Chapter: Chapter 828Alex looked at the little blue box in her hands as if he had never seen it before."A kind lady gave it to me," he said."A kind lady? Why?""For being good." He nodded hard, pleased with the answer. "She said I was very good.""Very good at what?""Standing still," he said proudly. "I'm the best at it."It was true. She could hear that it was true. And it sounded exactly like a child's lie.Then she closed the box. She did not ask again."Will you put it on me?" she said instead. "My hands are still stiff."She turned her back to him, careful of the bandage, and lifted her hair. His fingers fumbled at the clasp. Once. Twice. He dropped the end down the back of her collar."Alex, it's a clasp. It isn't a lock.""It's a tiny clasp," he said, keeping a straight face. "Clearly meant for a lady with dainty hands. My big paws are struggling here, so be patient with me while we work on our truce."She laughed before she could stop it. The clasp closed with a tiny click. The jade settled col
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Chapter: Chapter 827Natasha Vale did not answer at once.She walked past Patricia as if she were a puddle and looked at the vase for exactly one breath."A market copy," she said. "A few dollars.""That's a lie!" Patricia cried. Then she remembered who she was talking to. "I mean... with respect, Ms. Vale, you've hardly looked at it."Natasha's eyes moved along the brown lines under the newspaper."Broken once already," she said. "And glued. Badly.""I did say somebody already did the puzzle," Alex said brightly.He wandered over to the old door and began to swing it like a bored child. In, and back. In, and back. The old latch clanked."It only goes this way," he told Gideon. "In. See? It's a silly door."Natasha watched it swing inward, away from the step."And that door never touched it," she said. "It opens into the room. Somebody stood outside and dropped this on the step."Every face in the yard turned to Patricia."You knocked," Serena said quietly. "You called my name. 'Serena, darling, are you t
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Chapter: Chapter 826Patricia came back across the yard with the stick, thick as a broom handle and dark with old rain."Patricia," Gideon said. "What are you doing with that?""Helping," Patricia said."Put it down," Serena said quietly."Kneel, and I will.""No."Patricia's mouth went thin. She took the stick in both hands and swung it low and hard at the backs of Serena's legs, with all her weight behind it.Nobody was looking at the idiot.By the shards, Alex flicked a little stone without looking up, the way a man brushes off a fly.The stone hit Patricia's knuckles with a sharp little crack.Her hand jerked. The stick swept past Serena's legs by a finger's width and kept going, round and up, whistling.It smacked Patricia full in her own face.Thwack.For one second the yard was perfectly silent.Patricia swayed, a red stripe rising across her nose. Her lipstick had gone sideways."Oh!" Marissa put both hands over her mouth. "Not on the face, Patricia! You have to be seen!"Cordelia coughed into her
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Chapter: Chapter 825Serena's thumb hovered over the screen.For a moment nobody in the yard spoke.Then Marissa found her voice, the way she always did when money was in the air."Well, I'm not paying it," she said. "Don't anybody look at me. Gideon, don't look at me either. Who pays if she doesn't? Not us. We don't have a million dollars. We don't have a million of anything.""We have a lot of curlers," Gideon said quietly."Gideon!""Sorry, dear."Patricia didn't laugh. She was watching Serena the way a cat watches a bird with a broken wing.Alex shuffled nearer the blue and white pieces, squatted on his heels, and turned one shard over with a finger."Is it a puzzle?" he asked.Everyone looked at him."Is it a puzzle?" he said again, hopefully. "I'm good at puzzles."Cordelia rolled her eyes to the grey sky. "Somebody take the idiot back to his kennel."The whole yard laughed. One of Marissa's curlers fell out and bounced on the stones."Look at him, Serena," Patricia sang. "Your husband. Your knight.
