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Ruling by the Book: Chapter 9: Horrors of War
Ruling by the BookDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 9: Horrors of War______________________________________________________________________- Kazuya -I left Kazumi’s bedroom in the morning, having accompanied her for the entire night only to find Mira outside.“Lord Daimyo has requested your presence for the breakfast.” She reported.“Very well. We shall be there in a moment.” I replied and walked towards my room.On the way, I saw several o...
The Dragon Farmer: Chapter 19: Infinity
The Dragon FarmerDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 19:Infinity___________________________________________________________________- Mathias -I rushed towards the rampaging Shizuka who was currently being contained by Ingvild and met her head on. Lavy’s fight had concluded too and she was on the side, holding a barely alive Augusta. Shizuka’s power had been suppressed and mine was being boosted by Ingvild so it wasn’t hard to stop her.Having a...
Soul Art Online: Chapter 17: Leaving Sabaody
Soul Art OnlineDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 17: Leaving Sabaody___________________________________________________________________- Arthas -“We don’t have much time. Buy the things you can. No need to think much about it.” Shiroe instructed as we looked through the goods.Derek and his people had escorted us out of the Auction House to their base. He had his own businesses which mainly dealt in smuggled goods.They were arranging a ship f...
Ruling by the Book: Chapter 8: Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi
Ruling by the BookDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 8: Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi______________________________________________________________________- Kazuya -“Good. Just like that. Concentrate on the leaf.” I instructed Kasumi as she tried to stick a leaf on her forehead.It had been a few days since she had begun her training.The first thing I did was feed her the medicines which helped strengthen her body to make up for the lack of physical exerc...
Soul Art Online: Chapter 16: Unexpected Meetings!
Soul Art OnlineDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 16: Unexpected Meetings!___________________________________________________________________- Arthas -I froze at the word and looked at Veena in shock. Did she just say?I looked at the group once more. This time I used Scan on them.[Lily Moon][Aurelia][Bina Lessthan][White Rose][Muyuki]All of them were early or mid T3.“Which one?” I asked.She pointed at the second girl from the right.“Arthas, w...
Soul Art Online : Chapter 15: Sabaody
Soul Art OnlineDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 15: Sabaody___________________________________________________________________- Arthas -I looked around the place.The Sabaody Archipelago… It looked exactly like what I remembered from the anime. It was actually a massive mangrove forest growing out from the middle of the ocean with each tree of the forest serving as an island on which people live.“Beautiful, isn’t it?” The captain asked as ...
Ruling by the Book: Chapter 7: Rituals
Ruling by the BookDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 7: Rituals______________________________________________________________________- Kazuya -I looked at the ritual circle in front of me and rechecked everything twice.Letting out a sigh, I looked around the massive ritual room covered in fuinjutsu from the floor to the ceiling.The room was several times larger than the place I had started before. In fact, it was large enough to even house a Tailed...
The Dragon Farmer: Chapter 18: The Battle
The Dragon FarmerDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 18: The Battle______________________________________________________________________- Mathias -We appeared at the town near the location of the meeting.“Someone from the Church side will be coming to escort you all to the meeting place.” Euclid said and we sat there waiting for them to arrive.We didn’t need to wait for long as very soon an older gentleman came to the place.Euclid seemed to r...
Ruling by the Book: Chapter 6: Building Bonds
Ruling by the BookDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 6: Building Bonds______________________________________________________________________- Kazuya -“Welcome.” I welcomed the group of redheads who had arrived at my palace today.The group consisted of three shinobi. Two of them were the familiar twins while the last one was an elderly man who looked to be in his sixties, around Grandpa’s age.“Thank you, Your Highness.” They bowed politely...
Soul Art Online: Chapter 14: Interlude- 1
Soul Art OnlineDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 14: Interlude- 1______________________________________________________________________- Arthas -We left the room early in the morning, so as not to miss the ship to Saboady.Exploring Lannisport can always be done when we return.The journey will take around one and a half days so we were all stuck on the ship till then. During this time, all of us decided to level up our skills since we had free time...
