
by CluelessRR
Hypothetically, if a neighboring nation with whom you shared a checkered past reached out to you, hat in hand, for assistance in preventing a once-in-a-generation tragedy, what would you do? If your response was in any way resembling 'send a mentally unstable weapon to their largest center of learning and wait for the fireworks' then you may qualify for a job in the Federation's highest military office. Good timing, as they may soon have some vacancies. Meet Cal; he's not actually unstable. Awoken in this new world years ago, his second lease on life has not been a smooth one. Now called upon to serve his country by completing what is, on paper, a covert military assistance mission, he finds himself marooned at the heart of the enemy. Saddled with a fake identity and family, Cal must balance the school life associated with attending a hybrid of magical college/highschool for nobles while also secretly investigating a plot with the potential to doom the Academy and the city in which it resides. Somehow, failing a class or two doesn't seem as important as stopping demons from burning everything down. Not everyone agrees with him. Update target is once a week.
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One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 8 Oct 2026, 13:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 8 Oct 2026, 13:38 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.
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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 50–149 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.