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Chapter: Chapter 824Serena hit the cobbles back first.The stones bit through the white bandages under her blouse, and the pain went through her like a hot wire. Two nights ago, in Victor Russell's house, four lashes had split that back open. It had not healed.She did not cry out. She lay still in the pale light under the low grey sky, and breathed.All round the garage-wing doorstep, pieces of blue and white china glittered on the wet black stones. One curved piece still showed half a painted bird, its blue wing broken off at the shoulder."You take everything!" Patricia screamed down at her. "Everything! My position. My fame. And now my vase! This vase was given to me by Grandma. It's worth a million dollars. How dare you break it!"At the yard gate, Alex stood very still.The jewel box sat warm against his heart, inside his old brown jacket.Now there was grit in her hair."Patricia," Serena said, and pushed herself up on one elbow. "I never touched it.""Liar!""I only opened the door."It was the t
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Chapter: Chapter 823Alex did not argue.He wandered along the glass instead, hands behind his back, and read every little price card, moving his lips."No touching unless you're buying," Gina said."I'm only reading! Is that wrong?" Alex said."It's wrong for you to even walk in here. Poor people have no right to set foot in this place.""Do you know how arrogant you are, judging people like that?" Alex asked mildly. "You're not rich yourself.""Maybe not. But I'm still much richer than you."Alex nodded to himself, as if that settled it, and turned for the door."That's right, sweetheart, off you go," Gina called after him. "This place isn't for you. Try the stalls on the fish quay. That's more your place.""Is that jacket meant to be vintage?" said one of the other shop girls. "So desperate to look rich."The shop laughed.Round the corner, out of sight of the windows, he took out his old phone."Natasha. Larkspur's, on the high street. Come. Hurry. Bring money. I want to buy something.""Yes, sir. I'm
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Return of Overthinker
When the demon finally harnessed human sins and negative emotions to harvest negative energy, it opened a spatial gate to the planets that were already ravaged by monsters and teeming with dark creatures. The beasts and monsters passed through the gate, unleashing havoc upon Earth. These monstrous creatures caused destruction on a massive scale, pushing the earth toward an apocalyptic catastrophe.
In this dark time, The Creator granted certain humans the ability, marked by symbols on their right hands, to wield the power of gods and angels to combat these dark creatures.
My ability was 'Overthinking,' the weakest, but with hard work, I persisted for 60 years to become the most powerful and the savior of the world. However, in my final moments, I was betrayed by a friend who was born rich and noble, who forced me to die to obtain everything I had worked so hard for. Nevertheless, before my demise, I sent my memories back to my younger years.
This time, I will obtain everything: the best items, the finest women, and the most potent abilities. All will be mine!
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Chapter: Chapter 204I was a bit surprised. "Isn't down there a place where the dead rest, and there is nothing but cold and barren land?" "At first, it was a place full of beauty, but those who did not like it destroyed everything in it, making it cold and barren. I hope you can help those suffering down there find kindness and peace. In truth, you can build a place far more beautiful than the palace of the gods because hell was initially a very beautiful place for those in need." "I accept it wherever You send me." *** In a temple where knowledge was usually shared, several humans who were teachers of various schools gathered to discuss important matters about knowledge. "Hey," said one human to another, "Why did the gods stop sharing their knowledge with us?" "Haven't you heard that the King of the gods, or God Indra, has been replaced?" "Really?" "God Indra is now angry after finding out that knowledge was given to humans by the previous Indra," said another human. "He stopped all knowledge fro
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Chapter: Chapter 203After 1,000 years had passed, the three worlds experienced their golden age. There was no poverty or hunger throughout the three worlds. Everything was going very well. All dimensions entered a golden age because kindness became the most important thing in the three realms. Humans, gods, ashuras, and all beings were directed to continue giving kindness to all creatures. During my reign, everyone competed to do good so that there was no poverty, hunger, or lack. During that time, those who came to me, whether gods, ashuras, or humans, would get what they asked for. I did this as my way of doing good to all beings.One day, a dwarf-bodied brahmin came to my palace. The brahmin, called Vamana, had a body that was only waist-high to an ordinary human. He wore white clothes that wrapped loosely around his small body. However, considering that he was a human and came from the third dimension, being able to ascend to the twelfth dimension where the gods' palace was located was alr
