Diary of a Charlatan. Sunday, January **, 2017. Sunny.
This morning, I was washing my feet by the river when I happened upon a snake demon practicing magic. The snake demon drank my foot-washing water and got very angry.
Thinking quickly, I praised him as clever and handsome, brave and invincible, kind and cheerful, generous and warmhearted.
The snake demon was delighted. I invited him to a street-food stall for spicy hot pot and ice-cold beer. When we parted, Ah She gave me a fragrant skin-whitening pill.
After I took it, the next day I...
A warm, romantic slice-of-life story about a charlatan who relies on his good looks and silver tongue to travel among the demons, ghosts, and monsters of the four realms, and become best buddies and besties with the bigwigs of each.
