2. Unexpected Guest (2)
After reading through the entire Record of Existence, I took a moment to gather my thoughts.
Acacius had a pretty scary collection of titles. I felt like I had a better understanding of how he’d tri...
3. Unexpected Guest (3)
It took less than ten minutes for the servants to bring the guest to my room. He’d been tightly bound with sturdy ropes and roughly wiped clean, revealing a face that I could only describe as “stupidl...
4. Unexpected Guest (4)
I don’t know how long I was in the darkness. I existed without sensation. I saw nothing and heard nothing, not even my own breath; my voice escaped only in silence. I tried to move my limbs, but there...
5. Unexpected Guest (5)
My consciousness bloomed in a strange place. Using a sense that didn’t exist in the body, I felt the presence of the one who had been calling out to me. It shone bright and solid within its vessel and...
6. Unexpected Guest (6)
No, if I thought about it, I didn’t save Luka. All I’d done was a little talking; Luka had done all the fighting and escaping himself. I was basically just an innocent bystander. Whether Luka died or ...
8. Harbinger's Record (1)
Luka didn’t consider himself a hot-headed person, generally.
It was true that he took risks sometimes. Risks that would seem reckless to anyone else. But it wasn’t that he was overwhelmed by emotion...
10. Mundane Troubles (2)
Strange encounters with strange people aside, I spent my time before the beginning of the semester familiarizing myself with the Academy’s campus and surrounding geography. Now I knew the names of dif...
13. Mundane Troubles (5)
Dalileh’s ether exercise was both easier and more difficult than I thought it would be. Even though I kept my domain small, it still made it harder to concentrate on taking notes in class. I was sure ...
17. Field Exercise (1)
I didn’t know if it was post-exertion malaise or some other mysterious ailment, but soon after the duel, I got sick. My whole body felt sore and my joints ached. Light and noise hurt my head terribly,...
22. Field Exercise (6)
I started by examining what I had on hand: the human form given to me by `[Honest Man’s Deception]`, my manifestation of `[Caller of What Must Be True]`, and the things I’d taken from my enemies.
Th...
24. Survival Exercise (1)
Hah, fuuuck. I was so screwed…
Was it my fault for letting my guard down? I’d known that Kosmonymia had its dangers, but I should’ve been more cautious! Of course a world as idyllic as this couldn’t ...
25. Survival Exercise (2)
I was happy to hold the conversation with a half dozen meters between us, but Verica pulled me forward and pushed me to sit on the ground. Thankfully, she sat down too, followed shortly by Luka, other...
26. Survival Exercise (3)
Verica’s stamina was really something, especially when we entered the water again. She didn’t have to pass me off to Luka at all, which was great.
We also ran into more enemies, but since I could po...
27. Survival Exercise (4)
When we found Luka, he was being lectured by Nastaran in a low voice, giving her the occasional serious nod. Nastaran wound down as we approached, and her gaze zeroed in on me.
“Acacius,” she greete...
28. Survival Exercise (5)
“Hanan? Is she okay?” said Veric.
“What’s the situation?” said Luka.
“How dangerous is it?” said Roxana.
These guys.
“She’s with three members of the Order, and she’s unconscious,” I said. “It ...
29. Survival Exercise (6)
I dreamed I was standing on the mountainside, overlooking the shining towers of the city below.
Veric was sitting on a rock, hugging her knees to her chest. Her face was haggard. Luka sat next to he...
30. Trust Exercise (1)
There was only one pen, so we had to take turns writing our wills. I was the last to go. I propped up my knee and smoothed the paper over it, at an angle where no one else could see, and pretended to ...
31. Trust Exercise (2)
First, I oriented and aimed myself for Hanan’s field of vision.
With the other three fighting, their perspectives weren’t stable. Having both Roxana and Hanan’s attention was safer for me.
When sh...
32. Trust Exercise (3)
My first impulse was to deny it all. The words were already on the tip of my tongue.
What are you talking about? Were you hit in the head too hard? How could I have gotten this far in this damn sit...
33. Trust Exercise (4)
My sister wrestled me to the ground, twisting my arm up behind my back. She held me there until I gave up struggling and shouted, “I give, I give!”
With a laugh, she let me go and watched me spit di...
34. Lone Astrologer's Record (1)
Raoul had always loved observing the stars.
The sky of Kosmonymia was not one single truth; its nature changed according to the region and frame with which one examined it. In some frames, the stars...
35. Harbinger's Record (2)
Shortly after Professor Raoul defeated Tiziri, Ghost said their farewell and left, leaving Luka alone in his head once more.
Luka was well aware of the nature of the beings he could call, but Ghost ...
38. Mediation (3)
Because of the `[Last Genesis]`’s surprise gift, I didn’t even get to relax after shutting down Cynara and Linden’s questions and chasing them away. I went to the library to learn how to hatch and rai...
39. Mediation (4)
After Veric disappeared into the storeroom with Artunis, Roxana was the first to speak up.
“Professor.” She clasped her hands and blinked up at him with round and curious eyes, the very picture of i...
40. Mediation (5)
Roxana took us on a five minute walk to a snack shop off campus. As if she was afraid I’d change my mind and leave, she stuck to my side like glue, chatting lightly about the weather and the scenery, ...
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