Jia and Eui followed the monk to the mountain and climbed a stone staircase that seemed to go on forever. It wasn’t much of an obstacle for Jia now, but before her awakening she would have definitely struggled to make the ascent in a single trip. The staircase led to a shrine gate at the peak of the mountain, and Jia could sense the power contained within the structure—a powerful ward that ...
2021-10-27 19:11:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe kindle edition is now out on Amazon's Kindle Unlimited! If you are subscribed to Kindle Unlimited, it would be a huge help if you added Fates Parallel to your library (it counts as a sale!), and if not, there are some revisions and fixes to the new ebook that might make it worth rereading! Don't feel pressured to buy if you don't want to, though—there's no changes that significantly affec...
2021-10-25 08:06:55 +0000 UTC View PostJia and Eui approached the village cautiously, uncertain about what kind of reception to expect. They were foreigners, and it was impossible to hide that fact given the unmistakable expressions of their half-spirit ethnicity. Jia had been hoping to get more answers from Jianmo about ‘Yang-aligned demonic cores’ but she hadn’t had any. Jianmo could confirm that she’d seen them before, bu...
2021-10-25 05:29:38 +0000 UTC View PostJia and Eui sat snuggled up next to each other in front of an open fire, roasting the remains of the slain beast after storing away the valuable parts like the tusks. Jia rested her head on Eui’s shoulder as she watched the excessively large cut of meat rotate on their makeshift spit.
“I wonder if it will taste like pork. It had a pig head, so that makes sense right?”
Eui sigh...
2021-10-22 19:06:36 +0000 UTC View PostA massive beast crashed through the wilderness, leaving a wide swath of destruction in its wake. Animals and magical beasts fled for miles as the creature rampaged—it’s very existence bringing ruin to everything around it. The thing’s head resembled that of a twisted, carnivorous boar with a long snout, long pointed teeth, and a vicious pair of tusks. It had an upper body like a bear, wit...
2021-10-20 18:18:43 +0000 UTC View Post“Go away! We’re not accepting visitors!”
The messenger jumped in surprise, he hadn’t expected to be rejected before he’d had a chance to even announce himself. Of course, that’s because Rika had seen him coming from the roof of her family dojo, then sensed his approach with her domain.
“Pardon me, miss, but I am here to deliver a message to the Takeda clan.”
Sh...
2021-10-18 18:19:42 +0000 UTC View PostHyeong Daesung sighed as he carefully pored over the documents in front of him. It was dreadfully boring—mostly just business receipts, tax reports, and a few ledgers that he’d managed to get his hands on. A paper trail that he’d been slowly tracking down over the last few weeks—what passed for entertainment in his current situation. He was officially a ‘guest’ of the royal palace i...
2021-10-15 19:49:23 +0000 UTC View PostYue blinked in surprise as Jia and Eui vanished suddenly, without a trace. She’d seen Jia use her Steps of the Stalker technique before, but it usually wasn’t quite so...total. Yue couldn’t sense any sign of the two girls at all, and she had to assume that Yoshika had figured out some way to use it on both of her bodies. She was broken from her reverie by the feeling of cold steel on her ...
2021-10-13 19:07:17 +0000 UTC View PostJia chewed thoughtfully on a spicy meat skewer—one of her favorites—as she quietly contemplated Jianmo’s story. She’d been trying to cut back on the snacking after being shocked by just how obese Yan Hao was, but this seemed like a perfectly valid time for some stress eating. Eui was looking just as thoughtful, with Heian sitting in her lap in cat form as Eui idly scratched between her ...
2021-10-11 19:27:38 +0000 UTC View PostDue to my ongoing struggle with repetitive strain injuries in both arms, there will be no updates next week. Next chapter release will be on Monday the 11th. I wish I didn't have to do it this way, but I've already proven that I can't trust myself not to overwork my injured hands unless I take strict time off. In the long run, it'll be much better for me to take some time off rather than runnin...
2021-10-01 21:26:56 +0000 UTC View PostVote on which characters you'd like to see artwork of next! Remember you can vote on more than one option. Top two will get the next commissions. I only included those who got at least one vote in the previous poll, plus a few that missed out on the last one.
2021-10-01 21:13:22 +0000 UTC View PostAmong the uncountable billions of mortal worlds, there was a man. He was not a particularly remarkable man, at first. Born to normal parents, and living a normal life. He was neither poor, nor wealthy—a common speck, the likes of which are born and die in infinite numbers across the mortal worlds at every moment. Truly, it seemed that destiny had nothing greater in store for him, until one fa...
2021-10-01 20:30:50 +0000 UTC View PostA strange landscape stretched out before her, familiar yet alien at the same time. She wasn’t entirely sure where she was anymore. Nor who, for that matter. It wasn’t the first time she’d shared a consciousness like this—far from it—but it was still a novel experience. Two parts of herself were human, and intimately familiar with sharing each other’s minds and bodies, but t...
2021-10-01 20:30:09 +0000 UTC View PostIenaga Yumi evaluated the demons as she fought—she didn’t have time to pause and size them up. They were stronger than she was, in theory, but it was the realm of fools to judge an opponent based only on the raw power that they wielded. Yumi firmly believed that a weapon was only as great as the one wielding it. Case in point, of the two demons she faced the woman was more powerful, but the...
2021-10-01 20:28:23 +0000 UTC View PostYoshika nearly collapsed from the overwhelmingly ecstatic feeling of relief. She had done it! She had reached the summit that she had been striving for after what felt like forever—though it had really only been about a year. Before she could let herself get carried away, Yoshika caught herself and maintained a veneer of good sportsmanship. She bowed respectfully to Hayakawa.
“Good ma...
