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Patreon’s formatting is acting up a bit, for the cleanest reading experience, I recommend checking out this chapter on Royal Road. :)https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/102816/by-her-grace-a-progressive-isekai-light-novel/chapter/2363505/content-info-chapterHey!Here's a quick overview of the imp...
Book 1: Chapter 50: Between Mercy And Madness
Chapter 50:Between Mercy And MadnessRain lashed against the windows in thick, unrelenting sheets, turning the evening into a swirling tapestry of shadow and storm. Grace sat at Elyne’s polished wooden desk, candles casting soft pools of light across neat piles of documents and scrolls. The spring ...
Book 1: Chapter 49: Pieces In Motion
Chapter 49:Pieces In MotionThe tea was fragrant, but Selira barely tasted it.She sat in the sun-drenched chamber near her own chambers, where the windows framed the hills with glass so clean it vanished when the light hit just right. Across from her, Lady Angela of House Veylor was laughing, gesturi...
Book 1: Chapter 48: Under Her Eyes
Chapter 48:Under Her EyesIt was Swordday.Three days since the orchard. Three days since Clara’s silent tears, and the moment that changed something Grace hadn’t planned on changing.That day was supposed to be simple, Grace thought, leaning against the window frame in her chamber. Morning light s...
Book 1: Chapter 47: The Silence That Hurt
Chapter 47:The Silence That HurtThe ceiling above her was painted in goldleaf spirals, old patterns set into the plaster centuries ago, back when the Ashford Estate still fancied itself graceful. Grace didn’t blink as she stared up at it from her bed, the covers draped loosely around her like a di...
Book 1: Chapter 46: Add Her To The List
Chapter 46:Add Her To The ListThe sky outside her window had gone gray with sleep.The main tower from the Ashford Estate cast long shadows across the courtyard, and the stained-glass candle holders lining Grace’s chamber flickered softly in hues of crimson and bone-white. The room smelled faintly ...
Book 1: Chapter 45: The Ones We Leave Behind
Chapter 45:The Ones We Leave BehindThe cell was always cold. Not freezing. Not sharp, just constant. A damp kind of chill that crept in through the walls and stayed in the bones, no matter how many times Leon wrapped his arms around his knees. He didn’t know how many days it had been since she las...
Book 1: Chapter 44: The Court
Chapter 44:The CourtTime slipped past in quiet, sharpened routine.The days blurred from repetition. Morning lessons in a high-windowed chamber beneath the east wing: six hours each day with Master Ardan, the old man’s voice winding through noble history, court structure, and diplomatic restraint l...
Book 1: Chapter 43: They Were The Bad Guys
Chapter 43:They Were The Bad GuysRhel didn’t know how long he had been down here.There was no sun. No moon. Just damp stone, the stink of blood and wet iron, and the slow burn of torches that never seemed to go out but never gave enough light to see more than the bars.They had taken him to the for...
Book 1: Chapter 42: What Remains
Chapter 42:What Remains“Fuuuuck!”The word snapped through the room like a whip, followed a half-second later by the sharp crash of glass against stone. Somewhere in the dark, a bottle shattered.“Incompetent bastards!”The voice belonged to a man, hoarse, furious, but also winded. Not old, but...
Book 1: Chapter 41: Rot In The Basket
Chapter 41:Rot In The BasketGrace stood near the arched window of her private entry chamber, watching the mist burn away from the frost-laced rooftops of the estate. The pale light of morning spilled over the tiled floor, catching faint silver threads in her high-collared dress, soft gray velvet, fo...
Book 1: Chapter 40: Ashes Of Legacy (Interlude — Liliana)
Chapter 40:Ashes Of Legacy Interlude — LilianaThe gates of Valewick Citadel opened in silence. The guards bowed low as the Duchess rode through at dawn. There were no trumpets, no declarations. She didn’t want them. She dismounted herself, handed the reins to a page, and walked the familiar hall...
Book 1: Chapter 39: Sentiment And Strategy
Chapter 39:Sentiment And StrategyThe tea in Selira's porcelain cup had long gone lukewarm, but she made no move to replace it. She sat perfectly composed on the cushioned bench beneath the tall window of her chamber, legs crossed, spine straight, hands resting delicately in her lap. Across from ...
Book 1: Chapter 38: Her Own Path
Chapter 38:Her Own PathLiliana pulled her close without hesitation.Grace didn’t resist. She didn’t move. She didn’t even breathe for a moment. Her mother’s arms wrapped around her with the kind of certainty that had no ceremony to it, not stiff, not royal. Just… there. Solid. Warm. Real.Mo...
Book 1: Chapter 37: No Place For Wolves
Chapter 37:No Place For WolvesIt had been two days since the first battle of the Stonefang Clan. Since Rhel’s father died. Since the mountains turned red. He had watched it happen — had seen a war-mage, draped in robes and steel, raise his hands and call the earth to life. Stone spears erupted f...
