Middle Child Syndrome - Chapter 104: Ch : Conflicting Interests

Tonight, Cecilia’s heart was ripped from her chest to break her bond with Arzhen. The Weretiger King’s son, the man she had been bonded to for seven years, had mercilessly taken her life.Who could blame him, really? Cecilia was just a fake Saintess, after all.When the real love of his life, the true Saintess Ruby Vaiva, emerged to reclaim her legitimate title, it was all over for Cecilia.Cast away by the very people she had saved through sheer will and intellect, all in favor of a divine cheat, she knew no one was coming to save her.But as her eyes grew heavy and the world began to fade, a notification suddenly popped into her mind.DING![Capturable Love Interest detected! Would you like to roll for Five Star Love Interest, Oathran Alicei? You have 10 free rolls!][Yes/No]Ah. So there was a man dying nearby, too… Wait... Oathran Alicei? The Dragon Lord?![Warning! Five Stars Love Interest Exclusive Banner is about to expire! Roll?][Yes/No]Alright, alright! Roll!***[Let’s start! This is the Beast Gacha System, where you can get countless rewards and bond with any beast, as many as you like!]***The Dragon Lord she swore to kill:“It wasn’t a prophecy, it was an oath. Your oath. To me.” He wanted to die by her hands. He must. “It was about dying at the hands of the one person I respected. The one person who promised to take the burden from me. You.”“And if I say you are a saintess, then you are.”***The Alpha Werewolf, her uncle-in-law:“You think there’s a measurement for sin?”“If we are going to get you with child, it will be done properly. Ideally, in front of that precious nephew of mine. Let him have a front-row seat to his legacy being… superseded.”“God forbid a man finds creative motivation.”***The Werelion Pride King who 'hated' her:“So what if it’s wrong? Be wrong, and live.”“Let me tell you one thing, Cecilia. If you die, even if it was the right thing to be… it’s still wrong.”“If you die, the world will be wrong.”“And a wrong world must perish.”

Do people chase greatness, or does greatness chase us?

Zero – Where the End BeginsAfter 100 lives—lived as a king, a warrior, a scholar, a knight, and even a slave—he has finally reached the last.Life number 0.No rebirth. No second chances. Only death… or glory.Thrown into the most ruthless and enigmatic world he has ever faced, he must defy its crushing grip, where power dictates fate and survival is a battle against the inevitable. His ambitions collide with the weight of his past, driving him toward a relentless pursuit of absolute control.In Zero, you either carve your destiny… or vanish into oblivion.

It was the twenty-third year of Tianxi*. Rumours traversed the streets that the all-knowing Imperial Advisor suffered a great calamity and could not help but enter seclusion to focus on cultivation. However, the commoners secretly clapped their hands and rejoiced. In the winter of the same year, a young monk appeared in the Hui Zhou Fu’s Ningyang District.

The monk’s monastic title was Xuan Min, his memories all missing, yet was versed in the arts of Feng Shui Kan Yu**. On the very first day arriving in Ningyang, he did not hesitate to take care of a dangerous manor, picking up Xue Xian, who was hidden there, along the way.

Since then, Xue Xian – who had been all-powerful in the first half of his life – gained a new life pursuit: to get this baldy*** who had only a good outer appearance to take his last breath and “smile from his grave”.

Xue Xian: If you are unhappy, then I will be happy. If you die, I’ll laugh my ass off.

Xuan Min: …

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