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Chapter 69: Deal With Her Mano a Mano

After having so many first years around the previous week, it felt much quieter now, when they were on their excursion. The upperclassmen and those in her class were able to focus on their training sets without having to stop and instruct the first years. Captain Messer was having a good spar with GG while Master McDouglass watched and shouted from the side of the ring.

Tori finished checking on the plants in the garden next do...

Chapter 68: Where Do You Get the Audacity

It was a good idea to keep their supplies from the excursion together. Although Uncle Maurizo took some to Alpine Valley and the twins had brought their sleeping bags and tent when they visited the delta, the items were all returned to storage at Auntie Lucia’s. It made it an easy matter to gather all the items to bring to Lycée for the Sword Association’s sponsored camping lecture.

Tori, Ilyana, and Albert all had backpac...

Valentine's Day Story: Accidental Interstellar Bride - 3

💟 Valentine's Day Story: Accidental Interstellar Bride - 3/7💟

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There were a total of four men working together in a human trafficking ring.  Two would isolate and capture the target.  One would keep a lookout.  The fourth worked in th...

Chapter 67: I Enjoy a Good Challenge Every Now and Then

“You’re not wrong,” Tori said as she lowered her trembling hands. The folded sheet clenched in it was held firm. “Most students wouldn’t spend this much. Most won’t even come near to spending this much. And it does make sense that there is a limit to the student’s spending on a singular project. However....” The air felt colder and Sonia and JP shuddered as the others looked at Tori with worried expressions. ...

Accidental Interstellar Bride - 2

💟 Valentine's Day Story: Accidental Interstellar Bride - 2/7💟

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“You can’t appear in the capital dressed like that.”

“But I am a peasant who was abducted by traffickers.  It goes with our elaborate lie.”

“We have been tra...

Chapter 66: It’s as If He Doesn’t Want to Go Home

The comcry kept pulsing, but Instructor Ignatius didn't answer. Tori let out a little grumble and tried to quell her excitement. To be fair to Instructor Ignatius, he was either assisting with the arrival of the first-year students or working on a lesson plan. Tori slid her finger across the crystal and debated on calling Master Ramos.

She shook her head and flipped the comcry closed. Master Ramos had his hands full with the in...

Accidental Interstellar Bride - 1

💟 Valentine's Day Story: Accidental Interstellar Bride - 1/7💟

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Five years never seemed like a lot of time, especially when Pleiadesians lived hundreds compared to the humans in the worlds they traveled to.  Yet, Liyanne still found that living ...

Chapter 65: You Kids Want a Tour?

Tori froze. She looked up from her drink and stared at JP. “How much money?”

“I don’t know,” JP said. “But it was enough for her and her father to get into a very intense argument at the inn. Our neighbor works there and said they had to paste a silence charm on their door and around the floor because they were so loud.”

“I heard she ran out of the inn afterwards,” Sonia said. “But that could just be a...

Aila's Ramblings - 1/30/22 - Finalized Tiers Names & Valentine's Day Story

✨ Les Tiers ✨

I adjusted the names, but all the benefits remain the same.  

Coin = $2
MORE Coins = $5 (Still +3 chapters ahead)
ALL the Coins = $10 (Still +6 chapters ahead)

I feel more comfortable with these numbers, to be honest.   It felt like there was a lot of pressure to do more and I don't think I can handle it.  

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Chapter 64: Flip It

“No! I don’t want to go!” Marco almost seemed to pale when his mother reminded them that they would leave the next day.

“School doesn’t start for another two weeks!” Mateo seemed to try to appeal with logic. “We can stay for two more weeks! There’s no reason for us to go back now!”

Tori watched her two little twin cousins desperately plead to their mother. They were dripping wet and wearing swim pants. O...

Chapter 63: You Told Me You Loved Me

There was a specific kitchen that prepared all the food for hired workers, imperial knights, and volunteers from Université. It wasn’t far from Tori’s tent and when Nanny Rey was with her, she would prepare Tori’s food there. Until Nanny Rey returned, the cooks at the staff kitchen, who were villagers Tori hired, would also prepare their food.

The food was placed in a wooden heating box with carnelian plates to keep them...

Chapter 62: We Cannot Let Him Become Distracted

“Matthieu-Philippe.” Tori thought the General looked like Piers, but as he greeted the Emperor in a surprisingly annoyed, if not cold, voice, she thought he sounded more like Sebastian and Kasen when they talked to Piers.

Maybe it’s an older brother thing?  Tori wrinkled her nose a bit. Perhaps the General also thought no one was good enough for his sister. The Emperor didn’t look at all bothered by the un...

Chapter 61: This is Some Fairy Tale Sh*t

“So, he did.” Piers didn’t sound surprised. It was more as if he were agreeing with her observation.

Tori narrowed her eyes. She didn’t expect Alessa to be there. Most students who weren’t locals arrived one or two weeks before school started. In addition, for Alessa to be there now, she must’ve either only remained in Chetterswickshire for a few days or came directly to Horizon from King’s Harbor.

But there...

Chapter 60: Don't Listen to His Negativity

Just because she was nice to people did not mean she was seducing them. If Sebastian wanted to lecture someone on being careful with their words and actions, so as not to mislead another party, he should’ve lectured Piers. Tori had huffed that she was not seducing Piers, or anyone for that matter, but her brother just looked at her with concern, as if he knew something she didn’t.

Thankfully, Andy was still there at the tim...

Aila's Ramblings - 1/20/22

Okay, guys, wish me luck!  This weekend, I've planned a escape room/treasure hunt for one of my best friend's kid's birthday.  It's my first time coming up with such a thing and I got my brother and friends to help with ideas, but I will be the 'host/guide', so I'm kind of nervous that there 1 - aren't enough puzzles to figure out and 2 - the final (fake) coin I have to hide at a neighborhood park will be stolen or lost bef...

Chapter 59: We Won’t Be Doing That

Goddammit, Piers, have you no regard for your safety? Tori wanted to scream at him. Piers knew Sebastian was coming. It wasn’t a secret; she’d told him herself. She ground her teeth together.  Never mind that, Tori. Focus.

She needed to defuse the situation at once, and without showing any favoritism towards Piers. If she appeared to side with him over her brother, then it would only upset Sebastian f...

⭐TIER UPDATES! - New Tier! ⭐

Hello!

I finally have enough backlogged chapters that I feel comfortable adding another tier. 

⭐Tier One: Toss a Coin to Your Writer - is now THREE chapters ahead of Royal Road.

⭐⭐Tier Two: Toss MORE Coins to Your Writer - is SIX chapters ahead of Royal Road.  

I know that doesn't seem like a lot, but it's about a novella's amount of words ahead.  

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Chapter 58: Silently Asking If He Believed It

“So, here is the list.” Tori opened her notebook flat on the table and turned it around before pushing it towards Constantine, who was joining them for breakfast. “When I called everyone last night to see what they wanted, it was mainly the same thing.”

Sebastian craned his neck as he drank some coffee and raised a brow. “Do all your friends like olive oil? Where would they use it? The dorms at Lycée don’t have kit...