Trading Birthdays

The next novel I'll be updating is The Chronicle of the Lucky One. Come read it!

Helping every unlucky soul experience the bliss of being a lucky one!

Novel blurb:

A modern high school graduate about to start university and a magician from a world of magic suddenly find themselves in a fantasy world as exchange students.

Their classmates roll up their sleeves, thinking they'll become all-powerful experts. But as soon as school starts, they keep learning hard lessons, day after day...

Scene One

Can someone explain why this fantasy world has fortune-tellers who scam people with their lots?

When asked about the partnership between Yan Ning and Lu Lanting, they drew [Great Fortune: Destined from Birth].

Xi Zhou missed her family and drew [Great Fortune: Natural as Can Be].

Yin Zian worried about being mixed-blood, drew a lot, and got [Great Fortune: Take Things as They Come].

Even Fu Linyuan didn't get an unlucky one. His said [Great Fortune: Feet Firmly on the Ground].

Lu Lanting was suspicious. She grabbed all the lots at once and found that every single one was a great fortune.

The shopkeeper made excuses: "Every cloud has a silver lining, and every blessing may conceal a misfortune. Everything happens for the best, so all you're ever going to see is great fortune."

Xu Sui'an thought that made perfect sense and even had an epiphany right there. A stream of pure energy burst from the top of his head, and the surrounding elements rushed toward him, glowing faintly in the night.

Wow, he must have advanced! Everyone was envious. They figured that if Xu Sui'an's enlightenment got any more dramatic, he could be used as a lantern at night.

Yan Ning was delighted to report the shop, knowing she'd earn a reward if the complaint checked out. They couldn't find a business license, and sure enough, the owner had been exposed as a fraud.

Scene Two

The starting whistle for the long-distance race blew, but no one on the track moved.

A double-page test appeared before them, crammed with questions. On closer inspection, there were questions on literature, math, and all sorts of other subjects.

Fu Linyuan was stunned. Didn't I sign up for a sports meet? Isn't this a five-kilometer race?

The students in the stands were just as confused. They quickly grabbed the event handbook and read through the rules.

It clearly stated: Participants in this five-kilometer race must complete a test before starting. Anyone who fails must have their race results voided, correct the test to a passing grade, and run again.

Yan Ning immediately felt sorry for him and gave Fu Linyuan a solemn bow.

Scene Three

The homeroom teacher brought out a beautifully wrapped box about the size of a head and said on behalf of everyone, "We prepared this New Year's gift especially for you, Fu Linyuan. Hope you have a happy New Year!"

Fu Linyuan was touched. "Thank you, Teacher. Should I... open it?"

"Go ahead."

Fu Linyuan carefully set the gift on the desk, slowly cut the ribbon, and opened the box.

Then he found a second box inside.

Fu Linyuan thought the gift was awfully elaborately wrapped.

After opening the third, fourth, and fifth boxes...

He finally reached the end.

Inside lay a thick book. Four large artistic characters on the cover read: Happy Winter Break.

Fu Linyuan: ?

He had a bad feeling about it. He flipped through the book and discovered it was a workbook.

Fu Linyuan: T^T

The teachers said, "We don't laugh easily, unless we can't help it."

The room immediately filled with cheerful laughter.

All right, the workbook wasn't the New Year's gift. It was everyone's winter-break homework. As for the real New Year's gift...

The shrewd homeroom teacher smiled. "It'll appear automatically once you finish your homework."

Fu Linyuan held the book out to the homeroom teacher, full of hope. "Can I just not have this New Year's gift?"

"Sure," the homeroom teacher replied firmly. "I can take the gift back, but you still have to do your winter-break homework."

It only takes a few short sentences to make someone lose it. Making Fu Linyuan lose it was even easier.

The students had thought they were strong enough to save the world. They only realized how wrong they were once school began. Every day, they kept falling into one trap after another.

They'd studied diligently for five years, so when they were told they had to save the world, they were all stunned.

What? We really have to save the world?!

Ensemble cast, six women and four men, half from Earth and half magicians. Slice of life, no romance.

Second blurb, literary version:

"Life is long and vast. I regard all living beings as my children, and would gladly die ten thousand deaths for them.

Ten thousand deaths are nothing to fear. What I fear is chaos in the world; that is my concern.

I dwell among the nine heavens, preside over light, and am the source of the eight clans.

I would gladly give up glory and rank, rolling in the dust for ten thousand years, only to turn to smoke and dust at last.

Life is fleeting. I regard all living beings as my children."

I hope there will be no more regrets.

Then let the whole world love you.

"Soft clouds drifting gently,

A warm breeze gliding by,

Child of the Stars,

Born beneath the love of the heavens.

Love me, love everything about me.

Child of the Stars,

Day and night, sun and moon will give me love.

I am timid, I am bold.

I am aloof, I am gentle.

I am lively, I am quiet.

Please love everything perfect about me,

And everything imperfect, too.

As long as it's me,

The unadorned me,

The me who never compromised to please others,

The whole, true, and genuine me,

That is me,

That is the Child of the Stars."

Since you came into this world, you deserve to be loved by the whole world.

Theme: Love the world, and be loved by it