r/HonzukiNoGekokujou

In P4V8, it is heavily implied that aub ahrensbach saw his end coming. RM wonders about his health and is told that he is not necessarily unhelthy. P4V9 prologue also has Florencia saying that he looked healthy. Assuming he was mostly still healthy, and the fact that Georgine did kill him, he must've seen her betrayal coming. IG he figure out that Georgine killed the first wife and he just couldn't afford not to make her his first wife anyways cause mana shortage. My question is, if he knew he was being poisoned (which he must've given his actions with ferdi), why didn't he do anything to try to stop it? Did he just know that he was being poisoned and not by whom? Was there some other reason he believed he would be taken out? IG he tried to cement ferdi in place and hand him control, but he died before actually accomplishing it, but that just seems like such a weak last resort move.

>!I am a bit confused about Dunkelfelger courtship especially Bride-Taking Ditter. So getting engagement tasks only shows that the girl is proposing herself and serious about it. The parents can still say no. Bride-Stealing Ditter is bridenapping ny punching the family in the face and taking off with the girl. And it's obviously incredibly insulting that the boy + family want her without anyone's consent. !<

>!So, what about bride-taking ditter? The young couple wants to be together against the wishes of the bride's parents or someone else who can refuse. Lestilaut disguised his bride-stealing as bride-taking, so it's possible even if the girl already has a fiancé. My main question is: Shouldn't that also considered as an insult to the father/parents similar to bride-stealing? Ok, the bride to be is on board with it but the groom is still questioning the parent's decision and meddling in the affairs of another duchy/house.!<

>!Another thing. Rozemyne refused Lestilaut pretty clearly when he "proposed" to her and only accepted the challenge when he threatened that he would get her anyways. Shouldn't it have been obvious that it was bride-stealing ditter at this point for everyone in the room, including Hannelore and Cordula? Hanners might be too timid and too intimidated but Cordula sends her own reports and isn't easily intimidated. At least she could have told Rauffen, when the irregularities piled up (like playing at the academy). And the heir challenging the judgement of another aub and declaring war more or less seems report worthy to me. But neither Rauffen nor the archducal family knew it was bride-stealing ditter. Also I am not sure why Sieglinde chastised her daughter's decision, when she talked with Syl and RM. Sieglinde thought it was bride-taking ditter and in that case preventing the treasure from leaving with herlover is part of the game.!<

I’m reading (for the umpteenth time) the entire series. In the extra chapter from Effa’s perspective in P2V4 I can feel the motherly love. My younger son is in the US Army deployed to an undisclosed, unsafe location. I hear from my wife the same worries, with different words, Effa has for Myne’s safety and well being.

Just one of the reasons I love this LN so much, is how often it reflects aspects and worries of my own life as a parent. Every time I read or think about the chapter “Ripped Apart” from this volume I cry because it hurts me so much as a father. Few authors, and translators (thank you @quof) can convey the emotions so effectively.

I've been considering following this story which looked pretty interesting with it's world building. Then I read that as the story progresses, she gets older but her growth is stunted so she continues to look like a child. Why? What does this add to her story? Maybe I'm a little bias because of Mushoku Tensei which has a grown man reborn as a child who marries and impregnates two women who cannot age past young teens for whatever reason. I'm just hoping they're not going in that direction with this story. Is the conflict of her looking like a child brought up a lot or is it just a side trait they use occasionally for humor?

Kazuki-sensei has a poll up for the short story to be written for Fanbook 11.

The story will be about the royal family getting the auditorium ready for the coming-of-age ceremony.

The four options are: Trauerqual (set when Sigiswald is a second-year student) Sigiswald (same) Anastasius (set when he is a fifth-year student/Rozemyne's 1st year) Hildebrand (set around P4V7)

Ascendance of a Bookworm anime is ranked #1 in this week's Japanese anime rankings.

#7 World Rank

#34 Overseas Rank.