High Risk

Chapter 15 has been published, click here to read it

Thoughts on translated slang words

One of the MC’s favorite expressions is 坑爹 (kēngdiē).

Literally, “kengdie” translates to “to cheat your dad.” However, its modern meaning has nothing to do with fathers. It’s an expression of frustration when a character feels ripped off, let down, or that a situation is incredibly unfair.

Think of it as the character shouting, “This sucks!” “What a rip-off!” or “You’ve got to be kidding me!”

For example, a character might use it if a product they bought is terrible, or if a video game is unfairly difficult. They are not literally talking about their dad; they are just expressing that they feel cheated by the situation.

Thanks for reading

~Reika

Chapter 13 <— click here to read

By the way, something I noticed is that the author refers to the main character as “pig’s foot.” Apparently, the two words sound similar in Chinese/Mandarin!

主角 (zhǔ jué) – “lead role” “protagonist” or “main character”
猪脚 (zhūjiǎo) – “pig’s trotters” or “pig feet”

But he is a cat, so it should be cat’s paw, except “cat’s paw” is an idiom meaning “the or unwitting tool of another.” I guess MC is still the best term to use.

Thanks for reading, and have a great day!

~Reika

Chapter 12 <—- click here to read it

Okay, this is the next chapter. I hope you enjoy reading it!

500th chapter release?!

Based on the Novelupdates page, this is BC Novel’s 500th release! What a great milestone!

Our very first was The Reader and Protagonist Definitely Have to Be in True Love, c1 part1, on August 5, 2017. It’s been 2,879 days or 7 years, 10 months, and 18 days!

Thanks for reading and have a great day!

~Reika

Chapter 11 <— click here to read

Hello readers,

Wow, can you believe how many chapters we’re getting? It’s just wild! I don’t even know what’s happening because there are so many. Honestly, I feel like we’re being totally spoiled with how fast these are coming out. It’s really awesome, isn’t it?

Anyway, guess what? Here’s another brand-new chapter for you to dive into right now! And get this, there’s actually one more chapter that’s being worked on and edited as we speak. Phew! That means I’m going to have to work super hard this weekend.

Thanks for reading and for all your support. It really means a lot to me. I hope you have a really great weekend, wherever you are! Enjoy the new chapter!

~Reika

Chapter 10 <—- click here to read it now

Okay, I didn’t have much time to edit this as I would like, but I was told that readers would prefer faster chapters rather than super polished ones. Please let me know if there are any errors.

The translator has been working on this for some time, but typos and such happen to everyone.

By the way, some chapters have translated author’s notes added at the end. I asked the translator to add those. Just remember, they are not part of the chapter.  I think you’ll find them amusing. Not every chapter has them.

Thanks for reading!

~Reika

Chapter 9 <— click here to read it

The other chapters are technically up since the translation is finished, but I am still checking and formatting them to make sure it all works. But they’re done. I was just delayed because of the website problems.

I’ll try to release more later today.

Thanks for reading! Have a great day!

~Reika

Chapter 8 <— click here to read it

Website issues are fixed, but I am monitoring

If you read the previous posts, you probably know I added a Dark Mode add-on for the website, but then I removed it since it was making the website very slow. Then after the add-on was gone, I noticed the website was taking 9 seconds to load, or it wasn’t loading at all.

Cue panic! Cue me pulling my hair out in frustration!

I thought I borked the website by changing stuff, but as it turns out, the problem was on the hosting side. After I reached out to the website host, they had this to say:

“I apologize for the inconvenience caused. There was an attack on one of our user’s IP, and the IP has been already null routed to resolve the issue. Currently, the websites are loading without any issues. Our server monitoring team will be continuously monitoring the server to prevent such issues in the future.”

The website should be fine now. Please let me know if there are any problems. It seems like this is something my web host has to fix. It’s not on my end.

Have a great day, and I hope the reading experience on the BC Novels website has improved.

~Reika

Chapter 7 <—click here to read it

A Guide to Raising Your Natural Enemy

If you like beastman BL/danmei, I can recommend A Guide to Raising Your Natural Enemy as a very cute and fluffy story. Don’t take it too seriously though, it’s a fun story. I read it a long time ago and I still remember the story.

As long as hamster spirit Shu Shu can survive the lightning tribulation, then his cultivation will be able to turn him into a human. In the end, the lightning tribulation strikes him and he arrives in the… future?

In order to avoid people and being mistaken for a monster, Shu Shu decides to dig a hole in the forest to hide and live, and as a result… a very big snake aaaahhhh! Please, don’t eat me!

The crown prince of the beast empire is seriously injured and becomes a beast that could no longer change into human form. He lives alone in the forest. One day, he sees a cute sub beastman deep in the forest. The sub beastman also sees him. At once, the sub beastman’s eyes roll backwards and he faints…. Scared to death?

Shu Shu: I have a unique technique of faking death.

~Reika

Chapter 6 <—- click here to read it

Murderbot Novellas

If anyone’s looking for something new to read, the Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells is definitely something to check out. It’s just a really cool series.

The main character is this security unit, a “SecUnit,” that just calls itself  Murderbot. It basically hacked its own control module because, honestly, all it wants to do is chill out and watch its shows. But, you know how it is with humans, they always get themselves into trouble. So, Murderbot ends up, kind of reluctantly, having to save them.

What makes it so good is totally Murderbot’s voice. It’s super sarcastic and surprisingly relatable, even though it’s this cyborg. It’s got this really dry sense of humor and it’s pretty awkward around people, which I think a lot of us can get. The books have tons of action, but they’re really about this AI figuring out what it means to be free, what it actually wants, and even how to care about others. It’s funny, smart, and even pretty touching sometimes. So yeah, if anyone needs a fun, engaging sci-fi read, definitely give this a shot.

I’ve only read the first two novella, but there is a TV show now, so I might watch that instead!

~Reika

Chapter 5 <— click here to read

Well, it happened. I’ve got nothing to say. I think the problem is that I have had to post so many times yesterday and today! Usually, I have a bunch of stuff I want to write about. Today? It’s all gone. There’s just a big blank space where my ideas usually are. It’s not that I can’t write; it’s that I can’t think of anything to write.

So, this little post is just to let you know I’m still here, even if my brain decided to take a day off.

Thanks for reading!

~Reika