My kingdom never rested on its laurels, and neither did I.
Studiously inspecting the soft grass looked upon by dignitaries. Assessing the lining of the pillows admired by guests. Combing the ...
2023-08-09 02:16:42 +0000 UTC View PostSilence greeted me upon my arrival to the Trierport branch of the Adventurer’s Guild.
An appropriate response. That someone of my hygiene standards would willingly return to a place infeste...
2023-08-06 02:34:14 +0000 UTC View PostDisgusting.
My only thoughts were how, despite it all, that weird stain on the wooden floor simply wouldn’t go. It was absurdly stubborn. Like a peasant on its knees, pleading that it had a...
2023-08-04 02:12:52 +0000 UTC View PostChief Officer Reman Tinsley whistled as he strolled along the beach.
An unusual feeling. He rarely enjoyed the sand beneath his feet. There were few reasons to. As the second most senior offi...
2023-08-02 01:58:58 +0000 UTC View PostDisappointing.
Were this man truly royalty, he would have chosen between at least two dozen ready made responses. All of them to do with the single strand of wayward hair I needed one of Flor...
2023-07-30 02:27:58 +0000 UTC View PostHi guys!
If you haven't read the latest update yet, you can do so here (chapter 130 for Adventu...
2023-07-28 02:29:02 +0000 UTC View PostAs a princess, I had plans.
Big plans. Grand plans. Plans so extravagant in scope that nobody other than myself seemed to understand them.
Of course, not all of my plans bore fruit.
... 2023-07-28 01:41:29 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time the waves outside the cove had settled, all that could be seen of the creaking ship which had carried me here was a broken keel, a torn mast and a blanket of strewn flotsam washing out ...
2023-07-26 02:30:46 +0000 UTC View PostYoung Talrik of the Bloodskull Tribe was always considered a meek boy.
Therefore, if eyebrows could be raised, all the matriarchs of the tribe would have done so when he declared he’d be le...
2023-07-23 02:32:30 +0000 UTC View PostI stood up, nodding sagely as I completed my thorough medical examination of the drooling mermaid before me.
After examining her blue fins, her pale arms, wrists, and the state of the mortify...
2023-07-21 01:30:52 +0000 UTC View PostOf all the barometers measuring the difference between royalty and those who would claim to be royalty, nothing was more telling than the loyalty of retainers.
Even were the worst to pass and...
2023-07-19 01:14:23 +0000 UTC View PostIn the bustling port town of Trierport, a gentle maiden was tending to her flock.
However, she was no shephard. She was a princess. And her flock were the children of the St. Florella Childre...
2023-07-16 00:21:34 +0000 UTC View PostMy, a golden foyer?
How quaint.
I used to have one of these, back when my bedroom tower was still being built. A village had been requisitioned for its construction, the farmers removed...
2023-07-14 01:21:24 +0000 UTC View PostI peered above a boulder lodged into the sand.
The wet sand.
Yes. It was grim. Even with my feather steps, I could feel the sludge beginning to coat my soles like the congealed...
2023-07-12 01:04:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe Golden Prince was a man who saw the beauty in everything. Because he was everything. That was neither arrogance nor conceitedness. Just a simple statement of fact.
Nobody existed outside ...
2023-07-09 02:12:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe lighthouse might very well be a decrepit tower perfectly in keeping with the aesthetics of the rest of the isle, but the chamber housed at the top was anything but.
Aside from the debris ...
2023-07-07 01:49:59 +0000 UTC View PostI frowned as I was presented with the latest eyesore my precious memories were tasked with forgetting.
Everything.
Despite the elevation of this particular district, this caric...
2023-07-05 00:20:21 +0000 UTC View PostThey wouldn’t let me borrow a cannon.
Unfortunate. The effects of a cannon would be simpler for any wandering maids to dust away than every alternative I wished to bring onto this place. 2023-07-01 21:58:44 +0000 UTC View Post
As a princess, I was host to a range of useful and highly specialised skills.
I could, for example, identify the origin of the oranges used to make bergamot tea down to its latitude and longi...
2023-06-29 23:21:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe Emerald Sea glittered beneath the setting dusk, its endless horizon akin to a line of shimmering pearls as it spread out before me.
They say it’s one of the seven wonders of the world. ...
2023-06-27 23:07:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt was hard being beautiful.
For Roxelle de Carreaux-Lensoise, it was especially hard.
She loved being beautiful, sure. Who didn’t? But for the most beautiful mermaid in the Emerald S...
2023-06-24 23:09:25 +0000 UTC View PostDespite my impressive 20 metre swimming certificate, I did not count swimming amongst my favoured hobbies.
Such a revelation often caused visitors to query the certificate placed prominently ...
2023-06-20 23:15:03 +0000 UTC View PostI blinked as the wooden ceiling barely inches above my face faded in and out of my vision.
Here in a private compartment, I, Juliette Contzen, 3rd Princess to the Kingdom of Tirea, was curren...
2023-06-17 23:16:28 +0000 UTC View PostThe Royal Villa was a grand monument to opulence. Though outwardly little more than a countryside manor, it was no lord’s holding or duke’s summer retreat.
It was the home of kings and qu...
2023-06-13 23:35:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe ship creaked as it left Trierport’s docks behind. Creaked. Like the roof of an inn beneath a rainy night. I had significant concerns each time I slept in an inn, and I was now no mor...
2023-06-10 23:21:59 +0000 UTC View PostAs a princess, I was all too used to my smallest endeavours drawing the adoration of commoners and nobility alike.
Granted, all which separated the two were a handful of vowels and consonants...
2023-06-06 22:15:08 +0000 UTC View PostWithin the twisting streets of Trierport’s old town, shadows danced between alleys as lantern posts flickered with life.
The last dregs of dusk could no longer be seen rising over Trierport...
2023-06-03 14:12:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe Trierport branch of the Adventurer's Guild was even more slovenly than I imagined.
Within a common room intricately modelled after the finest of rundown bars, I wrinkled my nose at the sh...
2023-05-30 23:11:43 +0000 UTC View Post“W-W-What is this … ?!”
My mouth fell open at the sight before me.
There was much to admire about the kingdom's famed coastline. Beneath the setting sun, I witnessed a shimmering ...
2023-05-27 21:38:33 +0000 UTC View PostIn the royal capital of Reitzlake, the flocks of white gulls circling the air above the lake announced the onset of dusk even before the first hints of scarlet could be seen.
For first time v...
2023-05-23 23:27:11 +0000 UTC View Post