Food, however delicious it may be, couldn't be enjoyed with the same pleasure as always when one ate in front of a sultanzade. In the end, Aloe had to wait for Fatima to finish as she devoured one plate after another.
"You need more meat on your body." The princess let an off-hand comment between plates, refusing to elaborate any further.<...
2024-05-07 10:58:38 +0000 UTC View PostHello there,
April's over, meaning I will focus again on Cultivating Saga. Having said that, because I want to continue Project Tycoon, the schedule for releases will go from 4 times a week to 3. This is because I will do a single Project Tycoon chapter per week, and probably I will begin posting them to Patreon once I had a stockpile.
... 2024-05-04 11:49:20 +0000 UTC View PostFatima unlatched from Aloe with a smile on her face. It was thoroughly unreadable even with acuity, which led the scribe to believe that the princess was using charm.
"You are quite tougher than I initially thought." The imperial mused as she walked back to her seat, her back pointing to Aloe. She sat down with grace worthy of someone of h...
2024-05-04 11:39:55 +0000 UTC View PostNo, no, no. NO! Aloe agonized in the confines of her mind. It can’t be. It can’t be. The sultanzade’s words echoed in the scribe’s mind, “vitality to flow free from the body” she had said. No… She almost whimpered. It was hard to hold her mask. This had bee...
2024-04-30 11:06:36 +0000 UTC View Post“Good girl,” Fatima snickered enthusiastically, supporting her back again on the chair. “Now, you have an idea of what this last stance may be?”
What the ninth stance may be? No amount of pondering could make Aloe come up with an answer. The best choice was to take a diplomatic answer. “Stan...
2024-04-27 11:25:09 +0000 UTC View PostIt spoke at great lengths how terrifying the charm stance could be if even the sultanzade were cowered by it. Perhaps it was because she had experienced to much, but Aloe wasn’t as intimidated as Fatima made the problem out to be. I can’t deny it’s dangerous.
“Let’s stop talking about charm, one stance remains.” Fatima...
2024-04-23 13:20:48 +0000 UTC View Post“Let us continue, then.” The sultanzade’s words snapped Aloe out of her thoughts. “Change into the speed stance.”
“Princess, I fear that stance may not be appropriate for my current predisposition.” The prone girl gave a look at her covered legs.
“You do not require movements to test speed.” Fatima grabbed Aloe’s ...
2024-04-20 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostFatima stood up from the chair, which got a slight scare out of Aloe. The scribe controlled her body to the best of her extent as she knew that the sultanzade was hosting her sense stance. Her senses should be sharper than mine because she has more vitality. A fact that haunted Aloe. She didn’t have much vitality. Perhaps a ...
2024-04-16 11:30:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe sultry silhouette closed on her slowly, with heavy steps marked by the sound of heels. Do not let yourself be fooled or tempted. Aloe focused her psyche, putting pressure on her ‘toughness’. She’s using an infusion to enthrall you, do not let it happen.
Charm was one of the most unique internal in...
2024-04-13 11:27:19 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a brief stunned silence between the two women.
“I do not understand your proposal,” Fatima said. “You are more than capable of using Nurture by what I am seeing. Why would you need me to teach you about it?”
“There is a limit to how far a student can go without a teacher,” Aloe admitted. “You are right that I ...
2024-04-09 10:47:28 +0000 UTC View Post“I know everything, princess Fatima.”
Fatima Asina flinched as the no-name scribe spoke. There was something uncanny about the woman, many things, in fact. Not only did the aura around her feel totally different around her than a few days ago, but the was also an inherent… presence to her.
Not unlike her mother.
Somet...
2024-04-05 11:12:14 +0000 UTC View PostHi there,
I forgot to tell it here, but this month I will posting less chapters as I am a bit burn out. This week I will only post 3 chapters (today being the last) and the coming weeks only 2. I will not stop writing, as a matter of fact, I started a new story in RR and SH, I just need a bit of a breather as I have writing around 1200 pag...
2024-04-05 10:56:22 +0000 UTC View PostAloe recomposed herself before talking again. Not only her posture wasn’t the best, but her body was starting to ache again as she wasn’t donning ‘toughness’. Nor could she afford to change her current internal infusion.
“Princess Fatima, as much as I would like to talk about business, you may have noticed my physical incap...
2024-04-02 11:03:07 +0000 UTC View PostDays had passed since Aloe had examined the Aloe Veritas leaf with the sultanah’s description. She had tried her best to recreate the woman’s internal infusion – for it was impossible to apply to herself the external infusion – but no matter how much she tried, Aloe hadn’t managed to activate the ‘charm’ infusion.
I’ve ...
2024-04-01 11:14:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe scribe focused on the burning watchtower on the horizon, the scout of this metaphor alerted her with their shouts. Internal Infusion. External Infusion. She reread the words on the bleeding leaf to herself. She would not trust this information beyond the confines of her mind. Two infusions. The sheer pos...
