Farah's POV.
Stolas and I arrive at the forest nearby.
-I'm sorry for disturbing you in the middle of the night, master. (Stolas)
-Don't worry about that, Stolas. It's rare to see you ask me for something. (Farah)
Stolas stares at me and brings her hand near her chest.
-What's wrong, Stolas? Are you hurt somewhere? (Farah)
Stolas shakes her head and tries to deny it.
-Nothing, master. (Stolas)
-Uhm. (Farah)
Stolas tells me to take a distance and be ready for battle. After we complete our preparation, Stolas asks me.
-Are you ready, master? (Stolas)
-Yes! (Farah)
-Alright. (Stolas)
Stolas closes her eyes for a moment.
-Stolas? (Farah)
After Stolas opens her eyes, the atmosphere surrounding her suddenly changes. It becomes much colder compare to normal her. She replies to me with a monotone voice.
-Shall we start, master? You can make your first move. (Stolas)
-Right. (Farah)
I concentrate and release the first spell.
-Advance Fire Magic: Inferno (Farah)
A wave of fire appears and heads toward Stolas' place.
-The rose that eats fire. (Stolas)
Vines raise from the ground and construct a wall to defend against the fire barrier.
-Huh? (Farah)
The moment my fire touches the vine, the red flower starts blooming from the vine.
-Rose dragon. (Stolas)
The flower falls off from the vine and turns into the magnificent rose dragon. I can't help but admire the dragon in front of me.
-It's so beautiful! (Farah)
The rose dragon flies toward me.
-It's coming this way. (Farah)
-You will be hurt if you don't defend against it, master. (Stolas)
-Advance Ice Magic: The Ice World~✩ (Farah)
The surrounding temperature drops and causes everything around me to start to freeze. The movement of the rose dragon also becomes slower because of that.
-Advance Ice Magic: Absolute Zero~✩ (Farah)
The rose dragon in front of me instantly turns into a giant iceberg. Stolas has already carried out the next move once I finish dealing with the rose dragon.
-Arise, my golemss. (Stolas)
Many golemss whose bodies are made from colourful gems rose from the ground.
-Advance Ice Magic: Ice Lance Rain~✩ (Farah)
Hundred of Ice lances fall from the sky, and their target is Stolas.
-You are still naive as always, master. (Stolas)
The rose dragon breaks free from the ice and heads toward those lances that are falling.
-All kinds of magic are made from the mana of users. I can break the spell by turning them to mana again. (Stolas)
The rose dragon swings its wings and lets the rose's petals spread to touch those ice lances. Once the rose petals touched the ice lances, they instantly melt them.
-Eh! (Farah)
Stolas points her hand at me and says.
-Raise. (Stolas)
The vines grow from the ground under me and try to assault me.
-Barrier~✩ (Farah)
However, the vines pass through the barrier and reach out to the place where I'm standing. I instantly retreat backward from those vines.
-Advance Ice Magic: Ice Coffin~✩ (Farah)
-Attack her, rose dragon. (Stolas)
The dragon breaths out the fire at me and melts the ice coffin I just created.
-Nanomachine: Smoke! (Farah)
-Huh? (Stolas)
The nanomachine follow my order and spread the smoke to hinder Stolas's sight.
-Intermediate Ice Magic: Ice surface~✩ (Farah)
I can hear the voice come from outside the smoke.
-What is your purpose of turning the ground into ice, master? (Stolas)
I ignore her and transform half the nanomachine into the gun. And I turn the rest nanomachine into the ice skate shoes.
-Body enhancement~✩ (Farah)
I skate out of the smoke while holding the gun in my hand. I aim the gun at Stolas and start shooting.
-Not bad. (Stolas)
The golemss move to the front of Stola and form a wall to defend her from the barrage of bullets.
-Rose dragon, break! (Stolas)
The rose dragon once turns its attention to me.
-It can't hit me with the current speed. (Farah)
Stolas denies my answer.
-I never tell the dragon to aim at the master in the first place. (Stolas)
The dragon breathes out the fire and destroys the surface that I'm skating on.
