Rainflowers

“I waited for you my entire life... and you were worth every minute.”

Ardyn Lowell normally forgets his dreams. He’s a normal young adult who has good friends and a happy family. He should be contented with his life, but there’s always this nagging feeling of yearning in his heart, a longing for someone that never seems to disappear.


In his dreams, however, he remembers everything. He remembers the man who always visits him, the man who always sits next to him on the edge of the fountain in a beautiful garden. He can never clearly see the face of this man, but the yearning in his heart ceases when he is with him.


But when he wakes up, he forgets the man once again, and the longing in his chest never goes away.


The day of his graduation ceremony comes, and Ardyn is late. Catching traffic on the way, he unexpectedly meets with a major car accident and dies quickly, suddenly.


When he wakes up, he’s in another world.


In this world, there exists a dark, malicious entity that threatens to destroy the entire planet and its people. This is where Summoners come into play. In order to seal away this entity, a Summoner must go on a journey and search for their 7 Guardians in order to summon the 7 Spirits that will aid them in sealing away this great evil. They must not fail, or else none will be able to survive.


As an Otherworlder Guardian, Ardyn is faced with a massive, unfortunate burden. He must search for his Summoner, and he must also discover himself and his purpose along the way.


The journey is long and filled with hardships, but they have no choice.


They have no choice but to save this world in order to live.

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— Inspired by Final Fantasy X and Fushigi Yuugi

NOTE: This is an isekai fantasy BL (boy's love) novel. The story is descriptive and slow-paced while the romance takes its time since it's a slow burn. There will be some violent, gory, and disturbing scenes in the future, but there will be no mature, explicit (NSFW/R18) scenes in this story. Also, since there are multiple characters involved, they will have their own character arcs.
[Story created by Rainflowers in 2021. Revised in Nov 2023.]
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TRIGGER WARNINGS: Descriptions of blood, abuse, suicide, and deaths.
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BOOK COVER COMMISSIONED FROM: Chandraneel (https://www.facebook.com/jjhemm)
MY FACEBOOK: Leigh Connelly (facebook.com/leighannconnelly)
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[BL] Guardians of Fate

When the stranger shouted at them to close all doors and windows and not to look out into the field, where they might be exposed to the beastspawns, Ardyn just did it on instinct. After casting one last anxious glance at Leon, he closed the windows, turned off the lights, and sat down trembling in the nearby chair.

Now he could see clearly what these monsters looked like. They were nothing like anything he had ever seen before. He had seen a lot of things on TV, from high-budget movies to AAA games, but none of it could compare to what he could see in real life, compared to an LED screen where the monsters couldn't come out to harm him.

He could hear them with startling clarity and see them attack Leon with hunger in their eyes. He could only watch helplessly, even witnessing a woman shoot an arrow at them, saving Leon for a moment.

Chapter 27: A Bloodstained Night [6]