Small correction: I’ve referred to Lily as ‘Healer’ instead of Alchemist twice. It was a mistake. Her tag shows ‘Alchemist,’ and they don’t know what that is.
Lily had awoken to the relentless embrace of the Amunara desert, its vast expanses of sand unfolding beneath the harsh gaze of the sun.
She was perched atop her own camel, and she felt the sun's rays prickle against her pale skin, paler than a ghost after...
2024-03-03 22:28:44 +0000 UTC View PostAs the desert's deceptive calm shattered under the sudden onslaught of the Fortress Pincers, Vince's authoritative voice cut through the chaos with the precision of a well-aimed bullet, "Form a line! Protect the diggers and the camels!" His gaze, sharp as the blades of the creatures they faced, flicked momentarily to the young girl they had rescued, "Get back. You're useless here!" There was an urgency and a slight edge of panic in his tone. In the next instant, his attention snapped back to ...
2024-03-01 21:21:19 +0000 UTC View PostHello dears, this chapter didn't go through the usual editing process. Would you please let me know if you spot any problems with some sections or there are too many typos?
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The vast expanse of the desert stretched endlessly under the blistering sun, its golden sands shimmering in the relentless heat. A large column of people, a variety of men and women cloaked in flowy garbs, made their way through this desolate landscape on camelback. Th...
2024-02-25 23:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostSee you on Sunday!
It turned out that Lily did not, indeed, find another way out. There were no fake walls, no secret openings, not even traps. She had only found some weird holes that dug much deeper into the ground, and she had caught one or two scorpions coming out of them, which had most definitely convinced her not to venture down there. Moreover, even if she felt like doing an underground mission, there was no way for her to survive ...
2024-02-23 23:25:49 +0000 UTC View PostWhew, this one was hard to edit! I hope you'll enjoy it! 🐈🐈🐈
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As Lily stood in the ancient temple, the weight of her decision pressed heavily upon her. The options before her—Divine Insight and Eternal Challenger's Might—represented two very different paths, each carrying its own strengths and drawbacks.
The stagnant underground air entered her nostrils in humid whiffs as she licked her lips and surveyed her choices again.
Divine Insight had...
2024-02-18 23:01:57 +0000 UTC View PostWe're back!
Hello dears, I've had the time to sketch out the outline of book 2 and it was the most pleasant experience. Sure, it was a bit of labor, but I didn't mind since we are now getting to the more exciting, fight-y part. Lily's posed to meet many new people and face some exotic challenges in this new corner of the world! For now, though, she'll have to figure a few things out in this temple! 😼😼😼
One a side-note, I've peeked...
2024-02-16 22:11:48 +0000 UTC View PostHello dears, this is the end of volume 1! We've come a long way. Thank you for the support. I'll take one week break and then I'll start publishing volume 2! I wonder if you can guess which country inspired the next volume! 😼😼😼
Lily leaned in closer, her eyes fixed on the simple figure on the pages. The world around her seemed to dim, leaving only the image on the book, Hadrian, and herself in clear focus.
“The Akashic Record sugge...
2024-02-04 19:48:03 +0000 UTC View PostHello dears,
The next chapter is going to be the last of Volume 1! It will be posted on Sunday, however, because I need a little extra time for the editing!
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[*Ding!* Congratulations, you can now choose your First Class! Hopefully, you chose a peaceful place to make your choice because it will take some time! You’re about to become unconscious. Take care!]
Lily felt an electric surge of adrenaline.
As the wolf lunged with startling speed, Lily’s instincts took over. She sidestepped with practiced grace, seeing the monster’s rippling muscles through her Sphere of Perception, anticipating its trajectory, and barely evading the snapping jaws that sought to tear into her flesh. The sound of its teeth clashing mere inches from her reverberated through the chamber.
It's too fast! It’s too damn fast!
In the ferocious e...
2024-01-26 19:29:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe wolves started chasing her the moment she bolted.
Lily's heart pounded in her chest, a frantic drumbeat echoing by the entrance of the Dungeon. The cold air bit into her skin, but she barely felt it, her senses honed to razor–sharp focus. She rushed inside the Dungeon, fleeing from the pack of Wildsnow Wolves with their bared fangs and menacing growls already starting their hunt.
She glanced back, seeing the glint of moonlight on the ice and snow, creating an ethereal, dange...
2024-01-21 21:08:55 +0000 UTC View PostLily's world was a chaos of sounds and fury as she whispered her farewell to Manul, the [Necromancer] before her. The scroll, dropped into the flames with deceptive innocence, became the predecessor of death. As the fire consumed it, a low hum emerged.
