Seventeen years ago, a girl was sent to another world by a glowing goddess named Aris. Blessed with powerful magical attributes—but curiously, no holy power.
And now the girl has become Mira d'Ark. She lives a peaceful life in the sun-kissed fishing town of Mermaid’s Cove.
She doesn’t fight monsters.She doesn’t wear holy robes.And she certainly doesn’t consider herself a saintess.
But the townsfolk think otherwise.
From healing wounds and calling rain, to helping lost adventurers and tending the soil, Mira's magic has touched everyone in town.
But as her seventeenth birthday dawns and cake is served at the Adventurer's Guild, a new arrival at the edge of town will gently begin to shift the tides of Mira’s peaceful world.
Because sometimes, even a girl who doesn’t believe she’s a saintess... is exactly what the world needs.
After humanity gained civilization, people learned to name things. Once named, each object gained a “Story Command.”
Early schools of thought saw this ability as a kind of spell—believing that names and titles could control people and things, or give contracts their binding power.
Nowadays, as civilization has advanced, the Story Commandsystem has grown ever more sophisticated—and ever more powerful...
—Excerpt from Introduction to Story Command
Ever since she was a child, Xia Yue Zhong has had a unique gift: she can see the narrative—the descriptive text—attached to any object she looks at. She thought only one other person in the world shared this ability, a mysterious girl she met once in her childhood.
That is, until high school, when she and her twin sister Lil’ Yu stumble into a strange “one-book school” called Marelin High. There, she discovers a whole community of people who can see narrative, and even finds clues about that girl from her past.
At Marelin, everyone creates magic through writing—this is called Story Command.
Dueling, cooking, even shipping your favorite couples—all can be achieved with the power of Story Command. Some even say that adding a good luck meme from your elders boosts the effect!
But there’s a catch—once a story is written, it must be finished, or disaster will follow...
So, freshmen, pick up your fountain pens and ink—get ready to experience the true power of words!
🌈 BL and ghost stories are magic. So are mysteries, crackfics, and even elder memes—they can all be used in battle!
In this book, you’ll find:
🖌️ Writing battles between all kinds of genres (e.g., “Overpowered Harem Protagonists VS Mary Sue Reverse Harems”): Chapters 6–9🖌️ Authors playfully (or ruthlessly) sabotaging each other: all chapters🖌️ Fujoshi and fudanshi (BL fans) joyfully shipping everyone: all chapters🖌️ Plot Hole Beasts and Cliffhanger Fillers: Chapters 3 & 5🖌️ The infamous “dark writing rooms”: Chapter 5🖌️ So many, many cats: Chapter 4🖌️ Vengeful unfinished works chasing after their authors: Chapters 3 & 4🖌️ The mystical anti-evil power of elder memes: Chapter 4🖌️ A sprinkle of temple culture and urban legends: Chapter 5
※ This novel is an original work by the author. The English translation was produced using ChatGPT, with creative input and editing by the author.
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Her job in a space station requires nerves of steel and a cold heart, but Lennina is paralyzed with fear for the life of her work partner each time there’s an earthquake on the planet’s surface. Her jealous boyfriend accuses her of having an affair with him and turns to violence when she denies it.
Bruised and broken, she ends the relationship. Then when a quake traps miners underground, she discovers her work partner means more to her than life itself.
As a new telepathic ability manifests itself, can Lennina use it to save the man she loves?
TOUCH OF LIGHTNINGis an exciting first book in the Lightning TouchSeriesthat will transport sci-fi and paranormal fans to a distant space station, filled with suspense, danger, and romance. If you like reading stories about low-spice relationships with a slow-burn forbidden love and sassy, witty banter, you’ll love this friends-to-lovers sci-fi adventure with a HEA.
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