
by Levia Tan
Volume 2 ongoing! Follow to get updated when new chapters drop. 🜺🜺🜺🜺 After a series of tragedies, Maya led a lonely life rotting in their aftermath. A near-death experience with a lightning strike jolted her awake, and her reality began twisting with surreal occurrences. Then came a sudden knock at her door. Her suffering had granted her power. Elements wanted her. A hidden world of magic awaited her. Mellgrah was a sanctuary where witches and magic had escaped long ago. She was offered a place at a prestigious academy for young mages. It would be her salvation—her chance to begin life anew. The opportunity felt like her last saving grace, and she seized it. To escape her miserable reality, Maya stepped into a fantasy world like the stories she'd chosen to live within. But the painted front quickly began to crack, and the promised land revealed its ugly side. Return was impossible. Inspired by so many tales of destined heroes, Maya must choose whether to accept the burden of becoming one in a world that buries its saviours—or drown in the darkness of its secrets. 🜺🜺🜺🜺 What to expect: 🜙 Dark fantasy woven with mystery, magic, complex characters, and flawed destinies🜙 A slow burn that begins in loss and grows toward reckoning🜙 A grounded world layered with secrets waiting to be uncovered🜙 Imperfect souls who can change for the better—or for the worse🜙 A heroine who begins her journey in pieces and grows into someone ready to challenge even gods🜙 Wounds, loss, and manipulation cut by friendship, found family, and self-discovery—with moments of humour, academy drama, tricky romance, and a touch of warmth🜙 When the action hits, it can get brutal *tragedy tag is due to the tragic beginning. The story is not a classic tragedy and has plenty of light moments 🜺🜺🜺🜺 ⩺ Feel free to say hi in the comments. I love hearing your thoughts. ⩺ You can support me on Patreon for advanced chapters and extras. ⩺ Art & snippets: @_levia_tan (Instagram|TikTok) 🕰 Schedule: Monday | Wednesday | Thursday | Sunday
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| 0 | Chapter 1: Welcome Home | 0 |
| 1 | Chapter 2: Origin Story | 0 |
| 2 | Chapter 3: Smoke Rising | 0 |
| 3 | Chapter 4: Forcing a Change | 0 |
| 4 | Chapter 5: Childhood Friend | 0 |
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| Chapter 6: Suburb Hauntings |
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| 6 | Chapter 7: Better Off Dead | 0 |
| 7 | Chapter 8: Pursuit of a Fantasy | 0 |
| 8 | Chapter 9: Road Trip with a Stranger | 0 |
| 9 | Chapter 10: Mellgrah | 0 |
| 10 | Chapter 11: Appraisal Ritual | 0 |
| 11 | Chapter 12: First Impressions | 0 |
| 12 | Chapter 13: A World Built By Orphans | 0 |
| 13 | Chapter 14: True Magic | 0 |
| 14 | Chapter 15: Disagreeable Roommate | 0 |
| 15 | Chapter 16: Reality Check | 0 |
| 16 | Chapter 17: It’s Haunted | 0 |
| 17 | Chapter 18: A Grand Speech | 0 |
| 18 | Chapter 19: Paper Castles | 0 |
| 19 | Chapter 20: Zeta Group | 0 |
| 20 | Chapter 21: Lunch Break | 0 |
| 21 | Chapter 22: Penthouse Treatment | 0 |
| 22 | Chapter 23: Beware the Danger | 0 |
| 23 | Chapter 24: Numbers Don’t Add Up | 0 |
| 24 | Chapter 25: Existential Crisis | 0 |
