The courtyard had gone quiet except for the rasp of linen over wood.
It looked like siege engines had been through the villa's courtyard.
Gouges furrowed the flagstones; dusty rose-soot—congealed blood and pulverised quartz—filled every spider-crack. In the middle of the ruin Vesp...
2025-06-03 20:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostLily planted her feet in the ground.
She had shed so much blood during the previous week.
How much stronger can Vespera be compared to her sister?
She recognized that Vespera would be an even greater challenge, but she was now confident that she could ...
2025-06-02 20:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostHello darlings,
I've come back to base after a wonderful trip to South Korea.
The first chapter goes up in about seven hours, at the usual time, and there will be one chapter a day for at least this and the next week!
Enjoy!
2025-06-02 13:01:52 +0000 UTC View PostI've been traveling through South Korea with my mother since the 20th and I have severely underestimated how grueling it would have been on me. I thought that writing a few Patreon chapters - especially, considering I got the outlines done - would have been a piece of cake. But, lo and behold, I ...
2025-05-28 00:49:50 +0000 UTC View PostCalpurnia stood with her arms crossed as she glared at Lily, and the air in the room felt stifling because of the tension that remained after the confrontation. She noticed Lily’s calm stare and asked with a sharp tone, “Why did you do that?” Lily lifted her chin before replying in a firm v...
2025-05-24 20:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostLily stood in the courtyard before noon, and her shadow stretched across the worn cobblestones beneath her. The sun had not yet reached its zenith, although the day was already bright and warm enough to make the air shimmer.
Calpurnia, who appeared to be around the same age as Lily’s Aunt...
2025-05-21 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAt dawn, Lily returned to the courtyard, expecting to meet Calpurnia alone.
Instead, she found the woman flanked by two girls.
The shorter of the pair, a raven-haired girl with a tilt to her chin, spoke first. “So this is the prodigy,” she said, her voice bright and mocking. “Th...
2025-05-20 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 30
“Do you know that not even your mother had the courage to utter the words you said in front of everyone?” Calpurnia’s voice came harshly, not kindly.
Lily stepped between two trees, finally appearing in front of the woman in a grove that marked her house. The grove la...
2025-05-16 20:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostSeptimus advanced, although he still wore his mocking smile.
What's happening? Lily couldn't understand her own body at the moment. It felt very similar to when she had first seen the dead, partially dissected rat with her Aunt Gentiliana. Now, it felt like she could… see 2025-05-15 20:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Adriana stood motionless before a heavy oak door.
On it, there was the word ‘[Librarian].’
It was the [Librarian]’s sanctum within the Class Hall.
A pair of brass candle holders flickered low on the stone walls, their light barely reaching the door’s ca...
2025-05-14 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostLily couldn’t believe her eyes. What was the fox-masked boy doing here?
“You!” she blurted, pointing an accusatory finger. Sabinus limited himself to a complacent smile and stood at ease, looking completely untroubled.
Lily’s voice shook with indignation as she repeated, “Yo...
2025-05-13 20:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe carriage rumbled along the neglected road while loose stones rattled against the undercarriage and Lily steadied herself on the worn leather seat. Moonlight slipped through the curtained window and sketched restless bands across Adriana’s gown, and Lily wondered why they had taken such a ro...
2025-05-12 21:44:23 +0000 UTC View PostLily marched across the torch-lit courtyard while her boots struck the cobbles so loudly that every guest must have heard the echo.
She couldn't believe what had just happened—she couldn't believe her father had said nothing in her defense. Sure, he was mad, but deny that she could become...
2025-05-09 20:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostIt was not the first time Lily felt unfamiliar words and knowledge appear in her mind like when she examined something with healing magic. She remembered a similar experience when Aunt Gentiliana showed her the inside of a rat, and she recalled how those strange words had taken shape again when s...
2025-05-08 20:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostLavinia still remembered the first time she saw Livia.
The young woman had entered Lavinia’s home so soon after her mother’s death that it felt like a violation of every memory Fausta had left in that place.
Lavinia had just returned from playing with Lily, and she recalled striki...
