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 th...
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 resc...
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 relentl...
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 definitel...
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. 2024-02-18 23:01:57 +0000 UTC View Post
We'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 ...
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...
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! Hope...
2024-01-28 18:21:32 +0000 UTC View PostLily 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 ...
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 a...
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 hu...
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 trade...
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...
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 ...
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 fa...
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 Hol...
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...
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...
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 evenin...
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 star...
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...
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, seate...
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 ha...
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 ha...
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...
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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...
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,...
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 – t...
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 tho...
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 Marc...
2023-11-19 17:28:00 +0000 UTC View Post