New cover is complete and it looks absolutely amazing! Thank you to my artist, Anra, on Vgen! I really hope y'all think it's as cool as I do.

Right as Ace tears his catheter out, and medical professionals are forced to rely on a kid to perform the surgery to get the balloon out. o.O

Blurb\~

**A dark, psychological drama masquerading as a reverse-isekai progression fantasy.**

**An elemental samurai—displaced from his world, lost in ours, and hiding a calamitous secret.**

Navigating modern Earth is like crossing a frosted log.

Kurisu Nodaichi tries to take life one day at a time. Keep his head down, earn his keep with the Miller family, and untangle the complexities of "fostering," "identity," and high school. All while this new world feels built from damp shoji paper, where he shatters drinking glasses just trying to lift them.

**Then a rift opens.**

The illusion of a quiet life burns away when monsters from his past appear and the Miller brothers manifest powers of their own. Driven by necessity, Kurisu steps in to train the boys before they accidentally level their own home.

As more rifts open around the world, a public encounter lands the family in federal custody—but not before a combination of phobia and failure forces his trauma to boil over, regressing him into the untethered weapon of his captivity.  
  
  
*Perfect for fans of the elemental martial arts of The Sword of Kaigen and Avatar: The Last Airbender who want the friction of Jade City and the psychological stakes of Red Rising.*

Come take a look and read the first 51 Chapters of *The Ronin's Exile* on Royal Road!

[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/170950/sanzensekai-the-ronins-exile-psychological-drama](https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/170950/sanzensekai-the-ronins-exile-psychological-drama)

A little meta note: This story is not your usual stuff found on RR. It's more of a slow burn that ramps up into the prog fantasy. I don't have a system, or stats like litrpg; but, I *do* have medical charts with some *insane* readings coming up in the current arc.

COVER ARTIST: [AnraArt on Vgen](https://vgen.co/Anra_Illust)

AI USAGE: None.

New Cover - I'm stoked!