Book 1: Chapter 36: Not Alone Anymore
Chapter 36:Not Alone AnymoreGrace shut the door behind her and didn’t look back.The knight stayed outside, as ordered. No one would come in. No one would interrupt.She didn’t care that her floor was soaked with blood. Didn’t care that the maid was still there. Didn’t care that her foot left ...
Book 1: Chapter 35: I’m Done Playing A Little Girl
Chapter 35:I’m Done Playing A Little GirlShe didn’t mean to fall asleep again. But she did. Five more minutes had turned into maybe an hour. Or two. Or whatever. Time didn’t mean much when your head felt like it had been smashed with a rock and your shoulder had been cut open like bad fruit.Wh...
Book 1: Chapter 34: Not Dead. Again.
Chapter 34:Not Dead. Again.Velwick didn’t sleep that night.Not the market stalls. Not the noble quarter. Not the gates.Someone had tried to kill the Duchess’s daughter.And when the news reached the Citadel, it got worse.A wave of mana broke from the high tower. Just one. Cold. Controlled. But it...
Book 1: Chapter 33: Threaded (Interlude — Corax)
Chapter 33:Threaded Interlude — CoraxCorax drifted through the Veil in silence.His shape was simple: a smooth, hovering sphere of black glass, rimmed in faint violet light. He made no sound, needed no wings or limbs. The Veil did not resist him. It never had. He was part of it, in the same way mem...
Book 1: Chapter 32: Not Yours To Touch
Chapter 32:Not Yours To TouchDarkness.Complete.Still.Endless.No light, no shape, no sense of time. Just pressure, and silence.Grace stood, or floated. She wasn’t sure. The darkness didn’t press. It waited.Did I die again? Is this it? The end?No answer. Only the soft hum of nothing.Then came a vo...
Book 1: Chapter 31: Only Mine To Break
Chapter 31:Only Mine To BreakThe carriage rolled through Valewick’s western gate slower than usual.Not because the guards hesitated, they bowed the moment they saw the Ashford crest, but because the streets were packed. More so than last time.Grace leaned her cheek against the window, eyes half-li...
Book 1: Chapter 30: The Real Me, I Guess
Chapter 30:The Real Me, I GuessClara sat on the edge of her bed, holding a book she hadn’t read in the last twenty minutes.Her room was warm. The window let in the morning light, but it didn’t help much. Her thoughts were still stuck in that little hall at the estate. Grace’s hand on hers. The...
Book 1: Chapter 29: Fuck Around And Find Out
Chapter 29:Fuck Around And Find OutLiliana stood at the center of the high court in Valewick Citadel, cloaked in silence and steel.She wore the Black Ashford — the ancestral armor of the ruling line — its dark plates engraved with sigils so old they pulsed faintly with residual enchantment. Thre...
Book 1: Chapter 28: Drekkh Thar
Chapter 28:Drekkh TharThe fire crackled louder than usual tonight.Rhel sat cross-legged near the edge of the gathering circle, close enough to feel the heat but far enough not to draw attention. The older warriors and hunters took the places of honor nearest the flames. Behind them, the elders sat i...
Book 1: Chapter 27: Heir Apparent
Chapter 27:Heir ApparentDusk settled softly over Ashford. The stained-glass windows caught the last of the light and scattered it in fractured reds and golds across the long stone walls. Shadows stretched behind the banners. The hearth burned low but steady.The great hall filled slowly, with measure...
Book 1: Chapter 26: Let Me Prepare You (Interlude — Lennard)
Chapter 26:Let Me Prepare You Interlude — LennardHe stood in the doorway, frozen. Not breathing. Not speaking. Just staring. She stood in the hallway, framed by the glow of the stairwell. Blonde curls. Pale skin. Taller. Sharper. Sculpted like someone had remade her from memory and obsession.And h...
Book 1: Chapter 25: Beneath The Stone
Chapter 25:Beneath The StoneRonan hadn’t felt this in a long time.Something like confidence, light but solid. A feeling he’d almost forgotten. The courtyard was clearing, the nobles were dispersing, and he stood beside Lady Selira with the quiet satisfaction of a man who believed he'd done w...
Book 1: Chapter 24: This Is My Story
Chapter 24:This Is My StoryThe final words of welcome had been spoken, and the courtyard shifted subtly, from ceremony into court formality. The guests were still in place.Selira stepped aside with grace and lifted one gloved hand.Her steward stepped forward with a bow."By the command of House V...
Book 1: Chapter 23: The Arrival
Chapter 23:The ArrivalThe morning had barely begun, a faint grayness brushing against the frosted glass of her windows, when Grace of Ashford opened her eyes. She did not rise. She lay still, breathing slow and deep, her mind curling inward, sinking into the old disciplines she had taught herself lo...
Book 1: Chapter 22: The Road To Ashford Part: II
Chapter 22:The Road To Ashford Part: IIBy the fifth day, the mountains filled half the sky.Selira’s carriage rattled down the worn stone road, her hands steady in her lap despite the endless tremors. The forests had thinned. The fields were rough and stony, the villages fortified.Toward afternoon,...
