The Aura Ascendant: A Knight's Unbroken Path - Chapter 93: Payment

They call him Ghost.A name whispered in fear across warzones, black markets, and underworld circles.To the world, he's a phantom—a faceless mercenary who leaves no trace but bodies in his wake.To his enemies, he’s a death sentence.To his brothers-in-arms in Graveyard, he’s family.But to himself... he's a haunted man searching for a past stolen in gunfire and smoke.After a flawless mission deep in the Eastern Province, Ghost returns to the hidden forest base he's called home for sixteen years. Yet the victory is short-lived. His foster father, the commander delivers an unexpected order:“That was your last mission.”Now, Ghost—real name Miles Sterling—must step out of the shadows of war and into a world he’s never known. Guided only by a scarred letter, a fading memory, and the voice of a woman he hasn’t seen since the day everything was taken from him.But war forged more than his body and name.Behind the mask, behind the scars, Miles has another secret.One he’s kept hidden even from his brothers in arms.He’s not just a weapon.He’s a ghost with a fortune—a hidden empire he built in silence, across borders and black markets, forged in strategy and blood.A man of many names, and many shadows.Beneath the bullets, tattoos, and silence lies a truth buried in ashes.And Ghost is about to dig it up—one letter, one enemy, one memory at a time.

In her last life, she was miserable and ordinary. This time, she got into the fashion and was reborn in another world. She was still the same person… even with the same body and face. What was the point of reincarnation? A childhood companion? He always pulled her hair and made troubles for her? A handsome boy? The boy never looked at her and was 15 years older than her! A prestigious teacher? The teacher spent his days eating and drinking, coaxed, played tricks, and controlled others… Too scary and better run away? No no no, such a challenging life was bound to be wonderful! Now let me take you back to the 70s and live a fast life!

- Description from Novelupdates

Jiang Ran, a descendant of a family of traditional Chinese medicine, has developed new drugs and won numerous awards, but her greatest love is making and eating delicious food.After years of hard work, Jiang Ran finally won the national gourmet competition, but in her excitement, she entered a book, becoming the supporting character Jiang Ran, who divorces the male protagonist and ultimately dies tragically on the street.In the book, Jiang Ran is described as fat, with oily pimples and lazy, selfish habits.Before divorcing the male protagonist, she bullies his parents, siblings, and after the divorce, ends up homeless with her son.The newly transmigrated Jiang Ran: “......”Jiang Ran has transmigrated into a book.To avoid dying tragically on the streets, she focuses on making gourmet food, opening a restaurant, saving people diligently, and treating diseases.She pays off the debt owed to her husband’s family by the original character and raises her son, who in the book was to become a big villain, correctly.As for her husband?When he comes back, she plans to ask for a divorce!Pei Huai is about to graduate and plans to return home.But he discovers something strange in the letters his younger brothers and sisters have been sending recently.Brother: Sister-in-law’s cooking is so delicious! I like sister-in-law!Sister: The clothes sister-in-law made are so beautiful! I like sister-in-law!Pei Huai feels something is not right and decides to go home and take a look.As he steps into the house, he is greeted by a bright and charming face: “Husband, you’re back? Are you back to get a divorce?”Pei Huai remains expressionless: No, I am not!{Reading Guide: This text is set in an alternate world with creative liberties taken. The understanding of the '80s and '90s comes from online research, and I hope for your understanding.}

At home, she was invisible; after marriage, she was a decorative vase; in the end, a sea of flames buried her, and not even her corpse remained. This is the portrait of Han Yuxi’s previous lifetime. Given a chance at rebirth, she strives to improve herself, wishing only to no longer serve as a foil or a pretty face. Then, she will seek out an exemplary husband and live a life of peace and prosperity. Alas, things turn out contrary to her wishes—she marries a man who bears a blood feud and hatred as deep as the sea. She turns the world upside-down, but her road to happiness is strewn with setbacks and the sweetness that comes after bitterness.