…and then we come to the role of the church. Their role is a necessity, of course, to guide and oversee. Classes like [Murderers], [Criminals], and [Villains] have to be curtailed, and that’s not even taking into account the truly sinister plague and disease classes… But I digress. Is the Chruch not overstepping its bounds? Directing i...
2023-01-10 06:39:35 +0000 UTC View Post“How about—a penguin?”
“What even is that? Can you get one out here?”
“Hmm, true. But I found Char down in a cavern, so who knows what is laying out there, hidden away. Let me think for a moment… an owl? I’ve heard those can be pretty clean.”
“No. No birds. I hate birds. So many droppings…”
“Isn...
2023-01-06 07:32:29 +0000 UTC View PostIn the beginning, it is said there were no classes. What did that society look like? That is a question I ask myself often. What kind of ruler would make the ideal society? In the years 50-500AS, the Hellen city states employed a system of [Senators], who were elected by public vote. Naturally, only the educated were allowed to vote, but the...
2023-01-03 06:32:26 +0000 UTC View PostMarie Adrianne Du Noelle paced around her cramped space in agitation, clutching a pen artifact in her hand. The others thought she was in the bedroom she had taken for herself at the inn, but she was actually a bit further inside, hidden away.
Inside her [Hidden Cupboard].
The first [Lady] skill she had ever gotten—one for...
2022-12-30 05:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostFire
So much fire… and blood.
Crossbows had been aimed at them, and when Fayette had acted, she had acted in that instant of stunned confusion. That instant had ended, and the men had reacted. Fayette stared at the crossbow bolt lodged into her thigh.
She had been hit by more, but the [Maid Armour] had made the impacts glanci...
2022-12-28 16:06:00 +0000 UTC View PostA room in an office building was in a state of standoff. One side: an [Elegant Tea Party] and four young women—three hunters and the [Lady] they were accompanying. The other side: Weapons and the men carrying them, like the sneering [Lord] Marcel, and the [Mages], and the [Knight] in shining blue armor, and the—
Well, maybe this stando...
2022-12-27 08:27:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe titanic spider monster was still there, inside its giant chamber, excavating. The lumbering giant was using its limbs to first crack open the rocky surfaces, then scoop the broken-up stone away afterward. It still had that web of fire rotating around it—a cage with no openings.
It moved like a living rockslide, one with a beating hea...
2022-12-25 08:40:32 +0000 UTC View PostSpiders. Spiders never changed—at least in taste.
It never really got any better. Spiders for breakfast, spiders for lunch, spiders for dinner. Everywhere they went, there were spiders. And the things spiders ate.
Those really didn’t taste much better either. Mireille could almost sympathize with the oversized bugs—if the nasty...
2022-12-24 16:37:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe others were worried, but Fayette was actually feeling fine. Very fine in fact. She walked in a circle inside one of her many caverns, around a bubbling pot of stew, having a jolly old time.
“The [Cave Maid], the [Cave Maid],
The [Cave Maid] I shall be!
Spiders, spiders, spiiiiders,
and pretty rocks for me to see! 2022-12-21 07:25:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Going back some time, to just after Fayette had disappeared down into the pit, the others were in some trouble.
Mireille’s ears were ringing.
She was shouting, but she wasn’t sure what. Hopefully something coherent. She couldn’t tear her eyes off the crumbling pit, rapidly closing between two shifting bits of rock. The floor wa...
2022-12-19 12:12:48 +0000 UTC View PostFayette saw nothing, but she heard it all. Sounds of skittering shapes, creeping along the rocky ground, getting closer. Her body ached and hurt, but she had to act—fast. My broom, is my?—she felt at her hand, then noticed the tool was still right there in her right arm, gripped tight. Shifting to a two-handed grip, she tur...
2022-12-17 07:23:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe party walked off from the headquarters in silence. Mireille was leading, Olivia by her side, followed by a thoughtful Marie. Fayette was last, keeping a watchful eye until they were well out of the building’s sight. She had felt eyes on her as they left, and she thought she had spotted the [Lord], watching by the window.
“…Did we...
2022-12-16 07:28:04 +0000 UTC View PostArreau was a humble mining town, so it had no great manor overlooking it, but there was of course a building, the mining company’s headquarters. A simple two-story building, with a large office space on the top floor. A room arrayed with countless cupboards, all full of various reports, letters, and other texts.
The room’s onl...
2022-12-15 14:04:09 +0000 UTC View PostEvery journey had its end, and for escort quests in particular, that was often something to look forward to. Fayette was the first to spot their destination. She was standing on top of a wagon’s roof as it crested the hill, and a hillside valley opened in front of her.
Arreau. It was a place rather singular in focus, as mining towns tend...
2022-12-14 10:24:29 +0000 UTC View PostFayette slowly peeled her layers of clothing off, freeing herself from the grime of travel. Despite her best efforts, she hadn’t quite managed to stay freshened up for the whole trip—during the latter part, she had felt like her [Maid Armour] was barely at half efficiency.
At first, she had been able to maintain a balance. Find enough ...
