Author Romeru

Chapter 12: Perfect Spots

"What… do you mean?"

[I meant what I said, Julian – you may have inherited your clone's abilities from the Otherworld Project.]

"...Is that a feature?"

[...No.]

"Hm…"

If MEGAN's avatar was in the apartment with Julian right now, she would probably have her hand on her chin, staring at Julian from head to toe. As for Julian, well… he was just standing there, unsure of what to do with himself. The implications of MEGAN's statement were sinking in, and a sub...

Chapter 11: A Very Unexpected Development

[Julian! Wake up! Please… just wake up! I don't… I don't really know what I'll do without you, Julian, like… literally and technically. So please, please wake up!]

"!?" Julian woke up from his own gasp, his eyes snapping open, only to see black. MEGAN's sobs echoed in his ears, her artificial voice cracking with emotion.

"What... where am I?" His voice rasped, throat parched.

[Julian…? Julian! You're awake!] MEGAN's relief was palpable, her voice just wringing in Jul...

Chapter 10: The Reason For Leaving

"This… this is [Rare!]"
In the world of Artemia, weapons are graded to reflect their quality and power – very much similar to role-playing games back on Earth; one of the very reasons why Otherworld is being treated as a game by many.
[Common] weapons are just that, simple and unadorned, while [Uncommon] blades whisper of potential with their slight enhancements. [Rare] weapons, like what Julian created in less than an hour, shine with unique traits, captivating the hearts of advent...

Chapter 9: And At Last, I See Myself

"K…kh…"
The air was thick with a warm, medicinal scent as Julian lay on the cot, blinking against the harsh light above as his wounds itched. His body felt lighter, as if the weight of his wounds had dissipated with the flickering flames of the magic coming from the man sitting beside his cot.
One moment he was dying from his wounds, and now they were slowly closing.
The man was a Priest, currently healing the completely bloody Julian.
"How… the fuck is he even awake?" Marcu...

Chapter 8: Sword Junkie

"A sword… A sword is inside me?" 

Julian gritted his teeth as he looked at the sword pierced through him; a peal of laughter, still very much trying to escape from his lips.

And soon, he held his breath; his hand… sensually gripping the hilt of the blade embedded in his thigh. And despite the pain, there was a strange sense of… euphoria bubbling up within him.

"Ho…" With a grunt, he casually yanked the blade free from his leg, blood spurting from the wound. His ...

Chapter 7: Lucian's First Meeting with The Natives Started with a Penetration

[Julian, wake up! They are talking trash about you, Julian!]

Back in Julian's new tiny apartment, MEGAN was currently screaming in his unconscious mind.

MEGAN is a highly advanced AI that was programmed to be extremely life-like, and Julian had given her all the permissions she would ever need on her behalf – Julian doesn't even call her 'it'.

And with all of those permissions, MEGAN could dive through the internet all on her own. And right now, of cou...

Chapter 6: Into the Otherworld

"...You mean people will be watching me?"

"Oh, yes. We'll all be watching you, Mr. Winters."

"Did… I approve of that?"

"Sure did."

Julian stood there in silence for a few seconds, but it did not really take long for him to remember that he told MEGAN to just accept everything. MEGAN – he still was not quite used to her not always talking to him. If she was here, then Julian's utter confusion about everything he was seeing would have been solved quite easily.

...

Chapter 5: Compatibility

"You… felt it moving toward you?"

Dr. May found herself completely at a loss as she stared at this handsome man in medieval pants and tunic in front of her, seemingly at a loss as to what to say. But after a few seconds, she turned her attention to her fellow scientist.

"...Did we set the speed right, Takumi-sensei?"

"...Yes," Dr. Takumi looked at his tablet, "It's at 100%, that's the standard speed."

"100%," Dr. May squinted her eyes as she also looked at her tablet...

Chapter 4: Start of the Physical Assessment

"Why… does your face feel like Ellie's?"

"She is the one who gave me to you, Julian – I know her face the most."

"Oh…"

Julian still had no idea what everything meant. He had to rely on what he was hearing to recognize what sort of feeling he needed to feel – he didn't understand anything at all…

…be he knows he was slowly feeling an unexplainable amount of joy. He knows…

…that he was seeing something beautiful. A...

Chapter 3: Unexplainable

"Hm." Julian's hand gripped the handle of the taxi he was riding extremely hard, his heightened senses feeling even the smallest of turbulence and vibration. The flying vehicle hummed softly as it glided through the Sky Net, New Earth's sprawling aerial metropolis.

[Approaching Humanity Engineering, Earth Branch,] the AI driver announced. [Estimated arrival: two minutes.]

"Okay," Julian hummed, his long obsidian hair falling over half his face. He couldn't see the spectacle outsid...

Chapter 2: The Otherworld Project

[Julian, Ellie is standing in front of you.]

MEGAN did not really need to tell Julian – he knew. He knew the very moment Ellie's scent reached his nose.

Ellie seemed to want to say something as she saw the hint of blood on Julian's neck, but the only thing she could really do was cover her mouth so as not to now make any noise; hoping that Julian didn't know she was there.

Neither of them spoke, just letting the silence speak for them.

Julian also wanted to say somet...

Chapter 1: A Prologue of Darkness

"Ellie, wait."

A man stood frozen in front of an elevator; his breaths, hampered by the sobs coming from inside the box that seemed so cold.

"Julian, stop it. Just stop, please… just stop."

"Ellie…"

"I can't do this anymore, Julian," Elle, the woman whose sobs whispered from the elevator, stuttered between her words as she could not even dare to look at Julian, "I've tried, I really did. I tried for 20 years… but it's like… It's like I don't even exist to you."...

Viel Sketch Volume 3

A sketch of Viel at the first part of Volume 3. Might actually complete it since I liked how it turned out.

***SPOILERS***

Just incase a patreon hasn't read to this part, this is after the timeskip of 5 years, so he is about 10 y.o now. How was he imprisoned? Well, read to find out!

Early Design Sketch for Viel

This is one of the earlier design for Viel that I drew months ago. Decided not to go with it as he looked older, and less *trap*.

In real world terms, Viel is supposed to be a half-asian and half-western, with his western looks being the more dominant of the half.