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The Simulacrum - Chapter 99 - Part 1

"So Leo's been playing an Abyssal so much, he's becoming one," Elly mused aloud as she casually lifted the wooden crate in front of the door. "I didn't know that's how it works."

"Because it ...

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The second volume is out!

Or rather, the first half of the second volume, but who am I to pick nits?

You can find it right...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 98 - Part 3 & 4

Part 3

Despite mom-in-law's proposal, the meeting at the Dracis mansion somehow managed to drag on for more than an hour longer, with about half a dozen 'just one last thing'...

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Tiny update

Hello Dear Readers.

Long story short, my father was feeling sick, so we tested the whole family, and turns out we all have the dreaded Koof19(R)(TM).

Seriously though, while I do feel u...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 98 - Part 2

"Whit th' heel is wrang wi' ye? Ur ye it ay yer feckin' min'!?"

"Duncan! Language!" my sister hissed at the big dolt at her side, only to then look at Mr. Griffon and exclaim, "Uncle Roland! ...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 98 - Part 1

The shouting, audible all the way from the other end of the hallway, died down the moment we entered the Dracis mansion's spacious conference hall. This was the same room where we brokered a peace ...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 97 - Part 3

"Do we really have to tear it?"

"Yes, we do," I emphasized a tad morosely.

"But it's one of my favorite suits. It's a waste."

"You were the one who decided to wear it going into a...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 97 - Part 2

The amphitheatre finally looked its supposed age; namely, a ruin. Good riddance, I say.

In the span of less than an hour, about two-thirds of the seats got demolished, there were three huge h...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 97 - Part 1

Allrighty then. Let's take an account of what we accomplished so far.

Revealing Bel to the wider world, check.

Introducing the reformed Knights to the Draconians, check.

Bringing ...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 96 - Part 3

Okay, let's take a step back and look at the big picture…

"Raaaagh!"

Just as I thought that, the place where I was standing got hit by the dragon's tail, forcing me to get out of the ...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 96 - Part 2

Grand elder Xinji definitely had seen better days. With his eye swollen, clothes ripped, and his fancy top knot undone, he was in quite a story state. It was marginally surprising, as our designate...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 96 - Part 1

Dramatic entrances are more of an art than a science, I'd say. If you asked a moviegoer, they would probably say they needed a panning shot with trailer music, followed by a snappy one-liner. For t...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 95 - Part 3

The oppressive silence in the locked-up Purple Zone lasted only for a few seconds. Overcoming his initial shock, the grand elder demonstrated wuxia trope number seventy-four by rising to the air an...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 95 - Part 2

The curse of the underground facility strikes again!

No, seriously. What was up with this world's weird fascination with putting absolutely everything underground? I mean, maybe I'm not one t...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 95 - Part 1

"I can't believe you did that…" my dear assistant, still dressed in her winter coat and boots, continued to grumble even while she was fixing my hair. "I can't believe we have to start implementi...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 94 - Parts 3 and 4

Part 3

"You're early," Naoren noted without even bothering to up from the table in the side room attached to his makeshift hotel-suite-office.

"We both have things to d...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 94 - Part 2

"I'm not saying the auction is going to be fun per se, but it's something I can't just attend alone," I told my dear assistant and helped her set her hair bow straight. "Just smile, and pretend you...

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The Simulacrum - Volume 4 Extra 3: Roll for initiative, Santa!

"Wow! Your Christmas tree is really cute!" Angie exclaimed the moment she entered the living room, and she rushed over to the decorated pine in the corner. "Are those angels homemade? Kyaa! I love ...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 94 - Part 1

"Welcome, future young master, and I wish you a Merry Christmas."

"Good evening, Melinda," I responded to the curtsying maid a tad late, slightly baffled by the plushy reindeer headband she w...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 93 - Part 3

"You know, I thought your father would be more worried about all the magical malarkey over us being in a poly relationship," I quietly grumbled as I walked up the stairs in my house, and my dear as...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 93 - Part 2

"[It's cold in here.]" 

Rabom sounded almost absent-minded as he propped the Gorgon Knight against the wall. I had to agree with him, but I also had a question: why was the warehouse so ...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 93 - Part 1

It was an especially cold night. Snow fell in fat, fluffy flakes, yet not a single one landed on me; the effect of another superfluous enchantment on my armor, but one I didn't mind. For the moment...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 92 - Part 3

The moment I walked into the room, I threw my phone onto my bed with a flick of my wrist, followed by placing Cal next to it a touch more carefully. Side note: they still didn't have a scabbard, be...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 92 - Part 2

The student body of Blue Cherry High exhaled a collective sigh the moment Lord Grandpa finally finished his long-winded speech on the podium. It echoed but for a moment in the gymnasium, still cove...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 92 - Part 1

"We're home!"

I turned an unsurprised look at the trio entering the living room, and uttered a flat, "It's half-past five."

"I ask for forgiveness, Leonard-dono," Mountain Girl apologiz...

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Another small update

Hello Dear Readers,

Well, this is terribly embarrassing to admit, but I messed up big time. Long story short, I slipped up with the dates within the story, and because of this, there's litera...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 91 - Part 4

There was something oddly relaxing about the sizzling of oil early in the morning. It was one of those things that screamed 'cozy', and the fact that I was the one responsible for it made it feel e...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 91 - Part 3

"From today onwards, you are a lamp," I declared as I pointed at the rotund, flesh-colored mini-shoggoth in the corner of my living room, and it let out a happy 'nyuu' sound, that kind of reminded ...

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The Simulacrum - Chapter 91 - Part 2

"We'll be right back, don't go anywhere."

"I wasn't planning to. Now, hurry up. It's already half-past four."

Judy nodded, and followed after the princess, leaving me alone on the roof ...

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Small update

Just to avoid confusion: after some thinking, I decided to shift the fourth part of Ch 90 into the first part of Ch 91. This means Ch 90 is going to be slightly shorter than usual, but in retrospec...

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