Epsilon Twilight

71. Light

Sunlight scorched the sands. Their bodies too.

Malik awaited underneath the sands like his comrades, as ill-advised as it was. Not only did the heat boil one's body, but heavens knew what awa...

70. Bedding

Sunlight awoke the scribe of commoners. She was not mentalized to wake up whilst tangled between silk mantles and bronze extremities. Rani's uncovered chest softly heaved up and down still trapped ...

69. Gift

The palace of Sadina became quite a different place for the eve of the new year. Not only was the day's audience canceled – which Aloe thanked immensely – but every inhabitant of the palace was...

68. Eve

Nurture practice wasn't limited to the speed stance. During the following days, Naila probed Aloe with the rest of the stances. Some were more successful, others not so much.

Starting with de...

67. Training

A few days had passed since Aloe's 'meeting' with Rani. Even when the scribe of commoners hadn't uttered a single word of it – not even to Lulu, who had obviously clued in what had unfolded on th...

66. Pleasure

DISCLAIMER: This chapter has an actual NSFW scene, not just innuendos. And considering the consent of such scent is dubious, I have marked the start and end of the most serious aspects of the scene...

65. Substitute

Rani-al-Sadina was a very public figure, making appearances all over her city, and certain parts of the whole emirate. Yet when she was in her palace, the one place one would find her was in her be...

64. Step

Fatima's departure was felt around the palace. Not because her lack of presence left a vacuum in the palace, but rather because she made sure everyone heard the trumpets and drums as she left.

63. Forced

"Hmm…" The sultanzade hummed deep in thought. "Your vitality has diminished, so you have done something. But at the same time, I have not seen anything. Flowing effects tend to be rather noticeab...

62. Flowing

Fatima leaned on the chair and asked Aloe over her shoulder. "Do you recall what I told you about the flowing stance?"

"I have not been told much," Aloe muttered valueless filling as she gath...

61. Uncharted

Fatima had been true to her word; the pain had subsided after a while. But the materialization of the agility stance wasn't without more prolonged consequences. It was minimal – just a whisper â€...

60. Agility

Stealth was as she had predicted, a stance where every movement was hard-fought. Not because she was slow and heavy – which was any stance that wasn't speed already induced that – but because h...

59. Stealth

"However it may be," Fatima started, "a single bottle is not enough for me. Tell me, how many bottles do you have at your disposal."

"Currently, counting the one in your hands, ten of them," ...

58. Cattle

Embarrassment dictated Aloe's following hours. Nesrine and Lulu noticed the urine on her dress and wheelchair, but both of them refrained from commenting on how she had wet herself.

Instead, ...

57. Web

Even though it was well within her capabilities, Aloe didn't flinch at the blade's movements. Through its course left her bewildered.

Naila's tulwar danced in front of her face, the edge dang...

56. Satisfied

In the blink of an eye, the meeting had turned overtly hostile to the petite scribe. Rani was grabbing the armrest of her chair, losing her cool for a blink, but composed back equally as fast. What...

55. Cultivators

"So you are back," Rani commented as she lazily sat on her throne.

"I arrived yesterday at night," Aloe affirmed. She had just entered the audience hall and was pushing her wheelchair forward...

Poll

Hello there,

For those unaware, I have put a poll in the previous chapter back at Royal Road to change the title of the Cultivating Saga as there have been a handful of people that have had i...

54. Choice

Her vacations ended as soon as they started. Aloe awoke at first light, already defeated by the idea of the day-long trek that still awaited her. Finally, having run out of options, the cultivator ...