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Mother of Learning
by nobody103
Zorian is a teenage mage of humble birth and slightly above-average skill, attending his third year of education at Cyoria's magical academy. He is a driven and irritable young man, consumed by a desire to ensure his own future and free himself of the influence of his family, whom he resents for favoring his brothers over him. Consequently, he has no time for pointless distractions or paying attention to other people's problems.
As it happens, time is something he is about to get plenty of. On the eve of the Cyoria's annual summer festival, he is killed and brought back to the beginning of the month, just before he was about to take a train to Cyoria. Suddenly trapped in a time loop with no clear end or exit, Zorian will have to look both within and without to unravel the mystery before him. And he does have to unravel it, for the time loop hadn't been made for his sake and dangers lurk everywhere...
Repetition is the mother of learning, but Zorian will have to first make sure he survives to try again - in a world of magic, even a time traveler isn't safe from those who wish him ill.
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Next Chapter Target Date: 25th of August, 2019
The story updates with a new chapter every 3-4 weeks. I aim for one chapter every 3 weeks, but real life sometimes interferes with that and I end up taking an extra week to finish things.
If anyone is interested, I have a story-related worldbuilding site that can be found here. I don't update it as often as I should, but there is a fair amount of content there already. It also contains a page with all the fanart, fan translations, audio books and the like - you can reach it directly by clicking this link.
I have a patreon account for those kind people that want to give me money. It also contains info for those who want to donate via paypal.
The story was originally posted on fictionpress, back in 2011. When I reached chapter 91, I started uploading the story to RoyalRoad, one chapter per day. The story will continue to be updated on fictionpress as well as here, and can be reached by clicking on this link if somebody is interested, though at this point there is nothing there that isn't also on RoyalRoad.
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The cover you see on the side has been made by a fellow RoyalRoad user Sydorow. Thank you for your time and art skills.
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10/10
I tought the intruduction sounded kinda lame. Going back in timer over and over again? sounds boring so i skipped it for quit some time.
Oh boy was i wrong.
This is a masterpice that delivers every aspect of a novel you want in right quantity and high quallity at the right time.
I spend the last 16 hours reading non stop and there is only 1 other novel where i did that.
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Excellent
A truly amazing fiction, with logical mechanics
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One of the best novels on RoyalRoad
Great story with interesting plot and charactors. Well paced and quite long without being a slog. 10/10 would recommend.
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One of the best BOOKS I've ever read.
This story, for me, ranks among my top 20 best books of all time list. Not webnovels, books. The fact that it's free and has 100+ chapters that everyone can access is one of the incredible things in this world that you aren't likely to see again. Read it. You won't regret it.
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A bit slow on release of new chapters recently
What can I say, nothing except PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE continue to write this great book. The release has slow down significantly since MC woke up in the real world. I cannot imagine not being able to finish this book.
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Mother of Serials
Mother of Learning has been online for 5+ years; it is a monthly serial that has incited wonder, awe and anxiety in its readers, and a journey that is only now starting to come to a close.
Along with Worm, this web serial has captivated the hearts of an online audience since the inception of the online medium. An intriging Ground-Hog Day, Time-looping, premise that evolves to a murder mysterey, and an epic fantasy tale of the nature of existence, the soul and how human ingenuity can overcome any problem - given time.
I recommend this as a great web-novel for those starting down the online rabbit-hole of web-fiction. The characters build and feel truly fleshed out. The grammar is superb, having migrated that over from Fictionpress. The story's plot hook and style are brilliant in concept; amalgamating much of what people desire in high fantasy and urban settings.
Please, by all means, give it a read.
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All of My Favorite Elements
This is very subjective, but the story has my favorite themes: time loop, high fantasy, the character gaining strength over time, and much more. It is quite literally my favorite story I've ever read, and I highly recommend it to anyone considering reading it.
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Finally on RoyalRoad
Not gonna talk too much about it, but for anyone who hasn't heard about MoL or read it, just know that it's a classic among web novels. I'd highly recommend it if you love some time travel fantasy magical shenanigans
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one of my favorites
if you hadn't discovered this story yet, it is your loss.
follow the journey of discovery of young mage Zorian. there's very little romance, unless you are into ancient liches.
don't waste your time reading reviews, just go ahead and dig into the fabulous story.
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YES YES YES......
Don't waste your time reading my review, read it, do it. Do it Now!!!
. I might be biased but this is one of the best novels I have ever read, it has rational characters, expanding plots with explosive payoffs and twists, really good character dynamics and much much more. the novel is in its final stages with +90 chapters but its here on RRL now