A Second-Rate Nobody Became a First-Rate Lackey

[Ensemble cast] + [Calamities in a chaotic age] + [Coming of age] + [Two male leads]

This is an age of calamity: a madman controls the court, bandits infest the land, enemies surround the realm, and corpses litter the ground.

Let me tell you the story, little by little...

Surviving in troubled times, we still find reasons to be grateful.

Friendship may be betrayed, blood ties may fall apart at any moment, and suffering may turn people into abusers. There is no shortage of duplicity and cold-heartedness in this world.

But the passion and loyalty of the young will always shine.

Someone said, “I used to be second-rate, but I love you.”

Someone said, “Wait for me a few years. I’ll marry you in a grand procession, with ten miles of wedding finery.”

Someone said, “I hate you, so you’ll never escape me for the rest of your life.”

Someone said, “The flowers at the temple are blooming. I’d like to invite you to see them.”

Someone stands beside a battered old sign, silently fingering an equally battered fan.

Someone was born into hardship, smiles it away, and roams the world without end.

Someone fell from a high citadel and holds the border city to the death.

Someone in red stands before the palace, drenched in blood.

Someone climbs the mountain to bury the dead; someone is lost in a sea of suffering with no shore in sight.

Some weep, some laugh; some go mad, and some turn wicked.

Many say this world ruins people, but many also say that people can overcome fate.

Feelings are precious. Please don’t give them away lightly.

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When people meet in this world, three parts are the joy of first meeting and seven parts the joy of meeting again. Love at first sight and parting for years are both precious.

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The greatest joy in the world is...

“I like you.”

“I like you too.”

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#The author strives to tell the whole story. I may not be able to give everyone a backstory, but I will give everyone somewhere to belong.

#Wild imagination / mountains of author-created lore

#Some supporting characters have transmigrated