Chapter 2: State of Affairs
A wide, elongated, plush dining table was in the middle of House Buné’s dining room, illuminated by a palatial, ornate chandelier hovering above it. The table itself was constructed of a gleaming, drab stony material that delightfully reflected the overhead light.
It created a shimmering, obsidian-like surface to complement the royal purple, silk-woven tablecloth set over the exquisite piece of furniture. The table was laden with pro...
2025-05-21 08:22:23 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 14: Preparing For Dinner at House Astrea
(Castor Germain)
“Castor, are you sure you wouldn’t like a change of clothing?” Walter pointed at my Red Bull Racing attire, which clung to my back and had grown damp thanks to all the profuse sweating training with him had produced. “We have plenty of spare garments we’d be more than happy to give you.”
I pressed my lips together. “I’m not sure, I’m pretty att...
2025-05-20 08:20:39 +0000 UTC
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AN: I wanted to write DxD, but I didn't really feel like writing MoD. So I came up with this little prototype. If you have time, just give it a read since I'd appreciate some feedback.
In short, this is basically an AU for DxD if one of the Extinct 72 Pillars, House Buné was not only alive but thriving.
Chapter 1: A Buné Awakening
Death is boring.
I’m not in anguish, burning amidst the blazing expanse of a fiery ...
2025-05-19 12:24:42 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 13: Walter’s Training
“Again!” Walter bellowed at the top of his lungs—holding his hand above his head as the atmosphere around him crackled with chilling ferocity. “El Huma!”
A hailstorm of icicle shards crepitated to life around the butler’s forearm, splitting the air as they raced towards Castor, each aimed at varying heights to make them exponentially harder to predict.
I’ve seen this strategy before, ha...
2025-05-19 04:31:19 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 12: Lily
“Here we are.”
Walter stepped into a fairly spacious, dimly lit room with an assortment of weapon racks, shelves, and armor stands scattered around—most of them acting as placeholders for Knight outfits akin to the one Reinhard wore on a day to day basis, as well as armaments that Castor had seen a few people around the Astrea Manor holding.
“It seems the lighting around here is in need of some refreshing,” he faced the Fire Spirit...
2025-05-17 12:53:20 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 11: Spirit Whisperer
AN: Chapter 12 of WoF will be the 6th Advance Chapter for this series, so just keep in mind that it'll be part of the King+ Tier.
(Castor Germain)
After receiving the privilege of listening to Sir Walter’s story, as brief as it was, we finally arrived at the so-called Garden of Lassitude—my effort to slow my footsteps so we’d arrive only after he was finished having succes...
2025-05-16 06:29:29 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 10: An Old Man’s Tale
Walter led Castor quite some distance away from the residential area of the Astrea Manor, the sound of grunts, shouting, and the clashing of metal becoming progressively louder and louder as they traversed a dark-gray cobblestone path.
“It sounds rowdy over there,” Castor commented idly.
“We’re going to the Astrea Family’s training grounds, which some of us call the Garden of Lassitude. Every member of House...
2025-05-14 22:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 9: Finally! A Library!
“Here we are,” Reinhard stopped in front of a large, bronze-tinted, double door with Astrea Family Sentries positioned on either side. “This is my family’s library.”
Castor couldn’t help but break out a broad, satisfied smile. This was precisely what he had been longing for ever since he had been blipped to the middle of Lugunica’s trading street—the comfort of hard covers filled with mystical pages that he had ...
2025-05-14 07:50:41 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 8: The Final Dragon Maiden
“I’m guessing I’m in quite a bit of trouble here?” Felt started to sweat a little as Reinhard approached her, her palms clammy after witnessing the sheer carnage he could create during his battle with Elsa, if you could even call it one.
She had planned on throwing the insignia at him and using her Divine Blessing to make a run for it, avoiding the consequences of stealing from Emilia. However, it ...
2025-05-12 11:51:41 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 7: The Sword Saint’s Dominance
“Honestly, that appetizer of a boy wasn’t half bad,” Elsa remarked while rolling her shoulders, easing up some of the built-up lactic acid within them with a soothing pop. “Were you responsible for training him? Sword Saint.”
