MTL - I Really Don’t Want To Inherit the Winery - Chapter 3

Emperor Yuanwu ‘Zhou Di’ is muddle-headed and tyrannical. In his pursuit of the ‘Undying Immortal Dao’ for longevity, he has caused the Court to become corrupt and common people to struggle.Xu Qing transmigrated here, becoming an ordinary beggar in a remote border town. Abandoned at birth for being simple-minded, he was fortunately saved by the old beggar Nine Fingers and lived to the age of sixteen.In such a chaotic world, as an ordinary mortal, Xu Qing found it difficult to survive. Fortunately, he possessed the Treasure ‘Encyclopedia of All Things’, which can record and strengthen all things in the world.【Baji Fist Level 1: 0/10 (This is a powerful and vigorous short-range fist technique. Its movements are swift and unadorned, and its power generation is extremely fierce, channeled to the fingertips.)】【Baji Fist LVMAX: MAX/MAX (Contains the Mystical Techniques of the Fist Dao. Fists and palms reach the eight extremes. A single punch can make the heavens and earth boom.)【Iron Sword Level 1: 0/5 (This is an ordinary iron sword forged by a common blacksmith.)】【Iron Sword LVMAX: MAX/MAX (Contains the Sword Dao Mysteries. The sword can sever all things. A single strike can make the world fall.)】

A Lovecraft- inspired darker, grittier One piece fanfic. A fanfic based on emotion and madness. A fanfic not for the faint hearted.----------------Regret. I have been drowning in it for far too long. I’ve regretted every choice I’ve made, every mistake I’ve carried, every moment of my past. I’ve regretted the present I live, the path I walk. Even my future, uncertain as it may be, has been tainted by regret.But not anymore. I refuse to live under its shadow. Yet, I know the truth—I don’t have the power to escape it completely.Am I not like a flicker of flame? So fragile, so fleeting—one puff, and I’m gone.Regret has burdened me, weighed me down to make me climb the towering wall of greatness. But I press on.It was all I could do. All I ever wanted to do.

For better or for worse, till death do us part. That was their vows at the altar, but he broke them first..He claims an open marriage is the solution to their childless marriage and that it's to protect her own interests. But all Braelyn sees is a prison built from guilt and lies.One heartbroken night, she stumbles into a karaoke bar and into the arms of Lucien. A man shrouded in mystery, rebellion and danger. His very presence tells her to run but it also gives her the solace she craved.She never expected to see him again after she ran, forgetting his sinful existence, but life wasn't done making a joke out of her.Lucien isn't just any man, but one who can destroy everything she believes in. The man she was never meant to meet. Her husband's uncleThe black sheep of the Volkov dynasty. A man whose desire will ruin her. Lucien knows she can't be his, but he was never a man who respected social norms. He doesn't care about anything but her every sin and touch.All he wants… is her, no matter how sinful it gets.

Defiance of natural order of a single young Dragon soul.