30 Jun 2024

The Legend of Sun Knight Side Stories 22: Hell

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The Legend of Sun Knight Side Story: Hell

Original novel in Chinese by: 御我 (Yu Wo)

“Hell”—translated by lucathia (proofread by Trespasserby)

“Tyler, stay. Everyone else may leave.”

When Hell Knight declared his chosen student, Elijah couldn’t help feeling a bit disappointed even though he had already known he wouldn’t be the one.

Before the selections, Elijah had felt very confident about himself. He had good scores. Even though the opponents in some of the competitions had been decent, they hadn’t been comparable to him. Perhaps Hell Knight just didn’t like him. Even though he always watched him, he never looked happy, as if Elijah had done something wrong.

Thinking back on the selection process, Elijah racked his brain but still couldn’t figure out where he had gone wrong. He had tried his best to change Hell Knight’s view of him, but it was clear that his efforts had been useless.

After losing the selection, Elijah walked dejectedly in the streets. He even carried a small bag in his hand. He had thought that he would get chosen as the Hell Knight and would no longer need to return to the orphanage. Thinking that he would stay in the Church of the God of Light, he had even brought his luggage.
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30 Jun 2024

The Legend of Sun Knight Side Stories 21: Amidst the Darkness

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The Legend of Sun Knight Side Story: Amidst the Darkness

Original novel in Chinese by: 御我 (Yu Wo)

“Amidst the Darkness”—translated by lucathia & Taffygirl13 (proofread by Trespasserby)

“I confess. I’ll tell you. I’ll tell you—”

Lesus should be feeling happy. After experiencing an entire morning of torment, the stubborn criminal was finally willing to tell the truth. However, Lesus only felt queasy. During the entire interrogation process, the criminal’s pain and the sight of his flesh and blood flying everywhere all made him uncomfortable. No matter how deserving of death the criminal was, his pain was still real. By uncovering the truth, Lesus felt relieved that he was able to give closure to the victim. However, he was never able to feel any gratification of revenge from the criminal’s pain.

Is it because I’m not the one who should be taking revenge against this criminal? If the criminal present was the murderer of my parents, would I feel joy from torturing him?

When he was younger, Lesus would have immediately answered “yes” in hatred. However, now, he could only remain silent.

Unable to say “yes.” Yet also unable to say “no.”

“Good, Lesus, your training ends here today.”

Chasel called for them to stop with a frown.

Lesus looked at his teacher doubtfully. He knew it was far from time for training to end. Could my own hesitation have caused my teacher to mistake that I reached my limit?

“Teacher, I can still—”

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1 Apr 2024

The Legend of Sun Knight Side Stories 20: Toward the Light

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The Legend of Sun Knight Side Story: Toward the Light

Original novel in Chinese by: 御我 (Yu Wo)

“Toward the Light”—translated by lucathia, Taffygirl13 & Trespasserby (proofread by Trespasserby, C/E edited by lucathia)

The Death Knight who fell into the dark abyss still yearns for light, wishing to devote his loyalty to that first ray of light.

“What’s your name?”

Hearing the questioning voice, Roland turned to see a head of brilliant blond hair. Even under the setting evening sun, the resulting halo was still dazzling bright.

Grisia.

Roland looked at him and immediately recalled this name because he had left a deep impression.

Among the young Sun Knight candidates, Grisia was the first one everyone noticed. He had brilliant blond hair, sapphire blue eyes, and bright fair skin. He would also respond with a dazzling smile whenever he noticed anyone looking at him. He was practically a mini version of the Sun Knight. Every candidate thought he would be a strong foe—until the day they sparred using their swordsmanship.

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30 Nov 2019

Illusions, Lies, Truth SS3: Inheriting Jiu Ge

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Illusions, Side Stories

Original novel in Chinese by: 御我 (Yu Wo)

“Inheriting Jiu Ge”—translated by Minna (proofread by Trespasserby & Minthe; C/E edited by lucathia)

 

Canst thou be so willing to cast off ties and emotions to inherit the title of Dong Huang, the God of the Eastern Sky?

The tradition of Jiu Ge is passed down through nine broken lives.

This bond between the blade and its master, is it the person who seeks the sword or the sword that chases the person?

Two stories that should not exist,

Wouldst thou rather believe that they are illusions born from suffering, or actual events that have happened?

 

Since he was young, he would dream of that dynasty that shouldn’t have been, every night; the dazzling sight of the royal palace, the nymphs dancing in the sky, the soldiers, wearing golden and copper armor, guarding the huge city gate. Everything looked magnificent and dazzling. The real world looked dull in contrast.

After entering through the city gate, jade-green grass stretched wide and far, with small white down floating amidst a faint, almost imperceptible mist.

Nymphs clothed in feathers roamed about, picking flowers and fruits. Many people would look toward him and bow slightly, as if they were paying him respect. He would be startled each and every time.

He would roam everywhere. With each dream, he would arrive at a different place and see people of all sorts; sometimes they would be nymphs, while at other times they would be soldiers.

But the last scene of his dream would always be the same. Someone dressed in black who was leading the others would stand in front of him and ask him a question with a sorrowful expression.

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24 Nov 2018

No Hero Side Stories 6: Good Child, Bad Child, Part Three

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No Hero Side Story: Good Child, Bad Child

Original novel in Chinese by: 御我(Yu Wo)

Good Child, Bad Child, Part Three—translated by Doza (proofread by Arcedemius & Trespasserby; C/E edited by lucathia)

Ri Xiang Ye felt that this issue was a little hard to resolve. He shouldn’t interfere with internal conflicts in the mafia. However, if they continued to clash like this, who knew how much longer this mayhem would last. It had been a long time since Cornell’s death, yet they still had not decided on the person to be their boss. Perhaps the reason for their slow progress was the heroes keeping check on them, and as a result they could not make any large commotions.

“I’ll give you a week. I will notify the heroes not to bother you for this week. You’re not allowed to involve the civilians. After one week, if you are still being a disturbance, I will kill off all your candidates but one. You won’t need to choose!”

Ri Xiang Ye realized that after having killed before, threatening them with death was highly effective. Even though this was probably the wrong move, he couldn’t find a more effective method to stop these criminals… But did doing so mean that he was no different from a criminal?

Though he felt hesitant and doubtful about himself, he had to do this to bring this messy situation to a timely end.

Both sides privately discussed among themselves. It was evident from their whispering that they felt extremely dissatisfied. However, in the end, they still did not dare to reject it in front of Dark Sun and could only argue weakly.

“One week is too short…”

“Then two weeks!”

Continued