Her eyes move to the other passengers, looking for allies. Unfortunately, they seem just as interested in the conversation, watching her with anticipation. She sighs deeply. “Someone strong and righteous, with a noble heart. Someone who smiles often and has good humor. Someone competent. Family...
2022-01-10 17:50:37 +0000 UTC View PostQuest is not a good-looking city. Understandable, giving its origins. It was never meant to be a city. The people who founded it were hunters, building bases of operations in the area to facilitate driving monsters away. In a hostile area, their structures were ugly, blocky, and more focused on s...
2022-01-07 19:03:57 +0000 UTC View PostSeveral minutes later, our idle chatter is interrupted by the Earl announcing the last guests. Miss Alyssa isn’t a surprise but the second woman is. I don’t recognize her, her bronze skin and dark hair making her hard to place geographically. Not to mention she simply looks strange next to th...
2022-01-07 19:02:59 +0000 UTC View PostWhile she’s stuffing her face, Earl disappears and comes back with Maxine. She’s also wearing a dress but it’s of a much higher quality. Done in gold and white with flowery embroidery along the arms, the garment hugs her form in a way only dress tailored for a specific person can. Her dark ...
2022-01-05 17:27:08 +0000 UTC View Post“Talia is a doll. She reminds me of one of my sisters. Best of all, she understands things perfectly.Ah, but I’ll take the lead with seducing her, hm? She’s a little special. Alana is wonderful. I very much wonder if she’d be able to keep her staunch ideals once she’s mixed up ...
2022-01-03 22:48:02 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the final miniarc before Arc 5! Like the other miniarcs, this one expands on the characters but more on their interactions than their backgrounds. I admit, I had fun with it and it's longer than I expected. Enjoy!
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2022-01-03 22:47:19 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! This is the last chapter of SSS. There will be no Friday update (got a lot of stuff happening going into the new year) but we'll be starting strong January. There is one more miniarc before going into Arc 5. All of the miniarcs are important to the plot so keep it in mind. This ...
2021-12-29 21:33:07 +0000 UTC View PostUpon attaining the title of master, Aurelius was gifted his own home. An enviable achievement but masters were as numerous in the Grand Hall as nobles were in Summer Spire. His home couldn’t compare to the expansive estate given to Kierra, but no one could scoff at it. He didn’t need the spac...
2021-12-27 20:47:50 +0000 UTC View PostAurelius smiled serenely as he reached the table. “Greetings. I couldn’t help but overhear your conversation.”
No one had any illusions that the air caster had used a spell to eavesdrop on them but they maintained polite expressions. He was a master caster. The title meant more than a...
2021-12-27 20:47:48 +0000 UTC View Post“I would if you’d give me a chance.” Alyssa kicked out at the alchemist’s chair, prompting her to lean back. A quick glance showed she had the attention of the rest of the table. “It’s not that big of a deal. She asked for help so I introduced her to a few people. You know how those b...
2021-12-24 19:05:13 +0000 UTC View Post“Over here, boss!”
Alyssa’s eyes moved through the restaurant, locking onto the grinning young man making a fool of himself in the subdued atmosphere. She stomped forward, ignoring the judgmental looks from those upset by the breach of manners, but glared at him as she took the empty ...
2021-12-24 19:04:33 +0000 UTC View PostMy eyes snap open, my body tense as I search for what woke me. I relax as I meet a pink gaze.
“Good morning, my summoner,” Geneva says.
I grunt in response, resting my head on my wife’s bare shoulder. Kierra doesn’t stir, her deep breaths a clue to her heavy sleep. The room br...
2021-12-23 01:09:24 +0000 UTC View PostKierra follows me into the bath, refusing to let me escape. Anyone observing her caring attention as she washes me with dedication worthy of a ballad would think her a wonderfully caring lover. They’d have to be in my position to feel the air of menace surrounding her. This isn’t a wife carin...
2021-12-20 17:40:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe soft thumps of Geneva’s hooves on the wooden floor interrupts the conversation. She comes in carrying three plates of steaming food. Lady Filagree, who has been looking rather bored with the situation, suddenly sits up, putting her glass down for the first time since I slid the bottle of He...
2021-12-20 17:40:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Temper, temper.”
“So, you’re ready to play. A good start, Lou but, I’m going to win in the end.”
“Hold that thought,” I say, turning to the stairs as Alyssa appears wearing my one of my wife’s dresses. She’s a lot softer than I thought she’d be, with supple thig...