| 25 | Chapter 26: Perhaps I Overreacted | 0 |
| 26 | Chapter 27: Precious Commodity | 0 |
| 27 | Chapter 28: My Place in New Life | 0 |
| 28 | Chapter 29: Afterhours Academy | 0 |
| 29 | Chapter 30: Sinister Side | 0 |
| 30 | Chapter 31: Hidden Horizons | 0 |
| 31 | Chapter 32: Battle Maniac | 0 |
| 32 | Chapter 33: Battle Maniac II | 0 |
| 33 | Chapter 34: Mind Games | 0 |
| 34 | Chapter 35: Comes With Knives | 0 |
| 35 | Chapter 36: Reap What You Sow I | 0 |
| 36 | Chapter 37: Reap What You Sow II | 0 |
| 37 | Chapter 38: Amellan Temples | 0 |
| 38 | Chapter 39: Daughters of Light | 0 |
| 39 | Chapter 40: Gods of Old | 0 |
| 40 | Chapter 41: Mistaking the Sun for a God | 0 |
| 41 | Chapter 42: Nothing Personal | 0 |
| 42 | Chapter 43: Echoes of the Unseen | 0 |
| 43 | Chapter 44: Divine Abduction | 0 |
| 44 | Chapter 45: Dark Day | 0 |
| 45 | Chapter 46: Growing Powerful | 0 |
| 46 | Chapter 47: Requiem for Lost Souls | 0 |
| 47 | Chapter 48: Bleedroom | 0 |
| 48 | Chapter 49: Of Different Opinion | 0 |
| 49 | Chapter 50: The Same Destination | 0 |
| 50 | Chapter 51: Mushroom Picking I | 0 |
| 51 | Chapter 52: Mushroom Picking II | 0 |
| 52 | Chapter 53: Legend of Lady Anastasia | 0 |
| 53 | Chapter 54: Comfortable With Heights | 0 |
| 54 | Chapter 55: Corn Ordeal | 0 |
| 55 | Chapter 56: Macarons | 0 |
| 56 | Chapter 57: Stage Exit | 0 |
| 57 | Chapter 58: Last Chance | 0 |
| 58 | Chapter 59: Initiation Rite | 0 |
| 59 | Chapter 60: Sons and Daughters of Mellgrah | 0 |
| 60 | Chapter 61: Balancing Act | 0 |
| 61 | Chapter 62: Primal Fear | 0 |
| 62 | Chapter 63: Old Well | 0 |
| 63 | Chapter 64: Fruits of Labour | 0 |
| 64 | Chapter 65: Walk the Plank | 0 |
| 65 | Chapter 66: Freedom Can Only Be Stolen | 0 |
| 66 | Chapter 67: Beneath the Surface | 0 |
| 67 | Chapter 68: A Formidable Shadow | 0 |
| 68 | Chapter 69: Puppets and Players | 0 |
| 69 | Chapter 70: Pretty Vacant Girl | 0 |
| 70 | Chapter 71: Unbelievable Rumours | 0 |
| 71 | Chapter 72: Shapeless Goddess | 0 |
| 72 | Chapter 73: Fluid Motion | 0 |
| 73 | Chapter 74: Inertia Kicks | 0 |
| 74 | Chapter 75: Dilemma of a Flame | 0 |
| 75 | Chapter 76: Gap Between Destiny | 0 |
| 76 | Chapter 77: Why Why Why | 0 |
| 77 | Chapter 78: Quadripartite | 0 |
| 78 | Chapter 79: Stained Utopia | 0 |
| 79 | Chapter 80: Glitter of False Oasis | 0 |
| 80 | Chapter 81: Amellan Relay Race | 0 |
| 81 | Chapter 82: Gods’ Wrath | 0 |
| 82 | Chapter 83: Play Against Wisfira | 0 |
| 83 | Chapter 84: Execution Garden | 0 |
| 84 | Chapter 85: Surfacing Festivities | 0 |
| 85 | Chapter 86: Ravens and Bumblebees | 0 |
| 86 | Chapter 87: The Village Queen | 0 |
| 87 | Chapter 88: Three Questions | 0 |
| 88 | Chapter 89: Escape Plan | 0 |
| 89 | Chapter 90: The Great Equalizer | 0 |
| 90 | Chapter 91: Chasing Dreams and Chasing Trouble | 0 |
| 91 | Chapter 92: The World Keeps Spinning, Unmoved | 0 |
| 92 | Chapter 93: This Makes No Sense | 0 |
| 93 | Chapter 94: Rho House Party I | 0 |
| 94 | Chapter 95: Rho House Party II | 0 |
| 95 | Chapter 96: Rho House Afterparty | 0 |
| 96 | Chapter 97: Birthday Girl | 0 |
| 97 | Chapter 98: Guardian Day | 0 |
| 98 | Chapter 99: Diving into the Sea of Souls | 0 |