The Restaurant :Chapter 15: Archdaemon
Isekai RestaurantDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 15:Archdaemon___________________________________________________________________- Silas -I woke up to the feeling of softness on both sides of my chest. Opening my eyes, I saw blonde and cherry blossom coloured hair in front of my eyes.On one side of me was Lavy, like usual, in my shirt and on the other side was Shuna, in a thin kimono.Now, how did it come to this?That evolution had brought a lot ...
Ruling by the Book: Chapter 5: Fallout
Ruling by the BookDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 5: Fallout______________________________________________________________________- Kazuya -I lay on my bed, surrounded by several people who had come to see me.“Are you sure it was them? They could be other Shinobi disguised as Mogami and the other servants.” The Stairs Daimyo tried to defend although his sweating made it clear that he was nervous.“Really? Because I am pretty sure I know of ...
Ruling by the Book: Chapter 4: Engagement
Ruling by the BookDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 4:Engagement______________________________________________________________________- Kazuya -“Have they settled?” I asked, taking a seat.“Yes. They lost their consciousness. The youngest one was barely able to stand either. We arranged doctors for them but at the rate they are healing, it will take over a month for them to recover. It looks like the Iwa shinobi were trying to catch them aliv...
The Restaurant: Chapter 14: Enter the Dragonoid
Disclaimer: I own nothingChapter 14: Enter the Dragonoid______________________________________________________________________- Silas -I came out of my bath before bed when the door to my room opened.A familiar face appeared behind the door.“Are you ready for bed, Sil-kun?” She asked as she walked casually to my cupboard and took a shirt from inside.“Yes. Did you girls have fun?” I asked.They had gone out to Tempest to meet Shuna’s frie...
The Book: Chapter 3: First Harvest
Ruling by the BookDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 3: First Harvest______________________________________________________________________- Kazuya -I walked with Grandpa toward the fields, our guards following us.Behind them were several nobles who were following us at a distance, most of them sweating from just a bit of walking and slowing us down.“Remind me why we are doing this again?” I asked Grandpa.“You need to show your achievements t...
The Book: Chapter 2: Settling In
Ruling by the BookDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 2: Settling In______________________________________________________________________- Kazuya -I woke up to a knock on the door. Looking around, I realised that I had fallen asleep in my lab.“Damn, that last ritual had tired me out more than I was expecting.” I whispered to myself before another knock was heard outside. “Coming. Give me fifteen minutes.” I replied back.Yesterday night I wa...
The Book: Chapter 1: A New World
Ruling by the BookDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 1: A New World______________________________________________________________________- ??? -I opened my eyes to see a familiar roof, a knock on the door awakening me from my slumber. Not that I had been able to sleep properly.Three days.It has been three days since I gained the memories of my past life and to think this messed up world of mine would be even crazier than I had imagined.As much as I...
The Restaurant: Chapter 13: New Guests
Isekai RestaurantDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 13: New Guests______________________________________________________________________- Silas -“Two orders of Chicken Fried Rice is up.” I said as I handed the plates to Tohru who carried them to the tables.“Five servings of karage for Ainz-sama.” Shuna came in with the new orders as soon as Tohru left. Lavinia was taking care of cleaning the tables while Sakura was helping her.With enough w...
The Restaurant: Chapter 12: Battle of the Ogre Village
Isekai RestaurantDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 12: Battle of the Ogre Village___________________________________________________________________- Silas -“From what Great Sage has analysed, the Orcs are under the effect of the Unique Skill: Starved. It is also what’s granting them the ability to adapt to new situations by consuming the flesh of others. This Skill is unique to the Orc Lord and so finishing him off is our top priority.”We n...
Story 11: Chapter 1: New Life, New Job
My Isekai Rom-com Life is weird!!!Disclaimer: I own nothing. All characters in the story are legally consenting adults of 18 years and above ages.Chapter 1: New Life, New Job______________________________________________________________________- ??? -In my previous life, I had often wondered how getting isekai’d would feel if it ever happened to me. Would it be the same as being summoned to another world to fight a Demon King or something?All t...