2024-03-30 12:22:58 +0000 UTC View PostWhether it was because her exhaustion was apparent in her visage or the soldiers got smart, the soldiers took Aloe back to her bedchamber after her encounter with the sultanzade twins. She honestly thanked them for their foresight. She may have not done any physically demanding activities in the short outing, but she doubted she had ever felt as...
2024-03-29 12:17:20 +0000 UTC View PostAloe would have loved to say that she cowered in fear, but her body didn’t even allow her that modesty. Instead, she remained impassive, which was a response that came naturally to her after being inactive for so long.
“Greetings, princess Khalida.” The scribe welcomed the sultanzade with the faintest nod of her head. “I would be m...
2024-03-26 12:04:22 +0000 UTC View PostAloe’s eyes initially shone at the prospect of leaving her room, though they inevitably darkened once she was presented with the method to do so.
“I… why is there a palanquin here?” The scribe’s voice trembled, her body still prone in bed and her head barely raised from the pillow. “And one with a bed at that?”
“To ca...
2024-03-25 12:16:44 +0000 UTC View PostWell into her second week as a patient, Aloe grew impatient. She could fare with being still for hours without end, but as of late, her body had grown pains from the stillness. Not only her extremities but also her torso were developing aches from the increasing numbness. Whilst she could exercise her arms easily, the same couldn't be said for h...
2024-03-23 12:47:36 +0000 UTC View PostIt had been a while since Rani had departed to Sadina. Aloe looked at the ceiling with dead eyes, only a slow and tired blink once in a while interrupted the process. As the days passed, everything became harder. The more she had to stay in this cursed bed, the worse everything was. The less human she felt every time she had to do her business. ...
2024-03-22 10:59:20 +0000 UTC View PostRani woke up with almost no memory of the recent events. Amusingly enough, what made her remember the last day was nothing more than the moonlight coming from the window.
“Night, huh.” The princess blinked slowly. “I know I have gone to sleep in the noon, but it is never comfortable to wake up in the middle of the night.”
She...
2024-03-19 11:46:22 +0000 UTC View PostAloe wasn’t left alone in the room for long, but when the physician came back, he unfortunately came empty-handed as Rani was sleeping. Apparently, she and the Sultanah had a heated discussion that lasted for hours and halted today’s audiences. Aloe didn’t know how to feel about that. She couldn’t be grateful to Rani for confronting the ...
2024-03-18 15:11:17 +0000 UTC View PostAll the water Aloe had painfully recovered escaped through her eyes. The physician calmed her several times stating that it was only a chance, but that wasn’t enough to calm her. How had she gone from becoming rich in an instant to a deflowered and disabled mess in less than a day? Aloe didn’t know if to cry or laugh at that sick joke. The s...
2024-03-16 12:22:48 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor note: I feel like a warning is required for this chapter. If you made it this far, you should be more than aware, but I'll put it nonetheless. Read at your own discretion.
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Nothingness endured.
Aloe couldn’t help but feel drowned in herself. Her body ail even if it remained in stasis. The inhalation and exhalat...
2024-03-15 12:18:34 +0000 UTC View PostEverything was dark. The pale light that tried to dissipate the darkness utterly failed. There was no light strong enough to purify the void overwhelming the world. Dunes of darkness, seas of desolation, roads of despair.
A musky stench assaulted her nostrils, the mixture of a sweet aroma and a putrid one.
She opened her eyelids to n...
2024-03-12 11:44:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun hid for the day and darkness shimmered around in its place. Today was a special day, a day to remember, a day to mourn. An end to an era, a time of change.
“Oh, come on don’t sulk around that way.” The old man protested, not without coughing a few times along the way, his heavy steps being ignored by what should have been the...
2024-03-11 12:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostFor a colder country, Loyata was unbelievably hot. Ydaz was surely hotter, but the presence of humidity made the lower temperatures more appalling than the scorching desert. At least horses were faster than camels.
“Ah, it would seem your missive was not a lie. You can color me surprised.” A voice whispered from the sh...
2024-03-02 12:41:20 +0000 UTC View PostRani did the best she could to hold off her sigh, but it was getting unbearably difficult. She was no stranger to meetings, especially those with sultanzade. As one who had been marked early for a diplomatic life, Rani excelled in the battlefield of words, where every word was just a rope ready to close around your neck. This wasn’t just becau...
2024-03-01 10:42:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there,
Book 2 of the Cultivating Saga, Nurturing Forturne, will finish this week. Only one chapter remains after the one I published today plus and epilogue/addendum.
As always, I will take a week long rest before renewing publishing here with the third book. The name for the third installment will be Enlightening Reality and h...
2024-02-27 11:53:30 +0000 UTC View PostMany thoughts sifted in Aloe’s mind. Hours had passed, glasses were emptied, and yet she couldn’t make her thoughts straight. Aaliyah-al-Ydaz just kept talking for hours without letting her interject. Nor that she would even dare.
The information was too much for her to handle. She got many answers to many questions, even though she en...
2024-02-27 11:49:44 +0000 UTC View Post