The night air, once frigid, grew oppressively hot within the span of a heartbeat. The hum crescendoed into a roar, and Lily's vision blurred as a fierce light erupted from the fire. She felt the explosion more than she heard it; the shock...
2024-01-19 19:04:14 +0000 UTC View PostLily couldn’t help but grit her teeth; she hated the Church and all it stood for, but she also didn’t condone wanton massacre like the kind the [Necromancer] was sent to carry out in the Papal State. She didn’t owe anything to the Church. In a way, she didn’t really owe much to Hadrian either, considering all the knowledge they had traded. However, she still felt obligated to take care of this threat, no matter how dangerous.
Thankfully, Lily had an ace up her sleeve.
She ...
2024-01-14 20:41:50 +0000 UTC View PostSee you on Sunday!
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Wrapped in a cloak that shielded her from the biting cold, Lily trudged through the mountains. Her breaths emerged as puffs of mist that danced away into the frosty air, and her feet sunk into the knee-deep snow with every step she took. She was alone, save for the vast expanse of white that stretched endlessly before her. The snow-covered path beneath her was barely visible, a thin line wavering uncertainly through the wint...
2024-01-12 19:18:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe room was suffused with a quiet tension as Lucianus extended his hand, offering the ring that Lily had seen him wear countless times. It was a simple band of silver, unadorned yet elegant. Lily received it with a mixture of curiosity and reverence, her fingers brushing against the cool metal.
“Try it on,” Lucianus encouraged her, a soft smile playing on his lips.
With a hesitant motion, Lily slid the ring onto her index finger, feeling its weight – a tangible symbol of he...
2024-01-07 20:41:35 +0000 UTC View PostThis chapter was wrongly scheduled! Sorry, it was supposed to come out yesterday!
I'll see you on Sunday with the next one!
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It was hard for Lily not to feel a knot in her throat. She looked at the man who had barely aged over the years she had known him—her father, Lucianus. There was something inside her that still struggled to form the right words when she stood in front of him. It was, she had often reas...
2024-01-06 08:15:33 +0000 UTC View PostHello and Merry Christmas friends!
I hope you're having a very nice time with either your family and friends or even drinking some good wine by yourselves! I will take the upcoming week to recharge my batteries and spend some time with my family! Therefore, you'll see the next chapter during the first week of January!
Happy Holidays! 😼
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The sun was just beginning to dip below the horizon, casting long shadows over the undulating cou...
2023-12-24 21:50:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe Present
The night air was cool against Lily's skin, a sharp contrast to the stifling confines of the sewers she had just emerged from. The darkness of the city enveloped her like a cloak, offering a semblance of anonymity she desperately needed. Her heart was still racing, not from fear, though, but from the adrenaline of her recent encounter in the sewers and the resolve that had solidified within her. She needed to leave the capital, leave behind the painful memor...
2023-12-22 15:21:27 +0000 UTC View PostAfter many chonkers, a smaller chapter was due...
Have a wonderful Sunday!
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Four and a Half Weeks Prior
“She’s back,” [Pope] Ennius casually said during dinner while looking at his son and his wife who was making squeals of joy while playing with her little child.
“Who?” Lumius asked, barely raising his eyes from the plate.
“Aurora Claudia,” the [Pope] replied, studying his son’s reaction...
2023-12-17 19:55:38 +0000 UTC View PostSorry people but there have been a few formatting problem with my doc 😿 you might see bold missing because of a font change in the original doc. I'll be going over the doc when this arc concludes, but until then, please help me spot the bold text that isn't bolded if you can. Thank you in advance.
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The evening air was cool and crisp – a welcome relief after the relentless heat of yet another day spent in a tent. At the very least, this time, the tent fin...
2023-12-15 20:27:13 +0000 UTC View PostA big chonker chapter on a bonus day 😼
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“Please, don’t hurt them,” Lily said as she spoke to Ligea and Alexander inside her tent and sipped another Mana Potion that [Cardinal] Atticus had sent.
The two armored [Templars] looked at each other and hesitated.
“Dear…” Ligea started before shifting her gaze back to Alexander, who took over for his wife.
“Aurora, we are [Templars], not [Nannies]. If the civilians create...
