Blurb:
You wake in the interstellar era after spending millions of years in hibernation, suffering from an incurable disease. The Federation's welfare home cures you with ease, then packs you off to the lowest-ranked academy for general education.
Because you're illiterate in all things interstellar and have no other supernatural talents, you're assigned to the psychic division after the placement tests.
As it turns out, they put you in exactly the right place. Maybe your brain waves are different because you're an ancient human. With just a little training, creating illusions and interfering with other people's minds become absurdly easy. Really, absurdly easy.
But there are side effects, too. Use your brain too much and you get sleepy.
So, after the academy's joint competition, word spreads across the Federation:
There's a psychic powerhouse who interferes with her opponents until they surrender the moment she steps into the arena, then immediately falls asleep to insult them. She's so arrogant!
You: That's slander. I didn't fall asleep immediately. I held out for three minutes.
Your ability is so useful that you rise all the way to a top university, winning countless admirers along the way. Then, to your horror, you realize that more and more people around you are becoming lovesick.
You: I really didn't use an illusion to mess with your mind. How about you go to the hospital for a brain wash and get rid of that lovesick brain, okay?
They nod obediently. The top psychic student must have her reasons. And so, a week later:
My head is so itchy. I think I'm growing a lovesick brain.
You: ...?
It isn't until one day that you suddenly understand:
You really do seem to have a passive skill.
*
This is a secret ambush by the Empire.
A phantom rising from the horizon scans the crowd and locks onto you with pinpoint accuracy. Forced to face the Imperial major general who has been hunting you for so long, you hear him say:
"I've got you."
Reader's Guide:
1. The main story is told in third person.
2. An action-packed interstellar novel. The female lead is frail and irresistible to everyone, with a touch of character distortion. The golden finger is very powerful.
3. The female lead starts out in the Federation and later joins the Empire. Expect loyal dogs, power reversals, and sworn enemies.
Core Theme: Use your talents to create a better future
