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The Simulacrum - Chapter 110 - Part 2

"Are the coordinates locked in yet?"

Hearing Jaakobah's question, the Celestial operative controlling a magitech tool that looked like an unholy crossbreed between a cello, a harp, and a vuvu...

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Fantasy Economics 101 - Chapter 7

Always follow the money

Pak. Pak. Pak.

The rhythmic sound of axe meeting firewood continued to echo in the woods. The hill in the clearing, upon which stood a lonely cottage, was espe...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 110 - Part 1

I knew it! I god-bloody-damn knew that the shifty old bastard was going to betray me! I knew it, and yet somehow I still didn't not trust him enough! How is that even possible!?

"This is stup...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 109 - Part 4

Angie often complained about Sundays. According to her, it was the most bittersweet day of the week; you already had a day off on Saturday, so you felt refreshed, but at the same time Monday was al...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 109 - Part 3

The group date at Lake Leucippe was… well, calling it a 'resounding success' was probably stretching it a bit, but it was fine. In retrospect, there was very little of the promised 'teaching a ne...

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All Hail Our Benevolent AI Overlords Part 4 - It's a Knighty Day

Hello, Dear Readers.  It's been a while, but since I got reminded by a comment on Royal Road, I decided to delve into the dark recesses of NovelAI's stable diffusion image generator and dig up...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 109 - Part 2

Lake Leucippe was situated on a plateau on the southern side of the island of Critias. Its surface, currently completely frozen over and covered in a thin layer of fresh snow, glittered brightly in...

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Fantasy Economics 101 - Chapter 6

The Economics of Resurrection

Raol's footsteps felt heavy as he gazed upon the distant walls of New Reedcourt. Back when he was alive, walls like those were reserved only for fortified bord...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 109 - Part 1

"Why do you keep attending high school?"

The question made me raise a brow and glance over at Sir Percival, currently sitting on the couch in my living room in a fluffy blue bathrobe, playing...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 108 - Part 3

"O-ho-ho? So this is the 'secret base' Friedrich had told me so much about? Very impressive!" a certain portly nurse exclaimed as we stepped out of the designated 'teleport closet'. His reaction wa...

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Fantasy Economics 101 - Chapter 5

A world of gold, loot, and high adventure

"I actually have a story like that," Raol noted while gently pinching his chin. "As a matter of fact, I had experienced it in my own skin."

"...

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The Simulacrum - April Fools 2023

"It was eight AM. The skyscrapers of the city, giant nails aimed at the eyes of god, painted long, parallel shadows across the landscape. The dark stripes alternating with the rays of the morning s...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 108 - Part 2

I didn't mean that to be so dramatic, but it was made so by the uneasy silence that settled onto the room shortly after. My guest stared at me quite inquisitively for a while, and then snorted, whi...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 108 - Part 1

"Yowza! I know that they say a man's home is his castle, but this place is fortified like the Maginot line!"

Ignoring Percival's spirited exclamation, I tried my best to hold my temper under ...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 107 - Part 3

It took until the third break for the misunderstanding to get cleared up, which was coincidentally around the same time Ichiko was moved over to Judy's shadow. By lobbying with my girlfriends, Penn...

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Fantasy Economics 101 - Chapter 4

A quiet evening in a peculiar hermitage

"We're close. My house is right over there."

"I can't seem to find it."

"It's because I hid it!" the young lady declared with a proud smi...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 107 - Part 2

I think I might've already said this before, but it bore reiterating: after going through all kinds of supernatural shenanigans, going to school on a slow Monday morning felt much weirder than it w...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 107 - Part 1

Once I came out of the shower and sat down in my room, with Cal laid across my thighs, I was hit by a tsunami of fatigue, to the point I wished I could just sleep it all off. Sadly, we still couldn...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 106 - Part 3

"{I will not, young knight!}" the sword in my hand protested, but I ignored their voice in my head and assumed a defensive posture.

Based on the blowing, swirling magical lights around the st...

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Fantasy Economics 101 - Chapter 3

Chapter 3 – Making a friend is sometimes as easy as saying hello

"Farking courts, that thing's nimble!" the axeman bellowed even as he jumped over a fallen tree trunk. "Don't lose it!" View Post

The Simulacrum - Chapter 106 - Part 2

Even though it was a Saturday, Lord Grandpa was still holed up in his office inside the underground School complex, so while I could certainly just Phase in on top of him and call it a day, the who...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 106 - Part 1

In the end, Ammy didn't stay for too long, and after I shared a few anecdotes about what happened at the resort (and after she made me swear I would talk to Lord Grandpa about four more times), she...

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Fantasy Economics 101 - Chapter 2

Merchant carriages and monster attacks go hand in hand

"Seriously, where am I?"

It was a question that slipped through the wandering skeleton's mouth on more than one occasion during ...

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Fantasy Economics 101 - Chapter 1

Life is fleeting, contracts are forever

The morning sun already peeked past the horizon by the time the newly reborn skeleton finished organizing the tools and resources he had at his dispo...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 105 - Part 3

Was it normal to feel completely tuckered out after coming home from a vacation?

I mean, I had a relatively good time, didn't have to use my special abilities at all, and while the girls cert...

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Fantasy Economics 101 - Prologue

Volume I - The Economics of Resurrection

Prologue – The Worst Way to Wake Up

The Great Lowlands. In history books, it was either considered the invaluable breadbasket of the empir...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 105 - Part 2

Even after the incident with the 'mysterious' peeper, the hangout in our room didn't run out of steam for a while. It was almost ten in the night when the last stragglers left the place (or, to be ...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 105 - Part 1

"Why did our room become the dedicated hang-out spot in the resort?"

My dearest assistant's question sounded entirely rhetorical at first, but when I didn't answer, she looked over her should...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 104 - Part 3

The invisible ninja maids were unceasingly dutiful, as usual, and despite all the zaniness our suite experienced thanks to the previous night's truth-or-dare game going for a few too many rounds, a...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 104 - Part 2

On this day, I learned something new once again. Before I had the opportunity to try one, I thought hot springs were nothing special, but then I was pleasantly surprised by them. Conversely, after ...

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