2021-10-01 20:25:48 +0000 UTC View PostJust outside the now-familiar forest, Yoshika stood with her team—her friends. The time had finally come to test herself against her strongest rival, and Yoshika was beyond nervous. Despite what Yue had said to her last night, or the fact that Jia had fought her to a standstill, Hayakawa remained in Yoshika’s mind as a nearly insurmountable obstacle. Hayakawa was the pinnacle of a mountain ...
2021-10-01 20:24:33 +0000 UTC View PostThree days passed in the blink of an eye, and it felt like far too short a time to prepare for something as momentous as a battle with Hayakawa Kaede and her team. It wasn’t the final round of the tournament, but it felt like it was—if they could beat Hayakawa, then who was going to stop them in the finals?
Dae’s gravity trap spell was complete, but they had no idea if it w...
2021-10-01 20:24:05 +0000 UTC View PostJaehwa’s surrender was a cathartic experience. It had been more than just a forfeit of the match—Sun had submitted to her entirely, and Yoshika knew that the girl wouldn’t dare cause any more trouble for her. Yoshika didn’t hate the small part of herself that felt sorry for Jaehwa as she broke down into sobbing tears, as annoying as it was. Without it, she knew that she risked becoming ...
2021-10-01 20:23:32 +0000 UTC View PostYoshika and her team quickly split up into three groups. Thanks to Yoshika’s two bodies, it was possible to maintain instant communication between two of the groups. Theoretically, it could have been possible to instantly communicate three ways, if a certain lazy cat wasn’t so slow to pick up human language—she felt a vague sense of unapologetic sympathy from Heian in her soulscape. Inste...
2021-10-01 20:22:59 +0000 UTC View PostYoshika was feeling a little bit better the next morning, thanks to Heian’s support and her new epiphany. Of course, as soon as she’d left her room, the little traitor turned back into a kitten and went to let Yue fawn over her. Yoshika was still feeling a little bit depressed, but it wasn’t an unfamiliar feeling—Eui had worked through much worse before. It had been such a long time sin...
2021-10-01 20:22:30 +0000 UTC View PostIf Yan Ren noticed Yoshika's unease, he made no indication of it. She had to assume that he had, as high level a cultivator as he was. She gathered up her courage before responding to him.
“I’m...late to meet with my friends. We were going to celebrate my victory tonight, so if it’s not too urgent, could we do this another time?”
Yan Ren’s expression didn’t change—his ...
2021-10-01 20:21:59 +0000 UTC View PostYoshika tried to regain her bearings. As she looked around, she met her own eyes and the world seemed to snap back into place. The uneasiness faded as Yoshika felt both of her bodies again. Her domain was still split in two by the barrier, and she was unable to sense anything beyond it, but the bond that made her whole had been maintained somehow. She let out a sigh of relief. Yoshika now knew ...
2021-10-01 19:42:46 +0000 UTC View PostAs Yoshika paced around their living room, Yue wasn’t sure where to look.
“Would you please stop that? You’re making me dizzy with both of you pacing in circles like that.”
Yoshika did not stop, glancing at Yue with both of her bodies as she responded.
“How can you be so calm about this? What are we supposed to do?”
Yue sighed dramatically. 2021-09-29 18:44:52 +0000 UTC View Post
With the results of the poll in, Tsuu has already gotten back to me with preliminary compositions for the October commission!
First up, is my own pick—by popular demand, Yoshika's spirit form! I really love how the composition turned out on this one, and I cannot wait to see it in color. Her tail isn't visible here, but I've let the artist know and that should be fixed in the final vers...
2021-09-28 20:07:53 +0000 UTC View PostYoshika’s mood was vastly improved after her match. She felt a tiny bit bad for toying with them, but Hana didn’t seem to have minded. In fact, the new bond forming within Yoshika’s domain filled her with a sense of pride and fulfillment. It wasn’t as strong as the bonds with her closest friends, but it still gave her strength. She was beginning to understand more about how her domain w...
2021-09-27 20:31:50 +0000 UTC View PostYoshika was in a foul mood after her argument with Hayakawa. She knew it was stupid—it had been abundantly clear that Hayakawa had no interest in friendship, and she’d made peace with that. Yet she couldn’t help but be frustrated by the girl’s attitude. She obviously wanted friends, and seemed to like Jia and Eui well enough, but rejected them on the basis of her position. It w...
2021-09-24 19:48:19 +0000 UTC View PostJia and Eui were still riding the high of their first kiss as they made their way to the meeting with Master Ienaga. Her first kiss! Jia was beside herself with excitement. Okay, so maybe technically there was the time that Ienaga had resuscitated her, or the time that she had done the same for Eui, but those didn’t count. Jia now felt completely vindicated in her assertion that thos...
2021-09-22 18:53:16 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s a bright summer day at the academy, and Jia knows she is dreaming. Nothing is quite the way it should be—Eui is there with her, but Jia doesn’t feel the connection between them, it should be winter still, and the academy buildings are unfamiliar to her. Is it her soulscape? No—if anything that would be more familiar, and she doesn’t notice the presence of Heian or he...
2021-09-20 17:41:23 +0000 UTC View PostLike when Heian first began to speak, it was difficult to get her to repeat her ability to take human form, but Jia thought she understood why. After their fusion, Jia felt more in tune with her instincts and intuition, which had helped her to control her core and use Steps of the Stalker in a way that she had never imagined possible. She imagined that Heian’s transformation was much the same...
2021-09-17 17:22:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe lightning surging through the huntress’ body demanded an outlet, but its erratic patterns were likely to take her directly into the webs that littered the ring. Even under the influence of Absolute Awareness, Jia would not have been able to control the power raging within her—at best, she could give it a general direction. Jia didn’t have Heian’s instincts to guide her. The huntress...
2021-09-15 20:13:45 +0000 UTC View Post