VTT, Chapter 1.
Please note that the synopsis and title is still tentative. I do hope to hear your thoughts on this !
Title: Villainess of Tangled Tragedies
Syn...
2025-08-27 18:32:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Please note that the synopsis and title is still tentative. I do hope to hear your thoughts on this !
Title: Villainess of Tangled Tragedies
Syn...
2025-08-27 18:32:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe sky was still dim when Sali was sitting on the floor in her room. The morning bell had not yet rung.
She sat with her legs folded, back straight, and closed her eyes. Her lips were ...
2025-08-27 18:27:35 +0000 UTC View PostIt's been a day and the poll's showing a clear winner.
I'll now be posting a chapter every 1-2 days!
Also, to get out of my writer's block rut, I wrote a chapter of an entirely differen...
2025-08-27 18:25:19 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone! I apologize for the lack of posts these past few days. I've caught the flu going around the city, and then I was hit by a bad case of writer's block.
Anyways, I'm back! I think ...
2025-08-26 02:30:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe city called the Adventurer’s Guild was larger than I had imagined. It was a large city built around the guild, for the guild, and because of the guild.
From the moment we stepped past t...
2025-08-26 02:25:53 +0000 UTC View PostSarah spun in time to see him pinned. She pressed her blade to his cheek. “Stay down,” she said coldly.
She kept her sword pressed to the cheek of the man I had dropped. Her eyes stayed f...
2025-08-26 02:25:14 +0000 UTC View PostPeople tried to back away from the vestibule and ended up pushing closer. Shoulders knocked together. A few tried to turn sideways to squeeze past, but the aisle locked up tighter. Nobody wanted to...
2025-08-26 02:24:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe train rattled on, stopping at a few towns along the way. Each time, the brakes squealed and the doors opened, more people boarded. I caught the flash of bronze tags as more men and women climbe...
2025-08-20 12:44:50 +0000 UTC View PostSali stepped through the gate when the marshal nodded. The roar from the stands hit us like a wall, but I was ready for it this time. I was small again, heavy with food and sleep, tucked against he...
2025-08-19 12:58:01 +0000 UTC View PostFor a split second, the only sound was my own ragged breathing, then a thunderous cheer erupted like a wave crashing over us.
Above the roaring crowd, the marshal-announcer’s voice bo...
2025-08-17 19:36:25 +0000 UTC View Post“Rinvara?” I spat out, still choking on my food.
“Here.” Sali showed me the newspaper page.
I read the line again to be sure I wasn’t wrong. The paper was clear enough: ...
2025-08-16 19:23:16 +0000 UTC View PostGodbeasts progressed faster in the early stages than humans. That much had become obvious over the years. It wasn’t about talent or external resources. Our bodies simply didn’t resist change th...
2025-08-14 13:29:22 +0000 UTC View PostSali told me that she wanted to join the provincial tournament. She called it “good practice against people.”
Then I agreed. It was safe since she needed to be able to do proper com...
2025-08-13 13:35:39 +0000 UTC View PostBook 2. Third Life.
They called it the central continent. Maps printed the name as such, and merchants spoke it with pride. In truth, the landmass was only a little larger th...
2025-08-10 16:48:34 +0000 UTC View PostI suppose I should have expected it. Every peace was temporary. This time, my fate arrived in the form of Sali’s mother, who had found me mid-groom in the abandoned cottage. I barely had time to ...
2025-08-08 19:11:25 +0000 UTC View PostA week. That’s how long I’ve spent in this ruined cottage, listening to elven children squabble and watching dust drift through a hole in the roof.
The wound on my shoulder is seale...
2025-08-07 19:39:47 +0000 UTC View PostShe didn’t bother with any greeting. “Are you really a spirit?” she whispered, eyes wide in the gloom.
I ignored the question. My stomach growled. “Meat,” I said, my voice cutesy-ho...
2025-08-05 17:21:47 +0000 UTC View PostDeath stopped making men talk. But pain and fear opened their mouths. Slow pain, drawn out until it crossed the line between pride and self-preservation.
It was the youngest hijacker who brok...
2025-08-04 17:18:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe events of last night ended quickly. Quicker than I would have liked. The assassins were skilled, but their understanding of what I was capable of was quite shallow.
They died before...
2025-08-03 17:43:32 +0000 UTC View PostI woke up with my tongue lolling out and my jaw sore from sleeping at the wrong angle.
The room was bright, and the quality of the afternoon light was already different from Sumire’s ...
2025-08-03 05:45:31 +0000 UTC View Post“Disrespectful. You mirror your prince.” My voice echoed in the arena, and for a moment, even the crowd forgot to breathe.
Verian’s expression changed, a hint of surprise now.
... 2025-08-02 14:36:12 +0000 UTC View PostNo one moved. Nobles, guards, attendants, all of them stared. Most didn’t look at me. They looked at Aron, at the possibility of disaster.
Aron was shaking, barely steady on his feet. His h...
2025-07-31 20:06:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe tailors had outdone themselves.
Within three days, they presented an outfit that surpassed even my expectations.
It was grand, carefully designed, and made to fit me per...
2025-07-30 17:10:58 +0000 UTC View Post“This is the Trickster’s Glass,” she said, finally. “It’s Grade-2 Artifact capable of fooling dungeons.”
‘Grade-2? Is that some sort of classification her organization uses?...
2025-07-29 04:59:44 +0000 UTC View PostTorchlight wavered in the throne hall’s stale air as I stared her down.
Water still ran in slow droplets from my matted fur, forming dark pools around my paws.
Bone fragme...
2025-07-27 15:35:29 +0000 UTC View PostI was in heaven. Or at least, my taste buds thought they were.
With a blissful snarl, I clenched down harder, feeling the bone crunch satisfyingly between my jaws.
A cloud o...
2025-07-25 17:28:30 +0000 UTC View PostI stepped through the wide doorway past the now-broken large statue. Its pieces were scattered across the floor—stone limbs, cracked joints, and a ruined paw that had split down the center. ...
2025-07-25 16:12:08 +0000 UTC View PostI stood beneath the stone arch again. It was the same one.
Same shape, same height. I circled it twice just to be sure. All of it matched.
I’d come back here.
No doubt now...
2025-07-24 18:21:37 +0000 UTC View Post“This is the Tidemother’s Embrace,” King Ormund said as he lifted the necklace from its case. He stepped down from the dais until he stood directly before me. Slowly, he presented it to me. 2025-07-23 16:38:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Thankfully, they’d assigned me two attendants.
They handled the endless parchment and seals, the bland meals wrapped in silk napkins, the accommodations at Kethra. They’d even rehearsed t...
2025-07-22 18:16:50 +0000 UTC View Post