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Nikola wakes after a hundred years on the bottom of the ocean. He waked to a world changed by his own deeds. A world where he is alone, his lover, the angel Penemue gone into the Abyss after the failed rebellion of his son Pallas. 

But Nikola doesn’t give up on him. He chooses to live! Not as the conqueror he once was, the shining Emerald Emperor of Atlantis, but as a trader and a craftsman.

On the way he founds his soulmate, Wei Caihong, though he doesn’t know it at the time, and curses him with vampirism. Wei Caihong doesn’t give up either, and he proves his worth to his future husband. 

In this story of love and redemption, a fallen from grace Emperor gets both a noble and an angel and improves the lives of those around him.

The Ghost of Atlantis (BL)

He made his way to the butcher's, greeting the people he knew on the way. None of them knew who he really was. He could not help but think that, should they know that they had the Emerald Emperor in their midst, they would not smile at him.

But none of them knew, and so he got many a nod, many a smile.

From women, mostly, but there were some men who had taken to coming to him so that he could predict what would anger their wives. One man, a rice farmer, stopped him and showed his palm to Nikola nervously.

"Oracle, I will ask my love to marry me tomorrow. I was at the bun stall this morning, but you weren't there. Will I have success? Oh, right! Here is your copper!"

The man pressed a coin in Nikola's hand, who thought about refusing it. The man didn't look well off, wearing rough gray robes. But he knew that he would hurt the man's pride, so he pocketed it instead.

Chapter 23: Plague, part 2