A tense atmosphere hung in the air after Jia’s question. Anyone else might have been offended by the accusatory tone in her voice, but Dae simply chuckled.
“Why am I here? Well, more or l...
2021-12-31 22:11:50 +0000 UTC View PostFinding the gang’s base of operations had been pretty easy, all things considered. Jia’s memories served her well, despite how long it had been since she’d last prowled the streets of Yangye....
2021-12-29 22:08:35 +0000 UTC View PostIn the end, Lee Jung agreed to let Jia take Narae in as an apprentice, though Jia wasn’t a fan of the title. Apprentice felt too impersonal—Lee Narae was her sister, and Jia would prefer their ...
2021-12-27 20:54:09 +0000 UTC View Post“I still can’t believe you’re a mage now.”
Lee Jung repeated herself for at least the third time since they’d left her shack. Even after being healed, her body was so weak that she ...
2021-12-24 21:13:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there! Tsuu has finally gotten back to me with WIPs for the commissions from the last poll. She's been pretty busy lately, but I'm very happy with how these have turned out. You might noticed t...
2021-12-22 23:12:42 +0000 UTC View PostLee Jung was not as Jia remembered her, but neither could she be mistaken for anyone else. Her once-beautiful brown hair had grown thin and patchy, and her hazel eyes had gone dull and gray. Her lo...
2021-12-22 20:54:54 +0000 UTC View PostLee Narae. Lee Jia told herself it didn’t mean anything—it was a common name—but her mind raced with possibilities. Yangye had felt familiar, even if she didn’t explicitly remember the peop...
2021-12-20 21:40:31 +0000 UTC View Post“Elementals?”
Jia was surprised. Jianmo had never so much as mentioned elementals as a potential faction. Supposedly the number of deities in the divine realm powerful enough to break thr...
2021-12-17 20:20:31 +0000 UTC View Post“You guys are so going to get me fired!”
Yoshika had just spent the last few hours filling Ja Yun in on her relationship with Jianmo, her vague quest to recover the artifact that...
2021-12-15 20:51:07 +0000 UTC View PostJia stared at Jianmo in confusion.
“Wait, back up—I feel like we’ve skipped a step somewhere? Sacred Arts? Isn’t that a xiantian thing? Only xiantian cultivators can control divine es...
2021-12-13 19:33:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe trip to Yangye was not nearly as eventful as their travels from Noguchi to Nayeong. The gaudy palanquin had been replaced by a simple carriage drawn by oxen instead of being carried around by p...
2021-12-10 20:48:39 +0000 UTC View PostJia and Eui were meditating with Heian when Tae In-Su came knocking on the door to their quarters in the not-so-temporary consulate. It was unusual for Tae to come visit them directly—usually, he...
2021-12-08 19:55:57 +0000 UTC View PostThough she was a little bit leery about leaving her fate in the hands of the person who’d had her thrown out of that very city years ago, Jia had to admit that Tae In-Su seemed to be making good ...
2021-12-06 19:03:06 +0000 UTC View PostA bloody field of corpses stretches before her in an endless tide of red, drowning out everything else. She strode across it, searching for survivors and recognizing the faces of the dead. Natu...
2021-12-03 20:40:55 +0000 UTC View Post“Pfhahaha! Tae In-Su!? How the fuck did he think that was a good thing?”
Eui was doubled over in laughter after hearing Jia’s retelling of what had happened. As promised, the c...
2021-12-01 20:56:55 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a little bit surreal, walking through the familiar shanty town outside of Nayeong’s walls. Well, technically Jia and her escort weren’t walking through it, since the slum-dwelli...
2021-11-29 20:06:04 +0000 UTC View PostA Yamato-style forced march really was quite impressive. Without time wasted on resting or carrying around that ridiculous palanquin, what would have been the last week of their journey took only a...
2021-11-26 20:14:15 +0000 UTC View PostIt wasn’t until after a full day of running that the group finally relaxed enough to return to a more normal pace and settle down a little bit. The retreat towards Goryeo had been surprisingly or...
2021-11-24 21:44:17 +0000 UTC View PostYoshika stood frozen in the overwhelming presence of the mysterious xiantian level cultivator. He did not wear the same uniform as the demon hunters, and the casually oppressive force of his domain...
2021-11-22 21:29:49 +0000 UTC View PostJia tried to suppress her panic as one of Rika’s clones went to confront the enemy cultivators—her real body staying hidden within the palanquin.
“What do we do? Should we hide? What if...
2021-11-19 20:20:48 +0000 UTC View PostOver the next few days, Jia and Eui spent their time reviewing what they knew about spellcraft and cross-referencing that with what Hattori could share of onmyouji techniques. As Yoshika, they redo...
2021-11-17 19:49:28 +0000 UTC View PostThere was quite a bit of excitement after the demonstrations, and Lord Noguchi was intent on keeping the mood going, but when Hayakawa made an excuse to retire for the night Yoshika and Rika were q...
2021-11-15 17:51:55 +0000 UTC View PostAfter thoroughly trouncing Rika, Yoshika was just beginning to worry that she’d overdone it when Lord Noguchi broke the silence.
“Kami preserve me, you weren’t boasting, were you? I don...
2021-11-12 20:12:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe rest of the dinner passed relatively uneventfully as Hayakawa and Lord Noguchi discussed some vaguely political sounding things that Jia didn’t pay much attention to. With the exhibition agre...
2021-11-10 21:33:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe guest quarters assigned to Jia and Eui were easily the nicest accommodations that either of them had ever experienced. The room was as large as the entire house that they’d lived in back at t...
2021-11-08 20:02:42 +0000 UTC View Post
The commissions from the September poll are finally finished, and they turned out amazing! But wait, who's that? Yoshika wasn't on the poll, but after so many requests for her, I figured there was ...
2021-11-07 02:39:41 +0000 UTC View PostAfter bidding farewell to Lady Tennin and the villagers of Urayama, Jia and Eui left with Hayakawa and Rika to return to the provincial capital of Noguchi. Before leaving, Jia gifted the Ito family...
2021-11-05 18:38:19 +0000 UTC View Post“You were hunting beasts in the wilderness the entire time!?”
Rika shook the entire table as she smacked it for emphasis, nearly spilling tea everywhere. After some brief tension, the gro...
2021-11-03 19:33:26 +0000 UTC View PostTakeda Rika was currently regretting her decisions. She hated Lord Noguchi’s stupid face and his simpering attitude. She hated getting dressed up in a kimono and wearing makeup. She hated the def...
2021-11-01 19:40:51 +0000 UTC View PostIt had been a few days since their arrival, but there wasn’t a whole lot to do in the village of Urayama. Despite its size, the village didn’t even have anything like an inn. Instead, Jia and E...
2021-10-29 19:23:52 +0000 UTC View Post