredictable personality. One second he could be laughing with you, the next he might send you to the King of Hell!He doesn’t seem to care much about anything.Oh no, there is one thing he cares about – the Five Emperors coin he wears around his neck!Ever since Jian Xi rushed into He Qingchen’s arms and called him brother at the He Group reception, rumors spread throughout B City that He Qingchen has a sister!More importantly, this sister of his can read faces, see one’s life with a glance, and determine life and death with a word. Many big shots competed to ask her for a reading!But soon after, He Qingchen put out the word: “Those who want to seek my wife’s service, please hold off for now. She’s pregnant and can’t be too overworked!”Everyone was confused. Wasn’t she his sister?