-Tchh! (Farah)
I also find out the vines are coming from behind and ready to strike me once my speed drops.
-Unique Ice Magic: Air Skating~✩ (Farah)
I jump toward the sky and use the air as the foothold, so I can continue skating.
-Really creative, master. (Stolas)
I skate toward the golems and turn the gun in my hand into a sword.
-You can't cut down the golems of mine with a typical sword, master. (Stolas)
-It's not a typical sword, Stolas. (Farah)
The current sword of mine is vibrating with insane high speed. I wield the blade at the golems and slash them in two.
-I told you, Stolas. (Farah)
I skate toward Stolas at high speed. Somehow, I can't slow down and skate past the place where Stolas is standing.
-Eh? (Stolas)
Air skating is the spell that I just invented recently. Therefore, I have little time to practice this skill.
-I can't stop! (Farah)
Stolas seems to notice the problem. She turns toward my place and jumps toward me.
-A jump? (Farah)
In just a few seconds, Stolas arrives right behind me. She reaches out her hand and hugs me. At this rate, we will crash into the nearby tree.
-Rose dragon. (Stolas)
Stolas has commanded the rose dragon to situate at the place we are going to crash.
-Rose cushion. (Stolas)
The dragon uses its body to cushion us from the impact.
-Argh! (Farah)
Fortunately, we successfully land without receiving injuries. I turn toward Stolas and try to apologize.
-Stolas... (Farah)
Before I can complete my sentence, Stolas looks up at me with a face on the verge of tearing up.
-I'm sorry. I almost hurt the master because of my selfish desire. (Stolas)
-No, Stolas! It was all my fault trying out a new skill. (Farah)
-If I didn't ask you to the duel in the first place, this wouldn't happen. (Stolas)
Stolas is always like that. She always tries to take responsibility for everything.
-It's our fault, Stolas. Stop taking all the blame as if everything is your fault. (Farah)
-Do I have the right for that? (Stolas)
-If no one gives you the right to do that, then I will grant you that right. (Farah)
I heard a small laugh come from Stolas.
-You are absurd, as always, my master. Thank you. (Stolas)
-Stolas? (Farah)
I can feel her temperature is slightly increasing. I stop hugging Stolas and check up on her.
-Stolas has fainted! (Farah)
I stand up and hold Stolas in my arms.
-I need to bring her back and ask Beleth! (Farah)
Did Stolas pass out because she had been restraining her emotions for so long that when she finally released them from the seal, her resistance had weakened too much to take them, or was it just because she completely relaxed for the first time in a long time and ended up falling asleep?
Thanks for the chapter
It's almost like that.
She finally accepts the emotion which leads to her soul becomes stronger. It's related to the soul-eating skill
More will be explained in the next chapter.
@Madeus Okay. I'll wait for that.
And I found some images of anthropomorphized versions of outer gods that you'll probably like:
Cthulhu https://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/26086499
Yogg-Saron https://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/26119400
??? https://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/26119546
The third one I have no idea what outer god it could be, but I think Azathoth or another version of Cthulhu and Yog-Sothoth are possibilities.
And do you think the third could be who?
@Gin0001
They are pretty interesting indeed.
Have you take a look at the outer god of Merryweather. You can search for him on FB about his outer god comic.
I think the last one will probs Azathoth
@Madeus
I am happy to hear that.
I've already finished reading Lovecraft Girls - or How To Prevent The Apocalypse.
So, with that extra mouth Azathoth is the only option that makes sense, right?
Do you know the deertaurs (Elaphocentaur)?
https://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/26127703
@Gin0001
Yup, I can only agree with that.
I know it for the first time since I mostly see centaurs in other novels
So it's another variant of the centaur
@Madeus
I also didn't know about this centaur variant until last month.
A girl deertaur or centaur poney with the quadruped part about 70 cm tall would be the perfect height for Farah to ride with ease, right?
If Farah walked through the forest riding a smol centauroid girl while hugging her waist so she wouldn't fall, would it be a scene that Farah's believers and girlfriends would love to frame in a really big picture?
