Ascendance of a Bookworm: Hannelore’s Fifth Year at the Royal Academy Light Novel
More by Miya Kazuki
Just as Myne gets her foot in the door of making paper, she collapses due to the sickness known as the devouring. She's getting better thanks to the help of those around her, but the devouring remains clouded in mystery. As the world expands, so too does her passion for making books! This volume is the conclusion to Part 1 and shows a glimpse into the future of the series!
It has been a year since our hero was reborn into a new world in the body of Myne, a sickly little girl from a poor family. She's been doing her best to fulfill her dream of making books, but her plans have been foiled at every turn.
But now Myne has a deal with Benno the merchant: With her friend Lutz's help, she will make a paper prototype that he can sell in his shop. In exchange, he will take her and Lutz on as apprentices. But making the prototype is filled with its own challenges, and can she trust a conniving merchant like Benno? And the most important question is, does Myne have the deadly sickness known as "The Devouring"?
Follow Myne's efforts to become this world's first librarian in volume 2 of this biblio-fantasy dedicated to book lovers!
Striving to change Yurgenschmidt for the better, Ferdinand starts a revolution that will abolish the distorted royal family and put a true Zent on the throne. Not everyone is on board, however, and as the Grutrissheit transference ceremony draws near, Rozemyne continues to wrestle with divine interference. Unease spreads, but not for our resident bookworm; the future she envisions is much too exciting. Operation Library City is just within reach!
The conclusion to Part 5 approaches in the newest volume of this biblio-fantasy. Features two original short stories and more four-panel manga by You Shiina.
Under the cover of darkness, Rozemyne, Ferdinand, and their Dunkelfelger allies set out to subjugate the Adalgisa villa. But when Gervasio’s absence and a betrayal within the Sovereign Knight’s Order come to light, the party must switch its focus to the Royal Academy’s library. The Divine Avatar of Mestionora goes on a rampage, the Lord of Evil pulls strings from the shadows, and the Zent’s sword is finally brought to bear!The Battle of the Sovereignty reaches its climax in the newest volume of this biblio-fantasy as the wills of the royal family, the Sovereignty, Lanzenave, and Erwaermen all come to a head. Features more than a hundred pages of original content and four-panel manga by You Shiina!
Ferdinand senses danger on the horizon. Dark clouds hang over him, twisting and turning into a dense miasma of unease. Meanwhile, Rozemyne prepares for winter, conscious that her move to the Sovereignty is fast approaching. Her fourth term at the Royal Academy begins, she meets new faces at the fellowship gathering…
Then something strange happens.
Rozemyne goes somewhere unexpected, where she finds something even more unexpected—and that’s only the beginning. How will the saint respond when an incident in Ahrensbach leaves everyone else feeling defeated?
“No matter what happens, I’ll protect you.”
Pressing events are set in motion in the newest volume of this biblio-fantasy. Includes two short stories and four-panel manga by You Shiina.
“I’ll do anything to save him. Anything.”
Greater duchies, the Sovereignty, the royal family, even the gods themselves—Rozemyne will take on anyone in her quest to rescue Ferdinand. She uses her newly acquired Book of Mestionora to activate Kirnberger’s long-dormant country gate. Then, with Dunkelfelger on her side, she speeds to Ahrensbach even faster than Steifebrise. To war!
As the battle against Lanzenave commences, Georgine finally begins her invasion and triggers the Defense of Ehrenfest. Can the combined forces of the temple and the lower city’s commoners help keep the duchy safe? And can
Rozemyne secure victory in this game of true ditter?!
The newest volume of this biblio-fantasy contains more than one hundred pages of original content not featured in the web novel. And as always, look forward to more four-panel manga by You Shiina!
Rozemyne fell unconscious upon completing her large-scale spell. Now it falls to Ferdinand to bring her back from the brink of death—and, with any luck, restore her lost memories. If she survives, she will set out on a new journey as Yurgenschmidt’s first underage aub and rule over the library city of Alexandria. If not, her death will mean the worst for her loved ones and the country at large.
“Let everyone... be blessed.”
This volume concludes the biblio-fantasy that refused to let dreams remain dreams. In addition to a massive amount of original content, look forward to more four-panel manga and an extended comic by You Shiina.
The Archduke Conference has come to an end, but Ehrenfest’s archducal family is still reeling from the fresh troubles it brought. As if a surprising ceremony and the Sovereign temple’s schemes weren’t unusual enough, Rozemyne manages to deliver the killing blow with a truly unexpected
“My current adoption is being nullified, and the king will take me as his daughter instead.”
Chaos ensues, but what is done cannot be undone. Rozemyne has one year before she must depart for the Sovereignty—one year to tie up so many loose ends—but she needs not act alone. “Forge ahead and never lose sight of who you are,” her noble mother Elvira tells her, watching affectionately as her daughter prepares for the road ahead.
There’s so much to be done in the newest volume of this biblio-fantasy! Those in Rozemyne’s service have an important choice to make, and their decisions will open doors for the future.
Includes two short stories and four-panel manga by You Shiina.
The Battle of Gerlach begins at last. Together with Matthias, Rozemyne must defeat the cold-blooded giebe Grausam—but an unexpected development makes that easier said than done. Body doubles, collateral damage, even more dark plots transpiring in the shadows... How does their inevitable battle play out, and what happens to Ehrenfest in the aftermath? Behold the full extent of the explosive war shaking Yurgenschmidt to its very foundation!Time is running out in the newest installment of this biblio-fantasy. Once again, this volume contains more than one hundred pages of original content not featured in the web novel—and more four-panel manga by You Shiina!
Upon returning to Ehrenfest, Rozemyne is given a harsh choice to make. The winter purge has made the Leisegangs the dominant power, and their intentions sow distrust within the archducal family. Still, she continues to forge ahead, her way of life gradually inspiring change around her.
The feast in celebration of spring is drawing near, and there’s much for Rozemyne to do. The coming weeks bring a long-overdue meeting with the lower-city merchants, more divine protections rituals, the education of the next High Bishop... and a magnificent tale told at the closed country gate. It now falls to the archducal family to overcome history and the divide between factions.
Ehrenfest’s ambitious younger generation unites in the newest volume of this biblio-fantasy. Includes two short stories and four-panel manga by You Shiina.
Spring is in full bloom, and Rozemyne is summoned to the Archduke Conference. She performs the Starbind Ceremony as High Bishop, then rests and recuperates by transcribing documents in the library’s underground archive. The ceremony has some unforeseen consequences, however. As tensions rise over the increasingly important “Zent candidates,” Rozemyne finds herself entangled in the web of royal politics. Thankfully, this also secures her the chance to bargain with one of the princes...
“When you get an opportunity, take it and profit as much as you possibly can, right? Well, here I go!”
Negotiations are underway in the newest volume of this biblio-fantasy! What techniques will the commoner-born merchant saint unleash?! Includes two short stories and four-panel manga by You Shiina.
As snow falls around Ahrensbach’s castle, Ferdinand, soon to be married to the duchy’s next archduchess, receives a concerning letter. Not only has Rozemyne been summoned by the royal family once again, but she is also being taken to the underground archive hidden beneath the Royal Academy’s library. Even as a third-year, she proves to be a source of constant headaches—and the chaos only continues when she manages to pull an unexpected figure into her joint research! The stakes are raised higher still when Lestilaut makes an astonishing suggestion, forcing her to participate in a game of bride-taking ditter with Leidenschaft’s spear in hand.
Rozemyne’s hand in marriage hangs in the balance in the newest volume of this biblio-fantasy. Includes two short stories and four-panel manga by You Shiina.