Chapter 46
This whole time, I’d been thinking of the barrier as something of a myth. The village obviously functioned fine without a barrier and had been for years. Based on Father’s story, I’d made som...
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Chapter 45
I started by doing a quick lap around the manor. There were six alarm wards and two more trapped doors, both of which I marked for further investigation. I’d come back and see what was behind the...
2023-12-06 12:45:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 44
It was the moment of truth. I’d snuck down the hallway, made sure my mana core was topped off, checked every single doorway for wards and traps, removed yet another paralysis trap on the handle, ...
2023-12-06 02:13:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 43
I did not have the luxury to explore all night. If nothing else, it was significantly darker inside the manor than it had been outside, requiring me to expend a steady stream of mana to maintain sh...
2023-12-05 12:38:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 42
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2023-12-04 17:29:38 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 41
We were about a mile from the village when Mother abruptly stopped in place. Father, who’d been walking next to her, glanced over and halted as well. “What’s wrong?” he asked.
Dusk wa...
2023-12-04 12:32:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 40
My first impression of a dust jackal was that it looked like a dog with stork legs that were far too long for its body. It had dark brown earthy-colored fur on its back, and lighter dusty brown, al...
2023-12-04 03:05:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 39
“I don’t want to do this,” Father said.
“I’m sure you’ll be fine,” Mother told him.
“You can do it, Dad. You practiced a lot,” Senica added.
He turned to look at...
2023-12-03 13:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 38
“Raro aevinta temin,” Father said in time with the mana swirling through him.
“No. Not temin. Temun,” I corrected.
“Does it matter? You said the words were j...
2023-12-02 15:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 37
It took me a second to get back into the rhythm of things, and even though I’d given this speech many, many times in my past life, it suddenly felt awkward to be doing it again now. But I’d giv...
2023-12-02 12:53:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 36
I waited for Father to finish congratulating Senica on her new bracelet before I stood up. None of us were exactly getting any privacy here, but then again, it wasn’t like we’d had a lot back h...
2023-12-02 00:22:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 35
Author's Note: This is a bonus chapter for hitting the 250 new patrons milestone! This one seriously couldn't have happened without all of you guys directly. Thank you so much for your supp...
2023-12-01 13:37:38 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 34
Iskara stared at my father, waiting for an answer. I could practically see the gears turning in her head, measuring, cataloguing, and assessing him. She took a step forward, then another.
“...
2023-12-01 13:37:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 33
Whoever the person walking across the dry, dead earth was, they could obviously sense mana from a distance. It was impressive, in a way. Almost no one I’d met since awakening had that kind of ski...
2023-12-01 13:36:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 32
Author's Note: This is a bonus chapter for hitting the 2500 follower milestone on Royal Road.
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The procedure to transfer control of Nermet to Fath...
2023-12-01 13:36:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 31
The mana sniffer slowly picked its way up the face of the cliff. Considering just how bulky and thick-limbed it was, I was a bit surprised by how much agility it had on display. I wasn’t convince...
2023-12-01 13:36:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 30
Once Father’s mana was spinning as fast as he could get it to go, I started pulling mana through my own core and releasing it into the air. A basic storage crystal would have been better here sin...
2023-12-01 13:35:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 29
Author's Note: This is a bonus chapter for reaching the front page of Rising Stars. Boy, there are some harsh critics up there. Lots of bad ratings in the last day!
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2023-12-01 13:34:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 28
Breaking the sleeping enchantment on my father took about a minute and a half. Noctra had poured far more mana than was necessary into it, and that ended up working against me as it had been used a...
2023-12-01 13:34:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 27
Author's note: This is a bonus milestone chapter for reaching 1000 followers on Royal Road.
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It took a bit more scrying to pinpoint exactly where ...
2023-12-01 13:33:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 26
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2023-12-01 13:33:37 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 25
The hardest part of cleaning out the storage room was reaching the draw stones on the top shelves. There was a chair, but even standing on that, it was a struggle to get to the top two rows. I ende...
2023-11-30 12:50:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 24
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Chapter 23
Author's Note: Keiran broke into the top 1000 ranked stories on Royal Road. I'm posting a bonus chapter to celebrate the milestone!
Chapter 22
Author's note: This is a bonus milestone chapter for reaching 1000 followers on Royal Road.
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The village didn’t really have a problem with theft...
2023-11-27 12:50:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 21
Author's Note: Keiran is doing fantastic right now, but it is starting to stagnate on the Rising Stars list. If you haven't already I would appreciate if you took the time to visit the RR p...
2023-11-25 16:16:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 20
Author's Note: Keiran has reached the top 500 ranked stories on Royal Road. I've posted a bonus chapter to celebrate the milestone.
Chapter 19
Divination was a challenging field of magic. It wasn’t just about casting the spell. There was also the result to consider. Good divination spells parsed the information in a way that allowed a m...
2023-11-23 13:07:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 18
Mages had a lot of tools, which could make it hard to know which one was best used to solve the problem at hand. There were a lot of factors to consider too, things like who and what the target is,...
2023-11-22 12:31:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 17
My parents gave each other uneasy glances, but neither looked over in my direction. I was sure that was what they were thinking though, that my interference had drawn someone’s attention and it h...
2023-11-21 12:38:55 +0000 UTC View Post