It was early in the morning. I sat in front of an old desk at the abandoned library inside the branch office of Farcrest’s Alchemist Guild with a stack of paper and a quill in my hand. Traveling half the city each time I wanted to do proper rune...
2025-08-05 23:44:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe following months flew by. Nobody tried to kill me or my students, Evelisse barely showed signs of life, Astur treated me like royalty, and Byrne continued acting unaware of my Runeweaver Class. Once a week, I got a stack of letters from Elinci...
2025-08-01 22:10:23 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Sorry for the delay, I was trapped in traffic :((
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I followed Talindra to the dueling platform, but instead of summoning her spider legs, she knelt in the center of the platform, her hands carefully resting on her lap. She ...
2025-07-27 03:34:13 +0000 UTC View PostI used a mana hand to drag the teacher’s chair across the room and sat by Evelisse’s side while the cadets performed sword drills. I crossed my arms and watched the class develop like my old P.E. teacher, Sitting Bull, used to do. I wondered w...
2025-07-19 03:04:02 +0000 UTC View PostTalindra threw daggers at me as the royal delegation entered the classroom.
I added ‘bad friend’ to my List of Misdeeds just below murder, arson, and indecisiveness. The list continued, but those three plagued his mind the most lat...
2025-07-11 20:37:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe success of Cabbage Class at the selection exam had consequences I hadn’t expected. Suddenly, our classroom had turned into something like a tourist attraction. Astur had been considerate enough to give me the heads-up a few days before the u...
2025-07-05 05:00:35 +0000 UTC View PostHey, y'all.
Thanks for your words of encouragement, they meant a lot!
I feel much better now. The general drowsiness is almost completely gone, and after two weeks of mind fog, I finally have complex thoughts again (lol). Writing whil...
2025-06-30 03:19:34 +0000 UTC View Post“If you want to meet them, turn yourself into an asset they can’t ignore,” Ralgar said, turning towards the working desk and putting the flask of crimson fluid out of the fire with a long set of pliers.
Luciflorae Revelation Co...
2025-06-30 02:10:52 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
I'm sorry for the delays in the chapters this past week. I haven't been in great health. My thyroid seems to have gone on strike, and I have been dealing with extreme fatigue and problems staying focused on anything that requir...
2025-06-24 03:32:52 +0000 UTC View Post“Do you want potions? Yes or no?”
“What do you have?” Firana asked, straightening in her seat.
The librarian sat across us, pulled an enchanted glass cup from his pocket, and put it face down on the table. Suddenly, an opaque b...
2025-06-24 03:12:58 +0000 UTC View Post“Do you want our robes?” Lip asked.
“Yes,” Firana replied. “And Jax’s glasses.”
“Okay.”
I was starting to see the outlines of Firana’s plan. She intended to trace the origins of the Energy Boost Potions from t...
2025-06-20 06:29:02 +0000 UTC View PostAfter reading Byrne’s note, I channeled [Minor Aerokinesis] and launched into the sky, over the outer wall, and down the cliff. Part of me refused to believe Vanira was dead, but the evidence was undeniable. When I reached the chambers of the Na...
2025-06-15 08:01:50 +0000 UTC View Post“W-we went into a rally in this shady place. I swear I didn’t want to go. They told us we could be as strong as nobles. Improve our classes. Get levels easily. T-they gave us those potions, but I swear, I told Vanira not to drink them,” the ...
2025-06-11 22:56:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe System prompts piled before my eyes. Surprisingly enough, writing down rune strings was enough to trigger Class progress. It had been a while since I had sat down for a proper lesson, and I felt like I was cruising through the lesson. Byrne wa...
2025-06-07 06:41:27 +0000 UTC View PostI was walking down the avenue connecting the Academy with the Library when the sun fell behind the hills. Night in Cadria fell quickly, and service gnomes climbed the posts and ignited the lamp burners. Down the street, another gnome squad refille...
2025-06-04 06:22:41 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone. Hope you are doing well.
I have an important announcement regarding changes in the rewards of all the tiers. Starting in June, I will stop producing the monthly Patreon Exclusive Chapter and focus on working on a novel-length s...
2025-06-01 04:54:50 +0000 UTC View PostIt took Cabbage Class nine hours and thirty minutes to finish the selection exam, and I couldn’t be prouder. A hundred cadets had exited the maze through the ‘winners’ side, but none looked like a winner. Those who managed to complete the ma...
2025-05-31 05:33:33 +0000 UTC View PostMalkah’s team outwitted Astur’s cadets, but the moment of respite was short. After a few sharp turns and deceitfully similar corridors, they stumbled upon a swarm of Rustclaws led by a huge Alpha. The boys couldn’t turn back for fear of meet...
2025-05-28 06:39:30 +0000 UTC View Post“Mister Clarke’s Gloomstalker projection didn’t shoot spears from its tail!” Cedrinor shouted as he glanced at the stakes buried deep in the soil.
The Gloomstalkers I had seen before, during the Lich’s Monster Surge, were abo...
2025-05-24 02:49:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe selection exam started just as we had predicted. Low-level monsters blocked the paths to the maze's heart, with a few more threatening ones scattered around. Beasts, slimes, insectoids, arachnids, and many more monsters not native to Farcrest ...
2025-05-21 05:13:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe Nychtys Queen floated gracefully in the air, looking at Leonie and Aeliana with predatory eyes. Her laughter was eerie, not completely human, like the distant sound of water mistaken for the crowd's chattering. The spring sun made her orange m...
2025-05-18 22:52:54 +0000 UTC View PostWith a thousand totems hidden in the maze, only half of the cadets could meet the requirements to pass the exam. My greatest concern, however, was that the exam promoted deception, sabotage, and conflict among cadets. Although no cadet exceeded th...
2025-05-14 23:20:37 +0000 UTC View Post“Hypothetically speaking. How hard could it be to kill Archivist Byrne now that he knows we are coming for him?”
“Ilya, no.”
“He’s a Runeweaver, so we should assume he has a contingency plan.”
“Zaon!”
The ...
2025-05-11 07:48:58 +0000 UTC View PostByrne stumbled upon magic in the 1970s after his first business venture went south. Before becoming a real estate tycoon, he was a gold smuggler moving bullion for those eager to evade government control: drug cartels, arms dealers, and pa...
2025-05-08 05:19:56 +0000 UTC View PostWE’VE GOT A BOGEY AT 5 O’CLOCK, RANGE 45 METERS.
I turned towards the doors and pushed Ilya behind my back. My eyes scanned the entrance, but nothing stood out besides a group of Preceptors and Archivists, draped...
2025-05-04 21:49:27 +0000 UTC View PostIlya and I entered the antechamber arm-in-arm. The vaulted ceiling arched ten meters over my head, like the room had been designed for giants instead of regular people. The pillars were carved with vines and statues of the royal house’s ...
2025-05-01 03:23:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Don’t push it too hard, Aeliana! Tomorrow is the big day!” Talindra shouted, standing on the edge of the fireplace.
Aeliana completed her spin, elegant like a ballerina, and her sword returned to her hand. The...
2025-04-27 05:58:27 +0000 UTC View PostPlotting an assassination wasn’t on my isekai bingo card, but Byrne was a huge question mark that I wasn’t going to leave unchecked. The System Avatar told me Byrne kept his runeweaving skills even after parting ways, and it was also s...
2025-04-24 02:51:51 +0000 UTC View Post“And on the seventh day, the cadets rested. But unlike the cadets, the Scholar had many things to do,” I said, examining the runes on Red’s enchanted flail.
It was a difficult one, even with [Rune Identificatio...
2025-04-19 07:44:59 +0000 UTC View Post