Story 6: Chapter 10: Closures
To Be A HeroDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 10:Closures______________________________________________________________________- Salvatore -We looked at the clown, groaning in pain as the magic did its work.Normally dragging the soul of Jahil wouldn’t have been so hard. The reason for the difficulty was the fact that Footman himself was made of tens of thousands of souls all mashed up together in ritualistic mix.This made not only hiding inside ...
Story 3: Chapter 13: Travelling
Soul Art OnlineDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 13: Travelling______________________________________________________________________- Arthas -I looked at the girl who tensed at the mention of the topic.Veena didn’t push and just sat beside me. “You don’t have to be worried. We don’t mean any harm. We are just curious about what is happening in the outside world. As you can guess, being trapped inside, we have no idea about the events goin...
Story 9: Chapter 10: Internship
Ace in the HoleDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 10: Internship____________________________________________________________________________- Ace -I looked at the person in front of me while hiding my surprise in my heart.They were really serious about this whole internship. To think they would send her to receive me.In front of me stood a beautiful young woman with a voluptuous body, appearing to be in her early twenties with back-length silver ha...
The Farmer: Chapter 17: Undercurrents
Disclaimer: I own nothingChapter 17: Undercurrents______________________________________________________________________- Mathias -I teleported to the Rosenkreutz Mansion. Shizuka was the only one I asked to come with me.I hadn’t told both Rias and Latia about any of this meeting to not get them worried and knowing Lavinia or Ingvild, they could have blurted out the secret inadvertently so I didn’t involve them either. So, in the end, Shizuka...
Story 10: Chapter 7: Spar with Nurarihyon
Drawn to PowerDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 7: Spar with Nurarihyon______________________________________________________________________- Tatsuya -I waited near the manga section of the shop while both Sae and Tobi were buying things for their school project.This week’s jump had the poster for Naruto with Itachi using his Mangekyo Sharingan.Even in this world, Itachi Uchiha had taken the character polls by a storm, consistently having a hig...
Story 3: Chapter 12: First Night
Soul Art OnlineDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 12: First Night______________________________________________________________________- Arthas -I held up my shield as I took the charge of a wild boar monster, the attack forcing me back by a few steps but not harming me at all.Limitless working its wonder.I looked up at the boar who was shaking its head, trying to shake off the dizziness from the charge when suddenly vines of light ripped through t...
The Restaurant: Chapter 11: Hunting Trip
Isekai RestaurantDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 11: Hunting Trip___________________________________________________________________- Silas -We sat in the Restaurant.There weren’t many customers right now.The oldies group were sitting aside and talking to Ikki about Martial Arts training.Sakura seemed fine and insisted that she wanted to work so I reluctantly allowed her.After all, Cid-kun hadn’t shown any problems either and we were finally...
Story 3: Chapter 11: Revelations
Soul Art OnlineDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 11: Revelations______________________________________________________________________- Arthas -I sent another punch in the air before relaxing my position when a notification appeared in front of me.Shingen-ryu [Unique Skill] [Level 26/50] [Exp: 1/26000]Shingen-ryu or "Style That Originates From The Heart" is a school of Martial Arts in which the practitioner learns hand-to-hand combat as we...
Story 10: Chapter 6: Life and Death
Drawn to PowerDisclaimer: I own nothing.Chapter 6: Life and Death______________________________________________________________________- Tatsuya -I was awakened by the sound of coughing coming from grandma’s room.She has been getting sick more often these days.It was something that came with age but it was still painful to watch.I got up from my bed and went to the kitchen and made some hot tea for her before carrying everything to her room.“...
Story 3: Chapter 10: Testing Skills
Soul Art OnlineDisclaimer: I own nothingChapter 10: Testing Skills_____________________________________________________________________- Arthas -“Oh come on, there has to be more slots open.” I heard the first thing as I walked out the Guild Halls.“Unfortunately, we don’t have any empty slots yet. You all need to wait till the Guild level increases or someone quits the guild. Until then we can do nothing.” Shiroe replied.“You know tha...