The sliding door towards the back half of their train was occupied by the overnight cabins and the toilets. Different from most passengers on this long journey, Thurain himself didn't have a ...
2020-04-06 06:08:59 +0000 UTC View Post“He's a cultivator! Just look at his robes! Not even a poor person would would wear something this shabby, so he must be a hidden master!” A young girl around fifteen years of age had sto...
2020-04-06 06:08:05 +0000 UTC View PostIn eternal struggle, red chased after blue. A giant snake of yang relentlessly chased after a little fleck of yin, fire after water, always round and round in an endless circle, along a cours...
2020-04-06 06:05:59 +0000 UTC View PostHeyo, people. Hermit here.
As promised, here are the first few chapters of my new novel. Though they're a bit late, to be fair. I've been struggling with the title and character names a lot a...
2020-04-06 06:03:48 +0000 UTC View PostOnce they had made a comprehensive plan of attack, Sumaci finally made her fire and fashioned a torch for Corco to use in his exploration. Now armed with light, as well as an axe salvaged fro...
2020-04-06 05:46:24 +0000 UTC View Post As Mayu stormed towards Corco, his scrunched up face darkened further.
“Where did she go?” he asked from between his teeth. Even from a distance, Corco had been able to smell t...
2020-04-06 05:43:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe trip back through the island wasn't a long one for Corco. While in reality, the place was larger than in his cartoon imagination, it was still small enough to be crossed on foot in a sing...
2020-04-06 05:41:11 +0000 UTC View PostHello, hermit here.
Yes, I just got finished posting the 24 chapters I've owed. Honestly, the inconsistency has become a huge problem. For me it's mostly a combination of bad luck,...
2020-04-01 05:45:03 +0000 UTC View Post “While you were away, there has been a message from Arguna.”
When the king entered his study again, Fadelio was already greeting him with new work before he had sat down.
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In a different life, during his youth, Corco used to love old cartoons. To him, the cliché imagery of a person stranded on a lonely island had always possessed an innocent charm. The tiny is...
2020-04-01 04:02:50 +0000 UTC View Post A violent cough assaulted Atau, which caused him to drop the cup in his hand, and the drink with it.
Ever since he had experienced his first sip, the admiral had been a big fan of ...
2020-04-01 03:32:43 +0000 UTC View Post“And under the crystalline shore
Not anger nor sorrow remain
Their hearts were no more as before
The sun would rise once again”
Atop the stag...
2020-04-01 03:30:59 +0000 UTC View Post In the end, Sami and Chanca had found a place for themselves soon after, but it wasn't the place they had envisioned.
With a drawn-out sigh, Sami glanced through the di...
2020-04-01 03:28:42 +0000 UTC View PostNever before had Sami felt this cold in summer. Though he really shouldn't have been surprised, since that was exactly what he had signed up for back in Vallunaraju. His home had always been ...
2020-04-01 03:26:59 +0000 UTC View PostWhile the signs of nature within and around Harkay improved Ulan's mood a lot, they didn't help her find work, or a place to sleep for the night. As she looked around for either, she soon rea...
2020-04-01 03:25:54 +0000 UTC View PostA single bad day was all it had taken to uproot Ulan's precarious life. In the streets of Arguna, she used to be known as the beauty with the silver tongue. Back then, she had sung for whoeve...
2020-04-01 03:24:49 +0000 UTC View Post Cold winds whipped swathes of water across the deck, harsh enough that the border between sea and air blurred.
“Hold fast!” Atau screamed against the endless roars ...
2020-04-01 01:04:11 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Itzali had handed the earthen vial back to Naoka, the three men inside the palanquin became silent. Without any further interruptions, they made their way through the gates of the Silve...
2020-04-01 01:03:25 +0000 UTC View PostFor the first time in years, the ghost warriors' hideout above the Stone's Throw chess shop had seen a real change in its décor. A soft hum rang through the room now, its source sat atop a l...
2020-04-01 01:02:39 +0000 UTC View PostMellana had been born a noble lady. As one of great general Atoc's daughters, she had been afforded special treatment from birth. All her life, she had been special, unique even among the nob...
2020-04-01 00:40:29 +0000 UTC View PostAbove Itzali's head, the tent flapped in the wind. Like a river that washes away the dirt, a fresh breeze rushed through and swept away the stench all around, if only for a moment. As the doc...
2020-04-01 00:38:39 +0000 UTC View PostKing Corco's study hadn't changed much since Antaya's last visit, but the changes were impossible to overlook nonetheless. Ever since she had entered the room, she had been asked to just sit ...
2020-04-01 00:37:11 +0000 UTC View Post Damn, damn, damn!
Over the past few days, Kizco hadn't slept very well. In his nightmares, the motionless face of a noble lady with a stern face and sharp eyes kept appear...
2020-03-31 23:55:52 +0000 UTC View PostOnly five days after the fire in Saniya's flintlock manufactory, regular operations were about to resume. At first, there had been an extensive investigation, with police everywhere in and ar...
2020-03-31 23:52:56 +0000 UTC View PostWhile the city's police was busy preventing a panic outside Chukru, the scene on the island itself wasn't the nightmare scenario many would have expected. All across Medala, a city fire would...
2020-03-31 23:51:40 +0000 UTC View PostEarlier, when the apprentices had entered the manufactory's hall, the street outside had been almost empty. By the time they returned back to the light, the roads were packed with people. How...
2020-03-31 23:50:40 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the time the sky over Saniya had still been dark, a row of young apprentices had stood at the ready in front of the city's newest manufactory. Now that dawn broke, some were tired and so...
2020-03-31 23:48:56 +0000 UTC View PostAround the time Antaya and her two children were enjoying their afternoon stroll, Corco was looking through the list of doctors he had received from Tama just before she had left. Although he...
2020-03-31 23:47:52 +0000 UTC View PostWhile much of Saniya had been rebuilt since Corco's takeover, the public bath was still the same as it had always been. Just like in most of Medala's cities, the public bath of Saniya was a c...
2020-03-31 23:46:26 +0000 UTC View PostOn Antaya's journey through Saniya's old town, she was astonished by the familiar images around her. Although she had never been to Saniya before, it looked much like Arguna did: A chaotic me...
2020-03-31 23:45:21 +0000 UTC View Post