| 99 | Chapter 100: A Portion For Love | 0 |
| 100 | Chapter 101: Give Me Back Those Spiders | 0 |
| 101 | Chapter 102: Ugly On The Inside | 0 |
| 102 | Chapter 103: Broken Friendships | 0 |
| 103 | Chapter 104: Other Kinds Of Magic | 0 |
| 104 | Chapter 105: Path of Uncertainty | 0 |
| 105 | Chapter 106: The Cue | 0 |
| 106 | Chapter 107: The Underbelly I | 0 |
| 107 | Chapter 108: The Underbelly II | 0 |
| 108 | Chapter 109: The Underbelly III | 0 |
| 109 | Chapter 110: The Truth Will Set Us Free [End Of Volume 1] | 0 |
| 110 | Chapter 111: Friendly Foe [Start of Volume 2] | 0 |
| 111 | Chapter 112: I’ll Do It for You | 0 |
| 112 | Chapter 113: Guard Against You | 0 |
| 113 | Chapter 114: Shallow Waters | 0 |
| 114 | Chapter 115: Dull-looking Sharp Blade | 0 |
| 115 | Chapter 116: Deadly Blooms | 0 |
| 116 | Chapter 117: Comfortably Disturbed | 0 |
| 117 | Chapter 118: Glue and a Little Kindness | 0 |
| 118 | Chapter 119: Mothers | 0 |
| 119 | Chapter 120: Special Effects | 0 |
| 120 | Chapter 121: When Words Are Meaningless | 0 |
| 121 | Chapter 122: Shoelaces | 0 |
| 122 | Chapter 123: Foundation | 0 |
| 123 | Chapter 124: Capture the Flag I | 0 |
| 124 | Chapter 125: Capture the Flag II | 0 |
| 125 | Chapter 126: Capture the Flag III | 0 |
| 126 | Chapter 127: Harvester Trials | 0 |
| 127 | Chapter 128: Only the Naive Suffer Disappointment | 0 |
| 128 | Chapter 129: Avalanche | 0 |
| 129 | Chapter 130: What it Takes to Break the Chain | 0 |
| 130 | Chapter 131: Fall to Your Knees | 0 |
| 131 | Chapter 132: Childrenless World | 0 |
| 132 | Chapter 133: Harvesting Ritual I | 0 |
| 133 | Chapter 134: Harvesting Ritual II | 0 |
| 134 | Chapter 135: Party in Suburbs | 0 |
| 135 | Chapter 136: Another Abandoned Reason | 0 |
| 136 | Chapter 137: Headless Apprentice | 0 |
| 137 | Chapter 138: They Took You Away | 0 |
| 138 | Chapter 139: Cold Wind Striking Souls | 0 |
| 139 | Chapter 140: Living in a Shell | 0 |
| 140 | Chapter 141: Blind Faith | 0 |
| 141 | Chapter 142: Imaginary Friend | 0 |
| 142 | Chapter 143: Heartless Donor | 0 |
| 143 | Chapter 144: Problem No. 1 | 0 |
| 144 | Chapter 145: Nourishment | 0 |
| 145 | Chapter 146: Witch’s Nest | 0 |
| 146 | Chapter 147: Blood You Owe | 0 |
| 147 | Chapter 148: Sunny Weather | 0 |
| 148 | Chapter 149: Funeral Pyre | 0 |
| 149 | Chapter 150: Used to Seeing in Darkness | 0 |
| 150 | Chapter 151: Missing Him | 0 |
| 151 | Chapter 152: A Tripwire | 0 |
| 152 | Chapter 153: Lurking in the Daylight | 0 |
| 153 | Chapter 154: Master is Calling | 0 |
| 154 | Chapter 155: Who Answered? | 0 |
| 155 | Chapter 156: “Spirit Bender” | 0 |
| 156 | Chapter 157: Bloodshed | 0 |
| 157 | Chapter 158: A Friendless Night | 0 |
| 158 | Chapter 159: Quiet Like a Gunshot | 0 |
| 159 | Chapter 160: Venator Beluarum | 0 |
| 160 | Chapter 161: Thunder in a Snowstorm | 0 |
| 161 | Chapter 162: Blood Red Misery | 0 |
| 162 | Chapter 163: Invisible Empire | 0 |
| 163 | Chapter 164: Forged in Flames | 0 |
| 164 | Chapter 165: The Saviour of Magic | 0 |
| 165 | Chapter 166: Source of Knowledge | 0 |
| 166 | Chapter 167: A New Dawn Frowns | 0 |
| 167 | Chapter 168: To Get To You | 0 |
| 168 | Chapter 169: Paint Thinner And Sparks | 0 |
