Nemorosis

The Bell Tolls for Me 98: Hell on Earth

Edgar had prepared for this journey over the seas in ways that no other man could. He had taken to the sea before, but never like this. On a long voyage of unknown destination… he had to go perso...

The Bell Tolls for Me 97: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

There were many elements needed in order to make King Edgar, the supposedly fearless leader of the Kingdom of Dovhain, risk his life. The first was to have something worth risking it for. Isabella ...

The Bell Tolls for Me 96: Devil of the Details

Isabella sat alongside Bernadetta in a secluded tavern that had a good view of the city streets. Bernadetta had quite a focused gaze, but Isabella felt her mind wandering. Valerio watched the two o...

The Bell Tolls for Me 95: Devil's in the Details

There weren’t a great many ports in the north. The river that passed by Balat Palace wasn’t navigable, and was frozen part of the year. To reach a point from which they might embark, they neede...

The Bell Tolls for Me 94: Hanged, Drawn, and Quartered

Yesterday had been quite eventful, but the days to come promised to be even more so. She had sold her soul in three ways. Four, if one was inclined to include the elves. Isabella thought it was a l...

Time change

Chapters will be at midnight PST from now on. I like writing before bed.

The Bell Tolls for Me 93: Very Well

Isabella and Arthur advanced through the icy forest in relative silence. They needed to stay quiet to listen to the chiming noises that guided their path. It gave her time to think.

When Isab...

The Bell Tolls for Me 92: Zero-Sum Game

Thanks for waiting.
I edited the prior chapter a little bit. Rather than a happy accident, killing the familiar to knock Edgar unconscious was a deliberate scheme.
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The Bell Tolls for Me 91: Living Hell

King Edgar crossed his legs as he sat upon his throne in the heart of night. He tapped one finger lazily upon the armrest as beams of moonlight illuminated his face. Fatigue lined his burgundy eyes...

The Bell Tolls for Me 90: Taming a Snake

Isabella sat quietly with her cousin, Bernadetta, as various others filtered into the room in which she was being kept captive. All of them looked at Bernadetta with hostile expressions of various ...

The Bell Tolls for Me 89: Lifegiving Devils

Sorry for the delay on this chapter. Had to drive a long way, couldn't exactly write and drive.
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“Allison…” Abigail said, taking her sister’s hand. “We need to get father.”

The Bell Tolls for Me 88: Mother Below

“The reasons why I sought you out…” Isabella trailed off, biting her lip. “There’s a multitude, but the most prominent is learning about the Eagaliteh. We have reason to believe that thos...

The Bell Tolls for Me 87: Depends on You

The moment that the security breech was discovered, everyone gathered around to see what had been left behind. Isabella stood in a room with Abigail, Allison, Valerio, Gaspar, and Arthur.

“...

The Bell Tolls for Me 86: Cycle of Vengeance

“…and for that reason, I was wondering if there was some way that you might be able to help Arthur,” Isabella finished, looking between Abigail and Allison. “I know they might be asking a l...

The Bell Tolls for Me 85: Honeybee

Isabella nodded into the holy paladin standing guard over Bernadetta’s cell as she entered into the room. She had elected to take Alice’s advice to seek out Bernadetta immediately when she lear...

The Bell Tolls for Me 84: Reversal of Fortunes

“She surrendered herself into our custody.” Gaspar crossed his arms as he stared into Bernadetta’s cell. “She hasn’t said anything yet. She seems to want to speak to Valerio.”

“...

The Bell Tolls for Me 83: How Things Change

Isabella rode on a provided horse. Valerio actually didn’t know how to ride a horse, and so Isabella held the reins while he sat behind her—an uncommon reversal in things. The revelation at tha...

The Bell Tolls for Me 82: You'll Be Missed

I decided to stop being a dirty COWARD and go back to my original plan, as of 9/6. Arthur isn't losing his memories-- he's dying because of travelling back through time with Isabella without the pr...

The Bell Tolls for Me 81: Time of Troubles

Alice sat uneasily. The days prior had been filled with drawn-out travels during the day and cold nights, but the warm interior of this house did little to settle her nerves. Across from her sat th...

The Bell Tolls for Me 80: Window to the Soul

Isabella and Valerio walked arm-in-arm to the colosseum. This was a building that she didn’t want to enter, much less flanked by a very large crowd that refused to allow her out of their sight. 2025-08-31 07:00:34 +0000 UTC View Post

The Bell Tolls for Me 79: Pollutant

Isabella opened her eyes with a sense of wellbeing that had eluded her for quite a long while. When she tried to lift her head to look at herself, her muscles obeyed her. When she sat up, she was c...

The Bell Tolls for Me 78: Surrender

The Fëantaina en’Thalvassë—the surrendering of the soul—was a ritual near as important as persuading the Lómethar. For most people, this would be the final boundary before being granted th...

The Bell Tolls for Me 77: Will of the People

By all rights, Isabella should have been acting with the utmost urgency. She couldn’t deny that she was concerned, but she had been planning to spend up to a month in this place. If the regime re...

The Bell Tolls for Me 76: In the Cradle

“I can’t believe that you would ask her to do something like this,” Arthur complained, crossing his arms as he paced around the small room that had been allotted to them.

Valerio said n...

Back to old schedule

Going back to 6PM PST chapters, weekends. AKA, chapter 18 hours from now.

The Bell Tolls for Me 75: Exile

The journey was much less arduous than Isabella had been predicting. She didn’t know much of sailing, but a few of the sailors educated her on why what Valerio was doing was so spectacular. Shift...

The Bell Tolls for Me 74: Around the World

“Your Majesty, forgive me for disturbing you, but—"

Edgar reached his hand out and placed it over the Archwizard’s mouth in rage. Days upon days of hearing that same greeting had gotten...

The Bell Tolls for Me 73: The Horror

One day of total absence was already quite a stretch for the central figure in the interregnum council. Even ill, a ruler had duties. That no one was permitted to see her was accepted on the first ...

The Bell Tolls for Me 72: Silent Battle

Edgar the Great awoke.

His awakening had always been the most pivotal time for his life. He always chose when and where he slept very carefully, when he could. His power—the ability to trav...

The Bell Tolls for Me 71: War

The natural inclination when executing a scheme was to move as fast as possible. A problem should be addressed rapidly, without delay—that’s the common mentality. Because of this instinct, pati...