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The Weight of Legacy

Author:
FauxPraetorAlternative names:
The Weight of LegacyGenre:
ComedySource:
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OngoingThe Weight of Legacy
{Participant in the November 2025 NovelFire 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!
>strong>What to expect:>/strong>
- 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
>em>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.>/em>
>em>Cover DIY by the author (and it shows).>/em>
{A winner in the April 2024 NovelFire Writathon challenge}
{A winner in the October 2024 NovelFire Writathon challenge}
{A winner in the April 2025 NovelFire Writathon challenge}
>strong>Schedule:>/strong> Once a week at mininum
Chapter List
- Chapter 92 - The Shape of Expectations
- Chapter 93 - That Hole in the Wall
- Chapter 94 - The Late and Very Dead Immortal
- Chapter 95 - Peace at a Cost
- Chapter 96 - Old People Were Built Different
- Chapter 97 - Boring Variations
- Chapter 98 - Normal Human Forester Things
- Chapter 99 - Test Not Your Luck in the Dark
- [Bonus] 99.1 - Surface Thoughts II
- Interlude - The Gravedancer
- Chapter 100 - Even More Future Concerns
- Chapter 101 - Sustaining Developments
- Chapter 102 - How to Not Train Rival Forgers
- Chapter 103 - Patience in Family Matters
- Chapter 104 - Peeking Under the Hood
- Chapter 105 - Knowing the Odds
- Chapter 106 - Improving the Family Life
- Chapter 107 - Looming Highs and Tranquil Lows
- Chapter 108 - Out of the Box
- Chapter 109 - Guideparents in the Wild
- Chapter 110 - Home Repairs Needed
- Interlude - The Glum Second
- Chapter 111 - The Problem with {Psyche}
- Chapter 112 - All Flowering Paths
- Chapter 113 - Another One
- Chapter 114 - The Concerns of Others
- Chapter 115 - Minus Seventy-Seven Percent
- Chapter 116 - The Flaws of Mothers
- Chapter 117 - Teachable Moments
- Chapter 118 - Trying New Things
- Chapter 119 - The Tailored Mirror
- Chapter 120 - Something Borrowed
- Chapter 121 - The Gift of Creation
- Chapter 122 - The Friendliest In-Law
- Chapter 123 - Among the Best and Oldest
- Chapter 124 - Forging Yesteryear
- Chapter 125 - Thinly Veiled Grudges
- Chapter 126 - A Glimpse of Something Foreign
- Chapter 127 - Avoidance, the Oldest Trick
- Chapter 128 - Memorial of Life
- Chapter 129 - In Absence of Power
- Chapter 130 - Skewed Priorities Strike Again
- Chapter 131 - When One Loves
- Chapter 132 - Has Anyone Seen the Venue?
- Chapter 133 - Seeking That Which Cannot Be Found
- Chapter 134 - Defining Family
- Chapter 135 - Devils’ Whims
- Chapter 136 - Bernie the Leech
- Interlude - Life After Spaceships II
- Chapter 137 - Average Nuptial Reception