| 169 | Chapter 170: I Want Every Tomorrow | 0 |
| 170 | Chapter 171: Tiny Daggers | 0 |
| 171 | Chapter 172: Anticipated Encounter | 0 |
| 172 | Chapter 173: Into The Naked Night | 0 |
| 173 | Chapter 174: I’ll Follow Anywhere | 0 |
| 174 | Chapter 175: Opening The Floodgates | 0 |
| 175 | Chapter 176: Long-awaited Emancipation | 0 |
| 176 | Chapter 177: Baptized By Flames | 0 |
| 177 | Chapter 178: Survivor’s Guilt | 0 |
| 178 | Chapter 179: Unnamed Grave | 0 |
| 179 | Chapter 180: In Odd Places | 0 |
| 180 | Chapter 181: Upside Down | 0 |
| 181 | Chapter 182: Denied Death, Denied Life | 0 |
| 182 | Chapter 183: Misery Sandwiches | 0 |
| 183 | Chapter 184: Naming Things | 0 |
| 184 | Chapter 185: Spell Language | 0 |
| 185 | Chapter 186: Bonds and Boundaries | 0 |
| 186 | Chapter 187: Alarming Exploits | 0 |
| 187 | Chapter 188: Stemmed or Cauterized, Old Wounds Still Bleed | 0 |
| 188 | Chapter 189: Surrender Your Soul, Invader | 0 |
| 189 | Chapter 190: Rabbit at a Tea Party | 0 |
| 190 | Chapter 191: Stepping on the Condemned Land | 0 |
| 191 | Chapter 192: Draw First Bile | 0 |
| 192 | Chapter 193: Eyes Left to Decay | 0 |
| 193 | Chapter 194: A Diversion | 0 |
| 194 | Chapter 195: Calvary | 0 |
| 195 | Chapter 196: Encroaching Fog | 0 |
| 196 | Chapter 197: Flawless Psychosis | 0 |
| 197 | Chapter 198: Through an Eyeless Witness | 0 |
| 198 | Chapter 199: Here Comes the Rain | 0 |
| 199 | Chapter 200: Needle Atop Haystack | 0 |
| 200 | Chapter 201: Gown Made of Thorns | 0 |
| 201 | Chapter 202: Unfair Trial | 0 |
| 202 | Chapter 203: Farewell Hum | 0 |
| 203 | Chapter 204: Lambs Lost from Light | 0 |
| 204 | Chapter 205: Echoes of the Abyss | 0 |
| 205 | Chapter 206: Slow Descent | 0 |
| 206 | Chapter 207: Unnatural World | 0 |
| 207 | Chapter 208: The Preparations | 0 |
| 208 | Chapter 209: Duality | 0 |
| 209 | Chapter 210: Love Can’t Bloom on Salted Grounds | 0 |
| 210 | Chapter 211: Hold My Head in Aether | 0 |
| 211 | Chapter 212: A Dark and Narrow Path | 0 |
| 212 | Chapter 213: Shed Your Skin | 0 |
| 213 | Chapter 214: Reach Right into the Maw | 0 |
| 214 | Chapter 215: Seek and You Shall Find | 0 |
| 215 | Chapter 216: The Great Below | 0 |
| 216 | Chapter 217: Heart for Heartless, Lungs for Breathless, Stomach for Gutless | 0 |
| 217 | Chapter 218: Woes of a Friend | 0 |
| 218 | Chapter 219: Witch’s Notebook | 0 |
| 219 | Chapter 220: Fragile Face | 0 |
| 220 | Chapter 221: White Hare | 0 |
| 221 | Chapter 222: Secrets of the Text | 0 |
| 222 | Chapter 223: Welcomed Visitors | 0 |
| 223 | Chapter 224: Beautiful Anger | 0 |
| 224 | Chapter 225: Runaways | 0 |
| 225 | Chapter 226: Forbidden Echoes Ripen Vespra’s Fruit | 0 |
| 226 | Chapter 227: Cramped World | 0 |
| 227 | Chapter 228: Cut Like Glass Shards | 0 |
| 228 | Chapter 229: Wasting Sparks | 0 |
| 229 | Chapter 230: Soul Switchblade | 0 |
| 230 | Chapter 231: The Missing Amulet | 0 |
| 231 | Chapter 232: A Nice Dream | 0 |
| 232 | Chapter 233: Then It Repeats Once Again | 0 |
| 233 | Chapter 234: Honey Atmosphere | 0 |
| 234 | Chapter 235: Lousy Confession | 0 |
| 235 | Chapter 236: Enemies of Circumstances | 0 |
| 236 | Chapter 237: Mental Images | 0 |
| 237 | Chapter 238: Seamlessly Calculating | 0 |