Chapter 31: The Day Before the Reunion
After helping Murayama get mildly adjusted to the reality that she was, in fact, a Magician, he had no choice but to proceed to a much, much harder topic to explain. One that would shock her even more than their absentee parents' being Magicians alongside the rest of their bloodline.
“So let me get this straight.” Murayama stood in their living room, pinching her nose-bridge as she pointed at Sona. “You’re a D...
2025-04-16 09:08:35 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 54: Katerea Leviathan
Katera clenched her teeth in frustration, her nails digging into her palms as her anger surged. The sight of Avalon sedately looking at her as if she were a lost child annoyed her to no end. Replaced? Her? As if she could accept such a reality. She was a true Devil, someone destined to reclaim the throne that Serafall had stolen from her.
Working under Ophis was all a means to no end, not just for her, but for the entire Old Sat...
2025-04-15 13:50:32 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 30: The Akahashi Clan
Takauji was sitting beside Murayama on her bed, his younger sister looking up at him, desperately hoping he’d have the answers she was looking for.
“Takauji… what’s happening to me?” She sniffled, holding up her left hand, reciprocating the same feeling she had experienced earlier today.
Whoosh!
A ball of fire ignited around her hand, one which didn’t seem to be affecting her in any w...
2025-04-13 10:33:33 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 29: The Ashikaga Clan
Ayabe City, Kyoto, Japan.
Regarding housing in Japan, most people settled in large, industrial apartment complexes, mainly if they lived in a City. Or a tiny house in the suburbs if they were smart with their money.
On the other hand, the affluent could choose to dwell wherever they liked, opting for the condos and penthouses Ayabe had to offer.
And then there were a few families, maybe only a handful, whose wealt...
2025-04-11 11:34:30 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 53: The Truth
Eurus blew an impressed whistle, looking at the sky, wearing a black aloha shirt with a white flower pattern. She pushed down the pair of shades she had picked up along the way, sipping on a martini with a small, bright orange umbrella attached to the glass.
“So, that’s our target?” She looked to her side, observing Avalon, who seemed laser-focused on the floating structure they were both capable of perceiving.
Similar to Eurus, he was...
2025-04-09 04:09:26 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 28: Life Finds a Way (2)
Rustle! Rustle! Rustle!
Step after step, Takauji could hear the sound of something inching towards him from the brush—accompanied by a low, sinister growling noise.
One which signified the creature approaching him wasn’t in the most optimal mood for their first meeting.
“Governor,” Sona’s posture grew tense, and for good reason. “When you mentioned those injuries, just how severe were they?”
2025-04-08 05:50:11 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 27: Life Finds a Way (1)
“Pardon?” Sona stood there dumbfounded, facing her Contracted Magician, standing side by side with the Governor-General.
“I said, I’m going to the Underworld for a bit. Azazel has something rather interesting he wants to show me, and it’ll probably boost my strength.”
The fact that Takauji of all people was being so easily trusting caught her off guard.
Azazel nodded as Takauji spoke, his expression si...
2025-04-05 05:06:24 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 26: A God Reborn
Sona’s eyes were as wide as they could possibly be, the name Raynare had just muttered replaying through her mind repeatedly.
She knew exactly what the name meant and who it belonged to.
But she just couldn’t wrap her head around the fact that such a figure had appeared right before her, in Kuoh of all places, and without any warning whatsoever.
It was a name thousands of times older than hers’, and one that stood near t...
2025-04-03 11:30:20 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 52: Isle of Skye (1)
The Underworld, Bael Clan Estate.
After receiving his next mission to disrupt the meeting between Hexennacht and the Old Satan Faction at Mount Olympus, Avalon had returned to the Underworld alongside Sirzechs—going straight back to the Bael Estate while his brother returned to Grayfia’s side.
And before he gave the news of what he’d be doing to his peerage, he decided to begin by relaying what he had learned...
2025-04-01 13:03:48 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 25: The Governor’s Arrival
“Is this really a good idea?” Asia couldn’t help but ask, standing alongside Takauji, Sona, and a floating, imprisoned Freed at the front entrance of Kuoh’s abandoned church.
“It’ll be fine, they’re nothing more than a rag-tag group of scoundrels. Hardly anything worth fussing over,” Sona shrugged. There wasn’t any reason for her to be nervous, seeing as she had effortlessly dismantled the Fallen Angels some time ago.
