Chapters updated! April 20, 2025
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2025-04-20 18:24:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Dressed in a light green cloak and hood, the teen god gave him an embarrassed smile, as he quietly took a sip of his own. “You seem preoccupied. I didn’t sneak up on you last time.”
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2025-04-20 18:22:38 +0000 UTC View PostHope you guys enjoy! This marks the start of Vol. 3! Buckle in
2025-04-17 12:40:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 96: Headed Home
Renea rode in silence, her heart brimming with anxious excitement at the thought of returning home. She desperately wanted to see her family—Sophie, most of all—an...
2025-04-17 12:39:13 +0000 UTC View PostAceGreen here. To everyone who's joined the patreon, thank you very much! For anyone in the Ace Detective tier, Chap 95 marks the end of Vol. 2: A Study in Sunlight. I hope that title's come to bec...
2025-04-15 15:37:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, a few hours before they were to set out for Varant, Ailn found himself standing in front of the Areygni Villa.
Specifically, he stood in front of the dragon statue. He...
2025-04-15 15:32:50 +0000 UTC View Post“Was she… happy, Ailn?” Elenira asked.
He hesitated, spending a long time considering what to say—and whether he should say it. He reached for a watch that wasn’t there… but...
2025-04-13 13:51:54 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Ailn returned to Noué’s childhood home, he found Elenira still sitting face down at the kitchen table, as if she’d never left.
“... Did you at least eat something while I wa...
2025-04-10 15:53:21 +0000 UTC View PostAiln stopped in his tracks.
There was a translucent girl there. Blonde, but without any wings. She had a light airy glow to her, but ‘radiant’ would definitely be a stretch.
S...
2025-04-08 15:35:13 +0000 UTC View Post“...Why, Noué?” Ailn mumbled. Was this really a truth worth capturing?
Was this her final piece?
The charcoal portrait of Cora marked the start of the second story of the vau...
2025-04-06 18:08:54 +0000 UTC View PostIt was obvious who they saw—they’d be up there this whole time. Ailn was more caught up in the question of what it meant.
The chamber was completely dark, save for the light from th...
2025-04-03 16:02:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe knight met the gaze of the reflection in the water. For a moment, it was as if the colors had dried on the surface, and a rock had been flung through, causing the image to crack.
“A lif...
2025-04-01 12:17:11 +0000 UTC View PostThere were four different paintings, in four different mediums. And maybe most saliently, there were four different versions of Noué.
They all wore the same off-white dress with a gold...
2025-03-30 07:56:37 +0000 UTC View PostAs the heavy, white stone door opened into the antechamber, its true thickness became apparent—two feet at its heaviest point near the center. A low groan echoed, and the marble strained under it...
2025-03-27 10:42:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys. Here's that exciting thing I was talking about. It's volume 2's cover! I thought if there was anything worth showing from this arc, it was the mysterious portrait. It'll be uploaded to RR...
2025-03-26 19:59:52 +0000 UTC View PostAll at once, the group realized what Ailn had: that the entire chamber was the medium for Noué’s art.
“Unbelievable…” Naomi muttered, from beside him. “How would Areygni even...
2025-03-25 17:15:39 +0000 UTC View PostWhoever painted this portrait, however, must have loved her dearly.
“She was beautiful,” Renea said softly.
Were this portrait to be believed, Noué Areygni was a fetching wom...
2025-03-24 23:26:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, before he and a few others entered the cave, Ailn stopped by the old house to give Elenira the portrait. He wasn’t all that surprised to see the grieving elf trying to drown her...
2025-03-23 15:50:27 +0000 UTC View PostWhy’d her mind immediately jump to ‘locked in a cupboard?’ Listening to Elenira struggle not to laugh, Renea felt her face grow even hotter.
“It, ahem, shows you have a kind soul,” ...
2025-03-20 17:28:30 +0000 UTC View Post