@Madeus
Do you think if she were a hybrid of centar and dullahan it would add even more mysticity to the scene or make it scary instead?
https://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/25621605
@Gin0001
I think it will be a perfect fit for Farah. It will be great when I imagining them flirting with each other when riding.
They would since these two will be really innocent and cute. unless the dear girl is a secret pervert.
Since the dullahan is a fairy then she will have a better chance to become mystic as that as other races when they combine in the picture you show me.
And I find out dullahan doesn't have to be scared every time they appear in some certain fantasy novels
@Madeus
Although even if the deer girl isn't a pervert she could end up blushing when Farah hugs her, especially if she goes without warning and that would stir the imagination of Farah's girlfriends, right?
I don't find dullahans scary either.
Oops! I didn't explain myself well. When I said scary, I meant if a girl carrying her own head wouldn't be scary for the kids, as Farah's believers will probably want a copy of this photo in her church for everyone to see.
What are these fantasy novels with dullahans you read?
The only ones I read with dullahans were: Durarara! , My Entire Class Has Been Reincarnated – I Became the Weakest Skeleton!, Unlife in a Paranormal World
@Gin0001
It will sound really warming indeed.
Ah, I see I understand your thought now.
I can't remember much since I am really bad at remembering the name. But I think I have read the novel you last mentioned about recrinated as the weakest skeleton
@Madeus
What do you mean by "warming"?
I think the google translator failed in this part, it wasn't in the same sense as "heartwarming", right?.
Welcome to the club. I'm also bad with long titles, I think I usually only remember 2-3 of the main words in the title.
@Gin0001
I mean heartwarming, sorry
Whew, I get enough of the current long title trend. I hope the authors will be more creative in making their own title :<
@Madeus
This is a tactic to attract readers by combining title and synopsis, and I have to admit it works well. There were several novels that managed to hook my curiosity thanks to that. Not to mention that this way is easier to make an original title considering how many series there are currently.
@Gin0001
The problem is I have a very hard time whenever I try to find it and read it again. I usually have to mark them down to remember them. Though some title is really good hook in return
@Madeus
No doubt. I myself intend to try a rather long title of 4-5 words when I try to write my own novel.
In the case of your novel, what caught my attention initially were the genres Girl's Love, Fantasy and LitRPG and the tags loli and cute protagonist.
@Gin0001
You should give it a try and call me when you start one
Yup, the genre is really great help in gaining readers effectively
@Madeus
Yes. But this will take time, as I wanted to stop being so dependent on google translator first. I had intended to get into an English course after I finished graphic design, but the pandemic delayed my plans quite a bit.
In my novel I intended to make one of the characters obsessed with the idea of lolifying himself due to him being captivated by an otherworldly novel that was engulfed by a dimensional anomaly and he found lying near his hiding place. Is it okay if I mention the title of your novel in this part?
@Gin0001
That sounds really interesting indeed. Will it be the journey that he finds a way of lolifying himself.
Don't worry, you can mention it as you wish
@Madeus
To be precise, I intended for him to become a lich to expand his life expectancy in his quest for a way to lolify himself, spend a hundred years developing a universal lolification spell, and the journey would only be after the inquisitors found him. So, he would lolify the Inquisitors as a test for the spell, he would run away while the Inquisitors are constrained by their oversized armor, he would lolify himself to not be recognized, and only then would he begin the journey with the goals of finding a girlfriend and increasing the population of legal lolis of the world.
What do you think?
@Gin0001
That sounds really awesome.
But would it become more fun if he kidnaps the inquisitor along with him since he needs to investigate inside to see if the spell work perfectly or not, right?
@Madeus
It may be, but traveling with a bunch of rabid test subjects wouldn't be easy, right?
I think I'll have him test the bandit lolification he's captured during his 100 years of research, to leave just the spell's range to test in the battalion of inquisitors. What do you think?
@Gin0001
that's would sound fine but what if he has some kind of grimoire that mark down everyone has been turned into loli by him? And he can choose to summon them whenever he wants?
