I Transmigrated Into a World of Superpowers, but It's 20th-Century France

["But, Arthur, I'm Just a Fox" is complete, with Ranpo as the pairing. Bonus chapters are being updated. Click the author's column to read them~]

☆ Blurb:

Bai Xingmian spent twenty years studying for the civil service exam, plus a nuclear fusion reactor apparently went off in his ancestral grave, and he passed the exam to work for the central government.

Overjoyed, he packed his things and got ready to start work. But his rental was too small, packed with pirated study materials, and full of formaldehyde. Bai Xingmian passed out from breathing it in.

When he woke up, he had transmigrated to France and gained an ability.

A handsome, mature man stood before him and said, "My name is Charles Baudelaire. I represent France in speaking with you.

We mean you no harm. It's just that your identity is special, and you now have the potential to become a Transcendent, so we have to keep you under supervision."

The man then asked Bai Xingmian, "Would you be willing to join the French government and become one of us?"

Wait, first he had to figure out where he was from in this life... Japan!

Great, the choice between the two was already made!

Haha! He got lucky again!

*

Bai Xingmian settled down in France and became Baudelaire's student, temporarily.

He clearly had a dazzling future ahead of him, but the psychological damage caused by the way he died in his previous life still haunted him.

At night, Bai Xingmian wept as he swore to the stars above: I need lots and lots of money, and lots and lots of love!

The next morning, Bai Xingmian said, "Love can wait, Teacher Baudelaire. Give me a share of the money you borrowed first. I need it."

Bai Xingmian: "Please, Teacher. You're the best."

Baudelaire, who had eavesdropped the night before: ???

Is this how he gets money? Isn't he taking things too far...?

Stop crying, stop crying! I'll give you the money, all right?

*

There were some things Baudelaire couldn't understand.

All he had done was briefly guide Bai Xingmian when he first started working, offer up most of his and his good friends' savings when Bai Xingmian needed investment, and step in when Bai Xingmian was being targeted... In short, he'd only done what any competent mentor should do.

But Bai Xingmian fell in love with him.

Well, what could he do? He couldn't exactly turn him down. Wouldn't Bai Xingmian be heartbroken?

Their other coworkers: Tell the truth.

Baudelaire: I lent Bai Xingmian too much money. If I don't become his lover, he won't pay it back. Sigh, I have no choice.

Baudelaire: Sigh, love. Sigh, sunk costs.

Their other coworkers: ...You borrowed even more money from everyone else, didn't you? Why didn't they all become your lovers? Is it really so hard to say you fell in love with him?!

Extra scene:

Years later, Bai Xingmian told a reporter, "Lots of people envy what I've achieved and want to know how I did it, but only I know how spicy, numbing, fresh, and fragrant this journey has been..."

Reporter: "Haha, actually, we all know."

Bai Xingmian: "Actually, I've had it pretty rough. My determination to make money comes from my past. As everyone knows, it takes a lifetime to make up for a terrible childhood..."

Reporter: "Your personal information was exposed ages ago. You had an incredibly happy childhood, and you don't have any trauma at all!"

Bai Xingmian: "I'm scared of being poor! I'm scared of not being loved!!!"

Reporter: "You've had money since you were a kid! The Bai family fortune is all yours! And now you've got a boyfriend, too! You have more money than you can spend! That's enough already!!!"

1. Bai Xingmian/Bai Niao Xingmian (transmigrated version, bottom) x Baudelaire (top), one-on-one, no secondary pairings.

2. There will be some Yokohama chapters, since the protagonist is Japanese, but not many. Most of the story takes place in Europe.

3. The anti-piracy lock is temporarily set at 70%, and will be lowered later.

4. Updates daily at 6 p.m., with occasional extra chapters at noon. I have chapters in reserve, so feel free to start reading~

Theme: Life is about loving yourself and the people around you.