Epsilon Twilight

67. Gelid Winds

“Over half an hour and it still hasn’t detonated.” The woman sighed while looking at the sunset. Even with the High Arcanist dome over it, the city still had a charm nowhere else in the world to be seen. “I hadn’t had hopes in the babbling buffoon since the begging, but I didn’t expec...

66. Body and Soul

I let my body move itself with the use of Levitation, I didn’t have enough strength to do it myself. I had to use mana from my soul as my physical mana pool had become… weird. It was as sluggish as my mind.

I could think well, it just… was slow. Every thought needed too much energy to...

65. Leyline

The exhibition continued for a time, but no match was as exciting or bloody as the one the geomancer and hemomancer had displayed. After a few hours of continuous matches, no matter how thrilling they were, they started to get boring.

I took advantage of this free time to analyze the soul o...

64. Military Grounds

The group and I found ourselves in a sea of blue, purple, and violet (with a few hints of pink) next to the real sea. Hundreds of ellari were present at the Lan’el military training grounds. The academy had organized a military march with the students of the middle courses. We, in the ninth yea...

63. Soul Reading

“Try again.” I repeated to the duo before me.

“Oh, come on!” Adrian complained. “How are ya’ even doin’ that? We are gunning you down with multiple spells!”

“Magic.” I joked.

“No shit.” He responded. “Who would’ve thought that ya’ would use magic in...

62. Mystic’s Dominion

One of the greatest disappointments I got after studying for years at the academy was that the only classes related to Soul were given at the healing ward for those who wanted to become healers. I literally had only learned from two teachers who used soul magic in the academy, and one was Alatea....

61. Opera House

“I’m still astonished by your invitation.” I adjusted the dark-blue choker I was wearing that had been gifted to me. “Especially to this place.” My gaze wandered to the cylindrical building decorated by gold-covered balconies and ivy-laden stone sculptures.

“What do you mean? I ...

60. Meaningless

Did I already say I hated the ellari work calendar? I couldn’t believe we had only two weeks of rest after ending our first year at the academy. Sure, it had been an easy year, and mostly uneventful, but tiresome, nonetheless.

The only real change we had as the new year began was the chan...

59. Year’s End

In the end, the most important part of the visit to the Arcane Sanctum was the leyline. That much wasn’t surprising, as it was not only the cornerstone of the High Arcanist’s tower but also of the country. But otherwise, I found the rest of the tour rather underwhelming. The Arcane Sanctum wa...

58. Elemental

“Ah, I still can’t believe we are going to go inside the Arcane Sanctum!” A jumpy and excited Monica told. And by jumpy, I meant it literally. She was hoping from side to side.

“Hold your casts, Monica,” I told her. “It looks like you have been possessed by the spirit of Marissa...

57. Words of Power

“Wake… up…” A ghostly voice called from the beyond.

I couldn’t hear it clearly; the voice was distorted and far away. Too far away. The voice repeated itself, but with every reiteration, it only got weaker and fainter.

Where was I?

Argh…

The most mundane though...

56. Memory Lane

It would seem that I underestimated the challenge proposed by Miss Kirielle. I had forgotten that doing magic beyond your affinity was incredibly and agonizingly difficult. The last time I tried was when Marissa and I had managed the magical synergy between the two different Slow Fall spells.

55. Duel of Wits

After going back to the academy from our trip, I ended up following Marissa’s advice and learned the Force Unconsciousness spell. Surprisingly enough, the seven-star spell was easy to learn as it had a six-star downgraded version for objectives who were willing to be put to sleep. Which was cer...

54. Back Home

When I made my way back to my room, I instantly fell asleep. Only for an unsuspecting Adrian to wake me two hours later because according to him “Man, it was weird seeing ya’ sleep more than me” was a valid reason to wake me up.

“You are really grumpy this morning, you know?” A ch...

53. Midnight Gazing

“… isn’t an ellari.” Alatea’s words resonated on my mind days after our miniature tea party.

There weren’t any non-ellari at Ferilyn, currently because of the dome, but even prior to that the presence of foreign commerce was dictated by traveler ellari returning to the country n...

52. Healing Ward

Scorch had finally arrived to dictate the beginning of the holidays and probably was the hottest Scorch to ever be. No, really. It was asphyxiating. I had to forgo my beloved tunic for a silky open shirt and a corduroy.

I could technically use Marissa and Adrian as my portable fans, but it ...

51. Swordsmanship

“Can I ask where you got that sword from?” I asked the boasting Adrian who was swinging a longsword with such speed and violence that I could hear the air being cut.

“From my chest, mate.” Adrian spun his blade around with a series of fast sleight of hand tricks.

It was curiou...

50. Unraveling Mysteries

“Can you tell me again why I’m doing this?” Marissa complained as she whipped through the pages of the book.

“To unravel mysteries unknown to me.” I explained for the third time.

“That’s what I can’t get an edge on. Why is this book so important?” Those words express...

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49. To Tell the Truth

“Hmm… The framework is alright, but the matrix isn’t flowing mana correctly.” I said aloud as I investigated the spell formation in front of me.

“How?” Monica exclaimed in exasperation as she grabbed her black hair. “I have revised this spell over a hundred times!” This is t...

48. Duel

My eyes flew around the training grounds, steps full of people. An unsettling amount of people had gathered for the duel. By the looks of the uniforms and the empty spaces at the terraces, both commoners and nobles were present. A woman approached me with a stiff posture.

“I was surprised...