The night wore on to the still-dark early hours of the next day before people finally started peeling off. Although Ella had made a literal mountain of food, it was still finite, and Arthur’s friends weren’t the only ones eating it. When the food was finally gone and everyone had calmed down,...
2024-03-31 14:13:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe buying hour was magical. Arthur’s pocket money was light compared to a few days ago, but by the time he had spent his last coin, he had replenished his stock of starch, the teas he generally used, a few spices, and even bought an upgraded icemaker.
With Lily’s help, he pumped out a ...
2024-03-30 15:20:03 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the moment Arthur put his first pot of water on a heat source, the day became a blur.
Lily worked like a whirlwind, running to get him water, taking pots off heat when they were ready, bringing him tea leaves, and generally filling whatever gaps she could. The drink-runners showed up w...
2024-03-29 19:21:13 +0000 UTC View PostArthur made his way home.
The worst part about his walk was a moderately sore set of legs. It almost felt wrong. This was a place everyone referred to as the demon world, a land of magic completely different from his previous hum-drum, unsatisfying life. In almost any fantasy story he had e...
2024-03-29 11:38:56 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys, this is one of our first side stories, bridging together Deadworld Isekai (our first story) with Demon World Boba Shop. Hope you like it.
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For a bear demon, most things were confusing.
Even the smartest of the bear demons was not all that bright by the standards of ...
2024-03-28 12:08:59 +0000 UTC View PostAs the sun pulled high in the sky, Lily was puffing away on a crate. The exertion had finally caught up with her and weakened her enough that she had actually listened to Arthur when he forced her to sit, crammed a drink into her hands, and told her to rest.
“I could still work. After I r...
2024-03-28 12:06:55 +0000 UTC View Post“And what do these do again?” The wolverine commander was glaring at Arthur out of his one good eye. Probably. It was possible he just always looked like that. Arthur tried hard not to take it personally.
“It’s a small buff to vitality and dexterity. Not much, but I can make a lot o...
2024-03-27 19:51:20 +0000 UTC View PostBetween the over-pepped tea and the new fruit tea combinations, a new wave of interest swept over Arthur’s food cart. Enough demons were trying, enjoying, and complimenting his drinks that Arthur felt like he was serving the entire city every day.
After a particularly busy lunch rush, Art...
2024-03-27 11:58:22 +0000 UTC View Post“What in the world happened in here?” Milo said, staring at the thoroughly pulp covered room in awe. “It looks like an orchard exploded.”
“That’s not… Kind of. I’m doing some tea experiments. I’m not sure how it’s working out so far.” Arthur gestured towards the juice ...
2024-03-26 19:17:08 +0000 UTC View PostNow that Arthur had some at least mild success with his shop, he had a bigger job ahead of him. He had customers, sure. But a good portion of the interest in his boba was driven by novelty. If he lost the thread on that bit of things, the long-term prospects of his business would suffer.
An...
2024-03-26 00:04:06 +0000 UTC View Post“No. I won't.” Lily pushed the tea away, careful not to slosh it. “I don't have to.”
“Oh, okay. My mistake,” Arthur said. “I thought you wanted to work.”
“Work?”
“I need this tea tested. It's new. And you’re the only sick person I have working for me. I <...
2024-03-25 23:08:48 +0000 UTC View PostIt was really, really hard.
It wasn't just hard because Arthur didn't really know what he was doing. If that had been all it was, it would have been bearable.
This was hard in a different way, like running laps after a long winter of sitting on the couch. Arthur made the mistake of aw...
2024-03-24 15:25:40 +0000 UTC View Post“No medicinal tea leaves? None?”
“For the third time, Arthur, that's not a thing.” The restaurant supply store manager was doing his best to stay calm in the face of Arthur's worry-driven disbelief. “There's medicine, and there's tea. The best I can do for you are some brews that ...
2024-03-23 23:37:53 +0000 UTC View Post“What do I have to do?”
“What do you have to do?” Itela asked. “Not a thing. I however, have to do sort of a lot.”
Itela stood from her desk, suddenly glowing with light.
“Being a god is about being part of the universe, a medium that everything resonates with. Bei...
2024-03-23 14:26:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe next week went by fast, and slow, depending on how Arthur looked at it. Until that point, every day had brought something vastly different, some new test, struggle, or triumph. It had all been novel, new, and changing.
People had warned him, again and again, that eventually things would...
2024-03-23 14:21:17 +0000 UTC View PostA bunch of information suddenly clicked into place for Arthur. A distrustful kid, one who was just a little dirtier and less taken care of than all the others. A bad attitude that was always on the defensive. A reluctance to take charity. It all made much more sense now.