Tr...
2025-03-30 12:02:50 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 24: The Nun’s Predicament
Shatter!
Freed’s body catapulted through the air, landing him back-first on a glass table in the apartment's living room, causing it to shatter as a few shards dug into his skin.
“What’s wrong?” With a faint ringing sound polluting the Stray Exorcist’s ears, it had become rather difficult for him to distinguish Takauji’s words. “I thought you were supposed to be a genius, but you’re hardly even putting up a f...
2025-03-27 16:04:54 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 51: The Beginning Of The End
Welcome to Volume 3 of TPD, “Loyalty in Betrayal.”
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“I’m afraid not, for the same reason you couldn’t detect it while you were in Heaven, the Infinity Dragon’s interference is simply too powerful for us to combat—as it stands, we’re pretty much powerless to probe anything Ophis decides to use his personal power to mask from us.”
As if the entire conversation between the...
2025-03-25 13:33:57 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 23: Father Freed (2)
Night had slowly begun its descent over Kuoh Town’s sky, but Takauji’s investigation was nowhere near concluded.
Freed had arrived at the front door of someone’s apartment, the unnerving smile on his face unchanged, as he leaned down towards Asia.
“Since you’re going to be my assistant from now on, I think it’s only right that I quiz you on your know-how every now and then, wouldn’t you agree?” He folded his hands behind his...
2025-03-22 14:50:08 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 22: Father Freed (1)
I tend to use italics for word/dialogue on top of thoughts, so from now on I’ll add ‘this’ to thoughts so there’s no confusion.
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‘I should be able to do this now.’
Takauji squatted down at one of the corners of his room, extending his hands about an inch apart from each other, and opening his palms with a focused look on his face.
It was time for him to create his fir...
2025-03-20 14:56:36 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 50: Adrian Shephard (Volume 2 END)
Chapter 50, that’s another milestone for the books.
This chapter might not be as long as the others, but it is probably one of, if not the most important chapters I’ve ever written for this story.
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One by one, Azazel, Michael, and Sirzechs all allowed the monument to take their print—officializing the agreement between Heaven, Grigori, and the Underworld to form a unit...
2025-03-18 12:43:50 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 21: The Hensou Formation
The final bell had already rung, and today was the day Takauji was both dreading and looking forward to at the same time.
Track & Field training.
Even with his drastically improved Mage body, a part of him still wasn’t sure he’d be able to shrug off the long-lasting pain that came with training with Hairo.
After all, the Captain himself was definitely supernatural in some way, at least from Takauji’s perspective.&n...
2025-03-15 11:56:56 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 20: The Four Basic Techniques
The following day, Takauji had expected his day to consist of him immediately returning home after the final bell had rung, to start learning the barrier techniques used by Eastern Magicians.
The ones that required him to successfully obtain Chakra, which he had already accomplished.
But instead, Sona had brought him back to the Sitri Household’s indoor sanctuary, to the same riverbank where he had become a 2nd Circle Magic...
2025-03-13 11:43:19 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 49: Mount Olympus
The Underworld, Lilith.
Stood firmly in the center of the Underworld’s Capital was a gargantuan, imposing structure in the form of a castle, one that carried a sense of royalty around it potent enough to strike the hearts of every citizen fortunate to dwell within the city’s walls, as well as anyone blessed with the opportunity to gaze upon it.
It was the place where the pinnacle of Devil existence, The Four Great Sa...
2025-03-11 15:19:04 +0000 UTC
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With the release of MoD Chapter 19, I have officially completed releasing all the Advanced Chapters for the series, and now can continue working at normal pace instead of rushing myself on both series to the point of exhaustion!
Yipeeeee!
2025-03-08 17:14:07 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 19: Stray Devil Alenth
Well, that’s definitely not a bad sign, Takauji breathed a bemused exhale, being greeted with the sensation of something wet splashing against the soles of his shoes the moment he stepped into the warehouse.
He used his Projection ability to create a flashlight, allowing him to survey his surroundings.
And upon doing so, he ended up illuminating a puddle of scarlet-colored liquid with a viscous consistency,...
2025-03-08 17:12:58 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 18: 2nd Circle Magician
A few hours of meditation, on top of the time he had spent unlocking his Chakra, had gone by, hours that were drastically less mentally draining, and significantly more relaxing than what he had just experienced.