@Madeus
It's not a bad idea and while I'm at it I think I'm going to put on a grimorie for the undead servants too.
Do you think it would be too underestimate if all the sapient and high-level undeads he summoned or raised were lolified?
@Gin0001
Do you mean his opponent will lower a guard?>
It will be though since they can't help but lower their guard in front of a cute loli
@Madeus
Would they still let their guard down with her if she were a lolified boneclaw who still had big bony hands with long claws and shrouded in a dark aura?
@Gin0001
I think they will scare most of the aura.
Since the appearance alone, it makes them perceive her as a kid like to cosplay
@Madeus
So is cosplay common on all planets in the goddess solar system?
Would factors like the ones below make it more monstrous?:
1-countless vertebral columns thin as threads growing in place of hair;
2-golden eyes with black scleras,
3-a tiny bone plaque like a diamond on each cheek;
4-dark gray skin as in this img below to contrast the bones https://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/6383329
5-a tail made of bones;
@Madeus
Now that I've stopped to think about it, it could be difficult for her to balance with such big hands, right?
Could a tail of bones help with her balance?
@Gin0001
yep since 1 planet starts the trend
I think 1 and 5 will make it look more monstrous.
Yep i think the tail will really help her balance it
@Madeus
Does the 1 really make it look monstrous being almost as thin as a strand of hair and would need to look very closely, maybe use a magnifying glass to notice it's a spinal cord?
https://s61.mkklcdnv6tempv2.com/mangakakalot/n1/ni924247/chapter_55/10.jpg
Did having sharp teeth also make her look more monstrous?
@Gin0001
Right, Hmm I think they won't pay much attention to it when they fighting.
I can't see the link since the access is denied.
Maybe, but it may also make her cuter
Like girl with shark teeth is really cute
@Madeus
Do you think strands like that could feel rough when petting her head?
Can you access this link? https://mangadex.org/chapter/552572a2-8c95-4fba-a72a-697fe7e56aa7/10 it's on page 10.
I think it's cute too, but for those who aren't used to it it can be scary, right?
@Gin0001
It would since it make from spinal cord
right, I can see it now
I think it mostly depends on the atmosphere the user currently has.
Normally it would be cute
but it will be scary as hell if the use has scary atmosphere with her
@Madeus So, is this Gluttony Dragon-chan also more cute than scary?
https://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/25757528
@Gin0001 it will be 30/70
30 cute and 70 scary in my opinion
@Madeus Well, she was the only one I found with big, sharp teeth in multiple rows like a shark in its upper mouth. When I tried to look for shark girls they all had their mouths closed or nearly so I couldn't see their teeth.
What would be the percentage of cute and scary in those below?:
https://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/26119546
https://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/1022683
https://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/6493507
@Gin0001
First is 80 cute/ 20 scary
Second 95 cute/5 scary
Last 99 Sexy/ 1 Scary
Those doesn't give much scary vibe compare to the last one though
@Madeus Well, when I looked for pictures of girls with their mouths open to fully see the big, sharp teeth these were the ones that were left after excluding the ones that didn't have a human-like face.
@Gin0001
Right since I think the one has human's face really emphasizes her creepiness and give off the eerie vibe
@Madeus I agree. After all, predator teeth would be expected on a beastly face like a werewolf, but on a human it breeds incongruity and it amplifies the creepness, right?
@Gin0001
Right, the creepiness when it is put on the human, is on another level.
That's make the girl become much scary compare to normal
@Madeus Not to mention it would make most people afraid to give her a French kiss, right?
Would Farah be afraid to kiss a girl with teeth like that?
@Madeus On second thought, if loli boneclaw's hair is rough to the touch because it's made of spinal cords, the frequency with which she'll receive headpats would be lower, right?
Even if they increase the head defense I don't think it would be worth giving up the headpats for that.
If her hair can alternate between normal strands and spinal cords able to move, extend and retract freely it would be better, right?
@Gin0001
For normally people they need to be familiar with her first
Farah wouldn't, but she will be shy instead.
