“Sure?” Kene asked, and I glanced at them. They didn’t seem to be nearly as shaken as I was.
Was their power so much more developed than mine?
Or was something else going on?
<... 2024-01-11 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post“Weird question,” I asked Kene the following morning. “Do you know of an enchanter’s shop called the emerald… scale? Emerald enchanters? Emerald egg? Something like that.”
Kene bi...
2024-01-10 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThis story is set one week after the end of The First Gate.
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Tom – or if you insisted on using Titles, The Fortress – strode down the hall, his he...
2024-01-09 21:11:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe way I saw it, I had twelve spells I needed to make, and I only had a bit more than two months left to make them.
The following week, I didn’t go to any class except Tara’s.
Nor ...
2024-01-09 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostI let out a sigh of relief and disconnected from the Spirit Gourd. Kene and Dusk both also released spells that they’d been holding, and Rebecca’s mana-garden seemed to relax.
“Grandmot...
2024-01-08 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostElizabeth Davis – known to her friends as Liz – was facing a rather annoying conundrum.
As the grandchild of the guild-leader, she’d been given access to their guild’s single Idyll-Fl...
2024-01-05 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“It’s called the realm reaching arch-star,” I told Tara that evening. “House Elide has access to it, but the biggest problem is that it requires access to three different realms to form it....
2024-01-04 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostKene had cleaned up quite nicely themself, though they didn’t wear a suit. Instead, they wore nice gray pants with a button down white shirt. They took me in and smiled slightly, then canted thei...
2024-01-03 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThat Sunday, I was ready to create a staff that would hopefully level the playing field between me and an archmage. Tara had said it back in my very first year. Arch-stars weren’t as useful for w...
2024-01-02 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostDusk peeped up, jokingly saying that she should get both of them, since she was the one who actually had to hold onto the Blademoss.
That actually helped solidify the choice in my mind.
MINOR SPOILERS FOR MANA MIRROR AHEAD
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It may be 2024 where you are, or, if you're like me, it's fast approaching. Either way, happy new year or soon to be new year,...
Across the northeastern continent of Ddeaer, there is one holiday that is celebrated from Aergarde to Vinopae, from Delitone to Mossford, from Dragontooth to the Obsidian Forests – the Unlit Cand...
2023-12-24 19:04:41 +0000 UTC View PostI was asked to post what powers Malachi has currently by someone!
2023-12-23 02:43:26 +0000 UTC View PostJust as a reminder, next week I won't be posting chapters, since I'll be with family.
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I awoke to find Dusk, Kene, and Meadow leaning over me. Dusk wa...
2023-12-22 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, I rose early to head to the potions club.
“Good morning, Evan!” Wisteria greeted brightly as I entered her lab. I smiled and nodded to her, then glanced around the room....
2023-12-21 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostDusk’s mana swirled out around Kene and me, slowing our descent. The Peacepyre floated over our heads, and I gently pulled Dusk from my pocket, examining her. I fed mana into her, trying to pass ...
2023-12-20 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“What happened?” Osheen asked when he saw me.
“Just frustrated,” I said. “I’m running into a power problem.”
“Evan, do you remember when you got mad at me in our first y...
2023-12-19 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“I’ll do it,” I agreed, and Alice let out a small breath of relief.
“Thank you,” she said.
“First, I need to go talk to Kene and Meadow,” I told her. “Meadow’s a power...
2023-12-18 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post“I can’t believe you made a stink potion,” I told Dusk, who was laughing like she’d made the greatest joke in the history of Ddeaer.
“It’s actually not a bad idea,” Kene said. ...
2023-12-15 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I got to my rooms, I was surprised to see Wisteria leaving my door, headed towards the stairwell.
“Good evening, professor,” I said, “I must admit, I wasn’t expecting to see you....
2023-12-14 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostKene woke up about forty minutes after Kene’s grandmother left, and I’d moved them to their bed. I was a bit miffed that she’d left, but she said that she had nothing else she could do to hel...
2023-12-13 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSo, looking over the poll, I'm going to post the chapters here. Sorry for the inconvience, I know a few people didn't want that, but there's no perfect solution, so I just went with the mos...
2023-12-12 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostOrykson, despite the losses he’d taken recently, was still feeling positive.
Oh, sure, the heir project had failed. But it had done that a lot: dozens of clones, flesh constructs, modified ...
2023-12-11 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe bulk of this story is set fortyish years before Mana Mirror begins.
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Lincoln Davis had only barely managed to scrape his way into the Sapphire Sea Guild by virtue of raw determin...
I spoke with the caretaker for a few moments, paid for my dinner, and told them to contact me if they needed more help before I left.
There was one last thing I could do to help though, so be...
2023-12-08 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the brief lesson on veils, which I actually found to be quite useful, I headed home.
First things first, I let my dad know about the mission, and that I may be gone most of the night, t...
2023-12-06 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostCW: Mentions of abuse
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I plucked the orphan mission off the board and held it up to Riley.
“I think I’m actually going to take this one,” I said, trying to pr...
2023-12-04 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post