The Lord's Empire - Chapter 12 – Heaven’s Pride Rankings

New book, “My Wife is the Star Lord,” seeks your support~[Strong Female Lead + Doting Love Interest + Ancient Martial Arts + E-sports + A Touch of Fantasy]The Sinclair Family's second daughter, who has spent years practicing Ancient Martial Arts in the deep mountains, is returning to Kingsford for the college entrance exams.The Sinclairs are terrified: “The second daughter is a jinx! She brings misfortune to her father, mother, and the entire family. Stay away from her at all costs!”The young masters of Kingsford sneer: “A country bumpkin from the mountains will be easy to control. A little sweet-talking and she'll fall for it.”Only an old Daoist, who seems like a quack, pokes Aurora Sinclair's head with a serious expression: “Don't cause any trouble for your master when you go down the mountain!”***Half a year after returning to Kingsford—The Sinclairs, with eager faces: “Our second daughter is the hope of our entire village; don't get in the way of her making money!”The young masters of Kingsford, bruised and swollen: “Aurora Sinclair isn't a woman! Her fists are harder than a man's!”The old Daoist, gazing at the night sky, mutters mysteriously: “The Star of Romance is stirring! Which foolish boy is it?”The precious young master of a certain secret laboratory lets out a loud sneeze!The expressions of all the experts and professors change drastically: “Hurry and get a doctor!”***Male Lead: Alvin Morgan (Top Researcher)Female Lead: Aurora Sinclair (Hidden Bigshot)【Please add to your collection, send red beans, recommendation tickets, and monthly passes. The more, the better~】

[WARNING][Mature content, erotic descriptions by a slightly perverted MC][All characters depicted are above the age of 18]**********My world ended in chaos, and I died trying to save it.I was Drey Belford, the most powerful mage in the world, but even I couldn't stop the evil villainess from destroying it.Now… I’ve woken up. Fifteen years in the past. And somehow, I’m not me anymore. I’ve been reincarnated as Rin Stormborn, son of a high noble...Best friend to the girl who destroyed everything.Armed with all my memories from my previous life, I’ve been given one last chance to change the future. All I have to do is survive magic school, navigate through dangerous noble politics, and keep my best friend from starting a world-ending apocalypse.Seems pretty easy. What could possibly go wrong?

It’s been 11 years since I’ve lived for others and not for me.

The moment I cried out wanting to get away from my exhausting life, I opened my eyes in the body of some Count’s 20-year-old daughter.

Since this happened, I decided to live my life freely as a single woman.

But…

“I need a lady to act as my fake wife for a certain period of time.”

“A contract marriage?”

“The term is one year. When the time is up, I’ll give you divorce with no strings attached.”

The Duke of the Empire whom I had happened to meet at a ball was hitting on me.

Turns out he’s no other than the Emperor’s beloved brother, Duke Scade!

Hold on, it’s just going to end in a clean divorce with no strings attached?

“You should also give me alimony. Give me one of the best lands of the Ducal household with 10 years’ worth of profit.”

“…..What?”

“If you don’t want to do that, then we cannot get married.”

This time I’m going to live a life taking care of the things I need first!

***

“I’ll escort you since it’s late.”

Where to? My bedroom is just around the corner.

“Tonight, I’ll do my best.”

No, I don’t need you to do that.

“Did you just look at that man?”

Excuse me, Duke, you said it’s for a limited time only, so why do you keep obsessing over me?

**This book is in the viral competition. Support me by adding to library, gifting power stones, and golden tickets**Perhaps out of mercy, Ava Whitlock found herself reborn before all the tragedies - before her public image was ruined, before her career ended, before her real family disowned her existence and she was brutally murdered by the fake daughter her family had.All Ava Whitlock ever wanted in her whole existence was to have a family of her own, one which adored her and reciprocated her love.Her adoptive family were abusive, and when her real wealthy family descended from heaven, Ava thought the universe finally answered her prayer. Her prominent family were the owner of the Whitlock's conglomerate, the largest conglomerate in Lebron City.She had three powerful brothers: Jerome, the general manager of the conglomerate; Noah, the director of the conglomerate's firm; and Caspian, the best software engineer in all of Lebron City.Ava thought she had it all, but what she never expected was that her real family wanted nothing to do with her. They saw her as an eye-sore who was here to claim the position of their fake daughter, and they made no attempt to hide that they preferred the fake daughter to their flesh and blood.On her death bed,Jerome, Ava's eldest brother asked, almost laughing, “Ava's at the point of death?”Her mother hissed before replying almost immediately, “Good. Let her rot.”“Why are we being informed about this?” Noah, Ava's second brother asked.“Ava is no longer part of the Whitlock household after the little stunt she pulled. It's sickening that she still bears my household's name legally, but don't call me even if she's dead,” her father said dryly.In this life, Ava had another mission. To stop her name from getting ruined publicly, and to earn her family's respect instead. She didn't care about her family's love anymore.But a lot of things changed in her new life that she didn't have answers to.How did she end up with three other guardian angels?! And why did they address her as their lovely little sister?! Also, how did she have a fiance in this new life who was dotting on her?