“Mother, I need to…”
I glanced around while laying on the couch to see Anaise walking into the room. She visibly baulked upon seeing me, but sighed and entered the room proper.
It looked like the party with her friends didn’t end as expected.
“Is something wrong?” I started but quickly backtracked, “I mean, I can leave if you want me to.”
“No...
2022-06-08 18:49:00 +0000 UTC View PostAnaise Kiymetl Hilal
“Anaise, you are unusually quiet today. Especially after skipping the last few meetings.” A voice to the side jostled her alert.
Thinking quickly, she put the tired but welcome smile on her face and gestured to a servant to fill her cup once again, “Forgive me, Lita’af. The preparations for the Divine Ritual are extensive, and I also have my own Entrance Feast to w...
2022-06-01 22:02:51 +0000 UTC View Post“We need to change our strategy in the wake of current events,” Aikerim spoke as she paced through her room.
“Didn’t you expect something like this to happen?” I asked from my sofa.
I was aware that something was brewing with Amanzhan Irada after the meeting with Amalric, and Aikerim knew about it even longer than that. She did tell me that her sister was getting curious about me and would likely att...
2022-05-25 21:39:09 +0000 UTC View PostAmanzhan Kiymetl Irada
Her eyes narrowed at the sight of her younger sister. Alone.
“I am concerned, Aikerim.” Amanzhan started once she laid down on a couch nearby, “The city is abuzz with rumours. Of your actions and your recent murk. I have asked for you to bring him here, out of worry mind you, yet you are here alone. Are you back in the rebellious age, oh younger sister of mine?”
<...
“This will be the central greenhouse,” I murmured while studying the alien sapling. One of Aikerim’s servants had brought it from the outskirts of Samat. It was still alive according to him. Hopefully, it would take hold here too. “While others will be used for common plants, here I wish to grow spices and other exotic specimens.”
“Green…house?” My uncle scrunched his eyebrows in confusion.
“...
2022-05-11 15:17:32 +0000 UTC View PostI woke up from the chill air and fingers trailing on my face. Gentle but persistent. Scrunching my nose in response got me nothing from it apart from the light chuckle of my tormentor.
My hand caught hers as I rubbed my eyes open, “Good morning, love.”
“Morning…” The pale blue eyes focused on me, “You have silver eyes, Erf.”
“I do,” I smiled back at her, “And so will you, u...
2022-05-04 14:13:30 +0000 UTC View Post“It appears that the new smith likes you very much.”
I glared at Viter, “If you want your leg broken again, I can ask my wife. Likes me very much my ass, I think she shook some of my bones loose somewhere.”
My wertiger bodyguard that Aikerim purchased for me was finally back in action. Irje borrowed his skills at brawling and fighting while I was gone to fetch my family; unfortunately, my cougar had to...
2022-04-27 16:18:28 +0000 UTC View Post“Do you think I was wrong?” Yeva leaned over toward my couch. “In how I treated the lamura?”
The time for secret meetings had passed and we found ourselves in a more public room of Domina’s inner courtyard. Aikerim had taken a place at the main table with her husband, while my sadaq and I lounged near one beside it. The traditions required it and I didn’t care much — I could talk to her alone at any time without ...
2022-04-20 22:39:42 +0000 UTC View Post
This is just to give a visual aid to how I envision armour and weapons to generally look like. Characters are random.
Art by Lennigen Art
2022-04-18 20:53:42 +0000 UTC View PostI gritted my teeth as I struggled to keep her body on my shoulders. Shahin wasn’t just heavy but long as well. Especially her tail as it was too flexible and kept falling down on the ground.
Nevertheless, I kept walking. Despite my views on slavery, she was my responsibility. Shahin still had a pulse — this was a cold stupor or some form of hibernation that her kind was able to achieve. But I also understood the leftovers ...
2022-04-13 22:09:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Erf,” Anaise whispered harshly, “What is she doing here?”
“Irje?” I asked with faked innocence as my hands kept wandering about, “I think she is a bit tired.”
“She can be tired somewhere else,” She whispered back, smacking my hand away. “Stop it! It’s not the time, yet!”
“What’s wrong, dear?” My other hand gently rubbed the base of her tail, making her squirm i...
2022-04-06 17:20:49 +0000 UTC View PostMy boots stomped the ground as I turned for another circle across the training ground. I didn’t care much since that was not the loudest noise I was making at the moment.
Apparently, my trainer didn’t particularly like my attitude and decided to make sure I was up to the task. Or at least was properly humbled for the foreseeable future.
I was stripped and inspected. Finding my physique to be ‘suffi...
2022-03-30 14:13:20 +0000 UTC View PostIrje’s fingers scratched the wall she was desperately trying to brace against. The low hiss of pleasure slipped past her lips.
