§ Originally, Kanon wanted me to go when they went to bed. For various obvious reasons, I thought that would be bad. Although it did puzzle her when I said so.  “He’s your husband and she’s your Servant, right? It’s not so strange to share your Servant with him.” Her attitude regarding Servants made me frown a bit. “With respect …

§ Upon arrival, my sister Kanon smiled and shook her head while she gazed upon my dumpy figure, seated with my back against a large tree. I was resting in a little park on the edge of the central island that looked out at the open space of Sky Ocean. One of the babies chose that exact moment to deliver …

§ “Well, this puts a different color on things, doesn’t it?” Áda noted, sounding almost frustrated. “Indeed,” Velerè agreed. “So much for leaving Mother’s mortals to our youngest.” I looked around, a little confused. Huh? Wait, was that what they got out of it? That she was telling them to protect the mortals of Pendor? Given their tears, probably not. …

§ Several cat shapes emerged from the forest nearby, which I recognized as the pixie sister trio, along with other cats who were not cats. Spirit beasts, my [Fairy Sight] said. Were the pixies recruiting members? Human and human-like figures came behind them, including Ceria and Chiara, led by the fairy royal knight, Lady Serera, wearing her panoply. The non-feline …

§ Having described all the events leading up to this point, I suppose the next natural scene would be my awakening in the custody of my older sisters. Nah, my life was never that simple, you know? We can start with the ‘awakening’ part, saying something about ‘an unfamiliar ceiling’ and all that… Not this girl. It was a sky …

§ I have been kidnapped. Let’s be frank. That’s a sentence I should never utter. Logically speaking, a fairy knight possessing my level of spiritual capacity and magical power cannot be at risk of abduction. But that claim depends upon the opponents being a reasonably normal gang of criminals. These were anything but normal criminals. I also state in my …

§ I stand here, at the end of Volume 12, in the same situation as at the end of Volume 11, wanting to pretend I need only one more volume to wrap everything up. The thing is, I believe it even less than I did then. This story is a learning experience. I’ll bet I could go back and rewrite …

Special note: I have renamed “Lalhàn” to “Velerè”, pronounced “Vell-air.” It was pointed out to me a while back that the resemblance of “Lalhàn” to “Lhan” was confusing. I also noticed I had a “Lilhàn” a few volumes back. So Tiana’s oldest living sister is now “Velerè”. I will revise this in prior chapters as well. § My effigy requires …

§ Only our threat to the beast prevented him from looking down and attacking the train. Or perhaps his quarries were Lady Serera and me, the two most powerful souls on hand, in the first place. Which meant, he did not see my strength equally through Daq or Sirth’s less powerful effigies, nor did he see the real strength behind …

§ At first, I focused upon keeping my balance and providing ranged support. Fortunately, Pendorian rail car roofs were flat rather than the convex of the rail cars in Robert’s memory, which made using them as a fighting platform feasible. What should not have been feasible was the presence of Daq R’mion wielding a weapon completely out of place on …