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Chapter: Chapter 202"I don't remember that part," I said. "Because each life makes you forget. I just want to say, if you give the gods' knowledge to humans, won't the gods lose their power? Haven't you humiliated them all? Your strength has made you not understand the feelings of the weaker gods." "Guru, if what you say is true, is my current strength because I was a strong spirit in the past?" He looked at me and weakly shook his head. "No, all spirits start from the same place." "Then why did I become strong?" "You had no fear, and your enjoyment of playing made you keep striving for something greater without caring for your own life." Brihaspati continued, "However, what placed you as King Indra is something else." "What is that?" "A sense of responsibility to protect the weak and make life better for all beings." Brihaspati sighed. "Those who have that sincerity will always be carried by karma and the will of God to re
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Chapter: Chapter 201"Boss, you've become weak," said Raindo, one of the Ashura generals, approaching me. He looked enormous compared to my now smaller form. "You keep spending time in that school and library. You never fight anymore. You're going to become weak, and the previous Indra will soon return to reclaim his throne." "You just don't understand, my brother," I said, still reading a book. "Right now, I am ten times stronger than I was before." "I don't believe it," said Raindo, one of the strongest generals. "Let's test it." "Of course," I said, seemingly unconcerned. "Get ready." "I'm always ready," he replied. As soon as he said that, a bolt of lightning shot down from the sky, striking his body. He was thrown far, crashing into the palace walls and severely injured. "What happened?" he asked, looking confused and trying to stand up. He didn't know what had hit him. "I just attacked you. I gained the power
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Chapter: Chapter 200“Oh,” I shouted. “That's easy.” Suddenly, I felt very smart. “I have plenty of wealth in the treasury.” Quickly, I ordered several Ashura to bring as much treasure as possible from Indra's vault and distribute it to all the Ashura. All the Ashura were happy. “Look, Guru, haven't I done a good deed? I shared my wealth with them.” I felt pleased. “Fool!” he shouted. “You haven't done a good deed at all. You should have given the wealth to those in need.” I fell silent. Quickly, I ordered all the Ashura to return the treasures they had received. The Ashura didn't need wealth; if there was one thing they needed, it was weapons. They all grumbled, and I quickly asked, “Do you want food and drink or wealth?” “Food!!!!” “Drink!!” None wanted wealth. Suddenly, it dawned on me. Who needs wealth? The Ashura don't need wealth, the gods already have plenty of wealth. The only poor creatures needing wealth are humans
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Chapter: Chapter 199“Prepare all the food and drinks. All the gods must order their servants to bring all the food from their palaces. Call the apsaras, the heavenly maidens, and beautiful dancers. Call the singers and musicians. We will have a party.” So, a grand feast was held for days in the courtyard of Indra's palace. Music, dancing, and food never stopped. After that, the Ashura were left drunk in the palace courtyard. The gods had returned to their respective duties. I moved around to see the entire palace, and suddenly, an old man appeared before me. “What have you done to this place?” the old man asked, looking at the palace's new weapon-laden decor. “Who are you?” I asked, confused. This old man wore the simple clothes of a Brahmana, a single piece of cloth. The Brahmana do not fight, so we never touch them. If they get angry, we could get the worst curses of our lives. But if they are pleased, they could grant us many new and exciting powers. We prefer to appease them and wait for the
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Supreme Authority
They framed him, stripped him bare, and laughed as they cast him out.
They have no idea he’s already lived this hell once—and this time, he holds all the cards.
Two years of devotion ended in a calculated trap: drugged in a luxury hotel room alongside Sophia, his wife’s innocent cousin, and framed for a scandal he never committed. Alexander Sinclair was meant to lose everything.
His treacherous wife, Victoria, orchestrated his downfall to strip away his family legacy, his fortune, and his dignity under the guise of an ironclad prenuptial agreement.
To seal his humiliation, the haughty Cavendish matriarch forced him into an immediate marriage with the disgraced Sophia—casting both out into the cold with nothing. The elite thought Alexander was finished. They saw an empty-handed beggar sleeping above a laundromat, a disgraced son whose family accounts were frozen by ruthless high-society lawyers. They were dead wrong.
Alexander has reincarnated with four hundred years of memory.
