{Participant in the April 2024 Royal Road Writathon challenge}
An elderly family historian with a poorly-suppressed penchant for violence meets a tragic end when the spaceship she takes to the Moon explodes, and so Malwine is born (reborn?), ready to once again become everybody else's problem. Her new world is full of bloodline-based abilities and mana cultivation alike, so she's bound to have a fun time. The system's even given her some juicy Skills that reward her usual probing!
If only she hadn't reincarnated into a world half-buried under the waves after the last Emperor yelled at the Heavens a bit too loudly, with no document repositories in sight.
Watch as Malwine's dubious dreams of using the knowledge from her once-long lifespan to her advantage, becoming a powerful mana wielder, and reclaiming her new ancestors' Legacies, clash with being born cursed, surviving the ever-growing fallout of her new grandfather being a murderhobo, and avoiding the strange grudge-holding smiters who live in the "sky".
At least she's leveling up fast! Ignore the -99% stat debuff, Malwine!
What to expect:
- A main protagonist whose self-esteem hasn't quite caught up to being in a completely unfamiliar environment
- Nerfed to Strong progression (as the description implies, the MC inherited a curse that coincidentally ruins all her isekai-given advantages—it will be dealt with, but walk into this aware of it)
- A measure of perspective switches that follow the family and fellows unfortunate enough to have had a cursed reincarnated baby born among them
- LitRPG with leveling, Skills, Classes, and very loose cultivation elements! (author may be taking quite the liberal approach to the connection between that English word and trees)
- Levels that are determined by total Skill levels and mana cultivation rather than only combat (there are advantages to combat, but you won't be seeing every noncombatant being level 1 that can't progress)
- Main protagonist starts (restarts?) off as an infant, so be aware of that—she won't stay little for a million chapters, however
- Comedy with a wildly anachronistic world and story arcs that are wilder still
- Author's formative years may have involved learning the meanings of new English words from a mysterious leather-bound dictionary, so corrections are expected
Premise inspired by the anecdotal concept of people in cultivation/progression stories talking about how a character's born strong because of their bloodline/family but never explaining what the deal of that bloodline/family is.
Cover DIY by the author (and it shows).
Schedule: Once a week at mininum
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The Weight of Legacy | 27 | Chapter 27 - The Worthlessness of a High Level | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 26 | Chapter 26 - There's Nothing Timelier Than Fresh Fruit | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 25 | Chapter 25 - Violence Against Ancient Books Is Discouraged | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 24 | Chapter 24 - Is it Prudent to Never Give up Your Dead? | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 23 | Chapter 23 - Who Bears the Blame for Silence | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 22 | Chapter 22 - So Say a {Legacy} That Steers Itself | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 21 | Chapter 21 - Paths Carved by the Unknown | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 20 | Chapter 20 - Ill at Ease Behind These Masks | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 19 | Chapter 19 - To Avoid the Terror of Defeat | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 18 | Chapter 18 - The Sea Ate Somebody's Homework | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 17 | Chapter 17 - Imagine Actually Thinking Things Through | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 16 | Chapter 16 - Local Children Steal All the Loot | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 15 | Chapter 15 - So Many Wrong Ways to Seek Beryl | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 14 | Chapter 14 - Cycle of the Sea, Cycle of the World | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 13 | Chapter 13 - Should Have Foreseen [Write Anywhere] Coming | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 12 | Chapter 12 - Lady Margreth's Superb Fashion Sense (and Brief Employment) | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 11 |
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The Weight of Legacy | 10 | Chapter 10 - Why Would You Ever Blame the Baby? | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 9 | Chapter 9 - Sometimes Cultivation Goes a Little Too Well | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 8 | Chapter 8 - Can Bad Judgment Be a Family Trait? | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 7 | Chapter 7 - So About That To-Do List... | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 6 | Chapter 6 - The Convenient Arrival of Required Secondary Traits | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 5 | Chapter 5 - There is no One Beryl Limit | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 4 | Chapter 4 - A Perfectly Cursed Start | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 3 | Chapter 3 - Needs Must as Zayden Drives | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 2 | Chapter 2 - Staring at Starry Text Boxes | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | 1 | Chapter 1 - The Widow's End | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Weight of Legacy | Interlude - The Caves of Pikkōnheim | RoyalRoadL | ||
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The Weight of Legacy | Interlude - Life After Spaceships | RoyalRoadL |