“No, although I’d be remiss to say I wasn’t planning on doing so, I think he has the potential to become a truly exceptional Knight.” Reinhard paced towards Elsa, the ground tre...
2025-05-11 14:08:59 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 42: Complex Emotions
“You’re going to lure her out?” Rias inquired after hearing most of what Takauji had planned to deal with War, at least the parts she understood. All the talk about Horseman of the Apocalypse, the Crossing, and whatnot made her head spin.
“Yes and no, she’ll be lured out, but I won’t be the one doing it.” He grinned eerily.
“I don’t understand. Aren’t you the one she’s after?”&nb...
2025-05-11 03:59:09 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 6: Sword-Castor’s Strength
Magic is made up of six elements.
Fire—which covers temperature.
Water—which covers life and healing.
Wind—which functions outside the bodies of living things.
Earth—which functions inside the bodies of living things.
Yin—which covers debuffs.
And finally, Yang, responsible for handling buffs.
Of the six, Yang is by far the least utilized application of Magic, since the buffs ...
2025-05-10 05:50:17 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 5: The Bowel Hunter
The little girl, named Felt, led Reinhard and Castor to a place called the “Loot House,” a rather well-known location amongst those dwelling in the slums. Where people could obtain illicit items stolen by none other than Felt herself, a revelation which really pushed the limits of Reinhard’s knightly code, every fibre of his being telling him to shut the whole place down and throw Felt into the slammer.
However, he needed to...
2025-05-09 08:20:29 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 41: Asa Mitaka
(Ashikaga Takauji)
After making my ultimatum clear to the people fortunate enough to share my blood, I departed from the residence. I have no plans on returning here until their month is over—and if I ever do, it won’t be to their fortune, quite the opposite, really.
“Look who's finally here.” Once I stepped outside, I was immediately met with the sight of Sona glaring at me with her arms crossed, the ...
2025-05-08 05:21:47 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 4: Detectives Castor & Reinhard
(Castor Germain)
“I must say, you and your friend have some rather exotic attire. Are you visiting Lugunica from afar?” He inquired, inspecting the exquisite piece of clothing that was my matching set of red bull shirt and pants.
“Afar, is an understatement. We’re not even from this world, we were just transported here completely out of the blue. I wouldn’t suppose you h...
2025-05-07 06:35:55 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 3: The Half-Elf & Sword Saint
“I doubt this is a lot,” Castor shifted through the manifold of copper coins on the ground that he had collected from Kan, Ton, and the corpse of Chin, totaling forty-two. “However, we should at least be able to pick up a decent meal, and if we’re lucky, there’ll be a cheap enough inn nearby.”
He wasn’t going to get his hopes up, though. This was the Royal Capital, after all. He highly doubted ...
2025-05-06 03:52:50 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 40: The First Horseman
The atmosphere surrounding the Ashikaga Clan had been tense upon Takauji’s initial arrival, and now, the long-awaited Shogun had taken it up a notch.
He had audaciously ordered Tsuji to gather everyone in the main hall so he could announce something, and the Patriarch didn’t even think about refusing him. Setting aside his clear autonomy over Kamigyo, Tsuji felt every bit inclined to follow his grandson’s words to the letter.
2025-05-05 09:23:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 2: A Murderous First Day
This world sucks!
Castor sulked after coming to a depressing realization about the state of public libraries in this world.
They didn’t exist!
They were all privately owned by upper class nobles and private institutions, neither of which Castor had any hopes of getting acquainted with. Leaving him without any way to get access to the books of this world, the only thing he had any interest in obtaining, ...
2025-05-04 08:39:07 +0000 UTC
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As promised, (well not really promised, but as implied if you will) I'm writing a Re:Zero fic. I'm going to upload two chapters today so I get y'all's opinions on what you think of it. Don't worry about MoD! I'm literally writing the next chapter for that as we speak, I'm still cooking.
The first chapter for this will be public on Patreon, the rest will serve to fill in all the tiers, and if there's still interest by the time it reaches 15 Chapters here, I'll upload it publicly...
2025-05-04 08:37:50 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 39: 10,000 Souls
“Welcome to the Crossing, Governor-General.” Takauji put on a welcoming smile, patting Azazel on the back as he gestured to the endless, barren expanse in front of them that was barely hanging onto its last traces of verdure.