2022-12-13 06:03:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe skill rippled out, a wave of power marking the area. The miss looked at the bandits calmly, then spoke, eyes locked on the leader. “It is rude to intrude on our gathering without introducing yourselves.”
The bandit leader responded with a knife.
It was fast, flying much faster than Fayette could block, at least n...
2022-12-12 13:59:21 +0000 UTC View Post“So, what do you think, Martin? Have any insights to give on these?”
The hunter brushed at his mustache, then turned to Mireille. “They’re definitely from not too long ago, though I can’t say I recognize these. Luckily I’m not the [Ranger] of our party.”
He waved at another of his party members, a woman dressed in dark ...
2022-12-12 10:53:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun was beginning to set, and its last rays were painting the trees with a soft orange, which gave the area a serene, painterly mood. The trees were acting as a natural barrier between the road which traveled behind them, and the lake that stood in front. A doe was leisurely drinking from the lake, and birds sat nestled together in the trees...
2022-12-10 16:16:32 +0000 UTC View PostFayette almost danced as she packed up her portable table setup. She took off a leg piece from the table, twirled it in her hands, then tucked it into her apron. Two rhythmic steps to the right, a bow down, then onto the next piece.
She wasn’t dancing to any tune per se—if anything, it was still that rhythmic clanging of a [Blacksmith...
2022-12-10 15:49:16 +0000 UTC View PostRight at the break of dawn, in a peaceful roadside forest meadow, a tea party was beginning. Naturally, there was a table—a bit hastily put together and shaky, but a table nonetheless. Set around the table were half-a-dozen rickety wooden stools, somewhat lacking in elegance, but perfectly serviceable considering the circumstances. They were a...
2022-12-10 15:30:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Apologies for the silence and lack of chapters! Frankly, I'm surprised anyone is still in here, so you all have my greatest thanks! Also! I changed this patreon away from monthly billing! No more first of the months scams, now things will run forward from sub day
I know I should have communicated here and stuff, but somehow I just had zero...
2022-12-10 15:29:26 +0000 UTC View PostAs Fayette went over her power-leveling options, she realized she would be facing a special challenge: organizing proper [Lady]-level service in the middle of a caravan trip would not be the easiest task. However, that would just up the challenge factor, potentially giving her even more experience. Her mind set, she excused herself from the grou...
2022-09-14 14:14:33 +0000 UTC View PostFayette knocked on a [Lady’s] door and waited.
Despite psyching herself up, she was feeling nervous and wary, mostly because this would be her first time really dealing with a [Lady]. Back at her old job, she had never risen up high in the ranks, and had thus mostly remained in periphery work, rarely working directly with anyone importan...
2022-09-08 19:32:36 +0000 UTC View PostAll in all, arriving in town, getting signed up at the guild and finding an escort mission turned out to be a surprisingly fast affair. So it was, that after accepting the request from Miss Adrianne, three young women found themselves in a new town with some time to spare.
The caravan would be leaving on the following morning, so our trio ...
2022-09-07 22:30:55 +0000 UTC View PostFor the first time, Fayette beheld a [Lady] from up close and personal. She felt disappointed.
Her first, instinctive impression of the woman had been one of grandeur, but on closer inspection, those bits of grandeur slowly but surely dripped away. Her garments may have been fancy, but they were in a bit of a mess. Her dress was quite rump...
2022-09-05 22:16:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe town of Tarbes was an ordinary sort of town: a crossroads town. Two ancient trading paths had once crossed here, and naturally, a town had sprung forth to cater to the needs of travelers. There were no great works of culture or famous sights here—travelers didn’t have much time for such.
Instead, the local attractions were of a mor...
2022-09-02 20:53:34 +0000 UTC View PostSir Lecoq took a sip of water from his bottle and grimaced at the taste. Saints, why is the water so foul-tasting today? As if the rest of all this wasn’t enough. Do we really have to invest in new water purification wards for the house?
He sighed, put his bottle away, took some time to light his pipe and puffed a few clouds of ...
2022-09-01 20:17:28 +0000 UTC View Post“Alright, hey, enough, enough!”
“Aww, already?”
“We’re in a bit of a hurry here.”
“Well, fine...”
Fayette reluctantly released Olivia from her crushing hug, while Mireille rubbed her forehead in the background. The Seamstress had more practical concerns. “So, Olivia, welcome to the team and all that, b...
2022-08-30 21:14:26 +0000 UTC View PostOlivia Nightingale had been living a relatively repetitive life for a good while. There was a flow to it—she would move to a new place, establish her practice in a place she could find patients, aid people for a while and earn a modest living, then run once authorities started to get wind of her. Or when public sentiment started to turn.
It was a simple task: eliminate one enemy, and Mireille would be freed from his ability. Fayette felt annoyed, to be honest. It was like her class was itching just from the presence of a noble. Is being a [Maid] with no master really that bad? I should hurry this up.
Mireille slowly looked over the scene, eyes stopping at the ware...
2022-08-27 19:52:05 +0000 UTC View Post