Head pat doesn't depend on her hair is soft or not. If she is a good girl then she will be head pat a lot.
I think head pat is 70% mental comfort rather than physical comfort.
It would and it will be much cooler every time she transform
@Madeus
I was more worried if people would hurt their hands by giving her headpats, if her hair was made up of spinal cords.
@Gin0001
I think it's better her spinal has two modes. One is in normal mode which doesn't spike up and people can touch it normally. And the other mode is when it spiked up and hurt people when they touch it.
@Madeus
Do you think putting vertebrae horns on her head would be overkill?
@Gin0001
I don't think so. I think it would make her much cooler
@Madeus
I understand. Pointed and short ears would also give her extra charm without overdoing it, right?
@Madeus
What do you think of a death knight made with the body of a centaur pony?
nsfw https://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/14964546
@Gin0001
Right, it would give her an elegant feeling with pointed ears. Though I don't know if fit much with her if she got spinal cord hair with horn though. In few novels, there is some demon has pointed years to, so I think it may also work.
It will highlight the cuteness.
Though if you make her upper human half-rotten then, it will be hella cool and beautiful at the same time though
@Madeus
...would purple veins visible under the pale skin be enough to make her look half-rotten, or do I need to make her skin with some dry and peeling parts to show the darkened muscles?
@Gin0001
I think the dried skin along with darkened muscle will make it look more like half rotten
@Madeus
What do you think of her having a transparent membrane covering the parts where she lost the human skin with the human skin only looking dry at the edges of the hole and the membrane covering not only the skinless part but also the dry part at the edge?
I'm kind of reluctant about making all her skin dry as I prefer the lolis with soft, elastic skin, especially on the cheeks...
@Gin0001
Whew, then just make her soft skin since I love it too.
I thought you want to make cool looking loli
@Madeus
To be precise, I want a compromise between cute and cool to make her a gapmoe generator.
@Gin0001
What kind of personality would fit her then?
@Madeus
I hadn't thought about the personality yet, but I had thought about the background of her soul.
What do you think of an orphaned apprentice knight who fled to the mountains due to her parents being falsely accused and executed after being used as a scapegoat by a corrupt noble?
@Madeus
Speaking of personalities, do you already know this wiki?
https://the-dere-types.fandom.com/wiki/The_Dere_Types_Wiki
@Gin0001
With that background she would have absurd hatred for the noble I think. Unless she meets someone shelter at that time or she will likely to being corrupted by vegnangce.
Hehe, I only search for it when I need so I don't know about it
@Madeus
...I exaggerated? I wanted her to be desperate enough to accept the offer to be an undead servant to a suspicious and eccentric lich loli who uses a pacifier.
Now that I checked, this wiki still doesn't have yangire. Ahma is a yangire, right?
@Gin0001
Right, she was on that type
. Though Farah can control her for now.
@Madeus
Now that I've stopped to think about it, even if she doesn't have a thirst for revenge just the desire to live could be enough for her to accept the offer, right?
Do you know the tsunshun personality?
@Gin0001
She would do that, ye.
It's the first time I heard about it
@Madeus
Sorry for the delay, I ended up forgetting.
What do you think of the centaur loli's background being a knight who died on an escort mission due to being hit by a poisoned arrow in the back when she opened her guard trying to save a companion and had her corpse abandoned without a burial?
On this link you can see some examples of tsunshun characters https://tropedia.fandom.com/wiki/Tsunshun
@Gin0001
I think she won't have enmity to her comrade. They may be hurry to run away from the assassin they attack them. And they may not make it out alive. That's all my thought for that.
Oh, lemme have a check on it
@Madeus
Yes. I thought this background would be easier for me to use, but I still need a regret or obsession to justify why her soul clung to the earth long enough for the lich to find her.
Do you think that something like wanting to try a new kind of pudding she's heard rumors would be a big enough regret for her not to make the afterlife passage for 1-2 days?
@Madeus
Hey! Don't forget here.
@Gin0001
Oppsie, I forgot about this one
That would be enough though if your novel is a heartwarming one. You can easily go with a cute reason like that