Azazel was left speechless, his expression still, and his demeanor making it clear that he was utterly astonished.
This was where more than 400,000 souls dwelt? A dead, forsaken wasteland without an in...
2025-05-02 06:37:51 +0000 UTC
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I've been discussing this with some fellow authors I know, and I think I have a pretty solid idea for this verse (and obviously, it isn't DxD), but I'm just curious how many of you actually know/watched Re:Zero.
2025-05-01 10:42:52 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 38: A Helping Hand
There were three factions within the Grim Reaper world: the Progressive Faction, the Conservative Faction, and the Militant Faction.
The Progressive Faction worked directly under Hades and was by far the strongest faction in terms of raw power since they had the Greek God of Death himself on their side, as well as the Realm of the Dead located at the Underworld’s lower strata.
Ideology-wise, their only interest was listening to H...
2025-04-30 07:55:53 +0000 UTC
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I was supposed to post this earlier, but I forgot. Anyhow, better late than never.
For those who don't know, I'm working on an original cultivation novel for RoyalRoad. However, I'm relatively new to the genre, so I wanted to gather some opinions before releasing it publicly.
The title is "A Mortal's Guide to Demonic Cultivation," and the summary should be pretty self-explanatory.
Anyhow, let me know your ...
2025-04-29 12:01:44 +0000 UTC
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I've been thinking of dipping into verses other than DxD, but I have no clue where to start (amongst anime, I'm not really that big of a comic/tv show guy), so I'm wondering if y'all can drop some suggestions. If I see enough of the same suggestion, I'll add it to a poll or smth.
2025-04-29 11:45:37 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 37: Yokoso, Watashi no Soul Society (Long Chapter)
After a lengthy, with a capital ‘L’, lecture from Death. Takauji had learned most of what he needed to know about the River of Souls. Primarily, the information regarding how it functioned, its purpose, and what he needed to do to bring the place back up to standard.
The River of Souls existed to ensure safe passage for the deceased, from the land of the living into the afterlife. Freeing them from the...
2025-04-28 08:39:30 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 36: The River of Souls
“Where is this?” Takauji asked, looking around and finding himself standing in what appeared to be a lone alleyway, the pungent stench of filth and waste lingering in the air, combined with a strange metallic taste that remained on the surface of his tongue. A taste that he had never experienced before.
“Where we are is unimportant; the only matter of relevancy is what's happening around us.” Death pointed to something behind...
2025-04-26 14:32:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 35: Takauji's Second Job (In This Economy?)
After the Ashikaga Clan’s memorable lunch, Tsuji had called for Takauji in hopes of discussing something in private.
Naturally, both Murayama and Sona expressed their concern out of their mistrust for the Patriarch, but Takauji, in his usual fashion, insisted that everything would be fine.
Granted, he did have a velociraptor with him. So the chances of Tsuji trying anything underhanded on him ...
2025-04-24 05:31:25 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 34: An Eventful Lunch
The dining room was a vast, spacious, and elongated room with a seated table that spanned the entire length from the entrance to the back wall. At least a dozen or two figures sat on either side, all of them falling into total silence once the front door opened.
“‘Patriarch!”” They all stood up the second Tsuji stepped into the room, their hands clasped behind their back, awaiting the Clan Leader’s permission to sit down.
2025-04-22 12:09:20 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 33: Family Reunion
“Well?” Takauji walked up to the servants, lined up in parallel formation, in front of the Ashikaga Estate. “Aren’t you going to usher me in? Or do you plan on forcing your esteemed guest to see himself in like some commoner? That’s hardly the level of class I was expecting from my family.”
They were all still clutching their chests even after the oddity that had descended over Kamigyo Ward had dissipated, the aftereffe...
2025-04-20 13:23:37 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 32: O’ Death
Kamigyo Ward.
“Hey,” one of the guardsmen stationed outside the Ashikaga Estate spoke, looking at his colleague. “Is it just me? Or does everything feel a little cooler than usual?”
His fellow guardsman hummed, “True. It usually isn’t this cold during this time of year, but I doubt it’s anything to fuss about.” He shrugged, “I’m more concerned about that.”
He turned around, pointing at t...
2025-04-18 14:20:06 +0000 UTC
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