2023-12-13 20:19:01 +0000 UTC View Post“What?” The [Healer], a grizzled man with scars and gray blisters over his face from years of involvement in the frontlines, looked Gentiliana right in the eyes and then skeptically at the tall girl by her side. “She’s what?” His tone mixed disbelief with a hint of mockery as if he had heard one too many false claims in these desperate times.
“She can clear the plague,” Gentiliana stated firmly, her voice cutting through the tense air in the tent. She turned to her niece, ...
2023-12-10 19:52:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe carriage rattled and creaked as it rolled through the cobblestone streets outside of Alalia, the capital city of the Papal State.
The carriage rounded a bend, and suddenly, Alalia’s huge city walls showed themselves. Lily took a deep breath.
It’s been three years since I’ve been home, she thought.
Lily, seated inside the carriage, peered out through the small window. The city was unusually quiet in the early morning, almost reminding her of the monastery...
2023-12-08 18:32:18 +0000 UTC View PostThree Years Later
In the dappled shade of the ancient forest, Lily stood straight but relaxed. The trees around her, towering and venerable, bore silent witness to her transformation over the past three years. Here, in this secluded grove, she had grown taller, and her stature had become more commanding, albeit her body had yet to fully fill out, still scrawny. Her presence, however, exuded an air of absolute confidence.
Her eyes were concealed beneath a blindfold...
2023-12-03 21:00:46 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the longest chapter I've written so far. I wanted to keep the whole 'training montage' aspect as condensed as possible, with two chapters max for the before and after.
So, enjoy these 8.000 words!
Lily found the process of trading information with Brother Hadrian more taxing than she had anticipated. The meticulousness of the man, who insisted on documenting every fragment of their discussion in his translucent book, added a mind-bog...
2023-12-01 10:31:31 +0000 UTC View PostBonus Wednesday Chapter! 😼
[Pope] Ennius Constantinus looked over a piece of parchment where his son’s progress had been recorded. There were dates and level-ups beside them. The head of the Church couldn't help but notice how the gray-haired son of his had advanced the most during the days he had spent with...
“Lumius,” the [Pope] called out, and the boy stood straighter in response.
“Yes, Your Holiness?”
“You made barely any progress t...
2023-11-29 18:18:01 +0000 UTC View PostLily sat on her bed, still reeling from what had happened during the night. Marcus had told her that she wasn’t grounded anymore, but she felt her stomach still couldn’t hold down breakfast after witnessing what had happened to Lucien. In fact, even though Lucien was in a much better condition than Elysium’s bloated body, it had still been upsetting to see that, somehow, Marcus had disintegrated the tan [Monk]’s head.
‘He was a threat to all of us,’ Marcus had said without b...
2023-11-26 20:12:56 +0000 UTC View PostIn the dimly lit corridor of the monastery, where the shadows clung to the stone walls like silent sentinels, Lucien's eyes were wide with disbelief as he confronted the young girl. The faint flicker of torchlight cast an eerie glow over his face, highlighting his shock and fear.
Lily, caught using Death Magic to break into Hadrian's room, felt a cold knot of dread in her stomach. The monastery's usual tranquility was shattered by the thunderous thumping of her heart.
The fear tha...
2023-11-24 17:56:35 +0000 UTC View PostLily stood motionless, her chest rising and falling erratically. The cold sweat on her forehead shined like tiny pearls of dew.
“W—what...”
Her voice was barely above a whisper, the words escaping her trembling lips.
She had just been in the most hauntingly vivid dream, hallucination – or whatever that was, really – that she had ever experienced. Every detail of what she had just witnessed remained imprinted in her mind. She remembered the symbols she had so ferven...
2023-11-23 17:51:41 +0000 UTC View PostSurprise Patreon-only release! I have forgotten to post the schedule here on Patreon.
The schedule is chapters assured on Friday and Sunday. Bonus chapters on Wednesday and Thursday based on how long the chapters are and how much I've written during the weeks. So far, this has been a bountiful week! So, I thought it would be a good occasion to get the number of advanced chapters to ten... meaning there's going to be another Patreon-only release tomorrow!&n...
2023-11-22 16:14:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun had risen, but the monastery was silent, save for the soft whispers of the wind. Lily sat in the refectory for lunch, surrounded by [Monks], but feeling as if she was back on the black mountain range, terribly alone and lost.
Why Hadrian?
A [Healer] had been called from the Citadel and had just arrived, taken by Marcus to Hadrian’s quarters to check on the man. What Arcadius had told her, however, wasn’t boding well: it was a disease. Light Magic had no power ...
2023-11-19 17:28:00 +0000 UTC View Post