And once a certain amount of time passed, Takauji found himself being enveloped in quite the striking, yet expected phenomenon.
Dark Mana had begun to swirl around his figure like coiling serpents; the surrounding wildlife that had on...
2025-03-06 11:43:42 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 48: The Next Era
After an awfully lengthy, and questionably detailed explanation from Avalon. Venelana finally started to grasp what was about to happen not only in the Underworld, but Heaven, and the Human World as well.
Not that knowing what was going on made it any easier to come to terms with, for the three main factions to all come together out of the blue, with the backing of the Greek Pantheon—wasn't something she expected to see happen in her lifetime.
And ...
2025-03-04 12:47:28 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 17: Cockblocker Contractor & Chakra
"Well, isn't this an interesting sight?" Takauji smirked, having just arrived at the abandoned church alongside Raynare, and finding himself met with quite a fascinating view upon their arrival.
Three individuals were sitting on the grass, with a large, watery serpent wrapped around them like an impromptu rope, one which they had no hope of escaping, no matter how hard they chose to struggle.
"You've got some explaining to do, ...
2025-03-02 10:47:38 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 16: Takauji's Day Out
Takauji stood in anticipation at the center of Kuoh's Plaza, with the Clock Tower, one of, if not the town's largest attractions right behind him. His foot rhythmically tapping against the floor as his gaze shifted back and forth from his watch.
Good grief, if you are going to hypothetically plot against me. Could you at least do so in a timely fashion?
He glanced from side to side, surveying the crowd in an attempt to locate Yuuma.
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2025-02-28 06:55:33 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 47: A Return Visit
After absorbing one of his Knight pieces, Acerola had officially become a member of Avalon's peerage, meaning that all that was left for him to find was another Rook, and one more Knight—upon which his peerage would be complete.
Avalon furrowed his brow as he watched her body slowly regenerate, "This might be a strange time to ask this but, shouldn't the sun be harmful to you or something?"
"It should be," she affirmed. "But I'm an exception, all...
2025-02-26 13:46:22 +0000 UTC
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Quick announcement; I feel like the quality of my TPD Chapters have been slipping a little, and I'm pretty sure it's because I'm rushing them by trying to finish each one within a day.
Do y'all mind if I take a bit longer with them? Like 2-3 days per TPD Chapter. I want to bring the word count per chapter up as well, and obviously the general quality not only of the grammar, but storytelling.
(If you have suggestions for TPD as well, you're more than welcome to leave them here an...
2025-02-25 12:42:09 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 15: Preparing for a Date
After setting his phone aside following his text with Yuuma, Takuaji returned his attention to the open book in front of him, the one that would teach him how Eastern Magicians handled the concepts of barriers.
The Eastern form of barriers was split into different categories.
There were Protective Barriers, Imprisoning Barriers, Killing Barriers, Illusory Barriers, and last but not least, Sealing Barriers. Each was doing exactly as their titl...
2025-02-24 05:30:02 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 14: Raynare's Scheme
Kuoh wasn't a town with an especially large religious population, and even if they were, most of them would either be followers of Shintoism, or Buddhism. Christianity made up a very, very marginal percentage of not just Kuoh, but Japan's populace as a whole.
Therefore, after the local church's priest, Masaomi Yaegaki, had gone missing for some unbeknownst reason. The local government made no attempt to ensure that the place remained well maintained, n...
2025-02-22 08:18:51 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 46: Recruiting Acerola
After experiencing the unwelcome intrusion, the attendees all gathered in a lounge room without Oshino and Jin's presence for the time-being, everyone sat on either a couch or chair with their respective group.
They were all finding it exceptionally hard to relax, and understandably so, with the exception of Avalon for some incomprehensible reason.
Why? Because the intruder was sitting down with the strangely composed Great King on a c...
2025-02-20 15:04:27 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 13: Yuuma Amano
"Well that's far simpler than what I imagined," Takauji mused aloud while studying the contents of the book on teleportation circles that Sona had gifted him. Finding the creation process only somewhat challenging, but drastically easier than what he was expecting.
The first step was to make sure that you were capable of drawing your magic crest with 1:1 accuracy, which sounded hard on paper, but with his Dexterity sitting at 154 with the help of his enhanc...
2025-02-19 12:36:52 +0000 UTC
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