
by bor902
After being killed, a somewhat intellectually and empathically disadvantaged young mage wakes up just in time for the start of semester exams. He has been marked with the brand of time, cursed to return upon every death, until the calamity is prevented. If only he could only listen to his survival instinct long enough to find out that one was even coming. What to expect: -A real anti-hero Protagonist-A slow and realistic Weak to Strong-Character Development-Comedy Updates: Every Friday Book 1&2 already written Longer Note: If you're reading this you want to find out more about the story before giving it a try. It is partially inspired by Mother of Learning, but I'm taking a very different approach in terms of tropes. It's a bit of an experiment but as a reader I've been getting a bit bored by perfect protagonists, so here's my attempt at a story with a very flawed main character reacting to a situation he's frankly not ready to face. It also focuses strongly on comedy, as it naturally tends to emerge with unreliable narrators. By Chapter 4 you should know if it's your vibe! Hope you enjoy :)
#7
3/26/2026
Peak #50
0d
#6
3/26/2026
Peak #50
0d
#5
2/23/2026
Peak #1
29d
#4
2/23/2026
Peak #1
29d
#3
2/23/2026
Peak #1
30d
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 02:58 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 02:58 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
Chart history contains only this ranking model's runs; legacy points are not spliced in.
Coupled 14-day outlook
rs-joint-entry-copula-v1
Any eligible RS entry
1%
Two or more lists
0%
Likely threshold order: Comedy → Mystery → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Comedy (0%).
Estimated from one fitted shared story path; category probabilities are not multiplied as if lists were independent.
Separate entry forecast; this probability does not enter the ranking score.
Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank
#1801 of 12,415 · 1751 below RS #50
By genre
beats 57% of similar stories
beats 42% of similar stories
beats 96% of similar stories
Mid-pack, room on both levers
Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
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