by Kearnaun
Usually you have plans for your life. So did I. Life had different plans for me though. … I used to dream of becoming an adventurer, maybe even a hero. I wanted to travel and see the world. Then my grandma died. Thus I'll run the item shop she left me instead. … Coin only! You break it, you buy it! And most important: No refunds! Cover done by me. The new cover is an AI edit of my original cover. The story will be updated once a week, usually on a saturday. [participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge] [Fantasy], [First Person], [Present Tense], [System], [Female Protagonist], [Slice of Life], [Slow Burn], [Item Shop], [Business], [Magic]
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 8 Oct 2026, 23:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 8 Oct 2026, 23:38 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.
Rising Stars history is uncertain, so no precise projection is shown.
beats 4% of similar stories
beats 24% of similar stories
beats 41% 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 150+ chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
