Principal Light let out a long, weary sigh. The stack of parchments on his desk seemed to multiply whenever he looked away, a mountain of ink and bureaucracy that no amount of sleepless nights coul...
2025-08-16 17:11:50 +0000 UTC
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Kana wasn’t certain, but there had to be someone—somewhere—who could get to them fast. A professor with a [Teleport] skill, maybe. She pulled a quill and parchment from her <...
2025-08-15 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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The second day of the week passed like a cold breeze slipping through the open windows of the dormitories. The sort of day that drifted by almost unnoticed. Wor-en’s fourth-years were out, today ...
2025-08-14 10:12:02 +0000 UTC
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Kana was supposed to be with them, but Professor Dufer had whisked her away for some apprentice training. That left Boris to escort the others. Adam, canceling his own plans, had tagged along inste...
2025-08-13 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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Kana wasn’t qualified to adopt. She knew that.
First: the guardian had to be an adult.
Second: they needed a stable source of income.
There were more requirements beyond that, b...
2025-08-12 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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The night air bit harder than usual—sharp enough to sting Roa’s cheeks when she opened the narrow window to let the smoke from her candle drift out. Winter was close. You could feel it in the w...
2025-08-11 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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It was difficult to escape Kana’s awareness.
But not impossible.
Past midnight, long after the academy had quieted and the halls fell still, Suri moved.
She left a [Dopp...
2025-08-09 14:03:20 +0000 UTC
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Roa crouched in the underbrush, eyes fixed on the trio.
Especially her.
Suri.
[Camouflage] still veiled her from sight, her breath slowed, her presence a...
2025-08-08 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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The break ended before it ever truly began.
Wor-en returned, trailed by a few older students carrying crates of materials. Rocks. Wooden logs. Training equipment that had seen better years.
2025-08-07 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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The first day of the week arrived with the sun just barely crawling over the academy walls. The training field, usually quiet at this hour, was packed with students—half of them still yawning and...
2025-08-06 10:12:02 +0000 UTC
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They hadn’t even cleared the dungeon yet, but the forest suddenly gave way to a clearing—broad and damp, with water trickling across smooth stone. At its heart stood a creature far larger than ...
2025-08-05 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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Leo had a dozen questions, each louder than the last in his mind. But he said nothing.
Not yet.
“It should be close,” Suri muttered, eyes scanning with the help of her illusions, th...
2025-08-04 10:12:00 +0000 UTC
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It was the fifth day of the week. Wor-en had expected this.
Of course they’d fail to fill their ranks. Too few wanted to join a team from the copper class, and fewer still were willing to s...
2025-08-02 10:12:04 +0000 UTC
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The next day arrived, and the academy halls grew louder with the chaos of recruitment. Students from every class were stationed outside classrooms, trying to fill their team rosters for the new sub...
2025-08-01 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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After attending History, Art, and Geography, Kana made her way to the training grounds for Dagger Mastery I. Coincidentally, today’s Geography class had focused heavily on the northern r...
2025-07-31 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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As Kana made her way back to the dormitory, she spotted Boris and Suri waiting beneath the tree near the narrow street. Boris held a large basket, the unmistakable scent of meat wafting from it—l...
2025-07-30 10:12:01 +0000 UTC
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Kana hadn’t slept much.
She was finally a step closer.
An orphanage. A place for them. A real place—not just a warm meal or a blanket on a cold night, but something permane...
2025-07-29 10:25:14 +0000 UTC
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Professor Dufer and Fin stood outside the copper classroom door, neither eager to be the first to enter. An awkward pause stretched between them. Fin, ever the deferential one when nobles were invo...
2025-07-28 10:06:02 +0000 UTC
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The torches in the boss chamber flared to life all at once—an unnatural, synchronized ignition that bathed the ancient stone in a flickering orange glow.
Dust stirred from the ground.
2025-07-26 13:59:53 +0000 UTC
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Boris stood alone.
Almost two dozen Black Scorpions closed in—massive creatures, chitin glistening under the sky with no sun. They moved slowly, deliberately, forming a wide arc around him,...
2025-07-25 10:18:01 +0000 UTC
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Before they entered the dungeon, they took a moment to crouch beneath the shade of a makeshift tent made by the soldiers stationed there. The desert winds howled faintly behind them, carrying grain...
2025-07-24 10:35:43 +0000 UTC
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Suri had told them earlier—they were hired for a raid tonight. A low-high level dungeon run. They would be hired finally as Dungeon Scrappers.
She adjusted her cloak as she peeked ...
2025-07-23 10:23:13 +0000 UTC
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It was late in the afternoon, most classes were already finished. Kana followed Professor Dufer in silence. Her curiosity peaked—she wanted to ask what this was all about—but her nerves kept he...
2025-07-22 10:16:02 +0000 UTC
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It used to be once or twice a week. But lately, Wor-en showed up almost every morning, strolling into the copper classroom like it was part of his daily routine. At first, it raised a few eyebrows...
2025-07-21 10:34:38 +0000 UTC
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Andel hated the Academy. Hated his class.
The Kergastel bloodline was known for one thing—[Knight]. His father was one. His eldest three brothers were already leading plato...
2025-07-19 13:16:03 +0000 UTC
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When the weekend arrived, the trio made their way to the commoner district.
The difference from the central district was immediate—no polished stone walkways, no wide avenues for decorative...
2025-07-18 10:20:56 +0000 UTC
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It had been another long, tiring day for Asha and Opel.
Asha worked in the Central District, using her cold-type magic to help preserve meat for local shopkeepers. Several butchers relied on ...
2025-07-17 10:15:57 +0000 UTC
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It looked odd—a man of his size, broad-shouldered and scarred by battle, hunched over a desk with a quill, holding it delicately. Ink-stained fingers scratched across parchment.
Just a year...
2025-07-16 10:17:59 +0000 UTC
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Suri waited until Kana was asleep.
Only then did she cast [Doppelganger], shaping the illusion to mimic her sleeping form perfectly—rising breath, subtle twitches, a half-c...
2025-07-15 10:21:13 +0000 UTC
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Boris narrowed his gaze at the four figures standing before him. His grip tightened around the shaft of his spear.
The helplessness, the humiliation. The shadow man had moved like mist, struc...
2025-07-14 10:08:01 +0000 UTC
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