“You didn’t kno...
2024-03-23 14:05:49 +0000 UTC View PostArthur poked his shell-shocked friend as Milo stood there. The sparrow’s eyes panned back and forth at the empty space in front of him. “Is it good? The skill?”
“It’s a machinery skill, Arthur. An actual machinery skill.”
“That’s amazing,” Arthur smiled and side-hugg...
2024-03-22 12:24:29 +0000 UTC View Post“Do you think it’s something that you’re saying?”
“It could be, but I can’t think of what.”
“Well, let’s give it a shot. Try selling me something, Arthur. Like I’m a new customer.” She curled around the counter to the front, then put on a fake new-customer person...
2024-03-22 12:24:13 +0000 UTC View PostUniforms, it turned out, were not really a thing for food stand owners. The associated gaggle of friends who had shown up to watch him set up the shop had been very clear on that subject.
“No paper hats, or anything?” Arthur asked.
“No, why? It’s not like it’s hard to tell t...
2024-03-21 23:07:26 +0000 UTC View PostAfter his skill came, everything started happening very fast.
Ella sent a message to Pico, letting him know about Arthur’s class and asking for a day or so more to break it in. And the mayor eagerly agreed. And she did all that, Arthur noted, without breaking a single window.
Arthur...
2024-03-21 12:51:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh shit. I got it.” Arthur looked up from his skill before even reading the whole thing. “I got the skill, Ella.”
“No way. Just like that?” Milo jumped up, ran over, and leapt to wrap Arthur in a big, feathery hug.
“Just like that. I think… Actually, Ella, what happen...
2024-03-21 12:50:38 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time Arthur had bathed, put on his newly tailored clothes, and returned to his workshop, Ella was waiting. She wasn’t alone. With Milo in tow, she walked up to Arthur, handing him a kettle and a fresh pail of water.
“Make this boy tea,” she said. “Your boba tea.”
Arth...
2024-03-20 22:03:05 +0000 UTC View Post“I bet you do. And I wish I could tell you no as punishment for breaking my window. But it wouldn’t be fair to the boy, I suppose.” Pico nodded towards a small meeting table at one corner of his surprisingly large office. “Sit. We can talk this out.”
After calling for some cold dr...
2024-03-20 22:02:43 +0000 UTC View Post“Arthur. Arthur. The demon world would like a word.” Noises that sounded suspiciously like Milo’s voice floated through the fog that was Arthur’s head. “Arthur. Wake up.”
Arthur felt a sudden impact on his arm, which finally snapped him out of the mist of romantic fantasies.
... 2024-03-20 22:02:21 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh, hey,” Arthur said, thrown off.
She nodded at him slightly, then stood there. And stood there. She seemed content to stand quietly and politely until he said something. “So you were looking at that flower?”
“Yes.”
“Just looking, or do you know something about i...
2024-03-20 22:01:57 +0000 UTC View Post“How worried should I be about this?” Arthur wasn’t exactly scared, but he was only several days into a new life. He didn’t want to find himself bleeding out on a forest floor because of some unexpected threat on what was supposed to be a nice trip.
“Hardly a risk at all. We won...
2024-03-20 22:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostHi guys,
So we have a bit of bad and a bit of good news.
TLDR:
- For the next two weeks, How to Survive is going on hiatus.
- We’re launching a new book called Demon World Boba Shop.
- We'll be adding chapters of DWBS to Patreon starting Wednesday.
So a couple...
2024-03-18 20:30:04 +0000 UTC View PostCould he kick my ass? I mean, he’s stronger than me. Better stats by far. Full class, with all that comes with it. He has a combat skill, I don’t. He got a lot of items and achievements from that competition, too.
He has better weapons, for sure. Weird ones. Weird powers to...
2024-03-18 08:29:58 +0000 UTC View PostLina, it turned out, was fast. She didn’t move fast much, at least judging by what Sean had seen of her so far, but now that she had somewhere to be that she herself found interesting, she was off like a bolt, not running but still covering so much ground so quickly with her tiny legs that Sean...
2024-03-17 02:57:45 +0000 UTC View PostNo, it’s not like that. There’s no exact plan in play here. You’re looking for an exact blueprint on how we plan to win, and it’s not like that. I never said it was.
Think about it. One day I woke up to find me and my buddy had got blasted out of time. I’m stronger th...
2024-03-16 04:19:24 +0000 UTC View Post