: Miya Kazuki
: Ascendance of a Bookworm: Hannelore's Fifth Year at the Royal Academy Volume 1
: J-Novel Club
: 9781718359734
: 1
: CHF 6.60
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: Fantasy
: English
: 250
: DRM
: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
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Half a year has passed since Yurgenschmidt inaugurated its first underage aub. Hannelore, now an archduke candidate for the country's top-ranked duchy, is in the midst of a crisis. Despite her natural indecisiveness, she finds herself pressed to choose from a growing list of marriage candidates. Her father suggests Kenntrips and Rasantark-her childhood friends-but then her half-brother Raufereg throws his hat into the ring. And what about Wilfried, the apple of her eye? Convinced that Liebeskhilfe the Goddess of Binding is toying with the threads of her fate, Hannelore turns to her dear friend Rozemyne for guidance.


In the debut volume of this battle fantasy, the divine avatar fights to settle an engagement! Features two original short stories and four-panel manga by You Shiina.

Prologue


Toward the end of autumn, the merchants visiting Dunkelfelger for trade started returning to their own duchies, while the nobles of the castle began preparing for the weeks to come. Knights went on expeditions to the northern barrier, where they hunted feybeasts intent on sneaking into the duchy for the winter, and scholars informed the dormitory supervisor of new students, collected information from Sovereign nobles visiting home, and scheduled meetings with the aub and giebes over winter. Attendants, meanwhile, prepared to welcome nobles for winter socializing, brought cleaning magic tools to the Royal Academy’s dormitory, and checked the furniture there for any issues.

Cordula, head attendant of the archduke candidate Hannelore, was making her way down a busy hallway inside the castle. She had received a summons from Sieglinde, the archduke’s first wife, requesting that she head to the noblewoman’s chambers.

Lady Sieglinde would normally be in her office around now. What must have happened for her to summon me to her chambers instead?

It must have been important, but Cordula kept her uncertainty from seeping through as she passed into the castle’s restricted area, where the archducal living quarters were situated.

“Lady Sieglinde, it is I, Cordula,” she announced upon her arrival.

It was not particularly rare for a mother to summon her daughter’s head attendant for a report. On top of that, Cordula had previously served as Sieglinde’s attendant, and she had spent plenty of time educating Hannelore, so she knew the chambers reasonably well.

“Yes, come in,” Sieglinde answered. “Please take a seat. This might take a while.”

Cordula did as instructed, albeit with some hesitation. Being summoned was not particularly rare, but being told to sit was. She took a few deep breaths to steady her nerves while waiting for Sieglinde to speak.

“We have decided to select marriage candidates for Hannelore,” Sieglinde announced at last.

Cordula inhaled sharply. In her third year at the Royal Academy, in the heat of a ditter match, Hannelore had taken Lord Wilfried of Ehrenfest by the hand and abandoned her team’s base despite being its treasure. She had, at that moment, resolved to marry into Ehrenfest.

However, during the Interduchy Tournament that followed, Ehrenfest had st