2021-12-17 17:24:42 +0000 UTC View PostI’m having a drink in the front room when I hear Kierra come in. I smile, but it quickly dims after I register the second pair of footsteps. It’s still sufficient to be called friendly as the two women enter.
“Welcome back, Kii,” I say with false cheer as I set my glass down. “And...
2021-12-17 17:23:50 +0000 UTC View Post“That’s the last one.”
I can’t help feeling excited. After days of eating nightmares, all the pieces have been gathered and we are ready to assemble my prime form. I shift back to human lie down, closing my eyes. I hear the clomp of Geneva’s hooves as she walks over before a soft ...
2021-12-15 22:40:51 +0000 UTC View PostMaxine makes good on her promise and by Restday, I’m secreted away with Geneva in a basement beneath an old workshop in Quest. I doubt anyone would wonder what’s going on beneath the surface with the building above us in shambles, but just in case, Bell is patrolling for unwanted attention. 2021-12-13 22:40:26 +0000 UTC View Post
The shop owner doesn’t even pause before guiding me over to one of the shelves. I grab several that pique my interest before taking them away to the less fragrant counter.
My succubus lays a hand on my wrist and I feel the warmth of invading mana, relaxing as I let it do its work. It trav...
2021-12-13 22:40:07 +0000 UTC View PostOn Maxine’s recommendation, we stop outside a small, charming store with no windows on its front and the picture of a black cat on its door. It doesn’t look like much of anything. “Are you sure this is the place?”
I catch the slight blush on Maxine’s face as she exits the carriage...
2021-12-10 22:59:32 +0000 UTC View Post“Lou.”
For once, Maxine doesn’t rush to meet us the moment we pull up to the large store. A servant guides us to her office. Or, more aptly, the office she currently inhabits. The rich furnishings in deep brown and burgundy don’t match her taste at all. Neither does the drink tray w...
2021-12-10 22:59:26 +0000 UTC View PostI’ve never been on a date with Geneva. It’s a combination of two things, one being my previous, very rational, fear of spending too much time alone with the succubus. The second being my difficulty subjecting her to what I can only imagine to be inane activities. How am I supposed to entertai...
2021-12-08 19:51:17 +0000 UTC View PostI happily take the bottles to the study, where Geneva is waiting. She returns my smile with a grin of her own, tail swinging with amusement. “How was it, my summoner?”
“Number three.” I hand her the bottle with the smell Kierra liked, setting the others on the table.
My strang...
2021-12-07 00:10:45 +0000 UTC View PostThere are two types of hunting.
The proactive kind where someone wields an advantage to overwhelm a target. That advantage can be anything; strength, speed, stealth, or knowledge. It can be something as simple as the difference reach of the chosen weapons or something random as the weather....
2021-12-07 00:10:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe last chapter of the month! Last reminder, for anyone of the Cultist tier, for the month of November, there will be no more updates for this tier. In the immediate future, it will become a purely additional support tier, the highest tier needed for new content being the Dreamer tier. If you ha...
2021-10-31 19:53:54 +0000 UTC View PostA quick update. Again, I'd like to reiterate that for the month of November onwards, I will be changing the Cultist tier. New chapters will not be updated until the Dreamer tier catches up and from December onwards, Dreamer will be the highest tier for new content. The Cultist tier will remain fo...
2021-10-27 04:51:01 +0000 UTC View PostI watch from a window as Mr. Self-Made dashes off. What a surprise he was and not the good kind. Who wants to come home after a long day of work to see some creeper hanging around outside their house?
Well, I hadn’t exactly worked hard playing around with Cloud all day and Callan isn’t ...
2021-10-22 18:58:31 +0000 UTC View PostIt wouldn’t be the first time a powerful noble family had bullied a woman into marriage. The thrall. Lucius had done research into her, wondering what part the strange woman played.
He didn’t know how they originally met. Perhaps Kierra was a traveler who wandered across the wrong noble...
2021-10-22 18:49:08 +0000 UTC View Post“Who would stalk you!” he shouted.
“Yeah, well, who’d want to be stalked by you!”
“You’re being ridiculous,” Callan snapped. “I didn’t come here for this.”
“No, you came to ogle my wife.”
He paused, meeting her gaze. Callan wouldn’t call the loo...
2021-10-20 19:07:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe sensible thing would be to give up. Cut his losses, devote himself to his work, make a few coins in his fights, and pursue his dreams. Forget about his ill-fated love. Involving himself with Kierra after she so clearly warned him off was a terrible idea. A road destined for a bad end.
I...
2021-10-18 17:46:23 +0000 UTC View Post