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Chapter: Chapter 15At eight the next morning, something buzzed on the floor beside his pillow. The cheap phone.His mother."Alexander." Helen's voice cracked down the line. "The bank. I just looked. Your father's account. The company's. Everything. It's all open again. The lady said the freeze is gone. Just like that.""Not just like that, Mom. Seventy-two hours. That's all they could hold it."There was a rustle on the other end, and a different breath."Alexander."His father."Dad."A long pause. Alexander could see him without seeing him: standing at the kitchen window, holding it a little too far from his ear, the way he always did."Your mother says you told her this would happen," Richard said."I did," Alexander said."How did you know?""I read every page before I signed them, Dad. There was nothing in them a judge could hold on to.""So you read the papers now," his father said. "For the longest time, you only knew how to bow to that woman and forget your parents.""I've learned.""If this So
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Chapter: Chapter 14He made it to the market four minutes before it closed.Onions. A chicken. Rice. A bottle of dish soap that Brenda had underlined twice, as if he might try to escape without it. Three paper twists of roots for the general's tea. The fourth would have to wait.He rode home with the chicken in the basket, folded onto the pink scooter like a deckchair.That night he cooked. Brenda ate two plates and said it needed salt. Danny ate three and said nothing at all, but he sat up straight the whole time, and once, when Brenda went for the pepper, he looked across the table at Alexander and almost smiled.---Sophia turned off the lamp.The radiator knocked under the window. Below them, the last dryer of the day thumped and slowed and stopped.Alexander lay on the floor with the blanket up to his chin. There was no warmth left inside him. Two hairs of spirit energy, grown on this floor, and he had poured them all into an old man's back.Worth it."Alexander?" Sophia's voice came softly out of t
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Chapter: Chapter 13"Father!" Margaret screamed. "It's the wine! I told you!"Brenda grabbed Sophia by the arm and dragged her back from the table.Victoria stood. She did not go to her grandfather. She looked at Alexander, then at Sophia."You did this to him," she said. "You and your show.""It isn't poison." Alexander was already on his knees beside the old man. "Sit him up. Bent like this, he can't breathe at all."Derek grabbed his collar from behind. "Get away from Grandpa!"The general's left hand shot out and caught Alexander's wrist, hard as iron."Let," he rasped. "Him."Derek let go as if the collar had burned him.Alexander bent to the old man's ear."There's a sliver of metal by your spine, sir. Below the right shoulder blade. Forty years you've breathed around it. The warmth reached it today, and it moved."He had brewed that wine for joints and breath. He had not known about the iron. That part was his to fix.The general's eyes went wide. "Can you fix it?""Yes.""Then do it, son.""Do wh
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Chapter: Chapter 12Margaret snatched the glass out of the general's fingers. Wine spilled across the white cloth, dark as tea.The general's right hand came up off his knee to stop her. It rose an inch, shook, and sank back down.Alexander saw it. Nobody else did."It's medicine," he said. "The bark is for his joints. The ginseng is for his breath.""Medicine comes from a pharmacy," Derek said. "That's swamp water.""Then you have nothing to worry about."Derek's chair scraped back. "Fine. Somebody drinks it. If your swamp water does more than Grant's wine, I'll kneel to you. Right here, in front of Grandpa. Both knees!" He swung round and pointed down the table. "And Uncle Danny can judge. He loves old junk."Margaret laughed. Brenda laughed louder, before her husband could.Danny went red to the ears. He sat the way he always sat, bent forward over his plate, one hand pressed to the small of his back.You never stop a man who is digging his own grave, Alexander thought. You hand him the shovel."Every
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Chapter: Chapter 11While Sophia slept, Alexander sat cross-legged and breathed the cold air in, and with it the spirit energy, a grain at a time. By the time the dryers below began to thump, the thread inside him had grown one more hair.Once, he had moved mountains. Today, a hair. It was a start.Sophia's phone buzzed. She read it, went pale, and held it out."Grandpa wants you there too. Noon. Wear something decent. Don't be late."From Victoria."She's never wanted me beside her," Sophia whispered. "Why now?""Because if your grandfather gets angry today, she wants someone to blame.""Someone?""Two someones. You and me. The cousin and the husband, in one room."Sophia hugged her knees. "So we're her shields.""Shields can push back," he said.Sophia stared at him, then smiled.---The pawn shop beside the PC rental, watches under scratched glass, a crate of junk by the door. In it, a squat clay jar with a faded red seal.OLD RICE WINE. FORTY DOLLARS. NO RETURNS.Alexander lifted the seal and smelled
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Chapter: Chapter 10Carter leaned back in his chair, smiling."For your next wedding ring," he said. "Since the last one ended up in the dirt."The whole table burst out laughing.Chloe laughed until she had to hold Blake's arm. Even Margaret smiled behind her napkin.Sophia's hand went tight in Alexander's.He let go of it gently, bent down, and picked up the coin.It was a quarter. Cheap. Shiny. He turned it over once in his fingers."Thank you, Carter," he said. "I'll keep it.""Keep it?" Carter snorted. "It's the only money you've got.""Then I'd better keep it safe," Alexander said, and slipped it into his shirt pocket.At the far end of the table, Victoria set down her glass."Enough jokes," she said. "Derek has waited long enough. You know the price, Alexander. I told you on the phone.""Remind me.""Two hundred thousand dollars. Tonight." She did not even look at him. She looked at her nails. "Or you get down on your knees in front of my grandmother, and you beg my brother to forgive you. Now.""
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