“Careful now. You don’t want to alert everyone on the streets to what is happening here,” I chided, busy with my task.
Something that was both delayed and quickened by the view in front of me. The intimately familiar tone of her skin, her arched back and the tiny beads of sweat...
2022-03-24 05:39:24 +0000 UTC View Post“That was quite a tale,” Aikerim wiped the sweat from her face and looked around, “You are not to talk about it outside of these walls nor to the other people if you care for your safety. This is both a threat and a warning: if this information spreads outside you might as well say good bye to Erf now for even I won’t be able to keep him safe.”
Cowing these around her, she turned back to me, “How much does Albin kn...
2022-03-17 03:07:21 +0000 UTC View Post
I might be posting chapters at a later time of the day for some time. but I would try to keep the chapters within the day.
2022-03-16 22:33:55 +0000 UTC View PostA familiar tail met my sight as I slowly walked toward my quarters. Anaise was fretfully pacing in the inner courtyard while constantly looking at the balcony of my bedroom.
Judging by the light inside and the sound of the guitar, both Irje and Yeva were inside. Yeva had a habit of extinguishing all light when she was alone. Not only she didn’t need it and didn’t want to waste the oil but she didn’t want the risk of open...
2022-03-10 02:40:19 +0000 UTC View PostAikerim Kiymetl Adal
“Do you have any idea what that would cause!? You have your head for a reason, instead, you keep thinking with your Tail!”
Aikerim rubbed her forehead, a healing spell took the pain and the nosebleed away but she knew that the pounding headache would return with vengeance later. This was not how she wanted to start the morning. The loud voice of her husband didn’t he...
2022-03-02 23:49:57 +0000 UTC View Post“This creature was slain by Aikerim herself,” Sulla spoke beside me, “When she had done her border duty.”
I could see the gouges on the white carapace and tiny lines where the exoskeleton was cleaved apart, only to be glued back together at a later time. The texture of the shell reminded me about that white scale mail Aikerim wore during the Collectors’ attack.
So it wasn’t some unusual metal...
2022-02-23 22:56:17 +0000 UTC View PostI spit the blood out of my mouth as I observed my adversary. Despite the explosive beginning he patiently waited once I landed on the ground. Standing close but well out of my reach.
Without knowing, he gave me precious time to prepare. The time that I had no intentions of wasting by forcing him to act once again.
Time for my skinsuit to envelop at least my torso.
Navigators never ...
2022-02-16 23:15:38 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the final version of the picture, at least for now. Now artist will start working on the cover for the 2nd book (Will predominantly feature Irje as well as MC)
2022-02-12 22:31:34 +0000 UTC View PostAN. I apologise for the slight delay. My work week had been rather busy this time around
I stared at her slack-jawed.
“What?” Anaise asked, hiding behind her tail.
“You realize that your mother would kill us?” I managed to croak out, “Or at least me when she finds out about this. And I am not saying that because I think bad about her. In the eyes of Emanai...
2022-02-10 01:00:51 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the black&white illustration, higher resolution is available in attachments.
The colour picture will be posted once it is ready.
2022-02-06 03:09:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe illustration stream is underway. If you wish to see a sneak peek of the next picture (Wisher Beware, Ch 39, Scene with Yeva and Irje) take a look at https://www.twitch.tv/nastrpank (stream over might be more in the future eventually)
2022-02-05 19:09:54 +0000 UTC View PostI sucked the air in but, before I could utter anything, a dainty finger pressed down on my lips.
“You have said plenty already.” Anaise murmured, “Now it is my time to speak.”
That was probably for the best — no matter how hard I tried to think what I could tell her, my thoughts tripped over themselves into a jumbled mess. I could recite the numbers of pi for hours, quote the sequence of many genes a...
2022-02-02 23:19:18 +0000 UTC View Post“My orders…” I couldn’t help but rub my hands under her gaze, feeling the goosebumps on my skin. Neither my skinsuit, nor my long-sleeved tunic that was hiding it, could stop me from feeling the unnatural chill.
Perhaps it was the murk in me that felt unnerved by the gaze of an angry wermage or just general unease of the position I was in. Nevertheless, I pushed it down. In front of me stood someone who tried to ...
2022-01-27 00:12:14 +0000 UTC View Post
This was done as a general reference for the future illustrations. Mostly to get a grasp on their difference in body shapes and height.
2022-01-20 21:21:29 +0000 UTC View Post“I still can believe they are treating you like that!” Yeva grumbled with annoyance in her voice, “To pull away from your own child and blood!”
I silently pulled her back closer into my embrace. This hectic day was over and we finally found ourselves on our large bed. And Yeva was obviously not very happy by the news that Irje and I have told her about my family.
“Give them time,” Irje intervened, ...
2022-01-20 02:59:19 +0000 UTC View Post
