Beginning Class Selection
Isabella’s eyes opened, and the world of her soul looked a lot like the garden just outside. Neatly tended flower beds broken up by straight paths lined with benches, the intersections of which co...
2025-11-24 19:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post“Miss Lily, perhaps I could take that role?”
Junior pounced!
“Huh?”
Lily was shocked!
The Gods and Goddesses had been really fast with that one…
“Oh, right, you don’t know my qualifications. I graduated ...
2025-11-22 21:29:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe job interviews were a big success!
There were a lot of people looking for work, especially people looking for first jobs!
Lily’s offer of ten dollars per half shift was super competitive!
But, before Lily could finish her i...
2025-11-21 22:15:13 +0000 UTC View PostIsabella stormed through the entrance to her family’s manor, guards trailing behind her until the moment the gate shut. The moment it did, Tomás sprinted with a speed that would have surprised her, dashing ahead and into the manor.
But sh...
2025-11-21 19:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostSally sighed.
She was proud of her daughter.
Really, she was!
Setting up two restaurants in their little village in as many weeks was really impressive.
And it was almost enough to cover their debts.
Not quite enough,...
2025-11-20 22:59:09 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a storm rolling in. The light outside was dimming fast under the dark clouds, and a cacophony of shouts poured out of the Adventurer’s Guild and into the streets along with the lamplight spilling from the windows.
“Call up the ...
2025-11-20 19:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostIt had been an annoyingly long process to gather information on the Aspirant Knight’s personal Smith.
For a long time, it hadn’t even been certain he was a Smith. Although he had certainly made a splash almost as soon as he pass...
2025-11-19 19:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostDinner time…
Was even crazier than lunch time had been!
But, for Lily, she was able to take a step back and just look at what was going on.
It started as the market stalls closed.
Some stalls take longer to close than oth...
2025-11-19 18:40:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, Lily woke up bright and early.
It was going to be the first day her second location was open!
She said some quick morning prayers, and fed Mr. Cat some breakfast, and then they were off!
She met Hazel at the but...
2025-11-18 20:52:20 +0000 UTC View PostNine months later.
The Assassin was fleeing for his life.
Everything had been going great for the last two years.
The work was easy, the pay was good, and his levels had increased steadily.
Signing up with the Horn...
2025-11-18 19:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostA maid hurried to bring over a glass of water, and the blonde Knight’s retainer cleared his throat, and then for once his face went from red to normal, rather than the other way around as he looked at Isabella.
“Ahem, my apologies. Howe...
2025-11-17 19:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostAlice was a short young woman wearing a blue and white dress, and she had blonde hair and blue eyes. She gave everyone a small smile and a nod.
Becky.
Lily.
The ghosts.
And Mr. Cat.
...Huh?
Lily squinted her eye...
2025-11-17 18:32:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, Hazel arrived at the butcher’s shop to meet Lily looking inordinately proud of herself.
She was practically beaming! She had a huge smile! She rivaled the early morning dawn in brightness!
“Miss Lily! Good morning! Gu...
2025-11-16 19:57:27 +0000 UTC View Post“Absolutely. I think Lilyburgers has real potential. I understand you’re having some minor cashflow problems right now, and you have other expenses you need to deal with…”
George said all this, and laced his fingers on his belly as h...
2025-11-15 19:58:47 +0000 UTC View PostIsabella turned, and there was the blonde foreigner boy, James. He bowed gracefully, though with slightly imperfect form. She curtsied in response. “Good morning to you, too…” she paused, waiting for him to fill in a title or his class, but ...
2025-11-14 19:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post“Now, Lily,” the mayor said as they walked towards the green. “Normally in golf, players go in order of who is farthest from the hole. So this time, you should go first. I wanted to give you a good example last time, but now we’ll play a b...
2025-11-14 18:34:03 +0000 UTC View PostSeveral weeks after Sarah created the Finder Class, and took it as her second, Brawler and Homemaker Helen finished wrapping up her business in the capital of Asufal and departed, just in time before the winter snows made travel difficult...
2025-11-13 19:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostUp in heaven, the Gods of Business and Golf were getting excited.
Yep, there’s a God of Golf!
Gods and Goddesses are born grow from peoples’ prayers!
Lots of people who do business and play golf do a lot of praying.<...
2025-11-13 18:49:38 +0000 UTC View PostThey got back inside, and Gertrude pulled out a binder from behind her desk.
“Okay, so what kind of work is it?” she asked.
Lily explained.
“It’s cooking and selling work! In the morning we get the ingredients, then we co...
2025-11-12 19:14:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe Smith had had, practically, a perfect day. He had managed to walk unescorted to the Enchanter’s Guild, attended a class on Enchanting, learned much, met the love of his life, made new friends who were also Enchanters, managed to walk home un...
2025-11-12 19:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostIt wasn’t a complicated story. The mother had been shopping that morning, and looked away for just a moment, and then her son was gone. Nobody nearby had seen anything, the city guards were useless, and after an hour of looking, she had come to ...
2025-11-11 19:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostLily woke up, and there were now three ghosts in her room!
Also, Mr. Cat was there too! He was curled up on top of her dresser, sleeping!
He was so cute!
A big ball of beautiful blue-grey fur!
Meanwhile…
The ghosts ...
2025-11-10 20:07:26 +0000 UTC View PostMagic power input. Input regulation. Runic invocation. Elemental conversion. Spell formation. Activation conditions. Termination conditions. Magic power output regulations. Safety circuits.
The rest of the day’s lesson was a whirlwind of u...
2025-11-10 19:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostLily’s Papa sat stiffly in his chair, trying not to move his back. He nodded, backing up his wife’s explanation.
“That’s right, almost five thousand a month,” he said. “And there’s no way we can pay it, so we have to go to debt...
2025-11-09 16:45:59 +0000 UTC View PostIt was the fourth day of running the cart, and Lily was getting the hang of things. Like the mister ghosts said, she practiced her customer service, trying to remember her customers’ names and what they liked to order.
The girl from yester...
2025-11-08 20:23:24 +0000 UTC View PostJames froze a moment, suddenly glad he was sitting behind everyone else. At least they weren’t all staring at him, just the teacher.
“Uh, it’s putting… magic… in an object, I think?”
The room was utterly silent for a moment...
2025-11-07 19:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh!” Lily said. “The God of Death sent ghosts to tell me the recipe!”
Hazel looked down at the little girl with brown hair and bright blue eyes who was clearly lying.
“You know, if you wanted to keep it a secret, you could h...
2025-11-07 18:55:27 +0000 UTC View PostIt was sooooo good!
“Mmmmmm!”
The bun perfectly encapsulated the burst of savory flavors of the ground beef patty, the cheese, the ketchup, and the little bit of pickle!
It was a symphony of flavor! An orchestra of optimal nu...
2025-11-07 18:46:14 +0000 UTC View PostBored, and her interest now piqued, Sarah walked at a somewhat fast pace in the direction of the crying child, still muffled and faint, and traced it to the line of carts waiting to exit the city gates. The noise was enough to overwhelm a child’...
2025-11-06 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe ghosts froze like an old VHS tape, flickering between frames.
Up in heaven, a klaxon siren, like for an air raid, started going off.
Weeeeeeeehhhhhhhh weeeeeeeehhhhhhhh…
It was an emergency!
“Who did this?!...
2025-11-06 16:53:31 +0000 UTC View Post