§ I woke to the lovely sensation of Mireia’s lips on mine while her tongue explored my mouth. I could sense her aura, so I knew from the very start that it wasn’t the goddess still messing with me. Thus reassured, I simply contented myself with enjoying the flavor of the real Mir and returning her attention. The morning sun …

§ With a sigh, I rose from the bed and then reached across the sleeping courtesan between us to gently shake Mireia by the shoulder. “Wake up,” I urged softly. “You were going to Rod’s room once your task here was done, remember?” She opened her eyes and stretched lazily, then looked at the others. Celia, the blonde in the …

§ I dropped my fork and wrapped my arms around myself just after they served dessert. In terms of how fast it came on, this was the worst yet. “My Lady?” came Mireia’s worried voice from across the table. By that time my head was down and my eyes were squeezed shut. I couldn’t see her anxiety, but I could …

§ My only complaint about the [Blood Effigy] technique is that we can’t properly see while in immaterial form. That’s why Sen had me materialize once again, positioned near Lady Serera as she confronted the Pooka. Hidden in the limbs of a blackened, gnarled tree that would surely have been long dead if not for its ability to tap the …

To my readers: I don’t want to leave you hanging for two weeks without an update, so I’m posting this to let you know. I’m currently dealing with a bad enough case of Corona Virus (pardon my not writing it normally, but for some weird reason, the website is censoring it) to interfere with my ability to concentrate on writing. …

§ Using [Blood Mist], Sen detected the presence Shinzha found when we were about a half-mile from the campsite. She halted the immaterial [Blood Effigy] and I manifested my image, standing on a [Water Step]. The two fairies who had been gliding along behind us using [Feather Foot] came to a halt. Sen had avoided using stealth so they could …

Programming note: I am increasing my number of locked chapters, so for a while I will be unlocking one chapter a week every Saturday while posting two locked chapters, Tuesday and Saturday. Letting you know now so you don’t think I’m forgetting to unlock. If I can maintain the two chapter a week output without trouble, I will go back …

§ Sen chose a wide area of open, relatively flat ground and helped me manifest there to wait for them to land. I found myself biting my lower lip as the craft touched down and made myself stop, because the others had told me not to do that. It’s hard to avoid, okay? It’s also hard not to cringe or …

§ “Ugh,” I grumbled, and Sen chuckled inside my head. My thoughts were more hers than mine, though. After hearing all the details about what had been happening in the camp from Dilorè and the Servants, my mind was too cluttered with her ideas, stuff that had nothing to do with the life of a teenage slave girl. But during …

§ According to Senhion’s knowledge, the Sunset Mountains, that run along the far western edge of the Baris Continent, form the longest cordillera on the planet. That’s why they stand in popular knowledge as the ‘other great mountain range’. But they more resemble the Appalachians or the Urals, despite stretching thousands upon thousands of miles from north to south. They …