"I ran."
"Elaborate."
"Was sniffing around for divination traces when I felt a weird mana surge—next thing I knew, I’d practically tripped over a bunch of hooded Elves."
Lyssk...
2025-02-17 00:30:01 +0000 UTC
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“Oh? She’s finally up? Come in, Zofia.” Lysska’s voice sliced through the quiet just as the two girls stepped through the doorway.
And just like that, the puzzle pieces started snappi...
2025-02-15 00:30:01 +0000 UTC
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1) Phantom Domesticity: Become a spectral maid, invisible except to those she "invites" (via eye contact).
-Reflective Service: Teleport through mirrors, pol...
2025-02-13 00:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Once again, I felt the thread snap—and I was back in the water tunnel.
Still water. Still silence.
But now, I was seeing it in a very different light.
One...
2025-02-11 00:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Vernia Drakonski shut her eyes and whispered a prayer to the ancestors, hoping—just this once—that the artifact would actually work.
Because if it didn’t, and Mother finally noticed it ...
2025-02-09 00:30:02 +0000 UTC
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Five minutes in—as Lotte had promised—I noticed the pulsing chrysalis starting to throb. It wasn’t long before I picked up a sound from within; not so much scraping as moaning, really. And th...
2025-02-07 00:30:03 +0000 UTC
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My air-sense was still buzzing as I worked on the ingredients—strategically stationed a safe distance from Greg’s corpse (still within Range, mind you) in case Quickpaw decided to pop in for a ...
2025-02-06 00:30:02 +0000 UTC
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Well, the next part was entirely up to Alice. My job? To put on a show. But how in the abyss was I supposed to track down his shredded corpse? Some brand-new form of divination? Ooh, this was delec...
2025-02-04 00:30:03 +0000 UTC
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Interrogation, much like divination, was about nudging the mind into yielding its secrets—prodding it with the right questions under the haze of a truth serum, guiding it to answers it couldn’t...
2025-02-03 00:30:02 +0000 UTC
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[Quick heads-up before you jump into this chapter! You might’ve noticed I’ve been testing a punchier, snappy writing style, curious if this lands well for you. Does it hel...
2025-02-01 00:30:02 +0000 UTC
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I snatched the cup from Viera’s grip the second her mouth parted from the edge. Effortless, nonchalant—as if the whole thing was a mirage. Once the brew left her fingers, the world clicked into...
2025-01-30 00:30:03 +0000 UTC
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[Sorry for the missed chapter yesterday, been feeling like absolute shit all week. Headaches, fevers, the whole miserable package. Nothing too serious, but it keeps coming back, and yesterday hit e...
2025-01-29 00:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Morning rituals were nothing special—though the day always started a bit sweeter when no apprentices were underfoot. With the baths to myself, I could actually enjoy some peace, soaking in water ...
2025-01-26 00:30:04 +0000 UTC
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The murky waves of ink-black ichor receded, leaving the water eerily still as my eyes snapped open, dragging me back to the comfort—or relative comfort—of my own dragon body. My gaze darted ove...
2025-01-25 00:30:01 +0000 UTC
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It was the quiet breath before a throat-slitting.
The leader stared down at the burning dagger buried in his chest, and the moment his brain caught up with his eyes, the blood drained from hi...
2025-01-23 00:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Didn’t take long before I tore him apart. Literally. What was left of him? A mess of shredded limbs and glistening entrails. Took me a while to adjust to my high strength stat—unless my opponen...
2025-01-22 00:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Belle was scrubbing away at something with her dainty cloth clutched in one claw, her go-to ritual for anxious moments—anxiety cleaning, if you will. But the moment I slipped out of the shadow di...
2025-01-20 00:30:01 +0000 UTC
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[Just a little update! as y’all know I’m always tweaking older chapters, at least the ones that aren’t on RR yet. Usually nothing major, just some extra details here and there, but the overal...
2025-01-19 00:30:01 +0000 UTC
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The instant the blur collided with me, I nearly staggered, but reflexes—bless their split-second magic—saved me. My body pivoted like a well-oiled machine, right foot sliding back to anchor me,...
2025-01-17 00:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Whisper didn’t bother with an answer, just glided ahead like she owned the snow—what little there was. Her steps left barely a trace, like the ground didn’t dare hold onto her footprints. She...
2025-01-16 00:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Lysska caught the shock plastered on my face before I could even wrangle a single coherent thought. “Oh, don’t bother. I’ll spare you the headache,” she drawled. “Since you’re already w...
2025-01-14 00:30:02 +0000 UTC
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[Apologies for the missing chapter yesterday. A thunderstorm decided to have a go. knocked the power out, laptop dead. Tried writing on mobile, big mistake, left me scarred for life. (Kidding. Sort...
2025-01-13 00:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Being a detective was fun and all, but you know what would’ve been more fun? Having one of those sleek, hovering broadswords. Lysska owned a few—well, "salvaged" from some less fo...
2025-01-11 00:30:01 +0000 UTC
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There were certain things Lysska had come to both loathe and grudgingly appreciate during her formative years in the lower district of Varkaigrad. After all, it was a place so tangled and treachero...
2025-01-09 00:30:02 +0000 UTC
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The instant I dipped into the fourth dimension, I was ready. My eyes flickered, adjusting to the familiar shift, and once more the world unraveled into its shadowy double. Everything from the three...
2025-01-08 00:30:01 +0000 UTC
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The Senior Apprentice Wing's back office was less a workspace and more a hoard of scholarship and subtle menace. Enchanted mana lanterns glimmered in subdued hues, their light sliding over rows of ...
2025-01-06 00:30:01 +0000 UTC
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I stepped into the corridor with Alice in tow. Turns out, the little porcelain menace could move. Her stubby legs zipped along at a pace that had me squinting—a blur of glazed alabaster ...
2025-01-05 00:30:00 +0000 UTC
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"There are many flavors of divination, Mistress. You’ll need to be a touch more specific about what you’re asking.”
As if I knew the first thing about divination magic. For starters, I ...
2025-01-04 00:30:01 +0000 UTC
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The plain ceiling of my dorm room greeted me like an old, indifferent acquaintance the moment I opened my eyes. That earlier bone-deep exhaustion? Gone as if swept away by some unseen hand. With a ...
2025-01-02 00:30:01 +0000 UTC
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[Happy New Year, everyone! Words can hardly capture just how grateful I am for the way this year wrapped up. A heartfelt thank you to this brilliant, supportive community for championing me as I po...
2025-01-01 00:30:01 +0000 UTC
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