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Book Review: ‘Ascendance of a Bookworm’ #13

Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 4 Volume 1 (Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 4 by Miya Kazuki My rating: 4 of 5 stars A royal education is for reflection, focus, and fortitude. A royal education enables self-discovery. A royal education is a privilege for those whose fortunes are known, yet not entirely fulfilled. The Royal Academy is about to get blown up by a tiny girl with dark-blue hair and way too much mana for her own good. Lady Rozemyne awakens from two years of slumber and is almost immediately forced to attend the Royal Academy in the Sovereignty, the nation's central district. ASCENDANCE OF A BOOKWORM v13 quietly and conveniently eschews the awkward and vastly unresolved conclusions of the previous narrative arc and nudges readers in the direction of something entirely different: Rozemyne goes to the rich kids' school and causes all sorts of havoc. The young woman has the academy's two-story library in her sights, but before she can even step foot among those hallowed stacks, she must first conquer weeks of intense study, socializing with archnobles, and a half-dozen pass-fail tests on geography, mathematics, history, music, practical magecraft, and more. She'll be fine, right? Ferdinand prophesied misfortune was on the horizon, but what's a guy to do, knowing full well that Rozemyne is a beast when books are involved? ("I have faith in your abilities," p. 117). Regardless, readers encounter a great deal of worldbuilding in this volume. New maps. New characters. New alliances. New enemies. New frenemies. ASCENDANCE OF A BOOKWORM v13 sets the stage for a lot to happen. For example, readers follow characters as they move through their first-year magecraft lessons on mana control, highbeast creation, mana compression, and schtappe acquisition/creation. It's a lot to take in, and each academy instructor responsible for these lessons provides varying detail and information that fill in a lot of the gaps this series has ignored for ages. Naturally, the author puts their own twist on things. Rozemyne invents another new manner of mana control. Rozemyne causes a bit of a ruckus with Lessy, her unconventional ("abnormal") highbeast. And, apparently, Rozemyne snares the material to create her schtappe in a quietly exceptional way. To the last of these, one wonders if the author will return to the quirky circumstances that saw the young woman acquire the "divine will" (pseudo-sentient crystal power source) that becomes her schtappe; after all, Rozemyne is clearly the most powerful character in the country, it's only a matter of time until someone else challenges her on it. This is a good volume. Notwithstanding the novel's painful segues out of old conflicts and into those yet to form, the book's character development takes keen and purposeful strides. Wilfried, for example, after two years of playing catch-up to his brilliant (and incapacitated younger sister), has matured into a decent kid. He's still somewhat naïve and emotionally vulnerable, but he's more circumspect. His main problem no longer concerns living up to the expectations of the Aub, but of outmaneuvering his scheming cousin, Detlinde, the daughter of the nefarious Georgine of Ahrensbach. Other, newer characters are quite fun. Hartmut, an apprentice archscolar and ally, is essentially a miniature Justus; he's reliable and intelligent, but he's too nosy for his own good. Professor Hirschur, the dorm supervisor for Ehrenfest, is a bit of a mad scientist; she's hilariously obsessed with studying Rozemyne, and the author also reveals she had instructed Ferdinand back in the day (Hirschur: "You clearly have no self-awareness whatsoever," p. 242). But none of this matters. Not really. Because the Royal Academy's library is almost within reach. True, Rozemyne nearly causes an interduchy incident by totally snubbing royalty (Anastasius, the second prince). True, Rozemyne accidentally scares the daylights out of people by inadvertently bringing to life two long-slumbering magical tools that assist the academy's librarian. Now, all this intrepid young woman has to do is ace her entrance exams, force all of her student peers from Ehrenfest to ace their entrance exams, and keep her head down. She'll be fine, right?

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[nonorganicgreentea]

It's said that schtappe acquisition is a one time thing, and it's implied that getting your medal burnt is akin to burning the bridge with your relationship with the gods, so ofc you're not going to get another divine will

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Hildebrand still has hope. Although his schtappe does not have all the elements and only has the capacity of that of an archduke candidate, he can become an expert in magical tools, which would allow him to distribute his abundant mana in such a way that it can be fully utilized.

I feel sorry for Arthur. Although he is surely not dead (by the order of the Goddess), surely his punishment will be severe. Hopefully he can continue to serve Hildebrand and teach him to be a good nobleman.

[orii-blogs-stuff]

Yep, it's a pretty big punishment already because by the time Hildrebrand becomes academy aged and everyone in his year-group would be getting their schtappes or the element acquisition ceremony, pretty sure all the archdukes would have 7 colours by then because the Temple would have been restored to it's preveious state and him being the only one without 7 colours and that being known (plus being former royalty)... Ya his academic years are gonna be full of redicule...

Ascendance of a Bookworm P5V11P1

Hildebrand still has hope. Although his schtappe does not have all the elements and only has the capacity of that of an archduke candidate, he can become an expert in magical tools, which would allow him to distribute his abundant mana in such a way that it can be fully utilized.

I feel sorry for Arthur. Although he is surely not dead (by the order of the Goddess), surely his punishment will be severe. Hopefully he can continue to serve Hildebrand and teach him to be a good nobleman.