On white knights, and the angel complex

Originally published September 23, 2019.

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When I was in middle school, I was a fairly prolific user of DeviantArt.

One of my online friends had a username along the lines of: xXx_WannaBeAnAngel_xXx.

The relatively cringe-y username aside, she was in every bit exactly what her username was. She wanted to be an angel, and her behavior online fit that exact mold. Never in my life have I ever known someone to fit so closely to that extreme.

And it wasn’t even roleplay as some Nuffians might roleplay on NUF.

She legitimately and seriously wanted to save everyone that she ran into online.

The savior, last golden light, the angel that descends from Heaven…

She would often go to the angsty corner of deviantart where all the suicidal, cutting, and self-harming people were and she would talk to people, give them her positive energy, and generally speaking be that too-bright light in a dark dark place. She had a lot of friends and tons of people liked her.

I have no idea what really ran through her head, but it’s somewhat irrelevant to this story. She was probably only like 14 years old anyways.

However whenever someone mentions an angel, she’s the first person that comes into mind.

Wandering Fingers On Ebony and Ivory Keys

Originally published March 9, 2015.

I started playing piano when I was seven years old.

I had a very strict Chinese mother who sat next to me every night. My fingers would fumble on the piano, and my mother would complain because it’d be the 1000th time I’d made exactly the same mistake. My elbows would droop and my fingers would fall apart. She’d yell at me because I wasn’t listening to her. I’d start crying and she’d shout, saying I didn’t have the right attitude. I’d cry and cry and cry. I’d cry.

I’d just keep crying and crying.

I cried every night for a very long time.

Adopted By A Dragon: Chapter 27

Chapter 27: Boiled crab claws

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Luya’s anxiety wasn’t completely baseless, and she had another strange dream.

Almost as soon as she closed her eyes, she saw those incredible and unfathomable pictures again.

All kinds of monsters were gathered together, speaking the same language. They debated whether the human livestock that the dragon asked for should be released from the ranch.

“It’s just human meat. It doesn’t matter if you give it to the dragon as long as it satisfies him. Avoiding trouble is the most important thing.”

Adopted By A Dragon: Chapter 26

Chapter 26: Hostage Exchange

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“Huh? You want to use me to exchange hostages with my father?! Oink!”

The young pigman was shocked by Luya’s thoughts. Sure enough, his mother had always told him to never listen to humans. They were cunning and scheming, and once you talked to them, you would fall into their traps… humans were seriously nasty!

“Okay, as long as you don’t kill me, I’ll cooperate with you. Oink.”

And thus the piglet replied extremely obediently.

Moon Diary: New Moon (October 2020)

I went to a wedding today and it was freezing!!!! (outdoors…)

I’m exhausted and there won’t be a translation update today.

It’s a new moon this weekend. I haven’t been walking as much these past few days (I’ve been really busy), but the night sky has been particularly bright since the moon has been absent.

Adopted By A Dragon: Chapter 25

Chapter 25: Tiamat the Magic Dragon

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“I heard that you adopted a human.”

When Tiamat appeared, Luya thought that an inferno¹ had come. The atmosphere and sheer destructiveness of the elements was similar to the day that the Demonic World Eye appeared.

The red dragon shooed Luya into his lair, and Ludding was so scared that he hid in the corner of the cave holding the Shiba Inu. However Luya was not resigned to this fate, and she sneakily tiptoed back to the entrance of the cave, trying to eavesdrop on the conversation between Tiamat and the red dragon.

Village Girl Heroine: Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Everything was stolen?!

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Lin Tianyin had basically just left the beginner’s village, yet all of their belongings including their lunch boxes were stolen by a monkey. Most importantly, that bag had also contained their Greater Recovery scroll… if they didn’t have that when they fought the demon lord, it would be same as suicide, right?

Faced with such a predicament, Gagaf proposed that they ask around for any news once they arrived at the town below the mountain. What else could they do? From the monkey’s technique, it was clearly a habitual offender, so the locals ought to know something.

As Lin Tianyin listened to Gagaf’s suggestion, she started to feel hungry again. Her current body seemed to get hungry faster and more intensely than others’. In the end, she could only roll her eyes and stare at the sky lifelessly while following Milona and Gagaf down the mountain. Everyone walked significantly faster than before, so they finally reached the town near the foot of the mountain before the sky was completely dark.

Other Races Guidebook: Chapter 5

Chapter 5: This is a fluffy beast and a half dragon

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The frigid night wind blows on your cheeks, and a slight sharp tinge of cold pulls you out of your trance.

You find that you are standing on an empty street, holding one umbrella in your hand and another against your chest. The dark cloudy sky showers with raindrops, and the once bustling streets are nearly empty because of the rain, leaving only a few passerbys panicking for shelter.

Ah, you suddenly remember.

You are going to the East Gate of the city to give your sister an umbrella so she doesn’t have to come home in the rain. Even though she frequently disregards her own health, if she gets sick, it would be problematic in this world with backwards medical technology. Commoners like yourself don’t have the money to go to the healer for treatment, so most people can only scrape by relying on their own bodies and cheap recovery herbs from the market.

With such a careless older sister, you are forced to become the adult worrying over her.

Adopted By A Dragon: Chapter 24

Chapter 24: Feeding the red dragon!

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Ludding watched as that formerly weak and defenseless girl rushed out with a huge sword. Faster than the pigman hunter could move, she swung the sword, severing her opponent’s head in one go.

Blood splattered on the ground. The girl unleashed a war cry, ending the living nightmare that Ludding had been experiencing for such a long time.

Eve had killed those two pigmen hunters, easily.

During this period of time they were separated, exactly had happened to Eve…?

Ludding was stunned for a while. When he regained his senses, he stumbled over to Eve’s side and stared at the two corpses on the ground. After a while, he spoke, “Are you really Eve…?”

Other Races Guidebook: Chapter 4

Chapter 4: This is a golden¹ knight

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Despite your empty-handed return, your good friend Lizzy is not disappointed or angry.

She just quietly murmurs something like, “So even sending you² was ineffective”, then flashes her usual sweet smile and thanks you. She reimburses the hefty amount of money that you spent in the brothel.

After hearing Lizzy’s muttering, you can’t help but wonder if she used to have some kind of special relationship with the half-beast named Dubin.

Although, why did her words make it sound like you and Dubin also somehow knew each other, even though you have no memory of this?