2025-05-07 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostLucianus hunched over a sheaf of official papers in one corner of the carriage, the lamplight flickering off the inked seals. Across from him, Adriana sat pressed into the cushioned bench, her gaze flicking to their daughter, Lily, who sniffed at the air and frowned.
A faint smell of smoke ...
2025-05-06 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostIn Her Past Life
Warm rays of light in Okinawa drenched Nirai Beach in a glaze of gold.
The tide had ebbed, leaving smooth, damp sand marked by a single set of footprints. Liliana Ember—barefoot, blonde hair cinched in a quick ponytail, cotton gi top fluttering in t...
2025-05-05 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostFirst full arc of Death Healer, the Rewrite.
2025-05-04 16:35:12 +0000 UTC View PostMonica stood between the Four Pillars and looked at the smirking Dworsul with a raised eyebrow. Dworsul, standing a few strides away, merely smirked and crossed his arms over his broad chest.
"I still don't understand."
"Good," the old Dwarf replied cheekily. "Now—raise your han...
2025-02-12 23:32:10 +0000 UTC View PostFour more days passed. Monica wheezed as she came back to life, sprawled near a veritable mountain of half-finished bracers she had forged.
Dworsul examined a pair with a scrutinizing eye and nodded to himself. Moments before, Monica had collapsed after pouring the last drop of her Vitality...
2025-02-11 23:17:02 +0000 UTC View PostMonica and Dworsul both wore grim expressions as they reached a dead end: a massive cave-in blocked the tunnel they had hoped to use.
“So…” Monica murmured, trailing off as her gaze traveled across the collapsed passage. Rubble choked the corridor from floor to ceiling, forming a jagg...
2025-02-10 22:44:43 +0000 UTC View PostTwo days had passed. During this time, Monica had thrown herself into an unrelenting cycle of training, using Mana Sense, Meditation, and the agonizing yet invaluable Charred Masochist Skill to circulate increasingly larger amounts of Fire Mana through her body.
Bit by bit, she pushed her l...
2025-02-06 23:44:53 +0000 UTC View PostMonica collapsed to the ground, body half-charred from the inside out by the Divine Fire Mana she had just inhaled. She summoned her Golden Flame in full force, letting its healing warmth flow through her chest and arm. Slowly—excruciatingly—she felt some relief as the fire began rebuilding t...
2025-02-05 21:55:34 +0000 UTC View PostMonica used Fire Transmutation to fuse together the Golden and the Obsidian Flame in front of her. Knowing that Dworsul would only be happy to see her set on fire, she just created a palm-sized globe of scorching hot flames.
"You have Mana Sense," Dworsul said gruffly.
It ...
2025-02-04 21:48:28 +0000 UTC View PostMonica couldn’t believe her ears.
“Wait, you’re the one who forged the Spear of Dhoznil?” she said, eyes wide.
“The one and only,” Dworsul replied.
Despite the older dwarf’s refined appearance—slightly hunched shoulders, a soot-stained tunic, a beard braided in c...
2025-01-29 21:30:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe dwarf’s stone eyelids cracked open—literal shards of rock chipping away. He lurched forward and almost fell out of the chair.
Monica lunged forward, steadying him before he toppled.
“Easy,” she murmured, softening her tone. “You’re in Viscera. I used something to...
2025-01-28 22:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostDing
New Quest Received – The Four Pillars
Ding
Quest - The Four Pillars
Raise Phoenix Forge to Level 25 and the following Utility Skills to Level 50:
Ham...
2025-01-27 21:41:45 +0000 UTC View PostOne too many times, Wasp patrols had nearly discovered her forging attempts.
Her breath came quietly. In the distance, the Corrupted Molten Wasps’ droning receded to a dull drone.
“Time to push forward,” she whispered to herself.
Trying to reforge something complicated—l...
2025-01-24 20:48:52 +0000 UTC View PostDing
Congratulations! You have selected Phoenix Forge (Epic) as your Second Class.
Ding
Phoenix Forge focuses on forging and enhancing equipment through insights on the Twin Phoenix’s flames....
2025-01-23 21:32:56 +0000 UTC View Post