When Anais marries billionaire Alexander Bennett to fulfill her father's wishes, she doesn't expect to fall in love with a man who only saw her as a business deal. As they grow closer she begins to wonder, if a marriage built on lies and selfishness can ever survive. Alexander Bennett, a ruthless billionaire, is not someone any one wants to get close to. Unfortunately for Anais, she doesn't have a choice. At the mercy of her family, Anais always has to do what her father says. So when she is forced into a marriage with cold-hearted Alexander Bennett in order to save the family name and legacy, she has to keep up with facade of happy bride and content wife to a husband who is angry, heartbroken and makes no attempt to hide how much he hates her. When situations force them together, the couple get entangled in ways they never expected. As they grow closer they must confront their past lives but could their lonely hearts share the same dream of happiness?
View More化石燃料の枯渇、森林伐採、その他様々な影響で地球の寿命が尽きかけていた。
人間が生活可能な環境ではなくなる寸前だったと表現した方が正しいかもしれない。ある日を境に、紫色の葉をつけた新種の樹木が地球上の至る所で発見されるようになった。
その不思議な樹は、魔樹(まじゅ)と名付けられ、あっという間に勢力を拡大した。 後に判明した事だが、ほぼ同時期に宇宙全体でこの魔樹という植物が確認されたという。魔樹は、月光を浴びると大気中に魔素(まそ)を放出する性質を持っていた。
魔素は生態系を元通りに整え、地球の機能は正常に戻った。 それだけでなく、魔素は膨大なエネルギーに変換する事が可能で、魔素の研究が盛んになった。 魔素には与えられた情報を現実に発現するという特性もあり、まるで魔術の素(もと)かのようであった。 電気回路が魔素回路に置き換わり、魔素を用いた通信技術が発達し、産業革命を超える技術革新が起こった。一番大きな変化は、延髄にマイクロチップを埋め込むことで人体をコンピュータ化したことだろう。
ヒューマンコンピュータ、通称ヒューコンと呼ばれるようになる。 ヒューコン化した人類は、超長距離間ワープを実現させる事に成功した。 地球上の何処にでも気軽に移動出来るだけでなく、地球とは別の世界へも一瞬で移動出来るようになったのだ。ここで、驚くべき事実が発覚した。
世界で初めて別の世界へ行った人物の発表によると、地球とは異なる生態系の世界に降り立った瞬間に、特別な力を授かったと言うのだ。 研究が進むにつれ、別の世界を異世界と呼ぶようになり、特別な力はスキルと名付けられた。異世界への超長距離間ワープの際に、細胞レベルで魔素と結びついた肉体が宇宙空間を一瞬で移動することで、何らかの力が作用してスキルが身につくという説。
異なる世界に降りたつ事で、防衛反応のような何かがスキルを芽生えさせるという説。 全て推論の域を出ない曖昧な報告ではあったが、それら全ての論証は世界を震撼させた。 異世界から地球に戻る際にはスキルを失い、また異世界に行くと別のスキルを授かるという摩訶不思議な現象を解明出来た学者はまだ居ない。まるで小説やゲームのようだと若者達の間で異世界旅行が人気となり、それに目をつけたどこかの国がワールドキャストという動画配信サイトを立ち上げた。
ヒューコンの視界情報を共有し、誰もが気軽に異世界に行ったかのような気分になれるというものだ。 魔素投影(まそとうえい)方式という特殊な撮影技術により、一人称視点の他に、自撮りのような画角や、頭上から見下ろすような三人称視点など、自由な角度から放送することが可能となっている。 ワールドキャストはワーキャスと略され、配信者はキャスターと呼ばれるようになった。異世界に行くのは怖いが、どんなものか見てみたいという層が多く、このサービスは爆発的に人気になった。
配信画面にはキャスターの状態が分かるヘルスメーターが表示され、感動的な光景やモンスターと出会った時に揺れ動く内面の情報が臨場感を更に高める。 有名なキャスターになると月に数億稼ぐとも言われ、将来なりたい職業ランキング一位がキャスターになるほどだ。そして、後藤勇太(ごとうゆうた)も有名キャスターを目指す一人であった。
短い黒髪に、少し吊り上がった茶色の瞳。イケメンでも不細工でもない平凡な見た目だが、清潔感のある身だしなみだけは意識している。身長も一七九センチと高めではあるが中途半端だ。 コンビニでバイトをしているどこにでも居そうな普通の男。いや、普通だった男。決まりきった日常を捨て、一攫千金を夢見た勇太は異世界へと旅立つ。
They were leaving this evening; Anais had arranged her bag very early this morning and was at the pool side as usual. When the driver arrived he went to inform her that it was time to leave she just nodded in acknowledgement and went to get her bag. She still would not make eye contact with him. They got to the duplex and it was beautiful his father had definitely out done himself. She just stood by the corner like a stranger waiting to be told what to do. He went in looked around and realised this parent had assumed they would be sharing the same room. The masters’ bedroom was designed in a way to accommodate both of them. It was really wide. That wouldn’t be happening obviously. They had two other bedrooms one upstairs and the other was downstairs. She would be using the one upstairs just in case they had visitors. They wouldn’t notice that they were staying in different rooms immediately. “Your room is on the floor above the guest room”, Alex told her. She just nodded in acknow
The day had finally come; he was going to promise to be dedicated to her for a lifetime. As he watched walk down the aisle, he almost felt sorry for her she looked miserable. The poor girl didn’t know what she signed up for. If she felt she could fool him into falling for her or believing her to be innocent she was in for a shocker. He had seen that look one to many times and he was not about to let it get to him again. Lainey had the same face and yet she had joyfully jumped into bed with his cousin without thinking twice. He wasn’t about to be fooled twice. In a few minutes she would be walking down the aisle to a man she has never even met until recently and she did not know a thing about. She had seen him only once during the family gathering in preparation for the wedding and he had been cold to her. She knew he didn’t want the marriage, that made two of them but why was he agreeing to it? "I, Anais Nora Sterling, take thee, Alexander Bennett, to be my wedded husband, to have
Alexander Bennett could not believe he was getting married today. Three weeks ago, he was having a conversation with his father in his study and now he was waiting for his bride to walk down the aisle. If someone had told him he would be getting married one day he probably would have just ignored them “Not in this lifetime”. He had had his own fair share of heart break and betrayal from women and had vowed never to give his heart to any woman again. He had been in a long time relationship with a woman he had given his heart to. Lainely Parker was the best thing that had happened to him. He loved her more than he thought possible. She had this look on her that could always brighten up his day. That si until he found her in bed with his cousin Aaron Wesely in his own house.He looked at them in shock when he walked in. “Get out”, was all he could muster out. From that day, his hatred towards women had grown.But this was business; he had to put his feeling aside and do what was best fo
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