Old man, Kenji Yazamoto, wasn't a saint. He'd lived and bled by the code of the Yakuza his whole life, well, the kind of man who believed in loyalty, respect, and paying your debts. By the time the '80s rolled around, his kind was already fading out of Japan's streets. He's a senior citizen now. The kids running around with switchblades and cheap suits didn't know what honor meant anymore. So it was almost poetic that he died in an alley, bleeding out, betrayed by the same "family" he'd built from the ground up. He figured that was the end of it. But when Kenji wakes up again, it isn't in a hospital. It isn't even in Japan. He's lying in a soft bed, in a room that looks like it belongs to students - and when he looks in the mirror, an unfamiliar face stares back. Pale skin. White hair. Ice-blue eyes. Weiss Schnee. Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company. A teenage girl in a world of magic, monsters, and weapon-swinging prodigies.

Over 100 years have passed since the brutal war against the Demon king. The recent activity of the white dragon, one of the Demon generals, compelled the king of Svardkust Karl Xll to announce a gathering for all adventurers in the kingdom. Their goal is to form parties that will work to surpress monster influence and bolster the already existing force of adventurers. The knight student Audrey with the 3 inexperienced soon to be adventurers: the human war priest Konstantinos Dragases Paleologos, the elf wizard Melian Goldenburrow, and the chifling bard Fallace Fanqvist will come to meet eachother in a small town where they will embark on a quest in which they will reveal their trueselves and grow stronger in the face of adversity... - - - New part every month on Saturdays. Nature of Soul is also available on Royalroad.