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Chapter 21

“I was practicing and just picked up a few things here and there as I saw them.”

“You were practicing. In the woods. By yourself?”

Nym shrugged. “I needed a place with things to dodge around.”

“Are you trying to get Babkin to kill me?” Cern asked.

“You do...

Chapter 20

It took a day to get a coat in his size made, but Nym was happy with the results. He decided to hold off on the shoes until the group made their second run for supplies and used the rest of the money to pay ahead for his room at the Trough and Stall. He debated heavily on it, but in the end, it w...

Chapter 19

Nym spent the rest of his money on a second night at the Trough and Saddle. In the morning, he walked over to Cern’s shop to wait for the team he was supposed to go reagent hunting with to show up. The alchemist just shoved him in a corner and said he didn’t have time to deal with Nym.

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Chapter 18

Desperately, Nym conjured up a full body cushion of air, one that was thick and solid, strong enough to stop a grown man’s fist from hitting him. He could only hope it would be strong enough to protect him now. The ropes arced in from every different direction, and Nym curled into a ball, as ti...

Chapter 17

Navarim was sent off to a waist-high pedestal to be what Brogan called the arcana battery of the operation. He did not look happy about being assigned the task.

“Alright, what’s your name? Brogan said.

“Nym.”

“Just Nym? No great house or family?”

“Just Nym.�...

Chapter 16

The mage guildhall was the largest building Nym had ever seen. It was three stories tall and filled an entire block by itself, not even including the support buildings and fields taking up space next to it. It was actually the only place he’d found in Zoskan with open fields. Space was at a pre...

Chapter 15

The three of them were seated at a table in Cern’s kitchen. It was fascinating to see what his home looked like, if only because it was a bizarre mix of work and personal life. Intricate glassworks filled random counters and tables. Jars and vials were filled with liquids of different colors an...

Chapter 14

Nym didn’t want to speak ill of Ciana. She’d literally saved his life, after all. She’d been there for him every single day and he missed her terribly. He would always be thankful for what she’d done for him.

But the Trough and Saddle’s cook was so much better than her.

It w...

Chapter 13

Skywort bloom, as it turned out, grew in significantly denser patches just under the waterfall where everything was wet and loud and extra difficult to get to. Nym resorted to a combination of flight and hydrokinesis just to get a look at the stuff, which looked like lichen studded with little fl...

Chapter 12

It was sorely tempting to just fly right over the walls. He doubted the guards could stop him, but it would just draw more attention to him and he’d come here to blend in and hide. He’d try to talk his way in first. If they refused to let him, he’d just go around and over the wall somewhere...

Chapter 11

The forest was cold, and surprisingly wet. The only climate Nym knew was that of the coastal village, which wasn’t even that far away. There had been a lot of sand and bare ground and few trees over there though, and apparently that made a difference.

It wasn’t so bad during the day, bu...

Chapter 10

Nym returned from his walk and ate mechanically, not really tasting the food. He didn’t really have a plan beyond not turning himself in to the guard. He was painfully aware of a lack of resources and that adults wouldn’t take him seriously. Whatever he decided to do, it was going to be a rou...

Chapter 9

“What happened here?” Ciana asked as she examined the driftwood log.

Nym shrugged. “It was like that when I got here.”

“It looks like someone started carving it up with a knife.”

“Sure does.”

“You don’t own a knife though.”

“Nope.”

“...

Chapter 8

With the loss of the oars and Ciana’s general refusal to let Nym go out by himself, they no longer had the ability to check the crab traps. Unfortunately, that combined with Senman’s interference with the snare lines left them with nothing but vegetables to eat and not much to trade or sell i...

Chapter 7

Nym could barely see grim death coming his way through the murky water, but he knew what being out of the boat meant. The other sharks were still circling, but his shark, the one with the scar near the fin, was coming straight at him. He appeared in the dark water, barely feet from Nym, jaws open...

Chapter 6

Nym worked on it for the next week, but failed to make a breakthrough into the second layer. It wasn’t really a surprise, but it was frustrating. What he did figure out though, was that he could use magic to do more than lift things with his mind. It started with him trying to expand the garden...

Chapter 5

“How do you know all of this? Can you use magic too?” Nym asked.

“Er, I live next to the magister. Amos goes there for lessons twice a week and I overhear a lot. He was on his way back from his lesson today when you bumped into him.”

Nym noticed she hadn’t exactly answered h...

Chapter 4

Days turned into weeks as Nym and Ciana settled into a new routine. He went into town a few times and subsequently learned that there was a whole section they hadn’t visited during their original trip. That was farther up the road and while there were only three homes there, all of them were fo...

Chapter 3

Ciana wouldn’t let Nym help that day. She just kept insisting that he needed to recover his strength and telling him to rest. If he was being honest with himself, she wasn’t wrong. He could barely walk on his own and he was still feeling weak from the arcana poisoning he’d somehow given him...

Chapter 2

The sound of arguing woke Nym up. Ciana and another man were talking, and the conversation was getting heated.

“I’m not bringing you food to waste on some shipwrecked orphan who’s going to die by next week!” the man shouted. Nym could see him throw his hands up through the wall slat...

Chapter 1

His whole body ached, a dull but insistent pain. His eyes were crusted shut, and it was almost too much of an effort to pry them open. Even then, the world was a blur of blue and white sky. That was strange, but he couldn’t say why, like looking at something familiar from an unusual angle. His ...

Chapter 0

Once the most powerful ascendant in the world, Niramyn was celebrating his latest victory when his supposedly vanquished rival blindsided him with an impossible working of magic. Trapped in the form of a child and bereft of his magic and his memories, he finds himself without place or purpose. Wi...