Thank you sooo much for investing your time in this book. I hope you've enjoyed the journey so far. This is my second English novel on this platform. One of my favorites, I should say, and the level of support I received every day made me so happy and grateful.

I know you must want moarrr chapters produced every day. Trust me, I want that too, but at the moment I'm still finis.h.i.+ng my first novel, "The Alchemists" and only once it's completed, I could go all out for "Finding Stardust" and "Ashes of G.o.ds".

However, now that I get better with my time management, I could already promise at least 1 chapter per day for "Finding Stardust" AND... I will grind and work hard to give you bonus chapters every Sunday if this novel could get in the ranking. I know it's possible, because "The Alchemists" managed to get to Top 50 for months.

So, if you vote power stones to "Finding Stardust", and we move up in rankings, you lovely readers will be rewarded with bonus chapters.

Top 200 bonus 1 chapter by end of the week

Top 150 bonus 3 chapters by end of the week

Top 100 bonus 5 chapters by end of the week

Top 50 I will publish 2 chapters per day (or bonus 7 chapters)

Top 30 I will publish 2 chapters per day plus extra 3 chapters on Sunday (They told me to dream big.. so I did, and I hope we can reach Top 30 together someday ^^)

Just click on the fire symbol at the end of the chapter and voila!

If you are reading all my novels and wondering which novel should get your votes, well, you have to listen to your heart and decide which one you like best. I don't mind if you don't vote for Finding Stardust if your votes go to my other novels... as long as they are for meeee... MUHUAHAHAHAHAHAH...

Just kidding.

Not really.

Well.. yes.

Ahem. Anyway, sorry about that. "Marketing" is my middle name, together with "Shameless", hence the t.i.tle of this chapter.

Well.. if you haven't read my other novels and you liked "Finding Stardust", may I suggest you to read "The Alchemists" while waiting for more chapters in "Finding Stardust"? It has a bit of everything: slice-of-life stories about the immortals in 21st century, fluffy romance in Volume 1, action and adventure in Volume 2, and comedy in Volume 3.

This is the synopsis for Volume 1: THE ALCHEMIST

The Alchemist clan leader was 438-year-old womanizer who was never in love, until one day he met the only woman who was not impressed by his good looks and ma.s.sive wealth. Fueled by rejection, he decided he must have this woman no matter what. And for once in his life, he had to woo a woman. It was no easy feat because this woman just wanted to live a quiet life, worked hard, and made money... (she actually seemed to only think about money).

Below is one of my favorite scenes in Volume 1:

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FIT FOR A SCROOGE

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The mother in question was not feeling well during their vacation on her private island. Her stomach had been cramped since morning and her husband panicked because the mother was pregnant, and he was afraid that something was happening with his wife's pregnancy. Fortunately, he himself was a doctor and could easily check her condition.

"Pfew... it's nothing, just regular cramps," he muttered in a relieved voice. "When you were pregnant with Aleksis, did you experience cramps or other complaints?"

Finland shook her head. "Not at all. Aleksis was a very good child while she was still in the womb, I was not bothered at all, not too nauseous, and I didn't even crave for anything. Everything was fine..."

"Oh... right. Your pregnancy is now 10 weeks in, yet you still don't crave for anything?" Caspar asked again, looking bewildered.

Caspar was actually looking forward to all the ha.s.sles of being a father-to-be. But until now, Finland still had not shown any signs of cravings or even nausea and vomiting. Everything felt fine, except for the cramps she experienced this morning,

"How strange, why don't you vomit or crave?" Caspar asked, almost complaining.

"Would you rather I suffer from nausea, vomiting, and cravings?" Finland pouted to hear her husband's ridiculous complaint. Caspar could only scratch his head even though it was not itchy.

He should feel lucky because his wife had an easy pregnancy, but for some reason, probably because he was not around during her first pregnancy, he became curious and wanted to feel the ha.s.sles during this second pregnancy.

"I want you to be fine..." Caspar said, smiling, "Don't ever feel worried or reluctant to bother me. I will fulfill whatever you want. Whatever."

"Hmmm..." Finland seemed to think about what she could ask Caspar to do. "I want a ma.s.sage. My legs are getting a bit sore..."

Caspar smiled broadly and nodded. He went into the room and took the fragrant sheb.u.t.ter cream, then lifted his wife's legs onto his lap and began ma.s.saging them one by one with full dedication.

"You've changed..." he said casually, "In the past, all you could think about was how to get more money... Now, you never mention money again... hahaha. Do you still remember our bet about whether or not I could look and act poor? You bet my one month's income..."

Finland covered her mouth with the back of her hand while laughing out loud at Caspar's words.

Gosh... of course, she still remembered that ridiculous bet. Thinking about it made her feel a little embarra.s.sed. She used to be very calculating and only thought about how to get money. Really, so many things changed in three years.

"Hey... I was just a poor employee back then..." she protested.

"Yeah, that's why I have prepared myself in case your pregnancy makes you crave weird things related to money... hahaha..." Caspar said jokingly. "I have prepared a money pool fit for Scrooge McDuck in Germany if you suddenly want to swim in a pool of money like him..."

"Gosh, Caspar! Do you think of me as the female version of that stingy-a*s Scrooge McDuck?!" Finland hit Caspar's shoulder with exasperation.

But a moment later, she could not help laughing. She imagined Uncle Scrooge McDuck bathing in money and jumping into his pool of money for relaxation... Gosh, how funny it would be if Caspar really set up a pool of money like Uncle Scrooge's for her. "Eh... you're just joking, right!? You didn't really make me a money pool?"

The smile on Caspar's face disappeared and he quickly shook his head.

"Oh, thank G.o.d... I thought you were serious." Finland said with a chuckle, "Otherwise, how could I face all the people in Germany. Your staff would think that I am a gold-digging wife or something."

"Hehe..." Caspar continued to ma.s.sage Finland's legs with affection until slowly the girl fell asleep. Her stomach cramp had disappeared.

When he saw his wife asleep, Caspar hurriedly took his cellphone and typed a message to Kara.

[Destroy the money pool. Don't let Madam find out.].

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*Scrooge McDuck is a fictional character created in 1947 by Carl Bark for The Walt Disney Company. Scrooge is Donald Duck's uncle, he is an elderly Scottish anthropomorphic Pekin duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a red or blue frock coat, top hat, pince-nez gla.s.ses, and spats. He loves money and often shown jumping into his money pool for relaxation