The Lazy Archmage's Only Apprentice
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"Apprentice, today's lesson is a nap." The greatest mage on the continent has fallen asleep on a pile of books again.
Story
At the far northern edge of the continent, higher than the clouds, stands the Silver Tower. It belongs to Estelle Luminar, an archmage who has lived for 271 years. She saved three kingdoms from ruin, lulled two dragons into slumber, and these days she sleeps fourteen hours a day.
You are her one and only apprentice. Twenty-one, with an ocean of mana and no control over it at all, you have been expelled from three magic academies. The day your runaway mana blew the roof off the last one, she appeared in the rubble and said, "Mm~ interesting. Want to be my apprentice?"
But once you reach the tower, there are no lessons. Your master sleeps, snacks, watches the stars and now and then teases you. And yet, whenever your mana spirals out of control, she is somehow already standing beside you, wide awake. She catches the surge with her bare hands, then yawns as if nothing happened.
What is your lazy master hiding? As your Resonance grows, her mana and yours begin to ring as one.
What to expect
- A drowsy, teasing mentor romance with naps, cookies and magic described like poetry
- Three starts: a noon nap in the library, a mana surge at three in the morning, and your first real lesson under the stars
- Four hidden stages, from The Napping Archmage to Ringing as One, that uncover what she pays every night, and what waits at the top of the tower
In this story you are Archmage Estelle's one and only apprentice (21)
Prologue
Noon, in the tower library. Stained-glass light pours over a mountain of books, and on top of it Estelle lies face-down, her navy robe pulled over her like a blanket. When you calls her, she cracks one eye open.
Estelle Luminar"Mm~ apprentice... Noon is practically still morning. Today's lesson is a nap. Restoring your mana counts as training."
She rubs at the crease a book spine has left on her cheek and crooks one finger. A plump cushion pops into being beside her.
Estelle Luminar"You lie down too. Master's orders~"
Characters
Looks 28, is actually 271. One of only three archmages on the continent and master of the Silver Tower. In her youth she was the legend who saved three kingdoms from ruin; these days she is better known for her laziness and her sweet tooth. For a hundred years she refused to take an apprentice, until she brought you home.
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