My Childhood Friend Who Fell from the Sky Is a Merman

Coming soon: "But I'm Really an Original Character." The blurb is at the very end. Please add it to your collection~

[Blurb]

The Four Seas belong to the ocean. Across its surface, islands scattered like stars broke free from the sea's embrace, giving rise to life on land and allowing it to endure.

Qin Zaiyu's childhood dream was to become a sorcerer famed throughout the Four Seas. She kept moving forward, never stopping.

One day, on a sunlit shore, she met a merfolk, the ocean's most wondrous people, keepers of its secrets and songs.

He would become an unexpected variable in the long, unending span of her life, a chance encounter that could never be sought out.

The young merfolk: She makes time for me every day. She must be an angel.

Qin Zaiyu: He practices with me every day. He must be eager to grow stronger, too!

The young merfolk: She cares about me. She's so gentle.

Qin Zaiyu: He cares about me. What a great friend!

The young merfolk: She saved my life. Maybe she cares about me a little, too.

Qin Zaiyu: He saved my life. He'd risk anything for a friend!

The young merfolk: ...

The young merfolk: So you're really not going to date me at all, are you?

Later, when Qin Zaiyu eagerly set off to study abroad, it never crossed her mind that a perfectly ordinary merfolk could crawl out of the sea and onto land, looking entirely human and perfectly serious.

Qin Zaiyu: (Trembling) You look strangely familiar, fellow student.

The young merfolk: (Smiling brightly) Is that so, senpai? You look a little familiar to me, too.

Diligent, ambitious honor student heroine x terrifyingly talented hero

A story about a group of young people chasing their dreams in a postwar world full of unknowns and possibilities.

[Coming Soon] "But I'm Really an Original Character"

Gu Xiaoran, head of her sect, has the boundless Great Dao and a long road to immortality ahead of her, while below her are capable sect members and devoted disciples and grand-disciples. She has a very comfortable life.

There is just one thing that bothers her.

The people around her are all a little weird.

Her sworn enemy, the sect leader next door, shows off his literary talent and recites poetry whenever he sees her, winking and insisting she complete the next line.

What a weirdo.

Her drinking buddy, a rogue cultivator renowned across the Six Realms, is convinced she has memories of a past life. He often confides in her late at night, sharing his experience with revenge.

That guy has serious problems.

On top of that, Gu Xiaoran has noticed that no matter where she hides her heavenly treasures, miraculous pills, or private stash of money, her capable deputy can find them with ease;

No matter how she takes a risky approach and catches her enemies off guard, the leader of the demonic sect can predict her moves precisely;

Her young disciple has somehow learned advanced sword techniques she has yet to teach him;

Her junior sister, who shares the same master, suddenly starts threatening to kill a male cultivator she has never met;

And one of her mediocre disciples suddenly makes a huge leap in cultivation and becomes obsessed with talking to his jade pendant.

Gu Xiaoran: This is downright spooky. What on earth are these people up to?

Everyone who transmigrated into a book or was reborn: Stop pretending. You must be involved in some kind of plot if you've made it this far.

It was only when a voice from beyond the heavens calling itself the "System" suddenly appeared in Gu Xiaoran's mind and ordered her to set the world right that she learned the truth: every notable person in this world was either someone who had transmigrated into a book and knew the plot, or someone reborn with a lifetime of bitterness and hatred. Aside from Gu Xiaoran, there were hardly any original inhabitants of the book left.

System: So, to get this world back on track, hurry up and complete your correction mission!

Gu Xiaoran: But... I'm really just an original character!

Why me?!

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At last, it was time to correct her hardworking, conscientious deputy sect leader. Gu Xiaoran expertly tried the secret password: "Odd plus odd, even plus even?"

The deputy sect leader looked confused.

Gu Xiaoran nodded knowingly: "You stole my fortune. We are sworn enemies?"

The deputy sect leader looked thoughtful.

Gu Xiaoran was moved. He was a normal person!

There was still a hidden gem from the original book in this vast world!

The next moment, a long-fingered hand seized her by the throat and slammed her against the wall.

The deputy sect leader still had a smile on his lips. His eyes were dark and unfathomable as he asked in a slow, icy voice, "Tell me, who are you?"

Gu Xiaoran: ??!!

Normal, but not entirely normal, is the most terrifying thing of all.

Theme: You need to have dreams, and work toward them today.